Conference Session

Challenges of CE Education in a Global World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; Richard Gash, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

curriculum was based on three principal criteria: Page 13.377.5* The “highly competitive salary” paid to an assistant professor is $600 per month.The curriculum must be relevant. The coursework should be consistent with infrastructuredevelopment practices and priorities in Afghanistan, and it must reflect the knowledge and skillsrequired of officers in the Afghan National Army.The curriculum must be accreditable, based on western standards. The NMAA Superintendentand Dean have expressed their strong desire that the academy have accredited degree programsas soon as possible. Because of political, financial, and structural issues between the

Conference Session

Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

students cangain from the best judgment of their departments while retaining flexibility in developingtheir own programs of study with the assistance of their mentors within the profession.ProcessThe recommended process is five steps: (1) define mission, (2) literature review, (3)consult trusted experts, (4) practitioners’ survey, and (5) interpretation of findings. Each Page 14.439.4of the steps is summarized below, and was conducted for this study for the geotechnicalspecialization. The results of the study for the geotechnical specialization are providedlater in the Findings, and a reflection on the process and how it may be improved isprovided in the

Conference Session

Physical Models and Other Interactive Tools

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Cleary, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

physically observe thetypes of failures in reinforced concrete that were being studied in the course. The testing was toprovide hands-on experience with the failures to supplement the reading and lecture material.This provided an opportunity for alternative patterns of teaching and learning. The physicaltesting is especially valuable in providing opportunities for visual vs. verbal, inductive vs.deductive, and active vs. reflective learning – patterns that may be less emphasized in atraditional lecture format9, 10.Specific goals include: • Students are able to classify service and failure load behavior in reinforced concrete beams based on observed and recorded data • Students are able to collect and analyze of laboratory data

Conference Session

Key Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Horst Brandes, University of Hawaii; Eric L. Flicker, Pennoni Associates Inc.; Kelly Dooley P.E., American Society of Civil Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

acceptable.The civil engineering body of knowledge was updated in 2008 to reflect changes in theprofession and shortcomings in the first version [6]. The new CE-BOK2 was formulated firmlywithin a Bloom’s taxonomy framework [7], meaning that the expected knowledge (along withskills and attitudes) was prescribed in terms of a number of outcomes and corresponding levelsof achievement specific to civil engineering. Common pathways for fulfillment are also 2outlined, comprising of a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree or equivalent, and pre-licensureexperience. The term “or equivalent” is described in CE-BOK2 as “approximately 30 semestercredits of

Conference Session

Tales from the Flip Side

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J. Smith, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

“Discussion”portion of lectures. Students typically displayed a solid understanding of the topics and conceptscovered within the videos, as 87.8% of discussion questions were answered correctly. Further,there were only seven instances where a student Table 2. Participation Outcomesmissing from lecture with an unexcused absencewas randomly selected (with three such Participation Outcomes No. Perc.occurrences on the Friday prior to mid-semester Correct Responses 101 87.8%break). This was reflective of the attendance Incorrect Responses 7 6.1%throughout the semester, a byproduct of the Unexcused Absences 7

Conference Session

Proven Strategies in Classroom Engagement Part I: Artifacts for Creative Pedagogy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S Alireza Behnejad P.E., University of Surrey, UK

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

support this, Hithcock & Hughes also argue that reflecting, criticising and putting forward a more informed view to the educational process would be possible by doing research in education. Consequently, the educational practice could benefit from the outcomes of such research. Also, there has been strong links between research in education and the research traditions of the social sciences which both are complex and complicated themes 15. v. The final shift entitled the influence of ‘Information, Computational and Communication Technology (ICCT)’ on engineering education.Having the above shifts in engineering education in mind, it is believed that individuals differin regard to what mode of instruction

Conference Session

Proven Strategies in Classroom Engagement Part II: Activities for Creative Pedagogy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Celio Biering P.E., Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, United States Military Academy; Joseph P Hanus, U.S. Military Academy; Rahul Verma P.E., United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

toaccount for labor rates, retainage, overhead, bonding, and rentals to determine whether or not hemust use credit or cash to purchase the pre-arranged material order for the following month.Traditionally, the winner for each project of the K’NEXercise was the group that has the lowest“construction costs” from the event, which directly relates to the minimal use of credit,accurately ordering materials, minimizing the use of labor and equipment, and not being fined byOSHA for unsafe working conditions. Teams that did not win the K’NEXercise had todeliberate on their results in a reflective essay.As is likely to happen when young adults are allowed to compete, and additional homework isthe price of failure, there are always those that cry foul when

Conference Session

Influencing the Next (Third!) Edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

analysis noted that “creativity or innovation appear in the rubric of onlyone outcome and in the discussions of only five outcomes.” It concluded that “the reportgives minimal attention to creativity/innovation. It does not present creativity/innovationas an essential element of the CEBOK.” A similar, in-depth analysis could be done forthe capabilities and competencies listed in Table 1.The seven elements in Table 1 warrant consideration by ASCE as it examines theCEBOK2 for two reasons. First, the EBOK and ECM source reports post date by,respectively, five and seven years, the 2008 publication of the CEBOK2. Some aspects ofthe world of engineering education and practice change rapidly and, therefore, the twonewer documents may reflect what are now

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virginia Sisiopiku, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Robert W. Peters, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Ossama E. M. Ramadan, University of Alabama, Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

objectives and lectures/modules developed for thecourse reflect discussions and feedback received from the Southeast Transportation ResearchInnovation Development and Education Center led by the University of Florida and theSustainable Smart Cities Research Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Theeducational resources developed were used as classroom training materials in a newly developedcourse that aimed at educating undergraduate and first year graduate students about sustainabilityplanning concept, design options, and rating systems. Students that completed the course wereexpected to do: 1. Be able to describe the role of transportation in sustainable development; 2. Be able to identify planning, and design practices for

Conference Session

Fostering Transformational Change in Civil Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

T. Michael Toole P.E., Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

policy.IntroductionThe subjects and competencies we choose to include in our civil engineering courses andcurricula typically reflect one or more factors. We may choose to teach a subject because it isexplicitly required by the ABET accreditation criteria, because our alumni and the employerswho hire our graduates tell us they want our graduates to have specific skills, and/or because wefeel the topic is part of the historical body of knowledge to which every civil engineeringgraduate should be exposed. This paper proposes that a new topic and skillset should be addedto our civil engineering curricula—Prevention through Design—despite the fact that none of thethree typical curricular motivations apply.Prevention through Design (PtD, also called Design for

Conference Session

Course Structuring for Effective Student Engagement

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conrad, Portland State University; Kenneth Lamb, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

specific analyses for passive voice are describedin the next section. In addition, civil engineering practitioners conduct holistic scorings ofsamples of student papers so we investigate whether there is overall improvement in addition toany specific language changes. Students' reactions to the materials are also gathered throughsurveys, reflective writing, and interviews.3. Practitioner and Student Use of Passive VoiceIn phase one of the Civil Engineering Writing Project, we investigated the use of passive voice in60 workplace reports, 60 student reports and 50 journal articles. The student reports mimickedthe workplace context: they were written to specific clients for specific projects (usually realpeople and real projects, such as in capstone

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

propagate to the point of becomingubiquitous, the nature of communication, both formal and informal, is undergoing a realtransformation. This transformation is reflected within the student bodies of colleges across thenation as text messaging, live personal video and internet voice communication become moreevolved technically and entrenched in the psyche of our students. Student comfort levels withinstant messaging, documented by these authors in previous papers, is only one sign of thecoming wave of communication tools and attitudes which will truly blur the line betweenactually there and virtually there.In this paper, the authors document their experiences with instant messaging, video-based one-on-one student instruction and internet telephony

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James D. Bowen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

of the discipline-specific Introduction to Engineering courses taught in the second semester of the freshman year.In Civil and Environmental Engineering, as part of our implementation of initiative 5 above, wewill begin to offer an environmental-themed culminating project that hopefully retains thedesirable features of the existing design project but broadens the overall course content. The development of this new design project provides an opportunity for reflection on thesimilarities and differences between our freshman engineering course and other freshmanprograms offered elsewhere. It also provides an opportunity for assessment of our experiencewith the existing course. Our course has many of the features of other freshman

Conference Session

First-Year Activities and Peer Review Strategies in Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Kuder, Seattle University; Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

graded report is returned, their focus has likely shifted to the next assignmentand they may not even reflect on the feedback received. Peer-reviews were implemented in twoCivil Engineering laboratory classes: Mechanics of Materials and Soil Mechanics. The primarypurpose of these reviews was two-fold: (1) students were required to think more holisticallyabout their own writing and the writing process and (2) students were exposed to the technicalwriting process, which includes rough drafts, reviews and revisions. Students preparedpreliminary drafts of their reports and then exchanged reports with classmates for review. Thereview feedback from their classmate was then used in the preparation of the final report. Finalreports were submitted to the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Ghulam H. Bham PhD, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

data that reflected students’ knowledge of highwaydesign as derived from their day-to-day experience as drivers rather than from a highway designexperience. Finally, the survey ended with a set of four questions targeting students’ perceptionson the driving simulator as a learning and design tool. Students had to indicate their agreementon statements that proposed the driving simulator to be: a) an engaging highway design tool, b) agreat tool for analyzing highway design, c) an effective tool for testing highway design, and d) amotivating tool for learning highway design. For these perception questions students used aLikert evaluation scale ranging from “1” for strongly disagree to “5” for strongly agree.The exit survey included all of the

Conference Session

Preparation of Professional Engineers Outside of the USA. What are the Education, Experience, and Exam Requirements?

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Lynn G Brown, The Boeing Company; Patricia Fox, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering; Daniel R. Sayre, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

the findings, and outlinesnext steps in this project.Summary of Key Findings-to-DateThe survey yielded 1,027 “usable case” respondents reflecting the following demographicprofile: 70% English; 30% non-English; responses received from all languages except French 80% Male; 20% Female 50% between ages of 40-60; balance over other age ranges 46% Academicians; 40% Practitioners; 10% Students; balance preferred not to answer Aerospace (17%); Computer Science (13%); and Electrical/Computer (13%) are largest Engineering Discipline response categories 64% reported having graduate-level Engineering degreeTop Attributes by Role, Importance, and ProficiencyEarly-Career Professionals: Importance and Proficiency Attributes by

Conference Session

ASCE Policy 465: Raising the Bar

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Nelson, American Society of Civil Engineers; David Hornbeck, Southern Polytechnic State University; James Lambrechts, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Joe Manous, United States Army Corps of Engineers; Robert Stevens, Arcadis U.S., Inc; Leo Titus, ECS, Ltd; Jeffrey Russell

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

abaccalaureate degree…” This reflects the fact that some individuals are given the title of“engineer” by experience alone (not to mention those that use the title incorrectly such as“building engineers” who are actually building superintendents and maintenance personnel). Inaddition, the definition for “Professional Engineer” says “…is an individual licensed to practiceengineering and be in responsible charge of engineering work.” This may imply to some thatengineers who are not licensed may not be permitted to be in responsible charge of engineeringwork even though some states exempt certain types of engineering practice from licensure. ThePETC was aware of these variations but adopted the definitions to be consistent with ASCE’sPolicy Statement 4651

Conference Session

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Mercedes Ward, University of Utah; Tariq Banuri, University of Utah; Sajjad Ahmad, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Rasool Bux Mahar P.E., Mehran University, Pakistan; David Lawrence Stevenson, University of Utah; James A. VanDerslice, University of Utah; Kamran Ansari; Abdul Latif Qureshi

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

,  implement  integrated  water  resources  management  at  all  levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate  6.6  By  2020,  protect  and  restore  water‐related  ecosystems,  including  mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes  The next section begins by explaining the theory of change underlying the USPCSAW project and guiding its activities. It then introduces the project components and describes their alignment with  the  Water  SDG  targets.  The  subsequent  section  presents  the  multi‐level  assessment approach and results. The final section discusses the challenges and successes of the USPCASW project  with  particular  reflection  on  the  benefits  of  having  a

Conference Session

The Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge, 3rd Edition: Preparing the Future Civil Engineer

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; Decker B. Hains, Western Michigan University; Leslie Nolen CAE, American Society of Civil Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

include a prescriptive number of credit hours. Mentored Experience (ME): Early career experience under the mentorship of a civil engineer practicing at the professional level, which progresses in both complexity and level of responsibility. Prior editions of the CEBOK referred to this as “E” for experience. The CEBOK3TC wanted to emphasize early career mentoring as part of the experience and adopted this new terminology to reflect and promote the importance of mentoring. Self-Developed (SD): individual self-development through formal or informal activities and personal observation and reflection. This is a new component of a typical pathway that was introduced in the CEBOK3. The CEBOK3TC

Conference Session

Influencing the Next (Third!) Edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler, Education Consultant; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

-term process of defining mutually agreeableGraduate Attribute Profiles and Professional Competency Profiles for the three principalcategories of practitioners—engineers, engineering technologists, and engineering technicians.The Graduate Attribute Profiles are three sets of assessable outcomes, each of which reflects agraduate's potential to acquire the competence necessary to practice within a given category. TheProfessional Competency Profiles define the elements of competency that a practitioner isexpected to demonstrate at the time of attaining registration.* The IEA Graduate Attribute andProfessional Competency Profiles are, by design, applicable to all engineering disciplines. TheIEA adopted the first version of these profiles in June

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I: Communication in Engineering Disciplines

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Ekoniak, Virginia Tech; Molly Scanlon, Virginia Tech; M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

profession have come to a growing recognition of the importance engineers’communication skills, the teaching of these skills has steadily moved from the periphery to thecenter of engineering curricula guidelines. Yet the growing body of research in this areaindicates that too often communication learning is still relegated to service courses or is taught ina manner that does not reflect current knowledge about writing pedagogy. Faculty may bereluctant to incorporate writing assignments into their courses or do it in an ineffective mannerbecause of time constraints and large courses, especially at the lower levels. This research beginsan investigation of the use of peer review to mitigate some of these concerns while incorporatingcontemporary writing

Conference Session

Civil Engineering in the Classroom

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University; James Morgan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

projects were confusing and ill-prepared. Students had trouble figuring out what it was we were supposed to be doing.” ‚ “The projects were frustrating because we didn’t always know exactly what we were supposed to be doing. I did however learn a lot by struggling through them.”The first comment illustrates how some students are focused on exams and the grade, rather thanon learning the material. The second comment is related to the discomfort most students feelwhen first presented with a realistic and open-ended problem.Mid-term and final course evaluations for this class reflect that, though students find the coursechallenging, they indicate that these are courses where they see how the material relates to thepractice of civil

Conference Session

First-Year Activities and Peer Review Strategies in Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

to the Three Gorges Dam in China. In that way, all students were required to thinkabout an international project to some degree. This was another suitable model to teach studentsabout globalization. The older Three Gorges Dam assignments were no longer available forcontent analysis as part of this research. Final Reflective EssaysIn the first part of the final essay assignment, students were required to write about oneprofessional society meeting (such as ASCE, AGC, SWE, etc.) or professional developmentactivity (such as the career fair, design expo, civil engineering graduate seminar) that they hadattended during the semester. Of these options, EWB represents the opportunity that is the mostobviously global in nature. The percentages

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shashi Nambisan, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

3.4 3.8 4Maximum 4 4.0 4 Note: Survey responses were on a scale of 0 to 4. A response of 0 indicates “No, not at all” and 4 indicates “Yes, a lot.”The Team Performance survey also required each student to provide confidential quantitativescores for each member of the team to reflect each person’s contributions to the team’s activities.In general, there was consistency among team members evaluation of each other’s contributionsto the team’s activities. Respondents with poor “scores” on the survey regarding effectiveness ofteams also had poor scores on “individual performance” surveys. Thus, a direct correlation isnoted on student responses

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Burian, University of Utah; William Johnson, University of Utah; Fred Montague, University of Utah; Arrin Holt, Cooper Roberts Simonsen Associates; Jim Nielson, Cooper Roberts Simonsen Associates; Rachel David, Cooper Roberts Simonsen Associates

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

feasibility and impact of the projects” ̇ “Yes, I felt I learned about specific environmental impacts of building projects that I have not heard from previous civil engineering professors” ̇ “The Biology prof. made the big picture of sustainability very clear” ̇ “Broadened project scope to include ideas that wouldn’t be considered otherwise” ̇ “Did open my eyes to different thoughts and priorities of the various instructors” Page 13.915.8In our opinion one of the key themes in the responses (and reflected in the selected responsesabove) is the ability to see the bigger picture given the multiple perspectives of

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University; Cole McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

is a healthy mix of researchers, practitioners andthose who could qualify as either – faculty members with both a Ph.D. and significant industryexperience. While faculty members are expected to develop professionally and pursue scholarlyactivities, the major focus is on teaching and the teaching loads reflect that emphasis.III. Benefits of a Dual Tenure Track SystemTable 1 indicates that the benefits of hiring practitioners should manifest themselves in areassuch as solving engineering problems, designing systems, understanding problems in a globaland societal context, lifelong learning and functioning on interdisciplinary teams. The Body ofKnowledge II committee has produced the draft follow-on revision to the BOK and has proposed28

Conference Session

ASCE Policy 465: Raising the Bar

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Fridley, University of Alabama; Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Kevin Hall, University of Arkansas; Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Alleman, Purdue University; Kenneth McManis, University of Louisiana; Jean-Pierre Bardet, University of Southern California; Brett Gunnink, Montana State University; George List, North Carolina State University; Roger Smith, Texas A&M University; Thomas Lenox, American Society of Civil Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

at LOA 5 – Synthesis - is not easily fulfilled by all current civil engineeringgraduates, so the response could merely reflect that some programs are skeptical that allgraduates have demonstrated an ability to design a complex system or process. The lowerresponse for that outcome in Table 1A could also be a function of the rubric specified. The rubricidentifies LOA5 - Synthesis as incorporating “realistic constraints such as economic,environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.”Some of the surveyed programs may not expect graduates to consider more than one constraintin their designs. Thus, the graduates may be able to “design a complex system or process to meetdesired needs,” but not

Conference Session

International Aspects of Civil Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Hill, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. Page 14.667.6 Figure 2. Thrilled mentors after making a new hire.Our self reflection continued as we started training the new faculty using the Excellence in CivilEngineering Education (ExCEEd) model. All of us had been through multiple weeks of facultydevelopment programs at West Point and had all served as junior or senior mentors for ExCEEdin the past. We were expecting that providing this training would be easy. However, early on,we found ourselves spending three hours teaching a workshop that normally took one hour.Several words per slide had to be defined, and it was evident the new hires were not learning theway we hoped. There were resource and cultural challenges to overcome and time had to be setaside to clearly

Conference Session

Sustainable and Urban Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshad Rajabipour, University of Hawaii, Manoa; Aleksandra Radlinska, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

determine how life style changes (for example usingpublic transportation) can reduce the user’s environmental impact. This assignment was designto evaluate students’ mastery of the performance objective #1 and to evaluate the ability ofstudents to perform an independent research and write a short report. The submitted reports wereof higher than expected quality reflecting that students have a good understanding of thechallenges caused by global warming and climate change. The homework grades were in therange 90-100 with an average of 94.0. It should be noted, however, that since no beginning-of-the-semester pre-test was administered in this class, it was not possible to determine the extent ofstudents’ familiarity with these subjects prior to start

Conference Session

International Aspects of Civil Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Lambert, Arup; Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Craig Baltimore, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

that keeps direct sunlight away from windows while providing sufficient daylight reflection to eliminate the need for electric lighting, and selected openings to allow adequate ventilation throughout.≠ The school included the construction of a mosque which required sensitivity, awareness, and some research into cultural and religious issues for the predominately Christian design team. The age of the students who will be attending the Same Polytechnic meant that the arrangement of living accommodations of male and female students in relation to one another needed direct attention. While it is common for young men and women to attend the same educational institutions after graduating from secondary school, there were