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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) - ASCE Collaborations

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth G. Jones, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

environments, andpublic health, who are as well versed in professional skills as they are in technical skills is thechallenge we face as engineering educators.This paper describes a new civil engineering curriculum designed to meet these challenges. Ournew curriculum, that was the result of a multi-year effort, is centered around a “design spine”.The design spine, series of eight courses, is expected to improve the development of professionalskills, improve fluency with data analysis and computing skills, improve critical thinking skills,and integrate systems thinking through project-based learning. The design spine helps connectand integrate the separate subdiscipline courses typical of most civil engineering curricula as asystem of systems.The

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Jane Christian P.E., Carnegie Mellon University; Fethiye Ozis, Carnegie Mellon University; Katherine Ann Flanigan; Joe Dallas Moore, Carnegie Mellon University; Gerald J. Wang, Carnegie Mellon University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

, comments from our Alumni Advisory Board thatengineers lack facility with the massive amounts of data now being collected in industry, and apractical need to refresh our lab course offerings – and leveraging our faculty’s expertise in thearea – the undergraduate curriculum at Carnegie Mellon University has undergone numerouschanges to increase the focus both on sensing and on computational science. Sensing forms abackbone for our design course sequence: It has been incorporated into a project in our third-yeardesign course since 2015 and our second-year design course since 2021. In 2018, ourUndergraduate Program Committee defined key learning objectives for sensing andrecommended that lab courses focus on sensing and instrumentation. These changes

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Student Development

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James H. Hanson, P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

an important aspect of engineering practice during the second industrial revolution, which started in the late 19th century. Today, the importance of teamwork skills for engineers is codified in the ABET accreditation requirements (ABET 2021). Too often, we, as instructors, put students in teams and assume they will learn teamwork skills organically. As a result, the majority of students report at least one type of interpersonal problem on projects and many report reduced learning as a result (Wolfe et al. 2016). In most cases, we don’t learn about the problems until reading student peer evaluations or we don’t learn about them at all. Either way, the opportunity to correct the situations has passed and the damage is done. In

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Professional Practice 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pinar Omur-Ozbek, Colorado State University; Rebecca A Atadero, Colorado State University; Amir Hedayati Mehdiabadi, University of New Mexico; Chika Winnifred Agha, Colorado State University; Carlotta Duenninger

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

challenges of the engineeringprofession. Through equipping the educators with this resource, we aim to reinforce the ethicalfoundation of young engineers, ensuring they are well-prepared to uphold the highest standardsof integrity as they embark on their professional journeys.IntroductionEngineers have a major responsibility for protection of public welfare and the environment dueto the nature of engineering projects and designs being closely related to both (Bielefeldt, 2022).Engineering education has long recognized the importance of integrating ethics instruction intothe curriculum to prepare future engineers for the ethical challenges they may face in theirprofessional careers. For this reason engineering educators have been developing modules

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ASCE Liasion Committee Presents: All Things ASCE

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rubaya Rahat, Florida International University; Mohamed Elzomor, P.E., Florida International University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

civilengineering undergraduate students about infrastructure inequities and their support to promotesystemic changes to address this issue [12]. Oulton et al. (2021) investigated the existingknowledge of civil engineering students about social and environmental justice and assessed theefficacy of a curriculum enhancement to improve the students’ knowledge about these topics[13]. Likewise, Armanios et al. (2021) integrated the diversity, equity, and inclusion principleswithin civil and environmental engineering curricula by incorporating discussions of how civilengineering projects are linked to inequitable pollution concentrations, lack of access, anddisplacement of low-income communities thus improve understanding and experience of thesetopics [14

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Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Models, Models, & More Models

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adebayo Iyanuoluwa Olude, Morgan State University; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi, P.E., Morgan State University; Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun, Morgan State University; Hannah Abedoh, Morgan State University; Frank Efe; Petronella A James, Morgan State University; Celeste Chavis, P.E., Morgan State University; Eazaz Sadeghvaziri, Morgan State University ; Di Yang; Neda Bazyar Shourabi, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Mulugeta T. Dugda, Morgan State University; Krishna Bista; Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Paper ID #38681Utilization of Real-Life Hands-On Pedagogy to Motivate UndergraduateStudents in Grasping Transportation Related ConceptsAdebayo Iyanuoluwa Olude, Morgan State UniversityDr. Oludare Adegbola Owolabi, P.E., Morgan State University Adebayo Olude is a doctoral student and research assistant at Morgan State University’s Department of Civil Engineering in Baltimore, Maryland. Adebayo formerly worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at Eastern Mediterranean University in North Cyprus, where he earned his master’s degree in civil engineer- ing. He also worked as a project Analyst with AgileP3 after graduating with a

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 4

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brett Rocha, United States Military Academy; Kevin Francis McMullen, United States Military Academy; Adrian Owen Biggerstaff, United States Military Academy; Robert Hume, United States Military Academy; Eric B. Williamson P.E., United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

of oral assessments has been the dedicated opportunity for students to reflect ontheir knowledge and understanding of course material [25], [26]. Interactive oral assessmentsallow for dialog between students and instructors to promote reflection by students, identifysticking points within the curriculum, and provide instructors with greater assurance of thequality of students’ learning [25], [27].Recently, a research group from the University of California San Diego conducted an extensiveproject sponsored by the National Science Foundation to investigate a variety of educationalimpacts oral examinations can have on student performance [28]. Oral examinations wereimplemented in six electrical and mechanical engineering courses. The motivation

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Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Teaching Mode Active-ated

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Corinna Marie Fleischmann, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Brian Maggi, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Hudson V. Jackson, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Engineering. He is a licensed Professional Engineer with over 30 years of consulting, academic and research experience. He is currently a Professor of Civil Engineering at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Enriching student learning through compelled active participation in a coastal resiliency courseAbstractAs the primary commissioning source for civil engineers for the U.S. Coast Guard, it isimperative that our graduates understand the projected impacts of climate change – sea level rise,altered hurricane patterns, and other associated hazards – on coastal infrastructure. At the UnitedStates Coast Guard

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Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Teaching Mode Active-ated

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Casper Harteveld, Northeastern University; Victoria Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Olin College of Engineering; Usama El Shamy, P.E., Southern Methodist University; Binod Tiwari, University of Michigan; Anirban De, P.E., Manhattan College; Xenia Wirth; Kejun Wen, Jackson State University; David A Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth; Beena Ajmera, Iowa State University; Scott Brandenberg, University of California, Los Angeles; Alison Rose Kennicutt, York College of Pennsylvania; Surya Sarat Chandra Congress; Anthony Tessari; Mehdi Omidvar; Ashly Cabas

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

numerical andtextual feedback. For example, if players did not identify the correct soil type they will see at theend “Incorrect soil type analysis”. Such textual feedback was included in order to provideimmediate feedback to the player, along with the numerical scores.ResultsIn the initial three years of this project, we gradually implemented three different versions ofGeoExplorer at four different universities, reaching a total of approximately 500 students in theperiod of 2016 to 2019. During this period, we iterated the game by addressing software bugsand feedback we received from students and instructors, as well as by fine-tuning the curriculum,when possible, and the supporting materials for an effective implementation. We report here

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Joint Session: Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division and Civil Engineering Division

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Charles Riley P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; John D Lynch, Washington State University; Ken Lulay P.E., University of Portland; Sean St. Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL), Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

engineering programs house writing orcommunication programs or centers to support engineering instructors in writing pedagogies [5,6]. Communication experts often oversee these institutional organizations to incorporate writing-intensive curricula within engineering programs. These models are robust approaches tointegrating writing into the curriculum [7] and/or training engineering faculty in writingpedagogies [8,9]. Nevertheless, not all engineering programs possess the financial resources ortime to allocate support for such extensive and customized writing instruction. According to asurvey result (n = 190) conducted by Buswell et al. [10], numerous engineering instructorshighlight significant challenges in incorporating more writing into their

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Holistic Program Topics

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Venktesh Pandey, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Maranda McBride, North Carolina A&T State University (CoE); Hyoshin Park

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

feedback, we observethat digital badges facilitate the engagement of students and help prepare them for relevant skillspertaining to life/career, innovation, technology, research, and core subject matter.1 BackgroundOver the years, emerging technologies in transportation have resulted in new modes oftransporting people and goods such as ridesharing, unmanned aerial vehicles, smart city sensortechnology, and connected and autonomous vehicles. Due to such advances in technology, manyjobs in the transportation industry require a high degree of technical skills and often necessitatedegrees in STEM fields such as civil, mechanical, or electrical engineering ortransportation/supply chain programs. Due to its interdisciplinary nature, jobs in

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Instructional Technology 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ayatollah S Yehia, University of Virginia; Devin K. Harris, University of Virginia; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

representcomplex structural behaviors and are also limited to one-way interaction where the learnerreceives the information but cannot interact with the tools.This project leverages mobile augmented reality (AR) designed to help students visualizecomplex behaviors (deformation, strain, and stress) structural components with various loadingand boundary conditions. The tool, STRUCT-AR utilizes finite element models pre-loaded into amobile AR application that allows users to interact and engage with the models on their mobiledevice or tablet. Our vision of this technology is to provide a complementary teaching tool forenhancing personalized learning wherein students can leverage the technology as a learningcompanion both within the classroom and outside to

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Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Evaluation, Assessment, & Performance

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Ken Lulay, P.E., University of Portland; John D. Lynch, Washington State University, Vancouver; Sean St. Clair, P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

, this community can continue to grow and self-sustain.The CoP described in this paper is in its infancy and is aligned with the concept of a knowledge-building community. The “CoP meeting” described here was a first meeting of a group of looselyknit participants in an NSF-funded project to study engineering laboratory report writing with awriting transfer lens. Participants at the meeting had engaged directly with at least one of thethree institutional principal investigators (PIs) to supply student writing samples from theirlaboratory-based courses. The five participating instructors, representing the mechanical,electrical, and civil engineering disciplines, had used a series of instructional modules preparedby the PIs to improve their

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abigail L. Beck; Eun Jeong Cha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Infrastructure Decision-Making Game for Exploratory Equity Learning Abigail L. Beck University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Eun Jeong Cha University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignAbstractIn structural engineering education, social considerations, beyond life-safety, have not beenincorporated or highlighted within the curriculum. With ABET’s EAC Criterion 5 expansion, wesee calls for increased embracement of diversity, equity, and inclusion as a profession. It is theduty of educators to convey to students that engineering decisions have broad reaching impactson the community beyond their pure technicalities. As

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Professional Practice 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Rhonda K Young, Gonzaga University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

] include: “using ratings systemssuch as Greenroads, ENVISION, and/or LEED to introduce students to metrics related to societalwell-being”, and case studies of past CE projects that “failed to address the needs of anunderserved community (e.g., the 2014 Flint, Michigan, water supply crisis)” [11, 12]. There arean increasing number of examples of efforts to introduce issues of equity in concert withinfrastructure in the literature. Sanford et al. conducted a systematic review of literaturedescribing interventions that have been implemented in practice [13]. Examples include Casperet al.’s efforts to integrate social justice into first and third year civil engineering courses [14],case studies developed by Judge [15], and Castaneda et al.’s

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Professional Practice 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sydney Donohue Jobe, University of New Mexico; Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, Purdue University; Paris Eisenman, University of New Mexico; Ethan Kapp, University of New Mexico; Carl Lyle Abadam, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of Texas at Austin; Anjali Mulchandani, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

: 10.1002/jee.20190.[6] G. Potvin et al., “Gendered interests in electrical, computer, and biomedical engineering: Intersections with career outcome expectations,” IEEE Trans. Educ., vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 298–304, 2018, doi: 10.1109/TE.2018.2859825.[7] J. DeWaters and B. Kotla, “Using an open-ended socio-technical design challenge for entrepreneurship education in a first-year engineering course,” Front. Educ., vol. 8, no. May, pp. 1–10, 2023, doi: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1198161.[8] C. A. Roberts and S. M. Lord, “Making Engineering Sociotechnical,” Proc. - Front. Educ. Conf. FIE, vol. 2020-Octob, pp. 15–18, 2020, doi: 10.1109/FIE44824.2020.9273957.[9] V. Svihla et al., “The Educative Design Problem Framework