Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Rizzo, University of Vermont

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Presentations: First-year students conducted research, designed and built exhibit prototypes and presented their projects in a public forum for ECHO (Lake Champlain Science Museum) that focused on engineering and sustainability issues related to the Lake. Page 22.853.3Stormwater Bioretention Facility: Sophomore students learned about low impact design

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Council of Sections

Page 22.340.3of teaching the basic analytical, programming design as well as graphical, problem-solving,teamwork, and communication skills. ENGR0012 is a second-semester core course thatcompletes the computer programming portion of the integrated curriculum package. Thiscourse focuses on the following curricular goals: teach students a general-purposeprogramming language, promote and encourage good programming practices, and illustratethe role computers play in solving real-world engineering problems. While both coursesoriginally covered many basic programming and problem-solving skills, they did not provideenough opportunities for written and oral presentation assignments or for effective advising.Advising ConcernsThe first-year student