Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Braun, California Polytechnic State University; Emmit B. Evans, California Polytechnic State University; Randall Knight, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas Ruehr, California Polytechnic State University

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Environmental Engineering

Thinking. He has team taught 10 courses including Agricultural Systems Thinking, Human Values in Agriculture, World Food Systems, Agricultural Biotechnology, Earth Systems, Global Environment and Fertigation. He has conducted fertilizer training programs for industry throughout California and Arizona plus South Africa and Brazil. He emphasizes multidisciplinary approaches to holistic problem solving. Soil microbiology, biochemistry, fertilizers, plant nutrition, and fertigation (as a coauthor) are major subjects. Page 12.946.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Interdisciplinary

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paula Alvarez Pino, UAB Sustainable Smart Cities Research Center; Andrew J. Sullivan; Fouad H. Fouad, University of Alabama - Birmingham

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

studentsin meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designedfor the IRES program. Such experiences expose U.S. students to the international researchcommunity at a critical early stage in their careers.Eight undergraduate and graduate students participated in this program during the past summerof 2015.(Figure 5) This program spanned four weeks, with the first two weeks spent in theNetherlands and the following two weeks in Egypt, providing the students a unique learningopportunity. Spending the first two weeks of the program in the Netherlands, a country that hassome of the most sustainable and smart cities in the world, provided the students with a muchbroader view of what sustainability and sustainable

Conference Session

Introducing Sustainability into Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean D. MacRae, University of Maine

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Environmental Engineering

ofsustainability was chosen to provide relevance to students who were less intrinsically interestedin the environmental field to try to stimulate the caring aspect of Fink’s taxonomy of significantlearning7. The format should also stimulate the interest of visual learners as described by Felder8.A broader description of the environmental economic and socio-cultural elements ofsustainability, evidence of climate change, extinction rates and dead zones, which underscore theneed for change, and the need to approach design in different ways followed. This materialemphasized the need to think broadly about the implications of engineering decisions, considerthe context of a given solution and the need for creativity. Again, the intention of this approachto

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University; Dennis D. Truax PE, BCEE, F.ASCE, Mississippi State University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

research over past 10 years has resulted in national and international recognition, industry collaborations, 5 patents/patent appli- cations and over 75 scholarly publications in highly regarded discipline specific journals, peer-reviewed conference proceedings and invited book chapters. He is a scientific and technical reviewer for over 50 in- ternational journals, book publishers, and several funding agencies. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of New Mexico and a board certified environmental engineer. His research interests include water and wastewater treatment, bioelectrochemical systems, desalination, algae, biofuels, and sustain- ability. He enjoys teaching and mentoring undergraduate and

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan E. Powers, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Stefan J. Grimberg, Clarkson University; Daqing Hou, Clarkson University; Mary Margaret Monica Small, Clarkson University

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Environmental Engineering

semesters. Thesample is primarily from F2014 (n=148), with only 16 matched pre/post surveys from S2014. Asthe data show, students demonstrated no measurable gains on any area in the sustainabilitysurvey between the before-program and after-program measures. There were, however,significant gains on a few of the individual survey items. Most notable was a significant increasein students’ reported concern for social justice issues (post mean score 3.8, p=0.04). Studentsalso felt they knew more about recycling after participating in the learning experience, althoughthe post response was still quite low (post mean score 2.8, p=0.04). Slight increases in studentperformance were noted on questions related to the waste food/energy/food production system