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Educational and Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession and ASCE

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jakob C. Bruhl, United States Military Academy; Brock E. Barry P.E., United States Military Academy; David Carlson P.E., United States Military Academy

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- gineer in multiple states. Dr. Barry’s areas of research include assessment of professional ethics, teaching and learning in engineering education, nonverbal communication in the classroom, and learning through historical engineering accomplishments. He has authored and co-authored a significant number of journal articles and book chapters on these topics. Dr. Barry is the 2020 recipient of ASEE’s National Outstanding Teaching Award.Major David Carlson P.E., United States Military Academy Major David Carlson is an instructor of Civil Engineering in the Department of Civil and Mechanical En- gineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. He was commissioned as an Engineer Officer from the U.S

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Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven D. Hart, U.S. Military Academy; Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy, West Point; Joseph P. Hanus, U.S. Military Academy; Karl F. Meyer, U.S. Military Academy; Jason Allen Toth; Morgan Reese, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

AC 2011-293: AN INTRODUCTION TO INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ALLDISCIPLINESSteven D Hart, U.S. Military Academy Steven D. Hart is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Corps of Engineers with over 22 years of service in both command and staff positions in Iraq, Kuwait, Panama, Germany, Korea, and the United States. He is currently assigned as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at West Point where he is currently teach courses on Infrastructure Engineering and Critical Infrastructure Protection.J. Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy, West Point J. Ledlie Klosky, P.E., is an associate professor of civil engineering in the Department of Civil and Me- chanical Engineering at

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Innovative Pedagogy in Civil Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Swartz P.E., University of Hartford; Stephanie Butler Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jeffrey A. Laman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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from Drexel University in 1996 and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. She taught for two years as a visiting professor in Chemical Engineering at Bucknell University. She has been teaching Environmental Engineering courses in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Penn State University since 2009. She is pioneering the use of online courses for summer courses, flipped courses throughout the semester and professional development in Pennsylvania. In addition, she has advised over a dozen students on the use of Moringa seeds for sustainable water treatment in the developing world.Dr. Jeffrey A. Laman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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The Teacher as Manager: Best Practices for Culminating Design Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Oswald Beiler P.E., Bucknell University; Arthur D. Kney, Lafayette College; David A. Veshosky, Lafayette College

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Civil Engineering

through a number of awards, most recently the PA Water Environmental Association (PWEA) 2010 Professional Research Award and the 2010 Delta Upsilon Distinguished Mentoring and Teaching Award; 2010 Aaron O. Hoff Award. Kney’s areas of interests include water/wastewater treat- ment (including industrial wastewater treatment) and sustainable engineering focusing on urban sprawl and its environmental effects on watersheds. Most recently, he has begun to explore methods to integrate undergraduate and K-12 education in innovative ways. In order to support his research and teaching inter- ests, he has been awarded a number of local, state, and national grants. Together with research students, faculty, and community partners

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First-Year Activities and Peer Review Strategies in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan L. Hart, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Engineering

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Civil Engineering

AC 2011-540: AN INNOVATIVE MECHANISM TO ESTABLISH POSI-TIVE ASSOCIATION WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF CIVIL ENGINEER-ING CURRICULUMMegan L. Hart, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng. Dr. Hart is an assistant professor in the department of Civil Engineering at Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO. Dr. Hart worked professionally as an environmental engineer in the areas of stormwater, wastewater and drinking water prior to joining St. Louis University. Her area of applied laboratory expertise is stormwater, geotechnics, membrane design, shallow groundwater and structural interactions including remediation, and structures with unsaturated soil interactions. Her pedagogical pursuits include the first year experience

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Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Parhum Delgoshaei, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Chelsea Green, Virginia Tech

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Civil Engineering

designed to utilize LabVIEWprogramming and the status of development of a LabVIEW Enabled Watershed AssessmentSystem (LEWAS). This system is capable of monitoring water data in a real-time from animpaired stream that flows through the campus of Virginia Tech. These data have potential todevelop classroom exercises targeted at promoting awareness of environmental sustainabilityamong engineering freshmen.LEWAS has been successfully expanded from the desktop version and is programmed to enablereal-time monitoring using an embedded computer that is field deployable with less powerconsumption and more reliability compared to the desktop version. Student attitudinal responseson using LabVIEW to teach programming constructs and collect environmental data

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Are You Experienced? Approaches and Tools for Experiential Learning

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Alec Colin Derks, Saint Louis University; J Chris Carroll P.E., Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.; James H. Hanson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kyle Kershaw P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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S802 - Teaching Methods and Educational Materials and he has been formally engaged in K-12 engineering education for nearly ten years.Prof. James H. Hanson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. James Hanson is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. His teaching emphasis is structural analysis and design. Over the last fifteen years he has conducted research on teaching students how to evaluate the reasonableness of their results. He is the recipient of several best paper awards and teaching awards including the American Concrete Institute’s Young Member Award for Professional Achievement and the Walter P. Moore Jr. Faculty Award. He also received the Ferdinand P. Beer

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Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Hall, University of Arkansas

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Civil Engineering

College of Engineering, with approximately 103 tenure/tenure-track faculty inseven departments, enrolls approximately 1650 undergraduate, 578 masters, and 149 doctoralstudents. Last fiscal year, externally-funded research expenditures in the college exceeded $18million. The Department of Civil Engineering has 12 tenure/tenure-track faculty, and enrollsapproximately 200 undergraduate, 25 masters, and 12 doctoral students. The departmentparticipates in many interdisciplinary research centers and is lead in two – the Mack-BlackwellNational Rural Transportation Center and the Computational Mechanics Laboratory. Last fiscalyear, externally-funded research expenditures in the department exceeded $1.6 million.Current BSCE CurriculumThe department of

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Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

AC 2007-643: AN ASPIRATIONAL VISION OF CIVIL ENGINEERING IN 2025:THE ROLE OF ACCREDITATIONStephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy Colonel Stephen Ressler is Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. A 1979 graduate of USMA, he holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Lehigh University and is a registered professional engineer in Virginia. He has served as a member of the USMA faculty for 15 years, teaching courses in engineering mechanics, structural engineering, and civil engineering professional practice. Page 12.201.1

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Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession and ASCE II

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Horst Brandes P.E., University of Hawaii; Joe D. Manous Jr, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama

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of the Army for Civil Works and is an Adjunct Professor at George Mason University teaching courses in engineering economics and water resources. Dr Manous is a former US Army Corps of Engineers officer, retiring from active duty in the grade of Colonel. His last active duty assignment was as Academy Professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he taught courses in environmental engineering, water resources, and environmental security.Dr. Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama Kenneth J. Fridley is the Senior Associate Dean for the College of Engineering at The University of Alabama. Prior to his current appointment, Fridley served as Professor and Head of the Department of Civil

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Innovative Pedagogies for Facilitating Student-driven Learning Experiences

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caroline Haggard; Fabio Matta; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #19934Active Problem-based Learning on Nano-amended Cement Composites forNuclear Waste Storage for Civil and Environmental Engineering Undergrad-uate StudentsCaroline HaggardFabio Matta Dr. Fabio Matta is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Carolina (USC), where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on civil engineering materials, structural mechanics, and infrastructure repair. His research focuses on hazard- resilient construction, novel cement composites, and corrosion characterization and monitoring. Funding sources include DOE, NIST

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Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fernando Fonseca, Brigham Young University; Steven E. Benzley, Brigham Young University; James Nelson, Brigham Young University; A. Woodruff Miller, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2011-484: DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENGINEERING MANAGEMENTMS OPTION COUPLED WITH UNDERGRADUATE CULMINATING DE-SIGNDr. Fernando Fonseca, Brigham Young UniversitySteven E. Benzley, Brigham Young University Steven E. Benzley obtained BES and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from Brigham Young University in 1966 and 1967, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of California. He was a member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories. Since 1980 he has been on the faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Brigham Young University. He has also served as Associate Dean of the BYU College of Engineering and Technology, Associate Dean of BYU Honors and General Education, and is currently the chair

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CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan Fries, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Brad Cross, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Susan Morgan, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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Civil Engineering

some resources that might not be readily available in some office locations (e.g.,research laboratories, instrumentation, and finite element programs) that can be used to furtherinvestigate questions that arise.Some companies have identified excellent student projects, yet there were proprietary orconfidentiality concerns. To address these challenges, presentations and reports were authoredfor “faculty eyes only.” Otherwise, presentations are open and reports may be used for Page 15.159.7accreditation purposes. 6 Before the change to industry

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Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession and ASCE

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Peter Laursen

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Civil Engineering

University in 1987 and a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1997.Dr. Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Pamalee Brady is a Professor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She teaches courses in structural systems, concrete, steel and wood design as well as structural engineering courses for architecture and construction management students. Prior to joining the faculty at Cal Poly she worked in applied research at the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Illinois. She is a member of the Education Committee of the ASCE Forensic Engineering Division and an Asso- ciate Editor of the ASCE

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Integrating Sustainability and Social Responsibility into the Curriculum

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

developing opportunities for undergraduate students to learn through research utilizing engineered treatment wetlands and biomimetic membranes technologies. She is also interested in developing active and place-based teaching methods for environ- mental engineering courses.Dr. John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Aidoo is currently an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Department at Rose-Hulman Institute Technology. Prior to this appointment, he worked as the Bridge Design Engineer at South Carolina De- partment of Transportation. He received a B.Sc. from the University of Science & Technology in Ghana in 1997 and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina. His research activities

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Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession and ASCE

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; Decker B. Hains, Western Michigan University; Brock E. Barry P.E., United States Military Academy; Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College; Leslie Nolen CAE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #21527The Third Edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge: An Updateand OverviewDr. Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama Kenneth J. Fridley is the Senior Associate Dean for the College of Engineering at The University of Alabama. Prior to his current appointment, Fridley served as Professor and Head of the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama. Dr. Fridley has been recognized as a dedicated educator throughout his career and has received several awards for his teaching efforts, including the ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

AC 2010-844: HOMEBREWING 101: A VITAL PART OF A CIVIL ENGINEERINGPROGRAM!Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy Scott Hamilton is an active duty Army officer and Assistant Professor and Group Director in the Department of Civil& Mechanical Engineering at the US Military Academy at West Point, where he has served on the faculty for a total of over 9 years. As an officer in the US Army Corps of Engineers for over 26 years he has served in a variety of assignments in the US, Germany, Korea, and Afghanistan. He has been brewing beer and teaching others to brew for the last 16 years. Scott has been active with ASCE Student Chapters, on both the local and national level. He is a

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Making Professionals: Methods to Build Success Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jakob C. Bruhl, United States Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky P.E., United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

engineering education.Dr. James Ledlie Klosky P.E., United States Military Academy Led Klosky is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point and a past winner of ASEE’s National Teaching Medal. He is a licensed professional engineer and the Dean’s Executive Agent for Design and Construction at West Point. Led’s work is primarily in the areas of infrastructure, subsurface engineering and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Deliberate Development of Creative EngineersABSTRACTThe ability of engineers to create and innovate is an essential part of delivering design value. Theengineering profession has made this

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

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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; conduct experiments in more than onetechnical area of civil engineering and analyze and interpret the resulting data; analyze and solve well-defined problems in at least four technical areas appropriate to civil engineering; design a system,component, or process in more than one civil engineering context; apply principles of sustainability indesign; apply principles of project management; explain basic concepts in business, public policy, andleadership; analyze issues in professional ethics; and explain the importance of professional licensure.2. FacultyThe program must demonstrate that faculty teaching courses that are primarily design in content arequalified to teach the subject matter by virtue of professional licensure, or by education and

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Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George List, North Carolina State University

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  NSF­sponsored  Industry­ University Cooperative Research Center: The Repair of Buildings and Bridges with Composites, the  Constructed  Facilities  Laboratory,  the  Institute  for  Transportation  Research  and  Education, the Center for Transportation and the Environment, the Center for Sustainable Use of Resources, and  the  DHS  Center  of  Excellence  –  Natural  Disasters,  Coastal  Infrastructure  and  Emergency Management. Last fiscal year, research expenditures in the department exceeded $14 million. Current BSCE Curriculum The  department  offers  three  accredited  undergraduate  degrees:  1)  Civil  Engineering,  2) Construction Engineering and Management, and 3) Environmental Engineering. The BSCE has been accredited by ABET since 1936

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Progress on Raising the Bar

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

, theAccreditation Committee has formulated the following draft Basic Level Civil EngineeringProgram Criteria: 1. Curriculum The program must demonstrate that graduates can apply knowledge of mathematics through differential equations, calculus-based physics, chemistry, can apply knowledge of four technical areas appropriate to civil engineering; can conduct civil engineering experiments and analyze and interpret the resulting data; can design a system, component, or process in more than one civil engineering context; and can explain the fundamentals of management, business, public policy, and leadership. 2. Faculty The program must demonstrate that faculty teaching courses that are primarily design in

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Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers; Richard O. Anderson P.E., Somat Engineering, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

data; design a system,component, or process in at least two more than one civil engineering contexts; includeprinciples of sustainability in design; explain basic concepts in project management, business,public policy, and leadership; analyze issues in professional ethics; and explain the importance ofprofessional licensure.2. FacultyThe program must demonstrate that faculty teaching courses that are primarily design in contentare qualified to teach the subject matter by virtue of professional licensure, or by education anddesign experience. The program must demonstrate that it is not critically dependent on oneindividual.Where we last left offThe initial paper1 documenting the committee’s work started with a review of the literature

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Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Joshua Hewes, Northern Arizona University

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Civil Engineering

Tribal Environmental Professionals, Water Research andEducation Program, and the Arizona Laboratory for Applied Transportation Research.The university is currently undergoing a review to transform NAU into a global campus and toprepare its students for global competency. Although recommendations have yet to be adoptedinto the university's curriculum requirements, eventually the CE curriculum will need to respondto these future demands. One recommendation - each undergraduate plan of study will bemodified in structure to accommodate one semester of education abroad - could require asignificant redesign to the CE curriculum.Motivated by the ABOR 2020 Vision and Strategic Plan6, the university is encouraging itsprograms to streamline curricula

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Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth McManis, University of Louisiana

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Civil Engineering

CivilEngineering Department. Currently there are approximately 150 undergraduate studentspursuing a B.S. degree in civil engineering. There are approximately 20 graduate students;mostly full-time students supported through research or teaching assistantships. The departmentfaculty includes 9 tenure track positions, one instructor, and severable adjunct-facultypractitioners, as needed.Current BS in Civil Engineering CurriculumThe academic mission of the undergraduate program envisions graduates that will be competitiveand employable by engineering firms, government agencies, and a curriculum that will providean educational foundation for those who pursue advanced degrees. Professional licensure ispromoted, and students are strongly encouraged to take the

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Attracting and Retaining Students in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rhonda K. Young, University of Wyoming; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Andrea Bill, University of Madison, Wisconsin; Michael Kyte, University of Idaho, Moscow; Kevin Heaslip, Utah State University; David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University; Shashi S. Nambisan, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

Board.David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University Dr. Hurwitz serves as an Assistant Professor in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Ore- gon State University (OSU). He teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in traffic operations, highway design, traffic signal design, and transportation safety. His areas of research interest include traffic en- gineering, driver behavior, driving simulation, and human factors. Dr. Hurwitz founded a traffic data collection company in Massachusetts that successfully completed numerous projects with private compa- nies and public agencies during his 5 year tenure with the firm. He is an active member of TRB, ASCE, and ITE.Shashi S. Nambisan, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna Wong P.E., San Francisco State University; Lakshmipriya Lakshmipathy, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras; Panfilo Jesus Armas; Andres Ernesto Paredes; Chris Park; Jorge Antonio Campos

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post-doctoral fellowship at Lawrence National Laboratory focusing on developing a modern computational framework for the nonlinear seismic analysis of Department of Energy nuclear facilities and systems. This work seeks to expand the under- standing of soil structure interaction for these structures and the means of modeling this behavior both theoretically and experimentally. In addition to her research experience, Dr. Wong also has worked for the public and private engineering sectors in the areas of water infrastructure, transportation, data systems, and project management. She joined San Francisco State University in 2014 as lecturer and is currently an assistant professor of Civil Engineering in the School of

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Notable Topics in Civil Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Derek G. Williamson, University of Alabama; Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; W. Edward Back, University of Alabama

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #15390Student Portfolios for Assessment and Self-LearningDr. Derek G. Williamson, University of Alabama Dr. Williamson obtained his undergraduate degree in 1990 in Engineering and Public Policy from Wash- ington University in St.Louis. He received his MS (1993) and Ph.D. (1998) degrees in environmental engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Williamson joined the faculty of the the Depart- ment of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at The University of Alabama in 1999. He has enjoyed 15 years of a dynamic profession of teaching, research, and service. he now serves as the Director

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Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James D. Bowen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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. Thefollowing characteristics of the project and/or the course intentionally address the community-building objective of the course:• The course is offered each semester and always includes the bridge design project.• The project presentation/bridge breaking is a public event in which faculty and former students are invited to attend.• The teaching assistants in the class are generally undergraduates who previously excelled in the course.• At several points in the semester upperclassmen are invited to speak to the class about activities available to students in the department (e.g. student organizations, competitions, scholarship opportunities, social events, etc.)• The design and performance characteristics for every current and

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Direct Measures of Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Bronzini, George Mason University; John Matusik, The Engineering Groupe

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Civil Engineering

AC 2007-502: USING THE SENIOR DESIGN JURY TO DIRECTLY ASSESSPROGRAM OUTCOMESMichael Bronzini, George Mason University Michael S. Bronzini currently holds the Dewberry Chair in Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering (CEIE) in the Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and is also the Chair of the CEIE Department. Prior positions include Director of the Center for Transportation Analysis at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at Penn State University, and Director of the Transportation Center and Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Dr

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Innovation and Fun in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michelle K. Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

over the course of a 10-week term, over years of teaching design.While we have observed these weaknesses, as educators, we have struggled with providingstudents with the appropriate amount of guidance in the process of developing strategies forapproaching comprehensive problem-solving. To address these issues, we developed a two-pronged approach using OEP-based strategies: implementation of a common project platformthat students will develop and solve throughout their undergraduate civil engineering experience,and implementation of a framework to help students scaffold ambiguous problems so that theycan tackle them appropriately and with confidence.In the current civil and environmental engineering curricula at RHIT students are exposed toPBL