Conference Session

Balancing Act: Ideas in Pre- & Post- Surveys and Assessment of Professional Skills

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; James Kaklamanos, Merrimack College; Suresh Immanuel Selvaraj, University of Evansville; Corrie Walton-Macaulay, Bucknell University; Matthew Sleep, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

allowable total and differential settlements. The project offered severalopportunities for active student learning. It not only required the students to draw upon principlesof bearing capacity, settlement, and site characterization, it also required students to conductexperiments to determine properties for use in their design calculations. The teamworkcomponent of the project was 25% of the project grade based on a peer evaluation form7, whichasked all team members to rate each other on a nine-level scale: (Excellent, Very Good,Satisfactory, Ordinary, Marginal, Deficient, Unsatisfactory, Superficial, and No-show). Thesemeasures of performance were converted to a numerical scale (i.e., Excellent = 9, No-Show = 0).Lastly, teams were asked to write a

Conference Session

Activities and Assessment for “Awkward ABET Outcomes”

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Michael J McGinnis, University of Texas at Tyler; Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler. Prior to joining academia, he worked for nearly five years as a project manager and structural analyst for Electric Boar Corporation. Dr. McGin- nis’ research interests include nondestructive evaluation of structures, response of structures to extreme events such as fire and earthquake, and improving undergraduate engineering education. He has published numerous articles concerning the application of digital image correlation, a non-contact photographic method of determining deformations, to study the behavior of unique structures under various loadings. In teaching and mentoring areas, Dr. McGinnis has been recognized by his peers as the

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Structural Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Angela Marie Jones, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael K. Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Civil Engineering

. Angela Marie Jones, University of Wisconsin–Platteville Angela Jones teaches First-Year English Composition / Rhetoric and Research Writing at UW–Platteville and adds Screenwriting to the above courses at the University of Dubuque. She has worked as a Tech- nical Writer & Editor at ENGEO, a geotechnical engineering company in San Ramon, CA. She takes special care to uphold brevity in most writing instances, and has led a writing workshop for engineers and geologists that tackles wordiness and related style issues.Dr. Michael K Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Keith Thompson is an associate professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability and Social Responsibility into the Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Dodson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John Andrew Bergendahl, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John M. Sullivan Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Glenn Gaudette, WPI; Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

developing a problem statement prior to beginning work on anydesigned solution. This included a statement that described the problem their team soughtto address and provided an explanation and data demonstrating a) what the problem is(i.e., how do we know it exists in the place you are studying?) What peer-reviewedsources and credible news accounts give evidence of this problem); b) the impacts of theproblem; c) the cause or causes of the problem. In each case, we challenged students toprovide not only a claim, but also data (peer-reviewed sources and credible newsaccounts giving evidence that the claim is true), followed by a warrant or explanationthat logically connected the data to the claim.When students arrived at the design phase (in the

Conference Session

Capitalizing on COVID: Using This Disruptor to Change the Educational Model

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jes Barron P.E., United States Military Academy; Jakob C. Bruhl, United States Military Academy; Brad C. McCoy, United States Military Academy; Brock E. Barry P.E., United States Military Academy; Rebecca Zifchock, United States Military Academy; Margaret Nowicki, United States Military Academy; James E. Bluman, United States Military Academy; Brad Wambeke P.E., United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

, respectively. She also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery. She has over twenty years of research experience in the field of lower-extremity biomechanics, and has 23 peer-reviewed journal publications and over 60 conference proceedings. She has taught as an instructor, adjunct professor, and guest lecturer in five major universities, including Columbia University, Sacred Heart University, and New York Medical College. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #34405Lt. Col. Margaret Nowicki, United States Military

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Gonser, United States Military Academy, West Point; Todd Mainwaring P.E., United States Military Academy, West Point

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Civil Engineering

aspects of theprogram that have the most perceived value. Both surveys can be found in Appendix A.Results and DiscussionImpressions Immediately Following the CourseAt the completion of the credentialing course, students were asked to write their reflections ofthe course and their anticipated utilization of the credentials and skills learned. Several of thestudents thought the credentials would help them be more competitive or be used in the course oftheir career. Some excerpts from their comments are below: • “The accreditation will enhance the individual’s military career as well as his or her professional career after he or she is complete with their service to the nation.” • “Earning these professional credentials … makes

Conference Session

International Aspects of Civil Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Hill, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

simply writing on boards orlecturing to include visual opportunities for their students to learn.Teachers have successfully brought in pictures, videos and demonstrations to improve studentlearning. A three year study from 2000 to 2002 was conducted in the Mechanics of Materialscourse in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at West Point. In the first year,very few physical models and demonstrations were used in the classroom. In the two subsequentyears, several props and demonstrations were added to the course. Despite virtually no change incourse content, the instructors saw a significant improvement in their course end feedback thefinal two years. Students noted the instructors’ use of effective teaching techniques, their

Conference Session

Horizontal and Vertical Integration

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Daniel Balkos, University of Waterloo; Benjamin Dow, University of Waterloo; Shoeleh Shams, University of Waterloo; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Monica B. Emelko, University of Waterloo; Scott Walbridge P.E., University of Waterloo; Chris Bachmann, University of Waterloo

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Civil Engineering

. Students from the previous year indicated difficultiesworking with peers with conflicting personalities. To mitigate this issue, a teamwork buildingworkshop was established this year, teaching students how to recognize and respect differencesin personality traits and how to capitalize on the inherit benefits of each. Further, a preliminarydesign report submission was incorporated this year to allow for intermittent feedback, allowingfor support to students where the instructor felt necessary.1.0 IntroductionStudents in the University of Waterloo’s (UW’s) Civil Engineering program are exposed to open-ended design projects in their first and final years of study. The gap between these years needs tobe filled to continuously stimulate creativity

Conference Session

Making Professionals: Methods to Build Success Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

William D Lawson P.E., Ph.D., Texas Tech University; Theodore G. Cleveland, Texas Tech University; Ken Rainwater, Texas Tech University

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Civil Engineering

of CE 4200 was atime period when our CE students’ performance on the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering(FE) Exam was inexplicably low for certain topics. CE students were responsible for taking a 1-hour FE review course, but NCEES topic-level data [7] at the time indicated that Texas Techstudents were performing surprisingly below students at peer universities on certain subjects forwhich they had received instruction and were expected to know the content. CE 4200 offered anopportunity to provide focused re-learning for these particular topics. Further, CE 4200 provideda natural way to formally introduce the FE Exam to our students at an appropriate time in theirprogram, to explain the CE Department’s philosophy on engineering licensure, and

Conference Session

Use of Technology in Civil Engineering Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Riley P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Jason D. Millar, Oregon Institute of Technology; Samuel Lozano, Oregon Institute of Technology; Sean St.Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

of technology in the classroom provides an opportunity for studentsto interact more efficiently with information and peers in a learning environment. The interactiveteaching methods discussed in this paper relate to active, inductive, and problem based learning(PBL). Active learning is most generally defined as any instructional method of engagingstudents for the entire duration of the teaching contact time6. In addition to traditional homeworkand examination, active learning allows students to participate in collaborative activities thatpositively influence student attitudes and study habits for course material6. Inductive learningencompasses interactive instruction techniques including inquiry learning, PBL, project-basedlearning, case

Conference Session

Preparing Civil Engineering Students for a Flat World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carsten Ahrens, F.H. OOW

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Civil Engineering

practice7. Capacity for generating new ideas (creativity)8. Capacity to adapt to new situations9. Capacity to learn10. Critical and self-critical abilities11. Decision-making12. Elementary computing skills (word processing, database, other utilities)13. Ethical commitment14. Interpersonal skills15. Knowledge of a second language16. Oral and written communication in your native language17. Research skillsPlease rank below the five most important competences according to your opinion. Please write the number of the itemwithin the box. Mark on the first box the most important, on the second box the second most important and so on.Table 3: Questionnaire concerning generic competences for employers, societies, academicsThe results have been very

Conference Session

Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

Collection

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

2010 National Outstanding Teaching Medal. Dr. Klosky writes regularly about engineering education, covering topics ranging from classroom tech- niques to curricular reform. Much of this work is focused on the use of internet communications and social networks for educational purposes. Page 22.1685.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 When You Can’t Hear Me Now – Nonverbal Communication in Distance LearningAbstractGlobalization, a strong demand for continuing education and cost pressure on traditionaluniversity learning models are all

Conference Session

Program Criteria, Assessment, and Sustainability in Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

years. Thecapstone rubrics at UT Tyler provide direct assessment of almost every outcome, but theresults are for team projects. Therefore, the use of embedded indicators (direct measures)provide the best direct measurement of student demonstration of each outcome bycollecting results for the best student, the average student, and the worst studentperformance leading to a better collection of data representing students demonstration ofeach outcome.2.0 Direct Assessment Process at UT TylerGenerally the assessment process is a lonely job performed by one or maybe two facultyin a program. Many faculty do not know who is doing the work and they really do notcare. The person in charge (even if the chair) begs peers to submit their assigned input ina

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock Barry, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey Braun, United States Military Academy; Mark DeRocchi, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

. That is, they typically need assistance with identifying the deliverables andpossible resources available for the project. Further, Blumenfeld, et al.4 describe that studentsmust have the competence to complete a project satisfactorily or they will try to simplify theproblem and potentially provide less effort, striving to meet only the minimum requirements.Each of these project characteristics influence the level of interested held by students’ in theproject and whether or not they will enjoy the experience or simply suffer through a list ofrequirements. Gehringer 5, writing on the subject of independent studies, states that wiselychosen projects play a large part in students’ development because they typically engagestudents at a higher

Conference Session

Supporting the Capstone Experience

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ryan Solnosky P.E., Pennsylvania State University; M. Kevin Parfitt, Pennsylvania State University

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Civil Engineering

a mixture of existing and new technical skills that are applied to projectsof varying complexity with some level of correlation to real industry applications. The mostcommon form for capstones in engineering are team based, some of which are single disciplinewhile others are multi-disciplinary. Literature on capstone studies have documented how toformulate teams, team group dynamics, and team peer surveys. Given new technologyadvancements, an area for continued study are strategies for how to have student teamscommunicate, collaborate and manage their designs with technology. This paper presents a seriesof trends over a 10-year span on how multi-disciplinary Architectural Engineering (AE) teamscollaborated, interfaced and communicated

Conference Session

Key Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

: Offers a structured methodology for organizing a class with emphasis on constructing an outline, board notes, and out-of-class activities.6,7 (See Fig. 2)VI Writing: Covers fundamentals of making written presentations using the chalk board, vu-graphs, and Powerpoint slides.8VII Speaking: Illustrates effective use of the voice and demonstrates how to stimulate positive emotion using drama, music, humor, and spontaneity in the classroom.9VIII Questioning: Illustrates different student questioning techniques and discusses effective strategies for their use.10IX Teaching Assessment: Covers student, peer and self-assessments and separates myth from fact regarding their usefulness. Introduces

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn P. Gross, Villanova University; Eric Musselman P.E., Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

means of feedback, but activities inside the classroom werestructured in a very passive learning format. Most class meetings consisted of a PowerPointbased lecture, perhaps including an example problem that was pre-solved and included in thelecture slides. Students were assigned homework problems and if they ran into difficulty theywould have to seek out help from the instructor outside of class or from their peers. In the end,the instructor felt that students were learning the material because the course was well organizedand the lecture notes were thorough, but that with more engagement inside the classroomstudents could learn more efficiently and more effectively for the long term.At the time the instructor considered changing the course to

Conference Session

ASCE Policy 465: Raising the Bar

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Nelson, American Society of Civil Engineers; David Hornbeck, Southern Polytechnic State University; James Lambrechts, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Joe Manous, United States Army Corps of Engineers; Robert Stevens, Arcadis U.S., Inc; Leo Titus, ECS, Ltd; Jeffrey Russell

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Civil Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his BS degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and his MS and PhD degrees from Purdue University and is a registered professional engineering in Wisconsin. He has published over 200 technical papers in the areas of contractor failure, prequalification, surety bonds, constructability, automation, maintainability, warranties, quality control/quality assurance, and engineering education. He has published two books—Constructor Prequalification (1996) and Surety Bonds for Construction Contracts (2000. His research has been recognized by his peers through his selection for over

Conference Session

Key Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE - Part 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Decker B Hains P.E., Western Michigan University; Stephen J. Ressler P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, U.S. Military Academy; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

body responsible for accrediting all specialty andsubspecialty programs for physicians in the United States. The ACGME was founded in 1981 asa federation of several key medical organizations to include ABMS, American MedicalAssociation (AMA), Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), American OsteopathicAssociation (AOA), American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), andthe Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS)— each of which appoints members to theACGME's board of directors. Accreditation is achieved through a peer-review process overseenby volunteer physicians on 30 review committees [55].To accomplish its annual reviews of residency programs, the ACGME publishes institutionalrequirements [56], common