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Assessment Issues in Environmental Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gayle Davis, United States Military Academy; Michael Butkus, United States Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

60 55 50 Env Eng A B C D F G H I USMA Engineering Major Figure 2. Cadet performance on FEE ethics questions (8 total) for all USMA Engineering Programs in spring 2007. Letters on the abscissa represent one of the other nine engineering programs at USMA. The overall USMA weighted Page 13.114.3 average was 80% and the environmental engineering national average was 79%.Given the substantial amount of education and training on ethics at

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Assessment Issues in Environmental Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Bower, The Citadel; William Davis, The Citadel

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Environmental Engineering

whole. • Evaluation a judgment about a solution, process, design, report, material and so forth using expertise/experience in the area.Table 1 ABET/ASCE-BOK Comparison [1] ABET ASCE-BOK Criterion 3, a –k Outcomes, 1 – 15 a 1. Technical core b 2. Experiments/analyze and interpret c 3. Design d 4. Multi-disciplinary teams e 5. Engineering problems f 6. Professional and ethical standards g 7. Communication h 8. Impact

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Service - Learning Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mansour Rahimi, University of Southern California; Alex John, USC

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2008-785: KEY EXPERIENCES IN DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE WATERDISTRIBUTION AND FILTRATION PROJECT IN RURAL HONDURAS: A NEWPARADIGM IN “SERVICE LEARNING”Mansour Rahimi, University of Southern California Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Viterbi School of EngineeringAlex John, USC Page 13.826.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Key Experiences in Developing a Sustainable Water Distribution and Filtration Project in Rural Honduras: A New Paradigm in “Service Learning”Abstract The University of Southern California chapter of “Engineers Without Borders

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Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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Environmental Engineering

on theproject, the primary work they did on the project, as well as any other major comments.Throughout the paper, these students will be referred to by the letter designations indicated inTable 1. Some of the abbreviations used in Table 1 are explained below in the narrative.Phase 1 of the project involved characterizing the extent of the emissions deterioration as theengines aged. Part of this project involved developing a laboratory test that would mimic actualfield usage of the engines. Students A, B, C, and D worked on this phase of the project from1997 to 2001. Student A began his work on this project as an undergraduate student, andcontinued to work on the project as he earned his M.S. degree. Initially, his work as anundergraduate

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Service - Learning Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University; Mark Henderson, Arizona State University; Thomas Sugar, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

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Environmental Engineering

, E., Bringing Water To Africa’s Poor, Expanded Access Requires More Funds, Efficiency And Capacity, Africa Renewal, Vol.21, N.3 (October 2007), p7. 4. Henderson, M., Rogers, B., Jacobson, D., Sinha, R., GlobalResolve: Social Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Transdisciplinary Global Teams, Proceedings of Harvey Mudd Design Workshop, May 2007, Claremont, CA. 5. Beckman, J., Method And Apparatus For Simultaneous Heat And Mass Transfer Utilizing A Carrier-Gas, US Patent 6,911,121, June 28, 2005. 6. Hamieh, B. and Beckman, J., Seawater Desalination Using Dewvaporation Technique: Experimental And Enhancement Work With Economic Analysis, Desalination, Vol. 195 (2006) pp 14–25

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Assessment Issues in Environmental Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debra Reinhart, University of Central Florida

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2008-175: DEVELOPING A BODY OF KNOWLEDGE FORENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGDebra Reinhart, University of Central Florida Page 13.383.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Developing a Body of Knowledge for Environmental EngineeringIntroductionAt the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE) Board of Trusteesannual meeting in November 2005, a Body of Knowledge Development Working Group(BOKDWG) was created with the following charge: “The Body of Knowledge Development Working Group is charged with defining the BOK needed to enter the practice of environmental engineering at the professional level in the 21st century taking into account other

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Service - Learning Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heather Wright, Michigan Technological University; Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University; James Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

Criterion 3. Program Outcomes and Assessment13Engineering programs must demonstrate that their students attain the following outcomes:(a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering(b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data(c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability(d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams(e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems(f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility(g) an ability to communicate effectively

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Sustainability and Engineering Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Lynch, Dartmouth College

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Environmental Engineering

. Page 13.1129.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Sustainable Natural Resource EngineeringAbstractNatural Resources figure centrally in the understanding of Sustainability and the Professionalresponsibility of engineers. A teaching approach is outlined that a) utilizes standardEngineering preparation in applied mathematics; b) applies it as a unifying theme across thenatural resource field; c) embeds basic undergraduate exposure to ecological and economicconcepts; and d) operates via desktop simulation tools accessible to all university students. Theapproach suggested is related to the new American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Body ofKnowledge (BOK2) requirement of Sustainability.IntroductionNatural

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Innovations to Curriculum and Program

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

specific courses focusing on energy were found listed on the website; this may bedue to the newness of the program.Energy Related Programs at the University of Colorado at BoulderAt the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-B), there is no single curriculum with a strongemphasis on energy. The University of Colorado has a task force to study energy, with aRenewable and Sustainable Energy Initiative started in 2006 (http://www.colorado.edu/insidecu/editions/2006/2-28/chancellor.html; http://engineering.colorado.edu/industry/Energy.htm). Avariety of activities at the University that are related to energy are described briefly below.The Joint Center for Energy Management (JCEM) in the Department of Civil, Environmental, &Architectural Engineering

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Innovations to Curriculum and Program

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

teaching: an investigation at one U.S. medical school. Academic Medicine. 78(11):1191–200.10. Downey, G.L., J.C. Lucena, B.M. Moskal, R. Parkhurst, T. Bigley, C. Hays, B. K. Jesiek, L.Kelly, J. Miller, S. Ruff, J. L. Lehr, and A. Nichols-Belo. 2006. The Globally Competent Engineer: Working Effectively with People Who Define Problems Differently. Journal of Engineering Education. 95(2): 107-122.11. Durocher, D.O. 2007. Teaching sensitivity to cultural difference in the first-year foreign language classroom. Foreign Language Annals 40 (1): 143-160.12. Fuertes, J.N, M.L. Miville, J.J. Mohr, W.E. Sedlacek, D. Gretchen. 2000. Factor structure and short form of the Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Scale. Measurement

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Sustainability and Engineering Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Thorn, Rochester Institute of Technology; Andres Carrano, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2008-1217: DEVELOPMENT OF MASTER’S PROGRAMS IN SUSTAINABLEENGINEERINGBrian Thorn, Rochester Institute of Technology BRIAN K. THORN is an associate professor in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. He received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology, an M.S. and Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests include sustainable product and process design, life cycle analysis and applied statistical methods.Andres Carrano, Rochester Institute of Technology ANDRES L. CARRANO is an associate professor in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at the

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Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Lambrechts, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2008-1977: THE PROBLEM OF GROUNDWATER AND WOOD PILES INBOSTON, AN UNENDING NEED FOR VIGILANT SURVEILLANCEJames Lambrechts, Wentworth Institute of Technology Page 13.1254.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The Problem of Groundwater and Wood Piles in Boston “An Unending Need for Vigilant Surveillance”AbstractThe stately rowhouse buildings in many areas of Boston were founded on wood piles in the1800s. Preservation of wood pile foundations requires that groundwater levels remain highenough to inundate the tops of wood pile foundations. This has become a major problem insome areas of the Back Bay, the South End and Fenway

Conference Session

Sustainability and Engineering Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qiong Zhang, Michigan Technological University; Julie Zimmerman, Yale University; James Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University

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Environmental Engineering

Page 13.294.8discussion and annual face-to-face meetings.The differences between conventional curricula and some of the core proposed course activitiesare summarized in Figure 2 below. Table 3 demonstrates how learning activities in the GreenEngineering course are designed for active learning which is critical for achieving significantlearning goals.FIGURE 2: Differences between (A) conventional curricula and (B) some of the core proposedcourse activities with their corresponding appropriate assessment taxonomies. In (B), the spiralrepresents Fink’s view that these levels are interactive, where significant learning results requireall of these different kinds of learning.TABLE 3: Learning activities in the Green Engineering courses for holistic

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Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University; Suresh Dhaniyala, Clarkson University; John Mclaughlin, Clarkson University; Cetin Cetinkaya, Clarkson University; Stephen Doheny-Farina, Clarkson University; Fa-Gung Fan, Xerox Corp.

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Environmental Engineering

, Potsdam, NY, 13699-5725, USA 2 Xerox Corporation, Webster, NY, 14580, USAAbstract Understanding particle transport, deposition and removal are of crucialimportance to many technologies such as microelectronic, imaging and pharmaceuticalindustries. In addition, solving a number of environmental problems requires a detailunderstanding of particle transport processes. In the last decade, significant researchprogress in the areas of particle transport, deposition and removal has been made. In this“combined research and curriculum development” project a sequence of two new courseson particle transport, deposition and removal and re-entrainment was developed and anexisting course was fully revised

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Sustainability and Engineering Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Curtis Larimer, University of Pittsburgh; Michaelangelo Tabone, University of Pittsburgh; Matthew Mehalik, University of Pittsburgh; Kim Needy, University of Pittsburgh

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2008-2064: AN INTERNATIONAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHEXPERIENCE IN SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERINGCurtis Larimer, University of Pittsburgh Curtis James Larimer is a senior undergraduate majoring in Engineering Physics in The University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering. He expects to graduate in the spring of 2008 and plans to go on to pursue a graduate engineering degree.Michaelangelo Tabone, University of Pittsburgh Michaelangelo Tabone is a junior at the University of Pittsburgh majoring in Chemical Engineering. While in school, he works as resident assistant in on-campus housing, volunteers as a teaching assistant of Organic Chemistry, and has served as a paper reviewer for the

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Service - Learning Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Boyle, Rice University; Brent Houchens, Rice University

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2008-449: ADAPTIVE WATER LABORATORY FOR K-12 OUTREACH ONSUSTAINABLE WATER USEPaul Boyle, Rice University Paul M. Boyle is a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering at Rice University. In addition to his research in computational fluid mechanics and separation processes, Paul is active in engineering outreach. He tutors underrepresented high school students in mathematics and assists the math team during their practice for competitions.Brent Houchens, Rice University Brent C. Houchens is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Department at Rice University. His research interests include modeling flow and separation in

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Sustainability and Engineering Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Reisdorph, the GreenTeam Inc.

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2008-353: SUSTAINABILITY AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDSDavid Reisdorph, the GreenTeam Inc. David Reisdorph provides environmental science, economic, policy and survey analysis expertise to theGreenTeam, Inc. He has extensive environmental and economics analysis experience with the Mid-America Regional Council, Midwest Research Institute, and University of Missouri-Extension. Mr. Reisdorph is an Environmental Science doctoral student at Oklahoma State University, and has a B.S. in Agricultural Economics (1982) and an M.A. in Political Science (1985) from Oklahoma State University. Also, he completed graduate coursework (all but dissertation) in Political Science at the University of

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Innovations to Curriculum and Program

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Michelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2008-1070: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE VALUES OF MINORITY HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS THAT AFFECT ENGINEERING DISCIPLINE CHOICE &RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ATTRACTING MINORITIES TOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological UniversityMichelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University Page 13.640.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Gender Differences in the Values of Minority High School Students that Affect Engineering Discipline Choice & Recommendations for Attracting Minorities to Environmental EngineeringAbstractIn the summer of 2007, Michigan Technological University held a week longEngineering Explorations

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Innovations to Curriculum and Program

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ralph Ocon, Purdue University; Opal McFarlane, Hadady Corporation

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Environmental Engineering

problem-solving and a greater understanding of eco-friendlybusiness practices, companies are discovering that they can satisfy environmental concerns,while simultaneously cutting energy costs, boosting productivity and promoting innovation. Therecognition of eco-friendly business practices as win-win opportunities are encouraging morecompanies to undertake these initiatives. Conversely, those organizations that aren’t eco-friendlyand fail to address ecological concerns will forgo the opportunities for positive change and sufferfinancially in the long run.As future environmental managers and industry leaders, engineering and technology studentsneed to understand the benefits of eco-friendly business practices. Consequently, it is importantfor