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Sustainability in AEC and AEC Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

AC 2008-572: FOUR RESEARCH PROJECTS, ONE "GREEN" THEMEEdmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State University Page 13.624.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Four Research Projects, One “Green” ThemeIntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to suggest ways that faculty can motivate students to do researchthrough the timely and important issue of sustainable or “green” materials in architecturalengineering. This paper will briefly describe four research projects undertaken by seniors in ourarchitectural engineering department. Following these descriptions will be a series of pros andcons that the author has detected while mentoring these projects

Conference Session

AEC Education: Instructional Strategies and Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Cowan, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

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Architectural

less that has been written about assessment of community engagementfrom a client’s perspective. In other words, in entering communities with classprojects, how do our clients value the experience they have had with our students?Other than the physical projects that we often leave them with (built structures,designs, models), what do these clients value the most above and beyond thearchitecture that we create? What is truly valuable to them in the student-community relationship?Answers to these questions can only come from a methodology that is centeredaround eliciting the answers. This paper therefore explores the process of creatinga survey directed at determining an answer to these questions; it looks at theprocess of development of a survey

Conference Session

AEC Education: Instructional Strategies and Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Darrell Nickolson, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

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Architectural

AC 2008-2181: MERGING ADA & LEED TO ENHANCE OLDER ADULT LIVING:A CAPSTONE PROJECTDarrell Nickolson, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis Page 13.889.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Merging ADA & LEED to Enhance Older Adult Living: A Capstone ProjectAbstractAn Interior Design Technology 400 level capstone project set out to develop homes designed toraise the quality of life for seniors. Enhancing the living environment for seniors is shortlybecoming a growing issue for the American public and political system. The US Census Bureau2000 statistics indicate that by the year 2010 the number of

Conference Session

AEC Education: Instructional Strategies and Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suining Ding, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne (Eng)

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Architectural

in Service Learning and Civic Engagement in a Studio Course with an ADA Accessible ProjectAbstractResearch findings confirm that service learning can benefit students, faculty, institutions, andcommunities by offering “real world” experience to students and quality design solutions tocommunities or organizations.2, 7 Currently, many universities have integrated service learningand civic engagement in university mission statement and curricula. However, the students’emotional and psychological pattern in the design process through service learning has not beenexplored. This paper presents the result of the assessment of a service-learning project in a studiocourse for sophomore students majoring in interior design. The project

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University; Anthony Mutai, Bowling Green State University

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Architectural

modeling from an assembly of 3Dgeometry to that of a repository of project information and introduce a fully model-centric designprocess. The concept underlying BIM is using digital technologies to integrate all project data inorder “to build a building virtually prior to building it physically, in order to work out problems,and simulate and analyze potential impacts” 2.Definitions of BIM vary, but common to most is an emphasis on the integration of project data.The American Institute of Architects (AIA) defined BIM as “a model-based technology linkedwith a database of project information” 3. More specifically, BIM has been defined as acombination of graphical project data such as 2D and 3D drawings and non-graphicalinformation including

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

AC 2008-1512: CONNECTING ARCHITECTURE WITH STRUCTURESKevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University Kevin Dong, S.E. is an Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering (ARCE) at Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo. For the past six years he has been teaching classes that emphasize structural systems and structural design to various majors (Architecture, Architectural Engineering, and Construction Management) within the College of Environmental Design and Architecture. His class work utilizes his 13 years of experience with Ove Arup & Partners (ARUP), where he worked in both the San Francisco and London offices. A trademark of all the projects was the concept of integrated design where

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Dupuis, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Benjamin Thompson, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Lawrence Bank, University of Wisconsin - Madison; John Herridge, Autodesk

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Architectural

Information Modeling in the AEC industry wasbecoming increasing clear to a number of the CEE faculty at the University of Wisconsin -Madison (UW) in the years preceding the introduction of the course. Key faculty in theStructural and Construction Engineering groups were closely following trends in the AECindustry, and through a variety of course offerings, were seeing the use of 3D CAD and 4Dsimulation tools emerging in student projects. A key course in this respect was the AEC GlobalProject Course (see http://pbl.stanford.edu/ClassWeb2008/Experiences/exp.htm) offered byStanford University in which UW students and faculty mentors have participated since spring2005. In this hands-on project course student teams consisting of architects, structural

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in AEC Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khaled Mansy, Oklahoma State University; Mohammad Bilbeisi, Oklahoma State University

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Architectural

certainly a holistic (i.e., interdisciplinary) approach that takes into account all relatedexternalities in order to solve a specific design problem. The authors were awarded $10,000 fromthe EPA, which they used to integrate the P3 competition as an educational tool in an electivecourse they co-taught on sustainable design. The design project, explained below, was therequired final assignment in the course, in which students were expected to apply the knowledgeand skills they acquired during the semester on the topic of “Sustainable Design in Architecture”.2. Design Competition EntryThe subject, chosen by the faculty, for this competition entry was “The Chameleon House, anAdaptive Sustainable Manufactured Home”. In this design challenge

Conference Session

AEC Education: Instructional Strategies and Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kun-jung Hsu, Leader University; Shu-Chen Lin, National Taiwan University; Yi-Rong Lin, National Taiwan University; Szu-Yu Yeh, National Taiwan University

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Architectural

decision. By examining the dilemma ofthese two elements in the value judging base, the paper argues that we need to re-examine theprocedure and methodology of the urbanized hill eco-path engineering design. To achieve theoptimal solution for an eco-engineering project, the concept of multi-disciplinary participatorydesign processes with a generalist base of engineering pedagogy, was finally proposed.IntroductionLandscape architectural design and site engineering construction require mutual interactionduring professional practice in order to perform the built-environment in a complex naturalsetting. Landscape architecture includes the planning, design, management, and preservation ofhuman-made constructs. The engineering design concerns the process

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in AEC Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Phillips, Oklahoma State University

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Architectural

Collaboration on Documenting Our New School of ArchitectureAbstractWhat happens when the opportunity arises to use the expansion and renovation of one’sown School of Architecture as a teaching tool? The School of Architecture was recentlyawarded a 14.8 million dollar grant for the expansion and renovation of our currentfacility. The two year schedule for construction of the building was preceded by severalyears of applying for the grant and working through conceptual and preliminary design.In using the project as an educational tool, many topics could be included such asarchitectural, structural and HVAC design; budgeting and construction issues, andmanagement of the project. Each of these topics, along with many others

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in AEC Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Cowan, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

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Architectural

required to house interior buildingsystems. This proof of concept study is set within the context of an undergraduatecourse and the limited amount of literature on this specific topic. It examines andassesses student responses to the survey and projects the results into a setting formore rigorous, future research within this topical subject area.IntroductionIt is quite common in the context of today’s architectural education to witnessstudents studying computer models of their design projects to analyze items suchas proportion, solar gain, daylighting and structural failures. The use of thesemodels and modeling tools is prevalent, as the computer performs these tasks welland accurately and does so in a rapid manner that a student laden with

Conference Session

Sustainability in AEC and AEC Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Kirby, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Hilal Ozcan, Prairie View A&M University; Fouad Fouad, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Architectural

continued and profound effect on the natural environment and society. Whileautomobiles have been traditionally blamed for energy consumption and polluting of theenvironment, buildings are the single largest contributor to the nation’s environmental andenergy-supply challenges. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that buildingsare responsible for approximately half of all greenhouse gas emissions and annually consumeover seventy percent of the domestically generated power1. Energy consumption has increased30% in the past 25 years, and current projections indicate another 35% increase over the next 25years primarily due to population growth and increased industrialization.“Sustainable development” is a direct response to these concerns

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in AEC Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammed Haque, Texas A&M University; Pallab Dasgupta, Texas A&M University

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Architectural

AC 2008-325: AN ARCHITECTURAL WALKTHROUGH USING 3D GAMEENGINEMohammed Haque, Texas A&M University Dr. Mohammed E. Haque is a professor and holder of the Cecil O. Windsor, Jr. Endowed Professorship in Construction Science at Texas A&M University at College Station, Texas. He has over twenty years of professional experience in analysis, design, and investigation of building, bridges and tunnel structural projects of various city and state governments and private sectors. Dr. Haque is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan, and members of ASEE, ASCE, and ACI. Dr. Haque received a BSCE from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, a MSCE and

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gouranga Banik, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

Frequently Comment Category Needs more hands on or practical training Same (11) (14)Q.3 Do graduates feel they were well-equipped for the workplace by their education?This final question is answered by the results from Fig. 2, which represents graduates' estimationof their achievement of essential skills and the effectiveness of university teaching to achievethose skills. These include an ability to work effectively in diverse teams and projects, an abilityto lead others effectively, creativity adaptability & flexibility and an ability to exerciseprofessional judgment.All these abilities are likely to be developed over a period of time through practical experienceand recent graduates therefore do