) for students, which on some level can beat least partly obtained by the traditional approach of learning by clicking through a program.While that is certainly a part of this course, the use of integrated projects to learn GIS whilereinforcing core civil engineering concepts has shown to be an impactful model, providingstudents context and connections to enhance their learning in multiple areas beyond the software.References[1] V. Bernhäuserová, L. Havelková, K. Hátlová, and M. Hanus, “The limits of GISimplementation in education: A systematic review,” ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, vol. 11, no. 12, p. 592, 2022.[2] S. Lafia, R. Zhu, B. Regalia, and W. Kuhn, “Reimagining GIS instruction through concept-based learning,” AGILE
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evolves beyond graduation. They mayfeel frustrated when going through a course but appreciate the benefits when they use the skillsdeveloped at a later date [29]. Therefore, some quotes from alumni are worth sharing. “I often think of you when I am writing a technical document at work and I remember youradvice to always write with my reader’s (now client’s!) expectations and preferences in mind.”(class of ’17)“I wanted to thank you for the way you prepare students for working in the field. Specifically,the real-world oriented lab reports and technical writing portions of the senior design project. Istarted working as a forensic engineer
Harcourt, 2020.[3] R. Rothstein, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, WW Norton, 2018.[4] D. E. Armanios, S. J. Christian, M. L. McElwee, J. D. Moore, D. Nock, C. Samaras and G. J. Wang, "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Civil and Environmental Engineering Education: Social Justice in a Changing Climate," 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference, 2021.[5] J. L. Martina and J. A. Beeseb, "Moving Beyond the Lecture: Inspiring Social Justice Engagement through Counter-Story Using Case Study Pedagogy," The Educational Forum, vol. 84, no. 3, pp. 210-225, 2020.[6] The White House, "Fact Sheet: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal," 6 November 2021. [Online
Paper ID #41120Fostering Student Ownership and Active Learning through Student-Led GroupLectures in a Civil Engineering Materials CourseDr. Shenghua Wu, University of South Alabama Dr. Shenghua Wu is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Coastal, and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Alabama. His research areas include civil engineering materials characterization, pavement performance evaluation and modeling, design, and maintenance, multidisciplinary approach to address complex engineering issues, as well as STEM education. He is the Director for the Solid Waste Sustainability Hub
Paper ID #37133Fostering Infrastructure Equity through Leveraging Envision RatingSystem among Civil Engineering and Construction StudentsMiss Rubaya Rahat, Florida International University Rubaya Rahat grew up in Bangladesh, where she pursued her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). After graduating she worked for two years in a construction management company in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She was involved in various residential and infrastructure projects. Rubaya now is a Ph.D. student at Department of Civil and Environ- mental Engineering and Teaching
and the use of active learning methods to engage and challenge his students.Dr. Matthew W Roberts, Southern Utah University Dr. Roberts has been teaching structural engineering topics for 22 years. He is a professor of civil engineering at Southern Utah University.Prof. Brandon K Wiggins, Southern Utah University Prof. Wiggins is an Associate Professor of Physics at Southern Utah University. He works in computational astrophysics and specializes in large dataset analysis and visualization, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Exploring Educational Needs and Practices in Structural
subdiscipline can be attained through a combination of undergraduate education,graduate education, and professional mentorship [4], [8]. Furthermore, depth is inherentlyrequired in the field of structural engineering by some jurisdictions that require a structuralengineering (SE) license to practice, beyond a professional engineering (PE) license.Several studies have been conducted by the National Council of Structural EngineersAssociations (NCSEA) to investigate the level of depth achieved and needed in the field ofstructural engineering. The NCSEA seeks to improve the standard level of practice of thestructural engineering profession, and within that organization, the goal of the Basic EducationCommittee (BEC) is to “promote the knowledge and skills
Paper ID #37169Towards Developing a Modernized Wind Engineering Curricula ¨Ms. Claudia Calle Muller, Florida International University Claudia Calle M¨uller is a Ph.D. student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Florida International University (FIU). She holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica del Per´u (PUCP). Claudia has 4+ years’ experience in structural engineering designing reinforced concrete resi- dential and commercial buildings in Peru; 2+ years’ experience in entrepreneurship building a successful health coaching and wellness business; and 4+ years teaching
for the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Georgia Tech. He contributes to our undergraduate Global Engineering Leadership Minor, as well as our new Innovation & Entrepreneurship track, by infusing leadership, innovation, and team effectiveness into our engineering curriculum. He co-instructs our Innovation & Entrepreneurship in CEE Systems course, and is a member of the instructional team for several CEE undergraduate courses. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Incorporating teamwork elements into a course to improve learning outcomesAbstract The use of teamwork in courses has many benefits for students beyond simply thedevelopment of collaboration
Connecticut (UConn) created26 a class called “Sustainable Transportation'' which is going through a redesign with a focus on the27 interplay of sustainability, human rights, and transportation infrastructure. In this course, students28 will delve into land-based transportation systems' impact on the environment, society, and29 economy. This paper will summarize the lessons learned from redesigning this class, including30 experiences, challenges, and successes. Our goal with this paper is to serve as a guide for31 forthcoming multidisciplinary engineering course redesigns using a student-centered approach.3233 Introduction3435 Developing innovative pedagogical frameworks to cultivate a new generation of conscientious36 engineers
course offered in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, students explore thedirect and indirect stakeholders involved in a coastal engineering design example. During an in-class session, students learn how to brainstorm the values and norms of stakeholders that theyidentify, and then integrate those values into design criteria such that it benefits a broader swathof the community. The students then applied the VSD concepts to a course project that requiredthem to create design criteria that satisfied stakeholder’s needs beyond the original client. Theinclusion of this activity in the course curriculum created students who were more invested andaware of the potential impacts of their design.Introduction and Literature Review
(beyond faculty) focusing on tradespeople mentors in the US AirForce civil engineering learning environment.The FERL course is centered on six learning objectives (listed below) and has nearly 20activities that are related to the four sub disciplines of civil engineering that are included in theprogram (Wambeke 2022, Sloan et al. In press). Several activities are associated with surveying,roadway paving, concrete beam construction and testing, wood frame house construction, heavyequipment operations, steel bridge erection, pipe and open channel flow design, expeditionarywastewater treatment and field trips to material and processing plants in the local area. A full listof activities is included in Table 1. These activities allow the students to
members haverecently produced learning materials on Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) in infrastructureprovision.The operationalizing of CoP as a theory of change by CIT-E has emerged beyond the initialNational Science Foundation (NSF) funding a decade ago, employing various change strategies.Example strategies include expanding membership and creating alternative educational practicesto support change and transformation. Recent NSF funding and new membership have createdopportunities for the CoP to lead change at a much broader level across civil and environmentalengineering education in the U.S.As part of this work, we conducted semi-structured interviews with seven change leaders inengineering education and DEIJ. We asked their
coordinates all teaching, research and safety training activities in the engineering laboratory. Dr. Palomo conducts research in surface water quality improvement via natural treatment systems, water and wastewater treatment processes, and water education. She is involved in outreach programs for K-12 students to increase the participation of Hispanic female students in STEM fieldsCarolyn M Rodak, State University of New York, Polytechnic InstituteDr. David A Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth David Saftner is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He received a BS in Civil Engineering from the United States Military Academy and MS and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan
learning.BackgroundA review of the literature revealed studies on grading practices in disciplines other thanengineering and at the K-12 level, but a lack of studies on grading in the engineering disciplines.Nevertheless, common characteristics and important lessons were found in examining theliterature on grading practices and using grading to develop students’ skills.Lipnevich et al. [2] reviewed syllabi from 250 introductory courses in English, math, science,and psychology and determined that instructors typically used approaches to grading that theyexperienced as students and that they think are fair. Allen [3] found that many instructors simplyuse what they experienced as students in determining grades in their own courses, regardless ofthe validity or
methodologies. This initiative was a part of "INCLUDE, BeyondAccommodation: Leveraging Neurodiversity for Engineering Innovation" project funded by theNational Science Foundation (NSF). Truly inclusive educational environments in engineeringstudies entail educators adopting a perspective that recognizes the inherent value inneurodiversity, going beyond basic provisions for accommodations and accessibility [7]. Usingthe Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework, the course structure was adapted toaddress the varied requirements of the increasingly neurodiverse student body in highereducation [8] – [11]. UDL guidelines offer a set of concrete suggestions to ensure that alllearners can access and participate in meaningful, challenging learning
Paper ID #37314Geotechnical Site Characterization in a Box: Bringing the Full SiteCharacterization Experience to the ClassroomDr. Timothy A. Wood, The Citadel Timothy A Wood is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel. He acquired a Bachelor’s in Engineering Physics Summa Cum Laude with Honors followed by Civil Engi- neering Master’s and Doctoral degrees from Texas Tech University. His technical research focuses on structural evaluation of buried bridges and culverts. He encourages students through an infectious enthu- siasm for engineering mechanics and self-directed, lifelong learning
the basics of electricity is a major gap in civil engineering education that canbe overcome through learning objectives in infrastructure courses. Civil engineering educationmust prepare graduates to meet the future needs of society, and the National Academy ofEngineering asserts that restoring and improving urban infrastructure is a “grand challenge” forthe 21st Century, specifically stating that solutions “must be designed for sustainability, givingproper attention to environmental and energy-use considerations” [8]. Nearly everything civilengineers design and construct relates to the energy infrastructure sector in some form oranother, from hydropower generation at dams to transmission towers to buildings that useelectricity. Further, the
., Gulley, N., Laland, K.N., and Rendell, L. (2020). Flexible learning, rather thatn inveterate innovation or copying, drive cumulative knowledge gain. Science Advances, 6(23).[3] Jensen, E., & Nickelsen, L. (2008). Deeper learning: 7 powerful strategies for in-depth and longer-lasting learning. Corwin press.[4] Hultberg, P., Calonge, D. S., & Lee, A. E. S. (2018). Promoting long-lasting learning through instructional design. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 18(3).[5] National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2012). A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/13165.[6] E. J
professional engineer, but they do not necessarily view theknowledge acquired in college as foundational principles. Thus, they often struggle transferringand applying fundamental engineering principles to the engineering applications encountered inthe workforce. According to Bransford et al. [1], ‘it is left to the student to transfer theoreticalknowledge to the solving of problems.’ Furthermore, according to the Federal HighwayAdministration (FHWA) [2], “most undergraduate structural engineering curricula do not fullyprepare students for professional practice in bridge engineering. Bridge design firms arechallenged to educate new engineers on topics that are beyond what is considered normal ‘on-the-job-training.’ …there is a need for college-level
39.CE300X Block 5 facilitates a team-based, course-culminating opportunity through theEngineering Design Project (EDP). Key to this block is establishing the team charter, projectframework, and objective analysis, criteria weighting, and iterative project design.The Safety, Technological, Economic, Environmental, Political / Legal, & Cultural (STEEP-C)framework is introduced as a method for teams to conduct project stakeholder analysis, aidingtheir scoping and deliverables organization. The intent is the EDP is presented to a panel ofSenior Faculty to receive feedback beyond just the students’ individual instructor.Conclusion and Future WorkGiven the guidelines and requirements from ABET EAC, ASCE Program Criteria, and theinstitutional
: Statics, Dynamics, and Deformable Solids. These courses arefoundational for all civil engineering students but, up to that point, had only been offered using traditionaltextbooks and lecture-based instruction. Flipping the classroom was driven by a desire to acknowledgewhat is known about active learning to push the courses to better fit today’s engineering needs. The resultof flipping the classroom had an effect far beyond simply switching the use of the student’s time insideand outside of class. The traditional approach to course delivery falls short on engag ing the students andin understanding where students struggle and what they know. To address the first two issues, the flippedclassroom approach was selected and executed across all three
sustainability byconsidering environmental, social, and economic factors. This paper presents a case study onusing professional credentialing in sustainability as a mechanism to help educate students onthese sorts of considerations within the engineering design process. Students studied for, andearned, the Envision Sustainability Professional credential through the Institute for SustainableInfrastructure in partial fulfillment of an elective within their undergraduate engineeringcurriculum. The credentialing process requires completion of an online course that equipsstudents with a framework to consider making systematic changes in planning, design, anddelivery of civil works infrastructure. The Envision framework consists of sixty-foursustainability
related to racism in the wake of the George Floyd killing, CUdetermined that all incoming students would take a CU101 course that met learning objectivesrelated to: (1) COVID-19 education and community safety expectations; (2) health & wellness,and (3) inclusion, diversity, equity, social justice, and anti-racism. Within civil engineering, this1-credit introductory course was identified as the course through which students would beeducated on these topics. This paper focuses on the DEI integration in the course, which includeda homework assignment and has persisted through fall 2022. Starting in 2020, the lowest twohomework assignment scores (out of 12 total homeworks) were dropped from students’ grade.Frequently, students opted not to
.[11] R. A. R. Gurung and N. R. Galardi, “Syllabus Tone, More Than Mental Health Statements, Influence Intentions to Seek Help,” Teaching of Psychology, p. 009862832199463, Feb. 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0098628321994632.[12] D. Conradson, “Fostering student mental well‐being through supportive learning communities,” Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe Canadien, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 239– 244, May 2016, doi: 10.1111/cag.12276.[13] A. P. Johnson and R. J. Lester, “Mental health in academia: Hacks for cultivating and sustaining wellbeing,” American Journal of Human Biology, Aug. 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23664.[14] M. Pitcher and K. Parsons, “More to the retention story: Exploring
model devices, systems, processes, or behaviors. 5.4 Apply an engineering design process to create effective and adaptable solutions. 6. Humanities and Social Sciences: Graduates apply concepts from the humanities and social sciences to understand and analyze the human condition. 7. Disciplinary Depth: Graduates integrate and apply knowledge and methodological approaches gained through in-depth study of an academic discipline. 7.4 Synthesize knowledge and concepts from across their chosen disciplines. 7.5 Contribute disciplinary knowledge and skills as a part of a collaborative effort engaging challenges that span multiple disciplines.The CES serves as a vital contributor to the institution reaching its APGs
Practitioners,” in ASEE Annual Conference, 2018, vol. 2018-June, pp. 1–16, doi: 10.18260/1-2--30896.[48] K. L. Morgan, C. L. Bell-Huff, J. Shaffer, and J. M. LeDoux, “ Story-Driven Learning: A Pedagogical Approach for Promoting Students’ Self-Awareness and Empathy for Others,” in 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference, 2021.[49] S. Lunn and C. L. Bell-Huff, “What Story Do You Want to Tell? Developing Empathy in Engineering Students through an Extra-Curricular Narrative Sharing Experience,” ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo. Conf. Proc., 2022.[50] M. Nezafati, J. M. LeDoux, K. D’wayne Pierre, and K. T. Shook, “WIP: Integration of Inclusive Mindset in a Middle-Year Biomedical Engineering Course: A Study over Healthcare
orcourses on engineering ethics to instill ethical reasoning skills in the graduating engineers(Herkert, 2000; Hamad et. al., 2013). There are many examples of curriculum development forethics exposure of students from first to senior year and through various modalities to relateethics to the technical concepts of ethics (Rajan, 2017). Beyond basic discussion of ethics inclass, effective engineering ethics instruction needs to engage students, promote critical thinking,and translate theoretical concepts into real-world practice. Another consideration that needs to bemade is the spectrum between moral values and personal ethics on one end and professional andsocial ethics on the other end. This creates a need as well as an opportunity for a rich
Beyond: Teaching for Long-Term Retention and Transfer,” Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 36–41, Jul. 2003, doi: 10.1080/00091380309604109.[5] A. Ahmad, M. K. Nordin, D. F. Ali, and A. Nabil, “Conducting hands-on task in vocational education: teaching method in automotive courses,” Journal of Technical Education and Training, vol. 7, no. 1, 2015.[6] C. O. Ekwueme, E. E. Ekon, and D. C. Ezenwa-Nebife, “The Impact of Hands-On- Approach on Student Academic Performance in Basic Science and Mathematics,” HES, vol. 5, no. 6, p. 47, Nov. 2015, doi: 10.5539/hes.v5n6p47.[7] O. Owolabi et al., “Best Practices for the Implementation of Home-based, Hands-on Lab Activities to Effectively Engage STEM Students