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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Our Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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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

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

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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urbaninfrastructure and equity as a subject for critical reading and writing. At Gonzaga University, amedium-size private university, a first-year seminar is designed as a multidisciplinaryexploration of infrastructure and equity. One of the primary learning outcomes of the course is todifferentiate the ways in which knowledge is constructed across multiple disciplines, soinfrastructure’s impact on society is viewed through the lens of sociology, history, public health,economics, and engineering. At the University of Colorado Boulder, a large research-intensiveuniversity, a 1-credit civil engineering seminar course touches on the topic of infrastructureequity through the lenses of engineering ethics and sustainability. In all three courses, studentscreated

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leana Santos, University of Connecticut; Davis Chacon-Hurtado, University of Connecticut

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requires ethical responsibility to ensure equity and 85 justice. The interconnected relationship between sustainable development, transportation systems, 86 and human rights becomes apparent by studying their principles and values. Human rights are at 87 the core of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and 14 out of 17 are, in turn, affected by 88 public transportation in the United States [9]. Furthermore, main concepts such as (a) accessibility, 89 (b) inclusivity, and (c) intergenerational equity have made their way into transportation, 90 emphasizing the critical need for a comprehensive understanding of the long-term consequences 91 of transportation decisions on the environment. At its core, sustainability in

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) - ASCE Collaborations

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timmy Elwin Kipfmiller III, United States Military Academy; Alexander Tucker, United States Military Academy; Charles James Richardson Reeves, United States Military Academy; Nicholas Ryan Parker, United States Military Academy; Scott M. Katalenich, United States Military Academy

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effectively with a range of audiences 4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in 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 strategiesTable 2: ASCE’s Civil Engineering

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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, despite the potential, civilengineering as a profession, and more importantly as a field of engineering education, still hasmuch room for improvement in training students on the long-term social implications of civilengineering works, particularly how engineering can shape distributional outcomes and socialjustice under climate change, natural disasters and aging infrastructure [2].Current civil engineering curricula at most universities in the U.S. are centered on science andengineering problem solving and include exposure to topics such as engineering economics andengineering ethics. This is critical for building the core competencies needed for the civilengineering profession. However, there are also concerns that this core competency is

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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[1], it is paramountfor engineering education to grow into a more inclusive and innovative practice to fulfill societalneeds. While some progress has been made in introducing innovation during the first and fourthyears of undergraduate education, the middle two years, burdened with core engineering courses,have seen limited change [2]. As we re-develop these courses, integrating “innovativeentrepreneurship” in parallel with social ethics and EDI could be a great catalyst for positivechange. Literature has shown its inclusive impact on the job market [3] and the economies ofnations [4]. Education based on an entrepreneurial mindset relies on collaborations acrossdisciplines, effective group work and productive communication [5], all pillars

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

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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were frequently sanctioned and enforced by the Federal Government, real estateorganizations and their codes of ethics, local municipalities, and neighborhood associations [3].Practices of unequal development of infrastructure run deep in the many elements of the builtenvironment and have severely impacted the ability of people of color, especially AfricanAmericans, to own property, build intergenerational wealth, and advance to a highersocioeconomic status as they were denied access to the best schools, services, and infrastructure.Civil engineers, through the exercise of their profession, have a direct impact on communitiesand individual lives, either positive or negative, especially concerning infrastructure systems. Itis necessary to

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ellen Zerbe, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kevin Haas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alexandra C. Muscalus

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. Engineers with an eye toward value creation understand stakeholder needs, learn from failure, and habitually work to provide benefits while understanding the consequences of their actions.” (Melton & Kline, n.d.) “Human value is defined as ‘What is important to people in their lives, with a focus on ethics and morality.’” (Friedman & Hendry, 2019)The instructors selected four of the stakeholders identified by the class as examples. On a newJamboard, students listed possible values specific to those selected stakeholders. The next step was to discuss how societal norms are the way values are implemented orexpressed in a particular society. They can vary based on many factors such as the culture of theparticular

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Profession,” in Proc. Summit on the Future of Civil Engineering, August 2009, doi: 10.1061/9780784478868.002.[2] ASCE, Code of Ethics, 2020. Accessed: July 7th 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.asce.org/career-growth/ethics/code-of-ethics[3] D. E. Armanios et al., “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Civil and Environmental Engineering Education: Social Justice in a Changing Climate,” presented at the 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference. Jul. 2021. https://peer.asee.org/36988[4] A.-K. Winkens and C. Leicht-Scholten, “Does engineering education research address resilience and if so, how? – a systematic literature review,” European Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 0, no. 0, pp. 1–19, Feb. 2023, doi: 10.1080

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

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebekah Oulton, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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education can also be a tool forengineering design to develop better products by inspiring critical thinking. Considering justiceideas prompts engineers to develop socially-focused principles in the context of their engineeringtraining, which leads to more creative solutions to implementing projects to better servecommunities [16]. There have been many initiatives to encourage students to engage with socialjustice, ethics, and empathy focused material [17] [18] [19]. At the Colorado School of Mines, aprogram focusing on teaching engineering students’ empathy through user emersion has seenstudents developing more thoughtful solutions that work better for a diverse public. Theempathy focus expands students’ ability to think creatively and their

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

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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Paper ID #41888Case Study: Civil Engineering Student Mental Health and Watching Football?Dr. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) and Director of the Integrated Design Engineering (IDE) program. IDE offers a BS degrees accredited under the general criteria of the ABET EAC and a new PhD degree in Engineering Education. Her research interests include sustainability, social responsibility, ethics, and community engagement. Bielefeldt is a licensed P.E. in

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Holistic Students

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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room.The theme of the CE483 escape room aimed to introduce the students to forensic engineeringand engineering ethics in addition to reviewing course concepts. The escape room was themed asa case study of the Harbour Cay Condominium collapse [25]. The students were given 90minutes to determine who was at fault for the collapse. The results of the investigation conductedby the National Bureau of Standards were used to create puzzles to assess the students’ ability toachieve the course objectives [25]. However, the numbers were changed to facilitate appropriatecodes for the combination locks, but the puzzles followed the storyline. The six course conceptscovered were moment envelopes, detailing reinforcement, punching shear, nominal momentcapacity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Child With Down Syndrome: A Phenomenographic Study,” p. 15, 2006.[35] J. Saldaña, The coding manual for qualitative researchers, 4E [Fourth editiion]. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publishing Inc, 2021.[36] J. Walther, N. W. Sochacka, and N. N. Kellam, “Quality in Interpretive Engineering Education Research: Reflections on an Example Study,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 102, no. 4, pp. 626–659, 2013, doi: 10.1002/jee.20029.[37] J. Walther, A. L. Pawley, and N. W. Sochacka, “Exploring Ethical Validation as a Key Consideration in Interpretive Research Quality,” presented at the 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Jun. 2015, p. 26.726.1-26.726.21. Accessed: Sep. 23, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Holistic Program Topics

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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during recruitment of students tothe civil engineering major.BackgroundAs the name implies, this seminar-based course introduces students to the civil engineeringprofession through discussions covering a range of topics including: the engineering designcycle, required components of a profession, Codes of Ethics, and sustainability. The course wasfirst incorporated in the curriculum during the fall semester of 2018, and it has been deliveredevery fall semester since. The course is delivered by a team of two or three instructors. The samegroup of instructors has not been in place throughout the five years. Enrollment in the course hasaveraged 42 students per semester.One of the writing assignments in CE201 requires students to write a 2–3-page

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adebayo Iyanuoluwa Olude, Morgan State University; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi, P.E., Morgan State University; Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun, Morgan State University; Hannah Abedoh, Morgan State University; Frank Efe; Petronella A James, Morgan State University; Celeste Chavis, P.E., Morgan State University; Eazaz Sadeghvaziri, Morgan State University ; Di Yang; Neda Bazyar Shourabi, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Mulugeta T. Dugda, Morgan State University; Krishna Bista; Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University

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eval- uation process and was recently (2016-2019), the accreditation coordinator for the school of Engineering. Her interest in engineering education emphasizes developing new classroom innovations and assessment techniques and supporting student engagement. Her research interests include broadening participation in STEM, equity and diversity, engineering ethics, online engineering pedagogy, program assessment so- lutions, transportation planning, transportation impact on quality of life issues, and bicycle access. She is a proud Morgan Alum (2011), having earned a Doctorate in Civil Engineering, with a focus on trans- portation. Dr. Petronella James earned her Doctor of Engineering (Transportation) and Masters of

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Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Creativity

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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careers: Leaky pipeline or gender filter?” Gender and Education, 17(4), pp. 369–386, 2005.[2] R. Suresh, “The relationship between barrier courses and persistence in engineering.” Journal of College Student Retention, 8(2), pp. 215–39, 2006/2007.[3] T. Armstrong, Neurodiversity: A Concept Whose Time Has Come. Da Capo Press. 2010. p. 3.[4] T. Armstrong “The Myth of the Normal Brain: Embracing Neurodiversity.” AMA J Ethics.17(4): pp. 348-352, 2015. doi:10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.4.msoc1-1504.[5] C. L. Taylor, A. Esmaili Zaghi, J. C. Kaufman, S. M. Reis, and J. S. Renzulli, “Divergent thinking and academic performance of students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder characteristics in engineering

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Frederick Paige, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin - Platteville; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University

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of California, Davis; Monica Cox,The Ohio State University; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Yvette Pearson, The University ofTexas at Dallas; Donna Riley, University of New Mexico; Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Insituteof Technology.This work is supported by NSF’s Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education andHuman Resources Program (Grant award numbers: 2121326, 2121376, 2121429, and 2121436)and the Lafayette College Excel Scholars program.References[1] American Society of Civil Engineers, “Code of Ethics,” 2020.[2] “DEI Summit | Penn State Engineering.” https://www.engr.psu.edu/equity-inclusion/dei-summit-22.aspx (accessed Feb. 28, 2023).[3] Construction Inclusion Week, “CIW - About,” About Construction Inclusion Week, Feb.27

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) - ASCE Collaborations

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Ivan Castaneda, James Madison University; Afeefa Rahman, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Casey J Rodgers, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Patricia Clayton, Wake Forest University; Dion Karean Coward; Jacob Henschen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Tanya Kunberger P.E., University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; Leslie Nolen, American Society of Civil Engineers; Pinar Omur-Ozbek, Colorado State University; Monica Palomo, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Carolyn M Rodak, State University of New York, Polytechnic Institute; David A Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth

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ethics. Her research interests include drinking water quality and treatment, odorous and toxic algal blooms, impacts of toxins on crops and humans, impacts of wildfires and hydraulic fracking on surface water quality, and affected indoor air quality due to use of contaminated tap water. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Paper ID #42547Dr. Monica Palomo, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Professor B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Guanajuato, Gto, Mexico, December 1999, summa cum laude. M.S. Civil Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, May 2003

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

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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department andSchool of Engineering, and learn about engineering ethics and environmental justice. Thesubsequent two months of class time are used for students to work on their design projects,including group deliverables and presentations. In the final two weeks of the course, studentsdeliver individual presentations on the civil engineering/construction management major or field.Socio-technical design challengesThe course was structured as two group-based design challenges that each took one month tocomplete. Each challenge was structured in a series of deliverables that were worked on as ateam to address research of the problem, design and test of a proposed solution, stakeholder andcustomer analysis, proposal of design solution that integrated