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A Focus on Sustainability

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Azadeh Bolhari P.E., Angelo State University; Daniel Ivan Castaneda, James Madison University; Kenneth Stewart, Angelo State University

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Environmental Engineering

exit interviews(blue shaded cells). Table 2- Artifacts reflecting sustainability mindset categorized by present or future orientation. Location of Artifacts Artifacts Household Present Future Two Entry Household 2 1 0 4 Interviews Household 4 0 1 Four Interim 2 Household 2 0 2 Interviews or Focus Groups 10 Household 4 7 3 Household 2 0 0 Two Exit Interviews 5

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjay Tewari, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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concepts and techniques.However, a major portion of teaching still takes places in classroom settings. Educators adoptvarious pedagogical practices, teaching-aids, and technologies to engage students in learningthe course contents effectively within the controlled environment of classrooms. In ideal classsettings, an instructor should be able to reach out to all students regardless of their learningstyles. These learning styles could be sensory, intuitive, visual, verbal, reflective, active,sequential and global as defined in the Index of Learning Styles (ILS) classification system[1] - [5].Active and hands-on learning in environmental engineering is not new. More recently, theauthor has been involved in multiple studies focused on promoting

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Environmental Engineering Division: Engagement, Experiential Learning, and Balance

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Sirena C. Hargrove-Leak, Elon University; Willietta Gibson

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styles of active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal andsequential/global before instruction of the case study. The results confirm that the majority of thestudents were active, sensing, visual and sequential learners. These characteristics are ideal forthe use of cases and hands-on interactive instruction. Overall, the students found the use of casesmore engaging and the cases elevated their interest in laboratory discussions and course content.External evaluation of the student reports suggest that the use of cases did not significantlyimprove the quality of the student laboratory reports, however, student interpretation andanalysis of data slightly improved.     Purpose of Study Laboratory courses

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

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Taxonomy1 defines higher levels of learning as “synthesis - to create, design,develop, formulate...; and evaluation - to evaluate, rate, defend, predict”. To promote higherlevels of learning (or taxonomies), proper instructional strategies should be implemented. Theseinstructional strategies should include learning elements that provide authentic contexts, criticalthinking, authentic activities, multiple roles and perspectives, coaching and scaffolding, access toexpert performances and modeling, promote reflection to enable abstraction and articulation.These elements should support collaborative construction of knowledge and the use of authentic

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan S. Hoback, University of Detroit Mercy; Alexa Rihana Abdallah, University of Detroit Mercy

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other industries. The data does notdifferentiate the type of incidents that contribute to the injury rate. A low overall injury rate doesnot necessarily correlate to the degree of lab safety since some injuries will be unrelated to labwork. Actual injury rate is likely higher than the data shows because it only includes reportedinjuries above a certain threshold. The BLS tracks causes of days away of work by industry, butit groups education with health services, which is the industry with the highest injury rate.Therefore, no analysis was done on whether the types of injuries at universities could reflect labaccidents.Generally, city governments are responsible for building and fire safety. Other alternative safetymonitors are found at the

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Freya Willicks, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Kathrin Schoenefeld, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Valerie Varney, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Anja Richert, RWTH Aachen University; Sabina Jeschke, RWTH Aachen University; Frank Hees, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University

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guide the students, but they do not disseminate knowledge (Hung, Jonassen, and Liu 2008, 5). This reflects the student- centeredness that is typical of PBL. Moreover, a course using the didactical concept of PBL is self-directed, self-reflected and problem-focused (Hung, Jonassen, and Liu 2008, 4). The purpose of PBL is not only to increase the students’ knowledge about a given topic but to also make them gain experiences in fields like communication, teamwork, problem solving, independent responsibility for learning as well as sharing information and respect for others (Wood 2003). In view of this, it is evident that the EWB Challenge clearly is an example for PBL. A list of generic skills and attitudes PBL enhances is provided in

Conference Session

Problem- Project- and Case-based Learning in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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5.00±0.00 4.00±0.00environmental policy and regulations* Rank (5-Strongly Agree; 1-Strongly Disagree) Page 26.678.12Student rankings from the Likert scale and comments from both the survey and post-questionnaire highlight key outcomes addressed following completion of the capstone designcourse and outcomes that could have been addressed with more detail, better preparing them fortheir pending careers. Faculty ranking of outcomes reflects what they perceived was discussedand addressed during the capstone design course not necessarily the time allocated orthoroughness of how the outcomes were addressed throughout the course. Practicing

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Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Daniel S Brogan, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Randel L. Dymond, Virginia Tech

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Page 26.238.7assessment model tests students’ level of motivation based upon five recommended componentsthat an instructor should consider when designing instruction: eMpowerment, Usefulness,Success, Interest, and Caring. The assessment instruments are modified by changing thequestions to reflect the student’s use of OWLS according to the recommendations by Jones14 inorder to test specifically how use of the OWLS by engineering students impacts their motivationlevels. The questions based on the MUSIC model are being used in the spring 2015 assessments. Quantitative data and analysis (discussed later in the Data Analysis section) results instatistics that provide insights and answers to the research questions in this study. However

Conference Session

Environmental Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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interview. Furthermore, because the author had developed a close workingrelationship with each of these students, a significant impact from the “Hawthorne effect”would be expected and these results should be interpreted with this in mind7. In otherwords, the responses of the alumni is likely biased by the personal relationship with theauthor, and therefore the results reflect a combination of both the views of the alumni onmastery learning as well as the views of the alumni on the author (i.e., some alumni mayseek to provide a “positive” response in hopes of “pleasing” the author).Of the ten alumni: 1) seven were male and three were female; 2) the ages ranged from 22to 26 years of age; 3) all were employed in the practice of engineering; and 4) all

Conference Session

A Focus on Sustainability

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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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issues, in somecases also promotes positive environmental attitudes, behaviors, and values among variousstudent groups, which range between middle school and college [6]-[13]. Muderrisoglu andAltanlar [14] stated that although environmental attitude and intention may improve, the changemay not be reflected in behavior to the same degree. Lack of participation in activism towardsenvironmental issues among college students was noted as quite concerning [14].Along the lines of activism, Yazdanpanah et al. [13] studied young adults' intentions to conservewater. "The students’ attitude (the extent to which he/she believes that supporting a conservationwater scheme will deliver positive outcomes) was the main determinant of his/her willingness

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Inez Hua, Purdue University; Loring Nies, Purdue University

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structure and home for students while a new program grows to criticalmass and fully develops its courses. Though these early students were officially MDE studentsand met the MDE course requirements (which are slightly different from the current BSEEErequirements), they were taught, advised, and mentored by both EEE and MDE faculty and staff.The first three students entered the MDE/EEE plan of study in Fall 2008, and the first twograduated in December 2010. The program grew significantly to almost 50 students by Fall2012. Early in the planning process, the name of the proposed program was chosen to be“Environmental and Ecological Engineering,” rather than a more traditional “EnvironmentalEngineering.” The name reflects unique aspects of the

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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3.69 (.947) 3.92 (.862) complex issues Perceive relations and patterns 3.85 (.899) 3.92 (.862) Recognize conflicting points of view and 3.77 (1.013) 3.77 (.832) move beyond to an independent point of view Synthesize from different ways of knowing, 3.85 (.689) 4.00 (.226) bodies of knowledge, and tools for learning Tolerate ambiguity and paradox 3.15 (.899) 3.31 (.947) Reflect constructively on your experiences 4.08 (.760) 4.00 (.707) and knowledge Employ a range of intellectual tools 3.85 (.987) 3.92 (.862) Solve problems and work through situations 3.92 (.862) 4.15 (.222) Connect in and out of classroom work 4.00 (.913) 4.23 (.599

Conference Session

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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Javiera Constanza Jofré, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico; Universidad Andres Bello, Chile

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groups. The results showed that the intervention positively impactedstudents, particularly in how students' prejudices changed. However, the expected impact ontheir commitment to and awareness of equality was not as expected. Reflections made within thecourse assignment were relevant when taking an informed stand. A single course moduleintervention indicated that students improved sensitivity to sustainable development goals, but itwas insufficient. The authors recognized the importance of including contextual problems withsocial and environmental considerations in future course modules, especially at the beginning ofthe course. The incorporation of other approaches during engineering training requires intentionon the teacher's part and must be

Conference Session

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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discussed thenegative health impacts to the locals cited by LYG (38%). Few students discussed the more‘emotional’ side of LYG in relation to the situation.Overall, requiring the students to tie the code of ethics to the situation described by LYG on theTampa highway system seemed to work moderately well. If the instructor had time to read thestudent reflections in the homework prior to class, a richer discussion could have been facilitated.It was interesting to see what elements students picked up on. For example, some misinterpretedor seemed to minimize the situation.The ethics assignment was followed by a lecture and homework assignment on JEDI. JEDI wasintegrated into the course as a required CU101 topic for all first-year students. The

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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which students intended to persist in their major. In thecivil and architectural engineering course, students also wrote a reflective essay where they Page 26.1449.6indicated their intent to stay or leave engineering; this information was used to compare with thesurvey data.Data analysis to compare the pre- and post- survey results used two methods. First, Wilcoxontests were used to compare pre- and post- responses from the same students. The Wilcoxon testwas used because it is suitable for ordinal data and does not require normally distributedresponses; this is in contrast with the more traditional paired t-test. In the case of the civil

Conference Session

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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Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Angela Harris, North Carolina State University; Christina Martin-Ebosele, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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students’ labor market outcomes. Whether macro or microscale, however, these examples reflect educational practice firmly anchored to the experiences ofstudents journeying through the real problem spaces of our time.In this paper, we take the school-to-work pathways view one step further and place ourinvestigation in a specific real world context: the pathways of environmental engineeringundergraduate students within a time of environmental decline and climate crisis. We see thistime as a revealing societal moment in which beliefs, decisions, and leadership about ourenvironment move us towards sustainable solutions or away from them. We considerenvironmental engineering students as designers and agents of these sustainable solutions, aswell as

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3: Teaching Environmental Engineering in the COVID-19 Era

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh; Tony Lee Kerzmann, University of Pittsburgh; Claire P. Chouinard, University of Pittsburgh; Gregg P. Kotchey, University of Pittsburgh

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focused on their perception of their learningexperiences and well-being. The importance of this next set of questions was that it shifted theirevaluation away from their expectations of the Flex Model and the instructor’s ability to utilize ittoward a reflection on how the shift from traditional in-person classes has impacted theirperceived ability to learn, retain concepts, and personal well-being.The pre-survey results for the experiential set of questions can be found below in Table 4. TheLikert scale ranged from 1 to 7 which correlated with the labels “Much Better In Person” to“Much Better Online”. The averages for item found in the last column all skew toward apreference for in-person classes as the more positive experience for understanding

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Woo Hyoung Lee P.E., University of Central Florida

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the P3 projects.• “The team and the project itself truly reflect the spirit of the University, with people from many different backgrounds and majors coming together to create a novel interdisciplinary answer to a major problem. I still can’t believe how far the team has come since the Phase I proposal, and I can’t wait to see where we can go in the future.”• “It was my first ever project in this research group and I loved it, I wanted to support innovative answers to real-world problems.”• “Not only could we meet other competing teams and people from EPA, NASA, Lockheed, and other big names, we were able to reach out to and inspire K-12 students who were interested in the STEAM fields,”• “While biotechnology is my

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel A Brennan P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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reflect on their learning experiences in the course compared toother courses taken throughout their time at university. The survey consisted of 50 randomizedmultiple choice questions, provided in both positive and negative voice, with five possible answersto select from: strongly disagree (SD), disagree (D), neutral (N), agree (A), and strongly agree (SA) Page 26.75.6(Table 1).Table 1. Online survey questions and responses (n = 21 out of 23 students) at the conclusion of the course.The questions were automatically randomized for each student by the survey software.Question

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Sahar Razavi, Northern Arizona University; Nihal Sarikaya, Northern Arizona University

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results to thestatewide symposium in April, showed that her confidence and her delivery has much improved.Her self-reported “Skill in science writing” increased from 2 to 3.5; this is an area that we will beable to analyze after she concludes her research and starts creating the poster. Finally, sheexpressed her resilience to the challenges as reflected in the stable score of 4 for “Clarification ofcareer path.” She still intends to obtain a doctorate degree.Melissa has completed her analysis of Cadmium removal with corn as a bio-sorbent. As a resultof her experiments, she concluded that corn is an effective bio-sorbent for higher concentrationsof Cadmium levels, 25 - 80 µg/L, with removal efficiencies of 46% -51%, respectively.To date, she has

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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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Inez Hua, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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competency. 9Fig. 2: Comparison of IDI scores pre- and post- program. Eleven students showed an increasingtrend and seven students showed a decrease.Conclusions The Sustainability Across Sectors – Sweden program impacted students’ short- and long-term academic and professional paths. The summative teaching evaluation scores reflect thatstudents gained new cultural perspectives and that the program integrated Swedish culture intothe curriculum. Students also recognized the program in the larger context of their engineeringmajor at Purdue University. The short-term benefits continued and evolved to shape studentschoices regarding graduate school, thesis research topics, additional intercultural

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Nihal Sarikaya, Northern Arizona University; Adam Bringhurst

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to learn more about ground level air quality 4.32 ±0.77 This demo activity was a good use of class time 4.71 ±0.57 I benefited from this demo activity 4.57 ±0.66The remaining two questions asked students their perspective on the impact and quality of thedemonstration. Students provided ranked responses, No Impact (1) to High Impact (5), to thequestion on “What impact has this activity had on your understanding of inversion in theatmosphere,” resulting with an average and standard deviation of 4.23±0.75. Six of the 31 studentsdid respond “Neutral (3)” for this question, reflecting that they were not influenced in eitherdirection. For the

Conference Session

Inventive Opportunities for Research and Exposure

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Pamela McLeod, ReNUWIt at Stanford University; Junko Munakata Marr, Colorado School of Mines; Richard G. Luthy, Stanford University

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. A few others plan to start graduate school in Fall 2020. Of the 48 who went on topursue graduate degrees in water science and engineering, 34 (71%) were female and 18 (38%)were URM. No statistical differences in the likelihood to attend graduate school were observedbased on gender or race/ethnicity. Our legacy assessment will further characterize the educationand career trajectories of our program alumni, as well as their retrospective reflections regardingthe impact participating in our program had on their education and career choices.Alumni tracking for the three comparison environmental engineering REU Programs found thatover 60% of participants of the Clarkson REU attended graduate or professional school [9],approximately 60% of the CU

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines

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also want to workwith faculty in other engineering disciplines to ensure that environmental protection issues areaddressed. This could include giving guest lectures in courses, particularly design-focusedcourses where environmental considerations should be part of the constraints and criteria for allengineering projects.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant#1158863. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References[1] StartClass by Graphiq. Compare Colleges & Universities. http://colleges.startclass.com/ Accessed March 10, 2017

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Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paula Alvarez Pino, UAB Sustainable Smart Cities Research Center; Andrew J. Sullivan; Fouad H. Fouad, University of Alabama - Birmingham

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. Principles of Sustainable Development 2. Introduction to Sustainable Smart Cities 3. Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Systems 4. Managing Natural Resources and Sustainable Smart Cities 5. Green Infrastructure and Transportation 6. Green Buildings 7. Health & Livability 8. Smart Technologies for Cities & Buildings 9. Big Data & Smart Cities 10. Research Methods & Project PlanningCapstone Research Project– during the capstone research project the students will design andimplement a piece of research that will enable them to reflect on the knowledge and skillswhich they have learned during the taught modules and apply them to a real world problem orissue. This research may