. 4 For simple domains, i.e., homogeneous properties and simple boundary conditions, thegoverning equation can be solved analytically. In general, an analytical solution does not existand the governing equation must be solved numerically.Contaminant Transport by Advection-Dispersion A model that includes only advection and dispersion can be solved numerically and maybe solved analytically for certain domains and properties. The contaminant will flowdownstream with the groundwater and the front will spread out through dispersion. Thegoverning equation is C x, t 2C x, t C x, t D v (1) t x 2
classrooms.However, it is expected that these engineering students will be able to manipulate materials,energy, and information in their professional roles. However, students must have aknowledge that goes beyond mere theory. Fundamental knowledge, traditionally gained ineducational laboratories, provide a better base that is long lasting and easy to recall in futurebased on their experience and sensory memory. Learning styles vary person to person asdiscussed in many publications [1-5]. Since routine class lectures normally do not promoteactive learning and not every student can easily absorb and understand theoretical knowledgepresented in this kind of class setting, hands-on laboratory based assignments usually aremore effective in generating a greater
experience for problemsolving for a new first-semester general engineering course in an engineering transfer program ata community college in the eastern United States. We first consider the benefits of using casestudies for learning. We then provide an overview of the watershed monitoring system used tocollect the data and some of the previous educational settings its data has been used in.Subsequently, we summarize the particular event used in this crayfish case study and thedevelopment of some of the data analysis products that will be provided to students. Finally, wediscuss the planned implementation of this case study into the first-year general engineeringcourse and its assessment and future steps to continue this research.1
of greeninfrastructure for stormwater management, and sustainability rating tools. Early in the semester,students receive instruction about the greenhouse effect, a concept that is later used in thediscussion of human-led climate change and engineering technologies that could help alleviatesome of climate change’s impacts. Soon after students discuss climate change, they receiveinstruction on heat transfer and thermodynamics, concepts that are utilized in heat exchangesystems for electricity generation (non-renewable and renewable energy sources design). Theaim of this paper is to quantitatively and qualitatively analyze students responses to Keeley’sAPs to answer two questions: 1) What is the percentage of students that have
WRM Majors. In a nutshell, it was evident fromthe evaluation that the Connect2U approach stimulated student interest and raised awarenessconcerning water resources.IntroductionThe purpose of undergraduate general education courses (GeDC) is to develop a wide range ofsocial, communication and intellectual skills in a student beyond the student’s chosen field thatwill be helpful in the student’s lifelong journey. Each institution, guided by the requirements ofits respective state’s education regulatory board, has accommodated its own set of GeDCsdistributed in various disciplines so that the students can choose 1. Hence, a GeDC classgenerally comprises students with different levels of interest, preparation, prior knowledge, workstyle and
- Results of Plant Walk Surveys to Gauge Interest in iREP-4-PACE Pre Plant Walk Responses Post Plant Walk Responses Are you a TU student (Yes, No, Do not wish to disclose) Do you enjoy walking in nature – Scale of 1 (No!) to 5 (Yes!) The next set of questions queried the knowledge of the participants – farming in general andmolecular farming in particular. The responses for these questions were critical to the assessmentand they were overwhelmingly positive as shown below. Although, it was unlikely that a PlantWalk made the participants experts in farming, it was precisely the kind of interest, which theproposing team hoped to generate in the minds, hearts of the youngsters
pursue any form of higher education,and of those, just 13% attain bachelor’s degree. “American Indian/Alaska Natives constituted 0.9percent of the college-age population, yet earned only 0.3 percent of engineering degrees” [5].Native American women constitute 0.07% (1 out of 13,000) of the US Engineering workforce.These numbers suggest that “support is especially crucial for Native Americans, who trail otherunderrepresented minorities in STEM education and account for less than 0.2 percent ofengineering doctorates” [7].Furthermore, first-generation students are at risk for failing to successfully complete programs inengineering. Though the pursuit of engineering or STEM degrees by first-generation studentsremain understudied, reports suggest
Agree = 4 Strongly Agree = 1(n = 9 respondents) Neither Agree or Disagree = 3 Agree = 5 Disagree = 2 Neither Agree or Disagree = 2 Disagree = 17. Integration of Student FeedbackStudent survey data indicate that the active learning interventions and flipped classes, in general,were a useful addition to the course curriculum and were helpful in achieving some lessonobjectives. However, not all interventions were viewed as effective, and in an effort tocontinuously improve (ABET Criterion 4), several modifications to the course will be made.First, the
are either not old enough to legally consume alcohol orwho choose not to consume alcohol; these attendees consume nonalcoholic beverages only.The tasting scorecards typically assess the beers’ appearance, aroma, flavor, and logo design.Judges evaluate the beers using this scorecard with a Likert-type scale with numbers and theirassociated meanings listed. Possible scores are 1 (very bad), 2 (bad), 3 (“OK”), 4 (good), and 5(very good). Average scores are typically 2-5, with higher concentrations being 3-4. Judges’samples are approximately 20-30 mL per beer batch, and there are generally five to eight brewedsamples of beer. Each group produces eight bottles of beer in total. The remaining five to sevenbeers per group are then available to the
4 (14.3%) Lack of guidelines, realized to become a good writer Not interested 1 (3.6%) Busy schedule, know enough about writingWhen asked, 70% of the students reported that they had writing assignments in other engineeringcourses other than English and technical writing courses. Some general questions about thewriting assignments in relation to the course content were asked. The results are as follows. 72% of the students agreed or strongly agreed that these assignments improved their learning experience 85% of the students agreed or strongly agreed that these assignments instilled interest in the subject matter 60% of the students agreed or strongly agreed that
teams, and ability to communicate effectively.Educational and students learning outcomes through EPA P3 projectsTable 1 shows the assessment of educational and students learning outcomes componentsthrough extracurricular P3 approach. During the Project periods, mentoring and student learningwere assessed by identifying the following four strategic program goals: 1) Engage and educatethe next generation of scientists, engineers, and the greater academic and external communitiesin understanding and using the P3 approach (i.e., how the research is beneficial to people,prosperity, and the planet), 2) Support the development of innovative technologies that willcontribute to improved social, environmental, and economic well-being, especially
water hardness is and listproblems associated with hard water. This pre-assessment was ungraded. Specifically, thefollowing questions were asked. 1. What is water hardness? 2. What problems does hard water cause?The answers to these questions were not specifically addressed in follow-up classes. However,the technical definition of hard water and a short discussion of engineering problems involvinghard water was briefly discussed in a later lecture on water softening using the lime soda ashprocess.The first graded assessment of students’ conceptual understanding of hardness took place duringthe midterm exam in mid-October was evaluated with three short-answer questions: 1. Provide a technical definition of hard water. 2. List two
general research skills. Faculty lunchgatherings also allowed faculty to interface and share best practices. Initial assessment from thelimited pilot summer of 2017 suggested that the workshops helped students develop critical skillsto be successful researchers, allowed students the opportunity to explore research as a careeroption, and most importantly, allowed students to identify as part of the engineering researchcommunity. As a result, in 2018, workshop offerings were expanded (Table 1).Table 1. Workshop offerings in 2018 Week Workshop Topic 1 Opening symposium 1 Resources for searching literature 2 Organizing literature articles 4 Reading and interpreting primary literature 6 Grad panel lunch
the content, drive conclusions and suggest solutions as part of their education.After all, “the four-year degree is not to provide industrial training for technicians” (Moran, 2016).Nonetheless, content-based classes, where students are expected to learn skills including readingfact-based texts, participating in discussions, and writing reflective pieces about the content areslim, and generally in the freshmen year of the progression, where students become disenchantedand drop out before they even get a chance to take heavy math and science oriented engineeringcourses (Bernold, 2005).When faculty are teaching content based classes, it is imperative that they rely on the Chickeringand Gamson’s (1987) seven principles for good practice in
degree programs (i.e., architectural plus civilengineering). Approximately 35% of the total student population is female. Approximately 20%of the student population is the first-generation in their family to attend college.‘Traditional’ course format. An ‘introduction to environmental engineering’ course worth threesemester credit hours was offered in each semester as two, identical parallel sections that eachincluded, either: 1) a 50 minute class meeting at 8am on Monday and Wednesday; or 2) a 50minute class meeting at 11am on Monday and Wednesday. Students were also required to enrollin a 125-minute laboratory at 1pm on either Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday afternoons. Thetextbook, Principles of Environmental Engineering and Science by Davis
purpose, follow certain rules, andinteract with each other and with their surrounding environment.” A more general “handbook”defining the discipline and practice of “systems engineering”, available from the InternationalCouncil on Systems Engineering8, has been used to train engineers in a variety of topics,including: 1) technical processes (i.e., business mission, stakeholder needs, system requirements,design definition operation, maintenance, and disposal); 2) technical management processes (i.e.,project planning, risk management, and quality assurance); 3) agreement processes (i.e.,acquisition and supply); and 4) organizational project-enabling processes (i.e., life cyclemanagement, human resource management, and knowledge management). These
student outcomes of the program“Sustainability Across Sectors-Sweden.” Fig. 1 depicts a logic model for the program, highlighting the connections betweenprogram elements and desired outcomes. The rationale includes engineering workplace needs forglobal perspectives, and environmental engineering Body of Knowledge requirements. Inputsinclude engineering faculty, staff and undergraduates, best practices for short-term study abroad,and partnerships in various Swedish sectors. Activities consist of technical visits of full-scalesystems in Sweden, quantitative comparisons of engineering approaches in Sweden and the U.S.,and cultural and social interaction in Sweden. The impacts of the program include enhancedprofessional skills, additional
) Traditional criteria final test testFigure 2: Stages of the methodology process for the control group.The process consisted of 5 stages that occurred at the same time for the experimental group(Figure 1) and control group (Figure 2): • Pre- and post-intervention survey. Instrument to measure the impact of the intervention. Based on a previously validated survey [9]. Survey implemented to both groups during the first and the last stage of the methodology. • Interventions (experimental group). The instructor moderated the discussions about news to raise awareness about discrimination by gender, economic status, race, and nationality. These discussions occurred only in the experimental group sessions
thinking, reflection, and identity development [3].Pedagogical methods underpinning the broadening of engineering education generally involvedeveloping the reflective practitioner, as exemplified in the work of Donald Schön [4]. Schönproposed that reflective practice should accompany the traditional engineering curriculuminvolving technical expertise. Expanding on that idea, Bolton and Delderfield [5] asserted thatprofessionals are responsible for not only their own actions and values, but also for the broadercontexts involving the political, social, and cultural situations within which they live, learn, andwork. The development of a reflective practitioner involves developing self-awareness andextracting meaning from experiences for personal and
campslesson plans that integrated sustainability education in middle schools. The main reason forconducting a systematized literature review is that it allows researchers to be able to demonstrateall the technical approaches for gathering the literature, such as the entire process of the searchand exclusion criteria [20]. This study followed the steps proposed by Borrego and Froyd [21] forthe engineering education context. 1. Identify scope and research question and provide a conceptual framework, logical model 2. Define exclusion criteria 3. Find sources 4. Assess quality for each study 5. Synthesize.Data AnalysisThis study analyzed 73 peer-reviewed journal articles in two stages
Paper ID #26999Pollution Prevention and Energy Efficiency: A Case Study for EngineeringExtension Services in the Desert SouthwestJalal Rastegary, New Mexico State UniversityDr. Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University Patricia A. Sullivan serves as Associate Dean for Outreach and Recruitment in the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University. She received her PhD in industrial engineering and has over 34 years’ experience directing statewide engineering outreach services that include technical engineering business assistance, professional development, and educational outreach programs. She is co-PI for a
-point scale as follows: 1. – not heard of 2. – heard of but cannot explain 3. – have some knowledge 4. – know a lotThe students are also asked to rate the importance of sustainable development 1) as a person, 2) asan engineer, 3) for your country, 4) for global society and 5) for future generations. In addition,students indicate if they had any environmental education in school in general and in particular intheir university courses. The survey questions specific to the importance of sustainabledevelopment are ranked on a 4-point scale as follows: 1. Not important 2. Possibly important 3. Important 4. Very importantStudents in all environmental classes are invited to take the survey; including Civils enrolled indual
fossil fuel-based energy resources; � is cognizant of the impact of personal energy-related decisions and actions on the global community; and � strives to make choices and decisions that reflect these attitudes with respect to energy resource development and energy consumption. As engineering faculty, the authors believe that a technically literate public is crucial tothe development of rational energy policies. With this in mind, a faculty team from the Collegeof Engineering & Science developed a course on energy for nontechnical students. The coursehas been adopted into the university’s core curriculum, satisfying the objective for scientificliteracy in natural sciences. It is the first general education offering from
/ZLW & IfU. In addition to this, he is managing partner and consultant of the Nets ’n’ Clouds Consulting f¨ur Technologieentwicklung und Organisationsoptimierung GmbH (Consulting for Technology Development and Organisational Optimisa- tion). He has been working at the Cybernetics Lab since 1997, where he was head of the Communication and Organisational Development division from 1999 to 2010 and of the Knowledge Management division from 2003 to 2006. Dr. Hees studied Economic Geography, Politics and International Technical and Economic Cooperation at RWTH Aachen. He completed his thesis on ”Regional Organisational Structures in the Building and Construction Industry – Generating Turbulence-tolerant Strategic
tab is primarily middle school educators. Although much like the studentportal, this section will also eventually include information for the undergraduate level, includingpotential labs for the pilot model to be used in the undergraduate classroom. Table 1 explains theaudience and the corresponding webpage and shows the skeleton of the website as illustrated inthe results section. The audience is either explicitly stated on each page or implicit byinspection.Table 1. Website components and audience.Home/Landing PageInteractive House Students/General AudienceWastewater Quizlet Students/General AudienceStudent PortalReusing Wastewater Secondary
Department at the University of Detroit Mercy. She earned both her M.S. and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Safety Protocols in Civil & Environmental Engineering LaboratoriesAbstractPromoting and achieving safety in academic laboratories for students and researchers is everyinstitution’s goal. To this end, lab practices are constantly reviewed and revised, and safetypolicies are generally documented. For this paper, a survey related to lab safety procedures wasconducted of civil and environmental engineering department heads, with a 25% response ratefor 56 institutions
longer the people our educational system wasdesigned to teach” [1]. Prensky noted that contemporaneous students represented a singulargeneration that had grown up with digital technology, which had fundamentally changed howthis generation thought and processed information. The STEM education world took note of Prensky’s observations and began to discuss waysto meet the needs and thought processes of digital natives. In 2004, the National Academy ofEngineering (NAE) published a report entitled “The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering inthe New Century”. In this report, NAE recognizes that we are progressing in age ofextraordinary technological growth and sets forward ideal attributes for the next generation ofengineers. The author
sections of the course. Overallstudents performed well in both: (1) technical content (62 out of 70 points on average) and (2)preparation and organization (28 out of 30 points on average). The average grade on finalreports was 90% with grades ranging from 82% to 96%. All students got a 70% or better on thegroup project, indicating a high success rate for project completion. Generally, students did agood job identifying an environmental problem (9.4 out of 10 points on average), alternatives toassess the problem and sustainability metrics spanning social, economic, and environmentalimpacts to evaluate the alternatives (9.3 out of 10 points on average). Additionally, studentgroups generally did well compiling a life cycle inventory data and
. She has also helped catalogue lead fishnet weights from Uluburun, a late Bronze Age shipwreck, in Turkey. In her free time, she works as the co-founder and CDO of Bezoar Laboratories LLC, a R&D company focusing on probiotic supplements.Mr. Rogelio Casas Jr., Texas A&M University Rogelio Casas Jr. was an ESET student at Texas A&M University and graduated in the Fall of 2018. He was the Project Manager throughout the project and is currently working at General Motors in Austin, Texas as a Software Developer. He plans on continuing his education through hands-on training and a potential Masters in Computer Science.Erika L. Davila c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019
) & Technical Electives (5cr) (3) EEE Selective I - Column A (3) EEE Selective II - Column B (3) EEE Selective III - Column C (3) EEE Selective IV (3) EEE Selective V (3) EEE Selective VI (2) Technical Elective I (3) Technical Elective II Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (55 credits) (2) * Transforming Ideas to Innovation I (2) * Transforming Ideas to Innovation II (4) *MA 16500 Analytic Geometry & Calculus I (4) *MA 16600 Analytic Geometry & Calculus II (4) *CHM 11500 General Chemistry I (4) *CHM 11600 General Chemistry II (4) *PHYS 17200 Modern Mechanics (4) MA 26100