Solnosky, R. (2020, June), Mini-Project Explorations to Develop Steel and Concrete Gravity System Design Skills   Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2--34975

\bibitem{asee_peer_34975}
  Solnosky, R. (2020, June), \emph{Mini-Project Explorations to Develop Steel and Concrete Gravity System Design Skills }
  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line .
  10.18260/1-2--34975

Ryan Solnosky P.E..  "Mini-Project Explorations to Develop Steel and Concrete Gravity System Design Skills ".  2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2020.  https://peer.asee.org/34975 Internet.  22 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_34975}
  Ryan Solnosky P.E..
  "Mini-Project Explorations to Develop Steel and Concrete Gravity System Design Skills ".
  \emph{2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2020.
  https://peer.asee.org/34975 Internet.  22 Dec, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Core undergraduate steel and concrete courses focus their content on the fundamentals of analyzing and designing members. While this builds the core knowledge of a structural engineer, many times the examples, homework, and exams look at isolated systems and/or members to convey these topics. It is often up to the capstone to connect members to systems; yet, there is often a gap between offerings. If larger picture systems can adopted earlier, then stronger connections to the topic while also informing students of real project complexity has potential. This paper discusses a two offerings of a yearlong piloted approach to introduce a simplified yet realistic set of mini-projects across two back-to-back semester structural courses. Here, these mini-projects were developed based on best-practice design papers and rules of thumb for design in each material, including procedures used to teach architecture students structures. To limit complexity and align with the course topics, gravity bays were the focus of the mini-projects implementing a real campus building. Through teams of two students, these projects have students cycle through conceptual layouts and sizing of gravity systems in both steel and concrete, then at the end of the year, they try to evaluate which systems are most applicable. Results to date have shown that this approach does fill in the gap between design courses and capstones without getting too detailed in the calculations that a capstone might require. The evaluation discussed includes student survey data on their experiences that will be correlated to assessment grades. This paper will also provide suggestions for others in how to formulate and adopt such mini-projects.
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