Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogy and Assessment in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Berndt Spittka P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Erik R. Wright PE, U.S. Military Academy; Steven D Hart, U.S. Military Academy; Evan Hansen

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Civil Engineering

Engineer Officer Basic Course, Maneuver Captain’s Ca- reer Course and the Joint Engineer Operations Course. Erik has served three one-year tours in Baghdad, Iraq with the most recent tour ending in June 2010. During that tour, Erik was an Infrastructure Analyst with various infrastructure related duties such as data collection and management, condition analyses of infrastructure systems, and functional subject matter expert for validating national critical infrastructure assets. Past assignments include: Forward Engineer Support Team – Main Detachment Commander; Pla- toon Leader; Infrastructure Analyst at Corps Level; Civil Engineer, Plans Officer and Logistics Officer at Battalion Level. Erik’s Current research focuses

Conference Session

Going Viral: Effective Instructional Techniques in an Online Environment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

construction was superior to that used today, and some roads, bridges, and buildings two millennia old are still in use. Their mastery of concrete using natural volcanic cement made it possible to build strong bridge piers and harbor jetties under water16. One key source is the Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius17 which provides an overview of city planning and construction practices in the early Roman Empire.  Engineering in the new world (Maya, Inca, etc.) – recent discoveries relating to Mayan water supply systems show some of the extent of engineering development in the Americas. The extensive road networks of the Incas were roughly comparable to those of the Romans. In many

Conference Session

Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part II) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

aligned with anexplicit vision for the relevant organization and its stakeholders.Expect and Deal With Set BacksEngineers know how to plan—how to identify and link the steps needed to achieve an objective.Consistent with that tradition, Raise the Bar leaders developed a plan, part of which is shown inthe following figure, to develop the BOK and use it to achieve the ultimate objective which is toimplement ASCE Policy Statement 465 in 55 licensing jurisdictions. Page 25.1328.5 Example curricula Accreditation

Conference Session

Topics Related to Civil Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Nelson, Brigham Young University; Erick Hollenbaugh; M. Brett Borup, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

sponsor’s interest and is more capable ofproviding the continuous support necessary for the undergraduate design teams to stay on task.This mentor meets with the team weekly, helps plan tasks and time management, and ensurestechnical accuracy and sponsor satisfaction. A faculty member is also assigned to each team andis available for periodic consultation and encouragement to insure that best practices areimplemented and a quality final solution can be delivered to the sponsor. Deliverables include anoral presentation, usually given at the sponsor’s place of work, a final report with drawings andspecifications, and a poster describing the design.BackgroundCapstone ObjectivesCapstone courses have become a widespread culminating experience in

Conference Session

Preparation of Professional Engineers Outside of the USA. What are the Education, Experience, and Exam Requirements?

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Lynn G Brown, The Boeing Company; Patricia Fox, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering; Daniel R. Sayre, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

understanding of engineering, science, and mathematics fundamentals2. Demonstrates an understanding of political, social, and economic perspectives3. Demonstrates an understanding of information technology, digital competency, and information literacy4. Demonstrates an understanding of stages/phases of product lifecycle (design, prototyping, testing, production, distribution channels, supplier management, etc.)5. Demonstrates an understanding of project planning, management, and the impacts of projects on various stakeholder groups (project team members, project sponsor, project client, end- users, etc.)6. Demonstrates an understanding of the ethical and business norms and applies norms effectively in a given context (organization

Conference Session

Reassessing Your Teaching Through Turmoil

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Vikash V. Gayah, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

expertise? and, 2) how did thistransition affect student performance in the course?Data collection and methodsStudy Context: The study took place at the Pennsylvania State University. The proposedresearch question was studied in senior-level undergraduate elective course (CE 423: TrafficOperations) taken by students that wish to learn more about the engineering skills and techniquesrequired to practice traffic engineering. Content includes implementation and design of trafficcontrol devices, design of signal phase and timing plans, and analysis of signalized intersectionoperations. The course is offered in one section every fall (approx. 30 students) and was split intotwo components: lectures and a lab. The lecture sessions covered material from

Conference Session

Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrating Interactive Teaching Activities

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joel Lanning P.E., University of California, Irvine; Julia Badrya, University of California, Irvine

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

summarized in Table 1 and are organized according to phases ofthe ongoing project to develop the applets. Essentially, phase 1 has been completed and areavailable for use by instructors. Phase 2 will be completed during 2021 and available near the endof the calendar year.As structural steel design often comes in the beginning of students’ experience in structural design.Typically, there is a bit of a learning curve surrounding how design problems are approached. So,some initial applets are aimed at orienting the students’ view around building plans and flow offorces. Then, the typical flow of topics is tension members, connections, compression members,beams, and combined axial and bending. In addition, the later applets will cover some

Conference Session

Inquiry, Inclusivity, and Integration

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ilgin Guler, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

of California, Berkeley in Civil and Environmental Engineering. After completing her Ph.D., she served as a post-doctoral scholar in the Institute of Transport Systems and Planning at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Dr. Guler has over 7 years of research, teaching and industry experience on traffic operations. Dr. Guler has been the primary author to multiple research proposals funded by institutions such as the Pennsylvania DOT, South Dakota DOT, Swiss National Science Foundation and Swiss Association of Road Transportation Experts. She is currently serving as the Penn State PI on NCHRP 17-84: Pedestrian and Bicycle safety performance functions for the Highway Safety Manual. Dr. Guler’s research has resulted in 25 peer

Conference Session

Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrating Interactive Teaching Activities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anthony Battistini, Angelo State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering

childhood school cafeteria habit. Uponfinishing a juice box or pouch, kids would bite the plastic straw and pull on it to stretch it out. Infact, the author would do this very quickly and then feel the heat dissipated while it yields bytouching the stretched-out portion. Of course, the author had no idea about yielding at the time,but when trying to develop a demonstration for this concept, the author realized this habitrepresents a simple, but effective model to which many students can relate.For a demonstration in the classroom though, these plastic straws are a little small to observeand/or require some pre-planning to purchase so every student can have her/his own sample. Asan alternative, the author used the fact that yielding in plastic can

Conference Session

Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Ramseyer, University of Oklahoma

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Civil Engineering

. There was a strong need to avoidwasted time at the beginning of the summer. Any delay at the beginning of the summer couldtranslate into a perception on the research assistants' part that either time was not critical or that afailure to complete the work by summer's end could be blamed on a lack of preparation by theprinciple investigator. Neither of these outcomes was considered appropriate. Materials wereready to complete improvements to the laboratory work area to increase efficiency, and allmaterials and testing equipment required for the first eight weeks were available on the first dayof Camp Concrete.To further instill a sense of mission and urgency,each day of the first week was pre-planned withgroup meetings and work. The meeting

Conference Session

Innovation in the Civil Engineering Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane Bondehagen, Florida Gulf Coast University; Simeon Komisar, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

14.197.4 3  Project 2 DescriptionThis project gives students the opportunity to develop the ability to understand the designconstraints and tradeoffs encountered in real-world design as well as use hydrologic software.Using the software (Haestad Methods software: Flowmaster, WaterGEMS) gives students a realappreciation of the limitations and need to critically analyze results. For this project, studentsagain work in teams and review plans for a water distribution system. They are providedjunction flows and demand patterns for water use, control strategies, tank, pump and pipespecifications. Their deliverables includes a report analyzing flows and pressures and suggestingoptimizing changes

Conference Session

Professional Issues in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

E James Nelson, Brigham Young University; Gus Williams, Brigham Young University; Paul Richards, Brigham Young University; Grant Schultz, Brigham Young University; Travis Wight, Brigham Young University; Jeff Armstrong, Armstrong Forensic

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Armstrong, Armstrong Forensic Jeff Armstrong is President and Founder of Armstrong Forensic Engineers, Inc. A third generation engineer, he has more than seventeen years experience in forensic engineering. He is a Civil Engineer with a Bachelor’s Degree from Brigham Young University, and a Master’s Degree from Arizona State University. His projects have included traffic accident investigation and reconstruction, eminent domain, transportation planning, personal injury events, civil engineering site design, and forensic engineering analysis of premises liability, merchandise securement, stairway design, building code compliance, and walking hazard analysis. Jeff is a Registered

Conference Session

Writers, Experts, and the Workforce in Civil Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Mary Katherine Zanin, The Citadel; Dena Garner, The Citadel; Deirdre D Ragan, The Citadel; Jeffery M. Plumblee II, The Citadel; Daniel B. Bornstein, The Citadel; John H. Lewis Jr, The Citadel

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Plan from 2009-2014, and Chair of the American Public Health Association’s Physical Activity Section from 2015-2016. Dr. Bornstein currently serves on several national committees including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Committee on Physical Activity Communications, the American Heart Association’s Expert Advisory Group on Physical Education and Physical Activity Policy in Schools, and he’s currently Chair of the National Physical Activity Plan’s Communications Committee. Locally, Dr. Bornstein is a member of the Mayor’s Health and Wellness Committee for the City of Charleston, and he is Chair of The Citadel’s Fitness Pillar.Mr. John H. Lewis Jr, The Citadel John Lewis has worked at the OECD

Conference Session

Fostering Transformational Change in Civil Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Euan Lindsay, Charles Sturt University; James R. Morgan, Charles Sturt University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

for the full 5½ years. Many of the subjects running over multiplesemesters; the longest running subject lasts for three years.The curriculum is structured with three Pillars: a challenge / workplace / thesis strand; amastery of topics from the Topic Tree strand; and a Performance Planning & Review strand.The look and feel of each strand will be similar from year to year; however, the level ofknowledge and skill demonstrated by the students in their portfolio is expected to increase eachterm – achieving Engineers Australia stage one competencies for the Technologist by the endof their second placement, and reaching beyond stage one competencies for a ProfessionalEngineer by the end of the degree.The challenge / portfolio strand is built

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John E. Shamma; Rupa Purasinghe, California State University, Los Angeles

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #12294Introduction to Sub-Branches of Civil Engineering Fields through a CreativeFreshmen Civil Engineering Design CourseMr. John E. Shamma John E. Shamma is the Facility Planning Team Manager for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California overseeing Metropolitan’s infrastructure reliability and vulnerability investigations. He was the Project Engineer for the Inland Feeder Water Conveyance System’s Arrowhead Tunnels project from 1993 – 2005. He was responsible for the design and construction of two 12 foot diameter tunnel seg- ments totaling approximately 11 miles in the San Bernardino Mountains

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goli Nossoni, Manhattan College; Nicole Leo Braxtan, Manhattan College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

they have theopportunity to work on the project for more than half of the semester. The project is complex,challenging and fairly long. To reduce the length of the project, each group is only responsiblefor calculating the energy demand and interior design of one floor of the building. At the end ofthe project each group is required to submit a final report that includes the following: abstract,introduction, literature review, project design, conclusion, references, and appendix (thatincludes software-based drawings such as the floor plan, parking lot plan, elevation plan for thebuilding facade and location of the windows, solar panels on the roof, etc.).The project described above was used from the 2011 to the 2013 academic years in both

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Valenzuela P.E., University of Evansville; Valerie A. Stein, University of Evansville

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

readings from Engineering: Its Role and Function in Human Society (Davenport and Rosenthal, editors, 1967).7 Page 26.1153.6 The Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025 (ASCE 2006)8Uncertainty, Risk, Climate Change, and the Future (Sorting Fact, Fear, and Fiction) The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Cannot Solve Our Global Problems (Petroski 2010)9 The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future (Oreskes and Conway 2014)10Energy: Public Reactions and Engineering Alternatives (Or, is there really a “War onCoal”?) The Essential Engineer (Petroski 2010)Infrastructure: Planning for the Future (Or

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

organization’s “Policy on Licensure and Licensure-Related Certification”—is to “encourages graduates…to strive for professional recognition byenhancing their individual credentials through licensure and certification programs..”15 ABET’s“Licensure, Registration, and Certification” web page identifies ABET’s role as “contributingsignificantly to the education of students who later seek official recognition of theirqualifications to serve the public.”16 The ABET vison and mission statements do not mentionlicensure or imply any support for licensure.17 The word “licensure” does not appear in theABET Constitution or in the current ABET Strategic Plan.18 The authors can find no statementin any official ABET document indicating that its criteria or policies

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Chong, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

urban density andsustainability.Politics:Finally, we tried to use local, municipal political issues (in a non-partisan way) to demonstratethe significance of their chosen discipline to their daily lives. In 2014, we were fortunate enoughto have a highly contested, well covered mayoral race in which transportation and urbanplanning issues were extremely prominent. Each candidate’s platform focused on theirtransportation plan, and debates often circulated around issues of transit planning, funding, andand urban versus suburban divide. Strategies for using the mayoral race included: (A) showingclips from mayoral debates, especially the heated moments around their policies ontransportation, or recent television interviews, (B) recent newspaper

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig N Musselman P.E., A & E Consulting; Sanjeev Kumar, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale; Norma J. Mattei P.E., University of New Orleans; L.Robert Smith, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #14392Licensure Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession- and ASCECraig N Musselman P.E., A & E Consulting Craig N. Musselman, P.E. is a practicing civil and environmental engineer and is the Founder and Pres- ident of CMA Engineers, a consulting engineering firm with offices in New Hampshire and Maine. He holds B.S.C.E. and M.S.C.E. degrees from the University of Massachusetts and has more than 40 years experience in the planning, design and construction administration of public works facilities. Musselman is a former member of the New Hampshire Board of Licensure for Professional

Conference Session

Creating a Positive Environment for Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Thomas D. Rockaway, University of Louisville; Gerold Willing, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

-college collaboration aimed at reducing attritionamong STEM majors. Faculty from the College of Arts & Sciences, the J.B. Speed School ofEngineering, and the College of Education and Human Development, work together in tacklingidentified hurdles that contribute to poor retention and thus lower graduation rates in ourrespective undergraduate STEM programs.The University of Louisville’s 2020 Strategic Plan, a business and growth blueprint for thecurrent decade, states that we will “Implement STEM initiatives leading to more graduates withscience, technology and mathematics majors; more students majoring in engineering; and anincreased cohort of science teachers for K-12.”. The 2020 Strategic Plan sets year-by-yeartargets using 2008 graduation

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Burian, University of Utah; Pedro Romero, University of Utah; Steven Bartlett, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

attributes of a leader periodically by the instructor orteaching assistant and is then assigned full responsibility for the laboratory including directingpreparations for the experiment (Fig. 1), designating experiment duties, and guiding the reportthrough completion. The team leader rates the team members and the team members rate theteam leader in specified categories. The team leader is also graded by the instructor based on theinformation contained in the memo or summary grade sheet (reflecting organization, efficientuse of resources, leading by example) and quality of the laboratory report. Introspective teamdiscussions are encouraged to self-analyze team dynamics and develop plan to improve.In Hydraulics, the report format, team dynamics, and

Conference Session

The Senior Experience: Capstone and Beyond

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Large Seagrave

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Page 11.334.3involved a footbridge over Wasatch Blvd. joining student housing with the university campus, arail trolley line connecting the Sugarhouse shopping district to the TRAX light rail line, a bikelane up Big Cottonwood Canyon just southeast of Salt Lake City, and a portion of the Utah StateCapitol Master Plan including a subterranean traffic tunnel.For each of these studies, key contacts at the Department Of Transportation, Utah TransitAuthority and various local developers and civil engineering firms formed a consultation teamwho represented the course "client" and/or made certain resources available to the students. Thecontacts are chosen and contacted before each semester by the professors in charge of the course,who are scheduled

Conference Session

Preparation of Professional Engineers Outside of the USA. What are the Education, Experience, and Exam Requirements?

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael K. J. Milligan P.E., ABET; Daniela Iacona, ABET; Joseph L Sussman, ABET

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

has been employed at ABET for eight years in a number of capacities. Currently, she oversees ABET’s engagement in its various mutual recognition agreements, memoranda of under- standing, and its relationships with organizations outside the U.S. She also manages the implementation of ABET’s global operations plan. Ms. Iacona earned her baccalaureate in International Relations from Old Dominion University.Dr. Joseph L Sussman, ABET Dr. Joseph L. Sussman is managing director for Accreditation and Chief Information Officer for ABET (formerly The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology), the recognized accreditor for col- lege and university technical education programs in applied science, computing

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University; David J. Elton, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

highly prescribed timeline of project deliverables to keep thegroup interactions active and on schedule. The required deliverables ranged from quiteminor (e.g., documentation of confirmed planned meeting time for the group) to moresignificant (e.g., submission of draft report from one university to the other). A lessdetailed timeline was used for the first exercise in Fall 2011. The second interaction thatsame term reverted back to the highly prescribed timeline for collaboration, whichproduced more timely results.Team communications were monitored closely for evaluation of the project activities. Apublicly announced dedicated email account was established that was required to becopied for all email correspondence of the teams. This method

Conference Session

The Designer of 2020: Innovations in Teaching Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

order the projects. Thefaculty then make team assignments based on student preference. The teams create three writtenreports and make three oral presentations to communicate their design (Table 1). Table 1. Primary deliverables from capstone design teams at RHIT Deliverable Week Due Key Content Proposal 4 Description of problem, client's goals, Proposal Presentation 6 and team's plan to achieve those goals. Progress Report 13 Progress to date: typically preliminary Progress Presentation 15 feasibility study, geotechnical investigation, description of options for

Conference Session

The New ABET CE Criteria - Program Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Devine, CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Page 15.1133.4students is planned for a future paper. The postcard sized graphics ranged from simplestatements with data to creative representations of the infrastructure grade. Image 1 is exampleof a postcard graphic and two additional examples are provided at the end of this paper.Image 1Example Postcard GraphicThe results of the student efforts were shared with the Indiana Section, American Society ofCivil Engineers (ASCE) for consideration and use in development of the infrastructure report onIndiana’s infrastructure if the students granted permission to the instructor to share thisinformation.AssessmentThree types of assessment were conducted for this assignment. The primary assessment was asurvey form completed by students. Additional

Conference Session

Involving Undergraduates in Research

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tarek Abdoun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Usama El Shamy P.E., Southern Methodist University; Anthony Tessari; Victoria Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; John E Lawler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

were providedthe opportunity to interact with and obtain data from the instrumentation. Students at the remoteuniversity were instructed to communicate with the host school students in order to obtaininformation vital to conceptual understanding of the assignments. The first portion of the projectwas assigned to the students before running the experiment. This was divided into three subtaskswhich asked the students to design the instrumentation plan for a shallow footing in order toobtain the stress distribution in the soil medium, calculate the maximum vertical load of a squarefooting over a known soil, and finally to scale the previous results for a test that would beperformed at 25g (Figure 2). The students were given limit values for the

Conference Session

Supporting Successful Progression From First-year Studies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Erica J. Marti, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Eakalak Khan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Amit Gajurel, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Neil Christian Ledesma Tugadi

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

limits the qualified engineers entering the workforce and affectsthe budget planning of the universities [1]. So, universities have adopted various measures toincrease the student retention rates in the undergraduate engineering programs. One of the mostsustainable educational reforms to tackle this challenge is the implementation of learningcommunities. Functionally, learning communities are the structures where students with commonlearning agendas, goals and aspirations connect to share their ideas and learn from each other.Active learning, cooperation and social activities outside of a classroom setting are some of thesignificant features of learning communities.Various studies demonstrate the importance of learning communities in improving

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Okere, Washington State University; Chris Souder M.S., California State University, Chico

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

- struction of Bridge Structures for Cal Trans in Oakland, CA following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, Water storage facilities for the City of Sacramento, new Bridge and 2 miles of road construction includ- ing a pump station in Oroville, CA, an expansion of the Sacramento River WTP facility for the City of Sacramento and various estimating assignments for both heavy highway and water treatment facilities throughout Northern California. These projects as a whole had total revenues in excess of $420 million. After leaving Kiewit, Chris pursued an Interdisciplinary Masters Degree in Construction Planning at Cali- fornia State University, Chico while teaching full time in their Construction Management program. Today, Chris