Instructional Strategies Used in an Engineering Economy Course
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Arlington, Virginia
- Publication Date
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March 12, 2023
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March 12, 2023
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March 14, 2023
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Professional Engineering Education Papers
- Page Count
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6
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--45017
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https://peer.asee.org/45017
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84
Paper Authors
Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E. The Citadel
Dr. Simon Ghanat is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel (Charleston, S.C.). He received his Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Arizona State University. His research interests include Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Education.
Kweku Tekyi Brown P.E.
The Citadel
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Dr. Kweku Brown is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel. He received his Civil Engineering Master’s degree from the University of Connecticut and his Doctoral degree at Clemson University. He is active in the tran
William J. Davis P.E.
The Citadel
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William J. Davis is Dept. Head & D. Graham Copeland Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Construction Engineering at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. His academic experience includes: transportation infrastructure planning and design, infrastructure resilience, traffic operations, highway safety, and geographic information systems. His research interests include: constructing spatial databases for better management of transportation infrastructure, improving transportation design, operation, safety and construction, understanding long-term effects of urban development patterns, and advancing active living within the built environment for improved public health. He teaches courses in interchange design, transportation engineering, highway design. engineering management, geographic information systems, and land surveying. He has served in numerous leadership positions in ITE, ASCE and TRB.
Dan D Nale PE
Dan D. Nale is Professor of Practice in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel. Dan received a BS in Civil Engineering from The Citadel and both a MS and PhD in Civil Engineering from The University of South Carolina. Dan a
Abstract
As a requirement for graduation, Civil, Construction, Electrical and Computer Engineering majors at University X must take an Engineering Economy course in their junior year. The course focuses on basic principles of engineering economy as applied to the economic analysis of the costs of construction and operation of various engineering works. This paper describes the instructional strategies for Engineering Economy for two different methods of instruction (i.e., real world application problems/case-based and direct instruction using textbook problems). This paper will compare and contrast various teaching methods used to deliver instructional material for this course.
Ghanat, S. T., & Brown, K. T., & Davis, W. J., & Nale, D. D. (2023, March), Instructional Strategies Used in an Engineering Economy Course Paper presented at ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Arlington, Virginia. 10.18260/1-2--45017
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