Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

invitations for anonymous feedback at the endof each semester; anonymous, online surveys at a mid-point and at the end of each semester; theresults of a common quiz administered in the first week of a follow-up course on water andwastewater treatment; and in-depth, qualitative feedback from a selection of high-performingstudents collected during face-to-face interviews during a follow-up course of independent,undergraduate research. In brief, a portion of didactic class meetings was replaced with pre-recorded, online digital lectures providing students with an opportunity for asynchronous, self-paced learning. The remaining twelve, ‘required’ face-to-face, inductive learning sessionspromoted improved learning in the cognitive domain and introduced

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pablo K. Cornejo, California State University, Chico

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

social, environmental, and economic aspects ofsustainability and triple bottom line decision analysis. As we face growing populations andlimited resources, innovative approaches decision analysis will be important for engineers of the21st century and beyond.A key challenge in the course was the integration of life cycle assessment (LCA) software intothe curriculum due to (1) accessibility to the proprietary software and (2) a lack of previousexperience with the software. SimaPro 8 is proprietary software that was available to students inone computer laboratory. Unfortunately, online versions of this software were not readilyavailable and some students expressed frustrations in accessing the laboratory. Future versions ofthe course could include