The course considers the growing popularity of sustainability and its implications for …
The course considers the growing popularity of sustainability and its implications for the practice of engineering, particularly for the built environment. Two particular methodologies are featured: life cycle assessment (LCA) and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). The fundamentals of each approach will be presented. Specific topics covered include water and wastewater management, energy use, material selection, and construction.
Students learn about the types of possible loads, how to calculate ultimate …
Students learn about the types of possible loads, how to calculate ultimate load combinations, and investigate the different sizes for the beams (girders) and columns (piers) of simple bridge design. Students learn the steps that engineers use to design bridges: understanding the problem, determining the potential bridge loads, calculating the highest possible load, and calculating the amount of material needed to resist the loads.
In courses and programs with community-sponsored or industry-sponsored projects, the handoff between …
In courses and programs with community-sponsored or industry-sponsored projects, the handoff between the design team and the sponsoring partner is a particularly vulnerable transition. Innovations with the potential for impact fail shortly after the handoff for myriad reasons, including: inadequate resource allocation (time, money, skills); no clear institutional champion; inadequate institutional will to see the concept through further trial, iteration, and growth; and more. What might it look like to design the handoff? This lesson prompts design students (high school through graduate school) to begin a design project within a design project: to empathize with the handoff’s stakeholders; to define the handoff’s key needs and opportunities; to ideate novel handoff artifacts, strategies, and processes; to prototype improvements to their intended handoff strategy; and to test these strategies before the class or program ends so they can make adjustments and improvements.
A self directed study course Long Description: The overarching objective of this …
A self directed study course
Long Description: The overarching objective of this 4-module course will be to facilitate the development of faculty, instructors, and teaching staff who seek to create quality, technology-enhanced (digital) learner experiences. Learners will leave the course able to take the best resources and experiences from this course and apply them to the design and structures of their own courses.
The course will meet the above objectives through its community building and e-moderation in the first half of the course as participants are blueprinting technology-enhanced learner experiences in the first module, and blueprinting learner interactions within the second. Module 3 and 4 will enhance participant draft designs through activity that assures access to flexible experiences and activates learning effectively within digital spaces.
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A self directed study course Long Description: The overarching objective of this …
A self directed study course
Long Description: The overarching objective of this 4-module course will be to facilitate the development of faculty, instructors, and teaching staff who seek to create quality, technology-enhanced (digital) learner experiences. Learners will leave the course able to take the best resources and experiences from this course and apply them to the design and structures of their own courses.
The course will meet the above objectives through its community building and e-moderation in the first half of the course as participants are blueprinting technology-enhanced learner experiences in the first module, and blueprinting learner interactions within the second. Module 3 and 4 will enhance participant draft designs through activity that assures access to flexible experiences and activates learning effectively within digital spaces.
Word Count: 10424
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Student teams act as engineers and brainstorm, design, create and test their …
Student teams act as engineers and brainstorm, design, create and test their ideas for packaging to protect a raw egg shipped in a 9 x 12-in envelope. They follow the steps of the engineering design process and aim for a successful solution with no breakage, low weight, minimal materials and recyled/reused materials. Students come to understand the multi-faceted engineering considerations associated with the packaging of items to preserve, market and safely transport goods.
The Challenge Question of the Legacy Cycle draws the student into considering …
The Challenge Question of the Legacy Cycle draws the student into considering the engineering ingenuity of nature. It will force him to analyze, appreciate and understand the wisdom of these designs as the student team focuses on meeting each of the challenge's requirements. The student is asked, with his team members, to envision a sustainable design for a future guest village within the Saguaro National Park, outside of Tucson, Arizona. What issues need to be addressed to support the comforts of park visitors without compromising the natural resources or endangering the endemic species of the area? A deeper scope of application will reveal extensions of this design in the incorporation of urban planning and systems design. It also strengthens the concept of manufacturing and building without producing waste or pollution.
In this class we will examine how the idea of the city …
In this class we will examine how the idea of the city has been “translated” by artists, architects, and other diverse disciplines. We will consider how collaborations between artists and architects might provide opportunities for rethinking / redesigning urban spaces. The class will look specifically at planned cities like Brasilia, Las Vegas, Canberra, and Celebration and compare such tabula rasa designs with the redesign of recyclable urban spaces demonstrated in projects such as Ground Zero, Barcelona 2004, and Boston’s Rose Kennedy Greenway. While the course will involve some reading and discussion, coursework will focus largely on the students’ own projects / interventions that should evolve over the course of the semester. Of the two weekly class meetings, one will be a group discussion or lecture with the whole class and visiting guests, and the other will be an individual meeting between the student and the instructor to discuss his or her work for the class, including the final project.
Diego Rivera’s, “The History of Mexico: An Epic of the Mexican,” is …
Diego Rivera’s, “The History of Mexico: An Epic of the Mexican,” is one of his masterpieces. The fresco mural tells more than 2,000 years of Mexican History, but there’s an emphasis on the last 700 years of Mexican History. The mural discusses more than 230 historical figures and historical events within 554 meters at the north stairwell at the National Palace in Mexico City - Palacio Nacional.
This course will guide graduate students through the process of using rapid …
This course will guide graduate students through the process of using rapid prototyping and CAD/CAM devices in a studio environment. The class has a theoretical focus on machine use within the process of design. Each student is expected to have completed one graduate level of design computing with a full understanding of solid modeling in CAD. Students are also expected to have completed at least one graduate design studio.
This is an advanced subject in computer modeling and CAD CAM fabrication, …
This is an advanced subject in computer modeling and CAD CAM fabrication, with a focus on building large-scale prototypes and digital mock-ups within a classroom setting. Prototypes and mock-ups are developed with the aid of outside designers, consultants, and fabricators. Field trips and in-depth relationships with building fabricators demonstrate new methods for building design. The class analyzes complex shapes, shape relationships, and curved surfaces fabrication at a macro scale leading to new architectural languages, based on methods of construction.
Short Description: The e-book Digital Privacy: Leadership and Policy is a companion …
Short Description: The e-book Digital Privacy: Leadership and Policy is a companion to the online course of the same name, and is situated in the context of education.
Long Description: Digital Privacy: Leadership and Policy is an e-book companion to the online course of the same name. Situated in the context of education, the authors explore how policies in school systems and regulatory bodies are needed to match the contingencies created by technological advances. With the power of technology to document many aspects of everyday life, there is a pressing need to manage how much personal information is available to corporate entities. Building on current events, the authors outline some of the risks with ubiquitous surveillance and data capture, which threaten personal choice, reputation and online identity. Student readers are encouraged to think deeply about the implications for society when personal choices for information are curated to their preferences. This book also contains digital privacy case studies developed by graduate students and shared for teaching and learning purposes.
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Students create model elevator carriages and calibrate them, similar to the work …
Students create model elevator carriages and calibrate them, similar to the work of design and quality control engineers. Students use measurements from rotary encoders to recreate the task of calibrating elevators for a high-rise building. They translate the rotations from an encoder to correspond to the heights of different floors in a hypothetical multi-story building. Students also determine the accuracy of their model elevators in getting passengers to their correct destinations.
This seminar focuses on downtowns in U.S. cities from the late nineteenth …
This seminar focuses on downtowns in U.S. cities from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. Emphasis will be placed on downtown as an idea, place, and cluster of interests; on the changing character of downtown; and on recent efforts to rebuild it. Subjects to be considered will include subways, skyscrapers, highways, urban renewal, and retail centers. The focus will be on readings, discussions, and individual research projects.
The aim of this course is to highlight some technical aspects of …
The aim of this course is to highlight some technical aspects of the classical tradition in architecture that have so far received only sporadic attention. It is well known that quantification has always been an essential component of classical design: proportional systems in particular have been keenly investigated. But the actual technical tools whereby quantitative precision was conceived, represented, transmitted, and implemented in pre-modern architecture remain mostly unexplored. By showing that a dialectical relationship between architectural theory and data-processing technologies was as crucial in the past as it is today, this course hopes to promote a more historically aware understanding of the current computer-induced transformations in architectural design.
Throughout this project, the students will create a drawstring bag. This project …
Throughout this project, the students will create a drawstring bag. This project will take about five days (50-minute class periods) for students to complete. Everyday, students will begin with setting up their sewing machines and setting goals for the day. Students will follow the written and video instructions to complete the project. At the end of each day, students will reflect upon what they accomplished and what they hope to improve upon for the following day. As there are written and video instructions, students can move through the project at their own pace. This project works well for middle school or as a project to refresh students on how to use the sewing machine and construction terminology in high school.
This project is meant to be cross-curricular, requiring students to utilize many …
This project is meant to be cross-curricular, requiring students to utilize many instructional skills to complete each step. Such skills will include number sense to one million, addition and subtraction to one million, area/perimeter/scaling, 3-D design, and writing/advertising. The project could be completed in sequential order, completed as isolated projects or hand selected for which components are used in your classroom.
This project is meant to be cross-curricular, requiring students to utilize many …
This project is meant to be cross-curricular, requiring students to utilize many instructional skills to complete each step. Such skills will include number sense to one million, addition and subtraction to one million, area/perimeter/scaling, 3-D design, and writing/advertising. The project could be completed in sequential order, completed as isolated projects or hand selected for which components are used in your classroom.
Throughout this project, students will research historical influences on fashion through the …
Throughout this project, students will research historical influences on fashion through the lens of a fashion journalist. The lesson gives the students the prompt, “As a Fashion Journalist, you are constantly observing and reporting on the current styles and fashion trends. Your boss at the magazine, Today’s Trends, has tasked you with creating a mini magazine on the popular fashion trends of the past decade. (The trick here is that each student will be assigned a different decade - you are each placed at a different point in time!)” Each student will choose a different decade throughout history and then use reputable sources to create a mini magazine on Canva that features women’s clothing, men’s clothing, shoes, accessories, historical events, important individuals of the time, and more information about the given decade. This multi-day lesson plan includes complete instructions for the project as well as a grading rubric. Suggestions for reputable resources are also included. Students are graded on including a variety of information and following the set formatting parameters.
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