Authored by: Lafayette College EGRS 451 group (Dan Wilkinson) Date: Spring 2012 Course Instructor: Professor Cohen Project Links: Memo and Report (plus Map) Abstract: What are the primary concerns regarding water quality today in the United States and how can experimental testing of water samples at Lafayette be an indicator of overall water treatment effectiveness? Tags: EGRS 451, Spring …
Authored by: Lafayette College EGRS 451 group (John Rems) Date: Spring 2012 Course Instructor: Professor Cohen Project Links: Memo and Proposal Abstract: Construction management and civil engineering education is rapidly changing due to the new and extremely useful technology that is Building Information Modeling (BIM). This proposal presents evidence as to why BIM should be implemented into Lafayette’s …
Authored by: Lafayette College EGRS 451 group (Angela Mongelluzzo) Date: Spring 2012 Course Instructor: Professor Cohen Project Links: Memo and Website: https://sites.lafayette.edu/egrs451-sp12-uav/ Abstract: Margaret Singleton had the foresight to push for engineering ethics in engineering education in the early nineties because she recognized that as the technological world we know today emerged, the engineers developing such technologies would need …
Authored by: Lafayette College EGRS 451 (Lauren Phillips and Zack Roberts) Date: Spring 2012 Course Instructor: Professor Cohen Project Links: Memo and Prezi Abstract: Since Lafayette’s founding in 1824, the curriculum and majors provided by the school have been constantly evolving to reflect the desired skill set of the students and society. In the spirit of EGRS 451, this …
Authored by: Lafayette College EGRS 451 Group (Caitlin Mitchell and Shaung Zhao) Date: Spring 2012 Course Instructor: Professor Cohen Project Links: Memo and Poster Abstract: This project posed the question, what is the most effective way to determine whether a project for the Lafayette College Farm/Garden is feasible or not feasible? We used this question …
Authored by: Lafayette College EGRS 451 Group (Ann Hollyday) Date: Spring 2012 Course Instructor: Professor Cohen Project Links: Memo and sites.lafayette.edu/egrs451-sp12-art-engineering-nature/ Abstract: This project started with the idea that nature was the first artist and the first engineer. For this reason, art and engineering are eternally connected. From here I considered the ways in which …
Authored by: Lafayette College EGRS 451 Group (Mathew Keehn and Andrew Walsh) Date: Spring 2012 Course Instructor: Professor Cohen File Links: Memo, E-waste Receptacle, and Updated Webpage Abstract: This project aimed to increase visibility on campus about the problems of and possible solutions to electronic waste. It follows from a similar project from Fall 2011 …
Authored by: Lafayette College EGRS 451 (Matthew Bernhard) Date: Spring 2012 Course Instructor: Professor Cohen Links: Memo and Picture of the Model Abstract: A common misconception is that electric vehicles and plug-‐in hybrids are environmentally friendly. These vehicles reduce emissions by using little or no gasoline, but depending on the source of their electricity, they …
Authored by: Lafayette College EGRS 451 (Max Caserta) Date: Spring 2012 Course Instructor: Professor Cohen Website Link: http://misinformationhf.wordpress.com/ Abstract: The website created for this project is intended to help identify and interpret certain forms of information produced about hydraulic fracturing. Because there are many perspectives involved in the hydraulic fracturing discussion there are many different …
Authored by: Lafayette College EGRS 451 (Michael Black and Michael Trejo) Date: Spring 2012 Course Instructor: Professor Cohen PDF Links: Memo and Report Abstract: The purpose of this project was to determine the physical, environmental, social, cultural, political, and economic differences between hydraulic fracturing practices in the Marcellus Shale formation in New York and Pennsylvania. …