impact of the flipped classroom setting and the design ofin-class activities to support and compliment the online modules will be performed in pursuit ofthis goal.7. AcknowledgementsThe authors wish to acknowledge the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation and theSustainability Institute. Thank you to the National Science Foundation, EFRI-SEED Grant#1038139, the Department of Energy Energy Efficient Building Hub, the BNY MelonFoundation, the Heinz Endowments, the Penn State Center, Pittsburgh, the Penn StateDepartment of Architectural Engineering, and the Engineering Education Research Center forthe support. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily
) hours of instructionover a two- week period was reduced to four (4) scheduled hours for the same period. The project-based hybrid experience allowed students to participate synchronously during any of the (3) hourstraditionally scheduled for the course, but students were only able to attend face-to-face on oneday each week. Enhancements to the course structure resulted in the opportunity for students toengage with formal course content in (5) hours during a typical week, more than the standard (3)hours offered in traditional, fully face-to-face formats offered in the past.TABLE 2: Anticipated Time Effort Towards Structured Learning Communication Project- s Based
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Academy Colonel Aaron Hill is an Assistant Professor and Design Group Director in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from West Point, a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management from Missouri S&T, a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Aaron has served in the military for 23 years as an Engineer Officer with assignments around the world to include Afghanistan, Egypt, and Bosnia- Herzegovina. He is a licensed professional engineer in Virginia and a Project Management Professional. Aaron’s
set of histograms,figure 1, show the students’ grades on both assignments while the second, figure 2, shows thosescores standardized, otherwise known as Z-score normalized. Figure 1: Student GradesFigure 1’s histograms show the counts of each score, with the binwidth and numbers of binsappropriate to the counts. The spread for the UN SDG Assignment was much larger than theFinal Written Report, with a range of 28, minimum of 68, and maximum of 96 relative to a rangeof 14, minimum of 82 and maximum of 96, respectively. This spread becomes considerablewhen looking at figure 2’s histograms: Figure 2: Student Grades, StandardizedWhen considering the standardized scores, the UN SDG
conclusion of the course. Interviews were semi-structuredwith questions focused on students sharing the experience of intercultural growth. Students wereasked to recount and interpret specific experiences of intercultural growth. Phenomenologicalhermeneutic analysis is underway with discussion to be provided at a future date.The students’ responses on the pre-trip survey indicate not only a strong desire to learn aboutdifferent cultures, but also an awareness of a lack of intercultural competence in their lives. Forexample, one student states, “I hope that this experience continues to expand my horizons andhelp[s] me develop a better worldview.” Another student states, “I like to think that I amproficient at nonverbal communication, but I now
secondsession, all seven groups that made up the class contributed to the discussion. In the thirdsession, an invited speaker, a practitioner, would address the class, focusing on real issues andconcerns that only practitioners could address. During the final fifteen minutes of the thirdsession, the instructor would summarize the case pointing in the direction of: lesson(s) learned,discrepancies, if any, and how the presented case would relate to and/ or supplement theknowledge students have been exposed to in previous courses.Getting off to a good start is vital, so the first class session was an ideal opportunity to be clearabout expectations and to impress on the students that the success of the course depends on thecontribution of every student in
due to the complexity of the projects, demands of the owner(s) and other designers, andthe current trends in the industry to adopt and implement technology. If we look at the last severalyears of the NASCC conference presentations, software trends in the industry can be seen (Table 2).If we look into recent educational technologies that are being tried in other disciplines, we can findtrends there also (Table 2). Table 2: Relevant Types of Technology found in the Profession and Academia. Use group Trending Types of Technology Profession Software for analyzing and design structural steel gravity and laterals systems BIM software for coordinating the design
each filled the majority of the class session time. Further, eachactivity had to be beneficial to student learning and logistically practical. Although the authorswere able to utilize the resources described in Tip 3 for many of these activities, some of thetopics required development of completely new materials. The first year of implementing theflipped format quickly revealed which in-class activities fell short of these goals, and the authorstook those opportunities to improve the activities in subsequent offerings. In general, the mostsuccessful in-class activities were: 1) Appropriate and relevant for the topic and course. The main purpose should be to enhance student learning of the geology concept(s). The learning
Paper ID #22037The Influence of Grading Bias on Reinforced Concrete Exam Scores at ThreeDifferent UniversitiesDr. Benjamin Z. Dymond, University of Minnesota, Duluth Ben Dymond obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech before obtaining his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Ben is currently an assistant professor of structural engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth.Dr. Matthew Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute Matthew (Matt) Swenty obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Civil Engineering from Missouri S&T and then worked as a
engineering education.” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, June 28 - July 1, 1998, Seattle, WA.4 Robinson, M. and Sutterer, K. (2003). “Integrating sustainability into civil engineering curricula.” Proceedings of the 2003 Annual Conference, June 22-25, 2003, Nashville, TN.5 Hansen, K. and Vanegas, J. (2006). “A guiding vision, road map, and principles for researching and teaching sustainable design and construction.” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 18-21, 2006, Chicago, IL.6 Freyne, S., Hale, M., and Durham, S. (2007). “Incorporating “green” ideas into civil engineering materials courses.” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 24-27, 2007, Honolulu, HI.7
for the difficulties they mightface professionally and personally in the future. It has also been criticized for insufficient 1 This study is supported by the “Re-development of Cornerstone Curriculum in Civil Engineering for Futures Thinking”, sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, under Grant no. MOST 104-2511-S-032-003.curricular opportunities to involve students in design, experiences for teamwork andcommunication, and knowledge and awareness of fields outside engineering.4, 11 Among the key elements called for in engineering education reform, threeoverwhelmingly stand out: (a) softening the
students had never heard of these goals but were alleager to incorporate the sustainable development applications into their proposed design projects.Each student was asked to conduct research on the UN Goals and then write a brief essay onwhich goal(s) they wanted to incorporate into their proposed design project. Each group selectedgoals that were most applicable to their design project which can be found on Table 2. Of the 17UN Goals the engineering students selected eight as illustrated in Figure 2. • Goal 5: Gender Equality • Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation • Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy • Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure • Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities • Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and
had never heard of these goals but were alleager to incorporate the sustainable development applications into their proposed design projects.Each student was asked to conduct research on the UN Goals and then write a brief essay onwhich goal(s) they wanted to incorporate into their proposed design project. Each group thendiscussed the goals selected by the individual team members and decided upon the goals thatwere most applicable to their design project. These results can be found on Table 2. Of the 17UN Goals the engineering students selected eight as illustrated in Figure 2. • Goal 5: Gender Equality • Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation • Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy • Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
six topic areas and develop personalized learning plans to overcome these areas ofweakness. These lesson plans consisted of a subset of six learning modules related to theprerequisite material that students were required to complete outside of the classroom. Each topiccovered on the pre-test was associated with a specific module and students were only assignedcomplete the modules associated with corresponding question(s) that they did not answercorrectly. For example, if a certain student correctly answered the questions on descriptivestatistics and summing variables, they were then only assigned the modules associated with thestandard normal distribution, confidence intervals, z-test of equality and chi-square test. Each ofthe modules were
and biomedical engineering) get ademonstration of this sculpture so that they can appreciate the beauty of the Civil Engineeringdiscipline when they learn through this sculpture.Conclusion: Students learn best by doing. Teaching using demonstration is a significant part of thepopular and proven ExCEEd teaching model. The combination of a student independent study, aclassroom demonstration and an addition to the decor of the university is hitting a trifecta. Thepresented project helped a civil engineering student to learn multiple aspects of civil engineeringusing a hands-on project. In addition, the result of the project is used in multiple civilengineering courses.Acknowledgement:We would like to thank Alumnus, Mr. John S. McGrath
Management Science, APR, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 143-153. 6. Reeves, G, and E Hickman, (1992) "Assigning MBA Students to Field Study Project Teams: A Multicriteria Approach". Interfaces, Linthicum, Sep/Oct, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 52-58. 7. Glover, F, and F Laguna. (1997) Tabu Search. Kluwer Academic Publishers, July, pp. 408pp. 8. Weitz, R, and S Lakshminarayanan. (1997) "An empirical comparison of heuristic and graph theoretic methods for creating maximally diverse groups, VLSI design, and exam scheduling". Omega, Oxford: Aug, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 473-482. 9. Chen, S, and L Lin. (2004) "Modeling team member characteristics for the formation of a multifunctional team in concurrent engineering". IEEE Transactions
at least 4 C-I courses – minimum 3 written, 2 spoken, 1 visual & 1 technical • Complete an agreement with a faculty advisor and meet regularly to ensure timely submission of all components needed for certification • Participate in and reflect on an internship(s), research, or study abroad experience related to their fields in which they exhibit strong communication skills • Serve in and reflect on a leadership role(s) on campus (student organization or service- learning opportunities) or within the community • Attend at least 3 workshops designed to improve communication skills • Compile a private portfolio of required communication samples • Complete an approved public portfolio
incorporate the need for the students to consult and comply with engineering standards and to address numerous realistic constraints.Evaluation of Current Curriculum vs. BOK2 OutcomesCurrent BSCE program outcomes for [University A] (Table 1) were ‘mapped’ against the BOK2baccalaureate outcomes published by ASCE, and an initial assessment was conducted to identifylikely action(s) needed to bring the [University A] program outcomes into better agreement orcompliance with BOK2 outcomes. Table 3 presents a very brief summary of the effort. Thistype of exercise is limited by the nature of existing [University A] outcomes – which typically donot specify a “level of achievement” – versus the BOK2 approach of stating outcomes withdefinitive achievement
leader of character who can understand, implement, and manage technology;and to inspire cadets to a career in the United States Army and a lifetime of personal growthand service.The Department mission statement includes educating and inspiring, which align along a set ofcommonly accepted educational taxonomies; that is, Bloom’s Taxonomy, which is based on theseminal work of the 1950’s educational committee chaired by Benjamin Bloom. The committeeestablished a set of taxonomies in three domains of learning: cognitive, affective andpsychomotor. The cognitive domain taxonomy is widely accepted in many fields and has beenidentified as, “arguably one of the most influential education monographs of the past halfcentury.”3 The taxonomies are a language
listedin separate columns.Note that, with the establishment of the CAP3 Accreditation Committee in January 2004, theinitiation of BOK1-compliant criteria development effectively coincided with the publication ofthe BOK1 report. However, in the four years since the publication of the BOK2 report, CAP3has chosen not to initiate the development of new BOK2-compliant accreditation criteria. Whynot?As the timeline suggests, the publication of the BOK2 did not fully account for the inevitable Page 25.1329.10time lag associated with accreditation criteria implementation. The BOK2’s publication sevenmonths ahead of the first accreditation visits under BOK1
Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Reston, VA, 2001.2. Wankat, P. C. and Oreovicz, F. S., Teaching Engineering, McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, NY, 1993.3. Lowman, J., Mastering the Techniques of Teaching, 2nd Edition, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, CA, 1995.4. Klosky, J. L. and VanderSchaaf, R., “Hands-on-Demonstrations in Introductory Mechanics”, Proceedings of 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, 9 pp., June, 2002.5. Lesko, J., Duke, J., Holzer, S., and Auchey, F., “Hands-on-Statics Integration into an Engineering Mechanics- Statics Course: Development and Scaling”, Proceedings of 1999 ASEE Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC, 7 pp., June, 1999.6. Graves, E., “Demonstrations that Work in the
and do participate. Toinsure that all rules prohibiting underage drinking are maintained, the students running the eventcheck all participants and provide special “of age” wrist bracelets to all who are over 21, toinclude faculty and ASCE professional members in attendance (note the green wrist band on thestudent, on the far right of the right hand photo, in figure 5). This again models responsible useof alcohol, or non-use. Page 15.645.9 Figure 5 End of Year Celebration and “HB101 Final” Beer Name Slogan Associated Course(s)/EventGraduation Wheat
and physics study programmes using logistic regression, 9.Bringula, R. P., Evangelista, M. A. C., & Alvarez, J. N. S. (2015). Technical Description of Equation Sensei A Mobile-Assisted Learning Application in Mathematics, 105–107. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2015.92Casanova, J. R., Cervero, A., Núñez, J. C., Almeida, L. S., & Bernardo, A. (2018). Factors that determine the persistence and dropout of university students, 30(4), 408–414. https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2018.155Denson, N., & Chang, M. J. (2009). Racial Diversity Matters : The Impact of Diversity-Related Student Engagement and Institutional Context, 46(2), 322–353. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831208323278Derr, K., Hübl, R., & Ahmed, M
Colonel Aaron Hill is an Assistant Professor and Design Group Director in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from West Point, a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management from Missouri S&T, a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Aaron has served in the military for 24 years as an Engineer Officer with assignments around the world to include Afghanistan, Egypt, and Bosnia- Herzegovina. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Virginia and a Project Management Professional. Aaron’s primary
Paper ID #28949Work in Progress: Inquiry-Based Learning in Transportation EngineeringDr. Ilgin Guler, The Pennsylvania State University S. Ilgin Guler is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Her research interests include multi-modal urban traffic operations and control, intelligent transportation sys- tems, connected and autonomous vehicles and infrastructure management. She received dual B.S. degrees from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey in Civil Engineering and Industrial Engineering and Opera- tions Research. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University
Engineeringand the School of Engineering in SFSU in developing the remote shake table laboratories. Theauthors would also like to acknowledge their partners in Quanser, especially Peter Martin andAbbey Desjarlais, for the contributions in developing and debugging the mobile knowledge apps.References1. 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. (2014, November 26). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:16, November 29, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake.2. 1994 Northridge earthquake. (2014, October 29). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:19, November 29, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Northridge_earthquake.3. S.J. Dyke, Z. Jiang, R. Christenson, X. Gao, and S. Courter, "Teleoperation and
knowledge of the campus. It is hoped that the project will increase interest andretention in the civil engineering program and specifically increase interest in geotechnicalengineering but further study will be required to determine the long-term impact.References[1] Caverly, R., Fulmer, H., Santhanam, S., Singh, P., O’Brien, J., Jones, G., Char, E., Mercede, F., Weinsten, R., and Yost, J. (2010). “Project-based Freshman Engineering Experience: The Core Course,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.[2] Bodnar, L., Lagoudas, M., Hodge, J., Smith, T., Oronzco, J., Corso, J., Sanchez, C., Freise, J., Ringler, H., and Cortes,I. (2012). “Engaging Freshman in Team Based Engineering Projects
Why is it Important for Your Building Project?” WorldBuild 365.3. Castro, G. and Poulos, S. J. (1977). “Factors Affecting Liquefaction and Cyclic Mobility”. Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, Vol 103, No. GT6, pp 501-516.4. Hooke, Harry. Rochester Institute of Technology (2011), “Use of Soil Behavior Demonstrations to Increase Student Engagement in a Soil Mechanics Course.” American Society of Engineering Education.5. Caverly, R., Fulmer, H., Santhanam, S., Singh, P., O’Brien, J., Jones, G., Char, E., Mercede, F., Weinsten, R., and Yost, J. (2010). “Project-based Freshman Engineering Experience: The Core Course,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.6. Li, J. and