Conference Session

Service-Learning in Developing Communities

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Giannelli, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

of a community and is coordinatedwith an institution of higher learning and with the community; helps foster civic responsibility; isintegrated into and embraces the academic curriculum of the students enrolled; and includesstructured time for the students to reflect on the service experience.”2According to studies done at the Higher Education Research Institute of the University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles3, certain things must be done to ensure that a service-learningexperience is effective. The first is that students must receive sufficient training through coursematerial before engaging in the service. The second is that instructors must engage students inconversation about their service. The last is that students must reflect on their

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Butkus, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

professional practice, becommensurate with a student’s skill level according to their progression through a curriculum,and should be perceived by students as reinforcing rather than redundant.2 Design and build arevaluable experiences that enhance an undergraduate education.3-5 Evaluating the constructabilityof a design can be an important aspect of the hands-on experience.5,6 Lack of consideration forconstructability has been noted as a common shortcoming among engineering graduates.6 Inaddition, real-world projects can be rewarding experiences for students.3,7The Design ProblemA design and build project was integrated into a biochemical treatment course, taught to firstsemester seniors at the United States Military Academy. This course builds on the

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

Tagged Divisions

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

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

Tagged Divisions

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

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

the relevant axes of figures have been predefined. Mass Transfer Operations(ENGG*3470) is a course that was introduced into the Environmental Engineering curriculum atthe University of Guelph in 1998. A lack of facilities initially meant the course started withoutan appropriate laboratory component. Over the past four years the course has evolved throughstudent designed, built and tested experiments as an integral component of their coursework.Currently, the students are responsible for choosing a mass transfer topic, selecting compoundsinvolved in the mass transfer process, identifying most appropriate analytical techniques,designing, building and trouble-shooting the required apparatus, performing a minimum of twoexperiments and

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

waste treatment, andhazardous waste while receiving in depth coverage of water and wastewater treatment techniquesand design including physical, chemical and biological of water, wastewater and sludgetreatment. The core curriculum for both programs includes five water and wastewater courses,and the MEnvE students take an additional required course (i.e., CE 5393 Unit ProcessesLaboratory) in mathematical modeling as it related to environmental engineering, specificallywastewater and water treatment systems.A unique course included in the wastewater/water treatment content track is a hybridmicrobiology-environmental engineering course called ENVE 4385/CE 5385 MicrobialApplications in Environmental Engineering. The purpose of the course is to

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

) Program at the© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Christine Brus is Director of the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program at the University of Iowa where she develops all program initiatives, supervises the staff and directs the activities of the WISE Advisory Board and Steering Committee. She teaches two undergraduate classes: Gender Issues in Science and Medicine and Nature vs. Nurture:Theory to Practice. She has served as a reviewer for a National Institute for Environmental Health Science (NIEHS) grant review panel evaluating K-12 education proposals for funding under the RFA Using Environmental Health as an Integrating Factor for K-12 Curriculum

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy Thatcher, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

students understand how cold water behaves in an ecosystem(knowledge) and explain what they see (understanding). For the third question, students mustapply this knowledge to a more generalized situation (application). Questions 4 and five requirethe students to compare different situations (analysis) and show relationships for new situations(synthesis). Question 7 requires students to apply previously learned principles (mass balance) toa new problem (application) and problem 8 requires students to make judgments integrating awide range of criteria (evaluation).The activities are structured to encourage equal participation by providing multiple ‘roles’ in theactivity, so that each student has a task. Consensus building, open ended questions, and