Preparation for three years; Manufacturing Technology Advisory Group Board of Directors for seven years; and three National Science Foundation Review Committees for manufacturing and engineering-related NSF grants. Brown also served as a conference committee member of the National Career Pathways Network and serving on a number of state and local boards and skills standards committees. She has taught at the secondary, community college and university levels as well as been a research associate at IC2 Institute in Austin, Texas. Brown attended the University of Texas at Austin for her Ph.D. work in Higher Educational Administration; Northern Arizona University for her M.A. in Curriculum and Assessment and Arizona State
Education, 2016 Challenges and opportunities for recruiting students to undergraduate civil engineering programsAbstractSociety needs more civil engineers, with the projected near-term need for civil engineers greaterthan any other engineering discipline. Ailing national infrastructure and projected retirementrates have led to job projections suggesting that the near-term need for civil engineeringgraduates is almost double that of any other engineering discipline. This need, combined withother attractive attributes of civil engineering, should make civil engineering a top engineeringmajor at many undergraduate universities.In spite of the career opportunities readily available to graduating civil engineers, and in
AC 2012-3182: THE RAISE THE BAR INITIATIVE: CHARTING THE FU-TURE BY UNDERSTANDING THE PATH TO THE PRESENT - EXPERI-ENTIAL GUIDELINESDr. Monte L. Phillips P.E., American Society of Civil Engineers Monte L. Phillips is an Emeritus Professor of civil engineering at the University of North Dakota. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois with an emphasis in geotechnical engineering. During a 39-year career as an educator, he served on the faculties of the University of North Dakota, Ohio Northern Univeristy, and the University of Illinois. Phillips has been an active member of the National Society of Professional Engineers serving as National President in 1994-95. He currently serves NSPE on the Board of
infrastructure. In this study, survey find-ings were used to address the following research questions: 1. What are civil engineering students’ views on: a. The most and least important infrastructure components? b. Impact of infrastructure revitalization on their future careers? c. Current condition of the infrastructure? d. Willingness to consider non-traditional solutions to infrastructure challenges? 2. Are there regional differences in students’ views of infrastructure (comparing students in the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and West)? 3. Are there gender differences in students’ views of infrastructure? 4. How do students’ views of infrastructure change as they progress through civil engineer
Paper ID #25694The 5Ws of the Third Edition of the Civil Engineering Body of KnowledgeDr. Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama Kenneth J. Fridley is the Senior Associate Dean for the College of Engineering at The University of Alabama. Prior to his current appointment, Fridley served as Professor and Head of the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama. Dr. Fridley has been recognized as a dedicated educator throughout his career and has received several awards for his teaching efforts, including the ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) Leadership Award
with students. His advisees have developed successful professional careers at universities or in the private and public sectors. Many of them serve in leadership positions in profes- sional societies. He has taught 18 different undergraduate and graduate courses related to transportation, as well as undergraduate capstone design courses. Nambisan also has been very active in leadership roles of several professional societies and organizations, such as the American Society of Civil Engi- neers (ASCE), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Council of University Transporta- tion Centers (CUTC), Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), and the Transportation Research Board (TRB). His current
. Review the final report of the ASCE Experience Committee (July 2007). Recast the ASCE BOK experiential guidelines into a form applicable and acceptable to engineers of all disciplines, while ensuring full compliance with the intent of the BOK outcomes for civil engineers. If necessary, propose additional outcomes/guidelines that are essential for other disciplines that naturally accommodate/align with the career paths of civil engineers 2. Develop a matrix for attaining the elements of the generic experiential outcomes in an engineer intern’s pre-licensure career. If necessary and appropriate, identify those elements that may be unrealistic or unreasonable to attain in pre-licensure career
the EBOKis to encourage ten identified engineering profession’s members and stakeholders to usethe EBOK to think about where they are and where they may want to go.The ECM describes, using a tiered structure, engineering knowledge, skills, and abilities(not attitudes) collectively referred to as competencies. Unlike the EBOK, the ECMcompetencies are not connected to a particular milestone in an engineer’s career and,even more specifically, are not linked to licensure. The ECM is designed to serve as aresource for practitioners and academics across all engineering disciplines.The paper then suggests aspects of the EBOK and the ECM capabilities/competenciesthat are not explicit in the CEBOK2 outcomes and ought to be at least considered
Infrastructure, noting that the number of dams identified as “unsafe” isincreasing at a faster rate than those being repaired.The disastrous levee failures resulting from Hurricane Katrina and a recent report by the NationalCommittee on Levee Safety3 that cited a need for “creating a cadre of national levee experts”also underscore the need to recruit students into careers dedicated to dam and levee safety. Inaddition to the nearly 90,000 dams listed in the National Inventory of Dams, the U.S. is home toan estimated 114,000 miles of federal and non-federal levees, many of uncertain condition.According to surveys of association members conducted by the authors in 2004 and 2009, thereis an inadequate supply of qualified candidates for jobs relating to dam
work in an engineering firm during the summer, having faculty members spend theirsabbatical leaves in an engineering firm, and having full time engineers spend a year of paidleave in a university. There also exist situations where companies send engineers to theclassroom at the expense of the companies and situations where engineers with many years ofpracticing experience decide to have a second career in academia. Students in primarilyengineering technology programs indicated that as a result of including real world engineeringexperiences in the curriculum they became more job ready and were actually receiving job offersas a result.13,14 More recently and partly in response to ASCE’s Body of Knowledge15 report andPolicy 46316, many schools
United States Military Academy at West Point. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Military Academy and his M.S.E. and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. His research and teaching interests are in mechatronics, regenerative power, and multidisciplinary engineering.Ally Kindel Martin, The Citadel Ally Kindel Martin is the Director of Student Success in the School of Engineering. In her position, she has worked with the Supplemental Instruction program, launched STEM Freshmen Outreach initiatives, created an Engineering Mentor Connection program, and revitalized the Engineering Career & Network- ing Expo. She holds a M.Ed. in Higher Education and
-year curriculum. Ourthreads of learning approach allows faculty to teach ethical decision making in courses nottraditionally associated with ethics and provides students a more continuous exposure to ethicaldecision making. Students are introduced to the Civil Engineering Ethics Thread (CEET) at thevery start of their academic career during fall quarter of freshman year. Students are given a briefintroduction to the concept of the ethical thread of learning. At that time, they also complete apersonality assessment, as well as a survey to rate their perception of what is ethical when given avariety of scenarios, to identify their own set of personal values. At the end of the quarter, thesurvey results are revealed to students for the purpose of
Department of Environmental, Occupational and Agricultural Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She has published over 95 peer-reviewed journal papers and book chapters, was awarded an NSF CAREER award in 2012, and in 2015 was a member of a team receiving the Grand Prize for University Research from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists. Dr. Bartelt-Hunt teaches an introductory course in environmental engineering as well as environmental engineering chemistry and solid waste management and has received university and national awards recognizing her teaching. She served as graduate chair in the Department of Civil Engineering from 2013-2016 and in 2014, was named a R. Vernon McBroom
supports raise the bar; its statement adopted in 2016 notes [42]: With the continuing rapid expansion of knowledge required to practice in the basic, as well as the many specialized areas of engineering, NSPE believes that additional engineering education, but not limited to formal academic education, beyond the four year ABET/EAC degree should be required to meet the formal preparation necessary for the practice of licensed professional engineering.One of the arguments opposing raising the bar on PE licensure is that fewer studentswould pursue engineering as a major and a career [9]. However, the author could find noactual data reporting how engineering students felt about the potential requirement foradditional formal education beyond
advantages to thesetypes of programs. Combined degrees save time by allowing students to enter earlier intheir professional careers with advanced degrees. This can help reduce financial stress ofeducation. And dual-degree programs help diversify an individual’s technical andprofessional skills. Usually universities have slightly more stringent eligibility criteriaand rules for selecting students into combined and dual-degree programs. A study byNational Academy of Sciences (NAS) suggested that world of work has become moreinterdisciplinary, collaborative, and global, and requires that we produce youngprofessionals who are adaptable and flexible, as well as technically proficient. With ever-increasing demand to keep up with the new technology and
, Construction and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama. Dr. Fridley has been recognized as a dedicated educator throughout his career and has received several awards for his teaching efforts, including the ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) Leadership Award in 2010. At the University of Alabama, Fridley has led efforts to establish several new programs including new undergraduate degree programs in construction engineering, architectural engineering and environmental engineering, a departmental Scholars program allowing highly qualified students an accelerated program to earn their MSCE in addition to their BS degree, the interdisciplinary ”Cube” promoting innovation in engineering, and the
in Washington and Califor- nia, and received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Washington. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Student Perspectives for New Civil Engineering Majors (The Role of Technology)AbstractThis research examines how today’s incoming civil engineering student must prepare forhis or her college career. Student perspectives from the bookends of the academicexperience – from current freshmen to seniors – are uniquely gathered and disseminated,and their personal experiences are closely examined. The use and impact of technologyand the role that it plays is also studied. The guidance and insights shared and
charges to the BOK Experiential Fulfillment Committee are asfollows: Charge 1 (Action 1a): Review the response to Charge 3 of the ASCE Experience Committee (July 2007). Recast the ASCE BOK experiential guidelines into a form applicable and acceptable to engineers of all disciplines, while ensuring full compliance with the intent of the BOK outcomes for civil engineers. If necessary, propose additional outcomes/guidelines that naturally accommodate the career paths of civil engineers but may be necessary additions for other disciplines. Charge 2 (Action 1b): Develop a matrix for attaining the elements of the generic experiential outcomes in an engineer intern’s pre-licensure career. If
the themes center on the nanotechnology for civil engineering,some proposed course and lab modules include currently available smart materials, e.g. ShapeMemory Alloys (SMAs) and Piezoelectric (PZT) materials, and micro/nano-scale technologies,e.g. silicon fume and micro-fiber modified concrete and MEMS (Micro-Electro-MechanicalSystems) sensors, and concrete maturity method, due to availability of applicable technologyand operational feasibility at the current civil engineering teaching laboratory. Even though thesetechnologies may not constitute real nanotechnology, they do demonstrate analogies of hownanotechnology will impact students’ careers and civil infrastructures in the future, and inspirestudents’ desire for creativity and
focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning, to understand engineering stu- dents’ identity development. She has won several awards for her research including the 2016 American Society of Engineering Education
company. She is a registered professional engineer, project management professional and LEED accredited professional. Her career vision is to become a global leader in research that builds capacity and broadens the participation of students completing construction and engineering degrees and entering the technological workforce by shaping practices and policies in retention, informal learning, pedagogy, professional competency, work- force development and life-long learning. Her research interests are in investigating students’ develop- ment of leadership skills and other professional competencies and in students’ involvement in curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. Dr. Simmons is a NSF CAREER
career, Mr. Aldrich has held project management and leadership positions with a national general contractor and several engineering firms before forming Aldrich + Elliott twenty years ago. He has served with distinction in the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) where he held the position of national President in 2008-2009. He is a registered professional engineer in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts and is a fellow member of both NSPE and ASCE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Case for a Master’s Degree for Civil Engineering LicensureAbstractFor nearly fifty years, different organizations and authors engaged in engineering practice
Engineering1 (NAE)Report in 2005: “It is evident that the exploding body of science and engineering knowledge cannot beaccommodated within the context of the traditional four year baccalaureate degree.”The concept of an advanced degree as the first “professional degree” for engineering licensurehas been promoted within the engineering profession since licensure first became an initiative ineach of the states. Indeed, the first statement recommending consideration of the development ofprofessional schools for engineering was adopted by the National Society of ProfessionalEngineers (NSPE) in October 1938. With the advancement of technology and the increaseddepth of basic mathematics and science needed for an engineering career, the rationale
editing books including “MicroStation for AutoCAD Users”, “Managing and Networking MicroStation” among several others. In 1995, Frank was hired by Bentley Systems to spearhead the development of Bentley’s own commercial training operation (MicroStation Institute now known as the Bentley Institute). Recently, Frank was senior project manager for the development and deployment of the Bentley LEARN Server, a robust learning management system designed for use by all of Bentley’s commercial and academic users. Frank is currently the Learning Technologies Manager for the Be Careers Network, the organization within Bentley that works with academic institutions to educate faculty and students alike
a variety of design classes so that the students willsee that this is a very important aspect of all phases of an engineering career. In each design class,at least one class discussion will be devoted to a case study in which the importance ofengineering ethics is emphasized. Thus, students will be exposed to engineering ethics in avariety of design courses by a variety of engineering faculty, most of whom are ProfessionalEngineers. Obviously, this approach could be used within any engineering discipline.I. IntroductionEthics has been defined as a body of moral principles or values, dealing with right and wrong andthe morality of motives and ends.Accordingly, it is an issue that individuals must deal with throughout their lives. Growing up
; ability to apply engineering &critical thinking skills to engineering analysis, (2) knowledge & skills to design, conduct,evaluate experiments & work in teams, (3) an understanding of professional and ethicalresponsibility, (4) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineeringsolutions in a global and societal context, and (5) a knowledge of contemporary issues.AssessmentA survey instrument was developed by Duffy et al. [12] which was filled out by 29 out of 40freshmen taking “Introduction to Engineering II”. The average age of these students was 20.These students were asked to rank several attributes representing their career values based ontheir S-L experience
as apractice and as a shared mental model.What We Can Learn from the Teachers of Technical Writing Who Embraced the Task Page 26.365.3Fortunately, there have been along the way notable faculty members who did not accept inferiorstatus. These individuals can help us understand the success we have achieved so far and chart aclearer path for the future. Their careers endow the phrase “Engineering English” with acompletely different and very positive meaning. In overview form, these are the central featuresof their approach: • Treating communication, including technical communication, as the ultimate interdisciplinary subject and a
manager of Materials Testing lab at Missouri S&T, teaches mechanics of materials and develops digital educational resources for the engineering students. He had the opportunity of leading several scientific and industrial research projects and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students. Over the span of his career, Dr. Libre authored and co-authored 3 chapter books, 17 peer-reviewed journal articles and over 60 conference papers. He has advised and co-advised 8 gradu- ate students and mentored over 30 undergraduate students. He has collaborated with scholars from several countries, including Iran, China, Slovenia, Canada, and the US. He also served as a reviewer for 6 journals and a committee member of 5
learning while still ensuring students are provided with the requiredtechnical material can be an issue due to time constraints. Most engineering courses need the fullin-class time throughout the semester to ensure students are taught the technical content that isrequired for future courses or a future career. To allow for both active learning and teaching therequired technical material, a fundamental change in how the course is taught is needed. Byhaving students learn the lecture material outside of class, the time spent in class can be used tobetter engage students in active learning. In this approach, often called a flipped classroom,students partake in assigned materials before class by either watching prerecorded lecture videos,reading
cadets to a career in the United States Army and a lifetime of personal growth andservice.”Students in the course answer 11 common questions in a mandatory course-end feedback systemand results from the course (CE350) are compared to historical course-end feedback data for thepurposes of annual course assessments. Figure 2 illustrates that since the course incorporatedsustainability in design into the final project in 17-1, positive feedback increased noticeablycompared to the previous semester in 16-1. Of note, students in CE350 reported that their“motivation to learn and to continue learning increased” and their “critical thinking abilityincreased” at a higher rate than the previous semester students. Figure 2. Historical