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Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Ross Pfluger, P.E., United States Military Academy; Matthew P. Baideme, United States Military Academy; Katie E Matthew, United States Army; Stephen A. Lewandowski, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke P.E., United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #6254Interdisciplinary, real-world, client-based term projects in an introductoryenvironmental engineering and science courseMajor Andrew Ross Pfluger, P.E., United States Military Academy Major Andrew Pfluger is an officer in the United States Army and an Assistant Professor at the United States Military Academy (USMA) in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering. He holds two graduate degrees from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University and is a Professional Engineer in the State of Delaware. He current teaches Environmental Science, Environmental

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Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Cardenas, Harvey Mudd College; David Wayne Kelley, Department of Geography, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN; Warren Roberts

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Environmental Engineering

of Geography David has a B.A. in Biology and a M.S. in Agronomy, and spent almost 10 years working with international development projects in various African countries before moving to Minnesota in 1995. He earned his Ph.D. in soil science and wa- ter resource science from the University of Minnesota and joined the Geography department at St. Thomas in 2000. David currently teaches courses in GIS, physical geography, remote sensing, and weather and climate. He is particularly interested in working with students and other researchers to explore landscape processes related to environmental quality, and in the application of geographic information science for land assessment and management.Prof. Warren Roberts

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Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lupita D Montoya, University of Colorado, Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

). Ms. Sandekian joined the Engineering for Developing Communities Program (now known as the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities) in spring 2004, just as the first EDC graduate track was approved. With MCEDC, her main duties have included student advising and academic program development. In ad- dition to her management role in the Mortenson Center, Ms. Sandekian has taught an Engineering Projects course around the theme of appropriate technology and conducted research on social entrepreneurship and sustainable community development in Nepal in 2008. Ms. Sandekian earned a Specialist in Education (Ed. S.) degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Northern

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Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Youngwoo Seo, University of Toledo; Kimberly Mary Coburn, University of Toledo; Donald V. Chase, University of Dayton

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Environmental Engineering

. Coburn completed co-ops or internships with the City of Toledo, Detroit Edison, and Poggemeyer Design Group. Currently, she is working with Dr. Youngwoo Seo at the University of Toledo studying the inactivation of bacteria in water distributions systems. She has participated in several studies and manuscript preparations regarding the analysis of bacteria through the operation of annular reactors, microbial flow cells, and batch experiments. Ms. Coburn has also worked on projects for monitoring water quality using both analytical and computational techniques.Dr. Donald V. Chase, University of Dayton Page

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Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan E. Powers, Clarkson University; Stefan J. Grimberg P.E., Clarkson University

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #6151Cold-climate Greenhouse and Food Waste DigesterDr. Susan E. Powers, Clarkson University Susan E. Powers is the Spence Professor of Sustainable Environmental Systems and the Associate Director of Sustainability in the Institute for a Sustainable Environment at Clarkson University. Dr. Powers is using her current academic position to promote project-based learning experiences to promote sustainability for college students. She is working with several student groups to analyze and improve existing campus operations and design and innovate new facilities to reduce our campus’ impact on the environment and

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Sustainability and engineering education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

engineering societies (including the American Society of Civil Engineers,the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers,the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the National Academy of Engineering)formally stated the need for engineers to “deliver solutions that are technically viable,commercially feasible, and environmentally and socially sustainable.” As civil engineers designpractical solutions to include economic feasibility and environmental impacts of a project, thereis a need to develop more engineers who are aware of and equipped with the ability to designsolutions that include sustainability principles, enhancing their services to society and theenvironment3.Although the need exists, as

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Sustainability and engineering education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ben D Radhakrishnan, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University; James Jay Jaurez, National University

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Environmental Engineering

Page 23.759.2AbstractAn innovative Game Design/creation/play Methodology (GDM), developed through our researchon the HP Catalyst Grant project, in conjunction with International Society for Technology inEducation (ISTE) and Sloan Consortium (SLOAN-C), was introduced in the graduateSustainability Management program courses. This was a pilot to study GDM’s impact on studentlearning, motivation, creativity, engagement, innovation, team interactions, instructor leadership,and how they all contributed towards the Course Learning Outcomes (CLO). GDM wasintroduced in two different courses in MS Sustainability Management program: SUS601Introduction to Sustainability and SEM608 Sustainable Buildings. These student-built gameswere closly tied to and

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Environmental engineering pedagogy and innovation

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sukalyan Sengupta, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Jeffrey A Cunningham, University of South Florida; Sarina J. Ergas, University of South Florida; Ramesh K. Goel, University of Utah; Dilek Ozalp, University of South Florida; Teri Kristine Reed, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #6675Development of a Concept Inventory for Introductory Environmental Engi-neering CoursesDr. Sukalyan Sengupta, University of Massachusetts, DartmouthProf. Jeffrey A Cunningham, University of South Florida Dr Jeffrey Cunningham is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering at the University of South Florida (USF). Dr Cunningham’s research and teaching interests are related to the fate, transport, and remediation of contaminants in the environment. His current students are working on projects related to the clean-up of soil contaminated by hazardous chemicals, the fate of

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Sustainability and engineering education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Woolschlager, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #7351Implementation of Sustainability Concepts in Environmental Engineering Cur-riculumnsDr. John Woolschlager, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng. John Woolschlager is the founding Chair of a new Department of Civil Engineering that was started at Saint Louis University in the 2009/2010 academic year. Prior to joining Saint Louis University, Dr. Woolschlager was an Associate Professor at Arizona State University and at the University of North Florida. Dr. Woolschlager had been involved in over 3 million-dollars worth of collaborative research and engineering projects. Additionally, he was honored with

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Sustainability and engineering education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kim LaScola Needy, University of Arkansas; TAHAR MESSADI, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS; John Henry Kester III, University of Arkansas

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Environmental Engineering

feedback, change of goalsSource: “A Taste of Systemics,” by B. Banathy, 1997, International Society for the Systems Sciences.The major hurdle met is the paradigm of education advocating the distinction of disciplines fromthe early years and eventual departmental structures of higher education.41 The formation ofsustainability science accounts for the need of adopting the broader scope of understandingtheoretical dispositions because of the systemic issues that are prominent in the field.42 The mixof knowledge needed to provide effective guidance requires a suite of research methods.43 It isour goal in this course development project to create an experience for undergraduate studentsthat introduces them to the practice of research and informs them

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Environmental engineering pedagogy and innovation

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marty Anne Gustafson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Carl Vieth, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Patrick Eagan, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Environmental Engineering

EPD, Carl is a frequent lecturer for the University’s Center for Advanced Studies in Business and leads process improvement projects across campus. Prior to coming to the University, Carl was a Senior Consultant with GE Healthcare specializing in Cardi- ology, Emergency Services, Clinical Information Systems and Healthcare Administration. GE Healthcare is a global provider of healthcare technologies and services. Carl came to GE with the acquisition of Mar- quette Medical Systems, where he was the Director of Corporate Education. In this role, Carl had global responsibility for sales, technical, and customer training programs. As a Six-Sigma Black Belt, Carl led internal and customer-based performance improvement

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Environmental engineering pedagogy and innovation

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

-selected groups of two to three to solve a series of example problems. Thegraded activities for students remained the same as in previous semesters: homeworkassignments that were primarily quantitative; a team project related to remediation that requiredtwo written reports and two oral presentations based on a site risk assessment and a remedialdesign feasibility evaluation; and a midterm and final exam. Assessment methods used todetermine the effectiveness of the revised course model included: student logs showing videoresource use from the Blackboard software; student feedback on an informal in-class survey andthe final course evaluations; a comparison of student knowledge from the traditional class modeland inverted model based on performance

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Environmental engineering pedagogy and innovation

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alison M Cupples, Michigan State University; Susan J. Masten P.E., Michigan State University; Weimin Sun, Rutgers,The State University of New Jersey

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Environmental Engineering

for developing countries, and is looking at improving the ceramic water purifiers for pathogen removal. Dr. Masten, along with several other faculty members, holds a patent on a hybrid ceramic membrane filtration system. She has conducted extensive research on the use of this technology for the control of disinfection by-products, nanoparticles, bromate, and phar- maceuticals in drinking water. In addition to her classroom efforts, Professor Masten guides numerous student research projects. She has graduated over 50 M.S. students and 12 Ph.D students. Dr. Masten is co-author of the textbook, Principles of Environmental Engineering and Science, which is published by Mc-Graw-Hill and is in its 3rd edition.Dr. Weimin