Computing in Civil Engineering: Current Trends and Future Directions

Baker, Nelson C.; Rix, Glenn J.

doi:10.1061/(asce)1052-3928(1992)118:2(139)

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“…In the late 1980s and early 1990s, when engineering software development had advanced with graphical interfaces, several educators in the US conducted surveys to review and update the status of computing skills development within the civil engineering curriculum. Baker and Rix (1992) reviewed the relevance of computing-based courses via surveys distributed to undergraduate students in US civil engineering programs and to alumni specific to one university, the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. The intention of the survey was to gauge the students' satisfaction with the computing skills learned in the curriculum, including the adequacy of the associated hardware and software, and to determine the degree to which alumni were satisfied with the computing skills gained during their undergraduate study in terms of their realization in the professional workplace.…”

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Computing Competency for Civil Engineering Graduates: Recent Updates and Developments in Saudi Arabia and the US

Ahmed¹,

Nayeemuddin²,

Ayadat³

et al. 2021

IJHE

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This paper discusses recent updates and developments of computing-based courses in the civil engineering discipline. Competency in computing is one of the most important capabilities for university graduates to obtain given the rapid development of computer technology in professional work. Civil engineering is no exception. In fact, many contemporary civil engineering projects require a high degree of computing skills, ranging from performing basic office work to programming for decision support system application in controlling flood water gates to executing construction automation via digital printing technology. However, the curriculum content for computing in civil engineering has been developmentally stagnant in the past several decades. This could be partly due to learning outcomes for civil engineering graduates, which do not explicitly mention a certain degree of achievement with respect to computing skills. Several computing-based courses offered in various civil engineering programs across Saudi Arabia and the US were examined, and their contents were compared to recent survey results administered by the American Society of Civil Engineering Technical Committee on Computing and Information Technology. The discussion is extended by examining technical courses offered in the Civil Engineering Program in Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University with respect to computing skills. The outcomes of this study are expected to give input and suggestions for future upgrades of computing-based courses offered within the civil engineering curriculum.

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Computing Competency for Civil Engineering Graduates: Recent Updates and Developments in Saudi Arabia and the US

Ahmed¹,

Nayeemuddin²,

Ayadat³

et al. 2021

IJHE

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Recent Innovations in Undergraduate Civil Engineering Curriculums

Pauschke

Ingraffea

1996

J. Prof. Issues Eng. Educ. Pract.

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Surveying the Evolution of Computing in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Education

Gerber

Khashe

Smith

2015

J. Comput. Civ. Eng.

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This paper includes the results of an online survey that was conducted by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) task committee on computing education in order to assess the evolution of computing in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) education in 2012. The committee aims to understand and measure the evolution of computing in civil engineering as well as architecture and construction management curricula and evaluate the current state of computing within the AEC curricula.The paper contains an investigation of the levels and concentrations of computer science knowledge versus computer skills in curricula. In addition, the committee seeks to recognize the similarities and differences between architecture, engineering, and construction management programs by comparing the data associated with these disciplines. The paper also includes a discussion of basic aspects of computing education including the prerequisites that are necessary for further learning. The survey results provide useful benchmarks for decision-making regarding research, industry collaboration, and curricula.Findings of the study include: (1) the importance and coverage of computer skills and competence of graduates has increased over the past decade; (2) computing skills are judged to be more important than computer science knowledge in AEC curricula; (3) the links between computer science concepts, and AEC applications of computing are not yet fully recognized; (4) computing education is not sufficient to meet the demands of the AEC industry and that the share of computing courses is less than what educators desire; and (5) scientific concepts of computing are important for preparing architects and engineers for unknown future developments in information technology.

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Computing in Civil Engineering: Current Trends and Future Directions

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Computing Competency for Civil Engineering Graduates: Recent Updates and Developments in Saudi Arabia and the US

Computing Competency for Civil Engineering Graduates: Recent Updates and Developments in Saudi Arabia and the US

Recent Innovations in Undergraduate Civil Engineering Curriculums

Surveying the Evolution of Computing in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Education

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