Over the past decades, it has become apparent that increasing demands in the construction industry have repeatedly led to project delays and increased project costs in practice. These demands have increased as a result of international and national action plans that have been developed to achieve the climate target paths and, therefore, the necessary reduction of CO2 emissions in the construction industry. We address this problem by developing a sustainable construction maturity model (SCOMM) to answer the following research question: “What is a holistic quality assurance tool for the early design phase of buildings to monitor (sustainable) planning practices in order to achieve better certification results?”. The model includes a self-assessment procedure for the building design process, based on Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination (SPiCE) and the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) building certification system. The results show that systemic interactions between sustainability criteria can be identified in the early design phase, allowing the quality of planning practices to be evaluated and early project management to be implemented to achieve the best certification results. Our findings will enable clients and users of the construction industry to better manage the complexity of the sustainable design process and avoid undesirable developments in building projects.
Starting from their freshman year, automotive engineering students at FH Joanneum are involved in project work within the framework of project-based learning. Software projects complementary to the regular courses in the second and third semester increase the efficiency of knowledge transfer and fortify the students' motivation to learn and to co-operate actively. The second, requirement-intensified phase within this problem oriented curricular framework takes place in the junior year and involves student selected research and development projects. A popular and therefore most frequently chosen project is the development of a formula-style race car within the rules and standards of the Society of Automotive Engineers' international Formula Student competition. In this paper the impact of the Formula Student project on the Freshmen's and Sophomore's choice of student projects is described and discussed by specific examples. The fact that the young students take the initiative and define their own research topics poses new challenges to the project supervisors. The students' motivation, creativity and problem-solving skills ought to be supported while at the same time the projects' feasibility must be assured. Students and advisors need to agree on applicable solution strategies in the different phases of the projects.
and acquired industry experience as development engineer at Siemens Corporation. Currently, he teaches Engineering Mathematics and Fluid Mechanics at Joanneum University of Applied Sciences. His research interests focus on vehicle aerodynamics, materials physics, and engineering education.
Thomas Singraber obtained his B.Sc. in Automotive Engineering at the FH Joanneum, University of Applied Sciences Graz, Austria. Currently he is working on finalizing his Master's Thesis at the same faculty with a company partner supplying components to top motorsport teams all over the world. During his time at the Formula Student team he focused his work on aerodynamics and chassis developement and achieved therefore practical knowledge on a wide spectrum of racing topics. On completion of his studies, he intends to pursue an interdisciplinary career in the automotive sector with a strong motorsport affiliation. Mr. Christian J. Steinmann, HM&S IT-ConsultingChristian Steinmann has an engineer degree in mathematics from the Technical University Graz, where he focused on software quality and software development process assessment and improvement. He is manager of HM&S IT-Consulting and provides services for SPiCE/ISO 15504 and CMMI for development as a SEI-certified instructor. He performed more than 100 process assessments in software development departments for different companies in the finance, insurance, research, automotive, and automation sector. Currently, his main occupation is a consulting project for process improvement for safety related embedded software development for an automobile manufacturer. On Fridays, he is teaching computer science introductory and programming courses at Joanneum University of Applied Sciences in Graz, Austria.Mr. Marton Szabo-Kass B.Sc., Joanneum University of Applied Sciences Marton Szabo-Kass obtained his B.Sc. degree in Automotive Engineering at Joanneum University of Applied Sciences in Graz, Austria, after which he is currently completing his M.Sc. studies at the same faculty. He gained practical experiences through leading the Formula Student racing team of his university and doing internships at high-tech automotive companies such as Porsche Motorsport. On completion of his studies, he intends to pursue an interdisciplinary career in the automotive and motorsport sector. Mr. Stefan Woerndl B.Sc., Joanneum University of Applied SciencesStefan Woerndl obtained his B.Sc. degree in Automotive Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Joanneum Graz. Currently he is completing his M.Sc. studies at the same faculty. Prior to this he gained some work experience as a technician, also in the automotive sector. On completion of his studies, he intends to pursue a career in research.c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Visualization of wave phenomena by an array of coupled oscillators AbstractMechanical engineering curricula typically include courses in classical mechanics and continuum mechanics. Classical mechanics is governed by the Newtonian axioms, which lead to ordinary differential equations as the equations of motion. The mathematical description of continuum mechanics, on the other hand, is based on partial differential equations, describing the conservation laws and the constitutive relations. The underlying theories of ordinary and partially dif...
Christian Steinmann has an engineer degree in mathematics from the Technical University Graz, where he focused on software quality and software development process assessment and improvement. He is manager of HM&S IT-Consulting and provides services for SPiCE/ISO 15504 and CMMI for development as a SEI-certified instructor. He performed more than 100 process assessments in software development departments for different companies in the finance, insurance, research, automotive, and automation sector. Currently, his main occupation is a consulting project for process improvement for safety related embedded software development for an automobile manufacturer. On Fridays, he is teaching computer science introductory and programming courses at Joanneum University of Applied Sciences in Graz, Austria.c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Visualizing the kinetic theory of gases by student-created computer programsMost introductory thermodynamics courses use the historical derivation of thermodynamics that relies on macroscopic properties of substances. Classical thermodynamics is a phenomenological theory; it studies the properties of a thermodynamic system without going into the mechanism of the observed phenomena. The thermodynamic state of a system is given by a limited number of thermodynamic variables, like the volume of the system and its temperature, and studies the dependence of quantities like pressure, energy, and entropy on these variables.On the other hand, the kinetic theory of gases attempts to describe the macroscopic properties in terms of a microscopic picture of the gas as a collection of a large number of particles in motion. The particles collide elastically with each other and with the walls of the container, and the pressure exerted by the gas is due to the elastic collisions of the particles with the walls. In equilibrium, this pressure is equal throughout the gas, and the kinetic theory predicts that the pressure is proportional to the number of particles per unit volume and to their average kinetic energy. By identifying the absolute temperature as the average kinetic energy of the particles, Boyle's pressure-volume law and Amontons' pressure-temperature law can be derived. Thus, the application of the laws of mechanics to the microscopic constituents of a macroscopic system predicts, with the aid of statistical techniques, the behavior of the system in agreement with experimental observation.Computer programs that simulate and visualize the kinetic theory of gases within the hard sphere model have been developed within the framework of undergraduate student projects. The C# simulations use a freely selectable number of particles to simulate the molecules of an ideal gas in a two-dimensional container. The particles are considered as small hard spheres and collide with each other and with the walls of the container. At impact, they exchange momentum and energy according to the rules of elastic collision. One wall is replaced by a piston that is loaded either by gravity or by a s...
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.