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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)

. Theauthors also present the use of the demonstrator within the context of an infrastructureengineering course within a civil engineering program. Lastly, the authors present their plan toassess the demonstrator’s effectiveness in helping students achieve identified learning objectives.IntroductionCivil engineers are responsible for designing the infrastructure society requires. The largeinvestments on civil works projects made by local, state, and national governments requiretrained professionals who understand the interdependencies between various sectors ofinfrastructure and how nearly every facet of society depends upon the built environment. Prior to2008, civil engineering educators discovered a major void in curriculum as few, if any

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Instructional Technology 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Namita Shrestha, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Timothy Chow, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP), Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) and ASEE.Dr. Timothy Chow, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Timothy Chow serves as the Director of Institutional Research in the Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment (IRPA) at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He is a member of Rose-Hulman’s Data Governance Committee and the Quality of Education Committee. Timothy is a longtime member of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR), Indiana Association for Institutional Research (INAIR), and Overseas Chinese Association for Institutional Research (OCAIR

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Instructional Technology 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamecia R. Jones, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Kevin Han, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

qualitative deflected shapes and shearand bending moment diagrams. Students implement analysis procedures through computerprogramming using Python and commercial structural analysis software SAP2000. Students useSAIL app to help make and confirm predictions and make observations over time that improveintuition.Research QuestionsThe research question of focus for this paper is: (1) How does SCPS affect student ability tosense and predict CBE (Construction and Building Engineering) problem solutions? Theassessment plan includes establishing baseline data of student understanding and comparing itover time to student scores on homework and final exams. We used items from conceptinventories (Force Concept Inventory [6] and Statics Concept Inventory [7, 8

Conference Session

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

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yingxiao Song, Muskingum University

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

produce solutions thatmeet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global,cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.ABET Student Outcome #3: An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.ABET Student Outcome #5: An ability to function effectively on a team whose memberstogether provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals,plan tasks, and meet objectives.ABET Student Outcome #6: An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation,analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.ABET Student Outcome #7: An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, usingappropriate learning

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)

managing of concrete on construction projects.This study may not be the most innovative approach to delivering a concrete lab. What must beconsidered with this study is the documentation on the organization of the lab to for successfulimplementation to achieve student success and satisfaction. Across many strict civil engineeringprograms, the concepts of making, curing, and testing concrete are very well grounded withintheir engineering discipline. However, professional construction managers often need to possessknowledge in estimating, scheduling, planning, quality management, safety planning,engineering, and business management. As for civil engineers, much of the educational approachfor civil engineering is to focus on the engineering

Conference Session

Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Teaching Mode Active-ated

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan L Solnosky, P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Gonzalez O'Halloran

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

opportunities for individual interactions between faculty and student, especially on the concern of student welfare. 2: Satisfaction R The level of enjoyment students have in the class. 3: Innovation S The extent for which the faculty plans unusual activities teaching techniques and assignments to create student learning. 4: Student Cohesion R The level of which students know, help, and are friendly towards each other during class. 5:Task Orientation P The extent to which class activities are clear and well organized. 6: Involvement R The extent to students actively and

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Professional Development

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashraf Badir, Florida Gulf Coast University; Seneshaw Tsegaye, Florida Gulf Coast University; Long Duy Nguyen, P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts; 5. an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives; 6 an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions; 7. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.Student Feedback and Lessons LearnedEvery semester, the university administers the Student Perception of Instruction

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)

. Oerther Missouri University of Science and Technology, 1401 North Pine Street, Rolla, MO 65409 Sarah Oerther Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College, 4483 Duncan Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110AbstractIncreasingly civil engineers are being asked to incorporate a more inclusive meaning of “public”(i.e., who) and “public value” (i.e., inherently moral concepts) when planning, designing, andsupervising the construction and maintenance of building and infrastructure projects. One way toimprove the meaning of public and value is to borrow from the adjacent profession of nursing.Nurses are well-known patient-centered care, whether the patient is an individual, a

Conference Session

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

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarira Motaref, University of Connecticut; Alexandra Hain, University of Connecticut

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

overall quality of education in college classrooms [5]. However, co-teaching in alarge classroom presents several unique challenges which can impact the effectiveness ofinstruction and student engagement. One challenge is coordinating and synchronizing teachingapproaches and strategies between co-teachers to ensure cohesive and consistent instructionaldelivery [6]. This requires effective communication, planning, and flexibility among co-teachers.Moreover, assessing and providing timely feedback to many students can be overwhelming andmay require additional resources and strategies to accurately gauge individual progress.In Fall 2020, the course underwent a transformation to better serve neurodivergent students andencourage inclusive teaching

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Holistic Students

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joan Z. Carter, Inver Hills Community College

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

participants.Saturation was achieved with this number of participants.All participants signed an informed consent document – the plan for respecting the privacy ofparticipants, concern for participants welfare and not placing them at risk, and treatingparticipants equitably and fairly [26].Diversity of student identity in the sample is preferred but not critical. This diversity wouldinclude demographics of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, first generation collegestudent status, age, and persons with disabilities. Also, of interest is whether the student ismarried, a parent, a veteran, an immigrant, and whether the student was Pell grant eligible. Theseare of secondary interest in data analysis.C. Participant DemographicsThe information found in Table

Conference Session

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

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Rhonda K Young, Gonzaga University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Teaching First-year Students to See Infrastructure Issues as Equity IssuesAbstractThe fundamental role of civil infrastructure in helping to ameliorate or further exacerbate socialinequities has become increasingly clear in recent years. In order to make more equitabledecisions in how we plan, design, operate, and manage our infrastructure, civil engineers need tobetter understand the fundamental and ubiquitous role of infrastructure in society. This paperdescribes three first-year courses that address equity and infrastructure in different ways. AtLafayette College, a small, private liberal arts college, a first-semester course is focused on

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Student Development

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priyantha Wijesinghe, University of Vermont; Holly Ann Buckland Parker, University of Vermont

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

% 36% 34% 0% 7% Rarely 8% 7% 9% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 5-Dec 28-Nov 14-Nov 8-Nov 31-OctFigure 4: Change in students' acceptance over five weeks of the course.(responses to FMI questions 4,6,8,9,11,12,13, and 14, combined)Professor-student relationship: An interesting outcome, not planned in the study, emerged as acommon theme in the SFG report. Many indicated that practicing mindfulness with the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Instructional Technology 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Lanning, University of California, Irvine; Matthew W Roberts, Southern Utah University; Brandon K Wiggins, Southern Utah University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

ofeducators to determine (i) what classical methods they feel are most pertinent in contemporarytraining, (ii) how/if they integrate computer software in their structural analysis courses, and (iii)how they plan to incorporate new (and existing) technologies in the near future. We also plan toanalyze course syllabi and schedules to better understand the depth and breadth of coverage ofstructural analysis topics. This will give us a better understanding of topics covered and theemphasis placed on each topic.We cannot ignore the technological tools that engineers have and must use in modern practice.Academic training is already behind in incorporating current technologies. Reconfiguring ourteaching approach to incorporate the powerful analysis tools

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adebayo Iyanuoluwa Olude, Morgan State University; Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun, Morgan State University; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

settings.The TRSS 301 is an introductory course that covers transportation system principles andprocedures like planning, engineering, management, and logistics, as well as important issueslike physical, economic, social, and environmental concerns. Among the subjects covered arepassenger and freight transportation networks, intermodal connectivity, and traffic controloperations. This transportation course covers nine modules in total. TRSS 415, a courseconsisting mostly junior and senior students, had five modules: Principles of Highway Drainage,Soil Properties, Earthwork Calculations, Highway Alignments, and Intersection Design. Thiscourse covers the fundamental principles, methodologies, and approaches of highway design.Table 1 provides an overview

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ghina Absi, Vanderbilt University; Emily Williams Van Schaack, Vanderbilt University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

a scale. Heavy collaboration between state and local officials, as well as public approval isrequired for the planning and lifetime of the project. If local and state governments are notwilling to provide the funding, it must be obtained through federal grants. However, these grantshave an extensive list of requirements that are not always feasible for the scale of each project[20]. It is also important that this land is not developed solely as high-cost housing. Instead, theremust be a focus on integrating communities through affordable housing, greenspace, andaccessible amenities, in addition to physically reconnecting the communities.The intricacies of the effects of the Highway Act and its lingering effects on disadvantagedcommunities

Conference Session

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

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sydney Donohue Jobe, University of New Mexico; Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, Purdue University; Paris Eisenman, University of New Mexico; Ethan Kapp, University of New Mexico; Carl Lyle Abadam, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of Texas at Austin; Anjali Mulchandani, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

. Thisdesign problem was inspired by regional events such as the Gold King Mine Spill that occurredin 2015, where over 3 million gallons of AMD contaminated water was accidentally released intothe Animas River, impacting water supplies for rural and Indigenous communities. In NewMexico, there are 15,000 abandoned mines, many of which are co-located with vulnerablecommunities, and there is risk of current and future environmental contamination [11]. Studentswork in teams of 3-4 to research AMD, the Gold King Mine Spill, and novel treatment options.Next, they plan a lab experiment to raise the pH of 200 mL of AMD water from 3 (acidic) to 7(neutral), using their choice of 4 materials: limestone, calcium carbonate, activated carbon, andsoda ash. Students

Conference Session

Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Creativity

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiangxiu Zhang; Secil Akinci-Ceylan, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Kristen Sara Cetin, P.E., Michigan State University; Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Andrea E Surovek, P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Kyle P. Kelly

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

understanding of the concerns of safety and risk, but limited field experience as apractitioner. Then, upon working in the field for a while, they may be able to develop more creativesolutions that also will work because they can combine both field experience and creativity. Giventhat the field of civil engineering and the resulting designs implemented by civil engineers have asignificant impact on many people, and the quality of these designs is imperative to ensuring publicsafety, it is no wonder than the concepts of creativity and risk are seemingly at odds.Conclusions, Limitations, and Future Work Engineers, like many other professionals, will collaborate on projects. Further, they willlikely plan and manage their timelines when working on

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; Alberto Giussani, Texas Tech University; William M. Marcy P.E., Texas Tech University; Paul A. Terrell, Texas Tech University; Sweta Saraff, IHR Kolkata; Ramakrishna Biswal, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute Technology, Rourkela

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

to the oil and gas arena. Worked for Shell, Altura, and Oxy until December 2019. Areas of experience, water floods and CO2 floods field performance and development, hydrocarbon storage caverns, CO2 source fields. The type of work I enjoyed the most was the development and implementation of plans to either improve field performance or expand field production. Nack for working with teams/groups of different backgrounds to achieve a common goal. Since 2006, first as a part-time instructor and after 2019 as a full-time lecturer teaching in the Petroleum Engineering Department at Texas Tech, the goal of my classes both sophomore and senior levels is to prepare young minds to become strong engineers capable of working

Conference Session

Committee on Instructional Technology Presents: Gamers

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin D. Goffin, University of Virginia; Lindsay Ivey Burden

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

placed directly above the buried feature.Figure 4: Spatial variation of apparent resistivity (Ohm-m) and anomaly coinciding with thelocation of artificial void in test bed. 5. DiscussionMost accredited civil engineering programs require a soil mechanics component as part of theircurriculum [18]. Soil testing experiments and field trips have often been favored to learngeotechnical engineering practices [19,20]. But undergraduate students rarely have theopportunity to plan, collect and interpret subsoil investigation data [21,22]. So, we propose thatour low-cost ER meter be added to the traditional set of geotechnical laboratory experiments todemonstrate the theory and applications of geophysical exploration. This interactive case-studywould

Conference Session

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

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch P.E., The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel

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

United States Military Academy in 1982. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He taught at The United States Military Academy during his 25 year military career. After retiring form the military he has taught at the University of Texas at Tyler and The Citadel, where he was the Dean of Engineering for 10 years.Dr. William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel William J. Davis is Dept. Head & D. Graham Copeland Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Construction Engineering at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. His academic experience includes: transportation infrastructure planning and design, infrastruct

Conference Session

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

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roshina Babu, University of Utah; Praveen A, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University Kerala

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

transferability component in engineering learningThe learning modules designed across the program create a well-structured layered knowledgesystem. The fundamental courses provide a proper learning background for the broad domain ofstudy. They take the learner through the various diversified knowledge modules, which address awide level of civil engineering knowledge spanning from simple components of the builtenvironment to large infrastructural systems. The learning levels are designed for the sequentialdelivery of knowledge modules like system planning requirements, design for both the geometryand material, operation and maintenance, and end-of-life cycle and disposal. The curriculumexpects the student to use the

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)

material (e.g., when they address assigned homework).Office hours outside of class suffer from logistical difficulties associated with aligning time of availabilitywith times of student need. Further, the students most in need of help are often least likely to seek it out.The traditional environment often has a competitive aspect in which the only measure of success is anexam grade.The course redesign process involved a period of planning and discussion among the faculty assigned toteach the courses and some faculty who taught the downstream courses that depend most directly on theoutcomes from the mechanics courses. Implementation of the new course elements was gradual.Dynamics was the first course to undergo the complete redesign. This choice

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Our Curriculum

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Gutierrez-Bucheli, Monash University; Alan Reid, Monash University; Gillian Kidman, Monash University; Julia Lamborn, P.E., Monash University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

carried out a solid waste management planning activity for a population. We had to estimate the mass of waste per capita and then by population, and the distance to the nearest landfill was considered, cost of transportation, and recycling use. We chose the population. (Student A, Colombian University)Focusing less on the design of sanitation facilities, students had to work in a ‘real-life’ contextto diagnose the current conditions and, based on that, propose solutions to ensure an adequateand sufficient supply of services, considering cultural and contextual variables. One educatorexplained: The students realise that there are populations with sanitary units but do not treat wastewater or do not have sanitary

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Benjamin Z. Dymond, Northern Arizona University; Kacie Caple D'Alessandro, Virginia Military Institute; Joshua T. Hewes P.E., Northern Arizona University; Robin Tuchscherer, Northern Arizona University; Rebekah Martin, Virginia Military Institute; Charles D Newhouse P.E., Virginia Military Institute

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

the Virginia Military Institute in 2008 where he is now the Charles S. Luck, Jr. ’20 Institute Professor in Engineering. He is also currently serving as the department head of the Civil and Environmental Engineering department. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Using Start-Up Questions to Effectively Prepare Engineers for the Fundamentals of Engineering ExamAbstractThe National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Fundamentals ofEngineering (FE) exam is important to university students who plan to pursue a professionalengineering license, and civil engineering has the highest proportion of graduates that eventuallybecome licensed. An

Conference Session

Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Teaching Mode Active-ated

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Casper Harteveld, Northeastern University; Victoria Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Olin College of Engineering; Usama El Shamy, P.E., Southern Methodist University; Binod Tiwari, University of Michigan; Anirban De, P.E., Manhattan College; Xenia Wirth; Kejun Wen, Jackson State University; David A Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth; Beena Ajmera, Iowa State University; Scott Brandenberg, University of California, Los Angeles; Alison Rose Kennicutt, York College of Pennsylvania; Surya Sarat Chandra Congress; Anthony Tessari; Mehdi Omidvar; Ashly Cabas

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

2014 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research C (2014):11. Creswell, J. W. and Clark, V. L. P. “Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research” (2007):12. McCullough, C. L. “A Plan to Assess All the New ABET Outcomes Using Only Three Courses” (2018):13. Muller, J. “The Future of Knowledge and Skills in Science and Technology Higher Education” Higher Education 70, (2015): 409–416. doi:10.1007/s10734-014-9842-x, Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10734-014-9842-x14. Nie, Y. and Lau, S. “Differential Relations of Constructivist and Didactic Instruction to Students’ Cognition, Motivation, and Achievement” Learning and Instruction 20, no. 5 (2010): 411–423

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Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Teaching Mode Active-ated

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ghada M. Gad, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Monica Palomo, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Wen Cheng, P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

remote learning environment suggest that redeveloping acurriculum with specific targeted courses or activities with remote learning components could bebeneficial to students that prefer or need to reduce the time spent driving to attend all the coursesin person. Since about 60% of the respondents reported that the remote learning was notconducive for their learning, departments may plan a period of transition to support students andhelp them develop good study habits in this online setting. This finding opens the opportunity toidentify courses that programs could deliver fully or partially online, as well the opportunity tooffer some of the courses with multiple sections in different delivery modes (fully remote, in-person, or Hyflex). 5

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Graves, United States Military Academy; Gary A Jordan, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

, and the focal point forthe data in this research effort comes from one of the courses in the infrastructure CES. Thissequence is intended to teach the students about the design, analysis, and construction of the builtenvironment [1]. The courses are comprised of MC300: Fundamentals of EngineeringMechanics and Design, focusing on introductory statics and mechanics of materials; CE350:Infrastructure Engineering, teaching fundamentals related to major infrastructure sectorsincluding water, power, transportation, waste management, etc.; and CE450: ConstructionManagement, providing instruction on how to plan and execute the construction of thepreviously studied infrastructure components and systems. Typically, students take these threecourses in

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) - ASCE Collaborations

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth G. Jones, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

inseparable in everyday engineering practice, the boundaries drawn between them are inevitably arbitrary. [10, emphasis in original]To bring the technical and social together in our curriculum’s Design Spine, the demonstratedabilities developed in the undergraduate career as described in ASCE’s Civil Engineering Bodyof Knowledge: Preparing the Future Civil Engineer [9] were used to develop a plan for ourdesign spine. Table 7 lists the level of skill and demonstrated abilities from the CE BOK3 andidentifies those that have been incorporated into the Design Spine. Note that including skills anddemonstrated abilities in the Design Spine does not preclude other courses in the curriculumfrom also including these skills and demonstrated abilities. In

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Instructional Technology 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Taylor Scruggs, United States Military Academy; Scott M. Katalenich P.E., United States Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky PE, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

and arc-fault circuit interrupters,polarized plugs, and grounding), balancing loads, code requirements and the reasons behindthem, and more. In service for over a decade, this simple, single demonstrator has helped educateover 2,300 students. This paper is a follow up to a previously published work-in-progress wherethe authors presented the pedagogy of using the demonstrator -- to include learning objectives,classroom activities, and a model script for a 50-minute experience -- a parts list and instructionsfor constructing the demonstrator, and a research plan for investigating the demonstrator’simpact on student learning. In this paper, the authors present their findings from both instructorfeedback and anonymous student responses in an

Conference Session

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

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manish Roy, University of Connecticut; Christa L. Taylor, University of Connecticut; Maria Chrysochoou, University of Connecticut

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

such as this. Instead, students were encouraged to reflect ontheir own strengths and challenges and make choices based on their understanding of theirabilities. Following every exam and the group project, the students were asked to respond toreflection questions, encouraging them to take ownership of their learning. For example, after themidterm II exam, the students were asked to answer the following questions among others: a)What was/were the most important factor/s behind your performance in Midterm-II exam? b)“How well do you expect to perform in Midterm-III exam? What is/are your plan(s) to achievethat?”The term group project was part of the Project-Based Learning implementation in the course andhad specific milestones for deliverables