Paper ID #31746Importance of Active Learning in an Undergraduate Course in ConstructionSchedulingDr. Yewande S Abraham, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET) Yewande Abraham Ph.D., LEED AP O+M, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engi- neering Technology Environmental Management and Safety at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s in Civil Engineering from Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom and completed her Ph.D. in Architectural Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park. She teaches courses in construction management at RIT
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, especially when on-campus lab resources are limited or people are sheltered at homeduring natural disasters like the COVID-19 pandemic.AcknowledgementsThe authors are grateful for the support of the ND EPSCOR (under the grant of FAR0032227).References:Akçayır, M., & Akçayır, G. (2017). Advantages and challenges associated with augmented reality for education: A systematic review of the literature. Educational Research Review, 20, 1-11.Azuma, R., Baillot, Y., Behringer, R., Feiner, S., Julier, S., & MacIntyre, B. (2001). Recent advances in augmented reality. IEEE computer graphics and applications, 21(6), 34-47.Cai, S., Wang, X., & Chiang, F.-K. (2014). A case study of Augmented Reality simulation system application in a chemistry
internships during recession isneeded.References:Adhikari, S., Mosier, R., and Yates, H. (2021). “Covid-19 effects on student internships in theconstruction industry: Experiences from Georgia and Oklahoma.” Submitted to 2021 ASEE AnnualConference & Exposition. In Review.Akala, A. (2020). “Students among workers getting stiffed as many internships canceled. Here's howthey can stay competitive.” CNBC.com. < https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/22/64percent-of-canceled-job-internships-offer-no-compensation.html>Barr, A., Turner, S.E. and Danziger, S. (2013). "Expanding Enrollments and Contracting State Budgets: TheEffect of the Great Recession on Higher Education." The ANNALS of the American Academy of Politicaland Social Science. V.650 I.1 pp. 168-93
the panelhad trouble hearing, and thus had greater difficulty paying attention to the proceedings. [Figure 10] Final review room arrangement used for the event (left), and proposed room arrangement for future events (right).References[1] Mitchell, J. (2009, June), Defining Architectural Engineering Design Paper presented at 2009ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Austin, Texas.[2] C. Rennick, C. Hulls, A. Milne, D. Wright, E. Li, S. Bedi. (2018), Engineering Design Days:Engaging Students with Authentic Problem-Solving in an Academic Hackathon Paper presentedat 2018 ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City.[3] I. Ivkovic, T. L. Willett, M. J. Borland, M. Gorbet, “Design Days Boot Camp
science and engineering (S&E).” [1] The lack of representation and diversityin the science and engineering fields may negatively impact innovation and productivity. [2] Inaddition, the demand for skilled STEM workers is projected to increase. Although many effortshave been taken to increase STEM interest and STEM career pursuit, shortages in the STEMfield continue to exist. STEM fields do not attract and retain enough workers from youngergenerations.[3],[4],[5] As a result, the current and estimated supply to the STEM workforce doesnot meet the growing demand. [6],[7] Additionally, there is a need to address the disparateimpact of race/ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status on students’ access to andengagement with STEM opportunities
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4: A screenshot of the Miro AE Design Days Team showing Group 16’s board.Following the lunch break, the students participated in various activities to gain theircomponents. Four activities were created for the event and each activity was approximatelyone hour long. The activities were run over MS Teams and each activity had a channel “A”and channel “B” to allow multiple sessions of an activity to run at the same time. Groupswere randomly pre-assigned to activities and given an activity schedule to follow. For eachsession, there were three to four groups competing. The activities that the students attendedwere Trivi-AE, Sc-AE-venger Hunt, R-AE-ce to 50, and P-AE-per Bridge Competition. Theactivities were facilitated primarily by graduate
full suite of modern design application software [31]For more than a decade now, reports from industry and government have called for engineeringstudents to be prepared for leadership roles [3]. In the late 2000’s ASCE established a vision forthe future that frames five critical learning outcomes [4,29]: (1) master builders, (2) stewards ofnatural environment, (3) innovators and integrators of ideas and technology, (4) managers of riskand uncertainty, and (5) leaders in shaping public policy. Based on this vision, there have beenrenewed studies in the last 10 years on capstones to meet current demands. Studies have included: Engineering ethics [24] Leadership skills [3] Integrating technology (for course admin
wasminimized, when possible, to keep students engaged on the discussion and not reading slides. Ifpossible images of text meanings were created, often with animations. A similar format was generatedfor the activities where students are given a scenario description and students are to complete as if theyare in a professional setting. Figure 1 shows representative slides. Listed here is the format outline fora standard module: Cover Title Slide Learning objective Graphical outline of the Module Sub Topic Group: o Basis of Topic o Code o Ideal Example(s) and /or Real Example(s) o Activity Slide Next Sub Topic Group Module Summary Table 2: Structure of a Self-Contained Module Main
seated mode to change the time of dayand thus change the shadow perceptions of the space and ultimately be able to visuallyexperience the expected full shading result (Figure 5).Figure 5: Understand fenestrations, building shading and their effect/s on energy use and comfortModule Five Procedures: 1. Students will investigate the most effective way to reduce solarradiation on building fenestrations and to intercept direct radiation from the sun. This processwill overlook both building shading and precise window shading; 2. Use a 3d software (to beselected by students) to generate preselected model by instructors. (Based on theoreticalinformation provided in class, students to design preliminary shading devices, they expect toprovide complete
significant positive impact on their professionaldevelopment. Therefore, this study validates the positive impact of the integrative learningapproach on minority student performance. Future research should collect more comprehensivedata and capture the performance of minority construction managers in the industry to quantifythe level of influence in construction learning in a versatile environment beyond the semester.References[1] Wei, M., Patadia, S., Kammen, D. M., "Putting renewables and energy efficiency to work: How many jobs can the clean energy industry generate in the US?," Energy Policy, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 919-931, 2010.[2] H. Duan, Miller, Travis R., Liu, Gang, Tam, Vivian W.Y., "Construction debris becomes growing concern of
assessed using a larger sample that is representative of the constructionstudents’ population body to establish the generalizability of the study’s findings.References[1] Schwartz, J. L. (2018). The Spanish flu, epidemics, and the turn to biomedical responses. American Journal of Public Health, 108(11), 1455-1458.[2] Hays, J. (1908). "The School and Its Part in the Prevention of Tuberculosis." The Lancet, 171(4419), 1327-330.[3] Kinney, L., Liu, M., and Thornton, M. (2012). Faculty and Student Perceptions of Online Learning in Engineering Education. Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. https://peer.asee.org/21387[4] Viswanathan, S., & Wyne, M. F. (2013
did not experience changes during their internships during the summerof 2020. Although from an economic perspective, PPE might appear to be non-consequential, forconstruction, the additional PPE is an additional cost. More importantly, the difficulty in findingwork that was identified is quite essential. This finding indicates that internships during times ofeconomic change, whether sudden or due to an ongoing recession, affect students. Additionalresearch is required to determine if all recessions affect internships, as they are often required aspart of graduation requirements.References[1] Barr, A., Turner, S.E. and Danziger, S.(2013). "Expanding Enrollments and Contracting State Budgets: The Effect of the Great Recession on Higher
tosupport improved collaborative approaches.AcknowledgementThe presented work in this paper has been supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation(NSF) under award 1504898. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressedin this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the NSF.References[1] F. Mantovani, "12 VR Learning: Potential and Challenges for the Use of 3D Environments in Education and Training." Towards cyberpsychology: mind, cognition, and society in the Internet age 207-224, P. 208, 2001.[2] S. Bryson, Steve. "Approaches to the successful design and implementation of VR applications." Virtual Reality Applications 3-15, p. 3, 1995.[3] L. Jarmon, et al. "Virtual world teaching
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for working in the construction industry.6 Theresults showed that a one-time teamwork training intervention did not impact student’s attitudesand behaviors about teamwork. However, instead of using a snapshot, one-time, method,another study added the element of time by reviewing team performances to accomplish asemester long project. The study consisted of 53, four to five-person student teams. The studyindicated that proper management of relationships and task conflicts had a positive effect onteam cohesion and that team cohesion had a positive relationship to team performance, thereby, apositive relationship existed between proper conflict management and team performance.30Therefore, in contrast to Carter et al.’s approach to employing a
Paper ID #32440Gender Differences in Construction Management Students’ Sense of Belong-ingDr. Luciana Debs, Purdue University Programs Luciana Debs, is an Assistant Professor of Construction Management in the School Construction Man- agement Technology at Purdue University. She received her PhD from Purdue University Main Campus, her MS from the Technical Research Institute of Sao Paulo (IPT-SP), and BArch from the University of S˜ao Paulo (USP), in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Prior to her current position she worked in design coordination in construction and real estate development companies in Brazil. Her research is mainly
averages. For the ID category,students in both Class Sections performed very well (minimum 81.5%) with 2.9% difference.Moreover, the Foundation Systems (FS) category assessment suffered in both sections, wheremany students did not place any foundation system for their structure. While some studentsplaced the foundation, it was incomplete, and/or the standards and codes were not adequatelyreflected. For the Floor Systems & Reflected Ceiling Plan (FSRCP), 3.3% difference in theaverage was evident. Moreover, it must be noted that many elements in this category wasmissing from both Class Sections. For the Roof/Roof Plan (RRP) category both class sectionsperformed very well (93.5%, minimum). For the Section (S) category, at least one student in Cl
, When, Why, and How” behind participants’ initial statements andask them to describe differences and similarities among their own statements.AcknowledgementsThis project has been supported by a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) individualfellowship from the European Union (Call identifier: H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, Project 747069,Project acronym: DesignEng, Project title: Designing Engineers: Harnessing the Power of DesignProjects to Spur Cognitive and Epistemological Development of STEM Students) and UCL’sCentre for Engineering Education.ReferencesÅkerlind, G. S. (2012). Variation and commonality in phenomenographic research methods. Higher Education Research & Development, 31(1), 115-127.Anthony, K. H. (1991). Design juries on trial: The
experience in engineering education, several projects in innovation of engi- neering education such as the use of 3D virtual ambiences as a way of developing competences.Prof. Israel Zamora-Hernandez, Tecnologico de Monterrey Israel Zamora-Hern´andez has a B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering from the Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico. He has a M.Sc. in Digital Systems from Tecnologico de Monterrey. He has been a lecturer in the School of Engineering for over 18 years. His work especializes in attracting new stu- dents to STEM programs at University level. He has directed several teams in the Admissions Office at Tecnologico de Monterrey.Dr. Gibr´an Sayeg-S´anchez, Tecnologico de Monterrey Dr. Gibr´an Sayeg-S´anchez is
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they actually wantedmore time. Fig. 9. Students’ opinion on the duration of the virtual visitsThese last two results show the necessity presented by the students for activities such as thevirtual construction site visits, that not only encourage them to learn and achieve their academicgoals but to be an emotional support in these difficult times.V. Discussion and conclusionsThe capability of students to attend construction sites in contingency situations, is fundamentalfor the completion of the academic goals of the Civil Engineering curricula. It´s important thatthe students recognize this and the importance of the opportunity of experiencing these activitiesin challenging times. From the previous results we can state
will be replaced by interfaces yet to be imagined, much like the mouse Environment and keyboard were being invented at Xerox Park in the 70’s. As designers of three-dimensional environments, architects will play a decisive role in defining this virtual world, contrarily to graphic designers who dominated the visual characterization of a 2-Dimensional web. VR and AR may also in the future fundamentally disrupt the way that we design and conceptualize architecture.”[8]Cornell University
time recognizing that the purpose of a universitydegree is to build a strong foundation on which employers should expect they will have to dosome work with young coop students and graduates to add task-specific training.4.0 Assessment of Teamwork and Creative Problem Solving SkillsIn the following section, an example of a first effort to qualitatively assess the impact(s) ofunique elements of the Arch E curriculum delivery is described. In order to facilitate this effort, aqualitative comparison was conducted of the Arch E student performance and the performance ofstudents in other engineering programs in completing a similar task. One of the first yearmechanics courses common to all programs was used for this comparison. The same
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-2017). She is also a judge for the Reimagine Education Awards (2016 – present). In May 2017 she won the ”Inspiring Professor Award” at Tec de Monterrey. She has organized successful Summer Programs in UK, Japan, China and Thailand. She has presented her Research and work at dif- ferent international forums: ASME, Pittsburgh, U.S. 2018 / The Festival of Teaching at Birmingham City University, 2017 / Hayashi Genjuro Art Gallery, Kurashiki, Japan 2016Dr. Gibr´an Sayeg-S´anchez, Tecnol´ogico de Monterrey American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #33318Dr