Conference Session

Construction 3: Beyond the Academy: Leveraging Partnerships, Internships, and Outreach

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University ; Musibau Adeola Shofoluwe, North Carolina A&T State University; Rico Kelley Jr., North Carolina A&T State University ; Evelyn R. Sowells, North Carolina A&T State University; Robert B. Pyle, North Carolina A&T State University

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Diversity

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Construction

Paper ID #18120Assessing the Impact of an Industry-led Professional Development Workshopon the 21st Century ’Soft’ Skills of CM Students at an HBCUDr. Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Construction Management Department of Built Environment, College of Science and Technology North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State Univer- sity Address: 112-A Price Hall 1601 E. Market Street Greensboro, NC 27411 Phone: 336-285-3128 Email: andreao@ncat.edu Dr. Andrea Ofori-Boadu is an Assistant Professor of Construction Management (CM) with the

Conference Session

Construction 1: Special Topics in Construction Education: BIM, Simulation, Sustainability, and Safety

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie R. Metzinger, Purdue University; Jessica Anderson Cabral, Purdue University; Bradley Louis Benhart, Purdue University; Patti Morgan, Purdue University; Scott Douglas Santon, Purdue University

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Construction

isolated sustainable courses, has the most impact for students. Awell-developed plan accounting for faculty support, active learning, and development of “soft”skills is vital to successful implementation.Introduction Although the terms “sustainable / sustainability” and “sustainable development” are notnew concepts, their definition, applications and implementation have been highly debated andmodified over the years, especially in the construction industry. New data is constantly beinglearned about the sources and effects to the built environment and society from constructionrelated activities and the most labor, material, and cost effective manner in which to addressthem. Compounding issues related to sustainability is the fact that there

Conference Session

Construction 2: Teaching Using Projects, Case Studies, and Service Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert B. Austin, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

each includes open-ended, collaborative, PBL assignments that aremeant to mimic real-world conditions. Many of these programs have been in place and evolvedfor decades, in some cases more than 50 years (Drnevich 2001). Capstone courses are seen as ameans to address what many report are deficiencies in new graduates’ soft skills of criticalthinking, problem solving, and teamwork (Mahasneh and Thabet 2015, Barlow 2011). Whilecapstone courses offer many benefits to students, they also require a greater level of effort andcommitment from faculty than do other construction management courses (Todd 1993, Dutson etal. 1997, McKenzie 2004, Howe and Wilbarger 2006, Jonassen et al. 2006, Abdelhamid, 2003,Hanna and Sullivan 2005).BGSU’s construction