This project involved collaborative efforts between researchers at three CUREe institutions and K... more This project involved collaborative efforts between researchers at three CUREe institutions and Kajima Corporation to develop an integrated suite of interactive software tools which assist the structural designer in making better design decisions in the presence of uncertainties. By using these tools, the designer can rapidly evaluate and improve proposed designs to explore a broader range of alternatives than would otherwise be economically feasible. An optimal design can be sought based on the evaluation of many major factors affecting the design, including structural performance criteria, client preferences, and economic constraints, as well as the uncertainties associated with the environmental loads the structure may experience during its lifetime. The software package, named SODA (Smart Optimal Design and Analysis) , involves the application of several new methodologies originating from research in artificial intelligence and decision theory. including object-oriented programming. a preference function approach to multicriteria decisions which incorporates uncertainty through a probability-based treatment of fuzzy reliability, and stochastic optimization. The end product is a software package that enhances the effectiveness and productivity of designers of structural systems.
... So in addition to ensuring against collapse, structural engineers are being required to desig... more ... So in addition to ensuring against collapse, structural engineers are being required to designstructures that are designed to minimize the damage based on the function of ... need to remain operational after a severe earthquake, should be designed for very ...
Demonstrations can be very effective at enhancing student learning and represent a mechanism for ... more Demonstrations can be very effective at enhancing student learning and represent a mechanism for embedding laboratory experiences within a classroom setting. A key component to an effective demonstration is active student engagement throughout the entire process, leading to a guided laboratory experience in a lecture setting. Students are involved in discussing the purpose of the demo; predicting what will happen during the demo; discussing who developed theories to help us understand what happens; and comparing observations to predictions, as opposed to simply passively watching a demonstration. Demonstrations can occur at three different stages of a course topic: as an introduction, as a wrap-up and an aid used throughout the class discussion of a topic. Depending on when they occur, different types of learning outcomes are achieved. This paper presents a model for infusing demonstrations into an engineering science class and the use of this model. Assessment includes components f...
Four distinct plastics recycling projects created by middle school students emerged from a one-we... more Four distinct plastics recycling projects created by middle school students emerged from a one-week long plastics recycling activity incorporated within a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) residential summer camp at a research-intensive university. The plastics recycling activity was a project-based learning (PBL) activity facilitated by STEM experts in geometry, architecture, and materials science. Specific instruction involving mathematics and science concepts was provided to emphasize content-specific knowledge related to plastics recycling. A rubric was applied and used to determine evidence of learning manifested in participants’ final presentations. Participants’ final presentations demonstrated mixed results in terms of student learning outcomes, but indicated that campers demonstrated a clear sense of social environmental awareness and responsibility toward recycling plastics.
This project involved collaborative efforts between researchers at three CUREe institutions and K... more This project involved collaborative efforts between researchers at three CUREe institutions and Kajima Corporation to develop an integrated suite of interactive software tools which assist the structural designer in making better design decisions in the presence of uncertainties. By using these tools, the designer can rapidly evaluate and improve proposed designs to explore a broader range of alternatives than would otherwise be economically feasible. An optimal design can be sought based on the evaluation of many major factors affecting the design, including structural performance criteria, client preferences, and economic constraints, as well as the uncertainties associated with the environmental loads the structure may experience during its lifetime. The software package, named SODA (Smart Optimal Design and Analysis) , involves the application of several new methodologies originating from research in artificial intelligence and decision theory. including object-oriented programming. a preference function approach to multicriteria decisions which incorporates uncertainty through a probability-based treatment of fuzzy reliability, and stochastic optimization. The end product is a software package that enhances the effectiveness and productivity of designers of structural systems.
... So in addition to ensuring against collapse, structural engineers are being required to desig... more ... So in addition to ensuring against collapse, structural engineers are being required to designstructures that are designed to minimize the damage based on the function of ... need to remain operational after a severe earthquake, should be designed for very ...
Demonstrations can be very effective at enhancing student learning and represent a mechanism for ... more Demonstrations can be very effective at enhancing student learning and represent a mechanism for embedding laboratory experiences within a classroom setting. A key component to an effective demonstration is active student engagement throughout the entire process, leading to a guided laboratory experience in a lecture setting. Students are involved in discussing the purpose of the demo; predicting what will happen during the demo; discussing who developed theories to help us understand what happens; and comparing observations to predictions, as opposed to simply passively watching a demonstration. Demonstrations can occur at three different stages of a course topic: as an introduction, as a wrap-up and an aid used throughout the class discussion of a topic. Depending on when they occur, different types of learning outcomes are achieved. This paper presents a model for infusing demonstrations into an engineering science class and the use of this model. Assessment includes components f...
Four distinct plastics recycling projects created by middle school students emerged from a one-we... more Four distinct plastics recycling projects created by middle school students emerged from a one-week long plastics recycling activity incorporated within a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) residential summer camp at a research-intensive university. The plastics recycling activity was a project-based learning (PBL) activity facilitated by STEM experts in geometry, architecture, and materials science. Specific instruction involving mathematics and science concepts was provided to emphasize content-specific knowledge related to plastics recycling. A rubric was applied and used to determine evidence of learning manifested in participants’ final presentations. Participants’ final presentations demonstrated mixed results in terms of student learning outcomes, but indicated that campers demonstrated a clear sense of social environmental awareness and responsibility toward recycling plastics.
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