Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James B Guthrie P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

course, appear to demonstrate the overalleffectiveness of the five course sequence. Three years ago the college introduced a new capstoneinterdisciplinary course in the form of a project based, team oriented, studio laboratory. Thecourse requires small teams of architecture, architectural engineering, construction managementand landscape architecture students to complete the schematic level design of an actual building Page 25.1181.10for a real client.Student course evaluations have now been collected for seven quarters. Students are asked toassess their knowledge of disciplines other than their major prior to and after the

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Andrew J. Holtz P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

Class (IPD) - Architectural Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management and Landscape Architecture completed end- of-quarter surveys. C. ARCE and BRAE Department Graduates with typically one year of industry experience were surveyed as a one-time effort.A. ARCE DESIGN LAB SURVEYS - In ARCE senior level design labs; ARCE 451 Timberand Masonry Design and Constructability Laboratory and ARCE 372 Steel Design andConstructability Laboratory students, six classes of approximately 16 students each were askedthe following questions over a period of three years 6:  Do you think you are a better team member because of what you learned on the team projects? The majority of the students