Abstract: The objective of this paper is to share experience gained in classroom assessment and subsequent redesign of an undergraduate, practice-oriented steel design course. A term project involving the design of a low-rise ...

Abstract: Structural engineering education has been based historically on specialization within the framework of a four-year undergraduate degree in civil engineering. Many practitioners, however, are concerned that modern civil ...

Abstract: The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute implemented a graduate-level course entitled “Integration of Design and Construction.” The course was offered during the fall semester ...

Abstract: The ability to understand the performance of building structures under fire exposure and to make informed engineering design decisions based on analysis rather than simply applying prescriptive codes is a growing area of ...

Abstract: The Master Builder Program is a practice-oriented master of engineering degree program that has been developed and implemented by the faculty in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Worcester Polytechnic ...