AC 2010-1458: TEACHING SUSTAINABILITY AND SUSTAINABLEENGINEERING PRACTICE IN THE CIVIL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMSteven Burian, University of Utah Page 15.1188.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Teaching Sustainability in a Civil Engineering CurriculumAbstractThe objectives of this paper are to (1) present the approach used to integrate sustainabilitycontent into the civil engineering curriculum at the University of ____, (2) assess theeffectiveness of the approach, and (3) provide general recommendations to improve theintegration of sustainability into the civil engineering curriculum. The approach beingimplemented at the University of ___ involves brief
AC 2010-1729: ASSESSING PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES USING AWEB-BASED ALUMNI SURVEY SYSTEMBrian Swenty, University of Evansville Professor and Chair Mechanical and Civil Engineering Department University of EvansvilleMark Valenzuela, University of Evansville Associate Professor, Civil Engineering University of EvansvilleJames Allen, University of Evansville Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering University of EvansvilleImmanuel Selvaraj, University of Evansville Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering University of Evansville Page 15.203.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010
AC 2010-1925: A “GLOBAL” CURRICULUM TO SUPPORT CIVILENGINEERING IN DEVELOPING NATIONS: THE FINAL RESULTFred Meyer, United States Military Academy Colonel Fred Meyer is the Civil Engineering Division Director in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from USMA in 1984, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1993 and 2002, respectively. Fred has been a member of the USMA faculty for over seven years and teaches courses in basic mechanics, structural steel design, reinforced concrete design, and structural system design. He has served as a senior mentor and seminar presenter
Evaluation and Improvement,” Session 2793, Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.2. Hill, W., 2006. “Student Evaluation of Teaching – Myths and Realities,” Paper AC 2006-297, Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.3. Anderson, H. M., J. Cain, and E. Bird, 2005. “Online Student Course Evaluations: Review of Literature and a Pilot Study,” American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 69 (1), pp. 34-43.4. Johnson, M. D., A. Narayanan, and W. J. Sawaya, 2013. “Effects of Course and Instructor Characteristics on Student Evaluation of Teaching across a College of Engineering,” Journal of Engineering Education, 102 (2), pp. 289-318.5. Gehringer, E., 2010. “Daily Course Evaluation with Google Forms
AC 2011-1528: A NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTA-TION ENGINEERING EDUCATIONRhonda K Young, University of Wyoming Rhonda Young is an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at the University of Wyoming specializing in the transportation field. Rhonda is a registered professional engineering and has been in academics for nine years after working as a transportation consultant for over ten years. Within transportation her focus areas are trasnportation planning and rural intelligent transportation systems.Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette CollegeSteven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow Dr. Beyerlein is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of
begun accrediting foreign engineering programs. Today over 22 countries apart fromthe United States and its territories are participating. Another recent development is that theNational Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) is beginning to offertheir examinations overseas. At the same time mutual recognition agreements or efforts atharmonization moved forward in several countries. The Washington Accord, signed in 1989,promotes mutual recognition of engineering programs and now includes15 signatory countriesand 5 provisional member countries.The Bologna Accord, signed in 1999 had the following goals for 2010: it is easy to move from one country to the other (within the European Higher Education Area) – for the
AC 2012-4932: A FULL-SCALE RUBBLE-HOUSE CONSTRUCTION ANDTESTING PROJECT POWERED BY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT VOL-UNTEERS WORKFORCEDr. Fatih Oncul, Southern Polytechnic State University Fatih Oncul is an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Technology program, Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Ga. He received his doctoral degree from University of Colorado, Denver, in 2001. He is currently teaching geotechnical and foundation engineering related courses. His main research interest areas are finite element analysis, subsurface exploration, soil-structure interaction, and geotechnical earthquake engineering.Dr. Wasim Barham, Southern Polytechnic State UniversityDr. Metin Oguzmert
AC 2010-592: DEVELOPMENT OF A GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKEENGINEERING TEACHING MODULE USING AN INSTRUCTIONAL SHAKETABLENadarajah Ravichandran, Clemson UniversityBrian Machmer, Clemson University Undergraduate Student Page 15.402.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development of a Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Teaching Module Using an Instructional Shake TableAbstractLiquefaction, which is the loss of strength of supporting soil, is one of the major causes ofdestruction to permanent infrastructure (roads, buildings, and bridges). After being introduced tothe concepts of compaction, permeability and effective stress in an introductory
AC 2010-597: AN INTEGRATED GRADUATE LEVEL COURSE SEQUENCE INSTRUCTURAL ENGINEERINGJames Morgan, Texas A&M UniversityLuciana Barroso, Texas A&M University Page 15.163.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 An Integrated Graduate Level Course Sequence in Structural EngineeringAbstractThis paper presents the development/re-structuring of a Masters of Engineering degree toprovide for the greatest development of the skills and knowledge of students focused on enteringthe structural engineering profession. The program now includes a major design exercise duringtheir second semester of study, represented by a graduate
AC 2010-895: USING HISTORY TO REINFORCE ETHICS AND EQUILIBRIUMWilfrid Nixon, University of Iowa Wilfrid Nixon is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa, and has been on the faculty there since 1987. In addition to his research on winter highway maintenance, he has also conducted research into student learning, and ways in which faculty can enhance such learning. He has been involved both with the Civil Engineering Division of ASEE and with the ASCE Committee on Faculty Development, and has also both attended and served as a mentor at ExCEEd Teaching Workshops. He plays bad golf, and also dances the Argentine Tango
AC 2011-590: A MODEL FOR THE POST-BACHELOR’S DEGREE EDU-CATION OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS THROUGH A COLLABORA-TION BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIAMartin E. Bollo, British Columbia Institute of Technology Martin Bollo is a Faculty member at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Burnaby, B.C., Canada. He joined BCIT in 2000 after ten years of consulting engineering experience in California and British Columbia. He is a registered P.E., P.Eng. and S.E., and is a member of the Certificate in Structural Engineering Program Committee of the Structural Engineers Association of British Columbia (SEABC). He was a founding member of the SEABC in 2005, and was a past President of its predecessor, the Vancouver
AC 2009-42: ASCE POLICY 465: STATUS AND NEXT STEPSJeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, MadisonGerry Galloway, University of MarylandThomas Lenox, American Society of Civil EngineersJames O'Brien, American Society of Civil Engineers Page 14.233.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009ASCE Policy 465 - Progress and Next Steps ASCE Policy 465 – Progress and Next StepsAbstractFor several decades, educators and practitioners in the civil engineering community in the UnitedStates have been calling for reform of civil engineering education. In 1995, at the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Civil Engineering Education Conference (CEEC ’95), someof
AC 2011-1366: COMBINING HANDS-ON DESIGN, ENGINEERING ANAL-YSIS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMING IN A FRESHMAN CIVIL ANDENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING COURSEJames D. Bowen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringPeter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Peter Tkacik is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering within the Motorsports focus area. His largest area of research is in the engagement of High School Students and early career Engineering College Students through Hands-On learning activities and exciting visual and experiential research programs. Other research activities are related to the details of the visual and experiential
AC 2010-718: WANTED! MORE DAM ENGINEERSSarah McCubbin-Cain, University of Kentucky Sarah McCubbin-Cain has been the Information Specialist for the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) since 1998. She provides research and reference services for ASDSO, contributes and edits articles in ASDSO's quarterly Journal of Dam Safety and monthly newsletter, and coordinates the activities of ASDSO's Committee on Education Outreach. Ms. McCubbin-Cain holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Psychology and Elementary Education from the University of Kentucky and a Masters in Elementary Education from Georgetown College. She has taught in elementary and middle schools in Kentucky and at the
AC 2012-5462: IMPLEMENTING SELF-REGULATED LEARNING PRO-CESS MODEL AND ASSESSMENT FOR FACILITATING CIVIL ENGI-NEERING STUDENTS TO MASTER ENGINEERING CONCEPTSProf. Wei Zheng, Jackson State University Dr. Wei Zheng is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Jackson State University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001 and has over10-year industrial experience. Since becoming a faculty member at JSU in 2005, he has made continuous efforts to integrate emerging technologies and cognitive skill development into engineering curriculum.Dr. HuiRu Shih P.E., Jackson State University Dr. HuiRu (H.R.) Shih is a Professor of Technology at Jackson State University. He
AC 2010-1248: DEVELOPMENT OF CORE CONCEPTS AND LEARNINGOUTCOMES FOR THE INTRODUCTORY TRANSPORTATION COURSEKristen Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College KRISTEN L. SANFORD BERNHARDT is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lafayette College, where she teaches courses related to transportation, civil infrastructure, and engineering ethics and researches issues related to infrastructure systems modeling. Dr. Sanford Bernhardt received her Ph.D. and M.S. from Carnegie Mellon University and her B.S.E. from Duke University, all in Civil Engineering.Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho STEVEN W. BEYERLEIN is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Idaho
650 Math 630 Reading 610 Wri8ng 590 570 550 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Year Enrolled Figure 1. Average SAT Scores of Enrolled Students in the College of Engineering from 2008 to 2013Key statistics regarding women in
AC 2011-1499: INTRODUCING SYSTEMS THINKING TO THE ENGI-NEER OF 2020Chris R. Rehmann, Iowa State University Chris R. Rehmann is an associate professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at Iowa State University. He has served as assistant chair for undergraduate affairs since 2010. His teaching mainly involves hydrology, hydraulics, and environmental fluid mechanics, and his research focuses on mixing in lakes, rivers, and oceans. He has served as an associate editor of Limnology and Oceanography and the Journal of Hydraulic Engineering since 2005.Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University Diane T. Rover received the B.S. degree in computer science in 1984, and the M.S. and Ph.D
AC 2011-1476: CONNECTING STUDENT EXPERIENCES WITH CON-CEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF FLUID MECHANICSSandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison Sandra Shaw Courter is PI for the ”Aligning Educational Experiences with Ways of Knowing Engineering (AWAKEN): How People Learn” project. She is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Engineering Professional Development and Wendt Commons: Teaching and Learning Services. Her area of research is engineering education including assessment of student learning. She taught technical communication courses to undergraduate engineering students and currently consults with faculty and teaching assistants. She earned her Ph.D. in educational administration at UW-Madison.Lauren
AC 2012-3909: USE OF A DRIVING SIMULATOR TO ENHANCE LEARN-ING EXPERIENCE OF UNDERGRADUATES IN HIGHWAY DESIGNDr. Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science & Technology Dan Cernusca is Instructional Design Specialist in the Department of Global Learning at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree in information science and learning technologies in 2007 from University of Missouri, Columbia. He also holds a B.S. and a Ph.D. from the University of Sibiu, Romania, with a specialization in manufacturing technologies and respectively cutting-tools design. His research interests include design-based research in technology-enabled learn- ing contexts, technology-mediated problem
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
AC 2011-484: DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENGINEERING MANAGEMENTMS OPTION COUPLED WITH UNDERGRADUATE CULMINATING DE-SIGNDr. Fernando Fonseca, Brigham Young UniversitySteven E. Benzley, Brigham Young University Steven E. Benzley obtained BES and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from Brigham Young University in 1966 and 1967, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of California. He was a member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories. Since 1980 he has been on the faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Brigham Young University. He has also served as Associate Dean of the BYU College of Engineering and Technology, Associate Dean of BYU Honors and General Education, and is currently the chair
AC 2010-667: ADOPTING THE BOK2: THE QUEST TO SLAY THEMULTI-HEADED HYDRAJohn Tocco, Lawrence Technological UniversityDonald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University Page 15.128.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Adopting the BOK2: The Quest to Slay the Multi-Headed HydraAbstractIn 2008, the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) published the Civil EngineeringBody of Knowledge, Second Edition (BOK2), reflecting ASCE’s vision of the skills andknowledge the next generation of civil engineers must acquire. The program outcomes set forthin the BOK2 were significantly clearer, specific and detailed than those in the original body ofknowledge. The Department
AC 2010-239: ACHIEVING CIVIL ENGINEERING BOK2 OUTCOMES OFGLOBALIZATION, LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICALRESPONSIBILITY AND TEAM WORK IN A GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSSteven Benzley, Brigham Young University Steven E. Benzley obtained BES and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from Brigham Young University and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Davis. He was a member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories. Since 1980 he has been on the faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Brigham Young University. He has also served as Associate Dean of the BYU College of Engineering and Technology, Associate Dean of BYU Honors and General Education, and is
AC 2012-3851: TRANSFORMING A CIVIL ENGINEERING CURRICU-LUM THROUGH GIS INTEGRATIONDr. Stephanie S. Ivey, University of Memphis Stephanie S. Ivey is an Associate Professor with the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Memphis. Her primary research interests are in transportation policy, freight modeling, transportation workforce development, and undergraduate STEM education. She is currently conducting funded research regarding use of add-on participant data from the National Household Travel Survey, development of a new model to improve accuracy and efficiency of the TDOT Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Program, and is PI/co-PI on more than $2 million in funding for undergraduate STEM education research
AC 2011-779: X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY: A NEW PEDAGOG-ICAL TOOL FOR STUDYING MICRO AND MACRO GEOMATERIALPROPERTIESRobert L. Mokwa, Montana State University Associate Professor - Montana State University Civil Engineering DepartmentZachary Lee Morris, Montana State University I was raised in Duluth, Minnesota. After high school, I took off on a voluntary exchange program in Costa Rica. I worked as a care taker and tour guide for the Karen Mogenson Forest Reserve. Upon returning to the United States, I started my college career in Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Superior (UWS). After 2 years at UWS, I study abroad in Newcastle, Australia for one semester, and then in Wonju, South Korea the following
AC 2011-2579: AN ENGINEERING APPROACH TO WRITING: A PILOTPROGRAM FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING GRADUATE STUDENTSChristianna Irene White, Iowa State University Institute for Transportation Christianna White has a PhD in rhetoric and professional communication, an MA in business and technical communication, and a BA in psychology. She is an editor and writing coach who specializes in working with graduate students on master’s theses or dissertations. In addition to her affiliation with the Iowa State University Institute for Transportation, she operates C I White and Associates.David J White, Iowa State University David White holds a B.S. (Univ. of Missouri-Columbia, 1997), M.S. degree (Iowa State University 1999), and a Ph.D
AC 2010-325: DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A DECISION MODELFOR APPROVAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING INDEPENDENT STUDY PROJECTSBrock Barry, United States Military Academy Dr. Brock E. Barry is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Dr. Barry is a licensed professional engineer in multiple states and accumulated 10-years of industry experience prior to entering academics.Jeffrey Braun, United States Military Academy MAJ Jeff Braun is an Instructor in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. MAJ Braun is a licensed professional engineer in California and has
AC 2010-351: STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING BODYOF KNOWLEDGEAngela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Page 15.1119.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Student Perceptions of the Civil Engineering Body of KnowledgeAbstractIt is of interest to determine how civil engineering students perceive the educational outcomerequirements articulated in the American Society of Civil Engineers Body of Knowledge(BOK2). Therefore, freshmen and senior civil engineering (CVEN) students at the University ofColorado at Boulder (CU) were introduced to the BOK2 and asked for feedback. Students in afirst year Introduction to Civil Engineering course were
AC 2012-2963: COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT PEDAGOGICAL TECH-NIQUES TO TEACH MECHANISTIC-EMPIRICAL PAVEMENT DESIGNGUIDEDr. Yusuf A. Mehta, Rowan UniversityDr. Leslie Ann McCarthy P.E., Villanova University Page 25.333.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Comparison of Different Pedagogical Techniques to Teach Mechanistic- Empirical Pavement Design GuideABSTRACTMechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) is relatively new design methodologyfor conducting pavement structural and materials design. MEPDG is a significant departurefrom the current Association of American Society of Highway