Conference Session

Understanding Students: Recruiting, Retention, Enrichment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Bumbalough, Kettering University; Jennifer Aurandt, Kettering University

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Environmental Engineering

of students, faculty and staff who are interested in educating studentsin making environmentally responsible decisions. KIET received NationalScience Foundation CCLI Phase 1 Grant (DUE#051132) to design and teach theEnvironmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing class and start theGreener Engineering Organization (GEO), a student club, in Fall 2007. Since itsformation, GEO has improved environmental awareness, stimulatedenvironmental action, and enhanced the image of Kettering as anenvironmentally conscious university. They have improved the local anduniversity community by giving its members service learning, leadership, andnetworking opportunities. Furthermore, they initiated paper and beveragecontainer recycling programs, and

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University; Semih Aslan, Texas State University, San Marcos; Jesus Alejandro Jimenez, Texas State University; Yoo-Jae Kim, Texas State University; Hassan Salamy, Texas State University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

provides a strong educational experience via theorycombined with practice in a class/lab atmosphere. Dedicated faculty and staff are directlyinvolved in classes and labs, and each degree program culminates with a senior design or"Capstone" project, which is required for graduation. Capstone projects emphasize projectmanagement, technical deliverables, and multidisciplinary effort in team-oriented, long-termprojects. As a result of the heavy emphasis on practical, applied, and experiential learning,students who graduate from ISOE are well prepared for careers in all aspects of engineering. Theschool has more than 800 engineering students. In addition to modern classrooms and computerlabs, ISOE has fully equipped labs including a class 1000

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Technical Session 4: Environmental Issues and the Impacts of Intersectionality

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Angela Harris, North Carolina State University; Christina Martin-Ebosele, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Environmental Engineering, Women in Engineering

their students’ professional arcs and curricular supports for those arcs? With a smalldataset, we aim to start to delve into these questions.2.0 Background of the StudyTo situate our work, we begin with an overview of environmental engineering degree attainmentin the United States by gender, race, and ethnicity, and consider broadly relevant dimensions ofstudents’ environmental engineering educational experience. We then explore the cultural andinstitutional spaces that environmental engineering graduates move into as they enter theworkforce. Specifically, we consider the gendered and racialized social context within whichenvironmental engineering majors make decisions about their careers—how gender and racefactor into the impact of

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

decisions for environmental engineering students.This study sought to provide more information on these elements, by gaining a richunderstanding of the experiences of students using qualitative approaches less likely to biasstudent responses.Research QuestionsThree topics were explored in this study:RQ1. Understand how students’ motivations for environmental issues in combination with other factors led them to choose to enter college with an engineering majorRQ2. Understand the reasons that engineering students change majors or persist in their major, among undergraduate students initially having strong environmental interestsRQ3. Explore how students view environmental issues as part of their future engineering career pathways and among the

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

awareness(including “an ability to use what you know about different cultures, social values, or politicalsystems in engineering solutions) and interdisciplinary skills. However, in their analysiscontextual awareness clustered with design skills, while interdisciplinary skills clustered withreflective behavior practice, and recognizing disciplinary perspectives. A small pilot study at theUniversity of Canterbury among students majoring in civil engineering and natural resourcesengineering in fall 2013 found correlations between sustainable engineering motivation andconcern for others (Bielefeldt unpublished data).The research questions explored in this study were: (1) to what extent are incomingenvironmental engineering students motivated by

Conference Session

Emphasizing Communication and the Humanities in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Caleb James McCollum, United States Military Academy; Andrew Ross Pfluger, United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

a course, the survey was completed by the lead faculty member(i.e., the course director)). Part I of the survey asked faculty to report the total number oftechnical communication events for their course. These were binned into the followingcategories: lab reports, technical reports (i.e., those ≤ 5 pages in length), full reports (i.e., those >5 pages in length), oral presentations, and other. Part I of the survey also asked whether eachevent was an individual or a team assignment, and the percentage of the total course grade thateach event contributed. Part II was a slightly more detailed examination of each graded event andwas only completed by the 11 required environmental engineering courses that are organic to ouruniversity’s

Conference Session

Project-Based Service Learning

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Chris Swan, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

). There are significant increases in perceptions of an obligationand personal empowerment to make changes in society. Students and faculty engaged in theSLICE program experienced increased sensitivity to the social, cultural, and environmentalconsequences of engineering decision making. 9 Similar findings are reported by Kremer(personal communication): >95% of students engaged in a PBSL capstone design experience selfreported high awareness of the social impact of engineering, significant increases over selfassessments with non-SL projects. Students also had an increased interest in volunteeropportunities and civic engagement. Students engaged in SL have also been shown to haveincreased self-confidence and self-esteem.57 Further, engagement in

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Engagement, Experiential Learning, and Balance

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

solutions. All these tasks are listed at the higher level of learning inBloom’s taxonomy in the cognitive domain1. They need to understand the importance of criticalthinking as they prepare for real-world experience in their professional careers. Critical thinkinginvolves reasoning, decision making, and problem solving while seeking for effectiveness,novelty, and self-direction2. Critical thinking is effective because it avoids common pitfalls, suchas seeing only one side of an issue, discounting new evidence that disconfirms one’s ideas,reasoning from passion rather than logic, and failing to support statements with evidence. Thereare many methods that can be implemented to encourage students to develop critical reasoning,decisive analysis and

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2: Innovative Approaches for Teaching Environmental Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sara Freix, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Yousef Jalali, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Western Community College; Akshat Kothyari, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #33763Development of a Crayfish Behavior Case Study for a New First-semesterGeneral Engineering Course Using a High-frequency EnvironmentalMonitoring SystemSara Freix, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Sara Freix is a recent Graduate from Virginia Tech with a Master’s in Educational Psychology. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Biological Systems Engineering. She worked for the Learning Enhanced Watershed Assessment System Lab during her undergraduate career and was so excited to explore the intersection of her interests in education theory and environmental engineering through co-authoring

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark H. Minster, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

principles and practices of sustainable engineering and design only entered the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology curriculum piecemeal. The HERE program was developed as aliving-learning community to immerse students in an environment of learning about the economic,social, and environmental impacts (the triple bottom line) of their lives and work. By setting thisfoundation of sustainability early in their academic career, students will be better suited to considerthe triple bottom line when developing design solutions for complex challenges they will face asscientists and engineers, not to mention as citizens and consumers.The academic part of the HERE program consists of three complementary courses that meetgraduation requirements for most

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Engagement, Experiential Learning, and Balance

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder; Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado - Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado - Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

was awarded NAE’s 2008 Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Curricular Choice and Technical – Non-Technical Balance in Environmental Engineering Degree ProgramsAbstractSelf-determination theory indicates that choice is an important component of motivation andsatisfaction. Further, calls for holistically trained engineers demand that students gain knowledgein humanities and social science topics. This research explored top-ranked environmentalengineering bachelor’s degree programs with regards to: (1) opportunities for students to makechoices in their courses (such as free electives and technical

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paula Alvarez Pino, UAB Sustainable Smart Cities Research Center; Andrew J. Sullivan; Fouad H. Fouad, University of Alabama - Birmingham

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

within sustainability is addressed:1. Sustainable Transportation and Energy Conservation • Importance of transportation • Active transportation (bikes, peds, and complete streets) • Energy use, emissions, and conservation (Figure 1)2. Environmental Health • Air and water quality • Hazardous materials • Indoor environments • Water use reduction • Waste minimization and recycling3. Field Trip “ Eco–Awareness” • During this field trip in one of the mountains of our city, students encounter the amazing diversity of the forest ecosystem. This field trip explores the interdependence of the environment, plants, and animals on a 3 mile hike. Students also participate in an environmentally focused role play activity

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University; Jami Montgomery, WATERS Network - CLEANER Project Office; James Johnson, Howard University; Chris Brus, University of Iowa; Dan Giammar, Washington University; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bette Grauer, McPherson High School; Liesl Hotaling, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein, Morgan State University; Steven Safferman; Tim Wentling, National Center for Supercomputing Applications

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2007-1459: WATERS NETWORK’S POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORMENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING EDUCATIONElizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University Beth Eschenbach is a Professor of Environmental Resources Engineering at Humboldt State University. Beth left civil engineering as an undergraduate at UC Santa Cruz, and graduated with honors in mathematics and in psychology. She obtained her MS and PhD at Cornell in Environmental and Water Resources Systems Engineering. She completed a postdoc at the Center for Advanced Decision Support in Water and Environmental Systems (CADSWES) at UC Boulder. Beth’s career goals include increasing the diversity of engineering students and improving education for

Conference Session

Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudarshan T. Kurwadkar, Tarleton State University; Daniel K. Marble, Tarleton State University; Jennifer T. Edwards, Tarleton State University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

engineering education and teacher training. He has served as a physics content consultant for the Texas Center for Inquiry at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, President of the Texas Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers, and on the Texas High School Physics TEKS Committee.Dr. Jennifer T. Edwards, Tarleton State University Jennifer T. Edwards serves as an Assistant Professor of communication studies at Tarleton State Univer- sity, and has functioned as a faculty member and student affairs practitioner for more than eight years. Her doctorate is from Sam Houston State University, and her research focus is on organizational commu- nication, environmental communication, and communication

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Sahar Razavi, Northern Arizona University; Nihal Sarikaya, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

Group Publishing Ltd., 2015, vol. 17, pp.143-175.[19] D. Lopatto, “Undergraduate research experiences support science career decisions and active learning,” Cell Biology Education, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 297-306, 2007.[20] M. Boylan, “The impact of undergraduate research experiences on student intellectual growth, affective development, and interest in doing graduate work in STEM: A review of the empirical literature,” in Doctoral Education and the Faculty of the Future, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Oct. 2006. http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/cheri/conferences/doctoralEducation.html[21] K.W. Bauer, J.S. Bennett, “Alumni perceptions to assess undergraduate research experience,” J. Higher Educ., vol. 74, pp. 210

Conference Session

Service-Learning in Developing Communities

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University; Ann Brady, Michigan Technological University; Karina Jousma, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

option feasibility studies, culminating in an engineering report recommending a finaldesign. It is assumed that the international “client” accepts the recommendation and studentscomplete construction documents.The engineering report includes the following: feasibility evaluation & assumptions;development and analysis of alternate design solutions; code analysis and review; discussionand analysis of potential design solutions including associated impact analysis, costs, economicand health factors, social impact, safety, constructability, sustainability, reliability, aesthetics,ethics; proposed construction schedule; engineering estimate, cost/benefit analysis; designcalculations; and references (literature and personal). Students also

Conference Session

Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Dunia Tania Periverzov, Drexel University (Tech.)

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

spring quarters bring the students,faculty, and industrial partners together to see the student’s results and to give them theadditional experience of public presentation of their work.The importance of project work in the curriculum of our undergraduate engineering programs iswell understood. Students and faculty need to understand the objectives of doing project work, tohave mechanisms for selection of attractive topics, focus and scope of work, estimation of effortsrequired and facilities needed, etc. Students want and need to know the best practices also. What Page 25.120.4is the focus of engineering educations is an important question that

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Berdanier, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

has evolved over the past five years involving the professorproject leader, two graduate students, and one senior level BSCE in developing field survey data,technical feasibility studies and preliminary cost estimates.IntroductionWhat characteristics define educational pursuits that interest the American Society forEngineering Education (ASEE)? The Environmental Engineering Division of ASEE isinterested in the application of service learning in developing communities especially in thetopical areas of providing safe water and sanitation. Case studies presented regarding theexperiences of members in developing countries that develop educational opportunities formembers, students and indigenous populations should be of interest. Additionally