also serves as the Executive Vice-President of Penuel Consult, Incorporated. She is married to Victor Ofori-Boadu and they are blessed with three wonderful children.Prof. Robert B. Pyle, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Pyle is a full professor in the Department of Built Environment in the College of Science and Tech- nology at North Carolina A&T State University and he has been project director of numerous federal and state projects. He is a Certified Constructor with 25 years of experience in residential construction and 10 years of experience with manufactured and modular housing both in the classroom and the field. He has directed projects dealing with weatherization, energy, construction practices
.” 5th international Project and Construction Management Conference (IPCMC 2018),Cyprus. November 16-18, 2018.[35] B. J. Avolio, W. L. Gardner, F. O. Walumbwa, F. Luthans, and D. R. May, "Unlocking themask: A look at the process by which authentic leaders impact follower attitudes and behaviors."The leadership quarterly 15, no. 6 (2004): 801-823.[36] B. J. Avolio and F. Luthans, The high impact leader: Authentic, resilient leadership thatgets results and sustains growth. McGraw Hill, 2005.[37] D. R. May, A. Y. Chan, T. D. Hodges, and B. J. Avolio. "Developing the moral componentof authentic leadership." Organizational dynamics (2003).[38] W. L. Gardner, & J. R. Schermerhorn, “Unleashing individual potential: Performance gainsthrough positive
, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition,June 2013.Schaub, D., Legg, S., Svoronos, S., Koopman, B., and S. Bai. 1999. Applying Total QualityManagement in an Interdisciplinary Engineering Course. Journal of Engineering Education.88:1, 107-112. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-9830.1999.tb00419.xSharma, A. 2009. Interdisciplinary Industrial Ecology Education: Recommendations for anInclusive Pedagogical Model. Asia Pacific Journal of Education. 29:1, 75-85, DOI:10.1080/02188790802655056Spanierman, L. B., Soble, J. R., Mayfield, J. B., Neville, H. A., Aber, M., Khuri, L., and B. DeLa Rosa. 2013. Living learning communities and students’ sense of community and belonging.Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice
(issue-basedinformation system) [11]. We will document characteristics of the problematic situation (i.e.,location, type of infrastructure, issue to be addressed), documents either exchanged and orproduced (i.e. photos, diagrams, plans, contracts, bids), information about the stakeholders (i.e.role, expertise), and actions performed by them. Through the preliminary courses, in the fieldstudents will collect information regarding performance aspects of buildings connected to designissues. Then, they will feed the information into an ad hoc repository. A major framing elementof the content in the database will be: a. the performance of the infrastructure under high environmental stress conditions, and b. how this performance can be either
Paper ID #27074Let’s Build Something – a Service Learning Approach to Construction Cap-stoneMr. William P. Manion, University of Maine Mr. Manion is an Associate Professor in the Construction Engineering Technology Program. His in- terests include industry collaboration, service learning, construction operations, alternative pathways to engineering degrees and sustainable methods in building construction.Mr. Philip A. Dunn Jr. P.E., University of Maine Philip Dunn is a Professor in the Construction Engineering Technology Program at the University of Maine. He has been with the University for 16 years after having worked 20
of twointroductory courses: Foundations of Engineering I and II. These project-based courses were acombination of fundamental problem solving (teaming, programming basics, units, mechanics,statistics, etc.) and instruction in basic engineering graphics (orthographic projection,dimensioning, tolerances, CAD software skills, etc.). These courses were divided into threetracks for the purposes of providing specific topics of interest to different departments. Track A(primarily Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace) focused on mechanics, and graphics instructionincluded AutoCAD and SolidWorks. Track B (primarily Electrical and Computer Science)focused on C++ programming and received no graphics instruction. Track C (primarilyChemical and Petroleum
Learning Environment," International Journal of Construction Education and Research, vol. 11, pp. 97-120, 2015.[2] D. Zhao, K. Sands, Z. Wang, and Y. Ye, "Building information modeling-enhanced team-based learning in construction education," in 2013 12th International Conference on Information Technology-Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET), Antalya, Turkey, 2013, p. 5 pp. 9[3] D. W. Johnson, R. T. Johnson, and K. A. Smith, Active learning: Cooperation in the college classroom: ERIC, 1998.[4] B. Rienties, Y. Héliot, and D. Jindal-Snape, "Understanding social learning relations of international students in a large classroom using
SLO. Despite these efforts, there is still agreat deal of question among construction programs about how to address this outcome. What isknown is that many schools are attempting to address this SLO in a manner they see fit based ontheir interpretation of what SLO #9 means.Similar to the ACCE, the National Architectural Accreditation Board (NAAB) [2] requires anumber of student performance criteria (SPC) that share likeness to ACCE requirements. Inparticular, the following NAAB SPCs require architecture programs to demonstrate studentachievement of the following: B.10: Understanding of the fundamentals of building costs, which must include project financing methods and feasibility, construction cost estimating, construction
Paper ID #24757Developing a Request for Qualifications Activity to Integrate ConstructionTopics at the Sophomore LevelDr. Luciana Debs, Purdue University Luciana Debs, is an Assistant Professor of Construction Management in the School Construction Manage- ment Technology at Purdue University. She received her PhD from Purdue University Main Campus. Her previous degrees include a MS from the Technical Research Institute of Sao Paulo (IPT-SP), and BArch from the University of S˜ao Paulo (USP), in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Prior to her current position she worked in design coordination in construction and real estate development
academic outreach programs impact college-going among underrepresented students.” Pathways to College Network Clearinghouse, Washington, DC.[20] Schmidt, P. (2003) “Academe’s Hispanic future: The nation’s largest minority group faces big obstacles in higher education, and colleges struggle to find the right ways to help.” The Chronicle of Higher Education., Nov. 28, A8.[21] Thayer, P. B. (2000). “Retention of students from first generation and low income backgrounds.” National TRIO Clearinghouse, Washington, DC.[22] Hall, R.M., and Sandler, B.R., (1982). “The classroom climate: A chilly one for women?” American Association of Colleges, Washington, DC.[23] Marra, R. M., Rodgers, K. A., Shen, D., and Bogue, B. (2012). “Leaving
for modern construction management. Indoor and Built Environment 2013:1420326X13498400. doi:10.1177/1420326X13498400.[30] Fernando TP, Wu KC, Bassanino MN. Designing a novel virtual collaborative environment to support collaboration in design review meetings. Journal of Information Technology in Construction 2013;18:372–96.[31] Berg M. Exploring the impact of virtual reality in design review processes. Master Thesis. University of Twente, 2014.[32] Castronovo F, Nikolic D, Liu Y, Messner JI. An evaluation of immersive virtual reality systems for design reviews 2013.[33] Hobbs B, Dawood N. Harnessing the power of virtual reality–the potential for VR as a virtual integrated environment for project development in
Association vol 50, pp. 21 – 37, 2010.[10] B. B. Caza, and S. J Creary, “The construction of professional identity,” SHA, Cornell University, 2016. [Online]. Available http://scholarship.sha.cornell.edu/articles/878 [Accessed June 29, 2018][11] C. Groen, “Advancing from outsider to insider: A grounded theory of professional identity negotiation,” Doctoral Dissertation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, 2017. [Online]. Available https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/bitstream/handle/10919/77392/Groen_CJ_D_2017.pdf?sequence =1 [Accessed April 5, 2018][12] C. H. Wasilewski, “Men and women in engineering: Professional identity and factors influencing workforce retention,” Doctor in Industrial
construction sequence and processes of building the Dayanta in 3D models. All of the requisite materials – materials, equipment, tools, substructure and superstructure – must be reviewed thoroughly before the student can proceed. Once this evaluation is completed, the student may repeat the process after a two-week time period has passed. This two-week time interval can be tailored to any period. The purpose of this hiatus is to avoid the retention of the results the students have just received [9].B. Score range: from 60 to 80 If a student earns +60 to +80 at first trial, indicating that he/she missed only a few steps, the system will still encourage him/her (though not mandatorily so) to review only related information
and the contractor’s company size? Third, wasthere a relationship between the contractors’ risk premium for each identified risk and thecontractors’ percent of self-completed work?To answer the above mentioned research questions, data for this study was collected from twogroups of contractors. Group A included contractors who were presented a bid package withexculpatory clauses. Group B included contractors who were presented a bid package with aseparate list of identified risks. During the analysis of the developed data the following nullhypotheses were tested:Ho1: There was no relationship between the contractors’ risk premium for each identified risk andthe contractors years of experience.Ho2: There was no relationship between the
Paper ID #27217Student Perspectives on the Use of iPads for Navigating Construction Draw-ings: A Case StudyDr. Tom Michael Leathem, Auburn University Tom Leathem is an Assistant Professor in the McWhorter School of Building Science at Auburn Univer- sity where he teaches courses in Estimating, Construction Documents, Scheduling, and Project Delivery. He has 11 years industry experience in commercial construction management, holds a Ph.D. in Educa- tion, an M.S. in Integrated Design & Construction, and a B.S. in Construction Management. His areas of research include construction education, assessment, accreditation
university grade pointaverage (GPA) and transfer credit as well. Their ACT scores and sectional scores were recorded alongwith the construction studios grades. A data model was created by compiling all data and grouping theminto two groups of students who 1) took or 2) did not take studios A and B in the summer. Studio A is atwelve hours laboratory which presents an introduction to construction materials and methods,construction drawing and modeling, building systems, project life cycles and management, andprofessional thinking and action. Studio B is also a twelve hours laboratory in which the development ofbuilding assemblies and construction sequencing, drawings and computer applications, projectmanagement skills, and professional thinking and
that were non-compliant did not meet one or more of following requirements: a. timelysubmission, b. completeness of information, c. acknowledgement of addendums, and d. othermistakes and errors typically found on bids which results in disqualification.Although the teams had a strong compliance results, more teams submitted an incomplete bids(33 teams) than a complete bids (39 team). Based on a debriefing session with students followingthe competition, students commented the time commitment for the project was not adequateenough to finish off the submission completely.The teams’ estimate to the target price was very impressive with the 58 compliant bids in ouranalysis for this criteria (Figure 1). Note that 83% of the compliant bids were within
to the other. There are, indeed, lower cost textbook and software available, as a searchat Amazon.com will uncover. These materials were selected (a) in consultation with our IndustryAdvisory Board as to the typical software and topics of concern in the practice and (b) without aconsideration of cost (as a primary factor). This course material cost is comparable to the costsconsidered for engineering courses, as discussed in the “Background” section.Table 1. Typical course material costs for CON 357 – Quantity Surveying and Costing. Resource Cost Textbook Construction Estimating Using Excel, 3rd $164.48 (via Amazon.com [31]) Edition by Steven Peterson Software (for
System." ASCE, Orlando, Florida, USA, 31-31.8. Dede, C., Salzman, M. C., Loftin, R. B., and Sprague, D. (1999). "Multisensory Immersion as a Modeling Environment for Learning Complex Scientific Concepts." Computer Modeling and Simulation in Science Education, N. Roberts, W. Feurzeig, and B. Hunter, eds., Springer-Verlag, New York.9. Rajarajan Subramanian, Developing Advanced Construction Management Course with Innovative Methodologies, Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015, Villanova University.
% 0% Very Somewhat Not helpful Not Very Somewhat Not helpful Not helpful helpful at all applicable helpful helpful at all applicable (a) How the course was organized. (b) How the course content was delivered. Figure 1. Comparative SPoI regarding the organization and delivery of the course 100% 80% 74% 60% 50% 41% Fall 2017 40% Fall 2018
: Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 2011. 19(3), pp. 399-410.[7] R. Hollands, B. Denby, G. Brooks, and A. Burton, “Equipment Operation/Safety Trainingusing Virtual Reality and Safe VR,” In Proc. MineSafe International 2000, September. Perth, WA: Western Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy, 2000, pp. 165-178.[8] D. Zhao and J. Lucas, “Virtual reality simulation for construction safety promotion,” In:International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 2015. Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 57-67.[9] A.Z. Sampaio, M.M. Ferreira, D.P. Rosario, and O.P. Martins, “3D and VR models in civilengineering education: Construction, rehabilitation and maintenance,” In: Automation inConstruction, 2010, 19(7), pp. 819-828.[10] K. Lin, J. Son, and E
education and practice, Vol. 135, No. 1, 21-30.Tinker, A., & Burt, R. (2004). Greening the construction curriculum. International Journal ofConstruction Education and Research, 1(1), 26-33.Levitt, R. (2007). CEM research for the next 50 years: maximizing economic, environmental,societal value of the built environment. ASCE Journal of construction engineering andmanagement, Vol. 133, No. 9, 619-628.Becerik-Gerber, B., Gerber, D. J., & Ku, K. (2011). The pace of technological innovation inarchitecture, engineering, and construction education: integrating recent trends into thecurricula. Journal of Information Technology in Construction (ITcon), 16(24), 411-432.Ahn, Y. H., Annie, R. P., & Kwon, H. (2012). Key competencies for US
training(OSHA-502) will cover changes as will OSHA Training Institute (OTI) websites. The current(2018) mandatory and optional topics and class durations are shown below. Mandatory topicsare shown with required minimum coverage times: 1. Introduction to OSHA: 1 hour 2. Managing Safety and Health: 2 hours 3. Focus Four Hazards: 6 hours a. Fall protection (1 hour minimum) b. Electrical c. Struck by d. Caught in between 4. Personal Protective and Lifesaving Equipment: 2 hours 5. Health Hazards in Construction: 2 hours 6. Stairways and Ladders: 1 hour 7. Six Optional Topics: minimum 12 hours 8. Concrete
Paper ID #27056Finance Major to Construction Engineer and Manager: Summer Internship2018Mr. Tyler Jack Moravec, The University of Nebraska - Lincoln I am a second year masters candidate at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln where I am getting my degree in Construction Engineering and Management. My focus of study is on contract delivery systems and how they provide added value to a construction site. I currently work for Kiewit Building Group, Inc. as an engineer intern until the completion of my graduate degree.Dr. Kelli Herstein, University of Nebraska - LincolnDr. Terry Lee Stentz, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
underperformance and emphasis of researchover teaching. Yet, a tenured position is coveted and sought by many aspiring assistantprofessors in the US education system, and that includes faculty from civil engineering andconstruction disciplines.This paper aims to display the variability in perceptions of tenure requirements among assistantprofessors in civil and construction programs between universities of different researchactivities, and identify their perceived impediments towards obtaining tenure. The motivation forthis research is to bring to surface some of the concerns assistant professors have relating to thetenure process.Faculty from ACCE and ABET accredited programs in tenure-track positions were identifiedthrough an online search, and were