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Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alandra Kahl, Pennsylvania State University, Greater Allegheny

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Environmental Engineering

important element of the newengineering curriculum. Educators have devoted more time to producing an engineer that has notonly the required skills, but also societal and global awareness. Service learning projects connecttraditional classroom teaching with real world needs on a local or even global scale. Projectbased learning stimulates the process of collaborative problem solving, a skill that has beenidentified as important for the future engineer. Additionally, student interest in service learninghas created institutional momentum for integration with traditional subjects. There are other Page 26.601.3benefits to service learning; one can

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Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan E. Powers, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Stefan J. Grimberg, Clarkson University; Daqing Hou, Clarkson University; Mary Margaret Monica Small, Clarkson University

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Environmental Engineering

evaluator on this project as well as several other NASA and NSF funded projects. Dr. Small joined Clarkson’s Office of Educational Partnerships in 2006 as Curriculum Coordinator. A career educator, she has been a public school teacher, building principal and central office administrator. Dr. Small has also taught organizational leadership and curriculum and assessment courses at the graduate level. Page 26.351.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 CLICS – Integrating Data from Campus Sustainability Projects across

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Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivar G. Johannesen, HiOA

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Environmental Engineering

algebra and complex numbers,differential equations and convergence criteria for sequences and series. The curriculum studentsexperience is not always what they find most interesting, and motivation plays an important role intheir ability to follow the syllabus.During the last ten years, there has been growing interest in integrating pure mathematical topicsinto the specialized courses attended by the students. Students often ask teachers: “Why are welearning this?”; “What significance does it have to my study program?”; “Will I ever use thisknowledge as a practicing engineer?” Questions like this can be hard to answer concretely andhonestly. There are good reasons for the students to question the relevance of X in their studyprogram, but the

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phil Dacunto P.E., United States Military Academy; Victoria Rose Varriano, United States Military Academy; Jason Ko, United States Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

enable them toconduct some detailed analysis and design (for example, in the sizing of the pipes for thedistribution system), but also to integrate some components where that level of analysis and pilottesting has already been completed (for example, the river pump and the slow sand filters). This “simplification” of some aspects of the design could give the students anopportunity to actually build and hand off the system, in addition to designing it, within the timeconstraints of an academic schedule. For example, they could design the system and constructportions throughout a semester-length independent study project, then spend a week or two on-site during the summer with a contractor installing the system and handing it off

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Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

combination of EWB attributes is attracting student interest.1-2EWB at its core involves helping others in primarily global settings through sustainable Page 26.1449.2development in an interdisciplinary context. Other organizations embrace similar ideals,including Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW)3, Engineering World Health (EWH)4, andBridges to Prosperity (B2P)5, as well as efforts at numerous individual institutions.6-11 Dostudents and professionals involved in these activities have values and interests that align to anequal extent with all four of these attributes -- sustainability, global, interdisciplinary, andconcern for others? Are

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

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Diversity

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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

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Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University; Semih Aslan, Texas State University, San Marcos; Jesus Alejandro Jimenez, Texas State University; Yoo-Jae Kim, Texas State University; Hassan Salamy, Texas State University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #11416Engaging Students in Sustainability Education and Awareness of Green En-gineering Design and Careers through a Pre-Engineering ProgramDr. Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education in the College of Educa- tion at Texas State University. Araceli is Director of the LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research and teaches graduate courses in Integrated STEM Curriculum and Instruction. She collaborates on various state and national STEM education programs and is PI on major grant initiates with NASA Educator Pro

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Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Palomo P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Jeffrey Alan Cole, Pasadena City College

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Environmental Engineering

CollegeAbstractThe purpose of this project is the bridging between California State Polytechnic University,Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) Civil Engineering students and Pasadena City College (PCC)science students to enhance the curriculum at both institutions. While enhancing the curriculum,the project seeks to improve the retention of both Cal Poly Pomona and PCC students, and tofacilitate the transfer of PCC students to Cal Poly Pomona. Indirectly, the project promotesgraduate school opportunities and lifelong learning in an inter-institutional disciplinaryenvironment.One of the main ideas behind this project is the development of teams composed of both PCCstudents and Cal Poly Pomona students. These student teams work on the design of naturaltreatment systems

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Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

and live LEWAS data, watershed-specific case studies, and virtual tours ofthe LEWAS watershed. By using an HTML5-driven web interface, the OWLS interactivelydelivers integrated live and/or historical remote system data (visual, environmental,geographical, etc.) to end users regardless of the hardware (desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphone,etc.) and software (Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, etc.) platforms of their choice.We have built upon a prior study that used the expectancy-value theory of motivation to showthat exposure to live watershed data via the LEWAS increased students’ levels of motivation. Apilot test of the OWLS has demonstrated positive learning gains in engineering seniors and wasoverwhelmingly viewed by students as having helped

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Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Butler Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Kathy Jackson is a Senior Research Associate at Pennsylvania State University’s Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence. In this position, she promotes Penn State’s commitment to enriching teaching and learning. She works in all aspects of education including faculty development, instructional design, en- gineering education, online teaching and learning, learner support, and evaluation. In addition, she is an Affiliate Faculty in the Higher Education Department where she is the instructor for a course on college teaching. Page 26.1298.1