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Topics Related to Civil Engineering Curriculum

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Andrew P. Kruzic P.E., University of Texas, Arlington; Heather L. Frost; Ziaur Rahman, The University of Texas at Arlington

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Civil Engineering

university-sponsorededucational research project over the last three years, called the Quality Enhancement Plan(QEP) Phase II. The CE QEP project, which started in the Fall semester of 2010, continuesthrough the summer of 2014. Within the QEP project, the research team uses alternative analysisas the method for developing critical thinking skills. The project includes making several minorrevisions to the curriculum, i.e., interventions, to include discussion of, and exercises in, criticalthinking at four points in the curriculum, spaced approximately one year apart.This paper presents the case for integrating more critical thinking into engineering programs andevaluates one university’s effort to try to enhance an engineering curriculum through a

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogy and Assessment in Civil Engineering Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norb Delatte P.E., Cleveland State University; Joshua Gisemba Bagaka's, Cleveland State University

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Civil Engineering

completed in 2013 andhas already been reported in detail.2“The results from multiple universities and multiple course offerings demonstrate that failurecase studies can be used to provide indirect, quantitative assessment of multiple student learningobjectives. Several outcomes that constitute the professional component of the curriculum maybe assessed in this way.The strongest results were for student outcomes (f) an understanding of professional and ethicalresponsibility, (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineeringsolutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context, (i) a recognition of the needfor, and an ability to engage in life-long learning, and (j) a knowledge of contemporary issues.Although

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Research Experience in Stormwater Management

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Randel L. Dymond, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Tech; Richard Lee Clark Jr., Virginia Western Community College

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Civil Engineering

, computer-supported research and learning systems, hydrology, and water resources. In a major ($1M+, NSF) curriculum reform and engineering education research project from 2004 to 2009, he led a team of engineering and education faculty to reform 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 56 excellent undergraduate researchers since 2007. This Site is renewed for the third cycle which will be implemented during 2014-16. He also leads an NSF/TUES type I project in which a real-time environmental monitoring lab

Conference Session

Topics Related to Civil Engineering Curriculum

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Civil Engineering

programs must have to be valid capstone experiences and to induce students to develop andapply both soft and technical skills. ABET has emphasized the need for engineering capstonecourses to build teamwork, communication, and project based skills. Furthermore, ABET hasrequired that students have an ability to function in multidisciplinary teams and to design asystem to meet desired needs within realistic constraints. In summary, ABET states that“students must be prepared for engineering practice through a curriculum culminating in a majordesign experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work andincorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints.” [5]In order to meet important educational

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Innovative Assessment Techniques in Civil Engineering Courses

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erik R. Wright P.E., United States Military Academy; Joseph P Hanus, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

assessment results will be compared to the 2009and 2011 studies, along with other assessments. It is believed that these results, and thecontinued assessment of the teaching approach at this institution, will provide valuable insight toother programs to help them overcome the challenges of teaching information technologies.IntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to present the results of the assessment of the continued efforts toimprove the learning and teaching of a site design software package in the Civil Engineerprogram at the United States Military Academy. The results are an extension of two previouslypublished papers: Integration of Information Technology Software in a Civil EngineeringProgram (2009, Caldwell et. al.)1 and Integration of

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Innovative Techniques in Structural Engineering Courses

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey A. Laman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Civil Engineering

. Page 24.790.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Integration of Prerequisite Resource Materials in a Structural Design of Foundations Course Using PencastsAbstractAs students enter the final year of an engineering curriculum, a large body of prerequisiteknowledge is expected to have been mastered and retained. Knowledge of and proficiency inmechanics, structural analysis, and both concrete and steel structure design is typically requiredfor success in senior level civil engineering design electives and capstone courses. However,students retain only some fraction of the material covered and proficiency gained in second andthird year engineering courses as they progress

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suleiman A. Ashur, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Mohammad Alhassan, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne

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Civil Engineering

and Effective Assessment Tool to Evaluate Engineering CoursesAbstractThe civil engineering program at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne wasestablished in the fall of 2006. The program went through ABET accreditation in 2011 and wasgranted accreditation in August 2012. A key component of getting accreditation is thedevelopment and the implementation of an effective and continuous assessment based process toidentifying strengths and weaknesses and to ensure continuous program improvements.The goal of this paper is to present an integrated assessment tool to assess course outcomes basedon direct and indirect assessment measures. The tool was developed to establish consistency inthe course assessment

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Innovative Teaching Techniques in the Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Goli Nossoni, Manhattan College

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Civil Engineering

courses in sustainabilityin civil engineering freshman and sophomore courses.4-8 Lower level sustainability courses canbe related to the knowledge gained in the required math, science, humanities, and social sciencecourses. Incorporating sustainability in the civil engineering curriculum is difficult due to an already fullprogram. Bielefeldt (2011) discusses an alternative approach for incorporating sustainability early on inthe curriculum and reports that the awareness of sustainability in subsequent assignments was presenteven when students were not specifically prompted to include sustainability. 9 Upper level designcourses can then be mapped to the sustainability concepts learned in the lower level courses.However, incorporating

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Innovative Techniques in Structural Engineering Courses

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew W. Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Angela Marie Jones, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael K. Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Civil Engineering

– Platteville where he teaches courses in structural design and structural mechanics. He earned his BS from North Carolina State University and his MS and PhD degrees from the University of Texas at Austin where he performed research on precast, segmental concrete bridge behavior and on anchorage of headed reinforcement. His current interests are in engineering education curriculum reform, learning analytics, and methods for improving student retention. Page 24.1393.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Work in Progress: Using Outcomes-Based Assessment in an

Conference Session

Research Experience in Stormwater Management

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

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Civil 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 56 excellent undergraduate researchers since 2007. This Site is renewed for the third cycle which will be implemented during 2014-16. 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

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogy and Assessment in Civil Engineering Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew W Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC; Michael K Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Civil Engineering

topics.Dr. Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC Carol Haden is s Senior Evaluator with Magnolia Consulting, LLC. She holds a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis on program evaluation from Northern Arizona University. Dr. Haden has extensive experience in the evaluation of formal STEM education projects across the K-20 spectrum and the evaluation of informal STEM Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) programs. She has designed and implemented evaluations of programs funded by the National Science Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Arizona Board of Regents, Goddard Space Flight Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Arizona Department of Education, among others. She has

Conference Session

Topics Related to Civil Engineering Curriculum

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles E. Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; Roger V. Lindgren, Oregon Institute of Technology; Sean St. Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology; David K. Thaemert P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Matthew Sleep, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

bachelor’s curriculum that had not been comprehensivelyupdated in ten years, the time was right.The co-terminal program was crafted to appeal to students as they considered various institutionsfor transfer or from high school. An opt-out approach was chosen such that students would beconsidered master’s-seeking students from their freshman or transfer year and would declareeither the BS or the BS/MS in the spring of their third year. With a 3.0 GPA cutoff, the facultyfelt this would function as an incentive for students to focus on their academics earlier and moreearnestly in their first few years. It has the added benefit of marketing the profession’s intendedacademic credential, a graduate degree, directly to students entering college for the

Conference Session

Research Experience in Stormwater Management

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aimee S. Navickis-Brasch, Gonzaga University; Noel E. Bormann P.E., Gonzaga University; Sue L. Niezgoda P.E., Gonzaga University; Matt Zarecor, Spokane County Stormwater Utility

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Civil Engineering

integrated into Gonzaga's existing civil engineering curriculum while at thesame time providing Spokane County with an opportunity to prepare for the 2018 NPDES permitchanges by having students evaluate different BMP monitoring systems and the effectiveness ofthe BMP . The project started in the fall of 2013 as a civil engineering capstone design projectwith a team of students designing a multi-cell bio-infiltration pond equipped with a differentmonitoring systems. Year one activities are described in the case study section of this paper.During the summer of 2014, construction of the bio-infiltration pond BMP and monitoringsystems will occur on Gonzaga's campus. Post construction plans for this project are described inthe Future Plans and

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Global Perspective and Experiential Learning in Civil Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University; Seri Park, Villanova University; Susan B. Mackey-Kallis, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

Delaware Valley Geo-Institute, and the Chair of the Continuing Education Committee for the Geo-Institute. Dr. Welker teaches a variety of geotechnical engineering courses and her research focuses on the geotechnical aspects of stormwater control measures.Dr. Seri Park, Villanova University Seri Park, PhD, P.T.P., is an Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Villanova University. She is serving as a member of Villanova’s International Students and Schol- ars as well as a member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee for the CEE Department. She is also the faculty advisor of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Student Chapter at Villanova and member of Villanova’s

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Innovative Techniques in Structural Engineering Courses

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kyle Kershaw P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Haaken Hagen-Atwell; Matthew James Ross, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

, I developed a strong interest in structural engineering. As a result, I decided to focus on this discipline for the remainder of my undergraduate career, learning as much as possible through my professors and related course-work. I opted to continue my education after having completed my Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering. As a result, I decided to return to my Alma mater to complete a Master’s curriculum with a focus in structural engineering. After completing my Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering in May of 2013, I accepted an internship opportunity with Walter P Moore in Dallas, Texas. During this internship, I worked with the Diagnostics Services Group analyzing structural issues and problems with

Conference Session

Research Experience in Stormwater Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Randel L. Dymond, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Tech; Debarati Basu, Virginia Tech

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Civil Engineering

-supported research and learning systems, hydrology, and water resources. In a major ($1M+, NSF) curriculum reform and engineering education research project from 2004 to 2009, he led a team of engineering and education faculty to reform 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 56 excellent undergraduate researchers since 2007. This Site is renewed for the third cycle which will be implemented during 2014-16. He also leads an NSF/TUES type I project in which a real-time environmental monitoring lab is being

Conference Session

Innovative Assessment Techniques in Civil Engineering Courses

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Shannon K Reynolds

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Civil Engineering

need. It can beexpected that allowing for a holistic sustainability curriculum within the engineering programthat introduces sustainability concepts early on and carries the concepts throughout theireducational tenure will produce an increasingly grounded understanding and confidence in thesubject. Thus, introducing sustainable development within the capstone project is a goodbeginning, but without a strong foundation in sustainability concepts with a comprehensivecourse its impact on deeper learning and competency is constrained.ConclusionThis paper presented a sustainability module for civil engineering education that incorporated theuse of the ISI Envision Rating System. The module integrates lessons on fundamentalsustainability concepts

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Innovative Assessment Techniques in Civil Engineering Courses

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina; Joshua Pelkey, AirWatch; Caroline R. Noyes, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael Owen Rodgers, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

student's perspective. in American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference. 2012. San Antonio, TX.9. MacRae, J.D. Introducing elements of sustainability into formal and informal environmental engineering education. in American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition. 2011. Vancouver, BC.10. Mueller Price, J., et al. Integrating sustainability principles in undergraduate engineering curriculum: A home for environmentally responsible engineering. in American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference. 2012. San Antonio, TX.11. Stasinopoulos, P., Whole System Design: An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Engineering. 2009

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Innovative Teaching Techniques in the Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jayne Marks, University of Pittsburgh; Kevin J. Ketchman, University of Pittsburgh; David R. Riley II, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Lisa Riley Brown, Penn State University; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh

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Civil Engineering

reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References1. Sams, A. and J. Bergmann, Flip your students' learning.(student-centered flipped learning), 2013, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development: Alexandria. p. 16.2. Goodwin, B. and K. Miller, Evidence on flipped classrooms is still coming in. Educational Leadership, 2013. 70(6): p. 78-80. Page 24.1295.123. Toto, R. and H. Nguyen. Flipping the work design in an industrial engineering course. in 39th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference: Imagining and Engineering Future CSET Education. 2009. San Antonio, TX.4. Zappe, S., et al

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Innovative Pedagogy and Assessment in Civil Engineering Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

Paper ID #10791Goethals’ Infrastructure Challenge Part 2: The Challenge BeginsMajor Berndt Spittka P.E., U.S. Military AcademyMajor Erik R. Wright PE, U.S. Military Academy Major Erik Wright is an Instructor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy. Erik’s civilian education includes a BS in Civil Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a Master’s of Civil Engineering from Norwich University and a MS in Civil Engineering from Purdue University. MAJ Wright is a Registered Professional Engineer in Indiana. MAJ Wright’s military education includes the

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BOK2 - Influencing Changes to the ABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria and Civil Engineering Curricula

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; John V. Tocco JD, Lawrence Technological University

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Civil Engineering

continuous improvement was the eventual impetusfor adoption of the BOK2 student outcomes for our program. This paper provides an overviewof the challenges faced and the various approaches taken by faculty to integrate the BOK2outcomes into the civil engineering curriculum. The paper also documents the successful ABETreview in 2010 in which the program was granted full accreditation and the maximum six-yearreview cycle. Finally, after six years of the Department functioning with BOK2 as studentoutcomes, the faculty can reflect and comment upon the successful and more the problematicaspects of the experience.I. IntroductionA. Overview of the Department of Civil EngineeringLawrence Technological University is located in Southfield Michigan. There are

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James L. Hanson PE, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

(i.e., graduate and seniortechnical elective) geotechnical engineering courses at California Polytechnic State University.The peer review process was established as an integral part of a term project that included awritten report and oral presentation to the class. A staged sequence of deadlines and milestoneswas administered to assure that students maintained progress with their projects. The format ofthe term papers was highly prescribed and based on a template for technical conferencemanuscripts. Content from the student projects was included in the final examination supportinga students teaching students integrated learning environment. Peer review was determined to bebeneficial to the students in terms of both technical content and

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Raise the Bar – Visions for the Future, Bodies of Knowledge, and Accreditation Vicissitudes.

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark William Killgore PE, F.ASCE, D.WRE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

career aspirations of the student. 2. ABET should allow accreditation of engineering programs of the same name at the baccalaureate and graduate levels in the same department to recognize that education through a “professional” master’s degree produces an AME, an accredited “master” engineer. 3. Engineering schools should more vigorously exploit the flexibility inherent in the outcomes-based accreditation approach to experiment with novel models for baccalaureate education. ABET should ensure that evaluators look for innovation and experimentation in the curriculum and not just hold institutions to a strict interpretation of the guidelines as they see them. 4. Whatever other creative approaches are taken

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BOK2 - Influencing Changes to the ABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria and Civil Engineering Curricula

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John V. Tocco JD, Lawrence Technological University

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Civil Engineering

, they do not have specific PMBOK5 correlateprocesses and were omitted from the matrix. Specialization, however, does play an importantrole in accreditation and is an integral outcome because, along with Breadth, it identifies CEManagement as a top tier course and one of the civil engineering subdisciplines needed foraccreditation. As previously provided, the description of Outcome 15: Specialization for thelevel of achievement selected by faculty, is as follows: Apply specialized tools or technologies to solve problems in traditional or emerging specialized technical areas of civil engineering.The ability to satisfy Specialization is conditioned on the use of “specialized tools ortechnologies” in the execution of the course, a

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BOK2 - Influencing Changes to the ABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria and Civil Engineering Curricula

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

and reports, the committee engaged in an all-encompassing and exhaustive discussion of all possible changes to the CEPC. The final product was an initial draft of the proposed Civil Engineering Program Criteria. The road to consensus started with a question: To what extent does the typical baccalaureate-level civil engineering program have room for more accreditation requirements given the credit-hour constraints on civil engineering programs around the country? Committee member opinions ranged from the current curriculum being full already to there is still room for seven to eight additional substantive accreditation requirements. The most common response was there is still room for three to