Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Charles McIntyre

such as, Rube Goldberg Contraptions,Leonardo da Vinci: The Engineer, Lego Robots, Battle Bots, etc. Specifically, within theconstruction management discipline, few examples of first-year classroom applications areprovided in the literature. These hands-on application within construction education areprimarily focused on the senior capstone experience.10,12,13The basic purpose of this project is two-fold: first, to document current first-year constructionmanagement courses, and second, to develop and deliver a hands-on first-year “constructionmanagement experience” within the framework of CM&E 111.Overall Objectives for Course RevisionThe basic objectives for the revised CM&E 111 course are presented below.  To expand the body of

Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephen A. Dyer; Frederick Burrack; Craig Weston; Kenneth Medema; Linda Head; Philip Mease

exposed to concepts fundamental toboth music and engineering, emphasizing the interconnectedness of the disciplines, with alearning goal of (re)awakening the students’ creativity. The final semester project consisted ofcreating and presenting a musical composition. Students worked in teams of two or three, underthe requirement that each team include at least one music major and one engineering major.Figure 1 presents the specific student learning outcomes for both versions of K-State’s Signals,Systems and Music course, and Fig. 2 provides a brief look at the course content. Johnston’sMeasured Tones,1 a delightful book understandable by both the STEM student and the musicmajor, provided readings from which in-class discussions and elaboration of