Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Rizzo, University of Vermont

Tagged Topics

Council of Sections

,develop IT skills, and considered economics in decision making as related to the possibleintroduction of a “raingarden” near one of UVM’s parking lots.Mentoring Children using Biomimicry Projects: Teams of juniors worked with local home-schooled (K-12) children to create innovative solutions to problems of mobility, while using thefun and inspiration of biomimicry.Low Impact Design using Green Roofs and Porous Pavement: Seniors worked in teams todesign solutions to stormwater runoff for Burlington (with a combined (sanitary + stormwater)sewer system) in the senior capstone design course. They analyzed stormwater runoff in parts ofBurlington to determine impact on wastewater treatment plant capacity, performed structuralanalysis of building to