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Laboratory Development and Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Hernandez, Michigan Technological University; Stanley Vitton, Michigan Technological University

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Civil Engineering

mining company. He was the Engineering Manager for Shell’s R&F Coal Mine located in Cadiz, OH for approximately four years. His first four years at Shell were spent on the development of surface coal mines located in the Powder River Basin. Dr. Vitton’s PhD is in Civil Engineering (geotechnical engineering) from the University of Michigan, his MSE is in mining engineering (rock mechanics) and his BSE is in geological engineering both from Michigan Tech. Page 14.70.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A New Approach to Soil Mechanics Laboratory Curricula

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Laboratory Development and Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Burian, University of Utah; Alfred Kalyanapu, University of Utah; Dasch Houdeshel, University of Utah; David Judi, University of Utah; Christine Pomeroy, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

AC 2009-1446: A WEB-BASED VIRTUAL LABORATORY FOR WATERRESOURCES ENGINEERING EDUCATIONSteven Burian, University of UtahAlfred Kalyanapu, University of UtahDasch Houdeshel, University of UtahDavid Judi, University of UtahChristine Pomeroy, University of Utah Page 14.146.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Web-Based Virtual Laboratory for Water Resources Engineering EducationAbstractThis paper describes a virtual laboratory website used in water resources engineering courses atthe University of Utah. The prototype virtual lab provides access via the Internet to digital video,visualization, an interactive calculator, and a

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Laboratory Development and Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Torick, University of Pittsburgh; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh

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Civil Engineering

AC 2009-1159: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PORTABLE FLUIDS LAB FOR CIVILAND ENVIRONMENTAL UNDERGRADUATESDavid Torick, University of PittsburghDan Budny, University of Pittsburgh Page 14.1198.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Adjusting the Curriculum in the Fluid Mechanics Course by Modifying the Laboratory SettingAbstractMany fluids laboratory facilities and their associated student laboratory experiences were builtback in the 1960-1970 time frames. They typically consisted of large facilities that included windtunnels, flumes, wet wells, pump stations, etc. Today these laboratories are physically andpedagogically out dated and the

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Laboratory Development and Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nurdan Beyenal, Washington State University; Cara Poor, Washington State University; Paul Golter, Washington State University; Gary Brown, Washington State University; David Thiessen, Washington State University; Bernard Van Wie, Washington State University

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Civil Engineering

with two children.Paul Golter, Washington State University Paul B.Golter obtained an MS from Washington State University and is currently pursuing his PhD while working as the Laboratory Supervisor in the Chemical Engineering Department at WSU.He is married with two children.Gary Brown, Washington State University Gary R Brown obtained a PhD in Education from Washington State University in 1994 and is currently the Director Centre for Teaching Learning and Technology at Washington State University. He is happily married.David Thiessen, Washington State University David B.Thiessen received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado and has been at

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Laboratory Development and Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Richards, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

Conference Session

Professional Issues in Civil Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

as a technical course that requires a labcomponent. The underlying thought being that engineering students will have numerouslaboratory experiences within their engineering academic career and being able to get acourse on the history of modern engineering which counts toward a core requirementearly in their career will provide them an unique insight into engineering. Additionally,the creative hands-on laboratory experiences and associated data collection willencourage some of the non-engineering students to consider switching to engineering!The presentation of engineering in the modern world within ENGR 1200 at UT Tyler alsoincludes laboratory experiences for the freshmen engineering students. These laboratoryexperiences come from the Summer

Conference Session

Educational Issues in Civil Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

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Civil Engineering

, 8:00 a.m. to noon, is devoted to welcome bythe Project Director, introductions, and presenting: general project schedule; alternative daymeeting format; weekly group leaders’ concept and responsibilities; biweekly reports andpresentations schedule; seminars and workshops; field trips; safety rules for use of the laboratoryfacilities; policies for use of office equipment and facilities; evaluations to be conducted; finalday presentations; and activities beyond the summer REU experience. Finally, the facultymentors(s) and GRAs give an overview of the three research projects to be executed. In theafternoon the students are taken to the laboratory facilities and are introduced to the labtechnicians and other graduate students working in the

Conference Session

Integrating Computer-based Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ayhan Irfanoglu, Purdue University; Yating Chang, Purdue University

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Civil Engineering

. Page 14.803.5The overseas trip to Istanbul, a city facing very high seismic risk2, provided opportunities to seehow earthquake engineering concepts were applied in practice. In particular, in accord with thematerial studied in the classroom, the group visited several construction and retrofit sitesincluding of a modern high-rise complex, several historic monumental structures, and asubmerged railroad tunnel (MarmaRay) connecting Asia and Europe at the bottom of theBosphorus Strait. Additionally, the students visited three research laboratories including anearthquake research laboratory of the host university (Istanbul Technical University), theMarmaRay tunnel material research laboratory, and a second earthquake research laboratory thatalso

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ASCE Policy 465: Raising the Bar

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jon Nelson, American Society of Civil Engineers; David Hornbeck, Southern Polytechnic State University; James Lambrechts, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Joe Manous, United States Army Corps of Engineers; Robert Stevens, Arcadis U.S., Inc; Leo Titus, ECS, Ltd; Jeffrey Russell

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Civil Engineering

engineering firm specializing in geotechnical engineering, construction testing and inspection and environmental consulting. He has over 17 years experience in geotechnical engineering and special inspections. He currently is very active on several ASTM committees and serves as Vice Chairman of ASTM E36 main committee which has governance over several related standards including ASTM E329: “The Standard Specification for Agencies Engaged in Construction Inspection and/or Testing”. He has served two terms as president of WACEL, a regional organization that accredits testing laboratories and certifies field technicians. He has served as a task group chairman for NICET’s development of new soil

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International Aspects of Civil Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Aaron Hill, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

AfghanistanOn January 25, 2009 the National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA) in Kabulgraduated its first class of cadets. Of the 84 graduates in this class, 18 of them studied CivilEngineering in a program designed and implemented by faculty members from the U.S. MilitaryAcademy at West Point and U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. The initial tasks these facultymembers faced included design of curriculum and courses, development of laboratory facilities,and hiring faculty. We deployed to Afghanistan between January and August 2008 as the CivilEngineering program entered its second year (the NMAA school year, which follows the Islamiccalendar, begins in March and ends in January). Our tasks included developing the final courses

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Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tomasz Arciszewski, George Mason University; Michael Bronzini, George Mason University; Mark Houck, George Mason University

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Civil Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering (CEIE) in the Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and is also the Chair of the CEIE Department. Prior positions include Director of the Center for Transportation Analysis at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at Penn State University, Director of the Transportation Center and Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Tennessee, and Assistant professor of Civil engineering at Georgia Tech. Bronzini holds the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Penn State and a B.S. degree from Stanford University, all in Civil Engineering. He has 42 years of experience in

Conference Session

Sustainable and Urban Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clara Fang, University of Hartford

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Civil Engineering

. I then incorporate the projects into my class lecturesand laboratory tutoring so that the students have the theoretical background and necessary skills Page 14.342.3to complete all components of the project. A description of two projects is provided below: 21) Land Surveying Project in CE 250 Geomatics (Sophomore Level)In the past two years, sophomore students have conducted several projects involving landsurveying on the University’s conservation easements. As an example, shown in Figure 1, thesurveying area includes 12 sectors (A-L) and the sectors

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Innovation in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

Teaching Methods for Surveying and EngineeringGraphics,” Proceedings of Mi-Atlantic Conference, Kean University, NJ 2003b.5. Mehta, Y. A. “Innovative Techniques To Teach Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory,” Proceedings of theASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT 2004.5. Mehta, Y. A. “Innovative Techniques to Teach Transportation Engineering,” Proceedings of the ASEE AnnualConference, Chicago, IL 2006.6. Mehta, Y. A and Riddell, W. “Dynamics Course for Sections with both Civil and Mechanical Engineers”Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA 2007. Page 14.517.7

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Integrating Computer-based Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Parhum Delgoshaei, Virginia Tech; Chelsea Green, Virginia Tech

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Civil Engineering

programming environment d. If programming is not a major component of the course, then assigning a programming project involving a student competition is perhaps not a good idea, particularly if the class includes a significant number of students with prior programming experiences.LabVIEW ProgrammingLabVIEW (Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench) is a visualprogramming language from the National Instruments. LabVIEW uses a dataflow programmingmodel in which the output of each computation node is calculated when all the inputs aredetermined for that node. The calculations take place concurrently for nodes that do not have adata dependency. LabVIEW has been used in educational settings for implementing capstonedesign

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Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Welker, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

engineering laboratory techniques, and g. an ability to communicate effectivelyteamwork k. an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice 5. can explain basic concepts of leadership4. explain by way of several examples the societal h. the broad education necessary to understand thecontext of civil engineering practice including the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic,importance of civil engineering works to society and environmental, and societal contextcontemporary issues

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International Aspects of Civil Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aaron Hill, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

principles that have shown tolead to success in the classroom.20Developing Different SkillsWorking at NMAA also required us to establish their laboratory equipment and training. An in-depth look at each course was required to determine lab requirements. This was followed by thesynthesis of the cost and contracting limitations, lab space constraints, and most importantly,training requirements. Without the luxury of lab technicians at NMAA, the maintenance,accountability, and training aspect took most of our effort. American mentors assisted theAfghan instructors to establish an organized setup to the lab. After a time gap in American Page

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Professional Issues in Civil Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Chou, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Deborah Nykanen, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Civil Engineering

, pp. 253-262.2. “Real-World Experience Can Revitalize Teaching”, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, http://www.nwrel.org/nwreport/dec98/article.html, retrieved 3/18/2009.3. Uluatam, S. S. (1992) “Civil Engineering Experience and Education”, Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, ASCE, Vol. 118, No. 1, January, pp. 71-76.4. “Civil Engineering Overview”, Sloan Career Cornerstone Center, www.careercornerstone.org, retrieved Feb. 3, 2009.5. Akili, W. (2006) “Case Studies in Geotechnical/Foundation Engineering: Engaging Students and Bringing the Practice into the Classroom”, Conference Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. June 18-21, Chicago, IL.6

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International Aspects of Civil Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Lambert, Arup; Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Craig Baltimore, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Civil Engineering

.V. Project ScopeThe initial step in the architectural design process was the development of a list of the types offacilities required to support the functions of the school and provide the necessaryaccommodations for the student body. Once this list was compiled, a required size needed to beassigned to each category of building. The size was determined from the requirements of thespecific task the particular building needed to support and the number of individuals intended touse the building.The technical college is intended to provide training in computer science, auto mechanics,construction, and hotel management. Each of these areas requires space for classrooms,shops/laboratories, a library, storage, and faculty offices totaling

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Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

demonstrated depth of knowledge. B3. My instructor demonstrated enthusiasm. B4. My instructor had a structure or plan. B5. Instructor helped me understand importance B6. Instructor used well articulated learning obj. B7. My instructor communicated effectively. B8. Laboratories contributed to my learning. B9. Instructor demonstrated positive expectations. B10. My instructor used visual images. B11. Instructor gave timely/accurate feedback. B12. Instructor was available outside classroom. B13. Grading practices are fair/reflect performance. B14. The Exam's were fair and relevant