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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Our Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Paper ID #36761Integration of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Topics into a First-YearIntroduction to Civil Engineering CourseDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, En- vironmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) and Director of the Integrated Design Engineering program. She has served as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt was also the faculty director of the Sus- tainable By Design Residential

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joel Lanning, University of California, Irvine

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

solution. c) I do not have a preference. d) Other (free entry) Q4) Any comments about your preference for video versus walkthrough? Q5) Any other comments of observations?Respondent DemographicsThe demographics questions and results are reflected in Fig. 4. Respondents came predominantlyfrom five institutions, with the University of Texas at Austin representing the largest sharearound 39%. The most common textbook used was on the topic of Design of Wood Structures[2] (72%), followed by Water and Wastewater Engineering (16%) [3]. The majority were seniors(74%), while about 14% were graduate students. Most respondents used between 2-5 solutionwalkthroughs (41%) or 5-8 walkthroughs (35%). Over half the respondents (52%) said they

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sixto Duran Ballen; Daniel Eduardo Abril; Miguel Andres Guerra, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Paper ID #44101Board 40: Work in Progress: Generative AI to Support Critical Thinking inWater Resources StudentsSixto Duran BallenDaniel Abril CaminoDr. Miguel Andres Guerra, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ MiguelAndres is an Assistant Professor in the Polytechnic College of Science and Engineering at Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ. He holds a BS in Civil Engineering from USFQ, a M.Sc. in Civil Engineering in Construction Engineering and Project Management from Iowa State University, a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with emphasis in Sustainable Construction from Virginia Tech, and two Graduate Certificates from

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Committee on Professional Practice Presents: Topics in the Academic-Industry Zone

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brad Wambeke, United States Air Force Academy; Joel Sloan, United States Air Force Academy; Timothy E. Frank, United States Air Force Academy; Daphne DePorres, United States Air Force Academy

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

following climate and weather disasters, and engineering education.Daphne DePorres, United States Air Force Academy ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Student-to-Industry Interaction in a Civil Engineering Field Course: Benefits for Education and LeadershipThe United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a military-focused college, where studentsserve in the U.S. armed forces upon graduation. The civil engineering program conducts arequired three-week summer field engineering course focusing on hands-on skills that helpbridge the gap between theory and practice. This course is generally taken between thesophomore and junior year, and prior to most of the other civil

Conference Session

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

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joel Lanning, University of California, Irvine; Matthew W Roberts, Southern Utah University; Brandon K Wiggins, Southern Utah University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

withsoftware proficiency and an understanding of structural behavior is increasingly critical.Introduction and BackgroundIt should come as no surprise that there is a lack of consensus on exactly what to teachengineering students in order to properly prepare them for professional practice. The topics andskills required of new engineering graduates are broadly influenced by ABET through programaccreditation and often propagated through tradition. But, when it comes to specific areas ofpractice such as structural engineering, or even more specifically in the topic of structuralanalysis, there are persistent challenges that educators face in order to prepare students toefficiently join the profession.This problem is many decades old but the specifics

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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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William Graves, United States Military Academy, West Point; Thomas James Matarazzo, United States Military Academy, West Point; Brock E. Barry, P.E., United States Military Academy, West Point; Elizabeth Bristow; Mark Evans, United States Military Academy, West Point

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

academy, West Point places every graduate as anofficer in the United States Army for a minimum period of five years. It is likely that thisestablished employment pathway negates the desire for the students to select their respectivemajors based on employment potential. Nevertheless, the authors have a reasonable expectationthat this factor at other institutions likely continues to play an important role.Regardless of the impact of this motivation at other institutions, the general apathy towards itamong the prospective students at West Point highlights that recruiting efforts from the civilengineering faculty should focus on the other factors when communicating with prospective civilengineering students (as all students at West Point select their

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Holistic Program Topics

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret A. Hunter, Hofstra University; Lynn A. Albers, Hofstra University; Salvador Rojas-Murillo, Hofstra University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

% enrollment of Persons of Color. In addition, the school of engineering does not restrict high-school graduates to register to the engineering program even when they may not have an academicbackground in mathematics and physics. Therefore, the combination of being in a multiethnic /multicultural region with less restrictive entrance to the engineering program results in a largerproportion of first-generation students with diverse academic backgrounds prior to entering theUniversity. To aid students who experience academic challenges we have developed two activitiesthat are introduced in the first-year engineering curriculum and then revisited in an upper-levelengineering course. The idea is that this will create connections from the first-year

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Holistic Program Topics

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Haas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alexandra C. Muscalus, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Ellen Zerbe, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Benjamin Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

). The coastal engineering class presents an excellent opportunity to close that gap. Moststudents in the course are senior undergrads or graduate students, nearing their entry (or re-entry)into their professional careers, so the authors decided to hone in on the professional aspect ofcollaboration, as a way to move from simple team projects to what Ellis, Han, and Pardo wouldrefer to as “productive collaboration” (2018, p. 130). When developing the course interventionsdiscussed in this paper, the authors focused less on which skills needed to be taught, and more onshifting the context from undergraduate education to a setting more akin to professionalenvironments. The aforementioned gap between graduate preparation and employee readiness

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Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Teaching Mode Active-ated

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bret N Lingwall, P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Andrea E Surovek, P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

instructors for the same courses over the same period, asthere were not rigorous controls for uniformity to ensure that an even comparison could be made.Our Flipped ClassroomsThe flipped classroom approach has been well studied as a pedagogical tool since the mid-2000s[1-9], with many rigorous and observational studies published from faculty researchers andscholars a like from around the world. Although implementation and particulars of the flippedclassroom format vary, the primary concepts generally accepted in the literature [1-9] are asfollows for the engineering, and particularly civil engineering education community:1. In contrast to conventional learning classrooms, which feature a lecture followed by working of examples, the flipped

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliott Clement, Oregon State University; Renee M. Desing, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Paper ID #37256Board 39B: Navigating Intersectional Identities in Civil EngineeringEducation and PracticeElliott Clement, Oregon State UniversityDr. Renee M. Desing, The Ohio State University Dr. Renee Desing is a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University in the School of Civil and Construc- tion Engineering. Her research interests include diversity, equity, inclusion in the engineering classrooms and workplaces. Dr. Desing graduated from Ohio State with her Ph.D. in Engineering Education, and also holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering

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Committee on Professional Practice Presents: Topics in the Academic-Industry Zone

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bret N. Lingwall, P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Andrea E. Surovek, P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

practitioner subject matter expertshould feel virtually identical to the process of graduate research, dissertation writing, post-doctoral scholarship, and the years leading up to tenure.Within engineering instruction, the course design and pedagogical approaches can be successfulfor long-term deep learning and formation of engineers when the educator helps the studentswith both fluency (i.e., practice) and in doing engineering (i.e., working with an expert to receivefeedback, revise, iterate, critically reviewing their work) to achieve deep learning under theguidance of an instructor who is the master of the content. Many pedagogical tools have beenproposed to help the educator with this mission. Ranging from Active Learning [6-8], ProductiveFailure

Conference Session

Committee on Professional Practice Presents: Topics in the Academic-Industry Zone

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Aldrich P.E., F.NSPE, F.ASCE, American Society of Civil Engineers; Kleio Avrithi, P.E., Mercer University; Jennifer Hofmann, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

subordinatecivil engineers for responsible charge. However, awareness of the CEBOK3 is limited inacademic circles and virtually non-existent outside academia (in industry). This paper willexplore why the CEBOK3 is so important to the future of civil engineering, why academiashould teach the principles of the CEBOK3 to their students, how industry can use the CEBOK3as a tool to train their civil engineering graduates, how ASCE can assist these efforts, and howacademia and industry can partner to help civil engineering graduates seamlessly transition fromundergraduate education to the rest of their career development.TerminologyThe terms KSAs and responsible charge as used in this paper, have specific meanings. KSAsrefers to the knowledge, skills and

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachelle L Beckner, Clemson University; Robert M O'Hara, Clemson University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

next generation of engineers to impact their fieldprofoundly.BackgroundIn his 2005 article “Engineering Communication,” author Jonas Dulevicius cited an ASEE studyof more than 4,000 graduate engineers with several years of employment to determine whichacademic subjects were most important. Technical writing ranked second, and public speakingranked fourth. Working with individuals, working with groups, and talking with people rankedsixth, seventh and ninth, respectively. This investigation highlights the critical role ofprofessional communication skills in an engineer’s career.The use of artificial intelligence in modern society is growing exponentially. AI is commonlyadopted in multiple fields, including higher education. A growing body of

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Professional Development

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashraf Badir, Florida Gulf Coast University; Seneshaw Tsegaye, Florida Gulf Coast University; Long Duy Nguyen, P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

. National Academies Press.[2] C. Torres-Machi, A. Bielefeldt, Q. Lv “Work in Progress: The Strategic Importance of Data Science in Civil Engineering: Encouraging Interest in the Next Generation,” Proceedings of the 129th American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 26th-29th, 2022, paper ID# 36816.[3] E. Z. Berglund et al., “Smart Infrastructure: A Vision for the Role of the Civil Engineering Profession in Smart Cities,” Journal of Infrastructure Systems, vol. 26, no. 2, p. 03120001, Jun. 2020, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000549.[4] H. J. Passow, “Which ABET Competencies Do Engineering Graduates Find Most Important in their Work?,” Journal of Engineering

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kwadwo Amankwah-Nkyi, University of Arkansas; Sarah Hernandez, University of Arkansas; Breanna Stoesz, University of Arkansas

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Paper ID #39578Board 37A: Driving Simulators as Educational Outreach for FreightTransportationMr. Kwadwo Amankwah-Nkyi, University of Arkansas Kwadwo is from the Ashanti Region, Ghana. He earned his BS in Civil Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST), Ghana in 2019. He worked at the Ghana High- way Authority, Kumasi as an Assistant Highway Engineer from 2019-2021. He is now a second-year Master’s student in Civil Engineering specializing in Transportation Engineering at the University of Arkansas. He is also a Graduate Research Assistant at the Freight Transportation Data Research

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Warren Plugge, Central Washington University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Paper ID #38794A Hands-On Concrete Laboratory Framework for Construction Manage-mentEducationDr. Philip Warren Plugge, Central Washington University Dr. Plugge is an full professor at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington teaching heavy civil construction management. Professor Plugge has earned a Ph.D. in Education and Human Resource Studies with a focus in Civil Construction Management. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A Hands-On Concrete Laboratory Framework for Construction Management Education P. Warren

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Our Classrooms

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin A. Waters, P.E., Villanova University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Paper ID #38447Teaching Civil Engineering through Integrated Projects in GISDr. Kevin A. Waters, P.E., Villanova University Dr. Kevin Waters is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Villanova University. He teaches numerous undergraduate and graduate courses in water resources engineering including fluid mechanics, hydrology & hydraulics, and open channel hydraulics, as well as a general civil engineering course in GIS. In 2022, he was the recipient of the Villanova University Engineering Alumni Society Award for Teaching Excellence

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlotte Robison, Oregon State University; Cristina G Wilson, Oregon State University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

improve sustainable choiceoutcomes, it is important to educate students and professionals on how they make decisions(heuristics and biases). At present, bias training for engineers is generally limited to social biases(e.g., gender or racial discrimination), and occurs after entering the professional workforce. Webelieve engineering disciplines should follow in the footsteps of the medical field, andincorporate decision curriculum into graduate school training [7],[8],[9],[10]. The more weeducate students around the impact of bias on engineering decisions early in their training, themore aware they can be of their biases. Being aware is the first essential step for a decisionmaker to recognize and overcome their biases.What would this new

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Holistic Students

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joan Z. Carter, Inver Hills Community College

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

].Sense of belonging is seen as a significant factor for student success. An academic sense ofbelonging is defined by [10] as the extent to which a student subjectively feels accepted, valued,and a legitimate member of their academic domain. Belonging is an essential driver in a person’spsychological and physical well-being. Sense of belonging is an essential factor in academicachievement and persistence.It is vital to an academic sense of belonging for students to connect with peers and have rolemodels. Specific suggestions for educators are given in [10]. In general, faculty should avoidstereotypical materials in lectures and worked problems. It is better to emphasize effort overbrilliance, and assure students that it is common to have doubts

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Our Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Gutierrez-Bucheli, Monash University; Alan Reid, Monash University; Gillian Kidman, Monash University; Julia Lamborn, P.E., Monash University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

focuses only on sustainable engineering practices (for this article, this unit is called‘sustainable civil engineering’). Indirectly, sustainability was included in a foundational unitcomprising ecology topics, overseen by the science faculty, and fourth/fifth-year discipline-based units with a couple of classes connecting sustainability considerations. However,quantifying the number of units covering sustainability topics was challenging because whilethe department sets general objective requirements for each unit, the content covered relies onthe educators’ interests and expertise. Even in the case of the ‘sustainable civil engineering’unit, the topics and content differed in the three sections available due to three differenteducators

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College; Frederick Paige, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin - Platteville; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

-author of the textbook ”Introduction to Infrastructure” published in 2012 by Wiley. He has helped lead theDr. Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University Dr. Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator in the Depart- ment of Construction Management at Colorado State University. His research, teaching, and engagement align with sustainable design and construction topics. He has received grant funding from federal and state agencies and private organizations. Rodolfo has taught multiple courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and he is well-versed in the scholarship of teaching. His efforts in leading the Sustainable Buildings program were recognized with the

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Our Classrooms

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Paper ID #39150Client-Focused Technical Writing through Laboratory Report Preparationsin Geotechnical Engineering: A Case StudyDr. Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University Dr. Nirmala Gnanapragasam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Seattle University. She also serves as the Design Coordinator for the department’s capstone design program. She is a licensed professional engineer in the State of Washington. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Client-Focused Technical Writing through Laboratory Report Preparations in

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Professional Development

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ellen Zerbe, Georgia Institute of Technology; Adjo A. Amekudzi-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kevin Haas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Benjamin Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology; Janece Shaffer

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

effective method of motivating and exciting the students. Students are asked to pitch threemegaprojects out of which the instructor assigned one as their project topic. This was done toensure that there was no overlap in topics between groups. It also made the teams more excitedand curious for the project when they were given their first choice.EM from failure Failure has long been incorporated into civil engineering education, often through casestudies and more often regarding the technical aspects of specific failures. However, there areimportant process failures of those case studies as well. According to Lynch and Corbett (2021)entrepreneurial mindset is comprised of two predominant orientations: finding a solution andimplementing one

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Student Development

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priyantha Wijesinghe, University of Vermont; Holly Ann Buckland Parker, University of Vermont

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

, University of Vermont Holly Buckland Parker is an educational developer at the Center for Teaching and Learning at the Univer- sity of Vermont (UVM). Holly coordinates the Graduate Teaching Program and conducts workshops on pedagogy and educational technologies. Dr. Buckland Parker continues to work on her research interests regarding the implementation of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and inclusive teaching practices in Higher Education. Holly is also a part-time faculty member in the Higher Education and Student Af- fairs Program in the College of Education and Social Services at the University of Vermont. She teaches graduate courses on the implementation of anti-racist teaching practices, inclusive teaching

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samantha Elizabeth Paucarina; Josué David Batallas; Miguel Andres Guerra, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador; Vanessa Guerra, University of Virginia

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

formation of the scientific image and allows for a wide audience to understand complexideas easily. Of course, technical communication is complicated among all majors, but thisresearch focuses on engineering [1]. Generally, scientific language is not simple, so it is essentialto promote a new way of learning in education where all those topics related to science can relateto means that promote the social appropriation of knowledge. The importance of the study lies inthe fact that the use of novel pedagogy increases students' engagement with the subject andtherefore maximizes learning while teaching students to improve their communication skills [2],[3].Teaching and learning through communication technologies have become something new incurrent

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alaa Yehia, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Ayatollah S. Yehia, University of Virginia ; SHERIF YEHIA

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

that theirgraduates possess the required educational background and skills necessary to join the workforce.In addition, innovation and emerging technologies are usually some of the standard qualitiesrequired by the accreditation agency. It is important to note that educational programs arerequired to periodically renew their accreditation to maintain quality and continuously improvethe curriculum.The Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology (ABET) publishes general criteria whichapply to all engineering programs. In addition, specific program requirements are set by a leadingsociety, such as the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for the civil and constructionengineering programs. In addition, other accreditation

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott R Hamilton P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Camilla M. Saviz P.E., University of the Pacific; David A Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth; Tanya Kunberger P.E., University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

years on the faculty at the US Military Academy at West Point teaching civil engineering. He also served as the Director, Graduate Professional Development at Northeastern University’s College of Engineering. He is the recipient of the 2021 NSPE Engineering Education Excellence Award and the 2019 ASCE Thomas A Lenox ExCEEd Leadership Award.Dr. Camilla M. Saviz P.E., University of the Pacific Camilla Saviz is Professor and Chair of Civil Engineering at the University of the Pacific. She received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University, an M.B.A. from the New York Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Holistic Students

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie Bond, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ramez Hajj, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jeffery R. Roesler, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Arthur R. Schmidt III, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jacob Henschen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

coursesreinforce the importance of non-technical skills throughout all levels of the engineeringcurriculum.Two formats of near-peer mentoring were piloted in the context of this first-year introductoryengineering course: targeted mentoring and general mentoring.“Targeted” Mentoring FrameworkThe first framework for near-peer mentoring provides significant benefits to both first-yearstudent “mentees” from CEE 190 and upper-level student “mentors” from CEE 4XX. Thisframework involves a “targeted” pairing of first-year project-teams with upper-level project-teams that are studying similar topics with slightly different project objectives. The two groupsmeet periodically throughout the course of the semester to discuss their projects’ progress andchallenges

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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Holistic Students

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat, P.E., The Citadel; Stephanie Laughton, The Citadel; Nandan Hara Shetty, The Citadel; Dena Garner; M. Kristen Hefner, The Citadel; Mostafa Batouli, The Citadel; Thad Le-Vasicek, The Citadel; Todd Wittman

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

researchers, synthesizing research literature, analyzing data, learning atopic in depth, demonstrating proficiency in lab techniques, and working independently [2-4].However, in literature student researchers report that the most important elements of theirresearch experience are personal relationships with other students and mentors, emphasizing thedevelopment of relationships with mentors over learning gains [5]. Education researchers haveidentified trends in those expectations, particularly regarding the importance of expertise versussocio-emotional support [6-8]. The literature shows significant benefits of mentoring for females,ethnic minorities, and first-generation college students, including increased retention andcontinuing education rates

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Aaron Wood, P.E., The Citadel; Stephanie Laughton, The Citadel

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

without any real thoughtabout why. Any participant in an ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Workshop can report that homeworkprovides practice in an unfamiliar context [1]. At the same time, the rise of crowd-sourcedhomework solution services makes finding and copying homework solutions (commonly referredto as “cheating”) exceptionally tempting for even the best students [2]. Clearly, the unquestionedrole of homework in engineering coursework should be re-evaluated, clearly defined, and refinedto accomplish its intended end.Fortunately, ASEE’s active educator community has not been silent on this topic. For thepurpose of this discussion, homework pursues a “three-fold goal… practice, instructor feedback,and self-assessment” while simultaneously considering