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Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Palomo P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Jeffrey Alan Cole, Pasadena City College

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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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Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University; Dennis D. Truax PE, BCEE, F.ASCE, Mississippi State University

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design. The report included an appendix which documents thedesign calculations and preliminary engineering drawings of individual unit operations.The course required students to perform at a variety of cognitive levels as classified by Bloom’staxonomy4. In engineering practice, especially in the engineering design process, higher–orderthinking is required. Too often junior engineering students are accustomed to learning material atlevels 1 through 3 on Bloom’s taxonomy scale (knowledge, comprehension, and application).The assignments in this course were created to facilitate student development as a futureprofessional engineer by working at the six cognitive levels of Bloom’s taxonomy and also someABET criteria (student outcomes a, c, e, f, g, h

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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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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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problem statement and advisement of practicing engineers.Student performance of ABET learning outcomes was evaluated as perceived by students,faculty and practicing engineers. Study objectives include: (1) assessment of how the threeevaluators perceived students understanding of course material and accomplishment of ABETcourse and program outcomes, (2) student self-evaluation of strengths and areas for improvementdeveloped during the capstone design course, and (3) longitudinal study of how studentsperformed once integration of the WEAT prompt with environmental engineering capstonecourse occurred.Capstone Design Course Structure and Project StatementTexas Tech University’s (TTU) Master of Environmental Engineering (MEnvE) is a 5-yearprogram

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Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivar G. Johannesen, HiOA

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control volume between 1and 2 simplifies to 𝑃1 𝑣1 2 𝑃2 𝑣2 2 𝑃1,𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒 + 𝛼 = + 𝛼 + ℎ𝐿 ⟾ = (𝑧1 − 𝑧2 ) + ℎ𝐿 2𝑔 2𝑔 2𝑔 2𝑔 2𝑔 200000Numerically, ℎ𝐿 = (998∗ 9.81 − 2) 𝑚 = 18.4 𝑚 𝐿 𝑉2The head loss is given by the formula ℎ𝐿 = ( 𝑓 + ∑𝐾𝐿 ) 2 𝑔 . 𝑑 𝜀 1 2.51The friction factor is calculated using Colbrooke’s formula

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Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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engineering students. The research questionswere: (1) to what extent are incoming environmental engineering students motivated bysustainable engineering, interested in global work, value interdisciplinary skills, and recognizethe importance of consideration for others in the context of engineering; (2) to what extent areenvironmental engineering students similar to or different from civil and architecturalengineering students in these attitudes; and (3) are there correlations between these attitudes. Toanswer these research questions, a survey consisting of 7-point Likert items was given tostudents at the beginning of the semester in courses designed to introduce first year students toenvironmental, civil, and/or architectural engineering at the

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Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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andemerging global needs of society, while enabling research by faculty on topics with broadtechnical and scientific impact in the vital area of the water-energy nexus. This goal is directlyin line with the mission of our college, which is to “nurture and train world-class socially-aware,globally-connected, diverse engineers, educators and researchers….to develop innovativesolutions to the world’s most pressing challenges through transformational interdisciplinaryresearch”. The proposed program also aligns and supports several of the institutional thrust areasof our college, including: 1) Innovative Engineering Education through the provision of globalengineering education and experiences; and 2) Sustainable Water-Energy-Food Nexus throughwater

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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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Ran Du P.E., United States Military Academy ; Michael A. Butkus, U.S. Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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hazardous waste management course, is presented.BackgroundEnvironmental Engineering course and curricular design is often based upon the reportedknowledge specific to the discipline. The ABET Environmental Engineering Program Criteria,which apply to all accredited engineering programs, states that “the curriculum must preparegraduates to … design environmental engineering systems that include considerations of risk,uncertainty, sustainability, life-cycle principles, and environmental impacts. 1” Table 1 outlinesthe AAEES BOK for Outcome #5 (Risk, Reliability, and Uncertainty). 2 This outcome outlinesthe level of achievement to be attained at the completion of a baccalaureate degree inEnvironmental Engineering, but is not required for

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Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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concept inventory-stylecognitive learning questions that have been developed by content experts for each course leveland are scaled using Bloom’s Revised Cognitive Taxonomy. Results from fall 2014 freshmencourse are analyzed and presented and results from both levels in the spring 2015 semester willbe included in the presentation.1.0 Introduction In 2008, the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced 14 GrandChallenges in engineering that are awaiting solutions in the 21st century. This list includes thechallenge to “Provide Access to Clean Water”1. Water is the critical resource for supplying foodand energy, safeguarding human health and maintaining national security. Increasing pressures

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Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan E. Powers, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Stefan J. Grimberg, Clarkson University; Daqing Hou, Clarkson University; Mary Margaret Monica Small, Clarkson University

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broad goal of this endeavor is to engage undergraduate students and exceltheir 21st Century Skills 1 through the implementation of relevant project-based experientiallearning sites in a variety of classrooms. The 21st century skills include: increased understandingof core STEM content; increased competency with critical thinking skills (systems thinking,problem solving, self-confidence using real world data); and, increased competency withtechnology skills.1CLICS (cyber-learning infrastructure for campus sustainability) is a cyber-learning tooldeveloped to integrate data from campus sustainability projects into a form that can be used in awide variety of classes for relevant, experiential learning opportunities. The broad goal of thisendeavor

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Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder

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maps. Students’ initial ideasabout sustainability were explored based on concept maps that individual students generated in-class. This was followed by two different instruction methods. Civil and architecturalengineering students in a two-credit first year introduction to engineering course learned aboutsustainable engineering rating systems in a two-week module; they repeated the concept map aspart of the graded homework assignment on sustainability. This course was compared to a 1-credit seminar-style introductory sustainability course that focused on the social sciences aspectsof sustainability over the whole semester via a series of readings and in-class discussions; theseseminar students repeated the concept map as part of their final

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Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder; Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Portland; Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Andrew Gillen, Northeastern University

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Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Impacts of Sustainability Education on the Attitudes of Engineering StudentsAbstractIt is increasingly important that engineers learn how to design for sustainability, while alsohaving the attitudes that encourage activation of their sustainable engineering knowledge. Designfor sustainability may also encompass related attitudes, such as interdisciplinarity, considerationof others, and a predisposition to work globally. This study spanned multiple institutions andexplored the impacts of different educational models that were aimed at impacting both students’sustainability knowledge and the related attitudes. The research questions were: (1) To whatextent do

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Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Johanna Lönngren, Chalmers University of Technology; Magdalena Svanström, Chalmers University of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

’ approaches to WSPs2. Sofar, the study has proceeded in four stages: Stage 1. Empirical research about engineering students’ approaches to WSPs Stage 2. Conversations with engineering educators about possible implications of the empirical research for engineering education practice Stage 3. Workshop with engineering educators to formulate ILOs Stage 4. Workshop with engineering educators to design assessment methods for ILOsThe stages build on each other: the results from one stage provide input for the next stage.Therefore, we describe the design and outcomes from each stage together rather than providingseparate descriptions of research methodology and research results for the entire project.Stage 1: Empirical research about

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Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University; Semih Aslan, Texas State University, San Marcos; Jesus Alejandro Jimenez, Texas State University; Yoo-Jae Kim, Texas State University; Hassan Salamy, Texas State University

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) involves the inclusion of “keysustainable development issues into teaching and learning such as climate change, disaster riskreduction, biodiversity, poverty reduction, and sustainable consumption.”1 Education about greendesign and building is defined by the US Environmental Protection Agency as “the practice ofcreating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle from siting to design, construction, operation,maintenance, renovation and deconstruction.” 2 Therefore, sustainability education has to do withteaching about using less energy and fewer resources, recycling, about buying locally andorganically, designing and building with environmentally mindful or “green

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Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Butler Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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value in the course material.During the first week of an Introduction to Environmental Engineering class, students are askedto imagine themselves in one of three real-life engineering scenarios: 1. As an engineer in thePeace Corp who is asked to provide a treatment process for “turbid water that is making peoplesick” in the developing world. 2. As an engineer asked to design a process to removecontaminants from groundwater in Toms River, NJ. 3. As an engineer designing a statementbefore a board to defend a switch from coal to natural gas as a fuel source. First students areasked individually to write down all the questions they would need to ask before they designtheir process (and to whom they would ask them). Then they are asked to share

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Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alandra Kahl, Pennsylvania State University, Greater Allegheny

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, Page 26.601.2exacerbating blight and decline in the neighborhoods where they are present. McKeesport hasover 2,000 plots of vacant land. This project is unique in that it is the first time the nonprofit hasworked outside of the nearby city of Pittsburgh for a community partnership, as well as with asmall campus population rather than a large university pool. The partnership is novel as it isstudent driven in a working class community where academics are not traditionally prized.Many of those involved have never participated in a service learning project and have littleexperience in volunteer work in the community.Background:Service learning refers to the method of teaching in which classroom instruction is integratedwith community service 1

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Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ramanitharan Kandiah P.E., Central State University

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Environmental Engineering

experience with the course, Introduction to Water Resources Management.Introduction to Water Resources Management has been taught for fifteen years as a GeDC in thetraditional textbook based teaching and evaluation. The fundamentals of hydrology were taughtwith an introductory level book. The students were evaluated with the textbook assignments,three closed book examinations and class participation. In this approach, six drawbacks wereidentified: 1. Although students learned the concepts of hydrology, they lacked the stimulatinglearning of their practical applications; 2. They did not get enough information about theemerging water issues pertinent to them; 3. Students had limited opportunities to learn about thesocial, economic, administrative and

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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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Phil Dacunto P.E., United States Military Academy; Victoria Rose Varriano, United States Military Academy; Jason Ko, United States Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

successful construction andcustomer handoff relies upon (1) having a good partnership with a local non-governmentalorganization; (2) including local labor and materials in the construction; and (3) getting supportfrom local leaders on emplacement, operation, and maintenance of the system. Page 26.1268.2(1) Introduction Engineering education presents many opportunities for project-based learning, sincestudents can readily apply classroom knowledge to the creation of a tangible product. A project-based learning approach to engineering education has several advantages. For example,“inductive learning” methods such as this have been found to be

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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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Maeghan Marie Brundrett, Texas Tech University; Dylan Christenson, Texas Tech University; Paula Ann Monaco, Texas Tech University; Kevin A. Nguyen, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University

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sections, with a total of students 47 overall.The surveyed course is a 1 hour credit, junior/senior level Introduction to EnvironmentalEngineering laboratory (CE 3171) course taken concurrently with the 3 hour credit Introductionto Environmental Engineering lecture (CE 3309) course. Students in the laboratory are junior orseniors in the civil engineering degree program who are concentrating their studies in structural,geotechnical, construction or transportation engineering. Students concentrating inenvironmental engineering are not required to take the Introduction to EnvironmentalEngineering laboratory as similar, more advanced lab courses are taken later in their curriculum

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Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael A. Butkus, U.S. Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke, U.S. Military Academy; Phil Dacunto P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Kimberly Quell

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have a specified form, created by the designer. Environmental engineering examplesrange from a small orifice that inducts air into a water stream to a large anaerobic digester. Mostenvironmental engineering designs are large scale, akin to the digester. Years of assessment inour capstone design course revealed that many students preferred to design large scale treatmentworks, but they also wanted to create a hands-on visual aid, model, or prototype of their design.Lack of a hands-on experience left numerous students dissatisfied at the end of the course, whichhas been a persistent shortcoming (see Ref. 1). Three dimensional (3D) printing was introducedin 2013 to address this shortcoming. This paper describes how engineering graphics

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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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which it is to be applied,is environmentally sound, and promotes self-sufficiency on the part of those using it.”1 Thecreation and execution of a course focused on sustainable (or appropriate) technology for thedeveloping world with a multidisciplinary scope provided a unique opportunity for students toconsider the practice of successful engineering in the developing world from an engineers’perspective. Other courses exist at RHIT that consider sustainability, but there are not many thatare designated as engineering technical electives, and none that focus on application fordeveloping communities.BackgroundWhile this course might be the first of its kind at RHIT, courses with a bent towards or anoutright focus on humanitarian development

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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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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder; Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado - Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado - Boulder

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was awarded NAE’s 2008 Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Curricular Choice and Technical – Non-Technical Balance in Environmental Engineering Degree ProgramsAbstractSelf-determination theory indicates that choice is an important component of motivation andsatisfaction. Further, calls for holistically trained engineers demand that students gain knowledgein humanities and social science topics. This research explored top-ranked environmentalengineering bachelor’s degree programs with regards to: (1) opportunities for students to makechoices in their courses (such as free electives and technical

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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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Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College

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studentsreported that the activity helped them understand the principles behind water treatment whilealso challenging their preconceived notions about water treatment technologies in the developingworld.IntroductionInductive learning has repeatedly been shown to improve learning outcomes in engineeringstudents. Inquiry-based learning is a type of inductive learning method where students are firstpresented with unanswered questions, unsolved problem, and observations withoutexplanations.1 Therefore, the student is responsible for generating questions, determining results,and formulating conclusions. These student-centered methods increase student engagement andtap into their intrinsic motivation. With these established methods in mind, the hands-on

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Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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International Monetary Fund identified four basic aspects ofglobalization: trade and transactions, capital and investment movements, migration andmovement of people, and the dissemination of knowledge. [1] For the United States to continueto be at the forefront of science and technology, global education is of extraordinary importance.Therefore, we must develop a workforce of engineering students with the skills and knowledgeneeded for a more responsible and competitive participation in the international research settingof the twenty-first century. [2]Education, culture, employment opportunities, and international trade and connectivity areamong the several benefits that globalization has on our lifestyle. Despite the benefits,globalization also

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Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Robinson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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category of the Top 10 BestGraduate Programs in Environmental Engineering2 (Table 1). The Top 10 Best GraduatePrograms in Environmental Engineering category was chosen to gain insight from the bestprograms in the U.S. which are specifically ranked because of their environmental engineeringgraduate program. Page 26.484.3Table 1. Universities included in the survey of existing programs3-12 listed in order of U.S. Newsand World Report ranked order2. Thesis- Course- Best Environmental Engineering Graduate Programs based based Stanford

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Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University; Dennis D. Truax PE, BCEE, F.ASCE, Mississippi State University

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designprinciples that could not be covered effectively in a traditional classroom teaching environment.Laboratory instruction can be used as a tool to promote cooperative (team learning) learning toteach engineering design. In cooperative learning, students work in teams toward the attainmentof some superordinate goal where the labor is divided between team members, such that eachindividual takes responsibility for a different sub-goal and individual contributions are pooledinto a composite product to ensure that the goal is reached. To be successful, five factors areparamount to the cooperative learning process: 1) Positive interdependence, 2) Face-to-faceinteraction, 3) Individual accountability, 4) Small group and interpersonal skills, and 5) Groupself

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Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ben D. Radhakrishnan, National University; Jodi Reeves, National University; Jeremiah Jack Ninteman, National University; Charles Hahm

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-urban growth and housing boom, andgasoline was inexpensive.[1,2] President D. Eisenhower initiated the building of freeways acrossthe US. This scenario was a perfect storm for unlimited and uncontrolled growth of urbanautomobile driving, thus creating the traffic congestion as we know it now.It is estimated that an average American commuter spends 38 hours a year stuck in automobiletraffic congestion; the cost of the wasted time (economic productivity loss) and the fossil fuelsburned is $121 billion annually.[3] Figure 1 shows the cities with the worst urban trafficcongestion in America, where the big city average is approximately 52 hours a year. Figure 1. The Worst Traffic Cities in America [3]Traffic congestion is not

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Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David C. Zgonc, United States Military Academy; Phil Dacunto P.E., United States Military Academy; Emily Arija Ezerins, United States Military Academy; Dalton Jefferson Alexander Combs, United States Military Academy; Jacob Neil Palmer, United States Army

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environmental engineering and conducted an independent study on anaerobic digestion. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Nexus of Science and Engineering: Structuring Individual Studies to Inform Senior Design Projects(1) Introduction Engineering can be described as the application of science to identify and solve problems.1An engineering student spends years learning about how the universe works then builds uponthis knowledge constructing a mental framework of engineering principles. Ideally, uponcompletion of an accredited engineering program, the student’s mental framework will be robustand flexible enough to process and respond to any problem within their specialized

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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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professionalpractice. In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, one of the requirements for certification as anEngineer-in-Training (EIT), the first step towards licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE), is topass the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Fundamentalsof Engineering (FE) examination. But one of the ways to qualify to take the FE examination isto graduate from an “undergraduate engineering curriculum in the United States accredited byABET.”1 As of September 2014, “nearly 3400 engineering programs at nearly 700 colleges anduniversities in 28 countries” had received accreditation.2 ABET states that all programs seekingaccreditation from the EAC must satisfy the General Criteria requirements at a minimum and anadditional