Architects and civil engineers collaborating in project-based learning settings: A bridge too far?

Mills, JE; Macdonald, JA; Tran, ALH

Architects and civil engineers collaborating in project-based learning settings: A bridge too far?

Mills, JE Macdonald, JA Tran, ALH

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Research in Engineering Education Symposium, REES 2013, 2013, pp. 437 - 442
Issue Date:: 2013-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Mills, JE	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Macdonald, JA	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Tran, ALH	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Research in Engineering Education Symposium, REES 2013, 2013, pp. 437 - 442	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781629931364	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/26881
dc.description.abstract	There have been many project-based courses that utilize cross-disciplinary groups of engineering students and promote this to students based on the argument that they will work in such teams in their future professional practice. For civil engineers in professional practice, the reality is that they are more likely to work with architects and urban planning professionals, particularly if they specialize in structural or infrastructure engineering. Yet the opportunities for them to do this within the higher education setting are very limited. Such collaborations are made more complex by the fact that architects and planners operate from what some might call a different paradigm than engineering, and in some ways speak a different language. This paper examines the efforts to date to implement such cross-disciplinary collaborations in project-based courses at one institution, and discusses both the successes and the work still to do. Copyright © 2013 Mills, J.E., Macdonald, J. A. and Tran, A.L.H.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Research in Engineering Education Symposium, REES 2013	en_US
dc.title	Architects and civil engineers collaborating in project-based learning settings: A bridge too far?	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
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Abstract:

There have been many project-based courses that utilize cross-disciplinary groups of engineering students and promote this to students based on the argument that they will work in such teams in their future professional practice. For civil engineers in professional practice, the reality is that they are more likely to work with architects and urban planning professionals, particularly if they specialize in structural or infrastructure engineering. Yet the opportunities for them to do this within the higher education setting are very limited. Such collaborations are made more complex by the fact that architects and planners operate from what some might call a different paradigm than engineering, and in some ways speak a different language. This paper examines the efforts to date to implement such cross-disciplinary collaborations in project-based courses at one institution, and discusses both the successes and the work still to do. Copyright © 2013 Mills, J.E., Macdonald, J. A. and Tran, A.L.H.

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