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Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lupita D Montoya, University of Colorado, Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

Colorado in May 2011 and began doctoral work in the Higher Education Student Affairs Leadership program there in fall 2011.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the engineering assessment specialist at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Pro- gram and Laboratory. He holds a BS in psychology from Louisiana State University, and an MS degree in industrial/organizational psychology and PhD degree in counseling psychology, both from the University of Tennessee. Prior to joining the University of Colorado at Boulder, he gained extensive experience in assessment and teamwork in an engineering education context through the development and evaluation of a team facilitation training course

Conference Session

Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Ross Pfluger, P.E., United States Military Academy; Matthew P. Baideme, United States Military Academy; Katie E Matthew, United States Army; Stephen A. Lewandowski, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke P.E., United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #6254Interdisciplinary, real-world, client-based term projects in an introductoryenvironmental engineering and science courseMajor Andrew Ross Pfluger, P.E., United States Military Academy Major Andrew Pfluger is an officer in the United States Army and an Assistant Professor at the United States Military Academy (USMA) in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering. He holds two graduate degrees from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University and is a Professional Engineer in the State of Delaware. He current teaches Environmental Science, Environmental

Conference Session

Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Cardenas, Harvey Mudd College; David Wayne Kelley, Department of Geography, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN; Warren Roberts

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Environmental Engineering

Page 23.642.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 GIS and Introductory Environmental Engineering: A Way to Fold GIS into An Already-Existing CourseThe use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) was implemented in the upper-divisionundergraduate technical elective Introduction to Environmental Engineering at Harvey MuddCollege. Students integrated technical engineering skills, newly-learned geographicalinformation system (GIS) skills, and the engineering design process, all in the context of thedesign of a debris flow barrier for a wilderness land parcel acquired by a local conservancygroup.Junior and senior general engineering students, the majority of whom had no experience

Conference Session

Sustainability and engineering education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kim LaScola Needy, University of Arkansas; TAHAR MESSADI, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS; John Henry Kester III, University of Arkansas

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Environmental Engineering

on the progress from the formative years of the discipline to develop the proper proceduresfor conducting sustainability research at an undergraduate level.Initially, traditional disciplinary research method instruction was applied to the sustainabilityarena. This field calls, however, for a multidisciplinary perspective that promotes approaches Page 23.943.2across disciplinary boundaries. However, the first attempts at integrating sustainability educationwere constrained by the artifacts of these research procedures that produce knowledge in other  disciplines. Inclusion into the emerging discipline requires a conscious effort to adapt

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Sustainability and engineering education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Woolschlager, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.

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Environmental Engineering

ofthese programs exhibited significant curriculum transformation or redesign around sustainabilityconcepts. Furthermore, the majority of programs either did not include any sustainabilityconcepts in their programs (27%) or exhibited a weak level of integration of sustainabilityconcepts in their programs (28%). This lack of significant incorporation of sustainability inenvironmental engineering programs is surprising, considering that ABET has identifiedsustainability as an important student outcome. The major challenges that prevent progress insustainability integration likely include the shifting paradigms around sustainability; rigidity ofexisting education system; a lack of new methods of teaching; lack of resources or incentives toteach

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Sustainability and engineering education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

educators in civil engineering, it is not always easy to find room inthe rigid curriculum to integrate sustainable design principles as a fundamental component intechnical civil engineering courses. While still providing the necessary technical knowledge todesign solutions, it is also important to balance this, in an effective way, with a broader approachto problem solving that includes ideas of sustainable development across the curriculum4.Following curricular goals during the freshman year, as presented by Vanasupa and Splitt(2004)5, this paper focuses on providing an awareness of sustainability issues and sustainabledesign principles in an introduction to design course for first-year civil engineering students

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Environmental engineering pedagogy and innovation

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marty Anne Gustafson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Carl Vieth, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Patrick Eagan, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Environmental Engineering

next stage inthe development process is to engage the support of the campus and faculty. In the case ofSustainable Systems Engineering, faculty support was needed not just from the initiatingdepartment (Engineering Professional Development) for the degree program, but from numerousdepartments and institutes across campus. In particular, two institutions were approached veryearly in the objective and market assessment stage for their support as founding partners: theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison’s Office of Sustainability and the Division of ContinuingStudies.Given the degree subject matter, an endorsement from the Office of Sustainability would showan alignment between the program and the campus’s plan to integrate and enhance research

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Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #6889Interdisciplinary Approach to Address the Dynamics of Water DistributionSystems for Engineering Student EducationProf. Youngwoo Seo, University of Toledo Dr. Youngwoo (Young) Seo is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Univer- sity of Toledo. He is also jointly appointed to the Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering. He received my Ph.D. (2008) in environmental engineering at the University of Cincinnati. His research interests include the molecular scale analysis of bacteria adhesion and biofilm formation in water and wastewater systems. Also, he has been

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Sustainability and engineering education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Environmental Engineering

(SEM608)The innovative approach here is to have the teams design games, create and play them(demonstrate) game that would demonstrate one or more of the sustainability 3 Es.This approach served and supported multiple purposes. The project needed to be practicalenough to demonstrate in a game. As the teams developed the projects from concept and movedtowards implementation, they also needed to think about what and how to design anddemonstrate the project objectives in their game. In other words, teams were not designing agame totally independent of the subject matter involved in their project. Their project needed tosupport the course learning objective(s) – so this becomes an integrated approach. The gamesapproach also bring in some ‘randomness

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Environmental engineering pedagogy and innovation

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sukalyan Sengupta, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Jeffrey A Cunningham, University of South Florida; Sarina J. Ergas, University of South Florida; Ramesh K. Goel, University of Utah; Dilek Ozalp, University of South Florida; Teri Kristine Reed, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Environmental Engineering

. Page 23.412.2Therefore, the objectives of this project are to: (1) develop a Fundamentals of EnvironmentalEngineering Concept Inventory (FEECI) that quantifies students’ conceptual understanding ofkey FEE concepts, (2) administer the FEECI at 10 US universities with required undergraduateFEE courses, and (3) refine and disseminate the FEECI following its initial administration. Theexpected outcome of this work is a validated, reliable instrument for assessing conceptualunderstanding in a core curriculum course for Civil and/or Environmental engineering. Such aninstrument will play an important role in assessment for programmatic accreditation under theABET standards, and provide a needed technique for formative assessment of

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Sustainability and engineering education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Environmental Engineering

School of Mines. While completing her M.S. in Environmental Science & Engineering, Cristal was a Lead Graduate Fellow for the Bechtel K-5 Educational Excellence Initiative, an element of the Trefney Institute at the Colorado School of Mines.Prof. Jennifer Strong, Colorado School of Mines Jennifer Strong is a Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statis- tics at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM). She is also the K-12 Outreach Program Manager for the Trefny Institute for Educational Innovation at CSM, whose goal is to strengthen on-campus endeavors in undergraduate and graduate education and strengthen CSM’s leadership role in education research, curriculum development, and