Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Solnosky P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park; John J. Phillips, Oklahoma State University

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Architectural Engineering

professionals and leadersin the AEC industry are in high demand regionally, nationally and internationally. From a globalperspective, AE programs are unique and sparse compared to civil engineering and architectureprograms. In total there are 22 ABET accredited AE programs in the United States that offerdegrees. These programs must be adaptable to the industry to remain current with, and ahead of,leading industry practices. To remain most relevant to industry, AE programs regularly evolvetheir senior capstone project experience. Since the building industry is so diverse, and the AEprograms themselves are often diverse from one another, the composition of capstone coursesacross programs has not been heavily studied in looking for critical trends. Thus

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Hanson Mui, University of Waterloo; Soo Jung Woo, University of Waterloo; Spencer Arbuckle, University of Waterloo; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Scott Walbridge P.E., University of Waterloo

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Architectural Engineering

-based inductive learningexperience. According to Prince and Felder, Inductive learning is conclusively better thantraditional deductive pedagogy [6]. Project-based inductive learning is typical to mostengineering capstone course projects [6], where course knowledge and theories are meant to bediscovered by the students through a realistic design problem, rather than delivered to them at theonset of the assignment. In our particular case, we are attempting a self-driven inductive learningexercise before the students have received any formal post-secondary level instruction. It istherefore important that a sufficient support structure is maintained at all times.In the case of the AE design days activity, this support was given in the form of

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Negar Heidari Matin, Eastern Michigan University; Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan University

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Diversity

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Architectural Engineering

of this paper is to present a set of hands-on modules that utilizes mathematical andgeometric modeling as educational activities in a facade design course. The proposed modulescan be utilized in various courses such as facade design, capstone design/ thesis, or independentstudy in architecture and/or interior design undergraduate or graduate programs. 3The proposed design modulesThe process of pattern modeling and design of pattern-based responsive facades can beconsidered a valuable learning experience in an interdisciplinary process that includes research,design, simulation, performance evaluation, optimization, testing, and documentation.The proposed hands-on modules have been designed to