Introduction to Environmental Modeling: Results from a Three-Year Pilot

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Oerther is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in DC, MO, and OH. He is Board Certified in Environmental Engineering (BCEE) by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientist (AAEES), registered as a Chartered Engineer (CEng) by the U.K. Engineering Council, recognized as a Diplomate of the American Academy of Sanitarians (D.AAS), certified as an Environmental Health Specialist (CEHS) by the State of Missouri, registered as a Chartered Environmentalist (CEng) by the U.K. Society for the Environment, and recognized as a Certified Environmental Professional (CEP) by the Academy of Board Certified Environmental Professionals. Oerther's scholarship, teaching, service, and professional practice focus in the fields of environmental biotechnology and sustainable development where he specializes in promoting Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH), food and nutrition security, energy efficiency, and poverty alleviation. Oerther's awards for teaching include the best paper award from the Environmental Engineering Division of ASEE, as well as recognition for excellence in teaching from the NSPE, the AAEES, and the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP). He participated in both the 2006 and the 2015 conferences of the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI) as well as the 2011 Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium (FOEE) of the U.S. National Academies. Oerther is a four-time recipient of Fulbright, and he has been recognized with a Meritorious Honor Award by the U.S. Department of State. Due to his collaborations with nurses and healthcare professionals, Professor Oerther has been inducted as a Lifetime Honorary Member of Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society of Nursing (STTI), and he has been inducted as a Lifetime Honorary Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) and the Academy of Nursing Education Fellows (ANEF). Oerther has also been elevated as a Fellow of the Society of Environmental Engineers (FSEE), the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH), and the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (FCIEH).

Person-Centeredness Enhances Public Health Approaches to Combat COVID-19

“…Agent-based modeling approaches have been introduced as a tool to improve epidemiology, including how features of the built environment impact health (Auchincloss and Diez Roux 2008). Teachers of environmental engineering have an opportunity to educate future practitioners and to offer continuing education to current practitioners in the use of modeling techniques (Oerther 2019). The development of models to describe public health systems that incorporate the behaviors of individuals is one example of the way environmental engineers should enhance public health approaches using person-centeredness.…”

Systematic Review of How Engineering Schools around the World Are Deploying the 2030 Agenda

“…Sustainable development has made, therefore, its way into the engineering education curriculum in a variety of forms [15]. Some of the adopted methodologies are particular initiatives in project format, Project-based Learning, Challenge-based Learning, Flipped Classroom, Learning Service, or rubrics [13,[16][17][18].…”

Course Strategy: Threading Triple Bottom-Line Sustainability Across Multiple Courses

“…Student learning was assessed at the application level through detailed grading of extended homework assignments performed individually. These results have been previously discussed (i.e., [5,7]) and examples of the homework instructions and grading rubric are provided in Appendix D.…”

“…A TRU is characterized by a study body with more than one quarter of the total population studying engineering from baccalaureate through doctoral programs, an emphasis on research, and a strong liberal arts, humanities, and social sciences degree programs to complement the STEMfocus. Both courses presented in this paper are offered through the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering; specifically CArE 2601 Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering (a required course, typically enrollment primarily from sophomores studying any of the degrees offered in the Department) [4] and CArE 5605 Environmental Modeling (an optional elective of undergraduate and graduate students, with enrollment primarily from juniors or seniors as well as those studying for a Master's or a PhD in Environmental Engineering) [5].…”