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Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John V. Tocco J.D., Lawrence Technological University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

wisdom if the followinggeneration is to survive and thrive. Similarly, it is incumbent upon the present generation ofengineering practitioners to pass on their knowledge and expertise so the next generation ofengineers can develop into competent professionals. Mentoring capstone students provides an excellent opportunity for practitioners to impart theirwealth of knowledge. Students can learn general engineering concepts, as well as subdiscipline-specific skills useful for the creation of accurate designs and realistic project management plans. During the 2013-2014 academic year, an all-female capstone team learned the value ofmentoring from female construction industry practitioners. Moreover, utilizing their capstoneproject as a platform

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Virginia Sisiopiku, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Robert W. Peters, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Ossama E. M. Ramadan, University of Alabama, Birmingham

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Civil Engineering

served either as PI or a co-PI dealing with the transportation field.Mr. Ossama E. Ramadan, University of Alabama at Birmingham Ossama E. Ramadan is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). His research interests include work zone traffic control, traffic safety, and, planning and scheduling of infras- tructure projects. He received his M.A.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Carleton University, and his B.Sc. (Hons.) in Construction Engineering from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT). Selected by UAB School of Engineering as the 2014 Graduate Student of the Year in Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. Recipient of the 2002 Carleton University

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Derek Guthrie Williamson, University of Alabama; Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; W. Edward Back, University of Alabama

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Civil Engineering

University of Alabama Civil Engineering Department from2005 through 2015. During this period, the department and its programs were expanded andtransformed through: (a) adopting a new set of Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) andStudent Outcomes, (b) the addition of three more undergraduate degrees, (c) the development ofa single set of harmonized PEOs and learning outcomes for four programs, (d) the developmentof shared capstone design classes across multiple degree plans, and (e) the use of an integrated,multiple program ABET Self Study Report. As we present this case study, we will analyzecommon challenges, extract lessons, and make recommendationsWhile a complete vision for a new multi-discipline BOK is beyond the scope of this work, wewill

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

-term plan for management of updates to the publishedCivil Engineering Body of Knowledge (CE BOK) and the associated ABET accreditationcriteria.1 This plan calls for ASCE to develop a formal revision to the CE BOK and associatedcriteria on a regular eight-year cycle. This regular change-cycle reflects three broadly acceptedconclusions drawn from ASCE’s experience in developing the first two editions of the CE BOK,from 2002 to the present:  A professional body of knowledge is a dynamic entity that reflects the ever-changing nature of professional jurisdictions. A given profession (or professional group) can be strengthened by formally articulating and publishing its body of knowledge, but only if the profession is willing

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Defne S. Apul, University of Toledo

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Civil Engineering

developing new sustainability-enriched engineering education material is the need for knowledge and skills from multipledisciplines to be incorporated into learning experiences. This creates limitations to whatinstructors can accomplish with students lacking the necessary knowledge and skills unless thereare added requirements for pre-requisite coursework, additional time taken in class to teach extramaterial, or extra assignments for students to learn the material independently. Each of thesesolutions means the course must be modified to reduce content or increase time and effort ofstudents to enable new content to be included. In most cases this is a major impediment and onethat prevents instructors from moving forward with plans for anything more

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Janel Sutkus, Carnegie Mellon University; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Rod Harris; Matthew L. Cole, Lawrence Technological University

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Civil Engineering

of diversity, SOAR-based strategy, and teamwork to strategic planning, and organization development and change. Page 26.247.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Assessing the Ethical Development of Students in an Undergraduate Civil Engineering Course using a Standardized Instrument1. AbstractABET requires “an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility” but insuringstudents obtain these outcomes is program specific. Many programs struggle with how to includeethics in a robust technical curriculum. Consequently

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen L. Jones PE, South Dakota State University

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Civil Engineering

. Page 26.67.5 Level 1 Below Expectations Level 2 Meets Expectations Level 3 Exceeds Expectations Uses unsafe and/or risky procedures Observes occasional unsafe laboratory Observes established laboratory safety plan and procedures procedures Does not develop a systematic plan of data gathering; Development of experimental plan does not Formulates an experimental plan of data

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natacha Depaola, Illinois Institute of Technology; Paul R. Anderson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Roberto Cammino, Illinois Institute of Technology; Bonnie Haferkamp, Illinois Institute of Technology; Limia Shunia, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Jamshid Mohammadi, Illinois Institute of Technology; Fouad Teymour, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

, conclusions/recommendations reached. (Includes recognition of the contributions of any consulting experts, resource providers, previous teams, and other organizations.) • Highlights benefits and added value of the team's work compared to contemporary practice. • Describes major impacts, risks and challenges associated with the project: technical performance, need for enabling technology, social, competitive, environmental, safety, regulatory, financial. • Applied appropriate methods associated with professional practice (e.g., brainstorming, experiment design/testing, scientific method, user-centered design, iterative prototyping, survey research, business planning.) • Devised innovative approaches to overcome

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allie S Peters, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Kevin Chang P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Katherine N Thorton; Kristen Shinohara; Kacey D Beddoes, Oregon State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Univer- sity of Idaho, where he is focusing on traffic operations and safety, transportation security, and engineering education. Prior to his current position, Kevin was a traffic engineer with the King County Department of Transportation where he managed the Traffic Management Center and supervised the implementation of neighborhood transportation plans, livable communities, and pedestrian and school safety programs. Kevin is the current Chair of the ITE Transportation Education Council, Chair of the TRB School Trans- portation Subcommittee, member of the TRB Safety Management Committee, and Past President for the Washington State Section of ITE. He is

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac L. Howard PE, Mississippi State University

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Civil Engineering

was credible to students because of practitioner involvement.The learning outcomes are summarized below, and example photos of students completing theseoutcomes are shown in Figure 1. Ability to perform these outcomes was required for all sevenenrolled students: four undergraduates, two first-semester masters students, and one doctoralstudent (note that the enrolled students were among the best of the MSU materials program).This ability could be developed through this course or already be possessed by the student (e.g.doctoral student had proficiency in many of these outcomes at the beginning of the course). 1. Read background information on asphalt durability. 2. Develop a test plan. 3. Determine needed raw materials and obtain samples

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas G Schmucker, University of Utah; Steven J. Burian, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

, they observe theimpacts in dramatic and globally changing ways. These projects provide a nearly idealframework for which to provide an orientation to the discipline, stimulate critical thinking, and amodel for what will eventually be the students’ own project. Additionally, these texts helpstudents comprehend the degree of difficulty in planning, designing and executing anyengineering project. Significantly, they also point to the important dynamic within are largeengineering endeavors of human interaction, communication and often—competition of egos andvision, which can lead to conflict, at best, failure at worst.The course schedule, team assignments, and individual assignments are listed in Appendices A,B, and C respectively.Simultaneous

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey J. Evans, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Thomas Smith; Sorin Adam Matei, Purdue University Polytechnic Institute; Esteban Garcia

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

that gamification of education provides both intrinsic and extrinsicmotivation is outlined. In this source, it’s further outlined that this type of gamification seems “to fosterhigher order thinking such as planning and reasoning”. Hence, badging fits well into our stated goals.This type of learning is only amplified by the feedback loop a badge system invites. Students all begintheir college experience with different backgrounds and levels of learning in written and oralcommunication. The badge feedback loop is designed to bring students to a solid integration of thecommunication skills at a developing or foundational level as outlined in the AAC&U VALUE rubrics,which provided the framework for our University’s Core Curriculum. The switch

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John E. Shamma; Rupa Purasinghe, California State University, Los Angeles

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #12294Introduction to Sub-Branches of Civil Engineering Fields through a CreativeFreshmen Civil Engineering Design CourseMr. John E. Shamma John E. Shamma is the Facility Planning Team Manager for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California overseeing Metropolitan’s infrastructure reliability and vulnerability investigations. He was the Project Engineer for the Inland Feeder Water Conveyance System’s Arrowhead Tunnels project from 1993 – 2005. He was responsible for the design and construction of two 12 foot diameter tunnel seg- ments totaling approximately 11 miles in the San Bernardino Mountains

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goli Nossoni, Manhattan College; Nicole Leo Braxtan, Manhattan College

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

they have theopportunity to work on the project for more than half of the semester. The project is complex,challenging and fairly long. To reduce the length of the project, each group is only responsiblefor calculating the energy demand and interior design of one floor of the building. At the end ofthe project each group is required to submit a final report that includes the following: abstract,introduction, literature review, project design, conclusion, references, and appendix (thatincludes software-based drawings such as the floor plan, parking lot plan, elevation plan for thebuilding facade and location of the windows, solar panels on the roof, etc.).The project described above was used from the 2011 to the 2013 academic years in both

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Valenzuela P.E., University of Evansville; Valerie A. Stein, University of Evansville

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

readings from Engineering: Its Role and Function in Human Society (Davenport and Rosenthal, editors, 1967).7 Page 26.1153.6 The Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025 (ASCE 2006)8Uncertainty, Risk, Climate Change, and the Future (Sorting Fact, Fear, and Fiction) The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Cannot Solve Our Global Problems (Petroski 2010)9 The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future (Oreskes and Conway 2014)10Energy: Public Reactions and Engineering Alternatives (Or, is there really a “War onCoal”?) The Essential Engineer (Petroski 2010)Infrastructure: Planning for the Future (Or

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

organization’s “Policy on Licensure and Licensure-Related Certification”—is to “encourages graduates…to strive for professional recognition byenhancing their individual credentials through licensure and certification programs..”15 ABET’s“Licensure, Registration, and Certification” web page identifies ABET’s role as “contributingsignificantly to the education of students who later seek official recognition of theirqualifications to serve the public.”16 The ABET vison and mission statements do not mentionlicensure or imply any support for licensure.17 The word “licensure” does not appear in theABET Constitution or in the current ABET Strategic Plan.18 The authors can find no statementin any official ABET document indicating that its criteria or policies

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Chong, University of Toronto

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Civil Engineering

urban density andsustainability.Politics:Finally, we tried to use local, municipal political issues (in a non-partisan way) to demonstratethe significance of their chosen discipline to their daily lives. In 2014, we were fortunate enoughto have a highly contested, well covered mayoral race in which transportation and urbanplanning issues were extremely prominent. Each candidate’s platform focused on theirtransportation plan, and debates often circulated around issues of transit planning, funding, andand urban versus suburban divide. Strategies for using the mayoral race included: (A) showingclips from mayoral debates, especially the heated moments around their policies ontransportation, or recent television interviews, (B) recent newspaper

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Greenwood, University of Michigan; Dimitrios Zekkos P.E., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Civil Engineering

employers. The online platform is freely available through Geoengineer.orgfor use by educators.Future workThe implementation of these projects and virtual professional engagement is planned to beexpanded to additional courses and universities with the assistance of other course instructors.Currently, online projects are planned to be implemented in another civil engineering course,Rock Mechanics, and expanded to subjects beyond geotechnical engineering. Feedback receivedfrom students through the survey is used to devise improved strategies for the studentexperience. Additional student feedback is being planned through formal interviews of onlineproject participants.AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to acknowledge the contributions of Kostis

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Brumbelow, Texas A&M University; Debra A. Fowler, Texas A&M University; James R. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Whitney L. Anthony, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #13529Transformation of a large civil engineering department curriculum using theASCE BOK2Dr. Kelly Brumbelow, Texas A&M University Dr. Kelly Brumbelow is an Associate Professor and the Assistant Department Head for Undergraduate Programs in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University. He has been a faculty member at Texas A&M since 2002, where his technical specialty is water resources engineering, planning, and management. Prior to this position, he completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at Georgia Tech, where he taught undergraduate courses for 7 years. His

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rhonda K. Young, University of Wyoming; Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College; David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University; Rod E. Turochy P.E., Auburn University

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #12635What a Systematic Literature Review Tells Us About Transportation Engi-neering EducationDr. Rhonda K Young, University of Wyoming Rhonda Young is an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at the University of Wyoming since 2002 and teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in Traffic Operations, Transportation Planning, Transportation Design and Traffic Safety. She completed her master and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering at the University of Washington and undergraduate degree from Oregon State University. Prior to joining the academic field, she worked as a

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Hamilton P.E., Boise State University

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Civil Engineering

taughtoutside their department.This paper will look at the method adopted by one university to meet this new criterion while atthe same time attempting to remain true to the goals and objective of that program with respectto providing a broad education to its students and utilizing the unique and distinct opportunitiesthat program’s university provided to those same students. This university adopted the use of aquestionnaire given to all students who graduated with the criterion of an additional “area ofscience” included in their graduation requirements to collect data on the subject. Thequestionnaire asked which area of emphasis within Civil Engineering the student planned topursue upon graduation, which additional “area of science” the student the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers; Richard O. Anderson P.E., Somat Engineering, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

accreditation. There will naturally be a gap between those two standards andthis paper will help define the size and extent of that gap.Future work of the committee. Once the Commentary is revised and approved, the CEPCTCwill be dissolved and the implementation of the program criteria will be the responsibility of theASCE Committee on Accreditation. Such work will not be complete by the submission date ofthis paper, so the remaining tasks will be described. The committee’s work is part of a longerrange plan to continuously update both the BOK and CEPC in a systematic manner.Composition of the CommitteeThe CEPCTC is comprised of a mix of distinguished civil engineering practitioners andexperienced academics with considerable experience in the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey C. Evans P.E., Bucknell University; Michelle Oswald Beiler P.E., Bucknell University

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Civil Engineering

Public Policy, and a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Delaware, specializing in transportation planning. She received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engi- neering from Lafayette College. Her research and teaching focus is in the area of sustainable transporta- tion planning. Specific research topics include transportation adaptation to climate change, sustainable transportation performance measures and rating system development, pedestrian and cycling mobility, and sustainable engineering education. Page 26.865.1 c American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Davidson, Wentworth Institute of Technology; James Lambrechts P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Leonard Anderson, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Nakisa Alborz, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

interest and understanding of students in STEM fields andincrease students’ pursuit of advanced degrees in STEM fields 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. These were allissues that the initial developers of the DSL course tried to incorporate in the individual labcomponents and the overall concept of the course.Course structure, scope and scheduleThe primary goal of the DSL course was to develop and perform Civil Engineering experimentsto supplement lecture content in the individual fundamental engineering courses (structuralanalysis, soil mechanics, fluid mechanics, and environmental engineering) being takensimultaneously with the DSL course. The course uses site specific data (site plan and building)with the option for Civil Engineering faculty to add

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh; Sina Arjmand, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

that works bestto include international service learning projects within their environment. When designing theprogram, the length of time that students are required to work on the project has to be selected.The program can be a short term project such as a week, or as long as one or more semesters[10]. Short mission-style trips abroad for engaging students in simple projects that provideservice where needed, e.g. physical labor in construction, is one of the initial efforts to exposestudents to the overseas issues. Although they are easy to plan, manage, require less funding, andrequire less curriculum changes to incorporate, they have low educational impacts. By increasingthe time that students are involved, and requiring them to engage in

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn P. Gross, Villanova University; Eric Musselman P.E., Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

andrelationship of individual course components in the inverted model (recorded lecture videos,concept quizzes, problem sets, laboratory exercises, and design projects) are presented. Impactson faculty planning and preparation are discussed. A review of the changes made between eachsuccessive course offering based on lessons learned is also provided.In addition to the authors’ (faculty) perspective, the students’ perspective is also addressed basedon the results of extensive end-of-the-semester surveys asking students for feedback on theinverted model. Student responses to numerous multiple choice “rating” questions about courseformat and course components are provided. Student performance is also addressed through abroad comparison of examination grades

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. A. Karim, Kennesaw State University

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Civil Engineering

favorable to PBL. At around the same time as theAlbanese and Mitchell22 and Berkson23 reviews that Kirschner et al.21 cited, there was a thirdmeta-analysis conducted by Vernon and Blake24. This analysis found that medical students inPBL curricula performed slightly worse on tests of basic science knowledge but performed betteron tests of clinical knowledge than traditional medical students. Unlike the “discovery learning”or minimally-guided instruction22,25, effective use of PBL requires extensive planning andprofessional development, a supportive environment, and tool and strategies for effectiveinstruction, including the use of technologies.26,27,28 After years of research on use of problem-based learning in medical school contexts, evidence was

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Annette Sustersic, Pennsylvania State University; Caroline June Klatman, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

)Finally, the truss model is installed in an AN/EX rolling cabinet/display case with predrilledtapped holes throughout all interior faces for modular attachment of variable sized models. Thisis particularly useful to accommodate planned expansion to the model size. Page 26.190.5Traditional Lesson PlanAn undergraduate student teaching intern led students in a 15 minute traditional step-by-stepworked example on tablet PC. An abbreviated version of the worksheet used by presenter andstudents is provided on page 10 in Figure 12 (left). The nomenclature presented is consistentwith the course textbook9.Problem geometry and member forces for the P system

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I: Communication in Engineering Disciplines

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David A. Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth; Mary U. Christiansen; Adrian T. Hanson, University of Minnesota Duluth; Jill D. Jenson, University of Minnesota Duluth; Sara Ojard; Rebecca L. Teasley, University of Minnesota Duluth; Emily Woster, University of Minnesota Duluth

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Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Civil Engineering Body ofKnowledge for the 21st Century outlines the outcomes that “define the knowledge, skills, andattitudes necessary to enter the practice of civil engineering at the professional level in the 21stcentury.”3 One of the professional outcomes listed is Communication; the document cites theneed for engineers to be able to “plan, compose, and integrate the verbal, written, virtual, andgraphical communication of a project to technical and non-technical audiences.”3In addition, ABET accredited universities are well versed in the necessity of teachingcommunication skills within their curriculum, since one of the required student outcomes is “anability to communicate effectively.”4 As mentioned above, the civil engineering

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University; Amro El Badawy; Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Nazli Yesiller

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Civil Engineering

, efficient, and abundant in pedagogical benefits. An aspect that can be improved infuture implementation of similar activities is to plan for an extra session in which students fromboth classes are provided time for a post-experience discussion with the guest instructor. Such a Page 26.426.9meeting would allow the instructor to provide comments and feedback on the overall experience    and answer any questions raised by the students. In addition, a portion of this extra session couldbe devoted to facilitating (through a third party) an assessment focus group. A second aspect forimprovement would be