Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice: Recent submissions
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Gender and Other Factors Influencing the Outcome of a Test to Assess Quality of Education in Civil Engineering in Colombia
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Increasing diversity is a desirable educational and social goal; therefore, reducing large disparities among students is a critical aspect in civil engineering schools. This paper analyzes the presence of gender, socioeconomic, ... -
Late Payment and Nonpayment Encountered by Contracting Firms in a Fast-Developing Economy
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Late payment and nonpayment is explicitly recognized as a widespread problem in the construction sector and recurs in project after project. Although the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act was enacted in ... -
Influence of Collaborative Curriculum Design on Educational Beliefs, Communities of Practitioners, and Classroom Practice in Transportation Engineering Education
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)The development and widespread implementation of best practices in transportation engineering classrooms is important in attracting and retaining the next generation of transportation engineers. Engineering education ... -
Efficacy of Gross Floor Area Concession Policy: Empirical Study in Hong Kong
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)In 2001, the Hong Kong government implemented a concession policy allowing green and amenity features to be exempted from gross floor area (GFA) calculations in new residential properties. There have recently been community ... -
Integrating Service, Learning, and Professional Practice: Toward the Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025
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Trebuchets and Bridges: Reconnecting Structural Education with the Real World
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Broad, Global, and Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering Education
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Investigating Gains from EWB-USA Involvement
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)There is a national need for an increased quantity of engineers. In addition to pure quantity, there are calls for a more diverse engineering population capable of addressing increasingly complex and global future challenges. ... -
BIM Education and Recruiting: Survey-Based Comparative Analysis of Issues, Perceptions, and Collaboration Opportunities
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)A survey was conducted to observe the dynamics between college building information modeling (BIM) education and student career development. The survey results were used to perform a comparative analysis of stakeholder ... -
Changing University Student Perceptions of Freight Transportation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)This study examines civil engineering students’ perceptions of freight transportation and its impacts on the environment and society. Research and anecdotal evidence suggests students enter into the field of transportation ... -
Pedagogical Principle-Based Experiential E-Learning Exploration in Construction Mediation Training
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)This paper reports an exploration of e-learning training for construction mediation. One of the most crucial prerequisites for successful implementation of e-learning is the careful consideration of the pedagogical principles, ... -
Defining a Standard of Care for Urban Stream Restoration Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Design engineers are expected to meet an accepted standard of care, which provides assurance that reasonable care and quality of service have been performed by the professional. Although this expectation exists for engineers ... -
Review of Archaeological Preservation and Civil Engineering Professional Practice
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Archaeological sites continue to be discovered and explored around the world. The archaeological materials buried within these sites can be of great cultural significance, but the process of exploration and preservation ... -
Creative Conceptual Design Teaching: It’s Not about Rebar Curtailment!
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Exploring Critical Variables That Affect Political Risk Level in International Construction Projects: Case Study from Chinese Contractors
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Political risk has been a pervasive problem in international construction projects. International contractors have, in response, endeavored to mitigate the high degree of political risk exposure to survive. Few prior works ... -
Using Information Technology to Incorporate Natural Hazards and Mitigation Strategies in the Civil Engineering Curriculum
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Natural and environmental hazards include earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, hurricanes, floods, landslides, and droughts, among several others. These hazards present high risk to human lives and infrastructure. This is ... -
Framework of Knowledge for Master’s-Level Structural Engineering Education
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)For at least the last decade, engineering, civil engineering, along with structural engineering as a profession within civil engineering, have stated and continue to recognize an emerging need for raising the bar of the ... -
Assessing the Ethical Development of Civil Engineering Undergraduates in Support of the ASCE Body of Knowledge
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Developing engineers must be aware that technological development and emerging global issues will require a keen sense of ethical responsibility. Therefore, they must be prepared to reason through and act appropriately on ... -
Interactive Learning through Gaming Simulation in an Integrated Land Use–Transportation Planning Course
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)The paper describes the use of gaming simulation in the teaching of integrated land use–transportation planning as a part of an undergraduate civil engineering course. A key innovation of the UPTown game developed at the ... -
Driving Forces behind and Barriers to Relational Transaction Practices in Public Construction Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Relational transactions, comprising relational contracts and network strategies, could contribute to better outcomes for general construction projects. However, public projects seem to face more constraints when adopting ...