Range of Practices of Sustainability Incorporation into First-Year General Engineering Design Course
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Minneapolis, MN
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August 23, 2022
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June 26, 2022
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June 29, 2022
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16
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--41245
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https://peer.asee.org/41245
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248
Paper Authors
Joan Tisdale University of Colorado Boulder
Joan Tisdale's research focus is in engineering education and specifically sustainability across engineering curricula. She has a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering rom Auburn University, a masters degree in mechanical engineering from MIT and is currently working on her PhD in civil engineering, with a certificate in global engineering, at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has also worked at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory as a process engineer.
Angela Bielefeldt University of Colorado Boulder
Angela Bielefeldt, Ph.D., P.E., is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU) in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She is also the Director for the Engineering Plus program, which is in the process of being renamed to Integrated Design Engineering. Bielefeldt also serves as the co-director for the Engineering Education and AI-Augmented Learning Integrated Research Theme (IRT) at CU. She has been a faculty member at CU since 1996, serving in various roles including Faculty Director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program (2014-2017), Director of the Environmental Engineering program (2006-2010), and ABET Assessment Coordinator for the CEAE Department (2008-2018). Bielefeldt is active in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), serving on the Civil Engineering Program Criteria Task Committee (2019-2022) and the Body of Knowledge 3 Task Committee (2016-2018). She is the Senior Editor for the International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering (IJSLE) and a Deputy Editor for the ASCE Journal of Civil Engineering Education. Her research focuses on engineering education, including ethics, social responsibility, sustainable engineering, and community engagement. Bielefeldt is also a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education.
Katherine Ramos University of Colorado Boulder
Rebecca Komarek University of Colorado Boulder
Rebecca Komarek is the Associate Director of the Idea Forge at the University of Colorado Boulder. She works in the areas of engineering leadership development and design.
Abstract
This work explored different methods of incorporating sustainability into first-year engineering design (FYED) courses. Each term at the University of xx there are 6-12 sections of FYED, each taught by different instructors from an array of departments. The general course learning objectives, calendar, and outline are provided for instructors but how they choose to implement these is uniquely their own. Even though sustainability is not explicitly included in the course requirements, several instructors choose to integrate sustainability topics into their sections of the FYED course. Each instructor does so utilizing unique methods. Faculty were interviewed about potential sustainability incorporation (or indicated a lack thereof via an email response). These descriptions of sustainability incorporation are compared with students’ self-ratings of the extent to which the course impacted their preparedness in sustainable practices, and with self-perceptions of other course outcomes. The findings provide ideas for other instructors interested in incorporating sustainability into FYED courses.
Tisdale, J., & Bielefeldt, A., & Ramos, K., & Komarek, R. (2022, August), Range of Practices of Sustainability Incorporation into First-Year General Engineering Design Course Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41245
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