Civil Engineering; New Findings Reported from

Department of Civil &Environmental Engineering

Describe Advances in Civil Engineering
(Incorporating Sustainability and Green
Engineering into a Constrained Civil Engineering
Curriculum)
Publication info: Ecology, Environment & Conservation ; Atlanta [Atlanta]24 Apr 2015: 130.

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According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Student feedback coupled with learning assessments
suggest this framework may provide a more generally applicable model for incorporating sustainability concepts
within engineering curricula, with particular focus on the civil and environmental engineering disciplines."

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2015 APR 24 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Ecology, Environment &Conservation --
New research on Civil Engineering is the subject of a report. According to news reporting from Colorado Springs,
Colorado, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, "Revised Bodies of Knowledge, constituent input, and
student demand are motivating the incorporation of sustainability concepts in traditional engineering curricula.
While a variety of methods are in development, ranging from introductory engineering courses to capstone
experiences to graduate-level treatment, the addition of new topics in an already constrained curriculum is creating
a dilemma for many engineering programs."
The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the Department of Civil &Environmental
Engineering, "This work presents an example of how sustainability concepts were incorporated in a traditional civil
engineering program administered within a constrained four-year curriculum. Using a variety of the treatments
recommended in the literature, United States Air Force Academy civil and environmental engineering students
learn and apply sustainability concepts at multiple points and in various frameworks during their four-year
programs."
According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Student feedback coupled with learning assessments
suggest this framework may provide a more generally applicable model for incorporating sustainability concepts
within engineering curricula, with particular focus on the civil and environmental engineering disciplines."
For more information on this research see: Incorporating Sustainability and Green Engineering into a Constrained
Civil Engineering Curriculum. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice,
2015;141(2):74-81. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice can be contacted at:
Asce-Amer Soc Civil Engineers, 1801 Alexander Bell Dr, Reston, VA 20191-4400, USA. (American Society of Civil
Engineers - www.asce.org; Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice -
ascelibrary.org/epo)
Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting J.A. Christ, USAF Academy,

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Dept. of Civil &Environm Engn, Colorado Springs, CO 80840, United States. Additional authors for this research
include J.L. Heiderscheidt, M.Y. Pickenpaugh, T.J. Phelan, J.B. Pocock, M.S. Stanford, G.E. Seely, P.C. Suermann
and T.M. Twesme.
Keywords for this news article include: Education, Curriculum, United States, Colorado Springs, Civil Engineering,
North and Central America, Environmental Engineering
Our reports deliver fact-based news of research and discoveries from around the world. Copyright 2015, NewsRx
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Subject: Core curriculum; Civil engineering; Environmental engineering; Sustainability

Company / organization: Name: Civil Engineering; NAICS: 541310, 541320, 541330

Publication title: Ecology, Environment &Conservation; Atlanta

First page: 130

Publication year: 2015

Publication date: Apr 24, 2015

Publisher: NewsRx

Place of publication: Atlanta

Country of publication: United States, Atlanta

Publication subject: Environmental Studies

ISSN: 1945-6492

e-ISSN: 1945-6506

Source type: Wire Feeds

Language of publication: English

Document type: Expanded Reporting

ProQuest document ID: 1673199193

Document URL: https://www.proquest.com/wire-feeds/civil-engineering-new-findings-

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