Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogies for Facilitating Student-driven Learning Experiences

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Kurtis Younkin, Iowa State University; Peter T. Savolainen, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

) found onlyone class included drainage in its syllabus content. At the university where this study wasconducted, this topic has historically been covered in a hydrology course, but not activelyintegrated into highway design. Several survey respondents also suggested that several softwareprograms should be considered when teaching students about drainage within the context ofhighway design, such as the Federal Highway Administration’s HY-8, the Army Corp ofEngineers’ HEC-RAS, and AutoCAD Storm Sewers.It was also noteworthy that capacity and level-of-service ranked in the bottom third of topicsamong employers, especially considering Beyerlein (2010) found traffic flow characteristics andcapacity studies to be rated very high among topics that

Conference Session

Mechanics, Music, Meaning, and Mohr

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jakob C Bruhl P.E., U.S. Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy; Joseph P. Hanus, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

a statics textbook: they would generate necessary statics content and include it in acourse study guide. This decision was based on several factors: (1) the visual appeal of thistextbook’s images and emphasis on clear explanation to beginners; (2) the rich online contentprovided with this text in the form of demonstration videos, problem solving videos, andMecMovies; (3) cost savings by selecting a single textbook which would provide necessaryreference for two courses; and (4) a deep library of faculty generated statics content.SEQUENCE OF COURSESOne important aspect of this course redesign was that MC300 and MC364 be maintained as asequence of courses and this sequence be as obvious to students as possible. The final syllabireflected this

Conference Session

Balancing Act: Ideas in Pre- & Post- Surveys and Assessment of Professional Skills

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

/or graduate school. Note that thecourse outcome mappings may be incomplete, since in most cases a full syllabus was notavailable. Some of the courses counted toward fulfilling general education or core requirementsat the university. Some of the courses were noted to be graded pass/fail or satisfactory/fail. Someof the papers noted excellent support materials that could be used in a variety of coursesincluding the ASME’s Professional Practice Curriculum E-book training manual and podcasts(http://php.aist.org/ela/training_series.htm) and the EPSA case scenarios and professional skillsassessment rubrics25-27; the Institute for Professional Practice materials referenced in Clemence& McGinley28 could not be found using an online search (only

Conference Session

Let’s Get Pumped: Innovative Approaches for Better Student Engagement

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Tarek Abdoun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Casper Harteveld, Northeastern University; Flora P McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Usama El Shamy P.E., Southern Methodist University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

educational gaps in geotechnicalengineering education through the development and implementation of a transferable andscalable Mixed Reality and Mobile (MR&M) Educational Game, “GeoExplorer.” A game-basedcourse module was implemented in existing geotechnical engineering courses at RensselaerPolytechnic Institute (RPI). The newly developed game has the potential to transform the waygeotechnical engineering is taught by addressing the current critical gap of lack of exposure tofield testing and practical experience. Ultimately, the use of MR&M games should result in abetter-trained and globally minded workforce. The game will be available for free for educatorsand its implementation does not require additional resources. The game-based module