TY - GEN
T1 - State of the art of architectural engineering education as a contribution to the foundation for the National Agenda
T2 - Architectural Engineering National Conference 2019: Integrated Building Solutions - The National Agenda, AEI 2019
AU - Raebel, Christopher H.
AU - Hasler, Fred
AU - Erdogmus, Ece
AU - Parfitt, Kevin
N1 - Funding Information:
PSU has two primary senior capstone (AE Senior Thesis) paths available; an individual and a team option. Both take place in the 5th or professional year of the program and are two semesters (8 credit hours total) in length. In the individual engineering capstone, each student is required to obtain an actual building project from industry (often through contacts from one of their previous internships) to use as a model. Fall semester includes planning and project management work in addition to discipline specific activities. At the end of the first semester, a detailed student proposal for in-depth study is written outlining design and construction process activities for second course in the sequence. Spring semester involves the execution of the faculty approved student proposal culminating in an oral presentation to the faculty and invited jury and a detailed written summary report. Based on this initial presentation, two students from each discipline option are selected to move to the awards round which is judged by an outside practitioner jury of 40 – 50 experienced professionals followed by a senior awards and senior thesis awards banquet and program. In the spring, each student is also required to perform integrated breadth work in at least two other disciplines besides their specialty concentration area. Each student is assigned a discipline faculty advisor and two other faculty coordinate the overall course and the project management student requirements. Practitioner mentors are also used frequently to supplement the faculty roles or enrich the experience for the students. For coordination and management purposes, each student is responsible to create and maintain a Capstone Project Electronic Portfolio (CPEP) which is available on-line to the public and faculty on the e-Studio website. A two-semester multidisciplinary team capstone option is also available for Penn State students. This option was initially created through a grant from the Thornton Tomasetti Foundation and the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education. After three years of this prototype, best practices were captured and converted to a capstone experience based on the AEI National Competition with additional PSU-only requirements added. Since current competition rules only allow for one team per school to be in the national finals, additional Penn State teams present and are judged in a manner similar to the individual capstone project students. Multiple AE faculty, assisted when appropriate by a group of industry mentors appropriate to the project type, are assigned to the team capstone students. The total number of advisors involved depends on the number of teams in an individual year and any special challenge topics that need addressed (acoustics, fire protection, high-rise structures, etc.) The UNL AE program requires two capstone experiences until the end of the 2018/2019 academic year. One of them is the Interdisciplinary Team Design (ITD) class, and the other is an individual year-long course series named Graduate Design Project (GDP). Both courses constituted a two-semester series for the past few years. ITD aims at providing a real-life team design experience.
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© 2019 American Society of Civil Engineers.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Architectural Engineering education is a major component of the national agenda for the American Society of Civil Engineers. Well-educated graduates of architectural engineering programs are in high demand regionally, nationally, and internationally. The degree programs offered by universities are constantly evolving to remain current with, and ahead of, leading design firms and their design practices. This paper presents a brief look at four different undergraduate architectural engineering programs. The programs from Milwaukee School of Engineering, Kansas State University, University of Nebraska, and The Pennsylvania State University are presented. The programs range from a small, undergraduate focused program to a large, doctoral granting program. Each of these programs have been accredited by ABET for a long period of time, and each program has weathered changes to their undergraduate curriculum in recent years. Three focal points will be included in the comparison. First, the background of departmental faculty will be discussed. The universities considered are diverse, and the attraction, retention, and focus of the faculty differs among the programs evaluated. Next, examples of course offerings and course structure will be compared. The four universities offer very different degree program structures, and each structure presents its own advantages and difficulties. Finally, each program's senior capstone experience will be discussed and compared. The senior capstone experience is often a major component of an AE degree program, and it is also often a primary source for assessment of student outcomes. The capstone experience is a venue for showcasing students' educational maturity and professional readiness. Each university approaches the capstone experience in a different way, and both similarities and differences will be discussed.
AB - Architectural Engineering education is a major component of the national agenda for the American Society of Civil Engineers. Well-educated graduates of architectural engineering programs are in high demand regionally, nationally, and internationally. The degree programs offered by universities are constantly evolving to remain current with, and ahead of, leading design firms and their design practices. This paper presents a brief look at four different undergraduate architectural engineering programs. The programs from Milwaukee School of Engineering, Kansas State University, University of Nebraska, and The Pennsylvania State University are presented. The programs range from a small, undergraduate focused program to a large, doctoral granting program. Each of these programs have been accredited by ABET for a long period of time, and each program has weathered changes to their undergraduate curriculum in recent years. Three focal points will be included in the comparison. First, the background of departmental faculty will be discussed. The universities considered are diverse, and the attraction, retention, and focus of the faculty differs among the programs evaluated. Next, examples of course offerings and course structure will be compared. The four universities offer very different degree program structures, and each structure presents its own advantages and difficulties. Finally, each program's senior capstone experience will be discussed and compared. The senior capstone experience is often a major component of an AE degree program, and it is also often a primary source for assessment of student outcomes. The capstone experience is a venue for showcasing students' educational maturity and professional readiness. Each university approaches the capstone experience in a different way, and both similarities and differences will be discussed.
KW - Architectural Engineering Education
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784482261.021
DO - 10.1061/9780784482261.021
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85064495249
T3 - AEI 2019: Integrated Building Solutions - The National Agenda - Proceedings of the Architectural Engineering National Conference 2019
SP - 174
EP - 180
BT - AEI 2019
A2 - Ling, Moses D. F.
A2 - Leicht, Robert M.
A2 - Solnosky, Ryan L.
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Y2 - 3 April 2019 through 6 April 2019
ER -