construction management, innovative project delivery systems, and construction automation and robotics. He received a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Cincinnati and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Wiscon- sin. Russell began his academic career in 1989 as an Assistant Professor in the CEE Department. Over the past 22 years, he has earned a reputation as a leader in education, research, and service to the civil en- gineering profession through championing diversity, leadership, innovation, and enhanced education for future civil engineers.He is Co-founder of the Construction Engineering and Management program at UW, Madison, one of only seven
Paper ID #34703Understanding Key Student Perspectives in an InterdisciplinaryFlex-model Sustainability Course as Compared to a Traditional In-personCourseDr. Tony Lee Kerzmann, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Tony Kerzmann’s higher education background began with a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Duquesne University, as well as a Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. After graduation, Dr. Kerzmann began his career as an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at Robert Morris University which afforded him the opportunity to research, teach, and advise in numerous
communication, ethics, marketing, and technical presentation. All of these skills arerequired in the CE Intro to Design course, so weekly lesson plans include learning in these areasalong with learning about report writing, engineering careers, and engineering design. The workreported in this report is the outcome of the department’s desire to provide a common senseframework in which the students could begin to develop many of these important professionalskills.Vision for Our Students – Development as ProfessionalsOur department’s program mission statement is “to provide an excellent civil engineeringeducation that prepares graduates to meet the needs of their employers, clients, and communityin a continually changing world.” Therefore, we see the
. Page 12.980.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Introducing Students to Civil EngineeringAbstract CE390 Civil Engineering Site Design can be an essential course for any undergraduatecivil engineering (CE) program. It introduces the profession of civil engineering to studentsearly in their development as engineers, providing them with both direction and purpose in theireducation. Through this course they are introduced to the wide range of career possibilities incivil engineering, and are also shown the logic behind the rest of the curriculum that leads up tothe granting of their Bachelor of Science degree in CE. The course was originally developed out of the recognition that even though a
related to engineering and perceives the engineering courses to have littlerelevance to their life or career. The following list breaks down the majors in the populationsurveyed: • Economics (17) – 17.9% • Foreign Language Studies (16) – 16.8% • History (15) – 15.8% • Political Science (12) – 12.6% • Management (10) – 10.5% • Philosophy (5) – 5.3 % • Law (4) – 4.2% • Leadership/Military Art (4) – 6.3% • Math/Physics (4) – 4.2% • Geography/Geospatial Information Systems (3) – 3.1 % • Life Science (2) – 2.1% • Physics (2) – 2.1% • Psychology (1) – 1.0%The Base Camp Engineering Design ProblemThis paper refers to civil engineering in the broad
their undergraduate career. The case studies are outlined in Table 1 and Figure 3.Learning objectives start with understanding and using general concepts and end withunderstanding and using actual applied engineering techniques. While the majority of casestudies focuses on geographical areas that the students are familiar with, an explicit attempt ismade to include at least one international study.Table 1. Some details on the case studies introduced.Title Learning objectives LocationNew York City Water Supply Understand and be able to New York City water supply apply the following concepts: reservoir located in the control
similar attributes appropriate to the program educational objectives. Individual faculty members must have educational backgrounds, industrial experience, professional practice, communication skills, and technologically current knowledge that support the field of instruction and program educational objectives. Collectively, the faculty must be capable of providing students an appropriate breadth of perspective and effective instruction in the use of modern technical and non-technical Page 13.1257.3 methodologies in careers appropriate to the program educational objectives.”2In both cases, engineering experience, professional practice
differenttypes of infrastructure that civil engineers play a critical role in development of, but the ReportCard as well as the Game Changers (at times) can be used to challenge stereotypes aboutengineering as well as prompt exploration into careers that are associated with the differentinfrastructure types. Students may become interested in water quality or levees and begininvestigating the different types of engineering involved or even the different sub-disciplineswithin civil engineering that may be involved. For instance, in the creation of levees, civilengineers involved may have specializations in hydrology (environmental engineering), soilcompact-ability and soil types (geotechnical engineering), and the actual construction process ofthe levee
professional engineering license. Licensure carries with it responsibility,liability, and privileges that are a very important part of the engineer’s career. [2]Licensed professional engineers are the cornerstone of the civil engineering profession. One ofthe intended goals of the licensure process is to protect public health, safety, and welfare. [3] Itprovides society with a verifiable reason to trust the profession and an assurance that licensedengineers possess the knowledge and experience to practice. Unlike their engineering colleagueswho are employed in industries that assume product liability for their designs, engineers whooffer professional services are regulated by state licensure boards, laws, and regulations. [4]In most jurisdictions, the
for over 28 years as a commissioned officer in the U.S Army Field Artillery in a variety of leadership positions in the U.S., Europe, and East Asia. He retired at the rank of Colonel. During his military career, Dr. Lenox spent 15 years on the engineering faculty of USMA – including five years as the Director of the Civil Engineering Division. Upon his retirement from the U.S. Army in 1998, he joined the staff of the American Soci- ety of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In his position as educational staff leader of ASCE, he managed several new educational initiatives – collectively labeled as Project ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education). As ASCE’s Executive Vice President, Dr. Lenox led several educational
Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop a statewide articulation com- pact for mechanical engineering and chaired the councils for developing articulation compacts in other engineering and science disciplines. He also served on the Texas State Board of Education committee preparing the standards for career and technical education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Civil Engineering: A Liberal Education Degree of the 21st CenturyAbstractIn the 2004 report “The Engineer of 2020,” the National Academy of Engineering makes thebold contention that engineering is the liberal education of the 21st-Century. This contentionstands in contrast to more widespread notions about
and flushed” after the exam (Bella 2003).There’s a time and place for number crunching, detailed design calculations, and utilizing designaids. Students will encounter many different problems in their career, but a few design courses incollege certainly cannot expose students to every scenario, much less effectively teach them howto solve each problem. Further, the purpose of our design courses should not be to simply “teachthe code” (Hines 2012). This is sure to reinforce the impression that design is cranking throughequations and picking sizes from tables - a practice that can limit creativity. “The creative structural engineer must be able to anticipate how a structure responds to applied loads and other external influences
Engineering Education, 2016 Paper ID #15701Dr. Leidy Klotz, Clemson University Leidy Klotz is an engineering faculty member at Clemson University, where he developed and teaches courses like the one described in this paper. He does research on decision making and education for sustainability.Prof. Amy E. Landis, Clemson University Dr. Landis joined Clemson in June 2015 as the Thomas F. Hash ’69 Endowed Chair in Sustainable Development. Previously she was an Associate Professor at Arizona State University in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment. She began her career as an Assistant Professor at the
Paper ID #16701The Engineering Classroom is Still RelevantDr. Eric J. Fitzsimmons, Kansas State University Dr. Fitzsimmons is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Kansas State Uni- versity. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering with a specialization in trans- portation from Iowa State University. During his graduate career, Dr. Fitzsimmons worked at the Institute for Transportation (InTrans) at Iowa State University and received training to specialize in highway safety, particularly in rural areas. Dr. Fitzsimmons worked closely with staff at the Iowa Department of
students preferred the web-basedproject to a conventional project and were more motivated to work harder and submit high-quality work. Students were also enthusiastic about receiving feedback from professionals in thefield. An additional outcome of this initiative was the significant interest from professionals inreviewing class projects.IntroductionThis study was conducted to explore whether student learning, effort, and enthusiasm can beenhanced by exposing student projects to engineering practitioners and experts outside theclassroom. Previous studies indicate that engineering students learn better when they perceivecoursework as valuable to their future career, having impact on society, or relating closely toengineering practice1,2,7. Also
Paper ID #12608Students Writing for Professional Practice: A Model for Collaboration amongFaculty, Practitioners and Writing SpecialistsProf. Susan Conrad, Portland State University Susan Conrad, Ph.D., is a Professor of Applied Linguistics and head of the Civil Engineering Writing Project. She has written numerous articles and books about English grammar, discourse, and corpus linguistics.Dr. William A Kitch P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Dr. Kitch is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona. Before starting his academic career he spent 24 years as a practicing engineer in both the
and leadership skills. As role models, civilengineering faculty members must demonstrate professional and ethical responsibility, positiveattitudes and be life-long learners.USMA Faculty ModelThe United States Military Academy has a unique mission and consequently a unique facultymodel. The mission of the United States Military Academy is: To educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country; and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the United States Army.8This mission clearly indicates that the Academy provides more than an education; it also offersa demanding
the material’s use in a blended learning experience for undergraduate students at Cal PolyPomona and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo universities. A survey instrument was used to capturestudents’ perceptions of the learning modules from several dimensions including: relevance ofcontent to career interests, relevance to course content, pedagogical approach, and usability. Thesurvey results suggest that overall students had a positive experience with the learning modules.They appreciated the functionality that allowed them to control the pace of the content deliveryand felt the materials were a strong contributor to their ability to use the knowledge as part oftheir class activities. While the majority of the comments were positive, there was data
. Correlation analysis is also performed on several factorsfrom the pretests and posttests.Data Analysis and ResultsPaired t-testOverallThe primary assessment strategy utilizes the CAT© test, which is administered at the beginningand end of the civil engineering program. The first comparison investigates whether a change inthe CAT© score occurs for nineteen students who have graduated and also entered the civilengineering program after the beginning of this research project. In this comparison, the data setis a paired set of the early and late program CAT© scores. The hypothesis for this comparisonfollows: Ho: μ1= μ2: There is no significant difference between the early and late career CAT© scores. HA: μ1α(=0.1), which
rather than a one-class exposure.Civil Engineering Program at the United States Military AcademyThe mission of the United States Military Academy has evolved since the institution’s inceptionin 18028:To educate, train, and inspire XXXXXXX so that each graduate is a commissioned leader ofcharacter committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country, and prepared for a career ofprofessional excellence and service to the Nation as an XXXXXXXXXXXXX.The Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering is one of thirteen academic departments atthe United States Military Academy and is ABET accredited. The Department’s missionsupports the Academy’s with focus on educating and inspiring students in the fields of civil andmechanical engineering9:To
financially. The financial situation was projected to retirement:65 years of age. The analysis used a timeline from year zero to year 47. Year zero represents thebeginning of age 18 (presumably when a person graduates from high school). Year 47 representsthe end of a person’s 65th year of age, (or the end of a person’s career). Three sets of analyses Page 25.43.7were performed: 1) simple cash flow; 2) 5% of annual income was invested in some low-riskinvestment, such as a mutual fund, and yields 12% overall annual return; and 3) 10% of annualincome was invested in some low-risk investment, such as a mutual fund, and yields 12% overallannual return
an engineering specialty” as the “basic professional degree for engineers.” 1985 NAE report:24 Offer broad engineering education, stronger non-technical education, exposure to realities of the work world, personal career management, and greater management skills. 1974-1995 ASCE Education Conferences: The 1995 conference recommended professional degrees (more formal education), integrated curriculum, faculty development, and practitioner involvement.Other Lessons LearnedThis paper highlights nine LLL as a result of contemplating the process used to develop andbegin the implementation of the civil engineering BOK. The LLL reflect insights provided by adecade of various Raise the Bar activities and the
creativity in engineering curricula. The principal aim of the overall project is to findstrategies to foster and reward creativity in engineering students. The principal aim of the trans-disciplinary course under discussion here is to investigate the degree to which the integration ofarchitecture and engineering pedagogy is successful in producing desirable outcomes for eithergroup of students. Given their different but potentially complementary skill sets, engineering andarchitecture students are a natural fit for investigations into creative pedagogy. In fact, thepractices of both disciplines are intimately related and, yet, students whose careers may be soclosely linked, rarely have opportunities for cross-disciplinary interaction in their
received BSCE and MSCE degrees from the University of Colorado Boulder and a PhD degree in civil engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. McCartney’s research interests include unsaturated soil mechanics, geosynthetics, and thermally active geotechnical systems. He has received several research awards, including the NSF Faculty Early Development (CAREER) Award in 2011, the Croes medal from ASCE in 2012, the DFI Young Professor Award in 2012, and the Young IGS Award from the International Geosynthetics Society in 2008. His teaching efforts were recognized by the 2012 Shamsher Prakash Prize for Excellence in Teaching of Geotechnical Engineering. For his service on ASTM committee D18 on Soil and Rock, he has
undergraduateengineering programs. They are largely the result of engineering programs seeking to bettermeet the needs of industry and have become so important that ABET requires universities toinclude them [1]. Nevertheless, capstone programs vary widely from school to school and asingle definition that applies to all programs does not exist. According to Fairchild and Taylor[2] , capstone projects are “culminating experiences in which students synthesize the skills theyhave acquired, integrate cross-disciplinary knowledge, and connect theory and application in Page 24.1344.2preparation for entry into a career.” Durel [3] offers another perspective stating
independentlearning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Holistic Mentoring Through Sharing an Entire Course Built on the ExCEEd ModelAbstractFaculty mentoring is a process/activity that can occur early, mid-career, or even whenadministrators are returning to a teaching role. Mentoring can take on numerous forms to includeclassroom observation, discussions on content within a course, philosophical discussion overwhat content to include and how it can be best delivered, formal/informal review of coursecontent, review of individual lesson notes, sharing a syllabus and text, and the sharing of lessonnotes, homework, exams, design problems, and study guides or any portion of
from Lehigh University. Dr. Lenox served for over 28 years as a commis- sioned officer in the U.S Army Field Artillery in a variety of leadership positions in the U.S., Europe, and East Asia. He retired at the rank of Colonel. During his military career, Dr. Lenox spent 15 years on the engineering faculty of USMA including five years as the Director of the Civil Engineering Division. Upon his retirement from the U.S. Army in 1998, he joined the staff of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In his position as educational staff leader of ASCE, he managed several new educational initia- tives – collectively labeled as Project ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education). As ASCE’s Executive Vice
Paper ID #25697Curricular Changes Needed to Conform to the CEBOK3 – Three Case Stud-iesDr. Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama Kenneth J. Fridley is the Senior Associate Dean for the College of Engineering at The University of Alabama. Prior to his current appointment, Fridley served as Professor and Head of the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama. Dr. Fridley has been recognized as a dedicated educator throughout his career and has received several awards for his teaching efforts, including the ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) Leadership
., Europe, and East Asia. He retired at the rank of Colonel. During his military career, Dr. Lenox spent 15 years on the engineering faculty of USMA – including five years as the Director of the Civil Engineering Di- vision. Upon his retirement from the U.S. Army in 1998, he joined the staff of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In his position as educational staff leader of ASCE, he managed several new educational initiatives – collectively labeled as Project ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education). As ASCE’s Executive Vice President, Dr. Lenox led several educational and professional career-development projects for the civil engineering profession – with the overall objective of properly
public policy, assessing stakeholder needs and desires, resource analysis, and collective impact engagement. Currently, he is working closely with several local and national organizations to research and rally opposition against the transfer of federal public lands to state governance.Dr. Steven J. Burian P.E., University of Utah Dr. Steven J. Burian is an associate professor in the Urban Water Group in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Utah. Dr. Burian’s career spans more than a decade during which he has worked in design engineering, as a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, as a profes- sor at the University of Arkansas and the University of Utah, and as a director of