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Conference Session
Environmental Engineering Curricula I
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mahbub Uddin, Trinity University; Raj Chowdhury, Kent State University
Tagged Divisions
Environmental Engineering
AC 2007-387: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF NANOTECHNOLOGYMahbub Uddin, Trinity UniversityRaj Chowdhury, Kent State University Page 12.683.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Environmental Impact of NanotechnologyIntroductionThe emerging field of Nanotechnology is leading to a technological revolution in the newmillennium. It could revolutionize the way our society manufactures goods, generates energyand cures diseases. Nano scale materials are currently being used in consumer goods,computers, electronics, information and biotechnology, aerospace, defense, energy, medicine andmany other sectors of our economy. Areas producing the greatest revenue for
Conference Session
Sustainability in Engineering Courses
Collection
2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Joseph Delfino, University of Florida
Tagged Divisions
Environmental Engineering
McDonough and Braungart; The Ecology of Commerce by Hawken;The Sustainable Company by Laszlo; Hot, Flat and Crowded by Friedman; Sustainable Value - How theWorld’s Leading Companies as Doing Well by Doing Good by Laszlo; Our Stolen Future by Colburn,Dumanoski and Myers; You Can’t East GNP - Economics as if Ecology Mattered by Davidson; and TheOmnivore’s Dilemma - A Natural History of Four Meals, by Pollan.13. Examples of choices for case studies: Tier 1 industries - electric power, chemical process, beverage,fast food, alternate energy, pharmaceutical, automobile, aerospace, retail and department store, water andwastewater utility and agricultural [corn, sugar, etc.]; Tier 2 and 3 industries (as competitors orindividually) - Apple and Microsoft
Conference Session
Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Woo Hyoung Lee P.E., University of Central Florida
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Environmental Engineering
% Classification % GPA % Male 50 Sophomore 6 ≥3.4 81 Female 50 Junior 38 ≥3.0 & 13 Senior 56 <3.4 <3.0 6By discipline Discipline % Discipline % 6 Environmental 37 Aerospace Engineering Engineering Biology
Conference Session
Sustainable Engineering
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Stanley Greenwald, New York Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Environmental Engineering
engineering programs within the State. His early years in the aerospace field were followed by a position as Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Cooperative Education at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. Author of professional articles, active in ASEE, ASME, NSPE, and a licensed Professional Engineer in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Florida, he is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, 1955; City College of New York, BME – 1960 and Manhattan College, MS – 1978. Page 12.684.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007
Conference Session
Environmental engineering pedagogy and innovation
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Marty Anne Gustafson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Carl Vieth, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Patrick Eagan, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tagged Divisions
Environmental Engineering
Paper ID #5940Educational Innovation in a new Online Sustainable Systems EngineeringMasters Degree Program through Cross-Campus CollaborationMrs. Marty Anne Gustafson, University of Wisconsin, Madison Marty Anne Gustafson is the Program Director for the University of Wisconsin’s Master of Engineering in Sustainable Systems Engineering degree. Gustafson previously directed aerospace and military 3D online training systems and commercial product development for Orbital Technologies Corporation. Her work experience also includes Cummins, Inc. and ABB Automation. Her teaching experience includes graduate courses in the
Conference Session
Understanding Students: Recruiting, Retention, Enrichment
Collection
2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder
Tagged Divisions
Environmental Engineering
of interest.Activities in a first year EVEN course were modified over time to better demonstrate howenvironmental engineers help solve energy problems in an effort to try to improve the retentionof these students.General Information on the Program at the University of ColoradoAt the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU), all first-year engineering students are required totake a 1-credit introductory engineering course. Students generally select the course associatedwith the major in which they are enrolled: Architectural Engineering, Aerospace Engineering(ASEN), Chemical & Biological Engineering (CHEN), Civil Engineering (CVEN),Environmental Engineering (EVEN), Electrical and Computer Engineering, or MechanicalEngineering (MCEN). In
Conference Session
Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Sharanabasaweshwara Asundi, Old Dominion University; Gregory C. Bernard, Tuskegee University; Willard E. Collier, Tuskegee University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Environmental Engineering
Paper ID #27792An Interdisciplinary Research-based Education Program for Engaging Plant/AgricultureSciences, Chemical Sciences, and Engineering Students (iREP-4-PACE) atMinority InstitutionsDr. Sharanabasaweshwara Asundi, Old Dominion University Sharan Asundi, a native of INDIA, is a Ph.D. from University of Florida working as an Assistant Profes- sor of Space Systems Engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Old Dominion University (ODU). Currently, he is engaged in several teaching and research activities, largely focused on furthering the Space Systems Engineering Program at ODU. He has
Conference Session
Environmental Engineering Curricula
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Bruce Berdanier, Ohio Northern University
Tagged Divisions
Environmental Engineering
, Canada’s Aerospace and Defense Weekly, www.thewednesdayreport.com . 7. Blaike, P., and Brookfield, H., (1987), Land Degradation and Society, London, Methuen, p.23. 8. de Janvry, A., and Garcia, R., (1988), “Rural Poverty and Environmental Degradation in Latin America,” IFAD Conference on Smallholders and Sustainable Development, Rome. Page 11.1436.11
Conference Session
Problem- Project- and Case-Based Learning in Environmental Engineering
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Andrew Jason Hill, University of Southern Indiana; Zane W. Mitchell Jr., University of Southern Indiana
Tagged Divisions
Environmental Engineering
studysupports the use of a goal-driven competitive framework for delivery. Page 24.304.13References 1. APHA, AWWA, and WEF. (2005). “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater”, 21st ed. American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C. 2. Brodeur, D.R., P.W. Young, and K.B. Blair. (2002). “Problem-Based-Learning in Aerospace Engineering Education”, Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. 3. Domin, D.S. (1999). “A review of laboratory instructional styles”, Journal of Chemical Education, 76:543- 547. 4. Dutson, A.J., R.H. Todd
Conference Session
Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Sudarshan T. Kurwadkar, Tarleton State University; Daniel K. Marble, Tarleton State University; Jennifer T. Edwards, Tarleton State University
Tagged Divisions
Environmental Engineering
residential summer camp for high school studentsinterested in STEM fields. The camps were organized into instruction on electronics and lasers,nuclear and medical physics, computer science, and environmental engineering which supportedthe aerospace, nuclear energy, and biotechnology industry clusters, the State of Texas hadpreviously determined as being essential to the future economy of Texas. To be eligible to applyfor the camp, a student had to be between the ages of 14-21 and have just completed the 9th, 10thor 11th grade from either a Texas high school or be home schooled with a curriculum found to beequivalent by the University Admission Office, be a U.S. Citizens or non-resident eligible towork in the U.S. and be in compliance with the U.S
Conference Session
Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mary Cardenas, Harvey Mudd College; David Wayne Kelley, Department of Geography, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN; Warren Roberts
Tagged Divisions
Environmental Engineering
Paper ID #7752GIS and Introductory Environmental Engineering: A Way to Fold GIS intoan Already-existing CourseDr. Mary Cardenas, Harvey Mudd College Mary P. Cardenas, Ph.D. LaFetra Chair in Environmental Engineering Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA mary cardenas@hmc.edu Dr. Cardenas earned her B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State Engineering. She joined Rock- etdyne as a propulsion engineer and worked on the Space Shuttle Main Engines, Atlas Engine, and the X-30 propulsion system. Dr. Cardenas received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Environmental and Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa
Conference Session
Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Lupita D Montoya, University of Colorado, Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder
Tagged Divisions
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering from Stanford University. She conducted postdoctoral research in Environmental Health at the State University of New York and Harvard School of Public Health. At the University of Colorado, she leverages her multidisciplinary background and her social consciousness in her research and her teaching.Ms. Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado Boulder Robyn Sandekian is the Managing Director of the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Com- munities (MCEDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder). She earned BS and MS degrees in Aerospace Engineering Sciences at CU-Boulder in 1992 and 1994, respectively, then remained on cam- pus to work for the Women in Engineering Program (WIEP
Conference Session
Interdisciplinary Experiences and Assessment in Environmental Engineering
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder
Tagged Divisions
Environmental Engineering
://www.asme.org/events/competitionsEngineers (ASME) Human Engineering 3, 6Powered VehicleInternational Society of Biomedical 7Pharmaceutical Engineers (IPSE)SAE International: Aero Design, Aerospace Engineers, http://students.sae.org/competitions/ Page 25.336.3Baja SAE Series Mechanical Engineers 6In environmental engineering there are a range of competitions that could be used in a seniorcapstone design course. These competitions are summarized in Table 2. Basic elements of theseprojects as summarized from the competition websites are shown. However
Conference Session
Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Andrew Ross Pfluger P.E., U.S. Military Academy; David-Michael P. Roux, U.S. Army; Michael A. Butkus, U.S. Military Academy
Tagged Divisions
Environmental Engineering
Virginia Tech YES C PM2.5 and PM10, relative humidity, temperature, VOCs, CO2, CO, air velocity, lighting levelThere are 59 ABET accredited undergraduate environmental engineering programs in the UnitedStates.1 These programs were identified via the ABET website and then examined based oninformation published on their respective program and registrar web sites. Many of theprograms surveyed for this work offer their course in a civil, mechanical, aerospace, or Page
Conference Session
Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Dunia Tania Periverzov, Drexel University (Tech.)
Tagged Divisions
Environmental Engineering
applications in micro- combustion, fuel cells, green fuels, and plasma-assisted combustion. Husanu has prior industrial experi- ence in aerospace engineering that encompasses both theoretical analysis and experimental investigations, such as designing and testing of propulsion systems including design and development of pilot testing fa- cility, mechanical instrumentation, and industrial applications of aircraft engines. Also, in the past seven years she gained experience in teaching M.E. and E.T. courses in thermal-fluid and energy conversion areas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended
Conference Session
Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Melanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington; Victoria C. P. Chen, University of Texas, Arlington; Brian H. Dennis, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; K.J. Rogers, University of Texas, Arlington; Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Madhu Rani, University of Texas, Arlington; Ketwalee Kositkanawuth
Tagged Divisions
Environmental Engineering
Mechanical and N/A N/A 160 160 320 Engineers?” Aerospace Engineering CE 4383 Senior Project N/A 28 N/A N/A 28 “Engineering Design: IE 4350 Industrial Engineering10 Seeking Sustainable N/A 2 21 14 37 Capstone Design Solutions” MAE 4287Design Project I N/A 42 N/A N/A 42 TOTAL 336 1027 821 1065 3249