Navickis-Brasch, A. S., & Bormann, N. E., & Niezgoda, S. L., & Zarecor, M. (2014, June), Expanding the Presence of Stormwater Management in Undergraduate Civil Engineering  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2--20458

\bibitem{asee_peer_20458}
  Navickis-Brasch, A. S., \& Bormann, N. E., \& Niezgoda, S. L., \& Zarecor, M. (2014, June), \emph{Expanding the Presence of Stormwater Management in Undergraduate Civil Engineering}
  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  10.18260/1-2--20458

Aimee S. Navickis-Brasch, Noel E. Bormann P.E., Sue L. Niezgoda P.E., and Matt Zarecor.  "Expanding the Presence of Stormwater Management in Undergraduate Civil Engineering".  2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2014.  https://peer.asee.org/20458 Internet.  23 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_20458}
  Aimee S. Navickis-Brasch, Noel E. Bormann P.E., Sue L. Niezgoda P.E., and Matt Zarecor.
  "Expanding the Presence of Stormwater Management in Undergraduate Civil Engineering".
  \emph{2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2014.
  https://peer.asee.org/20458 Internet.  23 Apr, 2024

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AB  -                 Expanding the Presence of Stormwater Management                       in Undergraduate Civil EngineeringStormwater management is a rapidly changing field becoming more complex as the NationalPollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) expands to include more stringentrequirements and smaller cities. Recently the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declaredunmanaged stormwater the most significant threat to surface water bodies and estimated anational investment of over $100 billion is necessary to manage stormwater and preservereceiving surface water quality. Considering an investment of this size could create 1.9 millionjobs, the anticipated demand for engineers with stormwater management skills is high. However,few undergraduate programs offer classes focused on stormwater management. Instead, mostundergraduate programs place the foundation and theory for stormwater managementapplications in traditional Civil Engineering courses such as water resources, hydrology, openchannel flow, and environmental engineering. To provide engineering graduates with both asolid foundation in engineering analysis as well as a practical application of that knowledge, it isdesirable to create a pathway for students to develop stormwater engineering skills byparticipating in real projects.A promising approach is to provide students a significant project experience through partnershipbetween engineering educators, students and municipalities regulated under a NPDESstormwater permit. In particular, many permittees are required to monitor the effectiveness ofstructural best management practices (BMPs) to meet water quality and quantity requirements.Because the majority of stormwater funding involves investments from municipalities, many ofwhom are already financially constrained, student monitoring could mutually benefit universitiesby providing students with an experiential learning experience as well as an incentive formunicipalities to reduce costs associated with permit compliance by participating in jointprojects. This paper describes a multi-year case study focused on expanding learningopportunities for students to develop stormwater engineering skills through a partnershipbetween a university and a municipality of 240,000 people. The project starts as a capstonedesign course with students designing a best management practice (BMP) monitoring system andpreparing technical documentation consistent with EPA requirements for stormwatermanagement projects across the country. After the design is complete, the BMP monitoringsystem will be constructed on campus and monitored by students as part of the requirements forother civil engineering courses.This project started in the fall of 2013 and the case study provides an overview of the projectorganization relative to the municipality, students, and university as well as the consensus for theobjectives which include; 1) developing a partnership with the university and municipality tosupport educational outcomes as well as meet NPDES requirements; 2) arranging the capstonedesign course objectives to fulfill ABET requirements while providing students with anincreased opportunity to gain experience in the engineering skills common to stormwaterpractitioners; 3) plans for integrating future BMP monitoring into other civil engineering courseobjectives and further expand stormwater learning opportunities for students. The effectivenessof this joint effort will be evaluated by questioning participants about how well stormwaterengineering practitioner skills can support the wider learning objectives and ABET goals- whileat the same time provide a cost effective method for the municipality to meet NPDES permitrequirements and serve as an incentive to participate in similar future projects.
AU  - Aimee S. Navickis-Brasch
AU  - Noel E. Bormann P.E.
AU  - Sue L. Niezgoda P.E.
AU  - Matt Zarecor
CY  - Indianapolis, Indiana
DA  - 2014/06/15
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Expanding the Presence of Stormwater Management in Undergraduate Civil Engineering
UR  - https://peer.asee.org/20458
DO  - 10.18260/1-2--20458
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