Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Hanson PE, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

(i.e., graduate and seniortechnical elective) geotechnical engineering courses at California Polytechnic State University.The peer review process was established as an integral part of a term project that included awritten report and oral presentation to the class. A staged sequence of deadlines and milestoneswas administered to assure that students maintained progress with their projects. The format ofthe term papers was highly prescribed and based on a template for technical conferencemanuscripts. Content from the student projects was included in the final examination supportinga students teaching students integrated learning environment. Peer review was determined to bebeneficial to the students in terms of both technical content and

Conference Session

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

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

students to practice creativity and receive feedback.The first suggestion is motivated by a common practice in the education of artists – writers,musicians, actors, and visual artists, all of whom study past works in depth. The second and thirdsuggestions are supported by research. For example, to counter the observed trend that theperception of the value of creativity in engineering, Zappe and Tise described that “opportunitiesfor students to engage in the creative process need to be more fully integrated within theengineering curriculum.”13 Regarding feedback, Hennessey and Amabile state that “positiveaffect leads to higher levels of creativity”15 and clear, specific feedback plays an important rolein developing self-efficacy.In the

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

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

career aspirations of the student. 2. ABET should allow accreditation of engineering programs of the same name at the baccalaureate and graduate levels in the same department to recognize that education through a “professional” master’s degree produces an AME, an accredited “master” engineer. 3. Engineering schools should more vigorously exploit the flexibility inherent in the outcomes-based accreditation approach to experiment with novel models for baccalaureate education. ABET should ensure that evaluators look for innovation and experimentation in the curriculum and not just hold institutions to a strict interpretation of the guidelines as they see them. 4. Whatever other creative approaches are taken

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Louise Antaya Dancz, Arizona State University; Kevin J. Ketchman; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

buildings, while developing a deeper understanding of indoor environmental quality, occupant impacts, and energy use. She is the Principal Investigator of a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research project, NSF EFRI-Barriers, Understanding, Integration – Life cycle Devel- opment (BUILD). As the associate director of education outreach in the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, Pitt’s center for green design, she translates research to community outreach programs and develops sustainable engineering programs for K-12 education.Prof. Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University Dr. Landis joined ASU in January 2012 as an Associate Professor in the School of Sustainable Engi- neering and the Built Environment

Conference Session

Accreditation and the BOK

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, surprised me. Not because I don’t think it should be an outcome, but because it was one of the outcomes that I view as more than important, but is more than lacking from what I experienced in my undergraduate curriculum. Globalization is especially important as technology increases and we can travel halfway across the world in less than a day. Cultural interaction is at an all-time high, and that is only going to increase. In general, engineering seems to be a major for primarily first world people…. Civil Engineering seems like the discipline that is most fundamental, most integrated through all disciplines - but my classes only prepared me for the first world aspects like structural engineering large buildings, designing

Conference Session

Industry and Practice Topics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Secil Akinci-Ceylan, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Yiqi Liang, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Kristen Sara Cetin P.E., Michigan State University; Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Bora Cetin

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #33792Engineering Faculty’s Beliefs About Teaching and Solving Ill-structuredProblemsSecil Akinci-Ceylan, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Secil Akinci-Ceylan is a PhD student in Educational Technology in the School of Education, co-majoring in Human-Computer Interaction at Iowa State University.Yiqi Liang, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Yiqi Liang is a PhD student in Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering at Iowa State Uni- versity.Dr. Kristen Sara Cetin P.E., Michigan State University Dr. Kristen S Cetin is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University in the

Conference Session

Capitalizing on COVID: Using This Disruptor to Change the Educational Model

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John Tingerthal P.E., Northern Arizona University; Kaikea Kaoni, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

-yearengineering students, signifying entry into the discipline. While surveying is not as integral tothe modern civil engineering curriculum as it once was, it continues to be instrumental inunderstanding the difference between training and education [1].In 2020, the COVID pandemic forced educators to pivot to an online teaching modality in themiddle of a spring semester. As the pandemic raged throughout the summer, educators werefaced with the prospect of delivering courses online for the foreseeable future. This presented avery real challenge for the venerable survey laboratory which is by nature very hands-on. Inpreparation for a summer offering of a surveying and geomatics class in the Civil Engineeringprogram at Northern Arizona University, faculty

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University; Amro El Badawy; Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Nazli Yesiller

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

events. Ethics and systems thinking are integrated in the course.Technical aspects include crystallography, phase diagrams, microstructures, processingtechniques, and nanotechnology. MATE 232 is a required undergraduate course for all MaterialsEngineering students. During the term that this exercise was conducted, 51 students wereenrolled in MATE 232.The overall framework for the exercise was to first provide a focused lecture related to theenvironmental fate and toxicity of nanomaterials to the participating students from both classes.Then an assignment was provided to the CE 587 students to develop suggestions for responsiblemanufacturing of nanomaterials. Next, these suggestions were provided to the MATE 232students as an assignment. The MATE

Conference Session

Physical Models and Other Interactive Tools

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Cleary, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

andcompression, and then advance to analysis and design topics as they are more empiricallypresented in the relevant building codes. The importance of hands-on active learning has longbeen an integral part of education theory. Educational Psychologist Jean Piaget states thatoptimal learning occurs through “active methods” which “require every new truth to berediscovered or at least reconstructed” by the student1. The National Science Foundation2 arguedin 1993 that “Engineering curriculum reform is necessary to meet the objectives of enhancing theacceptability of US industrial products in the international market” and that hands-onexperiences should be an integral part of that reform3. Having students design, fabricate and testreinforced concrete beams

Conference Session

Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part I) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; Kevin D. Hall, University of Arkansas; James K. Nelson Jr. P.E., University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

the department’s external advisory council, which was composed of private andpublic employers as well as a dean from another institution outside of Texas. Employers and theexternal advisory council, as well as the students and faculty, continue to be an integral part ofthe assessment process. The sources of input provided by the different constituencies, internaland external, are shown all considered during assessment for continuous improvement.Following publication of BOK2 report in 2008, a comprehensive review of the BSCE curriculumwas conducted to ensure that it embodied the revised program outcomes contained in thatdocument. The curriculum as it exists today is also presented in Appendix III and the breakdownof credit hours is shown in

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Glynn P.E., Villanova University; Frank E. Falcone, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2012-4616: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SOPHOMOREENGINEERING STUDENTSDr. Edward F. Glynn P.E., Villanova University Ed Glynn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Villanova University.Prof. Frank E. Falcone, Villanova University Page 25.1074.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Professional Development for Sophomore Engineering StudentsAbstractThe development of project management skills and interaction with the regional professionalengineering community are integral parts of Civil Engineering Fundamentals, a required

Conference Session

Making Professionals: Methods to Build Success Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

William D Lawson P.E., Ph.D., Texas Tech University; Theodore G. Cleveland, Texas Tech University; Ken Rainwater, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

to offerrecommended guidance on preparing for and taking the FE Exam. Not surprisingly, the purpose of CE 4200 was to integrate technical and social issues tohelp prepare senior CE students to enter professional practice. Course content focused on theimportance of licensure, an introduction to the FE Exam, and also awareness of leadership,management, public policy, and business issues in civil engineering. The course also providedtechnical instruction for selected general and CE discipline-specific topics from the FE Exam.BackgroundEarly CE 4200 Course Design (2012-2018) As originally created, CE 4200 devoted about half of its instructional lectures to selectedCEBOK outcomes, and half to FE review (technical) topics. This

Conference Session

Perceptions, Projects, and Practical Approaches

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ryan Solnosky P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #28711Mini-Project Explorations to Develop Steel and Concrete Gravity SystemDesign SkillsDr. Ryan Solnosky P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park Ryan Solnosky is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Architectural Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University at University Park. Dr. Solnosky started at Penn State in July of 2013 and has taught courses for Architectural Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Pre-Major Freshman in Engineering. He received his integrated Professional Bachelor of Architectural Engineering/Master of Architectural Engineering (BAE/MAE) degrees in

Conference Session

Influencing the Next (Third!) Edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, highexpectations, honesty, integrity, intuition, judgment, optimism, persistence, positiveness, respect,self-esteem, sensitivity, thoughtfulness, thoroughness, and tolerance”. Those attitudes are builtover a lifetime and are a function of role models, mentors and experiences that are largelyoutside the curriculum. They are very difficult to incorporate into a CEPC that is restricted tocurricular issues. Still, it could be argued that this topic is embedded in several existingrequirements in both the General Criteria and the newly revised CEPC. By the time studentshave functioned on a multidisciplinary team, demonstrated an understanding of professional andethical responsibility, recognized the need for life-long learning, explained basic concepts

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

integrate student learning of nanotechnology across the civil andenvironmental engineering curriculum [7].The problem-based learning framework is embedded with assessment instruments, such asdecision worksheets, that are intended to capture student knowledge and critical thinking. Thisparticular research project aims to assess methods for evaluating critical thinking fromillustrative and written responses on worksheets completed in an engineering-focused classenvironment. It is proposed that this can be accomplished by: examining how students absorb,process, and apply new information through multiple iterations of similar active learningexercises, when new information is presented between each iteration; examining how groupdynamics influence

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

challenge. Accordingly, there are numerous pedagogical approaches for teaching ethicsand/or contemporary issues with a wide range curriculum implementation strategies includingmodules, individual stand alone courses, integration throughout the curriculum, through extracurricular experiences, or as a component of the required capstone experience. The approachtaken by the author’s department was to utilize a stand alone senior level course to reinforceethical behavior and to discuss a wide range of contemporary issues associated with the aboveoutcomes. The key idea, of course, is to reinforce these topics immediately prior to graduation.The Civil Engineering Department at Lawrence Tech covers these outcomes in other coursesbeginning with an

Conference Session

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

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John V. Tocco JD, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, they do not have specific PMBOK5 correlateprocesses and were omitted from the matrix. Specialization, however, does play an importantrole in accreditation and is an integral outcome because, along with Breadth, it identifies CEManagement as a top tier course and one of the civil engineering subdisciplines needed foraccreditation. As previously provided, the description of Outcome 15: Specialization for thelevel of achievement selected by faculty, is as follows: Apply specialized tools or technologies to solve problems in traditional or emerging specialized technical areas of civil engineering.The ability to satisfy Specialization is conditioned on the use of “specialized tools ortechnologies” in the execution of the course, a

Conference Session

Activities and Assessment for “Awkward ABET Outcomes”

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Michael J McGinnis, University of Texas at Tyler; Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

andespecially those of tomorrow need to be innovative, creative, inventive, inspired, and original inlearning how to do more with less. It is not any surprise then that the American Society of CivilEngineers (ASCE) is also simultaneously pushing to see these types of skills integrated intoacademic curriculum. ASCE has indicated that one of the attributes that should be embraced bythe Civil Engineer of 2025 is creativity, leading to “proactive identification of possibilities andopportunities and taking action to develop them.”2 ASCE has further indicated that civilengineering students need to also develop the ability to critically think.3 If our civil engineeringstudents are to achieve success in professional engineering practice, they must develop the

Conference Session

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Tarek Abdoun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Casper Harteveld, Northeastern University; Flora P McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Usama El Shamy P.E., Southern Methodist University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

variety of field testing, system health assessment, and the process of sound engineeringjudgment (sense-making), which are all required in practice. This project aims to address theeducational gaps in geotechnical engineering education through the development andimplementation of a transferable and scalable Mixed Reality and Mobile (MR&M) EducationalGame, “GeoExplorer,” that will be integrated with traditional geotechnical engineeringeducation. This MR&M game builds on the positive experience gained from two existingeducational games, Levee Patroller and CPT Operator, developed by Deltares, an independentapplied research institute in The Netherlands.Use of Educational Games to Create Advanced Learning MaterialsGames and Learning to Solve

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

4 5 3 4 1 3Assessed by Course Director: 1=No Contribution 2=Small Contribution 3=Average Contribution 4=LargeContribution 5=Very Large ContributionTable 2. An improved matrix that uses a rating of 1 to 5 to assess the degree to which eachcourse in the curriculum contributes to each program outcome.Some examples of credible data which can be used as measures of outcome achievement areprovided, in order of priority from best to worst, as follows: • Fundamentals of Engineering Exam results. The FE exam is a standardized, nationally normed exam taken by engineering students across the country in a controlled environment. Since the test includes subjects such as mathematics, ethics

Conference Session

Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part I) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. civil engineering community:  faculty development,  integration of the civil engineering curriculum,  practitioner involvement in education, and  the professional degree.1The fourth of these issue areas—the professional degree—reflected a growing consensus that thetraditional four-year baccalaureate degree was becoming increasingly inadequate as formalacademic preparation for the professional practice of civil engineering. In October 1998, the callfor action issued at the CEEC ’95 resulted in the passage of ASCE Policy Statement 465—Academic Prerequisites for Licensure and Professional Practice. The initial version of thispolicy stated that the Society “supports the concept of the master’s degree as the FirstProfessional Degree

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allie S Peters, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Kevin Chang P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Katherine N Thorton; Kristen Shinohara; Kacey D Beddoes, Oregon State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

materials and teaching methods.1 While thesematerials and methods are evidence-based and shown to positively affect student learningand educational outcomes, they have been slow to be adopted or disseminated.In an effort to improve curriculum sharing, there is currently a two-part study underway forthe development and dissemination of a web based repository containing curriculummaterials and best practices. These two efforts are in place to understand, facilitate, andencourage sharing of materials and best practices between educators. The first is thedevelopment and refinement of the web-based repository for curriculum materials; thesecond is a study on the curricular decision-making processes of transportation engineeringeducators.The overarching

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sinead MacNamara, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

frontiers of engineering” and “each is associated withincreasing complexity.”3By comparison, the discipline of architecture’s curriculum andpedagogy consciously and actively fosters and rewards creativity. Architecture students prioritizeinnovation and continuously engage in creative thinking while keeping an eye on the big picture:the cultural significance and ultimate aims of the “program” in relationship to the cultural andenvironmental context of the project. Students are exposed to the best examples of creativeendeavor and cutting-edge design practice and taught the history of their field. Throughout theireducation, students are exposed to a range of approaches and methodologies for problem-solvingdesign, helping to provide the understanding

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

others, curiosity, entrepreneurship, fairness, high expectations,honesty, integrity, intuition, judgment, optimism, persistence, positiveness, respect, self-esteem,sensitivity, thoughtfulness, thoroughness, and tolerance”. Those attitudes are built over a lifetimeand are a function of role models, mentors and experiences outside the curriculum. They are verydifficult to incorporate into a CEPC that is restricted to curricular issues. Still, it could be arguedthat this topic is embedded in several existing requirements in both the general criteria and theCEPC. By the time students have functioned on a multidisciplinary team, demonstrated anunderstanding of professional and ethical responsibility, recognized the need for life-long learning

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristopher Lengieza, Weitz Golf International; Jennifer Caffrey, Pennoni Associates Inc.; Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University; John Ochs, Lehigh University; Joe Sterrett, Lehigh University; Vincent Munley, Lehigh University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Construction Institute.Jennifer Caffrey, Pennoni Associates Inc. Jennifer M. Caffrey is a Staff Engineer currently working on commercial, institutional, and municipal land development projects for Pennoni Associates Inc. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 2002 from Lehigh University and is presently working on an M.S. in Engineering Management from Drexel University. During the summer of 2000, Ms. Caffrey participated in the initial golf facility design through the Lehigh Earth Observatory (LEO) summer internship program. In the fall of that year, she utilized the Integrated Learning Experience (ILE) program to continue gaining experience in planning

Conference Session

Where are We Going? The Future of Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Lee Hansen; Jorge Vanegas, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

and financial, and the ecological and environmental systems. o Intra- and intergenerational satisfaction of human needs and aspirations are an integral part of the outcomes of the development process. o Natural resource use is managed proactively through monitoring and control of the extraction of resources from the biosphere in a way that ensures that the supply will always exceed the demand, and of the extraction of nonrenewable natural resources from the lithosphere to prevent their total depletion. o Sustainable strategies and technologies are used proactively within every element of the system: − To promote the development, and to enable the use, of environmentally conscious

Conference Session

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth McManis, University of Louisiana

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

of the last ABET review have been established to further develop and evaluate the additionalBOK1 outcomes, Table 2. Current efforts to solidify the most recent changes and investigateways for achieving full BOK2 compliance are being reviewed.Evaluation of Current Curriculum vs. BOK2 OutcomesThe University of Louisiana’s current assessment of outcomes is compatible with BOK1 andABET 2009-2010 Criteria. Table 3 is a comparison of the University of Louisiana’s assessmentof its current learning outcomes with the BOK2 outcomes. It is an adaptation of Table H-1 in thesecond edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century (BOK2, 2008).As can be seen from the table, the BOK2 outcomes are a further refinement of the ABET

Conference Session

Program Support Initiatives

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew K. Swenty, Virginia Military Institute; Christopher R. Shearer, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Benjamin Z. Dymond, University of Minnesota Duluth; Wakeel Ishola Anthony Idewu, Virginia Military Institute

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

is a standardized test used to assess studentknowledge near graduation in seven different disciplines, including civil engineering. Studentsare encouraged to take the exam at most universities, and some require it for graduation.Fourteen topic areas are tested on the multiple-choice exam [1]. Programs prepare students totake the exam in various ways, including: requiring specific courses in the curriculum, requiringstudents to take a course on every FE topic, providing optional review sessions outside of normalclass, requiring students to pass a university-version of an FE-style exam before graduation, orrequiring an FE-style review course or seminar.Few studies have directly linked student perception of successfully passing the FE exam

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jakob Bruhl; Eric Crispino

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Training Civil Engineers to Communicate Effectively: Teaching Technical Communication in a Student’s First Engineering CourseAbstractABET requires that graduates of accredited institutions have “an ability to communicateeffectively.” The importance of effective communication of technical information is alsoaddressed in the ASCE Body of Knowledge. How schools meet this outcome varies byinstitution but about half of the schools surveyed for this paper require a specific course on thesubject. Constraints at the United States Military Academy (programs can not extend beyondfour years and a very large core curriculum) make it impractical to require a technicalcommunications course

Conference Session

Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

(1989) has been incorporated into the course to foster learningoutside of engineering design. The knowledge, skills and attitudes imparted in this book andsupporting materials will be referenced in the remainder of this paper as Seven Habits.Freshman Design Class OverviewThe course Introduction to Design is an Engineering Mechanics course required for mostfreshmen engineering students at Rose-Hulman. The 10 week course is two quarter credits,meeting once a week for 3 successive class periods. Each engineering department that requiresthe course offers at least one section targeted to their own students. There is no coordination ofthe course between disciplines, so each department defines the course makeup and activities tomeet their curriculum