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- Assessment Issues in Environmental Engineering
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- 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Gayle Davis, United States Military Academy; Michael Butkus, United States Military Academy
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act or make decisionsthat are not considered moral or proper by the majority. Merriam-Webster defines ethics as a setof moral principles or a system of moral values.1 Most occupations that require the trust of thegeneral public are held to high ethical standards. These professions include law, medical,engineering, and military, all of which have adopted systems that guide subscribed individualsthrough moral decision making processes. Most learned professions that uphold such standardsprescribe a system of non-mandatory codes of conduct.2 Perhaps the most recognizedprofessional code of ethics was reported by the National Society of Professional Engineers,which defines fundamental canons and includes explicit guidance on professional conduct
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- Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2
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- 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Charles M. Ouellette, United States Military Academy; Luke Thomas Plante, United States Military Academy; Erick Martinez P.E., United States Military Academy; Benjamin Michael Wallen P.E., United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke, United States Military Academy
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Paper ID #22646Informing an Environmental Ethic in Future Leaders Through an Environ-mental Engineering SequenceCapt. Charles M. Ouellette, United States Military Academy Charles Ouellette is a Captain in the United States Army and an Instructor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the United States Military Academy. He is a 2006 graduate of Michigan State University with a B.A. in Economics. He earned an M.S. from Missouri Science and Technology in Geological Engineering in 2011 and most recently graduated from Cornell University with an M.S. in Ecology. He teaches Ecology, Environmental Science
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- Environmental Engineering Technical Session 4: Environmental Issues and the Impacts of Intersectionality
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- 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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- Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; JoAnn Silverstein P.E., University of Colorado Boulder
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learned about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in en- gineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Prof. JoAnn Silverstein P.E., University of Colorado Boulder JoAnn Silverstein is a Professor in Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering and Associate Dean for Faculty Advancement at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She has a BA in Psychology (Stanford University), BS, MS, and PhD in Civil Engineering (University of California, Davis) and is a registered Professional Engineer (Colorado). Her research interests are Water and wastewater treatment process analysis
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- Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1: Intercultural Competency-infused Teaching
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- 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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- Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; Micah Iserman, Texas Tech University; Jessica C. Pittman, Texas Tech University; Nigel Yeo, Texas Tech University; Ryan C. Campbell, Texas Tech University; Jeong-Hee Kim, Texas Tech University; Danny D. Reible, Texas Tech University
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interdisciplinary Individual Ph.D. Program (see bit.ly/uwiphd), Ryan is now a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Texas Tech University. He currently facilitates an interdisciplinary project entitled ”Developing Reflective Engineers through Artful Methods.” His scholarly interests include both teaching and research in engineering education, art in engineering, social justice in engineering, care ethics in engineering, humanitarian engineering, engineering ethics, and computer modeling of electric power and renewable energy systems.Dr. Jeong-Hee Kim, Texas Tech University Jeong-Hee Kim is Chairperson and Professor of Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education in the De- partment of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas Tech University
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- Sustainability in Engineering Curricula
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- 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Stephen Hoffmann, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Inez Hua, Purdue University; Ernest Blatchley, Purdue University; Loring Nies, Purdue University
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Page 15.773.2broader context of sustainability requires engineers, and by extension engineering students, tomove beyond traditional technical expertise, and incorporate complex aspects of political, social,economic, and environmental systems into engineering design.Within this broad framework, sustainability clearly moves beyond environmental engineeringand becomes a concern for all disciplines of engineering. Several professional disciplinarysocieties have recognized the importance of sustainability or sustainable development to theirfield by including them in their Codes of Ethics or similar policy statements. The AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers includes in the first “fundamental canon” of the Code of Ethics thatengineers “shall strive to
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- Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research
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- 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- David Braun, California Polytechnic State University; Emmit B. Evans, California Polytechnic State University; Randall Knight, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas Ruehr, California Polytechnic State University
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, where he is also Director of the Minor in Environmental Studies. He received his Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley and has also been a faculty member at Ohio State University.Thomas Ruehr, California Polytechnic State University Tom Ruehr is a professor in the Earth and Soil Science Department at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo. He has a Ph. D. from Colorado State University. He has received the University Distinguished Teacher award, served the U.S. Department of Agriculture as national co-chairman of the committee for Agricultural Ethics and Public Policy Curriculum Development, and helped lead the U. S. Agency for International Development world conference on Agricultural Systems
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- Service - Learning Projects
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- 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Heather Wright, Michigan Technological University; Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University; James Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University
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professionaland ethical responsibilities; (h) appreciating the impact of engineering solutions in a global andsocietal context; (i) engaging in life-long learning; and (j) understanding contemporary issues.These criteria, particularly 3h and 3j, were selected because of evidence from the Michigan Tech2006 graduating civil and environmental engineering student exit interviews that “ISD studentknowledge and recognition of these issues [Criteria 3h and 3j] far out-paced those of their peersin conventional senior design courses.” 9This paper only provides information on the first phase of the assessment program. Morerigorous assessment will begin in summer 2008. Survey data will be organized and analyzedusing SPSS, a statistical analysis and data management
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- Environmental Engineering Curricula III
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- 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder
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explicitlyalso introduce students to EVEN as an academic major. Two additional objectives werespecified: instill a sense of ethics and commitment to service, and develop writing skills.Writing skills were developed through a series of 4 writing assignments, each of which wentthrough mandatory revision process based on instructor and an “Online Writing Lab” critique.Guest speakers (about 6) were practicing EVENs (many former students in the program), 1current upper level student. Students read 2 to 3 significant books related to EVEN (such asSilent Spring), which were the subject of in-class discussions and writing assignments. Finally,ethics was covered as a significant topic. In 2004, students wrote essays (~half page) on “WhyEnvironmental Engineering
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- Sustainability and engineering education
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- 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- John Woolschlager, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.
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, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability. (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.Beyond ABET, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recognizes the importance ofsustainability education in their Body of Knowledge5 document developed to define professionaldevelopment objectives for all civil and environmental engineers. Furthermore, in 1999, theAmerican Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) approved a statement on the need foreducation in engineering sustainability6. The ASEE statement reads: “Engineering studentsshould learn about sustainable development and sustainability in the general
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- Sustainability in Engineering Curricula
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- 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder
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: Study Individual Our Stolen DW Time Future book Evaluation: Biofuel LCA management review Group Ethics Case Ethics: case studies, moral exemplar, student honor code vs. Ethics Study NSPE Code of Ethics Course plan to GraduationDrinking watertreatment plant Team Project: Solid Waste – LandGEM – Waste-to-Energy tour write-upGuest Speaker Guest
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- Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2
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- 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines
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Paper ID #21686Environmental Considerations in Engineering: Students’ Goals and JourneysDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, En- vironmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She is a licensed PE and has served as the ABET assessment coordinator in her department since 2008. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in en- gineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Dr. Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines Greg
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- Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum
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- 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Sarah Kathryn Bauer, Rowan University; Andrea Rose McFarland, Rowan University; Mary M. Staehle, Rowan University; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University
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semester is focused on engineeringmeasurements, introductory engineering principles, and transitioning to the universityenvironment. Common lecture topics include: unit conversion, note taking, problem solving,engineering judgment, and ethics. Laboratory components in the fall semester expose students tothe four major engineering disciplines offered at Rowan University. Ideally, students in eachsection perform three laboratory activities in each discipline, although each individual instructormay select experiments in alternate proportions. Examples of laboratory activities that Freshman Page 25.1467.4Engineering Clinic I students have completed
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- Project-Based Service Learning
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- 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Ethan LaRochelle, Northeastern University
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programs.This first-phase research found that involvement in the EWB organization yielded the followingnotable outcomes: over 80% of respondents reported that they developed a greater appreciationfor other cultures, nearly 80% indicated it taught them a stronger appreciation for teamwork, andover 75% attested to an increased awareness of the role of ethics and personal responsibility inengineering. In the second phase of this project, a more extensive web-based survey instrumentwas then developed building on these results and extending the inquiry to a more nationaldemographic. This work also yielded encouraging results in terms of further quantifying (1)individual benefits for volunteer participants and (2) identifying areas for academic programs
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- Sustainability and Engineering Programs
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- 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Qiong Zhang, Michigan Technological University; Julie Zimmerman, Yale University; James Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University
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one example beingthe American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) Code of Ethics which states that “The Codeof Ethics of ASCE requires civil engineers to strive to comply with the principles of sustainabledevelopment in the performance of their professional duties…[including] global leadership in thepromotion of responsible, economically sound, and environmentally sustainable solutions thatenhance the quality of life, protect and efficiently use natural resources4.” Since the UnitedNations Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment in 1972, there has been growinginternational interest in the role of higher education in fostering a sustainable future5. Agenda216 and a series of higher education for sustainable development declarations in
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- Service-Learning in Developing Communities
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- 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University; Ann Brady, Michigan Technological University; Karina Jousma, Michigan Technological University
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experience.One goal is to provide students a service-learning design experience situated in the developingworld so they can explore the technical, economical, environmental and social implications of Page 12.944.3engineering design and construction. 2A second goal is to afford students a cross-cultural learning experience, that is, to prepareengineering students for ethical, reflective, quality service to diverse communities anddemonstrate that social responsibilities of engineers are fundamentally important and addressreal facets of sustainable engineering
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- Problem- Project- and Case-based Learning in Environmental Engineering
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- 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Paula Ann Monaco, Texas Tech University; Maeghan Marie Brundrett, Texas Tech University; Dylan Christenson, Texas Tech University; Kevin A. Nguyen, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University
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detailed data from the plant and interact with utility personal andpracticing engineers who work daily at the treatment plant3-5. Page 26.678.2The Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT) student design prompt can aid faculty indevelopment of the course providing a realistic problem for students to work on during thecapstone design course. Additional advisement from practicing engineers can provide additionalresources and feedback for students. Practicing engineers provide students with guidance on howindustry works and can bring light to elements such as project management, economic, social,political and ethical considerations that are not
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- Environmental Engineering Division: Curricula, Criteria, Student Performance, and Growth
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- 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Wayne T. Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Andrew R. Mech, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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thinking2-6, as well as helping to develop an ethical obligation toequip current student-engineers with the necessary tools for addressing engineering challenges atthe global level7. Codes of Ethics for major engineering organizations point towards suchobligations. Specifically, the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) states as one ofthe Fundamental Canons that “Engineers…shall: Conduct themselves honorably, responsibly,ethically, and lawfully so as to enhance the honor, reputation, and usefulness of the profession”.8In an ever-global world, engineers must be – and our students are interested in being – preparedto practice engineering in a variety of contexts. Finally, in terms of teaching humanitarianengineering by teaching both
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- Assessment Issues in Environmental Engineering
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- 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Debra Reinhart, University of Central Florida
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2. Design and Conduct Experiments 3. Modern Engineering Tools 4. In-Depth Competence 5. Risk, Reliability and Uncertainty 6. Problem Formulation and Conceptual Analysis 7. Creative Design 8. Sustainability 9. Multimedia Breadth and Interactions 10. Societal Impact 11. Contemporary and Global Issues Professional Outcomes 12. Multi-disciplinary Teamwork 13. Professional and Ethical Responsibilities 14. Effective Communication 15. Lifelong Learning 16. Project Management 17. Business, Public
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- Capstone Courses II
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- 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; David Rinard, Steelcase, Inc.; Trevor Harding, Kettering University; Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University
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research interests include wear phenomenon in orthopeadic implants, ethical development in engineering undergraduates, and pedagogical innovations in environmental education. Currently, Trevor serves on the ERM Division Board of Directors and on the Kettering University Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Advisory Board.Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University Dr. Terri Lynch-Caris, Ph.D., P.E., is an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Kettering University. She serves as the Co-PI for the NSF project titled “Development of a Course in Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing for Undergraduates” and will team-teach the course once developed. Her
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- Interdisciplinary Experiences and Assessment in Environmental Engineering
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- 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Elizabeth Butler, University of Oklahoma
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BOK also calls for an appreciation of sustainable development and theenvironmental impacts of engineering projects. Specifically, the commentary for ASCE BOKOutcome 10 states “To be effective, professional civil engineers should appreciate therelationship of engineering to critical contemporary issues such as … raising the quality of lifearound the globe … and the … environmental …implications of engineering projects”2. TheNational Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) Code of Ethics for Engineers alsoencourages engineers “to adhere to the principles of sustainable development in order to protectthe environment for future generations”3.A survey of college engineering students from 21 universities on five continents found that whilemost
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- Emphasizing Communication and the Humanities in Environmental Engineering
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- 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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- Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; David Robledo, Texas Tech University; Francesco V. Donato, Texas Tech University; Ryan C. Campbell, Texas Tech University; Jeong-Hee Kim, Texas Tech University; Danny D. Reible, Texas Tech University; Chongzheng Na, Texas Tech University
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STEM education, with a focus on engineering education, art in engineering, social justice in engineering, care ethics in engineering, humanitarian engineering, engineering ethics, and computer modeling of electric power and renewable energy systems.Dr. Jeong-Hee Kim, Texas Tech University Jeong-Hee Kim is Professor of Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education in the Department of Curricu- lum and Instruction at Texas Tech University. Kim is a curriculum theorist, teacher educator, and narra- tive inquiry methodologist. Her research centers on various epistemological underpinnings of curriculum studies, particularly engaging in hermeneutical excavation of the stories of students and teachers around the notion of
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- Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1
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- 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University
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descriptivenarrative often including sound engineering judgement or justifications, outstandingcontributions and key conclusions. Some critical findings and contributions may not berecognized unless they are presented through a formal writing narrative. On the other hand, theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has stipulated the engineeringeducation outcomes as (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility; (g) anability to communicate effectively; (h) The broad education necessary to understand the impactof engineering solutions in a global and societal context; (i) A recognition of the need for and anability to engage in life-long learning, and (j) Knowledge of contemporary issues. Theseoutcomes are hard to achieve in
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- Environmental Engineering Division: Engagement, Experiential Learning, and Balance
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- 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Sirena C. Hargrove-Leak, Elon University; Willietta Gibson
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themes, real world examples, and new topics such as sustainability. The rationalefor implementing the cases within a traditional laboratory was to determine if the cases impactedstudent engagement; helped students to see the link between laboratory exercises and real worldapplications; increased student’s critical thinking levels above the lower levels of Bloom’sTaxonomy of knowledge and comprehension for their experimental data; and improved thequality of student laboratory reports. The new cases developed addressed: 1) E-waste to teachenvironmental ethics and statistical analysis of data, 2) the 2014 Duke Coal Ash Spill inDanville, VA to teach physical and chemical water quality and treatment; 3) a Confined AnimalFeeding Operations water
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- Sustainability in Engineering Courses
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- 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Joseph Delfino, University of Florida
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questionable corporate actions have become known as “greenwashing.”Engineers have developed strong interests in sustainable development. Terminology tothis effect has been added to the Code of Ethics promulgated by the American Society of 9Civil Engineers. Engineering approaches to this evolving and expanding field have been 10,11chronicled in two documents that provide engineers with overviews of the kind ofactivities in which they can and should participate to facilitate more sustainable practices Page 14.732.2in engineering and in the global society as a whole.Given this growing interest in industrial
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- Sustainability and Engineering Courses
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- 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Daniel Lynch, Dartmouth College
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, civil engineers serve competently, collaboratively, and ethically … as stewards of the natural environment and its resources….Sustainability – the WordThe first challenge may be terminologicalvi. The word is rooted in the verb ‘sustain’ which hasseveral senses To nurture or support (nature sustains man) To endure (to sustain injury) To validate or affirm (to sustain an argument)In the present context, the first two senses are invoked in the transitive sense: man sustainsnature, nature sustains man. Both thrive and endure; a systematic, two-way relationship isimplied. To reduce this to a one-way relation, is to lose the sense of the closed-systemrelationship.At the heart of this relationship are Natural Resources; they
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- Understanding Students: Recruiting, Retention, Enrichment
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- 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder
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, minimal negative environmental impacts, etc. 4 Ethics Using case studies from the Online Ethics website, students discuss what professional ethics from the NSPE Code of Ethics would require. 5 Course Plan Students lay out the courses that will allow them to earn a B.S. degree in EVEN and map those courses to ABET and BOK requirements; this requires them to select a specialization option, which could be energy, air, remediation, water, ecology, or chemical processing. 6 Landfill Team project to determine the effects of various solid waste generation Project and diversion scenarios on the
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- Environmental Engineering Division: Curricula, Criteria, Student Performance, and Growth
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- 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Prahlad Murthy, Wilkes University
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“computer intensive (CI)”. In the ENV programcurriculum, the two senior capstone project courses satisfy the WI and OPO requirements;Hydrology and Air Quality are the two courses that are designated as CI and satisfy thegraduation requirements.Engineering topics that are part of the curriculum are appropriate to the discipline ofenvironmental engineering in many ways. Courses like CADD Laboratory, Engineering ProjectAnalysis, and Professionalism & Ethics, Statics, Strength of Materials, EngineeringThermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics support material and concepts in courses such asEnvironmental Engineering Hydraulics, Water Quality, Water and Wastewater Treatment, AirQuality, and Air Pollution Control. Moreover, topics covered in the above
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- Sustainability in Engineering Curricula
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- 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Mary McCormick, Tufts University; Kristina Lawyer, Michigan Technological University; Meredith Berlin, University of Colorado - Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jonathan Wiggins, University of Colorado, Boulder
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desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic,environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, andsustainability…to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic,environmental, and societal context” 6.Many other organizations continually advocated this “educational reformation”. The AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Code of Ethics requires civil engineers to “strive to complywith the principles of sustainable development in the performance of their professional duties…[including] global leadership in the promotion of responsible, economically sound, andenvironmentally sustainable solutions that enhance the quality of life, protect and efficiently usenatural resources” 7
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- A Focus on Sustainability
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- 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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- Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Nihal Sarikaya, Northern Arizona University; Roy St. Laurent, Northern Arizona University; Daniel'le April DeVoss, Northern Arizona University
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engineering education, students should have aclear understanding that the nature of their job is directly affecting the environment and theirpractices are governed by the code of ethics, which calls on sustainable development. How weteach or train students to develop their engineering skills, becomes an essential tool to nurturesustainability in their future practice, which was recognized as a pressing issue for educators [1]-[3]. Promoting sustainability as part of everyday practice could establish the missing link toenhance environmental attitudes of engineering students [4], [5].Many empirical studies reported that environmental education, either as a semester course or as asummer program, not only improves knowledge and awareness of environmental
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- Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research
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- 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Simeon Komisar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Lupita Montoya, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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environment where they canbe exposed to the body of knowledge on effective teams.” The material covered in the PD1portion of the course consists primarily of skills-based learning meant to foster effectiveteamwork abilities. Skills and topics covered include: collaboration, effective communicationand feedback, conflict management, team development, and ethical decision-making. Thecoursework and assignments help students gain topical knowledge, analyze and apply basicconcepts, and expand written and oral communication skills. Instructors for the PD1 portion ofthe course work in close contact with the instructor in charge of the engineering portion of thecourse. Instructors work together to coordinate activities within each portion and confer witheach