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A Framework for Multidisciplinary Student Teams Participating in a Large-Scale Design-Build Competition

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2024 ASEE PSW Conference

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada

Publication Date

April 18, 2024

Start Date

April 18, 2024

End Date

April 20, 2024

Page Count

9

DOI

10.18260/1-2--46015

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https://peer.asee.org/46015

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65

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Sunai Kim California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Sunai Kim is an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering with a specialty in Structural Engineering and is a licensed structural engineer in the state of California.

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Yasser Salem

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Yasser S. Salem is Associate Chair of Civil Engineering Department at California State Polytechnic University Pomona (CPP); He is the Director of Assessment at the College of Engineering. He successfully oversaw the merge of the construction engineering p

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Tamer Omar California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Tamer Omar is an Assistant professor with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at California State Polytechnic University. Dr. Omar earned his Ph.D. from the Electrical Engineering department at Iowa State University, USA and his MBA with em

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Deify Law

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Dr. Deify Law is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering department at California State University, Fresno. Dr. Law teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the broad areas of thermo-fluids, transport phenomena, and fluid dynamics.

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Abstract

California State Polytechnic University (Cal Poly Pomona, CPP) was selected as one of the fourteen university teams to compete in a design-build of a sustainable and affordable house at the inaugural Orange County Sustainability Decathlon. This was a new state-funded international juried competition that challenged university teams to design-build net-zero homes in response to climate change and the California housing crisis. Cal Poly Pomona's Roots house was a culmination of three semesters of work by approximately one hundred students across eleven majors, competing against teams from as far away as China. In this paper, a multi-disciplinary team of faculty provide an overview of the design approach and the topics that were covered to prepare our students for the ten contests of the decathlon in architecture and interior design, sustainability, engineering and construction, communications and marketing, market potential, innovation, energy efficiency, water use and conservation, health and comfort, and lighting and appliances. In doing so, students gained hands-on experience in the emerging industries such as sustainability, technological innovation, and climate change, provided tours to educate the public, and learned to work with industry professionals and various contractors on an accelerated construction schedule. This resulted in the construction of a 1008 square feet net zero house that was built in a factory in 6 weeks and installed on site in 2 weeks. The unique learning opportunity this project brought to the students were immense, and the positive student learning outcomes are summarized.

Kim, S., & Salem, Y., & Omar, T., & Law, D. (2024, April), A Framework for Multidisciplinary Student Teams Participating in a Large-Scale Design-Build Competition Paper presented at 2024 ASEE PSW Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada. 10.18260/1-2--46015

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