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Emphasizing Communication and the Humanities in Environmental Engineering

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; David Robledo, Texas Tech University; Francesco V. Donato, Texas Tech University; Ryan C. Campbell, Texas Tech University; Jeong-Hee Kim, Texas Tech University; Danny D. Reible, Texas Tech University; Chongzheng Na, Texas Tech University

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Environmental Engineering

STEM education, with a focus on engineering education, art in engineering, social justice in engineering, care ethics in engineering, humanitarian engineering, engineering ethics, and computer modeling of electric power and renewable energy systems.Dr. Jeong-Hee Kim, Texas Tech University Jeong-Hee Kim is Professor of Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education in the Department of Curricu- lum and Instruction at Texas Tech University. Kim is a curriculum theorist, teacher educator, and narra- tive inquiry methodologist. Her research centers on various epistemological underpinnings of curriculum studies, particularly engaging in hermeneutical excavation of the stories of students and teachers around the notion of

Conference Session

A Focus on Sustainability

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Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Nihal Sarikaya, Northern Arizona University; Roy St. Laurent, Northern Arizona University; Daniel'le April DeVoss, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

engineering education, students should have aclear understanding that the nature of their job is directly affecting the environment and theirpractices are governed by the code of ethics, which calls on sustainable development. How weteach or train students to develop their engineering skills, becomes an essential tool to nurturesustainability in their future practice, which was recognized as a pressing issue for educators [1]-[3]. Promoting sustainability as part of everyday practice could establish the missing link toenhance environmental attitudes of engineering students [4], [5].Many empirical studies reported that environmental education, either as a semester course or as asummer program, not only improves knowledge and awareness of environmental

Conference Session

Inventive Opportunities for Research and Exposure

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Inez Hua, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Loring Nies, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lindsey B. Payne, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

definition orscope of a wicked problem. Wicked problems exist in a dynamic knot of social, policy,economic, moral, ethical and technical dimensions. Attempts to solve wicked problemsfrequently yield unintended outcomes that render the solution unsatisfactory or incomplete.Environmental engineering practice addresses challenges more like wicked problems than tameproblems. Accordingly, teaching principles of environmental engineering “in context” of the realsocial, political, economic and technical dimensions that exist with the challenges professionalsface in practice provides students with an opportunity to develop critical thinking skillsnecessary to be successful in their careers. Assessment of teaching in-context, and examplesfrom different STEM

Conference Session

Emphasizing Communication and the Humanities in Environmental Engineering

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Sarah K. Bauer, Rowan University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

the health and safety of our society. This emphasizes that anunderstanding of the cultural, ideological, political, and historical contexts in whichenvironmental problems occur is essential to solving our society’s most pressing environmentalproblems [2-3].Over the past decade, there has been increased interest in the academic field of the environmentalhumanities, along with a push to abandon the narrow disciplinary tradition of solving problems[2]. According to Criteria 3, Student Outcome 4 of ABET, the engineering accreditation body,programs should ensure that graduating students have “an ability to recognize ethical andprofessional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which mustconsider the impact of

Conference Session

A Focus on Sustainability

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Azadeh Bolhari P.E., Angelo State University; Daniel Ivan Castaneda, James Madison University; Kenneth Stewart, Angelo State University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

) Inclusion and diversity, 7) Indigenous worldview, 8)Other ethical considerations. Also, in the final coding round, the responses of the citizen scientistparticipants were classified as present-self-oriented, or future-community-oriented in accordanceto the Egan Review.Findings and DiscussionThe initial coding data of this work-in-progress paper as of yet, are listed in Table 2. The word“artifact” is used to quantify the number of verbal exchanges expressing a sustainability mindsetthat were generated by the participants during interviews or focus groups. Citizen scienceparticipants from households 2 and 4 generated a total sub-sample of 19 artifacts across the entryinterviews (green shaded cells), interim focus groups (yellow shaded cells), and

Conference Session

Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrating Interactive Teaching Activities

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Benjamin Michael Wallen P.E., United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus, United States Military Academy; Nathaniel P. Sheehan, United States Military Academy; Andrew Ng, United States Military Academy; Andrew Ross Pfluger, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering

. Martinez, C. M. Ouellette, L. T. Plante, B. M. Wallen, and J. A. Starke, “An environmental engineering sequence: Deliberately addressing and evaluating environmental attitudes and knowledge,” Proceedings of the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, Penn State University - Berks, Reading, PA, 2017.[4] C. M. Ouellette, L. T. Plante, E. V. Martinez, B. M. Wallen, and J. A. Starke, “Informing an environmental ethic in future leaders through environmental engineering education,” Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Conference & Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, Salt Lake City, UT, 2018.[5] B. M. Wallen, N. P. Sheehan, E. Martinez, L. T

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Innovative Approaches to Improving Student Learning

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Matthew James Scarborough, University of Vermont; Katherine D. McMahon, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

Flint Water Crisis (Table 2). To address cognitive issues, weused two online videos (Online Lesson 13.1 – Flint Water Crisis Overview and Online Lesson13.2 – Flint Water Crisis Chemistry) and an online formative quiz for each lesson. We also usedthree lectures. In the first lecture, we reviewed the chemistry aspects of the crisis, workedthrough example problems, and completed a concept map activity. In the second lecture, wecovered the story of the Flint water crisis, discussing the events leading to the water crisis, howthe crisis was uncovered, and the failures of government employees to address the crisis. Thesecond lecture ended with a minute paper related to engineering ethics and asked students tosubmit “muddiest points”. During the third