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Innovative Pedagogies for Facilitating Student-driven Learning Experiences

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremiah Matthew Stache P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Brock E. Barry PE, U.S. Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy; Gregory Martin Freisinger, U.S. Military Academy

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

, and judgers outperform perceivers.Given these results, more research is needed to quantify the role of personality indicators andtemperament on group and individual performance. Specifically, investigating the role ofdiversity on group dynamics, particularly when there is one temperament making up a majorityof an engineering team. Due to the preponderance of Guardians found in some engineeringdepartments, this extreme scenario may be quite likely and have a negative impact onperformance, individual retention, and experience.CE350 – Infrastructure Engineering (3 credit hours)Course Scope, Objectives, and Structure. The course has five primary objectives: 1. Identify, assess, and explain critical infrastructure components and cross-sector

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Integrating Sustainability and Social Responsibility into the Curriculum

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremiah Matthew Stache P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Joseph P Hanus P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Jennifer Gonser, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

: cognitive, affectiveand psychomotor. The cognitive domain taxonomy is widely accepted in many fields and hasbeen identified as, “arguably one of the most influential education monographs of the past halfcentury.”3 The taxonomies are a language that describes the progressive development of anindividual in each domain and are defined as follows4:  Cognitive: of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity.  Affective: relating to, arising from, or influencing feelings or emotions.  Psychomotor: of or relating to motor action directly proceeding from mental activity.A set of development levels for each domain are shown in Table 1 based on work by Bloom5,Krathwohl et al.6, and Simpson7, respectively. Each column shows

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Let’s Get Pumped: Innovative Approaches for Better Student Engagement

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie E. Fogarty, California State University, Sacramento

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

performance and student perception of theflipped classroom with a control group experiencing the same upper level undergraduateengineering course in a traditional lecture-based format over the course of an entire semester.The main research questions for this study include: 1) are short-term student learning gainsimproved when comparing flipped vs traditional lecture methods, 2) what aspects of the flippedclassroom are contributing to the difference in learning gains?, and 3) how do students perceivetheir learning gains in flipped vs traditional lecture styles? Comparison of quiz and exam gradeswill be used to address student performance. Weekly student recordings of the amount of timespent on different aspects of the course, student confidence

Conference Session

Balancing Act: Ideas in Pre- & Post- Surveys and Assessment of Professional Skills

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; James Kaklamanos, Merrimack College; Suresh Immanuel Selvaraj, University of Evansville; Corrie Walton-Macaulay, Bucknell University; Matthew Sleep, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

now a Geotechnical Engineering Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Bucknell University. He teaches the traditional geotechnical courses of soil mechanics and foundation engineering, but also teaches unsaturated soil mechanics, introduction to transportation and mechanics of materials. HIs research area is in unsaturated soil mechanics, energy geotechnics, and transportation infrastructure resiliency. Address: 1 Dent Drive, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bucknell University, Lewis- burg, PA 17837Dr. Matthew Sleep, Oregon Institute of Technology Matthew Sleep is an assistant professor of civil engineering at Oregon Institute of Technology. Prior to

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas; Camille M. George, University of St. Thomas; Erin Anne Kern, University of St. Thomas; Jenna Laleman, University of St. Thomas

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

competence measures and qualitative hermeneutic phenomenology, with qualitativeresults to follow. To delve into understanding the experience of the study abroad engineeringstudent, the research question explored is, “To what extent may a short-term study abroadengineering course influence student intercultural competence?”ContextThis paper outlines the revision of a short-term study abroad engineering course. Previously, theexisting course had been offered on alternate years for seven separate offerings, when two newcomponents were added to the content: 1. Transfer of engineering content in a new context,specifically basic engineering mechanics analysis, with a nod to structural analysis, and 2.Intercultural knowledge and competence. The evolution

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fouad H. Fouad, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Paula Alvarez Pino; Andrew J. Sullivan, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Talat Salama, Central Connecticut State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

create a cohesive and meaningful experience for the students and to be able to assessthe success of the program, clear research and education objectives were established. Followingthe NSF program requirements and keeping in mind the research expertise of the US and theinternational partners, the following objectives were established: 1) Provide the students with a hands-on international education experience in the emerging area of sustainable green building design and construction; 2) Engage the students in meaningful research under the guidance of U.S. and international mentors; 3) Allow students to create a network of international contacts in order to promote future collaborations; 4) Expose

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Okere O. George, Washington State University; W. Max Kirk, Washington State University

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Civil Engineering

experienced contractors.IntroductionDysert [1] defined an estimate as “a prediction of the probable costs of a project, of a given anddocumented scope, to be completed at a defined location and point of time in the future.”Estimating is the process of determining the quantity of work and cost of all resources (labor,materials, equipment, and subcontracts) and incidentals required to construct projects.Projects to be built in the future are estimated in the present, and the estimates are developed toshow how much the projects will cost at some point when they are finally constructed. Suchprojection is based on what is known now and how well the future conditions can be predicted.Therefore, there is no way one can be 100% accurate in predicting and

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Gonser, United States Military Academy, West Point; Todd Mainwaring P.E., United States Military Academy, West Point

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Civil Engineering

go on to oversee United States Corps of Engineer (USACE) Districts. TheDepartment of Civil and Mechanical Engineering strives to give them the tools necessary for thatchallenge. As the Army continues to make sustainable design principles a requirement forconstruction, sustainability is becoming an ever more entrenched aspect of the program.Therefore, in 2013, the Department began offering an independent study in which the studentscould prepare for, and become, credentialed in LEED (hereafter referred to as the credentialingcourse). The course itself has three objectives: 1. Students attain the Envision Provisional Sustainability Professional (ENV SP) credential. (Not addressed in this paper). 2. Students achieve accreditation as a LEED

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Byungik Chang P.E., University of New Haven; Erick Benjamin Butler, West Texas A&M University; J. Arn Womble P.E., West Texas A&M University; Nathan Howell, West Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

theseevents occurred over a five-year period (2010 – 2015). The authors will describe the curriculum,development of courses and laboratories, the senior design capstone, and preparation of the self-study report necessary for accreditation. All curricula and assessment tools are linked to amodified Bloom’s Taxonomy and ABET Outcome 3 Criteria a through k. A description of theuniversity, its service area, and student population is also provided. In 2015 West Texas A&MUniversity achieved a major milestone through designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution(HSI, 25% or more of student population) [1] and is seeking to improve participation of womenand underserved populations in STEM fields, such as civil engineering. Lessons learned andfuture

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sami Maalouf, California State University, Northridge; Anwar Alroomi, California State University, Northridge

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Civil Engineering

graduated in four years and3 students graduated in two years (transferring from another institution). A total of 13 out of 15students who started as freshmen graduated in four years within this major. The remaining 2students who started as freshmen graduated in four years outside this major. Seven studentsdropped out. One of those who dropped out, did so in the first year. This data above is illustratedin Figure 1. Legend: Figure 1: Degree progress for Fall 2006 entering students.In 2007, 24 students enrolled in the CECM Department, 13 of which graduated in four years and3 students graduated in two years (transferring from another institution). A total of 10 out of the13

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jim Morgan, Charles Sturt University; Euan Lindsay; Pamela Roberts, Charles Sturt University

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Civil Engineering

achieved.This paper outlines the process of developing integrated standards, as well as mapping them toeach of the individual requirements. Whilst the multiple requirements are mostly aligned, thegoal of the integrated standards is to inherently satisfy each of the separate requirements in theprocess of meeting the integrated standards.CSU Engineering Course ModelThe CSU engineering model is a 5-½ year Masters of Engineering program with earlier exitpoints (3 ½ years for Bachelor of Technology, and 1 ½ years for Diploma of EngineeringStudies). It also is important to note that as part of the course structure, students are expectedto have the achieved the traditional engineering graduate attributes and competencies by the 4½ year mark (the commencement

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC

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Civil Engineering

materials from existing infrastructure courses at the University ofWisconsin-Platteville and West Point, to collaboratively creating sample “showcase” courselectures, to the current effort of collaboratively creating a model introductory infrastructurecourse.The course outline and learning outcomes for a model introductory infrastructure course werecollaboratively developed in 2015 by the CIT-E community. The student learning outcomes are: 1) An ability to analyze and propose solutions to infrastructure problems 2) An ability to describe and analyze infrastructure using systems and network approaches 3) An ability to identify traits of effective team members and apply these traits to course assignments 4) An ability to identify traits

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

V. Dimitra Pyrialakou, West Virginia University ; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Konstantina Gkritza, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Civil Engineering

intermediate submissions eachaccounting for 5%.The first intermediate submission (herein referred to as Intermediate Project Submission 1[IPS1]) involved the development of a proposal for the project. For this stage, students weregrouped by the instructor into five large groups of nine or ten students based on their interestsand time availability, as indicated by the students in Survey 1 (see the Data Collection sectionfor more information), and their education level. The instructor also attempted to evenlydistribute the junior students in each of the five groups. For this submission, students wereinstructed to explore the RNS database4, select a needs statement according to the group’sinterests, thoroughly review the needs statement selected, and

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Kevin C. Bower P.E., The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Ally Kindel Martin, The Citadel; Robert J. Barsanti Jr., The Citadel

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #18288STEM Scholarships to Engage Exceptional StudentsDr. Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel Ron Welch (P.E.) received his B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from the United States Military Academy in 1982. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He became the Dean of Engineering at The Citadel on 1 July 2011. Prior to his current position, he was the Department Head of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler from Jan 2007 to June 2011 as well as served in the Corps of Engineers for over 24 years

Conference Session

Balancing Act: Ideas in Pre- & Post- Surveys and Assessment of Professional Skills

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

the followingsections.As a requirement for graduation, Civil Engineering majors at The Citadel, a teaching focusedinstitution in the Southern United States, must take an engineering economy course in theirjunior year. The course focuses on basic principles of engineering economy as applied to theeconomic analysis of the costs of construction and operation of various engineering works. Theobjectives of this study were to (1) assess the amount of exposure engineering majors have toengineering economy prior to this course and (2) to assess student learning as a result of variouspedagogical techniques used. A pre-test and post-test were developed based on key concepts inengineering economy. The pre-test was administered to measure student’s prior

Conference Session

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Haley Margaret Gardner

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Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

identity, career motivations,and agency through engineering. The survey was designed for students in their final senior design, orcapstone course, just prior to entering the workforce. We developed the survey using prior nationalsurveys and newly written questions categorized into six sections: (1) career goals and motivation, (2)college experiences, (3) agency, (4) climate literacy, (5) people and the planet, and (6) demographicinformation. We conducted focus groups with students to establish face and content validity of thesurvey. We collected pilot data with 200 engineering students in upper-level engineering courses toprovide validity evidence for the use of these survey items to measure students and track changes acrossthe undergraduate

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Integrating Teaching Assistants, Tenure-track, and Non-tenure-track Faculty into a Cohesive Department

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Wambeke, United States Military Academy; Brock E. Barry, U.S. Military Academy; Jakob C Bruhl P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

first meeting in August 2016 and continued to meetevery 2-3 weeks throughout the fall semester. This manuscript documents the structuredmethodology utilized by the committee in the development of a new teaching and learningmodel, describes the resulting model, and discusses implications for the department.Existing Teaching ModelTo be truly effective, a teaching model should be considered a living document. It must berevisited on a regular basis for consideration of revisions. While the existing document, asshown in Figure 1, may have been living in spirit, its content was nearly on life-support as thecommittee found no indications that the model has been revised, or formally revalidated, since itwas initially developed in the late 1990s

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Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Cowan, James Madison University; Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Robin Anderson, James Madison University

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Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

full list in Table 1). While the rubric was designed to allowfor assessment of a variety of project types, it has only been applied to civil engineering studentdesign projects.5The rubric includes two four-point rating scales to aid evaluators in judging capstone reportsbased on the 16 sustainable design criteria. The earned points scale [0-3] captures the extent towhich students consider each sustainable design criterion in their capstone projects. Evaluatorsassign a score of 0 to projects that show no evidence of incorporating the design criterion, whilea score of 3 is assigned if the project shows evidence of extensive criterion application. Thepotential points scale [0-3] describes the extent to which each sustainable design criterion

Conference Session

Horizontal and Vertical Integration

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University; Kristin M. Sample-Lord, Villanova University; Joseph Robert Yost, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

partnership with the Kern Family Foundation in 2007. That firstgrant supported implementation of the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN)initiative. Subsequent grants from the Kern Family Foundation have supported intrapreneurshipdevelopment and intercollegiate entrepreneurship opportunities, faculty training to attain the goalof including EML into at least half of the engineering classes in the College, and creation of anEngineering Entrepreneurship minor that can be attained during the school year or through asingle summer-intensive program.The training workshops for faculty at Villanova University are held each summer.Approximately eight faculty members from all four departments participate each year. At thetime of writing about 1/3 of

Conference Session

Mechanics, Music, Meaning, and Mohr

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jakob C Bruhl P.E., U.S. Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy; Joseph P. Hanus, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

) has evolved sincethe institution’s inception in 1802 1: 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.The Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering is one of 11 departments at USMA, andboth the civil and mechanical engineering programs are ABET accredited. The mission of thedepartment parallels that of the Academy, and focuses on educating and inspiring engineeringstudents 2: To educate, develop, and inspire agile and adaptive leaders of character who design and implement innovative solutions

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janey Camp P.E., Vanderbilt University; Leslie Nolen, American Society of Civil Engineers; Carolyn Sofman, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

, iPhone and Android platforms featuring animatedinfographics, videos and state-specific data and placement of stories to make the informationmost readily available and applicable to the American public, as was done in 2013. Figure 1: Sample of the displays of the 2017 Report Card on multiple devicesThe Failure to Act Economic Study SeriesASCE’s Infrastructure Report Card grades are a comprehensive assessment of infrastructureconditions across the United States. But what does D+ infrastructure mean for the nation’seconomy?In 2011, ASCE commissioned a series of economic reports called Failure to Act, to provide anobjective analysis of the economic implications for the U.S. on the current investment trends inkey infrastructure sectors. In 2016

Conference Session

Approaches to Virtual Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alec Maxwell, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University

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Civil Engineering

laboratory. An innovative mobile RemoteShake Table Laboratory (RSTLab) was recently developed in San Francisco State University(SFSU) which provides students the opportunity to remotely participate and conduct physicalshake table experiments in real-time through smart mobile devices (e.g. smartphones andtablets). To alleviate the passive participating feeling, a telepresence robot is adopted andintegrated with the mobile RSTLab to actively engage students and provide them a real sense ofin-person participation without the need of being physically present in the laboratory. Theschematic of the mobile RSTLab is shown in Figure 1. An experiment will be initiated byreserving a time slot from a booking system. Once the reservation is made, the student

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogies for Facilitating Student-driven Learning Experiences

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; John W. Lawson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Civil Engineering

structural engineering.1 Furthermore, mostof the other 17 accredited ARCE programs have elected not to focus to the same depth onstructural engineering, despite being located in colleges of engineering2. The CAED alsocontains the Architecture (ARCH) and Construction Management (CM) programs thus offeringunique opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration. Students applying to Cal Poly arerequired to request a specific major; and due to a tight sequence of courses with prerequisites,enrolled students must embark on a major-specific course flowchart that is somewhatconstrained.Until recently, the ARCE freshmen did not take their first ARCE course until the beginning oftheir sophomore year. The freshmen spent their first year taking architecture

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Integrating Teaching Assistants, Tenure-track, and Non-tenure-track Faculty into a Cohesive Department

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #18287Non-Tenure Track Faculty Professional Development OpportunitiesDr. Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel Ron Welch (P.E.) received his B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from the United States Military Academy in 1982. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He became the Dean of Engineering at The Citadel on 1 July 2011. Prior to his current position, he was the Department Head of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler from Jan 2007 to June 2011 as well as served in the Corps of Engineers for

Conference Session

Approaches to Virtual Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmine C. Balascio P.E., University of Delaware

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

architecture, and plant science courses offered at theUniversity of Delaware over more than 14 years. Courses are delivered in-person but with asubstantial “flipped classroom” component. LON-CAPA 1 is a free, open-source, LMSdeveloped and supported by Michigan State University. LON-CAPA includes sophisticatedtesting and assessment components that provide a variety of formats for online homework (HW)problems. A review of literature and the author’s experience form the basis for discussion of thepedagogical considerations associated with use of online problem sets that count for a significantportion of student grades. Advantages of online problem sets include: significant reduction in ifnot elimination of cheating, better more individualized student

Conference Session

Horizontal and Vertical Integration

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Daniel Balkos, University of Waterloo; Benjamin Dow, University of Waterloo; Shoeleh Shams, University of Waterloo; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Monica B. Emelko, University of Waterloo; Scott Walbridge P.E., University of Waterloo; Chris Bachmann, University of Waterloo

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Civil Engineering

to most complex. They are: knowledge,comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation, respectively. This taxonomy waslater revised by Anderson et al. (2001), who changed the category descriptors to verbs and swappedthe order of the two most complex categories. They also redefined the cognitive domain fromBloom’s original two dimensional hierarchy of increasing cognitive complexity to a threedimensional intersection of the Cognitive Process Dimension and the Knowledge Dimension. Thecategories defining each dimension are shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. Current Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy.Figure credit: Iowa State University, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (Heer

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Brian J. Swenty P.E., University of Evansville

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Civil Engineering

capstone course, and licensure was not a commontopic in either the professional issues or capstone courses. As ASCE considers publishing a thirdedition of the Body of Knowledge (BOK), the profession should consider adding a new licensureoutcome. A professional licensure outcome would influence both the cognitive and affectivedomains of an engineer’s pre-licensure education and clarify that civil engineers must beknowledgeable of professional licensure laws and regulations prior to becoming a licensedprofessional engineer.IntroductionThe civil engineering profession has a very distinct skill set that must be obtained througheducation and experience. [1] The culmination of this process occurs when a state board presentsa civil engineer with a

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Innovative Pedagogies for Facilitating Student-driven Learning Experiences

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Brian Dittenber, LeTourneau University

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Civil Engineering

years of engineering curricula had historically been devoted tothe basic sciences while the last two years had been devoted to engineering sciences. Based onan expressed desire from engineering employers that engineers not only be content experts, butalso have the abilities to communicate and work as a part of a team, some modifications wereintroduced to the traditional sequence to accommodate these needs [1]. Capstone courses wereintroduced into the senior year of engineering curricula in an effort to connect practicalapplications with the more theoretical nature of upper-level courses, helping prepare graduatesfor industry. This shift was moderately successful, but left many students still lacking exposureto practical information about

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogies for Facilitating Student-driven Learning Experiences

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Kurtis Younkin, Iowa State University; Peter T. Savolainen, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

the survey content focused on technicalskills, these responses were removed from the sample, leaving a total of 95 completed surveys.The distribution of respondents by transportation agency type is summarized in Table 1. Not allquestions were completed by all respondents. For cases of missing data or where respondentswere unsure, those particular entries were removed from the analysis, although the otherquestions for which valid responses were obtained were included in final analysis.Table 1 – Summary of State-of-the-Practice Survey Respondents Agency Type Number of Responses Percent of Total State DOT 17 17.9 Local Agency 23 24.2 National Company 16

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Integrating Sustainability and Social Responsibility into the Curriculum

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

ability of future generations to meet their own needs” 1.Additionally, addressing social sustainability meets some of the eight Millennium DevelopmentGoals published by the United Nations in 2015, specifically, Goals 7 and 8, environmentalsustainability and global partnership for development respectively2. The broad vision of thesegoals are to fight poverty in developing countries. To achieve these goals, the United Nations iscurrently assisting developing countries to focus more on sustainable projects relevant to thecommunity. Hence, there is the pressing need to equip civil engineering students with thebroader understanding of sustainability concepts if the long-term goals are to be achieved.Many civil engineering programs now teach the three