Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile

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Diversity

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Mathematics

Calculus and Probability (IP) 162 (20%) 72% 239 62% Integral Calculus (IC) 185 (17%) 53% 203 29% Differential Equations (DE) 314 (30%) 54% 321 36% Total 1399 50% 1870 47%The table shows that there was an improvement in some of the courses. For example, for DE andIC, the percentage of students passing the course increased from 36% and 29% to 54% and 53%,respectively. However, there were some other courses in which there was not an improvement(e.g. DC had 53% and then 52%) and a course (PC) in which there was a decline in studentspassing

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenny Mahan, University of Alabama; Jesse Huguet, University of Alabama; Joseph Chappell, University of Alabama; Keith Woodbury, University of Alabama; Robert Taylor, University of Alabama

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Mechanical Engineering

. This paper reports on the second yearof an NSF CCLI Phase I project to implement a sequence of Excel modules for use in theThermal Mechanical Engineering Curriculum.A collection of Excel Add-ins has been developed for use in solving thermodynamics problems.This paper reports on development of three Add-ins to compute properties of refrigerants R134and R22 and to compute gas dynamics relations for isentropic, Fanno, and Rayleigh flows ofideal gases. All of the Excel Add-ins developed can be downloaded at the project websitewww.me.ua.edu/ExcelinME.IntroUnder a National Science Foundation (NSF) Curriculum, Classroom, and LaboratoryImprovement (CCLI) grant a number of software modules have been developed to facilitateengineering analysis in a

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2011-1596: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A CER-TIFICATE IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTAndrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University Andrew Gerhart, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU, chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee, director of the LTU Thermal Science Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate in Energy & Environmental Man- agement and Certificate/Minor in Aeronautical Engineering, and

Collection

2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Xingguo Xiong; Hassan Bajwa; Lawrence Hmurcik

published papers and posters in the VLSI related journals andconferences. 1. IntroductionVLSI (Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits) has been one of the most important technologiesdeveloped in 20th century. During the last decade, the VLSI industry has made continuousefforts to keep shrinking the size of the transistors, so that more and more transistors can bebuilt into a single VLSI chip to make it more and more powerful [1]. Moore's law hasgoverned the trends in VLSI industry for the past decades [2]. The transistor size has beenshrunk into deep submicron or even nanometer domain, so that more and more transistors canbe integrated into the same chip area. Nowadays a state-of-the-art Intel Xeon MicroprocessorMP X7460 based on 45nm technology

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Momanyi, William Paterson University; Grace Panther, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

responded to students’isolation through an increase in office hours in the subsequent semester following initial reportsof student isolation. The trends in the data are used to make recommendations for civilengineering instructors on how to integrate learning communities into the classroom experienceduring normal and disrupted times.Keywords: Sophomore, Junior, Syllabi, Document Analysis, Civil EngineeringIntroductionLearning communities in classroom settings act as support systems for students, facilitatingincreased motivation, student success, and feelings of belonging. Instructors create learningcommunities in the classroom by incorporating teamwork and group projects into their coursedesigns as well as making themselves available, by way of

Conference Session

Automation and Robotics Subjects in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuqiu You, Morehead State University

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Manufacturing

engineeringdesign of a specific robotics problem and implementation in the laboratory. Topics includeindustrial engineering techniques, hardware interfacing, software interfacing, and control devicesfor robotics applications. An interdisciplinary approach is used. The challenge in teaching thiscourse is the integration of knowledge and skills from mechanical engineering, electronicengineering, and computer programming for students in manufacturing technology program.In the Robotics Interfacing Engineering class, weekly labs are set up which account for the sameamount of time as the lectures. The outcome of this curriculum is to help students to exploreavailable equipment and technologies in industrial robotic applications, understand hardware andsoftware

Conference Session

Developing and Establishing Graduate Study Programs - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University Northwest (College of Technology); Niaz Latif, Purdue University Northwest

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

by teaching at least one graduate course per year.ConclusionTo start and maintain a successful graduate program in Technology, several factors need to beconsidered. An initial environmental scan will help the program to set a curriculum whichaddresses the need of prospective students and employers. The program needs to distinguishitself from an engineering graduate program by having courses on managerial/leadership skills aswell as courses on decision making skills, in addition to technical courses, as part of thecurriculum. A step-by-step approach in growth, by slowly expanding the program, will help theprogram flourish as the offering becomes broader and therefore addresses the needs of a broaderconstituency. The College of Technology at

Conference Session

Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Guoping Wang

amount of time on the debugging and troubleshooting. This two-phase lab practicehelps students to learn both the hands-on troubleshooting techniques and basic principles ofdigital systems. Using VHDL in the teaching students can get confused with its usage becausethe instructor has to focus on the features of VHDL language. In contrast, the author’s approachbetter helps the students to learn and understand the principles and practices of digital logicsystems.Conclusion Teaching digital systems with bread-board and Xilinx schematic CAD tools andFPGA/CPLD board represents an integrated approach to introducing digital system principles,processes and implementation. It is more effective in the teaching of digital logic systems thanthe

Conference Session

Service Learning Projects in Developing Countries

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Striebig, James Madison University; Susan Norwood, Gonzaga University

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Environmental Engineering

programs in engineering. Graduate schoolapplication rates for engineering students are significantly higher for students participating in theservice-learning program, but more time is needed to fully understand the rate of graduate schoolapplication, acceptance, and completion. This data will continue to be collected for resentgraduates and alumni of the WATER program.ConclusionsOne significant advance of the WATER program was the integration of an international servicelearning experience into the curriculum. Students were able to work on the service learningaspects of the project and incorporate their ideas into the capstone design projects, enhancingboth the service-learning experience and the capstone design experience. The

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Paying More Attention to Retention

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schar, Stanford University; Sophia Lerner Pink, Stanford University; Kayla Powers, Stanford University; Adrian Piedra, Stanford University; Shivani Alexandra Torres, Stanford University; Kai Jun Chew, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

qualitative interviews withunderrepresented minority engineering students. These allowed us to explore their classroombelonging experiences and showed that classroom belonging is a familiar concept and a functionof two separate sources of belonging: academic belonging and social belonging. Academic self-efficacy, curriculum content motivation and an ability to share academic struggles with otherswere important contributors to academic belonging. Social similarity, successful teamexperiences and a general sense of caring were also considered helpful to building socialbelonging in the classroom. Implications and ideas to build engineering classroom belongingfrom this research are discussed.Key Concepts: social belonging, engineering identity

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tamy Fry; Mark A. Nanny; Mary John O'Hair; Teri Reed Rhoads

technologies,and to build and renew the students’ desire to become involved in technological fields. This isaccomplished by allowing the students to experience math and science in ways that are excitingand meaningful to them in their everyday lives. The ATA utilizes project teams consisting of aneducation fellow, a science or engineering fellow (one is an undergraduate fellow and the otherone is a graduate fellow), and a participating secondary school teacher to develop and implementrelevant, hands-on lessons to teach math and science concepts in the classrooms. The lessonactivities are designed to introduce the required curriculum concepts in a fun and interestingmanner, to demonstrate the students’ potential to understand and enjoy math and science

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

meet how digital natives interact with information, maintain the integrity of the educationalassessment process, and foster appreciation for individual ethical responsibility in the engineeringprofession? In a 3-year longitudinal study, the authors examined student performance andexperimented with alternate assessment models in an introductory environmental engineering coursefor juniors with multi-disciplinary enrollment. This longitudinal study was designed to indicate betterassessment and academic validation of digital natives while enhancing valuable peer-learning.Individual and course-wide grades as well as student feedback are used to assess student performance.Comparison of course-end comprehensive exam results (assumed to demonstrate

Collection

2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Peng Li, East Carolina University

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Diversity

cloud optionsfor hands-on education, based on our experience with multiple cloud platforms. There are differentways of implementing cloud computing. A public cloud is owned and operated by an externalservice provider. Computing resources are allocated on a pay-per-usage basis. A private cloud isowned and managed by local institutions. Computing resources are provisioned to internal userson demand. Private clouds are highly customizable and may be adjusted to better meet the needsof local users. However, setting up a private cloud requires expertise and resources. Access topublic clouds can be set up quickly but users possess less control. In a diversified online learningenvironment, multiple cloud platforms may be necessary.KeywordsVirtual lab

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Douglas J. Hacker

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

ability to consciously and deliberately monitor and regulate one’s knowledge, processes,and cognitive and affective states” [1]. Metacognition is key to developing self-directed learningskills that are foundational to ABET’s required “ability to be a life-long learner.” Self-directedlearning is also necessary for an effective work career, yet it is rarely integrated into engineeringeducation [2].In our IUSE NSF project, we are studying the development of metacognitive and self-directedlearning skills of students and graduates of the Iron Range Engineering program (IRE). IRE is aninnovative, problem-based-learning (PBL) engineering program in Virginia, Minnesota, wherestudents explicitly engage in activities to become aware of and develop

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati P.E., Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

forautomotive applications. This needs to be further refined and filled with more rigorouscontent to meet the 4-year and master level engineering students. Assessment tools usedin the course seem to be sufficient to gage the performance of the students taking thiscourse although more data is needed. Integration of the math and CAE tools along withassignment of several mini-projects seems to be an effective way for better understandingof the course material. Validation of computer models and results by hand calculations isimperative that the students must realize. Use of math and/or CAE tools in the classprovided them ‘what if’ scenarios to study the effect of different design requirements andvariables on the problem or on the subsystem considered in

Conference Session

Best Practices in IE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Elam, Texas A&M University, Commerce; E. Delbert Horton, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Sukwon Kim, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Bob Wilkins, Texas A&M University, Commerce

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Industrial Engineering

their first two semesters to establish a learning community and to allow facultyto integrate concepts in the courses. Supplemental Instruction (SI) was provided for themathematics courses these first two semesters. SI was identified as a significant contributor tothe success of the ILC, as were the opportunity for students to use and apply mathematicsconcepts and bi-weekly meetings of the instructors to review issues of attendance, motivation,retention, student academic progress, curriculum integration, the status of assignments inprogress, and assessment.14 Page 14.137.4North Carolina State University put forth an effort to intervene on behalf

Conference Session

For Students to Know and Grow

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kirsten Heikkinen Dodson, Lipscomb University; Courtney Deckard, Lipscomb University; Hannah Duke, Lipscomb University; Makenzie Cohn; Natalie Shaffer, Lipscomb University; Elizabeth Buchanan, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

Paper ID #34091Studying the Impact of Humanitarian Engineering Projects on StudentProfessional Formation and Views of Diversity, Equity, and InclusionDr. Kirsten Heikkinen Dodson, Lipscomb University Dr. Kirsten Heikkinen Dodson is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the Raymond B. Jones College of Engineering at Lipscomb University. She graduated from Lipscomb University with her Bachelors degree before completing her Doctoral Degree at Vanderbilt. Upon completing her research at Vanderbilt, she joined the faculty at her alma mater where she has focused on thermal-fluids topics in teaching and

Conference Session

Useful Assessment in Materials Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech

J. L. Kimball, “The Portfolio As a Tool to Evaluate and Assess the Effectivenessof a First-Year Integrated Engineering Curriculum,” Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997. 27th AnnualConference. 'Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change'. Proceedings. Volume 2, page 1114. Retrieved 12December 2004 fromhttp://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel3/5004/13772/00636049.pdf?isNumber=13772&prod=CNF&arnumber=636049&arSt=1114+vol.2&ared=&arAuthor=Gunn%2C+D.W.%3B+Corleto%2C+C.R.%3B+Kimball%2C+J.L.12. M. C. Paretti, “Work In Progress: Using E-Portfolios to Assess Communication Skills,” 34th ASEE/IEEEFrontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, available on CD and at http://fie.engrng.pitt.edu/fie2004/.MARIE C. PARETTI, Ph.D.Marie C

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie G. Adams

intuitively, analyzing and visualizing, steadily andin fits and starts.”Project-Based learning (PBL) is an innovative teaching methodology available to teachers toprovide student a different type of classroom experience. PBL is designed to make learningrelevant and useful to students though the establishment of connections outside of the classroom.This style of teaching changes the relationship between teachers and students. It focuses on thecentral concepts and principles of a discipline, involves students in problem-solvinginvestigations, and allows students to work autonomously, to integrate concepts acrossdisciplines, to apply principles to real life scenarios, and situations and practices.This article looks at the incorporation of PBL into a

Conference Session

Strengthening Liberal Education in Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Steneck; Barbara Olds; Kathryn Neeley

, analyze, and solve technologicalproblems in a thoughtful, responsible way, within the context of society's structures and mores.IV. Curriculum Design and Learning Objectives for Liberal Education in Engineering EducationCurriculum DesignAs an area of study that encourages self-discovery, the exploration of different ways of thinking,and broad intellectual development, LE in engineering cannot be reduced to a single course ofstudy. No single pattern of learning is right for every student, teacher, program, or school. Infact, LE can be delivered in many ways, including: Traditional H&SS Courses. Courses entirely devoted to some aspect of a humanities or social science discipline and taught by experts in the discipline. These courses

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Work-in-Progress Postcard Session #1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corey Kiassat, PhD, MBA, PE, Quinnipiac University; Michael Ben-Avie, Quinnipiac University

from any courses in the fall semester. In addition, there was asingle F grade in the collective courses of the nine students. These two markers can be comparedto the performance of non-FA first-year SCE students with math placement test scores of 2, 3, or4. There were 11 W’s and 22 F’s among the peers (figures 2a and 2b). Figure 2a Figure 2bFigure 2: Comparison of course (a) withdrawals and (b) failed grades of First-year Academy students and their peersWellbeingAs an integral part of the evaluation of the new residence experience curriculum, a survey wasdeveloped by the Office of Academic Innovation & Effectiveness, which was administered tostudents one-by-one by their

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John-David Yoder; Juliet Hurtig

projects which require multidisciplinary teams in order to be successful. Manysuch programs have been initiated, including those discussed in [8][9].This effort described here differs from some of the above work in two major ways. First, theprojects varied considerably, including an industry-sponsored project, a national competition,and an internally-funded research project. Secondly, this was not done through the developmentof a new course. Rather, the multidisciplinary projects were simply some of the projects fromwhich students could choose as part of the standard capstone course. It is hoped that the lessonslearned from these initial teams will allow smooth integration of further multidisciplinaryprojects in the future.Design Teams:Four

Conference Session

New Course Development Concepts in ET I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University (Tech.); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Siddharth Vyas, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Adrian A. Pollock, MISTRAS Group, Inc.

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Engineering Technology

issues expressed by government, academic institutions, and industries acrossthe nation. The ET program’s content provides an integrated educational experience directedtoward developing the ability to apply fundamental knowledge to the solution of practicalproblems in engineering technology fields. The majority of the ET courses at Drexel are fullyintegrated with training and laboratory experience and extensive use of software and industrialcase studies12. A new generation of industrial engineers, manufacturing engineers, and engineeringtechnologists must be educated and trained in various quality control-related techniques,methodologies, and corresponding equipment. Consequently, the role of NDE in assuring publicsafety is greatly increasing

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ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Santhosh Thampuran

the course.4. SummaryIn conclusion, based on the evaluations of the students, the TAs, the instructor and variousexternal observers, we felt that the course was a success. The following ideas were successful: · Offering a technical course to non-majors and exposing them to a wide variety of topics in multimedia systems. · Providing an experience for exploration of a particular project in depth using a diverse group of students and tools. · Using guest lectures from the UMASS community, integrating research and information technology into the curriculum. · Capturing the course through the use of low-cost video, Web site and CD-ROM.Recommended improvements to the course include: · Covering less material (a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville; Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; David Wheatley, University of Louisville

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NSF Grantees

discontinued for now,with faculty choosing to focus more in depth on the first two case studies. However, it offersmuch for students, and may be substituted for one of the other case studies or added as the coursechanges.Case Studies in the LiteratureMany authors over the past two decades have pointed out the need to integrate lessons learnedfrom failure case studies in engineering education 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14. The case for including failurecase studies in the engineering curriculum has been made by several authors, including Delatteand Rens 15, Delatte 16, Carper 13, Carper et al. 17, and Carper et al. 18. Over the years, the ASCETechnical Council on Forensic Engineering (TCFE) has carried out several surveys of civilengineer programs across the

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Blaine, University of Oregon; Nathan Jacobs, University of Oregon

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

experience that may ormay not be informed by effective strategies. And in this ad-hoc model, when scientists-in-training seek help to be better communicators, in our experience it’s often too late in thedevelopment of their communication task to integrate best practices into the novel design of thespecific piece of communication. At best, specific flaws may be triaged. Rarely is sciencecommunication integrated into a curriculum that addresses specific needs of science trainees inreal time. And, to our knowledge, science communication training has not been delivereduniversally through all levels of an institution – faculty to postdocs to graduate andundergraduate students – therefore, there is no common approach within an organization. As aresult

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bidhan C. Roy, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Mechanics

conceptualknowledge, and of course in skill sets.A course in Dynamics is part of a series of courses in Engineering Mechanics, the others beingStatics and Mechanics of Materials. In a Mechanical Engineering curriculum, it is an importantpre-requisite for courses in Dynamical Systems, Fluid Dynamics, and Mechanisms andMachines. Therefore, a clear conceptual understanding of the basic principles of Dynamics iswarranted, so that students can undertake critical thinking in future courses and in theirprofessional career.The principles of Dynamics, as part of a course in Engineering Mechanics, is better understoodby intensive problem solving. Because of limited time in classroom lectures, problem solving inhomework assignements is an integral part of the learning

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design I

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University; Robert Scott Pierce P.E., Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

School of Engineering and Technology. One of the major suggestions from the IAC wasto provide an environment for students to practice multi-disciplinary innovative productdevelopment in our curriculum. The faculty pointed to this course much to the delight of theIAC. On another occasion the IAC was meeting one year after the completion of the first ENGR350 course; they were viewing the capstone projects of the first students to have completed theentire PBL sequence from freshman through senior. One of the IAC members pointed out thatthe projects that year tended to be of a higher caliber than those of previous years, noting thatthese students were the first to finish the entire PBL sequence.References[1] Self, B. P., Widmann, J. M., Prince

Conference Session

Accreditation

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Painter

available in an engineering curriculum. At TSUenvironmental justice is presented to students in the context of how these issues caninfluence the ethical practice of Environmental Engineering with regard to the design andsiting of hazardous and solid waste facilities. Two class assignments based onhypothetical scenarios demonstrate the nature of environmental injustice and how theseoccurrences impact decisions regarding waste facilities. A third assignment based on acase study presents a series of ethical failures leading to harm to human health and theenvironment and emphasizes the role of environmental justice concerns in precipitatingthe ethical failures. The assignments are briefly described below. The actual assignmentsare accompanied with a

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Tsung-chieh Tsay; Richard E. Larew; Fabian C. Hadipriono

construction education and training impairs the ability of our undergraduate constructionstudents to obtain practicality and feel for engineering construction, knowledge of overall structural behavior,creative thinking and problem solving, accuracy of assumptions made in the design, and engineeringjudgment. Such impairments have directly or indirectly contributed to construction failures and accidents withthe often tragic loss of human lives. As such, the traditional education and training in our current constructioncurriculum must be enhanced. To overcome this problem, the COVR model is currently being developed andwill be integrated into our curriculum. This model encompasses the erection process of a bridge superstructure--one of the most