Conference Session

BIM and Virtual Construction Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Hildreth, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Construction

experience theeffect of the learning on operational performance.A graduate level course in construction planning and management techniques at the Universityof North Carolina at Charlotte included a course module on learning curves. The moduleincluded presentation of learning curve theory and an assignment requiring the repeatedperformance of a simulated operation and analysis of the resulting performance data. Studentknowledge related to the application of learning curve theory to construction was assessed on thefinal course exam.Bloom et al.10 presented a six level taxonomy of skills in the cognitive domain as, proceedingfrom the lowest order processes to the highest: 1. Knowledge – memory of previously learned materials 2. Comprehension

Conference Session

BIM and Virtual Construction Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi; Lewis Frederick Jones III, University of Southern Mississippi

Tagged Divisions

Construction

accomplished teacher and has taught a variety of construction courses, including Construction Planning and Scheduling, Construction Project Management, Cost Es- timating I, Project Control, Proposal Preparation, and Project Implementation, among others. Sulbaran received the prestigious John Trimmer Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2010. Sulbaran engages stu- dents in learning activities inside and outside the classroom continuously advocating hands-on experience and collaborative learning. He has been in the forefront of online teaching, and he was one of the pioneers in delivering online courses in the School of Construction. He established the Study Abroad program in Panama at the University of Southern Mississippi

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ifte Choudhury, Texas A&M University; Farzana Sultana, Vaughn Construction

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Chivi District,” Water SA, Vol. 32, No. 3.9. Rahman, M.H., Rahman, M.M., Watanabe, C. , & Yamamoto, K. , 2003, “Arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh and its remedial measures,” Proceedings of the UNU-NIES International Workshop, Tokyo, Japan: United Nations University, pp. 9-21.10. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, 1997, “Statistical year book of Bangladesh,” Bangladesh: Ministry of Planning, People’s Republic of Bangladesh.11. Kabir, M. R &Faisal, I. M., 1999, “Indigenous practices of water harvesting in Bangladesh,” Proceedings of the regional workshop on traditional water harvesting systems, Iran: Ministry of Jahad- E-Sazandegi of Iran and UNESCO.12. Thomas, T., 1998, “Domestic water

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enno Koehn, Lamar University; Nishant Shah, Lamar University; John Koehn, Chadron State College

Tagged Divisions

Construction

water's edge. Boatexcursions along the bayou, past a 1,300 year old cypress dubbed "The Survivor," ferry visitorsto two educational outposts. Each features a unique learning shelter efficiently situated at theverge of three eco-zones swamp, forest, and grassland.As mentioned before, Shangri La is the first project in Texas and the fiftieth in the world to earnthe U.S. Green Building Council's Platinum Certification for LEED New Construction. (Fig.15)Significant to the environmental master planning strategy was the decision to use newlandscaping to filter and restore the water quality of the formerly nitrogen-stuffed, oxygen-starved pond and wetlands, which are nesting grounds for numerous species of water fowl. Thevegetated wetland system takes

Conference Session

Construction 1: Special Topics in Construction Education: BIM, Simulation, Sustainability, and Safety

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Rokooei, University of Nebraska, Lincoln at Omaha; James D. Goedert Ph.D., P.E., University of Nebraska, Durham; Asregedew Kassa Woldesenbet, University of Nebraska, Lincoln at Omaha

Tagged Divisions

Construction

(Künzel & Hämmer,2006).Simulation and educational games possess their own strengths and weaknesses. Knowing thecapabilities and shortcomings of simulations helps educators to effectively plan, develop, andimplement them. One of the main advantages of using simulations in education is providing realtime feedback. In fact, the whole system is designed such that every decision that students makeis the beginning of a learning process that triggers subsequent reactions or events. Through thiscycle, feedback is continuously generated and displayed. Having the logic of decisions in mindand experiencing the results students can connect the dots and follow an instruction flow(Rokooei, 2016). Simulation applications are also being utilized in abstract

Conference Session

Construction Session 3: Curriculum

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Namhun Lee, Central Connecticut State University; Talat Salama P.E., Central Connecticut State University; Seong Jin Kim, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Paper ID #14773Using the Flipped Classroom Model to Improve Construction Engineeringand Management EducationDr. Namhun Lee, Central Connecticut State University Dr. Namhun Lee is an associate professor in the department of Manufacturing and Construction Manage- ment at Central Connecticut State University, where he has been teaching Construction Graphics/Quantity Take-Off, CAD & BIM Tools for Construction, Building Construction Systems, Building Construction Estimating, Heavy/Highway Construction Estimating, Construction Planning, and Construction Project Management. Dr. Lee’s main research areas include Construction

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haiyan Xie, University of Arkansas-Little Rock; James Tramel, University of Arkansas-Little Rock; Wei Shi, University of Florida; Mei Lu, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Construction

students were: • The students were freshmen or junior students and the virtual study group is new for them. • Some of them did not know the implications of studying in a virtual environment, and did not know how to use its resources. • They never met before. At first, interaction and collaboration level was really low. • Students did not have study plans for virtual work.The class was reading intensive. Reading assignments were structured to allow students’knowledge of the construction administration process to develop from a solid foundation of thebasic fundamentals and formats of the construction process. Grades were determined by thequantity of points earned. There were 100 points available, in which, two exams

Conference Session

Construction Industry Issues in the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi

Tagged Divisions

Construction

international locations including: Venezuela, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia and Thailand. Dr. Sulbaran is an accomplished teacher and has taught a variety of construction courses including: Construction Planning and Scheduling, Construction Project Management, Cost Estimating I, Project Control, Proposal Preparation and Project Implementation among others. Dr. Sulbaran received the prestigious John Trimmer Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2010. Dr. Sulbaran engages students in learning activities inside and outside the classroom continuously advocating hands-on experience and collaborative learning. He has been in the forefront of on-line teaching and he was one of the pioneers in delivering online courses in the School of

Conference Session

Assessment in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Caroline Hurtado, Arizona State University; Dean Takeo Kashiwagi; Kenneth Timothy Sullivan, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

bebeneficial when they are coupled with audio narration and mostly aid learners that are novices17.Videos have been quite varied in their design and application to learning environments22. Thedesign of rich media for classrooms should be carefully planned to optimize the learning processin the construction management curriculum.Benefits and LimitationsRich media and videos have the potential, if properly utilized, to optimize both instructors’ andstudents’ valuable time and resources. For students, using videos allows them to access thematerial on-demand, moderate the controls (start, stop, and speed of videos), and can be watchedoutside of the classroom environment1. This type of executive control and autonomous learninghas shown to be more impactful

Conference Session

Incorporating Technology into Construction Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Namhun Lee, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

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

Conference Session

Innovative Course Developments in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiong Hu, Texas State University-San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos; Yaoling Wang, Texas State University, San Marcos

Tagged Divisions

Construction

students’ attention, but also promote critical thinking, content knowledge andproblem-solving skills. Essentially, this calls for the application of active learning strategies.The importance of problem solving skills for future engineers and technologists can hardly beoverstated. Solving open-ended problems is arguably the corner stone of the engineeringendeavor. Employers look for engineers who are effective at solving open problems.3 However,the topic of teaching problem solving is difficult to define because of its multifacetedcharacteristics. Therefore, it is important that all aspects of this topic should be understood andconsidered before a plan for implementation is designed. The first element that needs to be takeninto consideration is the

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhigang Shen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Wayne G. Jensen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Bruce Allen Fischer; Timothy G. Wentz, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Construction

previous knowledgebase concerning architectural systems than MEP systems. A surprising finding was that studentsbelieved the Architectural BIM was more effective in learning architectural systems than MEPBIM was in learning MEP systems. This finding, though tentative, is subject to many differentinterpretations. One possible interpretation is that students learn more from BIM-basedinstruction when they possess additional prior knowledge about the subject material. If thisinterpretation is true, it provides strong support for the argument that BIM should be taught as asenior level course (maybe a technical elective) versus as an introductory class [15, 16].The authors plan to continue to conduct this research on larger scale in order to gain

Conference Session

Construction Session 3: Curriculum

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Torres, Texas State University, San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos

Tagged Divisions

Construction

deeplearning, instruction being driven by a central problem or case and the instructor primarilyfacilitating the process of learning, the many methods listed for use with PBL should provebeneficial in the case of PrBL as well. For project based activities to be truly effective, educators need to ensure thatreflective learning is facilitated so that students can truly learn from the process5. Thus,assessment is an integral part of the learning cycle and occurs both during and at thecompletion of the project6. Instructors should plan for both formative and summativeassessment as part of the course. That is, they need to collect and act on information thatwill help students improve as they proceed, and they need to have measures that showwhat

Conference Session

Teaching the Business Side of Construction

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Egemen Ozbek, Colorado State University; Scott Glick, Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

26.895.11around the world notes that divested firms almost always become more efficient, moreprofitable and financially healthier8, 39.Conclusions and Future ResearchLegislation abounds in the construction industry. Understanding both the stated andunintended consequences of the legislative proposals can help a construction companyascertain and plan for financial impacts. Awareness and participation in the legislativeprocess is important to ensure that construction companies have their voices heard. Withinthis context, the purpose of this study was to gather, synthesize, and present information withrespect to the privatization of state-chartered workers’ compensation funds to educate themembers of the construction industry on this topic. As was discussed