Universidad de las Am´ericas Puebla, M´exico in 2000. Prior to joining UPRM, she was a designer and cost estimator for The Benham Companies, an instructor at Southern Illinois University and an assistant professor at Colorado State University. Her research agenda focuses on construction management research and construction education and training. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021AbstractTo preserve the stories of resiliency and document the infrastructure damages caused byHurricanes Irma and María and the 2020 earthquakes in Puerto Rico, the timely collection ofevidence is essential. To address this need, case studies of damages caused by the
interdisciplinarysolutions to complex infrastructure challenges. In October 2018, the University of Puerto Ricoreceived a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) collaborative award from the National ScienceFoundation (NSF) to develop an integrated curriculum on resilient and sustainable infrastructure.The project titled “Resilient Infrastructure and Sustainability Education – UndergraduateProgram (RISE-UP) aims to educate future environmental designers and engineers to design andbuild a more resilient and sustainable infrastructure for Puerto Rico.This paper presents the design, initial implementation, and assessment of a curriculumencompassing synergistic interactions among these four domains: integrated project delivery,user-centered design, interdisciplinary problem
and Teaching/Research Assistant at Moss School of Construction, Sustainability and Infrastructure, Florida International University. Her research interest includes Sustainable and resilient infrastructure, Engineering Education, and Sustainable transportation system.Mr. Mohamed ElZomor P.E., Florida International University Dr. Mohamed ElZomor is an Assistant Professor at Florida International University (FIU), College of Engineering and Computing and teaches at the Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability. Dr. ElZomor completed his doctorate at Arizona ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Exploring Civil Engineering and Construction Management
Paper ID #42243Exploring Equity and Resilience Perceptions of Marginalized Architecture,Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Students in Infrastructure ProjectsMiss Rubaya Rahat, Florida International University Rubaya Rahat grew up in Bangladesh, where she pursued her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). After graduating she worked for two years in a construction management company in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She was involved in various residential and infrastructure projects. Rubaya now is a Ph.D. student at Department of Civil and Environmental
Paper ID #42232Leveraging an Active-Learning Approach through Online Courses to FosterSustainable, Equitable, and Resilient Infrastructure ConceptsMiss Rubaya Rahat, Florida International University Rubaya Rahat grew up in Bangladesh, where she pursued her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). After graduating she worked for two years in a construction management company in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She was involved in various residential and infrastructure construction projects. Rubaya now is a Ph.D. candidate at Department of Civil and Environmental
Paper ID #20473Green Infrastructure Training for VeteransMs. Carol L. Considine, Old Dominion University Carol Considine is the Assistant Dean of Outreach for the Batten College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University (ODU) and an Associate Professor of Engineering Technology. She has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from University of California, Berkeley. She has fifteen years of industrial experience as an estimator and project manager and is a LEED AP BD+C. She is a member of the NIST Community Resilience Panel, Building
communications for the Depart- ment of Civil & Environmental Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Utah in Rhetoric and Writing Studies and an M.A. in English from Montana State University. His research focuses on land management policy in two discrete areas. The first relates to civil infrastructure projects and landscape-scale impacts on habitat, community resilience, and long- term land use planning; the second involves the utilization, conservation, and management of big game wildlife resources. For the past five years he has led various transdisciplinary teaching and research projects examining land and wildlife resource management conflicts vis-`a-vis
interactive web basedlectures. The course was first organized in the Fall 2013 as a series of lectures in resilientcontrols, without a central application theme. The course was refined for Fall 2014 to includeinstitutions outside of Idaho and incorporate a focus on the application of electric power micro-grids. Resilient control systems architecture, as shown in , offers additional perspective on topicsof a subset of interdisciplinary topics that impact real world critical infrastructure. The courseaddressed how systems fail due to threats from cyber security, human error and complexinterdependencies, and how the application of resilient control system technologies addressesthese challenges. The broad range of topics in resilient control systems
, and an aspiring gentleman farmer at Hart Burn Farm. His research areas of interest include infrastructure engineering, infrastructure education, infrastructure resilience and security, and grass-based sustainable agriculture.Dr. Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC Dr. Carol Haden is a Principal Evaluator at Magnolia Consulting, LLC. Her areas of expertise include evaluations of science and engineering education curricula and programs, informal education and outreach programs, STEM teacher development, and climate change education programs.Dr. Michael K Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Dr. M. Keith Thompson is currently a professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of
Paper ID #44173Strengthening Disaster Resilience Through Diaspora Engagement: A Studyon Integrating Diaspora Communities into Engineering EducationMs. ERIKA JUDITH RIVERA PE. , Florida International University Erika Rivera is a Licensed Professional Engineer with a Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus and two Master’s degrees one in Engineering Management and a Master in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico. She is currently a Ph.D. Student in Florida International University, in Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure, and Sustainability
health coaching and wellness business; and 4+ years teaching. Currently, she is a Graduate Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant at the Moss School of Construction, Sustainability, and Infrastructure at FIU where she focuses on multidisciplinary research on sustainability, equity, resilient and sustainable post-disaster reconstruction, engineering education, circular economy, and well-being. Claudia holds professional credentials in LEED Green Associate for sustainable buildings and ENV SP for sustainable infrastructures.ERIKA JUDITH RIVERA, Florida International University Erika Rivera is a Licensed Professional Engineer with a Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Currently she is the internal evaluator for the projects Recruiting, Retaining and Engaging Academically Talented Students from Economically Disadvantaged Groups into a Pathway to Successful Engineering Careers (PEARLS) and for Building Capacity at Collaborative Undergraduate STEM Program in Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure (RISE-UP). Both projects are funded by NSF.Prof. Fabio Andrade Rengifo, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Director of the Sustainable Energy Center (SEC) and associate professor in Power electronics applied to renewable energy in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at The University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez.Ruben Esteban
complexity ofthe engineering education infrastructure and emphasizes the importance of engaging all agents ofchange across the leadership hierarchy [2], [43]. Although the leadership hierarchy of engineeringinstitutions include faculty, administrators, industry professionals, governing boards, and federalagencies, faculty’s roles and responsibilities uniquely position them to influence curriculum designand delivery, policies, practices, and cultures [44]. As a result, faculty can be a bridge betweenstudent agency and the institutional structures, positioning them as a critical component forensuring change in engineering education [43], [45]–[47].Similar to our analysis of student agency, we identified a few studies evaluating faculty agencyusing
, National Association of Counties, and the United States Economic Development Administration. She is the author of Dealing with Deindus- trialization: Adaptive Resilience in American Midwestern Regions (Routledge 2014) and has published numerous peer-reviewed articles focused on economic resilience, economic restructuring, and economic development.Dr. Jennifer L. Irish, Virginia Tech Dr. Jennifer Irish, professor of coastal engineering at Virginia Tech, is an expert in storm surge dynamics, coastal hazard assessment, and nature-based infrastructure for coastal hazard mitigation. Since entering academia in 2006, as lead Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI, Irish received research grants from agen- cies
Paper ID #43195Breaking the Stigma: Fostering Mental Health Resilience in Engineering—ASystematic Literature ReviewMr. Hoc T. Nguyen, University of Oklahoma Hoc Nguyen is a dedicated undergraduate student enrolled in the esteemed Gallogly College of Engineering at The University of Oklahoma, where he is passionately pursuing a degree in computer science. Recognized for his academic diligence and intellectual curiosity, Hoc seeks to delve deeper into the knowledge of mental health research within the university community. With a strong commitment to understanding the intricacies of mental well-being among undergraduate
includes one- hour long modules on 1) Critical Infrastructureand Key Resources (CIKR) as defined by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),including an interactive exercise; 2) Stakeholder Analysis, including a desktop exercise; 3) theInfrastructure Component Model, including a desktop exercise; 4) the Infrastructure AssessmentModel, including a desktop analysis; and 5) the Infrastructure Resilience Model, including ateam exercise. The interactive and desktop exercises include individual and team activities. Theparticipants were also given assignments to complete on Day 2, which were based on theinformation learned on Day 1. On Day 2, the participants conducted site visits to infrastructuresystems located on Fort Bragg. On Day 3, the
Infrastructure Report Card and Economics Studies in the STEM ClassroomAbstractEvery four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers releases a national report card forAmerica’s infrastructure systems with the latest release occurring in March 2017. The ReportCard provides not only an assessment of our infrastructure, but also an opportunity to engage andeducate both the public and students in conversations about engineering. Beyond providinggrades similar to a student’s report card for 16 different categories of infrastructure across thecountry, the Report Card also addresses topics such as condition, capacity, resilience, and areasof innovation. Presented through a highly interactive website and mobile app, this can be aliving
. Students ended the course with the sameconcept map exercise as the other institutions that were part of this study (Figure 1). The courseused interstate highways as a case study to explore how infrastructure impacts society from bothhistorical and modern perspectives. Students were tasked with developing their own case studiesin other areas of infrastructure and presented these to the class during the final weeks of thesemester. The course also looked at the future of infrastructure in terms of climate resiliency andemerging technologies using ASCE’s Future World Vision platform.At the University of Colorado Boulder, a large public institution, students were introduced toideas related to equitable infrastructure (EI) in a first-year Introduction
. 6Table 1. Use of lessons by survey respondents. Lesson Name Number of times used Infrastructure and You 22 Triple Bottom Line 20 Infrastructure as a system 18 Basic infrastructure systems and functions 16 Social Impacts of Infrastructure 16 Resilience and risk 16What skills have faculty members gained from their association with CIT-E, and has it made ameaningful impact on faculty professional networks?Survey respondents who had utilized course materials were asked to rate the impact of CIT-E
Biodiversity • Climate and Resilience – Emission and ResilienceEach of these categories is further divided into specific criteria which allow the designer toassess the environmental, social and economic impacts of the design. Credits are associated witheach of the 5 categories, the specific criteria within each category and a basic yes or no responseto an assessment question. The credits are weighted within each category based on the impact,ease of implementation and sustainability tradeoffs. The result is a clear and simple method toevaluate the sustainability for any type of infrastructure. The number of credits determines theEnvision Award Level the design achieves: verified (20% of total points), silver, (30% of totalpoints), gold (40% of
has done recent contributions on international journals for the valuation and monetization of the environmental impacts of the residual life of building stock in North America. His contributions add a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) perspective to the decision-making methodology involved in adaptive reuse of buildings, in order to contribute to sustainability and climate change through mitigation of CO2 emissions. Benjamin is a Civil Engineer with a doctorate in Civil Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. He is originally from the city of Puebla in Mexico. Before initiating his doctoral studies, he worked as infrastructure construction supervisor and environmental inspector of the State of
Paper ID #15948Multidisciplinary Game-based Approach for Generating Student Enthusi-asm for Addressing Critical Infrastructure ChallengesMr. Timothy R McJunkin, Idaho National Laboratory Timothy R. McJunkin is a Senior Research Engineer at Idaho National Laboratory in the Energy and Environment Science and Technology Division, since 1999. He has also served as an adjunct instructor at Idaho State University, teaching control systems and resilient controls systems. Prior to joining INL, he was a design engineer at Compaq Computer Corporation in Houston Texas. Mr. McJunkin is the principal architect of the Grid Game
literature has identified a wide range of factors that determine whether a community will be resilient. These include (with examples relative to this work), infrastructure (computing and internet), financial (wealth and employment), human and cultural (academic family expectation, food security), social (support networks), political (college governance), and the mental outlook of individuals (Patel, et al, 2017, NASEM, 2019). Resilience has been studied at scales ranging from individuals to broader communities, which highlights both internal and external supporting factors. Internal factors reside inside an individual agent and may be characterized by such psychological traits and skills as optimism, creativity, spirituality, humor, self-efficacy
Paper ID #42013Board 345: Perceptions of Sustainability Among Participants at the NSFREU Site on Sustainable Resilient Transportation SystemsDr. Haritha Malladi, University of Delaware Haritha Malladi is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Director of First-Year Engineering at the University of Delaware. She received her Bachelor of Technology degree in Civil Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India, and her MS and PhD in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University. She is a teacher-scholar working in the intersection of undergraduate engineering
Engineering and Teaching/Research Assistant at Moss School of Construction, Sustain- ability and Infrastructure, Florida International University. Her research interest includes Sustainable and resilient infrastructure, Engineering Education, and Sustainable transportation system.Mr. Mohamed Elzomor, P.E., Florida International University Dr. Mohamed ElZomor is an Assistant Professor at Florida International University (FIU), College of Engineering and Computing and teaches at the Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustain- ability. Dr. ElZomor completed his doctorate at Arizona ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Cultivating sustainable infrastructure project
/Research Assistant at Moss School of Construction, Sustainability and Infrastructure, Florida International University. Her research interest includes Sustainable and resilient infrastructure, Engineering Education, and Sustainable transportation system.Mr. Mohamed Elzomor, P.E., Florida International University Dr. Mohamed ElZomor is an Assistant Professor at Florida International University (FIU), College of Engineering and Computing and teaches at the Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustain- ability. Dr. ElZomor completed his doctorate at Arizona ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Fostering infrastructure equity through leveraging Envision rating
highlight their ongoing motivation for equity, which stems from their personal experiences in a low-resource community. nother participant discussed how the resilience and strength of low-income communities fuelAher motivation to address infrastructure injustices. She explained: onestly, I'm very angry at a lot of injustices in the world. I think there are so many people thatHdeserve better. I have a lot of privilege that I've not earned. So I think it's genuinely my responsibility to work on injustices that I see that I'm able to tackle.[...]I'm really inspired by a lot of people's strength and resilience. Working in Latin America, I worked in a couple of underserved communities, and[there are]just peoplethat are
encouraged to discuss the Code of Ethics by the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers [18] and the principles that govern the civil engineering profession:“create safe, resilient, and sustainable infrastructure; treat all persons with respect, dignity, andfairness in a manner that fosters equitable participation without regard to personal identity;consider the current and anticipated needs of society; and utilize their knowledge and skills toenhance the quality of life for humanity.” The ASCE Code of Ethics indicates society as itsmain stakeholder, followed by the natural and built environment, the profession, clients andemployers, and peers. This code specifically calls engineers’ attention to “a. first and foremost,protect the health, safety, and
engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts” [11].Furthermore, the program criteria for Civil Engineering or similarly named programs states thecurriculum must include the application of “... iii) principles of sustainability, risk, resilience,diversity, equity, and inclusion to civil engineering problems; v) an engineering code of ethics toethical dilemmas” [12].With these considerations in mind, the authors of this paper developed a framework to facilitatethe creation of lessons based on infrastructure related case studies that can address JEDI issues.This paper will explain how this framework was used to create lesson outlines based on two casestudies that highlight inequity in housing and urban
connections with the students, local facilitators, and the localstructure in the classroom. By knowing that, we could perform modifications and improvementsat the beginning of the course to adjust our initial planning for the reality of the course andstudent needs. During the workshop, we planned the following goals: (a) getting familiar with localfacilitators, managers, and infrastructure; (b) introducing the main ideas and motivating students;(c) establishing a face-to-face connection with all students; (d) providing technical training aboutelectronic tools used in the technology; and (e) establishing guidelines and internal policies withstudents to be followed throughout the course. The effectiveness of this workshop can be seen inthe