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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles M. Ouellette, United States Military Academy; Luke Thomas Plante, United States Military Academy; Erick Martinez P.E., United States Military Academy; Benjamin Michael Wallen P.E., United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke, United States Military Academy

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Paper ID #22646Informing an Environmental Ethic in Future Leaders Through an Environ-mental Engineering SequenceCapt. Charles M. Ouellette, United States Military Academy Charles Ouellette is a Captain in the United States Army and an Instructor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the United States Military Academy. He is a 2006 graduate of Michigan State University with a B.A. in Economics. He earned an M.S. from Missouri Science and Technology in Geological Engineering in 2011 and most recently graduated from Cornell University with an M.S. in Ecology. He teaches Ecology, Environmental Science

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Environmental Engineering Technical Session 4: Environmental Issues and the Impacts of Intersectionality

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; JoAnn Silverstein P.E., University of Colorado Boulder

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learned about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in en- gineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Prof. JoAnn Silverstein P.E., University of Colorado Boulder JoAnn Silverstein is a Professor in Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering and Associate Dean for Faculty Advancement at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She has a BA in Psychology (Stanford University), BS, MS, and PhD in Civil Engineering (University of California, Davis) and is a registered Professional Engineer (Colorado). Her research interests are Water and wastewater treatment process analysis

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines

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Paper ID #21686Environmental Considerations in Engineering: Students’ Goals and JourneysDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, En- vironmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She is a licensed PE and has served as the ABET assessment coordinator in her department since 2008. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in en- gineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Dr. Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines Greg

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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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detailed data from the plant and interact with utility personal andpracticing engineers who work daily at the treatment plant3-5. Page 26.678.2The Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT) student design prompt can aid faculty indevelopment of the course providing a realistic problem for students to work on during thecapstone design course. Additional advisement from practicing engineers can provide additionalresources and feedback for students. Practicing engineers provide students with guidance on howindustry works and can bring light to elements such as project management, economic, social,political and ethical considerations that are not

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Environmental Engineering Division: Engagement, Experiential Learning, and Balance

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Sirena C. Hargrove-Leak, Elon University; Willietta Gibson

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themes, real world examples, and new topics such as sustainability. The rationalefor implementing the cases within a traditional laboratory was to determine if the cases impactedstudent engagement; helped students to see the link between laboratory exercises and real worldapplications; increased student’s critical thinking levels above the lower levels of Bloom’sTaxonomy of knowledge and comprehension for their experimental data; and improved thequality of student laboratory reports. The new cases developed addressed: 1) E-waste to teachenvironmental ethics and statistical analysis of data, 2) the 2014 Duke Coal Ash Spill inDanville, VA to teach physical and chemical water quality and treatment; 3) a Confined AnimalFeeding Operations water

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A Focus on Sustainability

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Nihal Sarikaya, Northern Arizona University; Roy St. Laurent, Northern Arizona University; Daniel'le April DeVoss, Northern Arizona University

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engineering education, students should have aclear understanding that the nature of their job is directly affecting the environment and theirpractices are governed by the code of ethics, which calls on sustainable development. How weteach or train students to develop their engineering skills, becomes an essential tool to nurturesustainability in their future practice, which was recognized as a pressing issue for educators [1]-[3]. Promoting sustainability as part of everyday practice could establish the missing link toenhance environmental attitudes of engineering students [4], [5].Many empirical studies reported that environmental education, either as a semester course or as asummer program, not only improves knowledge and awareness of environmental

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Environmental Engineering Technical Session 4: Environmental Issues and the Impacts of Intersectionality

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Angela Harris, North Carolina State University; Christina Martin-Ebosele, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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perceived as “real engineering”, which highlights an historically strong set of beliefs aboutpolitically or socially agnostic technical work coming into conflict with a systems approach [5](see also [11]).Riley et al. [12] point to limitations of service learning education in engineering generally, i.e.,limited student engagement with questions about the social, economic, and political interests metby the service learning framework. Relatedly, while Bielefeldt et al. [13] find that environmentalengineering faculty bring more topics about ethics and societal issues into their courseworkrelative to their peers in such fields as mechanical and civil engineering, they also find thatenvironmental engineering faculty perceive ethics and “broad impacts

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Inventive Opportunities for Research and Exposure

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Inez Hua, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Loring Nies, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lindsey B. Payne, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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definition orscope of a wicked problem. Wicked problems exist in a dynamic knot of social, policy,economic, moral, ethical and technical dimensions. Attempts to solve wicked problemsfrequently yield unintended outcomes that render the solution unsatisfactory or incomplete.Environmental engineering practice addresses challenges more like wicked problems than tameproblems. Accordingly, teaching principles of environmental engineering “in context” of the realsocial, political, economic and technical dimensions that exist with the challenges professionalsface in practice provides students with an opportunity to develop critical thinking skillsnecessary to be successful in their careers. Assessment of teaching in-context, and examplesfrom different STEM

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Inez Hua, Purdue University; Loring Nies, Purdue University

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, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability. d. An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams. l. A knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of public institutions and private organizations pertaining to environmental and ecological engineering. m. A knowledge of sustainability tools used in all engineering thought, and an ability to use these tools in the design process.Table 2: Assessed student outcomes mapped to course descriptions.Course Title and Brief Description Assessed OutcomesIntroduction to Environmental and Ecological

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Woo Hyoung Lee P.E., University of Central Florida

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.) (c) Ability to design a system, • The system and/or process design consideration component, or process to meet based on the P3 (Planet, Prosperity, and People) desired needs within realistic (Fig. 1) constraints such as economic, • Relation of challenge to the P3 environmental, social, political, • Research activities that promote and incorporate ethical, health and safety, sustainability principles. manufacturability, and sustainability (d) Ability to function on • Most engineering programs have little or no multidisciplinary teams opportunities for students to work with students

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Environmental Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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introductory course to befollowed with open-ended learning on a topic of personal interest is an optimum strategyfor meeting the needs of adult learners.”With regard to simultaneously supporting of learning “engineering skills” and“professional skills” (i.e., ABET student outcomes)10, all ten alumni agreed that skillsfrom “both-sets” were included successfully in the course. Specific skills mentioned bythe majority of alumni, included: 1) application of math, science, engineering; 2) analysisof data; 3) multidisciplinary teams (from the lab portion of the course); 4) professionaland ethical responsibility; 5) effective oral and written communication; 6) recognition ofneed for and ability to engage in life-long learning; and 7) knowledge of

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Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel A Brennan P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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this design project. 0.00 4.76 4.76 66.67 23.81My ability to formulate creative solutions to open-ended problems was enhanced 0.00 0.00 0.00 71.43 28.57by working on the project.The design project encouraged me to be innovative. 0.00 0.00 9.52 42.86 47.62The design project inspired me to deliver a quality design for the community. 0.00 0.00 4.76 61.90 33.33Working with a team on the design project enhanced my leadership skills. 0.00 0.00 19.05 61.90 19.05I became more aware of ethical issues encountered around the world while 0.00 4.76 9.52

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Emphasizing Communication and the Humanities in Environmental Engineering

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Sarah K. Bauer, Rowan University

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the health and safety of our society. This emphasizes that anunderstanding of the cultural, ideological, political, and historical contexts in whichenvironmental problems occur is essential to solving our society’s most pressing environmentalproblems [2-3].Over the past decade, there has been increased interest in the academic field of the environmentalhumanities, along with a push to abandon the narrow disciplinary tradition of solving problems[2]. According to Criteria 3, Student Outcome 4 of ABET, the engineering accreditation body,programs should ensure that graduating students have “an ability to recognize ethical andprofessional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which mustconsider the impact of

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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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learn about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity. Page 26.1449.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Sustainable, Global, Interdisciplinary and Concerned for Others? Trends in Environmental Engineering StudentsAbstractIn this study the four affective attributes of sustainability value, global interest, interdisciplinaryvalue, and concern for others were explored among

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Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paula Alvarez Pino, UAB Sustainable Smart Cities Research Center; Andrew J. Sullivan; Fouad H. Fouad, University of Alabama - Birmingham

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their findings usinglessons from their Scientific Writing course. The posters are presented by the students duringthe closing ceremony. First, second and third place prizes are awarded based on theirpresentation, how the research was carried out, and their application of scientific writingprinciples.One of the more entertaining activities in the program are the tours of the university facilities.The students tour the university laboratories (Figure 4) and see—first-hand—some of theresearch testing conducted by faculty and graduate students. They learn about laboratory safetyand participate and case studies that addresses ethical issues with research and professionalpractice. The students also take tours of the green roofs constructed on campus

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A Focus on Sustainability

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Azadeh Bolhari P.E., Angelo State University; Daniel Ivan Castaneda, James Madison University; Kenneth Stewart, Angelo State University

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) Inclusion and diversity, 7) Indigenous worldview, 8)Other ethical considerations. Also, in the final coding round, the responses of the citizen scientistparticipants were classified as present-self-oriented, or future-community-oriented in accordanceto the Egan Review.Findings and DiscussionThe initial coding data of this work-in-progress paper as of yet, are listed in Table 2. The word“artifact” is used to quantify the number of verbal exchanges expressing a sustainability mindsetthat were generated by the participants during interviews or focus groups. Citizen scienceparticipants from households 2 and 4 generated a total sub-sample of 19 artifacts across the entryinterviews (green shaded cells), interim focus groups (yellow shaded cells), and

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Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University; Dennis D. Truax PE, BCEE, F.ASCE, Mississippi State University

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-evaluation5.In this paper, we discuss the research-based laboratory teaching exercises that were implementedin a civil and environmental engineering course. The goal of this laboratory course is tointroduce some unit operations and processes and analysis commonly applied in water andwastewater engineering. In addition, the ABET general engineering criteria also target the socialaspects of engineering education at several levels. For example, criterion 3(c), “an ability todesign a system, component, or process to meet desired needs,” and criterion 3(d) addresses theneed to function on multidisciplinary teams, criterion, and 3(f) social and ethical responsibilities,criterion 3(g) communication skills, and criterion 3(h) addresses global and social

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1: Intercultural Competency-infused Teaching

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jane Lu Hsu, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan; Yu-Kang Lai, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan; Tzu-An Tzeng, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan; Yi-Hsuan Yu, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

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environmental attitudes and behavioral intentions,” Sci. Total Environ., vol. 728, 138126, Aug. 2020.[18] G. E. Fryxell and C. W. Lo, “The influence of environmental knowledge and values on managerial behaviors on behalf of the environment: An empirical examination of managers in China,” J. Bus. Ethics, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 45–69, Aug. 2003.[19] P. Janmaimool and S. Khajohnmanee, “Roles of environmental system knowledge in promoting university students’ environmental attitudes and pro-environmental behaviors,” Sustainability, vol. 11, no. 16, p. 4270, Jan. 2019.[20] T. J. Brown, S. H. Ham and M. Hughes, “Picking up litter: An application of theory-based communication to influence tourist behavior in protected areas,” J. Sustain

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pablo K. Cornejo, California State University, Chico; Kevin Orner, University of South Florida

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global, cultural, social, Conduct an evaluation of alternatives to evaluate economic and environmental, and economic environmental tradeoffs and select the best design factors” [4] Discuss definitions, challenges, and principles of sustainability, the Student Outcome 4. “an ability to evolution of engineering design, and green engineering recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering Comprehend the multifaceted complexity of engineering problems situations and make informed

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharanabasaweshwara Asundi, Old Dominion University; Gregory C. Bernard, Tuskegee University; Willard E. Collier, Tuskegee University

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, ethical research,proposal writing, presenting research posters/talks, and writing a research paper. The cohorts willbe required to attend 12 weekly meetings per semester during the year-long program in a varietyof settings, including conference room, laboratory, or the field depending on the topic of thatweek’s meeting. During these meetings, they will receive hands-on training in laboratory skillslike extraction techniques, separation techniques, and analytical techniques including nuclearmagnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). They will receive hands-on training in identifying plant species, planting/potting process,propagating plants and harvesting plant material.Objective 2: Develop a

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Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

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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What do they do? Who can be an engineer? And how can one become engineer? An introduction to the concepts of green/renewable/sustainable energies 2 Green living and environmental issues. The course will include discussions on engineering ethics. An introduction to the Engineering Design Process, Computer Aided 3 Green design Design, and Green Design Framework Advanced Fundamentals of automated manufacturing systems including

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Sahar Razavi, Northern Arizona University; Nihal Sarikaya, Northern Arizona University

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4 Learning ethical conduct 5 5* student reported her confidence is at 5 for her NASA research, but 3.5 in generalShe also responded to some open-ended questions for the pre-survey:Why did you want to be involved with this research/apply to NASA Space Grant? “After going to AISES [American Indian Science and Engineering Society] nationalconference and seeing Native Americans presenting high-level research I made it my goal to oneday present there. I really admired researchers presenting science they were passionate aboutand hope to be like that one day.”What are your expectations from this year? “I hope to learn a lot and grow as a scientist. Instead of just studying

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Innovative Approaches to Improving Student Learning

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Matthew James Scarborough, University of Vermont; Katherine D. McMahon, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Flint Water Crisis (Table 2). To address cognitive issues, weused two online videos (Online Lesson 13.1 – Flint Water Crisis Overview and Online Lesson13.2 – Flint Water Crisis Chemistry) and an online formative quiz for each lesson. We also usedthree lectures. In the first lecture, we reviewed the chemistry aspects of the crisis, workedthrough example problems, and completed a concept map activity. In the second lecture, wecovered the story of the Flint water crisis, discussing the events leading to the water crisis, howthe crisis was uncovered, and the failures of government employees to address the crisis. Thesecond lecture ended with a minute paper related to engineering ethics and asked students tosubmit “muddiest points”. During the third