diverse student populations, as prior work has shown that low self-efficacyis often a contributor to attrition [5, 6].Within an undergraduate curriculum at a small, teaching-focused institution in the southeast, anintegrated student outcome thread focused on development of civil engineering design skills wasadopted and mapped by faculty across a series of 16 departmental courses. The design outcomethread encompasses instructional material from courses in 1) Introduction to Civil andEnvironmental Engineering, 2) Dynamics, 3) Geomatics Lab, 4) Highway Engineering, 5)Mechanics of Materials, 6) Hydrology and Hydraulics, 7) Asphalt and Concrete Laboratory, 8)Measurements, Analysis and Modeling of Civil Engineering Systems, 9) Reinforced ConcreteDesign
Paper ID #26692Work in Progress: Integrating Civil Engineering Design Software into theCurriculum to Enhance Career Readiness SkillsProf. Todd M. Brown P.E., University of Hartford Todd Brown, P.E. received his MSCE from the University of New Hampshire in 1984. He worked as an environmental engineer in the Army for 4 years and then 28 years at Tighe & Bond working on contaminated sites, industrial and municipal wastewater treatment, collection systems, water transmission mains and urban redevelopment projects. In 2016, he became an Applied Assistant Professor in the Civil, Environmental, and Biomedical Engineering
areas that do not overlap. Capstonecourses or projects are frequently used to combat this misperception. Providing an understandingof how topics covered in one course relate to previous courses in the curriculum allows studentsto see the overlap earlier and observe design options. The objective of this research was to integrate the same design project longitudinally intwo introductory structural design classes at multiple universities in order to introduce the ideasof iterative design and design options and reinforce common, key concepts. Longitudinalcurriculum integration is frequently associated with freshman and sophomore level courses andoften used to enhance student retention by maintaining interest in their field of study
engineering curriculum. The framework will be utilized in its entirety in the freshmanintroduction to design course (EM103) and the senior design course (capstone projects). For allother required courses, the extent of utilization of the framework will depend on the objectives ofthe course project. For example, in the structural mechanics course (i.e. CE321), “Step 4” of theframework will be emphasized since the course project involves the analysis and design of amulti-story building.Additionally, the freshman courses, CE101, EM102 and CE111 do not make use of theframework, however, they do form an integral part of the common project platform by providingdata used to create the site plan for the common project platform.This problem-solving
Paper ID #25130Student-Facilitated Online Discussions to Encourage Critical Thinking in CivilEngineeringDr. Aliye Karabulut Ilgu, Iowa State University Dr. Aliye Karabulut-Ilgu is a lecturer in the department of Civil, Construction and Environmental En- gineering at Iowa State University. Her background is in Curriculum and Instruction, and her research interests include online learning, hybrid learning, and technology integration in higher education.Suhan Yao, Iowa State University Suhan Yao works as an Instructional Design Specialist in Engineering-Las Online Learning at Iowa State University. Her research interests
and development of strategies to use in the classroom. His teaching philosophy includes building a strong learning community within each class and the use of high-impact practices to engage and challenge his students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Improving Student Writing Outcomes Through Dynamic Feedback, Design Oriented Projects and Curriculum ModificationAbstractTechnical writing is an important skill for engineers that is often cited by employers as aweakness among college graduates entering professional practice. Students are often admitted toengineering programs based on capacity for learning STEM topics and with less regard forreading and writing ability
requirementwas instituted, LEED was essentially the only available rating system. The curriculum did notinclude formal exposure to sustainability prior to the two semester capstone design coursesequence. This course was taught several times by the first author between 2010 and 2016.There were also tools available to help students use the LEED rating system. The AmericanConcrete Institute (ACI) had a program to supply two important references to students free ofcharge 12 13. An outside guest lecturer, who was very active on the ACI SustainabilityCommittee, came in to speak to the students to introduce sustainability concepts and discuss theirprojects.However, limitations of the approach became apparent over time. As the LEED system focuseson human
Paper ID #24639Interactive Physical Experiments in an Advanced Undergraduate StructuralDynamics CourseCharles D. Facciolo, Daedalus Structural Engineering Charles Facciolo is a project engineer with Daedalus Structural Engineering where he is currently focused on high-end residential design. He received his bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering with a minor in construction management from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. Charles is working to continually broaden his engineering knowledge in order to become a well rounded structural engineer who can provide unique solutions to challenging
Paper ID #25666Impact of an Embedded Expert Model on Course Transformation in Engi-neeringDr. Molly McVey, University of Kansas Dr. Molly A. McVey is a post-doctoral teaching fellow at the University of Kansas School of Engineering where she works with faculty to incorporate evidence-based and student-centered teaching methods, and to research the impacts of changes made to teaching on student learning and success. Dr. McVey earned her Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kansas.Dr. Caroline R. Bennett P.E., University of Kansas Caroline is the John E. & Winifred E. Sharp Associate Professor in the
(Affective Level 1) in the practice of CE (Affective Level 3) Comply with the concepts and principles of sustainability Integrate a commitment of in civil engineering (Affective Level 2) sustainability principles in the practice of CE (Affective Level 4)Globally and across disciplines, there is a movement termed Education for Sustainability (EfS)and the related Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) [8-12]. Within civil engineering,there is a lot of evidence that sustainability has been integrated into courses and curriculum
has a Bachelor of Technology degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.Dr. Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University Dr. Ralph Dusseau is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rowan University in Glass- boro, New Jersey. Dr. Dusseau is also serving as the Associate Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and is Coordinator of the Engineering Management Programs at Rowan Uni- versity. Dr. Dusseau was an Assistant and Associate Professor at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan from 1985 to 1995. Dr. Dusseau was the Founding Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rowan University from 1995 to 2008.Mr. Tri Tam NguyenMr. Tony Andrew
, Louisville, KY, June, 2010.[5] Vesilind, A. and Morgan, S. (2004). Introduction to Environmental Engineering,2nd Ed. Brooks/Cole - Thomson, Belmont, California.[6] Riley, K., Davis, M., Cox, A. and Maciukenas, J. (2007). “Ethics in the details: an NSF project to integrate ethics into the graduate engineering curriculum.” Proceedings of the Professional Communication Conference, IEEE International. October 1-3, 2007 Seattle, Washington.[7] Forsyth, D. R. (1980). A taxonomy of ethical ideologies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 39(1), 175-184.[8] Kisselburgh L, Zoltowski CB, Beever J, Hess JL, Iliadis AJ, Brightman AO. (2014) “Effectively engaging engineers in ethical reasoning about
details the integration of Poll Everywhere into an engineering classroom whichallowed students to integrate their smartphones into the classroom discussion to provide instantfeedback to the instructor on their knowledge of a topic. Students in the classroom answeredtrue/false, multiple choice and free response questions created by the instructor before class or inreal time. Each response was sent to the instructor in the form of a text message that couldappear on a PowerPoint slide or the computer screen. The study saw an increase in studentmotivation and participation, as well as a more informed and confident instructor. This wasparticularly valuable due to diverse student body in the classroom, many of whom were reluctantto participate in hand
Paper ID #26223Factors Contributing to the Problem-Solving Heuristics of Civil EngineeringStudentsMr. Sean Lyle Gestson, Oregon State University Sean Gestson is a recent graduate from the University of Portland where he studied Civil Engineering with a focus in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering. He is currently conducting Engineering Education research while pursuing a doctoral degree in Civil Engineering at Oregon State University. His research interests include problem solving, decision making, and engineering curriculum development.Dr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University Shane Brown is an
Paper ID #26049A Simple Physical Model to Assist in Fluid Mechanics CalculationsDr. Anne Dudek Ronan P.E., New York University Anne Dudek Ronan, Ph.D., P.E., is an Industry Professor in the Department of Civil and Urban Engi- neering NYU. Although her main area of interest is Water Resources Engineering, she teaches across the curriculum – from the freshman Introduction to Civil Engineering course to graduate classes in Ground- water Hydrology and Surface Water Pollution. She also advises PhD and Masters degree students and is faculty adviser for two student clubs. Previously, Anne was an Adjunct Professor at The Cooper
Achievement Through Achievement 1 – Receive Acknowledge the importance of sustainability in the Undergraduate (be aware of, be practice of civil engineering. Education willing to receive, and be attentive to a Any evidence that the topic is covered in the particular curriculum. phenomenon or behavior) 2 – Respond Comply with the concepts and principles of Undergraduate (actively participate sustainability in the practice of civil engineering. Education in an activity, attend to a task, and react to Reflection piece on why concepts
science courses that predominate the early years of the curriculum),students may feel that creativity is not valued in engineering. Redesigning some assignments inevery civil engineering course to allow students some degree of freedom and choice in theirapproach could counter this prevailing trend. The VALUE rubric for creativity and innovation [28]brings this idea to mind. Curricula with a design spine or extensive integration of open-endedproblem-based learning likely already fulfill this aim. Programs choosing to pursue this approachare encouraged to include faculty development in their process; [52] describes this for an IndustrialTechnologies degree program in Madrid.As a final example of teaching creativity and innovation, the Franklin W
compression, tension, or axial force andflexure and (ii) bolted or welded connections. Students develop a familiarity with the strengthand serviceability requirements of AISC 360 Specification for Structural Steel Buildings [1] thatis utilized in structural engineering design practice. Traditional methods of steel design lectureinvolve instruction on the failure modes and design criteria for an individual member orconnection type in isolation without exposing students to the systems-level perspective of howthese components are integrated into a building structure.This introduction section explores innovations in the context of these types of traditionalstructural steel design courses within the groupings of: project-based learning, computersimulation
authoritatively defined [23].On the positive side, ASCE already has a well-established organizational infrastructure—CECand its academies—to support implementation of an enhanced, better-integrated credentialingsystem.A Proposed New ParadigmIn response to the ASCE Board’s directive of March 2018, we suggest that it is indeed feasible tovalidate fulfillment of the CE-BOK using the existing professional licensure system, augmentedby an enhanced specialty certification process that is entirely within ASCE’s control. Wepropose a developmental model consisting of four successive credentials—Engineer Intern,Professional Engineer, Board-Certified Civil Engineering Professional (BCCEP), andDiplomate—as shown in Table 2 below.Table 2. Proposed developmental model
Paper ID #26457Assessment of Active and Team-based Learning Techniques in a Transporta-tion Engineering Introductory CourseDr. Alexandra Kondyli, University of Kansas Dr. Alexandra Kondyli is an Assistant Professor of Transportation Engineering in Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering at the University of Kansas since August 2014. Dr. Kondyli’s research interests include traffic operations and management, highway capacity, ITS, microsimulation, driver be- havior, and traffic flow theory. Prior to her appointment at the University of Kansas, Dr. Kondyli was a postdoctoral associate at the University of Florida
Paper ID #25104Strategies to Improve Engineers’ Writing of Executive SummariesDr. Cara N. Morton P.E, Washington State University Cara is professional engineer and has three years of structural engineering design experience from the design of marine structures in the Gulf of Mexico to the design of shear walls in seven story concrete buildings governed by seismic loads in Seattle, WA. She currently serves as Clinical Professor at Wash- ington State University teaching the Integrated Civil Engineering Design class where a broad knowledge base from stormwater management to traffic engineering is required. Regarding
developing curriculums that are accepted across international borders. Bymaking engineering programs more flexible, has the engineering profession opened the door tocreating degree programs that can be completed in less than four years?One idea that has been implemented in various formats and locations is a three-year degreeprogram. With the increasing demand to justify education content, cost, and success this seemslike an appealing option to many, particularly those outside the engineering profession.However, the question remains whether the content of a three-year program can meetaccreditation expectations and match the rigor expected by the public and industry. Europeansasked themselves the same question twenty years ago, and interestingly, many
integrate a set of “risk and resilience” focused coursesinto engineering education for workforce towards a hazard-resilient built environment. A set ofthree individual courses, namely, 1) Introduction to Risk and Resiliency in Engineering, 2)Reliability and Optimization Methods in Engineering, 3) Sensing and Data Analytics forInfrastructure Systems will be developed and incorporated into curriculum. These three courseshave been designed to be help address the fundamental knowledge and techniques needed forengineers to conduct the assessment, design and management of engineering systems to achievehazard resilience. The paper provides details about the rational and course objectives, coursecomponents, and sample course projects for design and
student-centered activitieswere carefully designed as they are integral to the success of the flipped model [15]. Thedistribution of class time use is shown in Figure 1.Figure 1 – Distribution of class time use in the flipped offeringThe framework of project-based learning makes has an inherent synergy with the flipped. Bycombining both elements in one course, the benefits of each approach can accrue while softeningthe drawbacks. The project-based component of the course acts as a motivational andaccountability tool as the students become invested in solving the presented design problems. Italso transforms the student-teacher interactions into ones more focused on the students’ needs [11]which can be addressed in class due to the extra classroom
infrastructure development and redevelopment, and the associated trillion-dollar cost,will be addressed by civil engineers. In that regard, there are two areas in which a civilengineering education can make change, namely: Reinforce the links between the core curriculum and the practice of civil engineering. Develop within the student a stronger integration between the technical and the non- technical subjects. Reinforce the concepts of public responsibility, of service in an elected office.Concluding RemarksIn this paper, the authors have documented the relationship between an education in civilengineering and the need for individuals with liberal education in the 21st century workplace.They have concluded that a
assess this in civil engineering. Perhaps level 3 occurs to some extent in the context ofsustainable civil engineering but I do not think we ‘call it out’ to students as applying principlesand concepts of social sciences.Rose-Hulman. For the first two levels, all of our students are required to take classes in thehumanities and social sciences, so I am confident this outcome is being fulfilled in the cognitivedomain in our curriculum. Institute-wide, we do not assess this outcome specifically, so wewould have to identify an efficient, reliable, and sustainable way to collect evidence of thislearning in classes in our curriculum but outside of our department. For level 3, this is present atleast subtly in our application of the LENSES [4] method
; Exposition, 2014.[9] R.D. Burke, C.L. Dancz, K. J. Ketchman, M.M. Bilec, T.H. Boyer, C. Davidson, A.E. Landis, and K. Parrish, “Faculty Perspectives on Sustainability Integration in Undergraduate Civil and Environmental Engineering Curriculum,” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 144(3), 2018.[10] D.L. Bondhegan, S.J. Komisar, and R. O’Neill, “Assessing Achievement of Sustainability Skills in the Environmental and Civil Engineering Curriculum,” Proceedings of the 2016 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2016.[11] J.M. Stache, J.P. Hanus, and J. Gonser, “Assessing Sustainability in Design in an Infrastructure Course through Project
No 7a. Do you consider this activity or course to be a high‐impact learning activity? Yes No This activity allowed me to Reflect Apply Integrate 8. Did you participate in “Service Learning” or “Community‐based Learning” activity or project? Yes No 8a. Do you consider “Service Learning” or “Community‐based Learning” to be a high‐impact learning activity? Yes No This activity allowed me to Reflect Apply Integrate 9. Did you participate in an internship? Yes
Missouri-Rolla. Michelle is co-leading an Undergraduate Research Community to support students learning through research, efforts to integrate open-ended problems throughout students’ curricula, research to remove stormwater pollu- tants via engineered treatment wetlands, and development of appropriate technology courses and research with strong emphasis on social sustainability.Dr. Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Jennifer Mueller, PhD, PE, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental En- gineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She obtained her BS in Environmental Engineering from Northwestern University, and she earned her MS and PhD in Civil Engineering
–Professional Outcomes (6 total Outcomes). Outcome groupings and achievement leveldescriptions mirror the BOK3 format and definitions. After each Outcome rating, Items 8 – 11also included an open text box to allow respondents to provide additional comments.Item 12 provided a list of the 10 ABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria. Respondents wereasked to rate the importance of each component to civil engineering education and the ease ofimplementation into the civil engineering curriculum (using the same 5-point Likert scale as wasutilized in Items 8 – 11). An open text box was also provided as part of Item 12. Finally, Item 13provided one more open text box and encouraged respondents to provide any additional commentsrelated to the importance and/or