Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaoqi Zhang, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Clifford Bruell, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Yexin Yin, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Praveen Jayaradu, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Mark Hines, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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undergraduate environmentalcurriculum so that students will be exposed to cutting-edge advances in nanotechnology and theirimpact on the environment.Overview of ModulesThree research-based environmental nanotechnology modules have been designed andimplemented. Modules 1 and 3 have been incorporated into an undergraduate levelenvironmental engineering course, and Modules 1 and 2 have been successfully incorporatedinto a senior-level chemistry course. For these modules, we selected two nanomaterials(nanoscale bimetallic iron particles and engineered nanospheres) that may provide solutions tochallenging environmental pollution problems [3]. Table 1 shows a summary of each module andits learning objective(s

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Swan, Tufts University; Jesse Cooper, Tufts University; Amanda Stockwell, Tufts University

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Environmental Engineering

these initial efforts are also described. Finally, an assessment of thestudents’ advising is presented including current observations by this cohort on if and howstudents’ academic direction were effected by the research experience. Page 12.964.2Window on Research and Scholarship (WORS) Advising ProgramWindows on Research and Scholarship is only one of six advising option that incoming first-yearstudents may chose to participate in at Tufts. The semester-long program assigns a small groupof students (10 or less) to an advisor who meets at least once a week with them during thesemester to work on a research topic(s) of interest to that advisor

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tracy Thatcher, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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Environmental Engineering

the lake. Assume the lake can be adequately described as a cylinder and that the following data describes the system: Lake Area = 40,000 m2 Lake Depth = 42 m Mass of Chemical Spilled = 320 kg Stream flow into lake = 0.7 m3/s Toxicity to deep water fish = 12 µg/l Toxicity to surface water fish = 35 µg/l Assume that during the summer, the lake is stratified with a 2.5 m epilimnion and a 1m thermocline. What would be the difference between a spill during summer stratification and fall turnover. Make quantitative comparisons of

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khosrow Farahbakhsh, School of Engineering, University of Guelph; Warren Stiver, University of Guelph

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Environmental Engineering

group must research and collect relevant information regarding their mass transfer unit process. The choice of dimensions, materials and mode of construction and operation is entirely up to each group however, smaller apparatus is preferred as it is easier to modify and operate. In addition, each group must choose an appropriate compound(s) that would be involved in mass transfer and used for testing the mass transfer unit. The selected compounds must have low toxicity and must be readily available. In addition, it should be possible to adequately monitor the specific contaminant in the School of Engineering laboratories or other laboratories on the Campus.”The first attempt at inclusion of these laboratories

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Bott, Virginia Military Institute

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Environmental Engineering

theenvironmental engineering field in the 1970’s at the time when major federal environmental lawsand regulations were promulgated. With the commonly reported saturation of the environmentalengineering field in the 1980’s and 1990’s and the emergence of the information technologyboom, it seems that the baby boom generation represented the backbone of the professionalenvironmental engineering workforce during this time, with proportionally much lessrecruitment into the field as compared to other engineering disciplines. Although some of thesepredictions for the environmental engineering profession are quite speculative, the trend isapparent – there will be a significant demand for technically qualified Environmental Engineersover the next 10 to 20

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Pines, University of Hartford

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Environmental Engineering

faculty. Finally, the faculty was not in favor of eliminatinganother professional elective because it was felt that students should be able to select at leastthree courses that meet their professional needs. (The civil engineering curricula and descriptionof the courses can be found at http://uhaweb.hartford.edu/CEE.) The existing sophomore designcourse was selected instead of the junior or senior level design courses because of the desire tohave students who have gained “on-site” experience be available to mentor students thefollowing year(s) so that their expertise is not lost. Also, this will provide those students mostinterested in design for developing communities to be involved in a leadership role in subsequentprojects. In order for the

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

, R.D., J-S. Shih, and S.L. Sessions. 2000. Comparative risk assessment: an internationalcomparison of methodologies and results. J. Hazardous Materials. 78: 19-39. Page 12.1288.6

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Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

, where he is also Director of the Minor in Environmental Studies. He received his Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley and has also been a faculty member at Ohio State University.Thomas Ruehr, California Polytechnic State University Tom Ruehr is a professor in the Earth and Soil Science Department at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo. He has a Ph. D. from Colorado State University. He has received the University Distinguished Teacher award, served the U.S. Department of Agriculture as national co-chairman of the committee for Agricultural Ethics and Public Policy Curriculum Development, and helped lead the U. S. Agency for International Development world conference on Agricultural Systems

Conference Session

Service-Learning in Developing Communities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frank Giannelli, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

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Environmental Engineering

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

. Page 12.987.8Bibliography1. Hagenberger, M., B. Engerer, and D. Tougaw. 2006. Revision of a first-semester course to focus onfundamentals of engineering. ASEE. Paper 2006-1360.2. Hampe, M. and S. Wolf. 2006. How to provide first-year-students with a really good start into their studyprogram. ASEE. Paper 2006-1284.3. Elzey, Dana. 2006. Teaching Intro to Engineering in Context – UVA Engineering’s New Cornerstone. ASEE.Paper 2006-1574.4. Patterson, Kurt. 2006. Critical connections: a first-semester course in environmental engineering. ASEE.Paper 2006-1102.5. Carlson, L.E., J.F. Sullivan, A.J. Bedard, D.M. Etter, and A.R. Pleszkun. 1995. First Year EngineeringProjects: An Interdisciplinary, Hands-On Introduction to Engineering. ASEE. Session

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Butkus, U.S. Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

Issues in Engineering Education and Practice. 130, 166-172. 6. Kuennen, S.T. and A.R. Barrett. 2003, Construct first, design later – a hands-on learning experience in reinforced concrete. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. 7. Jennings, A.A., J. Clark, S. Hise, B. Kiedrowski. 2003. Environmental education projects built around feral battery research. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. 8. Butkus, M.A. and Epolito, W.J. 2006. “Development of An Environmental Biological Processes Course in an Undergraduate Environmental Engineering Curriculum,” Proceedings of the 2006 American

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Audra Morse, Texas Tech University; Heyward Ramsey, Texas Tech University; W. Andrew Jackson, Texas Tech University

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Environmental Engineering

4.2Biology & chemistry 4.2 4.0 3.5 4.5 5.0 - 4.2 - 5.0 5.0Total Responses 2 2 7 8 3 3 1 4 2 32Note: S=Spring graduates and F=Fall graduates Page 12.48.7*Indicates a weighted averageIn addition to preparing the students for an immediate future in research, the course preparesthem for future success on the F.E. and P.E. exam.10,11 However, FE exam results are difficult touse as assessment tool as100 percent of the ENVE students pass the exam. Many of the topicsare covered in the environmental engineering P.E. exam and

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

thediscipline. Currently only a handful of institutions are attracting minority students intoenvironmental engineering programs. Minority recruitment and retention efforts practiced bygeneral engineering programs should be further employed by individual environmentalengineering programs. Additional research is needed to understand the factors influencing careerselection among minority students.References1. LaPara, T., Bhandari, A., Fennell, D., Tull, K., Clapp, L., Jones, S. “Diversity in Environmental Engineering: The Good and the Bad.” 2006 American Society for Engineering Education National Conference Proceedings, Paper number: 2006-6562. Gibbons, M. T. "The Year in Numbers" 2005 Profiles of Engineering and Technology Colleges. ASEE

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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Roofs: Alleviating Urban Stress • Green HVAC in Residential HomesSustainable Water Usage • Sustainable Water Usage in Campinas-Brazil • Water Resource Conservation • An Industrial Ecology Approach to Waste Water ManagementMultiple textbooks were used for the course. The primary textbook that students were asked topurchase was Green Engineering – Environmentally Conscious Design of Chemical Processesby: D. T. Allen and D. R. Shonnard, Prentice Hall, 2002. Secondary readings were assignedfrom Technological Choices for Sustainability by: S. K. Sikdar, P. Glavic and R. Jain, Springer,2004; Industrial Ecology by: T. E. Graedel and B. R. Allenby, AT&T, 1995; and SustainableEnergy – Choosing Among Options by: J. W. Tester, E. M. Drake, M

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University; Jami Montgomery, WATERS Network - CLEANER Project Office; James Johnson, Howard University; Chris Brus, University of Iowa; Dan Giammar, Washington University; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bette Grauer, McPherson High School; Liesl Hotaling, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein, Morgan State University; Steven Safferman; Tim Wentling, National Center for Supercomputing Applications

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Development. In addition, she has developed numerous tools to mentor young women considering engineering as a career and has been involved in the development of a women in engineering role model book for K-12 students.Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology PATRICIA A. CARLSON is professor of rhetoric at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She is a long-time advocate of writing in engineering education. Carlson has been a National Research Council Senior Fellow for the U. S. Air Force, as well as having had several research fellowships with NASA (Langley and Goddard) and the Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground. She has also been a research fellow at NASA's Classroom

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helene Hilger, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Francis De Los Reyes, North Carolina State University; Warren DiBiase, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Len Holmes, University of North Carolina - Pembroke; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Siva Mandjiny, University of North Carolina - Pembroke; Todd Steck, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Keith Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Environmental Engineering

(p<0.05) relative to lecture formatfirst PBL unit and with learning overall was generally supported in the student interviews (Table3), although it was also clear that students had difficulty discriminating between student-directedlearning and simply being asked to work in groups. Two of the four students interviewed at the endof the first PBL unit believed the unit was “lecture-based”. Some engineers reported feelingoverwhelmed by the biology course content at the end of the first two units, but it is also possibletheir assessment was colored by a certain temptation to default to the biology student(s) rather thanassume responsibility for the new content. Quiz scores at the end of the second unit did notindicate that the majority of

Conference Session

Service-Learning in Developing Communities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University; Ann Brady, Michigan Technological University; Karina Jousma, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

requirements -15% f The project contributed to my ability to use modern 74 engineering tools and techniques 24% k 80 The project had significant practitioner involvement 18% d,kThe strong survey increases are supported by further examining the student responses to eachcriterion since integration of the ABET criterion is evaluated by each student throughout theexperience, both for the in-country and on-campus design experience. While on-site, studentsmaintain a learning log. For each entry or experience, the ABET requirement(s) that apply to theproject task, experience or lesson are to be documented. A summary report of how

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Llewellyn Mann, University of Queensland; David Radcliffe, University of Queensland; Gloria Dall'Alba, University of Queensland

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Environmental Engineering