Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose E. Sanchez P.E., Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory

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Ocean and Marine

Paper ID #11226USACE’S COASTAL ENGINEERING CERTIFICATE PROGRAMMr. Jose E. Sanchez P.E., Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory Mr. Jos´e E. S´anchez is the Director of the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, MS. ERDC R&D supports the Depart- ment of Defense and other federal agencies in military and civilian projects. Principal research mission areas include Warfighter support, installations, environment, water resources, and information technology. CHL is the national laboratory for the specialized professional field of coastal and

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Ocean and Marine Engineering Division: Best Paper Technical Session

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Laura K. Alford, University of Michigan; James A. Coller, University of Michigan; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan

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Ocean and Marine

mental models with others’, noticing differences and explicitly spelling outassumptions [16, 17, 18].In understanding previous work, the goal of the instructors was to bring previously documentedsuccessful pedagogies to use in teaching hydrodynamics concepts to first year engineeringstudents with the intention of improving students’ ability to grasp the high level concepts over thecourse of one lecture before moving on to a laboratory environment to experiment and reinforcethe concept knowledge.MethodsThe collaborative lectures are taught with students working in small groups. We use a flexibleclassroom that has movable tables and chairs, and we have the students help us rearrange thefurniture (if needed) according to the diagram in Fig. 1. This

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Whalin, Jackson State University

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Ocean and Marine

Paper ID #12157A New Coastal Engineering Graduate ProgramDr. Robert W. Whalin, Jackson State University Dr. Robert W. Whalin, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Director, Coastal Hazards Center, Jackson State University. He is Director Emeritus of the Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS. He received his PhD in Oceanography from Texas A&M University in 1971 and is a Registered Professional Engineer. Dr. Whalin was Director of Army Research Laboratory (1998- 2003; Adelphi, MD), and Technical Director /Director of Waterways Experiment Station (1985-1998; Vicksburg, MS). He has

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Delorme, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Michael Giglia; Ethan Hayon; Joseph Huyett; Donald Montemarano; Mark Siembab

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Paper ID #12215A Student Design, Develop, Test & Deploy Project: Perseus II - Developmentof an Unmanned Marine System for an Underwater Unexploded OrdnanceMissionMr. Michael DeLorme, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES) Mr. Michael DeLorme Mr. DeLorme has 11 years of professional experience as a Research Asso- ciate/Engineer at Stevens; Davidson Laboratory, DHS National Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce (CSR), and Systems Engineering Research Center. Research concentrations include exper- imental marine hydrodynamics, unmanned marine vehicles, the implementation of hydro-acoustics for the detection of