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Improving Civil Engineering Education: Transportation Geotechnics Taught through Project-Based Learning Methodologies
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Previous studies have found that nontechnical skills, like, for example, communication, team work, and solving open-ended problems, are abilities that civil engineers must possess to perform their professional duties. ...
Recommendations for Numerical Rail Substructure Modeling Considering Nonlinear Elastic Behavior
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper considers the problem of modeling railway track substructure. The most commonly used methodology for designing the railway substructure cross section does not considerably differ from that proposed in the 1980s. ...
Introducing High School Students into the Multidisciplinary World of Bridge Construction Using Project-Based Learning
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: This article presents the application of the problem-based learning (PBL) methodology for introducing the civil engineering task of bridge design and construction to high school students with a multidisciplinary approach. ...