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Industry and Practice Topics

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Max Teddy, Clemson University; Wayne Sarasua, Clemson University; Matthew Ryan Stanley, Clemson University

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tactics, the first being restructuring the Civil Engineeringcurriculum to create unique opportunities for nontraditional faculty-student interactions andrelationships [1].One of the central components of the restructured curriculum is the creation of a sequence ofcourses (Springer 1, Springer 2, Junior Studio, and Keystone Design) that incorporate skills andconcepts presented in the traditional Civil Engineering courses offered at Clemson. However,these courses differ from the norm in that they employ a project-based learning approach,thereby exposing students to a collaborative environment consisting of their peers, teams offaculty members, and stakeholders from the greater community. This sequence of coursesculminates in a Keystone Design

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

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Stephen J. Ressler P.E., United States Military Academy; Leslie Nolen CAE, American Society of Civil Engineers; Wayne R. Bergstrom, Bechtel Infrastructure

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Engineers (ASCE) has employed a methodicalapproach to aligning its standards for education and practice with the needs of the civilengineering profession [1]-[9]. The primary tools involved in this approach are the CivilEngineering Body of Knowledge and the Civil Engineering Program Criteria (CEPC) which areapplicable to all baccalaureate-level ABET EAC-accredited civil engineering programs [10].Both are periodically updated through a rigorous process incorporating input from a broad cross-section of practicing civil engineers, civil engineering educators, and accreditation experts. Toenhance predictability and promote effective change management, these updates are performedon a published eight-year cycle [11].The most recent iteration of this

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

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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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Engineer of 2020 attributes. This study will also be ofinterest to educators considering how the attributes described in 2004 remain relevant in 2020and may spark conversation about how these attributes may need to be adjusted in the future.The study will be of particular interest to those responsible for recommending and implementingcurricular changes in engineering programs.BackgroundThe report titled The Engineer of 2020, published in 2004, is a product of the National Academyof Engineering[1]. The committee responsible for writing the document included 18 people: 12affiliated with academic institutions, 4 affiliated with technology-based companies (IBM, HP,Telcordia, and Reliant Energy), 1 affiliated with a national laboratory (Sandia), and 1

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Project-based and Experiential Learning in Civil Engineering

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Cade Fleaher; Dechathon Suwanakeree, United States Military Academy; Scott Amos Collins; Geoff Kirk; Antonio La Torre; Peyton James Pisacane; Kevin P. Arnett P.E., United States Military Academy; Brad C. McCoy, United States Military Academy; Aaron T. Hill Jr., United States Military Academy

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qualitative feedback onproject-centric learning before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The three capstone projectsinvestigated were the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Concrete CanoeCompetition, the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Student Steel BridgeCompetition (SSBC), and a partnered project with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)investigating sustainable solutions for lock and dam components. The study revealed that, in themidst of a pandemic, effective use of PBL will enable students to (1) capitalize on collaborativetechnology to efficiently and successfully solve complex engineering problems, and in doing so,improve student time management skills, (2) improve their critical thinking and engineeringjudgement, (3

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Development Around Diversity

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Shinae Jang P.E., University of Connecticut

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neurodiverse students as well as all students with differentlearning styles and disabilities.1. IntroductionThe goal of undergraduate engineering programs is to teach how to solve problems [1] withcritical thinking and other necessary skills. Engineering programs typically have had a narrowfocus and rigid adherence to traditional instruction and assessment [2]. Blickenstaff [3] reportedthe lecture format that was adopted in most engineering courses can be detrimental in that itpotentially creates a barrier between students and instructors. Felder et al. [4] and Suresh [5]found that performance in key introductory undergraduate courses is related to engineeringpersistence. Even long after Seymour and Hewitt’s earlier study about students

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

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Tony Lee Kerzmann, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh; Claire P. Chouinard, University of Pittsburgh

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education. Instructors must consider elements of course design, such asmodality, pace, means of communication, and student feedback [1].The University of Pittsburgh adopted a HyFlex teaching model called Flex@Pitt The Flex@Pittmodel was designed to maximize the in-person educational experience, while still allowinginstructors and students to engage in the course instruction method for which they feel the mostcomfortable. The classes at the University of Pittsburgh include a mix of synchronous andasynchronous. This flexibility allows for classes to meet in-person, when safety protocols andsocial distancing protocols are met, while the class is also available to students who wish toattend fully online via livestream videoconferencing. Under the Flex

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Holy Cow! We’re Going Online When? 

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Masoud Ghodrat Abadi, California State University, Sacramento

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: Traffic Engineering, Engineering Statistics, and Transportation Planning. Dr. Abadi serves as a member of several national and regional committees including TRB Standing Committee on Workforce Development and Organizational Excellence (AJE15), and ITE Transportation Education Council. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Understanding the Academic Shock of COVID-19: How are Students' Perceptions of the Online Learning Evolving over Time?1. IntroductionCOVID-19 outbreak was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a pandemic inMarch 2020 [1]. Being an infectious disease, COVID-19 is easily transmitted through person-to-person

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Program Support Initiatives

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Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #33229Using the SWIVL for Effective HyFlex Instruction: Best Practices,Challenges, and OpportunitiesDr. Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel Ron Welch (P.E.) received his B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from the United States Military Academy in 1982. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He became the Dean of Engineering at The Citadel on 1 July 2011. Prior to his current position, he was the Department Head of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler from Jan 2007 to June 2011 as well as served in the

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

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Camilla M. Saviz P.E., University of the Pacific; Audra N. Morse, Michigan Technological University; Brock E. Barry P.E., United States Military Academy; Nathan M. Kathir P.E., George Mason University; Norb Delatte P.E., Oklahoma State University

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, policies, and programs. The ASCE Committee on Accreditation Operations (COAO)focuses on recruitment, training, assignment, and evaluation of program evaluators foraccreditation of programs in the six areas for which ASCE serves as lead society [1].ASCE staff and volunteers provide significant effort to support accreditation activities. ASCEstaff and volunteer time is required to recruit and support a 200-plus person roster of PEVs, 16TCs who also serve as Commissioners in the Engineering or Engineering TechnologyAccreditation Commissions (EAC or ETAC), and three ASCE volunteers who serve as ABETArea Delegates. ASCE serves as the lead society for six sets of program criteria spanning twodifferent ABET commissions (i.e., EAC and ETAC).ABET

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Supporting Successful Progression From First-year Studies

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Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; John W. Lawson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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% eitherundetermined or other [1]. Many colleges selectively reopened specific classes for face-to-faceinstruction with varying degrees of success and some had to quickly shut down again. Many ofthese courses were upper division laboratory or activity classes. There were fewer which openedsuch courses for incoming freshman classes.This paper covers the rapid transition of a traditional freshman experience to a hybrid face-to-face course in the Fall 2020 quarter. The course features a virtual lecture each week and tenseparate hands-on activities that required different modes of instruction and involved differentsocial distancing protocols. Furthermore, the course was required to provide virtualaccommodation for those students who chose not to return to campus

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

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Amanda Y Bao P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology

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2020, few expectedthe COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. After the national emergency of the COVID-19pandemic was declared, universities in the United States took drastic measures to close campusand use the spring break week for preparing and switching teaching online. The fast growth oftechnology has laid the ground for online teaching [1] [7]. However, there are still a lot ofuncertainties about the impact of distance learning on students’ learning effectiveness [6], andthe forced online teaching and learning during the Covid-19 pandemic is one of those emergingtopics [4] [5]. Given the narrow time window for this transition, Rochester Institute ofTechnology (RIT) provides the instructors with three alternative approaches to deliver the

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Industry and Practice Topics

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Brad Wambeke P.E., United States Military Academy; Aaron T. Hill Jr., United States Military Academy

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doctrinal military ‘design process’ to address complex civilengineering problems. This design process is known as the Army Design Methodology (ADM)and it applies critical and creative thinking to understand, visualize, and describe complexproblems and approaches to solving them. The purpose of this paper is to describe the ADM andhow it is incorporated into the course, and to provide an assessment related to student learningoutcomes.IntroductionThe mission of the United States Military Academy (USMA) has evolved since the institution’sinception in 1802 [1]:To educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Students so that each graduate is a commissionedleader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country, and prepared for a careerof

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Supporting the Capstone Experience

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Leslie R. Brunell, Stevens Institute of Technology; Alex Dubro, Stevens Institute of Technology; Viraj Vasudev Rokade, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

particular, it evaluates on the basis of key learning outcomes that measureresearch, comprehension, leadership, professionalism, and communication skills, both oral andwritten. The rubric is composed of the following: (1) Research & Sustainability Analysis, (2)Project Development, (3) Teamwork & Leadership, and (4) Deliverables. Each section of therubric addresses a necessary area: 1. Research & Sustainability Analysis – Students research and analyze sustainability’s meaningfulness to the project and show how to address stakeholders’ needs and project trade-offs. 2. Project Development – Students complete the project within schedule while meeting pre- set and targeted sustainability goals. 3. Teamwork &

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Tech Tools and Tips

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Kweku Tekyi Brown P.E., The Citadel; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Elise Barrella P.E., Wake Forest University

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. During the Spring 2020 semester, The Citadel shiftedto online continuity of instruction after midterms due to the COVID-19 pandemic. TheGeomatics instructor was faced with ensuring academic continuity and quality without remotestudent access to licensed GIS software. The instructor pivoted to use of QGIS, an open-sourcesoftware, and a carefully-scaffolded project to equip students with essential GIS skills. Test 3included two equally-weighted parts: (1) conceptual GIS questions and (2) a new open-endedproject, which required students to use GIS to investigate a real-world scenario. Synchronousand asynchronous support was provided to afford students the flexibility needed to manage homecommitments and technology challenges. Nevertheless, students

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Supporting Successful Progression From First-year Studies

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Erica J. Marti, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Eakalak Khan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Amit Gajurel, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Neil Christian Ledesma Tugadi

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Civil Engineering

. This informationshould prove useful to other institutions who are in the process of implementing new first-yearprograms, especially for institutions who have similar characteristics (i.e., urban setting,commuter school, highly diverse, high proportion of first generation students). Programevaluation focuses on the following items related to CCB objectives: 1) increase in sense ofbelonging (tool: student survey), 2) increase in CEEC/CM retention betweenfreshman/sophomore and sophomore/junior years (tool: institutional data), and 3) completion ofprogram activities (tool: internal records).Background and introductionOne of the biggest challenges faced by the universities in the US is the lower graduation rates intheir engineering programs. It

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Program Support Initiatives

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Leslie Nolen, American Society of Civil Engineers

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engineering has focused its attention onbachelor’s degrees (e.g. ABET [1], International Engineering Alliance [2,3]). The AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recognized the importance of post-baccalaureate educationfor civil engineers in 2001, via Policy Statement 465 which proposed that a master’s degree orequivalent was “a prerequisite for licensure and the practice of civil engineering at theprofessional level” [4]. This paper explores the current landscape of civil engineering master’sdegree education. Background on the rationale for master’s education is first provided, followedby an overview of the specific outcomes that should be achieved during graduate education.Important data that describes the educational pathways for engineers is

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Reassessing Your Teaching Through Turmoil

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Claudia Mara Dias Wilson, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Janille A. Smith-Colin, Southern Methodist University; Baris Salman, Syracuse University; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

, infrastructure ortransportation planning, mass transit, the interconnection of infrastructure systems, systemstakeholders, social, economic, and environmental impacts, risks, risk management, sustainabledesign, and resilience.COVID-19 is an abbreviation for "Coronovirus Disease 2019", which is caused by the "severeacute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)" [1]. The virus was first detected inWuhan, China, in late 2019, and it spread rapidly throughout the world in early 2020. Human-to-human transmission primarily occurs through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose of aninfected person [2]. In the United States, during the initial stages of the pandemic, state-levelDeclarations of Emergency were issued, which allowed governors of the

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Industry and Practice Topics

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Dominga Sanchez, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Matthew Stephen Barner, Mackenzie

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Civil Engineering

, concerns-based adoption model, conceptual change theory, and earthquake engineering. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Comparison of Conceptual Knowledge of Shear Stress in Beams Between Civil Engineering Undergraduates and PractitionersIntroductionAligning engineering education with engineering practice is essential to prepare students for theprofessional field. Graduate engineers continue to be challenged when connecting theirengineering courses to "real" engineering, which has led to concerns about whether engineeringundergraduates are adequately prepared [1]. Investigations examining the disconnect betweenacademic engineering preparation and

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

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Paige West, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Frederick Paige, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Natasha B. Watts, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Civil Engineering

has afforded us theopportunity to improve the user experience in virtual learning design. In addition to a steadyincrease in distance education enrollment since 2012 [1], online engineering education isgrowing as more people gravitate towards flexible and accessible degree options. In an onlineasynchronous environment, instructor-student and student-student interactions must be integratedinto the course design. Furthermore, instructors must look to other mediums for feedback on thelearning experience than the standard look across the room at students’ faces [2]. Despite suchchallenges, many institutions have successfully built and grown online courses and degrees [3].Some institutions (e.g., Purdue University [4], UMBC [5], University of

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Holy Cow! We’re Going Online When? 

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George Okere, University of Cincinnati

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Technology Management from Indiana State University with a specialization in Construction Management. He joined academia in 2014. His research focus is on contract administration on heavy civil projects, as well as on construction education. His teaching areas include 1. introduction to the built environment and construction management, 2. construction materials and methods, 3. construction equipment, 4. building construction cost estimating, 5. heavy civil construc- tion cost estimating, 6. project planning, scheduling, and control, 7. temporary structures, and 8. contract changes and claims. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 COVID-19 and

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Project-based and Experiential Learning in Civil Engineering

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Kyle Kershaw P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ronaldo Luna, Saint Louis University; J. Chris Carroll, Saint Louis University; Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Alec Colin Derks, Saint Louis University

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Civil Engineering

videosimulations in the classroom. Students rarely have the opportunity to observe large-scalebehavior of foundations in the field or laboratory, particularly since deformation is often smalland they do not fail often. The authors from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT), asmall, private, masters-terminal university, and St. Louis University (SLU), a large, private,doctoral-granting university, designed and implemented a large-scale foundation testing systemto address several topics that students tend to struggle with the most, including 1) the differencein strength and service limit states in shallow foundation design, 2) soil-structure interactionassociated with lateral behavior of deep foundations, and 3) the influence of near-surface soil

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Project-based and Experiential Learning in Civil Engineering

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Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; J. Chris Carroll, Saint Louis University; Kyle Kershaw P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Alec C. Derks, Saint Louis University

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Civil Engineering

experientiallearning modules to be used during an introductory reinforced concrete design course. Eachmodule was implemented on the Modular Strong-block Testing System [1]: a self-containedsystem that provides an affordable alternative for testing larger-scale specimens. The threeexperiential learning modules were designed to illustrate fundamental behavior of reinforcedconcrete beams: Module 1 – Tension Controlled Failure, Module 2 – Compression ControlledFailure, and Module 3 – Shear Analysis and Design. Each module supports critical learningoutcomes for a traditional reinforced concrete course. The following sections provide somebackground about the overall project along with the design and implementation of theexperiential learning modules. There is also

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Tech Tools and Tips

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Gustavo O. Maldonado, Georgia Southern University; Shahnam Navaee, Georgia Southern University; Marcel Maghiar, Georgia Southern University

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Civil Engineering

article are twofold: (1) to present the maincharacteristics of a novel, project-based, technical elective course on Introduction to T-LiDAR forstudents in the Civil Engineering (CE), Construction Engineering (ConE) and ConstructionManagement (CM) programs at Georgia Southern University, and (2) to assess students’acquisition of knowledge through the adopted hands-on approach. This work describes details ofthe developed course to expose students to the fundamentals of T-LiDAR and engage them inspecialized activities involving this modern technique to successfully complete 3D point-cloudmodels of real, service-learning projects. These projects benefit the community and could assistuniversities in attaining or maintaining their Carnegie Community

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Program Support Initiatives

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Charles Riley P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Jesse M. Kinder, Oregon Institute of Technology; Ben S. Bunting Jr, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

participatingfaculty is provided by Riley, Beaudry, and Bettencourt-McCarthy [1].Defining Excellent TeachingIf students learn more or more effectively because faculty are better teachers, then we are servingour purpose and efforts to improve teaching are worthwhile. Many contributions to the literaturethat attempt to define effective teaching include this concern: good instruction should be tied tostudent achievement [2]. If there are many ways to ensure student achievement – related to thestudents themselves, the conduct of the instructor, the learning environment, and other factors –how can we possibly hope to define the sort of instruction that produces achievement (a) flexiblyenough to allow for diversity in delivery by diverse faculty and (b) narrowly

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Holy Cow! We’re Going Online When? 

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Sarah K. Bauer, Rowan University; Cheng Zhu, Rowan University; Gilson R. Lomboy, Rowan University; Mohammad Jalayer

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Civil Engineering

. A series of comprehensive educational videoand simulation-based learning modules were created for the Civil Engineering subdisciplines ofenvironmental, geotechnical, transportation, and structural engineering. The development andimplementation of such technology-based learning modules offer new opportunities to teachstudents the complex concepts of Civil Engineering through visual means. The efficacy of thelearning modules were evaluated through student assessment surveys for: (1) the appropriatenessof the module in aiding the introduction of course content, (2) the effectiveness of the module inenhancing student understanding of course content, and (3) the overall perception of students ofthe module. Implementation of the modules into the

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Development Around Diversity

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Pamela K. Judge, Roger Williams University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

program needs.1. IntroductionThis paper summarizes three cases which each address diversity and inclusion while directlysupporting traditional course content within the civil engineering curriculum. The casesidentified were: Flint Water Crisis (Environmental Engineering), Robert Moses & The SouthernState Parkway’s Bridges (Transportation Engineering), and Hurricane Katrina Levee Failures(Geotechnical Engineering). The paper also suggests teaching interventions and directly mapsout the content in each case study as it pertains to ABET outcomes and traditional civilengineering course subject matter. A select case and teaching intervention were implementedduring a pilot initiative within the Roger Williams University Spring 2021

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Development Around Diversity

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Daniel Erian Armanios; Sarah Jane Christian P.E., Carnegie Mellon University; Andrea Francioni Rooney, Carnegie Mellon University; Millard L. McElwee, Exponent; Joe Dallas Moore, Carnegie Mellon University; Destenie Nock, Carnegie Mellon University; Constantine Samaras, Carnegie Mellon University; Gerald J. Wang, Carnegie Mellon University

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Civil Engineering

and in their future careers.1.0 IntroductionTo properly contextualize Carnegie Mellon’s work around DEI, we need to situate it within alarger movement that has gained traction and momentum around engineering and social justice[1]-[3]. These happenings build upon the seminal work of Baillie [4], Riley [5], and their jointwork with their collaborators [6]. This has sprung a series of engineering and social justice-related or -infused courses, seminar series, and workshops across engineering campuses such asthose at the University of San Diego [7], Colorado School of Mines [8], Purdue [9], Stanford[10], the National Academies [11], and others. The most recent illustration is a series of global,humanitarian, and peace engineering programs that

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Program Support Initiatives

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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

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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

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Tech Tools and Tips

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Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Eleftheria Kontou, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Christopher W. Tessum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Lei Zhao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Hadi Meidani, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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, by the American Society of CivilEngineers (ASCE) [1] and the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine(NASEM) [2], converge in recognizing that Civil and Environmental Engineers require bothformal education and mentored experiences, where education should provide breadth in thescientific and engineering fundamentals and strength in the students’ specific areas of expertise.Relevant to this paper, among many other objectives, breadth in the fundamentals is envisionedto include engineering economics, systems analysis, data science, and understanding of risk anduncertainty. In addition, skills such as for effective communication, collaborative work,negotiation and conflict resolution are deemed essential [2] while it is explicitly

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Development Around Diversity

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Rebekah Oulton P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Tessa Gail Gallagher, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Claire Katherine Anovick, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Civil Engineering

suggests “public” should be replaced with “identified integral community.”This nuance prompts engineers to examine more closely who and what they are working to helpand protect [9].Understanding ethics is important for engineering students to appreciate complex social issues.Practicing civil engineers and engineering students use the ASCE Code of Ethics as an ethicallens through which to practice. However, failure to understand macro ethics produces “broad,negative social impacts, such as systemic social inequities, environmental degradation, or otherexternalized costs on unwitting stakeholder groups” [1]. Practicing civil engineers should beeducated on the complex social systems in which their infrastructure solutions are used.Integration of such