Conference Session

Social Justice, Social Responsibility, and Critical Pedagogies

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lachney, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; David Adam Banks, University at Albany - SUNY

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

ClassroomIntroductionEngineering educators point to a persistent problem that positions the engineering profession inapolitical and neutral terms. We call this the “neutrality problem” and describe it as placingmoral weight not on the work of engineers but instead the ad hoc uses of engineered artifacts.The problem appears in common assumptions that, for instance, guns are only as violent as theirusers intend them to be, absolving engineers of moral responsibility for the socio-technicaloutcomes that they helped to produce. The “neutrality problem” has a long history of beingchallenged by critically engaged engineering educators. Some challenge the problem by callingfor “non-canonical engineering ethics canons,”1 others advocate for a “peace paradigm” to beincluded in

Conference Session

Accreditation and the BOK

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #21056What Do First-year and Senior Civil Engineering Students Think About Rais-ing the Bar on the Education Requirements for Professional Licensure?Dr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environ- mental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She serves as the ABET assessment coordinator for the department. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin David Lutz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

how that learning supports transfer of learning from school into professional practice as well as exploring students’ conceptions of diversity and its importance within engineering fields.Dr. Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc. Dr. Canney conducts research focused on engineering education, specifically the development of social responsibility in engineering students. Other areas of interest include ethics, service learning, and sus- tainability education. Dr. Canney received bachelors degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics from Seattle University, a masters in Civil Engineering from Stanford University with an emphasis on structural engineering, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of

Conference Session

FPD IV: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-year Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian M. Argrow, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel W. Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney, University of Colorado, Boulder; Suzana Brown, University of Colorado, Boulder; Adam J. Blanford, University of Colorado, Boulder; Corrina Ladakis Gibson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Eric Donnelly Kenney

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Discussion #2: ASEN and CVEN 5 Discipline Module I Expo 6 Academic Expectations 7 Majors Discussion #3: CHEN/CBEN and CSEN 8 Majors Discussion #4: ECEE/EEEN and EVEN 9 Majors Discussion #5: EPEN and MCEN 10 Discipline Module II Expo 11 The Profession: Industry Panel 12 Engineering Ethics: Case Studies; Honor Code Professionalism: Expectations, licenses, communications, after the B.S.; preparing for 13 finals Major Selection: Senior Student Panel, Asst. Dean for Students-reminders; revisit main 14 topics; FCQs 15 Discipline Module III ExpoFollowing the majors discussions in Weeks 3-4, the students were given a “majors essay”assignment. For this one-page essay, the students were

Conference Session

New Methods and Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Melissa Grunow, Lawrence Technological University; Katie Hayes, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Entrepreneurship Skills Assessment InstrumentAbstractLawrence Technological University has implemented a required four year leadership curriculumfor all undergraduate students. Because of the consequential overlap of leadership andentrepreneurial skills, the curriculum also addresses many aspects of the “entrepreneurialmindset” which includes communication, teamwork, ethical decision-making, opportunityrecognition, persistence, creativity, innovation, creative problem solving, and critical thinking.Individual components of the curriculum will be assessed as well as the curriculum as a whole.As one part of the assessment, a Leadership Self-Perception Assessment Instrument wasdeveloped. The instrument will aid in answering the

Conference Session

Best of NEE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Shepard, University of St. Thomas; Alison B. Hoxie, University of Minnesota Duluth; Matt Anderson, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

addressed in most, if not all, engineering codes of ethics (for example NSPEfundamental canon 5). As discussed by Passow et al., cheating also goes against the mission ofmost schools which often have a moral/character development dimension15. Thus, by allowing itto proceed unchecked an instructor is implicitly acting against the mission of their employer.Some studies suggest that academic cheating correlates with ethical transgressions later in lifesuch as failing to follow workplace rules, marital infidelity, lying to customers, deceiving bosses,and cheating in graduate school16-18. It is thought that by committing a dishonest act one’s senseof right and wrong can be altered so that the act is no longer viewed as immoral thus making itmore likely

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Lynn Alpert; Jacqueline Isaacs

“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Education”and drawn more concentrated support as they have become more closely aligned with thenation’s nanotech initiative, which is also stimulating increased investment in basic research inphysics, chemistry, biology, medicine, and materials science.At the same time, nanotech R&D boosters have become more acutely aware of the nation’s needto make concomitant progress on the associated health, safety, environmental, regulatory,economic, workforce, ethics, and other societal issues that emerge alongside the development ofany transformative technology; in this case

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia C. Pendley, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joseph Homer Saleh, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

audience, or not conducted ata scale commensurate with the importance of the subject.Three complementary responses address the question of why an interest in accident causationand prevention? These are:1) Safety is more often compromised and system accidents occur much more frequently thanwhat may be conveyed by the media;2) The pattern of occurrence of these accidents suggests an important role of education incontributing to the prevention of such accidents;3) The potential consequences of system accident, high casualty tolls, environmental damage,and economic losses, along with ethical/moral considerations, are strong incentives for a carefulinterest in accident prevention and system safety. The discussion that follows will be tailored ormade

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina; Jerry Lynn Dahlberg Jr, University of Tennessee, Space Institute; Terry L. Miller, Alabama A&M University; Corion Jeremiah Holloman, Alabama A&M University; Luke Childrey V, Alabama A&M University; Mohamed Jamil Barrie, Alabama A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

research project teamsto enact a significant change in scientific knowledge and positively impact society. Beyond therhetoric of research productivity, facilitating diversity in engineering programs and professionswould help raise individuals’ ethical awareness and commitment to engineering ethics. Previousstudies confirm that individuals from diverse life experiences and cultural backgrounds offervaried perspectives and help create a fertile ground for deeper reflections and perspectivechanges [2]. Students of color tend to be more aware of ethics and moral principles based ontheir lived experiences with social prejudices and inequity (Thoman et al., 2015). Therefore, theywill likely develop a strong ethical stance that challenges the observed

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

challenges are not enough to worry about, someprograms are still working on how best to demonstrate within their curriculumprofessional practice issues facing current graduates. This paper will provide amethodology that one civil engineering program is using to address professional practiceissues within the curriculum.This paper will present the program’s current capstone course, the new senior levelcourse, and adjustments to other courses in the curriculum that provide coverage ofprofessional practice issues such as leadership, business practices, public policy andadministration, asset management, ethics, contemporary issues, constructability, andsolutions within a global and societal context. Through the sequencing of events andassessments of 10

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerard P. Lennon, Lehigh University; John B. Ochs, Lehigh University; Derick G. Brown P.E., Lehigh University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

students in a graduatestudent vision: We aspire for graduates of our doctoral, master’s and certificate programs to achieve leadership and personal accomplishment in their professional pursuits. They will attain both depth and breadth of knowledge needed to advance the theory and practice of their chosen fields and will be adept at applying that knowledge. They will be committed to lifelong learning and to mentoring those who succeed them. They will be creative, embrace complexity, and productively challenge accepted paradigms and theories. They will be outstanding communicators and collaborators, able to build, work with, and lead diverse teams. Our graduates will be champions of constructive and ethical action who proceed with

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Kay Pickering, Arizona State University; Erik Fisher, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

Ethical Reasoning Process (CAER) Workshops [40], students appliedanticipatory ethical reasoning using two of the eight key ethical questions, which are organizedby topics such as empathy, fairness, responsibility, character, outcomes, and others [41]. TheCAER approach differs from the way in which engineering students traditionally engage withtraditional professional ethics based on industry standards, honest reporting of data, cost benefittradeoffs, and analysis of case studies when standards or professional codes of practice wereviolated [39].From the above-described body of literature about work-based forms of experiential learning,self-efficacy, STIR, and anticipatory ethical reasoning, a new conceptual framework forSocioTechnical Learning

Collection

2023 Fall Mid Atlantic Conference: Meeting our students where they are and getting them where they need to be

Authors

Abdullah Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Christian Jay St. Francis Clarke, Penn State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

effectively.To respond to these weaknesses, it becomes vital to find an equilibrium between AIincorporation and traditional pedagogical approaches, advocate for conscientious AI utilization,and stimulate dialogues concerning the roles and boundaries of AI in the educational sphere.Moreover, fostering awareness among educators and students regarding the potential for biasesand ethical considerations when engaging with AI tools is of utmost importance. In conclusion,while this AI has undeniable advantages in assisting students in computer classes, dependence onChat GPT has a significant impact on the development of critical thinking skills, which mayrequire a supplemental approach to its use in computer learning, with a carefully selectedquestion to

Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Session: Emergent Methods for Engineering Education Research

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Autumn Cuellar, Utah State University; Sarah Principato; Sakshi Solanki; Catherine McGough Spence, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Marissa A Tsugawa, Utah State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

community engagement (e.g., likes) and interaction features (e.g., “stitch”) uniqueto this platform [29].To protect autonomy and equality of individuals, we designed our research following the InternetResearch: Ethical Guidelines 3.0 [64] when centering neurodivergent voices on the internet usingperson-centered research methods. We collected publicly available content only (not private) andstored the data in a secure Box folder. To protect the identity of the creators, we also usedpseudonyms for each content creator and blurred out faces and usernames on shared screenshots.We will delete all content on Box at the end of the analysis providing a deidentified dataset to theinstitution’s digital commons for study replication.4.2. Data Collection and

Conference Session

Technical Session 1 - Paper 2: Challenging the Hegemonic Culture of Engineering: Curricular and Co-Curricular Methodologies

Collection

2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Bailey Bond-Trittipo, Florida International University; Joseph Valle, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Andrew Green, Florida International University

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

, encouraged students to takeresponsibility for their learning by including them in course decisions, provided room forstudents to make mistakes without penalization, and fostered a collaborative community ofscholars. Furthermore, the curriculum focused on my decentering westernization, facilitatingcritical thought about engineering ethics and how race and class issues intertwine withthermodynamics, dismantling false notions of objectivity in engineering, and exploring historicaland philosophical dimensions of thermodynamics [14]. These pedagogical techniquesempowered students to develop authority in an environment that is commonly controlled by theinstructor and to critically analyze and counter dominant narratives and ways of knowing inengineering

Conference Session

Session 11 - Track 1: "Emotions can hinder Professional Experiences:" Emotional states of first-generation engineering students when introduced to hidden curriculum

Collection

2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

R. Jamaal Downey, University of Florida; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida; Victoria Beth Sellers

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

often identify their work as rational, beyond emotion, and engineering is oftencharacterized as purely scientific, involving technical solutions to real world problems” [13].Consequently, in the code of ethics for the National Society of Professional Engineers’ (NSPE)[14] or Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) [15], there is no mention ofemotions, what to do with emotions, how to take an emotional pulse of both teachers andstudents, how both positive and negative affect outcomes, nor how to engage with the emotionsof society within engineering. The lack of acknowledging emotions, much less the pervasive ways that unchecked emotionsdominate our ability to both learn and teach, is unfortunate at best because “it is hard to

Conference Session

Student Division Technical 3: Mixed - Research, Engineering Design, Design Thinking, and Curriculum Design

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gracie Judge, University of Michigan; Susan Lord, University of San Diego; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan

, and society’senergy problems [11], [12]. Polmear et al. proposed an in-class intervention they call a “micro-insertion” of ethics and societal impacts [13]. In this study, students explored a hydraulicfracturing micro-insertion in three different courses. They found that facilitating self-guidedand/or collaborative learning, exploring engineering in the societal context, and creating acomfortable environment were important to students. Polmear et al. make a strong argument thatincluding technical content in preexisting technical courses makes efficient use of availablecredit hours, while engaging students with engineering ethics [13]. Electric circuits is typically the first course electrical engineering (EE) students take intheir

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara E. Lego, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

address both the ABET Student Outcomes and the “leakypipeline” issue, Penn State’s College of Engineering 2020-2025 Strategic Plan identified theintegration of ethics, inclusivity, and sustainability into undergraduate programs throughout thecollege as one of its primary unit objectives [11]. This emphasis updates and directlyimplements Penn State’s 2016-2020 University-wide Strategic Plan, which clearly highlightsdiversity as one of its core foundations [12]. In the Aerospace Engineering Department, seniorundergraduate capstone courses offer ideal conditions for exploring, learning about, andpracticing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) skills that promote inclusive and collaborativeclimates since these classes are team-based experiential

Collection

2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Markeya S. Peteranetz; Tareq A. Daher; David Jones; Lance C. Perez; Daniel G. Linzell

ethics were positively impacted [12].The third model for developing students’ non-technical skills is requiring stand-alone courses orworkshops that are integrated into the curriculum. For example, one study [13] demonstrated theeffectiveness of integrating teamwork and soft skill-focused workshops into a manufacturingsystems course. These students showed improved team performance after going through a “softskills” workshop. Another study investigated “soft-skill” focused single class sessions withinengineering courses and found an increased ability for students to utilize soft skills [14]. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceRooted in

Collection

2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

in both written and oral forms.The development of these skills has the indirect effect of increasing student confidence, improving criticalthinking and problem-solving abilities, and enhancing both verbal and written communication skills. Inaddition to providing a meaningful research experience, the site includes a variety of enrichment andprofessional development activities that allows students to better appreciate the inherent complexities ofurban engineering and to explore the broader social and political implications of their work.Enrichment activities include an ethics workshop, a seminar series on urbanism, a reading group, andfield trips focused on urban policy and managing the urban infrastructure.REU program efficacy can be framed

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: First-Year Experiences

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Randy Hugh Brooks, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

alerting the committee to additional challenges: • Students are hindered by not having a strong knowledge of computer programming before entering their upper level courses. • Engineering Ethics is typically a senior-year course taken while students are focused on their job search and is administered via the Philosophy department. As seniors, students apply their efforts to courses in their field of study and explore employment opportunities; thus, there is concern that integration of engineering ethics into student psyches is not occurring effectively.“The committee came forward in March 2017 with recommendations, which were immediatelyfast-tracked to support a fall 2018 rollout: • The first semester

Conference Session

Professional Development for Graduate Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dennis W. Hess, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

displayspecific traits and perform a multitude of other indispensable activities including ethical andprofessional behavior, resilience, clear communication, change management, risk-taking, teambuilding, conflict management, and decision-making [7,8]. The criticality of these issues andpotential ways to expose students to such skill sets has been encouraged by the publication of aSpecial Issue on Engineering Education: Beyond Technical Skills [7]. ABET also indicates theneed for such skill development via Criterion 3 where students must display the ability tofunction on multidisciplinary teams, understand professional and ethical responsibility,communicate effectively, and understand the impact of engineering solutions in a context thatincludes global

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering and Liberal Arts

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Denise H. Bauer, Methodist University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

the discipline and get them more comfortable with asking for help earlyand often. We have done similar activities with study sessions and visiting professors that haveshown an improvement in students asking for help on technical problems. We hope this willproduce similar results with writing.In addition to the discussion, students are required to write two papers during the secondsemester. The first is an individual paper on ethics, and the second is a team technical report ontheir engineering design project. For the ethics paper, students select an event in history wherepossible unethical decisions were made. As a pair, they research the topic, being sure to answer aset of five questions, present the topic in class any way they would like

Conference Session

Preparation for Graduate Research

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Yu Xia, Pennsylvania State University; Cliff J. Lissenden, Pennsylvania State University; Francesco Costanzo, Pennsylvania State University; Bruce Gluckman, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

these goals, the new curriculum introduces students to a range of goodresearch practices in Engineering. The planned content includes: 1) conducting research, including how research groups are organized, problem identification and solution, connecting innovative ideas from disparate fields, laboratory safety and procedures, data management; 2) communicating research, including literature review, manuscript preparation, grant writing, or oral communication; 3) other critical skills or considerations in conducting research, including collaborative skills, tool use, ethical and responsible conduct of research, the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion in research. The

Collection

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas W. Smith; Natacha Souto-Melgar; Edgar C. Clausen

tank lab (demo) Fully documented, individual Preparation of pump curves lab (virtual) Fully documented, individual Ethics exercise and discussion, CATME evaluations Ethics paragraph/evaluation ABET exercise QuizLab 2 was operated as a hybrid class. All drill (lecture) sessions, including the safety training,were conducted remotely. Lab sessions (four sessions per student) were conducted in person.Students had the option to opt out of in-person classes – in this case the labs consisted ofcalculations, reports, and presentations based upon experimental data provided by the instructor.Video presentations of the labs were used as training tools for in-person students or as

Conference Session

M3B: Learning in Context 2

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Alicia Baumann, Arizona State University; Gary Lichtenstein, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

that “[i]mplementation is notan all-or-none construct but exists in degrees along a continuum, from 0% to 100%” (Durlak, p.7). Nevertheless, quantifying the quality and dosage of implementation can be difficult, andresearch literature on the subject is sparse. Barry and Ohland assessed the extent to whichcoverage of the ABET ethics student outcome criterion (3f: an understanding of professional andethical responsibility) in coursework affected students’ scores on the National Council ofExaminers for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)Examination. Determining the dosage of ethics coursework was done through faculty interviews.The researchers found a relationship between coursework and the exam outcomes, but

Conference Session

Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

courses as early as their first quarter on campus: GraphicalCommunications in the fall quarter; Computer Applications and GIS in the winter quarter; andEngineering Surveying I, Engineering Statics, and Introduction to Design in the spring quarter.Three of the four courses are oriented towards civil engineering technology. The fourth course,Introduction to Design, has been developed to provide the students with a real, open-ended, civilengineering design experience in their freshman year. Along with the design experience providedin the course, students also learn skills outside of design, including time management, reportwriting, teamwork, client relations, and ethics. This paper examines how Covey’s The SevenHabits of Highly Effective People

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Technology Program Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Evans, National University; John Bugado, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Albert Cruz, National University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

educational courses.Albert Cruz, National University Albert Cruz has had long-time careers in both income taxes and technology. He held a position as Tax Analyst Programmer at Intuit Inc for 11 years- working on the popular TurboTax and ProSeries software programs. Mr. Cruz holds a B.S.B. degree in Information Systems, and an M.B.A. in Technology Management, both from the University of Phoenix. He also holds an M.A. in Human Behavior from National University where he is now a member of the Associate Faculty at the School of Engineering and Technology. He teaches both online and onsite courses in computer ethics, information systems, and information technology

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas; Kevin Hall, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Criterion 4, producing a product for thebetterment of the community, promoting university goodwill and instilling an ethic of publicservice in the student. In practice, however, poor project selection and poor conceptualdevelopment of service learning activities will negate any of the positive attributes listed above.In fact, the difficulty in creating meaningful service learning projects for the capstone designcourses has limited their use. Fewer than 30% of the 477 campuses that responded to the CampusCompact survey on service learning have used service learning projects as culminating designexperiences in all disciplines. The statistics for engineering disciplines is even lower. In light ofthe proposed “Body of Knowledge” for civil engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Adriaens, University of Michigan; Corrie Clark, University of Michigan; Robert Sulewski, University of Michigan; John Wolfe, Limno-Tech, Inc

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Environmental Engineering Design Course ExperienceCourse Motivation and ObjectiveEvery year, the instructors of the senior design course for Civil and Environmental Engineeringdevelop course materials and projects to illustrate the various professional life aspects ofpracticing engineers, including successful project proposal writing, development of statusreports, and final project delivery, analysis of ethics issues, and economics. The students areexpected to work in multi-disciplinary teams to successfully complete a civil/environmentalproject need. Defining the technology opportunity space, a compelling practical need, and aproject that capitalizes on the backgrounds of students in structures and materials, construction