and technology teacher, as well as several years of electrical and mechanical engineering design experience as a practicing engineer. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Swarthmore College, his Master’s of Education degree from the University of Massachusetts, and a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Doctorate in Engineering Education from Purdue University.Prof. Bhaskar C. S. Chittoori, Boise State University Dr. Bhaskar Chittoori received his bachelor’s degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, India in 2002 and master’s degree from National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India in 2004. He received his Ph.D. degree in 2008 from the
University; at Texas A&M since 2006. Prior employment experience includes: Oceanographer for US Naval Research Laboratory (1995-2006), Post- Doctoral Fellow at US Naval Research Laboratory (1994-1995), Hydraulic Engineer at US Waterways Experiment Station, US Army Corps of Engineers (1987-1989). Ph.D. from University of Delaware (1994), M.S. from University of California, Berkeley (1987), B.S. from California State Polytechnic University (1986), all in Civil Engineering. Research interests include theory and modeling of ocean wave dynamics, beach erosion, coastal engineering, nearshore circulation, and ocean wave generation by wind.Miss Veronica S. Rodriguez Chavarria Veronica S. Rodriguez Chavarria is a graduate
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
military career he spent over 10 years on the faculty at the US Military Academy at West Point teaching civil engineering. He has also served as the Director, Graduate Professional Development at Northeastern University’s College of Engineering.Dr. David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University Dr. David Hurwitz is an Associate Professor of Transportation Engineering, Director of the OSU Driv- ing and Bicycling Simulator Laboratory, and Associate Director of the Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University. Dr. Hurwitz conducts research in transportation engineering, in the areas of transportation safety, human factors, traffic control devices, and
distribution of years at the institution in required upper-level courses. Many students at thisinstitution engaged in cooperative education, and this participation helps account for the studentswho had beyond four years of enrollment. A total of 129 students indicated that they were male(56.7%), 45 students indicated that they were female (19.7%), three students indicated that theywere a non-binary gender (1.3%), and the rest preferred not to answer. Students were also askedto report their self-identified race and/or ethnicity. A total of 141 students indicated they werewhite (49.0%), two students indicated that they were Black or African-American (0.9%), 15students indicated that they were Asian (6.6%), one student indicated that s/he was
required undergraduate transportation engineering course(s) address a minimum set of core competencies (“learning domain”). • There should be a common set of knowledge tables that map the learning domains which could be used by instructors across universities as the basis of the required course(s). • There is a need for effective strategies that provide contextual active learning environments for students in these courses. • There is a need to develop collaborative tools for sharing transportation engineering curricular materials across instructors and institutions.In response to these outcomes, around 20 transportation engineering educators created theCurriculum Subcommittee of the Institute of
engineering students.2. The first part of research question two asks, how frequently was climate change a topic covered in courses taken by freshmen engineering students in high school? To answer this question, students were asked, “Please indicate whether the following topics were covered in your last high school courses. (Mark all that apply)”. One of the topics was “climate change”. Students option were binary, marking either yes or leaving blank for “Biology, Physics, Chemistry, or Other Course(s)”. The second part of research question two asks, how frequently was climate change a topic covered in courses taken by senior civil engineering students in college? To answer this question, students were asked, similar to the freshmen
, while Dr. Ahmed Faheem instructs Materials and Pavement relatedcourses. Table 2. Integration of SHRP2 Products in Other Three Institutions CEE course Level Instructor(s) Temple University (TU) Transportation Engineering Materials Senior\Graduate Structural Design of Pavements Senior\Graduate Ahmed Faheem Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation Senior\Graduate Villanova University (VU) Introduction to Transportation Engineering Sophomore Engineering Economics Junior Seri Park Transportation systems Design Senior West Virginia University (WVU) Urban Transportation
again in the future. Students were satisfied and the resultsindicate that students learning improved as a result of CivE Days.AcknowledgementThe authors would like to acknowledge the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) at Universityof Waterloo (UW), the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UW, and theIDEAS Clinic at UW for funding this project.BibliographyBalkos, K., Dow, B., Shams, S., Al-Hammoud, R., Emelko, M. B., Walbridge, S. & Bachmann, C. “ Pedagogical Skill Development Through the Horizontal Integration of a Second- Year Engineering Curriculum,” in Proc. ASEE 124th Annual Conference and Exposition (Columbus, OH; June 2017), 14 pp., 2017.Carroll, J. C., Sipes, S., Benton, J. W., Aucoin, T., de
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collegiate levels.5. AcknowledgementsPartnership for Retention Improvement in Mathematics, Engineering, and Science (PRIMES),National Science Foundation Project NSF-08569, $1,997,451, June 1, 2011 – May 31, 2017.Bibliography1. Lewis, S. E. & Lewis, J. E. Departing from Lectures: An Evaluation of a Peer-Led Guided Inquiry Alternative. J. Chem. Educ. 82, 135 (2005).2. Budny, D., LeBold, W. & Bjedov, G. Assessment of the Impact of Freshman Engineering Courses*. J. Eng. Educ. 87, 405–411 (1998).3. Sidle, M. W. & McReynolds, J. The Freshman Year Experience: Student Retention and Student Success. J. Stud. Aff. Res. Pract. 36, (1999).4. Otero, V., Pollock, S. & Finkelstein, N. A physics department’s role in
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! Area-Moment !T EnergyMethod Singularity Function E !S&$ !S*T !T + !U !T − !U X ! = ± ( )X +PTU 2 2 Figure 3. Main Flow of the Knowledge Apps - Common Concept Map [17]To make the course materials more accessible
empowered by anunderstanding of the basic underlying physical meaning of the design equations and methods, theywill be much better equipped to tackle updated versions throughout their careers.The author has approached lectures in this way with excellent feedback from students. Examplestudent feedback include comments like: “[the instructor] explains complicated topics and concepts using pictures, drawings and example[s]…” “… [the instructor] tries to make everyone think about the concept behind the equations, instead of just plugging and chugging numbers…” “… [the instructor] encourages students to graph and look at trends and realize what is actually going on…” “Does a good job teaching concepts and how material applies
overall timetable for our Mentoring Trial is provided inTable 1.Table 1: Mentoring Trial ChronologyDate(s) ActivityEarly August Release requests for expressions of interest to potential mentors and mentees2016Mid August 2016 Develop sets of expressions of interest; close off requests when fullMid August 2016 Develop materials to give participants; develop on-line resourcesMid August 2016 Develop entrance and exit surveysLate August 2016 Match mentors and mentees; release entrance surveyEarly September Develop training session exercises and presentations; organize venue2016Mid September Mentor training session2016Mid September Meet-and-greet session2016Mid September to Series of Mentor/Mentee
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, ASMR, and several other professional societies. She is a certified distance education specialist and also practices and studies active learning techniques in engineering classrooms as well as the impact of climate on hydrology, water resources and related infrastructure.Calvin Wampol, South Dakota State University I am currently a graduate student at South Dakota State University (SDSU) pursuing my MS degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering with emphasis in Structural Engineering. I earned a B. S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at SDSU in 2016. I am currently employed by my graduate advisor, Dr. Suzette Burckhard, as a Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant at SDSU. The responsibility for the
Paper ID #21796Implementing Civil Engineering-specific Requirements for Professional Li-censureDr. Matthew Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute Matthew (Matt) Swenty obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Civil Engineering from Missouri S&T and then worked as a bridge designer at the Missouri Department of Transportation. He obtained his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech and then worked at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center on concrete bridge research. He is currently an associate professor of Civil Engineering at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). He teaches engineering mechanics
13 13 18 11 4.5 A 2. Natural sciences 3 36 5 4.5A 3. Humanities 2 77 1 S -- 4. Social sciences 2 69 2 I -- 5. Material science 8 15 12 -- 6. Mechanics 14 12 11 13 -- 7. Experiments 3 41 3 S 3.7 8. Problem
updated in the future, it is important that thistake place using rigorous methodologies that take into account changes in the breath and depth ofcivil engineering knowledge. The widest possible input should be sought from stakeholderswithin the academic, practicing and government civil engineering communities. There is hardlya more significant set of documents to define and defend the civil engineering profession in achanging world.References[1] S. Lester, “On professions and being a professional,” Stan Lester Developments, Taonton,UK, devmts.org.uk, 2015.[2] E. Hoyle and P. D. John, Professional Knowledge and Professional Practice, London, UK:Cassell, 1995.[3] ASCE, “Policy statement 465 – academic prerequisites for licensure and
due to the complexity of the projects, demands of the owner(s) and other designers, andthe current trends in the industry to adopt and implement technology. If we look at the last severalyears of the NASCC conference presentations, software trends in the industry can be seen (Table 2).If we look into recent educational technologies that are being tried in other disciplines, we can findtrends there also (Table 2). Table 2: Relevant Types of Technology found in the Profession and Academia. Use group Trending Types of Technology Profession Software for analyzing and design structural steel gravity and laterals systems BIM software for coordinating the design
each filled the majority of the class session time. Further, eachactivity had to be beneficial to student learning and logistically practical. Although the authorswere able to utilize the resources described in Tip 3 for many of these activities, some of thetopics required development of completely new materials. The first year of implementing theflipped format quickly revealed which in-class activities fell short of these goals, and the authorstook those opportunities to improve the activities in subsequent offerings. In general, the mostsuccessful in-class activities were: 1) Appropriate and relevant for the topic and course. The main purpose should be to enhance student learning of the geology concept(s). The learning
Paper ID #22037The Influence of Grading Bias on Reinforced Concrete Exam Scores at ThreeDifferent UniversitiesDr. Benjamin Z. Dymond, University of Minnesota, Duluth Ben Dymond obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech before obtaining his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Ben is currently an assistant professor of structural engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth.Dr. Matthew Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute Matthew (Matt) Swenty obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Civil Engineering from Missouri S&T and then worked as a
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answers.Students who viewed video content were asked to answer multiple choice survey questions,including: “How much time did you spend watching the videos,” “How many different videosdid you watch,” “Which video topics were the most valuable to you,” and we asked for the gradereceived in the prerequisite course. Only students who did watch videos were asked furthersurvey questions which were Likert-scale questions asking about their level of agreement withthe following statements: “The videos helped me to better understand the topic(s) in the videos,”and “The videos created were relevant to me.” They were also asked to rate video quality asExcellent, Satisfactory, or Poor. Figure 1. Feedback on effectiveness of short video projects from students who
Towards Community Integration and Academic AtmosphereStudents were asked to reflect on several statements related to their attitudes towards communityintegration and academic atmosphere. Overwhelmingly, 74.1% of students strongly agreed that“[their] interaction[s] with [their] professors were positive and beneficial, thus helping [them]succeed during [their] first semester” (Figure 7A). In contrast 37.0% of students strongly agreedand 51.9% agreed that “…[they knew] other students in [their] classes and [felt] part of anacademic learning community” (Figure 7B). While students certainly cited satisfaction withtheir professor and peer relationships, they were most satisfied with their professorialrelationships.Student responses were generally
answers.Students who viewed video content were asked to answer multiple choice survey questions,including: “How much time did you spend watching the videos,” “How many different videosdid you watch,” “Which video topics were the most valuable to you,” and we asked for the gradereceived in the prerequisite course. Only students who did watch videos were asked furthersurvey questions which were Likert-scale questions asking about their level of agreement withthe following statements: “The videos helped me to better understand the topic(s) in the videos,”and “The videos created were relevant to me.” They were also asked to rate video quality asExcellent, Satisfactory, or Poor. Figure 1. Feedback on effectiveness of short video projects from students who
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