Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. A. Karim, Kennesaw State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

study. i. Two projects/case studies (one for water treatment plant design and the other for wastewater treatment plant design) were good enough for a semester. j. Two field trips to local water and wastewater treatment plants enhanced my understanding and learning of the subject Page 26.1270.5 matter. k. Learning new topics by example during the project work was a good experience. l. Guest speaker enhanced my interest about environmental engineering. Q.4 What did you like most about the inclusion of the design projects

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac W. Wait, Marshall University; E. James Nelson, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Kuder-RichardsonFormula 20 approach (Equation 5). k   j 1 p j q j  k    KR 20  1 (Equation 5) k  1  2   Where: = Kuder and Richardson Formula 20 test statistic = number of questions in concept inventory 2 σ = variance of the total scores of all people taking the test pj = number of people who answered question j correctly qj = number of people who did not answer question j correctlyResults and DiscussionFor the six questions

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Annette Sustersic, Pennsylvania State University; Caroline June Klatman, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

(actual loads) and Q system (virtualloads) were provided. Students filled in the table provided based on the given information, thencalculated row and column summations to determine the total embodied strain energy in thetruss. Then students inserted values for member area, A, and modulus of elasticity, E, andsolved for truss deflection at the point of virtual load application.Interactive Lesson PlanOne detached member of the truss was circulated among the students so they could exert axialcompressive and tensile forces on member and experience individual member elongation andshortening. Then, a brief description of the model joints, geometry, and support conditions wasprovided. Students received a blank worksheet (see Figure 12, right, for the

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I: Communication in Engineering Disciplines

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Ekoniak, Virginia Tech; Molly Scanlon, Virginia Tech; M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. IEEE Trans., vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 12–19, 1999.[19] R. Straub and R. Lunsford, 12 Readers Reading: Responding to College Student Writing. 1996.[20] S. Smith Taylor, “‘I Really Don’t Know What He Meant by That’: How Well Do Engineering Students Understand Teachers’ Comments on Their Writing?,” Tech. Commun. Q., vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 139–166, Mar. Page 26.1482.20 2011.[21] S. Smith, “What is ‘Good’Technical Communication? A Comparison of the Standards of Writing and Engineering Instructors,” Tech. Commun. Q., vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 7–24, Jan. 2003.[22] S. Smith Taylor and M. D. Patton, “Ten Engineers Reading

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Greenwood, University of Michigan; Dimitrios Zekkos P.E., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

) Studying alone 2.36 (0.85) 1.94 (0.65) Studying with others 5.36 (0.29) 5.53 (0.27) Page 26.1206.7Table 4. Student responses to survey questions (1 strong agreement, 3 neutral, 5 strong disagreement). CEE549 CEE542 Q# Question Description μ (COV) μ (COV) 4 Having an online project instead of a final exam was overall an excellent decision 1.53 (0.72) 1.82 (0.41) 5

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roxann Mackenzie Hayes P.E., University of Colorado, Denver

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers; Richard O. Anderson P.E., Somat Engineering, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

change required. C Major curricula change required. O No opinion regarding feasibility.Table 1: The acceptability and feasibility rubric for the CEPC survey completed by the CivilEngineering Department Heads.Each participant was invited to make free-form comments on any of the criteria at the end of thesurvey. The presentation was interspersed with a lively question and answer session. There wasa fair amount of skepticism from the audience in the Q&A session, punctuated with some openhostility to the prospect of more demanding accreditation program criteria. However, the post-session survey results from 59 respondents reflected a more balanced view of this effort.Figure 1 shows the survey