in career planning activities, with a focus onacademic pathways to prepare for STEM-oriented careers, implemented by the school counselingdepartment. We hypothesize that this intervention will help support students’ abilities to seethemselves as STEM people (i.e., identity) and support students’ future goals in STEM.The student cohort will be drawn from enrollees in a federally funded program called TalentSearch. Talent search programs have a primary goal of increasing post-secondary schoolattendance among economically disadvantaged students. Our plan is to provide a model forconnecting middle school STEM education and Talent Search program activities to raiseawareness, interest, and the pursuit of STEM Careers. It is expected that this
the Spring" was aimed at sharing stories of success andchallenge from the recently concluded semester. The second session titled "COVID in the Fall" askedparticipants to share plans and concerns about the fall 2020 semester. Other sessions at the 2020Annual Conference which were focused on the pandemic included : • “After COVID-19: The role of Engineering Schools in the Post Pandemic Era” • “Challenges and Potential Solutions for Engineering Education posed by the COVID-19 Pandemic” • “Diversity Roundtable: The Impact of COVID-19 on Underrepresented Engineering Students” • “Diversity Roundtable: COVID-19 Impact on Faculty and Academic Careers”This paper documents the themes that emerged from the two round-table
materials for the capstone class included an AmericanInstitute of Architects consulting agreement with attached exhibits (prime agreement,architectural program, and the architectural solution) and a sample solution for a comparablebuilding. The course materials were shared through the Moodle LMS. At the end of the courses,the student received a final comprehensive PDF coursepack of the materials.The introductory lecture courses were commonly taught in a classroom and the capstone coursewas taught in a design studio. The classroom capacity was about 45 students with the typicalclass size either 18 or 36 depending on the number of sections. The floor plan proportion wasapproximately 1½:1 (width:depth). The room had one whiteboard of about twenty-feet
Procedure (ELFP)The class stopped short of seismic analysis beyond the ELFP, as the topics were deemed tooadvanced for this student level.Class exercisesAs mentioned, an incorporation of active learning exercises was a major pedagogical strategy inthe development of the course. This paired with force diagrams and images of real-lifestructural scenarios helped make the connections between loading principles and theirapplications. These exercises are described in Table V. Table IV: Class Exercises“Smarties” ExerciseThe goal of this exercise was to demonstrate the concept of load transfer and teach tributarywidth. Students are given a floor plan printed on a piece of paper with a grid imposed on topat scaled 1’x1
Architectural Accreditation Boardstandards does not reference collaboration specifically, it states that “a professional degree program at thebachelor’s level shall provide an educational context enriched by other disciplines, including but not limitedto liberal and fine arts, natural sciences, and social sciences, as well as opportunities for students to developother areas of interest” (LAAB 2021). For engineering, ABET (2019), requires all programs to have someexperience that has students “function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership,create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives”. Attempts at studio collaboration between departments of architecture, landscape
the incoming students [1]. Following the success of the first AEDesign Days event, the same project model was implemented in 2019, with minormodifications to improve the event logistics and student experience. This paper discussesthe planning and implementation of the most recent edition of the event held in 2020 and thedramatic overhaul required as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the transition toonline/remote learning. With new constraints and potential opportunities associated with theonline learning platform, the event saw its overall intent and structure shift to prime thestudents for working online in an AE context, and to provide a vessel to introduce students tothe program and build new relationships, since these efforts are
struc- tural engineering and project management. Dr. Mosier has received regional and international teaching awards through the Associated Schools of Construction. Research interests include the cost of sustainable construction to owners and engineering education.Dr. Sandeep Langar, The University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Sandeep Langar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Science in College of Architecture, Construction, and Planning at The University of Texas at San Antonio. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Design and Planning from the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech. He is also a licensed architect in India. Dr. Langar has authored multiple publications
Information Modeling (BIM). The following isthe catalog description of the Introduction to Graphics course: Introduction to architectural and construction graphics using hand drawing/drafting and Computer Aided Drafting (CAD). Hand drawing/drafting topics include: lettering, technical sketching, use of drafting instruments, the fundamentals of orthographic projection, plan, section, elevation development and pictorial drawings to develop the student’s abilities to visualize and describe objects graphically. CAD topics include software commands and drawing strategies for 2-D and 3-D CAD work, plans, sections, elevations, and details, information management, assembly of drawings and scales. Note: This
. The GPSS aims to supportgovernment decision-makers in boosting efficient large-scale intervention strategies andinvestment plans to reduce disaster risks in schools and improve learning environments forchildren.ContextIn the learning experience examined in this paper, two student teams were formed during theWinter 2020 term to collaborate with a professional team from the GPSS of the World Bank todesign a solution aimed at improving baseline data to assess the vulnerability of schoolinfrastructure. Students from an upper-division undergraduate level Human-ComputerInteraction (HCI) course and a graduate-level Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)course participated. The AI/ML team developed a back-end automatic structural
design stage to completion. Throughout my profession, I have become increasingly involved in project management roles. In addition to my hands-on experience, other areas that interest me in my future research are improved techniques and sustainable construction methods. These are a couple of projects I plan to continue and grow with the Kennesaw State University’s support. One of the studies that I have started is the development of performance certification techniques for sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy & atmosphere, materials & resources, indoor environmental quality, innovation, and design. I have also analyzed the cost and schedule for a specific sustainable construction project. Through my
] recommendation to not perform statistical adjustments in the resultswhen a small number of planned comparisons are performed. The items included in the secondhypothesis were: • Women are not fit to be in a jobsite • There is gender discrimination in the construction field • Men are more capable than women in the construction domain • Women in construction are a better fit for office jobs rather than being on the field • I feel recruiters for construction companies prefer hiring males over females for jobsite- related positionsResultsWe have obtained 68 responses to our survey, with 67 respondents being in a constructionrelated major and one being in a construction related minor. Considering the total major studentsin the