Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Larry N. Bland

needed to answer two questions: What are other engineering schools doing to increasetheir enrollment? And what do we need to change in our recruiting process? The search forthese answers prompted my university to fund travel to evaluate other universities’ processes,look for common themes, and develop an action plan for our department. This paper will lookat the methodology of my research, the results and conclusions.Methodology As I considered how to best answer these questions, I decided that qualitative researchmethods were most applicable to this process. Lincoln and Guba (1985) summarize well the keyqualitative process concepts of: natural setting, human instrument, tacit knowledge, qualitativemethods, iterative research, and case

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

George D. Gray

Advancing Composites Education and Training through Curriculum Design George D. Gray Applied and Engineering Technologies Division Wichita Area Technical CollegeAbstractThis paper will outline the increasing occurrence of polymer composite material applicationswithin industry and the challenges facing post-secondary educational institutions to adequatelyprepare engineers and engineering technologists/technicians. It will also address the many facetsof composites and how to develop coursework to meet both the fundamental concepts ofcomposites along with addressing specific hands-on fabrication

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

K. Madhavan

technical innovations in the remediation process.(e) Performance related specifications will also enable the contractors to come withunique solutions for the problems at hand. (f) Students may benefit from the failure casestudy approach of teaching the foundation courses.Discussion Questions: a) How do you estimate the negative skin friction capacity of a pile? b) What are the typical allowable total and differential settlements of a steel-framed structure? c) Discuss how the remediation was conducted in this project?Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 5Failure Case Study

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Suzanna Long; David G. Spurlock

Meeting the Needs of Employers and Students: Implications of Global Business Trends and Changing Student Characteristics for Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs Suzanna Long, University of Missouri-Rolla, David G. Spurlock, Ph.D., University of Missouri-RollaAbstractIn this paper we discuss work in progress where we are studying issues of timing and motivationfor pursuing academic credentials and certification, along with implications for institutionsproviding academic credentials. Economic factors have altered the face of industry andmethodology for conducting business. Outsourcing, downsizing, and other factors have ledmany individuals to consider academic

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kenneth J. Fischer; Christopher D. Depcik; Lorin P. Maletsky; Robert M. Sorem; Ronald L. Dougherty

the design process vary considerably, depending onengineering discipline and department preference, from detailed designs with no physicalrealization to required functional prototypes and design evaluation. Certainly, there is noapproach that fits all disciplines and all departments.The purpose of this paper is to describe and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of a three-semester capstone design course sequence. We believe this approach provides students with amore complete and thorough capstone design experience allowing for fabrication and testing offunctional prototypes. While it is especially advantageous for Mechanical Engineeringdepartments where a physical prototype is often the ultimate goal, it can also be advantageous

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

B. Zhang; H. Misak; P.S. Dhanasekaran; D. Kalla; R. Asmatulu

.  Disposal: Any waste product, including nanomaterials, can cause environmental concerns/problems if disposed inappropriately.3. Environmental AnalysisSeveral nanoscale inclusions have been used for various applications. Among these nanoscaleinclusions, graphene has the higher priority for various reasons. Graphene is one of the mostadvanced materials for structural improvement, substitution of silicon for electronic devices, aswell as thermal transferring, and fire retardant. Three papers have been published describing thebenefits of altering graphene to be more environmentally friendly. One study by Marcano, D.C.,et al., improved the process of making graphene oxide (GO) by increasing amount of KMnO4and eliminate NaNO3 that improves the

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2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Neville Tay; Xiu Jie Low; Vinay Patil; Eylem Asmatulu

,energy, automotive, defense, electronics, medical and pharmaceutical. According to Kampker etal., 2015 using PolyJEt 3D printing in e-mobility interior and exterior components reduced theproduction costs considerably. The technical report summarizes that this technology does offermany advantages compared to conventional tools and technologies. Also, the initial productionof molding tools are very costly and time consuming process. By 3D printing, its help save timeand reduce the cost of making prototypes in light weight manner [6].According to Zhang and Miyamoto, 2014, there have been increasing demands on nanoscalesatellite launch systems, so it is stated that 3D printing process can offer a practical solution tothis increasing demand [7]. 3D

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Saeed M. Khan; Gregory Spaulding; Deanna Livengood; Paul Benjamin; Justin Schemm; Kenton Dreilling; Chase Maxton; Fred Kreiman

“Building the Largest Cantenna in Kansas: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration between Engineering Technology Programs” Saeed M. Khan, Gregory Spaulding, Deanna Livengood, Paul Benjamin, Justin Schemm, Kenton Dreilling, Chase Maxton and Fred Kreiman Kansas State University at SalinaAbstract:This paper describes the design and development of a large 20 dBi (decibels isotropic)Wi-Fi antenna for a class project in the Communication Circuit Design course. This largeantenna is based on smaller Wi-Fi antennas commonly referred to as cantennas (gain ofabout 10 dBi). The smaller version is made with a single can (3-4 inches) in diameter andan

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Gary P. Halada

communication skills, and the need for engineers to understand theimplications of their work in a broader socio-economic context.2The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has emphasized theimportance of these issues, including them in multiple ways in the prescribed set of StudentOutcomes.3 These are what well-educated engineering students are expected to know at the timeof graduation. Of special importance to the topic of this paper are the following outcomes(c,d,f,g,h,i, and j):“Engineering programs must demonstrate that their students attain the following outcomes: (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realisticconstraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Justin Highley

mechanics and are readily integrated into a single course. The remaining topics, including external flow, gas power cycles, and modeling, were introduced in the follow-on course, ME312: Thermal Fluid Systems II, but are not as easily integrated. This paper describes the development process for a second course in thermal-fluids engineering and the challenges encountered with integrating disparate subjects in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics. Methods of incorporating these various topics are discussed and the challenges and benefits of the integration process are presented.Key words: Thermal Fluids Integration, Thermodynamics, Fluid MechanicsBackground Prior to Fall 2005, the Civil and Mechanical Engineering (CME

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

LeeRoy Bronner; Amen Ra Mashariki

Reengineering of Distributed Middleware Systems To a Model Driven Architecture (MDA) LeeRoy Bronner, Ph.D., P.E., Amen Ra Mashariki Morgan State UniversityIntroductionThis paper describes the processes, and conventions needed to use Object ManagementGroup’s (OMG) MDA to reengineer and restructure an existing distributed middlewaresystem. MDA fosters an open, vendor neutral, approach to software system middlewaredevelopment. The OMG has recently proposed a relatively new paradigm shift in regardsto distributed software system development. The paradigm shift occurs in the way theMDA helps a system architect develop robust applications that can be maintained even asthe

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Hudson V. Jackson; Evelyn A. Ellis

growing need for engineers to be involved in policy-making, especially at congressionaland senatorial levels. Some professionals have identified the significant amount of outsourcing ofengineering jobs to countries such as India and China as a contributing factor connected to the declininginterest in engineering. Furthermore, the quality of undergraduate engineers is not meeting the needs ofthe engineering industry. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for example, is calling forthe attainment of a Body of Knowledge (BOK) for entry into the practice of civil engineering at aprofessional level3. To attain the BOK, ASCE proposes appropriate technical experience be combinedwith the completion of either a master’s degree or approximately

Conference Session

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Case Studies in Construction Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

Paper ID #44105ChatGPT to Support Critical Thinking in Construction-Management StudentsDaniel 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 Virginia Tech in Engineering Education and

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Alvarez, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Olga Mironenko, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Yang Victoria Shao, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Paper ID #42834Board 89: Work in Progress: Promoting Undergraduate Student Successthrough Faculty Mentoring in Engineering EducationDr. Juan Alvarez, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Juan Alvarez joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Illinois faculty in Spring 2011 and is currently a Teaching Assistant Professor. Prior to that, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at York University, Canada, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Chemical Physics Theory Group at the University of Toronto, Canada, and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Pritpal Singh; Amanda Kelly; Kathy Nazar

directassessment of their skills. All engineering students perform senior design projects and so haveconfidence in their ability to design products/services to meet customer’s needs. However, whilestudents may have that confidence, it is not clear that this particular ability is properly assessedby the students themselves because they may only be designing to technical specificationswithout necessarily clearly understanding the functional needs of the customer.The abilities of students to perform market analyses for products/services, understand how toobtain funding for a product/service or bring a new product or service to market are all ratedrelatively low by the students. However, students taking the engineering entrepreneurship minorprogram have more

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Andras Gordon; Kathryn W. Jablokow; Sven G. Bilen

entailsunderstanding the broader systems in which their designs will be used, understanding thelinkages between components, and addressing more than just the technical aspects of a design. Itis imperative that we develop this mindset and skill set in our students; however, introducing theSystems Approach and its associated concepts is challenging. It is crucial that students aretaught to adjust their points of view in order to see the interactions of parts, as well as torecognize “the whole” in the form of emergent system characteristics. Being conversant withthis flexible view will help students understand, predict, and control the effects of their decisionsand solutions more effectively, especially at the technology–society interface.This paper describes

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Deepti Suri; Eric Durant

aspects of good requirements, which are exercised throughout the class.Completeness of requirements presents special challenge to experienced professionals, so it is notnecessarily a poor outcome that students are more tentative in their self-evaluation of this area. Itis interesting that the smallest bias of self-success over course aid occurred for objective 6 (0.16),while the largest occurred for objective 8 (0.63). This may reflect the students’ confidence inpresenting technical material from several previous courses.7. Summary and Future DirectionsIn summary, requirements in general, and the authors’ project approach in particular, emphasizedifferent skills than those with which most engineers have the greatest comfort. The emphasis

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Stacy Gleixner; Elena Klaw PhD; Patricia Backer

student anunderstanding of the “big picture” issues influencing each technology. Then, studentsindividually write a literature review on a very specific research topic related to the technology.The paper must reference at least three technical journal articles on the same research topic. Thegoal is to build the level of expertise of the student.The last phase of the project is for the team to come together and synthesize their different areasof expertise to develop a teaching experiment for middle school age children. This is an openended assignments and the deliverables student teams have produced over the years have variedsignificantly. The main requirements students are given are that the project must be hands onwith an experiment aspect to it

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Geon S. Seo; Eniko T. Enikov

innanotechnology. Although many groups reported experiments using cantilever micro sensors, theactual procedures are complicated and some steps demand special and complex equipment, notcommonly available at most educational institutions. In this paper, we describe our effort to developa hands-on laboratory experiment with reduced complexity utilizing inexpensive fabricationprocess. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 276 (a) (b) Fig 2. Geometry of beam bending (a), and Schematic of the “optical

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Syed S. Rizvi; Aasia Riasat; Muhammad S. Rashid

reconfigurable logic. Since the reconfigurable logic issomewhat symmetric, a given instruction may be placed into the FB wherever there is space available.This way the RC gives quite significant speedup over the conventional core processor.The goal of this paper is to compare the performance of a generic RC system with the performance ofconventional core processors that use software implementation (SI). Further motivating our study is thelarge role of FB organization in the RH that may limit overall performance. We observe that most of theapplications now a days demand not only sufficient quality of service (QoS) data transmission but also a 2high

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Hudson V. Jackson; Evelyn A. Ellis

growing need for engineers to be involved in policy-making, especially at congressionaland senatorial levels. Some professionals have identified the significant amount of outsourcing ofengineering jobs to countries such as India and China as a contributing factor connected to the declininginterest in engineering. Furthermore, the quality of undergraduate engineers is not meeting the needs ofthe engineering industry. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for example, is calling forthe attainment of a Body of Knowledge (BOK) for entry into the practice of civil engineering at aprofessional level3. To attain the BOK, ASCE proposes appropriate technical experience be combinedwith the completion of either a master’s degree or approximately

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Carol Davis, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

professors’ time for content vs. the tribal high school instructors’ efforts on studentconnections and delivery pedagogy. Another unique feature is that we were successful in havingsome of the students who participated in these activities aid the process as peer mentors/instructors. For example some of the college students who benefited from this program earlierwere helping us in the high school summer camps. This paper will summarize the experience ofthe authors with the university-tribal college collaborative effort over the last eleven years: howdid it all start, where does it stand now, and what lessons did we learn.BackgroundNorth Dakota has approximately 30,000 Native Americans (NA) distributed geographically infour reservations. It is the

Conference Session

FPD X: First-Year Design with Projects, Modeling, and Simulation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifford A. Whitfield, Ohio State University; Philip Schlosser, Ohio State University; John A Merrill, Ohio State University; Elizabeth Riter, Ohio State University; Kuldeep Agarwal, Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

create awareness among incoming engineering students of the needfor research and development of advanced energy technologies and system - set out as the GrandChallenges for the Engineers of the 21st Century by the National Academy of Engineering.8This paper sets forth the project objectives, curriculum development, and short- and long-termimpacts of the AEV design-build project. Page 22.147.3Project ObjectivesIt was determined, based on well established and successful design-build projects withinFundamentals of Engineering and Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors sequences, that theFundamentals of Engineering for Scholars AEV design-build

Conference Session

Teaching Analog and Digital Communication: Novel Ideas for Lecture Courses, Laboratories, and Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Wierer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Edward W. Chandler, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2011-2298: ANALOG AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS LABORA-TORY EXPERIMENTS USING EMONA TIMSJay Wierer, Milwaukee School of EngineeringEdward W. Chandler, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Chandler is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Milwaukee School of Engi- neering (MSOE). He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University in 1985 and is a registered Professional Engineer in Wisconsin. He previously was a Member of Technical Staff at L-3 Communications and currently performs systems engineering consulting in the area of communica- tions for DISA (U.S. DoD). He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and teaches courses in circuits, signals, and communications

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsheen Mozammel, Purdue University, Calumet; Lash B. Mapa, Purdue University, Calumet; Susan Scachitti, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

facilitate communication and problem solvingwithin the healthcare facility. The purpose of this study is to (a) create a baseline metric of theexisting process, (b) collect operational data and analyze ways to improve the work efficiency byeliminating the non-value added tasks from the daily workload, (c) automate some of the tasksperformed by NSD and (d) monitor and provide control methodologies for sustainability. IntroductionPurdue University Calumet School of Technology offers state-of-the-art curricula to meet theever-changing demands of business and industry for highly-trained technical professionals. TheSchool of Technology offers small class sizes, research opportunities, and the opportunity toprofit

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques and New Programs in Graduate Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Cox, Purdue University; Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Phillip Dunston, Purdue University; Audeen Fentiman, Purdue University; Pamella Shaw, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

and seminars; engagement in research and grant writing groups;collaboration with existing campus programs to create sustainable communities across diversegraduate student populations; and the development of research skills. This paper provides anoverview of the program and research questions that are being explored via the participation ofstudents and mentors in the program.Project Objectives and PlansThe Reinvigorating Engineering and Changing History (REACH) Scholars Program offersqualified Master’s and direct Ph.D. engineering students opportunities to explore multipleacademic pathways and to work closely with their peers, with alumni, and with faculty to createa community of scholars who will be prepared broadly for careers across

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Lucian Lucia, North Carolina State University; Jianzhong Lou, North Carolina A&T State University; Abolghasem Shahbazi, North Carolina A&T State University; Timothy Rials, University of Tennessee

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Associate Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Wood & Paper Science at North Carolina State University. Dr. Lucia received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry from the University of Florida.Jianzhong Lou, North Carolina A&T State University Jianzhong Lou is Professor of chemical engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. Dr. Lou received his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Zhejiang University of Technology. He also holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Utah.Abolghasem Shahbazi, North Carolina A&T State University Ghasem Shahbazi is Professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering at North Carolina A&T State

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisa Clyne, Drexel University

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2010-2025: INTEGRATING NEW MALE AND FEMALE JUNIOR FACULTYINTO THE DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERINGAlisa Clyne, Drexel University Alisa Morss Clyne received a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 1996. She worked as an engineer in the GE Aircraft Engines Technical Leadership Program for four years, concurrently earning a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. In 2006, Dr. Clyne received her Doctorate in Medical and Mechanical Engineering from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. She is currently the P.C. Chou Assistant Professor in the Drexel University Department of Mechanical

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalia Litchinitser, SUNY at Buffalo; Albert H. Titus, SUNY at Buffalo; Alexander N. Cartwright, SUNY at Buffalo; Vladimir V. Mitin, SUNY at Buffalo

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

environmental monitoring.Unfortunately, even with all the growth in the photonics industry, there is a lack of appropriateeducational materials for developing a workforce for this growing industry. To date, the majorityof the training in photonics is conducted at the graduate level. Generally, photonics is taught as adistinct sub-field of electrical engineering or physics with very little focus on the engineeringconcepts necessary for the development of complex optoelectronic devices. In this paper, wepresent our efforts to develop knowledge and applications modules that are focused on theapplications of photonics engineering in technology (see Figure 1). Application

Conference Session

Enhancing Environmental Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Roper, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Research and Development Program. He has published over 150 technical papers and made numerous presentations at national and international forums. Page 15.1356.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 WATERSHED IMPERVIOUS SURFACE STORM WATER ASSESSMENTAbstract:The Sustainable Development and Next Generation Buildings class worked with ArlingtonCounty Virginia to assess impacts and alternatives for a sensitive storm water project in thecounty. This was a real world application of the subjects and technologies used in the class roomfor storm water management and planning. Within Arlington