Conference Session

Service-Learning in Developing Communities

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth Wittig, City College of the City University of New York

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Environmental Engineering

technical lead is usually the faculty advisor, unless this faculty doesnot possess the expertise needed to conduct the project. The technical lead meets with the entirechapter once weekly for 2-4 hours to address engineering design issues, and conduct workshopsto prepare students for travel. This person also actively advises the student project manager andapproves the final student design. The technical lead should also travel with the team to supportstudents in onsite design changes as needed.Faculty (and professional) technical mentors: Additional faculty are recruited as needed to giveguidance to the students during the project design phase.Student project manager: This is a student who oversees the entire project including design,planning

Conference Session

Innovations to Curriculum and Program

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University; Opal McFarlane, Hadady Corporation

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

quo. To avoid complacency and obsolescence, “if it’s not broke- improve it” should be themotto used in every organization.Identify Several Solutions: When solving problems, the creative problem solver should lookbeyond the obvious solutions and instead, focus on identifying the best solution. By identifyingseveral solutions for a given problem, the problem solver can compare solutions and identify thebest solution.Seek Opportunities in Problem: Creative problem solvers believe that with every problem thereare opportunities. By anticipating and planning where the organization should be in the future,leaders can avoid complacency and make the best choices when solving a problem. There is adifference between being open to opportunities and

Conference Session

Innovations to Curriculum and Program

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

AC 2008-2289: INCORPORATING ENERGY ISSUES INTO ENVIRONMENTALENGINEERINGAngela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder Page 13.729.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Incorporating Energy Issues into Environmental EngineeringAbstractNo single engineering discipline has integrated renewable and sustainable energy topics intotheir core curriculum. Environmental engineering programs may benefit from includingsustainable energy in their curriculum. Many students in a freshman-level introductoryEnvironmental Engineering (EVEN) course viewed EVEN as a potential major to studyrenewable energy, but many have since indicated that they plan to switch into

Conference Session

Innovations to Curriculum and Program

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

important to recognize cultural differences. Future studies will expand on thiswork by surveying more students and try to combine the quantitative responses to these surveyswith qualitative information that reflects cultural competency.AcknowledgmentsThe authors recognize Marie L. Miville for providing the MGUDS-S survey and scoring guide.This material is partially based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation underDepartment Level Reform Planning Grant No. 0431947. This material is also based on worksupported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0227558, which funds the Page 13.345.11Center for the Advancement of

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Audra Morse, Texas Tech

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

from their classroom experience, either as an instructor or a student, of effective and non-effective teaching. The content for the courses was based on the American Society of CivilEngineers (ASCE) ExCEEd teaching workshop outline and contents. Page 14.223.4The lessons covered during the special topics course include: Lesson 1. Why teaching is important, Lowman’s 2-D model, Planning a class Lesson 2. Speaking and writing Lesson 3. Objectives Lesson 4. Questioning Lesson 5. Learning styles Lesson 6. Build rapport Lesson 7. Nonverbal communication Lesson 8. Classroom assessment Lesson 9

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

students who worked on theFiltrón was initially planning to do a full thesis, but due to a combination of funding challenges Page 11.1361.5and a lack of passion for lab work opted for an Independent Study report instead. These graduatestudents include 2 women and 2 underrepresented minorities researching the Filtrón or AST (of 3students total). Students working on other Environmental Engineering research under Dr.Bielefeldt’s mentoring from 2000 to 2005 include 5 women, 1 minority, and 1 internationalstudent (of six total).SurveyA written survey instrument was developed to evaluate the potential benefits of the studentresearch and independent study

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

lesson planning and questioning techniques give the teacher more control in establishing the problem/concept and in directing and modeling scientific thought.Anecdotal evidence indicates that students express misconceptions about inversion. The currentstudy explores the influence of adding a laboratory demonstration, centered on creating an artificialinversion layer, to improve students’ conceptual understanding of inversion layer and the airquality problems associated with it. This class activity was developed for the air qualityengineering class taught for juniors and seniors in environmental engineering by expanding uponthe original demonstration created by University of Utah and Rocky Mountain Power. Theexpected student outcomes

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prahlad Murthy, Wilkes University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

would have access to the instruments and equipmentthat they would need. This also emphasizes the importance of planning and scheduling whileworking on a project as a team. The university’s library, kitchen in the school’s main cafeteria,an intermodal transportation facility in a downtown area, a barbeque restaurant near theuniversity, residence halls and private residences, and major intersections near the universityhave been some of the sites chosen by students to complete their projects. Tedlar bags, Summacanisters, and Gastec and Dräger samplers and analyzers were typically used for sampling andanalysis. Some of the other instruments that have been used in the recent (past seven) years forsampling and monitoring various air pollutants

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Engagement, Experiential Learning, and Balance

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

(lowest), comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation (highest)13. Thisclassification scheme is often dichotomized into lower and higher-order thinking processes.Behaviors that would exemplify the lower levels of cognition include remembering, recognizing,or applying a learned rule. Higher-order thinking is exemplified by such behaviors as inferring,planning, or appraising11. Fig. 1. Critical thinking enhancements through (1) writing assignments with varying difficulty and skill levels throughout the semester (in a junior level environmental engineering course), (2) results of supplemental instruction (classroom instruction, independent and individual learning through collaborative and classroom level discussion on a topic of

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

problem at hand. The smoothness and benefits of thisintegration process may be attributed in part to the institution’s small program (roughly 10-20students in each academic year cohort) and unique, sustained team building opportunities.Further research is needed to see if different cohorts will behave differently at the authors’institution and in larger programs. Regardless, students also suggested integrating teams withbroader experiences and perspectives (e.g. electrical engineering) for a more comprehensivescope of the final design. Students agreed that their greatest learning point was to plan better (e.g. spend more timeunderstanding the problem and how to approach the problem) by learning from others first.They identified that a good

Conference Session

Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrating Interactive Teaching Activities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Benjamin Michael Wallen P.E., United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus, United States Military Academy; Nathaniel P. Sheehan, United States Military Academy; Andrew Ng, United States Military Academy; Andrew Ross Pfluger, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering

University of Texas at Austin in Environmental Engineering. Most recently, he graduated with his Ph.D. from the Colorado School of Mines in Civil and Environmental Engineering. He teaches Water Resources and Planning, Environmental Science, and Environmental Engineering Technologies.Dr. Michael A. Butkus P.E., United States Military Academy Michael A. Butkus is a professor of environmental engineering at the U.S. Military Academy. His work has been focused on engineering education and advancements in the field of environmental engineer- ing. His current research interests are in physicochemical treatment processes with recent applications in drinking water disinfection, lead remediation, sustainable environmental engineering

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Ross Pfluger P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Philip J. Dacunto, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, United States Military Academy; Michael Hendricks, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

determine ifthere is one ideal solution that optimized costs. In academic year 2013-2014, the cost ofsuccessful student plans was rather close. Surprisingly two teams submitted the same lowest bid,but arrived at the dollar value with different solutions. Unsuccessful projects generally did notcomplete math computations correctly prior to entering data into ArcGIS, and therefore came upwith faulty solutions. To remedy this problem in the future, one student suggested that eachteam validate their computations with the instructor prior to entering data into the ArcGISapplication during Part D of the project. Project assessment data comes from a survey given to the students pre-project and post-project. The pre-project survey consisted of two

Conference Session

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

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jason Hill, University of Southern Indiana; Zane W. Mitchell Jr., University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

. Fun lab. (Fall 2013)Overall student enrollment for two offering of the course using the PBL approach was low (11students). Despite the relatively low enrollment, student comments are compelling and suggestthe PBL approach was successful. Compared to previous course deliveries (non-PBL based), thestudents displayed more enthusiasm for the laboratory component of the course. On the negative side, informal feedback by select students suggested that time demandsnear the end of the course were excessive. This was anticipated and addressed by eliminating athird exam and increasing the weight of the laboratory portion of the course. Writing the finalreports proved to be a daunting task for both teams. In the future, the instructor plans to

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; Jennifer T. Edwards, Tarleton State University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

) Environmental Communication WeekEvery spring semester, Tarleton State University sponsors Environmental Communication Week(ECW) which provides environmental education and awareness opportunities for students,faculty and staff, and the surrounding community. The ECW is facilitated through the generoussponsorship of the Communication Studies Department, Library, Environmental AdvisoryCouncil, and the Staff Council at Tarleton State University.Daily three to four virtual workshops of 45-50 minutes duration each and 16 face-to-faceworkshops were provided. The ECW planning board and interns worked together to offer dailyactivities through social media tools (i.e. - Twitter and Facebook) and several excitingenvironmental education themed workshops such as

Conference Session

Techniques to Enhance Environmental Engineering Courses

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

incorporatemodules on Solid Waste Handling/Recycling and Biodegradation/ Bioremediation. The detailsof the two completed modules are discussed in the paper in addition to the plans for the year twomodules. We also discuss the benefits, disadvantages, and the lessons learned from the first year Page 22.1232.2of research for this work.Introduction This research was initiated to develop a method to enhance student critical thinking andanalytical skills in an Environmental Engineering Laboratory course. The educationalintervention entailed developing laboratory modules which use both problem-based learning andcase studies to introduce lab topics. The use

Conference Session

What Else do Environmental Engineers Need to Know

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brett Borup, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

be conflicts in thevalues systems used in the design process when two or more of these groups are involved in thedecision making process, as they always are. These conflicts should be acknowledged andaccounted for using proper decision making techniques.IntroductionThe choice between alternative facility plans in wastewater treatment plant design can be a verycomplex decision. In this situation a choice must be made between several acceptablealternatives based on many different criteria. In addition, typically several different groups areinvolved in the decision making process including consulting engineers, facility owners, andgovernmental regulators

Conference Session

Environmental engineering pedagogy and innovation

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

on the final exam. The primary limitation to success ofthe inverted course model was inconsistent buy-in from the students to watch the videos beforeclass. About 40-60% of the class watched the appropriate online lecture prior to the relevantclass time, but by the midterm exam about 90% of the students had viewed the majority of theonline lectures. Student performance was better with the inverted classroom on two of fourrelated homework assignments. The average student performance on the midterm exam wassimilar, although the “bottom” of the curve was improved during the inverted class (increasedfrom ~44-53% traditional to 68% inverted). Improvements in student learning were primarilyevident on the more difficult quantitative concepts. Plans

Conference Session

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

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jean M. Andino, Arizona State University; Cameron N. Morgan, Arizona State University; Lizandra C. Godwin, University of New Mexico

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

11particle size, students may decrease the material porosity and immediately see how the theoreticalcollection efficiency increases and the emitted particle number decreases. Alternatively, just thematerial thickness can be changed. The plot automatically shows the effect of changes in materialproperties on the number of particles that are effectively emitted from the person. Thus, studentscan begin to explore the best way to achieve the most effective mask. The use of the excel sheetsplaces emphasis more on the exploratory component in order to focus the student on theconnections.Assessment The assessment process for this project was planned in two phases: (1) determining theeffectiveness of how the tools incorporated entrepreneurial mindset

Conference Session

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

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; Micah Iserman, Texas Tech University; Jessica C. Pittman, Texas Tech University; Nigel Yeo, Texas Tech University; Ryan C. Campbell, Texas Tech University; Jeong-Hee Kim, Texas Tech University; Danny D. Reible, Texas Tech University

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Environmental Engineering

work place. In the professional Art and Engineering I'm going to be a field I will apply this setting, especially as an have alot to offer each engineer construction technique while engineer, it is crucial to other, but to wastewater treatment conducting a group think of everything meaningfully facilities and water discussion to collect all you're doing and how it incorporate one into conveyance related aspects or is going to affect not the other, you need to infrastructure when I views about my only you, but everyone work from the get out of college and I planned infrastructure who will be affected by

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley A. Striebig, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

. Tuscaloosa, AL.23. Striebig, B. and Morton, S. 2016. A Sustainability Indicators Based Curriculum. Engineering for Sustainability. ASEE SE Section Annual Conference, March 13-15, 2016. Tuscaloosa, AL.24. US Army Corps of Engineers. 2014. Building strong collaborative relationships for a sustainable water resources future: Understanding integrated water resources management (IWRM). Civil Works Directorate. Washington DC.25. USEPA. 2012. Safe and Sustainable Water Resources: Strategic Research Action Plan 2012 – 2016.26. VA DEQ. 2014. Status of Virginia’s Water Resources: A report on Virginia’s water resources management activities. Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Water Supply.27. van der Gun, J. 2012

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley A. Striebig, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

engineering work, he is also a published freelance photographer who has works with local and international NGOs. Dr. Striebig was the founding editor of the Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Development and an assistant editor for the Journal of Green Building. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 2017 ASEE Annual Conference Building Life Cycle Assessment skills with GREET and SimaPro to engage students in analyzing the sustainability of biofuel alternativesSustainability is important in manufacturing, construction, planning and design. The concepts ofsustainability have been pigeon-holed into graduate

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Morton, University of Wyoming; M.P. Sharma, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

withdiminishing returns for additional energy consumption above the knee. The implication is thatan acceptable quality life can be maintained on an energy budget considerably lower than theapproximately 350 gigajoules per year (11,300 Watts) of the average United States citizen. The Page 14.1267.14world wide average of supplemental energy usage at the present time is about 70 gigajoules percapita per year, but large inequalities exist.With the application of conservation measures and planning, it should be possible to reduce theper capita energy consumption into the 40 gigajoules per year range without any loss of qualityof life. Under these conditions

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Michael Wallen P.E., United States Military Academy; Nathaniel Sheehan P.E., United States Military Academy; Luke Plante, United States Military Academy; Erick Martinez, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke P.E., Marquette University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

in Environmental Engineering. Most recently, he graduated with his Ph.D. from the Colorado School of Mines in Civil and Environmental Engineering. He teaches Water Resources and Planning, Environmental Science, and Environmental Engineering Technologies.Nathaniel Sheehan P.E., United States Military Academy Nathaniel Sheehan is a Captain in the United States Army and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the United States Military Academy. He is a 2010 graduate of the United States Military Academy with a B.S. in Environmental Engineering, and he earned an M.S. in Engineering with a focus on Sustainability from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 2013. He

Conference Session

Innovative Approaches to Improving Student Learning

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Phil Dacunto, U.S. Military Academy; Andrew Joseph Ng, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

EV300(Environmental Science), EV350 (Environmental Engineering Technologies), and EV450(Environmental Engineering for Community Development), all of which are required coursesthat are designed for non-environmental engineering majors to be introduced to the field in athree-course sequence. The small courses (EV397 Air Pollution Engineering, and EV481 WaterResources Planning and Design) are upper-level courses that are required for environmentalengineering majors, and serve as electives for other engineering majors.Embedded indicator data was taken from two to three recent semesters of each course. Theembedded indicators ranged from entire assignments (e.g., “homework 1”) to portions ofassignments (e.g., “exam questions 2,3, and 7”), and were

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Freya Willicks, RWTH Aachen University; Valerie Varney, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Max Haberstroh, RWTH Aachen University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Rural Appraisal (PRA) as a suitable concept. The PRA is a well-knownmethod of development cooperation, which aims at incorporating the knowledge and opinionsof rural people in the planning and management of development projects and programs.Thereupon – in the sense of the problem solving model according to Sell/Schimweg – thestudents collected supporting and opposing forces, which are to be expected in theimplementation of their concept. The student group determined several operators for achievinga step-by-step problem solving: With the help of mind maps and group discussions, severalsuggestive questions were set as a first step in the implementation of their training concept.These questions are supposed to be provided to women and men as part

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathaniel P. Sheehan, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke, United States Military Academy; David C. Zgonc, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Technologies.Col. Jeffrey A. Starke, United States Military Academy COL (Ret) Jeff Starke served as a Military Intelligence officer with command and staff experiences at the battalion, brigade, joint task force and combatant command levels. His most recent operational experi- ence was as a strategic planning at the United States Central Command in support of Operation Inherent Resolve (actions against ISIS). Academically, COL Starke specializes in environmental engineering with research and teaching interests in drinking water, public health, and microbial-mediated processes to in- clude renewable energy resources. COL Starke taught senior-level design courses in Physical and Chem- ical Processes, Biological Treatment Processes

Conference Session

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

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

is an area they plan to focus on during thesecond semester of the capstone design course. Students were asked questions from Figure 2regarding their perceived strengths and areas for improvement. Responses to how studentsdescribed their strengths in areas related to their discipline are reflected below. “Due to the curriculum, I have strengths in water and wastewater, air pollution, and groundwater contaminants.” Page 26.678.17 “Resource accumulation and cost analysis on treatment units, water flow and regulations.” “Working in a team, equalization basins, headworks and tertiary treatment”Student responses when

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

-Centric Feedback-Based Approach to Information Modeling and Academic Assessment. Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation, Virginia Tech, Department of Computer Engineering.32. Zint, M. and A. Kraemer, 2012. NOAA B-WET Evaluation System Plan: Student Item Bank. Bay Watershed Education and Training Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, D.C.33. Marshall, J. A., Castillo, A. J. and Cardenas, M. B., 2013. Assessing student understanding of physical hydrology. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17(2), 829-836.34. Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M., 1985. Intrinsic motivation and self-determination in human behavior. New York: Plenum.35. Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M., 1991. A motivational approach to self

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

educators whowant to adopt a constructive alignment approach for WSP literacy in their teaching. The two(very different) examples of approaches to assessment of WSP literacy suggested by participantsin the second workshop provide inspiration for designing assessment for the ILOs. In our furtherwork with the project, we aim to further refine the list of ILOs, and develop a library of ideas forassessing each of the suggested ILOs. We also hope to provide concrete examples of how theILOs could be adapted to a specific engineering program and/or course. For these purposes, wehope to conduct additional workshops with engineering educators. We also plan to empiricallyevaluate some of the ILOs and assessment approaches in concrete educational settings

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

may predispose them to not even consider going tograduate school upon completion of their undergraduate education, and the opportunity to workon an undergraduate research project in their last year or two of school is not sufficient to changetheir views. Further study is needed on this issue.Project Management IssuesWhile providing undergraduate students with the opportunity to conduct research is a noble goal,there are a number of project management issues that a faculty member needs to be concernedwith before planning on primarily using undergraduate students for a long-term research project.Some of the issues that developed over the course of this project are discussed below.1) The use of undergraduate students as the primary