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Capstone and Online Courses in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cameron J. Turner P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Susan Michelle Reynolds P.E., Colorado School of Mines

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has roughly 10 years of combined professional practice as a structural engineer and as an architect, with special expertise in his- toric preservation and archaic construction techniques. Prior to joining CSM in 2012, Prof. Reynolds served as Assistant Professor at Tuskegee University. She currently serves as Course Faculty in the CSM Engineering Design Program as representative from the Civil and Environmental Engineering Depart- ment. Page 24.923.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Multidisciplinary Construction Engineering Design Projects Cameron J

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Construction Safety and Risk Management

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio; Harrison Pierce, Linbeck Group, LLC; Suat Gunhan, University of Texas at San Antonio; Rui Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Fatal Fall Accidents in Small Building Construction ProjectsAbstractConstruction is one of the most dangerous industries in the United States accounting for over21.7% of the occupational fatalities annually. Falls are the major cause of fatal constructionaccidents and, according to the Census of Occupational Fatalities and Injuries, majority of thefatal fall accidents happen in projects that are reported to cost under $50,000. These smallconstruction projects have unique circumstances because of the type of the contractors and shortproject durations. Comprehensive understanding of the root-causes, circumstances, andenvironment factors of these accidents is critical in developing

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Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Paper ID #9797A Collaborative Learning Method for Construction Project Delivery Meth-odsDr. 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. Page 24.29.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A Collaborative Learning Method for Construction

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Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Caroline Hurtado, Arizona State University; Kenneth Timothy Sullivan, Arizona State University

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Paper ID #10640A Proposed Dynamic Model for Education in Construction Project PlanningMrs. Kristen Caroline Hurtado, Arizona State University Kristen is a current PhD candidate in Construction Management at Arizona State University in the School of Sustainable Engineering in the Built Environment. She is also pursuing a Graduate Certificate in In- structional Design and Performance Improvement in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. Kristen has experience teaching applied statics and estimating at the undergraduate level. She also instructs profes- sionals in her work and research in value-based project delivery. The main

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Industry Collaboration in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcel Maghiar, Georgia Southern University

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Paper ID #10199Industry-based learning experiences in Project Planning and SchedulingDr. Marcel Maghiar, Georgia Southern University Marcel Maghiar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Georgia Southern University teaches Construction Man- agement courses at junior and senior level in the Civil Engineering and Construction Management de- partment. His research experience includes development of computer syntaxes to unequivocally describe construction activities and development of a consistent methodology to explicitly classify and quantify construction methods (emerging taxonomy of construction methods). Marcel’s main expertise

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Construction Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio; Jing Du, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Diverse Student BodyAbstractAdvanced Construction Management is a graduate level course offered at the University ofTexas at San Antonio, Master of Science Program in Architecture. The course objectives arecomposed of the understanding of emerging project delivery approaches, sustainability andtechnology driven project environment and the near future of construction project environment atthe strategic level. Students in the program have diverse educational backgrounds, thereforeadvanced topics are taught without excluding their fundamentals. The paper presents a termproject example showing how this is accomplished. Each student is given a different topic. Thegiven topic includes the analysis of conventional project delivery methods to see if

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Construction Contracts, Law and Ethics

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Renae Miller; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, Colorado State University; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; Kelly Strong

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Professor Department of Construction ManagementKelly Strong Page 24.294.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Comparative Analysis between AIA and DBIA Contract Documents: AIA Document A295 and DBIA Document No. 535Megan Miller, Carla Lopez del Puerto, Ph.D., Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Ph.D., and Kelly Strong, Ph.D.AbstractIntegrated Project Delivery has emerged as a popular in project delivery methods in the pastdecade partially, because construction projects have become more complex with tight budgetsand more strenuous

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Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Nicholas II, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Don Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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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

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Construction Materials and Technologies

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jake Smithwick, Arizona State University; Joshua Jason Mischung, Arizona State University - Performance Based Studies Research Group; Kenneth Timothy Sullivan, Arizona State University

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Paper ID #10925Impact of Quantity Takeoff Software on Student Performance in a UniversityConstruction Estimating Course: A Case StudyMr. Jake Smithwick, Arizona State University Jake is a PhD student in the Del E. Webb School of Construction at Arizona State University. Jake’s research studies the processes by which public institutions deliver their capital projects through best value procurement. He has assisted research sponsors execute best value projects since 2002 and is currently the lead project manager and researcher for the Minnesota and Northern Midwest Regional efforts. Jake has supervised the procurement and

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Construction Safety and Risk Management

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Neil Opfer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; David R. Shields P.E., University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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experience in construction, engineering, and research and eight years of academic experience. He was Co-Chair of the ASCE Civil Engineering in the Oceans V conference. He was the only manager in the 55-year history of the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory ever to win the Employee-of-the-Year Award. He has won numerous awards for project management. He has conducted research for the Construction Industry Institute, Center for Construction Industry Studies, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, OSHA and other organizations. He has published 45 journal and conference pa- pers. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and the M.S. and B.S. in Ocean Engineering from Texas A&M University

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Construction Safety and Risk Management

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jing Du, University of Texas at San Antonio; Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio; Rui Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Education, 2014 Interactive Probabilistic Risk Analysis for Construction Engineering and Management Jing Du, Ph.D.1, Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, Ph.D.2 and Rui Liu, Ph.D.31 Department of Construction Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX;PH (210) 458-3053; email: jing.du@utsa.edu2 Department of Construction Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX;PH (210) 458-3099; email: yilmaz.karasulu@utsa.edu3 Department of Construction Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio,TX; PH (210) 458-3054; email: rui.liu@utsa.eduAbstractRisk analysis is critical to the success of construction projects. Traditionally, probabilistic riskanalysis is based

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Assessment in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ihab Mohammad Hamdi Saad P.E., Northern Kentucky University

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Construction

Paper ID #10842Mapping the curriculum around student learning outcomes and assessmentof learningDr. Ihab Mohammad Hamdi Saad P.E., Northern Kentucky University Dr. Ihab Saad is Department Chair and Professor of Construction Management and an alumnus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington where he received his Ph.D. in 1996 from the department of Civil Engineering and Construction. He has over 25 years of experience in the construction industry primarily in the civil/construction project management area. Dr. Saad received his Bachelor of Science and Master’s degrees in Civil Engineering from Cairo Uni- versity in

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Industry Collaboration in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Koo, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; J. William White AIA, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Veto Matthew Ray, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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American Institute of Architects and the Construction Specifi- cations Institute. His professional interests include great architecture and all things related to construction innovation.Mr. Veto Matthew Ray, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Mr. Matt Ray is a lecturer for the Construction Engineering Management Technology Program offered through the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University Purdue University In- dianapolis. He currently provides instruction for Soils and Foundations, Construction Cost and Bidding, Construction Project Cost and Production Control as well as managing the Certificate of Training in As- set Management. He is a graduate of Purdue School of Engineering

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Industry Collaboration in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa M. Holliday, University of Oklahoma; Matthew Reyes, University of Oklahoma; Kenneth F. Robson, University of Oklahoma

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inconstruction management faculty and has sponsored summer internships to increase facultyindustry experience. The internship program is structured by a three party agreement betweenAGC, the sponsoring university, and a local contractor. Each of the three parties pays a third ofthe faculty intern’s regular monthly salary. Thus, each entity has a vested interest in the facultyintern’s success in the program and its benefits to education.The University of Oklahoma took this opportunity to partner with a local general contractor toincrease faculty construction experience and to train the faculty member in the use of RevitStructure. The faculty intern joined the contractor’s pre-construction team and developed theRevit model for an upcoming project. The

Conference Session

Construction Materials and Technologies

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Neil D. Opfer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; David R. Shields P.E., University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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government experience in construction, engineering, and research and eight years of academic experience. He was Co-Chair of the ASCE Civil Engineering in the Oceans V conference. He was the only manager in the 55-year history of the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory ever to win the Employee-of-the-Year Award. He has won numerous awards for project management. He has conducted research for the Construction Industry Institute, Center for Construction Industry Studies, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, OSHA and other organizations. He has published 45 journal and conference pa- pers. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and the M.S. and B.S. in Ocean Engineering from Texas A&M University

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Construction Contracts, Law and Ethics

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John David Cioara, Arizona State University; Dean Takeo Kashiwagi, Arizona State University; Sylvia Romero, Arizona State University; Kenneth Timothy Sullivan, Arizona State University

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so interested in the class material he decided to pursue an M.S. in Construction. John also interned this past summer at SUNDT Construction as a project engineer assistant. He was in charge of the RFIs, supervised the painting and mill work, pedestrian safety, and the close out of the projects. John’s future plans are to pursue a doctoral degree in construction management, increase his work experience in the construction field, and then teach someday.Prof. Dean Takeo Kashiwagi, Arizona State University A renowned expert, educator, and researcher in best value procurement and risk/project management for more than two decades; he’s a respected adviser and mentor within the association, the public sector, and

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Construction Materials and Technologies

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rui Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio

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introduction of a BIM course to a construction management programwith a diverse student body. The course is structured as a lecture-lab combination where thefundamental concepts and implementation issues are discussed in the lecture portion. In the labsessions, the students are asked to complete individual projects and present them in differentformats. The purpose of this paper is to provide a sample structure to deliver BIM content.Feedback from the students, instructor observations, and recommendations for the computerexercises are also included in the paper.IntroductionAs Building Information Modeling (BIM) becomes a standard practice in the Architecture-Engineering-Construction industry, many universities and colleges offering a

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Industry Collaboration in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rogelio Palomera-Arias Ph. D., University of Texas at San Antonio; Craig D. Capano, Everglades University

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to the official program launching, a pilot program was tested in thesummer of 2011, with an AGC member contractor hosting a single faculty member selected froman ACCE accredited institution. The internship was designed as a three-way partnership betweenthe AGC-ERF, the faculty host institution, and the host company. The initial budget of theprogram was $30,000 funded in equal parts by the three internship partners. The internship wasfor a period of two months, and the faculty was a member of the jobsite management team at alevel similar to a project engineer or assistant project manager. This paper presents the modelfollowed for the implementation of the internship, as well as evaluates the results of the pilotprogram from the perspective of

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Construction Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph O. Arumala, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Community Development projects and in research into sustainable Alternative Building Materials and Renewable Alternative Energy Use in Buildings. Page 24.838.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Kenaf Building Blocks Dr. Joseph O. Arumala. PE, F. ASCEUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore, Department of Technology, Princess Anne, Maryland, USA Email: joarumala@umes.eduAbstract. Kenaf fibers are emerging as promising alternative building materials that will provide amuch needed boost to the

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Assessment in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rui Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio

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of the course but served as supplementary instruments. The tools thatwere implemented for this course included online quizzes and exams, instructor led digitaldiscussion boards, and student led group sign-up and digital discussions. Blackboard platformwas used to establish the digital content which facilitated a self-paced study of the coursematerials while maintaining an interactive environment. The group projects were designed toaddress the implementation of the rating systems which was discussed in course lectures. A real-life project was used to analyze the design and construction alternatives including theachievement of rating system points. A simple survey was conducted at the end of the course tomeasure the effectiveness of the online

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Construction Safety and Risk Management

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Essam K. Zaneldin P.E., United Arab Emirates University; Amr M.I. Sweedan, United Arab Emirates University; Munjed A. Maraqa, United Arab Emirates University

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Arab Emirates University. In addition to his experience in the academia, Dr Zaneldin has more than thirteen years of work experience in areas related to design, construction su- pervision, and project management of mega size projects in North America and the Middle East. He has authored and co-authored several journal and conference publications in topics related to engineer- ing education and course management, design coordination, change management, site layout planning, constructability, claims and disputes, and simulation of design and construction operations.Dr. Amr M.I. Sweedan, UAE University Amr Sweedan is an associate professor of Structural Engineering and the Chairman of th Department of Civil and

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Capstone and Online Courses in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James W. Jones, Ball State University; Mike Mezo, Ball State University

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Paper ID #9499Capstone = Team Teaching + Team Learning + IndustryDr. James W. Jones, Ball State University Dr. James W. Jones is the Construction Management Program Director and an Associate Professor in Ball State University’s Department of Technology. He has taught in the areas of leadership and construction management for more than 10 years and has more than a decade of experience managing construction projects in both field and office environments.Mr. Mike Mezo, Ball State University Mr. Mike Mezo, AIA, is an Assistant Professor in Ball State University’s Department of Technology. He has taught courses from the

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Construction Contracts, Law and Ethics

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian William Loss JD, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Paper ID #10116Construction Contract Language; a Growing Impediment to Trust and Co-operationProf. Brian William Loss JD, Purdue University, West Lafayette A 40 year construction industry veteran with a Juris Doctorate, Brian transitioned in 2010 to academia where he now focuses on photovoltaic research, project-based learning, and high-performance building techniques. Page 24.316.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014Construction Contract Language

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Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiong Hu, Texas State University, San Marcos; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos

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career in engineering working with companies such as General Motors, Ford Motor Company and Microsoft, she pursued a Master’s degree in Education from Michigan State University. Later, Araceli completed a PhD in Engineering Education from Tufts University. She is also experienced in education policy and prior to joining the Professoriate, she was Director of Educator Preparation - focusing on STEM education projects at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. In 2013, she was named Director of the Texas State University LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Re- search. Her research interests include studying the role of engineering as a curricular context and problem- based learning as an instructional

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Assessment in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claire L. A. Dancz, Arizona State University; Kristen Parrish, Arizona State University; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University

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manufacturing facilitate energy-efficiency in the commercial building industry. Another research interest of Kristen’s is engineering education, where she explores how project- and experience-based learning foster better understanding of engineering and management principles. Prior to joining ASU, Kristen was at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) as a Postdoctoral Fellow (2009-11) and then a Scientific Engineering Associate (2011-2012) in the Building Technologies and Urban Systems Department. She worked in the Commercial Buildings group, developing energy effi- ciency programs and researching technical and non-technical barriers to energy efficiency in the buildings industry. She has a background in

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Capstone and Online Courses in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol L. Considine, Old Dominion University; Michael W. Seek, Old Dominion University; Jon Lester, Old Dominion University

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students. He has served as the Civil-Site design option evaluator for Senior Design projects each semester as part of his normal teaching responsibilities. Dr. Lester has developed new courses in Civil Engineering Technology to better distribute the student load in Fluid Mechanics and the accompanying laboratory. Dr. Lester has also taught the Professional Engineering preparation courses through the ODU Business Gateway. Dr. Lester has embarked upon the initial asynchronous modality course development and was instrumental in promoting the program forward with this initiative with the Center for Learning and Teaching. He has developed an asynchronous course for Fundamentals of Building Construction and will develop

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Construction Materials and Technologies

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jing Du, University of Texas at San Antonio; Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Urban-Rural Development 2011).Texas is well known for its complex soil conditions (United States Department of Agriculture2013). In particular, the vertisols that are typical in Southern Texas may create serious buildingsettlement issues (Alhassan and Boiko 2013). At the early phase of a project, constructionmanagers should be able to foresee the final settlement based on the information availableincluding design documents and soil conditions, to calculate the risk. Therefore, it is critical forthe students of construction science and management (CSM) program to understand the basicconcepts of building settlement, and if possible, the calculation methods.There are a variety of theoretical models for calculating building settlement. Gasping

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Capstone and Online Courses in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Mallen, Iowa State University; Charles T. Jahren P.E., Iowa State University; Natalya A. Koehler, Franklin University, OH; Aliye Karabulut Ilgu, Iowa State University

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construction project engineer for a construction contractor and as a research engineer for the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory in Port Hueneme California. His teaching interests include construction equipment, cost estimating and construction process design. His research interests include highway and heavy construction methods, road maintenance methods and innovations in construction process administration.Dr. Natalya A. Koehler Koehler, Franklin University, OH Instructional Design Faculty Franklin University, OHDr. Aliye Karabulut Ilgu, Iowa State University Page 24.1400.1 c

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Construction Materials and Technologies

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edwin R. Schmeckpeper P.E., Ph.D, Norwich University; Michael Puddicombe, Norwich University; Matthew Paul Lutz, Norwich University; Jeffrey R. Mountain Ph.D, P.E., Norwich University; John Edward Patterson, Norwich University

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leader in Norwich University’s entry in Solar Decathlon 2013, and the primary investigator in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon grant to Norwich University. Aligning with this is Mr. Lutz’s research interests in mobile, solar powered buildings, and research related to low-income housing alternatives. With teams of faculty he was twice recognized by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with Excalibur Awards for excellence in a comprehensive cross-disciplinary technology-enriched projects that focus on the design and construction of an environmentally sensitive mobile solar-powered dwellings. In 2006 /2007 he was honored with a Faculty Design Award from the ACSA (Association of Collegiate

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Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Namhun Lee, Central Connecticut State University; Jacob P. Kovel P.E., Central Connecticut State University; Lee W. Lee, Central Connecticut State University

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Paper ID #9808An Exploratory Study to Identify an Effective Pedagogical Approach to Teach-ing Math-Related Content Knowledge in Construction EducationDr. Namhun Lee, Central Connecticut State University Dr. Namhun Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Manufacturing & Construction Manage- ment at Central Connecticut State University, where he has been teaching Construction Graphics/Quantity Take-Off, Building Construction Systems, Heavy/Highway Construction Estimating, Building Construc- tion Estimating, and Construction Project Management. Dr. Lee’s main research areas include: 1) In- formation