AC 2009-1114: CREATING INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIPS WITHCONSTRUCTION-MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSPhilip Dunn, University of Maine Page 14.382.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Creating Industrial Partnerships with the Construction Management Technology Program at the University of MaineAbstractConstruction companies are an integral part of developing and sustaining a constructionmanagement technology program. Ongoing support from these companies has several aspectsfrom financial support to political maneuvering. Construction companies can benefit from activeparticipation with the construction management program through indirect recruitment; the
AC 2012-4816: LEVERAGING BUILDING INFORMATION MODELINGTECHNOLOGY IN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGE-MENT EDUCATIONDr. Namhun Lee, East Carolina UniversityDr. Carrie S. Dossick, University of Washington Carrie Sturts Dossick is an Associate Professor in the Department of Construction Management in the College of Built Environments, and the Executive Director of the Pacific Northwest Center for Construc- tion Research and Education, where she has been developing a new course for Integrated Project Delivery called ARCH404/CM404 Integrated Design-Build Studio. Dossick’s main research interests focus on emerging collaboration methods and technologies such as Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Building Information
AC 2008-1969: IMPLEMENTATION OF WIRELESS WEBCAM TECHNOLOGYFOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FIELD TRIPSMark Shaurette, College of Technology - Purdue University Mark Shaurette, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette BBCN, Building Construction, University of Florida, 1975 MS, Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980 Ph.D., College of Technology, Purdue University, 2007 Mark Shaurette has owned and operated a custom homebuilding company in Indianapolis since 1988. In the 10 years prior to establishing his company, Mark’s work experience included senior management positions with one of the 10 largest homebuilders in the nation, a regional
AC 2009-390: TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN INCONSTRUCTION: FRAMEWORK AND CASE STUDYThuy Nguyen, University of Texas, Austin THUY NGUYEN is a research assistant at the University of Texas at Austin. She is pursuing her PhD studies in the program of Construction Engineering and Project Management. Her research interests include project management, instructional design, human resource management and educational psychology.Fernando Mondragon, University of Texas, Austin FERNANDO MONDRAGON is a Ph.D. student in the program of Construction Engineering and Project Management in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds a M.S. in Civil Engineering
executive project management training and PMP exam prep courses for over 100 senior managers at Consolidated Contractors Company (CCIC) in Dubai and other major companies in Kuwait since 2004. He published numerous journal papers and research reports in the areas of airport engineering, sustainability, green construction, deconstruction, etc. Page 12.1439.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The Innovative Development of Sustainable Technologies in Undergraduate Programs: Case Study – Bio-Diesel ProjectABSTRACTSustainable principles and the so-called “green” technologies apply to
AC 2007-635: APPLYING 2D/3D VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY INCONSTRUCTION EDUCATION: A CASE STUDYZhili Gao, North Dakota State University Dr. Gao is an Assistant Professor of Construction Management & Engineering at North Dakota State University. He was an Assistant Professor of Construction Engineering Technology at Missouri Western State University. He can be reached at the Department of Construction Management & Engineering, 120 CME Building, Fargo, North Dakota 58105, 701-231-8857, zhili.gao@ndsu.edu.Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University Dr. Varma, P.E., F. ASCE, is a Professor of Construction, and the Chairman of the Department of Engineering Technology at Missouri
AC 2008-1628: A MODEL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PENN STATEHARRISBURG’S CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMAND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRYSofia Vidalis, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg Dr. Vidalis is an assistant professor of Civil Engineering at Penn State Capital College in Harrisburg, PA. She earned her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Florida. She has worked with Florida Design Consultants for a couple years as a Transportation Engineer. Her current research focuses on quality assurance in pavement construction and materials, construction management, and transportation planning and operations.Joseph Cecere, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg Dr. Cecere is an
AC 2009-1111: DEVELOPING A WORKABLE CONSTRUCTION-MANAGEMENTTECHNOLOGY SENIOR CAPSTONE PROJECT AT THE UNIVERSITY OFMAINEPhilip Dunn, University of Maine Page 14.446.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Developing a Workable Construction Management Technology Senior Capstone Project at the University of MaineAbstractCreating a meaningful capstone experience in a construction education program is often achallenge. Most of these programs do not offer significant design courses or foster creation of aproject from concept through the design cycle to actual construction completion. A capstoneexperience in construction management is best developed
AC 2009-271: CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT FLEET MANAGEMENT USINGTELEMATICS TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH AND RESULTANT EDUCATIONALPERSPECTIVESErdogan Sener, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Erdogan M. Sener., Professor and previous Chairman at the Department of Construction Technology of Purdue School of Engineering & Technology at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). B.S. Civil Eng., Middle East Technical University; M.S. Civil Eng. Michigan State University. He has over 13 years of international industrial experience in design and construction and has been in engineering and technology education for more than 25 years. Member of ASCE, ASEE, ACI, past president of
2006-495: VISUALIZATION IN CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERINGEDUCATIONMohammed Haque, Texas A&M University Dr. Mohammed E. Haque is the holder of Cecil O. Windsor, Jr. Endowed Professorship in Construction Science at Texas A&M University at College Station, Texas. He has over fifteen years of professional experience in analysis, design, and investigation of building, bridges and tunnel structural projects of various city and state governments and private sectors. Dr. Haque is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan, and members of ASEE, ASCE, and ACI. Dr. Haque received a BSCE from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, a MSCE and a
AC 2012-4082: INTEGRATING SENSING TECHNOLOGY AND BUILD-ING INFORMATION MODELING INTO A CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER-ING CURRICULUMProf. Pingbo Tang, Western Michigan University Pingbo Tang is an Assistant Professor of civil and construction engineering at Western Michigan Univer- sity, Kalamazoo, Mich. He obtained his bachelor’s degree of bridge engineering in 2002, and his master’s degree of bridge engineering in 2005, both from Tongji University, Shanghai, China. In Aug. 2009, he obtained his Ph.D. degree from Carnegie Mellon University and joined the Mapping and GIS Lab at the Ohio State University (OSU) as a Postdoctoral Researcher. At OSU, he was responsible of managing multiple research projects, most of which are
Paper ID #9970Development of Multicourse Undergraduate Learning Communities (MULC)in a Civil Engineering Technology and Construction Management Curricu-lumDr. Thomas Nicholas II, University of North Carolina, CharlotteDr. Don Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Page 24.428.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 MULC: Multicourse Undergraduate Learning CommunitiesAbstractThe project based classroom has grown in popularity with the academic community, primarilydue to the new generation of students
Paper ID #7821A Conceptual Framework for Technology-Enhanced Problem-Based Learn-ing in Construction Engineering and Management EducationDr. Namhun Lee, East Carolina University Namhun Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Management at East Carolina University, where he has been teaching Construction Modeling and Information Technology, Construc- tion Planning and Scheduling, Construction Estimating, Equipment Management, and Advanced Cost Estimating and Cost Analysis. Dr. Lee’s main research areas include: 1) Information Visualization and Decision Support Systems, 2) Building Information Modeling
University CMT Faculty in 2006 as an Assistant Professor. She received her Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology from the OSU Construction Management Department in 1998. She graduated with a Masters of Engineering Technology from Pittsburg State Uni- versity in 2002. She also earned a Specialist in Education Degree from Pittsburg State University in 2006. In 2010 she was promoted to Associate Professor. She completed her Doctorate in Higher Education from OSU in 2012 where she focused her research on women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. She accepted the position as Program Coordinator of Construction Management Technology at OSU in 2013. Dr. Yates began her teaching career at Pittsburg State
Paper ID #6390Using Mobile Technology in a Construction Management ”Hands-On” Lab-oratoryDr. R. Casey Cline, Boise State University Casey Cline is an Assistant Professor in the Construction Management Department within the College of Engineering at Boise State University. He earned a BS in Business Administration from Oklahoma State University, an MS in Construction Science from the University of Oklahoma, and a Ph.D. in Education (Adult Development Organizational Learning) from The University of Idaho. His educational research interests are focused on improving construction management processes to facilitate the efficient
Purdue University Calumet. His research career includes IT-based construction engineering and management system and computer-based instructional model design. He has developed information technology applications in civil engineering, numerous Web-based instructional programs, and database systems sponsored by Federal Highway Administration and Indiana Department of Transportation. Page 11.1197.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Teaching a Paperless, All Digital Course that Utilizes the Experiential Learning Theory (ELT) Bob G
2006-1600: MULTI-LAYERED, MULTIMEDIA SCHEDULE REPORTINGIhab Saad, East Carolina University Page 11.942.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 MMSR: Multi-Layered, Multimedia Schedule ReportingAbstractScheduling is the art and science of forecasting future performance based on historicalinformation. It aims at charting a roadmap for the project to follow during its differentphases of development to secure timely completion. In most construction projects, anowner-approved schedule becomes one of the contract documents, and a way ofcommunication between the main project team members (Owner, Architect/Engineer,and General Contractor). Changes are one of the few
. He has specific program management experience in numerous arenas, from retail store rollout and low-income housing to large industrial and infrastructure projects. Stephen holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Management) from the Georgia Institute of Technology, an M.S. in Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Project Management) from the University of Texas at Austin, and a B.S. in Architectural Engineering, also from the University of Texas at Austin. He is currently employed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas
2006-2170: STRATEGY TO INCORPORATE GIS AND GPS APPLICATIONS INTOCONSTRUCTION EDUCATIONRussell Walters, Iowa State University Dr. Russell Walters is an assistant professor at Iowa State University. Dr. Walters received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida in 1993. He worked seven years in the electrical construction industry before joining Iowa State University in 2000. He teaches and does research in the area of construction engineering. He can be reached at 515-294-2171 or at rwalters@iastate.eduZhili Gao, North Dakota State University Dr. Gao is an Assistant Professor of Construction in the Department of Engineering Technology at Missouri Western State
26.595.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Emerging Technology in the Construction Industry: Perceptions from Construction Industry ProfessionalsabstractAlthough historically the construction industry has been a slow adopter of technology, in recentyears the technology available to increase productivity and thus profit margins has seen rapidadoption and advancement. As these advances have taken hold the need for students to beexposed to this technology, to better prepare them for their careers has arisen. Projectmanagement, estimating and building information modeling (BIM) technologies are nowcommonly found in construction higher education. However, as technology in the
Paper ID #7196Energy modeling/Simulation Using the BIM technology in the Curriculum ofArchitectural and Construction Engineering and ManagementDr. Hyunjoo Kim, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology and Construction Management He has 10 years of work experience in the construction fields and six years in research and teaching. His research interests include the use of 3D/BIM (Building Information Modeling) technology for energy modeling and simulations, information technology support for project management, artificial intelligence, data mining, machine learning, and
AC 2008-1254: TEACHING CONSTRUCTION TERMINOLOGY: AN INTERACTIVE APPROACHKris Mattila, Michigan Technological University Page 13.1154.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Teaching Construction Terminology: An Interactive ApproachIn many courses the terminology must be introduced and explained before moving on toother topics. How to approach this varies by the instructor, the course, the text beingused and the difficulty of the terminology. It is important to not only understand themeaning of a term but how it relates to other terms that are being discussed. Thetechnique presented in this paper uses a modified version of a method that assists
AC 2009-863: INTRODUCTION TO ESTIMATING AND BIDDING USING AFLAGPOLEKris Mattila, Michigan Technological University Page 14.814.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Introduction to Estimating and Bidding Using a FlagpoleIntroductionIn order to introduce the concepts of estimating an exercise was developed to assiststudents with little or no construction experience. The in class exercise is to estimate thecost to install a 25 foot aluminum flagpole and foundation. Material, labor andequipment costs are provided to the students in addition to specifications, drawings and abid form. This paper will explain the exercise and examine the results from over
Paper ID #9204Development of Effective Extracurricular Construction Technology Educa-tion Programs for University and Industry CollaborationsDr. Dan Koo, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Dr. Koo is an assistant professor in the department of engineering and technology at Indiana University and Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Dr. Koo is also a registered PE. Dr. Koo’s research and professional activities are primarily focused on heavy civil infrastructure system, underground infrastruc- ture system management and development, trenchless engineering, and sustainability. Dr. Koo received a Ph
AC 2010-636: THE EMERGENT NECESSITY FOR DEMOLITION ANDRECONSTRUCTION CONTENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGYCURRICULUMMark Shaurette, College of Technology, Purdue University Mark Shaurette, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette BBCN, Building Construction, University of Florida, 1975 MS, Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980 Ph.D., College of Technology, Purdue University, 2007 Mark’s 30+ years of construction industry experience includes owning and operating a custom homebuilding company in addition to senior management positions with one of the largest homebuilders in the nation as well as a regional commercial/residential development
State University. Her educational research interests are focused on improving construction management education. Page 26.1612.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 U.S. Construction Management Students Comfort Level With and Knowledge of Mobile TechnologiesAbstractMobile technologies are becoming increasingly common on U.S. construction sites as companiesbecome aware of how they can simplify and automate the capturing of information in the field,and communicate that information back to company management systems. Field personnel arenow being equipped with
research interests include ICT Application in Construction, Occupational Safety and Health Management, Human Factors and Ergonomics, Serious Game, and Building Informa- tion Modeling.Mr. Ryan J Eom, Legend High School Ryan J. Eom participated as a student intern in the research activity at the lean construction lab of the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington. His interests include cognitive studies in engineering and education. Page 26.1524.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 The Effectiveness of Augmented Reality (AR) Technology in
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HatipkarasuluDepartment of Construction Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX; Email: rui.liu@utsa.edu, yilmaz.karasulu@utsa.eduAbstractBuilding Information Modeling (BIM) is an emerging trend in construction industry and adesired skill for construction management students as they are preparing for their professionalcareers. Recent surveys showed that university level BIM education of the architecture,engineering, and construction programs in the United States increased dramatically in the pastseveral years. Structuring a course that would properly address the learning needs of studentswith different levels of technology skills and construction experience is a considerable challenge.This paper presents the
Paper ID #9280Developing a Statistical Model for Building Settlement PredictionDr. Jing Du, University of Texas at San Antonio Aug 2013 - Present Assistant Professor/Department of Construction Science/UTSA Jun 2011 - Aug 2013 Sr. Cost Analyst/Zachry Holdings, Inc. Aug 2008 - May 2012 PhD in Construction Management/Michigan State UniversityDr. Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio Dr. Gunhan received his PhD Degree in Civil Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Construction Science at the University of Texas at San Antonio