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Alignment of Engineering Management and Education Using Facility Condition Assessments

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Conference

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Baltimore , Maryland

Publication Date

June 25, 2023

Start Date

June 25, 2023

End Date

June 28, 2023

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division (EMD) Tech Session 3: Engineering Management — From Classroom to Practice

Tagged Division

Engineering Management Division (EMD)

Page Count

21

DOI

10.18260/1-2--42598

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https://strategy.asee.org/42598

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152

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Derek Hillestad Ph.D Arizona State University

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Derek Hillestad, Ph.D is a facility administrator, analyst, and educator with 20 years of broad experience in facility engineering and management. He has delivered over 100 individual courses in construction and facility management at three levels (associates, bachelors and masters) with a total of over 1,000 students taught. With direct experience of large-scale construction and facility start-ups as a backdrop, Hillestad focuses on research associated with solving problems at the intersection of construction management and facilities strategic planning.

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Rebecca Kassa The University of Kansas Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-9573-8547

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PhD Student in the department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering at the University of Kansas. Specializing in Construction Engineering and Management.

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Abstract

Engineering management of Facility Condition Assessments (FCA’s) is an underrepresented area of research and study towards application to academic curricula in engineering education. A review of literature on the topic of facility engineering practice identified a gap in known research associated with how engineering disciplines align with the practice of FCA’s. An emphasis of this study was how FCA’s can be utilized as a pedagogical tool to represent architectural, civil, electrical, mechanical, structural, and technological engineering disciplines. Recommendations for facility engineering practice and education is presented for application to engineering disciplines within academia. Globally, this is the first research attempt to link engineering education and management to the practice of facility engineering. This research can be used by facility managers, engineering service providers and engineering educators alike to foster transparency with facility engineering practice, FCA specifications, and facility management strategy.

Hillestad, D., & Kassa, R. (2023, June), Alignment of Engineering Management and Education Using Facility Condition Assessments Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--42598

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