Conference Session

A Focus on Sustainability

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Inez Hua, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

environmental impacts of electronics as a context for science helps enhance general societalknowledge and awareness. The inputs to the program include high school science teachers fromIndiana and Alabama, faculty and engineering graduate students at Purdue University andTuskegee University who served as research mentors, and an industrial advisory board,comprised of representatives from electronics companies. Recruiting participants for the RET began in the early winter, with admissions andmatching to research projects finalized by spring. During the spring, teacher participants woulddiscuss the research project with faculty mentors, and make tentative plants for the summer.Because the program included two universities, the kick-off and

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2: Innovative Approaches for Teaching Environmental Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sara Freix, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Yousef Jalali, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Western Community College; Akshat Kothyari, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Environmental Engineering

this paper.Mr. Yousef Jalali, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Yousef Jalali is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He re- ceived a B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering and M.Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering. His research interests include interaction between critical thinking, imagination, and ethical reasoning, interpersonal and interinstitutional collaboration, diversity, equity, and inclusion, systems thinking, and chemical en- gineering learning systems. Yousef taught chemical engineering courses for a few years in his home country, Iran, and first-year engineering courses for several semesters at Virginia Tech. He has provided service and

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Engagement, Experiential Learning, and Balance

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

years since his graduate school. He has been active with ASEE and educational research for over 10 years. He is particularly interested in en- hancing critical thinking skills among civil engineering students through various educational approaches. His research interests include water and wastewater treatment, desalination, and algal biofuels. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Scientific Thinking and the Logic of Environmental Engineering ExperimentsAbstractScientific thinking allows one to approach engineering problems by asking clear and well-thought-out questions. Because environmental engineering is based on applied scientificprinciples (knowledge from science, i.e. chemistry

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

climate threats to the fishingindustry in the Caribbean.IntroductionModeling, as taught in the discipline of environmental engineering, may include any number oftopics, such as: steady-state solutions to materials balance of unit operations with biological,chemical, and physical reactions; numeric solutions to ground water transport and reactionmodeling; and regional air-shed modeling with cloud computing1. Courses may focus onteaching relevant software2, and courses may leverage multidisciplinary approaches to introducemodeling as a foundational skill to student knowledge3. Faculty have explored the use ofmodeling to teach sustainability including life cycle assessment and carbon calculators4. TheBody of Knowledge (BoK) for Environmental

Conference Session

Enhancing Environmental Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

the importance of creating learner-centered environments. Inthis presentation, the author attempts to outline specific methods to record, report and reviewassessment data that can help instructors document certain specific aspects of students’ learningand educational accomplishments. The author also provides an example for assessing certainchosen aspects of environmental education.Introduction Assessment will be productive if the instructional module is well designed to facilitatestudent learning through a process of discovery. Pascarella and Terenzini (1991) haveconducted massive review of research on the development of students in college, and havefocused on the consequences of decisions on students’ development. They have also