Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in AEC Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khaled Mansy, Oklahoma State University; Mohammad Bilbeisi, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

possible amount of electricity. For sizing PV systems, students used the calculator available on the NREL website (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)7.4.4 Passive Heating and Cooling CalculationsIn the passive solar design (example in Figure 2), students were able to eliminate the need formechanical heating during the winter, a case that happens when heat gain in one day equates heatloss during the same day. To minimize heat loss, students added more insulation; and to increaseheat gain, students increased the size of south-facing glass. In the end, the thermal balancebetween heat gain and heat loss determined the appropriate size of south-facing glass needed forthe critical case scenario. The critical case scenario is typically

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Dupuis, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Benjamin Thompson, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Lawrence Bank, University of Wisconsin - Madison; John Herridge, Autodesk

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

planning software tool. BIM tools(primarily REVIT Building/Architecture and Bentley Architecture) started appearing in the classprojects in the spring of 2006 and took hold firmly in the spring 2007 course. Students in theAEC Global Project Class generally had minimal exposure to these software tools (with theexception of AutoCAD and one of the structural analysis tools) before beginning the class. Inaddition to class trends, two of the authors attended a Building Technologies Workshop at OakRidge National Laboratory in February 2006 and a BIM in Structural Engineering Workshoporganized ay SEI/ACEC in July 2006.By the fall of 2006, the conditions and interest level among key faculty were sufficient to offer acourse at the University and the CEE

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in AEC Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammed Haque, Texas A&M University; Pallab Dasgupta, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

Facilitate Multi- User Software Visualization [ Electronic Version]. University of Durhm, Uk, Retrieved July 15, 2005, from http://vrg.dur.ac.uk/papers/papersearch.php3?year=ALL3. Campbell, Dace A. and Wells, Maxwell (1994). "A Critique of Virtual Reality in the Architectural Design Process." Available: http://www.hitl.washington.edu/publications/r-94-3/. Human Interface Technology Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.4. Harrison, L.T., (2003). Introduction to 3D Game Engine Design Using DirectX 9 and C# Apress, Berkeley, CA, USA5. Vito Miliano, Perilith Industrielle, e-journal, Unrealty: Application of a 3D Game Engine to Enhance the Design, Visualization and Presentation of