Compendium of Civil Engineering Education Strategies: Case Studies and Examples

245 Pages·2022·18.218 MB·English

by  Hudson Jackson, Kassim Tarhini

Compendium of Civil
Engineering Education
Strategies

Compendium of Civil
Engineering Education
Strategies
Case Studies and Examples
Hudson Jackson and Kassim Tarhini
First edition published 2022
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Contents
Preface.......................................................................................................................xi
Acknowledgments ....................................................................................................xv
Authors ...................................................................................................................xvii
Chapter 1 Global Perspectives in Civil Engineering Education ...........................1
1.1 Introduction ...............................................................................1
1.2 Developing Global Competency and Resilience .......................4
1.3 Global Perspective in the Civil Engineering
Program at USCGA ...................................................................6
1.3.1 Technical Component ...................................................7
1.3.2 Leadership Component ..............................................11
1.3.3 Ethics Component ......................................................13
1.3.4 Cultural/Diversity Component ...................................13
1.4 Closing Thoughts .....................................................................15
References ..........................................................................................16
Chapter 2 Critical and Design Thinking across the Civil
Engineering Curriculum ....................................................................19
2.1 Introduction .............................................................................19
2.2 Background on Critical Thinking Concepts ...........................20
2.3 Critical/Design Thinking and Bloom’s Taxonomy .................23
2.4 Critical Thinking within ABET Student Outcomes ................26
2.5 Case Study: Examples of Implementation at USCGA ............28
2.5.1 Case Studies ...............................................................33
2.5.2 Cross-Course-Collaboration ......................................39
2.5.3 Design-Build-Test Project...........................................40
2.5.4 Capstone Project Design ............................................41
2.6 Closing Thoughts .....................................................................42
References ..........................................................................................43
Chapter 3 Development of Leadership Skills .......................................................45
3.1 Introduction ...............................................................................45
3.2 Framework for Leadership ......................................................46
3.3 Leadership Development at USCGA .......................................48
3.3.1 Case Study: Leadership Development in the Civil
Engineering Curriculum ..............................................55
3.4 Closing Thoughts ......................................................................59
References ..........................................................................................59
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Chapter 4 Communication and Information Literacy Skills ..............................61
4.1 I ntroduction .............................................................................61
4.2 E xamples of Communication Skills Development Strategies .....62
4.3 I L Development .......................................................................67
4.4 Case Study: Communication and IL Skills Development
at USCGA .................................................................................70
4.4.1 Writing across the Civil Engineering Curriculum .....72
4.4.2 IL across the Civil Engineering Curriculum..............75
4.5 Campus Resources-Partnership with the Library ...................79
4.6 C losing Thoughts .....................................................................79
References ..........................................................................................80
Chapter 5 Professional Ethics .............................................................................83
5.1 I ntroduction .............................................................................83
5.2 Professional Societies Efforts in Ethics Education .................84
5.3 Academic Examples of Addressing Engineering Ethics .........85
5.4 Ethics across the Curriculum at USCGA ................................91
5.4.1 Ethics Luncheons and Forum .....................................94
5.4.2 E xtra Curriculum Activities .......................................96
5.5 C losing Thoughts .....................................................................97
References ..........................................................................................97
Chapter 6 Assessment of Student Learning ........................................................99
6.1 I ntroduction .............................................................................99
6.2 End of Course Review ...........................................................101
6.2.1 Holistic Assessment Data Analysis ..........................103
6.3 Critical Thinking/Design Thinking Assessment ..................104
6.4 Information Literacy and Communication
Skills Assessment ...................................................................111
6.5 Leadership Skills Assessment ...............................................112
References ........................................................................................119
Chapter 7 Engineering Outreach: Recruitment and Retention .........................121
7.1 I ntroduction ...........................................................................121
7.2 Career Imprinting ..................................................................124
7.3 I mplementation Challenges ...................................................133
7.3.1 T raditional Classroom Scheduling ...........................134
7.3.2 Resources .................................................................134
7.3.3 P rofessional Staff Development ...............................135
7.3.4 Federal Education Policies .......................................136
7.3.5 P arental Resistance ..................................................137
7.4 Example of USCGA Outreach Program (2004–2018) ..........138
7.5 C losing Thoughts ...................................................................139
References ........................................................................................140
Contents ix
Appendix 1: Code of Ethics: The American Society of Civil Engineers.........143
Appendix 2: Multistory Building Design Project .............................................147
Appendix 3: Soil Mechanics Technical Paper Guidelines................................153
Appendix 4: Design Competency Survey ...........................................................159
Appendix 5: Common Grading Rubric (Geotechnical Engineering and
Reinforced Concrete Design courses) ...........................................161
Appendix 6: End of Semester Survey (Geotechnical Engineering
Design course).................................................................................167
Appendix 7: AROW School Lesson Plan Template ..........................................169
Appendix 8: Example AROW Lesson Plan on Fundamentals of Buoyancy ....171
Appendix 9: Example AROW Lesson Plan on Fundamentals of Torque
and Gears ........................................................................................193
Index ......................................................................................................................221