Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Technical Session 4: Environmental Issues and the Impacts of Intersectionality

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; JoAnn Silverstein P.E., University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering, Women in Engineering

higher tax districts. At the same time, black families were disproportionately excluded from these areas, even if they could afford it, because of bias in obtaining a mortgage or even getting an offer on a house accepted.” “The 2017 Report of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission, “The Flint Water Crisis: Systemic Racism Through the Lens of Flint” was illuminating, disheartening, and in many ways surprising. (Which at my age should not happen).”Beyond issues of environmental justice and community health, this approach is recommended to enablestudents in many disciplines to examine the roles of racial and economic justice in the resilience of anypublic infrastructure disrupted by extreme events – a topic of

Conference Session

Service - Learning Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Boyle, Rice University; Brent Houchens, Rice University

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Environmental Engineering

, and should result in a system for fabrication by an existing company’s not-for-profitbranch, or by a newly formed not-for-profit firm. This work is in conjunction with the RiceBeyond Traditional Borders program3.Through Beyond Traditional Borders, the second generation Lab will be donated to schools inSwaziland, Haiti and Lesotho. The group that will be traveling to Swaziland and Lesotho iscurrently working on implementing their large scale water purifier in these two nations, andwould take along the Adaptive WaTER Lab as a demonstration tool on these trips. Additionally,if the patent for the Lab is granted, then funds generated from its sales will be used to producemore Labs to donate to developing nations.ConclusionsCurrent experience with

Conference Session

A Focus on Sustainability

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Nihal Sarikaya, Northern Arizona University; Roy St. Laurent, Northern Arizona University; Daniel'le April DeVoss, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

questions wereincorporated from Tomsen and Disinger [38].For each student response (pre-course and post-course), the data from parts A through C weresummarized by six scores: 1. An overall “Knowledge/Understanding of Environmental Problems” (KNO) score was computed from the responses to the ten items in Part A, by taking the number of items the student responded “Yes,” and dividing by 10 to obtain a proportion. 2. The 24 items in Part B—measuring value or attitude toward environmental behavior— were divided into three “Environmentally Responsible Behavior” scores (K-ERB, V- ERB, and O-ERB), and an “Active Ecological Behavior” (K-AEB) score, as displayed in Table 1. The prefixes of K, V, and O refer to Korfiatis

Conference Session

Capstone Courses II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Mariano Savelski, Rowan University; Robert Hesketh, Rowan University

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Environmental Engineering

2006-279: GREEN ENGINEERING DESIGN THROUGH PROJECT-BASEDINDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIPSC. Stewart Slater, Rowan University C. Stewart Slater is a Professor and Founding Chair of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. from Rutgers University. His research and teaching interests are in the area of membrane technology where he has applied this to fields such as specialty chemical manufacture, green engineering, bio/pharmaceutical manufacture and food processing. He is the recipient of the 1999 Chester Carlson Award, 1999 and 1998 Joseph J. Martin Award, 1996 George Westinghouse Award, and the 1989 Dow Outstanding New Faculty Award.Mariano Savelski, Rowan

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Arielle Citrin, Lafayette College; Arthur D. Kney, Lafayette College

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #10401Investigating Assessment Methods for Informal Environmental EngineeringEducation Modules for K-12 Students, Specifically Focusing on Sustainabil-ity (Extended Abstract: Hands-on Environmental Engineering Panel)Ms. Rebecca Arielle Citrin, Lafayette College Rebecca Citrin is a senior Civil and Environmental Engineering student at Lafayette College with a strong interest in K – 12 Engineering Education. She is currently working with Lafayette College and North Carolina State University faculty members on an NSF funded education project. Rebecca has conducted research on various informal K – 12 engineering education

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #15372First-Year Students’ Conceptions of Sustainability as Revealed through Con-cept MapsDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environ- mental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She serves as the ABET assessment coordinator for the three Bachelor’s degrees in the department. Professor Bielefeldt is the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University; Semih Aslan, Texas State University, San Marcos; Jesus Alejandro Jimenez, Texas State University; Yoo-Jae Kim, Texas State University; Hassan Salamy, Texas State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #11416Engaging Students in Sustainability Education and Awareness of Green En-gineering Design and Careers through a Pre-Engineering ProgramDr. Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education in the College of Educa- tion at Texas State University. Araceli is Director of the LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research and teaches graduate courses in Integrated STEM Curriculum and Instruction. She collaborates on various state and national STEM education programs and is PI on major grant initiates with NASA Educator Pro

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle K. Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #26378Lab-Scale Treatment Wetlands: A Model for Undergraduate LearningDr. Michelle K. Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Michelle Marincel Payne is an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Depart- ment at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She completed her Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, her M.S. in environmental engineering from Mis- souri University of Science and Technology, and her B.S. in nuclear engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla. During her graduate studies, Dr. Marincel Payne worked to

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2: Innovative Approaches for Teaching Environmental Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joe Dallas Moore, Carnegie Mellon University; Turner Cotterman, Carnegie Mellon University; James Wynn, Carnegie Mellon University

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #34658Improving Climate Change Educational Outcomes for First-year StudentsThrough Multidisciplinary InstructionDr. Joe Dallas Moore, Carnegie Mellon University Joe teaches across the environmental engineering program at Carnegie Mellon University. He first taught high school science through Teach For America in Chicago Public Schools. He later earned his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University with funding from an NSF GRFP, studying the interaction between engineered nanomaterials and bacteria.Turner Cotterman, Carnegie Mellon University Turner Cotterman is a Ph.D. candidate in

Conference Session

Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Parhum Delgoshaei, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

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Environmental Engineering

acquisition beyond physical variables such as temperature and toinclude environmental variables such as dissolved oxygen form an on-campus creek. The setupused for this activity was phase 1 of LEWAS, described later in this paper. In this setup, waterquality data is acquired from a water sample using a multi-probe water quality sonde and wasmade available to students as a URL link (Fig. 3) through LabVIEW Webpublishing tool. Detailsof the associated LabVIEW VI and setup to acquire data can be found in [2]. In the Spring 2011offering of the course, the water quality sonde was taken to the installation site and wasconnected to a laptop with enhanced wireless capabilities loaded with LabVIEW. Thereforestudents were provided with data from the field

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2: Innovative Approaches for Teaching Environmental Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sara Freix, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Yousef Jalali, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Western Community College; Akshat Kothyari, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Environmental Engineering

. M. Olds, Ed., New York, NY: Cambridge University Press,2014, pp. 161-180.[6] M. J. Prince and R. M. Felder, “Inductive teaching and learning methods: Definitions,comparisons, and research bases,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 95, no. 2 pp. 123-138,2006.[7] P. K. Raju and C. S. Sanker, “Teaching real-world issues through case studies,” Journal ofEngineering Education, vol. 88, no. 4, pp. 501-508, 1999.[8] A. Yadav, G. M. Shaver, and P. Meckl, “Lessons learned: Implementing the case teachingmethod in a mechanical engineering course,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 99, no. 1,pp. 55-69, 2010.[9] A. Yadav, M. Vinh, G. M. Shaver, P. Meckl, and S. Firebaugh, “Case‐based instruction:Improving students' conceptual understanding

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Manoj K. Jha, North Carolina A&T State University; Gigi A. Richard, Colorado Mesa University; Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia; John Taber, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #19381An Interdisciplinary Learning Module on Water Sustainability in CitiesDr. Steven J. Burian, University of Utah Dr. Steven J. Burian has advanced water infrastructure resiliency and sustainability through research, led multi-disciplinary water initiatives, and inspired students with his passionate approach to engineering ed- ucation. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a Masters in Environmental Engineering and a Doctorate in Civil Engineering from The University of Alabama. Dr. Burian’s professional career spans more than 20 years during which he has

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Scambilis, Sinclair Community College; Jennifer Wise, Sinclair Community College

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Environmental Engineering

accreditation criteria and promoted “assessment” as a way-of-life for the institution. The new way-of –life was to think: “Does the program meet the stated outcomes? Are the objectives being met?” In August, 2005 the Sinclair Community College Environmental Engineering Technology (EVT) and the Safety Engineering Technology (SET) Programs were accredited by the Technical Accreditation Commission of ABET (TAC-ABET)1. This paper describes the process that the Environmental Engineering Technology (EVT) and the Safety Engineering Technology (SET) Departments went through to achieve accreditation. The process involved four steps as detailed in Section IV. The steps include: • Request for evaluation • Self Study

Conference Session

Project-Based Service Learning

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Chamberlain, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

called Creative Inquiry (CI) whichpromotes and supports small, focused classes that utilize discovery-oriented approaches tolearning. Projects are chosen with the goal of nurturing students’ capacities to find, analyze andevaluate information. In doing so, students will likewise develop reasoning and critical thinkingskills, teamwork experience and communication skills. Engineering classes in this program arenot only well sought-after by students, but also directly address many of ABET, Inc.’saccreditation program outcomes listed in criterion 3, subsections (a) through (k)[6]. A CI class was designed to complement an ongoing Engineers Without Borders (EWB

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley A. Striebig, James Madison University

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Environmental Engineering

of satisfaction andgained confidence in the ability to investigate problems of their own choosing. Approximately82% of students completed the course objectives through the open-ended place-basedinvestigation of the Chesapeake Bay System.References1. Allenby, B.R. 2002. Earth systems engineering and management. IEEE Technology in Society. 19(4)10-24.2. Allenby, B. 2007. Earth Systems Engineering and Management: A Manifesto. Environmental Science and Technology. 41(23):7960-79653. Amadei, B. 2015. A systems approach to modeling community development projects. Momentum Press. New York, NY.4. Blanc, E., K. Strzpek, A. Schlosser, Jacoby, H. A. Gueneau, C. Fant, S. Rausch, and J. Reilly. 2013. Analysis of US water resources

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Engaging Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College; Christopher Ruebeck, Lafayette College; Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2010-1860: ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING A COMPUTERGAME TO BRIDGE A RESEARCH AGENDA WITH A TEACHING AGENDAKristen Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College KRISTEN L. SANFORD BERNHARDT is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lafayette College, where she teaches courses related to transportation, civil infrastructure, and engineering ethics and researches issues related to infrastructure systems modeling. Dr. Sanford Bernhardt received her Ph.D. and M.S. from Carnegie Mellon University and her B.S.E. from Duke University, all in Civil Engineering.Sharon Jones, Lafayette College SHARON A. JONES is a Professor at Lafayette College in both the Department of Civil

Conference Session

Innovative Development for Various Faculty Lines

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jes Barron, U.S. Military Academy; Andrew Ross Pfluger, U.S. Military Academy; Kathryn K Pegues, United States Military Academy; Thomas Bazemore

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Environmental Engineering, Faculty Development Division

in the state of Delaware.Dr. Kathryn K Pegues,Capt. Thomas Bazemore c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Examination of faculty development in the Departments of Civil & Mechanical Engineering and Geography & Environmental Engineering at the United States Military AcademyAbstractThis study is submitted as part of a special joint panel session between the EnvironmentalEngineering Division and the Faculty Development Division on innovative development fortenured/tenure-track faculty and professional faculty. This study presents findings from aninstitutional-level evaluation of professional faculty development practices. The United StatesMilitary Academy (i.e., West

Conference Session

Project-Based Service Learning

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Ethan LaRochelle, Northeastern University

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Environmental Engineering

major at Northeastern University. He has been involved with Engineers Without Borders since 2005 and was president of the NU student chapter from 2006 through 2008. Ethan has traveled with the group to the Yoro District of Honduras three times. In this time the group has partnered with a number of villages to improve the reliability of their water distribution systems. Page 14.597.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 EWB2 - Engineers Without Borders: Educationally, a World of Benefits Beverly K. Jaeger and Ethan Phillip M. LaRochelle

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2: Innovative Approaches for Teaching Environmental Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jean M. Andino, Arizona State University; Cameron N. Morgan, Arizona State University; Lizandra C. Godwin, University of New Mexico

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Environmental Engineering

. Characterization of Expiration Air Jets and Droplet Size Distributions Immediately at the Mouth Opening. J. Aerosol Sci. 2009, 40 (2), 122–133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2008.10.003.(12) Tcharkhtchi, A.; Abbasnezhad, N.; Zarbini Seydani, M.; Zirak, N.; Farzaneh, S.; Shirinbayan, M. An Overview of Filtration Efficiency through the Masks: Mechanisms of the Aerosols Penetration. Bioact. Mater. 2021, 6 (1), 106–122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioactmat.2020.08.002.(13) Wen, Z.; Yu, L.; Yang, W.; Hu, L.; Li, N.; Wang, J.; Li, J.; Lu, J.; Dong, X.; Yin, Z.; Zhang, K. Assessment the Protection Performance of Different Level Personal Respiratory

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Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Robinson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

undergraduate students to learn through research, and in developing active and place-based teaching methods for environmental engineering courses.Dr. Michael Robinson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Michael Robinson is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.Dr. Jennifer Mueller Price PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Page 26.484.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Developing a Course-based Master of Environmental Engineering Degree

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexa N. Rihana Abdallah, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy

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Environmental Engineering

. In general, we believe a weakness of theNEETF survey was the inclusion of questions geared towards respondents’ knowledge ofpercentages, which misleadingly tests the respondents’ ability to retain data rather than a morequalitative understanding of energy issues. Before the course, 42% of the 30 responses to the knowledge questions were correct.This percentage is remarkably close to the NEETF result of 41%. After the course, thepercentage of correct responses rose to 58%, indicating an appreciable improvement of 38%increase in energy knowledge. Figures 1 through 3 show results for a few select questionsindicative of what we believe to accurately judge energy literacy. The NEETF results are alsoshown. Figure 1 clearly shows that

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Grace E. Tsai, Texas A&M University; Rogelio Casas Jr., Texas A&M University; Erika L. Davila, Texas A&M University

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Environmental Engineering

the field, desirable ROV speci- fications, and current technology used during field work. She has also led students as a business mentor for water monitoring systems, and guided and tracked students’ progress collecting customer interviews through the NSF I-Site program. Her personal research focuses on understanding post-medieval seafaring life through analysis of diet and physical labor on sailors’ health. Her most recent field work includes the Gnalic¸ Project, an excavation of a sixteenth-century Venetian galley that sank off the coast of Croatia, the Burgaz Harbor Project, an excavation of Hellenistic harbors in Turkey, and the Shelburne Steamboat Project, an excavation of a steamboat graveyard in Vermont

Conference Session

Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrating Interactive Teaching Activities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Scott A Civjan P.E., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering

confidence that the structure related to more complex ones. In addition, theroles of the different disciplines were very well defined and did not have much interaction on theproject that could be discussed. Structures shown in Figure 2 have been very effective. Thesehave a level of complexity that lends itself well to giving students a sense of the breadth ofknowledge that they will obtain as well as aspects that the students may think are beyond theirabilities but can be related to information they have gained through their classes. A level ofcomplexity also leads to the need for BIM modeling and changes in the field that can bediscussed to highlight the continuous iterations that are part of a design and construction project. Figure 2. Example

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Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lupita D Montoya, University of Colorado, Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

Colorado in May 2011 and began doctoral work in the Higher Education Student Affairs Leadership program there in fall 2011.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the engineering assessment specialist at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Pro- gram and Laboratory. He holds a BS in psychology from Louisiana State University, and an MS degree in industrial/organizational psychology and PhD degree in counseling psychology, both from the University of Tennessee. Prior to joining the University of Colorado at Boulder, he gained extensive experience in assessment and teamwork in an engineering education context through the development and evaluation of a team facilitation training course

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Environmental Engineering

. Student satisfaction was collected using anonymous, online courseevaluations administered through a campus-wide system after the fifteenth week of the course.Mastery learning was assessed using a mixture of instruments including multi-choice vocabularyquizzes, true/false statements from the online, required lectures, and true/false statements fromthe required readings. Students who demonstrated full mastery before the deadlines stated in thesyllabus received a grade of ‘C’ for the course. To earn a higher grade, a buffet of optionalsummative assessments was utilized. The optional term project was assessed using rubricgrading. Optional summative assessments for the five required units included the construction ofmodels following a ten-step rubric

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle K. Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Irene M.B. Reizman, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Tony Ribera, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

for Engineering Education, 2019 Development and Assessment of an Undergraduate Research CommunityAbstractLiterature suggests the benefits to undergraduate research include improving students’understanding of the research process, their resilience, and their ability to persist through failure.However, at primarily undergraduate institutions, there are a number of challenges in making theundergraduate research experience successful for both students and faculty mentors. First, there isa significant burden on faculty mentors who, along with designing a research project, are typicallyindividually advising students, training them in reading and writing about research, and critiquingposters and presentations. These are skills which could be

Conference Session

Environmental Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny Patricia Quintana-Cifuentes, Purdue University; Paul Asunda, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Environmental Engineering

, and Economic Performance. United States: Federal Register, 2009, pp. 1–13.[11] EIA, “U.S Energy Information Administration,” How much of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions are associated with electricity generation?, 2017. .[12] A. Jordan, T. I. M. Rayner, H. Schroeder, N. Adger, and K. Anderson, “Going beyond two degrees ? The risks and opportunities of alternative options,” vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 751–769, 2013.[13] Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project, “Pathways to deep decarbonization 2015 report- executive summary,” 2015.[14] UNESCO, “UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005 - 2014: The DESD at a glance,” 2005.[15] L. A. Kimaryo, “Integrating environmental education in primary school education in

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Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Corey M. Taylor, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard A. House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kathleen Toohey, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael S. DeVasher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Rebecca Booth DeVasher Ph.D., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark H. Minster, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

engineeringeducation. As students learn engineering fundamentals, design skills, and professional practices,the complexity of sustainability principles and practices is routinely underplayed.In the statement Dialogue on the Engineer’s Role in Sustainable Development – Johannesburgand Beyond (NAE 2002)1, a number of American engineering societies (including the American Page 25.811.2Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Societyof Mechanical Engineers, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the NationalAcademy of Engineering) formally stated the need for engineers to “deliver solutions that

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramanitharan Kandiah P.E., Central State University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

, sieve analysis, hydropower model in a flume and basic hydrologic system model. In addition students were taken for a tour to the university water treatment plant. After the laboratory and water treatment plant visits, student learning was evaluated through their 300-word reports. These reports demonstrated that student understanding of water resources and water careers was improved with these visits. f. The text book that was used for this course in the early semesters covered only the basic hydrological processes. However, the scope of this course covered topics even beyond the basic hydrologic processes including cost-benefit studies, water supply, wastewater treatment, water policy and water

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Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

improve the emissions from theseengines, a research project was initiated in 1997 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee(UWM). This project has gone through several phases over the years, but the intent ofimproving the emissions from these engines always remained. Initially, the project focused oncharacterizing the extent of the air pollutant emissions (HC, oxides of nitrogen (NOx), andcarbon monoxide (CO)), and quantifying how much the emissions increased as the engines agedthrough their useful lifetime. The project then moved into determining the engine factors mostresponsible for the increase in hydrocarbon emissions. The focus then shifted towards studyingthe durability of catalytic converters installed on the engines over the lifetime of