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- Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session
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- George A. Hunt, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
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identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems byapplying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics”. ABET then goes on todefine complex engineering problems as those “…involving diverse groups ofstakeholders, including many component parts or sub-problems, involving multipledisciplines, or having significant consequences in a range of contexts.” Additionally,outcome (5) of the new ABET student outcomes state that students have “an ability tofunction effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create acollaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meetobjectives”.One strategy for meeting the ASCE Body of Knowledge (BOK) and ABET requirementsis through multidisciplinary senior
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- Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3
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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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wasacceptable at both time points (T1 α = .715, T2 α = .91). Items were averaged so that higherscores indicated greater confidence in abilities to work in teams.Education intentions. Three questions (Estrada et al., 2011) assessed participants’ educationplans in engineering. Questions were answered on a scale from 1 (Very unlikely) to 6 (Verylikely) indicating students’ plans to attend an MS program in engineering, a PhD program, and togain experience working in an engineering lab. Items were averaged such that higher scoresrepresented greater intentions to pursue additional education and were analyzed individually.Career intentions. A 7-item measure (Estrada et al., 2011; Schultz & Estrada, 2010) evaluatedstudents’ career intentions in the field
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- Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1
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- 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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” or “low” or “high” or “strongly or “do not or “strongly Statement disagree” “disagree” know” “agree” agree” (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)1. My interest in environmental engineering is - 3/2 6/3 5/7 3/5 1/02. My knowledge level in environmental engineering 1/0 7/7 7/4 3/5 0/1 research is -3. I am planning to pursue graduate study in environmental
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- Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3
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- 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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ofthe most commonly used approaches for term weighting (Aizawa, 2003) and is describedfurther in Section 4. Such term frequency analyses have been used in numerouseducational contexts, from examination of Master’s thesis and PhD dissertations toidentify common topics (Rivera & Larrondo-Petrie, 2017), to engineering term languagegaps between professors and students in freshman-level engineering courses as a barrierto learning (Variawa et al., 2013; Variawa & McCahan, 2012).2. Course Description and Student DemographicsOur university’s onsite course focuses on the selection, design, and implementation ofdecentralized systems for water reclamation and reuse. Topics include process analysisand system planning, engineered and natural system
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- Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3
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- Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology
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forcingstudents to answer questions during discussion”). Other students responded positively to thecourse content (i.e., “I learned a lot of practical environmental health information that I plan touse in practice”). Future work should: 1) follow-up with students to identify the value of thecourse in their professional practice after graduation; 2) assess changes in student attitudes andbeliefs from before and after the course; and 3) replicate the course at other institutions toevaluate the effectiveness of the course content and delivery approach independent of thepersonality of the instructor and with a variety of student types.IntroductionThe field today known as “environmental engineering” emerged formally with the creation oftwo organizations
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- Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session
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- 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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28 Mass transit 8 Ethics II 29 Route analysis and layout Traits of effective written and oral 9 30 Hoover Dam bypass communication 10 Financing infrastructure 11 Safety/licensure 31 Society and energy 12 Infrastructure Planning 32 Electricity use Energy Module 13 Resilience and
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- Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1
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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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the United States, would be a cheap, viable resource touse in the remediation of heavy metals in water [45]. Melissa saw that there has been littleresearch into corn as a bio-sorbent for heavy metal, and saw the potential of it being used as anadsorbent. Thus, she proposed testing corn cobs for their effectiveness at removing Cadmiumfrom water.The proposal was approved by the NASA Space Grant Committee at NAU and Melissa startedworking on her research. While our study focuses on just one student, her situation is applicableto many others, who are more than likely experiencing similar struggles.Melissa has been meeting with her mentor once, every two weeks to discuss the plan. Mentorand mentee came up with a tentative schedule, plan for
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- Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2
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- Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines
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environmental issues in particular. This method therefore avoids bias in the studentresponses, since leading questions were not posed. The interview questions asked students whatthey had been doing the previous year in courses, outside of classes, and summer internships.The interviews also asked questions about students’ views of social responsibility and futurecareer plans. The interviews were transcribed. Emergent themes related to the research questionsaround environmental issues were identified in the interview transcripts. The themes werediscussed by the two authors to establish convergent opinions.The relevant context of environmental opportunities at each of the three institutions initiallyattended by the environmentally-motivated students in
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- Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2
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- Alexa N. Rihana Abdallah, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy
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; and how to make the course topicsaccessible and meaningful. The paper begins with a discussion of course structure and content, including adescription of course projects from the first two offerings. An analysis of results from pre- andpost-surveys is then presented, and the article concludes with a summary of lessons learned and adescription of planned course improvements. Course structure and content The overriding goals were to inform students about energy production and consumptionpatterns, various technologies and their environmental consequences, and the pros and cons ofrenewable and nonrenewable energy systems. Other objectives were to provide astraightforward yet sophisticated appreciation of the negative effects
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- Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2
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- 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Charles M. Ouellette, United States Military Academy; Luke Thomas Plante, United States Military Academy; Erick Martinez P.E., United States Military Academy; Benjamin Michael Wallen P.E., United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke, United States Military Academy
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United States Military Academy with a B.S. in Environmental Engineering and obtained an M.S. from both the University of Missouri at Rolla in Geological Engineering and the University of Texas at Austin in Environmental Engineering. Most recently, he graduated with his Ph.D. from the Colorado School of Mines in Civil and Environmental Engineering. He teaches Water Resources Planning and Management, Environmental Science, and Environmental Engineering Technologies.Col. Jeffrey A. Starke, United States Military Academy COL (Ret) Jeff Starke served as a Military Intelligence officer with command and staff experiences at the battalion, brigade, joint task force and combatant command levels. His most recent operational experi
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- Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1
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- 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College
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water samples to class to test the waterhardness and a post-semester student survey. The instructor plans to continue to refine theseactivities and assessments in future offerings of this course.References[1] R. Felder and L. Silverman, “Learning and teaching styles in engineering education,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 78 no. 7, pp. 674-681, July. 1988.[2] R. Adams, D. Evangelou, L. English, A. Dias de Figueiredo, N. Mousoulides, A. Pawley, C. Schifellite, R. Stevens, M. Svinicki, J. Martin Trenor, and D.M. Wilson, “Multiple perspectives on engaging future engineers,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 100 no. 1, pp. 48-88, Jan. 2011.[3] G. Rajaram, D. Pai, and R.Chauhan, R.S. “Illustrating engineering concepts with a household water filter,” 2005
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- Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session
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- 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Freya Willicks, RWTH Aachen University; Valerie Varney, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Max Haberstroh, RWTH Aachen University
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Rural Appraisal (PRA) as a suitable concept. The PRA is a well-knownmethod of development cooperation, which aims at incorporating the knowledge and opinionsof rural people in the planning and management of development projects and programs.Thereupon – in the sense of the problem solving model according to Sell/Schimweg – thestudents collected supporting and opposing forces, which are to be expected in theimplementation of their concept. The student group determined several operators for achievinga step-by-step problem solving: With the help of mind maps and group discussions, severalsuggestive questions were set as a first step in the implementation of their training concept.These questions are supposed to be provided to women and men as part
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- Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2
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- 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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Technologies.Col. Jeffrey A. Starke, United States Military Academy COL (Ret) Jeff Starke served as a Military Intelligence officer with command and staff experiences at the battalion, brigade, joint task force and combatant command levels. His most recent operational experi- ence was as a strategic planning at the United States Central Command in support of Operation Inherent Resolve (actions against ISIS). Academically, COL Starke specializes in environmental engineering with research and teaching interests in drinking water, public health, and microbial-mediated processes to in- clude renewable energy resources. COL Starke taught senior-level design courses in Physical and Chem- ical Processes, Biological Treatment Processes