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The Teacher as Manager: Best Practices for Culminating Design Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William P. Manion, University of Maine; Judith A. Hakola, University of Maine

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Civil Engineering

AC 2012-3868: CIVIL ENGINEERING CAPSTONE CONSULTANTS: FROMRFP TO REALITYMr. William P. Manion, University of Maine William P. Manion, M.S., P.E., is an instructor in civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine in Orono. He has taught courses in materials, soil mechanics, computer applications, graphics, and project management since 1998. He has also performed laboratory research, worked for a heavy earthwork construction company, captained charter boats, and managed a land development project. Al- ways interested in new effective teaching strategies, he employs many different pedagogical methods and techniques.Ms. Judith A. Hakola, University of Maine

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The Teacher as Manager: Best Practices for Culminating Design Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James B Guthrie P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Jill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall P.E., California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2012-3497: INTERDISCIPLINARY CAPSTONE DESIGN: ARCHITECTS,STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS, AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGERSMr. James B Guthrie P.E., California Polytechnic State University Jim Guthrie is an Assistant Professor for the Architectural Engineering Department at California Poly- technic State University at San Luis Obispo. Professor Guthrie came to Cal Poly with over 30 years of structural engineering experience and is a registered Professional and Structural Engineer in the state of California. Jim Guthrie received a B.S. degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Califor- nia at Davis in 1972 and an M.S. degree in Structural Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1973.Dr. Allen

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The Designer of 2020: Innovations in Teaching Design

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

AC 2012-3881: CAPSTONE DESIGN: INSIGHTS FROM AN INTERNA-TIONAL COLLABORATIVE STUDENT TEAMProf. James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology James Hanson is an Associate Professor of civil engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, where his teaching emphasis is structural analysis and design. Over the last nine years, he has taught or co-taught capstone design. For eight of those years, he has been in charge of recruiting external clients and coordinating projects for capstone design.Dr. John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Page 25.285.1 c American

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The Teacher as Manager: Best Practices for Culminating Design Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Oswald Beiler P.E., Bucknell University; Arthur D. Kney, Lafayette College; David A. Veshosky, Lafayette College

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Civil Engineering

) Instructor’s Role: In terms of the instructor’s role, the students should be providedguidance throughout each of the three phases of the charrette process. For Phase 1 (Researchand Preparation), information on the project background, timeline, resources, and objectivesshould be provided. During Phase 2 (Charrette), the instructor simply acts as a moderator for thediscussion during the charrette process. For Phase 3 (Plan Implementation), the instructor canprovide technical assistance as necessary. In general though, the capstone experience should Page 25.7.7allow students to complete a design process from start to finish in an attempt to simulate a

Conference Session

The Teacher as Manager: Best Practices for Culminating Design Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tonya Lynn Nilsson P.E., Santa Clara University; Kevin D. Hall, University of Arkansas; Ronald W. Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

25.967.2For any department looking to create or revise a major design experience, determining the scopeof projects, assessment methods, unit requirement, team size requirements, etc. can beoverwhelming. What is appropriate for one school may not be appropriate for others. Toprovide a tool to assist Civil Engineering departments as they develop their experiences, thispaper presents the results of a national survey regarding the capstone design in CivilEngineering. The paper does not evaluate or assess the effectiveness of any one method butrather attempts to provide a comprehensive look at the variations and possibilities within a majordesign experience. Where possible, comparisons to the 1994, 2004 and 2005 surveys are offered.Survey MethodologyThis

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ABET: Reflections on Accreditation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan Fries, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Sree Kalyani Lakkaraju, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Brad Cross, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Susan M. Morgan, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

professional practice issuesThe survey asked “Where does your department include/plan to include management, business,public policy, and leadership into the curriculum?” Figure 9 displays the varied opinions of theparticipants. Overall, 39 (68%) chose “Capstone/senior design”, 16 (28%) chose “StudentChapter design project”, and 14 (25%) chose “Seminar courses.” Fourteen choose both capstoneand student chapter activities. These findings are not surprising when considering previousliterature suggesting the great gains from student chapter and design project activities 20.In addition to the categories in Figure 9, respondents that selected the “other” category (13 or23%) recommended including basic concepts in required courses and even development

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Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward F. Glynn P.E., Villanova University; Frank E. Falcone, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

, third and fourth years of the curriculum. Through this Program, students would maintain contact with their mentors through subsequent undergraduate coursework, including capstone projects, and also into the beginning of their professional careers. On-campus events such as meetings sponsored by student chapters of professional organizations could serve as forums where students could meet their mentors and develop stronger professional relationships. Unfortunately, not all mentors live within commuting distance of the campus. A Project Manager‟s Check Off Sheet will be developed and given to students assigned as PMs. This sheet will reflect project management characteristics covered in a

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Expanding Access and Opportunities for M/30

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering

highest to lowest Likert ratings) and the BOK2 survey rankings. Where needed,scores for separate items were averaged together to enable comparison. Interestingly, the highestrated item on the Likert scale for both AREN and CVEN students of teamwork was ranked only3rd or 5th highest on the BOK2 survey. Perhaps the context of administered the BOK2 survey inthe capstone design course which is based on team design projects impacted the ratings. Designand problem solving outcomes were consistently rated high by either method. It is significant tonote that even some of the lowest ranked items on the BOK2 survey (i.e. contemporary andhistorical perspectives) had average Likert ratings above moderately important (3 on the Likertscale

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Innovations in Teaching Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Conrad, Portland State University; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.; Tom Szymoniak, Portland State University

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Civil Engineering

provide a brief overview of the project; additional information canbe found on the project website: www.cewriting.ling.pdx.edu. Page 25.1060.3Table 1 displays a list of the types of writing that have been collected in the corpus, whichcurrently totals approximately 400 undergraduate student papers and 360 practitioner documents.The papers come from 19 different courses. Most are from Portland State University, butadditional lab reports and senior capstone reports were collected from more highly rankedprograms, for future analyses which will compare universities. The practitioner documents werecontributed by 10 engineering consulting firms in the

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Android TA: Course Automation and the Fate of the Professor

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Allen Toth, U.S. Military Academy; Joseph P. Hanus, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

complete a storm water 5.61 5.00 drainage design. N/A 6.87 Explain the general process in Civil 3D to complete a roadway design. N/A 3.47 Describe the difference between CAD Elements and Objects 5.50 4.93 Use Civil 3D for a site design project in the Senior Design Course 3.67 4.93 Use Civil 3D for a site design project within five years of graduationAll categories surveyed in 2011 showed improved student confidence over 2009 with theexception of storm water drainage design for the top and bottom third and the bottom third’sconfidence in use of the software during their senior capstone design project. Of particular note astrong majority of students surveyed

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ABET: Reflections on Accreditation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin G. Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Robinson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael C. Reeves P.E., Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.; Andrew B Twarek P.E., Ruby+Associates, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

engineering community and as stewards of society, are primary program constituents.Many engineering programs make use of industry professionals to affirm program educationalobjectives and to provide input about general preparation of engineering graduates. For example,program industry advisory boards need to cyclically affirm overall program educational Page 25.230.3objectives and participate in program strategic planning, and sometimes teams of industryprofessionals participate in evaluation of student learning through capstone projects (Scales etal., 1998; Napper and Hales, 1999). These efforts are more “top level” reviews or evaluations ofthe

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Hey You: Effectively Engaging Students in the Classroom

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey A. Laman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Irene B. Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Civil Engineering

Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Mary Lynn Brannon is the Instructional Support Specialist at the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education, College of Engineering, at the Pennsylvania State University, USA. She has a master’s of arts degree in education and human development, specializing in educational technology leadership. Her work focuses on projects that measure and assess student perceptions of learning related to their experiences with engineering course innovations. She has worked extensively in the design of as- sessment tools for course methods and activities. She is a Faculty Development Consultant with previous experience in instructional design, and the instructor

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Innovations in Teaching Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yusuf A. Mehta, Rowan University; Leslie Ann McCarthy P.E., Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

solutions. The exams were an individual effort; thus, giving the Instructor anopportunity to gauge each individual student’s level of understanding and competency with thepavement design concepts and MEPDG software. Because of the smaller class size, the graduate course was structured more of a project-centric course and included very few traditional problem-based homework assignments. Amajority of the homework assignments required the MEPDG software for generating solutionsand were to be completed individually. There were two exams which were take-home, open-note format and individually completed. Because the graduate students are challenged to a morerigorous level, the MEPDG software was required to solve 50 percent of the problems in

Conference Session

Expanding Access and Opportunities for M/30

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brock E. Barry P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Scott M. Katalenich, U.S. Military Academy; Brad C. McCoy, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

created to monitor internship programs andensure proper depth and breadth of experience for new engineers.14 Industry should providefeedback to academia on how well prepared graduates are as they enter internship programs. Byusing feedback from the industry perspective, faculty can drive the right curriculumimprovements that best prepare engineers to meet the demands of professional practice.The Perspective of Students on their Preparation for Professional PracticeBielefeldt’s recent study at CU investigated how civil engineering students perceived theeducational outcome requirements in the BOK2.15 The project had three main goals: 1) Introduce the BOK2 to first year civil engineering students and determine what information they perceived

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Innovations in Teaching Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rhonda K. Young, University of Wyoming; Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

seniorlevel Highway Design course – this is not a required course for the other majors within thedepartment. Many students in the department, primarily from among the CE majors, take one ormore senior-level electives in transportation engineering. Further, transportation is a requiredelement in every capstone design project in the Department’s degree programs. Until the Spring2011 semester, the Principles of Transportation Engineering course was a 2-credit course, andthe Highway Engineering course was a 4-credit course. In order to address programmaticbreadth and depth issues for all students in the department, the Transportation Engineeringcourse and Highway Design Course were both modified to become 3-credit courses beginning inFall 2011. These

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Hey You: Effectively Engaging Students in the Classroom

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles E. Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; Sean St.Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

AC 2012-5085: RESPONSES TO AN UNFAMILIAR THING: HOW LEARN-ING ABOUT A STRUCTURAL SCULPTURE CAN MAKE IT MORE AP-PEALINGDr. Charles E. Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology Charles Riley has a background in transportation structures and structural mechanics. He teaches across the curriculum from the interdisciplinary freshman experience through the mechanics sequence, project management, structural design, and into the senior capstone. His interests in engineering education are varied, but are ultimately focused on excellence in the classroom and student retention (both retaining them in the program and having them retain information!).Dr. Sean St.Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology Sean St.Clair is an Associate

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Android TA: Course Automation and the Fate of the Professor

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting

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Civil Engineering

AC 2012-3360: A HALF BRAIN IS GOOD: A WHOLE BRAIN IS MUCHBETTERDr. Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting Stuart G. Walesh, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, D.WRE, and F.NSPE, is an independent consultant provid- ing management, engineering, education/training, and marketing services. Prior to beginning his consul- tancy, he worked in the public, private, and academic sectors serving as a Project Engineer and Manager, Department Head, Discipline Manager, marketer, legal expert, professor, and Dean of an engineering college. Walesh authored or co-authored six books and many engineering and education publications and presentations. His most recent book is Engineering Your Future: The Professional Practice of En

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Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part I) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas A. Lenox Ph.D., American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

construction management, innovative project delivery systems, and construction automation and robotics. He received a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Cincinnati and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Wiscon- sin. Russell began his academic career in 1989 as an Assistant Professor in the CEE Department. Over the past 22 years, he has earned a reputation as a leader in education, research, and service to the civil en- gineering profession through championing diversity, leadership, innovation, and enhanced education for future civil engineers.He is Co-founder of the Construction Engineering and Management program at UW, Madison, one of only seven