Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering · 2008-05-01 · Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Annual Report for the period July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007 Prepared

Department of Civil and

Environmental Engineering Annual Report

2006 – 2007

June 2007 Dear Colleagues: It is a pleasure to summarize our accomplishments and to publish this annual report for the 2006-07 academic year. WPI can be proud of the teaching and scholarship contributions we have made to the civil engineering profession this academic year. This year we developed a new strategic plan, and based on that plan will be bringing in two new tenure track faculty members (Professors Mingjiang Tao & Tiso Paolo). The geo-laboratory will be undergoing renovation this summer to support scholarship activities of Professors Ray and Mallick, to support our two new hires, and to provide a common area for large student group activities. A new MQP-Project activity room has been added to Kaven Hall second floor, fully equipped with computers, a projector system, meeting facilities and new digital cameras. CEE students and faculty members will use this facility for project activities. Enrollment numbers are also up to about the same numbers experienced last year, and expectations are that civil engineering enrollments nationally and at WPI will continue to show an upswing. The future for civil engineering and of course the CEE Department at WPI is very robust and will continue to grow. Sincerely, Frederick L. Hart, P.E., Ph.D. Professor and Head

Department of Civil and

Environmental Engineering

Annual Report

for the period

July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007

Prepared by Frederick L. Hart

June, 2007

100 Institute Road Worcester, MA 01609

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TABLE OF CONTENTS OVERVIEW 1 Accomplishments 1 Looking Ahead 1 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS 2 Resume Book Assessment Process 2 Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees 5 Graduate Program Enrollment 5 Student Awards 6 New CEE Web Site Look 7 SCHOLARSHIP 8 Grants Received 8 Publications 9 FACILITIES 12 PLANS FOR THE FUTURE 13 Present Actions 13 Future Plans 14 APPENDIX: I List of Faculty and Staff i II Grant Applications iii III Faculty Publications iv IV MQP Presentations v V CEE Advisory Committee Members xv VI Program Measured Outcomes (PMO) xvi Cover: Senior Banquet – May, 2007

WPI CEE Department Annual Report - 2006-07

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OVERVIEW Accomplishments Noted areas of accomplishments for the CEE Department during the 2006-07 academic year include:

• The department awarded 56 BS, and 24 MS degrees.

• The CEE Department Faculty presented sixteen refereed publications.

• The CEE Department Faculty received $336,349 in newly funded scholarship activities

• Two new tenure track faculty will be added to the department beginning next year

• The geo-laboratory is undergoing major renovations this summer

• A new MQP Project-Activities facility has been added to the second floor

Looking Ahead Our undergraduate program is maintaining on a steady growth in enrollment, reflecting what appears to be a national trend, and of course, is being received by enthusiasm from our faculty members. Our pavement, structures and environmental programs are making extensive use of their new laboratory facilities for both research and teaching. The high level of activity seen in the pavement laboratory is becoming more and more apparent. The newly renovated geo-laboratory will greatly expand Professor Ray’s impact-testing facility and will also establish a modern geotech laboratory for one of the department’s newly hired tenure-track faculty member. The annual resume booklet of our graduating class is now in it's fourth year and is being well received by employers and students. A number of companies, particularly smaller companies that normally will not visit our campus for interviews, have responded positively to this booklet. One of the biggest challenges for the department, and of course the department’s new Department Head – Professor Tahar El-Korchi, will be to prepare for the upcoming ABET review for 2008.


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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

This year the CEE Department in collaboration with the Career Development Center (CDC) produced and distributed a resume booklet of the CEE senior class. About 85 % of the 2007 CEE graduating class chose to submit their resumes for inclusion in the booklet. About seventy civil engineering companies received the booklet on its first mailing with additional companies receiving the booklet by request on subsequent mailings. The resume booklet can also be downloaded as a pdf file at: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/CEE/Library/resume.html The idea of printing a resume booklet for distribution to local companies was proposed by the CEE Advisory Board.

Figure 1 - Senior Resume Book This is the fourth consecutive year the department has distributed the book and it has received very positive reviews from employers and our students. Assessment Process The CEE Department completed its annual assessment of targeted outcomes vs actual measured outcomes for the entire graduating class of 2007. This assessment process is based on the principle that all faculty members, and therefore the entire civil engineering curriculum, are stakeholders to the continual process of assessment and reform. All faculty members complete a workbook for courses and an MQP form for Major Qualifying Projects that identifies measured outcomes associated with the course or project, states how these outcomes are presented and measured, presents the measurement assessment and concludes by suggesting future actions. Course and project outcomes are related to the department's Program Measured Outcomes (PMO – see Appendix VI) through these forms. Course information is delivered to appropriate faculty members who have been assigned to specific PMOs (Champions) while project information is delivered to the department's MQP Review Team. All information and summaries from champions and the project review team is delivered to the department's Curriculum Assessment Committee (CAC). Comments and suggested actions are


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presented to the faculty (entire department as well as individuals depending on the material) for appropriate actions.

CAC

Courses Projects

Outcomes

Faculty(adjust)

Champions

MQPReviewTeam

Workbooks MQP Form

PMO

Figure 2 - CEE Department Outcomes Assessment Process Because all courses have identified measured outcomes and indicate the relative impact of these measured outcomes on the department's Program Measured Outcomes, it is possible to quantify how well each student meets each outcome by monitoring his or her transcript. This is done each year for all students and is summarized for each class. A summary of outcomes for the 2007 graduating class is presented below in Figure 3.

Figure 3 - Outcome Summary for Class of 2007


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Projects Program Project Award

The CEE Department MQP Presentation Day was held on April 17, 2007. Twenty-five presentations were made during that day. They are listed in Appendix IV. The CEE project selected for the Provost MQP Award was: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Asphalt Materials". Project advisors were Professors Mallick and Bergendahl.

Figure 4 - MQP Provost Award Students l-r: Amy LeBlanc and Christine Keches MQP Assessment Study

This year an assessment study of all CEE MQP reports was made to prepare for the upcoming ABET review. CEE Students produced a total of sixty-three MQP reports during the 2004-06 academic years. Of these reports, about 67 % of the students were involved with structural analysis and/or construction management topics. The remaining percentage breakdown was 21 % environmental, 1 % transportation and 10 % pavements. A summary of outcomes assessment based on outcome report forms submitted by MQP advisors at the finish of each project is presented in the body of this report. Results of the outcomes assessment summary indicate that most student groups are meeting the department's targeted

Figure 5 – MQP Assessment Report


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outcomes. Adjustments (either to the assessment process or the advising methods) are suggested in the body of this report. The quality of all MQP reports, and therefore the projects themselves, was outstanding. This reflects the dedicated teaching philosophy of MQP advisors in the department and, of course, the high quality of project advising at WPI Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees Table 1 presents data on undergraduate and graduate student degrees awarded over the last 10 years. As can be seen, the number of undergraduate and graduate degrees granted this year has maintained the high numbers experienced last year.

Table 1. – Summary of Degrees Awarded by WPI CEE Department Degree 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07

BS 74 51 52 40 44 38 41 45 63 56 MS 16 22 17 14 14 11 11 9 20 24 Ph.D. 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 Graduate Program Enrollment Tables 2 and 3 present data on graduate student population and enrollment over the last 10 years. As can be seen from these tables, the graduate student program has been fairly consistent. With growth in all three programs, these figures are expected to increase as a result of the HIP, MBP and EIP graduate program outreach efforts and the distance-learning program. Table 4 shows our current ADLN graduate student populations. The ADLN numbers are increasing and is an indication of the strong Environmental graduate program in the CEE Department.

Table 2. – Graduate Student Populations Category 96-

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Full Time 33 28 28 27 23 19 17 17 21 19 26 Part Time 36 29 11 32 20 32 33 35 27 35 29 Total 69 57 39 59 43 51 50 52 48 54 55


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Figure 6 - Students and Parents at Awards Luncheon

Table 3. – Graduate Student Enrollments

2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring students 80 93 106 110 52 59 116 113 98 124 120 73 courses 9 9 12 11 9 10 11 10 6 9 8 10

Table 4. - Distance Learning Statistics 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring students 17 25 22 29 25 24 23 30 44 41 courses 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Student Awards

A number of CEE students were recognized for their outstanding achievements. The following awards were presented:


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• Frank D. DeFalco Award – Amanda Ruksznis: This award is given to a junior interested in going into professional practice in the Constructed Facilities area. An award check is presented to this recipient.

• Carl F. Meyer Award – Peter Bellino: Award presented to the CEE senior who

has demonstrated the most improvement in academic and professional attitude since entering the Department. Award is a check in the amount of $200.00. Along with up to $100.00 for a reference book.

• Andrew Holt Award – Ryan Lizewski: This award is presented to a CEE senior

who has consistently earned academic honors and shows excellent promise for success. A check in the amount of $100 was the award.

• Salisbury Prize Nominee – Katherine Kelly: This award is given to highly

meritorious members of the graduating class of WPI who have faithfully, industriously and with distinguished attainment completed all requirements for the B.S. Degree.

New CEE Web Site Look

Figure 7 – New Look of CEE Web Site

The CEE Web Site has undergone a face-lift. Much of the work to accomplish this was done by Frances Wychorski.


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SCHOLARSHIP The CEE Faculty has been active in a variety of scholarship areas - including sponsored and non-sponsored research, professional activities, publications and professional presentations. About $802k in newly sponsored research was received during the 2005-06 academic. The grants received this academic year are listed below. Pavement Engineering Work

The research team under direction of Professor Rajib Mallick is developing methods to recycle more asphalt pavement materials using the warm mix asphalt technology. The use of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) provides a very economic method of building asphalt (cold recycled or Hot Mix Asphalt, HMA) pavements. RAP contains both aggregates and binder, and hence its use cuts down the use of our natural resources, saves us money, and is environment friendly. There are millions of tons of RAP stockpiled in the northeast – their increased use in different courses can make a major impact on Department of Transportation (DOT) budgets – DOTs would be able to pave many

Figure 8 – Professor Mallick times the miles that they can pave now with all virgin materials. The results from this study can be used to lift the restrictions on the use of RAP, and make proper use of a precious commodity that is readily available. The net expected result is the many fold increase of the DOT budget for HMA paving. This project is being done in collaboration with Maine Department of Transportation. Grants Received For this academic year, a total of $336,349 in new grants were received as follows:

• Sept. 26, 2006 / John Bergendahl / Triton Systems, Inc. / “The Removal of Disinfection Byproducts from Water” / $73,240

• Oct. 18, 2006 / Malcolm Ray / Gill Engineering / “LS-DYNA Crash

Simulation of the Annisquam River Bridge for Report 350 Test Level Three Conditions” / $30,423

• Feb. 19, 2007 / Jeanine Plummer / Harris Acoustic Products Corporation /

“Development of Acoustic Cavitation Technology for Drinking Water Treatment in Small Rural Utilities” / $42,262


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• Mar.21, 2007 / Rajib Mallick / Maine Department of Transportation / “Analysis

of Pavement Response Data for Non-Destructive Testing to Improve Pavement Design, to Improve Future Designs and Reduce Costs” / $26,358

• Apr.3, 2007 / Malcolm Ray / National Academy of Sciences / “Development of

Verification and Validation Procedures for Computer Simulation Used in Roadside Safety Applications” / $150,000

• May 22, 2007 / Rajib Mallick / Novotech, Inc. / “Investigation of Use of Heat

Flow through Asphalt Pavements” / $14, 066 Publications The CEE Faculty produced a total of sixteen refereed publications during this academic year. This represents a significant contribution to the civil engineering profession, and of course, an increase of professional activity by the CEE Department. Refereed publications are listed below. All other non-refereed publications and presentations are listed in Appendix III. Books & Chapters

1. Bergendahl, J., Treatment System Hydraulics, to be published by the American Society of Civil Engineers, draft submitted 6/30/2006, in revision for completion in the summer of 2007.

2. Bergendahl, J., Book Chapter: “Environmental Issues of Gasoline Additives – Aqueous Solubility and Spills”, in Solubility, Thermodynamics and Environmental Issues, organized by the Physical Division (Thermodynamics Committee), the Solubility Commission and the Environmental Division of IUPAC; to be published by Elsevier, editor: Trevor Letcher, in press.

3. Pietroforte R., De Angelis E. and Polverino F. (eds), Construction in the XXI century: Local and global challenges, ESI, Naples, Italy, 2006.

Papers Published in Refereed Publications

1. Albano, L.D., “Classroom Assessment and Redesign of An Undergraduate Steel Design Course: A Case Study,” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, accepted for publication March 2006.

2. Albano, L.D., Fitzgerald, R.W., Johann, M.A., and Meacham, B.J., “Performance-

Based Structural Fire Safety,” Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities. Vol.20, no. 1, February 2006, pp. 44-53.


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3. Bergendahl, J., “Kinetic Model for Aqueous Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether Degradation by Fe0/ H2O2” Environmental Chemistry, with N. Al Ananzeh and R. Thompson, submitted 6/2/2006.

4. Bergendahl, J., “Kinetic Model for the Degradation of MTBE by Fenton’s

Oxidation”, Environmental Chemistry, with N. Al Ananzeh and R. Thompson, 3, 40-47, 2006.

5. Bergendahl, J., “Batch Leaching Tests: Colloid Release and PAH Leachability,”

Soil and Sediment Contamination: An International Journal, 14 (6), 527-543, 2005.

6. El-Korchi, T. and Mallick, R., “Accelerated Testing of Laboratory Pavement

Patches.” Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C. 2006.

7. Mallick, R.B., Bradley, J.E. and Nazarian, S., “Evaluation and Recommendation of a Fast Nondestructive Test and Analysis Method for In-Place Determination of Stiffness of Subsurface Reclaimed Layers in Thin Surface Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Pavements.” Accepted for Publication in Journal of Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. 2006.

8. Mallick, R.B. and Daniel, J., “Development and Evaluation of a Field

Permeameter as a Longitudinal Joint Quality Indicator.” International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Volume 7, Number 1, March 2006.

9. Mathisen, P., Ozdilek, H. and Pellegrino, D., “Fingerprinting Long-term Heavy

Metal Transport and Sediment Contamination using Bioassay samples surrounding a Freshwater Riverine Ecosystem: The Blackstone River, USA”, to appear in the Journal of Environmental Biology Volume 27 Nos. 3-4, March/April 2007.

10. Mathisen, P. and Ozdilek, H., “Characterizing copper and lead in catch basin

cleanings”, to be submitted to the Water Environment Research in June 2006.

11. Pietroforte, R., Tombesi P. and Liebidz D., “The use of mockups as interface between design and construction: a case study”, Building Research and Information, under review.

12. Pietroforte, R., “A systematic approach to evaluating and implementing

innovation in transportation agencies”, Building Research and Information, under review.


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13. Costantino, N. and Pietroforte, R., “The adoption rate of e-commerce in the US and Italian construction markets: some reason for its variability, Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction (forthcoming).

14. Mokbel, H., Salazar, G.F., “The role of the Building Information Model in

Change Orders”. In preparation for publication in the ASCE Journal of Construction and Engineering Management, Summer 2006.

15. Pietroforte R. and Gregori T., Does form follow share? The case of the Danish

construction industry, Construction Management and Economics, 24, (7), pp. 711-715, July 2006,

16. Costantino N. and Pietroforte R., “The adoption rate of e-commerce in the US and Italian construction markets: some reason for its variability, Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction , Vol.11, pp 103-111, April 2006.

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FACILITIES This summer the old geo-lab area will be renovated to house:

Figure 9 – Newly Renovated Geo-Tech Area

• The Geo/Water Lab – A more up-to-date geo lab to support new faculty additions plus a laboratory facility to support Professor Mathisen’s scholarship activities.

• Common Area – To be used for various large area required activities including

ASCE Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge construction projects.

• Structural Lab – To be used primarily for the impact-testing activities supervised by Professor Ray.

• Computer Lab – To support the impact laboratory activities.

Completion date for this renovation is August ’07.


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PLANS FOR THE FUTURE The future of civil engineering and the CEE Department is very robust. The strategic plan finalized this year and endorsed by the civil engineering faculty has been set in motion by the two new hires that will be added to our department beginning in August. A number of initiatives have been set in place over the last couple of years are now influencing our future plans. These initiatives and present activities are as follows: Present Actions 1. Upgrade our laboratory facilities

• The old geotechnical laboratory area will be undergoing a complete renovation this summer. (see above).

• A new MQP conference and work area has been created. This facility contains a

meeting table, computers and a projection system. Digital cameras and a professional CAD tablet have also been added to assist CEE MQP students with their projects.

2. Increase graduate student enrollments

• Faculty members with staff from the Advanced Distance Learning Network

(ADLN) have been involved with outreach initiatives at selected environmental engineering conferences. The expected outcome of these endeavors is to increase the distance learning course enrollments, and possibly to expand the department's involvement with distance learning to include other civil engineering disciplines. There has been a notable increase in student enrollments in this area.

3. Promote educational and scholarship programs • One educational program that has suffered over the last few years is geotechnical

engineering. Professor D'Andrea's retirement with no replacement has created a gap in this area. Professors Mallick and El-Korchi volunteered to help fill this gap for the undergraduate curriculum.

• Professor Mingjinag Tao has been added to our faculty. Dr. Tao’s research is focused on Geotechnical/Pavement engineering, especially on characterizing geomaterials through laboratory and field testing procedures, understanding the behavior of geomaterials from different perspectives and at multi-scales, and modeling geomaterial responses under mechanical and environmental loading via various numerical simulation techniques. Dr. Tao hopes that his research on geomaterials’ behavior, along with the consideration of environmental and


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societal impacts of Geo-engineering practices, will make some contributions to the sustainability of civil infrastructure.

• Professor Paolo Tiso has been added to our faculty. His area of scholarship is impact mechanics.

Future Plans With the addition of two new faculty members (Tao and Tiso), there will be a need to further upgrade the department's laboratory facilities. New renovations to the geotechnical engineering area are primarily bricks and mortar. Equipment needs (particularly equipment in the geotechnical laboratory) will be needed. Areas that have been suggested in the past, but have not been initiated as yet are presented below: 1. Promote department image (internally, locally, nationally, internationally)

• Students often choose a major based on their perception of job placement dependability. The visibility of large-scale job placement with big name companies for other majors (EE, CS, ME… etc) often overshadows the reliability of securing placement in CE, which tends to have a large number of relatively small employers -- each seeking a low number of new hires. The CEE Department needs to improve the image of civil engineering as a dependable profession.

• Although WPI's marketing campaign focuses at a broad level, the campaign (and

the CEE Department) may benefit from increased communications with the marketing group to describe our scholarship endeavors and highlight department educational programs. This is a continuously on-going initiative.

2. Promote educational programs

• Encourage the development of hybrid courses. Hybrid courses are courses in which a significant portion of the learning activity has been moved on-line, and time traditionally spent in the classroom is reduced but not eliminated. The goal of hybrid courses is to blend the best features of in-class teaching with the best features of on-line learning to promote active independent learning and reduce class seat time.

• Develop an MQP sponsorship program. This initiative is to be coordinated with

the department advisory board. • Implement many of the curriculum reform ideas that have been generated through

an NSF curriculum reform plan development completed this year.


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3. Upgrade the CEE Building (Kaven Hall)

• A proposal to upgrade Kaven Hall was written in 2005. The overall layout of

Kaven Hall and space allocation configurations has not changed since its construction in 1954. Civil engineering, as with all modern engineering professions, has undergone significant technological and operational changes since that early time, which leads to the need for WPI to upgrade the current Kaven Hall learning environment.

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APPENDIX TABLE OF CONTENTS I List of Faculty and Staff i II Grant Applications iii III Faculty Publications iv IV MQP Presentations v V CEE Advisory Committee Members xv VI Program Measured Outcomes (PMO) xvi

CEE Dept. ‘06-07 Annual Report: Appendix I

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FACULTY AND STAFF LISTING A full listing of these CEE faculty and staff is provided below. CEE Faculty:

• Leonard D. Albano, Associate Professor, Ph.D. MIT, 1992. Structural Area • John Bergendahl, Associate Professor, Ph.D., UCONN, 1999. Environmental • Tahar El-Korchi, Professor, Ph.D University of New Hampshire,1986, Structural

Area, Transportation • Malcolm S. FitzPatrick, Associate Professor, Ph.D Harvard,1975, Environmental,

Urban & Planning, Computers - Retired 2007 • Frederick L. Hart, Department Head and Professor of Civil & Environmental

Engineering, Ph.D University of Connecticut, 1974, Environmental Areas • P. Jayachandran, Associate Professor, Ph.D University of Wisconsin, 1975,

Structures • Paul P. Mathisen, Associate Professor, Ph.D MIT, 1993, Environmental • Rajib Mallick, Associate Professor, Ph.D. Auburn University, 1997, Asphalt

Technologies • James C. O’Shaughnessy, Professor, Ph.D Penn State, 1973, Environmental • Roberto Pietroforte, Associate Professor, Ph.D MIT, 1992, Construction Project

Management, Architecture • Jeanine D. Plummer, Assistant Professor, Ph.D UMASS, 1999, Environmental • Malcolm Ray, Ralph H. White Family Distinguished Professor and Associate

Professor, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, 1992 • Guillermo F. Salazar, Associate Professor, Ph.D MIT,1983, Construction Project

Management Emeritus Faculty:

• B. Allen Benjamin, Professor, Planning • A. Fattah Chalabi, Professor, Construction Management Areas • Richard D. Desrosiers, Associate Professor, Transportation • Carl H. Koontz, Professor, Structures • Krishnaswamiengar Keshavan, Professor, Environmental • Joseph D. Sage, Professor, Geotechnical • Malcolm S. FitzPatrick, Associate Professor, Planning • Robert Fitzgerald, Professor, Structures/Fire • Robert D’Andrea, Associate Professor, Geotechnical

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CEE Staff:

• Frances Wychorski, Administrative Assistant • Agata Lajoie, Technical Document Specialist/Administrative Secretary IV • Dean, Principal Lab Machinist • Don Pellegrino, Lab Manager

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Appendix II - Grant Applications for 2006-07 Academic Year

July 28, 2006 / Jeanine Plummer / American Water Works Assoc. / “Significance of Current Methods and Monitoring Strategies for E. coli and Total Coliform Measurements” / $298,250 / $71,515 Aug. 16, 2006 / Paul Mathisen / EPA / “Nutrient Load Reduction and Facilitation of Watershed Planning Using a Watershed Information Support System (WISS)” / $117,937 Aug. 25, 2006 / Malcolm Ray / Gill Engineering / “LS-DYNA Crash Simulation of the Annisquam River Bridge for Report 350 Test Level Three Conditions” / $30,403 Aug. 29, 2006 / Jeanine Plummer / Harris Acoustic Products Corp. / “Acoustic Cavitation for Processing Milk in Rural Dairy Farms” / $10,126 Sep. 13, 2006 / Rajib Mallick / Chase Corp. / “Determination of Moisture Susceptibility of Rosphalt Mixes” / $6,601 Oct. 1, 2006 / Rajib Mallick / NSF / “Modeling of Freeze Thaw Damage of Pavement Materials for Structural Applications with Advanced Non-destructive Testing and Environmental Conditioning System” / $350,227 Oct. 31, 2006 / Rajib Mallick / Univ. of Texas at El Paso / “Mix Design Practices for Warm Mix Asphalt” / $80,095 Oct. 31, 2006 / Rajib Mallick / Novotech, Inc. / “Investigation of Use of Heat Flow Through Asphalt Pavements” / $9,235 Nov. 16, 2006 / Malcolm Ray / National Academy of Sciences / “Development of Verification and Validation Procedures for Computer Simulation Used in Roadside Safety Applications” / $300,000 Dec. 4, 2006 / Tahar El-Korchi / National Cooperative Highway Research Program / “NCHRP20-71: Effective Experimental Design and Data Analysis in Transportation Research” / $249,925 Dec. 20, 2006 / Rajib Mallick / Burns, Cooley and Dennis, Inc. / “Test Methods and Specification Criteria for Mineral Filler Used in HMA” / $53,723 Feb. 1, 2007 / Rajib Mallick / Maine Dept. of Transportation / “Analysis of Pavement Response Data for Non-destructive Testing to Improve Pavement Design, to Improve Future Designs and Reduce Costs” / $26,358 Feb. 28, 2007 / Jeanine Plummer / Univ. of Wisconsin – Madison / “Reassessment of Coliform Enumeration Methods for Drinking Water” / $139,057 Mar. 1, 2007 / Rajib Mallick / Novotech, Inc. / “Investigation of Use of Heat Flow through Asphalt Pavements” / $14,066 _____________________________________________________________________ Total: 14 proposals $1,686,003.00

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NON-REFERRED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS (Refereed Publications presented in body of report)

1. Plummer, J. D., Long, S. C., Elbag, M. A., and Tache, M. N. 2006. Assessing Surface Water Pollution via Indicator Organisms, Traditional Parameters and Microbial Source Tracking Tools. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Denver, CO, November 5 – 9, 2006.

2. Plummer, J. D.; Long, S. C.; Elbag, M. A.; and Tache, M. N. 2007. Identifying non-point source

pollution: implications for surface water quality monitoring. AWWA Source Water Protection Symposium, Savannah, GA, January 28 – 30, 2007.

3. Bergendahl, J., Development and Implementation of an Internet-Enabled Environmental

Engineering Experiment, 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Chicago, IL, June 20, 2006.

4. Prithvi Kandhal and Rajib Mallick. Evaluation of Various Longitudinal Joint Construction

Techniques for Asphalt Airfield Presented at the 2007 FAA Worldwide Airport Technology Transfer Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, April, 2007.

5. Lauren Swett, Rajib B. Mallick and Dana Humphrey. Experience and Results from the First

Fully Instrumented Flexible Pavement Test Section in Maine. Presented and published in the proceedings of the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.

6. Tahar El-Korchi and Rajib B. Mallick. Accelerated Testing Methodology for Evaluating

Pavement Patching Materials. Presented and published in the proceedings of the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.

7. Kenneth Maser, Rajib B. Mallick and Soheil Nazarian. Detection of Stripping in Asphalt

Pavement by Combining GPR and Seismic Methods. Presented and published in the proceedings, NDE Conference on Civil Engineering The American Society for Nondestructive Testing , St. Louis MO, August, 2006.

8. Albano, L., “Design Fire Scenarios for Simulating Fire Resistance of Structures,” National

Workshop on Structures and Fire: Research Needs, Michigan State University, June 2007. Workshop sponsored by NSF and co-sponsored by NIST and Michigan State University.

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2006-'07 MQP LISTING

Upperclassmen Dormitory Design Michael Hansen, James Scully, Chase Terrio Advisor: Leonard Albano

Gateway Project Kaitlin McGillvray, Caitlyn Ramig, Kathryn Strumolo, Kelly Thompson Advisor: Leonard Albano

Structural Analysis and Restoration of the Worcester State Hospital Elizabeth Marcks, Pamela Springer Advisor: Leonard Albano


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Renovating Alumni Gymnasium 2006 David Laramee, Ben Mies Advisor: Leonard Albano

Design of Wind Energy Farm in Florida MA Joel Rousseau, Matthew Burger, Sean Colella, Sean Quinlivan Advisor: Tahar El-Korchi


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Quick Concrete Dwelling Matthew Bradley, Ryan Cain, Kristina Nigro Advisor: Tahar El-Korchi

Construction Management Analysis Muneeruddin Ahmed, Abdullah Azhari, Mustansir Jivanjee Advisor: Guillermo Salazar Co-Advisor: Tahar El-Korchi Sponsor: Gilbane Construction


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Design of an HDPE Guardrail Joanna Bridge, Rodrigo Fragachan, Katherine Kelly, Beau Archambault Advisor: Malcolm Ray

Design of an HDPE Crash Cushion Ross Tsantoulis, Amanda Gagne, Ethan Ray, David Gagnon Advisor: Malcolm Ray

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emission from Asphalt Materials Christine Keches, Amy LeBlanc Advisor: Rajib Mallick Co-advisor: John Bergendahl


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Restoration of Fish Passage for the Manhan River Octavio Casavantes, Justin DiNino, Jessica Rosewitz Advisor: Paul Mathisen Co-Advisor: Frank DeFalco Sponsor/Collaborator: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Water Supply Yield for the Wachusett Reservoir Michael Bellack, Ryan Lizewski Advisor: Paul Mathisen Sponsor/Collaborator: MA Department of Conservation and Recreation

Upgrades at Heifer International Andrew Bisol, John Remby (MGE), Maureen Toohey, Timothy Dunn Advisor: Guillermo Salazar Co-Advisor: Paul Mathisen Co-Advisor: Michael Elmes


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Blackstone Canal Redevelopment Todd Prokop, Lindsey Roberts, Katherine Kolosowski-Gager Advisor: Jeanine Plummer Co-Advisor: Robert Krueger Sponsor: National Parks Service

Water Quality in Elm Park Pond Ashley Poglese Advisor: Jeanine Plummer Sponsor: Worcester Parks Department


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Phosphorous in Quaboag Pond Christopher Dobens, Denise Marsh, Kevin Waugh Advisor: Jeanine Plummer Sponsor: Dept. of Environmental Protection

WPI Life Science & Bioengineering Research Center Gateway Park I Daniel Mahoney, Sean O’Keefe, Travis Smith Advisor: Guillermo Salazar Co-advisor: Leonard Albano

Gateway Park II Karissa Barnes, Suzanne Peyser, Geoffrey Batstone Advisor: Guillermo Salazar Co-Advisor: Leonard Albano


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WPI Gateway Park III Mehmet Hergunsel, Peter Bellino Advisor: Guillermo Salazar Co-Advisor: Leonard Albano

WPI Residence Hall Jennifer Arellano, TaKarra Greene, Joshua Gardner, Ryan Young Advisor: Guillermo Salazar


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Optimization Methods in Project Integration Heather LaHart Advisor: Guillermo Salazar

Residential Development Under Mass 40B Cassandra Asvestas Advisor: Guillermo Salazar Co-Advisor: Christopher Ryan


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Industrial Building Design Andrew Mills, Michael Pierce, Brent Shannon Advisor: P Jayachandran

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CEE Advisory Committee Membership

• Bruce Beverly, Haley & Aldrich, Geotechnical Engrs., MA • Ned Dawes, Edwards and Kelcey, Boston, MA • Domenico Grasso, Ph.D., P.E., Smith College, Northampton, MA • Steven T. Johnson, VP, Metcalf & Eddy, Wakefield, MA • Terese M. Kwiatkowski, P.E.v Associate Principal, GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.,

Newton Upper Falls, MA • Stanley Lucks, Exec. VP, Business Unit, Stone & Webster Engr. Corp. • Francis W. Madigan III, President, F.W. Madigan Company, Inc., Worcester, MA • Tarek M.A. Shawaf, President Saudi Consulting Services, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia • Lisa T. Sorgini, Siemens Inc. • Peter W. Tunnicliffe, (Chairperson)President, CDM Engineers & Constructors,

Inc., Cambridge, MA • Philip A. Wild (Consultant) former chairman of CEE Advisory Committee

(Emeritus Members)

• Francis S. Harvey, President & Treasurer, Harvey & Tracy Associates, Inc.Worcester, MA

• Maureen A. McDonough, Massport, Boston, MA • William F. Callahan , Senior VP, Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc.,Cambridge, MA • Frederic H. Mulligan, President, Cutler Associates, Inc., Worcester, MA

(Ex. Officio Members:)

• Frederick L. Hart, Department Head, CEE Dept., WPI

CEE Dept. ‘06-07 Annual Report: Appendix VI

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CEE Department Program Measured Outcomes 1 Preparation for engineering practice, including the technical, professional,

and ethical components. 2 Preparation for the future changes in civil engineering. 3 A solid understanding of the basic principles of civil engineering. 4 An understanding of appropriate scientific concepts, and an ability to apply

them to civil engineering. 5 An understanding of the engineering design process and an ability to perform

engineering design, which includes the multidisciplinary aspects of the engineering design process, the need for collaboration and communications skills, plus the importance of cost and time management.

6 Demonstration of an ability to setup experiments, gather and analyze data, and apply the data to practical engineering problems.

7 Demonstration of in-depth understanding of at least one specialty within civil engineering.

8 Understanding of options for careers and further education, and the educational preparation necessary to pursue those options.

9 An ability to learn independently. 10 The broad education envisioned by the WPI Plan, and described by the Goal

and Mission of WPI. 11 An understanding of civil engineering profession in a societal and global

context.

Documents

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering · 2008-05-01 · Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Annual Report for the period July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007 Prepared