Participant Observations and Recommendations From an Integrated Design Project in Architecture and Engineering

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josh Hartung ◽  
Jay McCormack ◽  
Cam Stefanic ◽  
Jason Cyr ◽  
Keith Bickford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Joint Decision ◽  
Course Structure ◽  
Available Bandwidth ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Team Culture ◽  
The University

An interdisciplinary design project was conducted with students in the mechanical engineering and architecture departments at the University of Idaho. In order to offer the multidisciplinary design experience within the available bandwidth of instructors, the project was structured around and integrated into existing courses and resources. Past interdisciplinary product design courses have shown the value of interdisciplinary work in the professional development of students in addition to being effective at developing innovative new products. Descriptions of these courses provide insights on conducting them with regards to team structure, course structure, design process, and other topics. This paper summarizes observations reported from students and instructors involved in this project. Observations highlight challenges in project management, examples of cultural differences between disciplines, approaches to design, specifics of project ownership, and perceptions of level of detail in work products. Based on those observations, recommendations are made to develop and deploy a design process that facilitates the strengths of both disciplines and enables mentor guided project management. In addition, these recommendations will help establish a team culture and work setting that does not violate the culture of either discipline while enabling joint decision making, and address directly the impacts of a domain biased product as the design project focus.

scholarly journals EXPERIENCES AND PROPOSALS FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSES

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pouyan Jazayeri ◽  
William (Bill) Rosehard ◽  
David Westwick
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Group Structure ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Course Structure ◽  
Interdisciplinary Design ◽  
University Of Calgary ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Equal Contribution

This paper presents some of the experiences gained from the interdisciplinary design course offered at the university of Calgary in the 2004-2005 academic year. It also provides a few proposals and recommendations to improve the course (or similar versions) in the future. The components of the course—lecture content, group structure, design projects, and general course structure—are analyzed and some of the challenges—equal contribution from members, scheduling, grading, and more— are described in this paper. The approaches used in overcoming these problems, along with further suggestions, are also detailed.

Learn to Design by Mapping Information Among Several Methods

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Rizzuti
Keyword(s):  
Data Structure ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Design Activity ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Matrix Formulation ◽  
Project Data ◽  
The University ◽  
Mapping Information

The paper is based on the experience matured in ten years of teaching “Product Design and Development” at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Calabria (Italy). This paper is focused on the consideration that many of the methods employed during product design activity share a matrix formulation as a means of collecting and managing project data and that students must be familiarized with the use of this kind of data structure in a very different way from their previous experiences, because project management can be pursued by mapping information from one method to another. Students are in fact guided to organize data related to the design on which they are involved in order to guarantee that the information can be mapped from one formulation to another, meaning that they have the whole design process under control. Attention will be paid to the pedagogic aspects and problems associated with the way how information can be collected and ranked and how a decision can be made.

scholarly journals Scheduling of Empennage Structure Design Project of Indonesia’s Aircraft with Critical Path Method (CPM)

2018 ◽  
Vol 248 ◽  
pp. 03012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arin Wulandari ◽  
M. Dachyar ◽  
Farizal
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Completion Time ◽  
Critical Path ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Critical Path Method ◽  
Activity Data ◽  
Design Project ◽  
The Future

Production of the aircraft becomes very important to facilitate many passengers of aircraft in Indonesia in the future. The design of a very complex aircraft requires proper project management. This study aims to perform the best scheduling project of empennage structure design of Indonesia’s aircraft with limited resources. Critical Path Method (CPM) is used to schedule the project based on activity and resource. CPM scheduling results in completion time for activity data for 400 working days. CPM scheduling after assigning human resources results in a longer completion time for 1023.47 working days. CPM scheduling is carried out by reallocating of human resources to produce a shorter completion time, and it results in completion time for 955 working days.

scholarly journals Self-Regulation Strategies in an Engineering Design Project

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oenardi Lawanto ◽  
Andreas Febrian ◽  
Deborah Butler ◽  
Mani Mina
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Task Interpretation

Models of self-regulation describe how individuals engage deliberately and reflectively in goal-directed action in order to achieve valued goals. Studies have found that the consistent use of self-regulation in an academic setting is highly correlated with student achievement. Self-regulation plays a critical role in problem-solving, particularly when unraveling ill-structured problems as is required in engineering design. The primary research question: How did engineering students perceive their self-regulation activities while engaged in a design project? A total of 307 students from three higher education institutions working on their capstone engineering design projects participated in the study. The study evaluated students’ self-regulation in relation to both design and project management skills. We used a self-regulation in engineering design questionnaire (EDMQ) to assess students’ approaches to self-regulation. Quantitative data were analyzed in two parts using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings suggested that: (1) Students focused more consistently on task interpretation than other self-regulatory strategies, particularly during design; (2) Students lacked awareness of the essential need to develop a method to assess the design deliverables; (3) Self-regulation gaps were found during early design phases, but as the design process progressed, a more balanced approach to self-regulation was apparent. Given the importance of task interpretation to successful performance, students attended to identifying tasks during both the design process and project management. However, they did not report engaging in planning, implementing, and monitoring and fix-up strategies as consistently, even when those processes were relevant and called for. Implications are drawn for research, theory, and practice.

scholarly journals Hidden Tools. The Use Of Architecture As Reference in the Creative Process of Design

2019 ◽  
pp. 42-45
Author(s):  
Alessandra Como ◽  
Luisa Smeragliuolo Perrotta
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Combined Action ◽  
Architectural Design Studio ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Theoretical Issues

The topic of the use of architecture as reference within the creative architectural design process is not a matter given for granted, both in the architectural culture and in the teaching. The Italian architecture studio courses are based on theoretical lectures and laboratory activities. The student's design experience is built through the combined action of theory and practice. The theoretical lectures offer the opportunity to address design issues also through discussion of examples of architecture. What are the examples of architecture that we can consider useful for the design project? And how do students use them within the design project? This paper aims to answer the questions through a theoretical investigation and through the presentation of an architectural design studio at the University of Salerno (Italy). Through the combination of theoretical issues that underlie the topic and the teaching experience, we want to give a contribution on the relationship between the architecture case studies and their use within the design process.

Buildings with environmental quality management, part 2: Integration of hydronic heating/cooling with thermal mass

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 397-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Romanska-Zapala ◽  
M Bomberg ◽  
M Fedorczak-Cisak ◽  
M Furtak ◽  
D Yarbrough ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Field Performance ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Heating System ◽  
Transient Temperature ◽  
Thermal Mass ◽  
Integrated Design Process

The quest for a sustainable built environment brought dramatic changes to architectural design because of the integrated design process. The integrated design process is the modern way to realize “performance architecture,” that is, design with a view to field performance. Integrated design process permits merging of concepts from passive-house designs, solar engineering, and an integration of the building enclosure with mechanical services. In part 1 of this series, the emergence of many new multi-functional materials was discussed. Yet, current innovation is guided by lessons from history. Thermal mass in heavy masonry buildings allowed periodic heating. The authors postulate integration of a hydronic heating system with the walls and the use of smart temperature control of the heating system to modify and optimize the thermal mass contribution. To use the mass of a building, one must accept transient temperature conditions where the indoor temperature varies but is confined by comfort requirements for both summer and winter conditions. On the other side, resiliency requirements dictate that in the absence of electricity the air temperature does not fall below about 12°C over a period of several hours. This requirement implies that summer cooling will likely be separated from the heating systems and that operation of a low-energy building is heavily dependent on the design of smart control systems. Analysis of control systems provided in this article for earth-to-air heat exchangers and cooling of houses with lightweight walls lead us to the requirements of separation between heating and ventilation and needs for different sources of fresh air. Finally, a new concept emerges.

Building Design Experience and a Greater Sense of Community through an Integrated Design Project

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Hamel ◽  
Claire Strebinger ◽  
Eric Gilbertson ◽  
Yen-Lin Han ◽  
Kathleen Cook ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Design Experience

Study on the Integrated Design of Underground Construction Lighting and Ventilation System

2011 ◽  
Vol 374-377 ◽  
pp. 702-705
Author(s):  
Wei Feng ◽  
Hui Min Li
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Ventilation System ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Light Environment ◽  
System Model ◽  
Underground Construction ◽  
New Type

In the underground building, Light environment and thermal environment is poorer, in order to improve the problem, this paper brings forward a new type of lighting and ventilation system model; discusses the principle and characteristics of transmission; and analyses the question that influences lighting and ventilated effect in the application. Structure design and numerical simulation is the focus of the next step.

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