Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alec Roberto Zavala, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Peter Laursen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Cole C. McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Graham C. Archer P.Eng, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Architectural

Professor of Architectural Engineering at the California Polytech- nic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) where he teaches courses on the analysis and design of structural systems including laboratory courses.Dr. Cole C. McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Cole McDaniel, P.E., is a Professor of Architectural Engineering at the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) where he teaches courses on the analysis and design of structural systems with a focus on seismic behavior.Dr. Graham C. Archer P.Eng, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Graham Archer, P.Eng., is a Professor of Architectural Engineering at the California Polytechnic

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University

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Architectural

structural systems content thatre-considered the format of the stand-alone course model. The conventional lecture format wasreplaced with a case-study methodology that utilized existing big-box stores, all from the sameretail chain, as a “real-world” laboratory. This provided a format for students to document andanalyze an existing structural system in the context of actual gravity and environmental loadconditions. The students were then required to “reverse engineer” the structural components todetermine the actual member sizes utilized in their case study building. Reverse engineering “isthe process of duplication of an existing part, subassembly, or product without drawings,documentation, or a computer model” [4].Rationale for the StrategyThe