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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bettina Jeanine Casad, University of Missouri, St. Louis; Monica Palomo P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Natalie Mladenov, San Diego State University

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international academicexperience with undergraduate research has become common practice to enhance undergraduateengineering education (Hunter et al., 2006; Laursen et al., 2010).Many studies document the effectiveness of engineering education and research programs forimproving students’ self-efficacy (Adedokun, Bessenbacher, Parker, Kirkham, & Burgess, 2013;Marra, Rodgers, Shen, & Bogue, 2009), research confidence (Casad, Chang, & Pribbenow,2016), team work and leadership skills (Carter, Ro, Alcott, & Lattuca, 2016; Marin-Garcia &Lloret, 2008), and intentions to pursue higher education and careers in engineering (Soldner,Rowan-Kenyon, Inkelas, Garvey, & Robbins, 2012). However, most research on theeffectiveness of undergraduate

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines

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: Students’ Goals and JourneysAbstractThis qualitative study explored the journeys of students with environmental goals who startedcollege majoring in engineering, including students’ motivations to enter college majoring inengineering, their transitions through college, and how they viewed environmental issues as partof their future engineering careers and among the social responsibilities of engineers. Twelveengineering students with initially strong environmental interests were interviewed at the end oftheir first year of college; nine were initially majoring in environmental engineering (EnvE), twoin civil engineering, and one in mechanical engineering. These students spanned threeinstitutions and continued to

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Sahar Razavi, Northern Arizona University; Nihal Sarikaya, Northern Arizona University

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this case provided by the NASA Space Grant.The student is living minority status in three dimensions (3D) as being a woman, a first-generation college student, and a Native American studying engineering.It is fascinating to analyze how one’s environment and experiences influence their resiliency.Data will be collected on her readiness for an academic career along measures including but notlimited to understanding of the research process, skills in academic writing, self-efficacy, andcompetence in oral presentation. The case study will explore her story. What experiences shapedher determination and brought her to this level, and what benefit did she gain from NASA Spacegrant? The goal is that sharing her story will encourage others to believe

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sanjay Tewari, Louisiana Tech University; Md Ashique Ahmed, Louisiana Tech University; Chandra Mouli Tummala, Louisiana Tech University

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liked the format of group activities. Some of them are interested in pursuinga graduate degree and/or career in environmental engineering because project relatedactivities provided them a good exposure and generated greater interest.IntroductionUndergraduate civil engineering students usually are required to participate in a laboratorycomponent of environmental engineering classes. It provides them opportunity to learnvarious measurement techniques for basic environmental parameters that are covered inintroductory environmental engineering class. It is not common for students majoring in civilengineering to have a comprehensive exposure to environmental engineering andopportunities to implement and experiment with the knowledge gained in

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael R. Penn P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Defne S. Apul, University of Toledo; Margaret E. Garcia, Arizona State University; Jagadish Torlapati; Lashun King Thomas

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engineering should be modified to reflect the growing complexity ofinfrastructure. The One Water module of the CIT-E model introductory infrastructure courseprovides fundamental knowledge of not only components and systems, but also challenges,constraints and potential solutions. With this foundation, first and second year students are betterprepared for upper-level courses and ultimately their careers. The learning outcomes of eachlesson from the One Water module are a vital step in establishing the framework for thenecessity of sustainable infrastructure that supports community needs. This is establishedthrough pre and in-class activities, and discussions involving real-world case-studies.This work is supported by the National Science Foundation

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathaniel P. Sheehan, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke, United States Military Academy; David C. Zgonc, United States Military Academy

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ourlecture halls, and preparing for their professional careers. This next generation of engineers haslived their entire lives as beneficiaries of the information technology revolution. They are skilledin instantaneously researching a topic on the internet and making global connections with a fewswipes of their fingers. These skills give digital native students awareness of themultidisciplinary facets (social, cultural, political, economic, and technical) of contemporaryengineering problems as well as prime their penchant for team integration [3], [4]. ABET, the higher education accrediting body that helps set an engineering student onto theroad towards professional licensure, also recognizes that multi-disciplinary teamwork is arequisite skill

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Ross Pfluger, Colorado School of Mines; Junko Munakata Marr, Colorado School of Mines; Gary Vanzin; Robert L. Siegrist, Colorado School of Mines

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for Georesources and Pollution Research, Ayres Associates Inc., and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He earned his BS (High Honors) and MS in Civil Engineering and his PhD in Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin where he conducted research within the Small Scale Waste Management Project. Prof. Siegrist is an internationally recognized expert in decentralized water reclamation and in situ remediation of contami- nated land. During his 40-year career he has published over 300 technical papers and 3 books and was awarded 2 patents. His new textbook, Decentralized Water Reclamation Engineering, was just published by Springer (www.springer.com/us/book/9783319404714). He has given invited keynote

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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. Therefore,the student responses to course evaluations conducted during the fourth and fifteenth week of thesemester may be influenced by both a sense of “maturity” (i.e., Seniors who have participated innumerous courses with a variety of different instructor types) as well as a sense of “apathy” (i.e.,Senior slide before Spring Graduation and subsequent career placement).Table 1. Demographics of a total of 79 students enrolled in three course offerings of “PublicHealth for Environmental Engineers” in the Spring semester of 2016, 2017, and 2018. Spring 2016 Spring 2017 Spring 2018 N = 22 N = 28 N = 29