potential areas of improvement.The remainder of this paper will summarize the physical models that were developed and utilizedin Spring 2015 to clarify challenging concepts in the introductory reinforced concrete coursetaught at the University of Illinois. The description for each physical model includes: targetconcept(s), suggested instructional activities, construction materials, as well as photographs. Thepaper will conclude with student feedback on the effectiveness of the models based on mid- andend-term course surveys. The overarching objective of this work is to provide other civilengineering educators with sample teaching tools to enhance students’ understanding ofreinforced concrete analysis/design theory and ability to visualize
because all the free response (long answer)questions received input from most of the students. Students provided constructive feedbackwhich faculty have found to be very useful in modifying the course content for future offerings.Table 2 gives a complete list of the categorical questions along with the response means. Over90% of the questions had a response average of 4 or more and nearly 75% of the questions had aresponse average over 4.5 or higher. Three questions received 5’s from all 11 students: • How studying this subject area helps people address real world issues; • How doing hands-on classroom activities helped learning; and • How the Design Charrette helped learning.Table 1 Springer 1 Course Student Assessment of
-2010Accreditation Cycle. ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission. www.abet.org2. National Academy of Engineering. 2004. The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century.National Academies Press.3. Davidson, C.I., H.S. Matthews, C.T. Hendrickson, M.W. Bridges, B.R. Allenby, J.C. Crittenden, Y. Chen, E.Williams, D.T. Allen, C.F. Murphy, and S. Austin. 2007. Adding sustainability to the engineer’s toolbox: achallenge for engineering educators. Environmental Science & Technology. July 15. 4847-4850.4. Allen, D., B. Allenby, M. Bridges, J. Crittenden, C. Davidson, C. Hendrickson, S. Matthews, C. Murphy, andD. Pijawka. 2008. Benchmarking Sustainable Engineering Educaiton: Final Report. US EPA Grant X3-83235101-0.5. ASCE (American Society of
). The political career of a prototype: Visual representation in design engineering. Social Problems, 42(2), 274–299.5. Henderson, K. (1999). On line and on paper: Visual representations, visual culture, and computer graphics in design engineering. The MIT Press.6. Juhl, J., & Lindegaard, H. (2013). Representations and visual synthesis in engineering design. Journal of Engineering Education, 102(1), 20–50.7. Jonassen, D., Strobel, J., & Lee, C. (2006). Everyday problem solving in engineering: Lessons for engineering educators. Journal of Engineering Education, 95(2), 139–151.8. Litzinger, T.A., Meter, P.V., Firetto, C. M., Passmore, L. J., Masters, C. B., Turns, S. R., Gray, G.L., Constanzo, F., & Zappe, S. E. (2010
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
discussed in this paper: 2. Demonstrate creativity, in the context of engineering problem-solving. 6. Function effectively on multidisciplinary teams. 10. Speak effectively. 11. Incorporate knowledge of contemporary issues into the solution of engineering problems.Recognizing that the Department’s mission statement includes educating and inspiring, the civilengineering faculty have sought to develop their program appropriately along a set of commonlyaccepted educational taxonomies; that is, Bloom’s Taxonomy. These widely known taxonomiesare based on the seminar work of the 1950’s educational committee chaired by Benjamin Bloom.The committee established a set of taxonomies in three domains of learning
! Area-Moment !T EnergyMethod Singularity Function E !S&$ !S*T !T + !U !T − !U X ! = ± ( )X +PTU 2 2 Figure 3. Main Flow of the Knowledge Apps - Common Concept Map [17]To make the course materials more accessible
AC 2008-2395: SIMULATING CONSULTING ENGINEER RELATIONSHIPS IN ASENIOR DESIGN COURSE AND ASSESSING THE RESULTSMichael Bronzini, George Mason University Michael S. Bronzini currently holds the Dewberry Chair in Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering (CEIE) in the Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and is also the Chair of the CEIE Department. Prior positions include Director of the Center for Transportation Analysis at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at Penn State University, and Director of the Transportation Center and Professor of Civil Engineering at the
) incorporating the accredited master’s degree into the Model Law (Vote: 54-6-5), (4) changing the not-earlier-than date of the Model Law from 2015 to 2020 (Vote: 59-2-4), and (5) explaining how to handle credits earned in excess of a university’s requirements for a baccalaureate degree (Vote: 59-1-5).Another key activity related to licensure was a combined effort of ASCE’s State GovernmentAffairs staff and CAP^3’s members/staff to influence state legislation related to Raise the Bar. Ofparticular note has been the coordinated work with ASCE leadership in Nebraska and Louisiana. ≠ In Nebraska, a concentrated effort has been made to Raise the Bar. Workshops and meetings with local stakeholders/champions were held in Nebraska
community by influencingABET criteria, and by encouraging the need for additional academic requirements as aprerequisite for licensure, and hence professional practice, by NCEES, NSPE and the NationalAcademy of Engineering (NAE).In response to the release of the CE-BOK1, Policy 465 was changed accordingly in 2004:“ASCE supports the attainment of a body of knowledge for entry into the practice of civilengineering at the professional level.” The policy was again refined in 2007 to make it clear thatfulfillment of the CE-BOK “requires additional education beyond the bachelor’s degree forpractice of civil engineering at the professional practice,” although no mention was made of whatspecific advanced academic degree(s) or alternate pathways would be
empowered by anunderstanding of the basic underlying physical meaning of the design equations and methods, theywill be much better equipped to tackle updated versions throughout their careers.The author has approached lectures in this way with excellent feedback from students. Examplestudent feedback include comments like: “[the instructor] explains complicated topics and concepts using pictures, drawings and example[s]…” “… [the instructor] tries to make everyone think about the concept behind the equations, instead of just plugging and chugging numbers…” “… [the instructor] encourages students to graph and look at trends and realize what is actually going on…” “Does a good job teaching concepts and how material applies
civilengineering faculty have sought to develop their program appropriately along a set of commonlyaccepted educational taxonomies; that is, Bloom’s Taxonomy. These widely known taxonomiesare based on the seminal work of the 1950’s educational committee chaired by Benjamin Bloom.The committee established a set of taxonomies in three domains of learning: cognitive, affectiveand psychomotor. The cognitive domain taxonomy is widely accepted in many fields and hasbeen identified as, “arguably one of the most influential education monographs of the past halfcentury.”3 The taxonomies are a language that describes the progressive development of anindividual in each domain and are defined as follows4: Cognitive: of, relating to, being, or involving conscious
without End: Economics, Environment, and Sustainable Development. Washington, DC: The International Bank of Reconstruction and Development.4. ASCE, (undated). Sustainability. Available at http://www.asce.org/sustainability/.5. Robinson, M., and Sutterer, K. (2003). Integrating sustainability into civil engineering curricula. In Session 2615, Proc. 2003 Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education.6. Allen, D., B. Allenby, M. Bridges, J. Crittenden, C. Davidson, C. Hendrickson, S. Matthews, C. Murphy, and D. Pijawka, (2009). Benchmarking sustainable engineering education: Final report. University of Texas at Austin, Carnegie Mellon University, Arizona State University, 1-155.7. Bielefeldt, A
sustainability.Routledge/Taylor & Francis, New York.[11] Driscoll, T. R., J. E. Harrison, et al. (2008). “The role of design issues in work-related fatal injury in Australia.”J. of Safety Research 39(2): 209-214.[12] Gambatese, J. (2000). “Safety in a designer’s hands.” Civil Engineering. June. P. 56-59.[13] Gambatese, J. (2003). “Safety emphasis in university engineering and construction programs.” International e-Journal of Construction. ISBN 1-886431-09-4. May 14, 2003.[14] Gambatese, J. A., Behm, M., and Hinze, J. (2005). “Viability of designing for construction worker safety.” J.Constr. Eng. Manage., 131(9), 1029–1036.[15] Gambatese, J., Behm, M., and Rajendran, S. (2009). “Designer’s role in construction accident causality andprevention: Perspectives
results generated, the students’ perception is that ALEKS helped them tobetter perform in the class by reviewing the math pre-requisite knowledge.REFERENCES[1] R. Zaurin, "Preparing the Engineering Student for Success with IDEAS: A Second YearExperiential Learning Activity for Large-size Classes," in Proceedings of the 125th AmericanAssociation of Engineering Education National Conference (125th ASEE-2018), Salt Lake City,2018.[2] S. A. Ambrose, M. W. Bridges, M. DiPietro, M. C. Lovett and M. K. Norman, HowLearning Works: 7 Research-based Principles for Smart Teaching., San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass., 2010.[3] L. Santiago, "Retention in a First-Year Program: Factors Influencing Student Interest inEngineering," in 120th ASEE Annual
AC 2008-72: THE COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE DOMAIN IN ASSESSING THELIFE-LONG LEARNING OBJECTIVEJoseph Hanus, United States Military AcademyScott Hamilton, United States Military AcademyJeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin - Madison Page 13.1209.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The Cognitive and Affective Domain in Assessing the Life-Long Learning ObjectiveAbstractThe success of the engineering profession requires students to be educated in the technicalpractices and inspired to develop the traits of life-long learning. The authors’ objective is todemonstrate the use of the cognitive and affective domains in
educational objectives. New York: Longman.3. Astin, A. W., & Astin, H. S. (1992). Final report: Undergraduate science education: The impact of different college environments on the educational pipeline in the sciences. Los Angeles, LA: Higher Education.4. Bandura, A. (1986). Social foundations of thought and action. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.5. Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company.6. Bloom, B. S., Krathwohl, D. R. (1956). Taxonomy of educational objectives: The classification of educational goals, by a committee of college and university examiners. Handbook 1: Cognitive domain. New York, NY: Longmans.7. Butler, D (1998). A strategic
Agree Stronglyclasses prior to conducting the Disagree Agree Meancentrifuge experiment: 1 2 3 4 5the in class lectures and discussionprepared me for conducting the 0 20.6% 23.5% 50.0% 5.9% 3.4experimentthe remote lecture(s) anddiscussions(s) prepared me for 0 3.0% 30.3% 48.5% 18.2% 3.8conducting the experimentthe in-class lectures anddiscussions prepared me foranalyzing the results of the 0 17.6% 35.3% 35.3% 11.8% 3.4experiment.the remote lecture(s) anddiscussion(s) prepared me foranalyzing the results of the 0
learners’ ability to identify these conditions and transform what they know intoinformation they can use in the current contexts. Challenge-based instruction serves as amechanism for students to develop these skills and abilities by framing classroom instructionaround a challenge or set of challenges. A challenge problem, introduced at the beginning of a Page 23.281.2course or topic, provides an introduction to the major concepts that will be presented as a part offormal learning. The major concepts are thenpresented in a classroom setting with thechallenge(s) serving as a focal point. Studentsare then required to identify the fundamentalmechanics
Engineering Management (MEM) degree. This degree was popularamong students of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Alumni with this degree have reportedsatisfaction with the content of their education and enjoy successful careers. However since fewof the other college of engineering programs embraced the degree, the degree was terminated inthe late 1990’s. At this point, the department created an Engineering Management Option withinour program by securing an agreement with the College of Business to provide two MBAcourses that could be taken by our students. These two courses provided finance andmanagement instruction to engineering students but did not require prerequisites normal to otherMBA curricula. Ensuing retirements and budgetary issues
supports only some KPIs in aparticular SO, the program did not adopt these assignments. Instead, the program favoredassignments that could be used to score all KPIs of a SO to help make the process morestraightforward.Implementation of Assessment PlanOnce the courses and individual assignments supporting each SO were identified using the SOMap Results provided by the faculty, the assessment plan could officially begin. The following listroughly outlines how faculty were asked to deliver the assessment to the students in their coursesand then subsequently score the results: • Instructor for course must decide which assignment(s) will be used to measure the required SO o Instructors were allowed to change assignments to best meet
author and reviewer(s) were selected for analysis. 3.3 Analytical Framework Student comments were coded using a typology based on Smith Taylor [20], [21] and Smithand Patton’s [22] work characterizing engineering instructor comments and Straub andLunsford’s [19] characterization of expert writing teacher comments. Each comment was coded Page 26.1482.10along three axes: focus, mode, and tone. The focus of a comment identifies what the commentrefers to in the original text; mode and tone refer to the qualities of the comment itself.Focus Categorizations of comment focus include form, content, and extra-textual. Form commentsrefer to the text
research. International Journal of Listening. 22 (2), 141-151.[4] Trevelyan, J. 2014. The Making of an Expert Engineer. CRC Press.[5] Crumpton-Young, L. Pamela McCauley-Bush, L Rabelo, K Meza, A Ferreras, B. Rodriguez, A. Millan, D. Miranda, M. Kelarestani, 2010, “Engineering leadership development programs: a look at what is needed and what is being done.” Journal of STEM Education, 11 (3/4), 10-21[6] Wikoff, K., J. Friauf, H. Tran, S. Reyer, O. Petersen. 2004. Evaluating the communication component of an engineering curriculum: A case study. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, Session 2004-2532, 8 pp.[7] American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). 2019. Civil Engineering Body
still be used to record classes forassessment and improve teaching. Additionally, recorded lectures can be easily edited to createshort instructional videos for supplemental instruction, additional problem solving, flippedclassroom, or even to give a lab orientation before the actual lab. Fully recorded sessions canalso be made available to select students who missed classes due to job interviews, athletics, orillness. As campuses increased their technical capacity and capability, the talent and equipmentcan and should still be used so all are proficient before we must react to another tumultuousevent.References[1] A. C. Estes, R. W. Welch, and S. J. Ressler, “The ExCEEd Teaching Model: Teaching Lessons Learned,” Journal of
sciences, mathematics, and physical and life sciences, but also psychology and socialsciences. Seventeen million U.S. workers are considered part of the skilled technical workforce[16]. For engineers alone, this value has risen from 2.11% of the U.S. population in 2005 to2.71% in 2018 [17]. Additionally, the number of people connected to technology continues toincrease, as previously cited herein. It is therefore the authors’ assessment that the size of thepopulation of those involved with or affected by technology has both increased and become moremultidisciplinary.A study of the diversity portion of this prediction indicates that diversity has increased slightlyamong the U.S. science and engineering (S&E) workforce, although women and
overall timetable for our Mentoring Trial is provided inTable 1.Table 1: Mentoring Trial ChronologyDate(s) ActivityEarly August Release requests for expressions of interest to potential mentors and mentees2016Mid August 2016 Develop sets of expressions of interest; close off requests when fullMid August 2016 Develop materials to give participants; develop on-line resourcesMid August 2016 Develop entrance and exit surveysLate August 2016 Match mentors and mentees; release entrance surveyEarly September Develop training session exercises and presentations; organize venue2016Mid September Mentor training session2016Mid September Meet-and-greet session2016Mid September to Series of Mentor/Mentee
THROUGH THE CONCRETE CANOE COMPETITION Page 12.665.2 ABSTRACTConcrete Canoe – will it float? With the correct mix of cement, water, aggregate, andadmixtures in addition to “Stamina, Teamwork, Strength, Imagination and Commitment,” yes,it will!The use of concrete to make a canoe is an unusual application of a common building material.In the 1970’s when some civil engineering college students decided to build a canoe usingreinforced concrete, concrete boats were not an entirely new idea. In 1848, Joseph Louis Labotof France built the first concrete dingy. The first ocean-going concrete ship was an 84-footlong boat constructed
Comparison to Current Criteria F o u n d a t i o n a l O u t c o m e s 1 Mathematics B 3 Solve problems in mathematics through differential equations and Fully addressed by the CEPC. apply this knowledge to the solution of engineering problems. 2 Natural Sciences B 3 Solve problems in calculus-based physics, chemistry, and one Fully addressed by the CEPC, except additional area of natural science and apply this knowledge to the for the word “natural.” solution of
upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1741611 Encouraging Civil Engineering Retention through Community and Self-EfficacyBuilding. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] "Infrastructure Report Card." American Society of Civil Engineers. (accessed 2 Feb., 2019): https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/.[2] S. Hatch, Diversity by Design: Guide to Fostering Diversity in the Civil Engineering Workplace. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008.[3] "Criteria for accrediting engineering programs 2019-2020." ABET. (accessed 2
, Roland D, Mashaw, Lane H., and Northup Larry L., Engineering Fundamentals and Problem Solving, 3rd ed., McGraw Hill, 1997.2. ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission. Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, June 2012. http://www.abet.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/eac-criteria-2012- 2013.pdf3. McKenzie, Larry J., Trevisan, Michael S., Davis, Denny C., and Beyerlein, Steven W., “Capstone Design Courses and Assessment: A National Study,” Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition., pp. 9.286.1 – 9.286.17, 20044. Kirschenman, M. D. & Brenner, B., “Civil engineering design as the central theme in civil engineering education curriculum,” Leadership and Management in