Conference Session

BOK2 - Influencing Changes to the ABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria and Civil Engineering Curricula

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Civil Engineering

Administration.ECE4021 and 4033 Civil Engineering Senior Design I and IIObviously, a capstone sequence is required of all civil engineering programs but our sequencewas modified to insure redundant BOK2 Outcome coverage at the highest Bloom’s level byintroducing requirements for Outcome 9: Design, Outcome 10: Sustainability, Outcome 13:Project Management, and Outcome 16 Communication. Finally, professional mentors andimproved rubrics were added to the course which assists with direct assessment of BOK2outcomes. Page 24.138.12Figure 3: Breadth and Technical Specialization Coverage Page 24.138.13IV. ABET In

Conference Session

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janey Camp P.E., Vanderbilt University; Leslie Nolen, American Society of Civil Engineers; Carolyn Sofman, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

lastiteration, the 2017 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, America’s cumulative GPA forinfrastructure received a D+, which is the same as it was in 2013 although grades improved inseven infrastructure categories. The 2017 Report Card demonstrates that when investments aremade and projects move forward, the grades rise. In addition to this national Report Card,ASCE’s sections and branches also prepare state and regional Infrastructure Report Cards on arolling basis, to localize these public education and advocacy efforts to the state and local levels.Nearly half of the states have a recent Report Card.Infrastructure Categories, Grading Scale, and Key CriteriaThe 16 categories graded in ASCE’s Infrastructure Report Card include Aviation, Bridges

Conference Session

Program Criteria, Assessment, and Sustainability in Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mikhail Gershfeld, S.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Judith Ellen Sheine, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Gary LeMarr McGavin, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Department of Architecture

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Civil Engineering

architecture degrees within the College of Environmental Design. Although there are somediscussions about creating an architectural engineering minor shared between the Civil Engineer-ing and Architecture Departments, no such program presently exists. The emphasis on structuralengineering is typically addressed through technical electives. The AE Studio is one such elec-tive.The impetus for experimenting with this type of collaborative environment was the College ofEngineering’s desire to build a pedestrian bridge connecting two engineering buildings. The con-ceptual design by students was attempted as a senior (capstone) project effort on more than oneoccasion. The results were predictable; the designs produced were structurally sound and eco-nomical

Conference Session

Course Structuring for Effective Student Engagement

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conrad, Portland State University; Kenneth Lamb, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

specific analyses for passive voice are describedin the next section. In addition, civil engineering practitioners conduct holistic scorings ofsamples of student papers so we investigate whether there is overall improvement in addition toany specific language changes. Students' reactions to the materials are also gathered throughsurveys, reflective writing, and interviews.3. Practitioner and Student Use of Passive VoiceIn phase one of the Civil Engineering Writing Project, we investigated the use of passive voice in60 workplace reports, 60 student reports and 50 journal articles. The student reports mimickedthe workplace context: they were written to specific clients for specific projects (usually realpeople and real projects, such as in capstone

Conference Session

Accreditation and Assessment Concerns in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University; Katie Kuder, Seattle University; Dragovich Jefferey, Seattle University

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Civil Engineering

in the spring quarter oftheir junior year. The winter quarter examination is announced in the fall quarterof the senior year. Dates for both the examinations are selected so that it causesminimum disruption to the implementation of the capstone projects. Page 13.311.5 Table 1. Distribution of Topics in the Fall and Winter Quarter Comprehensive Examinationsa Fall Quarter Topic Winter Quarter Topic (no. of questions) (number of questions)Chemistry (7) Computers & Numerical Methods (3)Computers (4) Environmental Engineering (5)Dynamics (6

Conference Session

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

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Timothy W. Mays, The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch P.E., The Citadel; John C. Ryan, The Citadel

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

including capstone type project: design of a retaining wall. CIVL 1 Geotechnical Design a lab experiment to determine an 402 Engineering Lab appropriate, quantitative relationship between void ratio and hydraulic conductivity of sand CIVL 3 Steel Design Design of spread footings for column 406 demands from an actual building. CIVL 3 Water and Wastewater (1) Design a sedimentation basin based on 408 Systems defendable water demand (2) Design selected

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred Meyer, U.S. Military Academy; Stephen Bert, U. S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Academy. He serves as the Course Director for CE404, Design of Steel Structures and CE492, Senior Capstone Design course. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. MAJ Bert received a B.S. degree from Norwich University in 1995 and an M.S.C.E. degree from Virginia Tech in 2005. Page 12.144.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Technique for Program-Wide Direct Assessment of Student PerformanceAbstractThis paper builds on previous work related to the direct assessment of student performance.Previous work assessed CE program outcomes using a single

Conference Session

Implementing the CE BOK into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Benzley, Brigham Young University; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University; Rollin Hotchkiss, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

environment was done generally by 1) stand-alonecourses, 2) brief class discussions that are instigated in connection with the subject matter of thecourse and 3) with modules inserted in existing classes – most often in capstone courses. Theywarned that “there are also risks in relying on general philosophy courses as students’ onlysystematic exposure to ethics. Especially when these courses are taught outside the school ofengineering, there is a risk that students will not know how to connect what they learn to theirown work.” They also point to a finding of Austin that “engineering produces more significanteffects on student outcome than any other major field.”13 Thus there is growing support thatethics should be taught within an engineering

Conference Session

First-Year Activities and Peer Review Strategies in Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering

AC 2011-1348: GLOBAL INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE AMONG FIRST-YEAR CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTSAngela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt, PhD, PE, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, & Ar- chitectural Engineering at the University of Colorado - Boulder (CU). She is affiliated with the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities at CU. She has taught the first-year Introduction to Civil Engineering course 13 times, starting in 1997. She also teaches a senior capstone Environmental En- gineering Design course, which included international water and sanitation projects in 2001, 2002, 2006, and 2010. Her research interests include ceramic water

Conference Session

Implementing the CE BOK into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Tocco, Lawrence Technological University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, studentsparticipate in a two-course capstone design sequence during their senior year.Historically, a majority of civil engineering graduates find employment in southeastern Page 15.128.2Michigan. Over the last couple of years, however, a growing number of graduates are acceptingemployment with out-of-state engineering and construction firms. Additionally, many studentsare pursuing advanced engineering and business degrees.The Lawrence Tech website is located on the Internet at: www.ltu.eduB. Overview of BOK2The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), when it published Policy Statement 465 (PS465), Academic Prerequisites for Licensure and Professional

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Ali Khasawneh P.E., Jordan University of Science and Technology; Mohammad Obadat P.E., The University of Tennessee at Martin

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Civil Engineering

as an assistant professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. Here he devel- ops and teaches general engineering and civil engineering courses, works on transportation engineering projects, and holds membership with a number of organizations and committees. From September 2003 to August 2008 he was a research assistant in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Akron. He worked on a number of Transportation/Pavement Engineering research projects, and Geotechnical En- gineering research projects. Then from September 2003 to August 2008, he was a teaching assistant with the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Akron. His work has been published in

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mei-Mei Song, Tamkang University; Shang-Hsien (Patrick) Hsieh, National Taiwan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

being exposed to substantial professional technicalities. Keystone coursescombine theory with hands-on design project courses. Capstone courses aim to allow studentsto integrate professional knowledge in design practices, assessing students’ overall learningresults across their college career. Futures thinking can be integrated in all three clusters ofcourses, though the levels of futures thinking ought to be adjusted according to students’maturity and levels of professional knowledge in civil engineering. By introducingfundamental concepts and methods in Futures Studies, the curricular experiment aims to helpstudents develop comprehensive and long-term thinking skills while being first exposed tothe civil engineering curriculum. To begin

Conference Session

Tech Tools and Tips

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Gustavo O. Maldonado, Georgia Southern University; Shahnam Navaee, Georgia Southern University; Marcel Maghiar, Georgia Southern University

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Civil Engineering

capstone courses(Senior Project courses in the CE, ConE and CM programs). In this assessment, again a 1-5 LikertScale was selected, and yielded a score of 4 (Exceeds Criteria), for both SLOs, 3 and 4. A scoreof 4 (rather than 5) was attained because of the overall error in the resulting model. Note that aftergeoreferencing the final model into the corresponding State Plane Coordinate System, the softwareindicated an overall mean absolute error (in all employed fixed ground points) of ~4 inches. TheWest section of the model experienced that error magnitude. The central section presented slightlysmaller errors, ranging from ~3 to 4 inches. Similarly, the East section showed errors of about 3.6inches. These are relatively large errors compared with

Conference Session

Industry and Practice Topics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin - Platteville; Matthew W. Roberts, Southern Utah University; Claudia Mara Dias Wilson, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Michael R. Penn, University of Wisconsin - Platteville; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; Frederick Paige, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

Infras- tructure: An Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering.Dr. Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Construction Management at Colorado State University. He is committed to advancing research and teaching in the sustainability of infrastructure projects. He believes that educating the next generation of professionals will play a pivotal role in making sustainability a standard practice.Dr. Frederick Paige, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Frederick (”Freddy”) Paige is the Assistant Director of the Virginia Center for Housing Research and an Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech in the Vecellio

Conference Session

Sustainability in Civil Engineering

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Bhaskar C. S. Chittoori, Boise State University; Sondra M. Miller, Boise State University; Thomas A. Robbins

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Civil Engineering

undergraduate civil engineering programs address sustainability, it tends to belimited to individual courses, and resiliency concepts are rarely incorporated. To address theseshortcomings, we are incorporating sustainability and resiliency conceptual threads and activitiesthroughout our curriculum, from our first-year engineering course through senior design.To understand the effectiveness of this initiative, at the beginning of this project we conductedinterviews with senior civil engineering students to collect baseline data on our current students’views and understanding of sustainability and responsibility. Thematic analysis of theseinterviews suggests that there is significant variability in students’ understanding ofsustainability, with some

Conference Session

Course Structuring for Effective Student Engagement

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Z. Dymond, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Chris Carroll, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

the industry. A study reported that when external judgesand faculty judges both graded the same capstone project, the external judges gave higher grades[16]. Other studies have conflicting reports about whether tenured versus non-tenured facultygraded easier [5], [7], [8]. Additionally, a study showed that bias might occur if grading isextended over a long period and breaks are taken between grading sessions, but the bias is notpredictable nor significant [17]. This is a type of interrater reliability that occurs when a grader isnot consistent in his or her grading over time [18].Knowledge Gap Filled There are many factors that can affect how exams are graded for civil engineeringstudents, especially in design-based courses. The

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conrad, Portland State University; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.; Tom Szymoniak, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

provide a brief overview of the project; additional information canbe found on the project website: www.cewriting.ling.pdx.edu. Page 25.1060.3Table 1 displays a list of the types of writing that have been collected in the corpus, whichcurrently totals approximately 400 undergraduate student papers and 360 practitioner documents.The papers come from 19 different courses. Most are from Portland State University, butadditional lab reports and senior capstone reports were collected from more highly rankedprograms, for future analyses which will compare universities. The practitioner documents werecontributed by 10 engineering consulting firms in the

Conference Session

Challenges of CE Education in a Global World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; Richard Gash, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

are U.S. Military Academy faculty members who deployed to Afghanistanin the spring and summer of 2007 to establish the new program at NMAA. In this paper, wedescribe our processes, products, and lessons learned. Although the situation in Afghanistan isunique in many ways, the lessons we learned there are nonetheless applicable to engineeringcapacity-building projects elsewhere in the developing world as well.BackgroundEarly in 2003, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Army’s Office of MilitaryCooperation – Afghanistan (OMC-A) agreed to jointly establish a military academy that wouldprovide the newly created Afghan National Army with a capable, well-educated officer corps.1After considering a variety of different institutional

Conference Session

Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Roberts, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Christina Curras, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Michael Penn, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Max Anderson, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Civil Engineering

culminates in a capstone design class that is taken in the last se-mester in school. Projects for this class are often solicited from communities and non-profitorganizations, and typically incorporate a service learning component.In reviewing the existing UWP CEE curriculum for this curriculum development project, itbecame clear that the curriculum had not changed significantly in over 20 years. To illustratethis, the curricula from the 1985 and 2005 catalogs are shown in Table 1. The course changesare very minor, and the total revisions made in 20 years to the UWP CEE curriculum consistof the following: replacing Route Layout with Construction Engineering; replacing TechnicalWriting with 3-9 more credits of Social Sciences and Humanities; changing

Conference Session

High-impact Learning Practices

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kelly Brumbelow, Texas A&M University; Luciana R. Barroso, Texas A&M University; Greg Stadter, Texas A&M University

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Civil Engineering

noted from surveys conducted by the ASCE BOK EducationalFulfillment Committee (BOKEdFC) [7].High-Impact Learning Practices (HILP) have received the attention of higher educationinstitutions due to a developing case of benefits in student engagement, success, and persistence.In 2007, the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) published theCollege Learning for a New Global Century report and found several promising “high-impact”activities including first-year seminars, common intellectual experiences, learning communities,service learning, undergraduate research, study abroad, internships, and capstone projects,among others. This report recommends that institutions prioritize HILPs to enhance studentengagement and increase

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzette R. Burckhard, South Dakota State University; Calvin Wampol, South Dakota State University

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Civil Engineering

groups) existing model, lab groups) Column Buckling (lecture with Deflection of simply supported and demonstration, lab groups) cantilever supported beams (short introduction, full lab with small groups) Application of strain gauges to a steel beam (lecture with hands-on activity, lab groups) Capstone final project (short introduction, Deflection of a beam (lecture with manual full lab with small groups, final presentation calculations and verification with single pre- and report) existing model, lab groups) Written Final Exam Written Final Examparticipate in each lab activity. Documentation of participation was

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

Figure 4 Students brewing during HB101 SessionOnce the beer is brewed it is also named, often these names reflect common experiences thestudents have had in their civil engineering courses. An example, “Fire Station Red” was namedto commemorate the capstone design project, designing a new campus fire station and “WallkillRaspberry Wheat” was named in honor of the Hydro course rafting trip on the Wallkill River.Other names have capitalize on engineering concepts, “Poisson’s Porter—Good in Every Way”or “Direct Stiffness Stout—Strong Enough to make you a Flexible Member”. Some of the beernames have emphasized the common student experience; such as “Partial Credit Pilsner” andGraduation Ale” among them. The naming of the beer does help our students

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

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Civil Engineering

complete a storm water 5.61 5.00 drainage design. N/A 6.87 Explain the general process in Civil 3D to complete a roadway design. N/A 3.47 Describe the difference between CAD Elements and Objects 5.50 4.93 Use Civil 3D for a site design project in the Senior Design Course 3.67 4.93 Use Civil 3D for a site design project within five years of graduationAll categories surveyed in 2011 showed improved student confidence over 2009 with theexception of storm water drainage design for the top and bottom third and the bottom third’sconfidence in use of the software during their senior capstone design project. Of particular note astrong majority of students surveyed

Conference Session

Industry and Practice Topics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Max Teddy, Clemson University; Wayne Sarasua, Clemson University; Matthew Ryan Stanley, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

tactics, the first being restructuring the Civil Engineeringcurriculum to create unique opportunities for nontraditional faculty-student interactions andrelationships [1].One of the central components of the restructured curriculum is the creation of a sequence ofcourses (Springer 1, Springer 2, Junior Studio, and Keystone Design) that incorporate skills andconcepts presented in the traditional Civil Engineering courses offered at Clemson. However,these courses differ from the norm in that they employ a project-based learning approach,thereby exposing students to a collaborative environment consisting of their peers, teams offaculty members, and stakeholders from the greater community. This sequence of coursesculminates in a Keystone Design

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Brumbelow, Texas A&M University; Debra A. Fowler, Texas A&M University; James R. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Whitney L. Anthony, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University

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Civil Engineering

professional activities have included projects in East Africa, Central America, the Middle East, Alaska’s North Slope, and throughout the ”lower 48 states.” His current activities at Texas A&M cover a wide spectrum from K-12 outreach and recruiting to undergraduate curriculum design to retention, monitoring, and post-graduation engagement.Dr. Debra A Fowler, Texas A&M University Dr. Debra Fowler serves the Associate Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Texas A&M Uni- versity. Following 16 years working in industry she completed a Ph.D. is in Interdisciplinary Engineering with a specific focus on engineering education from Texas A&M University. Her research areas of focus are faculty perspectives

Conference Session

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

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Peter Laursen

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Civil Engineering

datafor student communication skills, technical expertise, and even things like global,economic, social understanding of engineering. Industry partners are often providers ofthis opinion. The measures need to be taken in a structured manner.Some programs create special instruments to provide direct measure data on studentperformance. If the curriculum is covering all of the student outcomes, there should beenough indicators embedded in the curriculum that specially created additional activitiesare not necessary. The most available and versatile embedded indicators18 are the resultsof course activities such as quizzes, texts, projects, laboratory experiments, presentationsand papers. The course event needs to correlate directly to the student

Conference Session

Fostering Transformational Change in Civil Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Choice Questions X X X Test, or Test Question Short Answer Questions X X X X Test, or Test Question Calculation Based Problems X X X X Test, or Test Question Essay Questions X X X X Test, or Test Question Research Papers X X X X X X Entire Paper Lab Reports X X X X X X Lab Report Design Problems X X X X X X Project Capstone Projects X X X X X X Project Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels: 1) Knowledge, 2) Comprehension, 3) Application, 4) Analysis, 5

Conference Session

Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrating Interactive Teaching Activities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ruth Abigail Mower, United States Military Academy; Erick Martinez P.E., United States Military Academy; Landon M. Raby, United States Military Academy; John Boyle, United States Military Academy, West Point; Andrew Ross Pfluger, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering

Community Development, Environmental Science, and Environmental Engineering Technologies.Lt. Col. Landon M Raby P.E., United States Military Academy LTC Raby is an Engineer officer with experience within both US Army Corps of Engineers and within Combat Units at the battalion, brigade, district, task force and corps levels. His experiences include four operational engineer assignments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and one engineer assign- ment in support of Operation Joint Guardian. His research and teaching interests are in master planning, water resources, sustainable LEED design, program and project management. LTC Raby teaches EV450 (Environmental Engineering for Community Development) and EV481 (Water

Conference Session

Achieving the Civil Engineering Body of Knowlegde

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, U.S. Military Academy; Allen Estes, U.S. Military Academy; Fred Meyer, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

studentsprepare oral briefings for many of their classes. West Point has a long standing tradition ofrequiring students to present and defend their solutions in class (Figure 7). The Capstone course(CE492) and Independent Study projects (CE489) require major briefings to their clients.Outcome 11, the use of engineering tools was rated at level 4 (Analysis). In the civil engineeringprogram, the students receive multiple exposures to spreadsheets, mathematical software such asMathCAD and Mathematica, Microsoft Project, the Visual Analysis structural analysis program,AutoCAD, and HEC-RAS - the same watershed modeling system used by the Corps ofEngineers. For the capstone design course (CE492), students integrate these and other softwarepackages while

Conference Session

Accreditation and the BOK

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Brumbelow, Texas A&M University; Luciana R. Barroso, Texas A&M University; Debra Fowler, Texas A&M University; James Michael Kaihatu, Texas A&M University; Veronica S. Rodriguez Chavarria

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

for 7 years. His professional activities have included projects in East Africa, Central America, the Middle East, Alaska’s North Slope, and throughout the ”lower 48 states.” His current activities at Texas A&M cover a wide spectrum from K-12 outreach and recruiting to undergraduate curriculum design to retention, monitoring, and post-graduation engagement.Dr. Luciana R. Barroso, Texas A&M University Luciana R. Barroso, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering, in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. Luciana has been with Texas A&M University since 1999, and in that time has taught 15 different courses ranging from the