Navaee, S. (2024, March), Work in Progress: Redesigning of a Computing Course  in the Civil Engineering Curriculum   Paper presented at 2024 South East Section Meeting, Marietta, Georgia. 10.18260/1-2--45587

\bibitem{asee_peer_45587}
  Navaee, S. (2024, March), \emph{Work in Progress: Redesigning of a Computing Course  in the Civil Engineering Curriculum }
  Paper presented at 2024 South East Section Meeting, Marietta, Georgia.
  10.18260/1-2--45587

Shahnam Navaee.  "Work in Progress: Redesigning of a Computing Course  in the Civil Engineering Curriculum ".  2024 South East Section Meeting, Marietta, Georgia, 2024, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2024.  https://peer.asee.org/45587 Internet.  15 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_45587}
  Shahnam Navaee.
  "Work in Progress: Redesigning of a Computing Course  in the Civil Engineering Curriculum ".
  \emph{2024 South East Section Meeting, Marietta, Georgia, 2024, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2024.
  https://peer.asee.org/45587 Internet.  15 May, 2024

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AB  - In the presented paper, the thought process and special considerations related to redesigning of an introductory level computing course in the Civil Engineering curriculum in the XXX Department at XXX University is included and discussed. This redesign exploits the special numerical, symbolic, and programming capabilities of EXCEL, MATLAB, and PTC Mathcad software tools to determine the solution of solid and structural problems. Example problems related to other areas in the CE curriculum can also be developed as desired.  In the provided samples problems, the effective utility of various loop structures, conditional statements, programming operators, special array operations, as well as user-defined functions is demonstrated. The presented sample EXCEL spreadsheets, MATLAB script files, and Mathcad files clearly establish the rationale, significance, and special utilization of each of the selected computing tool in support of several required and elective courses offered in the Civil Engineering curriculum. These examples complement the topic covered in statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, structural analysis, as well as in other more advanced courses such as finite elements, and structural dynamics. Sample tasks related to the listed topics include: determination of centroid/center of mass/center of gravity of bodies, performing calculations related to kinematic and kinetic analysis of rigid bodies, determination of internal reactions and corresponding developed stresses in beams, calculation of nodal and element forces in various structural members, and computations related to response of structures subjected to various dynamic loads. The redesigned computing course thoroughly familiarizes the students with the full capabilities and special advantages of each of the three selected software tools. The students can effectively utilize the computing and programming skills mastered through taking this course to develop the solutions to a wide range of more advanced problems in various specialty areas in Civil Engineering. 
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