Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Campbell, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE)

aspreadsheet in less time by utilizing artificial intelligence (AI)?This paper will discuss incorporating the use of AI Chatbots, such as ChatGPT, Claude 3, andGemini (formerly known as Bard), into an advanced steel design course. The course is centeredaround a semester long project where Architectural Engineering students design and analyze a multi-story steel structure. Students throughout the semester will use an AI Chatbot to create spreadsheetsby asking it to develop Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code that can then be inserted into Excelspreadsheets. The resulting spreadsheet will be compared to hand-calculations and RISA output todetermine the accuracy of the VBA code and error reduction produced by AI Chatbots.IntroductionIt is a common