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Creating and Maintaining Effective Communication Learning in the Curriculum

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University; Warren R Hull Sr. P.E., Louisiana State University; Boz Bowles, Louisiana State University; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #5987Development and Assessment of an Innovative Program to Integrate Com-munication Skills into Engineering CurriculaDr. Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University Dr. Warren N. Waggenspack, Jr. is currently the associate dean for Academic Programs in the College of Engineering and holder of the Ned Adler Professorship in Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University. He obtained both his baccalaureate and master’s degrees from LSU ME and his doctorate from Purdue University’s School of Mechanical Engineering. He has been actively engaged in teaching, research and curricula development since

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Trends and Applications in Curricula and the Capstone Experience

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College; David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University; Rhonda K Young, University of Wyoming; Rod E. Turochy, Auburn University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Joshua Swake, Oregon State University; Andrea R. Bill, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Kevin Heaslip, Utah State University; Michael Kyte, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Civil Engineering

knowledgetables for the introductory transportation engineering course that is taught in most civilengineering programs, and most recently the project led a workshop, supported by the NationalScience Foundation, in which approximately 60 participants developed learning and assessmentactivities to support these learning outcomes. The inter-generational, geographically andinstitutionally diverse group of faculty members that form the core project group provide amodel for cross-institutional collaborative curriculum design.IntroductionThe National Transportation Curriculum Project (NTCP) began as an effort by a small group oftransportation engineering educators to continue the momentum generated by the 2009Transportation Education Conference(http

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Involving Undergraduates in Research

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Randel L. Dymond, Virginia Tech; Vinod K Lohani, Virginia Tech; Daniel S Brogan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Manuel Alejandro Martinez, Virginia Tech

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Civil Engineering

engineering curriculum of an engineering department (Biological Systems Engineering) using Jerome Bruner’s spiral curriculum theory. Currently, Dr. Lohani leads an NSF/REU site on ”interdisciplinary water sciences and engineering” which has already graduated 45 undergraduate researchers since 2007. He also leads an NSF/TUES type I project in which a real-time environmental monitoring lab is being integrated into a freshman engineering course, a senior-level Hydrology course at Virginia Tech, and a couple of courses at Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke for enhancing water sustainability education. He is a member of ASCE and ASEE and has published 65+ refereed publications.Mr. Daniel S Brogan, Virginia Polytechnic

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Teaching and Assessing Sustainability and Life Long Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claire L. Antaya, Arizona State University; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Piervincenzo Rizzo, University of Pittsburgh; Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #6817Incorporating Sustainability into the Civil Engineering curriculum via crosscourse collaborationsClaire L. Antaya, Arizona State UniversityDr. Melissa M. Bilec, University of PittsburghDr. Piervincenzo Rizzo, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Piervincenzo Rizzo earned his Laurea—M.S. equivalent—in Aeronautical Engineering at the Univer- sity of Palermo, Italy in 1998. After serving in the Italian Army Corps of Engineering, Dr. Rizzo moved to the U.S.A. where he earned a master’s degree in 2002 and a Ph.D. in 2004 in Structural Engineering at the University of California at San Diego. In September 2006 he became an

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Involving Undergraduates in Research

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yusuf A Mehta, Rowan University; Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University; Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

for the international graduate students in improving their communication skills, providing experience in leadership and management skills, and hence developing their overall confidence.3) The undergraduate research experience, if provided within the curriculum, could serve as an excellent vehicle to promote research in institutions with strong undergraduate education focus.AcknowledgementThis work was supported by: a) The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY, under contract FA8750-10-C-0249, b) The National Science Foundation through the Grant DUE-1122296, c) The New Jersey Department of Transportation, d) The Federal Aviation Administration, and e) Delaware River Port Authority.References 1. P. Shuster, and C

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Creating and Maintaining Effective Communication Learning in the Curriculum

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregg L. Fiegel, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

metric that requires our graduates to demonstrate an ability to evaluate differentcommunication styles. We present the methodology used to assess this performance metric,along with assessment results gathered over the past six years. These results play an importantrole in the program's assessment of communication-related outcomes.IntroductionA number of years ago we revamped our civil engineering capstone design sequence bychanging it from an individual study course into a directed study offering.1 In the new course,students work in six-person teams to complete an integrated design for a private sectordevelopment or public works project. We consider the teams multi-disciplinary since teammembers represent different civil engineering specialty

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Creating and Maintaining Effective Communication Learning in the Curriculum

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

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Civil Engineering

in their degree programs. The importance ofcommunicating that knowledge must be an integral part of their education. Page 23.142.8Appendix IStudent ChecklistThe following items make up the elements that will be evaluated in the formal reports forcomposition. Refer to Guidelines for Preparation of a Formal Technical Report (included in this labpack) for writing style guidelines and additional information. Teaching assistants will comment onthe inadequate elements, and you will have to address those comments.Examples of all these items can be found in the lab and in the library in the reserved reading.ONLY SUBMIT CLEAR AND CONCISE REPORT TO

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Innovative Pedagogy in Civil Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isaac W Wait, Marshall University; Jeffrey T. Huffman P.E. P.E., Marshall University; Christopher T. Anderson, Huntington (WV) Sanitary Board

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Civil Engineering

resources.Project Integration into CourseIn Marshall University’s “Hydrologic Engineering” course (enrollment = 12), students learned ofthe course project on the first day of the course, when the basic principles of combined sewers,wet-weather flows, and rainfall-runoff relationships were also introduced in an introductory andqualitative way. The problem of combined sewer backups was used as a conceptual outline forthe course, highlighting different aspects of what contributes to the problem and how each can bequantified or understood. In a single 50-minute lecture, students were exposed to ideas such astemporal distribution of precipitation, time of concentration, degree of imperviousness of landcover, variation in infiltration capacity of soil, and

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Activities and Assessment for “Awkward ABET Outcomes”

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norb Delatte P.E., Cleveland State University

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Civil Engineering

. Page 23.1106.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Student Projects in Engineering History and HeritageAbstractUniversity undergraduate engineering programs have technical components as well as generaleducation and liberal arts components. Often, the various components are not integrated well,and students may not see the relationships between technology and history. On the other hand,non-engineering students very rarely take engineering courses, and thus may graduate with verylimited understanding of engineering and technology and their roles in society. At ClevelandState University, a course entitled ESC 200 Engineering History and Heritage has beendeveloped to allow students to

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Involving Undergraduates in Research

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Civil Engineering

Page 23.918.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Multi-Institutional Physical Modeling Learning Environment for Geotechnical Engineering EducationAbstractThis paper discusses the preparation and pre-evaluation for the development and implementationof an educational module that integrates major remote research facilities into undergraduateclasses. The developed educational module incorporates state-of-the-art experimental tools(geotechnical centrifuge) into the undergraduate education curriculum via web-basedtechnologies that enable real-time video monitoring, tele-control, and shared execution ofexperiments. The students' activities within the developed module are

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Activities and Assessment for “Awkward ABET Outcomes”

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Douglas H. Fehrmann, The Krause Center for Leadership and Ethics, The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

of practicing engineers through emphasis on principled leadership. The goal ofthis initiative is to establish an integrated approach for concept mapping, knowledge construction,and educational scaffolding of principles needed for graduates to embody the highest ideals ofprincipled leadership in engineering practice.Until recently this program initiative has been limited to courses in the curriculum due to theneed to assess all students against adopted CEE Department program outcomes and standards.However, now the CEE Department’s student leadership development program is beingexpanded to include extracurricular activities, which will be recorded, coded, and aggregated tofurther enhance this crucially important aspect of preparing civil

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Innovative Pedagogy in Civil Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Jeffery S Horsburgh, Utah State University; David E Rosenberg, Utah State University; Daniel P. Ames, Brigham Young University; Laura G Hunter, Utah Education Network; Courtenay Strong, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

management, low-impact de- velopment, green infrastructure design, storm water management, flood risk modeling, vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies for urban water systems, and the water-energy nexus. Steve’s research projects have been funded by National Laboratories, EPA, NSF, DOD, DOE, State Departments of Transportation, and Private Industry. His work has resulted in more than 50 authored or co-authored peer-reviewed publi- cations. Dr. Burian currently is an Associate Director of the Global Change and Sustainability Center and the Co-Director of Sustainability Curriculum Development at the University of Utah. He is actively involved with several professional societies including ASCE, AWRA, AWWA, WEF, AGU, AMS

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Innovative Pedagogy in Civil Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Kimberly A Warren, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Civil Engineering

a course curriculum improvementcase study involving an introductory geotechnical engineering course where an inquiry-basedapproach is used. The purpose of this study is twofold: (1) to describe how the inquiry-basedapproach is used in the classroom including student perspectives of the use of this approach; and(2) to examine the relationships between student performance on the final exam with studentself-efficacy beliefs and self-regulatory behaviors. The inquiry-based pedagogy model is based on Bloom and Krathwohl’s Taxonomy andBloom’s Revised Taxonomy2, which focuses on student-centered learning activities andinteractive skills. Bloom’s taxonomy is used in education as a valid benchmark to measure astudent’s level of understanding

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ghulam H. Bham, University of Alaska, Anchorage; Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Civil Engineering

. Page 23.49.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A GIS Based Laboratory in Transportation Engineering: Self-Efficacy as a Predictor of Students’ LearningABSTRACTThe focus of this paper is to identify an exploratory model that links students’ performance in aGeographic Information Systems (GIS) laboratory to students’ perceptions and beliefs related tothis experience. Self-efficacy, perceived motivation and perceived difficulty, were examined assignificant predictors of students’ performance outcomes. Structural equation modeling approachwas adopted in this study.The results indicate that both perceived motivation and perceived difficulty are significantpredictors for

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Teaching and Assessing Sustainability and Life Long Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane L. Bondehagen, Florida Gulf Coast University; Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Yusuf A Mehta, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

with the skills involved in life-long learning. Since there are manyother factors beyond the scope of this paper that could impact the level of learning, more datawill be collected and future analysis performed. More self-learning exercises will beincorporated in other classes across the curriculum in order to encourage investigative,critical thinking and an improved learning outcome.References 1. Villiers, C., Y. Mehta, and R. O’Neill. 2008.“Effective Use of Integrated Lecture and Lab to Teach Civil Engineering Materials,” ASEE Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. 2. ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission 2012. “Criteria for accrediting engineering programs: Effective for evaluations during the 2012-2013 cycle. http

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Activities and Assessment for “Awkward ABET Outcomes”

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Michael J McGinnis, University of Texas at Tyler; Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

andespecially those of tomorrow need to be innovative, creative, inventive, inspired, and original inlearning how to do more with less. It is not any surprise then that the American Society of CivilEngineers (ASCE) is also simultaneously pushing to see these types of skills integrated intoacademic curriculum. ASCE has indicated that one of the attributes that should be embraced bythe Civil Engineer of 2025 is creativity, leading to “proactive identification of possibilities andopportunities and taking action to develop them.”2 ASCE has further indicated that civilengineering students need to also develop the ability to critically think.3 If our civil engineeringstudents are to achieve success in professional engineering practice, they must develop the

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

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

across Boeing organizations to align higher education engagements and funding to the various Boeing Presidents’ country Strategies. Annually, Boeing provides over $7.1 million dollars of charitable and business contributes for interna- tional and domestic higher education engagements through Higher Education and STEM. Prior to this assignment, Brown managed the Educational Partnerships group in Boeing’s training organization. She was responsible for conducting integrated and sustained partnerships and internships with schools, col- leges, and universities to communicate skills required by the manufacturing industry. During this time, she served as chairperson for the following: National Employer Council for Workforce

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Beyond BS: Issues Affecting Graduate Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cole C McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University; Allen C Estes, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

, removing the logistical obstacles and ensuring the financial benefits of this requirement. The ARCE master’s program also needs to be integrated with the other master’s programs in the college and university. The college is considering an interdisciplinary master’s degree. The civil engineering and construction management departments are collaborating on a master’s degree in construction engineering. Both of these programs are looking at certificate options where the degree is a collection of certificates plus a culminating experience. Given the master’s classes taken at the undergraduate level by Architectural Engineering students, there should be opportunities to use these courses toward

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Teaching and Assessing Sustainability and Life Long Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey C. Evans P.E., Bucknell University; Michelle Oswald Beiler P.E., Bucknell University; Akmal S Daniyarov; Christopher Adam Kulish

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #6288Using Innovative Topics to Attract Future Engineers: Liquefaction and Sus-tainability Modules for Engineering CampDr. Jeffrey C. Evans P.E., Bucknell University Dr. Jeffrey Evans has been professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Bucknell University since 1985. Prior to entering academia he was at Woodward-Clyde Consultants (now URS) and in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Reserves). He has been a visiting academic at the University of Nottingham and the University of Cambridge where he was an Overseas Fellow in Churchill College. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering degrees from Clarkson University

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natalya A. Koehler, Iowa State University; Charles T. Jahren P.E., Iowa State University

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Paper ID #6826Development of a Framework for the Online Portaion of a Hybrid Engineer-ing CourseDr. Natalya A. Koehler, Iowa State University Dr. Natalya A. Koehler has a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instructional Technology and Human Computer In- teraction. Dr. Koehler is currently the post-doctoral research associate in Iowa State University’s College of Engineering-Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering.Dr. Charles T. Jahren P.E., Iowa State University Dr. Charles T. Jahren is the W. A. Klinger teaching professor and the assistant chair for Construction Engineering in the Department of Civil

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Teaching and Assessing Sustainability and Life Long Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Katherine Watson, Georgia Institute of Technology; Elise M. Barrella, James Madison University; Thomas A. Wall, Georgia Institute of Technology; Caroline R. Noyes, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael O. Rodgers, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

impact future developments, severalorganizations have endorsed integration of sustainability into engineering education. Forinstance, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) requires that studentspossess “the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in aglobal, economic, environmental, and societal context22”. Furthermore, the AmericanAssociation of Engineering Societies (AAES) state in their cannons of professional conduct that“engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public and shall strive tocomply with the principles of sustainable development in the performance of their professionalduties23”. In 2010, The National Science Foundation (NSF) created an

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Beyond BS: Issues Affecting Graduate Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zsuzsa Balogh, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Marvin E. Criswell P.E., Colorado State University; Michael A De Miranda, Colorado State University

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Civil Engineering

buildings and LEED, building inspection and monitoring, and building repair,renovation and reuse. A well-organized survey course, perhaps taught by a local structuralengineer with extensive experience in project and office management, addressing many of themanagement and professional topics could be very effective in building on the undergraduateslimited abilities in these areas to reach the expected proficiency levels. Structural engineeringdesign software may be best taught as an integral tool in a building design project classemphasizing one or more structural materials. Ethics, a critical topic not specifically addressedin the questionnaire, leadership skills, management topics, and construction/architecturalconcerns may be best addressed by