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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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- Diversity
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- Environmental Engineering
wereused. These writing assignments asked students to not only explain the causes of the Flint WaterCrisis, but also to propose strategies to prevent another crisis like the one experienced in Flint.Lastly, to provide a sense of community, the problem sets were solved in pre-assigned studentgroups and writing assignments underwent a process of peer-review.Integrating teaching-as-research, learning communities, and learning-through-diversity.Teaching-as-research was used to develop this report. Throughout this report, we aim todetermine if our intervention (a Flint Water Crisis case study) benefited student learning. Wecollected and analyzed data to test our hypothesis, and we make recommendations for futurecohorts based on evidence. To encourage
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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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- Diversity
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- Environmental Engineering
program and unique approaches relative tosimilar programs at peer institutions. We seek a broad systems perspective on addressingenvironmental issues, with a focus on ecological interactions and resilient designs that take intoaccount complexity and connectivity between systems. In the undergraduate curriculum, thisphilosophy drives the early focus on systems thinking and systems understanding and leads tothe inclusion of significant course requirements in ecology, sustainability, and industrial ecology.These course requirements are in addition to those typically found in Environmental Engineeringprograms at peer institutions. A complete list of the program objectives, student outcomes anddetails about the EEE degree requirements are included in
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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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- Diversity
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- Environmental Engineering, Women in Engineering
intentions and destinations vary by students’ gender andrace/ethnicity? We examine students’ career pathways in other majors to contextualize patterns.Data come from the longitudinal, NSF-funded Engineering Majors Survey (EMS). The firstwave of EMS (EMS 1.0) was administered at a nationally representative sample of 27 U.S.engineering schools in 2015. A second wave was administered to 1.0 respondents in 2016, and athird wave, in 2017. Our baseline sample is maximally composed of 87 1.0 respondents whomarked that they were environmental engineering majors, 695 respondents marking civilengineering majors (our “peer” major), and 6,408 respondents majoring in other engineeringfields. Our longitudinal sample is smaller, requiring more of a detailed
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- Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2
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- 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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- Diversity
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- Environmental Engineering
, include student peer review of writing, and emphasize technical writing skills.Instructor Insights and Future RecommendationsFuture studies are needed to understand the importance of culturally-relevant pedagogy for localand international experiences in environmental engineering education. This could be done byexploring differences in student performance between groups that conduct in-country visits andgroups that do not. Alternatively, comparisons could be made to assess student performancewhile addressing local versus international environmental issues to better understand theimportance of global engagement. Local issues could focus on environmental problemsimpacting marginalized communities (e.g., water contamination issues in rural
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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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- Diversity
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- Environmental Engineering
iREP-4-PACE program is to engage a cohortof undergraduates from plant/agriculture sciences, chemical sciences, and engineering disciplinesin the research, education of engineering chemicals from plants of high commercial and medicinalvalue. The program will educate the undergraduates in engineering environment friendlychemicals. The year-long program will train students in seeking/learning the interdisciplinaryknowledge, techniques of molecular synthesis of plant-based chemicals and in doing so, it willtrain the students in broadly applicable research methods such as literature review, instrumenttraining, basic statistical analysis, and proposal writing. The article describes the design of theiREP-4-PACE program and activities conducted to
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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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- Pamela McLeod, ReNUWIt at Stanford University; Junko Munakata Marr, Colorado School of Mines; Richard G. Luthy, Stanford University
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distant universities introduces logistical and programmatic challenges that need tobe addressed to ensure a high-quality program.Several examples of multi-campus REU programs appear in the literature (e.g., TheoreticallyInteresting Molecules (TIM) Consortium [4], National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network(NNIN) [5], Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) [6], Rosetta Commons [7],and Engineering Research Center for Wireless Integrated MicroSystems (WIMS ERC)) [8]. Aprior study of the Rosetta Commons, a multi-campus computational biology REU, found itmatched outcomes for community, scientific identity, scientific self-efficacy, and intention topursue a science research-related career when compared to two single-campus life
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- Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session
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- 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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- Environmental Engineering
research over past 10 years has resulted in national and international recognition, industry collaborations, 5 patents/patent appli- cations and over 75 scholarly publications in highly regarded discipline specific journals, peer-reviewed conference proceedings and invited book chapters. He is a scientific and technical reviewer for over 50 in- ternational journals, book publishers, and several funding agencies. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of New Mexico and a board certified environmental engineer. His research interests include water and wastewater treatment, bioelectrochemical systems, desalination, algae, biofuels, and sustain- ability. He enjoys teaching and mentoring undergraduate and
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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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- Diversity
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- Environmental Engineering
this case provided by the NASA Space Grant.The student is living minority status in three dimensions (3D) as being a woman, a first-generation college student, and a Native American studying engineering.It is fascinating to analyze how one’s environment and experiences influence their resiliency.Data will be collected on her readiness for an academic career along measures including but notlimited to understanding of the research process, skills in academic writing, self-efficacy, andcompetence in oral presentation. The case study will explore her story. What experiences shapedher determination and brought her to this level, and what benefit did she gain from NASA Spacegrant? The goal is that sharing her story will encourage others to believe
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- Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3
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- 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Sanjay Tewari, Missouri University of Science & Technology
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- Diversity
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- Environmental Engineering
of reading,they must be made aware of the immediate benefit of coming to class prepared with somebackground knowledge of topics to be discussed and their transformation from passive toactive learners.Improvement of self-confidence from reading assignments is one of the chief benefits that isusually not talked about in engineering classes. Background knowledge gained from pre-classreading assignments prepares students for active class discussion and helps them transformfrom a passive to an active learner. Within a positive and supportive class environment, itcould help students earn more recognition and respect from their peers. It boosts students'self-confidence, which results in better student engagement and performance in class. Thisbrings
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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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. Four original case studies were developed using the Herreid(1997) definition of the components for a good case study used in the sciences.12, 13 TheNational Center for Case Study Teaching in Science (NCCSTS) model recommends several keyfactors for developing a good case.12 These are: 1) the case tells a story; 2) it focuses on aninteresting-arousing issue; 3) the case is set within the past five years and can be real or fictionalas long as it is factual; 4) it creates empathy with the central characters; 5) the case must havepedagogic utility; and 5) the case is short. Cases submitted to NCCSTS are peer reviewed andpublished in a database. Table 1 lists the four cases and tour developed for the educational studyto be used in the laboratory
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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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conducts research in engineering education, related to classroom and innovative pedagogical strategies. Her own intersectionality led to her passion in promoting and researching pathways into STEM especially for underrepresented minority groups.Ms. Nihal Sarikaya, Northern Arizona University Nihal A. Sarikaya is a student in the Department of Business and Administration at Northern Arizona University. She is working toward a Master of Administration degree, with Professional Writing empha- sis. Her goal is to become a medical/scientific writer. Sarikaya received her BS in biological sciences from the University of Southern California. Also, she has worked in academic research for five years and biopharmaceutical
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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
students with deadlines allowing for development ofstudent project and time management skills. Peer and self evaluations were due at the end of thesemester providing students with the opportunity to assess how they perceived each groupmember performed throughout the course. Group evaluations focused on teamwork and groupcommunication during the semester.Project updates were given by student teams bimonthly, totaling six updates, throughout thesemester allowing students the opportunity to develop their oral skills. Project updates were fiveminute presentations covering the team’s progress and the next tasks the teams would addressregarding the proposed upgrades to the WWTP. Project updates were given to faculty membersin a conference room setting
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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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- Diversity
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- Environmental Engineering, Women in Engineering
right to live in a healthy environment… the issues addressed center onequity, fairness, and the struggle for social justice by black communities.” [11] Justice drawsattention to “equity, recognition, and participation” [8]. Participation and interactions that valuedifferent perspectives and avoid a deficit model are key conditions for social justice [13].The term ‘environmental justice’ appeared in 80 conference papers associated with the AmericanSociety for Engineering Education (ASEE), based on a search in the ASEE PEER system [14].The majority of the EJ conference papers were associated with the Liberal Education /Engineering and Society (LEES) division (11), Engineering Ethics division (11), andEnvironmental Engineering division (7
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- Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3
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- 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Bettina Jeanine Casad, University of Missouri, St. Louis; Monica Palomo P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Natalie Mladenov, San Diego State University
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- Diversity
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- Environmental Engineering
understanding thetheory and concepts guiding their research projects, t(12) = 2.856, p = .014 (see Table 1). In theinterviews, participants reported acquiring or improving several research skills includingmanaging data (70%; “You know, you have your own data and learning how to correlate andanalyze your own data is definitely something I got from this”), time management (46%),creating a poster (54%; “I learned a lot about…creating posters…about how to compile a posterand how…to analyze data”), writing scientific papers (54%), and oral presentations (46%).Table 1. Self-Evaluation of Research Skills: Test of Hypothesis 1b How would you rate yourself on the Mpre (SD) Mpost (SD) following skills? Ask pertinent insightful questions about