Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abigail Louise Beck, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Eun Jeong Cha, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Luc Paquette, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Eric G Shaffer, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

reliability, risk assessment, systems modeling, and probabilistic methods with social science approaches. She is a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and a 2023-2024 Mavis Future Faculty Fellow. She is a member of the NIST Center of Excellence for Community Resilience and collaborates with engineers, economists, social scientists, and planners on the development of tools to support community resilience decision-making. She has been recognized for her research at multiple international conferences with a Student Best Paper Award at ICOSSAR 2021/2022 and CERRA Student Recognition Award at ICASP 2023.Prof. Eun Jeong Cha, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Eun Jeong Cha is an associate professor in the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Professional Practice 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pinar Omur-Ozbek, Colorado State University; Rebecca A Atadero, Colorado State University; Amir Hedayati Mehdiabadi, University of New Mexico; Chika Winnifred Agha, Colorado State University; Carlotta Duenninger

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

orcourses on engineering ethics to instill ethical reasoning skills in the graduating engineers(Herkert, 2000; Hamad et. al., 2013). There are many examples of curriculum development forethics exposure of students from first to senior year and through various modalities to relateethics to the technical concepts of ethics (Rajan, 2017). Beyond basic discussion of ethics inclass, effective engineering ethics instruction needs to engage students, promote critical thinking,and translate theoretical concepts into real-world practice. Another consideration that needs to bemade is the spectrum between moral values and personal ethics on one end and professional andsocial ethics on the other end. This creates a need as well as an opportunity for a rich

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shenghua Wu, University of South Alabama; Basant Bhatt, University of South Alabama

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

, Gulf Coast Center for Addressing Microplastic Pollution (GC-CAM), and the founding faculty advisor for the Society of Sustainable Engineering. He teaches a mixture of undergraduate and graduate engineering courses. Dr. Wu is a committee member for Transportation Research Board (TRB) AJE35 and AKM 90, a member of American Society of Civil Engineer (ASCE), American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), and Academy of Pavement Science and Engineering (APSE), as well as an editorial member for Journal of Testing and Evaluation and International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology. He serves panel member for several NCHRP and ACRP projects. He is also a registered professional engineer in Alabama and LEED

Conference Session

Joint Session: Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division and Civil Engineering Division

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M A Karim, Kennesaw State University; Youngguk Seo, Kennesaw State University; Parth Bhavsar, Kennesaw State University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL), Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

understanding of their chosenfields, and a heightened interest in pursuing graduate school.Keywords: independent study, undergraduate research, motivation, students’ attitude andperceptionIntroductionIndependent study as it can be achieved either by doing research or design work as project thatcan be part of project-based or problem-based learning (PBL). In both cases the idea is toprovide the students with flexibility to choose topics and types of work they want to doindependently at their own pace and learn independently either by a single student or students ina group [1]. It allows students to learn about a subject that is unavailable in traditional curriculaor about a topic students would like to explore in greater depth. Faculty and students

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Holistic Program Topics

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Graves, United States Military Academy, West Point; Thomas James Matarazzo, United States Military Academy, West Point; Brock E. Barry, P.E., United States Military Academy, West Point; Elizabeth Bristow; Mark Evans, United States Military Academy, West Point

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

that Influence Engineering Freshman to Choose Their Engineering Major, 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013[2] Anderson-Rowland, M. R., Rodriguez, A. A., and Grierson, A., Why Some Community College Students Choose Engineering and Some Don't, 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013.[3] Ngambeki, I, Dalrymple, O., and Evangelou, D., Decision Making In First Year Engineering: Exploring How Students Decide About Future Studies And Career Pathways, Purdue University, School of Engineering Education Graduate Student Series, 2009.[4] Painter, Jackson Kia, Snyder, Kate E., and

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lekshmi Sasidharan, University of Arkansas; Tariq Sweidan, University of Arkansas; Abigail Mayhan, University of Arkansas; Pratik Ghimire, University of Arkansas; Suman Kumar Mitra, University of Arkansas

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

experiments for testing these parameters and cast and cured concrete cylinders to testthe compressive strength of hardened concrete at the end of 1, 7 and 28 days, and the resultswere presented using tables and bar charts that compared the properties of fresh and hardenedconcrete in the five tests. The mini-project enabled student groups to learn about the experimental design process,explore different types of pozzolans, apply the knowledge gained from lectures and previous labsto conduct the experiments, use the collected data to develop visual representations, makeinformed decisions based on engineering judgment and develop a good team spirit. A survey wasconducted to gather information on the effect of the mini-project on different factors

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Professional Development

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ellen Zerbe, Georgia Institute of Technology; Adjo A. Amekudzi-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kevin Haas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Benjamin Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology; Janece Shaffer

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

belongingwithin the school and the profession. One metric of the success of this outcome is to evaluatestudent retention within CEE. Historically, approximately 50% of the students who matriculate asfirst-year students in CEE end up changing their major before graduation. For this cohort of 60students who took Exploring CEE in fall 2022, only five have changed their major. While this isstill early since this cohort has completed the course, this is still a decrease rate of attrition from asimilar point in previous years. In addition, their personal reflections at the end of each moduleallowed the students to articulate how the course and the associated activities were impacting thebeginning of their academic journey. Even those students who did change

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Our Curriculum

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Academic Program, a living-learning community where students learned about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Integration of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Topics into a First-Year Introduction to Civil Engineering CourseAbstractThis paper presents an example of how diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) topics have beenintegrated into an Introduction to Civil Engineering course for first-year (FY) students. DEIissues were integrated into the

Conference Session

Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Creativity

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shinae Jang, University of Connecticut; Christa Taylor, University of Connecticut

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

exist from one to another regarding sociability, learning,attention, mood, and other important mental functions [3] – is an important factor to consider.Researchers have begun to explore methods to include neurodiverse student populations tofurther increase diversity and enhance creative problem-solving in engineering [4]-[6][21][22].The inclusive classroom provides the opportunity for success for all students. Re-thinking and re-designing our courses and curricula to provide flexibility and accommodate students’ needs is ofvital importance. Thus, the re-design of the Statics course to accommodate neurodiverse studentshas the potential to be beneficial for all.With the accelerating change of pace in the 21st century, Cropley [7] stated that

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Tymvios, Bucknell University; Claudia Mara Dias Wilson, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Corrie Walton-Macaulay, Saint Martin's University; Moses Tefe, Norwich University; Scott R Hamilton P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Xiaomei Wang, Brigham Young University; Gloria Faraone; Thais Alves, San Diego State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

lesson development by providing ideasfor creating assignments (for both before and after class), discussion points, activities, and otherlesson materials to teach undergraduate and graduate students about the effects of infrastructureinequities and how to mitigate negative effects. The framework will provide a solid foundationfor faculty to take a case study or historical example and create lesson objectives, design studentexercises to be used before, during, or after a class session, and create materials to supportstudent learning. The CIT-E community of practice is also applying this framework to createseveral lessons using case studies that are currently under development and will be available foruse by any faculty member in the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B Oerther P.E., Missouri University of Science and Technology; Sarah Oerther

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

engineering,and environmental engineers. This article includes details of the module. In particular, studentsare invited to answer an open ended questions, “how much would you pay to watch a perfectsunset?”, and the results of student responses are used as part of teaching. The results of studentresponse before and after a lecture module show a clear trend away from extreme answers of“everything” (i.e., a sunset is priceless) and “nothing” (i.e., a sunset is free), and towards a betterunderstanding of public value and an answer that reflects “some dollar amount,” which is createdfrom the sum of the values expressed by each individual. A subsequent lecture module introducesstudents to the concept of full-cost accounting as a way to integrate

Conference Session

ASCE Liasion Committee Presents: All Things ASCE

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

opportunities, internships, and undergraduateresearch. The submission options also align with tenets of Universal Design for Learning [46],allowing students to demonstrate their knowledge in preferred ways. The three options were ashort self-recorded video, such as from a phone; meet in-person or over zoom to discuss withinstructor; or a standard write-up. Giving options to the traditional assignment that requiressubmitting a written response may be helpful for students who struggle with grammar, whichsometimes includes international students, for example.In this educational intervention, FWV was added as an option on two assignments. It was ofinterest if students would elect to explore FWV or select the other alternatives. The choices thatstudents

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Professional Practice 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Glavin, United States Military Academy; Robert Hume, United States Military Academy; Scott M. Katalenich, United States Military Academy; William Graves, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

economics 1.d.ii. professional attitudes and responsibilities of a civil engineer, including licensure and safety 2. Faculty The program must demonstrate that faculty teaching courses that are primarily design in content are qualified to teach the subject matter by virtue of professional licensure, or by education and design experience.BenchmarkingCivil engineering programs seeking ABET accreditation are required to include application ofsustainability. Individual programs, however, have significant latitude in how and when tointroduce students to the subject. The authors are members of the faculty at an undergraduate-only, four-year institution with approximately four thousand students in the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliott Clement, Oregon State University; Renee M. Desing, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

, factors like campus social climate [9], academicmentoring [9], [10], and racial microaggressions [11] can damage their sense of belonging andaffect their future in engineering.We base our definition of Engineering Identity on Hazari et al.’s [12] definition of physicsidentity as the interaction of Recognition, Performance, Interest and Competence in the field ofEngineering. This concept was further investigated by Kendall et al. [13], who studied factorsinfluencing engineering identity of Latinx students by including personal and social identities tobetter understand the development of Latinx students as engineers. An example of the impact ofpersonal and social identities on engineering identity is the research conducted by Revelo aboutthe