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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cole C McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University; Graham C. Archer P.Eng, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Civil Engineering

experimental laboratory was recently developed to improve students’physical understanding of the complex principles presented in mechanical vibrations courses.Rather than creating the typical small scale model with lumped masses to illustrate importantmechanical vibrations concepts, a full-scale structure was used to improve the relevance of theexperiments so that students can more readily connect the results with the real world. TheBridge House, a one-story building constructed by undergraduate students, is aptly named sinceit spans a small seasonal creek in the student outdoor experimental construction laboratorylocated on the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) campus. Thisstructure is ideal for vibration

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ghulam H. Bham, University of Alaska, Anchorage; Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #7680A GIS Based Laboratory in Transportation Engineering: Self-Efficacy as aPredictor of Students’ LearningDr. Ghulam H. Bham, University of Alaska, Anchorage Dr. Ghulam H. Bham is a faculty member at the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include modeling and simulation of driver behavior in transportation systems, traffic operations and control, traffic safety, and engineering education.Dr. Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science & Technology Dr. Dan Cernusca is

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Activities and Assessment for “Awkward ABET Outcomes”

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Michael J McGinnis, University of Texas at Tyler; Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

abilityto both think critically and be creative. One specific location that civil engineering curriculumcan be appropriately targeted for strengthening the innovation and creativity skills withinstudents is within the laboratory setting.A colloquy held in 2002, established thirteen different fundamental objectives of engineeringinstructional laboratories.4 Of these, several specifically feed into the notion of students learningand exercising innovation and creativity in the lab, including learning about appropriately usingexperimental approach, collecting and analyzing data, designing and building experiments,learning from failure, demonstrating independent creativity, selecting and appropriately usingengineering tools, and making sound engineering

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Using Student Competitions to Enhance Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Carroll, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

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Civil Engineering

areevaluated by some form of a final report. In the traditional civil engineering curriculum, undergraduate students take courses withboth lecture and laboratory formats. While the lecture courses provide the opportunity forstudents to absorb new information, the purpose of a laboratory is to expose students to thephysical problems associated with a course and reinforce course content. The traditional type oflaboratory has well-planned experiments, typically containing step-by-step guides leading thestudents through each experiment. Generally in groups of four or five, students in-turn conductthe experiment, regurgitate the results, and prepare a laboratory report, arguably fulfilling ABETstudent outcome (b) “an ability to design and conduct

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Involving Undergraduates in Research

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tarek Abdoun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Usama El Shamy P.E., Southern Methodist University; Anthony Tessari; Victoria Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; John E Lawler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Civil Engineering

progressed. This paper presents the results and lessons learned through earlyimplementation. It focuses on explaining centrifuge technology, the tools used to build themodel, testing logistics, and methods adopted to resolve obstacles encountered during executionof the module. The student survey indicates that the developed module successfully addresses animportant educational gap - students' lack of understanding of the strong relationship betweensoil laboratory testing, system design, and field performance. The survey also highlighted thefact that students did appreciate the practical nature of the project. The educational module wasrevised and successfully implemented in the spring of 2012 at the three universities.IntroductionThe undergraduate

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Involving Undergraduates in Research

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yusuf A Mehta, Rowan University; Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University; Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

. degree from McGill University in 1990. From October 1990 to December 1992, he worked at the Speech Research Department at AT&T Bell Laboratories. From 1993 to 1997, he was a research assistant professor at Rutgers University. He was also a senior speech scientist at T-Netix from 1996 to August 1997. Since September 1997, he has worked in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rowan University and been a professor since September 2006. He has served as a consultant to T-Netix, Avenir Inc. and Motorola. From September 2002 to September 2005, he was an associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing and was on the Speech Technical Committee of the Signal Processing society

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Involving Undergraduates in Research

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Usama El Shamy P.E., Southern Methodist University; Tarek Abdoun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Flora P McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Miguel A. Pando, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Civil Engineering

students and a laboratory, offeraccess to real equipment. Web-based communication technologies enable students to sendcommands that then go through a server and execute the experiment on equipment in the real lab.This technique was applied by Marc et al. (2002) to Control and Robotic labs utilizingLABVIEW Web server.Web-based technologies have been used effectively to demonstrate theoretical concepts usingvirtual (simulation) experimentation equipment. Internet availability of experimental setups andrelated computational simulations allow for (1) efficient use of time and resources, (2) flexibilityin accessing information, and (3) convenience of self-paced learning with the aid of physicalmodels (Soh and Gupta 2000; Romero and Museros 2002). The

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Creating and Maintaining Effective Communication Learning in the Curriculum

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark W. Milke P.E., University of Canterbury; Creon Upton, Unaffiliated; Glen F Koorey, University of Canterbury; Aisling Dominique O'Sullivan Ph. D., University of Canterbury; Keith Comer, Chalmers University of Technology

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Civil Engineering

Technology, Sweden. 1Teaching of writing skills can be, arguably, the most difficult communication skill to teach.Engineering students need to master writer, genre, and reader-oriented composition, thoughnot necessarily to equal levels or at the same time. In Years 2 and 3, engineering studentsneed to master ‘genre-oriented composition’; in other words, they need to be able to matchthe expectations for diverse, yet specific, writing types: cover letters, laboratory reports,design reports, engineering drawings, and oral presentations. In Years 3 and 4, engineeringstudents, to varying degrees, need to focus more on reader-oriented composition andrecognise the

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Creating and Maintaining Effective Communication Learning in the Curriculum

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

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Civil Engineering

, Proposed Solution Resumes, email, short engineering focused Paper, Justified Evaluation Paper, Writing Profile reports, engineering writing demands, problem Paper solving, speaking, ethics, and orientation to the university/college/majorsSoph. ME 201 – ThermodynamicsYear Student communication survey, refresher for past grammatical expertiseJunior ME 332 – Fluid Mechanics ME 371 – Machine Design IYear Laboratory Reports: (Approx. 9 @ 4-6 pages each) Short Technical Reporting Brief narrative of procedure

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Beyond BS: Issues Affecting Graduate Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cole C McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University; Allen C Estes, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

courses that were not offered in their undergraduatecurriculum such as structural dynamics, seismic analysis and design, as well as concrete,steel or timber/masonry design laboratories. The curriculum advances student knowledgeand understanding of mechanics and nonlinear analysis and provides project basedlearning opportunities in the Structural Systems Laboratory and the Architecture DesignStudios. Students also have the opportunity to advance their education through electivestaught throughout the university based on approval from their graduate advisor. Page 23.106.4Master’s student Joey Williamstests a fiber reinforced concretemasonry wall on the shake

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Teaching and Assessing Sustainability and Life Long Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane L. Bondehagen, Florida Gulf Coast University; Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Yusuf A Mehta, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

course evaluation.20In order to establish the foundation and environment to encourage and motivate the studentstowards self-directed learning, both the Fluid Mechanics and CE Materials courses wereredesigned. Prior to the 2011 semester, the students in CE materials conducted laboratoryexperiments in four modules on aggregates, concrete, hot mix asphalt and steel. They Page 23.223.7analyzed the data and wrote lab reports for each of the perspective modules. This approachgave the students an opportunity to learn how to conduct professional laboratory tests basedon standard specifications and to then write professional reports. In 2011

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan N. Fries P.E., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Brad Cross, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Mark P. Rossow, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Daniel M Woehl, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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Civil Engineering

notedthat the engineering field had lagged in use of digital coursework1, subsequent work noted atwelve percent increase in online enrollment between the years 2006 and 2007 alone2. Thesestudies noted that laboratory and hands-on portions of engineering courses are extremely difficultto transfer to a digital or online environment. In order to move engineering education into thefuture, there have been several studies that look into the advantages and disadvantages of movingeither a portion or entire courses online.The online homework system used at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) is basedon the study of worked examples. The examples were designed according to the principles of"cognitive load" described by Sweller3 and other

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Innovative Pedagogy in Civil Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Jeffery S Horsburgh, Utah State University; David E Rosenberg, Utah State University; Daniel P. Ames, Brigham Young University; Laura G Hunter, Utah Education Network; Courtenay Strong, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #6973Using Interactive Video Conferencing for Multi-Institution, Team-TeachingDr. Steven J. Burian, University of Utah Dr. Steven J. Burian is an associate professor in the Urban Water Group in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Utah. Dr. Burian’s career spans more than a decade during which he has worked in design engineering, as a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, as a profes- sor at the University of Arkansas and the University of Utah, and as a director of an engineering design and sustainability consulting firm he co-founded. Dr. Burian received a Bachelor’s

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Activities and Assessment for “Awkward ABET Outcomes”

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seamus F Freyne P.E., Mississippi State University

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Civil Engineering

civilengineering course and meets several ABET outcomes.Documentaries as Educational ToolsOld curriculums must be updated with more dynamic and flexible teaching styles toaccommodate the way students want to learn.1 A documentary project is a potentially usefuleducational tool that can complement traditional coursework such as textbook problem sets. Themain contribution to student achievement is improvement of communication skills.The absence of much literature on student documentaries is evidence of the novelty of thisexercise. Previously, at two universities, undergraduates in geotechnical laboratory coursesmade documentaries of experimental procedures, and the activity was found to enhance studentenjoyment and engagement. These documentaries, each a

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Teaching and Assessing Sustainability and Life Long Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey C. Evans P.E., Bucknell University; Michelle Oswald Beiler P.E., Bucknell University; Akmal S Daniyarov; Christopher Adam Kulish

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Civil Engineering

, requiring a level of background information tobe taught at the beginning. Similarly, the applicants selected are those they have a pre-existinginterest in engineering and a desire to learn more about the topic. To that end, the module shouldbe implemented in settings involving a pool of students with diverse interests so as to better gageits effectiveness.By implementing the modules twice, slight revisions and improvements to the material andactivities were made. In general though, the content remained constant from 2011 to 2012. Thefollowing module-specific lessons learned are discussed in detail.Liquefaction ModuleStudents were actively engaged in the lecture sections, the laboratory experiments, and the dataanalysis. They seemed to understand

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monique H. Head, Morgan State University; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi PE, Morgan State University; Petronella A James-Okeke, Morgan State University

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Civil Engineering

Advanced Transportation and Infrastructure Engineering Research (CATIER) at Morgan State University and the director of the Civil Engineering Undergraduate Laboratory. He has over eighteen years of experience in practicing, teaching and research in civil engineering. His academic background and professional skills allows him to teach a range of courses across three different departments in the school of engineering. This is a rare and uncommon achievement. Within his short time at Morgan, he has made contributions in teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses. He has been uniquely credited for his inspirational mentoring activities and educat- ing underrepresented minority students. Through his teaching and

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Preparation of Professional Engineers Outside of the USA. What are the Education, Experience, and Exam Requirements?

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Civil Engineering

consulting engineer and also worked for the U.S. Corps of Engineers. Killgore also served as adjunct faculty at Seattle University where he taught water resources engineering and fluid mechanics laboratory. He is a licensed professional civil engineer in the state of Washington and is a founding diplomate of American Academy of Water Rresources Engineer. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi. Page 23.457.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Educational Requirements for Professional Practice: What’s happening around the World?AbstractToday, all

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad Ali Khasawneh P.E., Jordan University of Science and Technology; Mohammad Obadat P.E., The University of Tennessee at Martin

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Civil Engineering

materials and describe some of the laboratory tests conducted on them. 4. Determine stresses and strains in flexible and rigid pavements using different methods. 5. Design a flexible pavement using different design procedures. 6. Design a rigid pavement using different design procedures. 7. Use DARWin 3.1 AASHTO software to design flexible and rigid pavements. Once DARWin software had been implemented, the previously mentioned classical topicsremained the same. The inclusion of this software into the syllabus was for many reasons:building knowledge of using viable programs in the pavement engineering field to strengthen thecomprehension of the subject. Furthermore, it saves considerable amount of time after ensuringthat students

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natalya A. Koehler, Iowa State University; Charles T. Jahren P.E., Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

bridge construction project en- gineer for a construction contractor and as a research engineer for the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory in Port Hueneme, Calif. His teaching interests include construction equipment, cost estimating and con- struction process design. His research interests include highway and heavy construction methods, road maintenance methods and innovations in construction process administration. Page 23.415.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Development of a Framework for the Online Portion of a Hybrid Engineering

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Teaching and Assessing Sustainability and Life Long Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claire L. Antaya, Arizona State University; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Piervincenzo Rizzo, University of Pittsburgh; Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University

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Civil Engineering

around the nation areincorporating sustainability into their curriculum.The National Research Council (NRC) notes several challenges to effective undergraduateeducation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Thesechallenges include providing engaging laboratory, classroom and field experiences; teachinglarge numbers of students from diverse backgrounds; improving assessment of learningoutcomes; and informing science faculty about research on effective teaching3-5. Researchsuggests that team based projects can also enhance student learning in STEM fields since itpromotes active and collaborative learning while simultaneously promotes individualaccountability, personal responsibility, and communication skills2. In

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Using Student Competitions to Enhance Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven D Hart, U.S. Military Academy; Johnette C. Shockley, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center; Leah R Ellis, University of Nebraska, Peter Kiewit Institute; Berndt Spittka P.E., Unitee States Military Academy- Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering

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Civil Engineering

Partnership and the American Society of Civil Engineers including services on the Committee on Critical Infrastructure as well as the American Society of Engineering Education.Johnette C. Shockley, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center Johnnie Shockley is a Civil Engineer/Technology Transfer Officer with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Office of Technology Transfer out of the ERDC’s executive office located in Ft. Belvoir, Va. Johnnie currently works virtually as the Office of Research and Technology Applications (ORTA) for the ERDC Cold Regions Research Laboratory in Hanover, NH., and the Topographic Engineering Center, Research

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Activities and Assessment for “Awkward ABET Outcomes”

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Douglas H. Fehrmann, The Krause Center for Leadership and Ethics, The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

of Civil Engineering Courses linked with Leadership Development Civil Engineering Course Academic Year Introduction to Civil Engineering, CIVL 103 Freshman Surveying, CIVL 205Computer Application for Civil and Environmental Engineering, CIVL 210 Sophomore Surveying I Laboratory, CIVL 235 Highway Engineering, CIVL 302 Transportation Engineering, CIVL 305 Engineering Economy, CIVL 314 Junior Professional Sustainability, CIVL 317 Hydrology and Hydraulics, CIVL 321 Reinforced Concrete Design, CIVL 404 Steel Design, CIVL 406 Water and Wastewater Systems, CIVL 408

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Preparation of Professional Engineers Outside of the USA. What are the Education, Experience, and Exam Requirements?

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Albert T. Yeung, University of Hong Kong

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Civil Engineering

full-time or 24 months part time of study; 12months for a master's degree by research which normally takes 24 months of study; or 18 monthsfor a relevant doctorate course which normally takes 36 months of study, subject to a review ofthe practical contents of the project or research undertaken. Evidence of the practical aspectsshould be submitted with the application form. For experience gained in academic appointments,emphasis should be given to hands-on applications of practical engineering, such as researchprojects, design of laboratories, industrial consultation, etc.Under the Product Template Route, candidates not fitting into the HKIE normal Membershiproutes will be considered for the Class of Member if their experiences demonstrate that

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Innovative Pedagogy in Civil Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Swartz P.E., University of Hartford; Stephanie Butler Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jeffrey A. Laman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Civil Engineering

expertise (for example through more detailed analysis or currentevents).Faculty can use class time for any number of activities without worrying about covering content.With the content removed from the class time, faculty can use that class time for more engagingactivities. This could include projects, guest speakers, field trips, laboratory experiments ordemonstrations.Class can be better organized without concern about not covering enough material in class. In atraditional lecture format the material must fit within the class time. If not, the schedule (e.g.dates for homework assignments, quizzes, exams) needs to be re-arranged. With a flippedcourse the pre-class material does not need to conform to a specific time frame.Learning becomes student

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Teaching and Assessing Sustainability and Life Long Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Katherine Watson, Georgia Institute of Technology; Elise M. Barrella, James Madison University; Thomas A. Wall, Georgia Institute of Technology; Caroline R. Noyes, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael O. Rodgers, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

Tech School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a principal research scientist and distinguished technical fellow with the Georgia Tech Research Institute. Over the last thirty plus years, Dr. Rodgers has held various academic, research and administrative positions including serving as director of the Georgia Tech Air Quality laboratory from 1988 to 2008. He currently serves as deputy director for Research and Technology Transfer for National Center for Transportation Productivity and Management at Georgia Tech. Page 23.408.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013

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The Civil Engineering Technologist and the Civil Engineer – What’s the Difference?

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas A. Lenox, Dist.M.ASCE, American Society of Civil Engineers; James J O'Brien Jr., American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

areas appropriate to civil engineering; conduct civil engineering experiments and analyze and interpret the resulting data; design a system, component, or process in more than one civil engineering context; explain basic concepts in management, business, public policy, and leadership; and explain the importance of professional licensure.For the four-year civil engineering technology graduate, the program criteria include3 – o utilize principles, hardware, and software that are appropriate to produce drawings, reports, quantity estimates, and other documents related to civil engineering; o conduct standardized field and laboratory tests related to civil engineering; o utilize surveying methods appropriate for land measurement