Conference Session

Tech Session 1: Integrating Sustainability in Engineering Curriculum: Pedagogy, Assessment, and Systems Thinking

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esther Roorda, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Sathish Gopalakrishnan, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Environmental Engineering & Sustainability Division (ENVIRON)

Paper ID #48939More than Box-ticking: Accreditation and the Integration of Sustainabilityinto Canadian Engineering EducationMs. Esther Roorda, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Esther Roorda is a PhD student at the University of British Columbia, in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her research is in addressing sustainability issues in electrical and computer engineering through education, community and design. Research interests include engineering and sustainability literacy education, human centered design, e-waste, Right to Repair and design for repairability.Sathish Gopalakrishnan, University

Conference Session

Tech Session 5: Toward a New Paradigm in Environmental Engineering: From Knowledge Frameworks to Learning Impact

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mueller PE, ENV SP, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Namita Shrestha, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering & Sustainability Division (ENVIRON)

Curricular Pathway in Environmental EngineeringAbstractCurrently, students majoring in civil engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology(RHIT) do not get exposure to discipline-specific course content in environmental engineeringuntil the final quarter of Year 3. We’ve noticed that many students we’ve advised come into theirfirst year with an interest in environmental engineering, but they tend to choose different pathsbefore they even have a course in environmental engineering. We developed a plan that re-envisions the pathway for the environmental engineering curriculum. We evaluated differentscenarios of curriculum pathways to provide students with exposure to environmentalengineering content earlier in their academic career. Through this

Conference Session

Tech Session 6: Transformative Practices in Evolving Learning Environments

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hanwei Wang, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Katherine D McMahon, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering & Sustainability Division (ENVIRON)

Paper ID #49420Gender-Based Performance in a Collaborative Learning Engineering ClassroomHanwei Wang, University of Wisconsin - Madison Hanwei Wang is a PhD candidate in Environmental Chemistry and Technology with a doctoral minor in Cartography and Geographic Information Systems at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Dalian University of Technology and then earned an MS in Environmental Health from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Building on her teaching experiences, Hanwei developed a teaching-as-research project investigating gender-based