AC 2012-4251: INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY ACROSS THE CUR-RICULUM: ENGINEERING SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERSDr. Melanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington Melanie Sattler serves as an Associate Professor at the University of Texas, Arlington, where she teaches courses and conducts research related to air quality and sustainable energy. Her research has been spon- sored by the National Science Foundation, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Luminant Power, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. She has published more than 60 peer- reviewed papers and conference proceedings. In 2010, she received UT, Arlington’s Lockheed Martin Award for Excellence in Engineering Teaching. She is a registered
Page 25.811.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Integrating Sustainability Principles in Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum – a Home for Environmentally Responsible EngineeringAbstractThe first two years of many engineering curricula are saturated with foundational mathematicsand science, design skills, engineering fundamentals, and professional practices. The complexityof sustainability principles often forces its relocation later in the educational process, leading to atreatment which is too marginal to be meaningful. The Home for Environmentally ResponsibleEngineering (HERE) at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT) is an effort to incorporatesustainability principles
interested in AD technology.The AD system has been assembled at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Farm in Canton, NYover the summer 2011 and has been operated daily by students. Automatic data collection hasbeen implemented since this spring semester allowing for more in depth analysis of the system.A more detailed evaluation of the effectiveness of the leachate system and effluent compositionis essential and is ongoing. The added value of the leachate process will be quantified thissemester such that it can be specifically addressed in proposals to farmers. Similarly, theeffluent composition will be evaluated with regards to nutrient composition, mass reduction, andutilization.From an educational perspective students were involved in all phases of
-themed courses, they were developing modules or exercises withsustainability themes to add to existing courses in their departments. In this way, students seesustainability as an integral part of the core curriculum, rather than as an added “special interest”or optional course.The workshop had two primary identified goals: 1) to provide faculty members with resources and information necessary to tie sustainability concepts, questions, and problems into their engineering courses; and 2) to assist faculty in the development of a single course module, activity, or assignment that can be inserted into a course in the 2009-2010 school year.Faculty from all disciplines who teach all courses were welcomed, but particular effort was madeto
projects that ask students to tackleimportant complex and inter-related real-world sustainability issues more fully engage thestudents. As a result, these students are more motivated to participate in a deep learningexperience and devote additional time to the project. These conditions create a more satisfying Page 25.1399.4overall learning experience.42 Traditional senior capstone design projectsThe senior engineering and computer science students in this program all complete a requiredtwo-semester senior capstone design class that forms an integral component of effectiveengineering and sustainability education. Each project team is organized as
must be included in the undergraduate engineeringcurriculum. Such concepts include an understanding of the interdependence of major systems,an understanding of the needs and rights of future generations, an understanding of the value ofdiversity, an appreciation of the need for precaution, and an awareness of the Earth’s carryingcapacity3. The undergraduate engineering curriculum of Rowan University’s College ofEngineering has been molded to introduce undergraduate students to these issues and to providean introduction to sustainable engineering through interdisciplinary project-based learning.Rowan University’s Engineering Clinic SequenceThe signature component of Rowan University’s College of Engineering curriculum is itsEngineering Clinic
AC 2012-4565: CHALLENGES FOR INTEGRATION OF SUSTAINABIL-ITY INTO ENGINEERING EDUCATIONDr. Qiong Zhang, University of South Florida Qiong Zhang is an Assistant Professor in civil and environmental engineering at the University of South Florida (USF). She received a Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Michigan Tech. Prior to joining the faculty at USF in 2009, she served as the Operations Manager of the Sustainable Future Institute at Michigan Tech.Dr. Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State UniversityDr. James R. Mihelcic, University of South Florida James R. Mihelcic is a professor of civil and environmental engineering and state of Florida 21st Century World Class Scholar at the University of South Florida
AC 2011-207: INTEGRATING CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL IS-SUES IN AN INTRODUCTORY ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING COURSEMahbub Uddin, Trinity University Dr. Mahbub Uddin is a professor of Engineering Science and the Chair of the Entrepreneurship Pro- gram at Trinity University. He led Trinity University to establish the Center for Entrepreneurship and En- trepreneurship program. He is a pioneer in integration of entrepreneurship, nanotechnology and six-sigma into the undergraduate engineering education. He has published extensively in areas of his expertise and in education. Dr. Uddin is an active member of AIChE and ASEE. His honors include: DOW Chemical, Outstanding Young Faculty Award, New Engineering Educators Excellence
education at the Tecnologico de Monterrey. Her main research areas are faculty development, teaching methods, and gender issues in STEM education. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Integrating Global Sustainability Challenges in an Organizational Management CourseAbstractPrevious studies indicate that there is a link between a country's engineering capacity and itseconomic development. Future professionals must be capable of integrating the social andenvironmental fields into their engineering solutions. Their vision of the world must answer anew development model that ensures resource availability and well-being for
broader influence of this course onthe environmental engineering curriculum has not been fully assessed. However, immediatebenefits include allowance for more design in the biochemical treatment and hazardous wastetreatment courses. In addition, by revisiting many of these topics (Table 5) in subsequentcourses, students experience a period of growth and reflection followed by a period of learning ata higher level in the cognitive domain. Because the course is somewhat new (developed in 2003) our assessment reveals thatrevisions are required. For example, following the spring 2005 semester, course outcome (j)received an assessment score of amber (scale: green, amber, or red) because many students feltlost at the beginning of the lab period
400 students persemester. Being part of the core curriculum, students from diverse educational backgrounds andeducational objectives typically take this course in their freshman year. The course is anexcellent introductory gateway for non-science/technology majors into the world of science,technology and sustainability.The state in which this course has existed in the past had the following prominent drawbackswhich were in absolute need of rectification:1. Recent technological advancements such as fuel cells, smart materials etc which are an integral part of environment consciousness and sustainability were not given any exposure.2. Product Design, which forms an integral component of sustainability, didn’t receive any exposure.3. The
Paper ID #28851Technical communications in an environmental engineering curriculum: aframework for analysis and continual improvementMr. Caleb James McCollum, United States Military AcademyLt. Col. Andrew Ross Pfluger, U.S. Military Academy Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Pfluger, U.S. Army, is an Assistant Professor and Academy Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the United States Military Academy. He earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from USMA, a M.S. and Engineer Degree in Environmental Engineer- ing and Science from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Paper ID #22698Board 99 : Collaboratively Developing an Introductory InfrastructureSystems Curriculum: The One Water ModuleDr. Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville Philip Parker, Ph.D., P.E., is Program Coordinator for the Environmental Engineering program at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin-Platteville. He is co-author of the textbook ”Introduction to Infrastructure” published in 2012 by Wiley. He has helped lead the recent efforts by the UW-Platteville Civil and Environmental Engineering department to revitalize their curriculum by adding a sophomore-level infrastructure course and integrating
11.1119.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Sequential Course Outcome Linkage: A Framework for Assessing an Environmental Engineering Curriculum Within a CE ProgramAbstractThe Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has recently adopted anexpanded set of fifteen program outcomes identified in the American Society of CivilEngineers Body of Knowledge and conducted work leading to development of commoncourse goals with appropriate levels of cognitive achievement based on Bloom’staxonomy. In addition, the department has adopted a holistic process for investigatingand analyzing the linkage of individual course goals in various discipline-specific areasof concentration within the
AC 2008-898: CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTALENGINEERING CURRICULUM IN A CE ACCREDITED PROGRAMKevin Bower, The Citadel Dr. Bower is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. Prior to his employment at The Citadel, he worked as an environmental engineer in Akron, Ohio. He received a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from The University of Akron and specialized in modeling carcinogenic chemical production in the drinking water distribution system. Dr. Bower was the 2005 Most Outstanding New Faculty at the ASEE –SE Conference and a New Faculty Fellow at the 2004 Frontiers in Education Conference. Dr. Bower is
addition to Dr’ Striebig’s engineering work, he is also a published freelance photographer who has works with local and international NGOs. Dr. Striebig was the founding editor of the Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Development and an assistant editor for the Journal of Green Building.Dr. Maria Papadakis, James Madison UniversityDr. Adebayo Ogundipe, James Madison University Adebayo Ogundipe is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison Uni- versity (JMU). His research is on developing tools and protocols for assessing sustainable engineering designs using life-cycle assessment and industrial ecology methods. Dr. Ogundipe’s prior work includes DOD funded research on assessing the
Paper ID #21960Learning Benefits of Integrating Socioeconomic and Cultural Considerationsinto an Onsite Water Reclamation Course ProjectLt. Col. Andrew Ross Pfluger, Colorado School of Mines Lt Colonel Andrew Pfluger, U.S. Army, is an active duty officer and an Assistant Professor at the United States Military Academy. He served in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering from 2010 to 2013 and is a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry and Life Science as of June 2018. He earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from USMA, a M.S. and Engineer Degree in Environmental Engineering and Science from Stanford
. Currently working as the Academic Operations Manager of the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University. Her re- search interests are on Environmental Health and Water Remediation, mainly on biological treatment for wastewater and water reuse.Marissa P. Dreyer, Northeastern University Graduate student in Bioengineering at Northeastern University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Integrating Engineering, Innovation, and Research at All Levels: An Educational Model for Water Reuse Design ProjectAbstractGrowing urban populations, increasing water consumption, and decreasing predictability ofclimate all point to an ever-increasing need to
important element of the newengineering curriculum. Educators have devoted more time to producing an engineer that has notonly the required skills, but also societal and global awareness. Service learning projects connecttraditional classroom teaching with real world needs on a local or even global scale. Projectbased learning stimulates the process of collaborative problem solving, a skill that has beenidentified as important for the future engineer. Additionally, student interest in service learninghas created institutional momentum for integration with traditional subjects. There are other Page 26.601.3benefits to service learning; one can
developingcountries lesson was the most conceptual (i.e. contained no equations or problems). The carboncapture, transport, and sequestration lesson contained several topics that most students had notyet been exposed to in their environmental engineering education, and the acid rain sources andeffects lesson contained the most chemical reactions of the four lessons. All lesson materialswere posted to our university’s online Blackboard site at the beginning of the semester forstudent review and preparation prior to the flipped classes (see Appendix A).Table 2. Active learning interventions and flipped classes integrated into the course curriculum by week.Active learning interventions are annotated with an “I” (i.e. I1 – I16) and flipped classes are
engineering course typically taken inthe third year of the civil and environmental engineering undergraduate curriculum. This courseis an introductory-level course to the field of environmental engineering, which covers topics,such as solid and hazardous waste management, air pollution, and sustainability and greenengineering. The EHMs were developed for and integrated into this course during the Spring2019 and Fall 2019 semesters. These EHMs would allow students to explore variousenvironmental issues present in our society through learning about historical events that resultedin major environmental laws and regulations, growth of waste management technologies aroundthe world, and engineering advances in sustainable and green engineering practices
Colorado in May 2011 and began doctoral work in the Higher Education Student Affairs Leadership program there in fall 2011.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the engineering assessment specialist at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Pro- gram and Laboratory. He holds a BS in psychology from Louisiana State University, and an MS degree in industrial/organizational psychology and PhD degree in counseling psychology, both from the University of Tennessee. Prior to joining the University of Colorado at Boulder, he gained extensive experience in assessment and teamwork in an engineering education context through the development and evaluation of a team facilitation training course
since his graduate school. He has been active with ASEE and educational research for over 10 years. He is particularly interested in en- hancing critical thinking skills among civil engineering students through various educational approaches. His research interests include water and wastewater treatment, desalination, and algal biofuels. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Integrating Writing to Teach Engineered Environmental Systems Design – Learning and Teaching ExperiencesAbstractWriting in engineering courses provides a mechanism for processing scientific informationrelated to an engineering issue or problem and synthesize sound solutions through a
performed well in the class (average = 84%, standard deviation = 7%) andon the final group project report (average = 90%, standard deviation = 4%). Future versions ofthis course could be improved by introducing LCA software earlier in the curriculum andintegrating this course as a pre-requisite or co-requisite to a senior capstone. By teachingstudents an innovative approach to the conventional evaluation-of-alternatives, students wereable to propose designs that minimize environmental impacts (e.g., carbon footprint) and provideeconomically feasible solutions simultaneously. Consequently, this paper highlights a viableteaching model for other universities integrate sustainability into their curriculum.IntroductionCoastal regions in the United
. Page 14.396.3Salient Features of this approach (How this approach compares with other approaches):The approach described in this paper is customer oriented. The objective of using an approachbased on six sigma techniques is to find out the specific needs of the market place and try toaddress those needs effectively. A significant advantage of a curriculum that is based on thisapproach is that it significantly improves the employability of students. It imparts a set ofmarketable skills that can be used in an entrepreneurial sense. In order to accomplish thisobjective, the aforementioned approach places heavy emphasis on ‘how-to’ approach of problemsolving pertaining to sustainability.Obstacles to implementation:Rapid change in marketplace
Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Continuing Assessment of Sustainability Skills Within the Environmental and Civil Engineering CurriculumAbstractSustainability in engineering practice and design is increasingly important as an outcome forengineering education for Civil and Environmental Engineers. ABET criteria for bothEnvironmental and Civil Engineering stress sustainability, and the development of curriculumcomponents for these degree programs continues to evolve; efforts are directed at spreadingsustainability across the curriculum either in a modular fashion or in directed course sequencesspecifically focused on sustainability. To evaluate curricular sustainability outcomes, wecontinue a longitudinal study to
AC 2009-1192: EVALUATION OF ABET PROGRAM CURRICULA CRITERIAFOR THE INTEGRATION OF SUSTAINABILITY RELATED SUBJECT AREASMichelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University Michelle Jarvie received her PhD in Engineering-Environmental from Michigan Technological University in August of 2007. Since that time, she has been working as an environmental engineer for Cliffs Natural Resources in Michigan. Ms. Jarvie has worked on a variety of issues including mine land reclamation, biofuels development, sustainable forest certification, environmental policy analysis, carbon reporting, carbon offsets and trading, as well as corporate sustainability reporting. She can be reached via email at
EnvironmentalBiotechnology satisfies an urgent need in terms of professional preparation, and is timelyas biology becomes more integrated into the engineering curriculum. The proposedenvironmental biotechnology course will develop in environmental engineers anawareness of the most relevant, often diverse, aspects of the subject, together withcommunication skills and teamwork. RPI’s current emphasis on biotechnology makes thepresent integrated and interdisciplinary curriculum possible.II. The CurriculumA. Details of Course CoverageThe proposed course combines elements of several courses offered in a typical BiologicalSciences curriculum. It will combine elements of Introduction to Biology; Introductionto Cell and Molecular Biology (cellular biochemistry, metabolism
evaluator on this project as well as several other NASA and NSF funded projects. Dr. Small joined Clarkson’s Office of Educational Partnerships in 2006 as Curriculum Coordinator. A career educator, she has been a public school teacher, building principal and central office administrator. Dr. Small has also taught organizational leadership and curriculum and assessment courses at the graduate level. Page 26.351.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 CLICS – Integrating Data from Campus Sustainability Projects across
designed as an integrated module, sufficient information and guidance is provided to enable instructors to incorporate individual units, activities, and components of activities into courses. And this was demonstrated by pilot testing individual and sets of lessons. Based on student feedback from the pilot tests, the team project was identified as the most important element of the module for helping students to understand the interconnections among geosciences and engineering in water sustainability. After additional reflection on the process, the professor team noted the following lessons learned about collaborative curriculum development: Collaborative development