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View article: The Effectiveness of Full and Focused Structural Feedback on Students’ Knowledge Structure and Learning
The Effectiveness of Full and Focused Structural Feedback on Students’ Knowledge Structure and Learning Open
Most STEM classrooms overlook the intrinsic conceptual structure of domain content, strategies for improving students’ conceptual structure have promise for improving STEM learning outcomes. This experimental investigation continues the de…
View article: Benchmarking Architectural Engineering Capstones Part 3: Exploring Technical Studies and Integration
Benchmarking Architectural Engineering Capstones Part 3: Exploring Technical Studies and Integration Open
Architectural Engineering (AE) programs are poised to be leaders in educating future engineers on best practices and leading industry trends. To the AEC industry's leading providers of critical thinkers, creative solution makers and future…
View article: Board 428: Work in Progress: An Open Educational Resource to Improve Architectural Engineering Students Conceptual Knowledge When Writing-to-Learn: Investigation 1
Board 428: Work in Progress: An Open Educational Resource to Improve Architectural Engineering Students Conceptual Knowledge When Writing-to-Learn: Investigation 1 Open
This investigation is the first of four investigations funded by the NSF (DUE award 2215807) to develop and then field test on open educational browser-based writing-to-learn tool called GIKS. The underlying theory is that writing-to-learn…
View article: Teaching Structures in an (Almost) Empty Room: An Assessment of Strategies for Student Engagement in Mixed-mode and Remote Classes
Teaching Structures in an (Almost) Empty Room: An Assessment of Strategies for Student Engagement in Mixed-mode and Remote Classes Open
Newly imposed educational delivery modalities such as mixed-mode or fully remote instruction due to the Covid-19 pandemic have resulted in many creative, innovative instructional approaches to undergraduate engineering education. However, …
View article: WIP: Enhancing Freshman Seminars With Themes: An Architectural Engineering Approach
WIP: Enhancing Freshman Seminars With Themes: An Architectural Engineering Approach Open
This article presents the development, implementation, and early results of a revitalization effort for engineering first-year seminar (FYS) classes offered by the Architectural Engineering (AE) Department at The Pennsylvania State Univers…
View article: Software Strategies for Team Functionality Support in Capstone Courses
Software Strategies for Team Functionality Support in Capstone Courses Open
Capstone courses are a vital part of the undergraduate engineering experience. Today's capstones often utilize a mixture of existing and new technical skills that are applied to projects of varying complexity with some level of correlation…
View article: Energizing High School Students Toward Building Design: A Summer Camp Experience
Energizing High School Students Toward Building Design: A Summer Camp Experience Open
Architectural Engineering (AE) is a critical engineering major for the future of building design given how important buildings impact our everyday lives as well as our environment. However, the major of AE is comparatively small and relati…
View article: The Foggy Mirror Experiment: Pedagogical Approach and Outcome for ABET’s Design and Conducting Experiments for Architectural Engineering
The Foggy Mirror Experiment: Pedagogical Approach and Outcome for ABET’s Design and Conducting Experiments for Architectural Engineering Open
ABET Criterion 3, Student Outcome (6) requires engineering programs to showcase student ability to develop and conduct appropriate experiment, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions. The breadth of thi…
View article: Board 58: WIP: Enhancing Workforce Development of Data Science Skills within Domain-Specific Programs
Board 58: WIP: Enhancing Workforce Development of Data Science Skills within Domain-Specific Programs Open
In 2018, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identified a need for undergraduate students to have access to critical data science skills development opportunities. Over the next several decades, the world's relian…
View article: Classroom Climate Analysis of Flipped Structural Classrooms with Active Learning: A Case Study
Classroom Climate Analysis of Flipped Structural Classrooms with Active Learning: A Case Study Open
From passive instruction to highly collaborative active learning, student success can vary in the classroom based on a variety of factors. Within different possible learning constructs, how the class environment, or climate, is structured …
View article: Contributions of interdisciplinary learning toward AE graduates’ success: An industry perspective
Contributions of interdisciplinary learning toward AE graduates’ success: An industry perspective Open
Interdisciplinary learning plays an important role in the field of Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC). However, ingraining interdisciplinary learning into a curriculum is both an important and challenging need. Previous studi…
View article: Teaching Post-Tension Concrete Design: Leveraging Practical Industry Expertise
Teaching Post-Tension Concrete Design: Leveraging Practical Industry Expertise Open
Within civil and architectural engineering programs that offer structural specialization, students are regularly exposed to steel and reinforced concrete courses that focus on the fundamentals of analyzing structural behavior, as well as, …
View article: Benchmarking Architectural Engineering Capstones Part 2: A deeper dive into Trends and Opportunities
Benchmarking Architectural Engineering Capstones Part 2: A deeper dive into Trends and Opportunities Open
There are currently 25 ABET accredited Architectural Engineering (AE) programs in the United States that offer degrees closely associated with the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. AE programs are sparse and uniqu…
View article: GIFTS: It’s Time to Start with ‘A Safety Moment’
GIFTS: It’s Time to Start with ‘A Safety Moment’ Open
A Professional Engineer (PE) is to hold paramount the health and safety of the public. This raises the question regarding how we develop students to both be aware of safe practices, but more importantly, gain a desire for life-long learnin…
View article: Developing an AE Tutoring Engaging Advising & Mentoring (TEAM) Program: a Peer Cohort Environment
Developing an AE Tutoring Engaging Advising & Mentoring (TEAM) Program: a Peer Cohort Environment Open
To promote maturity towards learning, student connections with others is vital. Academic growth requires supportive conditions to flourish, specifically autonomy. By creating a knowledge-intense social system of student interaction with in…
View article: Capstone Redesign: Engaging stakeholders to find the balance between individual and team learning outcomes
Capstone Redesign: Engaging stakeholders to find the balance between individual and team learning outcomes Open
Capstone experiences in engineering education cumulate learning students have developed over their academic careers, showcase their ability to engineer solutions, and serve as a crowning element in the transition to industry positions. To …
View article: Multi-Disciplinary Characteristics of Double-Skin Facades for Computational Modeling Perspective and Practical Design Considerations
Multi-Disciplinary Characteristics of Double-Skin Facades for Computational Modeling Perspective and Practical Design Considerations Open
Vertical building enclosures known as Double-skin façades (DSFs) have become recognized as a promising façade type for buildings that place emphasis on sustainable, green, and energy-efficient design performance. DSFs are highly integrated…
View article: Developing FEM Procedures for Four-Sided Structural Sealant Glazing Curtain Wall Systems with Reentrant Corners
Developing FEM Procedures for Four-Sided Structural Sealant Glazing Curtain Wall Systems with Reentrant Corners Open
In the cyclic racking evaluation of curtain wall systems, physical testing with instrumentation is the standard method for collecting performance data by most design professionals. The resulting testing of full-scale mockups can provide ma…
View article: Derivation of Kinematic Equations Based on Full-Scale Racking Tests for Seismic Performance Evaluation of Unitized Four-Sided Structural Sealant Glazing Curtain Wall Systems
Derivation of Kinematic Equations Based on Full-Scale Racking Tests for Seismic Performance Evaluation of Unitized Four-Sided Structural Sealant Glazing Curtain Wall Systems Open
Curtain wall glazing systems are a major part of a building due to the multiple roles they have, including occupant protection against environmental effects and the transfer of loads to the structural system. From a structural perspective,…
View article: Convergence in Engineering and Architectural Design Education: Mission-driven Integrated Design Studio
Convergence in Engineering and Architectural Design Education: Mission-driven Integrated Design Studio Open
This paper presents a convergence-driven educational approach for a newly formulated cross-disciplinary design studio for architecture, landscape architecture and engineering students. The studio, titled Mission Driven Integrated Design (M…
View article: Benchmarking Architectural Engineering Capstones
Benchmarking Architectural Engineering Capstones Open
Architectural Engineering programs that create students capable of being professionals and leaders in the AEC industry are in high demand regionally, nationally and internationally. From a global perspective, AE programs are unique and spa…
View article: Mini-Project Explorations to Develop Steel and Concrete Gravity System Design Skills
Mini-Project Explorations to Develop Steel and Concrete Gravity System Design Skills Open
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 i…
View article: Front Matter
Front Matter Open
Front matter pages come before the papers or chapters in a published work. Front matter includes the title page, copyright and notices page, and table of contents. It can also include a foreword, preface, or introduction; series informatio…
View article: Survey Tools for Faculty to Quickly Assess Multidisciplinary Team Dyanmics in Capstone Courses
Survey Tools for Faculty to Quickly Assess Multidisciplinary Team Dyanmics in Capstone Courses Open
Many engineering faculty have limited skills and/or assessment tools to evaluate team dynamics in multidisciplinary team-based capstone courses.Rapidly deployable tools are needed here to provide proactive feedback to teams to facilitate d…