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Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben D. Radhakrishnan, National University; Jodi Reeves, National University; Jeremiah Jack Ninteman, National University; Charles Hahm

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Environmental Engineering

Tableau certified associate.Charles Hahm c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Sustainability Intelligence: Emergence and Use of Big Data For Sustainable Urban Transit Planning Ben D Radhakrishnan Jodi Reeves Charles Hahm Jeremiah Ninteman National University, San Diego, CAAbstractReducing traffic emissions, especially carbon dioxide (CO2), is a major goal of sustainable urbantransportation planning since approximately 50% of the world’s population lives in urban areas.In the summer of 2015, an interdisciplinary capstone project at our university integratedsustainable methods to address

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Curricula, Criteria, Student Performance, and Growth

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Wayne T. Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Andrew R. Mech, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

electrical engineering. In addition, eachfaculty member had some limited amount of experience overseas. The consulting engineer hadextensive experience with EWB teams and in developing engineering solutions worldwide.The concept of “Do No Harm” was woven throughout the course by exposing students tointernational case studies. One class per week was dedicated to considering success ofhumanitarian engineering projects and the unfortunate frequency of failed – though well-intended – projects. Assignments forced the students to reflect upon positives and negatives andincorporate the best in their plans. Additionally, the students were challenged to develop a designand prototype to transport water from a creek on campus considering appropriateness

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Curricula, Criteria, Student Performance, and Growth

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phil Dacunto P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

well as their final grades in EV481 “Water Resources Planning and Design,” asenior design course. This data was used as an independent data set to verify one of therelationships established by the same data from earlier classes. Data analysis and linear regression were performed in Microsoft ExcelTM, and final coursegrades were converted to a standard four-point scale. Table 1 explains in detail specific GPAand course relationships investigated, and to which hypotheses they relate.Table 1. Relationships investigated in present study. hypothesis Independent Independent variable notes Dependent variable Dependent variable variable notes 1

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Engagement, Experiential Learning, and Balance

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College

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Environmental Engineering

challenges surrounding providing potable water.The instructor plans to repeat this activity with a heavier emphasis on reflections and have thestudents report on their drinking water technology in a more formalized fashion. Also, theinstructor plans to require students to research common contaminants as another bridge to thewater quality portion of the course. Additional plans include some different drinking watertreatment methods such as the addition of alum as a coagulant and possible integration of thethree-pot water treatment method.As an alternative, this activity could be used in the first week of class a way of introducingcourse content or prior to a water unit in an Environmental Engineering class. It also could beadapted for an outreach

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael A. Butkus, U.S. Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke, U.S. Military Academy; Phil Dacunto P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Kimberly Quell

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Environmental Engineering

printing andfull scale construction, 3D printing reinforces consideration for constructability, which has beennoted as a common weakness among engineering graduates for quite some time.6ApproachOur environmental engineering capstone design course entitled, “Advanced EnvironmentalEngineering Design,” is taken in the last term and is comprised of 40 meetings withapproximately 60 contact hours. Students are introduced to a range of design experiences thatinclude defining the project scope, identifying design constraints, comparing alternatives,development of plans and specifications, engineering economics, and project management.Students select design projects from a list and many are drawn from current Army engineeringproblems. Students in three to

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Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

where theylearn the basic construction process of the green roof, its function, types of plants, and energysavings of the building. A tour of the university library is also provided, in which proper literaturereview processes are introduced and how to effectively use databases.Figure 4 – Laboratory toursThe Summer Enrichment Program has been offered during the past three summers. Enrollmenthas steadily increased with each offering. Students are asked to provide a testimonial at the end ofthe program describing their experiences, what they learned, which activity had the most impact,and their plan for the future. Example statements that stand-out include:“I learned the ethics of engineering and the proper way to gain knowledge in order

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Environmental Engineering Division: Engagement, Experiential Learning, and Balance

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder; Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado - Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado - Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

, some students described their intent to leave engineering due to the restrictivecurriculum and/or a desire for more balance between technical and non-technical courses. Thesethoughts were revealed in their reflective essays at the end of the semester. For example, onestudent described a desire for balance between technical and non-technical coursework: Currently, I am unsure of whether or not I want to continue with the environmental engineering program and become an engineer. Prior to attending CU, I was convinced I was going to become an engineer and save the world…[but] I do not like how technical my course schedule is. As I learned when I did [the course plan] for [environmental engineering], there are relatively

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Curricula, Criteria, Student Performance, and Growth

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prahlad Murthy, Wilkes University

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Environmental Engineering

would have access to the instruments and equipmentthat they would need. This also emphasizes the importance of planning and scheduling whileworking on a project as a team. The university’s library, kitchen in the school’s main cafeteria,an intermodal transportation facility in a downtown area, a barbeque restaurant near theuniversity, residence halls and private residences, and major intersections near the universityhave been some of the sites chosen by students to complete their projects. Tedlar bags, Summacanisters, and Gastec and Dräger samplers and analyzers were typically used for sampling andanalysis. Some of the other instruments that have been used in the recent (past seven) years forsampling and monitoring various air pollutants

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

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Environmental Engineering

(lowest), comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation (highest)13. Thisclassification scheme is often dichotomized into lower and higher-order thinking processes.Behaviors that would exemplify the lower levels of cognition include remembering, recognizing,or applying a learned rule. Higher-order thinking is exemplified by such behaviors as inferring,planning, or appraising11. Fig. 1. Critical thinking enhancements through (1) writing assignments with varying difficulty and skill levels throughout the semester (in a junior level environmental engineering course), (2) results of supplemental instruction (classroom instruction, independent and individual learning through collaborative and classroom level discussion on a topic of

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Zgonc, United States Military Academy; Phil Dacunto P.E., United States Military Academy; Emily Arija Ezerins, United States Military Academy; Dalton Jefferson Alexander Combs, United States Military Academy; Jacob Neil Palmer, United States Army

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Environmental Engineering

problem at hand. The smoothness and benefits of thisintegration process may be attributed in part to the institution’s small program (roughly 10-20students in each academic year cohort) and unique, sustained team building opportunities.Further research is needed to see if different cohorts will behave differently at the authors’institution and in larger programs. Regardless, students also suggested integrating teams withbroader experiences and perspectives (e.g. electrical engineering) for a more comprehensivescope of the final design. Students agreed that their greatest learning point was to plan better (e.g. spend more timeunderstanding the problem and how to approach the problem) by learning from others first.They identified that a good