Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogy and Assessment in Civil Engineering Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Berndt Spittka P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Erik R. Wright PE, U.S. Military Academy; Steven D Hart, U.S. Military Academy; Evan Hansen

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Civil Engineering

thefollowing educational objectives and participant outcomes for the Goethals’ InfrastructureChallenge: Challenge Educational Objectives: 1. Lead in the discussion, understanding, and making of public infrastructure policy. 2. Employ creative and critical thinking in the resolution of “wicked” problems. Page 24.646.3 Participant Outcomes: 1. Solve interdisciplinary problems as a member of a team. 2. Formulate problem and solutions sets to ‘wicked’ problems. 3. Present and defend a proposed infrastructure solution in a public forum. 4. Integrate social, political, economic, sustainability, resilience, and technical factors in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC; Steven D. Hart, U.S. Military Academy; Michael Keith Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Matthew W. Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

their curricula in the last five years. Both universities have developed,piloted, and institutionalized two new infrastructure-themed courses. As a result of ourindependent (to date) efforts, we have generated a wide variety of teaching materials for the fourcourses. Importantly, the transformation of our curricula has involved more than adding newcourses; as a result of having all department faculty involved in the planning andimplementation, our institutions have experienced a “trickle down” effect, in which newinfrastructure-themed material has been added to nearly every course and entire coursesequences have been modified. As a result, important topics such as resilience, infrastructureprotection, environmental impacts, and sustainability

Conference Session

Innovative Assessment Techniques in Civil Engineering Courses

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Shannon K Reynolds

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Civil Engineering

-lasting, durable, resilient to external factors, and so on – ideas discussed during the lesson. Explanation/Reflection: Students did poorly on this question, and it is attributed to lack of reinforcement in the Envision exercises and application to the particular project for this class. Envision does contain a Risk element, but it was not carefully considered. This is an area for improvement in the future. Some students made appropriate (and high level) observations that designing to mitigate hazards may be life-cycle best approach instead of designing to not withstand, saving money, and then having to rebuild.6. What is Envision from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure? a. long-term view of what the civil engineer will

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2014 ERC

Authors

George Hazelrigg

and Resilient and Sustainable Manufacturing Infrastructures Control Systems (CS) Engineering Materials New 4/1 Geomechanics and Civil Infrastructure Dynamical Systems (DS) Manufacturing Machines Geotechnical Systems (GGS) Systems (CIS) M. Ruzzene and Equipment (MME) R. Fragaszy K. Triantis

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2014 ERC

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Pramod Khargonekar

Partnerships •Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Healthcare Research Centers •Small Business •Environmental Engineering and Sustainability Partnerships •Transport and Thermal Fluids Phenomena •Engineering Education •Engineering CMMI Workforce •Advanced Manufacturing •Mechanics and Engineering Materials •Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure •Systems Engineering and Design ECCS •Electronics

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2014 Public Policy Colloquium

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Pramod Khargonekar, National Science Foundation

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National Science Foundation

tissues and cells RoboticsInfrastructure Systems Fundamental research to enable design of resilient and sustainable infrastructure systems Historical approaches and successes  Earthquake resistant structures (e.g. base isolation, novel materials, improved building codes)  NEES – unique national facilities “at scale”  Integration of engineering and social sciences for infrastructure management and hazard mitigation  RAPIDs: Learning from real-world examples Looking forward  Protecting from multi-hazard threats and evolving trends (climate change, demographics, etc.)  Design of infrastructure systems as

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogy and Assessment in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC; Michael K Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Civil Engineering

technical concepts (infrastructure components, in- frastructure sectors, or engineering concepts), 4. The number of concepts for non-technical aspects of infrastructure (e.g., economic growth, ethics, pollution, etc.), 5. The number of correct links between a non-technical concept to any other concept, and 6. The number of engineering concepts (e.g., constructability, design, resilience, etc.).The detailed instructions for scoring the concept maps are included in Appendix 3.Initially, we planned to have the concept maps scored by a trained evaluator who did not haveextensive civil engineering infrastructure expertise. However we found, similar to Cañas et al.,25that deep conceptual understanding was needed and so course instructors

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2014 ERC

Authors

Kei Koizumi

. These additional investments ineducation; research and innovation; infrastructure and jobs; opportunityand mobility; public health, safety, and security; and more efficient andeffective government can spur economic progress and strengthen ournational security. The Initiative proposes:•  $970 million in additional NIH funding;•  $1 billion in a Climate Resilience Fund;•  $552 million for NSF to expand the frontiers of knowledge;•  $2.1 billion for Department of Defense (DOD) R&D;•  $886 million in additional NASA funding;•  and additional funds for investments in USDA, DOE, NIST, NOAA, and other science agencies.Improving America’s Long-Term Fiscal Health•  Over the last four years, the Federal budget deficit has been cut in half as a

Conference Session

Innovative Projects in Energy Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salahuddin Qazi, State University of New York, Institute of Tech.; Farhan Qazi

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

provideelectricity in the aftermath of disasters for emergency relief and to remote areas having no accessto the grid. It will also discuss the advantages of community solar and solar microgrid fordisaster resilience. The paper concludes by emphasizing the importance of these technologies inengineering education and integrating them in programs related to solar energy and disaster &emergency management.IntroductionAccording to recent reports, 1, 2 the number of natural disasters worldwide has steadily increasedsince 1970s. It is also reported that the number of natural disasters is the highest in NorthAmerica with tornadoes, hurricanes, severe heat, floods and even drought. When a disasterstrikes, the whole infrastructure including electricity shuts

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogy and Assessment in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte P.E., Cleveland State University; Joshua Gisemba Bagaka's, Cleveland State University

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Civil Engineering

: Attitudes. Demonstrate attitudes supportive of the professional practice of civilengineering.” 5Two other reports that are relevant to civil engineering education are “The Vision for CivilEngineering in 2025” 6 and “Achieving The Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025: A Roadmapfor the Profession.” 7 The 2nd edition BOK has a direct linkage to the Vision.The vision document notes (p. 3) that “For many years, civil engineering leaders sounded thealarm about the lack of investment in maintaining and improving the infrastructure. Some ofthose shortcomings were tragically illustrated by the death and destruction caused by failures inwhich engineering designs, government funding, and the community oversight systems were allcalled into question. Civil

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Baytiyeh, American University of Beirut (Beirut)

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Community Engagement Division

for the incorporation of earthquake preparatory knowledge andpractice into engineering programs across Lebanon and for the engagement of the Lebaneseengineering sector in earthquake disaster risk reduction efforts.Keywords: Engineering students, Earthquake awareness, Lebanon, Earthquake preparednessIntroductionEarthquakes have proven to be one of the most terrifying and costly disasters which can pose areal and serious threat to a country’s infrastructure, population, economy, and social structure.They have the power and the potential to knock down buildings, to wreck cities, and to destroycommunities in only seconds. The uncontrollable physical and social consequences of suchphenomenon will remain the main challenge for every vulnerable

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Fariborz Tehrani; Nell Papavasiliou; Frederick Nelson; Carol Bohlin; Mara Brady

todeployment of results. The course guides students in learning from historical perspectives andconsequences of engineering, in researching and communicating ideas using engineeringresources, and in using practical engineering tools to deliver a sustainable and resilient solutionthroughout the design process. These learning experiences provide a strong engineeringfoundation for liberal studies majors, and particularly future elementary teachers. Anticipatedoutcomes are manifested and measured at different stages. The primary desired outcome of theEngineering Literacy course is that students, many of whom plan to teach at the elementary level,gain a better understanding of engineering. Further, we anticipate that such improvement inengineering

Conference Session

Promoting Technological Literacy

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

sharing results andsupports researchers with a cyber-infrastructure thatprovides access to simulation resources,collaboration tools, and centralized data storage andarchived data sets. While a valid EOT model, thisfocus on research proficiency misses a number ofopportunities as it does not acknowledge thatgraduate students will require mentoring andteaching skills in addition to research proficiency intheir future careers. This model also misses theopportunity to engage undergraduate students, Figure 1: Model of education and outreachwho are eager to explore opportunities to inform focused on training and developing graduatetheir decisions about their future workplace or student and post-doctoral researchers.graduate school.The K

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Maggie Varga, SOCHE; Sean J. Creighton, SOCHE; Derrick Langley, Air Force Institute of Technology; Diana Lynn Cahill, Air Force Institute of Technology; Richard K. Martin, The Air Force Institute of Technology

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. Theseattributes are identified as strong analytical skills, practical ingenuity, creativity,communication, business and management, leadership, high ethical standards,professionalism; dynamism, agility, resilience, and flexibility, and becoming lifelonglearners.1This project is motivated by the results and findings of our initial assessment of the Air ForceInstitute of Technology (AFIT) Summer Research Program (published in 2013 ASEE AnnualMeeting2) and a series of reports published by the National Academy during the past decadeentitled The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century, Rising Above theGathering Storm and Examination of the U.S. Air Force’s Science, Technology, Engineering

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

engineering in society. A new addition to definitions ofengineering is that engineers should be resilient and adaptable. The change arises from theincreasingly dynamic nature of engineering that results from the evolution of technology; at thetime the report was written computers were coming into significant use. The theme of life-long Page 24.357.14learning found in earlier reports is more strongly emphasized. The definitions again include theinfluence of economic and capital constraints on engineering work as well as engineering’simpact on the economy: “…engineers must establish and maintain great sensitivity to theeconomic aspects of engineering

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Briana Lucero, Colorado School of Mines; Cameron J Turner P.E., Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education

human rights Enhance opportunities equally Social Justice Increase resources equally Reduce risks/ help equallyLocal economic diversity encourages the formation of new markets while encouraging diversityin these novel markets. By exhibiting a wide range of markets, the communities in questionavoid relying too heavily on one product alone that results in additional avenues for income andproduct resiliency. This criterion also includes the training of the populace and subsequent jobcreation from the use of the product and technology.Self-reliance is dependent on the local economic diversity, but is stanchly

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlos German Montoya Rodriguez, Ohio State University; Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, The Ohio State University; Roger Dzwonczyk, The Ohio State University; John A Merrill, Ohio State University; Howard L. Greene, Ohio State University; Miriam Cater, Ohio State University

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #9326Application of Sustainable Solutions in International Service-Learning Engi-neering ProjectsMr. Carlos German Montoya Rodriguez, Ohio State University Carlos G. Montoya is a PhD. candidate in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineer- ing at The Ohio State University and his expected date of graduation is August 2014. He also received his M.S. in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University in 2010. His research is on the topics of pave- ment design, soil mechanics, resilient modulus testing, evaluation of field and laboratory test data, as well as finite element modeling of

Conference Session

BOK2 - Influencing Changes to the ABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria and Civil Engineering Curricula

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

the 21st Century, (BOK2)5was published in February 2008. Three inspirational, forward-thinking documents affectedBOK2. In 2004, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) published The Engineer of 202010which offered a vision for the engineering profession. The document cited the need for stronganalytical skills, practical ingenuity, communication skills, business and managementknowledge, leadership, high ethical standards, professionalism, dynamism, agility, resilience,flexibility, and lifelong learning. NAE furthered these ideas in 2005 with the publication ofEducating the Engineer of 2020. This work called upon engineering leaders to “adapt to new

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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