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Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christianna Irene White, Iowa State University, Institute for Transportation; David J. White, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

(CE) graduate students through an extra-curricular pedagogy effort. Like other suchefforts, the program rests on research in composition and composition pedagogy and a commonunderstanding that writers learn by writing.1,2,3,4,5,6 This program was designed to address whatthe authors and others7 have identified as insufficient or uneven preparation for the level ofcommunication skills required for success in graduate engineering programs and subsequentemployment in academia or industry.Engineering educators have incorporated various communication pedagogy strategies into theundergraduate experience, including working with writing centers housed in Englishdepartments, establishing writing centers in departments of engineering, requiring

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brock E. Barry, U.S. Military Academy; Kathryn Purchase, U.S. Military Academy; Marc J. Sanborn, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

engineeringeducation.IntroductionConsider for a moment what steps you would use in the performance of engineering researchwithin your discipline of expertise. Perhaps such things as a clearly formulated hypothesis, astrong grounding in the related literature, a defined methodology, and a concern for validity andreliability come to mind as expectations within your field of practice. A minimum level ofscholarship is expected in the performance of research in all engineering disciplines. Anindividual undertaking serious research would not attempt to publish a technical manuscript in ajournal or present findings at a conference without meeting the rigorous expectations asestablished by the academic community. Then why is it that these commonly understoodrigorous standards are so

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sinead MacNamara, Syracuse University

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Civil Engineering

frontiers of engineering” and “each is associated withincreasing complexity.”3By comparison, the discipline of architecture’s curriculum andpedagogy consciously and actively fosters and rewards creativity. Architecture students prioritizeinnovation and continuously engage in creative thinking while keeping an eye on the big picture:the cultural significance and ultimate aims of the “program” in relationship to the cultural andenvironmental context of the project. Students are exposed to the best examples of creativeendeavor and cutting-edge design practice and taught the history of their field. Throughout theireducation, students are exposed to a range of approaches and methodologies for problem-solvingdesign, helping to provide the understanding

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Haluk M. Aktan, Western Michigan University; John Stephen Polasek P.E., Western Michigan University; Kevin James Phillips

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Civil Engineering

, CMMI Program 20052008 Review Committee of Visitors in 2009, member of TRB Committee on Basic Research and Emerging Technologies on Concrete and ASCE committee on Performance Based Design.John Stephen Polasek, P.E., Western Michigan University John S. Polasek P.E. retired from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) after over 38 years of service in 2009. John received his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from MSU in 1972 and was hired at MDOT. Over the years, he has worked in the Design Division, as a Staff Engineer for the Local Government Division, as the Kalamazoo District Design Engineer and Project Development Engineer, as well as Region System Manager. In June 2003, John was appointed Director of the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven D. Hart, U.S. Military Academy; Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy, West Point; Joseph P. Hanus, U.S. Military Academy; Karl F. Meyer, U.S. Military Academy; Jason Allen Toth; Morgan Reese, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

Professional Engineer in Wisconsin. His research interests include fiber reinforced polymer materials, accelerated bridge construction, and engineering education.Karl F. Meyer, U.S. Military Academy Colonel Fred Meyer is the Civil Engineering Division Director in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from USMA in 1984, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1993 and 2002, respectively. Fred has been a member of the USMA faculty for over eight years and teaches courses in basic mechanics, structural steel design, reinforced concrete design, and structural system design. He has served as a senior

Conference Session

Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fernando Fonseca, Brigham Young University; Steven E. Benzley, Brigham Young University; James Nelson, Brigham Young University; A. Woodruff Miller, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

of the BYU Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. His research efforts are in Finite Element Modeling and Professional Engineering Ethics.E James Nelson, Brigham Young UniversityDr. A. Woodruff Miller, Brigham Young University A. WOODRUFF MILLER earned a bachelors degree in civil engineering from Brigham Young University in 1969, and masters and Ph.D. degrees in 1970 and 1975, both from Stanford University. He has been a professor in the civil & environmental engineering department at Brigham Young University since 1974 where currently he holds the Husein Professorship and directs the civil engineering design (capstone) course for all graduating seniors, and where he was department chair from 2000 to 2006

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Attracting and Retaining Students in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rhonda K. Young, University of Wyoming; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Andrea Bill, University of Madison, Wisconsin; Michael Kyte, University of Idaho, Moscow; Kevin Heaslip, Utah State University; David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University; Shashi S. Nambisan, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

Shashi Nambisan, PhD, PE, is Director of the Institute for Transportation and Professor of Civil En- gineering at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. He enjoys working with students and he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the area of Transportation systems as well as undergraduate cap- stone design courses. Dr. Nambisan has led efforts on over 150 research projects. He has taught over a dozen undergraduate and graduate courses in various areas related to transportation systems as well as undergraduate capstone design courses. He also has been very active in leadership roles of several pro- fessional societies. Among the awards and honors Shashi has received is a proclamation by the Governor of Nevada

Conference Session

Program Criteria, Assessment, and Sustainability in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mikhail Gershfeld, S.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Judith Ellen Sheine, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Gary LeMarr McGavin, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Department of Architecture

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Civil Engineering

between conceptual and preliminary design. This as-pect of aesthetic design is not familiar to engineers, but its understanding is essential to success-ful collaboration. In practice engineers are typically not privy to this phase of the design and as aresult are lacking a basic understanding of the design vision, which impacts their ability to con-tribute to the subsequent design phases. Page 22.148.7Preliminary Design PhaseThis and the following phase of the project were set up to work as a progressive competition. Byforming the interdisciplinary teams for this phase based on students’ interest in a particular de-sign, our intention was to

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First-Year Activities and Peer Review Strategies in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University; James R. Morgan, Texas A&M University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2011-533: INCORPORATING TECHNICAL PEER REVIEW OF CIVILENGINEERING STUDENT PROJECTSLuciana Barroso, Texas A&M University Luciana R. Barroso, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering, in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. She has been with Texas A&M University for more than 10 years, and in that time has taught over a dozen different courses ranging from the freshman to graduate levels. She has received funding for her engineering education research from the Department of Education FIPSE program and from the NSF CCLI program. She also has been involved in several professional developments that were provided by the NT

Conference Session

Integration of the Humanities and Social Sciences into Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Edward Morris Barbanell, University of Utah; Maria Dawn Blevins, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

Page 22.272.2fit within societal, ethical, and cultural contexts. Interestingly, analogous discussions are takingplace in humanities disciplines, such as philosophy, where applied philosophy is in some circlesconsidered essential for making the discipline more relevant. Historically, arguments aboutenvironmental ethics within philosophy have narrowly focused on how best to think about“nature” in order to protect it: should it be viewed as a set of resources to be utilized for human-centered ends or does nature have some “intrinsic value” apart from how it can be utilized byhumans. But the increasingly shrill, narrow and pedantic tone of these arguments has only servedto alienate philosophers from those actually working in the field

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Lauren Seabury, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Benjamin Lee; Gregory Alan Payne; John A. Hoopes, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Civil Engineering

accomplished by (1) taking aclassroom concept and researching its applications, or (2) researching a phenomena of interestand working backwards to find the fluid mechanics principles that govern it. Each group’s topicwas presented to and approved by the group’s TA. After researching the chosen concept, groupsbuilt a presentation using Microsoft Office’s PowerPoint to teach classmates about what thestudents in that group had learned. Common components of the presentations included anoverview of the chosen real-world application topic under investigation, an explanation of how itrelated to a fluid mechanics principle, and a sample problem to solidify the connection betweenthe two. Each presentation was designed to run five minutes with extra time for

Conference Session

Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald W. Welch, University of Texas, Tyler; Clifton B. Farnsworth, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

. Video taping of liveclass sessions for this evaluation was performed with a typical camcorder and tripodsetup. The department has decided to experiment with distance education packages todevelop Best Practices to ensure most of the pedagogically sound and successful ASCEExCEEd Teaching Model is used.Obviously fully taping a live class with natural student interaction, processing it, andposting for student review would be the optimum choice that would allow all aspects ofthe ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Model to be employed except for a high degree of contactand developing positive rapport with the students who are not in class. Those studentswould not be able to pose a question or respond to a question just as some students do notparticipate in live

Conference Session

Integration of the Humanities and Social Sciences into Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald W. Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

, May 2009.13 Welch, R.W., “Integrating Professional Topics and Engineering Constraints Across the Curriculum,”Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Austin, TX, 14-17June, 2009.14 Newman, K., COO, BWR Section, L Engineering, Comment made during a lunch meeting on whatgraduates need at time of graduation, Tyler, TX, 12 December 2010. Page 22.789.13Appendix I - CIVIL ENGINEERING BODY OF KNOWLEDGE FOR THE 21STCENTURY, Table 1. Entry into the practice of civil engineering at the professional levelrequires fulfilling 24 outcomes to the various levels of achievement.5Key: L1 through L6 refers to these

Conference Session

The CE Profession: Perspectives from the U.S. & Canada

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Whitney A. Lutey, Montana State University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

senior faculty in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at West Point.Dr. Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette CollegeAndrea L Welker, Villanova University Dr. Andrea L. Welker, PE is an associate professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering depart- ment at Villanova University. Dr. Welker, a geotechnical engineer, teaches the following classes: Geology for Engineers, Soil Mechanics, Soil Mechanics Laboratory, Geotechnical Capstone Design, Foundation Design, Geosynthetics, Geoenvironmental Engineering, and Professional Practice. Most of Dr. Welker’s research focuses on the geotechnical aspects of stormwater control measures. In addition to her teach- ing and research duties, Dr. Welker is the

Conference Session

First-Year Activities and Peer Review Strategies in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering

AC 2011-1348: GLOBAL INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE AMONG FIRST-YEAR CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTSAngela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt, PhD, PE, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, & Ar- chitectural Engineering at the University of Colorado - Boulder (CU). She is affiliated with the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities at CU. She has taught the first-year Introduction to Civil Engineering course 13 times, starting in 1997. She also teaches a senior capstone Environmental En- gineering Design course, which included international water and sanitation projects in 2001, 2002, 2006, and 2010. Her research interests include ceramic water

Conference Session

Integration of the Humanities and Social Sciences into Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Civil Engineering

. Which of the following does not describe an aspect of management? (a). Planning (b). Organizing (c). Controlling (d). Stalling (e). Directing 4. What possible roles could a civil engineer have regarding management? Choose all that apply. (a). Engineers integrate aspects of a heavy infrastructure project (b). Engineers know where to get information and resources (c). Engineers monitor the construction of their designs to ensure quality and performance (d). Engineers collaborate with an office and outside their firm/entity to ensure the best possible product in the least amount of time for the least cost (e). Engineers provide management services to subcontractors (f). Engineers have no

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Civil Engineering

before the meeting… • …give the mentors a better concept as to what the capstone is about… • …help the mentors understand the goals of the course and the differences between academic and practical designs ahead of time…When compared with the RCM results, the Subdiscipline Mentor session was not as positivelyreceived. 67% of the students agreed that the Subdiscipline Mentor assisted the team withunderstanding project requirements (Figure 9), with a slightly larger number of respondents—71%—agreeing that the mentor provided guidance for their research process (Figure 10). For thelast question, 71% of students indicated that they wanted to meet with their Subdiscipline Mentor

Conference Session

Program Criteria, Assessment, and Sustainability in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Chris Hendrickson, Carnegie Mellon University; Amy E. Landis, University of Pittsburgh; Scott Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University

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Civil Engineering

engineersinto student projects as the assistant director of education outreach in the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, Pitt’s center for green design.Chris Hendrickson, Carnegie Mellon UniversityAmy E. Landis, University of PittsburghH. Scott Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University H. Scott Matthews is a Professor in the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and En- gineering & Public Policy and the Research Director of the Green Design Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. The Green Design Institute is an interdisciplinary research consortium at Carnegie Mellon fo- cused on identifying and assessing the environmental impacts of systems and helping businesses manage their use of resources and toxic

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First-Year Activities and Peer Review Strategies in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Kuder, Seattle University; Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2011-1950: IMPLEMENTING PEER-REVIEWS IN CIVIL ENGINEER-ING LABORATORIESKatherine Kuder, Seattle University Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Seattle University, specializing in mechan- ics, structural engineering and cement-based materials.Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University Nirmala Gnanapragasam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering at Seattle University and is the design coordinator of the senior capstone program for the depart- ment. She is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Washington. Her interests include the professional practice of geotechnical engineering and engineering education research