Conference Session

Educational Issues in Civil Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wilfrid Nixon, University of Iowa; James Stoner, University of Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2009-2007: IMPACTS OF STUDENT COURSE SELECTION ON SUBSEQUENTCAREER TRAJECTORIESWilfrid Nixon, University of IowaJames Stoner, University of Iowa Jim is an associate professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Iowa. His area of expertise is transportation engineering, with a strong emphasis on transportation simulation. Page 14.687.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Impacts of Student Course Selection on Subsequent Career TrajectoriesAbstractIn 2002, the College of Engineering at the University of Iowa adopted a curriculum thatallowed students significantly more options in selecting

Conference Session

ASCE Policy 465: Raising the Bar

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Gerry Galloway, University of Maryland; Thomas Lenox, American Society of Civil Engineers; James O'Brien, American Society of Civil Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. Review the final report of the ASCE Experience Committee (July 2007). Recast the ASCE BOK experiential guidelines into a form applicable and acceptable to engineers of all disciplines, while ensuring full compliance with the intent of the BOK outcomes for civil engineers. If necessary, propose additional outcomes/guidelines that are essential for other disciplines that naturally accommodate/align with the career paths of civil engineers 2. Develop a matrix for attaining the elements of the generic experiential outcomes in an engineer intern’s pre-licensure career. If necessary and appropriate, identify those elements that may be unrealistic or unreasonable to attain in pre-licensure career

Conference Session

Professional Issues in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

work in an engineering firm during the summer, having faculty members spend theirsabbatical leaves in an engineering firm, and having full time engineers spend a year of paidleave in a university. There also exist situations where companies send engineers to theclassroom at the expense of the companies and situations where engineers with many years ofpracticing experience decide to have a second career in academia. Students in primarilyengineering technology programs indicated that as a result of including real world engineeringexperiences in the curriculum they became more job ready and were actually receiving job offersas a result.13,14 More recently and partly in response to ASCE’s Body of Knowledge15 report andPolicy 46316, many schools

Conference Session

ASCE Policy 465: Raising the Bar

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Musselman, CMA Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Engineering1 (NAE)Report in 2005: “It is evident that the exploding body of science and engineering knowledge cannot beaccommodated within the context of the traditional four year baccalaureate degree.”The concept of an advanced degree as the first “professional degree” for engineering licensurehas been promoted within the engineering profession since licensure first became an initiative ineach of the states. Indeed, the first statement recommending consideration of the development ofprofessional schools for engineering was adopted by the National Society of ProfessionalEngineers (NSPE) in October 1938. With the advancement of technology and the increaseddepth of basic mathematics and science needed for an engineering career, the rationale

Conference Session

Integrating Computer-based Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Chajes, University of Delaware; Glen Loller, University of Delaware; Frank Conforti, Bentley Systems; Scott Lofgren, Bentley Systems; Laura Meier, Bentley Systems

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

editing books including “MicroStation for AutoCAD Users”, “Managing and Networking MicroStation” among several others. In 1995, Frank was hired by Bentley Systems to spearhead the development of Bentley’s own commercial training operation (MicroStation Institute now known as the Bentley Institute). Recently, Frank was senior project manager for the development and deployment of the Bentley LEARN Server, a robust learning management system designed for use by all of Bentley’s commercial and academic users. Frank is currently the Learning Technologies Manager for the Be Careers Network, the organization within Bentley that works with academic institutions to educate faculty and students alike

Conference Session

Educational Issues in Civil Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. Page 14.1027.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 “Research Experiences for Undergraduate Sites for Tomorrows Engineers” AbstractThis paper documents the programs implemented in the Research Experiences forUndergraduates (REU) Sites offered from 1992 to 2008 at two different institutions, Universityof Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. The programshave been funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The primary goal of the NSFREU program is to introduce undergraduate students to, and encourage them to pursue, careers inresearch. The paper presents how the whole research program was planned and

Conference Session

Professional Issues in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock Barry, Purdue University; Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University; Sean St. Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

members endeavor to prepare their students for a variety ofcareer paths within the engineering industry. Several of those paths require or arebolstered when students decide to pursue licensure to practice as professional engineers.As students, individuals learn about the merits of professional licensure from a variety ofsources. Not to be overlooked is the influence that professors, licensed as professionalengineers, have on their students and the opportunity to act as a role model to thosestudents considering a career path that includes professional licensure.The research question explored during this study was; “Among currently licensed civilengineering faculty members, what are the perceived values of professional experienceand of licensure as

Conference Session

Laboratory Development and Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

master as a result of the course?≠ What topics are built upon in subsequent courses in a typical student’s academic career?≠ What topics/phenomena are difficult for students to visualize?≠ What topics do students traditionally struggle with?The above questions were necessary to reduce the number of small scale experiments. It is veryeasy to look at the content that is covered in a course and feel that most topics warrant alaboratory activity. However, this is an unrealistic expectation due to the limited number ofsessions available for laboratory experiments. In our course, we have 10 laboratory sessions witheach meeting lasting for just under 2 hours. As a result of this step, we determined that weneeded to develop several new experiments

Conference Session

ASCE Policy 465: Raising the Bar

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

(Masters of Strategic Studies), and University of Minnesota (PhD, Environmental Engineering). He is active in several professional engineering organizations to include ASCE, Society of American Military Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, National Institute for Engineering Ethics, Order of the Engineer, and the Army Engineer Association.Robert Stevens, Arcadis U.S., Inc ROBERT D. STEVENS, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE is an Executive Vice President with ARCADIS U.S., Inc. in Denver, Colorado. Most of his career was spent in the transportation area with work on environmental assessments, planning, and design of roads, rail, and transit projects. He oversaw the first

Conference Session

Innovation in the Civil Engineering Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

be taking into the future. Page 14.517.6ConclusionsBased on the five different courses during the past seven years the authors has tried innovativeteaching techniques in a wide range of classes such as pavement materials1, surveying andengineering graphics2, civil engineering materials3 and dynamics4. The author strongly believesthat the new technique is beneficial for both the instructor and the students. The methodologyhas been very effective; the students are very involved in the learning process and many havesuccessfully pursued career in transportation engineering. The author strongly believes thatteaching is a learning process for the

Conference Session

Professional Issues in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

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

Sustainable and Urban Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshad Rajabipour, University of Hawaii, Manoa; Aleksandra Radlinska, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

with more general and conceptual ideas.We also sought opinion from the industry advisory boards (IABs) on what new skills wouldbenefit the civil engineering graduates the most in their career. Their common answer was thatwhile CE graduates are good in numerical solution of traditional engineering problems, theyoften lack creativity in defining new problems and in offering innovative solutions. In the IABs’opinion, two areas of particular importance in near future will be (a) design and construction ofgreen buildings, especially as outlined by LEED, and (b) development and rehabilitation ofrobust civil infrastructure7. In addition, CE graduates need to improve their communication andwriting skills and should be able to work in interdisciplinary

Conference Session

Innovation in the Civil Engineering Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane Bondehagen, Florida Gulf Coast University; Simeon Komisar, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

decreased output), solve the problem” • An ability to design a system with multiple constraints • An ability to technically communicate Evaluation of Outcomes The main assessment tool for quantitative evaluation included two rubrics (Appendix A) modified and designed for this particular course. The first rubric was used to score Projects 1-4; the second rubric was used to score the final project and poster presentation. The faculty review and grading of design projects reflected this rubric, and evaluated outcomes and student progression in demonstrating the abilities most important to long- term career success (note the emphasis on technical communication skills in the

Conference Session

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

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

and programs developed through these approaches will servethree purposes: to expand learning opportunities for our undergraduate students; to createattractive courses for our graduate students; and to offer courses to local practicingengineers interested in advancing their careers and planning to become professionalengineers. The courses might also help to fill the need for engineers to engage in lifelonglearning as a condition for maintaining professional engineering licensure, though servingthat need was not a primary design objective.Bridge CoursesOur concept of bridge courses was based on several assumptions or design criteria: 1. The defined set of bridge courses comprises a flexible system of post-BS 500-level (i.e., first-year

Conference Session

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

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Welker, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

students to pursue both knowledge and wisdom, and to aspire to ethical and moral leadership within their chosen careers, their community, and the world. We value a spirit of community among all members of the college that respects academic freedom and inquiry, the discovery and cultivation of new knowledge, and continued innovation in all that we do.The mission statement of the University is reflected in these mission statements. In addition,these mission statements guided the development of our objectives, which are presented later inthis paper.FacultyA full-time teaching load in the College of Engineering at Villanova is 12 contact hours persemester. If a faculty member is an active scholar, this load is reduced to 9

Conference Session

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

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

fall completed and presented their course assessments to theentire faculty team. Table 2: UT Tyler Program Educational Objectives1. Graduates have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become engineeringleaders and assume responsibility for multidisciplinary engineering design; project,construction, and asset management; and ethical decision making in professional practice.2. Graduates continue to grow intellectually and professionally through participation inprofessional society activities, continuing engineering education, graduate studies, and/orself study during their professional career.3. Graduates have effective oral, written, and graphical communication skills.4. Graduates become registered engineers.The

Conference Session

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

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

be a prerequisite for graduate study in geotechnical engineering.≠ Ethics, Risk Management, and Business Management. Several experts noted that new graduates are often not prepared to make ethical choices. While that knowledge is acquired over time, they noted that early in their careers, some geotechnical engineers can be faced with significant ethical decisions because of the uncertainty in geotechnical engineering. The experts also noted that new graduates are not often prepared to make choices appropriate to an employer’s risk management program. Similarly, some basic business management skills were identified as helpful for new graduates. This study notes these topics are all within the scope of the

Conference Session

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

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred Meyer, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

broad statements that describe the career andprofessional accomplishments that the program is preparing graduates to achieve. Programoutcomes are narrower statements that describe what students are expected to know and be ableto do by the time of graduation. These relate to the skills, knowledge, and behaviors that studentsacquire as they advance through the program.1 The ABET program evaluator (PEV) will expectto see that your program educational objectives are consistent with the mission of your institutionand that they support your program’s constituencies. The PEV will also expect your program Page 14.846.2outcomes to foster the attainment

Conference Session

ASCE Policy 465: Raising the Bar

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey Russell

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

educational basis for jurisdictional claims in relation to other professions ≠ Refine and expand the BOK through research Page 14.1252.7 ≠ Serve as the primary source of profession’s status and public identity ≠ Contribute to students’ commitment to the profession as a career ≠ Contribute to a shared identity and feeling of community among members of the professionOf all these purposes, Freidson places particular emphasis on the importance of research.Strengthening and expanding the BOK is seen as a critical tool for defending and expanding theprofession’s jurisdiction. In the civil engineering community, research is

Conference Session

Professional Issues in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Hart, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy; Adam Chalmers, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2009-168: F6H=CEESteven Hart, United States Military AcademyJoseph Hanus, United States Military AcademyAdam Chalmers, United States Military Academy Page 14.617.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 F6H=CEE Fake Firms & Funny Funds For Four-H=Civil Engineering EnlightenmentIntroduction Senioritis. Believe it or not, it is actually in the dictionary. Well, www.dictionary.comanyway, where it is defined as “decreased motivation toward studies displayed by students whoare nearing the end of their [college] careers.” Its causes are attributed to a variety of factorswhich revolve around the student’s desire to be

Conference Session

Integrating Computer-based Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad Caldwell, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy; Adam Chalmers, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

engineering, such that each graduate is acommissioned leader of character who can understand, implement, and manage technology;and to inspire cadets to a career in the United States Army and a lifetime of personal growthand service.The Civil Engineer program recognizes the technology element of the Department’s missionstatement and established a specific ABET program outcome, “Use modern engineering tools tosolve problems.” The program assesses the outcome through a variety of sources, to includeembedded indicators, which are preselected requirements in courses across the program15, 16.One of the primary embedded indicators is the effective use of software in engineering problemsand design projects.In the Fall of 2007 the USMA Civil Engineering

Conference Session

Innovation in the Civil Engineering Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

accomplish several aspects of thebody of knowledge. The main learning objective of the assignment helps to further theattainment of the “Contemporary Issues and Historical Perspectives” outcome from theBOK, but the project also aides in the development of the “Communication” outcome.Specifically, the project develops historical perspective in the students by requiring themto consider several historical issues as they affected the career of their subject engineer.Each report must address the following: 1. Discuss the technological context of the historical period in which your subject lived and worked. What constituted standard engineering practice of the day? What construction techniques and analytical methods were employed? What con