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Board 109: BYOE: Laboratory Exercise using Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality for Environmental Engineering Curriculum

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Conference

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Baltimore , Maryland

Publication Date

June 25, 2023

Start Date

June 25, 2023

End Date

June 28, 2023

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS) Poster Session

Tagged Division

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

Page Count

11

DOI

10.18260/1-2--42397

Permanent URL

https://peer.asee.org/42397

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221

Paper Authors

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Azadeh Bolhari P.E. University of Colorado Boulder Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0001-6289-7771

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Dr. Bolhari is a professor of environmental engineering in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her teaching focuses on fate and transport of contaminants, capstone design and aqueous chemistry. Dr. Bolhari is passionate about broadening participation in engineering through community-based participatory action research. Her research interests explore the boundaries of engineering and social science to understand evolution of resilience capacity at family and community level to sustainable practices utilizing quantitative and qualitative research methods.

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Abstract

This bring your own experiment (BYOE) paper details a hands-on laboratory exercise to introduce Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) to environmental engineering students. A broad goal of adopting Artificial Intelligence in engineering curriculum is realizing its full potential in infusing a mindset to shift students from formulary thinking to innovative thinking. This arming individuals with a new mindset has the capacity to be seeds of transformation towards an innovative-focused engineering curriculum and workplace which will contribute to an engineering profession that will transform the engineering design process. This BYOE paper is written with the goal of making the implementation of this activity straightforward and accessible for instructors. This BYOE paper consists of a lesson which introduces AR and VR in a hands-on setting utilizing VR headsets for the virtual reality experience and Merge Cube for the augmented reality experience.

Bolhari, A. (2023, June), Board 109: BYOE: Laboratory Exercise using Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality for Environmental Engineering Curriculum Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--42397

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