Conference Session

Sustainable and Urban Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, legalimplications, failures of communication, and others. These are important elements of casestudies, because these topics are otherwise sometimes neglected in the curriculum.Parallel Efforts Since 2003, faculty workshops on integrating failure case studies in the curriculum havebeen offered with support from ASCE and NSF10. These one-day workshops included a binderof materials on various failure case studies, as well as a CD-ROM of PowerPoint files forpresenting the case studies. In future workshops, the book will be provided in place of thebinder. Page 14.628.4 A project web site was prepared along with the book. The home page is shown in

Conference Session

Integration of the Humanities and Social Sciences into Civil Engineering

Collection

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

other disciplinesand instructing with a multidisciplinary team is a challenging endeavor requiring effort to definea single educational philosophy10, appealing to a wide range of learning styles, operating with awidely disparate knowledge base, and overcoming communication barriers. This paper describesa multidisciplinary course taught by a multidisciplinary team bringing together students fromcivil engineering, humanities, and other disciplines to study, analyze, and create an integrated setof technical and non-technical solutions to water management problems in the western U.S.12The second offering of the course was modified to address communication barriers identified inthe first offering. Communication among the disparate disciplines is

Conference Session

High-Impact Teaching and Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Benjamin Z. Dymond, University of Minnesota Duluth; Sara Ojard

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

areas that do not overlap. Capstonecourses or projects are frequently used to combat this misperception. Providing an understandingof how topics covered in one course relate to previous courses in the curriculum allows studentsto see the overlap earlier and observe design options. The objective of this research was to integrate the same design project longitudinally intwo introductory structural design classes at multiple universities in order to introduce the ideasof iterative design and design options and reinforce common, key concepts. Longitudinalcurriculum integration is frequently associated with freshman and sophomore level courses andoften used to enhance student retention by maintaining interest in their field of study

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Riddell, Rowan University; Eric Constans, Rowan University; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Jennifer Courtney, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Paris von Lockette, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

discuss how CEE students at Rowan University are taughtdesign in a multidisciplinary, PBL environment, and to discuss how mechanics andcommunication are integrated into the design projects. Sophomore Engineering Clinic Iand II (SEC I and SEC II) are the innovations that allow this to be accomplished. SEC Iand SEC II afford the CEE students at Rowan University an integrated courseworkexperience for 1) learning and reinforcing material that is directly covered the CEEcurriculum, 2) gaining familiarity with material that is not explicitly covered in the CEEcurriculum, 3) developing formal communication skills, 4) developing into designers, and5) acquiring the so-called “soft skills” reflected in ABET 2000 A-K criteria.Sophomore curriculum for CEE

Conference Session

Android TA: Course Automation and the Fate of the Professor

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Allen Toth, U.S. Military Academy; Joseph P. Hanus, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2012-3554: CONTINUED ASSESSMENT OF INFORMATION TECH-NOLOGY SOFTWARE INTEGRATION IN A CIVIL ENGINEERING PRO-GRAMMajor Jason Allen Toth, U.S. Military Academy Jason Toth is an Instructor in the Civil Engineering Department at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. He received his B.S. from the U.S. Military Academy; M.S. from University of Missouri, Rolla, MO and M.S. from Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. He is an active member of ASEE and is a registered Professional Engineer in Missouri. His research interests include engineering education, development of social responsibility in engineers through Learning Through Service opportunities, and developing world infrastructure assessment and design

Conference Session

Proven Strategies in Classroom Engagement Part I: Artifacts for Creative Pedagogy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Andres Brake, Lamar University; Fatih Alperen Adam

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

is at Lamar University (where the failure rate typically rangesfrom 30%-40%). In general, the objective of the course is to improve student ability to solveengineering problems. At larger universities, the course enrollment in Statics is typically high; insome cases, surpassing 300 students which places limitations on an instructors’ ability to assignhands-on projects that require space to tinker with physical objects. Several researchers havehowever, reported successful integration of project based assignments, which includes but is notlimited to: analysis, design, and construction of a machine9, truss bridge9,10,11,12,13,14, and afriction climbing machine9.Although most students by their sophomore year have taken a computer course

Conference Session

Innovative Assessment Techniques in Civil Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erik R. Wright P.E., United States Military Academy; Joseph P Hanus, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

assessment results will be compared to the 2009and 2011 studies, along with other assessments. It is believed that these results, and thecontinued assessment of the teaching approach at this institution, will provide valuable insight toother programs to help them overcome the challenges of teaching information technologies.IntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to present the results of the assessment of the continued efforts toimprove the learning and teaching of a site design software package in the Civil Engineerprogram at the United States Military Academy. The results are an extension of two previouslypublished papers: Integration of Information Technology Software in a Civil EngineeringProgram (2009, Caldwell et. al.)1 and Integration of

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Burian, University of Utah; Edward Barbanell, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2010-1452: HYDROTOPIA: INTEGRATING CIVIL ENGINEERING ANDHUMANITIES TO TEACH WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING ANDMANAGEMENTSteven Burian, University of UtahEdward Barbanell, University of Utah Page 15.660.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Hydrotopia: Integrating Civil Engineering and Humanities to Teach Water Resources Engineering and ManagementAbstractThis paper describes a unique integration of civil engineering and philosophy disciplines tocreate an interdisciplinary learning experience for a multi-discipline set of students frompredominantly civil engineering and disciplines in the humanities and social sciences interestedin professions in

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Structural Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Laman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. Page 24.790.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Integration of Prerequisite Resource Materials in a Structural Design of Foundations Course Using PencastsAbstractAs students enter the final year of an engineering curriculum, a large body of prerequisiteknowledge is expected to have been mastered and retained. Knowledge of and proficiency inmechanics, structural analysis, and both concrete and steel structure design is typically requiredfor success in senior level civil engineering design electives and capstone courses. However,students retain only some fraction of the material covered and proficiency gained in second andthird year engineering courses as they progress

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael McGinnis, University of Texas, Tyler; Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

, 35, 65 and 100% design complete, with a goalto closely simulate the way that the work would be performed in an Architectural – 4Engineering (AE) firm. Early project activities such as needs analysis, problemdefinition, and client interface are critical skills for working engineers. However, oftenthe university degree process develops problem solvers versus problem definers7. In theacademic curriculum, these concepts may be only briefly touched upon in freshmenintroduction to design courses, and then the sophomore and junior year courses primarilyfocus on analysis techniques and design principles based on more well constrainedproblems. Importance of design documentation (critical in an AE

Conference Session

Innovation and Fun in the Civil Engineering Classroom

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michelle K. Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

engineering curriculum. The framework will be utilized in its entirety in the freshmanintroduction to design course (EM103) and the senior design course (capstone projects). For allother required courses, the extent of utilization of the framework will depend on the objectives ofthe course project. For example, in the structural mechanics course (i.e. CE321), “Step 4” of theframework will be emphasized since the course project involves the analysis and design of amulti-story building.Additionally, the freshman courses, CE101, EM102 and CE111 do not make use of theframework, however, they do form an integral part of the common project platform by providingdata used to create the site plan for the common project platform.This problem-solving

Conference Session

Learning by Doing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Welker, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2010-1398: A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO GEOLOGY FOR ENGINEERSAndrea Welker, Villanova University Page 15.614.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Geology by touch: the first iteration of integrating overarching examples and laboratories into an introductory geology classAbstractAll civil engineering students at Villanova University are required to take geology in theirsophomore year. About one half of the course is devoted to historical geology and the other halfis devoted to physical geology. In the past, the class has been lecture-based with four laboratoriesthroughout the semester. In the fall of 2009, a plan was implemented to build upon the

Conference Session

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Zelinka, University of Colorado, Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #18668A Methodology to Model the Integrated Nature of the Sustainable Develop-ment Goals: Importance for Engineering EducationMr. David Zelinka, University of Colorado, Boulder David Zelinka was part of the first official graduating class from Purdue University’s Environmental and Ecological Engineering Program. In his final year, he passed his FE exam focusing in environmental engineering. Following, he completed his MS in Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado Denver in the Environmental and Sustainability Engineering program with his thesis focusing on an environmental impact assessment of the

Conference Session

It's All About the Student: Integration, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Self-Efficacy

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aliye Karabulut Ilgu, Iowa State University; Suhan Yao, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #25130Student-Facilitated Online Discussions to Encourage Critical Thinking in CivilEngineeringDr. Aliye Karabulut Ilgu, Iowa State University Dr. Aliye Karabulut-Ilgu is a lecturer in the department of Civil, Construction and Environmental En- gineering at Iowa State University. Her background is in Curriculum and Instruction, and her research interests include online learning, hybrid learning, and technology integration in higher education.Suhan Yao, Iowa State University Suhan Yao works as an Instructional Design Specialist in Engineering-Las Online Learning at Iowa State University. Her research interests

Conference Session

Your Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrations of Hands-On and Virtual In-Class Teaching Aids

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Willi Brand, University of California, Irvine; Joel Lanning P.E., University of California, Irvine

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

and development of strategies to use in the classroom. His teaching philosophy includes building a strong learning community within each class and the use of high-impact practices to engage and challenge his students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Improving Student Writing Outcomes Through Dynamic Feedback, Design Oriented Projects and Curriculum ModificationAbstractTechnical writing is an important skill for engineers that is often cited by employers as aweakness among college graduates entering professional practice. Students are often admitted toengineering programs based on capacity for learning STEM topics and with less regard forreading and writing ability

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies for Integrating Sustainability

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William E. Kelly P.E., Retired ; J. P. Mohsen, University of Louisville; Liv Haselbach P.E., Washington State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

 education provides all graduates with an appropriate working knowledge and understanding of sustainable development. The purpose of this paper is to outline the role civil engineers can play and some opportunities for faculty members to contribute to achieving the goals as engineering educators ­ preparing the next generation of civil engineers ­ and as engineering professionals.   Civil Engineering Higher Education Curriculum Opportunities   ASCE has a Committee on Sustainability and one of its subcommittees deals with formal engineering (university­based) education. The Formal Engineering Education Committee (FEE) believes that education on sustainability should be integrated throughout a program with both breadth and depth. ​The following

Conference Session

Integrating Teaching Assistants, Tenure-track, and Non-tenure-track Faculty into a Cohesive Department

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Molly A McVey, University of Kansas; Caroline R. Bennett P.E., University of Kansas; Jae Hwan Kim, University of Kansas; Alexandra Self, University of Kansas

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #18450Impact of Undergraduate Teaching Fellows Embedded in Key Undergradu-ate Engineering CoursesDr. Molly A McVey, University of Kansas Dr. Molly A. McVey is a post-doctoral teaching fellow at the University of Kansas School of Engineering where she works with faculty to incorporate evidence-based and student-centered teaching methods, and to research the impacts of changes made to teaching on student learning and success. Dr. McVey earned her Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kansas in 2012.Dr. Caroline R. Bennett P.E., University of Kansas Caroline is an Associate Professor in the KU Civil

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies for Integrating Sustainability

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire L. A. Dancz, Clemson University; Jeffery M Plumblee II, Clemson University; Dylan Bargar, Clemson University; Penelope Walters Brunner, Clemson University; Karen A High, Clemson University; Leidy Klotz, Clemson University; Amy E. Landis, Clemson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

GCS program components, including 1) hands-onproject/research experience, 2) interdisciplinary curriculum, 3) entrepreneurship, 4) globaldimension, and 5) service-learning. The authors discuss potential applications of the rubric toevaluate course-level outcomes, including student projects from an interdisciplinary courseentitled “Creatively Applying Science for Sustainability.” In the course, students work to addressa societal Grand Challenge in a semester-long project and in interdisciplinary student projectsthat tackle Grand Challenges on an international scale. This rubric fills a literature gap inassessing 21st century global engineering skills by measuring capabilities based on five key NAEGCS program components and provides a mechanism

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies for Integrating Sustainability

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abbie B Liel P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder; Sarah J. Welsh-Huggins, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

with an interdisciplinary and integrated perspective of fourkey features of building design: Safety, Sustainability, Style, and Society. This course introducesstudents to the idea that engineering design of buildings, and the organization of communities,and cities is highly integrated with and constrained by societal and environmental influences.The classwork and assignments asked students to analyze buildings both qualitatively andquantitatively. This paper summarizes the curriculum and assignments developed for the course.In addition to providing a template for an interdisciplinary class, the concepts in this coursecould be integrated into upper-level engineering courses to encourage students to interrogate theenvironmental, economic, social

Conference Session

Teaching and Assessing Sustainability and Life Long Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire L. Antaya, Arizona State University; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Piervincenzo Rizzo, University of Pittsburgh; Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #6817Incorporating Sustainability into the Civil Engineering curriculum via crosscourse collaborationsClaire L. Antaya, Arizona State UniversityDr. Melissa M. Bilec, University of PittsburghDr. Piervincenzo Rizzo, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Piervincenzo Rizzo earned his Laurea—M.S. equivalent—in Aeronautical Engineering at the Univer- sity of Palermo, Italy in 1998. After serving in the Italian Army Corps of Engineering, Dr. Rizzo moved to the U.S.A. where he earned a master’s degree in 2002 and a Ph.D. in 2004 in Structural Engineering at the University of California at San Diego. In September 2006 he became an

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability and Resilience Concepts into Courses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech; Tripp Shealy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #29987Civil engineering students’ beliefs about the technical and socialimplications of global warming and when global warming will impact thempersonally and othersDr. Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech Andrew Katz is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech.Dr. Tripp Shealy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Tripp Shealy is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research

Conference Session

Making it Sticky: Ways to Reinforce Prerequisite Knowledge

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jakob C Bruhl P.E., U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

problems beginning in the fifth week of a statics and dynamics courserequiring students to review material they were introduced to earlier in the course.13 Feedbackfrom students was positive but there was no assessment of the effectiveness of the reviewproblems on learning. Butler and Marsh demonstrated the effectiveness of integrating repeatedretrieval practice, spacing, and timely feedback in an upper-level electrical engineering course.Their study focused on spacing practice of content within the course and found that doing so“boosted student learning and retention in the course.”15 Hopkins et al incorporated questionsfrom previous content within a precalculus course on quizzes throughout the semester and foundstudent performance on the final

Conference Session

Sustainability in Civil Engineering Education: Service Learning, Capstone Integration, Student Affect and Rating Systems

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte P.E., Oklahoma State University; Tricia Heather Hatley, Freese and Nichols, Inc

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

requirementwas instituted, LEED was essentially the only available rating system. The curriculum did notinclude formal exposure to sustainability prior to the two semester capstone design coursesequence. This course was taught several times by the first author between 2010 and 2016.There were also tools available to help students use the LEED rating system. The AmericanConcrete Institute (ACI) had a program to supply two important references to students free ofcharge 12 13. An outside guest lecturer, who was very active on the ACI SustainabilityCommittee, came in to speak to the students to introduce sustainability concepts and discuss theirprojects.However, limitations of the approach became apparent over time. As the LEED system focuseson human

Conference Session

Integration of the Humanities and Social Sciences into Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey C. Evans, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

anecdotal information, it is believed there remains an strong need for greaterintegration of humanities and social sciences into the civil engineering curriculum. Ways toaccomplish this integration need to be further explored including team teaching with humanitiesand social sciences faculty.One of the most difficult aspects of this problem is the measurement of outcomes, both in theshort-term and the long-term. For example, in the long-term, we might expect an increase incivil engineers in roles as public policy makers and in political positions.Our profession has made an enormous leap forward in the establishment of explicit outcomes inhumanities and social sciences in the 2nd edition of the Body of Knowledge. The next step is toexplore how we

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suleiman A. Ashur, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Mohammad Alhassan, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

and Effective Assessment Tool to Evaluate Engineering CoursesAbstractThe civil engineering program at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne wasestablished in the fall of 2006. The program went through ABET accreditation in 2011 and wasgranted accreditation in August 2012. A key component of getting accreditation is thedevelopment and the implementation of an effective and continuous assessment based process toidentifying strengths and weaknesses and to ensure continuous program improvements.The goal of this paper is to present an integrated assessment tool to assess course outcomes basedon direct and indirect assessment measures. The tool was developed to establish consistency inthe course assessment

Conference Session

Beyond the Capstone: Integrating Authentic Experiences that Promote Learning and Excitement

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elise Barrella P.E., Wake Forest University ; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Justyn Daniel Girdner, James Madison University; Robin Dawn Anderson, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

validation: A test anxiety example."Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice 17, no. 1, 10-17, 1998.[5] Watson, M. K., & Barrella, E., & Cowan, C. M., & Anderson, R. D. “Validating aSustainable Design Rubric by Surveying Engineering Educators.” In Proceedings of 2018 ASEEAnnual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2018. [ONLINE] Available:https://peer.asee.org/31220[6] Burian, S. J. "Using a sustainable infrastructure rating system in the civil engineeringcapstone design course.” In Proceedings of the 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition,Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014. [ONLINE] Available: https://peer.asee.org/23281[7] Cecere, J. “Integrating Sustainability in an Engineering Capstone Course.” In Proceedings ofthe

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Morgan, Charles Sturt University; Euan Lindsay; Pamela Roberts, Charles Sturt University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #18404Developing Integrated Standards for Systematic Civil Engineering CourseDesignProf. Jim Morgan, Charles Sturt University Jim Morgan is the father of two daughters and the spouse of an engineer. Before joining Charles Sturt University as Professor of Engineering and Inaugural Course Director in 2015, he was on the faculty in civil engineering at Texas A&M for over 30 years. Jim was active in the freshman engineering program at A&M for nearly 20 years; was an active participant in the NSF Foundation Coalition from 1993 to 2003; also has received funding for his engineering education research from the

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rhonda K. Young, University of Wyoming; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2012-5489: CORE CONCEPTS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES IN ANINTRODUCTORY TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING COURSE: AN EVAL-UATION OF PILOT IMPLEMENTATIONSDr. Rhonda K. Young, University of WyomingDr. Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette CollegeDr. Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., Iowa State University Since 2007, Shashi Nambisan has been the Director, Institute for Transportation (InTrans) and a professor of civil engineering at Iowa State University (ISU) in Ames, Iowa. He previously served on the faculty at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for more than 17 years. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Nevada. One of Nambisan’s passions is the development of the future transportation work- force. He enjoys working

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques in the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goli Nossoni, Manhattan College

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

courses in sustainabilityin civil engineering freshman and sophomore courses.4-8 Lower level sustainability courses canbe related to the knowledge gained in the required math, science, humanities, and social sciencecourses. Incorporating sustainability in the civil engineering curriculum is difficult due to an already fullprogram. Bielefeldt (2011) discusses an alternative approach for incorporating sustainability early on inthe curriculum and reports that the awareness of sustainability in subsequent assignments was presenteven when students were not specifically prompted to include sustainability. 9 Upper level designcourses can then be mapped to the sustainability concepts learned in the lower level courses.However, incorporating

Conference Session

Project-based and Experiential Learning in Civil Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Taylor Christian Cardinale, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Michael James Deigert P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; John W. Lawson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Civil Engineering

selection of course and senior projectsinvolving timber design are presented below to provide the reader with a basis for the currentstate of project-based learning curriculum specifically for design and/or experimentation oftimber structures. Literature reviews of project-based learning have been conducted previouslyfor reinforced concrete and steel structural design courses by the authors [8-9].Course & Senior ProjectsArdakani [4] outlines a group project in an elective timber design course offered toupperclassmen at Ohio Northern University. Teams considered different residential buildingdesigns to rebuild the Florida Panhandle region after the 2018 Hurricane Michael. Group taskswere to: (i) determine dead, live, and wind loads per ASCE 7 [1