Paper ID #6349Introducing Sustainable Design Principles in Freshman Civil EngineeringDesignDr. Jennifer Mueller Price, Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyDr. John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Page 23.823.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Introducing Sustainable Design Principles in Freshman Civil Engineering DesignAbstractAs issues dealing with sustainability are becoming more commonplace in industry, it isimportant for undergraduate students to become aware of
AC 2011-1884: A WEB-BASED LEARNING MODULE FOR TEACHINGGIS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGSirjana Dahal, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRichard H Hall, Missouri University of Science & TechnologyProf. Glenn Morrison, Missouri University of Science & TechnologySeth Paul Lamble, Missouri University of Science and Technology Currently a Masters student at Missouri S&T pursuing his degree in Environmental Engineering.Ronaldo Luna, Missouri University of Science & Technology Ronaldo Luna is a Professor and Assistant Chair for Civil Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Missouri. He received his PhD from the Georgia Institute of Tech- nology in 1995
AC 2011-314: ENGINEERING SUSTAINABLE CIVIL ENGINEERSMelanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington Dr. Melanie Sattler is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. In her 7 years at UT Arlington, she has served as Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator for 21 projects involving emissions measurement, air quality modeling, or air pollution control technologies. She teaches 5 graduate courses in air pollution, and is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas.Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington Dr. Yvette Pearson Weatherton received her Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Science (Environmental Engineering) from the
Paper ID #26378Lab-Scale Treatment Wetlands: A Model for Undergraduate LearningDr. Michelle K. Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Michelle Marincel Payne is an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Depart- ment at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She completed her Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, her M.S. in environmental engineering from Mis- souri University of Science and Technology, and her B.S. in nuclear engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla. During her graduate studies, Dr. Marincel Payne worked to
Paper ID #13131Providing Students with Hands-on Experiences through the Construction ofa Treatment WetlandDr. Jennifer Mueller Price PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Page 26.1283.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Providing Students with Hands-on Experiences through the Construction of a Treatment WetlandAbstractBecause of their natural water treatment capabilities, wetlands have been constructed for onsitetreatment of stormwater and wastewater. As municipalities work to reduce
AC 2008-1670: CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION(CEEE) TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE: TOOLS AND STRATEGIES FORSUSTAINABILITY INTEGRATION AND ASSESSMENT IN ENGINEERINGEDUCATIONqiong zhang, Michigan Technological University Dr. Qiong Zhang is a Senior Research Engineer and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University.Julie Zimmerman, Yale University Dr. Julie Zimmerman is an Assistant Professor jointly appointed to the Department of Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering Program and the School of Forestry and Environment.James Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University Dr. James R. Mihelcic is a Professor of Civil &
Paper ID #33111Workshop Result: Teaching Structured Reviews to EnvironmentalEngineering ResearchersDr. Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science and Technology Professor Daniel B. Oerther, PhD, PE joined the faculty of the Missouri University of Science and Tech- nology in 2010 as the John A. and Susan Mathes Chair of Civil Engineering after serving ten years on the faculty of the University of Cincinnati where he was Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Oerther earned his Ph.D. (2002) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dan’s professional registrations include: PE, BCEE
AC 2009-1972: MEASURING THE IMPACTS OF PROJECT-BASED SERVICELEARNINGAngela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, BoulderKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological UniversityChris Swan, Tufts University Page 14.873.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 MEASURING THE IMPACTS OF PROJECT-BASED SERVICE LEARNINGAbstractProject-based service learning (PBSL) has become an emergent opportunity for engineeringeducation. In this paper both curricular and co-curricular/extracurricular community serviceactivities related to engineering will be described. In this field there are a number of nationalprograms, for example EPICS, Engineers
AC 2012-4314: APPLYING THRESHOLD LEARNING THEORY TO TEACHSUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRACTICE IN POST-GRADUATE ENGINEER-ING EDUCATIONDr. Cheryl J.K. Desha, Queensland University of Technology Cheryl Desha is a lecturer in sustainable development in the faculty of engineering and science (School of Earth, Environment and Biological Systems), Queensland University of Technology. She is also a Principal Researcher in the Natural Edge Project (TNEP) research group, a non-profit academic network for research, education, and innovation for sustainable prosperity. Desha graduated in 1999 from envi- ronmental engineering and worked for consulting engineering firm Arup for four years, also undertaking work placement within the
AC 2010-1102: EVALUATION OF SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING EDUCATIONVIA SERVICE LEARNING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE EFFORTSMary McCormick, Tufts UniversityKristina Lawyer, Michigan Technological UniversityMeredith Berlin, University of Colorado - BoulderChris Swan, Tufts UniversityKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological UniversityAngela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, BoulderJonathan Wiggins, University of Colorado, Boulder Page 15.543.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Evaluation of Sustainable Engineering Education via Service Learning and Community Service EffortsAbstractSustainable engineering considers the potential environmental, health
, the use of nanomaterials for environmental restoration, the development of environmental curricula and strategies to increase the pool of underrepresented groups in the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines. He is the past chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors Executive Committee of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, a member of EPA’s Science Advisory Board and the co-principal investigator of the Department of Energy-sponsored HBCU/MI Environmental Technology Consortium Dr. Johnson is a member of the National Research Council's (NRC) Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Engineering Education Committee, and
Paper ID #16363Impacts of Sustainability Education on the Attitudes of Engineering StudentsDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She serves as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt is the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice
reuse, and service-based educational efforts in the engineering curriculum. Specific efforts involving engineering education concern project-based learning and service-based pedagogies their potential impacts on student learning and how these impacts may be evaluated and assessed.Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University Kurt Paterson is on the environmental engineering faculty, where he currently serves as Director of Michi- gan Tech’s D80 Center (www.d80.mtu.edu), a consortium of 20 research, education, and service programs dedicated to creating appropriate solutions with the poorest 80% of humanity. His research, teaching and service interests focus on appropriate technology solutions that improve public
principles of sustainabilityxii, and their expression in engineeringpractice, is required of all civil engineers.There are social, economic, and physicalxiii aspects of sustainability. The latter includes bothnatural resources and the environment. Technology affects all three and a broad, integrativeunderstanding is necessary in support of the public interest. Beyond that, special competence isrequired in the scientific understanding of natural resources and the environment, which are thefoundation of all human activity; and the integration of this knowledge into practical designs thatsupport and sustain human development. Vestxiv referred to this as the primary systems problemfacing the 21st century engineer.The actual life of an engineered work
2006-2388: INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING DESIGN THROUGHENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PROJECTSLupita Montoya, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute LUPITA D. MONTOYA is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rensselaer. Her research interests include method development, indoor air quality, bioaerosols and health effects of aerosols. Her teaching interests include Engineering Design, Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Aerosols. She may be reached via e-mail at lmontoya@rpi.edu.Simeon Komisar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute SIMEON KOMISAR is a Clinical Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of Environmental
AC 2012-4251: INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY ACROSS THE CUR-RICULUM: ENGINEERING SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERSDr. Melanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington Melanie Sattler serves as an Associate Professor at the University of Texas, Arlington, where she teaches courses and conducts research related to air quality and sustainable energy. Her research has been spon- sored by the National Science Foundation, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Luminant Power, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. She has published more than 60 peer- reviewed papers and conference proceedings. In 2010, she received UT, Arlington’s Lockheed Martin Award for Excellence in Engineering Teaching. She is a registered
this appreciation out intofuture careers. Over the three-year duration of this project 24 new courses have been introducedinto the university curriculum. Specifically within the Carnegie Institute of Technology (theengineering college), two courses became part of this program to be taught to students withmajors outside the engineering program as a technical elective for arts and humanities degreerequirements.These two engineering courses lend themselves to what has been termed a new “metadiscipline”of sustainability science and engineering1 which merges engineering, environmental, and socialconcepts into an integrated course. Incorporating environmental and social concepts intoengineering courses has been a growing interest for several years
Technology and Society Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Page 11.1226.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Teaching Sustainable Engineering Ten Years Later: What’s Worked & What’s Next?AbstractTeaching environmentally related courses in environmental engineering and mechanicalengineering technology curricula at two institutions has generated a wealth of experiences.Design for the Environment at the associate level, Design for Society at the senior level, andSustainable Engineering at the graduate level are similar, complementary courses. Topics ineach include
and molecular biology as applied to natural and engineered environments. His research focuses upon microorganisms in wastewater treatment plants, drinking water treatment plants, bioremediation field sites, and natural surface watershed. Page 11.1120.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Service Learning at Cincinnati: Researching Water Treatment for Emerging EconomiesAbstractOf the nearly six billion human inhabitants of planet earth, nearly two thirds lack access tosufficient quantities of potable water and access to basic sanitation. These appalling
, theAraypallpa, Peru project provided a way for students to engage in service-learning projects, learnabout appropriate technology and sustainability, work on a multi-disciplinary team, and learnhow engineering skills can be used to serve the needs of the global community. In addition,students developed a set of skills that typical classroom education does not provide. A volunteer-based program may be especially useful as a mechanism for service-learning since theundergraduate engineering curriculum is normally very full, or it may be a first-step inintroducing service-learning into the engineering program.AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank Dr. LeeAnne Kryder for her guidance and feedback on this paper;Humphrey Blackburn for sharing his expertise on
laboratory-scale data, the socioeconomicanalysis, and the ideas for transferring phosphorus recovery technology to the developing world.The students integrated these components of the design into the final project report and presentedthe results at the P3 Award competition in Washington, D.C.Course ModificationsAlthough the first year could be considered a success, a number of critical observations werenoted. First, the self-selection of sub-teams prevented appropriate interdisciplinary mixing ofenvironmental engineering and environmental studies students. Second, without a focus on acountry of interest, it was difficult to provide an appropriate context for agriculture oreconomics. Third, because the course sequence is required for the seniors in
2006-1369: SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT IN BRAZIL: FROM CONCEPT TOREALITYJanet Baldwin, Roger Williams University Janet L. Baldwin is an assistant professor in Roger Williams University's general engineering program. Her current research interests include wastewater reuse technologies and service learning in engineering. She is currently active in Girl Scouts and engineering outreach activities for girls. Dr. Baldwin received a B.S. in engineering from Tufts University in 1988. She earned graduate degrees from The Pennsylvania State University: an M.S. in Environmental Engineering in 1994 and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering in 1999
water, sanitation, shelter, bridge, and energysystems. By bridging the gap between those looking for help and those eager to help, Rice-EWBfacilitates the completion of service projects that profoundly affect a community and promote thedevelopment of socially and environmentally conscious engineers with outstanding leadershipskills and practical, hands-on, international engineering experience. Rice-EWB projects stresscommunity partnership, reliable and sustainable technology, and the importance of education,training, and empowerment in creating a lasting, positive effect. All Rice-EWB projects aresupported entirely by donations from family, friends, charitable organizations, and corporations. Since its establishment in April of 2003 by
2006-737: COMBINING GRADUATE STUDIES, RESEARCH ANDINTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES IN SUSTAINABILITYEric Beckman, University of Pittsburgh Eric J. Beckman received his BS degree in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980, and his Ph.D. in 1988 from the Polymer Science Department at the University of Massachusetts. In 2000, Dr. Beckman was made the first Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. He served as Associate Dean for Research from 2000-2001, and chairman of chemical engineering from 2001-2005. In 2003 he created the Mascaro Sustainability Initiative at the University of Pittsburgh to foster interdisciplinary research
focus is directed at fulfilling Mihelcic’s definition of sustainability by educatingthe engineers who will be designing the next generation of technologies to facilitate greenconstruction and sustainable water use. To do this, we must demonstrate how sustainability canbecome an integral part of both undergraduate and graduate engineering education systems, incontrast to the current tendency to narrow one’s focus when matriculating from an undergraduateto MS to PhD program. We propose that serious changes are needed in the way we educateengineers if sustainability is to become a meaningful component of US engineering practice.Further, if these changes do not occur, US engineering education and US engineering may soonfall behind more aggressive
travel to the village. While it is expected thatstudents take some responsibility in raising funds, we were fortunate that Pratt & Whitney, adivision of United Technologies, was interested in supporting a pilot Engineers Without Borders(EWB) project as part of their division’s philanthropy program. While there are severalorganizations that help to facilitate these types of projects, Pratt & Whitney has selected EWB Page 11.1053.7because of the assessment and implementation process that they have developed. In Pratt &Whitney’s business plan for a prototype project, they have specifically included the University ofHartford as one of
microbiology (or biology if microbiology is unavailable),environmental issues, and sustainability courses. These courses should provide the students withsufficient background. Microbiology, which is required for all undergraduate EnvironmentalEngineering students, should be a prerequisite for this course. With this pre-requisite content inmind, undergraduate Environmental Engineering students could take the course the last semesterof their senior year. Students earning a degree in Environmental Studies don’t typically have allof these courses, so some changes would need to be made to accommodate cross-listing. Anengineering treatment technology course focused on solutions in developing communities is nowbeing taught (first offered in Fall 2005), and
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University Valerie Stehling is a research group leader of the research group ”Academic Teaching and Learning” at the Institute of Information Management in Mechanical Engineering and Center for Learning and Knowledge Management.Prof. Anja Richert, RWTH Aachen University Prof. Dr. phil. Anja Richert Managing Director of the Center for Learning and Knowledge Management (ZLW), RWTH Aachen Uni- versity; Junior Professorship for Agile Management in Organization and Technology in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University Anja Richert took up the position of managing director of the Center for Learning and Knowledge Man- agement of the RWTH Aachen University in February 2011. With a doctorate in
AC 2007-892: EXPERIENCES OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AMONG PRACTICINGENGINEERS ? IMPLICATIONS FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATIONLlewellyn Mann, University of Queensland LLEWELLYN MANN is a PhD student in the School of Engineering at the University of Queensland and a member of the Catalyst Research Centre for Society and Technology. He has a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical & Space) and a Bachelor of Science (Physics) from UQ, as well as a Graduate Certificate of Education (Higher Education). Major research interests include; Engineering Education, Sustainability, Teaching and Learning, Engineering Design, Technology and Society.David Radcliffe, University of Queensland DAVID RADCLIFFE is the