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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marissa H. Forbes, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

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Paper ID #36724Work in Progress: Student Reflections from a Semester-Long Place-BasedPhotovoltaic Solar Energy ProjectDr. Marissa H. Forbes, University of San Diego Marissa Forbes, PhD is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of San Diego. She is co-creator and co-leader of the Water Justice Exchange, a cross-campus, inter-community initia- tive fostering synergistic research, teaching and solutions for water challenges in the San Diego/Tijuana region. Dr. Forbes earned her MS and PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder in Civil (environ- mental) Engineering, and conducts research that aims

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Huiming Fan, East China University of Science and Technology; Weijie GAO; Shi Siyi

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history of engineers. At present, 30 textbooks reflecting the concept of greenengineering education have been revised and newly edited, covering variousdisciplines such as engineering, science, management and law.2. Construction of Green Engineering Courses ECUST has offered a series of courses related to green engineering. First,"Fundamentals of Enterprise EHS Risk Management" has been offered to allengineering undergraduates as a compulsory course. This course built by over fortycorporate alumni and university faculty was listed as a national-level MOOC in 2017.Taken by about 2,300 people each year, it has been listed as a required or electivecourse by 106 universities nationwide. Second, eight "Green Engineering" electivecourses have been

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Baideme P.E., United States Military Academy; Kathryn Blair Newhart; Cristian Robbins; Michael A. Butkus P.E., United States Military Academy; Andrew Ross Pfluger P.E., United States Military Academy

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methodologies were examined within a large enrollmentcourse, it was concluded that students who selected their own teams earned grades that mirroredtheir overall course grade. Lower performing students who were randomly assigned, orpurposefully grouped with higher performing students based on previous performance, typicallyearned higher grades on the group assignment than other events in the course. However, theincreased grade in these cases did not consistently reflect improved individual performance.Keywords: team grading; team-based learning; team selection; group projects; assessment1. IntroductionGroup work, commonly referred to as cooperative learning [1], is an essential aspect of anundergraduate engineering experience because it is required to

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ashlynn S. Stillwell, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign

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experience (i.e., apprehension). They later transformthese experiences through internal reflection (i.e., intention) or manipulation of externalphenomena (i.e., extension). In our courses, we use case studies and simulation/game-likeactivities. Prado et al. [15] found that both simulations and case studies as pedagogical toolsworked well to convey the main ideas in a course on sustainable development.In this paper, we describe our approach within a Civil and Environmental Engineeringdepartment, where we have developed two policy-oriented courses for upper-level undergraduateand graduate students. The primary questions we answered when developing the policy forengineers courses were 1) what learning objectives to prioritize and 2) what teaching and

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Sarah Hultine Massengale, University of Missouri - St. Louis; Sarah Oerther, Saint Louis University

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course content – redesign of a local food system – was not a “favoritetopic” of some of the students.A further detailed analysis of Figure 2 shows that for Spring 2021, the same five questions wereadministered during the fifteenth week of the course. The response rate (N=9) was equal to one-third of the full course enrollment (N=30), and again reflects the poor rate of response typicallyobserved on our campus. As mentioned above, in Spring 2022, only three of the same fivequestions were administered during the fifteenth week of the course (i.e., question 1 and question2 are no longer included in the campus-wide instrument). The response rate (N=6) represented aminority of the enrollment (N=28). While the overall response reported in Figure 2 was

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremy Vanantwerp, Calvin University; Julie Anne Field Wildschut, Calvin University; Matthew Heun, Calvin University

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. That systems thinking perspective can be applied to anything, really, including social problems.”The first offering of introduction to sustainability challenges course was in the Fall 2015semester. Metrics for the engineering sustainability designation as a whole, such as participationand placement, indicated some positive results (for example, see above) but assessments of thelearning outcomes for the introductory seminar class (see Table 2 below for learning outcomesand current assessment plan) also indicated some areas where we fell short of learning targets inthe initial years of the designation. For instance, students’ ability to describe sustainability wasrather anemic.For example, D.T. (2018) wrote in a final reflection paper (see

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Jeong Eun Ahn, Rowan University

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these activities. An internship program has been established with theACUA and we will be assessing the impact of the internship program this summer. The SJLWThas also been trained to adopt our activities and implement in their outreach program thissummer. Activities for the WaterCave and WaterTalk modules will be ready by the end of thesummer of 2023. We will initiate school visits and adaptation of the developed modules this Fall.Acknowledgement:We acknowledge the support of the USEPA for funding this project (Grant # 84034701). Anyopinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this paper are those of theauthors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USEPA.

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Gallagher, Montana State University - Bozeman; Adrienne Phillips, Montana State University - Bozeman; Ellen Lauchnor, Montana State University - Bozeman; Amanda Hohner; Otto R. Stein, Montana State University - Bozeman; Craig R. Woolard, Montana State University - Bozeman; Catherine M. Kirkland; Kathryn Plymesser P.E., Montana State University - Bozeman

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). 3Figure 2. Knowledge ThreadsEach knowledge thread contains a variety of competency strands. For example, theprofessionalism thread encompasses teamwork, communications, social justice, and ethics(Figure 3).Figure 3. Professionalism Thread Competency StrandsThe disciplinary knowledge thread reflects multi-disciplinary competency strands, to includescience and engineering fundamentals, project management, public policy, and environmentalengineering specific topic areas, such as surface water resources and hydrology, air quality andcontrol, solid and hazardous waste, etc. Within each strand, competency domains were identified 4to provide additional detail as shown in Figure 4. For each domain, specific

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madhumi Mitra Ph.D., University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Will Klein, University of Maryland, College Park

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the lockdown. Figure 2. Correlation Coefficient Matrix of the pollutants for Kolkata6.0 Experiential Learning Outcomes, Assessing Data Analytical and Problem-SolvingSkills, and Grand Challenges of EngineeringThe interns and the high school senior through their reflective essays on their learning experiencesduring the beginning and the end of the course demonstrated their perspective of acknowledgingthe big picture; ability to apply knowledge gained to real-world situations; and displaying empathyby perceiving the challenges of the pandemic, and the extent the underrepresented populations aredisproportionately affected.Experiential Learning OutcomesSome of the experiential learning outcomes included the following: a

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel B Oerther P.E., Missouri University of Science and Technology

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complete two separate follow-up assessments; the first was offered on the same day asthe workshop (comprehensive assessment test or CAT0), and the second was a voluntaryopportunity to reflect on the Best, Worst, and ways to Improve the workshopadministered as part of follow-up to the workshop.The purpose of this paper is to share:1) details of the workshop, which may be replicated by others;2) results of the analysis of the RAT, CAT0, and additional follow-up data; and3) suggestions for applying the lessons learned in this preconference workshop to aneducational module that could be used to introduce Boyer’s Model and careercartography to graduate students as well as early and midcareer faculty of environmentalengineering.MethodsWorkshop content

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Laughton, The Citadel

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when Rensselaer was accredited (Figure1). Additional accreditations progressed at a rate of approximately one every three years until1990, after which an average of 2.5 accreditations were added per year. Two of the EnvE PUIswere accredited prior to 1990 – Cal Poly Obispo (1971) and Cal Poly Humboldt (1981) – whilethe remaining six were accredited after, reflecting the overall increased accreditation rate.Bucknell and Central State received accreditation most recently in 2017.One may assume from the history of the disciplines that institutions with both EnvE and CivEprograms had the CivE program first. This is correct for four of the five EnvE/CivE PUIs –Bucknell, West Point, PUPR, and UW-Platteville. Bucknell has the longest period of

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Schulz, Georgia Institute of Technology; Cynthia D. Anderson, Alula Consulting; Cindy Cooper, The Lemelson Foundation; Dustyn Roberts P.E., University of Pennsylvania; Jorge E Loyo Rosales, Rice University; Kristin Lewis, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) ; Supraja N. Kumar, Smart Surfaces Coalition; Julianne Rolf, Yale University; Nelson A. Granda Marulanda, Western Carolina University

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www.engineeringforoneplanet.org. With testing through pilot grants andfurther community input, the EOP Framework has evolved from its early focus on“environmental responsibility” to reflect the broader lenses of social and environmentalsustainability, among other refinements based on over 600 comments that were collected andincorporated into the revised version released in 2022.The EOP Framework is a cornerstone of the EOP initiative, the first of its kind to guidecoursework, teaching tools, and student experiences that define what it means to be an engineerwho is equipped to protect our planet and the life it sustains (Figure 1 & Figure 2A) [20].Aligned with ABET’s seven required student outcomes, it provides faculty members with avetted menu of competencies that

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Victoria Matthew, Engineering for One Planet; Cynthia Anderson, Alula Consulting; Cindy Cooper, The Lemelson Foundation; Surbhi Godsay Lipkin-Moore, Amplify Evaluation

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initiative to transform engineering education to reflect the growingimportance of sustainability in all engineering functions.16 EOP was developed and is evolving 2023 ASEE National Conferencethrough collaborations among hundreds of sustainability advocates across sectors, geographies,and lived experiences. EOP seeks to ensure all future engineers, across all disciplines, learn thefundamental skills and principles of social and environmental sustainability.The EOP Framework was first launched in 2020 and is a cornerstone of the EOP initiative. Theframework is the first of its kind in that it incorporates to guide to coursework, teaching tools,and student experiences that define what it means to be an engineer who is