Conference Session

Sustainability and engineering education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben D Radhakrishnan, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University; James Jay Jaurez, National University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

various elements of the student builtgame. These elements include characters, objectives, procedures, rules, dramatic elements, andgame assets 15, 16.Stages of the Game Design Methodology:  Faculty provide a list of term based on course learning outcomes  Students play simple games to learn basics of game design  Faculty gives examples of how course concept might be used  Students begin the four phases of building games: Conceptualization (planning), Early Implementation, Implementation, and Presentation  Faculty give guidance, assessment, and correction at each phase  Utlize the http://nucatalyst.com website for resourcesFor the development process, students are usually given a clear set of terms or concepts that

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Technical Session 4: Environmental Issues and the Impacts of Intersectionality

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; JoAnn Silverstein P.E., University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering, Women in Engineering

that they showed the community plans of one highway that was still affecting them but went with another design. She described how often the initial plan was not exactly what they were going to follow through with.” 4. Act as faithful agent 10 [frequently misinterpreted the meaning on conflict of interest as conflicting interests among different groups in Tampa – e.g. commuters vs. locals] 5. Reputation by merit 0 6. Uphold professional

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Lynch, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

engineering discipline. Disunited actionsthough will not result in long lasting results. Missing is the formulation and execution of amaster plan run by a professional society and backed by practitioners, researchers, and academia.Components of an image enhancing master plan are identified below.Professionals now practicing environmental engineering who have roots in other engineeringdisciplines should stand behind environmental engineering as their primary discipline and stopviewing it as a sub-discipline or specialty area. Environmental engineering needs its ownidentity. What will help is that “there is a growing number of graduates who will considerenvironmental engineering to be their primary discipline rather than a specialty area withinanother

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Engineering, and environmental engineering is the only separatebachelor’s degree.After determining the relevant general or engineering science programs, department websites andcollege course catalogs were checked to determine which concentrations were offered withineach program. These results were compiled in a spreadsheet, and the programs offeringenvironmental, civil, or other related type of engineering were further evaluated by examiningcourse plans. The course plans were checked for what specific environmental engineering andsustainability-related curriculum was being offered as a part of the engineering curriculum.Specifically, course titles and course descriptions were searched for the key word“sustainability” or sustainability themes.Results

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjay Tewari, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

asked to choose a category to identify themselves in the context oftheir learning styles. The details of the survey are provided in the results and discussionsection.4.0 MethodologyAt the start of the semester, students were not informed about the author's plan to collect thedata for this study. Students were assigned many out-of-class assignments over the durationof the semester as a part of the course activities. They were assigned with a good mix ofrequired and optional (extra) assignments. The author included a wide variety of assignmentssuch as videos, audios, news articles, textbook reading, search-it-yourself assignments oncertain topics, and certain USEPA/USGS webpages. The textbook assignments weresometimes assigned as a specific sub

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pablo K. Cornejo, California State University, Chico

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

States, such as California, face population growth, urbanization,vulnerability to climate change, and water supply challenges.1 These stressors have led the Stateof California to enact an integrated plan to address climate change, which seeks to reducegreenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by 40% (compared to 1990 levels) by the year 2030.2 Asclimate change concerns continue to grow, universities throughout California have taken thelead to further integrate sustainability into the curriculum to prepare the next generation ofengineers. In fall of 2016, the Civil Engineering Department at California State University,Chico (Chico State) launched a new green engineering design course to emphasize sustainabledecision-making. This course aims to better

Conference Session

Inventive Opportunities for Research and Exposure

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

) to increase undergraduate students’ interests in pursuing advanceddegrees in water science/engineering, with a particular emphasis on women and minorities.In addition to the program-level objectives, we identified five student-level outcomes thatprovide a framework for the assessment plan. We proposed that through participating in thisREU, students would: (S1) conduct independent research in water science or engineering; (S2)gain an understanding of urban water infrastructure challenges and the ERC’s systems-levelapproach; (S3) experience the enthusiasm and passion our ERC research team has for waterscience and engineering; (S4) express increased interest in pursuing graduate degrees inengineering and science; (S5) demonstrate increased

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjay Tewari, Louisiana Tech University; Md Ashique Ahmed, Louisiana Tech University; Chandra Mouli Tummala, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

” or “low” or “high” or “strongly or “do not or “strongly Statement disagree” “disagree” know” “agree” agree” (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)1. My interest in environmental engineering is - 3/2 6/3 5/7 3/5 1/02. My knowledge level in environmental engineering 1/0 7/7 7/4 3/5 0/1 research is -3. I am planning to pursue graduate study in environmental

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paula Ann Monaco, Texas Tech University ; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

showing comprehension of the material in lieu of a language barrier. Thesummer outreach program spiked international students interest in STEM related fields andenrolling in United States universities to pursue higher education. Common results observedfrom surveying the three groups were that the students were better able to connect theory anddesign principles to application after performing hands-on activities. It was observed thatstudents became inspired and encouraged after planning, designing, constructing and testing anengineered solution during various activities. Page 24.438.2IntroductionInteractive STEM summer programs provide visiting

Conference Session

Sustainability and engineering education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandre David Wing, Colorado School of Mines; Cristal Hibbard, Colorado School of Mines; Jennifer Strong, Colorado School of Mines; Jörg E Drewes, Colorado School of Mines; Junko Munakata-Marr, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

water. The taste test presentation and activity highlight theimplications of increased bottled-water usage (e.g. heavy petroleum demand and negative viewsof municipal water) and put bottled and tap water head-to-head in a taste test. Box 1, below,provides a detailed account of the state standards addressed by the taste test lesson in this Page 23.1123.6module, comparable to that provided with each lesson in the module. Box 1. Taste Test Lesson Plan – Colorado Department of Education Standards Addressed Science Standards Addressed: Standard 1: Physical Sciences 5th Grade: Expectation 1 – Mixtures of matter can be separated regardless of

Conference Session

Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrating Interactive Teaching Activities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anthony Battistini, Angelo State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering

childhood school cafeteria habit. Uponfinishing a juice box or pouch, kids would bite the plastic straw and pull on it to stretch it out. Infact, the author would do this very quickly and then feel the heat dissipated while it yields bytouching the stretched-out portion. Of course, the author had no idea about yielding at the time,but when trying to develop a demonstration for this concept, the author realized this habitrepresents a simple, but effective model to which many students can relate.For a demonstration in the classroom though, these plastic straws are a little small to observeand/or require some pre-planning to purchase so every student can have her/his own sample. Asan alternative, the author used the fact that yielding in plastic can

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

township, county and state level.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is responsible for monitoringworking conditions in the United States. OSHA has authority to inspect any place of work at anytime, but twenty-six states have approved plans. This means that OSHA has delegated authorityto them. OSHA directly runs the program in the other states [6]. OSHA plans inspections usingthree processes. First, programmed inspections are those that happen frequently because theindustry is hazardous. Second, complaint inspections are responses to worker(s) complainingabout working conditions. Third, referral inspections are responses to health inspectors referringissues to OSHA. Although inspections are rare at manufacturing establishments

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Curricula, Criteria, Student Performance, and Growth

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phil Dacunto P.E., U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

well as their final grades in EV481 “Water Resources Planning and Design,” asenior design course. This data was used as an independent data set to verify one of therelationships established by the same data from earlier classes. Data analysis and linear regression were performed in Microsoft ExcelTM, and final coursegrades were converted to a standard four-point scale. Table 1 explains in detail specific GPAand course relationships investigated, and to which hypotheses they relate.Table 1. Relationships investigated in present study. hypothesis Independent Independent variable notes Dependent variable Dependent variable variable notes 1

Conference Session

Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youngwoo Seo, University of Toledo; Kimberly Mary Coburn, University of Toledo; Donald V. Chase, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

age on Biological Water Quality Integrated Modules disinfectant decay and biological stability Monitoring & Simulation  Practice mathematical model calibration and (BIO-HYR-MAM) simulation with experimental data.  Monitor, simulate and explain dynamics of water Distribution system distribution system. decontamination  Practice mathematical model calibration with (BIO-CHM-HYR-MAM) experimental data.Initially the integrated lab modules were planned to be developed for in-class

Conference Session

What Else do Environmental Engineers Need to Know

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahbub Uddin, Trinity University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

general I learned the most about environmental issues from these sources (rank in order 1 through 5): _____ Local newspapers _____ National or international newspapers _____ Journals _____ Government or industry publications _____ News items on the Internet _____ Other: _______________________________________________________Student Feedback: 11 students identified “News items on the internet” as their number onesource for contemporary environmental issues. 5 students identified “National or internationalnewspapers” and 2 students identified “Government or industry publications” as their topsources.4. I plan to stay engaged with contemporary environmental issues in the future in the followingways (mark all that apply to you

Conference Session

Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandeep Sathyamoorthy, Tufts University; Linda Jarvin, Paris College of Art; Michael Hollis, U.S. Air Force Academy; John Anthony Christ, U.S. Air Force Academy; C. Andrew Ramsburg, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

University. She has extensive experience with curriculum planning and development, designing and implementing professional development opportunities for teachers and faculty, and facilitating programmatic evaluation in the United States and abroad.Dr. Michael Hollis, U.S. Air Force AcademyDr. John Anthony Christ, U.S. Air Force AcademyDr. C. Andrew Ramsburg, Tufts University Page 25.105.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Student Centered Learning Lab to Increase Motivation & Interest in Environmental EngineeringAbstractProblem based learning (PBL) is a

Conference Session

Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudarshan T. Kurwadkar, Tarleton State University; Daniel K. Marble, Tarleton State University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

student scholars and faculty mentors. Anyfull-time undergraduate student with at least a 2.8 GPA may apply for a research assistantship bydeveloping a research proposal with a faculty mentor. The faculty mentor submits a proposal forundergraduate research assistantship funding to OSRCA that includes the project title, projectdescription, expected outcome, role of the student researcher, and role of faculty mentor.Proposals are then evaluated based upon the following criteria: (1) Originality of the project, (2)the mentoring relationship between the student and faculty mentor, and (3) the project’sdissemination plan. Although there are no fixed award amounts, typically OSRCA fundedundergraduate research assistantship have been in the amount of

Conference Session

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

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janie Gina Locklear, NC A&T

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

GuilfordCounty middle schools that are labeled as Title I schools . Title I schools are funded with federalmoney to improve the achievement of low-income students. This group is targeted because lowsocioeconomic status girls are less likely to pursue careers in science and math related fields.1The camp was led by two STEM female faculty and an undergraduate female engineeringstudent. Figure 1: Participants of Girls in Science Lab learning to using pipettes. After months of strategy and curriculum planning for the camp, applications to the campwere made available to students currently in the 6th and 7th grade; these applications included astudent essay, parent essay, and a teacher recommendation. Using a rubric, the students thatwould

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

Shannon L. Isovitsch Parks P.E., University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

include requiring synchronous onlinemeetings [7], having weekly online discussion sessions that promote a sense of community [3],[6], [7], [10], dividing teaching content into smaller modules to help students focus [6], [10],having a back-up plan for unexpected issues, slowing down speech during lectures to allowstudents to capture key points, utilizing teaching assistants to share the extra requirements, usingvarious methods to modify homework and reading to strengthen students’ active learning outsideof class, providing feedback to student assignments [10], making compelling lecture videos,establishing presence with a welcome message, frequent notices and feedback, and setting andreminding often of time management expectations [6]. Solutions to

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Ross Pfluger, Colorado School of Mines; Junko Munakata Marr, Colorado School of Mines; Gary Vanzin; Robert L. Siegrist, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

ofthe most commonly used approaches for term weighting (Aizawa, 2003) and is describedfurther in Section 4. Such term frequency analyses have been used in numerouseducational contexts, from examination of Master’s thesis and PhD dissertations toidentify common topics (Rivera & Larrondo-Petrie, 2017), to engineering term languagegaps between professors and students in freshman-level engineering courses as a barrierto learning (Variawa et al., 2013; Variawa & McCahan, 2012).2. Course Description and Student DemographicsOur university’s onsite course focuses on the selection, design, and implementation ofdecentralized systems for water reclamation and reuse. Topics include process analysisand system planning, engineered and natural system

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

forcingstudents to answer questions during discussion”). Other students responded positively to thecourse content (i.e., “I learned a lot of practical environmental health information that I plan touse in practice”). Future work should: 1) follow-up with students to identify the value of thecourse in their professional practice after graduation; 2) assess changes in student attitudes andbeliefs from before and after the course; and 3) replicate the course at other institutions toevaluate the effectiveness of the course content and delivery approach independent of thepersonality of the instructor and with a variety of student types.IntroductionThe field today known as “environmental engineering” emerged formally with the creation oftwo organizations

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Lambrechts, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

. Asshown, only in a few locations were groundwater levels always below Elev. 5 (see dark andhatched areas on the figure). In most other areas, the groundwater was at some time found to bebelow Elev. 5 (light shading areas).Concerns for groundwater levels and wood pile preservation have been on the minds of localengineers since the 1880s. In Stearns’s report of 1894 for the planning of the Charles RiverDam10, it was noted that groundwater levels in 1878 and 1885, which are before and one yearafter construction of the Boston Main Drainage sewer system, were about the same andgroundwater levels were between Elev. 6.7 and 8.5. However, he noted that observation wellsinstalled in the 1890s, for a study of the proposed Charles River dam showed some

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

EnvE sub-discipline areas, state their own area(s) ofgreatest interest, and identify an employer in this area and a project they have worked on usingthe Web as a resource. Students could use the BOK to help them define EnvE and answer otherquestions on this assignment. Later in Homework 4 the students plot out a course plan tograduation that meets the requirements for the EnvE B.S. degree at the University of Colorado atBoulder. The student then mapped these courses in their 4-year EnvE degree plan onto theABET criteria for engineering and program-specific criteria for EVEN. This indicated if thecoverage of the required content in our curriculum was obvious to the students or not

Conference Session

Sustainability and Engineering Courses

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Lynch, Dartmouth College

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

integration andevaluation of social, economic, and physical factors – the three aspects of sustainability.Achievement at this level requires the “B” achievement described above to be advanced inpractice to the analysis level, through structured experience and in synergy with other realworks, built or planned. Successful progression of cognitive development in thisexperiential phase must be demonstrable. Page 13.1129.5A Curricular ApproachA teaching approach to sustainable engineering based in Natural Resources can be devised forEngineers, taking advantage of the scientific and mathematical skills already demanded of them.As a first principle, we need

Conference Session

Service Learning Projects in Developing Countries

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maya Trotz, University of South Florida; Amy Stuart, University of South Florida; Daniel Yeh, University of South Florida; Helen Muga, University of South Florida; Linda Phillips, University of South Florida; James Mihelcic, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

difficulties in communication, travel, andcoordination. Through this experience I learned how some of the challenges can beovercome by building a strong partnership with an in-country NGO and university.”“I am now, more than ever, interested in educational programs that have a mentoring Page 14.913.7relationship designed into them. Mentoring is valuable in any type of new experience 5or learning environment, and I plan to use this example in programs I design anddirect in the future.”Case 4: Interdisciplinary Graduate Course with International Field ExperienceThrough a current

Conference Session

Service Learning Projects in Developing Countries

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Striebig, James Madison University; Susan Norwood, Gonzaga University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

considerations, and a conscious decision to build up an inventory for supplyof the filters prior to developing a marketing plan. Also during this start-up plan, severalmanufacturing issues were identified and are still in the process of being addressed.Figure 3: Technology transfer was accomplished when the Songhai Center staff took ownershipof the product they had created.The manufacturing status was verified in the second class trip to the Songhai Center in 2008.During the follow-up visit in 2008, the Songhai staff taught the study abroad students how tomake the water filters. This created a similar atmosphere of service and community betweenSonghai Center staff and program students. It also allowed for the faculty members to review themanufacturing

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ross Gordon, Rice University; Alex Gordon, Rice University; Philip Bedient, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

and an implementation plan. The students, throughout this process,work with the community in designing the project to ensure that the solution is appropriate forthe community and accepted by all. Before the implementation trip, students are trained in thenecessary construction and implementation skills. Once the team is ready, a team of seven to tenstudents returns to the country to work with the community to construct and complete theproject. Even after the project has been completed, Rice-EWB regularly returns to thecommunity to maintain ties and to work on improvements and other projects in the area. In addition to project team activities, Rice-EWB holds periodic training sessions for allmembers to teach skills that will be needed to

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

require the traditional thesis-based Master of Science (M.S.) degreetraining since they are planning to spend their careers as consulting engineers and are notconsidering future research-based work. Additionally, such students want to complete theireducation in a shorter time frame than is typically required for a traditional research-based M.S.degree. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is developing an environmental engineeringcourse-based Master of Environmental Engineering program to meet these needs.The course-based master’s program being developed would allow students to develop additionalskills and to provide deeper and broader exposure to environmental engineering challenges allwithin a one-year timeframe. The intent of this program is to

Conference Session

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

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

discharge, one section in the middle of the system, and one section towards the endof the lake system. The locations along the lake were chosen in order for students to see acontrast in water quality parameters along the flow of the system.The development of the field study question was adapted from previous site evaluations.Previous site evaluations had been completed prior by private engineering firms and the city’sengineers with full water quality analysis. Students were not privy to prior water quality resultsbut rather were promoted to develop a real world scenario objective to be completed throughoutthe semester. Students were given the role of “city engineer” in the project and worked as a classto develop an objective and sampling plan

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Engagement, Experiential Learning, and Balance

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

challenges surrounding providing potable water.The instructor plans to repeat this activity with a heavier emphasis on reflections and have thestudents report on their drinking water technology in a more formalized fashion. Also, theinstructor plans to require students to research common contaminants as another bridge to thewater quality portion of the course. Additional plans include some different drinking watertreatment methods such as the addition of alum as a coagulant and possible integration of thethree-pot water treatment method.As an alternative, this activity could be used in the first week of class a way of introducingcourse content or prior to a water unit in an Environmental Engineering class. It also could beadapted for an outreach