Conference Session

Service-Learning in Developing Communities

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Soerens, University of Arkansas; Charles Adams, University of Arkansas; Kevin Hall, University of Arkansas

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Environmental Engineering

instructor of record responsiblefor ensuring continuity and encouraging understanding of the relationships among the variousperspectives offered by the team. Each member of the team will attend each class and participatein the ongoing conversation.During the spring semester, students divide into teams to plan the summer projects. The projectsare divided by discipline; however, a student may choose to participate in a project in a differentdiscipline than their own. The engineering-lead public health project team has 13 primarymembers – 11 from Engineering (including Civil, Biological, Chemical, and MechanicalEngineering), one from Architecture and one from the Business school. In addition, aneducation student and an economics student are primarily

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Baldwin, Roger Williams University

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Environmental Engineering

treatment and water resources which would benefit greatly from thisfirst-hand experience. In addition, a design project for the senior capstone design course couldbe modeled on this project.Specifically, this project can be a learning tool to illustrate the determination of sustainability. InCriterion 3 Program Outcomes and Assessment, the ABET Engineering AccreditationCommission identifies skills that engineering graduates should possess. These include the abilityto design a system with realistic constraints including sustainability, economic, social, political,and manufacturability [3]. These constraints tend to be hard to incorporate into a design projectwhen the student is primarily focused on the technical aspects. My plan is to use this

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josh Goldowitz, Rochester Institute of Technology; Karl Korfmacher, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

of Northeast Associations (CONEA), representing Upper Falls o The Northeast Block Club Alliance (NEBCA), representing North Marketview Heights Page 11.98.3These three local organizations form part of the umbrella planning and coordination initiative,known as The NorthEast Neighborhood Alliance (NENA). NENA is, “a resident driven planninginitiative committed to the revitalization of three neighborhoods in northeast Rochester, throughcitizen empowerment and ownership2.One solution to these problems envisioned by NENA and community leaders was thedevelopment of new mixed income properties within the community. In

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Oerther, University of Cincinnati; Cathy Maltbie, University of Cincinnati; Baikun Li, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Jin Li, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Amy Pruden, Colorado State University; Peter Stroot, University of South Florida

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Environmental Engineering

advisors providing independent, objective criticism; (e) local assessors at eachparticipating school using common elements of an evaluation plan originally developed at UC;and (f) a Co-PI as a lead assessor to coordinate the implementation of the evaluation plans at allfive participating schools as well as cross-comparing and analyzing the feedback received from Page 11.489.3each local evaluation in an overall ‘meta-assessment’ plan to research teaching and learning.As can be observed in Table 2, the five programs where these teaching materials will be adaptedand implemented represent a mix of programs with a variety of

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle K. Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

constructed treatment wetlands to be a helpful research and coursemodule platform. In both instances, students gained field-specific technical knowledge, as well asexposure to larger, more open-ended problems in the environmental engineering field whichprovided creative and sustainable-thinking opportunities for all students, research experiences forsome students, and career shifts for a couple of students.In terms of research students, it seems clear that the research opportunities had a large impact onstudents personally and professionally. To improve their experiences, I would like to try to ensurethat all students get to work with a partner. To grow as a mentor, I plan to create an “expectations”memorandum of understanding to help students know

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Bower, The Citadel; Kenneth Brannan, The Citadel; William Davis, The Citadel

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Environmental Engineering

Page 11.1119.3The expectation set forth by the ASCE-BOK is that civil engineering graduates with aB+M/30 program demonstrate a level of competency consistent with a prescribedstandard for each of the 15 program outcomes. How to implement, document andprovide evidence that graduates are meeting these expectations is left up to individualdepartments, with little more than philosophical guidance provided by ASCE’s publishedreports addressing these topics.Many Academic institutions have started the process of addressing how ASCE-BOKoutcomes and assessment criteria can be integrated into the civil engineering curriculumby conducting internal investigations, creating detailed assessment plans and maps, anddeveloping on-line assessment tools. The

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Braun, California Polytechnic State University; Emmit B. Evans, California Polytechnic State University; Randall Knight, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas Ruehr, California Polytechnic State University

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Environmental Engineering

ecology; • Earth science; • Energy and pollution; • Social, political, and ethical issues; • Environmental planning, management, and sustainability.When utilized in this manner, the course could form a valuable capstone experience building onthe varied skills and multidisciplinary interests of the students. More typically, students take TheGlobal Environment course to fulfill a general education requirement, where few have completedcourses in all of the areas required by the Environmental Studies Minor. Having a large fraction ofgeneral education students in the course may increase the number of different majors the studentsrepresent (more than 20 different majors in each of the last two offerings of the course to classsizes of 59 and

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2: Innovative Approaches for Teaching Environmental Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sara Freix, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Yousef Jalali, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Western Community College; Akshat Kothyari, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Environmental Engineering

experience for problemsolving for a new first-semester general engineering course in an engineering transfer program ata community college in the eastern United States. We first consider the benefits of using casestudies for learning. We then provide an overview of the watershed monitoring system used tocollect the data and some of the previous educational settings its data has been used in.Subsequently, we summarize the particular event used in this crayfish case study and thedevelopment of some of the data analysis products that will be provided to students. Finally, wediscuss the planned implementation of this case study into the first-year general engineeringcourse and its assessment and future steps to continue this research.1

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

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Environmental Engineering

project site andactually implement their ideas.Since the ISD program began in 2001, ten senior design classes (118 students) have successfullycompleted projects improving water supply, water resources/management; site master planning;site reclamation; solid waste management, and wastewater treatment to benefit communities inBolivia and the Dominican Republic. Currently, 20-25% of undergraduate civil andenvironmental engineering majors take this course. Ownership of the student design projects isso great that 15% of ISD alumni have returned for additional ISD in-country experiences asmentors and class assistants.ISD began as a single semester, 3-credit, major design experience that could also fulfill atechnical elective requirement. In 2004, the

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Bower, The Citadel; William Davis, The Citadel

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Environmental Engineering

, creating detailed assessment plans and maps, anddeveloping on-line assessment tools. The authors have previously presented a detailedliterature review in Bower et al.[3]. References have been included for the reader’sconvenience [4-10].The objective of this paper is to provide a useful summary as to how instructionalmaterial and course goals for environmental engineering courses contained within anundergraduate civil engineering curriculum are efficiently mapped, measured, evaluatedand improved in support of quantifiable program outcome assessment. This paperidentifies and delineates adopted departmental procedures used to facilitate systematiccurriculum decision making, produce readily usable assessment documentation andsustain evidence-based

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Bergendahl, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Environmental Engineering

clearly seen (between about400 s and 1000 s for run 1). And the difference in acceptable runtimes for the two flow rates caneasily be discerned from the data. From this experiment, students can gain a betterunderstanding of the behavior of a dynamic system comprised of an activated carbon adsorber.Assessment of learning outcomes is being collected, which will include a specific comparison ofexperiences for on-site students to remote students.The experiment is currently planned for implementation in two undergraduate courses in Spring2006. Future plans are to add the ability to adjust flow rate remotely, provide for using twodifferent “contaminants”, and allow one of two different activated carbons to be selected. Otherinternet-controlled

Conference Session

Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Ross Pfluger P.E., U.S. Military Academy; David-Michael P. Roux, U.S. Army; Michael A. Butkus, U.S. Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

ABET accreditation since the Environmental Engineering ProgramCriterion (Criterion 9) states that students must have an ability to conduct laboratoryexperiments, critically analyze, and interpret data in more than one major environmentalengineering focus area, e.g., air, water, land, environmental health. Additionally, ABEToutcome “b” states that graduates will develop the skills necessary to plan, design, execute, andcritically interpret results from experiments. Students in the Environmental EngineeringProgram at the United States Military Academy have water-related laboratory experiences inlower-level courses, such as jar testing and biochemical oxygen demand experiments, similar tothose found in many undergraduate environmental engineering

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

environmental engineering student to environmentalengineer. Specific course objectives have the students:• form a community within the university;• establish friendships among students of similar academic interests;• develop an academic plan;• develop skills to deal with the many aspects of student life;• learn more about the university’s environmental engineering program;• develop a sense of the environmental engineering profession;• use some of the skills required by environmental engineers;• explore several of the specialty areas within environmental engineering;• master some of the basic environmental engineering language; and• use knowledge gained to make better career choicesWhile many of the topics in the list above are connected to

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder; Diana Shannon, University of Colorado-Denver; Jay Shah, University of Colorado-Boulder; R. Scott Summers, University of Colorado-Boulder; Jim Ruttenber, University of Colorado

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Environmental Engineering

Shannon, University of Colorado-Denver Diana Shannon has worked over 27 years in the areas of environmental health and environmental protection. She has worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Boulder County Health Department, City and County of Denver. She co-developed and co-taught the Environmental Health for Developing Communities course. She currently serves as Assistant Chair in the Department of Planning and Design, College of Architecture and Planning, at CU Denver.Jay Shah, University of Colorado-Boulder Jay Shah is earning his M.S. degree in Civil Engineering in the EDC program. Jay was a Research Assistant funded

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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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

student outreach organization (EWB)to mobilize the resulting efforts to engage developing coastal communities with the assistance ofpracticing engineers. The longevity of this program is supported through cross-disciplinaryresearch, course development, and mentoring of EWB projects containing interdisciplinary,multi-component systems. Future partnerships in the areas of wind energy, coral reef resilience,food systems science, economic development, and eco-tourism are planned to further enhancethe program. Page 26.75.2IntroductionCurrently 2.5 billion people, over one third of the Earth’s population, are affected by waterscarcity and are without

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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Environmental Engineering

complex cognitive skills. This is particularly true since knowledge is operationaland working within a social and attitudinal environment. The development of students’ criticalthinking ability, however, depends on willingness and an awareness of own thinking (self-reflection), as well as foundation skills as explained earlier10. The following illustration describesa project-based critical thinking activity implemented in CE 4883 Engineered EnvironmentalSystems, a senior design elective course and the student experiences and opinions from theevaluation survey (Fig. 2). SWPPP Exercise Your consulting firm has been asked to generate a construction storm water pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) for the proposed civil and

Conference Session

A Focus on Sustainability

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anand Raj, University of Texas at El Paso; Peter Golding, University of Texas at El Paso; Diane Elisa Golding, University of Texas at El Paso; Scott A. Starks, University of Texas at El Paso; Luis Rene Contreras Sapien, University of Texas at El Paso; Suzan Aranda Luna, University of Texas at El Paso

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #30947Study of the Impact of the University on Sustainability in Far West TexasMr. Anand Raj, The University of Texas at El Paso Anand Raj is a Doctoral student in the Environmental Science and Engineering Program at The University of Texas at El Paso. His doctoral studies focus on sustainability in higher education. His interest lies in the three pillars of sustainability which include social, environmental, and economic aspects. He has a master’s degree in business with industry experience. His future plan is to use his business experience to promote sustainability which is important in today’s world.Dr

Conference Session

Engaging Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Hadaway, Norwood High School; Megan Urbaitis, Norwood High School; Regina Lamendella, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Daniel Oerther, University of Cincinnati; Andrea Burrows, The University of Cincinnati; Mike Borowczak, The University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, The University of Cincinnati

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Environmental Engineering

mathematics and science classes. The up-front preparationoccurs in “Instructional Planning,” a formal three credit hour course offered by the College ofEducation, taught primarily by the Grant Coordinator (co-author) with support provided for aCollege of Education faculty member who is a Co-Principal Investigator on the grant. The courseaddresses a wide range of topics: STEM achievement standards, lesson and unit planning,instructional models of teaching, instructional management, the nature of students, skills ofconnecting with students at a personal level, understanding student cultures and respondingappropriately, and assessment or evaluation of student learning and instructional efforts. Thecourse is scheduled during the summer before the Fellows

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Hoffmann, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Inez Hua, Purdue University; Ernest Blatchley, Purdue University; Loring Nies, Purdue University

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Environmental Engineering

goals of normalized sustainability.Introduction:The broad popular concept of sustainability has grown from its roots in the United Nations’“Brundtland Commission” on sustainable development over two decades ago, which providedthe classical definition of “meet[ing] the needs of the present without compromising the abilityof future generations to meet their own needs.”1 Subsequent formulations of sustainability indifferent contexts have diverged from the initial Brundtland wording, but the basic themes ofintergenerational equity and long-term planning, often cast in terms of renewability, havegenerally remained as core concepts. The introduction of the “triple bottom line” of social, andenvironmental, and economic considerations2, and the related

Conference Session

Service - Learning Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Wright, Michigan Technological University; Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University; James Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

projects forengineering students that allow them to obtain six credits working on an engineering project inthe developing world. This paper provides information on the first phase of a long-termassessment, to begin analyzing the impact of our International Senior Design (ISD) program onyoung practitioners after graduation.Our contact with program graduates suggests that the ISD experience has a larger impact on astudent’s professional practice compared to traditional senior design projects. We are currentlyimplementing a more rigorous assessment program to evaluate this assumption. In this paper, weinitiate Phase I of our assessment program by presenting our plan to track graduates from theISD program that are currently in graduate school, or

Conference Session

Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lupita D Montoya, University of Colorado, Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

extra work and skills; however, the students demonstratedcommitment to the project and to each other by trying to raise enough funds for all volunteers totravel to Peru. The final water heater design was modular and the team planned to build fiveunits in Peru. The main components of a single unit were built and tested before travel, whilesome materials and components were procured/pre-built for additional units to be assembled inthe field. Students made many preparations, including packing the materials for the trip. Theteam’s grit was tested somewhat during travel preparation but was tested more so during theimplementation abroad.MethodThis investigation used a case study method that focused on an analysis of an individual sectionof a larger

Conference Session

Enhancing Environmental Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Environmental Engineering

students for the work ahead of them (Cox, Grasha and Richlin, 1997). This indeedhelps in raising expectations from the students. Whether it be performance arts like theatre andmusic, or be it a laboratory setting like physics or biology, student performance can beeffectively accentuated by adopting creative instructional lesson plans (Baxter-Magolda, 1992).Furthermore, many of our educational institutions have tried to move away from emphasizing theestablishment of a strong knowledge base (Young and Young, 1999). In other words, one cansay that declarative learning should only be a part of the learning process. It is important torecognize the fact that the discovery approach is gaining prominence day by day.Instructional Modules

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1: Intercultural Competency-infused Teaching

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jane Lu Hsu, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan; Yu-Kang Lai, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan; Tzu-An Tzeng, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan; Yi-Hsuan Yu, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

much research has shown that environmental knowledge does not directly lead topro-environmental behaviors, environmental knowledge can enhance people’s capability anddrive their motivation to perform pro-environmental behaviors [19].2.2.2 Environmental Behavior The theory of planned behavior has been widely used in different fields to understandpeople’s behaviors [20]. In the theory of planned behavior, the individual’s intention decideswhether or not they engage in a behavior or not [21]. Intention is influenced by three factors:attitude toward the behavior, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control [22]. Perceivedbehavioral control represents an individual’s perception of the ability to control the requiredresources and

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Beckman, University of Pittsburgh; Gena Kovalcik, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Robert Ries, University of Pittsburgh; Kim Needy, University of Pittsburgh; Laura Schaefer, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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Environmental Engineering

-culturalenvironments. The University of Pittsburgh’s School of Engineering is addressing these issuesby educating a cadre of PhD researchers as part of a recently established Integrative GraduateEducation and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program in sustainability. We present our plan tocreate an innovative sustainable engineering graduate program, with primary research foci ingreen construction and sustainable water use. This interdisciplinary initiative will involvefaculty and students from across the School. To best address global concerns, we have partneredwith the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Sao Paolo, Brazil to provide an eight-monthinternational research rotation for all IGERT Fellows. In addition, to increase the number ofHispanic American

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annalisa Onnis-Hayden , Northeastern University; Carolina Beatriz Venegas-Martinez, Northeastern University; Marissa P. Dreyer, Northeastern University

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Environmental Engineering

rates greatly out of balance with natural flow regimes. Manyof these issues arise from a centralized approach to water resource management in urban areas,and a decreased reliance on large centralized water infrastructure projects may help decrease thefeedbacks which themselves may negatively impact our water supplies, or at least contribute tothe uncertainty of regional and global climate.Additionally, the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission has stated in its report on reuse in theBoston area that: “[A] deliberate and sustainable approach to water resources [must be taken] ifwe are to expand economic development and maintain our high quality of life... [One strategy is]reclamation and reuse of treated wastewater for non-potable uses such as

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L. Bondehagen, Florida Gulf Coast University; Simeon J. Komisar, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Environmental Engineering

assess and address more successful curricular applications andteaching methods in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Departments.Currently, the senior-level course in Sustainability is required for Environmental Engineers andserves as an environmental elective for the majority of Civil Engineers. Environmental and Civilengineers at Florida Gulf Coast University share the same course template for the first two years.Performance in the senior level Sustainability in Engineering course varies even though thetopics reflect all varieties of infrastructure including energy efficiency, construction,transportation and water and waste infrastructure as well as project planning, life cycle analysesand economic topics. Students in both disciplines

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Beckman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Gena Kovalcik, University of Pittsburgh; Matthew Mehalik, University of Pittsburgh; Robert Ries, University of Pittsburgh; Kim Needy, University of Pittsburgh; Laura Schaefer, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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Environmental Engineering

educational and research program in sustainability. This program hasnumerous sources of funding, including the National Science Foundation’s Integrative GraduateEducation and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT) and International Research Experiencesfor Students Program (IRES), the US Department of Education’s Graduate Assistance in Areasof National Need (GAANN), and the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliances(NCIIA) as well as private foundations. We present our plan to create an innovative sustainableengineering program, with primary research foci in green construction and sustainable water use.This interdisciplinary initiative involves faculty and students from across the University ofPittsburgh. To best address global concerns, we

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Berdanier, Ohio Northern University

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Environmental Engineering

relation between the poverty in Haiti and the public discoursein the US and that today’s overwhelming environmental problems in Haiti have been caused bythe historical application of various governments’ economic development plans over the past twohundred years: “……. no singular solutions to the root causes of poverty identified by academics can come from the general discourse, without being related to the problem. This point is stated best by Paul Farmer 4:"But depicting Haiti as divorced from "the outside world" turns out to be a feat of Herculean oversight, given that Haiti is the creation of expansionist European empires - a quintessentially Western entity. “Although the CIA World Factbook5 currently lists annual

Conference Session

Introducing Sustainability into Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean D. MacRae, University of Maine

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Environmental Engineering

systems while being acceptable to affected human populations.It is particularly important to develop a clearer and more comprehensive concept of sustainabilitybecause physical evidence and modeling suggest we are approaching a number of limits whichcould compromise global life support systems (for example see ref. 4). To manage and lessen theimpacts of change, we will all have to be more mindful of the constraints imposed by theenvironment and society as well as the economy on our actions, plans and designs. The need forengineers to address this issue was underlined when the National Academy of Engineeringidentified 14 Grand Challenges facing society. The report states: “Foremost among thechallenges are those that must be met to ensure the future

Conference Session

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

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrew Ross Pfluger, United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus, United States Military Academy; Benjamin Michael Wallen P.E., United States Military Academy; Mark Robert Read, United States Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

transitioned tohybrid in-person / remote learning approaches to prevent further outbreaks on campuses. WhileCOVID-19 has been devastating, we propose that the pandemic also presents anunprecedented opportunity to reflect, reassess, and ‘bounce forward’ to become more efficient,effective, and resilient. The National Academy of Sciences’ definition of resilience has spurred atheory of resilience that centers on four successive stages surrounding a disruptive event, suchas COVID-19: (1) plan and prepare, (2) absorb, (3) recover, and (4) adapt. In this paper wepropose a framework that environmental programs can employ to ‘adapt’ (stage 4) and ‘bounceforward’ to a more resilient modus operandi long-term. The framework first identifies eachactivity a