Architectural Engineering Department faculty research programs vary greatly, focusing on the history of traditional structures, development of unique mathematical models to support emerging structural engineering requirements, theoretical and applied understanding of seismic design, and instruction related to total project design.
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Submissions from 2009
Capstone Projects: Integrating Industry through Student Leadership, Brent Nuttall, James Mwangi, and Craig Baltimore
Teaching Architects and Engineers: Up and Down the Taxonomy, Edmond P. Saliklis, Robert Arens, and Joseph Hanus
Submissions from 2008
Program Assessment: A Structured, Systematic, Sustainable Example for Civil Engineers, Allen C. Estes, Ronald W. Welch, and Stephen J. Ressler
Researchers and practitioners: A dual track path to tenure that works, Allen Estes, Brent Nuttall, and Cole C. McDaniel
ExCEEd teaching workshop: Tenth year anniversary, Allen Estes, Ronald Welch, Stephen J. Ressler, Norman Dennis, Debra Larson, Carol Considine, Tonya Nilsson, Jim O'Brien, and Thomas A. Lenox
Tilt-up Buildings, John W. Lawson
Arch Building for Kids: What Did They Learn? What Did We Learn?, Edmond P. Saliklis
Four Research Projects, One “Green” Theme, Edmond P. Saliklis
Simplicity, Scale, and Surprise: Evaluating Structural Form, Edmond P. Saliklis, Michael Bauer, and David P. Billington
Tilt-Up Building Seismic Design - Precast or Cast-in Place?, Joe Steinbicker and John Lawson
Submissions from 2007
Architectural Engineering Programs: Finding Common Ground, Allen C. Estes and Hector Estrada
Surviving ABET Accreditation: Surviving the Demands of Criterion 3, Allen C. Estes and Stephen J. Ressler
A Call for Unified Design - Deflection Limits for Tilt-Up Wall Serviceability, John Lawson
Deflection Limits for Tilt-Up Wall Serviceability - The History Behind Changes to Chapter 14 of ACI 318, John Lawson
Thinking Outside the Box: New Approaches to Very Large Flexible Diaphragms, John W. Lawson
Evaluating Structural Form: Is it sculpture, architecture or structure?, Edmond P. Saliklis
Tedesko’s Philadelphia Skating Club: Refinement of an Idea, Edmond P. Saliklis, David P. Billington, and Anneliza W. Carmalt
Submissions from 2006
UBC 97 and ACI 318-02 Code Comparison - Summary Report, Chukwuma Ekwueme, John Lawson, Mehran Pourzanjani, James S. Lai, and Bob Lyon
Two Alternative System Reliability Approaches to the Serviceability Condition Assessment of Spillway Gate Systems on Dams, Allen C. Estes and Stuart D. Foltz
The Civil Engineering Faculty of the Future, Allen C. Estes and Ronald Welch
Lowman's Model Goes to the Movies, Allen C. Estes and Ronald W. Welch
The Assessment of Teaching, Allen C. Estes, Ronald W. Welch, and Stephen J. Ressler
"Tilt-up Building" and "Tilt-up Wall Panel With Openings", John W. Lawson
Program Assessment the Easy Way: Using Embedded Indicators to Assess Program Outcomes, Karl Fred Meyer, Allen C. Estes, Ronald W. Welch, and David G. Winget
"Putting a Fence Around" Architectural Engineering Undergraduate Research Projects, Edmond P. Saliklis