Journal of Civil Engineering Education: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Faculty Perceptions of Interactive Learning Spaces within Construction Programs
(ASCE, 2021-12-08)To date, research conducted on interactive learning spaces (ILSs) has focused on the student learning experience, with limited focus on faculty perceptions. In this study, construction management faculty were surveyed about ... -
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 ... -
Perceptions of Civil Engineering and Construction Students Toward Community and Infrastructure Resilience
(ASCE, 2021-10-06)Civil engineering and construction (CEC) are among primary higher education programs preparing the next generation of subject experts and decision makers working on different aspects of infrastructure resilience, which is ... -
Investigating Problem-Solving Processes of Students, Faculty, and Practicing Engineers in Civil Engineering
(ASCE, 2021-09-14)Solving ill-structured problems is a complex task that is required of engineers who work in industry. To better prepare undergraduate engineering students for this complex task and their future professional careers, this ... -
Teaching Students How to Evaluate the Reasonableness of Structural Analysis Results
(ASCE, 2021-08-18)Junior engineers are increasingly placing blind trust in computer generated structural analysis results, but the evaluation skills used by experienced engineers must have been learned at some point. Therefore, this study ... -
Linking Engineering Students’ Professional Identity Development to Diversity and Working Inclusively in Technical Courses
(ASCE, 10/1/2021)Despite growing efforts, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives have yet to address long-standing engineering participation disparities. Often, diversity and inclusion issues, along with other societal challenges, ... -
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 ... -
Core Competencies for Construction Project Management: Literature Review and Content Analysis
(ASCE, 10/1/2021)Although the construction industry is a major player in the global economy, it is dealing with problems such as declining productivity, workplace safety, and work disputes. The human element—construction project managers ... -
Multirater Feedback of Leadership of Underrepresented Groups in a Civil Engineering Capstone Design Course
(ASCE, 10/1/2021)This study examined self, peer, and instructor ratings of leadership behaviors in four areas: collaboration, creativity, organization/control, and competition for 98 students in one civil engineering capstone design course. ... -
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 ... -
Gamifying Sustainable Engineering Courses: Student and Instructor Perspectives of Community, Engagement, Learning, and Retention
(ASCE, 10/1/2021)Recruitment, retention, and preparation of students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields are critical to meeting the global challenges of the 21st century. Gamification—game playing concepts used in ... -
Using Cloud-Based Augmented Reality to 3D-Enable the 2D Drawings of AISC Steel Sculpture: A Plan-Reading Educational Experiment
(ASCE, 7/1/2021)Two-dimensional (2D) drawing is one of the most common communication approaches in the civil and construction engineering domain. However, there are limits to the traditional classroom setting for training in 2D drawing ... -
Differences between Professionals and Students in Their Visual Attention on Multiple Representation Types While Solving an Open-Ended Engineering Design Problem
(ASCE, 7/1/2021)Students and professionals from a variety of domains have demonstrated different approaches to problem solving. These two populations have displayed differences when using and perceiving multiple representations of ... -
New Automated Activity-on-Node Calculation Grading Method for Construction Management Education Innovation
(ASCE, 7/1/2021)Construction management education in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) domain is increasingly challenged with managing limited resources while increasing instructors’ teaching effectiveness and improving ... -
Future Skill Requirements in Transportation Engineering and Implications for Graduate Curriculum Design
(ASCE, 7/1/2021)The transportation engineering field is currently experiencing a profound transformation driven by technological evolution, which highlights the importance of preparing students for the types of careers that will be available ... -
Portrayal of Engineers and Engineering in US Broadcast Network Television Evening News Media
(ASCE, 7/1/2021)Engineering and engineers are considered central to maintaining global competitiveness and the workforce needs of any nation. Media shapes public opinion, and the image of a profession can affect the way the public views ... -
Seed Grants of Change: Building Thriving Networks among Female Geotechnical Faculty Members
(ASCE, 7/1/2021)The Geotechnical Women Faculty (GTWF) project has aimed since its inception in 2016 to promote gender parity among faculty within the subfield of geotechnical engineering and to increase the quality and number of connections ...