David E. Schaad

Journal Article Development Engineering · January 1, 2022 Despite decades of global development programming, poverty persists in the low-and-middle-income countries targeted by these efforts. Training approaches to global development must change and the role of engineers in these efforts must evolve to account fo ... Full text Cite

A grand challenge-based framework for contextual learning in engineering: Impact on student outcomes and motivation

Conference ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings · January 1, 2015 Exposure to meaningful, societally relevant applications can increase student motivation and improve learning outcomes. Here, we describe assessment results that evaluate a pedagogical framework based on the NAE Grand Challenges, in which specific engineer ... Cite

Evidence for the effectiveness of a grand challenge-based framework for contextual learning

Journal Article ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings · January 1, 2014 Student motivation - and associated educational outcomes - can be influenced by the degree to which course material connects to recognizable societal problems. The National Academy for Engineering has established the "Engineering Grand Challenges", a set o ... Cite

A grand challenge-based framework for contextual learning in engineering

Journal Article ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings · September 24, 2013 A key finding within the current engineering education literature is that exposure to real-world applications - especially when presented in an active, experiential learning environment - increases both student interest and pedagogical effectiveness. This ... Cite

Design and routing of storm flows in an urbanized watershed without surface streams

Journal Article Journal of Hydrology · September 15, 2009 In the karst geologic setting of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA, the drainage network in the watersheds do not support surface streams, but depend entirely on sinkholes, solution cavities, or injection wells as discharge points for accumulated storm ... Full text Cite

A perfect storm: Examining natural disasters by combining traditional teaching methods with service-learning and innovative technology

Journal Article International Journal of Engineering Education · July 28, 2008 In spring 2006, Duke University piloted a new, interdisciplinary, service-learning course, in which undergraduate, graduate, and professional students conducted a life cycle analysis of natural disasters. Invited experts discussed: the range of meteorologi ... Cite

Design and performance of multipurpose constructed wetland and flow equalization basin

Journal Article Journal of Environmental Engineering · January 23, 2008 Stormwater runoff from a portion of a 273 ha (675 acres) Midwestern rail yard contacts industrial facilities including fuel storage tanks and fueling and servicing operation areas. Stormwater draining from a smaller 64 ha (159 acres) sub-basin containing t ... Full text Cite

Protecting off-site populations and site workers from vapor discharges during shallow soil mixing at the North Carolina State University National Priorities List Site.

Journal Article Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995) · September 2007 Although vapor monitoring is generally a component of remedial action activities, most sites do not have routine gaseous releases or vapor clouds erupting from the soil during implementation of the cleanup process (or during cleanup of the site). At the No ... Full text Cite

Using UCS as a surrogate performance standard at the NCSU NPL site

Journal Article Journal of Environmental Engineering · 2006 Treated hazardous material at the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Lot 86 National Priorities List (NPL) Site was evaluated using unconfined compressive strength (UCS) as a surrogate performance standard for the toxicity characteristic leaching proce ... Full text Link to item Cite

The dipole-flow test with a tracer: A new single-borehole tracer test for aquifer characterization

Journal Article Journal of Contaminant Hydrology · January 1, 2000 We propose a new aquifer characterization test, the dipole-flow test with a tracer (DFTT), and develop its interpretation methodology. Combining the dipole-flow test (DFT) and a tracer test, the DFTT is a single-borehole, forced-gradient tracer test. The D ... Full text Cite

Visits to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from South Asia and the Middle East, 1946-1990: An indicator of changing international programs and politics

Journal Article Irrigation and Drainage Systems · February 1, 1992 International study programs have contributed to the diffusion of modern irrigation technologies, approaches, and problems. But the patterns and processes of international travel have received little attention to date. This paper examines foreign visits to ... Full text Cite