Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice: Recent submissions
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Revitalizing Achievement by Using Instrumentation in Science Education (RAISE), a GK-12 Fellows Project
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Revitalizing Achievement by using Instrumentation in Science Education (RAISE) was a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project in which undergraduate and graduate engineering students (fellows) assisted high school ... -
Professional Licensure: Is It an Air Force Ethical Requirement?
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Incorporating the Social Dimension of Sustainability into Civil Engineering Education
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Social sustainability is often overlooked in favor of environmental and economic considerations in civil engineering (CE) education. To help address this issue, this paper presents two instructional approaches to introduce ... -
Designing a Benchmark Indicator for Managerial Competences in Construction at the Graduate Level
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The roles of construction project managers have evolved throughout the years. Current-day construction managers are faced with several challenges that require the acquisition of competencies in administration and management. ... -
Can an Integrated Problem-Based Learning Framework Improve Natural Hazard Management?
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Integration of Occupational Risk Prevention Courses in Engineering Degrees: Delphi Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Engineering syllabi often lack courses covering occupational risk prevention. In Spain, professional competences are awarded along with the completion of a university degree. This means that new graduates are certified in ... -
Prospects of Mind Maps for Better Visualization of Infrastructure Literature
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Literature analysis is important for the identification of the state of existing knowledge and prevailing research gaps. Effective literature analysis, however, is a lengthy process and requires a large effort to consider ... -
Effect of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) on Civil Engineering
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Development and Application of Competencies for Graduate Programs in Energy and Sustainability
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Educational competencies represent learning objectives and are used to plan educational programs, develop curricula, and assess existing programs, among other functions. After reviewing the literature and offerings at more ... -
Incorporation of Computer Simulations into Teaching Linear Scheduling Techniques
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)This paper presents the results of a study that incorporates computer simulations in teaching linear scheduling concepts and techniques, in a civil engineering course, “Construction Planning and Scheduling.” The effect of ... -
Using the Evidence: Comparison of Civil and Building Lecturers’ and Students’ Approaches to the Literature Review
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Lecturers and students in the Civil and Building Engineering Dept. at Loughborough Univ. were surveyed to gain an understanding of how they expected the literature review element of final year projects to be undertaken. ... -
Longitudinal Evaluation of a GIS Laboratory in a Transportation Engineering Course
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)This paper focuses on the potential impact of student-centered feedback for enhancing the learning experience of civil engineering students that used a geographic information system (GIS) based tutorial in a transportation ... -
Achieving Construction Innovation through Academia-Industry Cooperation—Keys to Success
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)The conception, development, implementation, and commercialization of a crane-mounted vision system through close academia-industry cooperation illustrate how such joint efforts can yield research and development success. ... -
Predicting the Academic Performance of Construction Engineering Students by Teaching and Learning Approaches: Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)There are various teaching approaches that instructors may adopt in their quest to teach effectively, and students can choose from a range of learning approaches to help them achieve good grades. This study investigates ... -
Teaching Systems Thinking and Biomimicry to Civil Engineering Students
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Teaching Life-Cycle Perspectives: Sustainable Transportation Fuels Unit for High-School and Undergraduate Engineering Students
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Classroom units were developed for high-school environmental science and college industrial ecology classes to introduce life-cycle perspectives and systems analysis of transportation fuel/vehicle systems. The units at ... -
Integrating Fundamental Science and Engineering Concepts into a Civil Engineering Sustainability Course
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Model for Faculty, Student, and Practitioner Development in Sustainability Engineering through an Integrated Design Experience
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Sustainable development and the green building movement have been adopted faster than any recent movement in the engineering field. With over 40% of the total U.S. energy usage servicing the operation of commercial and ... -
Improving Green Building Education by Addressing the Learning Style and Prior Knowledge of Students
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Green building education requires successful teamwork of students from different disciplines to solve challenging problems. Team performance depends on both team process behavior and team cognition. There have been many ... -
Intensive Environmental Sustainability Education: Long-Term Impacts on Workplace Behavior
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)The University of Nebraska Partners in Pollution Prevention (P3) program has provided a results-oriented intensive sustainability course since 1997. This course focuses on providing students with application tools to promote ...