planning,development, execution, and continuous improvement of the ETW) took steps in 2019 to engagein a multi-year, multi-stage program evaluation process for the ETW, a project dubbed asAdvancing the ExCEEd Teaching Workshop. In this effort, CFD recruited external evaluatorswho had extensive program assessment experiences from the broader engineering educationcommunity to conduct two successive, comprehensive program evaluations for the ETW inSummer 2021 and Summer 2022. To diminish confirmation bias in the evaluation efforts, CFDintentionally sought external evaluators who had no prior connection to CFD or the ETW. Theevaluations of the ETW in Summer 2021 and Summer 2022 focused on identifying the ETW’sstrengths and areas for improvement in
Resolution 946-22 [3]. While five years seems like ample time to make this transition, itis not. The timeline shows that the time between the announcement of the decision to thesubmission of every academic department’s plan was only sixteen months. This paper chroniclesthe conversion to semester effort during this time period for the architectural engineering(ARCE) program and suggests a formalized methodology that other programs and institutionscan use if found in the same situation. The paper attempts to focus on the process and thechallenges of this conversion more than the specific details of the ARCE curriculum. January 27, 2023 Each academic department submits its Academic Program Plan to the appropriate
of strong learning communities and the use of active learning methods to engage and challenge his students. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Student Opinions on Example Problem “Solution Walkthroughs" for Civil Engineering TopicsAbstractThis paper presents the results of a nationwide survey conducted across several universities,specifically examining student perceptions and opinions regarding an innovative problemsolution presentation style called a “solution walkthrough.” The walkthrough format offersfeatures like a game plan, initially concealed answers and detailed explanations at each step, andinsightful solution summaries. This can be
) that provide studentswith the skills necessary to complete an integrated core project (ICP). This semester long ICP isa group project that thematically ties together CEE concepts, guiding students through thesequence of a residential site development project. Part 1 of the ICP requires a comprehensiveassessment of the existing site, including topography, slopes, land use, soils, and zoningcalculations, which provide real constraints and regulations for the students to adhere to whendeveloping a conceptual site plan layout. Once provided with a final site plan design for Part 2,students apply spatial analysis tools to evaluate drainage patterns and earthwork volumes, extractprofiles from existing and proposed surfaces, calculate quantities for
California, Irvine (Irvine, California) and a B.S. from the University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida). She teaches graduate classes on transportation planning and transportation data analysis. Dr. Hernandez is the faculty advisor for the student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and a member of ITE. Her research focuses on new and advanced technology applications in transportation systems engineering and is cen- tered on developing tools and methods to collect and analyze freight and commercial vehicle operations data for long range freight planning. Her project portfolio includes work for the Arkansas Department of Transportation, the US Army Corps of Engineers, the National Science Foundation
Estimated 2D cross-section sketch 3-5 min. Boring layout and testing plan Boring location selection 3-5 min. Field exploration Clear straw sampling 5-10 min. Fence diagram Fence diagram 5-10 min. Idealized soil profile Idealized soil profile 5-10 min.SetupAt the beginning of class, students are told they will be performing a geotechnical siteinvestigation of a nearby green space for the construction of a building for the campuscommunity. Depending on the learning objectives for the class, students briefly list and discussthe common objectives and outcomes of site characterization
Academy (CGA), the civil and environmental engineering faculty recognizedthe need to educate the future of our Service and have developed a Coastal Resiliency Coursethat incorporates climate science into engineering practice. Coastal Resiliency provides studentsan exposure to best practices in civil engineering, climate science, community planning andpolicy. At CGA, no one faculty member has expertise in these collective arenas however, as ateam, the combined knowledge of three faculty members, and several guest lecturers, has beenleveraged to annually teach a course that educates future Coast Guard Officers and civilengineers about the challenges ahead for coastal communities. What began as a team-taughtcourse has morphed into a successful
-screen text explanations and graphics were utilized to compensate for scenesrequiring modification. Table 1 includes the planned timeline and actual timeline for the projectalong with brief notes.Table 1: Project Timeline Task Planned Actual Notes Start 01/2020 02/2020 Develop ideas for 01/2020 02/2020 videos Outline the scenes 01/2020-04/2020 02/2020-08/2020 of the videos Write scripts for 01/2020- 04/2020 03/2020-08/2020 the videos Pandemic prevented filming COVID-19
, students learnthe skills necessary to operate surveying equipment, identify underutilized sites for potentialimprovement, and formulate detailed plans for enhancing these areas. Additionally, thisprocedure encompasses the compilation of reports and the presentation of their work, includingconcepts of surveying and drafting skills. During the course of the project, students activelyparticipate in the process of generating ideas, employing critical thinking skills, and conductingan in-depth examination of pre-existing solutions implemented in comparable project locations.The outcomes of project-based learning in the surveying course are multifold. It not onlyprepares students for internship opportunities but also provides valuable training for
starting salaries, these rarely come with defined benefit pension plans, but rather rely onemployees to navigate various investment plans for their retirement. At our school, civilengineering students take a senior seminar course that has a collection of topics to prepare themfor successful entry into and growth throughout their professional life. Among the topics in ourinitial offering of this seminar course was one seminar on the basics of financial literacy andmanagement, which proved to be very popular and highly rated as to its perceived usefulness bythe students. As a result of student feedback, the seminar was expanded to two seminar periods.This led the author to ask the questions: (1) is there a need for financial literacy education
Environment at the School of Civil Engineering, Architecture, and Urban Planning. His research is primarily in Surveying and Geospatial Science, working with topics related to engineering problems with attention to the Transport field. Previously he was an Assistant Teaching Professor of Surveying Engineering – at Penn State University - Wilkes-Barre campus. His teaching responsibilities at Penn State were in a broad area of Geomatics encompassing the areas of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, GIS, and Geodesy. In 2010, he graduated in Cartographic Engineering, followed by a master’s degree in Cartographic Science in 2013, both from the Sao Paulo State University in Brazil. During his PhD, he had the opportunity to develop
structural panels subject to blast and static loading. Additionally, Timmy has earned the Envision Sustainability Professional Credential (ENV SP) equipping him with a framework that encourages systematic changes in planning, design, and delivery of sustainable civil infrastructure.Alexander Tucker, United States Military AcademyCharles James Richardson Reeves, United States Military AcademyNicholas Ryan Parker, United States Military Academy Nicholas Parker is a Civil Engineering major at the United States Military Academy at West Point. His academic interests revolve around transportation infrastructure and entertainment venue construction. Nicholas is a manager for the Division 1 Army Women’s Softball Team and he is also a
Paper ID #39500Integration of Public Policy into Civil Engineering UndergraduateCurricula: Review of Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and CourseApplicationDr. Michelle Oswald Beiler, Bucknell University Dr. Michelle Oswald Beiler is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Bucknell University. She has completed her Doctoral degree in Civil Engineering, a Mas- ter’s degree in Urban Affairs and Public Policy, and a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Delaware, specializing in transportation planning. She received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
in Engi- neering Education and Future Professoriate. MiguelAndr´es’s research includes sustainable infrastructure design and planning, smart and resilient cities, and the development of engineers who not only have strong technical and practical knowledge but the social awareness and agency to address global humanitarian, environmental, and social justice challenges. For him, social justice is a concept that should always be involved in discussions on infrastructure. Related to STEM education, Miguel Andr´es is in developing and applying contemporary pedagogies for STEM courses, teaching empathy studies in engineering as a tool for innovation, and assessing engineering students’ agency to address climate change
an instructor talk for hours on an engineering topic, especiallywith so many distractions readily available to students on the computer that are simply one clickaway. Even video content that includes well-edited animations and graphics can still be boringwhen presented by the voice of an unseen orator. Students want teacher immediacy.The following video documents the adventures of one civil engineering instructor who has soughtto provide amusing and informative classroom experiences and online educational videos. Thevideo will describe planning the content, delivering the content (including how to develop scriptsand costumes), using real-world examples in the content when possible, and implementing thelessons.As online video content
modes, it alsoinvolves funding for more conventional infrastructures including roads, bridges, airports, ports,rail, and transportation. Additionally, it includes $1 billion to "reconnect communities,"primarily black and low-income neighborhoods that were divided by previously built highwaysand infrastructure developments, and $21 billion for the environmental cleanup of hazardouswaste sites [2]. According to Biden's plan, $20 billion would be allocated to fund neighborhood-driven initiatives to move motorways and regenerate urban cores, along with more equitableplans for multimodal infrastructure or sustainable green space [3]. Such equitable and sustainableproject plans will require the team members to be equipped with proper knowledge and
Jobs Act'' passed onNovember 6, 2021 by the US Congress and provides $1.2 trillion for infrastructure. The bill hasspecific plans to rebuild and improve road, bridge, and railroad infrastructure, expand access toclean drinking water, ensure access to high-speed internet, tackle the climate crisis, advanceenvironmental justice, and lastly to “invest in communities that have too often been left behind”[6]. Significantly, the bill also aims to tackle and repair historical inequities through programssuch as “restoring community connectivity”, and “retrofitting and mitigating highways or othertransportation facilities that create connectivity barriers”. Other programs that are part of the billinclude the improvement of infrastructure to address
candevelop critical professional skills such as networking, communication, and coaching skills whentaking on the “mentor” role [9, 10]. When carefully planned and thoughtfully implemented, near-peer mentoring can be mutually beneficial for both the mentor and the mentee.Near-peer mentoring is designed to be mutually beneficial for both the mentor and mentee. Forexample, in a study conducted at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR),undergraduate college students instructed a STEM-based near-peer mentoring summer programfor middle and high school students. The mentoring benefitted the pre-college students throughSTEM-based activities, educational and career advice, and supportive relationships. Theframework implemented at WRAIR equally
knowledgeable of the dynamic intersection of sustainability, transportation, and human37 rights has become essential in an era of deep climate events and disruption. According to the38 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), environmentally and socially responsible39 emission reduction solutions are needed. One of those strategies emphasizes how, through40 sustainable planning and transportation systems, engineers can design walkable, compact cities41 that will contribute to significant emission reductions. This becomes critical because although42 world cities are responsible for more than 80% of the gross domestic product and are key engines43 for development, they also consume over 75% of the energy produced worldwide and
‘simple after a while’. No other players explicitlycommented on the multi-role formulation, but generally affirmed their favor of the gamestructure and ability to learn about decision-making. This feedback in combination with ourobservations of gameplay in the multi-role format, we plan to further solidify the implementationof the multi-roles. We plan to adopt additional rules that can further encourage players to assumetheir special role. One suggestion from a game player was for teams to not be able to select toenact the same special role twice in a row. We plan to continue to investigate the multi-roleimplementation.Conclusion & Future DevelopmentWe presented the multi-role expansion of the game-based learning module for resilience
students gained an opportunity tobe immersed in an international, real-world experience that will be invaluable to their developmentof design analysis and critical thinking. Howe et al [4] reported the comprehensive results of a 2015capstone design survey as compared with 1994 and 2005 surveys across all engineering disciplines.They found these capstone courses were largely structured with design projects and classes run inparallel over two semesters, and typically covered a wide range of topics often geared towardprofessional preparations. The top five common topics cited frequently by the 522 respondents at256 institutions contributed to the 2015 survey were: written communications, planning andscheduling, oral communications, concept generation
Paper ID #41406By the Book: Is Induced Travel Missing from Transportation EngineeringTextbooks?Prof. Kelcie Mechelle Ralph, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Kelcie Ralph is an Associate Professor of Transportation Planning and Policy at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers. She earned her PhD at UCLA, an MPhil in Environmental Policy at Cambridge, a MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BA from the University of Alaska. In her research, Dr. Ralph works to identify and correct common misconceptions about travel behavior and safety to improve transportation planning outcomes.Ellen
easy enough for a single person to operate. A finalizeddesign of a new zipline tower for the camp needed to be completed in the fall, while the newzipline tower was to be built during the spring semester. The implementation of the design wouldallow the camp to resume using the zipline, with hopes of increasing demand and usage of thenew facility.The project's scope of work is shown in Figure 1, which includes the tasks to be completed inthree phases throughout the year: scheduling (pre-design), planning (design), and construction.To kick off the project, students contacted the client and set up a site visit to examine the existingzipline setup and the space for new constructions. Three preliminary design ideas weredeveloped and sent to our
presented at 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 10.18260/1-2--3317Crawley, E., Malmqvist, J., Ostlund, S., Brodeur, D., & Edstrom, K. (2007). Rethinking engineering education. The CDIO approach, 302(2), 60-62.cDettman, M. A. (2000, June), Industrial Partnerships At Western Kentucky University Paper presented at 2000 Annual Conference, St. Louis, Missouri. 10.18260/1-2--8453Dobrowski, T. (2008, June), Building Industry Relationships Paper presented at 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 10.18260/1-2--3797Foltz, L. G., Gannon, S., & Kirschmann, S. L. (2014). Factors that contribute to the persistence of minority students in STEM Fields. Planning
kind of major-related transferable skills did you learn during the independent study/undergraduate research? Please list them below: Q.11. Please explain how independent study/undergraduate research experience influences your academic and career plans. Also, you can make suggestions that could improve participant experience in the future course offerings. Figure 1: Survey questionnaire for the studyThe data collected through the surveys were analyzed to understand the students’ perceptionsand attitudes about the independent study. The Qualtrics survey was sent to about 22 studentswho took the independent study with the authors in the last few years, only 12 that is 55%responded. The
second, morein-depth, course to the curriculum. This response reveals a need for further investigation intodifferent aspects of transportation engineering curricula, specifically looking into the degree towhich secondary courses are present in civil engineering programs seven years down the road.Aside from course structure, specific concepts covered in transportation engineering is anothertopic of interest among researchers. Transportation engineering is a large field encompassingmany different sub-fields; e.g., transportation planning, roadway design, travel behavior, policy,and traffic operations, among others. Recent work aimed to uncover how different professionalsprioritize what topics students cover in their transportation engineering
required undergraduate course followed by adesign laboratory with a cumulative project where students prepare a calculation and drawingpackage for a simple multi-story timber structure. This process starts with determining theconfiguration of gravity and lateral systems, followed by calculations for sizing and analysis ofmembers as well as the production of construction documents for the framing plans andconnection details.When transitioning from the timber materials lecture to the subsequent design laboratory (or todesign in the industry setting) it is critical students understand the context of isolated timbermembers within the entire structure system. Past studies have shown that by interacting withphysical and digital models, students are
information about civil engineering programs, such as skillsfreshmen as possible. required, curriculum, degree plan of the program, and career The high school students came from the Mississippi Summer opportunities. Senior students from the CEE department alsoTransportation Institute(MSTI). For the last ten years, JSU has come to the class to share their experiences with freshmen.offered the MSTI through a Mississippi Department ofTransportation (MDOT)/Federal Highway Administration The introductory lecture for high school students is given(FHWA) grant on campus to expose minority high school during the three-week residential summer program
introducing this technology in a course or including examples of hightechnology applications in civil engineering throughout an undergraduate’s career, while abidingby ABET and other accreditation requirements. As this is a work in progress, the paper in itscurrent form evaluates how universities have integrated high technology in their civil engineeringcurricula, defines ABET requirements for new coursework, and provides sample questions togauge public perception of high school students interested in engineering. Future work includesproviding a sample syllabus of a new high technology course and how a four-year plan can berestructured to incorporate these concepts. Although the curriculum may not be the only factoraffecting enrollment and retention
this to be an iterative research project wherein the curriculum design project isoffered in future summer offerings of MoM with integrated lessons learned from previousofferings. Identifying themes from this first round of five participants and subsequentparticipants will help inform how to continuously improve implementing such a project with thegoal that some of these lessons learned are informative for other educators wishing to offerstudent-led curriculum development projects in their engineering courses and contexts.Results As a work in progress, the plan is to continue collecting data from future MoM summerstudents to provide a richer description of the student experience with this project and toiteratively improve the