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Direct Measures of Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2007-1724: USING A HYBRID CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT FOR THEINSTRUCTION OF ETHICS AND CONTEMPORARY CIVIL ENGINEERINGISSUESDonald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University Page 12.1532.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Using a Hybrid Classroom Environment for the Instruction of Ethics and Contemporary Civil Engineering IssuesAbstractEvery ABET accredited civil engineering program has to consider how to successfully measurewhether its students attain the program outcomes, including ABET mandated outcomes (a) – (k),which include what many consider to be “soft” outcomes since they are not based on scientific ortechnical knowledge. ABET outcomes

Conference Session

Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; Paul Bosela, Cleveland State University; Kevin Rens, University of Colorado-Denver; Kenneth Carper, Washington State University; Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

AC 2007-783: FINDINGS FROM WORKSHOPS ON FAILURE CASE STUDIES INTHE CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING MECHANICS CURRICULUMNorb Delatte, Cleveland State UniversityPaul Bosela, Cleveland State UniversityKevin Rens, University of Colorado-DenverKenneth Carper, Washington State UniversityKevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Page 12.745.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Findings from Workshops on Failure Case Studies in the Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics CurriculumAbstract The study of engineering failures can offer students valuable insights into associatedtechnical, ethical, and professional issues

Conference Session

Training Faculty to Teach CE

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Decker Hains, U.S. Military Academy; Mark Evans, U.S. Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

professional, collectively prescribe the necessary depth and breadth ofknowledge, skills, and attitudes required of an individual aspiring to enter the practice of civilengineering at the professional level in the 21st Century. Central to achieving the BOK is theuniversity-level education and those who teach the BOK are critical to this education. The tenprofessional outcomes which include leadership, teamwork, communication, history andheritage, professional and ethical responsibility, and life-long learning, can present challengesto some programs since they fall outside the traditional teaching roles of faculty. Colleges anduniversities will need to adjust their programs to educate and train faculty to teach the BOK.The authors draw on their

Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Evans, Bucknell University; Daniel Lynch, Dartmouth College; David Lange, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Civil Engineering

, collaboratively, and ethically as master: • planners, designers, constructors, and operators of society’s economic and social engine, the built environment; • stewards of the natural environment and its resources; • innovators and integrators of ideas and technology across the public, private, and academic sectors; • managers of risk and uncertainty caused by natural events, accidents, and other threats; and • leaders in discussions and decisions shaping public environmental and infrastructure policy.The educational base of liberal learning is conventionally divided into four categories:Science, Mathematics, the Humanities, and the Social Sciences. This is a

Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stuart Walesh, S. G. Walesh Consulting; Michael Chajes, University of Delaware; David Mongan, Whitney, Bailey, Cox & Magnani

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Civil Engineering

global population that is shifting even more to urban areas will require widespreadadoption of sustainability. Demands for energy, transportation, drinking water, clean air, and safewaste disposal will drive environmental protection and infrastructure development. Society willface increased threats from natural events, accidents, and perhaps other causes such as terrorism.Informed by the preceding, an aspirational global vision was developed that sees civil engineersentrusted by society to create a sustainable world and enhance the quality of life. Civil engineerswill do this competently, collaboratively, and ethically as master builders, environmentalstewards, innovators and integrators, managers of risk and uncertainty, and leaders in

Conference Session

Who Should Teach the BOK

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Large Seagrave, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

ASCE’s prescribed Body ofKnowledge (BOK)1 learning outcomes. However, with a full third of the BOK’s prescribed learningoutcomes based on professional practice and communication skills, Civil Engineeringadministrators have begun to consider the interdisciplinary2 characteristics of the BOK.Among ten more technically-focused learning outcomes, the BOK entails that graduatesdemonstrate “(6) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility, (7) an ability tocommunicate effectively, (8) the broad education necessary to understand the impact ofengineering solutions in a global and societal context, (9) a recognition of the need for, and anability to engage in, life-long learning,…[and] (15) an understanding of the role of the leader

Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

Professional Practice (CAP3) began by analyzing the three fundamentalcharacteristics of a profession—an ethic of service, a professional organization, and a specializedbody of knowledge.2 The committee’s analysis of the civil engineering profession suggested thatonly the first two of these three characteristics had been adequately defined. Thus began abroad-based effort to define the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge.In January 2004 this endeavor achieved a major milestone with ASCE’s publication of CivilEngineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century—a report describing the knowledge, skills,and attitudes necessary for entry into the practice of civil engineering at the professional level.3This report describes the Civil Engineering Body of

Conference Session

Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Roberts, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Christina Curras, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Michael Penn, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Max Anderson, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Civil Engineering

– planning, engi- neering, financing, politics, procurement, education of public, etc. Ability to evaluate projects from a holistic perspective – environmental, ethical, aes- thetic, political, historical, social impact, technical needs, costs. Page 12.213.5 Awareness of sustainability issues of projects. Ability to use engineering judgment - evaluation of reasonableness of answers, sense of proportion, common sense. Ability to make decisions based on an ethical framework. Recognition of the need for innovation and an increased willingness to take calculated risks.Infrastructure throughout the

Conference Session

Preparing Civil Engineering Students for a Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carsten Ahrens, F.H. OOW

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Civil Engineering

solving problems within their field of study; ‚ have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their field of study) to inform judgments that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues; ‚ can communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences; ‚ have developed those learning skills that are necessary for them to continue to undertake further study with a high degree of autonomy.Second cycle qualifications are awarded to students who: ‚ have demonstrated knowledge and understanding that is founded upon and extends and/or enhances that typically associated with the first cycle, and that provides a

Conference Session

Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Lynch, Dartmouth College; William Kelly, Catholic University of America; Manoj Jha, Morgan State University; Ronald Harichandran, Michigan State University

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Civil Engineering

, anda research agenda. We also comment on the implied experiential component required beyond theuniversity.IntroductionSustainability is cited as the top systems integration problem facing engineering today and intothe futurei. This is corroborated by the Joint Charterii among the American Society of Civil Engi-neers (ASCE), the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE), and the Institution of Civil En-gineers (ICE), wherein professional responsibility is asserted for realizing sustainable civil soci-ety across all peoples and through time. Codes of Engineering Ethics from ASCE and the Na-tional Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) reinforce this responsibility. Further, the re-cently-announced aspirational vision of the civil engineering

Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Fridley, University of Alabama; Richard Anderson, Somat Engineering, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

understand the principles of leadership.Engineers will need to exhibit high ethical standards and a strong sense of professionalism, andthey need to be lifelong learners. The NAE also recognizes that engineers will need somethingthat cannot be described in a single word or phase but involves dynamism, agility, resilience, andflexibility.As for the second NAE report which focuses on preparing the future engineer for entry into theprofession, the first recommendation states that “The baccalaureate degree should be recognizedas the “pre-engineering” degree or “bachelor of arts” in engineering degree, depending on thecourse content and reflecting the career aspirations of the student.”The common theme and mutual support communicated through ASCE Policy

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shashi Nambisan, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

for the first of the two course sequence.Specific requirements for this Senior design experience are that the students need to complete aproject based on the following criteria: 1. The project must be based on the knowledge and skills related to the design process acquired in earlier course work. This explains the lengthy prerequisite list. 2. The project must incorporate engineering standards and be responsive to local codes and regulations. This explains why proposals are presented by practicing engineers. 3. Consideration must be given to the recognition of reasonable constraints imposed by economic, environmental, sustainability, manufacturability, constructability, ethical, health, safety, reliability, social

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Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

courses as early as their first quarter on campus: GraphicalCommunications in the fall quarter; Computer Applications and GIS in the winter quarter; andEngineering Surveying I, Engineering Statics, and Introduction to Design in the spring quarter.Three of the four courses are oriented towards civil engineering technology. The fourth course,Introduction to Design, has been developed to provide the students with a real, open-ended, civilengineering design experience in their freshman year. Along with the design experience providedin the course, students also learn skills outside of design, including time management, reportwriting, teamwork, client relations, and ethics. This paper examines how Covey’s The SevenHabits of Highly Effective People

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas; Kevin Hall, University of Arkansas

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Civil Engineering

Criterion 4, producing a product for thebetterment of the community, promoting university goodwill and instilling an ethic of publicservice in the student. In practice, however, poor project selection and poor conceptualdevelopment of service learning activities will negate any of the positive attributes listed above.In fact, the difficulty in creating meaningful service learning projects for the capstone designcourses has limited their use. Fewer than 30% of the 477 campuses that responded to the CampusCompact survey on service learning have used service learning projects as culminating designexperiences in all disciplines. The statistics for engineering disciplines is even lower. In light ofthe proposed “Body of Knowledge” for civil engineering

Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Welch, The University of Texas-Tyler; Michael Robinson, Rose-Hulman Institute; Charles Glagola, University of Florida; James Nelson, University of Texas-Tyler

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Civil Engineering

16 4. Multi-Disciplinary Teams 8 5. Solve Engineering Problems 23 6. Professional & Ethical Responsibility 10 7. Communicate 13 8. Impact of Engineering Solutions 13 9. Lifelong Learning 13 10. Knowledge of Contemporary Issues 13 11. Modern Engineering Tools 13

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

minimumstandards that must be incorporated into your program outcomes. These standards are specifiedin the Criterion 3 a-k outcomes and include requirements for math, science, lifelong learning,engineering design, professional responsibility, ethics, and contemporary issues. Theserequirements are not trivial.Program: Then I will simply adopt the Criterion 3 a-k as my program outcomes.Expert: Using the Criterion 3 a-k outcomes without modification is probably acceptable but isdefinitely unwise. This practice sends the message that there is nothing special about yourprogram; that you have not given your educational outcomes much thought; and that you arewilling to let an outside agency dictate what you expect your students to accomplish. It is betterto

Conference Session

Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Hoadley, Professor @ VMI

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Civil Engineering

Marshall write that theengineering community has a responsibility to produce individuals “with strong moral fiber, adedication to professional integrity, and the ability to reason soundly.”20 César Quádernas,director of the Electronics Program at ITESM (Institute Tecnólogico y de Estudios Superiores deMonterey) writes that certain values, attitudes and abilities are a priority in the academic trainingof their students. Essential attitudes include honesty, commitment, a healthy work ethic andrespect for others.21Other professions define attitudes for effective practice. In the human resource profession,Markman and Beron note that job performance is a function of how well an individual’sattitudes, values, knowledge, skills, abilities, and

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Direct Measures of Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Bronzini, George Mason University; John Matusik, The Engineering Groupe

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Civil Engineering

) Design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) Design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (d) Function on multi-disciplinary teams (e) Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (f) Understand professional and ethical responsibility (g) Communicate effectively (h) Understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context (i) Recognize the need for and engage in life-long learning (j) Have a knowledge of

Conference Session

Who Should Teach the BOK

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Randel Dymond, Virginia Tech; Howell Simmons, Paciulli, Simmons & Associates; Derrick Cave, Kimley-Horn Assoc.; Robert Jansen, KB Home

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Civil Engineering

activities. Mentors have commented on how much material theythemselves take for granted that is critical to teach to the students. The students appreciate havingprofessional contact, although some have expressed feeling intimidated by doing schoolwork for apossible future employer. Fulltime faculty have appreciated the mentoring interaction andreinforcement of the need for a strong work ethic and communication skills.A new special topics course, “Advanced Land Development Design” is being taught in Spring 2007by volunteer practicing engineers from three LDDI firms (See Appendix D for a course descriptionand objectives). The philosophy of the course is to build complexity from the 4274 course bydigging deeper into three particularly important areas

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristopher Lengieza, Weitz Golf International; Jennifer Caffrey, Pennoni Associates Inc.; Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University; John Ochs, Lehigh University; Joe Sterrett, Lehigh University; Vincent Munley, Lehigh University

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Civil Engineering

. Copies of the three project reports are availablefrom the authors1,2,3.B. Learning ObjectivesUpon completion of this course the student should be able to: 1. Work effectively as a member of an interdisciplinary project design team, bringing unique skills perspectives and background not shared by all team members, and using information provided outside the student’s own background to complete the design. 2. Carry out a sports facility design including the evaluation of considerations such as economics, ethics, societal, environmental impacts, and constructability. 3. Write a project report that is of a quality commonly found to be acceptable in the engineering profession. 4. Orally present the results of an

Conference Session

Preparing Civil Engineering Students for a Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Hamilton, U.S. Military Academy; Fred Meyer, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

accomplish it may be lost. Criteria such as the following fall into this category: (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context (j) a knowledge of contemporary issuesInspiring StudentsThe ways to inspire students are countless, and probably no two students respond to the samemethods. The following is a listing and brief analysis of some of the ways the authors havefound to be effective. These include sharing relevant faculty experience, guest speakers, casestudies, field trips, summer

Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Civil Engineering

,professional and ethical responsibility, teamwork, leadership, lifelong learning, andattitudes) in which there may be both a cognitive and affective level of achievement. Asubcommittee has been formed and has the following charge: 1. Review and study research on the affective domain of Bloom’s taxonomy. This should also include the current use of the affective domain in developing college- level educational objectives. 2. Provide a short white paper to the BOK2 Committee documenting the issues related to the affective domain and alternative courses of action for their inclusion in the BOK second edition. 3. Complete the preceding in three months.Pre-licensure Experience to Fulfill the CE BOK:A new committee, focused

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Who Should Teach the BOK

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Harichandran, Michigan State University

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Civil Engineering

recognizes this shared responsibility.4,5 University curricula are expected to lay the corefoundations for all outcomes in the BOK, but employers are expected to provide avenues for fur-ther professional growth of their employees. In the current draft document, achievement of learn-ing outcome levels in the post-baccalaureate but pre-licensure phase of a civil engineer’s profes-sional life is called for in outcomes related to contemporary issues, risk/uncertainty, sustainabil-ity, project management, communication, ethics, public policy, business and public administra-tion, teamwork, leadership, lifelong learning, and attitudes. The current thinking is that state li-censing boards will validate the learning that occurs during the pre-licensure

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fred Meyer, U.S. Military Academy; Stephen Bert, U. S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

the case of Outcome 15, this was a new additionbased on the onset of the new BOK. Additional coverage is necessary in the CE curriculum inorder to allow more reliable assessment of this outcome. In the case of Outcome 16, students atthe USMA receive extensive education on leadership and ethics outside of the academiccurriculum that must be captured and assessed separately then incorporated into the overallassessment. Also, the USMA’s automated grading system provides an option to use indicatorsfound in non-engineering courses such as Military Leadership to provide additional coverage forOutcome 16.Overall Weighted Average. The “Overall Weighted Average” column is the most important partof the table and provides a direct assessment of student

Conference Session

Who Should Teach the BOK

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Maccariella, Urban Engineers, Inc. / Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

faculty must consider the skills of the individual, and the needs of thedepartment. Sputo5 suggests that adjuncts: 1. Teach courses in applied areas of engineering design. That is, areas with low potential for research funding, thus little faculty interest. 2. Teach courses in specialized areas where no full time faculty have expertise, but where the adjunct has developed expertise over years of practice in that area. 3. Teach broad based design courses, particularly Capstone Design courses, where the adjunct’s breadth of knowledge and expertise is exactly what is needed. 4. Teach business oriented courses, such as ethics, engineering construction, and professional practice courses, where the

Conference Session

Who Should Teach the BOK

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

,development and use of design methodology, formulation of design problem statements andspecifications, consideration of alternative solutions, and detailed system description. Further, it isrequired to include constraints such as economic factors, safety, reliability, aesthetics, ethics, and socialimpact. Courses that contain engineering design normally are taught at the upper-division level of theengineering program. Some potion of this requirement must be satisfied by at least one course which isprimarily design, preferably at the senior level, and draws upon previous coursework in the relevantdiscipline” (14)A proliferation of capstone design experiences, over the last decade, has taken place at manycolleges of engineering – all seem to meet some

Conference Session

Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Evers, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; James Ledlie Klosky

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Civil Engineering

system, component or process to meet Yes desired needs. 4. an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams. Yes 5. an ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems. Yes 6. an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. Yes 7. an ability to communicate effectively. 8. the broad education necessary to understand the impact of Yes engineering solutions in a global and societal context. 9. a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in, life-long Yes learning. Yes 10. a knowledge of

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Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brock Barry, Purdue University; Sybil Sharvelle, Purdue University; M Katherine Banks, Purdue University; Sean Brophy, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University

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Civil Engineering

below required limits, wasdetailed in the RFP. The RFP clearly stated the company’s desire to adhere to ethical andenvironmentally responsible practices. Lastly, the document issued to the students also includedan eight week schedule with dates for required deliverables.The RFP was prepared to contain extraneous information, while at the same time it was missingcritical information that the students would need to complete the PBL. The extraneousinformation required the students to thoroughly review the RFP and understand whichinformation was necessary to address the project. A minimum level of wastewater treatmentknowledge was required to identify information lacking from the RFP. Questions raised by thestudents provided evidence of learning to

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How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Riddell, Rowan University; Eric Constans, Rowan University; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Jennifer Courtney, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Paris von Lockette, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

information required to solve the problems is contained in aspecific chapter of their textbook. When teams are involved, all the students are in thesame class, and typically have the same academic background. The authors submit thatproject-based learning (PBL) is especially effective at helping the students develop skillsat solving open-ended problems, multidisciplinary teamwork and communication. Theseskills, as well as professionalism and ethics are emphasized throughout the clinics. Asstudents progress throughout the Rowan curriculum, the clinic projects become decidedlymore “real-world.” Many of the goals of the engineering clinic sequence have since beenspecifically identified in the ABET 2000 A-K Criteria5.The purpose of this paper is to

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vincent Drnevich, Purdue University; John Norris, Purdue University

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Civil Engineering

University (CE498) focuses on providing anintegrated, realistic capstone design experience covering the multifaceted aspects of a real-worldengineering project (e.g., technical, legal, environmental, ethical, etc.) in a fashion whichaddresses (as much as possible) all major aspects of the civil engineering profession. The courseis taught every semester with enrollments ranging from 50 to 100 students. Teams of 5 or 6students each are formed and work together for the entire semester and all teams work on thesame project. The author has been the lead instructor for the course each spring semester since2001. The project is typically a building, bridge, or highway relocation that is in the process ofbeing designed and constructed by professional firms