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Approaches to Virtual Learning

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alec Maxwell, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #18403Mobile Learning for Undergraduate Course through Interactive Apps and aNovel Mobile Remote Shake Table LaboratoryAlec Maxwell, San Francisco State University Alec Maxwell is currently an undergraduate student in the School of Engineering at San Francisco State University (SFSU). Besides actively conducting research on innovative tools for engineering education in the Intelligent Structural Hazards Mitigation Laboratory at SFSU with Prof. Zhaoshuo Jiang, he also is interested in acquiring his Masters degree in structural engineering.Dr. Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University Prof. Jiang

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Let’s Get Pumped: Innovative Approaches for Better Student Engagement

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Hochstein, Manhattan College; Goli Nossoni, Manhattan College; Mohab El-Hakim, Manhattan College

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Civil Engineering

effectivesolutions to complex technical problems and an active learning environment is useful for studentsto learn practical skills. This includes problem-based learning and student designed laboratoryexperiments.The Civil Engineering Materials course at Manhattan College is a core course taken by all civilengineering students in the spring semester of the sophomore year or fall semester of the junioryear. Traditionally this course covers a variety of civil engineering materials, their sources,manufacturing processes, and behavior under different loading conditions. The content of thiscourse is flexible and includes a laboratory component. This is one of the core classes in whichactive learning techniques can be implemented successfully.A term project

Conference Session

Balancing Act: Ideas in Pre- & Post- Surveys and Assessment of Professional Skills

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; James Kaklamanos, Merrimack College; Suresh Immanuel Selvaraj, University of Evansville; Corrie Walton-Macaulay, Bucknell University; Matthew Sleep, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

is offered as co-requisite to the laboratory portion of the firstgeotechnical engineering course in both day and evening programs in the spring semester. Dayclasses meet three times a week (50 minutes each) and are populated by students of traditionalage. Evening classes meet twice a week (75 minutes each) and are populated with students wholive in the community, many of whom work full or part-time.Merrimack College is an independent college in the Catholic tradition with undergraduate andmaster’s programs in liberal arts, engineering, business, science, and education. This institutionhas a total enrollment of approximately 3,800 (3,200 undergraduate and 600 graduate students);in Civil Engineering, there are approximately 100 undergraduate

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Byungik Chang P.E., University of New Haven; Erick Benjamin Butler, West Texas A&M University; J. Arn Womble P.E., West Texas A&M University; Nathan Howell, West Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

theseevents occurred over a five-year period (2010 – 2015). The authors will describe the curriculum,development of courses and laboratories, the senior design capstone, and preparation of the self-study report necessary for accreditation. All curricula and assessment tools are linked to amodified Bloom’s Taxonomy and ABET Outcome 3 Criteria a through k. A description of theuniversity, its service area, and student population is also provided. In 2015 West Texas A&MUniversity achieved a major milestone through designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution(HSI, 25% or more of student population) [1] and is seeking to improve participation of womenand underserved populations in STEM fields, such as civil engineering. Lessons learned andfuture

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jim Morgan, Charles Sturt University; Euan Lindsay; Pamela Roberts, Charles Sturt University

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Civil Engineering

, electronics and physical hardware. Prof Lindsay’s background is in Remote laboratories, investigating whether remote and simulated access alternatives to the traditional in-person laboratory experience can provide the high quality learning outcomes for students. Prof Lindsay’s work in Remote and Virtual laboratory classes has shown that there are significant differ- ences not only in students’ learning outcomes but also in their perceptions of these outcomes, when they are exposed to the different access modes. These differences have powerful implications for the design of remote and virtual laboratory classes in the future, and also provide an opportunity to match alternative access modes to the intended learning

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Innovative Pedagogies for Facilitating Student-driven Learning Experiences

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; John W. Lawson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Civil Engineering

graduation. As such, the freshman year is filled with calculus and physics courses that arehighly theoretical and provide no logical connection to the engineering that lies ahead.5 Theremainder of freshman courses tend to be general education or other courses even further removedfrom engineering because students do not yet have the prerequisites to take standard engineeringcourses. As a result, students do not get to interact with engineering faculty, or experience hands-on laboratories or understand engineering as a profession. The result is often a higher than desiredattrition rate.Because so many engineering courses have adopted a freshman experience, the published literatureis abundant, especially through ASEE conference papers and the Journal

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fouad H. Fouad, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Paula Alvarez Pino; Andrew J. Sullivan, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Talat Salama, Central Connecticut State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

 Negotiate preliminary budgets December  Application deadline for students  Finalize research mentors  Arrange student accommodations, laboratory tours, industry tours, etc. January  Review applicants and select participants  Agree on a number of students  Ask selected participants to send their participating, keeping in mind the budget passport and visa information February  Host a meeting with all accepted students  Develop draft itinerary of research activities  Review flights

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Horizontal and Vertical Integration

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University; Kristin M. Sample-Lord, Villanova University; Joseph Robert Yost, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

junioryear. The laboratory lasts for approximately three hours and the students attend every otherweek. The typical class size is 12 to 15 students with lab group sizes of 3 to 4 students. In thesecond laboratory session, students perform mechanical sieve and hydrometer analysis (ASTMD422) and liquid and plastic limit tests (ASTM D4318) to classify soils using soil classificationsystems (e.g. Unified Soil Classification System). However, students typically express frustrationwith the standard test procedures to measure the liquid and plastic limits. To harness thisfrustration into something useful, an EML activity was implemented encouraging students toexplore and design alternative test methods.After completing the liquid and plastic limit tests

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Approaches to Virtual Learning

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmine C. Balascio P.E., University of Delaware

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

the approaches to solving the problems but can't give each other the answers. Such mutual learning interaction between students is beneficial because students will either be required to articulate their knowledge of a subject in ways that another student can understand or will profit from getting an alternative perspective from a peer on how to approach a problem.For the author’s courses, students are provided a variety of ways to demonstrate learning of thecourse material. The HW problem sets have typically counted for around 25% of the coursegrade. All courses include a laboratory and/or project component that counts for about 25% ofthe course grade, while two exams and a cumulative final count for the remaining 50%. Sincethe LON

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Let’s Get Pumped: Innovative Approaches for Better Student Engagement

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Victoria Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Tarek Abdoun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Casper Harteveld, Northeastern University; Flora P McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Usama El Shamy P.E., Southern Methodist University

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Civil Engineering

undisturbed soil samples that in many cases are difficult to collect. Soils are inherentlyrandom media and the information on the material properties and in situ conditions will alwaysbe incomplete if based only on small sample lab testing. Unlike other branches of engineeringwhere practitioners have greater control over the materials they use, geotechnical engineeringdepends heavily on field exploration and experience. Unfortunately, geotechnical engineeringeducation has been mainly focused on a limited number of small sample laboratory experimentsbecause it is geographically and cost prohibitive to conduct actual field tests for the students.Currently, there is a prevalent lack of an affordable and reliable way to educate and train studentson the

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Innovative Pedagogies for Facilitating Student-driven Learning Experiences

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Brian Dittenber, LeTourneau University

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Civil Engineering

learning to work well in engineering, it must involve problems that arerelevant and complex, but that also provide enough guidance for students to discover theintended information [3]. In addition, problems that require students to design real solutions in alaboratory environment, as opposed to simply solving problems in theory, helps provide studentswith valuable experiences and knowledge gains. While originally developed by the SloanFoundation in 2002 to apply to all engineering instructional laboratories, the following list ofareas of potential student outcomes are also an excellent guide for educational problem-basedactivities with experiential components [4]. These activities should involve student gains in theareas of:  Instrumentation

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Innovative Pedagogies for Facilitating Student-driven Learning Experiences

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremiah Matthew Stache P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Brock E. Barry PE, U.S. Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy; Gregory Martin Freisinger, U.S. Military Academy

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

. Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Honolulu, HI. 14. Dillon, J., & Cheney, J. (2009). Building the team: Assessing two design group formation methodologies. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Austin, TX. 15. Flora, J. R., & Cooper, A. T. (2005). Incorporating inquiry-based laboratory experiment in undergraduate environmental engineering laboratory. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 131(1), 19-25. 16. Bannerot, R. (2005). Characteristics of good teams. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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Horizontal and Vertical Integration

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Z. Dymond, University of Minnesota Duluth; Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute

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Civil Engineering

reducethe number of credit hours to obtain a bachelor’s degree2,3. To overcome these challenges,educators must be creative and implement multiple topics and techniques into a single course.This is especially true when trying to teach non-technical engineering skills such asprofessionalism, communication, and economics as articulated in the ASCE Body ofKnowledge4. Activities such as design projects, field trips, and laboratory experiments are oftenused to help provide a well-rounded education. The objective of this research was to explore the design-build process in a series ofhorizontal design courses. Design-build is a common project delivery technique in the structuralengineering industry. Designers and contractors work as a single entity

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Let’s Get Pumped: Innovative Approaches for Better Student Engagement

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tonya Lynn Nilsson P.E., Santa Clara University; Camilla M. Saviz P.E., University of the Pacific; David A Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth

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Civil Engineering

Communication with Competition and Prizes” Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.12. Fiegel, G., and N. Derbidge, 2015. “Introducing Soil Property Evaluation in Geotechnical Engineering – Some Food for Thought,” Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.13. Durham, S., M. Hale, and S. Freyne, 2008. “Classroom Teaching Aids and Laboratory Experimentation to Engage Students in Materials Learning,” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.14. Saliklis, E., 2008. "Arch Building for Kids. What did they learn? What did we learn?," Proceedings of the 2008

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Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Mercedes Ward, University of Utah; Tariq Banuri, University of Utah; Sajjad Ahmad, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Rasool Bux Mahar P.E., Mehran University, Pakistan; David Lawrence Stevenson, University of Utah; James A. VanDerslice, University of Utah; Kamran Ansari; Abdul Latif Qureshi

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Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

Alabama. Dr. Burian’s professional career spans more than 20 years during which he has worked as a de- sign engineer, as a Visiting Professor at Los Alamos National Laboratory, as a Professor at the University of Arkansas and the University of Utah, and as the Chief Water Consultant of an international engineer- ing and sustainability consulting firm he co-founded. He served as the first co-Director of Sustainability Curriculum Development at the University of Utah where he created pan-campus degree programs and stimulated infusion of sustainability principles and practices in teaching and learning activities across campus. Dr. Burian currently is the Project Director of the USAID-funded U.S.-Pakistan Center for

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Innovative Pedagogies for Facilitating Student-driven Learning Experiences

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caroline Haggard; Fabio Matta; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina

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Civil Engineering

),” EuropeanJournal of Engineering Education, 38(4), 281-299.[7] Pierce, C.E., and Berge, N.D. (2014), “Development of an Integrated Curriculum forEducating Engineers about Nanotechnology: End-of-Life Management of Nanomaterial-Containing Wastes,” Proc. 121st ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, 8 p.[8] Matta, F., and Pierce, C.E. (2014-2015), “Decision Worksheet: Portland Cement Mortar forNuclear Waste Storage.” ECIV 303L Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory [class handout].University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.

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Balancing Act: Ideas in Pre- & Post- Surveys and Assessment of Professional Skills

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Kweku Tekyi Brown P.E., The Citadel; Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

extending acrossall four years of the undergraduate coursework including: Introduction to Civil Engineering (CE103) Surveying (CE 205), Geomatics (CE 208), Surveying Lab (CE 235/239), HighwayEngineering (CE 302), Geotechnical Engineering Lab (CE 402), Introduction to GeotechnicalEngineering (CE 409), and Capstone Design (CE 432). Teamwork assignments in these coursesinclude: laboratory teams, problems solving sessions, homework assignments, classpresentations, exam preparation exercises proposal preparation, design projects, and designproject presentations. Course-based Embedded Indicator results, Department Senior Exit Surveydata, and student perception data of teamwork effectiveness will be evaluated and compared.Results will be useful in

Conference Session

Horizontal and Vertical Integration

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyle Daniel Balkos, University of Waterloo; Benjamin Dow, University of Waterloo; Shoeleh Shams, University of Waterloo; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Monica B. Emelko, University of Waterloo; Scott Walbridge P.E., University of Waterloo; Chris Bachmann, University of Waterloo

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Civil Engineering

thepurchase cost of data acquisition. All groups were initially given one set of material testing datahowever, students were permitted to purchase laboratory time to conduct further strength tests,reducing the standard deviation of the various material properties. Rehabilitation costs for thebridge were based on anticipated materials and labour, which was assumed to be 60% of thematerial costs. Annual costs were also assessed to account for standard operations andmaintenance.The primary contribution that the Structure and Properties of Materials course offered to the IDPwas the understanding of the behaviour, strengths and weaknesses of the materials permitted forconstruction. The knowledge of the predicted performance of wood and plastic from a

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Integrating Sustainability and Social Responsibility into the Curriculum

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

include repair and strengthening of buildings and bridges using Advanced Composite Materials, laboratory and field testing of structures and the fatigue behavior of concrete bridges. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Strengthening Sustainable Design Principles in the Civil and Environmental Engineering CurriculumAbstractSustainable design principles are starting to become part of professional engineering designs. Toprepare students to be competitive in the workplace, it is prudent that undergraduate programsincorporate sustainable design principles throughout curricula. It was the vision of the Civil andEnvironmental Engineering (CE) Department at Rose-Hulman

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Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Zelinka, University of Colorado, Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing fluids in coal-bed methane and regular oil and gas wells in Colorado. While in the middle of his master’s degree, he also spent a year as a graduate intern at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory studying renewable energy commercialization in Caribbean countries among other areas. He is currently completing is second master’s in engineering for developing communities in conjunction with his PhD Civil Systems Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. His trans-disciplinary research involves addressing global development issues from an engineering, political, and economic perspective.Dr. Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Amadei is Professor of Civil

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

V. Dimitra Pyrialakou, West Virginia University ; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Konstantina Gkritza, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Civil Engineering

, among other goals,  provide recommendations for selecting appropriate recycled materials, identify suitable characteristics for such materials (including environmental suitability), and develop a list of suitable, high-potential recycled materials;  explain the benefits of each recycled material (environmental, social, and economic); and  design laboratory and field testing requirements and installation guidelines. 12Despite the fact that the statement did not appear to be closely related to the class focus, theinstructor did not recommend a change because no instructions had been given at the beginningof the class pertaining to the specific topic selected and because the initial intention was to notguide the

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Integrating Sustainability and Social Responsibility into the Curriculum

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Dodson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John Andrew Bergendahl, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John M. Sullivan Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Glenn Gaudette, WPI; Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Civil Engineering

Institute. His research, which is supported by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, aims to develop a treatment for the millions of Americans suffering from myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular diseases. In May of 2012, he co-founded a company based on some of the pioneering technology developed in his laboratory. Prof. Gaudette also teaches biomedical engineering design and innovation, biomechanics and physiology. He promotes the development of the entrepreneurial mindset in his students through support provided by the Kern Family Foundation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017