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Instructional Strategies in AE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suining Ding, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Architectural

involved in this preliminary study include freehand sketching or freehanddrawing for perspectives or floor plans or isometric drawings with line drawings. The second stepis to scan the freehand drawn line drawings and make them PDF files. The third step is usingPhotoshop to edit the scanned drawing and applying materials and gradient fillies. Finally, acomparison list of both freehand drawing and transformed digital drawing is presented in thispaper.Freehand Sketching is a means of communication for designers. Students and practitionersfrequently call upon freehand drawing skills to communicate ideas or support a point of viewwith clients, colleagues and instructors. At other time, freehand drawings will be utilized tobetter understand aspects of

Conference Session

Structure and Form in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Powell Draper, Manhattan College; Edward Segal, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger; Robert Sicurelli, Princeton University

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Architectural

were selected (K’NEX) and then a plan for model construction wasarranged. The student had to select an appropriate scale that would adequately represent the Page 15.810.2structure with the materials available. The student created an Excel spreadsheet to predict howmany K’NEX parts of each size would be necessary to correspond to a scale model of the bridge.The student then created to scale a physical model of the bridge in which loads can be appliedand reactions measured.Tasks and Learning ObjectivesFor the initial trial of the project the student was encouraged to work through a set of tasks.Table 1 lists these tasks and the core learning

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Miers, Western Carolina Univeristy; George Ford, Western Carolina University

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Architectural

years it was donatedto the village of Highlands. The structure received renovations and additions over the years whenit became the regional hospital for the area. Upon the recent completion of the new regionalhospital the Peggy Crosby Center became a not for profit establishment for the community. Itcurrently houses a computer training center, day care center, used bookstore, Red Cross offices,and a catering business, along with other use groups. During the fall of 2008, members of thePeggy Crosby Board of Directors approached the faculty of the Construction Managementprogram to assist them with needed updates and renovations for their building. The facultyprovided plans, estimates and recommendations for a various number of issues. This

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bekir Kelceoglu, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Mary Ann Frank, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; David Cowan, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; David Goodman, Indiana University Purdue Unversity Indianapolis (IUPUI); Cluny Way, College of the North Atlantic; Joseph Tabas, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; J. Craig Greene, College of the North Atlantic; Patricia Fox, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sandi Perlman, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Architectural

devotedto teasing out all of the creative ideas associated with the concept of creating dorm rooms forstudents using shipping containers. After all groups reported, a smaller, yet still diverse team, setout to synthesize and edit the design ideas. This led to several plans and concepts that werereported back to the focus group at a later time. At this second meeting, design ideas weresolidified and a direction was decided for the overall design concept that satisfied the majority ofteam members. Smaller groups then set out to tackle individual design concerns.2.2 Multi-disciplinary Undergraduate Research Teams (MURI)IUPUI has a program that is devoted to multi-disciplinary undergraduate research (MURI). TheDORMaTECHture design team applied for a

Conference Session

Structure and Form in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Dermody, Roger Williams University

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Architectural

projects by working in plan only.Students quickly learned via the graphical method whether their initial design ideas werefeasible. They could also compare their design proposals with their peers by evaluating the forcepolygons of similar systems drawn to the same scale. Another benefit of the graphical method isits usefulness in revising proposed forms for structures. The students can use the force polygonsgenerated to increase the efficiency of their designs by manipulating the form diagrams and Page 15.616.4corresponding force polygon. Arches and/or trusses that were too shallow had extremely highforces in their members as was evident in their

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jill Nelson, California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University; Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

one of the few ABET accredited engineering programs in the United States thatexists outside a college of engineering. Housed in the College of Architecture andEnvironmental Design, ARCE resides with the departments of Architecture (ARCH),Construction Management (CM), Landscape Architecture, and City and Regional Planning. Thecollege has a 60 year tradition of collaboration between the engineering, architecture andconstruction disciplines. Several decades ago, all students in the college took a common twoyear curriculum prior to separating into their respective disciplines. Although that model nolonger exists, there is a commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration at the lower division level.ARCE students take three architecture studios side

Conference Session

Instructional Strategies in AE Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Marsocci; P.K. Raju; Chetan Sankar

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Architectural

-rise hostels.The problem in the body of the case is then described more thoroughly by readdressing the landuse problem and outlining the options of action: building more older-style sprawling dormitoriesand therefore ignoring the land use problem, renovating older dormitories to add more rooms, orbuilding more high-rise hostels to meet land use restraints. This section gives information aboutthe planned enrollment expansion data, campus trends on social life and building use, as well asrenovation ideas and constraints. An overview of the high-rise hostels, similar to the onedescribing the older hostels, is given to help the student realize the differences and establish prosand cons of the two designs.The problem as it exists has now been

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammed Haque, Texas A&M University

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Architectural

for architectural/construction engineering and technology classrooms. As the modern-day student becomes morepersonified with an obsession for the interactivity of computer games, it has become vital that theclassroom offer an engaging method of teaching and learning. Although the classicalarchitectural/construction engineering classroom is highly dependent on the instructor,developing students’ critical thinking skills become a challenging task for even the most inspirededucators. Nonetheless, these skills are a continual necessity for students’ plan to venture into thearchitectural/construction engineering professions.Haque1 is of the view that traditional lecture format teaching methods sometimes fall short ofconveying the complex analysis

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charlie Setterfield, Sinclair Community College; Eric Dunn, Sinclair Community College; Russell Marcks, Sinclair Community College

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Architectural

a sole proprietor, Setterfield provided residential design services, specializing in timber framing and environmental responsibility. As a Plans Examiner, Setterfield balanced building code requirements with real-life owner and contractor concerns.Eric Dunn, Sinclair Community College Eric Dunn is an associate professor in the Civil Engineering and Architectural Technologies department at Sinclair Community College. He has a masters degree in project management from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He specializes in teaching construction management, cost estimating, means of construction and various CAD software packages. Dunn’s professional experiences include on site

Conference Session

Instructional Strategies in AE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University

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Architectural

Sorby, S. (1999). Developing 3-D Spatial Visualization Skills. Engineering Design Graphics Journal,Vol 63, No 2.5 Gobert, J. (1999). Expertise in the Comprehension of Architectural Plans (Knowledge Acquistion and Inference Making)". Visual and Spatial Reasoning in Design (JS Gero &B Tversky, Ed.)6 Arnheim, R. (1986). A plea for visual thinking. New Essays on the Psychology of Art. University of California Press, Berkeley,CA, (p. 135-152).7 Esparragoza, I.,(2004), Enhancing visualization skills in freshman engineering students. Proceedings of the 59th Annual Meeting and Conference of the ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division,21-23 November, 2004 Williamsburg, VA.8 Potter, C. and Van der

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Symans, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Mark Mistur, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Bruce Danziger, ARUP

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Architectural

ten-day travel-study program in Spain. Furthermore, a briefdiscussion on plans for formal assessment of the travel-study workshop is provided, primarily inrelation to the ability of the students to function well in multi-disciplinary teams as both leadersand contributors.Early Development of the Bedford ProgramThe Bedford Program was established as the result of a gift to Rensselaer Polytechnic Instituteby Clay Patrick Bedford, a 1924 alumnus of Rensselaer. Clay Bedford had a distinguishedcareer with Kaiser Industries where he rose to become President of Kaiser Aerospace andElectronics Corporation. At Kaiser, he played major roles in a number of large-scaleconstruction projects including the Boulder, Grand Coulee, and Bonneville Dams. He