Tom Bramald Senior Teaching Associate Prof Stephanie Glendinning Dr Jaime Amezaga Programmes H290 MEng Civil Engineering H200 BEng Civil Engineering H242 MEng Civil and Structural Engineering ID: 624916
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Embedding sustainability in to the Civil Engineering curriculum: a design-based approach
Tom Bramald
Senior Teaching Associate
Prof. Stephanie Glendinning
Dr. Jaime AmezagaSlide2
Programmes
H290
MEng
Civil Engineering
H200 BEng Civil EngineeringH242 MEng Civil and Structural EngineeringH210 BEng Civil and Structural EngineeringJoint Board of Moderators AccreditedCivil EngineersStructural EngineersTransport EngineersSlide3
Drivers and Process
Started in 2007
Research informed teaching
Large and diverse staff profile
Meeting (and surpassing) accreditation targetsRealise an ambitionEmbed not “tag on”Paradigm and Provision (Sterling, 2004)
Strategy Group
Professoriate-led
External Review
Academic
Industrial
Staff consultation and engagement
External FundingRoyal Academy of Engineering
Sterling, S. HE,
Sustainbility
and the role of systemic learning in Corcoran &
Wals
(ed.) (2004)
Higher Education and the Challenge of Sustainability
. KluwerSlide4
Thematic StructureSlide5
New
Programme
- Extract
DSESCreditsModelling and Information systems (PDG)CreditsInfrastructure SystemsCreditsEnvironmental SystemsCredits
Human and Management SystemsCredits
Stage 1
Design of Sustainable Engineering Systems
1
20
Engineering Mathematics 1
20 Engineering Mechanics and Materials 20Environmental Systems 10Human System Demands and Impacts 10 Geographic Information Systems
10
Fluid Mechanics
10
Geotechnical Properties of Soils and Rocks
10
Engineering Surveying 1
10
Stage 2
Design of Sustainable Engineering Systems 2
30
Engineering Informatics
10
Structural Analysis
10
Treatment of Water and Wastewater
10
Land Traffic and Highways
10
Statistics and Numerical Methods for Civil Engineers
10
Steel & Concrete Structures
10
Engineering Surveying 2
10
Geotechnics
10
Hydraulics
10 Slide6
External Review
Bill
Powrie
, Southampton
our proposal was up-to-date, exciting and novelwe had put our finger on what was needed - an excellent proposalColin Bailey, Manchesterour vision was excellent, and that it would definitely attract 18 year olds to come and study civil engineering at Newcastleit would become what defines a Newcastle graduateSlide7
Design of Sustainable Engineering Systems 1
Two projects
Semester 1
Small groups
Theory to practiceSlide8
Design of Sustainable Engineering Systems 1
Two projects
Semester 1
Semester 2
Larger groupsIndustry-led projectSustainability principlesDetail:SUDSTransportSpaceSlide9
Design of Sustainable Engineering Systems 1Slide10
Design of Sustainable Engineering Systems 3
Masterplanning
of the Science Central site
A spatial layout including the buildings and transport layout, plus:
Sustainability framework
Geotechnical Appraisal
Surface water plan
Environmental Statement
Carbon footprint appraisalSlide11
Student Quotes
……
the sustainability framework concepts were a useful approach
……
……we now have an appreciation of the very complex and conflicting issues surrounding design …………we have enjoyed the application of the sustainability issues in real case examples ………the input from industry offered a much wider insight to employment opportunities available……Slide12
Interdisciplinarity
and Sustainability
Jones
et al.
2010. More than the sum of their parts? In Jones et al. 2010. Sustainability Education Perspectives and Practice across higher education. Earthscan.
SustainabilityNormative DimensionsOntological Dimensions
Interdisciplinarity
Epistemological Dimensions
Methodological Dimensions
Sustainability Literacy
Read society, its structures and its trajectories critically
Engage, reflect and rewrite self and audiencesAct on knowledgeStibbe & Luna. 2009. Introduction. In Stribbe
(ed.)
The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy: Skills for a changing world
. Green Books.Slide13
Assessment - examples
S1 Design Groups write their own Sustainability Charter
S1 Essay – demands and impacts of a CE project –
why not how
S2 Design Using Government standard assessment toolsS3 Design Produce their own Sustainability framework + evaluateS3 Critique SD in UK, Developing, and Developed CountriesChanging scaleChanging contextThe virtue of embedding rather than “tagging on” …Slide14
Where are we now?
Glendinning
et al
.
Embedding sustainability into the Civil Engineering Curriculum – a design based approachBramald et al. Exploring first year undergraduates’ perceptions of conflicting parameters and complexity in civil engineering through three different learning experiencesPlus others including student paper competitions …A USP for us … Design-centric, sustainability approach is part of our positioning for recruitment A USP for our students … Feedback suggest that the design tasks and sustainability challenges are helping at interview Slide15
Where are we going?
Opportunities to use the campus and Science Central more?
Starting … flood risk
Ensure currency of design projects
Maintain the industry-led approachBut … balance/manage the relationship with employersDelivery mechanismsPEARL projectConstructionarium