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Committee on Instructional Technology Presents: Gamers

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy A. Wood, The Citadel; Kweku Tekyi Brown P.E., The Citadel

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

to see one part of the geotechnical process, but students may still struggle to fullysynthesize the complete site characterization process. By expanding a K-12 earth science classactivity [5], college students can experience every step of a site investigation by exploring amodel site and connecting classroom model observations and manipulations by analogy to itsengineering practice counterpart. The first section of this paper describes the class activity. Thesecond section contains faculty reflections on the active learning and interaction in theclassroom. Finally, the appendices to this paper include a Directive Memo distributed to studentsat the beginning of class and an example Submission Memo for the application of the activity toa

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abigail L. Beck; Eun Jeong Cha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

game, including1) Network Strength (measured by number of improvements), 2) Inequity of Improvements(measured by the maximum difference in improvements for different neighborhoods), 3)Inequity of Restoration (measured by the maximum difference in the number of non-operationalcomponents for neighborhoods), 4) System Functionality (measured by the total number ofoperational components), and 5) Community Resilience (measured by the area under recoverycurve). Teams consider all five of these objectives as they make infrastructure decisions whichare considered in final game scoring. At the end of the game each team community’sperformance is compared among the other teams based on the scoring system reflecting the fiveobjectives. The exact scoring

Conference Session

Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Creativity

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amie Baisley, University of Florida; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

. Compute relevant response L. Apply work/energy principlesGrading for MasteryIdentifying the mastery objectives, requiring them for all solutions, and assessing every other week resultsin a lot of data and information on how each student approaches problem solving. Instead of recordingperformance on each assessment as a single score, we look for and track demonstrations of masteryobjective by objective. This approach helps students to break away from the scoring mentality and focusbetter on their strengths and weakness as reflected in their progress with respect to the mastery objectives.Mastery is defined as a redundant demonstration of an ability to perform a given objective. The coursegrade is based upon the

Conference Session

Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Models, Models, & More Models

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paulina Robles, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Gabrielle Rose Favro, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Abby Lentz

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

on tension and compression members, small groups of students arepresented with the foam model and corresponding handout which is included in Appendix B.Students determined the cross-sectional dimensions and height of the column using a ruler, thencalculated slenderness ratios (as defined by NDS 2018 Section 3.7.1.3) [13]. After reflection onhow these ratios may affect buckling behavior, students induced two buckling scenarios bypressing on the top of the model to simulate a concentrated axial load as shown in Figure 3. Thefirst scenario involves a completely unbraced length, in which the column buckles along theweak axis in single curvature. The second scenario involves bracing along the weak axis at mid-height, in which the column will

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Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Models, Models, & More Models

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Francis McMullen, United States Military Academy; Adrian Biggerstaff, P.E., Stanford University; Christopher H. Conley; Jakob C. Bruhl, P.E., United States Military Academy; Kevin Arnett; Paul Moody; Aaron T. Hill Jr., United States Military Academy; Lynden Damon Crosbie

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

” “Give more time to reflect and think on the process. It would also allow us to design a better structure and build it better.” “Use more CE403 concepts. Could work on different pieces of it throughout the semester as we learn the relevant concepts.” “Providing more example/reference material because the first few assignments were very confusing and took a long time. Videos or other resources on it would be very helpful.” Figure 13: Student Feedback on the open-ended question: “What changes do you recommend making to improve the engineering design project experience?”The final student feedback data analyzed were responses to Likert questions included in theanonymous course-end-feedback survey for the last

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Mario Bonilla, USFQ; Miguel Santiago Valarezo, USFQ; Brandon Danilo Villacrés , Universidad San Francisco de Quito; Miguel Andres Guerra, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

high frequency of testing is a positive washback because it encouragespractice and review[32]. Having high-frequency quizzes develops good study habits, theyconducted an experiment where they concluded that students with weekly testing performedbetter than the no-testing group [33]According to Elsalem [28], students who pass their exams do not always learn and vice versa. Inpart, because grades are being used as an indicator of academic achievement [34]. Grades areimportant for students in practical terms, but they don't necessarily reflect the amount ofknowledge the students have acquired, their understanding of the subject, or their creativity inthat field, which means that the results obtained may not represent the level of knowledge

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cristián Eduardo Vargas-Ordóñez, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Maria Santagata, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); David J. Yu

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

(54.9%) opted to respond to the Compassion toOthers sub-scale. 38 shared their demographic information. Of these, 58% self-identified asmales, 37% as females, 2% as non-binary, and 3% preferred not to say. The participants wereundergraduate students (n=21) and graduate students (n=17), mainly from the U.S. (n=25).Engagement with others' distressThe responses suggest that the participants self-identify as individuals who are sensitive todistress and motivated to help those experiencing distress. This includes accepting andresponding empathetically to others' distress and being motivated to continue the relationshipwith them (Figure 5).Figure 5. Results pertaining to the Compassion to Others subscale - Engagement I reflect on and

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Committee on Instructional Technology Presents: Gamers

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott M. Katalenich, Ph.D., United States Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky, P.E., United States Military Academy; Roderick Wilson; Kevin Taylor Scruggs, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

the home, and the power demonstrator board can be updated to reflect andintegrate those technologies. For example, many electrical outlets now are integrated with USBand USB-C ports to eliminate the need for charging plugs. Bluetooth enabled LED lights andthermostats that control everything from common outlets to electric resistance heaters can alsobe incorporated. Additionally, updated oscilloscopes can be built into the board at variouslocations to show the voltage waveform (AC) or level (DC) depending upon location within thesystem and device used. Finally, data loggers can be included on the board to track powerrequirements, start-up power for inductive loads, and overall energy consumption of variousappliances.Assessment StrategyThe most

Conference Session

Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Models, Models, & More Models

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Warren Plugge, Central Washington University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

. These universities include Purdue,California State University Los Angeles, Santa Clara University, University of Maine andArizona State University. There are also universities which offer a degreed program in ConcreteIndustry Management (CIM) and these include Arizona State University, California StateUniversity Chico, Middle Tennessee University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and TexasState University [2].Course Background, History, and TopicsThe concrete construction and asphalt pavement courses have both been offered at CWU for over20 years in a consistent format, although changes are always being made to reflect advances inthe construction industry, such as new concrete chemical admixtures and placing and finishingequipment. During

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Holistic Students

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie Bond, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ramez Hajj, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jeffery R. Roesler, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Arthur R. Schmidt III, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jacob Henschen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

the mentoring experience beneficial to you?ResultsThe results from this study were produced from surveys where students are asked to reflect ontheir experiences with the mentoring framework. Table 4 contains the results from the menteesurveys and Table 5 contains the results from the mentors. For both the mentors and the mentees,the response rate was as high as 10% of the enrolled students. Table 4. Results from Mentee Assessment. Survey Responses Survey Questions Mean Mode General Mentoring: Mentees (n = 25

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Committee on Instructional Technology Presents: Gamers

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Damith Tennakoon, York University, Canada; Alexandro Salvatore Di Nunzio, York University, Canada; Mojgan A. Jadidi, P.E., York University, Canada

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

bakedeach material conforms to the shape of the terrain itself as op- using Unity’s progressive GPU lightmapper tool. Each sceneposed to rendering based on worldspace height. In contrast, the also utilizes a reflection probe to provide an accurate cubemaptop of the terrain model is rendered by projecting tiling textures for the water simulation’s reflections.and normal maps based on the mesh’s normals and worldspaceheight. Essentially, the angle and height of a particular spot onthe terrain mesh dictates what material will be painted. For ex-ample, in our sample scene grass cannot be painted on a steepcliff-side.3.3 Scaling CalculatorDue to the steep performance cost of rendering terrain in Unityat a true one-to-one scale, it was

Conference Session

ASCE Liasion Committee Presents: All Things ASCE

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rubaya Rahat, Florida International University; Mohamed Elzomor, P.E., Florida International University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

but also sustainable [6], [7]. However, sustainability is frequentlyreferred to as environmental sustainability, overlooking its other two essential pillars: social andeconomic. Thus, infrastructure systems frequently lack social justice which leads to anunbalanced influence on different populations through different mechanisms, such as eviction,exposure to environmental danger, and access to necessary services. Even while engineers andpolicymakers base their decisions on technical and engineering factors, social and racialdisparities are exacerbated by stakeholders' choices, which reflect current economic and politicalframeworks [8]. Therefore, the project team members must be sufficiently competent to addressthese challenges and construct

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Student Development

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James H. Hanson, P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

presented, or when their idea might be perceived as contradicting another person’s idea.To help students overcome these concerns, the first skill we taught the students was to treatevery idea as having potential to contribute to a positive outcome.All team members are empowered to act this way, not just the “Team Leader” or “ProjectManager”. We discussed how to foster psychological safety by asking for input: • Ask for input from everyone. • Encourage multiple ideas from people. • Encourage out-of-the-box ideas.We also discussed how to foster psychological safety in how a person responds to teammembers’ contributions: • Affirm the value of contributions as they are made. • Reflect back the potential value of an idea.To practice this

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Holistic Students

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brett Rocha, United States Military Academy; Kevin Francis McMullen, United States Military Academy; Michael Rocha, United States Military Academy

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of theUnited States Military Academy, Department of the Army, DoD, or U.S. Government.References[1] S. Nicholson, “Creating Engaging Escape Games for the Classroom,” Child. Educ., vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 44–49, 2018, [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/00094056.2018.14203.[2] E. Ozcelik, N. E. Cagiltay, and N. S. Ozcelik, “The effect of uncertainty on learning in game-like environments,” Comput. Educ., vol. 67, pp. 12–20, 2013, doi: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.02.009.[3] R. Garris, R. Ahlers, and J. E. Driskell, “Games , motivation , and learning : A research and practice model,” Simul. Gaming, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 441–467, 2002, doi: 10.1177

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Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Teaching Mode Active-ated

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bret N Lingwall, P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Andrea E Surovek, P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

, Available: https://eduq.info/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11515/37397/stommel-how-to-ungrade- 2018.pdf?sequence=2.[31] A. Kohn, (2012). The Case Against Grades, The Education Digest; Ann Arbor, vol. 77, no. 5, Prakken Publications, Inc., Ann Arbor, United States, Ann Arbor, pp. 8–16.[32] Dosmar, E., and Williams, J.M. (2022). Student reflections on learning as the basis for course grades. ASEE Annual Meetings, Minneapolis, MN June 2022.[33] Casem, M. L. (2006). Active learning is not enough. Journal of College Science Teaching, 35(6), 52.[34] Ko, M.E. (2021). Revolutionizing grading: implications on power, agency, and equity. ASEE Annual Meetings, 2021. Paper ID 33692.[35] Deardorff, A. S., Moore, J. A., McCormick, C., Koles, P. G

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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)

also betransferrable to other institutions. The reported assessment of the final project option showedgreat potential to increase creativity in the Statics course, which could have a further impact onthe engineering education curriculum.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation underIUSE/PFE: RED Grant No. 1920761 (PI: Prof. Maria Chrysochoou). Any opinions, findings,conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The authors would like to thankProf. Mousumi Roy and Caressa Wakeman for their valuable assistance in rating projects.References[1] J. C. Blickenstaff, “Women and science

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Holistic Program Topics

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Haas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alexandra C. Muscalus, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Ellen Zerbe, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Benjamin Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

% 15% 6% 6% 3% 3% 0% 0% 0% H OME WOR K 1 H OM E WOR K 2 H OME WOR K 3 H OME WOR K 4 Figure 1: How well did your team perform compared to your expectations? Difficulties surrounding teamwork during Homework 3 were also reflected in the level ofengagement of teammates reported in the homework surveys, shown in Figure 2. The percentageof students who felt all of their teammates were engaged when completing the homeworkdecreases between Homework 1, 2, and 3, and compared to the other assignments

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Our Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebeka Yocum, Oregon Institute of Technology; Vikash Gayah, Pennsylvania State University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

as a result, age.Unsurprisingly, Figure b shows 97% of respondents with a civil engineering background.Participants were not asked for their specific focus within civil engineering, so the percentage ofrespondents with backgrounds in transportation engineering specifically may not be reflected inthat 97%; however, a review of the respondent information suggests that this 97% accuratelyreflects a background in transportation engineering. This supports the notion that transportationengineering courses are mostly being taught by individuals with a background in or closelyrelated to transportation. Figure c shows most respondents as tenure or tenure track facultymembers at their universities. A small portion of respondents are non-tenure track

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Our Classrooms

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

institution, Seattle University, has an ABET accredited Civil Engineeringprogram. The average class size in a civil engineering discipline specific course is around 25.One of the missions of the department is for graduates to possess strong written and oralcommunication skills. Communication skills of the students are developed throughout the civilengineering curriculum starting with laboratory reports in the sophomore year through a year-long, industrially sponsored capstone design experience where students prepare writtenproposals, design reports, memos, reflection papers, and posters for an external project sponsor. CEEGR 3530 - Soil Mechanics is a 5 (quarter) credit junior level course required of allcivil engineering majors for graduation

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bettina Jeanine Casad, University of Missouri, St. Louis; Monica Palomo, P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Erika Robb Larkins; Natalie Mladenov; Matthew E. Verbyla, San Diego State University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

3 4 5 6 is an important reflection of who I am. I have come to think of myself as an 1 2 3 4 5 6 “Engineer/Scientist/Anthropologist”. I feel like I belong in the field of 1 2 3 4 5 6 engineering/science/anthropology. I am an Engineer/Scientist/Anthropologist. 1 2 3 4 5 6 My ethnic/racial identity is an important part 1 2 3 4 5 6 of who I am. My ethnic/racial identity is an important part 1 2 3 4 5 6 of my being an Engineer/Scientist/Anthropologist. I think of myself as a ______ 1 2 3 4 5 6

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Z. Dymond, Northern Arizona University; Davis Ray; Joshua T. Hewes P.E., Northern Arizona University; John Tingerthal P.E., Northern Arizona University; Robin Tuchscherer, Northern Arizona University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

interviews contained seven questions intended to allow instructors to reflect upon andsuggest improvements for anchor deployment: 1. How many anchored lessons did you offer in your course this semester? 2. What did a typical anchor look like in your course? 3. How difficult was it to add anchored lessons into your existing curriculum? 4. What were some challenges you faced when implementing anchored lessons? 5. How did you perceive the students’ opinions of the anchored lessons? (i.e., Did they seem to like the content? Did they ask good questions? Were they attentive?) 6. Do you feel that the anchored lessons added positive value to your class? In what way? 7. Any suggestions on how to improve anchors in future semesters