Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering 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
an Emeritus Professor of civil engineering at the University of North Dakota. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois with an emphasis in geothecnical engineering. During a 39-year career as an educator, he served on the faculties of the University of North Dakota, Ohio Northern University, and the University of Illinois. Phillips has been an active member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, serving as National President in 1994-95. He currently serves NSPE on the Board of Ethical Review, as a member of the Licensure and Qualifications for Practice Committee, and as Chair of the Council of Fellows Executive Committee. He served a five-year term, including Chair, of the North Dakota Board
from the National Science Foundation. She has been a program director for the Herff College of Engineering’s targeted outreach program, Girls Experiencing Engineering, since its inception in 2004, and also serves as a Program Director for the Transportation Engineering Careers (TREC) program for high school students. Ivey is the Faculty Advisor for the student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers at the university, is part of the ITE Transportation Education Council, and serves as the Past President for the West Tennessee Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers.Dr. Rachel Margaret Best, University of Memphis Rachel M. Best holds a B.Sc. (1994) in social psychology and sociology from the
principles of sustainable development in the performance of their professional duties”[3]. Using both the UN SDGs and Envision is a realistic way to bridge the gap between theundergraduate design experience and the professional expectations students will be obligated toconsider in their future careers [4].Rubrics are frequently used in academia for assessing student performance and evaluatingprogram outcomes. Rubrics are advantageous because, in addition to allowing for assessingstudent work, they can be used to directly assess student performance while meeting the criteriaestablished by both ABET and ASCE. When focusing on sustainability, the literature is rich withexamples of rubrics that focus on environmental, social and economic goals for
, challenge institutional violence, and minimize hostile environments forminority students [7]. Diversity & Inclusion Fellows (DIFs) engage in readings and workshopsthat help them to interrogate their own pedagogical philosophies related to inclusive pedagogyand develop and refine strategies and interventions for creating more inclusive classrooms.Faculty participants then implement these practices in one of their courses in the followingsemester. Meetings take place once or twice a month, and led by two experienced DIF facultymembers who serve as Lead Fellows.Eight DIFs were selected for the 2020 – 2021 academic year, including a librarian and seveninstructors at varying stages of their professorial careers. The DIFs included representativesfrom
Intercultural Sensitivity. Although this instrument is not designed forself-evaluation this method allowed to students to better understand the ethnocentric toethnorelative spectrum as they set their own personal growth goals. The “professionaldebriefing” module had students construct one-minute elevator speeches for a professional i.e.,interview, experience as well as an informal bullet point list that addressed the question “Whatdid you do and what did you learn?”. This module allowed for a deeper conversation on the rolethat intercultural competence will play in their engineering career, as well as goals thatemployers are setting for engineering applicants, employees and managers.These modules were prepared to facilitate student discussion and were
U.S. students to foreign cultures, improve their communication skills, boost their confidence, and provide them with the tools necessary to adapt to and succeed in a global environment; 5) Promote diversity by engaging students from underrepresented groups to pursue careers in science, technology, and engineering. 2Program Development and PlanningThis section provides an overview of the process used to develop our international researchexperience.1. Program Management TeamAssembling a management team early in the process was essential for the success of theprogram. International programs for students require formal agreements with international hostinstitutions
, California State University, Chico Chris Souder graduated with an undergraduate degree in Construction Management in 1988 before going to work for Kiewit Pacific Co. in Northern California. Chris had a successful sixteen year career with Kiewit and was involved with many projects in the heavy civil arena. Chris held positions from field engineer to Project Manager to Lead Estimator. Some of the projects Chris was involved with were the Woodland WWTP expansion in Woodland, CA, Highway 85 Bridge construction for Cal Trans in San Jose, CA, WWTP Expansion and new facilities for the City of Roseville at their Booth Rd. and Pleasant Grove Plants, Highway 101 Retrofit work for Cal Trans in San Francisco, CA, new Highway 880 con
Martin, The Citadel Ally Kindel Martin is the Director of Student Success in the School of Engineering. In her position, she has worked with the Supplemental Instruction program, launched STEM Freshmen Outreach initiatives, created an Engineering Mentor Connection program, and revitalized the Engineering Career & Network- ing Expo. She holds a M.Ed. in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of South Carolina. Previously she worked as a Student Success Adviser and focused on early intervention ini- tiatives. She has taught courses including First Year Seminar, Keys to Student Success and University 101.Dr. Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel Ron Welch (P.E.) received his B.S. degree in Engineering
to face during their careers. Such issues include the conflict between engineers’ duty tothe public, their employer, and themselves. Approximately, 10 to 20 civil engineering studentsenroll in this course each semester. Prior to the fall of 2005, the class was taught in alecture/seminar format and met nearly every week for one hour at a time. As such, the courseincluded instructor lectures, occasional guest speakers, an ethical video (Gilbane Gold), andintermittent student discussion sessions. The course has always been used to address several ofthe “soft” outcomes associated with ABET EC2000, but the modified course expanded thecoverage of the outcomes such that learning is deepened and impact was broadened. While thiscourse is not the sole
as a technical course that requires a labcomponent. The underlying thought being that engineering students will have numerouslaboratory experiences within their engineering academic career and being able to get acourse on the history of modern engineering which counts toward a core requirementearly in their career will provide them an unique insight into engineering. Additionally,the creative hands-on laboratory experiences and associated data collection willencourage some of the non-engineering students to consider switching to engineering!The presentation of engineering in the modern world within ENGR 1200 at UT Tyler alsoincludes laboratory experiences for the freshmen engineering students. These laboratoryexperiences come from the Summer
with more general and conceptual ideas.We also sought opinion from the industry advisory boards (IABs) on what new skills wouldbenefit the civil engineering graduates the most in their career. Their common answer was thatwhile CE graduates are good in numerical solution of traditional engineering problems, theyoften lack creativity in defining new problems and in offering innovative solutions. In the IABs’opinion, two areas of particular importance in near future will be (a) design and construction ofgreen buildings, especially as outlined by LEED, and (b) development and rehabilitation ofrobust civil infrastructure7. In addition, CE graduates need to improve their communication andwriting skills and should be able to work in interdisciplinary
,integration or application as defined by Boyer4, but the important attribute is that scholars arelife-long learners who are continually gaining and applying new knowledge. Because studentlearning is directly tied to effective teaching, the ability and willingness to be an outstandingclassroom teacher remains important. Effective teaching is defined in terms of Lowman’s two-dimensional model of intellectual excitement and interpersonal rapport5 and the ExCEEdTeaching Model6. Because civil engineering education for many students is preparation forprofessional licensure and a career in civil engineering practice, those who teach it should havepractical experience as an employed engineer in a consulting firm, industry or a governmentagency. How can one
solution iteration earlier in their undergraduate career, advancing their capacityto make independent decisions. Integrating courses into a single project illustrates the necessity ofunderstanding and combining a wide variety of concepts to effectively arrive at comprehensivesolutions. Thus, it is expected that efforts to increase the education potential of students in theirsecond year will significantly improve their performance in designing and delivering theircapstone project in their final year of study.The IDP used to integrate these courses was a stir stick bridge design and construction groupproject. The IDP involved students in designing, analyzing and constructing a bridge made ofwood or plastic stir sticks, subject to requirements, which
range of learning styles, making the method moreaccessible to a wider range of students. Additionally, experiential learning and place-basededucation can give students an insight to this “real world” by providing the activeexperimentation that is essential for engineering careers. Furthermore, experiential learningmethods can be used to meet an ability to “acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, usingappropriate learning strategies” by offering a foundation for learning as a life-long process.Service learning is a subset of experiential learning and integrates a community servicecomponent. Service learning in the context of this case study relies upon a university’scommitment to a non-profit entity which is supported by the university
graduates from the 22 years that the instructorhas taught the class, and obtained 184 responses (21 % response rate of all enrolled students),with yearly percent of total enrollments responding and cumulative responses plotted in Figure 3.Of the respondents, 42.4 percent (78 respondents) indicated that they have designed steelstructures in their career. Student’s self-perception of preparedness in structural steel design forthe workforce and graduate school are shown in Tables 1 and 2, respectively. Average ratings(on a 1 to 4 scale, with 4 being better prepared than peers) were 3.3 for both questions, indicatingstudent self-perception as being overall better prepared than their peers from other institutions.Results were similar whether the alumni
ethically, intellectually, andprofessionally prepared to serve their country and humanity. It offers Bachelor of Sciencedegrees in nine majors including civil engineering and all cadets must graduate in four years.Approximately 12% of the Class of 2020 are Civil Engineers (typically 10 – 15% for any givenyear). The civil engineering curriculum is broad and provides a solid background in thestructures, environmental, geotechnical, and construction sub-fields of civil engineering.Graduates pursue a number of different career paths and many of them serve in the United StatesCoast Guard (USCG) as practicing civil engineers, pursue professional licensure, and attendgraduate programs in civil engineering. Emphasis is placed on balancing theory and
School Head in the School of Civil and Environmen- tal Engineering at Oregon State University. His research interests include conceptual change and situated cognition. He received the NSF CAREER award in 2010 and is working on a study to characterize prac- ticing engineers’ understandings of core engineering concepts. He is a Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of Engineering Education.Mr. Matthew Stephen Barner, Oregon State University Ph.D. student at Oregon State University working under Dr. Shane Brown. Research interests include: engineering education, diffusions of innovation, concerns-based adoption model, conceptual change theory, workplace learning and earthquake engineering.Dr. David S. Hurwitz, Oregon
Anchorage in Arctic Engineering in 1998 and Missouri University Science & Technology in Civil Engineering in 1999, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University in 2004. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Michigan.Dr. 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
Paper ID #25012Civil Engineering Program Criteria: A Snapshot of How Programs Meet theCriteriaDr. Scott R. Hamilton, York College of Pennsylvania Scott Hamilton is the Coordinator for the new Civil Engineering Program at York College of Pennsylvania. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has both a MS and PhD in civil engineering and a Masters in engineering management from Stanford University and a BS from the United States Military Academy, West Point. He is a retired US Army Corps of Engineers officer who has had assignments in the US, Germany, Korea, and Afghanistan. During his military career he spent over
Paper ID #16217Developing Global Learning Outcomes in a Civil Engineering ProgramDr. Steven J. Burian, University of Utah Dr. Steve Burian is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Utah. Dr. Burian’s career spans two decades during which he has worked in design engineering, as a sci- entist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, as a professor at the University of Arkansas and the University of Utah, and as a co-founder of Harit Solutions, an engineering design and sustainability consulting firm in India. He has research and teaching expertise related to the engineering of
and perception of value of the interventionjust experienced, as well as a measure of the types of pedagogy they perceived were used, whichwas intended to be matched against the instructor’s description of the actual pedagogicaltechniques. A listing of the types of survey questions used in this pilot is included in theAppendix.3. Course InformationThe course in question is a required senior level civil engineering course (ECE4051 Ethics andProfessional Issues) that addresses a wide-range of issues that engineers are likely to face duringtheir careers. Approximately 10 to 20 civil engineering students enroll in this course eachsemester. The course is used to address several of the “professional” outcomes associated withABET and the American
of 1-10, how creative you are, what would you say and why? Do you think this influenced how you solved this problem? 6. Have you had an engineering internship thus far in your undergraduate career? If Yes: Did you encounter and/or work on solving complex and open-ended problems (i.e. ill-structured), similar to the one you just worked on? If yes, please explain. Did this impact how you went about solving this problem? 7. Have you been asked to solve complex and open-ended problems (e.g. design problems) in your classes? If yes, please explain. Do you think this impacted how you went about solving this problem? The codes were developed by five members of the research team iteratively throughout asemester. Each transcript was coded by
construction safety, and in particular Prevention through Design. Upon graduation, he worked for four years as an Assistant Professor at UNC-Charlotte. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA, USA).Dr. Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University Dr. Elif Miskio˘glu is an early-career engineering education scholar and educator. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (with Genetics minor) from Iowa State University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University. Her early Ph.D. work focused on the development of bacterial biosensors capable of screening pesticides for specifically targeting the malaria vector
, continuing education, professional practice experience, active involvement in professional societies, community service, coaching, mentoring, and other learning and growth activities. Personal and professional development can include developing understanding of and competence in goal setting, personal time management, communication, delegation, personality types, networking, leadership, the socio-political process, and effecting change. In addition to the preceding, professional development can include career management, increasing discipline knowledge, understanding business fundamentals, contributing to the profession, self-employment, additional graduate studies, and achieving licensure and specialty certification.10. A
and requirements of especially the Masters-Level programsshould be examined, along with the needs and expectations of structural engineering practice,with input from both academics and the profession. The reported study was designed to obtainsignificant critical information on the expected preparation of the young engineer in structuralengineering practice using a survey based modified Delphi method. This paper discusses a methodology for determining the expectations of the structuralengineering profession for the preparation of the young engineer achieved through graduate workand early-career experience, along with the results of this study. For structural engineering thequestion of expected competencies may be examined for at least
, citizenship through leadership, including a solid theoretical and management, decision-making and practical foundation problem solving abilities Sustainable Success: Graduates who have sustainable career success and participate in leadership roles through lifelong learning, effective communication, multidisciplinary teams, and broad-based perspective of engineering and societal needs 22 DEPARTMENT PROGRAM OUTCOMES: Aligned with curriculum and extracurricular activities (10 program outcomes connected to leadership
joining the LSU faculty in 1988. As associate dean, he has acquired funding from NSF to support the development of several initiatives aimed at improving student retention and graduation rates as well as supporting faculty with development with effective learning and teaching pedagogies.Prof. Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State UniversityMr. Warren R Hull Sr. P.E., Louisiana State University Warren R. Hull, Sr. is the Engineering Communication Studio Manager at Louisiana State University. He earned a B.S. from Louisiana State University and an M.S. from Harvard University. He is a licensed professional engineer whose engineering career spans over 40 years. Prior to joining LSU, Hull was a senior partner with an
engineering curriculum, a foundationwill be formed upon which a system for improved communication skill in engineering can bebuilt.Initial InvestigationsThere has been for a long time a concerted effort by a number of practitioners across the countryto develop programs that will help students understand the need to communicate in a manner thatwill benefit careers outside of the English world. The Writing Across the Curriculum movementhas done much to support the need to make faculty and students more conscious of theimportance of communication in life and in the workplace. The Northwest Inland Writing Projectat the University of Idaho, the National Writing Project, and the Red Mountain Writing ProjectScholarly Writing Retreat for University Faculty
leader of character who can understand, implement, and manage technology;and to inspire cadets to a career in the United States Army and a lifetime of personal growthand service.The Department mission statement includes educating and inspiring, which align along a set ofcommonly accepted educational taxonomies; that is, Bloom’s Taxonomy, which is based on theseminal work of the 1950’s educational committee chaired by Benjamin Bloom. The committeeestablished a set of taxonomies in three domains of learning: cognitive, affective andpsychomotor. The cognitive domain taxonomy is widely accepted in many fields and has beenidentified as, “arguably one of the most influential education monographs of the past halfcentury.”3 The taxonomies are a language