McMullen, K. F., & Biggerstaff,, A., & Conley, C. H., & Bruhl,, J. C., & Arnett, K., & Moody, P., & Hill, A. T., & Crosbie, L. D. (2023, June), Implementation of a Hands-On Timber Truss Design Project in Structural Analysis  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--43519

\bibitem{asee_peer_43519}
  McMullen, K. F., \& Biggerstaff,, A., \& Conley, C. H., \& Bruhl,, J. C., \& Arnett, K., \& Moody, P., \& Hill, A. T., \& Crosbie, L. D. (2023, June), \emph{Implementation of a Hands-On Timber Truss Design Project in Structural Analysis}
  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland.
  10.18260/1-2--43519

Kevin Francis McMullen, Adrian Biggerstaff, P.E., Christopher H. Conley, Jakob C. Bruhl, P.E., Kevin Arnett, Paul Moody, Aaron T. Hill Jr., and Lynden Damon Crosbie.  "Implementation of a Hands-On Timber Truss Design Project in Structural Analysis".  2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://peer.asee.org/43519 Internet.  16 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_43519}
  Kevin Francis McMullen, Adrian Biggerstaff, P.E., Christopher H. Conley, Jakob C. Bruhl, P.E., Kevin Arnett, Paul Moody, Aaron T. Hill Jr., and Lynden Damon Crosbie.
  "Implementation of a Hands-On Timber Truss Design Project in Structural Analysis".
  \emph{2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://peer.asee.org/43519 Internet.  16 May, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Many undergraduate civil engineering programs do not offer timber design courses in their curriculum. However, timber design is commonly used for low-to-midrise buildings, pedestrian bridges, and residential construction. The timber design and construction industry that produces these projects benefits from civil engineering programs including timber design in their curriculum. Exposure to timber design offers students entering the field greater knowledge and confidence with the material. To provide students with the opportunity to understand the fundamentals of timber design and construction without introducing an additional required course into the curriculum, a hands-on engineering design project was implemented in an undergraduate structural analysis course. In this project, students worked in teams to design, analyze, construct, and test a 16-ft long timber truss. Students learned the basics of approximate analysis, design of axial wooden members and connections, and principles of timber construction. The engineering design project has been included in the structural analysis course since 2017. This paper presents the six-year evolution of the engineering design project, student feedback on the structural analysis course, and student performance data from the course and on the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam. Although the engineering design project took a significant amount of time and resources within the structural analysis course, it was a great opportunity for civil engineering students to solve a well-defined design problem and gain exposure to timber design. Student feedback showed the timber truss design project was a great hands-on learning experience, which allowed the students to apply their structural analysis knowledge within the engineering design process. The student performance in the course and on the FE exam demonstrated that the course did not have an adverse effect on achievement of the course objectives for structural analysis.
AU  - Kevin Francis McMullen
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AU  - Paul Moody
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