- Conference Session
- Environmental engineering pedagogy and innovation
- Collection
- 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
- Authors
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Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder
- Tagged Divisions
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Environmental Engineering
. Often, each pair in the class was assigned a different chemical. Students were giventime to solve the problem, the professor circulated around the class to give pointers, and aftermost teams were done, each pair reported their answers. Then the class could discuss thesolution approach, the instructor could illustrate common “mishaps”, etc.The course is an elective and as such the students who enroll often differ widely in theirpreparation and motivation. The environmental engineering (EVEN) undergraduates generallyhave good background preparation for the course (such as material and energy balances,Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering, and perhaps including environmental organicchemistry, groundwater, environmental microbiology, etc