Conference Session

Construction Education Topics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ford, Western Carolina University; Aaron K. Ball, Western Carolina University; Sungho Tae, School of Architecture & Architectural Eng., Hanyang Univ., Ansan, Korea; Michael E. Smith Ph.D., Western Carolina University

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Construction

Environmental Industry Technology Institute.Michael E. Smith Ph.D., Western Carolina University Michael Smith is Department Head and Joe W. Kimmel Distinguished Professor of Construction Man- agement at Western Carolina University. Page 26.1264.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A project based capstone course in an undergraduate construction management programAbstract: The undergraduate Construction Management program in the College of Engineeringand Technology at Western Carolina University is 124 credit hours in duration and is accreditedby the

Conference Session

Construction Education Topics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Rokooei, University of Nebraska, Lincoln ; James D. Goedert, University of Nebraska

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Construction

Architectural Engineering , The PennsylvaniaState University, PARokooei, S., Goedert, J. (2015). Using Simulated Virtual Interactivity in Construction Education, 7th Conference onHigher Education Pedagogy, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.Rokooei, S., Goedert, J., & Fickle, K. (2015). Using a Simulation Model for Project Management Education, 7thConference on Higher Education Pedagogy, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.Rokooei, S., Goedert, J., Weerakoon, A. (2014). Simulation as an Effective Tool for Gender Education inConstruction, 6th Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg. VA.Szot, J. (2013). The Value and Effectiveness of Project Management Simulation as a Capstone Activity in anExecutive MBA Educational Program

Conference Session

Teaching the Business Side of Construction

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Construction

, usually go on to work for construction companies. A construction engineer isexpected to possess technical and managerial skills. Technical content is well covered inconstruction curricula and it is considered a fundamental knowledge and skill. Technicalskills play key role for graduates to step in to the industry. If the new hires nurture theirtechnical capabilities with good business skills in following years, they build successfulcareers. Construction is people oriented business and employees from field engineers toexecutives are on the front lines serving clients on a daily basis. Due to credit-hourlimitations, other than the Project Management and Construction Capstone courses at theUniversity of Texas at San Antonio, all core courses include

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Construction Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Henry Philipp, Pittsburg State University

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Diversity

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Construction

from the CMCET 691 Senior Projects course, students are required toproduce time and cost estimates then track their adherence to the proposed schedule and budget.The majority of capstone style courses in construction management programs provide thestudents with a given program, typically including a client provided design and budget. Thevariance comes when students need to mock-up prototypes of joints and assemblies in addition tothe full scale production of the project. Students working on the Transitional Disaster Sheltercompetition learned to develop a secondary budget for mock-ups that ran concurrent with themain shelter construction and schedule the mock-ups to allow time for design changes based onthe results of those mock

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Construction Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Namhun Lee, Central Connecticut State University; SEOK HEON YUN, GyeongSang National University

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Construction

participants. Therefore, it isstrongly recommended that BIM should be an integral part of the CEM curriculum. Again, themain focus of these BIM modules in junior- and senior-year courses should be on possible BIMuse cases and their results, trades/systems that frequently partake in the BIM process, roles andresponsibilities of various participants in BIM operations, and management skills to facilitate theBIM process.Finally, it is recommended for CEM programs to offer a senior level BIM capstone course forstudents who are interested in learning BIM or wish to purse BIM. Once students have beenformally exposed to all aspects of BIM covered in the curriculum, BIM could be the centralfocus of a capstone project, creating an interactive and collaborative

Conference Session

Construction Education Topics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fadi Castronovo, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; John I. Messner, Pennsylvania State University; Robert M. Leicht, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Construction

State University Robert M. Leicht is an assistant professor and graduate of the Department of Architectural Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. He is the Director of the Partnership for Achieving Construction Excellence (PACE) at Penn State. Rob is an investigator in the new delivery methods study seeking to empirically capture the impact of integration on project success. Rob leads the construction engineering course dedicated to mechanical and electrical systems construction, he is the lead faculty for the construc- tion option capstone course; he teaches graduate level courses in production management and project delivery systems