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Integrating Writing to Teach Engineered Environmental Systems Design

Conference Session: Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

and thinking through writing. Exploratory writing exercise involved atopical discussion of stormwater treatment process. A formal writing exercise was given in theform of a stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) assignment which included a peer–review session prior to final grading. A reflective writing exercise was included to summarizelearning experiences through classroom and writing activities throughout the semester to identifyareas of strengths and weaknesses and accomplishments and pitfalls and areas/topics for futuredevelopment.Student learning experiences and the effectiveness of writing exercises were discussed. Thebenefits of writing exercises were evaluated through the ABET outcomes and a survey andevaluation of students

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Overcoming Affective and Cognitive Chemistry Challenges in an Introductory Environmental Engineering Course Using a Flint Water Crisis Case Study

Conference Session: Innovative Approaches to Improving Student Learning
Collection: 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Matthew James Scarborough, University of Vermont; Katherine D. McMahon, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

wereused. These writing assignments asked students to not only explain the causes of the Flint WaterCrisis, but also to propose strategies to prevent another crisis like the one experienced in Flint.Lastly, to provide a sense of community, the problem sets were solved in pre-assigned studentgroups and writing assignments underwent a process of peer-review.Integrating teaching-as-research, learning communities, and learning-through-diversity.Teaching-as-research was used to develop this report. Throughout this report, we aim todetermine if our intervention (a Flint Water Crisis case study) benefited student learning. Wecollected and analyzed data to test our hypothesis, and we make recommendations for futurecohorts based on evidence. To encourage

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Expanding Institutional Bonds for Teaming Up Students for the Creation of Environmental Research Projects

Conference Session: Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Monica Palomo P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Jeffrey Alan Cole, Pasadena City College
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

classroom 6,7. More specifically, active learning involving researchprojects in the classroom has been widely supported as an effective pedagogical technique 3, 4, .The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) has advocated the transformation of thecurriculum in undergraduate teaching institutions from a typical lecture-based setup into aninquiry-based or research-based education. Undergraduate research experiences have beenidentified as a powerful way to enhance student learning and to develop critical thinking. Paststudies have reported the following as common characteristics of successful curricula that haveincorporated undergraduate research experiences: 1) reading of relevant literature, 2) workingwith a mentor or learning community (peer

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Incorporating Professional Experience into Teaching

Conference Session: Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Shannon L. Isovitsch Parks P.E., University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown; Laura J. Dietz, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

integrated extensive oral andwritten communication practice, including writing, presenting, interviewing and networking withprofessionals, along with traditional engineering design skills. In addition, classroom lectureswere supplemented with a combination of on-site industry tours, guest lecturers, peer review oforal presentations, and a team design project from an actual consulting firm project. Studentsatisfaction measures on the various classroom activities as well as industry professional andfaculty measures on end of term student communication skills are presented.MethodsA senior level, undergraduate, civil engineering/technology elective on water and wastewaterengineering was designed to integrate oral and written communication skills

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Collaboration in Assessment and Individual Validation for the 'Digital Native'

Conference Session: Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2
Collection: 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Nathaniel P. Sheehan, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke, United States Military Academy; David C. Zgonc, United States Military Academy
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

, and Solid and Hazardous Waste Technologies. COL Starke has published several peer reviewed research articles and has presented his research at national and international conferences. He maintains a focus on the scholarship of teaching and learning in en- gineering education. COL Starke is a registered Professional Engineer (Delaware), member of several professional associations, and is a member of the National Council of Examiners for Engineers and Sur- veyors (NCEES).Major David C. Zgonc, United States Military Academy Major Zgonc was a recent instructor at the United States Military Academy at West Point where he taught introductory environmental engineering and environmental chemistry classes. Major Zgonc is a

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Teaching Sustainable Engineering Ten Years Later: What’s Worked & What’s Next?

Conference Session: Sustainable Engineering
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Richard Ciocci, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

green engineering and environmentally-conscious manufacturing. Environmentalawareness discussions are included to make clear the perspective of why engineering studentsneed to learn about green design. The writing components in each course are more involved thanthose in other engineering courses.Whereas each course has undergone student and faculty assessments, an accounting of the resultsreveals similarities and differences in student reactions to environmentally considerate material.This paper includes numerical analysis of student assessments and faculty reviews for thepurpose of measuring progress towards common objectives. The paper also discusses qualitativedata for understanding the direction sustainable engineering education might take

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A Small Scale Design And Build Project In Biochemical Treatment

Conference Session: Environmental Engineering Curricula I
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Michael Butkus, U.S. Military Academy
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

biomass in the systems. It isthought that more time should have been provided for the testing phase of the project. Withoutprior testing, more than two weeks are probably required to get the systems close to steady statewith reasonable COD removal. In addition, the students should have had an IPR during thisperiod so the instructor could assess the data collection protocol. In the future, the studentsshould be asked to conduct a mass balance on COD and/or nitrogen as part of this assignment.Students were asked to assess the overall project, their own performance, and the performance oftheir peers by completing a survey (Table 2). The survey was administered in-class after theproject was completed and was treated like an exam (no collaboration or

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Development and Assessment of an Undergraduate Research Community

Conference Session: Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Michelle K. Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Irene M.B. Reizman, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Tony Ribera, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

for Engineering Education, 2019 Development and Assessment of an Undergraduate Research CommunityAbstractLiterature suggests the benefits to undergraduate research include improving students’understanding of the research process, their resilience, and their ability to persist through failure.However, at primarily undergraduate institutions, there are a number of challenges in making theundergraduate research experience successful for both students and faculty mentors. First, there isa significant burden on faculty mentors who, along with designing a research project, are typicallyindividually advising students, training them in reading and writing about research, and critiquingposters and presentations. These are skills which could be

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Designing an Engineering Solution with the 4 P’s: People, Prosperity, Planet, Politics

Conference Session: Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Stephanie Butler Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

their responseswith their peers in a group setting and write down their responses.The instructor then shows the students a framework using an additional scenario (odorsemanating from a sewer). The instructor explains how the solution would involve not only atechnical solution but also a consideration of the 4 Ps. The students are then asked to re-writetheir questions with the 4 Ps in mind. After the activity the students were asked to write downwhat they learned and what surprised them about this activity. These three scenarios are thenrevisited by the students at the end of the semester after they have learned the technicalsolutions.In this presentation, I will discuss the students’ responses before and after the framework wasdiscussed and at

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The Center For Sustainable Engineering: Workshops And The Electronic Library

Conference Session: Sustainability in Engineering Curricula
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Cliff Davidson, Carnegie Mellon University; Chris Hendrickson, Carnegie Mellon University; Scott Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University; Michael Bridges, Carnegie Mellon University; David Allen, University of Texas, Austin; Cynthia Murphy, University of Texas, Austin; Braden Allenby, Arizona State University; Yongsheng Chen, Arizona State University; Eric Williams, Arizona State University; John Crittenden, Georgia Tech; Sharon Austin, EPA
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

in 2007) for engineering professors tohelp them enhance the sustainability content of their courses. Two more workshops have beenscheduled for summer 2009. There has also been one planning workshop held in 2008 to discussthe long-term goals of the Center. In addition, the CSE Electronic Library has been establishedfor peer-reviewed educational materials that are accessible at no cost to engineering educatorsaround the world. In this paper, we discuss the four faculty workshops in 2006-7, evaluations ofthese workshops, and the Electronic Library. For additional information, the reader is referred toDavidson et al.1WorkshopsEach workshop has roughly 30 faculty member participants plus another 15-20 individualsincluding speakers, staff members

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Innovations in Environmental Engineering Education Programs

Conference Session: Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Inez Hua, Purdue University; Loring Nies, Purdue University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

program and unique approaches relative tosimilar programs at peer institutions. We seek a broad systems perspective on addressingenvironmental issues, with a focus on ecological interactions and resilient designs that take intoaccount complexity and connectivity between systems. In the undergraduate curriculum, thisphilosophy drives the early focus on systems thinking and systems understanding and leads tothe inclusion of significant course requirements in ecology, sustainability, and industrial ecology.These course requirements are in addition to those typically found in Environmental Engineeringprograms at peer institutions. A complete list of the program objectives, student outcomes anddetails about the EEE degree requirements are included in

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What does it take? Getting Freshmen to Read the Material Before Class

Conference Session: Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Meliksah Demir, Northern Arizona University
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

learn” remains to be one of the biggestchallenges college students face in their first year, especially when we take nation-wide readinglevels into consideration (US Department of Education, NAEP, 2015). In Fall 2015, a “MindDump” pedagogical strategy was implemented to encourage students to read the class material forpre-exposure. The students have 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence in class to write downeverything they can remember from their reading (Whitman, 2015). Mind Dumps are used as cheatsheets during exams. The same procedure with the addition of guided reading questions wereadapted for the Spring 2016 semester. Aggregated survey results from the first two semesters(N1=78, N2=75) showed that about one third of the students Agreed

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Multi Campus Design And Implementation Of Problem Based Learning Courses In Environmental Biotechnology With Interdisciplinary Learning

Conference Session: Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Helene Hilger, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Francis De Los Reyes, North Carolina State University; Warren DiBiase, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Len Holmes, University of North Carolina - Pembroke; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Siva Mandjiny, University of North Carolina - Pembroke; Todd Steck, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Keith Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

instructional strategy Page 12.1083.3 in a series of environmental biotechnology courses; 2. Deliver course content to learners in a variety of settings and across disciplines within a single university system; 3. Assess student learning to substantiate that the instructional methods result in increased (a) student conceptual knowledge and understanding, (b) critical thinking skills, (c) ability to seek out new information, (d) ability to work collaboratively in teams; and (e) ability to engage in productive assessment (self-assessment, peer assessment, program assessment). 4. Provide faculty with the

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Learning Sustainability through the Design Process

Conference Session: Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2
Collection: 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark H. Minster, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

freshmen: Introduction to Sustainability, Rhetoric andComposition, and Introduction to Design. To faculty, the interconnections of these classes areclear and essential to the domains of sustainability, sustainable engineering, and sustainabledesign. In the first three years of the HERE program, however, students tended to see these coursesas only tangentially related. Having students write a proposal to improve sustainability, for 1instance, was seen by students not as an essential engineering skill, but as a composition taskunrelated to “doing something,” which uses engineering skills. As the mismatch betweenobjectives on syllabi and comments on

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Methods to Instill Critical Thinking in Environmental Engineering Students

Conference Session: Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University; Dennis D. Truax PE, BCEE, F.ASCE, Mississippi State University
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

) Division. His research over past 10 years has resulted in national and international recognition, industry collaborations, 5 patents/patent appli- cations and over 75 scholarly publications in highly regarded discipline specific journals, peer-reviewed conference proceedings and invited book chapters. He is a scientific and technical reviewer for over 50 in- ternational journals, book publishers, and several funding agencies. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of New Mexico. His research interests include water and wastewater treatment, bioelectro- chemical systems, desalination, algae, biofuels, and sustainability. He enjoys teaching and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students in research

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Lab-Scale Treatment Wetlands: A Model for Undergraduate Learning

Conference Session: Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Michelle K. Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

. Serving as a model for waterquality and quantity management, students engaged in hands-on experiences using a small-scalewetlands setup in the Cook Laboratory for Bioscience Research at Rose-Hulman Institute ofTechnology. In independent research projects, undergraduate research students measured waterquality parameters including TSS, BOD and nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) and optimizedremoval of various contaminants. In the classroom in Environmental Engineering Laboratory,students measured water quality parameters of various water bodies within a watershed andresearched the impacts of excess nutrients on water quality and economies. Students toured theconstructed treatment wetlands and were able to learn directly from a peer who had

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Who will Lead Us Out of Climate Crisis? Gender, Race, and Early Career Pathways in Environmental Engineering

Conference Session: Environmental Engineering Technical Session 4: Environmental Issues and the Impacts of Intersectionality
Collection: 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Angela Harris, North Carolina State University; Christina Martin-Ebosele, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering, Women in Engineering

intentions and destinations vary by students’ gender andrace/ethnicity? We examine students’ career pathways in other majors to contextualize patterns.Data come from the longitudinal, NSF-funded Engineering Majors Survey (EMS). The firstwave of EMS (EMS 1.0) was administered at a nationally representative sample of 27 U.S.engineering schools in 2015. A second wave was administered to 1.0 respondents in 2016, and athird wave, in 2017. Our baseline sample is maximally composed of 87 1.0 respondents whomarked that they were environmental engineering majors, 695 respondents marking civilengineering majors (our “peer” major), and 6,408 respondents majoring in other engineeringfields. Our longitudinal sample is smaller, requiring more of a detailed

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Work in Progress: Assessment of Reflective Thinking in Graduate Engineering Students: Human and Machine Methods

Conference Session: Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1: Intercultural Competency-infused Teaching
Collection: 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: 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
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

empathy into about design processes in me to get better at the skills I engineering can be a good engineering, you are writing a already use in my daily life. practice in reflective piece of your story. engineering. With how fast paced everything In my personal life, I think being Asking questions through each usually is, I get wrapped up in able to reflect on my behavior step in the process can also help routine without thinking about with my friends or family has in being more reflective and how I really feel about my helped me get to where I am in avoiding mistakes that can classes, my peers, or myself. my

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Life Cycle Thinking and Engineering in Developing Communities: Addressing International Sustainability Challenges in the Classroom

Conference Session: Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Pablo K. Cornejo, California State University, Chico; Kevin Orner, University of South Florida
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

, include student peer review of writing, and emphasize technical writing skills.Instructor Insights and Future RecommendationsFuture studies are needed to understand the importance of culturally-relevant pedagogy for localand international experiences in environmental engineering education. This could be done byexploring differences in student performance between groups that conduct in-country visits andgroups that do not. Alternatively, comparisons could be made to assess student performancewhile addressing local versus international environmental issues to better understand theimportance of global engagement. Local issues could focus on environmental problemsimpacting marginalized communities (e.g., water contamination issues in rural

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Interdisciplinary International Senior Design: How Service Learning Projects In Developing Countries Support Abet Accreditation

Conference Session: Service-Learning in Developing Communities
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University; Ann Brady, Michigan Technological University; Karina Jousma, Michigan Technological University
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

Scientific and Technical Communication program at Michigan Technological University. Her research interests include interdisciplinary theory and practice as well as the intersections of rhetorical theory and communication in the workplace.Karina Jousma, Michigan Technological University Karina Jousma is an undergraduate student earning a Bachelor of Science in Scientific and Technical Communication at Michigan Technological University. Her concentrations include writing and engineering. She joined Civil and Environmental Engineering International Senior Design this summer. Page 12.944.1

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The Potential Social, Environmental, And Personal Benefits Of An Environmentally Focused Student Organization

Conference Session: Understanding Students: Recruiting, Retention, Enrichment
Collection: 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Eric Bumbalough, Kettering University; Jennifer Aurandt, Kettering University
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

2008. Presently GEO is responsible forcollection of all paper recycling in the student common areas but has drop offlocations that are maintained by the university. In April of 2008 GEO received a grant from the National RecyclingCoalition and the Coca-Cola Company to purchase beverage container recyclingbins. Thirteen bins were placed in July 2008. A staff member maintains the binsand tracks the numbers of cans and bottles being recycled in exchange forMichigan’s 10 cent bottle refund. The number of cans that were recycled arerecorded for the grant, but due to the 10 cent refund, many of the cans werestolen. Therefore, GEO placed a sign-up sheet on all of the bins so that if peopletook the cans they could write down how many they took

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Interdisciplinary, real-world, client-based term projects in an introductory environmental engineering and science course

Conference Session: Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering
Collection: 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Andrew Ross Pfluger, P.E., United States Military Academy; Matthew P. Baideme, United States Military Academy; Katie E Matthew, United States Army; Stephen A. Lewandowski, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke P.E., United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus P.E., U.S. Military Academy
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

, and joint task force levels. His most recent experiences include operational intelligence assign- ments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan. Academically, LTC Starke specializes in environmental engineering with research and teaching interests in drinking water, public health, and microbial-mediated renewable energy resources. LTC Starke teaches senior-level design courses in Phys- ical and Chemical Processes, Biological Treatment Processes, Solid and Hazardous Waste Technologies, and Environmental Engineering Seminar. LTC Starke has published over 10 peer reviewed research arti- cles and has presented his research at national and international meetings (most recently Portugal). Most recently, he

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An Interdisciplinary Research-based Education Program for Engaging Plant/Agriculture Sciences, Chemical Sciences, and Engineering Students (iREP-4-PACE) at Minority Institutions

Conference Session: Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Sharanabasaweshwara Asundi, Old Dominion University; Gregory C. Bernard, Tuskegee University; Willard E. Collier, Tuskegee University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

iREP-4-PACE program is to engage a cohortof undergraduates from plant/agriculture sciences, chemical sciences, and engineering disciplinesin the research, education of engineering chemicals from plants of high commercial and medicinalvalue. The program will educate the undergraduates in engineering environment friendlychemicals. The year-long program will train students in seeking/learning the interdisciplinaryknowledge, techniques of molecular synthesis of plant-based chemicals and in doing so, it willtrain the students in broadly applicable research methods such as literature review, instrumenttraining, basic statistical analysis, and proposal writing. The article describes the design of theiREP-4-PACE program and activities conducted to

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Integrating Sustainability Principles in Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum: A Home for Environmentally Responsible Engineering

Conference Session: Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Corey M. Taylor, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard A. House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kathleen Toohey, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael S. DeVasher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Rebecca Booth DeVasher Ph.D., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark H. Minster, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

, unspecializedversions of the same required courses. Several expressed a sense that the sustainability focusdetracted from the general learning objectives of the course—i.e. that they might have receivedmore substantive writing instruction in sections of RH131 that weren’t also teachingsustainability concepts. These themes have emerged before: sustainability has been introducedinto the RHIT curriculum as the organizing framework for projects in other required courses—particularly an upper-division course in technical communication—and students have oftenperceived a tension between the emphasis on sustainability and other course content and learningobjectives. On this point, some HERE students resembled their non-cohort peers more closelythan we’d anticipated

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Developing a Multicampus Model for REU Sites

Conference Session: Inventive Opportunities for Research and Exposure
Collection: 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors: Pamela McLeod, ReNUWIt at Stanford University; Junko Munakata Marr, Colorado School of Mines; Richard G. Luthy, Stanford University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

distant universities introduces logistical and programmatic challenges that need tobe addressed to ensure a high-quality program.Several examples of multi-campus REU programs appear in the literature (e.g., TheoreticallyInteresting Molecules (TIM) Consortium [4], National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network(NNIN) [5], Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) [6], Rosetta Commons [7],and Engineering Research Center for Wireless Integrated MicroSystems (WIMS ERC)) [8]. Aprior study of the Rosetta Commons, a multi-campus computational biology REU, found itmatched outcomes for community, scientific identity, scientific self-efficacy, and intention topursue a science research-related career when compared to two single-campus life

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Development of a Concept Inventory for Introductory Environmental Engineering Courses

Conference Session: Environmental engineering pedagogy and innovation
Collection: 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Sukalyan Sengupta, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Jeffrey A Cunningham, University of South Florida; Sarina J. Ergas, University of South Florida; Ramesh K. Goel, University of Utah; Dilek Ozalp, University of South Florida; Teri Kristine Reed, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

; Environmental Engineering from Stanford University. He has authored or co-authored nearly thirty pa- pers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. When not at work, he enjoys spending time with his family and watching baseball.Dr. Sarina J. Ergas, University of South Florida Dr. Ergas is a professor and graduate program coordinator in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida. She received a BS in Environmental Engineering from Humboldt State University and MS and PhD degrees from the University of California, Davis. Her re- search focuses on environmental biotechnology, including wastewater treatment and bioremediation. She was a 2007 Fulbright Fellow at the Technion Israel

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Project-based Learning of Environmental Engineering Principles

Conference Session: Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University; Dennis D. Truax PE, BCEE, F.ASCE, Mississippi State University
Tagged Topics: Diversity
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

research over past 10 years has resulted in national and international recognition, industry collaborations, 5 patents/patent appli- cations and over 75 scholarly publications in highly regarded discipline specific journals, peer-reviewed conference proceedings and invited book chapters. He is a scientific and technical reviewer for over 50 in- ternational journals, book publishers, and several funding agencies. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of New Mexico and a board certified environmental engineer. His research interests include water and wastewater treatment, bioelectrochemical systems, desalination, algae, biofuels, and sustain- ability. He enjoys teaching and mentoring undergraduate and

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Undergraduate Environmental Engineering Research Experiences in a Predominantly Undergraduate Teaching Institute

Conference Session: Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Sudarshan T. Kurwadkar, Tarleton State University; Daniel K. Marble, Tarleton State University
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

environmentalengineering graduates by preparing students for industry and graduate school and by enablingthem to utilize their class room understanding to solve real world problems. The researchexperience in our undergraduate environmental engineering program offers the students aninvaluable opportunity to work on sophisticated analytical instruments, hands-on experimentaldesign, data analysis and interpretation, and also helps them hone their technical writing skills tomeet the demands of graduate school and future employers. Furthermore, the addition of aresearch experience to a core environmental engineering curriculum provides an excellent meansof not only teaching, but also assessing a large number of environmental engineering criteriaoutlined by the