2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Curriculum Changes Informed by the Architectural Engineering and Construction Industry

Presented at Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE) Technical Session 2

Responses from 445 working professionals in the Architectural Engineering & Construction (AE&C) industry were collected through a recent survey to inform curriculum changes to an architectural engineering program in the Midwest. Responses were collected across 52 closed and eight open-ended items to gain an industry perspective on the relative importance of course topics in the curriculum, the selection of Architectural Engineering (AE) degree concentration options, the format of graduate degree capstone projects, and the factors that AE&C employers consider when hiring graduates and experienced employees. The curriculum changes inspired by this survey are presented together alongside the program’s previous AE curriculum to more thoroughly characterize the program attributes that are desired by the AE&C industry.

Authors

Samuel Underwood University of Nebraska - Lincoln [biography]

Samuel Underwood is an architectural engineering doctoral student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and an acoustical consultant in the building design industry. His research interests include soundscapes, building information modeling, and engineering education.
Dr. Markeya S. Peteranetz University of Nebraska - Lincoln [biography]

Dr. Peteranetz is the Learning Assessment Coordinator for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering. Her research interests include the impact of instructional practices on student learning and motivation, and sources of within-person variation in motivation and self-regulated learning.
Dr. Clarence Waters University of Nebraska - Lincoln [biography]

Aaron Douglas Professor of Architectural Engineering in the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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