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A Comprehensive Overview of Approaches to Teaching Ethics in a University Setting
(ASCE, 2020)Improving the ethical thinking and analysis of university students is becoming an essential goal of modern curricula and program designers in various disciplines. To support ethics learning via practical applications and ... -
A Grounded-Theory Study of Civil Engineering Design Practice in Malaysia
(ASCE, 2020)The heart of engineering lies in problem solving. Critical thinking and mathematical thinking are inexorably linked and indispensable in complex engineering problem solving. However, the preparedness of prospective engineers ... -
Academia and Industry Perceptions of Construction Planning and Scheduling Education
(ASCE, 2022-03-30)For construction management students completing the construction planning and scheduling course to meet work expectations and provide effective benefit to their employers, the course curriculum should accurately reflect ... -
Advancing Minority STEM Students’ Communication and Presentation Skills through Cocurricular Training Activities
(ASCE, 2022-01-31)The competency and professional growth of the workforce in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry is significantly impacted by the individuals’ ability to master oral communication skills as well ... -
AI Integration in Construction Education: A Survey on Awareness, Attitudes, and Implementation of AI among US and International Faculties
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Artificial intelligence (AI) presents significant opportunities and challenges within the construction industry. Higher education will have a vital role in preparing future professionals to leverage AI tools, and in the ... -
Alignment of Civil Engineering Programs with the ASCE Body of Knowledge
(ASCE, 7/3/2023 1)The American Society of Civil Engineer’s Body of Knowledge versions 2 and 3 (BOK2 and BOK3) explicitly describe the knowledge expected in each category (outcome) of those entering the civil engineering profession. The goal ... -
Alignment of the FE Exam with Civil Engineering Program Content
(ASCE, 2022/06/02)The goal of this study was to determine the extent civil engineering programs include topics from the civil engineering–specific fundamentals of engineering (FE) exam in their curricula. Data were gathered from a representative ... -
ASCE’s Response to the Pandemic: Empowering Inclusion through the Remote ExCEEd Teaching Workshop
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In the spring of 2020, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) was faced with the challenge of how to best serve and support its higher education members amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, for the Excellence ... -
Assessing the Benefits of Flipped Classroom in Enhancing Construction Students’ Technical Communication Skills
(ASCE, 1/1/2021)Because of the availability of internet resources including audio and video on virtually any subject, the flipped classroom is being increasingly used in many areas. However, the benefits of using a flipped classroom on ... -
Assessment of Interactive Holographic Scenes in Learning Applications of Sensing Technologies in Construction Education
(ASCE, 7/21/2023 )This study presents a between- and within-subjects quasi-experiment that investigated the impact of interactive holographic scenes (virtual environment) on learning sensing technologies such as laser scanners, drones, ... -
BIM-Based Learning Outcomes and Teaching and Learning Activities in Higher Education: A Social Network Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Building information modeling (BIM) is becoming more widely used in higher education due to changing industry demands. As a digital representation of a facility’s characteristics, BIM promotes cost-effective facility ... -
Bridging the Gap between Industry Expectations and Academic Preparation: Civil Engineering Students’ Employability
(ASCE, 2022-02-28)Employers expect engineering graduates to be prepared for their entry-level positions in the rapidly advancing civil engineering industry. Employability, defined as developing capabilities for successful and sustainable ... -
Bringing Social Justice Context into Civil Engineering Courses for First-Year and Third-Year Students
(ASCE, 2024/04/01)Civil engineering education must be updated to keep pace with the profession and move past a culture of disengagement where technical work is considered separate from societal impact. Civil engineering students need to ... -
Catalysts and Barriers Faced by Native American Engineering Undergraduate Students in Arizona
(ASCE, 4/1/2021)Engineering schools have been unable to recruit and retain Native American students at the same rate as other students. Consequently, the Native American representation in engineering has been declining over the years in ... -
Civil Engineering Students’ Beliefs about Global Warming and Misconceptions about Climate Science
(ASCE, 10/1/2021)Civil engineers will face increasing challenges in their careers due to climate change. The infrastructure they design and construct will directly contribute to or mitigate it. Action to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions ... -
Civil Engineering Students’ Collective Agency and Professional Identity in a Problem- and Project-Based Learning Environment: Case from Qatar
(ASCE, 10/1/2021)This study explores engineering students’ enactment of collective agency and perceptions of professional identity. Empirical data were drawn from observation and group interviews with 30 engineering students in a civil ... -
Comparative Analysis of Work–Life Balance Perceptions of Civil Engineering Students
(ASCE, 2021-11-30)Projects in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry are known for cost and time pressures that cause stress, which brings excessive workload to employees. As candidate professionals, civil engineering ... -
Comparing Design Thinking Traits between National Samples of Civil Engineering and Architecture Students
(ASCE, 4/1/2021)Civil engineers and architects are both trained in design thinking, but they approach the process of design from differing perspectives largely due to the divergence in their educational curriculums. With an interest in ... -
Comparing Engineering Student and Practitioner Performance on the Strength of Materials Concept Inventory: Results and Implications
(ASCE, 2022-02-22)Preparing engineering undergraduate students for the workforce is a goal of engineering programs. Engineering educators arguably provide students with conceptual understanding of engineering fundamentals; however, few ... -
Comparing Exam Performance in a Reinforced Concrete Design Course with Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels
(ASCE, 2020)The objectives of this study were to investigate the cognitive Bloom’s taxonomy levels achieved in an introductory reinforced concrete design course, determine if the Bloom’s levels assigned to the same exam questions by ...