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Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Ramseyer, University of Oklahoma

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-1586: CAMP CONCRETE – GROWTH OF A GRADUATE PROGRAMChris Ramseyer, University of Oklahoma Ph.D., P.E. is an assistant professor at the School of CEES at OU. He has spent 5 years as a structural steel designer. His research interests include cold formed steel, structural stability, bridge issues and concrete materials. His educational interests include undergraduate research in engineering and alternative learning paradigms. He received the OU-CEES George W. Tauxe Outstanding Professor Award in 2004. Page 13.272.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Camp

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University; Cole McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

Technical Skills – Faculty are all faced with an ever increasing amount of information and limited time in designated courses. Faculty members with professional practice experience are able to help guide curriculum development toward topics of greatest relevance to engineering graduates. The ARCE faculty developed five new courses as the ARCE program offered a Master’s program for the first time this year.10 As the course objectives and nature of topics were discussed for these courses the researcher and practitioner members of the master’s committee engaged in healthy and productive debate to create courses that contained both technical rigor and practical usefulness

Conference Session

Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tamim Younos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Civil Engineering

watershed-basedapproach integrates various disciplines such as chemical sciences, biological sciences,hydrological sciences, engineering, and ecology. It interfaces with various technologiessuch as field and laboratory instrumentation, geographic information systems andgeospatial analysis, remote sensing, computer engineering and electronics, and datatransfer and storage and management system. The site is expected to expand the potentialpool of future graduate researchers and professionals in watershed sciences andengineering. The interdisciplinary research activities at our site are designed to facilitatelifelong learning experiences, and nourish analytical skills and creativity of futureengineers and scientists in a diverse environment consistent

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Collins, J.P. Morgan Chase; Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University; John Ochs, Lehigh University; Richard Weisman, Lehigh University; Vincent Munley, Lehigh University; Joseph Sterrett, Lehigh University

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Civil Engineering

companies. In 1996 the pilot courses IPD won the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ curriculum innovation award and in 1997 IPD won the Newcomen Society award for the promotion of America’s free-enterprise system. Dr. Ochs holds a MS and Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University. He often supervised mechanical engineering students in interdisciplinary design projects of Lehigh sports facilities.Richard Weisman, Lehigh University Richard Weisman is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lehigh and served as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs for 11 years, finishing in 2006. His teaching and research is in the field of water resources engineering with concentrations

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Challenges of CE Education in a Global World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; Richard Gash, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Farid Momand, Kabul University; Qaium Fekrat, Kabul University; Aziz Gulistani, Kabul University

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Civil Engineering

program in mechanical engineering at Ohio University, under the auspices of the Afghan Merit Scholars Program.Aziz Gulistani, Kabul University Aziz Ahmad Gulistani holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan. He has served as an Assistant Professor (Pohialay) at Kabul University for one year, an adjunct instructor at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan for one semester, and a practicing design engineer for eighteen months at 18 months at the Amu Construction Company. He is currently enrolled in the master’s degree program in civil engineering at Ohio University, under the auspices of the Afghan Merit Scholars Program

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Accreditation and Assessment Concerns in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean-Pierre Bardet, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Fred Meyer, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

quality and rigor; and appropriate experience based uponbroad technical and professional practice guidelines which provide sufficient flexibilityfor a wide range of roles in engineering practice.Table 2. ABET outcome criteria for engineering baccalaureate graduates. 3a: An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering 3b: An ability to design and conduct experiments as well as to analyze and interpret data 3c: An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within Hard skills realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, heath and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability. 3e: An

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Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Ronald Welch, The University of Texas-Tyler; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas; Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University; Tonya Nilsson, San Jose State; Jim O'Brien, American Society of Civil Engineers; Thomas Lenox, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

each attendee teaches threeclasses while receiving guidance and feedback from his or her group and mentor team. Theworkshop is designed to review and demonstrate the best methods of teaching and assessment, tointegrate the latest in learning theories, and to provide ample opportunities for participants toapply and practice methods and theories. ETW has encouraged the development of a community Page 13.586.3of engineering educators passionate about teaching and learning in civil engineering. Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 20081

Conference Session

Accreditation and Assessment Concerns in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Casey, George Mason University; Ellen O'Donnell, George Mason University

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Civil Engineering

roughly one quarter of the programssurveyed13. Thus, the median of these programs is near the 75th percentile in degree production.This suggests that larger programs, as can be seen from Table 2, may be more likely to have aDC-type IAB.Comparing IAB programs with Third-Party RankingsA stated goal of this study was to determine whether the presence and level of involvement of aprogram-oriented IAB has an impact on the success of the program. As previously stated,success can be difficult to measure because of perceived reputation, asymmetricundergraduate/graduate programs, and other factors. As a cursory comparison, the productivityand research expenditures per B.S. student for the IAB DC programs (Table 1) were comparedwith schools in the US News

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The New Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2)

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Anderson, Somat Engineering, Inc.; Stuart Walesh, S. G. Walesh Consulting; Kenneth Fridley, University of Alabama

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Civil Engineering

outcome for the civil engineer of the future to enter the professional practice of civil engineering. There was much give and take in these deliberations. Because over 50 experienced civil engineers participated in these deliberations, consensus was achieved without ever having to resort to a vote of the participants. 2. After this “professional practice” line was set, the committee then determined what level of achievement was proper at the time of graduation from an undergraduate civil engineering program. Again, consensus was reached without having to vote, largely as a result of the preparatory work done by the committee in developing the explanations and

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Use of Technology to Provide Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; shannon sexton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

course-based learning. Clearly, effective learning in engineering coursesdepends first on the learner, not the technology used to foster learning. The learner must • value the knowledge, • be capable, and Page 13.783.2 • have time and resources that permit them to learn.The mentor is second only to the learner in impacting learning effectiveness. The mentor’s rolehinges mostly on the first and last of the above three student needs. The effective mentor • helps the student strengthen their values; • improves learning efficiency to reduce time required for learning; • provides resources that include a course curriculum, reference

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephan Durham, University of Colorado at Denver; Micah Hale, University of Arkansas; Seamus Freyne, Manhattan College

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Civil Engineering

in Figure 12. Students typically account in their laboratory reports howthe lower w/c concrete mixtures are more difficult to compact in the cylinder molds than thehigher w/c mixtures. (a) (b) Figure 12. Comparison Between (a) 0.40 and (b) 0.60 W/C MixturesThis experiment also has a “real world” portion. Students are asked to provide cases where 0.40,0.50, and 0.60 w/c concrete mixtures would be used in engineering practice. This provides anopportunity for students to research engineering projects and determine what w/c is frequentlyused for certain structures (bridge beams, highway pavements, sidewalks, etc…).Concrete Curing ExperimentThe concrete curing experiment is a