Conference Session

The Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge, 3rd Edition: Preparing the Future Civil Engineer

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kevin G. Sutterer P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Derek Guthrie Williamson, University of Alabama; W. Edward Back, University of Alabama

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Civil Engineering

and Environmental Engineering Director, Center for Sustainable Infrastructure The University of Alabama c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Curricular Changes Needed to Fulfill the CEBOK3: Three Case StudiesIntroductionAll civil engineering programs accredited by ABET must satisfy the requirements defined in theABET Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs [1], including the program criteria for“Civil and Similarly Named Engineering Programs” (also referred to as the civil engineeringprogram criteria, or CEPC). The CEPC was revised and is based, in part, on the 24 outcomes inthe Second Edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (CEBOK2

Conference Session

The Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge, 3rd Edition: Preparing the Future Civil Engineer

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte P.E., Oklahoma State University; Brock E. Barry P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Audra N. Morse P.E., Michigan Technological University; Camilla M. Saviz P.E., University of the Pacific

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Civil Engineering

are presented in this paper.A survey addressing the BOK3 outcomes was developed using SurveyMonkey and deliveredthrough ASCE’s Department Head Collaborate online community. The intent of the survey wasto capture the perspectives of civil engineering educators and leaders as related to the BOK3 andthe CEPC. For each of the 21 outcomes listed in the BOK3 and individual curricular topicsincluded in the CEPC, respondents were asked to provide feedback on: 1. importance of the Outcome, and 2. ease of implementing an Outcome or curricular topic into their existing civil engineering curriculum.The survey collected demographic information to characterize the program and institution (e.g.,program size, public versus private, highest degree

Conference Session

Tales from the Flip Side

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Warren, UNC Charlotte; Meagan Padro, UNC Charlotte

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Civil Engineering

study will investigatewhether a PFC model enables students to reach higher-order cognitive skills in accordance withBloom’s Taxonomy. This paper is a work in progress but it presents the extensive researchdesign, summarizes the preliminary student data from this study, and compares the data acquiredfrom the control and treatment groups for the first two content modules (Test 1 and Test 2 data).Extensive qualitative and quantitative data were collected, and the preliminary results arepromising. There appears to be a trend of improved overall student performance on quiz and testquestions in some areas of the course and there are indications that this instructional modelimpacts the student’s ability to reach higher order cognitive skills in

Conference Session

Innovation and Fun in the Civil Engineering Classroom

Collection

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

. Toaddress this, we developed a framework that helps students (1) understand the relevance ofcontent in lower-level civil engineering courses to real-life applications, (2) make connectionsthrough course content across civil engineering sub-disciplines, as well as non-engineeringcourses, and (3) understand impacts and create value in the broader, holistic perspective of theirprojects.Additionally, we created a common project platform upon which to build and further developproject objectives in selected required technical design courses. This will facilitate the synthesisof all sub-discipline components to fit together as part of the overall system. The framework wasintroduced in the freshman introduction to design course with the intent for it to be

Conference Session

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

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

culturally inclusive classrooms, recognizing our biases andbehaviors, using a variety of teaching strategies to accommodate diverse learning styles,and including text/reading materials from diverse authors from different races, sexualorientations, genders and abilities.The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Excellence in Civil EngineeringEducation (ExCEEd) Teaching Workshops are currently in their 20th year of existence.This landmark project has over 980 graduates from 256 universities around the world.The week-long teacher training workshop has been successful by all measures and hasmade a substantial difference in civil engineering education in the United States.1 Itcontinues to grow and is widely supported by university deans, department

Conference Session

It's All About the Student: Integration, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Self-Efficacy

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maelle van Thienen, University of Auckland, New Zealand; Pablo Garcia, Xorro Solutions Ltd; Wyatt Banker-Hix P.E., California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James Boon Piang Lim, University of Auckland

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Civil Engineering

and/or a laptop which can be eitherembedded into an instructor’s existing online course management system (CMS) webpage orsipmly linked to their CMS gradebook. The automatic grading and graphical feedbacksummaries have proven to be useful to support just-in-time teaching strategies. Before discussingthe specific benefits of Xorro-Q, specifically as it was utilized in the large enrollmentintroductory structural engineering course, it is critical to explore the state-of-practice in onlineteaching technologies for assessment and just-in-time teaching.Asynchronous Online Learning ToolsRockland et al.1 summarizes the benefits of utilizing online CMS, specifically Moodle, as being asingle repository for teaching materials and assignments

Conference Session

Sustainability in Civil Engineering Education: Service Learning, Capstone Integration, Student Affect and Rating Systems

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering

knowledge to take sustainability into account, their attitudes ultimately determine the extentthat sustainability issues are thoroughly considered in their work. This philosophy of targetingaffective domain outcomes aligns with the global “education for sustainability” movement. TheCEBOK3 affective rubric indicates that upon completing undergraduate education individualsshould “acknowledge the importance of” and “comply with the concepts and principles ofsustainability in civil engineering” (levels 1 and 2). This research explored the attitudes of civilengineering (CE) students toward sustainability, both as incoming first-year students and asseniors at a single institution, including cross-sectional and longitudinal measures. The researchutilized

Conference Session

Tales from the Flip Side

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J. Smith, University of Notre Dame

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Civil Engineering

. Joyce, C.S.C., Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching which recognizes faculty members who have a profound influence on undergraduate students through sustained exemplary teaching. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 EVALUATION OF A FLIPPED CLASSROOM IN STRUCTURAL STEEL DESIGNIntroductionAn upper-division structural engineering design course focusing on structural steel design wasreformatted to follow a “flipped” classroom model. Flipped classrooms place greater emphasison self-study for basic concepts to allow for more interactive, example-based learning duringtime spent within the classroom [1]. By spending more time preparing for a

Conference Session

Your Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrations of Hands-On and Virtual In-Class Teaching Aids

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Doyle, Santa Clara University; Tonya Lynn Nilsson P.E., Santa Clara University

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Civil Engineering

aresponsibility to expose students to the importance of ethics and consciousness in their decisionand design making process. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)reinforces the need for teaching ethics in engineering programs with the inclusion of learningoutcomes that address ethics. The new ABET Outcome 4 requires students have “An ability torecognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informedjudgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic,environmental, and societal contexts” [1]. One method of teaching about ethics in engineering isto use case-studies of engineering disasters where there was room for a different ethical decisionto be made. This

Conference Session

High-Impact Teaching and Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna Williams, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Mark William Wright LEED Green Associate, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Michael James Deigert, California Polytechnic State University; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Civil Engineering

compression, tension, or axial force andflexure and (ii) bolted or welded connections. Students develop a familiarity with the strengthand serviceability requirements of AISC 360 Specification for Structural Steel Buildings [1] thatis utilized in structural engineering design practice. Traditional methods of steel design lectureinvolve instruction on the failure modes and design criteria for an individual member orconnection type in isolation without exposing students to the systems-level perspective of howthese components are integrated into a building structure.This introduction section explores innovations in the context of these types of traditionalstructural steel design courses within the groupings of: project-based learning, computersimulation

Conference Session

It's All About the Student: Integration, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Self-Efficacy

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Lyle Gestson, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Matthew Stephen Barner, Oregon State University; Masoud Ghodrat Abadi, California State University, Sacramento; David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University

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Civil Engineering

fields has studied textbook utilization, authentic real-worldproblems, problem-based learning strategies, and representation engagement [1]–[9]. Additionalproblem-solving research has compared novices (students) and experts (engineeringpractitioners) to understand the differences in their problem-solving behaviors [10]–[14]. Themajority of this research has focused on how problems are solved and what resources orrepresentations are used to solve them. Some anecdotal evidence can be found in research thatstarts to uncover reasons for why decisions are made during problem solving [15]. Additionally,recent related research with engineering practitioners has focused on the reasons particularproblem-solving decisions are made [16], [17]. However

Conference Session

Your Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrations of Hands-On and Virtual In-Class Teaching Aids

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Lanning, University of California, Irvine; Matthew W. Roberts, Southern Utah University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

1“Plug and Chug” of specification equations is not design. Letting students have thisimpression is doing them a huge disservice.Teaching is tricky business. How one teaches structural design has some particularly impactfulconsequences. Students expect to learn the specifications (or codes) but over emphasizing thecode may leave students without a deeper understanding of the mechanics and structuralbehaviors involved in structural design. There must be a balance between teaching the code andbehavior because many students likely have become programmed, trudging through many mathand science courses, to solve problems in a very methodical fashion of reading a prompt,recognizing the method or formula to use, and arriving at the single correct

Conference Session

Tales from the Flip Side

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Doyle, Santa Clara University; Tonya Lynn Nilsson P.E., Santa Clara University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

of the need for targeted faculty development in the implementation of active-learning methodologies to insure the method has the intended effect on student learning andengagement.Introduction:Teaching methods are known to affect student performance in a course. The meta-analysis of225 studies on active-learning by Freeman, et al [1] found students in STEM courses taught withextensive lecturing are 1.5 times more likely to fail, earn a D, or withdraw from the course thanstudents taught with active-learning methods in the same STEM course subject. A second meta-analysis of engineering and technology education journal articles confirmed that small-group andcollaborative learning pedagogies increased student performance by close to a half a

Conference Session

Innovation and Fun in the Civil Engineering Classroom

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Chang P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow

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Civil Engineering

, the resultsand analysis of this self-grading exercise are shared, in terms of the scoring differences betweenthe student and the instructor, and whether this scoring differential changed with time.Qualitative feedback provided by the student based on this experience is also discussed. Lastly,the takeaways from this study and opportunities for future work are highlighted in the conclusionsection.Literature ReviewEducators actively seek out opportunities that provide the best possible environment for studentsto succeed, but the interest and investment level of each student is highly variable. Huff andJohnson [1] and Ndoye [2] noted that when students take responsibility and are more aware oftheir expectations they often become more enthusiastic

Conference Session

Writers, Experts, and the Workforce in Civil Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Molly McVey, University of Kansas; Caroline R. Bennett P.E., University of Kansas; Andrea Follmer Greenhoot, University of Kansas

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Civil Engineering

developmental science and mindful of the challenges they will face in the future. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Impact of an Embedded Expert Model on Course Transformation in EngineeringIntroduction and Background The need to improve undergraduate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, andMath) education is widely recognized [1, 2]. Concerns about the quality of STEM educationhave been fueled by high levels of attrition in STEM majors, particularly among women andstudents from underrepresented minority groups, as well as the need for a more scientificallyliterate citizenry. There is now a substantial literature on teaching practices that can improvestudent learning and academic

Conference Session

Your Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrations of Hands-On and Virtual In-Class Teaching Aids

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Willi Brand, University of California, Irvine; Joel Lanning P.E., University of California, Irvine

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Civil Engineering

intensive. Group instruction materials shown to be effective arepresented herein. Data collected found that improvements in groups technical writing ability didnot necessarily correlate with an improvement in students’ perceived group effectiveness.1 IntroductionTechnical writing skill is a critical yet often overlooked outcome of engineering curricula.Technical writing is defined by the Society for Technical Communication as “1.)Communicating about technical or specialized topics, such as computer applications, medicalprocedures, or environmental regulations, 2.) Communicating by using technology, such as webpages, help files, or social media sites and 3.) Providing instructions about how to do something,regardless of how technical the task

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Mayo P.E., RePicture Engineering, PBC; Carolyn Voter, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

career.This paper discusses the potential benefits of using the App in introductory engineering courses.Because most of the data currently contained in the App regards civil engineering, we expectcivil engineering courses initially will be most interested in its use. During the coming months,more stories will be added for civil engineering and other engineering disciplines. This is a workin progress and our goal is to present research results at a future ASEE conference.BackgroundIn 2017, there were 200,668 engineering degrees awarded, and only 17,752 (9%) of these werecivil (compared to 20% for mechanical) [1]. The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL),however, projects that by 2024 there will be more jobs for civil engineers than any otherengineering

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lei Wang P.E., University of the District of Columbia; Pradeep K. Behera P.E., University of the District of Columbia; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia; Jiajun Xu, University of the District of Columbia

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Civil Engineering

integrate a set of “risk and resilience” focused coursesinto engineering education for workforce towards a hazard-resilient built environment. A set ofthree individual courses, namely, 1) Introduction to Risk and Resiliency in Engineering, 2)Reliability and Optimization Methods in Engineering, 3) Sensing and Data Analytics forInfrastructure Systems will be developed and incorporated into curriculum. These three courseshave been designed to be help address the fundamental knowledge and techniques needed forengineers to conduct the assessment, design and management of engineering systems to achievehazard resilience. The paper provides details about the rational and course objectives, coursecomponents, and sample course projects for design and

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

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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Civil Engineering

first-hand how isolationworks and identify means of sizing the isolators for optimum structural performance. Utilizingthese prototype isolators not only reinforces seismic isolation theory but also allows for scaledtesting otherwise inaccessible to most students due to the cost of real seismic isolators. Thisproject establishes a foundation of work needed to develop 3D printing applications forcivil/structural engineering topics for both classroom and outreach purposes.1. IntroductionMarvel keychain. Crochet hook. Incubator parts. These are just a few designs recently accessedon Thingiverse, a database for 3D printing designs. 3D printing or rapid prototyping has surgedin popularity over the past decade with increased accessibility to printers

Conference Session

Your Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrations of Hands-On and Virtual In-Class Teaching Aids

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James M. Thompson, Carnegie Mellon University

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Civil Engineering

classroom to better illustrate what we aretrying to show our students, and to lead them to insights on their own.This paper presents examples of how the author uses Mathcad in a Structural Dynamics class toillustrate points in presenting the material.Using Live Graphs in the ClassroomExample 1: The Relationship Between the Period of Vibration and the Natural CircularFrequency.The texts on Vibrations, Dynamics, or Structural Dynamics with which the author is familiartypically present the relationship between the period of vibration, T, and the natural circularfrequency, ωn with a graph like Figure 1. Vertical markers are typically used in the text to showthe distance between two successive peaks, which represents 1 complete cycle of harmonicmotion

Conference Session

Innovative Assessment Techniques in Civil Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Civil Engineering

effectiveness was assessed for the Fall 2013 semester using three formats: (1) a new civilengineering sustainability literacy questionnaire administered before and after the module, (2)quality of application of the Envision Rating System to the project, and (3) instructor reflection.Results from full assessment in the Fall 2013 semester and partial assessment in the Spring 2014semester indicate the module helped introduce students to basic sustainability concepts andEnvision. However, the assessment suggests a stand-alone course within the civil engineeringcurriculum would promote a much deeper understanding of sustainability concepts, motivatingfactors, and broader applications which are beyond the capability of a single capstone designproject

Conference Session

Raise the Bar – Visions for the Future, Bodies of Knowledge, and Accreditation Vicissitudes.

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark William Killgore PE, F.ASCE, D.WRE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

or publications related to the future ofengineering education.1. Millennium Project – Engineering for a Changing World, A Roadmap to the Future of Engineering Practice, Research, and Education2. National Academy of Engineering – The Engineer of 2020, Visions of Engineering in the New Century and Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century3. 5XME and American Society of Mechanical Engineers –Vision 2028 and Vision 20304. American Society of Civil Engineers – The Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025, Achieving the Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025, A Roadmap for the Profession in 2008 and The 21st-Century Engineer: A Proposal for Engineering Education Reform.Note that the views and opinions

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Structural Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Angela Marie Jones, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael K. Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Civil Engineering

well.BackgroundUW-Platteville is a mid-sized public university with a sizeable college of engineering. The De-partment of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) is one of the largest departments on cam-pus with approximately 475 students. Each student majoring in civil engineering must choose anemphasis area (e.g., construction, geotechnical, etc.). All students take junior-level courses ineach emphasis area and then complete senior-level technical electives in their respective empha-sis areas.As part of recent curriculum revisions, CEE department faculty recently revamped the structuralengineering course sequence as shown in Table 1, which shows courses required of all civil en-gineering students regardless of emphasis area. As can be seen in Table 1

Conference Session

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Zelinka, University of Colorado, Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

(Governance), and 17 (Partnerships), willinfluence the other goals and aid in their success. It was also foundthat focusing on eliminating poverty (SDG 01), counter-intuitively,worsens poverty, since it inhibits the other goals on which povertydepends on.Keywords: SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, systemsthinking, cross-cutting, cross impact, engineering education,epistemic network, methodologyIntroductionThe United Nation’s (UNs) 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), shown in Figure 1,consist of 169 targets and 230 indicators. As described in the resolution adopted by the GeneralAssembly on 25 September 2015, the aim of the SDG framework is to cultivate and expandhumanity’s desire to “do good” while also organizing its ability to do so. The

Conference Session

Mechanics, Music, Meaning, and Mohr

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vicki V. May, Dartmouth College

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

LearningA cooperative learning approach was used throughout the project to help ensure that the smallgroups functioned well and learned together. Cooperative learning is an instructional strategythrough which small groups of students work toward a common goal to enhance their ownlearning as well as that of their group members (Johnson et al., 1988). Simply putting studentsinto groups to work together does not necessarily create a cooperative learning environment(Oakley, 2004). The key elements of cooperative learning and how they were addressed throughthe project are as follows (Johnson et al., 1998):1. Positive Interdependence – The project was complex enough that completion required contributions from all group members.2. Individual and Group

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability and Social Responsibility into the Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael R. Penn, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Kristina M. Fields, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Civil Engineering

Education Workshop, sponsored by the Center for Infrastructure Transformationand Education (CIT-E), by five faculty members from four universities for use in a first- orsecond-year Introduction to Infrastructure course.Sustainability and the Triple Bottom LineThe concept of sustainability is often graphically displayed as a venn diagram of natural,economic and social systems (Barbier, 1987; ICLEI, 1996; Mebratu, 1998). These three systemsare sometimes referred to as “the three Ps” (3Ps; people, planet and profit) or “the three Es”(equity, environment and economics). This diagram (Figure 1) has become a common symbolfor sustainability and it can be found in corporate sustainability reports as well as news andopinion articles. It is also a common

Conference Session

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek Guthrie Williamson, University of Alabama; Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama

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Civil Engineering

by providing a “baseline”against which to judge how: (1) drivers broadly shape different discipline curricula, (2) curriculaevolve in response to changes in drivers, (3) different types of institutions respond differently tothese drivers. Such an understanding can help inform policy development within these driversystems. For example, understanding how curricula respond to drivers may inform choices madein updating and modifying accreditation criteria, professional bodies of knowledge (such asASCE’s BOK), or curricula. Understanding engineering curricular responses to drivers, even ina preliminary way, may help institutions make informed decisions in response to future changesin accreditation standards, whether they are across all of ABET

Conference Session

Horizontal and Vertical Integration

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caroline R. Bennett P.E., University of Kansas; William N. Collins, University of Kansas; Molly A. McVey, University of Kansas

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Civil Engineering

studied three groups: 1)students deemed prepared for the first semester general chemistry course and not required to takea remedial course, 2) students who were deemed unprepared and who took the remedial course butdid not serve as mentors, and 3) students who were deemed unprepared, took the remedial course,and then served as mentors. The results are striking. Students who came into the program lessprepared but then served as mentors went on to have higher grades in the general chemistry courseand the subsequent chemistry course than either of the groups- even the students who were deemedmore prepared at the onset. In addition, these students went on to take more chemistry courses thaneither group.In the Amaral and Vala study (2009) it is

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogies for Facilitating Student-driven Learning Experiences

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Environmental Engineering Undergraduate StudentsIntroduction and ObjectivesProblem-based and active learning in the classroom are increasingly important in developing thenecessary critical thinking skills of an engineer [1-3]. In this project, active learning exercises arebased on a problem-based learning framework called Environments For Fostering EffectiveCritical Thinking (EFFECTs), which was developed at the University of South Carolina (USC)through NSF funding [4-6]. The EFFECTs approach helps students progressively learn complexmaterial, like nanotechnology, in a educational setting that stimulates independent thought aswell as intellectual dialogue with peers and instructors. The work described in this paper is partof a larger NSF project to

Conference Session

Let’s Get Pumped: Innovative Approaches for Better Student Engagement

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Hochstein, Manhattan College; Goli Nossoni, Manhattan College; Mohab El-Hakim, Manhattan College

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

sustainable concrete materials. Theproject was first incorporated in the fall semester of 2015 and it was again used with slightmodifications in the fall semester of 2016. Along with these slight modifications, a student surveywas introduced in the Fall 2016 semester to assess the success of the project. The results of thesurvey indicate that the project was effective. Additionally the course instructors have decided toreuse the project in future semesters with several additional modifications.IntroductionVarious types of concrete Frisbee competitions have been used at colleges and universities acrossthe country and world such as ACI Malaysia chapter [1] and PSWE/ASCE [2] as a fun and creativeway for students to learn about concrete design. These