Conference Session

Remote Instruction/COVID-19 Strategies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sheikh Fahad Ferdous, Indiana State University; M. Affan Badar, Indiana State University; Maria Javaid, Indiana State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, and grading criteria in the semester before the pandemic (pre-) withthose of the semester during the pandemic (post-). The data is obtained from the Faculty ActivityDatabase for each instructor at Indiana State University. The null hypothesis is that there existsno difference between the course grade outcomes of pre- and post- pandemic. The hypothesis hasbeen tested using Chi-square goodness of fit test [14]. Numbers of students earning specificgrades of the pre- have been considered as expected frequencies. These have been converted tothe respective probabilities. For the post-pandemic enrollment number (n), observed frequenciesfor different grades have been recorded from the University database. With the expectedprobabilities already

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stanley Shie Ng, Biola University; Ryan Striker P.E., North Dakota State University; Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, North Dakota State University; Ellen M. Swartz, North Dakota State University; Lauren Singelmann, North Dakota State University; Mary Pearson, North Dakota State University; Grace Sangalang Ng, Biola University

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #34107Providing an Enriching Learning Experience for Underresourced AcademicPrograms Through MOOCIBLStanley Shie Ng, Biola University Stanley Ng received his BS in Biomedical Engineering from University of California Irvine and MS in Biomedical Diagnostics from Arizona State University. He serves as faculty and director of engineering programs at Biola University. Currently, he is pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering and STEM Education at North Dakota State University.Ryan Striker P.E., North Dakota State University Ryan Striker is a life-long learner. Ryan has over a decade of professional experience designing embed

Conference Session

Working Together: Approaches to Inclusivity and Interdisciplinarity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Zhilin Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Hongye Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Yiyin Shen

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

detailed analysis ofthe existing survey data. Furthemore, we will do follow up interviews to identify the factors thatcould influence the gender differences. Finally, we will promote UDL in our institution and theawareness of SWD's needs among our engineering faculty, especially new instructors.Acknowledgements: Our work was funded by a 2020 grant from the Strategic InstructionalInnovations Program at the University of Illinois. The human subject study was permitted by anIRB #21183. ClassTranscribe and associated research is supported in part by a gift fromMicrosoft Corporation, as part of the Illinois Accessibility Lighthouse Program and Institute ofEducation Sciences, U.S. Department of Education through Grant R305A180211 to the Board ofTrustees

Conference Session

Issues in the First Year - Focus on Classroom Activities

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Shankar Ramakrishnan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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FYEE Division - Paper Submission

were applied. Standardized courseand results have been presented. The overwhelming majority objectives were compared between the three offerings toof these studies present a positive response by students analyze the efficacy of each method. To analyze studenttowards some form of “flipping” [5]-[7]. One of the many attitudes, student evaluations conducted by the university atdifferent theoretical frameworks used in flipping a classroom the end of the semester were accessed.that have been developed over the past two decades [8] is the The goals of the study were the following:ICAP framework [9] – [13]. The framework describes a 1) To evaluate how the flipped classroom whenmovement of the

Conference Session

Let’s Get Pumped: Innovative Approaches for Better Student Engagement

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie E. Fogarty, California State University, Sacramento

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

benefits of active learning, the nextquestion may be, “How do engineering faculty incorporate active learning in the classroom giventhe constraints of time and the amount of material that needs to be covered?” One potentialanswer to this question is the flipped or inverted classroom. The flipped or inverted classroomcan be defined as one where students obtain content from technology and apply that content withhelp from the instructor in class (Margulieux et al. 2014). The flipped classroom provides ameans of enabling the same amount of material to be covered by having students first interactwith the content outside of the classroom and then spend class time actively engaging with thematerial they were introduced to prior to attending class.With

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjay Tewari, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

are responding well to the assigned reading assignments.The author plans to collect anonymous data at the end of the current semester and plans toexpand this study to other courses in multiple majors taught by fellow faculty of theCooperative Engineering Program of the Missouri State University.The author has reduced the number of the reading assignment and reduced the size of each ofthem. Additionally, the first couple of weeks instead of simply giving pop-quizzes, the authorhas started asking students individually to share their opinion about the assigned topic withthe class without penalizing students for not completing the reading assignment. Studentswho did not complete the reading assignment or did it with cursory scans were not able

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Hain, University of Connecticut; Arash E. Zaghi, University of Connecticut; Christa L. Taylor

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, University of Connecticut Arash E. Zaghi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He received his PhD in 2009 from the University of Nevada, Reno, and contin- ued there as a Research Scientist. His latest research endeavor is on creativity and engineering education, with a focus on the unique potential of students with ADHD. Supported by multiple grants from the Na- tional Science Foundation, his research was highlighted the American Society of Engineering Education’s Prism Magazine. He received a CAREER Award in 2016 to study the significance of neurodiversity in developing a creative engineering workforce.Ms. Christa L. Taylor

Conference Session

Laboratories in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University; N.M. Hossain, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

merely a discussion of an idea presented in 1956 by Benjamin Bloom in hisTaxonomy.1 Bloom identified three types of learning, one of which is the cognitive domain.Within his cognitive domain he identified six levels that most educators think of when referringto Bloom’s Taxonomy. As a quick review, the six levels of Bloom’s cognitive domain arepresented in Figure 1.0 below. Figure 1.0, Bloom’s Taxonomy of Cognitive LearningEducators are very familiar with the concept presented in Bloom’s Taxonomy. The idea thatstudents can learn at different levels is a driving force in how educators develop and constructtheir lessons. We know that students can learn at a lower level where all they are able to do isrecognize the material; at a higher level

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Ph.D., Richard H. Turpin

, andapplying of the material that has been taught, the knowledge and ideals and arts that have been communicated. Drawing from over twenty five years of experience in engineering education, the author discusses eachlaw, making application of each to engineering education in the present time. A set of "rules" is definedassociated with each law to make clear its proper application, and common violations of each are discussed. This paper, which is based upon Dr. Gregory's book, should be of interest to all engineering educators,but particularly to young faculty, as it describes with clarity and simplicity the fundamentals of teaching. Toquote from the introduction to Dr. Gregory's book, "The first object of teaching, then, is to stimulate in

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York; Jamil Lacourt, State University of New York, Farmingdale

Tagged Divisions

Construction

used.Further, buildings are a major source of the pollution that causes urban air qualityproblems, and the pollutants that contribute to climate change. They account for 49percent of sulfur dioxide emissions, 25 percent nitrous oxide emissions, and 10 percent ofparticulate emissions, all of which damage urban air quality. Buildings produce 35percent of the country’s carbon dioxide emissions – the chief pollutant for climate change(1).A team of a student and a faculty member from ----------------- department of ----------------- evaluated some of the representative floors (building were chosen at random based onaccessibility) according to the following green building characteristics againstCommercial Interior (CI) standards of US Green Building

Conference Session

New Horizons in Academic Integrity

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Jordan, Baylor University; Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

fascinating book by Seebauer and Berry that develops anentire engineering ethics approach using virtue ethics9. The first author is presenting anotherpaper at the A.S.E.E. 2006 conference that recommends using a virtue ethics approach inteaching engineering ethics10.Table 12 below shows the correlations for the approach suggested by Geisler. Page 11.562.12 Table 12 Correlation between Alternative Ethical Systems and cheating 2005 Results Students believing in Graded Conflicting Unqualified Situationism Generalism Antinomianism

Conference Session

Pre-college: Summer Experiences for Students and Teachers (2)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Susan Marie Engelhardt, South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

course, camp,workshop, professional development, and other STEM related offerings. One of the programsoffers camp opportunities to rising 8th, 9th and 10th graders during a residential summer scienceexperience that last for a full week (>30 hours of learning activities). Camp courses vary fromadvanced 3-D printing and design to astrophysics, pre-med and others. This paper focuses on“The Tour of Engineering”, one of the camps offered every summer. The course is targetingrising 8th and 9th graders and introduces students to several engineering disciplines. This paperwill describe the course, how the course was executed, both quantitative and qualitative results ofstudent perceptions and learning outcomes and give recommendations for future

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zakaria Mahmud, Lake Superior State University; Paul J. Weber, Lake Superior State University; Joseph P. Moening, Lake Superior State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

how he/she compares to all of the other users.Leaderboards can be based on the user’s XP or other measures such as course grade. They can beanonymous or display the user’s true name. Leaderboards are designed to encourage competitionamongst the users by displaying their status. Discussion boards provide a means for users to helpeach other by asking and answering questions.Given the ever-increasing demands on a faculty members’ time, it is important to make theimplementation of gamification as automated as possible. As such, using a learning managementsystem such as Moodle is desirable. Ideally, educational activities should be designed to beachievable, allow students to have multiple attempts, increase the difficulty as the studentprogresses

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel W. Chang, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #17899Improving Student Confidence and Retention using an Introductory Com-puter Engineering CourseDr. Daniel W. Chang, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Daniel W. Chang is an Assistant Professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He is the faculty advisor for the student chapters of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) and the ECE honor society Eta Kappa Nu (HKN). His interests include computer architecture, digital systems, memory systems, and engineering education. c American Society

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Student Success

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

freshmen engineering students within two years.Students selected for the program participate for one week in a course heavily linked to theIntroduction to Engineering Design course (ENGR 100), which is required for all incomingfreshmen engineering students. The course is offered the week before the start of the fallsemester and students reside in their assigned dorm room for the upcoming semester. Studentsattend lectures by engineering and math faculty members, complete homework assignments andexams, as well as work on a team to complete a design challenge. Each day, students attend oneengineering lecture and lab session as well as two math lectures and two math study sessions. Inaddition to course work, students attend skill sessions, which are

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Gage Stout, Computing Research Association; Neslihan Burcin Tamer, Computing Research Association

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

asmathematics and engineering, than women. 6, 32 The existence of this belief system makes sense, giventhat students’ peer group and faculty role models in quantitative disciplines are indeed predominantlymen. 19, 20 The danger in this beliefs system is that it can bleed into women’s self-concept, leadingwomen to question their own aptitude and “fit” in quantitative fields. 6, 7, 18, 32 Given the dearth ofwomen in quantitative fields and the importance of diversity for creativity in innovative endeavors, 13, 34it is troubling to think that talented and motivated women may be shying away from quantitative fieldsdue to their endorsement of cultural stereotypes.We focus on three self-conceptions in computing, all of which are linked to persistence and

Conference Session

Software Applications in ET Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omer Farook, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Jai P Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet (College of Technology); Ashfaq Ahmed, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Athula Kulatunga, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Naveen Kumar Koyi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hassan Abdullah Alibrahim, Purdue University Calumet; Mohammad Almenaies, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Paper ID #16205Embedded System Design Based on Beaglebone Black with Embedded LinuxProf. Omer Farook, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology) Omer Farook is a member of the faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue University, Calumet. Farook received the diploma of licentiate in mechanical engineering and B.S.M.E. in 1970 and 1972, respectively. He further received B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. in 1978 and 1983, respec- tively, from Illinois Institute of Technology. Farook’s current interests are in the areas of embedded system design, hardware-software interfacing, digital communication

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Lokesh P Padhye, The University of Auckland

Tagged Topics

International Forum

active learning activities and other small group activities for instructors. Hence,the project was designed as a service not only to students but also to class instructors.In addition to online quizzes, we also introduced industry guest lecturing component forhelping students learn importance of practical aspects of learning chemistry forenvironmental engineering careers. Although engineering academics have expertise inteaching and research, they often are not at the forefront of implementation of state of the artengineering solutions for solving real world problems. As demonstrated by D’Este andPerkmann (2011)21, faculty members benefit from the influx of corporate expertise, andstudents gain knowledge about high-throughput technology and

Conference Session

Dynamic Pedagogies for Engineering Dynamics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vincent C. Prantil, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Mark L. Nagurka, Marquette University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Paper ID #23580Work in Progress: Connections Between First-Order and Second-Order Dy-namic Systems – Lessons in Limit BehaviorDr. Vincent C. Prantil, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Vincent Prantil earned his BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University. He has worked as a senior member of technical staff in the Applied Mechanics and Materials Modeling Directorates at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California where he was a co-recipient of the R&D100 Award for development of Microstructure-Property Model Software in 2000. He has published 31 peer-reviewed journal

Conference Session

Capstone/ET Projects II - General

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Austin B. Asgill P.E., Kennesaw State University; Jorge Luis Portillo Rodriguez; Rebeca Feregrino Rodriguez, Kennesaw State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Paper ID #30446Industrial Wire Cutting Machine: A Senior Capstone Design ProjectDr. Austin B. Asgill P.E., Kennesaw State University Dr Austin B. Asgill received his B.Eng.(hons) (E.E.) degree from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, his M.Sc. (E.E.) degree from the University of Aston in Birmingham, and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Florida. He is currently a Professor of Engineering Technology (Electrical) at Kennesaw State University (KSU). Prior to joining the faculty at KSU (formerly SPSU), he was an Associate Professor of Electronic Engineering Technology at Florida A&

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Maher Shehadi, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

programs. Students gained analytical and experimental skills, applied science and technology toengineering theories and applications, worked in a team, and developed their communication skills suchas oral and written skills.Keywords: energy conservation, thermostat temperature effects, human thermal comfort, actualmeasurements, home smart meters.IntroductionCommercial and residential buildings are the largest contributors toward the total energy consumption inthe world [1]. Energy consumption in buildings significantly increases on a yearly basis due to increasedhuman comfort needs and services [2]. Residential and commercial buildings comprise 40% of the US 1primary energy of which 75% is

Collection

2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Jiayue Shen; Weiru Chen

the old-fashioned way replies on repetition andmemorization of information to educate students, the students typically will lose their attentionafter 15 mins of a continuous lecture. Intentionally breaking the lecture into discrete segments maybe an effective way to draw the students’ attention back and improve the students’ engagement.Most importantly, with the CEM, it is quite challenging to develop critical thinking skills, thehighly desired ability for an engineering technology student. To enhance the student engagement and learning experience and effectively improve theiracademic performance, conventional clicker-based personal response system (PRS) are initiallyintroduced and used in the classroom for years. To overcome the

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kelli R. Kopocis-Herstein, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Terry L. Stentz, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

“leadership style” were two (2) of the top six (6) factors influencing siteproductivity [5]. Additionally human factors has been identified as key component of effectivesafety management [6] [7] [8] on construction sites which has been attributed to increased laborproductivity [9] [10].Course DesignIn an effort to equip senior-level undergraduates with the skills necessary to manage themultitude of issues related to human factors affecting safety and productivity on constructionsites, faculty collaborated with industry to identify fourteen (14) major topics related to humanfactors, safety management, and productivity. The curriculum is regularly shared with localindustry to determine relevance and discuss the inclusion of new topics necessary for

Conference Session

Anything New in Dynamics?

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Rideout, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

integration routine is provided or generated by the student.The remainder of the paper is organized as follows. Section 2 develops an example of the typeof problem that would frustrate the typical undergraduate, and proposes that a means of handlingconstraint forces between connected bodies is the missing link. Section 3 describes a formalismbased on stiff springs and dampers in place of ideally rigid joints, and illustrates the approachusing a slider-crank mechanism. Section 4 discusses implementation issues and studentdifficulties. Section 5 contains a summary and conclusions. Page 13.1168.3The ProblemThe freshly minted engineer, if asked to predict

Conference Session

Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benita Comeau, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael Pastirik

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

biophysics from Johns Hopkins University and has taught in the Biology Department at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. She focuses on equity issues in education and K-12 educational reform. Marion is co-PI of the STEP NSF grant.Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Donna C. Llewellyn is the Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning at the Georgia Institute of Technolgy. Donna received her doctorate from Cornell University in Operations Research and spent ten years on the faculty in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech. Her primary research interests now are in the educational domain, specifically improving access and equity in STEM

Conference Session

Feedback and IT: Improving Student Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Ledlie Klosky; Decker Hains, U.S. Military Academy; Jason A. Evers, U.S. Military Academy; Jared B. Erickson, U.S. Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Beginning Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree 0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00% 30.00% 35.00% 40.00% 45.00% Figure 3. Comfort Level IM’ing an Instructor.If this increasing comfort level of students with online interaction with the instructor isduplicated by increasing comfort in the classroom with the instructor, then it could be anextremely helpful phenomenon. Developing interpersonal rapport with students is one of thequickest ways to gain their trust and respect, and the resulting improvement in classroom climatetends to motivate

Conference Session

Innovations in Electrical Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theresa Mae Swift, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Barbara Jean Wilkins, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Missouri S&T campus. A member of both IEEE and ASEE, she is also a Past-Chair of the Midwest Section of ASEE.Mrs. Barbara Jean Wilkins, Missouri University of Science and Technology Barbara Wilkins is an Instructional Designer in Educational Technology at Missouri S&T. She supports faculty in the effective use of technology in the classroom as well as blended/online course development. Barb has a B.A. in History with a Minor in Mathematics and an MST in Mathematics earned from the University of Missouri - Rolla, now Missouri S&T. In addition to her work in Educational Technology, she teaches college algebra for the Missouri S&T Department of Mathematics. Prior to joining S&T, Barb taught in a local

Conference Session

FPD X: Addressing Retention in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. DeJong, Central Michigan University; Joseph Langenderfer, Central Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

document the start-up of engineering programs. Peterson18(Western Michigan) has described the development of an off-campus manufacturing engineeringprogram from an established on-campus degree program. Additionally, Director et al.19(Carnegie Mellon) have published on the transition from traditional electrical and computerengineering as separate degrees to the introduction of an interdisciplinary degree in electrical andcomputer engineering. Page 25.578.4CMICH's programs are unique when compared to those above. With respect to age, CMICH'sprograms are newly accredited; the programs cited above are well established. With respect tofreshman

Conference Session

Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scottie-Beth Fleming, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

: Homophily in social networks. Annual Review of Sociology, 27(1), 415-444. 7. Borrego, M.J., and Newswander, L.K. (2008). Characteristics of successful cross-disciplinary engineering education collaborations. Journal of Engineering Education, 97(2), 123-134.8. Borrego, M.J., and Bernhard, J. (2011). The emergence of engineering education research as an internationally connected field of inquiry. Journal of Engineering Education, 100(1), 14-47.9. Borrego, M.J. (2007). Development of engineering education as a rigorous discipline: A Study of the Publication Patterns of Four Coalitions. Journal of Engineering Education, 96(1), 5-18.10. Jesiek, B.K., Newswander, L.K., and Borrego, M.J. (2009). Engineering education

Conference Session

Problem- Project- and Case-Based Learning in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jason Hill, University of Southern Indiana; Zane W. Mitchell Jr., University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

• Filter media: anthracite coal, sand, and gravel • Filter materials: 3 ft section of cylindrical pipe and perforated cap Students constructed granular filters and developed flexible chemical dosing schemesprior to the competition. Design variables also included jar test operational parameters (mixingtime and speed). A flexible treatment scheme was necessary since the quality of the water to betreated (turbidity, pH, etc.) was not known ahead of time. On the day of the competition, eachteam was provided with 35 L of raw water and required to produce 6 L of treated water. Eachteam was scored based on the quality of the treated water, efficiency of treatment (teamwork),experimental techniques, response to questions by the instructor, and