Conference Session

Expanding Access and Opportunities for M/30

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terrence L. Chambers P.E., University of Louisiana, Lafayette

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Civil Engineering

changing the requirements for Professional Engineers will be morepolitically feasible.The five steps are: 1) retain the BS as the educational requirement for Engineering Interns, 2)eliminate the industry exemption for Engineering Interns, 3) require continuing professionaldevelopment (CPD) courses for Engineering Interns, 4) increase the CPD requirements for bothEngineering Interns and Professional Engineers to 45 hours per year, the equivalent of one 3-credit hour college course per year, and 5) after ten years have passed, require the equivalent of30 credit hours after the BS degree prior to registration as a PE. Once the first four steps havebeen in place for ten years, the first batch of EI’s to become registered under the new systemwould have

Conference Session

Hey You: Effectively Engaging Students in the Classroom

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; Sean St.Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

itsdual purpose and interpretation, it functions well on a campus with students prone to both thepractical pursuits of education for gainful employment and education for worldly awareness. Figure 1. A view of the Basin teaching sculpture from the southwest.Basin is, at first, a very strange sight; an unfamiliar thing (Figure 1). However, with someexplanation of the artist’s influences, the appropriateness of the sculpture and its location on the Page 25.1125.3Oregon Institute of Technology campus in Klamath Falls, Oregon becomes very clear. Theriveted aluminum skin of the suspended basin form suggests an airplane’s cladding but is

Conference Session

Expanding Access and Opportunities for M/30

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering

(publicpolicy 22, social science 23, humanities 24). Outcomes with the greatest divergence between thethree majors were: mechanics, natural science, contemporary issues, math, and sustainability.These differences are also reflected in the predominance of these topics in the curriculum at CU.Items with the greatest differences of opinion within architectural engineering majors based onstandard deviation were: math, attitudes, material sciences, and mechanics; or based on thedifference between the maximum and minimum rankings were: sustainability, science, andexperiments (ranked by some as high as 1 and others as low as 24). Among civil engineeringstudents the greatest differences of opinion were for the outcomes breadth, lifelong learning,experiments

Conference Session

Expanding Access and Opportunities for M/30

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock E. Barry P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Scott M. Katalenich, U.S. Military Academy; Brad C. McCoy, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

representatives developing learningexperiences, both of whom share a common goal to better prepare students for professionallicensure. This study also assists practicing engineers to provide appropriate mentorship andengineering experience to further prepare engineer interns for eventual licensure as aprofessional engineer.IntroductionIn 1998, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Board of Direction adopted what isnow known as the first version of Policy Statement 465 (Policy).1, 2 The Policy was subsequentlyrevised in 2001 and 2004.3 During each revision, the Policy, formally known as the AcademicPrerequisites for Licensure and Professional Practice Policy,4 was unanimously approved by theBoard of Direction.2In general, the Policy supports the

Conference Session

ABET: Reflections on Accreditation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Fries, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Sree Kalyani Lakkaraju, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Brad Cross, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Susan M. Morgan, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

assessing student outcomes from the CE ProgramCriteria, specifically department heads/chairs and faculty active in assessment.2. IntroductionDuring summer 2011, the Civil Engineering (CE) Department at Southern Illinois UniversityEdwardsville launched a survey to investigate best practices for adapting to the recent changes inthe ABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria. Although these Program Criteria do not requireassessment in the form of student outcomes, our department for example, considers themvaluable enough to include in our student outcomes. The changes are summarized as follows: 1. Mathematics and Science Program Criterion: NEW: the ability to apply knowledge of mathematics through differential equations

Conference Session

ABET: Reflections on Accreditation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

to justify attainment of an outcome.11Evidence that the standard has been elevated can be found in the accreditation results over thepast 11 years. Table 1 shows that the percentage of Next General Review (NGR), InterimReports (IR), Interim Visits (IV), Show Cause (SC) and Not to Accredit (NA) ratings forprograms in the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) has remained fairly constant overthis period. The NGR rating is the six year accreditation that every program wishes to attain andhas remained in the 65% - 75% range despite programs getting better and more sophisticated intheir processes. These statistics reflect the results after the due process phase is complete. TheNGR percentage is much lower prior to this taking place and the

Conference Session

Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morgan Reese, U.S. Military Academy; Joseph P. Hanus, U.S. Military Academy; Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy, West Point

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Civil Engineering

the non-verbal communication that takesplace during face-to-face interaction.DiscussionOne of the ongoing initiatives in Engineering Education is the ExCEEd program, which issponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineering. The workshop where this program istaught to new faculty members occurs two times a year in various locations, and has been offeredfor twelve years. This weeklong workshop, which typically has 24 participants each time it isoffered and is offered primarily to new faculty members with 3 years or less experience, relies onthe participants embracing and developing their skills in the six main elements of the ExCEEdModel, pictured in Fig. 1, to establish them as the class leader and a role model. The sixelements

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock E. Barry, U.S. Military Academy; Kathryn Purchase, U.S. Military Academy; Marc J. Sanborn, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

, while the number of researchpapers was on the rise.Suggested Scholarship StandardsIn a call for continuous improvement in the scholarship of engineering education research,Streveler & Smith (2006) define rigorous research using the guidelines provided by the NationalResearch Council (NRC). The NRC has published a report titled Scientific Research inEducation (Shavelson & Towne, 2002). That report states that rigorous research in educationshould address the following guiding principles: 1. Pose significant questions that can be answered empirically 2. Link research to relevant theory 3. Use methods that permit direct investigation of the question 4. Provide a coherent and explicit chain of reasoning 5. Replicate and

Conference Session

Attracting and Retaining Students in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sameer Hamoush P.E., North Carolina A&T State University; Ellie H. Fini, North Carolina A&T State University; Mahour Mellat Parast, University of North Carolina, Pembroke; Sanjiv Sarin, North Carolina A&T State University

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Civil Engineering

,Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).1 Providing students with real-life projects and challengesrelated to their majors can therefore be instrumental in fostering and maintaining their interest inSTEM. Being exposed to real projects and brainstorming society’s current challenges providestudents with a broader perspective related to the social-environment aspect of the application ofthe basic concepts they learn.1Currently, most institutions use a pedagogical philosophy of creating a bookend curriculum thatimplements project-based courses at the beginning and end of the undergraduate engineeringcurriculum. First-year engineering courses introduce students to the basic design process and itsrole in an engineering career. Senior capstone courses aim to

Conference Session

The CE Profession: Perspectives from the U.S. & Canada

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Whitney A. Lutey, Montana State University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

engineers) in 1972 to 332,700 (counting civil and environmental engineers) in2008.1,2 Projections of employment numbers into 2018 show civil and environmentalengineering possessing anticipated growth rates of twenty-four and thirty-one percentrespectively.1 These rates are considered to be much faster than the average for all occupationsand lag behind only biomedical in the engineering field which suggests that the civil engineeringworkforce will continue to be critical for society both now and into the future.In terms of percent of the overall engineering workforce, civil engineering has proven itself to bea steady to slightly increasing occupation since the final quarter of the last century. In 1972,civil and architectural engineers accounted for

Conference Session

Status of CE Education: Today & Tomorrow

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy; Daniel R. Lynch, Dartmouth College

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Civil Engineering

policy stated that the Society “supports the concept of the master’s degree as the FirstProfessional Degree for the practice of civil engineering at the professional level.”1 Chargedwith implementing Policy Statement 465, the ASCE Committee on Academic Prerequisites forProfessional Practice (CAP3) determined that any consideration of academic degree requirementsshould derive from a more fundamental analysis of the profession’s BOK.The concept of a formalized professional BOK is well established in the sociology ofprofessions. According to Eliot Freidson, one of the principal defining characteristics of aprofession is an officially recognized BOK that is based on abstract concepts and requires theexercise of discretionary judgment.2 In Andrew

Conference Session

Program Criteria, Assessment, and Sustainability in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Chris Hendrickson, Carnegie Mellon University; Amy E. Landis, University of Pittsburgh; Scott Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University

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Civil Engineering

engineering departments, 89% of the respondentsreported teaching sustainable engineering courses.IntroductionSustainable engineering interest has been growing rapidly in the past decade. Numerousengineering schools offer courses or programs in this general area, often with local variations toreflect faculty and schools’ specialized interests and knowledge. A survey of administrativeheads for nearly 1400 Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditedengineering programs conducted by the Center for Sustainable Engineering (CSE) found thatmore than 80% of the respondents (representing roughly 20% of the 1400 engineering programs)reported some level of sustainable engineering content in existing courses (CSE 2008)1.While there is

Conference Session

Use of Technology in Civil Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Kristine R. Csavina, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

new topic by solving problems inteams at the board. After a topic is introduced and a short problem solved as a class at the boardwith the instructor, students break into small groups at the instructor’s call to arms, “To TheBoards!” It has been well documented through course assessment surveys that studentsappreciate and value the time they have to work problems during class, to discuss solutions withtheir classmates, and to ask questions of the professors.1 A common critique from theseassessments is the lack of time students have to copy their work from the board into their notes.While some groups finish early and have ample time to copy their solution, many do not finishthe problem before the instructor briefly reviews the solution and

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Mokwa, Montana State University; Zachary Lee Morris, Montana State University; Whitney A. Lutey, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. High quality digital images can be obtained of the microstructureduring loading or during environmental changes, such as fluctuations in temperatures ormoisture. Tomographic studies on geomaterials conducted during the past two decades(1, 2, 3, 4)indicate that x-ray CT technology provides a viable means for nondestructively observing,measuring, and quantifying the internal microstructure of geomaterials.X-ray computer-aided tomography (CT) provides an alternate approach for measuring soilmicrostructure. An x-ray CT scan consists of two processes: 1) data collection and 2) imagereconstruction. During the data collection stage, a specimen is digitally photographed frommultiple angles as it is exposed to x-ray beams. X-rays are invisible, high

Conference Session

Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, University of Texas, Tyler; Clifton B. Farnsworth, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

evaluations (Fig. 1).4 Figure 24 shows the delta in improvement over six years,and current data shows very consistent results. Interestingly, a fair number of the ASCE Page 22.1645.3ExCEEd Teaching Workshop participants are seasoned faculty who are still needing tolearn how to teach effectively. ExCEED 2007 Long Term Self Assessment Feedback Overall Assessment Lesson Organization Presentation of Material

Conference Session

Program Criteria, Assessment, and Sustainability in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

analogies to the need formultiple assessment measures would be the need for multiple camera views during themaking of a movie or multiple camera views during instant replay calls in sports ormultiple identical tests during research. Each view or test provides critical insight into theconclusion before making the decision for a call reversal, research publication, orchanges to a program.Some of the common assessment methods used around the country are: External Exams,Internal Exams, Capstones, Surveys, Embedded Indicators, Course Assessments, andIndustrial or External Advisory Committees.1 External Exams are the most desired since Page 22.1294.2they

Conference Session

Use of Technology in Civil Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Cooke, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

of 4.0 (4.0 being thehighest/best rating) to the two survey statements that “Soils Magic was fun” and “Soils Magicwas interesting”. Both groups of authors reported that the most effective “Soils Magic”demonstrations were the ones where students were actually physically involved or assisted withthe experiments.The primary purpose of the current study presented in this paper is to investigate whether theperformance, and follow-up discussion, of soil behavior demonstrations (from the book SoilsMagic) in the lectures of an introductory, undergraduate soil mechanics course will 1) increasestudent thinking about soil behavior and 2) improve student understanding of the soil behaviorsillustrated by the experiments. A secondary purpose of the study

Conference Session

Status of CE Education: Today & Tomorrow

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama

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Civil Engineering

credit hour requirements oftoday’s bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and closely related fields. While this paper doesnot address any historical trends, it does provide a comprehensive description of today’s degreerequirements. This include both total credit hour requirement for degree as well as a breakdown Page 22.1531.2of the credit hours required in the traditional ABET categories of mathematics and basic sciences,general engineering topics, and general education [2].Description of Survey and RespondentsA short and focused survey was developed which requested the following information: 1. Total credit hours required in “engineering

Conference Session

Status of CE Education: Today & Tomorrow

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James J O'Brien Jr., American Society of Civil Engineers; Ping Wei, American Society of Civil Engineers; Dion K. Coward, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

engineering topics, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is theLead Society for ABET’s Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC). Under ASCE’s LeadSociety responsibilities, there are 227 civil engineering programs (226 bachelors and 1 mastersprograms), 17 architectural engineering programs, 11 construction engineering programs, andthree “other” engineering programs. Also under ASCE’s Lead Society responsibilities forABET’s Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC), there are 55 civil engineeringTechnology programs, 19 architectural engineering technology programs, 28 constructionengineering technology programs, and seven “other” engineering technology programs.Enrollment DataAll student enrollment and degree information provided in this

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sinead MacNamara, Syracuse University

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Civil Engineering

disciplines are not obviously aligned. The common engineeringteaching paradigm divides complex problems into many pieces which students are then taught tosolve independently, all the while anticipating that eventually, they will “be able to develop asolution by combining them…Eventually...the effort involved in learning about the small piecesis so overwhelming that we can longer synthesize the original problem–the parts become moreimportant than the whole.”1 Further, the engineering curricular focus on solving “one problem ata time,” assuming a singular answer or solution, stands in direct contrast to “the history ofmodern technology and society in all its vital messy complexity.”2 As Charles Vest, formerPresident of MIT writes, “There are two

Conference Session

Integration of the Humanities and Social Sciences into Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean St.Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology; Charles E. Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; David K. Thaemert P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Roger Lindgren, P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

engineeringstudents are expected to possess, the efforts made toward requiring graduate-level education forprofessional licensure and the resulting change in the program criteria used by ABET to evaluatecivil engineering degree programs.Technically-intensive civil engineering degree programs traditionally tended to require more credithours to graduate than other bachelor-level programs. A 1996 survey, however, revealed “a reformmovement in undergraduate CE education” with one theme being “a decrease in the number ofcredit hours for the undergraduate degree.”1 This trend is not singular to civil engineering and Page 22.1632.2continues as recently as fall

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John V. Tocco, Lawrence Technological University; Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

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Civil Engineering

project management experience,or capstone sequence, for the Department of Civil Engineering (Department) at LawrenceTechnological University occurs over two terms: ECE4021 CE Design Project 1 (CE Project 1), a one-credit course offered in the fall, and ECE4033 CE Design Project 2 (CE Project 2), a three-credit course offered in the spring.Students form their own teams of three to five members and develop a project where theygenerate a conceptual design and project management plan. The capstone represents theculmination of the students’ undergraduate education, providing them an opportunity to integratevarious curricular components in preparation for careers as civil engineers.Neither course has an instructor in the traditional sense

Conference Session

Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Camilla M. Saviz, University of the Pacific; Abel A. Fernandez, University of the Pacific; Elizabeth A. Basha, University of the Pacific; Andria Patricia Ellis, University of the Pacific, School of Engineering and Computer Science ; Kristina Hammarstrom; Feliciano Leon; Jerry Bruce Hildebrand; Spencer Ton

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Civil Engineering

. Page 22.596.2IntroductionEngineering students are expected to understand the social, environmental and economic impactsof engineering at local, national and global levels. In their report, “Engineer of 2020”, theNational Academy of Engineering, envisions “a future where engineers are prepared to adapt tochanges in global forces and trends and to ethically assist the world in creating a balance in thestandard of living for developing and developed countries alike” 1. More specifically, the ABETAccreditation Criteria for Engineering programs require that accredited engineering programsdemonstrate students have “the broad education necessary to understand the impact ofengineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal

Conference Session

The CE Profession: Perspectives from the U.S. & Canada

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig N Musselman P.E., A & E Consulting; Jon D. Nelson, Tetra Tech, Inc.; Monte L. Phillips P.E., University of North Dakota, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering

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Civil Engineering

education backgrounds, oftenaccompanied by additional years of engineering experience.The Model Law 2020 education requirements for engineering licensure specify: 1) a master’sdegree from a master’s program accredited by EAC/ABET, or a baccalaureate degree from a Page 22.598.2program accredited by EAC/ABET plus either: 1) a master’s degree in engineering from aninstitution which offers EAC/ABET programs, or; 2) 30 additional semester credits of upperlevel undergraduate or graduate level coursework in engineering, math, science and professionalpractice topic areas. NCEES is currently considering additional pathways to licensure for theModel Law 2020

Conference Session

Attracting and Retaining Students in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William A Kitch, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Civil Engineering

the 1990’s undergraduate science programs, physics programs in particular, began to developactive learning techniques to supplement or replace traditional lecture methods. Two of the moreeffective methods developed were just-in-time-teaching (JiTT)1 and peer instruction2. Theseactive learning techniques have proven to be effective methods and have steadily been deployedin undergraduate classrooms over the past 15 years. While not limited to use in the physicalsciences, these techniques have seen much wider use in science classrooms than in engineeringclassrooms. The results of a national survey of faculty using peer instruction show 94% of usersfrom the natural sciences and only 3% from engineering3. While there is some publishedscholarly

Conference Session

Integration of the Humanities and Social Sciences into Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Edward Morris Barbanell, University of Utah; Maria Dawn Blevins, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. Recognizing this disconnect,some in the discipline have begun reaching out beyond the ivory tower, to talk about thepractical applications of their discussions for concrete environmental policies6,7.The clear motivation to increase exposure of civil engineering students to content beyondtraditional technical civil engineering skills has created a number of approaches to accomplishthis objective. Three common approaches are (1) requiring humanities courses to be taken asgeneral education requirements as part of the Bachelor of Science degree, (2) exposing civilengineering students to the humanities in civil engineering courses taught by broadly read civilengineering professors8, and (3) introducing modules or blocks of learning in the civilengineering

Conference Session

Attracting and Retaining Students in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shashi S. Nambisan, Iowa State University; Rema Nilakanta, Iowa State University; Shauna Hallmark, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

closely with secondary school students through the NSF-funded FREE project at ISU (Female Recruits Explore Engineering), and she has a broad background in designing and using technology for outreach and learning in secondary schools. In addition, Rema has also worked on projects funded by the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE) and the US Department of Education.Shauna Hallmark, Iowa State University Shauna Hallmark is an Associate Professor in Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at ISU. She is currently serving as the director of the Midwest Transportation Consortium (MTC), a Tier 1 University Transportation Center (UTC

Conference Session

Status of CE Education: Today & Tomorrow

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Joshua M. Rogers, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers; Dion K. Coward, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

useful tostudents and engineering practitioners in understanding the diverse array of domestic master’sprograms currently available.Background – Some Historical StatisticsAn overview of the historical statistics related to engineering degrees over the last severaldecades is an appropriate background to this study. Appendix 1 details the number ofbaccalaureate and master’s degrees awarded since the mid-1960’s in the following threecategories: 1. Civil Engineering only. 2. The “Big Four” Engineering Disciplines (Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, and Chemical, and treated collectively). 3. All Engineering Disciplines.In each of these three categories, Appendix 1 lists the number of baccalaureate degrees (B),number of master’s degrees (M

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James D. Bowen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Civil Engineering

initiatives: 1. A high school recruitment program aimed at increasing the number of qualified applicants to the College of Engineering, 2. A five-day Summer Engineering Fellowship Camp providing interactive learning activities and field trips to highly qualified juniors and senior high school students, 3. The expansion and enhancement of an undergraduate student mentor program that provides formally trained student coaches to freshman and sophomore engineers, 4. Further development of the first-semester Engineering seminar experience to provide additional exposure to engineering applications and additional targeting of engineering freshman learning communities, and 5. Course curriculum enhancements in each

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Lauren Seabury, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Benjamin Lee; Gregory Alan Payne; John A. Hoopes, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Civil Engineering

paper presents results from the introduction in fall 2010 of an innovative assignment into atraditional fluid mechanics course. The new assignment built on students’ work experiences,observations of the natural and built environment, current events, and curiosity and is called theApp, named specifically as a spin on the many apps that are available for smart phones.For the assignment titled CEE310 App: Real-world Application of Fluid Mechanics Concept,students begin with their experience, observation, or curiosity and work in pairs to demonstratetheir understanding of a fluid mechanics concept introduced in class. This assignment has fourparts: (1) identify and research an example that relates to a fluid mechanics concept;(2) designand deliver