Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathaniel P. Sheehan, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke, United States Military Academy; David C. Zgonc, United States Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

, andsociety. The institution (the school) bears ethical and chartered obligations to society to graduatequalified individuals technically-ready and ethically-primed to enter into professional life. Theinstitution must choose to confer a degree based on course grades (and GPA in relevantcoursework). Course grades in turn should reflect individual student mastery of course material.How, then, should an assessment model be structured to selectively promote collaboration andstill maintain the integrity of the individual educational assessment process? We seek to answertwo questions in this assessment. How do we adjust the course assessment model (types ofassignments used/points allocated) to best teach a classroom of digital natives with varyingdegrees

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Freya Willicks, RWTH Aachen University; Valerie Varney, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Max Haberstroh, RWTH Aachen University

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Environmental Engineering

implementation of the EWB Challenge in Germany. Atypical task of a completed EWB Challenge with the focus on efficient cooking and heating inrural areas in Africa is presented and an exemplary solution concept of one student group isprovided. The example shows how the following goals can be achieved with the illustratedimplementation: Interdisciplinary work, reflection on the use of technology in developingcountries and the motivating combination of theoretical knowledge and practical relevance. Theexample also illustrates how civil society engagement can be brought to university. To analyzethe effects of the EWB challenge on the participating students, a two-part evaluation (pre- andpost-evaluation) has been conducted in the course of the Challenge’s

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexa N. Rihana Abdallah, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy

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Environmental Engineering

core curriculum, satisfying theobjective for scientific literacy in natural sciences. It is the first general education offering fromengineering faculty.Challenges in the development of this course included attaining the right balance betweenqualitative and quantitative material and tempering faculty’s enthusiasm for rigorousmathematical analysis in deference to a nontechnical audience that largely reflects the region’sdiversity. The overriding goals were to inform students about energy production andconsumption patterns, various technologies and their environmental consequences, and the prosand cons of renewable and nonrenewable energy systems. Other objectives were to provide astraightforward yet sophisticated appreciation of the negative

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael R. Penn P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Defne S. Apul, University of Toledo; Margaret E. Garcia, Arizona State University; Jagadish Torlapati; Lashun King Thomas

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Environmental Engineering

Green InfrastructureThe lesson outcomes for the Green Infrastructure lesson are: 1. Explain the motivation for green infrastructure 2. Suggest candidate green infrastructure to integrate into a new or existing site 3. Design a green infrastructure plan using EPA National Stormwater Calculator 4. Reflect on how green infrastructure can affect quality of lifePre-class activities require students to watch a screencast developed by the lesson authors, towatch a background video on the benefits of green infrastructure, and to familiarize themselveswith the National Stormwater Calculator. This software program, developed by the US EPA, hasthe following purpose [3]: The National Stormwater Calculator is a simple

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

3.69 (.947) 3.92 (.862) complex issues Perceive relations and patterns 3.85 (.899) 3.92 (.862) Recognize conflicting points of view and 3.77 (1.013) 3.77 (.832) move beyond to an independent point of view Synthesize from different ways of knowing, 3.85 (.689) 4.00 (.226) bodies of knowledge, and tools for learning Tolerate ambiguity and paradox 3.15 (.899) 3.31 (.947) Reflect constructively on your experiences 4.08 (.760) 4.00 (.707) and knowledge Employ a range of intellectual tools 3.85 (.987) 3.92 (.862) Solve problems and work through situations 3.92 (.862) 4.15 (.222) Connect in and out of classroom work 4.00 (.913) 4.23 (.599

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Environmental Engineering

included as part of each course unit (i.e.,Appendix 1, below).As shown in Table 1, in the Spring 2016 offering only 2 students were enrolled via distance,while approximately 1/3 of the class was enrolled via distance in Spring 2017 and 2018. Thischange in enrollment for, “Public Health for Environmental Engineers,” corresponds to anoverall trend in enrollment observed at the institution, which reflects an increase in the numberof total students enrolled via distance.As shown in Table 1, the majority of students from each offering held Senior status (i.e,. 19, 20,and 26 individuals in Spring 2016, 2017, and 2018, respectively), and were enrolled in, “PublicHealth for Environmental Engineers,” in their final semester of baccalaureate studies

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College

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Environmental Engineering

Incorrect Partially Correct CorrectFigure 3. Results from midterm and final exams when students were asked to describe twomethods of removing water hardnessPost-exam student feedbackIn a follow-up survey, conducted after the semester ended. Students provided reflections onwhether or not the activity helped them better understand the concept of water hardness. Theyalso were asked to provide their input on how to improve the activity in the future.Representative quotes are provided below:“I really like hands on experiments in class because they help me better understand the materialtaught in class and apply it to real world scenarios. During the water experiment, I realized that[College Name] has pretty hard water. I was then able to tie together

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

results to thestatewide symposium in April, showed that her confidence and her delivery has much improved.Her self-reported “Skill in science writing” increased from 2 to 3.5; this is an area that we will beable to analyze after she concludes her research and starts creating the poster. Finally, sheexpressed her resilience to the challenges as reflected in the stable score of 4 for “Clarification ofcareer path.” She still intends to obtain a doctorate degree.Melissa has completed her analysis of Cadmium removal with corn as a bio-sorbent. As a resultof her experiments, she concluded that corn is an effective bio-sorbent for higher concentrationsof Cadmium levels, 25 - 80 µg/L, with removal efficiencies of 46% -51%, respectively.To date, she has

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

also want to workwith faculty in other engineering disciplines to ensure that environmental protection issues areaddressed. This could include giving guest lectures in courses, particularly design-focusedcourses where environmental considerations should be part of the constraints and criteria for allengineering projects.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant#1158863. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References[1] StartClass by Graphiq. Compare Colleges & Universities. http://colleges.startclass.com/ Accessed March 10, 2017