foundation for the ExCEEd Teaching Workshop where the skills andtechniques necessary to fulfill meeting the expectations inherent in these models are presented,discussed, and practiced. The typical ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Workshop (ETW) schedule forthe six-day workshop is shown in Figure 3 and is representative of the workshop at different sites(United States Military Academy, University of Arkansas, University of Northern Arizona,University of Texas at Tyler, and Florida Gulf Coast University). The workshop activities can besub-classified into seminars, demonstration classes, laboratory exercises, and social events. 1Seminars: The primary course schedule for the ETW contains 13 Seminars which vary incontent and were designed to provide theoretical
Bachelor of Science and Master of Science from the University of Arkansas, and a doctoral degree from the University of Kentucky, Dr. Corrie Walton-Macaulay is now a Geotechnical Engineering Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Bucknell University. He teaches the traditional geotechnical courses of soil mechanics and foundation engineering, but also teaches unsaturated soil mechanics, introduction to transportation engineering and mechanics of materials. HIs research area is in unsaturated soil mechanics, energy geotechnics, and transportation infrastructure resiliency. Address: 1 Dent Drive, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bucknell University, Lewis- burg
permitted. The limited laboratory space and equipment does not providesufficient hands-on experience for all the students. Several universities have a situation similarto that of Rowan University, and this makes teaching core courses like civil engineeringmaterials very challenging. The author re-designed the course to ensure that every studentactively participates in the laboratory and understands the material behavior. The number oftopics covered in this class was divided into four major areas, timber, aggregates, asphaltconcrete and cement concrete. The course was modified to address the concepts required toconduct laboratory experiments and its practical applications. The objectives of the laboratoryexperiments were well defined, but it was up
ClassroomAbstractThis paper will describe recent innovations in the Fluid Mechanics course (CE3300) at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Platteville. The innovations include learning activities and feedbackmechanisms. Specifically, the innovations are: “Challenge Problems”; in-class “physicalmodels”; a “Create-A-Lab” exercise; and an effective grading rubric for laboratory reports.Significant Learning ExperiencesIn “Creating Significant Learning Experiences” (Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2003) by L. Dee Fink,guidelines are provided to help instructors create significant learning experiences for theirstudents. The basis of Fink’s model is the concept of “integrated course design.” In anintegrated course, the Learning Goals, Teaching and Learning Activities, and Feedback
attributed to a student’s ability to learn. For example, the teachingstyle of most university professors contradicts the typical learning styles of most students in awide range of disciplines. And in regard to curriculum, the vast majority of university systemsacross the United States have managed to squeeze more and more theoretical information intoengineering curricula, while limiting the contact of undergraduate students with physical, hands-on projects, through laboratories and design projects. In 1988, a paper was published by Richard Felder and Linda Silverman entitled Learningand Teaching Styles in Engineering Education which has become one of the most referenceddocuments in the field of Engineering Education [1]. In that paper, Felder
, masters, anddoctoral levels with instructional opportunities in and out of the classroom. Practitionerengagement (e.g. agencies, consultants, contractors, material suppliers, private laboratories) hasbeen a key component of this process, and is the focus of this paper. Practitioner involvement is:1) important to the educational process; 2) not always easy to obtain; 3) not always easy toeffectively utilize; 4) a key to the presence or absence of balance; and 5) debated amongsteducation literature. Key items that resonate through this paper are the student opportunitiescreated by balance, and how practitioners fit into this balance.Industry and agency collaboration concepts are nothing new and are discussed in literature1-5.The amount or extent of
1995, respectively.Mr. Nephi Derbidge, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA After completing my undergraduate studies at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, I worked for a private geotech- nical consulting firm in California for over 15 years. My consulting career provided a broad range of experience on mostly public works projects. Over the last 10 years I have managed the geotechnical laboratory which served more than 5 offices throughout the state for domestic and international projects. I have been teaching mostly geotechnical laboratory courses at Cal Poly for over 10 years. Utilizing Cal Poly’s ’Learn by Doing’ mantra, I share my practical project experience with my students during laboratory activities
geomechanics, for applications in geological storage and energy geotechnics. Prior to joining the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rowan, he worked in the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin. At Rowan, he teaches courses in geotechnical engineering and ge- omechanics. He is a recipient of James S. Lai Outstanding Graduate Award from the geosystems group at Georgia Tech.Dr. Gilson R. Lomboy, Rowan UniversityProf. Mohammad Jalayer American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Development of Innovative, Adaptable Video Learning Modules for the Civil Engineering ClassroomAbstractAs engineering and
physically observe thetypes of failures in reinforced concrete that were being studied in the course. The testing was toprovide hands-on experience with the failures to supplement the reading and lecture material.This provided an opportunity for alternative patterns of teaching and learning. The physicaltesting is especially valuable in providing opportunities for visual vs. verbal, inductive vs.deductive, and active vs. reflective learning – patterns that may be less emphasized in atraditional lecture format9, 10.Specific goals include: • Students are able to classify service and failure load behavior in reinforced concrete beams based on observed and recorded data • Students are able to collect and analyze of laboratory data
classroom demonstrations and illustrative laboratory and field experiences. He has served as an ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Workshop mentor for five years as well as the founding coordinator for the Oregon Tech Excellence in Teaching Workshop.Dr. Dave Kim, Washington State University Vancouver Dr. Dave Kim is Professor and Mechanical Engineering Program Coordinator in the School of Engineer- ing and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. His teaching and research have been in the areas of engineering materials, fracture mechanics, and manufacturing processes. In par- ticular, he has been very active in pedagogical research in the area of writing pedagogy of engineering laboratory courses. Dr. Kim and his
students are accustomed to this approach. The DSL course had to adopt a teamteaching approach due to the different sub-disciplines, but such team teaching was unfamiliarand unconventional to students. Even though the course professors had clear communicationbetween themselves as to the labs to be performed and assignments, the students’ perception ofthe organization was that the course was mismanaged, leadership unclear and the syllabusschedule unorganized. Those teaching the course need to have intimate knowledge of the topics they are responsiblefor to be able to lead students through the different laboratory exercises. Dependence on the labtechnician to instruct the students in the details of different experiments leads to a disconnectbetween
their institution. In one Page 13.1257.8 recent case, a well-qualified Ph.D. student at a major research university was interested in teaching a hydraulics and hydrology course and two sections of laboratory as an adjunct faculty member at another institution. The compensation for the course and laboratory section, however, did not justify the time involved in preparation, travel and actual teaching, and as a result, the individual had to decline the position.Insights from Personal ExperiencesWhen discussing the role of adjunct faculty in engineering education, personalexperiences provide a sense of reference and add insights
initiated the fluid mechanics course, as the principles of hydraulics were Page 22.373.2needed in the curriculum and no one was available to teach this course in the EM Department.Fluid mechanics courses are also offered in the Mechanical Engineering (ME) and the Chemical& Biological Engineering (CBE) Departments.As a basic, introductory course to the phenomena, concepts, principles and methods of fluidflow, CEE 310 is organized with two lectures and one two hour discussion/lab each week, threeexams, weekly homework and quizzes, and laboratory experiments. After defining andillustrating the nature and properties of fluids, the concepts and
material on the white board versus PowerPoint to build board contentwhile using questioning techniques, etc. Then the faculty completed the same lessonusing Camtasia screen recorder software (voice over PP and/or a talking head). Thefaculty team assessed the quality of these techniques and determined what was missingfrom the ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Model within the distance education products. Basedon the assessment by the faculty, the team determined what adjustments in teaching stylewere needed to increase the quality of instruction using the available distance educationplatform. The ultimate goal was to provide the best quality instruction no matter themedium. The real challenge will be laboratory lessons where the students usually need tosee the
Paper ID #14478Integration of Strategic Highway Research Program 2 Products within theEntire Civil Engineering CurriculumDr. Yusuf A Mehta, Rowan University Dr. Mehta is a Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rowan University and Director of Center for Research and Education in Advanced Transportation Engineering Systems (CREATEs). Dr. Mehta has extensive experience in teaching pavement materials and pavement systems. Dr. Mehta has published several technical and educational papers in leading professional organizations.Dr. Parth Bhavsar, Rowan UniversityDr. Ayman Ali, Rowan University
Paper ID #19459Adopting an ACI/ASCE Competition as a Learning Tool in Civil EngineeringMaterials ClassDr. Daniel Hochstein, Manhattan College Dr. Daniel Hochstein is an Assistant Professor at Manhattan College and he received his PhD from Columbia University in 2013. He teaches civil engineering courses in the areas of engineering mechanics and materials, probability and statistics, and structural design. His research interests include studying the mechanical and thermal properties of lightweight concrete and performing accelerated weathering, durability, and aging tests on civil engineering materials.Dr. Goli Nossoni
Architectural Engineering at the California Polytech- nic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) where he teaches courses on the analysis and design of structural systems including laboratory courses.Dr. Graham C. Archer P.Eng, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Graham Archer, P.Eng., is a Professor of Architectural Engineering at the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) where he teaches courses on the analysis and design of structural systems.Dr. Cole C McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Cole McDaniel, P.E., is a Professor of Architectural Engineering at the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) where he teaches courses on the
AC 2008-1100: DESIGNING A CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAM FOR THENATIONAL MILITARY ACADEMY OF AFGHANISTANStephen Ressler, United States Military Academy Colonel Stephen Ressler, P.E. is Professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA) at West Point. He earned a B.S. degree from USMA in 1979, a Master of Science in Civil Engineering degree from Lehigh University in 1989, and a Ph.D. from Lehigh in 1991. An active duty Army officer, he has served in a variety of military engineering assignments around the world. He has been a member of the USMA faculty for 16 years, teaching courses in engineering mechanics, structural engineering
are introducedwithin the freshman engineering experience, cultivated during the sophomore and junioryears, and analyzed and applied through senior year and senior design. It is through thisintegration across the curriculum that students develop a fuller understanding of theseprofessional and design topics.IntroductionBased on experience teaching the senior design course and as an ABET programevaluator (PEV), students applying engineering constraints for the first time in thecurriculum during the senior design will not attain the level of performance andintegration desired in ABET Outcome 3.c – “ability to design a system, component orprocess to meet needs within realistic constraints such as…”. The same is true forprofessional topics such as
26.892.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Impact of Upgrading Equipment for Strength of Materials Labs on Student Perceptions, Motivation, and LearningAbstractAn important component of teaching introductory Strength of Materials (Mechanics ofMaterials) concepts to undergraduate engineering and technology students is the inclusion oflaboratory experiments, which give the students the opportunity to conduct tests and collect dataon the materials to obtain relevant properties. These laboratory experiments also allow studentsto observe firsthand the behavior of materials under different loading conditions, thereby givingthem a greater physical feel for these different behaviors. The
outcomes that they enhance. Prof Lindsay is the Foundation Professor of Engineering at Charles Sturt University. His research interests centre largely around online learning – the use of remote and virtual laboratories, MOOCs and other methods for making learning asynchronous, and data analytics for promoting student learning. Prof Lindsay was the 2010 President of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education. He is a Fellow of Engineers Australia, and a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. Prof Lindsay was the recipient of a 2007 Carrick Award for Australian University Teaching. In 2005 he was named as one of the 30 Most Inspirational Young Engineers in Australia.Dr. Pamela Roberts, Charles Sturt
Immanuel Selvaraj is an associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Evansville, IN. He holds a PhD degree from Auburn University and a licensed professional engineer. His research interests are in pavement design and analysis, pavement management, pavement instrumentation and engi- neering education. At the University of Evansville, he teaches courses such as transportation engineering, soil mechanics, geotechnical engineering, advanced pavement design and management, and surveying.Dr. Corrie Walton-Macaulay, Bucknell University With degrees in both Bachelor of Science and Master of Science from the University of Arkansas, and a doctoral degree from the University of Kentucky, Dr. Corrie Walton-Macaulay is
Conference and Exposition. 2007.[6] S. Ates, and E. Cataloglu. "The effects of students' cognitive styles on conceptual understandings and problem-solving skills in introductory mechanics." Research in Science & Technological Education 25(2). 167-178, 2007.[7] Y. Turkan, R. Radkowski, A. Karabulut-Ilgu, A.H. Behzadan, and A. Chen. “Mobile augmented reality for teaching structural analysis”. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 34, 90-100, 2017.[8] K. Altmeyer, S. Kapp, M. Thees, S. Malone, J. Kuhn, and R. Brünken. “The use of augmented reality to foster conceptual knowledge acquisition in STEM laboratory courses—Theoretical background and empirical results”. British Journal of Educational Technology, 51(3), 611-628, 2020.[9] Y. Ohta, and
hybrid approach was used.”5 Hybrid teaching methodology is a bridgebetween traditional and online schooling. One method of hybrid teaching that pertains to thisstudy includes the use of traditional teaching to cover materials for the class, while requiring allexample problems and homework to be covered digitally. By continuing to require studentparticipation in a traditional classroom setting while implementing online worked examples3,homework, and possibly quizzes, the worry of losing the hands-on, laboratory portion of anengineering education can be dismissed. Moving some of the material covered in class to anonline format will allow more time in class to answer questions and cover the materialeffectively.Mackey and Freyberg completed a study
currently teaching the undergraduate classes of Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering and Computer Methods in Civil Engineering as well as a newly developed graduate course on Numerical Modeling in Geotechnical Engineering.Dr. S. Immanuel Selvaraj P.E., University of Evansville Dr. Immanuel Selvaraj is an associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Evansville, IN. He holds a PhD degree from Auburn University and a licensed professional engineer.Dr. Dennis J. Fallon, The Citadel Dennis John Fallon is presently Distinguished Professor of Engineering Education at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. He received his BSEE from Old Dominion University (ODU) with honors in 1970, and his MSCE and PhD
AC 2011-1255: USE OF SOIL BEHAVIOR DEMONSTRATIONS TO IN-CREASE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN A SOIL MECHANICS COURSEHarry Cooke, Rochester Institute of Technology Harry Cooke is an associate professor in the Civil Engineering Technology program at Rochester Institute of Technology where he teaches courses in geotechnical engineering, construction materials, pavements, and mechanics of materials. His research interests include geotechnical engineering, civil engineering materials, and engineering education. Page 22.1598.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Use of
instruction, Conley conductedtraining on the use of total station surveying equipment, which would be employed in CE303.Subsequently Gash trained the CE301 instructors on the uniaxial tension testing machine, whichhad just been installed in the newly constructed Civil Engineering Testing Laboratory. Toprepare the Afghans for their roles in developing courses and delivering classroom instruction,Ressler conducted a one-day faculty development workshop, using materials adapted from theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Excellence in Civil Engineering Education(ExCEEd) Teaching Workshop.3 The NMAA workshop emphasized techniques for organizingclassroom instruction, to include the use of learning objectives and board notes.4The Afghan adjunct
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Colorado StateUniversity, and is currently serving as a postdoctoral researcher at NREL. During herPh.D., she served as a Graduate Teaching Fellow for the College of Engineering, teachingengineering concepts and studying undergraduate engineering retention patterns. Shegraduated with a B.S in Chemical Engineering from the University of Arizona.Anthony J. MarcheseAnthony J. Marchese is the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, Directorof the Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory and Professor of MechanicalEngineering in the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering at Colorado StateUniversity. Marchese holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineeringfrom Princeton University and B.S
Paper ID #15487The Charles Sturt University Model - Reflections on Fast-track Implementa-tionProf. Euan Lindsay, Charles Sturt University Professor Euan Lindsay is a Mechatronic engineer, a discipline that integrates computers, electronics and physical hardware. Prof Lindsay’s PhD investigated whether remote and simulated access alternatives to the traditional in-person laboratory experience could provide the same learning outcomes for students. Prof Lindsay’s work in Remote and Virtual laboratory classes has shown that there are significant differ- ences not only in students’ learning outcomes but also in their
development andstudy of physical models have been in the topic areas of: statics5, structural mechanics3, generalstructural engineering6,7, steel design8, and reinforced concrete design9-14.Examining the hands-on teaching tools and exercises associated only with reinforced concretedesign courses, the vast majority involve laboratory testing of beams and/or columns to helpstudents understand structural response.9-13 These activities often require students to conduct:concrete mix design, flexural/shear design, fabrication, instrumentation, testing of both materialsamples and structural specimens, data analysis, as well as report writing. While these activitiesare an outstanding way for students to apply their design knowledge, understand concrete