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Crossing Boundaries - Service Learning and Interdisciplinary Teams

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James G Sullivan, University of Florida

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Construction

Paper ID #6135Interdisciplinary Team Project - International Solar DecathlonDr. James G Sullivan, University of Florida James’ professional work experience includes consulting and lecturing on green construction techniques. His construction management experience includes work for Clark Construction, Bethesda, Maryland, and Hines, Inc., Atlanta , Georgia. His research focus has been on utilizing sustainable techniques in the construction industry form a contractor perspective. He was awarded his Ph.D. in 2007 from the Uni- versity of Florida. His dissertation focus was on decision models relating to building outcomes and

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Crossing Boundaries - Service Learning and Interdisciplinary Teams

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip A. Dunn Jr. P.E., University of Maine

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Construction

. Page 23.491.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Engaging Student Learning Through Public Service ProjectsAbstractAs part of the learning experience at the University of Maine, students across the university areencouraged to volunteer in the greater community. In fitting with this mission, the studentprofessional groups of the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and the AssociatedGeneral Contractors (AGC) have executed several public service projects for non-profit groupsin our greater community. This paper presents anecdotal information on several of these projectsand the benefits of working within the community. The construction management technologystudents who have been involved

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Construction Industry Issues in the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mei Liu, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; F. H. 'Bud' Griffis, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Andrew J Bates, Polytechnic Institute of New York University

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Construction

Paper ID #6695Compensation Structure and Contingency Allocation in Integrated ProjectDeliveryMs. Mei Liu, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Mei Liu received a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 2001 and a M.S. in Structural Engineering in 2006 from Shandong University, China. From 2001 to 2003, she served on the faculty at Shandong University. Since 2009, she has been a PhD candidate in Construction Management at Polytechnic Institute of NYU. Her research interests include Building Information Modeling (BIM) Implementation in construction, project delivery system and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD).Dr. F. H. ’Bud

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Novel Methods of Construction Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Don Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Shen-En Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Gary Bruce Gehrig P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Paper ID #7454A Project-Based Integrated Work/Review Cycle (PBIWR) for Design andLearning of Accelerated Construction MonitoringDr. Don Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Dr. Don Chen is Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Construction Management at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He worked as a structural engineer and a field engineer for commercial projects. His research interests include Building Information Modeling (BIM), Pavement Management System (PMS), and accelerated construction technologies.Dr. Shen-En Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Dr. Shen-En

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Construction Industry Issues in the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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Construction

Paper ID #6295Barrier to Green Building Construction on Long Island, NY – A lesson LearnFrom A senior Project AssignmentDr. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York, Farmingdale Dr Bandyopadhyay is a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of Architecture and Construc- tion Management Department at Farmingdale State College. He is also the Director of Green Building Institute at the college. He is currently (2012-13) the Chair of Engineering Technology Accreditation Commssion of ABET. Page 23.239.1

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Building a Better Program - Construction Curriculum Enhancements

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip A. Dunn Jr. P.E., University of Maine

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Construction

Page 23.390.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Developing Across the Curriculum Examples to Use in the Construction ClassroomAbstractThis paper presents an across the curriculum case study used at the University of Maine withinsome of the core courses of the Construction Management Technology program. Exercises havebeen developed using this case study as the reference project. Students are first introduced to theproject as sophomores and refer to the project in select exercises in courses through andincluding in their senior year. The consistency in using a familiar project helps students graspconstruction concepts within the context of a working project

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Building BIM into Construction Curricula

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcel Maghiar, Georgia Southern University; Sunitha Jain, Hill International ; James G Sullivan, University of Florida

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Construction

processes. His doctoral work allows the profiling of each journeyman’s affinity for productivity, quality and safety. By analyzing the behavior of framers from various industry companies, he found that safety is held at the same level of importance as productivity. He is also interested in educational contributions and opportunities towards integrating field-level construction knowledge in BIM models and exploring their benefits in classroom environment with expertise feedback from jobsite project managers.Ms. Sunitha Jain, Hill International Sunitha Jain has a diverse background in Construction Management and Architecture with over 4 years of Industry experience. She has a MS in Construction management from Arizona

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Crossing Boundaries - Service Learning and Interdisciplinary Teams

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Candace Mazze, Univeristy of North Carolina at Charlotte; Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Gary Bruce Gehrig P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Construction

presenting studies in Engineering Education on instructional and service learning components of under- graduate construction management courses. Ms. Mazze is expected to receive her doctorate Spring of 2013.Dr. Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Dr. Sandra Dika is an Assistant Professor of Research Methods in the Department of Educational Lead- ership at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research interests are focused on student engagement and success in college, particularly among underrepresented students in STEM fields. She collaborates frequently with engineering educators on research projects and evaluations of programs and curricula.Dr. Gary Bruce Gehrig P.E., University of

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Construction Industry Issues in the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi

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Construction

Paper ID #8062Application Case Study of Mobile Computing to Decrease Paperwork at ”Neigh-borhood Stabilization Program (NSP)” Construction SiteDr. Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineer from Georgia Institute of Technology with concentration in Con- struction Management with a minor in Computer Engineering and strong statistical background. He has over 8 years of work experience in the A/E/C (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industry with office and field experience in scheduling, estimating and project management in the United States and several

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Building BIM into Construction Curricula

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin R. Miller, Brigham Young University; Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University; Justin Earl Weidman, Brigham Young University

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Construction

engineering from the University of Utah. He worked as a geotechnical engineer for eight years with the Utah Department of Transportation, spent three years as an Assistant Professor of civil engineering at the University of Texas, Tyler, and has a current appointment as an Assistant Professor of construction management at Brigham Young University.Dr. Justin Earl Weidman, Brigham Young University Justin Weidman received his BS and MS degrees in Construction Management from Brigham Young Uni- versity and a PhD from Virginia Polytechnic and State University in Environmental Design and Planning Justin worked as a project engineer and project manager in the construction industry for 3 years. And has a current appointment as a

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Crossing Boundaries - Service Learning and Interdisciplinary Teams

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edwin R. Schmeckpeper, Norwich University; Michael Puddicombe, Norwich University

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Construction

University of Idaho, the Land-Grant College for the State of Idaho, and worked as an engineer in design offices and at construction sites.Dr. Michael Puddicombe, Norwich University Page 23.1175.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013The Confluence of Information:Teambuilding is not enough to produce successful interdisciplinary teamsIntroductionMulti-disciplinary collaboration is recognized as a requirement for superior performance in therealization of projects in the built environment1. However, due to their different “thoughtworlds,” collaboration between professionals from different

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Building BIM into Construction Curricula

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arundhati Ghosh, Arizona State University; Kristen Parrish PhD, Arizona State University; Allan Dee Chasey, Del E Webb School of Construction, Arizona State University

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facilitate energy-efficiency in the commercial building industry. Another research interest of Kristen’s is engineering education, where she explores how project- and experience-based learning foster better understanding of engineering and management principles. Prior to joining ASU, Kristen was at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) as a Postdoctoral Fellow (2009-11) and then a Scientific Engineering Associate (2011-2012) in the Building Technologies and Urban Systems Department. She worked in the Commercial Buildings group, developing energy effi- ciency programs and researching technical and non-technical barriers to energy efficiency in the buildings industry. She has a background in collaborative design

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Incorporating Technology into Construction Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Casey Cline, Boise State University; Kirsten A Davis, Boise State University

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Construction

manage- ment of construction projects. His over 25 years of construction industry experience includes work in commercial, industrial, petrochemical, light commercial, and residential construction.Dr. Kirsten A Davis, Boise State University Kirsten A. Davis is an Assistant Professor in the Construction Management Department within the College of Engineering at Boise State University. Dr. Davis earned a B.Arch. in Architecture and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Tennessee, an M.S. in Civil Engineering specializing in Construction Engineering and Management from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineer- ing specializing in Construction Engineering and Management from Virginia

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Building BIM into Construction Curricula

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hyunjoo Kim, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Construction

Paper ID #7196Energy modeling/Simulation Using the BIM technology in the Curriculum ofArchitectural and Construction Engineering and ManagementDr. Hyunjoo Kim, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology and Construction Management He has 10 years of work experience in the construction fields and six years in research and teaching. His research interests include the use of 3D/BIM (Building Information Modeling) technology for energy modeling and simulations, information technology support for project management, artificial intelligence, data mining, machine learning, and

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Incorporating Technology into Construction Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Antoine Jean-Pierre Tixier, University of Colorado at Boulder; Alex Albert, University of Colorado

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Construction

to provide students with field visit opportunities and use real constructionenvironments to provide context-driven education3. He further argues that such opportunitieswould provide students with better prospects to interact with professional engineers and Page 23.1139.2managers on real construction projects that are dealing with real-life challenges. Anothersolution that is suggested in literature is to establish collaborative partnerships betweeneducational institutes and local construction companies13. Although such methods are valuable,they often are not practical because (1) instructors may not gain access to construction projectson a

Conference Session

Building a Better Program - Construction Curriculum Enhancements

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert G. Batson P.E., University of Alabama

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Construction

theconcept of Prevention though Design (PtD) to be “addressing occupational safety and healthneeds in the design process to prevent or minimize the work-related hazards and risks associatedwith the construction, manufacture, use, maintenance, and disposal of facilities, materials, andequipment.” The recently-created Master of Engineering: Advanced Safety Engineering andManagement degree at the University of Alabama at Birmingham uses PtD as the unifyingconcept for its curriculum. The application of PtD to construction has come to be known asDesign for Construction Safety (DfCS), the process of addressing construction site safety andhealth during the design of the project. A synonym for DfCS one sometimes encounters is SafetyConstructability. An

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Incorporating Technology into Construction Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kirsten A Davis, Boise State University

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Construction

receive a D or F on the exam.This research project investigates the introduction of university provided mobile devices into afreshman level construction materials and methods course. Device use is incorporated into thecourse in several ways, but this paper only examines the use of electronic flashcards, allowing Page 23.1313.2students to study their vocabulary wherever they are. Specifically, this paper provides apreliminary evaluation of: (1) whether the flashcards help students to better prepare for mediumand high stakes exams; and (2) whether the flashcards increase the mean exam scores comparedto previous semesters with no flashcards.The

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Building a Better Program - Construction Curriculum Enhancements

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samaneh Zolfagharian, School of Building Construction, Georgia Institute of Technology; Masoud Gheisari, Georgia Institute of Technology; Javier Irizarry P.E., School of Building Construction, Georgia Institute of Technology; Pavan Meadati, Southern Polytechnic State University

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. He is doing research on establishing the framework for developing next generation technol- ogy enhanced solutions to Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Facility Management (AEC+FM) environment problems by incorporating the cognitive processes of the human component of operations. His Ph.D. dissertation is a multidisciplinary topic and focuses on integrating BIM and Mobile Augmented Reality (MAR) to enhance facility management data access through seamless integration of facility infor- mation with the physical environment. As a member of ASEE, he is also involved in research projects using innovative technologies such as Augmented Reality and Tangible Interaction for educational pur- poses.Dr. Javier

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Incorporating Technology into Construction Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Namhun Lee, East Carolina University

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Construction

the development of problem-solving skills.  New information is acquired through self-directed learning.Especially in CEM education, project-based learning has been considered to be interchangeablewith problem-based learning. However, there is a major difference between project-basedlearning and problem-based learning. Problem-based learning mainly focuses on the process ofproblem-solving and learning while project-based learning focuses on the outcome of a project.Teaching and Learning Theories for Problem-Based LearningBehaviorists postulate that learning can be caused by external stimuli in the environment and isindicated by an observable behavior 10. Learning outcomes as a result of behavioral responses tostimuli can be shaped by

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Novel Methods of Construction Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca N Macdonald, East Carolina University; Erich Connell, East Carolina University

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Construction

competencies. The instructors; an architectand an engineer, purposefully provided minimal direction in order to prevent the projection oftheir professional bias on the students and to gain further insight of students through a lessintimidating approach.IntroductionThe perception within the Department of Construction Management at East Carolina Universityis that students in the undergraduate degree program arrive with preconceived notions andexperiences about the construction industry. However, base competencies are quite often notproperly understood and frequently misunderstood as only labor and technical based by thestudents entering the study of Construction Management discipline.2 This can lead topredetermined notions that are difficult to identify

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Building a Better Program - Construction Curriculum Enhancements

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark O. Federle, Marquette University

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Construction

program at Iowa State University, where he taught for nine years. In 1998, Mark was recognized by the ISU engineering student council as the outstanding Construction Engineering Faculty Member. In 1999, he was honored as the Outstanding Engineering Advisor. Mark’s career began in the construction industry working as a foreman, superin- tendent, and project manager for general contractors in Indiana and Michigan. Mark earned his PhD and Masters in Construction Engineering and Management from the University of Michigan. Mark is a li- censed Professional Engineer in Iowa and Wisconsin, a Certified Professional Constructor and is a Fellow in the American Society of Civil Engineers. Mark was awarded The Career Achievement

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Novel Methods of Construction Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ifte Choudhury, Texas A&M University

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Construction

Paper ID #6068Appraisal of Learning Objectives of a Course in Construction ScienceDr. Ifte Choudhury, Texas A&M University Ifte Choudhury is an Associate Professor in the Department of Construction Science at Texas A&M University and has extensive experience as a consulting architect working on projects funded by the World Bank. His areas of emphasis include housing, alternative technology, issues related to international construction, and construction education. He is also a Fulbright scholar. Page

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Construction Industry Issues in the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa M Holliday P.E., University of Oklahoma; Matthew Reyes, University of Oklahoma; Richard Cecil Ryan, University of Oklahoma; Kenneth F. Robson, University of Oklahoma

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Construction

served as a laborer, field engineer, assistant project manager, project manager, estimator and vice president for various small to medium sized construction companies and as an owner’s representative for a national development com- pany. He has managed and estimated construction projects in Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada and Colorado. After receiving his Master’s Degree, Ken was a Visiting Assistant Pro- fessor at Arizona State University for one year before joining the faculty at The University of Oklahoma in the Fall of 1994. Professor Robson has served as the Director of the Haskell & Irene Lemon Construc- tion Science Division since 1996 and is currently the Robert E. Busch Professor

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Novel Methods of Construction Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University - San Marcos

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Construction

focus is in active learning and project based learning in engineering and technology education. Contact: kgt5@txstate.edu Page 23.1286.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Unrealized Potential: Course Outcomes and Student LearningAbstractDo you recall those course-level student learning outcomes on your syllabus? Ones that wereargued over in some curriculum planning meeting long ago when they were developed to satisfyan accreditation agency. You know, those outcomes that students rate at the end of the semesteras to how well they agree that they learned various things in

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Novel Methods of Construction Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Tingerthal, Northern Arizona University

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Construction

) movement is called Decodingthe Disciplines (Decoding)2. The Decoding process is a comprehensive form of action research3that guides the educator to uncover, or ‘decode’, expert ways of thinking that are not obvious tonovice students.The purpose of this paper is to examine a single step (the decoding interview) in the Decodingprocess that is at the heart of Decoding process to illustrate how some tacit moves in oneengineering mechanics course were uncovered. This study is part of a larger research project,based in the interpretive research paradigm that is common in education research. This projectuses case study4 methodology and autoethnographic methods. Autoethnography is a type of self-study that transcends narration and engages in cultural