Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suining Ding, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

skills from prior courses. Students are required to define theproblem, examine precedents, provide client information, identify user groups, analyze the needsand concerns of the clients and users, analyze physical requirements and develop their finalprogram under the guidance of faculty and practitioners. The project could be either acommercial or a residential project. The minimum size of this project is 2,000 square feet.Master planning of the entire building may occur, with focus on a defined use/area for schematicdesign and design development as well as digital 3D model. Students must select at least oneprofessional designer. The practitioners will meet with students periodically and offer feedbackand critique. There is one design meeting

Conference Session

Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Davis, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

regarding tactical contribution on specific educational issues. • Focus Group – has individuals with a specific demographic mix brought into the university to evaluate or discuss a specific topic. Page 11.327.2Types of advisory boards within the university setting: • Customer Advisory Boards – often a group of the most strategic customers (students and firms that typically hire graduates) gathered to offer perspective concerning curriculum, facilities, or industry issues. Unlike user groups, the intent of this type of board is to build relationships with customers or segments that will most directly impact the future

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

practical safety issues that are required of architectural structures. Yetit has fewer economic and mathematical constraints on it than does structural form.Especially in today’s design world of sophisticated finite element analyses, architecturalform has greater latitude, it swings between sculptural form and structural form, withmixed results as evidenced by the aforementioned critiques.Structural form has the greatest amount of constraints imposed on it, and consequentlythe least amount of freedom. Structural engineers who create structural form areprimarily concerned with safety, economy and constructability of the form. These arequantitative concerns that can be measured and optimized. When a master structuralengineer embraces the discipline

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeanne Homer, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

. Page 11.1252.9Figure 7 RISA ModelWeekly seminars become important during this less familiar and more technical DD phase. Theseminars are scheduled to introduce issues students will soon address. Seminars include topicsreviewing such things as codes, structural planning and design, mechanical planning and design,envelope systems, sustainability, and verbal presentation. Despite their apparent importance, thelong seminars held in our dark lecture room are dreaded, or used as “time to catch up on sleep.”To respond to this common complaint, the faculty has converted some of the seminars thissemester to workshops done in the studio.Beginning with the research during the DD phase, many students find reward in seeing theirprojects ‘take on a life of

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dong, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo; Thomas Leslie, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska, the Al Faisaliah Center in Riyadh, and the Center for Clinical Sciences Research at Stanford University, where he was Foster's site architect. In 2000 he accepted a teaching appointment at Iowa State, where he teaches building design, technology, and history. The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture has recognized him with their annual New Faculty and Creative Achievement Awards; and he is the author of Louis I. Kahn: Building Art, Building Science, and co-author of the forthcoming Design-Tech: Building Science for Architects. Leslie has published numerous articles on the role of technology in architectural history

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Architectural Engineering II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Betz, State University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

. Page 12.880.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Independent Student Design Competitions and the Assessment DilemmaAbstractOne of the most difficult assessment problems for faculty is student design competitions whereonly one or maybe two teams participate for independent study. Students are excited andfocused on the possibility of winning. The faculty is usually concerned with process andassessment in the context of a project and program not of their design. The issues are multipliedwhen you combine the problems of team assessment with a small sample pool of participants.This paper presents a case study in process and assessment for a single team of four independentstudy students that entered the 2005-2006 Airport Security

Conference Session

Beneficial Case Studies in AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Betz, State University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

comparative critique process. The process was based on mapping concepts asa series of characteristics or facets. If enough points were mapped it gave a full summary ofeach project in terms of its individual strengths and weaknesses in addition to the entireensemble. Several students at a time would debate the application of concepts in this context.The faculty moderated the discussion, without prejudice or preference for one project or another.One fascinating aspect to this correlation had to do with why both students and faculty canrecognize the best projects without an explicit definition or weighted formula for creativity. Theone day sketch problems given could be termed as new to students, very open, functionallyunconstrained and ill-defined; the

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations and Global Issues in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hollee Hitchcock Becker, The Catholic University of America

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

structure. At some time during the industrial revolution, when Portland Page 23.1235.2Cement and Structural Steel were still in their infancy, architects began to relegate componentdesign to engineers. Whether the decision was a conscious effort by instructors from schoolssuch as L’Ecole Beaux Arts or out of the necessity to transfer responsibility of design to theengineers who developed and worked with new materials, the result was a gradual shift in thedefinition of architectural design from a practical or applied expression of form to the purelyaesthetic expression that many architecture faculty embrace through design studio pedagogytoday

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Miers, Western Carolina Univeristy; George Ford, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

years it was donatedto the village of Highlands. The structure received renovations and additions over the years whenit became the regional hospital for the area. Upon the recent completion of the new regionalhospital the Peggy Crosby Center became a not for profit establishment for the community. Itcurrently houses a computer training center, day care center, used bookstore, Red Cross offices,and a catering business, along with other use groups. During the fall of 2008, members of thePeggy Crosby Board of Directors approached the faculty of the Construction Managementprogram to assist them with needed updates and renovations for their building. The facultyprovided plans, estimates and recommendations for a various number of issues. This

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber Bartosh, Syracuse University; Bess Krietemeyer, Syracuse University; Sinéad C. Mac Namara, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

reported general interest in resolving technical issues in the designstudio. Less than 30% of students claim that technical concerns are always a priority in their designwork. Figure 7 shows students’ perceptions of how important technical concerns are to their studiofaculty. These results are among the most emphatic in the whole survey. Approximately 15 % ofstudents agree with the statement that “Very few instructors think it is important” and 70% agreethat “Some instructors think it is important, others do not.” These perceptions (regardless ofwhether they are an accurate reflection of their studio instructors’ actual values) elicit concern. Ifa significant majority of students do not get the message from their design faculty that

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Arch Engineering II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erich Connell, East Carolina University; David Batie, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

may be necessary to gooutside the normal boundaries of conventional thinking and functioning, that is “breakingthe box”. This was the case for the interdisciplinary online course concerning theinteractions of the professional fields involved in the building enterprise. The course wasnamed “Issues of the Built Environment”, an umbrella title created for the disciplines ofArchitecture, Construction, Interior and Industrial Design, Landscape and UrbanPlanning.Importance of collaborations - The principal motivation for organizing a collaborativeonline course was to teach the importance of cooperative and respectful relations amongall professionals in completing a successful work of construction. High quality buildingprojects require the concerted

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill Nelson, California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University; Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

, thechallenges continue in determining the number of units the course will require, and finding acommon location and time. Architecture has a culture of five unit studio laboratories, whileARCE and CM have more traditional combinations of three unit lecture courses, lecture courseswith activities, and three unit laboratories. The new course whatever its size needs to fit into theexisting curriculum schedule of all three departments.Another question considered was whether to develop a new course from scratch or scale asmaller existing interdisciplinary experience into a larger effort. The three department headsheld several meetings with those faculty members who had executed previous interdisciplinaryefforts to brainstorm and discuss ideas. Those

Conference Session

Architechtural Engineering Eduction: Emergent Topics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University; Jill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

mandatory and expandingit to five units was readily accepted by the faculty. The change has been most difficult for theARCE department due to a highly impacted curriculum of typically 3 unit courses.One concern initially expressed by ARCE faculty was what existing courses would be sacrificedto make room for this new 5 unit course? It appears that this question has been answered withthe new interdisciplinary project based course replacing a prior 3 unit “senior project” course.The additional 2 units for the new interdisciplinary course were gained by eliminating a 4 unitgeneral numerical analysis course taught by computer science and replacing it with a 1 unitfocused numerical analysis lab taught by ARCE faculty. The changes were difficult but seem

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlie Setterfield, Sinclair Community College; Eric Dunn, Sinclair Community College; Russell Marcks, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

solution. Professors worked withstudents to foster a sense of community that allowed cross-disciplinary collaboration, includinghosting a visiting lecturer who specializes in IPD who worked with both faculty and studentsprior to the start of the project. Technology allowing for group communication was employed bythe teams and monitored by faculty throughout the course.Building Information Modeling (BIM) was a cornerstone of the challenge, driving students toexplore new technologies of modeling and construction. Autodesk’s Revit, a component-drivenbuilding modeling program, was the design software of choice. Revit models were coupled withenergy analysis, estimating, rendering, and other design programs. A designated server oncampus was established

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlie Setterfield, Sinclair Community College; Chad R. Bridgman, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

businessoccupancy for first-floor spaces, the program supports attraction and retention of collegegraduates through civic engagement and new internships with local professional services firms.Community college internship coordinator and faculty managed the student portion of theprogram, which provided students with real-world experience assessing conditions, creating as-built drawings, performing code analysis, developing estimates, and generating designs thatincorporate LEED elements. The grant funded student wages, while the architecture andengineering firms provided mentorship pro bono. The Downtown Dayton Partnership serves asfiscal agent for the project and facilitates the interface between professional firms and buildingowners, as well as developing

Conference Session

Construction Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Elizabeth Leach, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

wouldallow for the student designs to relate directly to the community surrounding their home;utilizing contextual and environmental clues to improve the quality and relevance of thestudent’s designs. Perceptions of architectural education and architectural students would alsoimprove through the interaction between the students, faculty, and the community. Thecommunity would witness and benefit from the talents, skills, expertise, and enthusiasm thestudents have to offer the community.References[1] American Institute of Architects. (2008). The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons, Inc.[2] Howieson, S. (2000). Integrated Architectural Design: Issues and Models. In D. Nicol, & S. Pilling, Changing

Conference Session

Beneficial Case Studies in AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Mitchell, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

” (AED) is addressedthrough an online survey of representative faculty at ABET accredited Architectural Engineeringschools. The faculty are first characterized in multiple ways: university, academic rank, years ofexperience, registration status and discipline. The results of their open-ended definition of AEDare examined using eight categories derived from the responses rated on 1-5 Likert scales, withthe analysis broken down using the same faculty characterization. Faculty opinions about thedisciplines necessary to include in AED are also analyzed. Overall there is general agreementthat disciplinary “skills” are an important part of AED as are, to a lesser extent, the “products”produced. There is some agreement about the idea of “integration

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gouranga Banik, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

, disasters, and scandals in which engineers have been major players (Harris et al.1996). Something should be done to avoid all these disasters. Ethics teaching can’t be done onlyto discuss all the exciting big news/bad news which usually comes in the media. Although theseincidents should be a matter of concern for all of us as human beings and as engineers. Wealways need to consider that these are exceptional rather than ordinary occurrences inengineering. Most engineers will usually not be involved in such circumstances.Media coverage is important but not everything about ethics. Whenever a question is asked aboutethical failure (or disaster) issues in engineering and construction, most students think of afamiliar list of disasters: the collapse of

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

, students were required to createthree physical prototypes for Phase 1. Two of the prototypes were to use the laser engraver toproduce models that represented the building form using a series of both horizontal and verticalslices. Unlike project one, the use of doubly-curved surfaces would not be a factor as there wasno criteria requiring the use of developable surfaces. The third prototype was to be producedusing a 3D printer, which raised several new technical issues for the students. The 3D printercreates a model using the stereo-lithography (.stl) file format, which is essentially a triangulatedmesh. More importantly, the geometry must be closed and “water-tight”, meaning that theprecision level must be very high in order to avoid any gaps

Conference Session

Project-Based Experiences in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sinead MacNamara, Syracuse University; Larry D Bowne II, Syracuse University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

community bicycling programthat operates on weekends and afternoons in Skiddy Park and the Near Westside.Together, the renovated and new structure would create public spaces for gathering,performances and events.In addition to the community outreach described above, architects in Comp Studiocollaborated with their engineering colleagues in CEED. Typically, this collaborationinvolved architecture students learning to frame their issues and questions in terms thatprevail in the engineering disciplines. More significantly, the architecture students neededto learn how to treat the engineers with the respect and deference commensurate withtheir allied, though discrete, expertise. Too often, the architecture students expectedimmediate calculations

Conference Session

Educational Strategies in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James B Guthrie P.E., California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

develop and design structural systems, someArchitecture faculty observed that these lessons were not consistently integrated into theArchitecture Department’s design studios. It appeared that the building structure was a separateand isolated topic receiving inconsistent emphasis in the architectural studios. As part of a largerreconfiguration of the five course structural engineering sequence, a culminating structuralengineering course was created that would directly provide this structural integration.This new course, ARCE 316 Structural Integration in Architecture, has some traditionalstructural content. However the unique aspect of this course is the integration of ARCE facultyinto Architecture studios. Each ARCE section is associated with two

Conference Session

Architechtural Engineering Eduction: Emergent Topics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Jan Cowan, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Craig Greene, College of the North Atlantic; Modibo Boubacar Traore, Purdue University, School of Engineering and Technology; Wanda L. Worley, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Tarawut Boonlua, Mahasarakham University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

22.1013.2knowledge from the village elders and the Thai professors and students. This paper will alsodiscuss experiences both within and outside the classrooms at these institutions that led to agreater appreciation and understanding of Thai education. It should also be noted that thisdiscussion will include detailed comments from one of the Thai educators, an educator andarchitect from Canada as well as a graduate student from the USA.Literature ContextOur concern in this paper is the absence of studies that focus on teaching in a study abroadcontext. Several architectural schools, over the course of many years, have incorporated studyabroad into their programs and, quite naturally, have focused on the wealth of new foundarchitectural wonders in foreign

Conference Session

Construction Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

undergraduate students is challenging and require realapplications, where students need to perform experimental, as well as simulation works toanalyze the system under consideration. The main objective is to familiarize them with the twoapproaches that usually will confront in their future.The two approaches are design a new product (building, mechanical and electrical system) ordiagnose an existing system, because of a dysfunction in term of performance (discomfort, sickbuilding syndrome, and so on). The approaches are developed and tested through case studies.The case studies may concern thermal comfort, indoor air quality, building illumination, andother issues encountered in modern residential and commercial buildings

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Jan Cowan, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kirsten Hill, IUPUI Student; Mary Ann Frank, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

but also engaged in issues of sustainability, social commentary andrepurposing. These become highly creative, intellectual and innovative exercises, allowing themto explore the boundaries of the context for what people think of as a house or a building,transporting the design of houses and office buildings into a new paradigm.MethodologyIn moving these concepts into a class project, the authors first recognized the necessity oftreating this as a real versus a fictitious project. Fortunately, given the current economic climatein the US, the idea of developing design concepts related to affordable housing was appealing.To begin with, a student Service Learning Assistant was hired to start this project. This helped toembed the project at the

Conference Session

Educational Strategies in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gouranga Banik, Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

Page 26.1001.10According to the redesign course, this class was taught in the last spring. The outcome of theclass is very impressive which can be improved over the time. In addition to conventionalteaching, students usually like the industry speakers and field trips. They like to have little bitmore on field responsibilities.Conclusion:Since the expectation from the industry for the civil engineers and construction managers is veryhigh, and ABET is trying to address the concerns, it is the author’s views that faculty needs tolook out curriculum regularly and modify it as needed. It is also to consult with the industryadvisory board, alumni and regional and national relevant industry.References:Accreditation Board for Engineering Education and

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Gerald Shall, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

recommends source reduction, giving it the highestpriority for addressing solid waste issues. While reuse and recycling are important methods tosustainably manage waste once waste has already been generated, source reduction preventswaste from being generated in the first place. Examples of C&D source reduction measuresinclude preserving existing buildings rather than constructing new ones; optimizing the size ofnew buildings; designing new buildings for adaptability to prolong their useful lives; usingconstruction methods that allow disassembly and facilitate reuse of materials; employingalternative framing techniques; reducing interior finishes; and more.” Environmental ProtectionAgency, accessed January 9, 2017, https://www.epa.gov/smm

Conference Session

Beneficial Case Studies in AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Arens, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

architecture critique, many of the issues brought up by jurorsand by the student peers appeared to touch on relatively high level concepts in Bloom’sTaxonomy of Learning. The taxonomies are a language that is proposed to describe theprogressive development of an individual’s cognitive understanding of material.Thus, this paper began as an exploration of the thesis that Architecture faculty are comfortablemoving up and down the continuum of Bloom’s Taxonomy, whereas Civil Engineering facultytraditionally move up from the lowest levels of the taxonomy and they are challenged to reachthe higher levels with their students.The purpose of this paper is to review the literature that might support this thesis, and torecommend how Civil Engineering faculty

Conference Session

AEC Education: Instructional Strategies and Innovation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suining Ding, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne (Eng)

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

designprocess of an ADA accessible project for Habitat for Humanity (Habitat). Habitat is a self-helphousing organization devoted to build “simple, decent, and affordable” housing for low incomefamilies. Homes are built using volunteer labor and are sold at no profit, with no interest chargeon the mortgage. Accessibility is an important issue in current housing design for Habitat. Anaccessible house is one that can be approached, entered, and used independently by people withmobile disabilities. The nature of the project provides unique opportunities for students tounderstand the role of public service in making meaningful social contributions. This is a 4-weekstudio project that joins students, faculty and community partners together. Besides

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Dupuis, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Benjamin Thompson, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Lawrence Bank, University of Wisconsin - Madison; John Herridge, Autodesk

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

to being the first speaker of thesemester for a new class of students.EngineersEngineering speakers tended to be from the structural or mechanical disciplines, and generallyaddressed three types of issues in their presentations. One focus was on technical issues of BIMsoftware and its compatibility with favored analysis packages. A second topic was the workflowchanges within the office that BIM necessitates, and finally, project success and failure stories.Speakers who work on the front lines of design firms tended to be more engaging speakers forthis level of a class. Several front office speakers focused their talks on profit, loss and the costof implementing BIM. While these topics are important, the students seemed to find them

Conference Session

BIM in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Monson, University of Washington; Hoda - Homayouni, University of Washington; Carrie S Dossick, University of Washington; Anne K Anderson, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

focus instructor efforts in theirinteractions with students during the labs.Students generally felt that there was too much emphasis on concepts in the course. This is aninteresting response in that it represents the perennial struggle between the skills students saythey want out of practical coursework and the learning processes that would allow them thecapacity to access knowledge and reapply it in new contexts. The education literature shows ushow important concept learning is to the development of expert knowledge. The student opinion Page 26.932.12about “too much emphasis on concepts” could be changed if these issues of learning theory