Department Of Architectural Engineering Research Articles

Redevelopment of the Urban Area of the Former Canossian Oratory within the City Walls of Feltre

This paper concerns the redevelopment of an urban space within the historic walls of Feltre, an ancient city located inthe province of Belluno, not far from Venice. It is particularly focused on the disused Oratory of the Canossian Friars,at the top of the medieval city. The site is now abandoned and degraded, devoid of function and unresolved in form.It is located close to the city's main square and is bordered by pre-existing buildings of relevant historical importance,including the Castle, the Napoleonic Stables, the Clock Tower, the Civic Museum and the Church of San Rocco. In another respect, the former Oratory of the Canossian Friars, which was investigated by our research group at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering of the University of Padova, is proposed as a case study regarding the relationship between new and old.

Steel Structures Research Update: Innovative Steel Deck System for Highway Bridge Applications

Ongoing research on innovative steel bridge decks is highlighted. This study, currently under way at the University of Kansas, is led by Dr. William Collins, Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering. Dr. Collins’s research interests include fatigue and fracture of metallic structures; bridge design, fabrication, construction, and performance; and evaluation and preservation of historic structures. Among Dr. Collins’s accolades are the Robert J. Dexter Memorial Award, a Fulbright Scholar Award to conduct fracture mechanics research in Finland, and the AISC Milek Fellowship. The four-year Milek Fellowship is supporting this research on innovative steel deck systems for highway bridge applications—the first Milek Fellowship project to focus on bridges. Selected highlights from the work to date are presented, along with a preview of future research tasks.

Effects of building information modeling prior knowledge on applying virtual reality in construction education: lessons from a comparison study

Abstract Applying building information modeling (BIM) and virtual reality (VR) in construction education is an effective way to achieve better study motivation, learnability, creativity, and observation of the real world. However, whether different levels of BIM prior knowledge affect students’ VR experimental learning, if at all, has not been examined. Therefore, this study employs a teaching intervention experiment to access the VR learning process based on the BIM prior knowledge. A total of 47 students, from the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, participated in the experiment. They were grouped according to whether they had taken the prior BIM tutorial section, with 23 participants in the group having completed the tutorial and 24 participants in the group that had not. Experiment materials were created and rendered via Autodesk Revit and Iris VR; the materials supported three tasks related to the underground design review scenarios and three other tasks about site planning review scenarios. After the experiment, a comparison study was done to discuss their differences based on VR task performances and satisfaction. The results revealed that the BIM prior knowledge mediated both the two-dimensional and three-dimensional navigations when students performed the tasks. Moreover, the relationship differences within the satisfactions showed that BIM prior knowledge effectively affected the learning outcomes. In conclusion, the comparison study implies that students’ BIM prior knowledge is efficacious in the students’ VR task performance and their VR satisfaction from cognitive and memory perspectives.

Strategies for Developing Academic Curricula for the Architectural Engineering Department to Keep Pace with the Labor Market Developments in the Egypt

Strategies for Developing Academic Curricula for the Architectural Engineering Department to Keep Pace with the Labor Market Developments in the Egypt

Computational Design and Virtual Reality Tools as an Effective Approach for Designing Optimization, Enhancement, and Validation of Islamic Parametric Elevation

Virtual reality was investigated with various computational design approaches to improve users’ ability to communicate, share, and grasp the design’s requirements to better conceptualize ideas during various design and review stages. The study aims to show how computational design and virtual reality are utilized to forecast challenges, address design problems/limitations in a specific study space, and validate results. A case study of the main Architectural Engineering department building at the University of Sharjah (UoS) campus in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, was considered. The study focused on indoor daylight intake, ventilation, functionality, user comfortability, structural integrity, coherency and consistency, and performance optimization as factors to further evaluate and aid in the selection process of the optimal design. Consequently, innovative computational design tools were used in the study’s methodology to assess offered alternatives, such as altering and fabricating the building’s skin to deal with the challenges described above and improving the selected room’s visual and environmental conditions, such as optimal daylighting and ensuring users’ comfortability. The users’ immersive experience resulted in more accurate visualization and navigation around the to-be-built environment, allowing for more significant analysis and comprehension that further validated the results obtained. The chosen case study thus demonstrated the potential for computational design, mixed reality techniques, and strategies to enable an efficient process that ultimately verifies approaches taken toward a much more optimal solution through better visualization and contextualizing.

Applying active learning method to improve teaching outcomes in architectural engineering courses

PurposeThis study analyzes the effect of the techniques of active teaching and learning as a way of delivery on the outcomes of quality learning. Focusing on the courses of architectural science taught in a nontraditional method using various active learning strategies, the study takes the case study of the course Building Illumination and Acoustics (BIA) delivered in the academic year 2019–2020 at the University of Sharjah (UoS)'s Architectural Engineering Department (AED).Design/methodology/approachUtilizing both quantitative and qualitative research approaches, the study applied a case study and survey as methods. A questionnaire was designed and performed to assess the level of students' satisfaction with the implemented active teaching method.FindingsThe vibrant learning setting made the students actively engaged and more motivated and enthusiastic. The active learning practices used, including employing senses as in sight and hearing, reasoning rationally and intuitively, reflecting and acting, working steadily and in fits and starts, creating mathematical models, visualizing and memorizing and drawing analogies, were efficient in boosting their ability to comprehend theoretical concepts more effectively. The delivery style effectively enhances quality learning when various active techniques are used pedagogically beyond being merely a utilitarian instrument to prepare novice students of architectural engineering to fulfill practical challenges.Research limitations/implicationsThis article focuses specifically on a theoretical, scientific non-studio course in a particular program of architectural engineering in a particular semester before the dramatic changes in styles of teaching delivery that happened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Future research could further highlight its results by comparing them to statistical evidence of the development of the course, especially for the duration of online teaching during the pandemic and the hybrid teaching period after it.Originality/valueThis article contributes to the development of teaching and learning of architectural engineering in the local Emirati context by putting original theories of teaching into practice. This paper further contributes to the field of architectural pedagogy in terms of the effect of active learning in the architecture field in the non-studio courses in higher education in the United Arab Emirates.

Editorial to the Special Theme Sustainability

Sustainability represents a commonly agreed global development goal. It aims at ensuring the quality of life on Earth for current and future generations. Sustainability should thus become the fundamental overarching concept for the efficient/high-quality design and operation of any product or service throughout its lifecycle—focusing on all three pillars of sustainability—social, environmental, and economic. Among the different socioeconomic sectors, dealing with the impacts that the construction sector has is fundamental, as it strongly contributes to many of the pressing issues that need to be addressed. Not only do we need to improve the economic, environmental, and social performance of our built environment, but we also need to be better prepared for new conditions that are appearing as a cause of global challenges (e.g., climate change). The importance of this approach is all the more clear in light of an increasing number of man-made and natural disasters occurring globally. Thus, current developments and changes in the environment and socioeconomic situation require improvements in the technology of different processes that are involved in construction projects. In this context, concrete is a particularly interesting material, because it has a great potential for new technical solutions meeting new requirements, leading to the necessary reduction of environmental impacts and at the same time improvement of social and economic conditions, including safety and reliability during emergency situations. However, considering the huge volume of global concrete production and the negative impacts closely linked to its production, the overall environmental negative impact associated with the construction of concrete structures on a global scale is considerable. In view of the above global situation, it is of utmost importance to focus on the introduction of new production and construction technologies, advanced design techniques and efficient operation, maintenance, and recycling techniques of concrete structures. Concrete mixes, concrete products, and concrete structures should be designed to meet the requirements of sustainability—namely, to minimize their negative impacts and increase the positive impact on society, the environment, and the economy. This could be achieved by increasing the quality and durability of concrete structures throughout their life cycle, through (i) improvements in design methods, (ii) development of concrete mixtures, composite materials, and reinforcement methods, (iii) modernization of concrete technology, (iv) development of integrated design approaches, and (v) innovation in maintenance, repair, demolition, and recycling processes. This requires the involvement of all actors in the construction process, from material manufacturers, designers, and builders to users, and their conviction and initiative in the need to achieve better results in terms of sustainability requirements. This special theme of Structural Concrete journal: Sustainability of Concrete Structures collects a selection of contributions related to different aspects of sustainability showing potential of concrete structures to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations in 2015 as an action plan until 2030. The content of this special theme volume covers issues related to Life Cycle Assessment of concrete structures, carbon neutrality, use of recycled concrete and other recycled components, optimization of concrete structures, and many other issues bringing the contribution of concrete research and development to SDGs. We trust that the presented selection of articles is of interest to the concrete community focusing on the development of concrete structures toward a sustainable and resilient built environment as a contribution for future generations. Petr HajekDepartment of Architectural Engineering,Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic; Member of fib COM7, Convener of fib TG7.1: Sustainable Concrete—general framework; Member of fib COM10, TG10.1: Model Code 2020; Member of TG6.3:Sustainability of structures with precast elements and TG1.5:Structural sustainability. Albert de la Fuente AntequeraAssociate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Nikola TošićUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya—BarcelonaTECH (UPC), Barcelona, Spain. Irene JosaDepartment of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London (UCL), London, UK. Petr Hajek, Department of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic; Member of fib COM7, Convener of fib TG7.1: Sustainable Concrete—general framework; Member of fib COM10, TG10.1: Model Code 2020; Member of TG6.3: Sustainability of structures with precast elements and TG1.5: Structural sustainability. Albert de la Fuente Antequera, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain. Nikola Tošić, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya—BarcelonaTECH (UPC), Jordi Girona 1–3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain. Irene Josa, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London (UCL), London, UK.

The place and the project. The Fornace Morandi along the Brenta River: project proposals for a new park in Noventa Padovana, Italy

Noventa Padovana is a town in the province of Padua, located a short distance from Venice. This contribution considers the wide area, today in degraded conditions, including the ruins of a kiln for the production of tiles and bricks which was built at the end of the 19th century by the Morandi family. The furnace was definitively closed in the 1960s and the area remained abandoned for several years. In 2006, the property was acquired by the Municipality of Noventa Padovana and this made it possible some essential maintenance work, providing the basis for a project that will enable the population to fully enjoy this large green area. This subject has been recently investigated by our students at the ‘Architectural and Urban Composition 2' course taught on the master’s degree in Architectural Engineering at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering of the University of Padua.

Commentary on "The ethical dilemmas of risky decisions".

Risk AnalysisVolume 43, Issue 2 p. 242-243 COMMENTARY Commentary on “The ethical dilemmas of risky decisions” Charles N. Haas, Corresponding Author Charles N. Haas [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-9255-9930 Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Correspondence Charles N. Haas, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Charles N. Haas, Corresponding Author Charles N. Haas [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-9255-9930 Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Correspondence Charles N. Haas, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 10 November 2022 https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13919Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume43, Issue2February 2023Pages 242-243 RelatedInformation

Enhancing the Contribution of Recycled Asphalt Shingles to Asphalt Binders Using Rejuvenators

Enhancing the Contribution of Recycled Asphalt Shingles to Asphalt Binders Using Rejuvenators by Eslam Deef-Allah * , Magdy Abdelrahman Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USA * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, Volume 1, Issue 11, Page

Architecture Students’ Satisfaction in Iraqi Private Universities: TIU-S in Focus

The importance of service quality is undeniable. For years, numerous marketing professionals have researched its direct and indirect impacts on customer satisfaction and loyalty. Academics have proposed empathy, responsiveness, assurance, reliability, and tangibles as the primary drivers of service quality, university-related physical items or resources (technologic apparatus, smartboards, air conditioners, garden facilities, sports facilities, computer laboratories, etc.). The capacity of a service provider to offer essential service or acceptable and trustworthy responses to a student's demands or questions is referred to as reliability. This research aimed to benchmark the service quality dimensions of the architectural engineering department compared to other departments at Tishk International University-Sulaimani, Iraq. A quantitative research method has been applied. To do this, we have used ServQual and asked those questions to more than 100 students from architectural engineering, civil engineering, and business management departments. The data were analysed, and the results were initially analysed through regression analysis, and the obtained standardised weights of the regression analysis have been used for benchmarking after being normalised. The results show that the architectural engineering department delivered the best service quality compared to civil engineering and the business management department.

The built heritage as a resource for architectural education: documentation of the vernacular settlements and architecture in Oman

PurposeThrough a project of cooperation between the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism (MHT) and Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), a team including faculty members, technicians and students from the SQU department of civil and architectural engineering (CAE), was involved in the project of documentation, survey and the development of management plans of four (4) Omani Vernacular settlements (Harat). Such an experience was meant to initiate students from different levels in undergraduate programs of civil and architectural engineering to the fieldwork and professional practice in the field of built heritage studies. The present research aims to explore the effect of such an experience on the learning process and skills acquired by the involved students.Design/methodology/approachThe research was undertaken with students of CAE undergraduate programs at SQU. The documentation method has been implemented in 4 different settlements with the same students. A questionnaire has been administered to the participating students after their graduation to collect their feedback regarding the benefits of this experience on their education and skills development. The data was complemented by active observation and semi-directive interviews with some students randomly selected among the respondents to the questionnaire.FindingsThe outcome of each documentation campaign as well as the results of the questionnaires administered revealed that this experience has raised students' awareness about the importance of studying the built heritage and safeguarding it. The research has shown that important soft skills, such as team-working, leadership and communication, have been consolidated. It has also revealed that this experience was an opportunity for students to discover the variety of options within the profession of architecture and its intellectual and ethical responsibilities. Such aspects are hardly grasped when taught within a “classical” teaching/learning setting.Research limitations/implicationsThe main limitations of this research were the hard working conditions during the summer in Oman and the direct interaction of the students with the buildings. Even cautious, such interaction represents a risk for an already fragile heritage.Practical implicationsThe paper includes a detailed description of the architectural documentation tools and methods used in the case studies. These tools and methods can easily be applicable, with slight adaptations, in other architectural documentation projects involving undergraduate students. The documentation methodology and the generated corpus of 3D digital models can be used in other documentation projects and further studies such as architectural typologies, bioclimatic properties, natural ventilation patterns, daylight performance, etc.Originality/valueThis paper reports on the outcomes of the first experience of its kind in Oman and the Gulf region, where undergraduate students (predominantly females) were involved in an interdisciplinary project for the documentation of important vernacular settlements and their buildings. The added value of this research is that its methodology can be a reference for professors of Architecture and related specialties aiming to integrate research and field work with education.

A framework for measuring the level of achievement of vocational students competency of architecture education

The determination of work competence according to industrial needs that are expected by employers of new graduates in the department of architectural engineering in vocational high schools will help graduates to transit smoothly from the academic education environment to the real conditions of the construction industry in the workplace. This research identifies which group of competencies attributes that graduates should have in explaining appropriate competencies according to construction industry standards in Indonesia. The survey was conducted in 47 building construction companies consisting of 56 respondents using a questionnaire method. Multivariate analyses using the CB-SEM method used to validate the evaluation model. The research analysis used quantitative descriptive and factor analysis with the Explanatory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) methods. The EFA test shows ten factors so that it consists of 30 items of competency measurement. Overall, the CFA test has met the criteria for the goodness of fit statistics. The results of the study concluded that the instrument developed met good validity and reliability and two model frameworks for measuring the level of achievement of student competence in architectural techniques were feasible to use.

Cross-sector storage and modeling needed for deep decarbonization

Noah Kittner is an assistant professor in energy in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health and in the Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research examines the role of energy storage in the transition to low-carbon energy systems and deep decarbonization. Sergio Castellanos is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, where he leads the Rapid, Equitable & Sustainable Energy Transitions (RESET) Lab focusing on equitable pathways for decarbonized energy systems. Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez is an assistant professor in the Jacobs School of Engineering and an affiliate member in the Center for Energy Research at the University of California, San Diego. She is the director of the Renewable Energy and Advanced Mathematics Laboratory. She is one of the academic co-leads of the IEEE Power & Energy Society Task Force "Data-Driven Controls for Distributed Systems." Her research focuses on high penetration of renewable energy using optimization, control theory, and machine learning with safety guarantees. Daniel M Kammen is the James and Katherine Lau Distinguished Chair in Sustainability, and Chair of the Energy and Resources Group, Professor in the Goldman School of Public Policy, and Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served as Chief Technical Specialist for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency at the World Bank, and Science Envoy in the US Department of State. His work is focused on the science and policy of decarbonization at scales from homes to villages to large utility-scale systems. He has been a Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC since 1999. Sarah Kurtz is a Professor at the University of California Merced. She spent more than 30 years at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory studying multi-junction III-V solar cells, reliability of photovoltaic modules and systems, and other solar-related projects. She is now leading a study of the value of long-duration storage, funded by the California Energy Commission.

Assessment of Two Engineering Courses in Architectural Engineering Program in UAE University Based on the Comparison of the Students Results with the Students and the Instructors Opinions

The present study examined the level of outcome satisfaction of two main engineering courses taken by students in the Architectural Engineering department (AE) by evaluating the students’ satisfaction result (SR), the attained level of the students’ opinions (SO), and the instructors’ opinions (IO). The AE program in United Arab Emirates University is one of the departments in the College of Engineering accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET which provides assurance that a College or University program meets the quality standards of the profession for which that program prepares graduates. The AE program offers a wide range of engineering courses at different levels from sophomore level to senior level. All the engineering courses are mainly prerequisites to the Capstone Engineering Design Project which builds on the outcomes of all courses to perform detailed design and cost estimates of the selected alternative solutions to a well-defined engineering problem. The two courses considered in this study are Building Electrical Circuits and Building Acoustics and Lighting. New assessment parameters which are the student course outcome satisfaction coefficient (SCOSC) and the mean absolute deviation around a central point (AMD) have been introduced in this paper. These two parameters are calculated based on the comparison of the students’ satisfaction results with both students’ opinions and insructors’ opinions, and compare the mean absolute deviations of the students’ direct results with the students’ opinions and the instructors’ opinions, respectively. Indeed, the course learning outcomes (CLOs) of the SR of some sections for both courses show higher attainment compared with the SO and IO.

ENGAGING STUDENTS IN ONLINE READING GAMES: A STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING PERSPECTIVE

2020 might be unforgettable for teachers since they need to face the challenging teaching situation in the ruinous Covid-19 pandemic. To deliver the lesson, teachers need varied online applications to reach their students. Furthermore, they need more online media to ensure the students grasp what they need to achieve as a learning outcome. Online games are used in this study as the supportive learning tool after lecturing session about Reading Strategies. Furthermore, it is the tool to engage students to practice the student-centered learning so that they will be autonomous learners. There are four games used in this study i.e. Main Idea Millionaire, Main Idea Storm, Context Clues, and Scanning Skimming games, which are provided in three different websites. This is a qualitative phenomenological study expecting to capture details and experience of students and then to describe the meaning of the findings based on the subjects’ individual experience. The study was conducted in Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang, exactly at Architectural Engineering Department. Based on the findings, students thought that online reading games helped them to visualize the context of particular texts because of its good animation and sound effects. Students, in teacher’s evaluation, became more active in engaging themselves in the class discussion after having several activities of playing the online reading games. They said that they could easily play the games over and over anytime. This study proves that the employed online games can boost students’ confidence and encourage them to be active in the teaching and learning situation.

Strategies for Developing Academic Curricula for the Architectural Engineering Department to Keep Pace with the Labor Market Developments in the Egypt

Strategies for Developing Academic Curricula for the Architectural Engineering Department to Keep Pace with the Labor Market Developments in the Egypt

System and Curriclium of Architecture Education in Mansoura University.(Dept.A)

The strategy of Architecture Education in Mansoura University is to establish a comprehensive and balanced scientific plan for the educational system and curriclium which can be developed in the future. It based on two major axis, the first one is the application of the system of stages. The preparatory year is the first stage, through it the students study the basic science. The second and third stages comprise the students in first and second years and studeuts in third and fourth years respectively in the architectural engineering department. In the second stage students study the engineering and Architectural basic sciences but mainly in the third stage they have the applied sciences. The second axe of the educational strategy based on the options sciences in the third stage of the plan which lead to three specific architectural branches in the Bachular project at the end of the plan. The branches are: architectural design, building science and urban planning. These branches of the project can be developed in the seconed stage of the educational strategy in the future to be not only for the Bacnular project but also as a separate specific study in the third stage of the plan. The third stage of the educational strategy is, to establish a new faculty of architecture and urban planning belong to Mansoura University which has a separate speific educations in the architectural and urban planning field.

Architectural Education and Recruitment Requirements Case Study: Department of Architecture Engineering at Al-Azhar University التعليم المعمارى ومتطلبات التوظيف دراسة حالة قسم هندسة العمارة بجامعة الازهر

The concept of developing professions in society begins with the development of education, and to bring its outputs in line with the changes in the labour market, and the requirements of the labor market have become significant pressures, as the preparation and qualification of graduates in various branches of science and knowledge has become an important requirement for all the professional areas necessary for the labour market, and architectural education is affected as one of the academic and vocational education programs with these changes and developments, where the architectural labour market suffers from the inappropriateness of the architecture graduate in the engineering faculties for his functional Requirements; This paper aims to develop architectural education courses in the Department of Architecture at Al-Azhar University to suit the functional Requirements, so the research conducted a field study (job description form) to account for the functional Requirements of the architecture profession by identifying the career tasks of the architect in Egypt and the knowledge and skills required by using the DACUM methodology, and then developing and designing the educational objectives That the graduate needs to qualify for the labor market, the research concluded a series of results to contribute to the development of architectural education courses at Al-Azhar University, in addition to a set of recommendations that can promote architectural education. يبدأ مفهوم تطوير المهن في المجتمع بتطوير التعليم، وجعل مخرجاته تتواکب مع متغيرات سوق العمل، وقد أصبحت متطلبات سوق العمل تشکل ضغوطا لا يستهان بها، إذ أن إعداد وتأهيل الخريجين في شتى فروع العلم والمعرفة بات مطلبا هاما لکل المجالات المهنية اللازمة لسوق العمل، ويتأثر التعليم المعماري کأحد برامج التعليم الأکاديمية والمهنية بتلک التغيرات والمستجدات، حيث يعاني سوق العمل المعماري من عدم ملاءمة خريج العمارة بکليات الهندسة للاحتياجات الوظيفية له؛ لذا کان من الضروري دراسة الاحتياجات الوظيفية لسوق العمل المعماري، وتهدف هذه الورقة البحثية إلى تطوير مقررات التعليم المعماري بقسم هندسة العمارة جامعة الأزهر لتتلاءم مع الاحتياجات الوظيفية، لذا قام البحث بعمل دراسة ميدانية (استمارة توصيف وظيفي) لحصر الاحتياجات الوظيفية لمهنة العمارة من خلال التعرف على المهام الوظيفية للمهندس المعماري بمصر وما تتطلبها هذه المهام من معارف ومهارات باستخدام منهجية الديکام DACUM، ثم استنباط وتصميم الأهداف التعليمية التي يحتاج إليها الخريج لتأهيله لسوق العمل، وخلص البحث إلى مجموعة من النتائج للإسهام في تطوير مقررات التعليم المعماري بجامعة الأزهر، بالإضافة إلى مجموعة من التوصيات والتي يمکن أن تعزز التعليم المعماري.

Preface

We are glad to introduce you that the 2020 3rd International Conference on Civil, Architecture and Engineering Management (ICCAEM 2020), co-organized by Center of tropical geoengineering (Geotropik), School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and AEIC Academic Exchange Information Center was successfully held on October 16-18, 2020. In light of worldwide travel restriction and the impact of COVID-19, ICCAEM 2020 was carried out in the form of virtual conference to avoid personnel gatherings. Because most participants were still highly enthusiastic about participating in this conference, we chose to carry out ICCAEM 2020 via online platform according to the original schedule instead of postponing it. The conference is an international conference for the presentation of technological advances and research results in the fields of civil, architecture and engineering management. The conference brings together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the domain of interest from around the world.We are greatly honored to have invited Prof. Ahmad Safuan Bin A. Rashid from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia to serve as our Conference Chair. The rest of the committee was composed of nearly fifty privileged scholars from different renowned universities and institutes around the globe.During the conference, the conference model was divided into three sessions, including oral presentations, keynote speeches, and online Q&A discussion. In the first part, some scholars, whose submissions were selected as the excellent papers, were given about 5-10 minutes to perform their oral presentations one by one. Then in the second part, keynote speakers were each allocated 30-45 minutes to hold their speeches. We were pleased to invite two distinguished experts to present their insightful speeches. Assoc. Prof. Mei-yung Leung, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, as our first keynote speaker to present his talk on Value Management for Complex Projects along the Belt and Road Regions. In her presentation, she shared and analyzed the critical factors applying VM in the complex projects along Belt and Road regions. And then we had Prof. Ahmad Safuan Bin A. Rashid from School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia to presented his research on Engineering Characteristic and Chemical Properties of Bottom Ash Waste Material. In the last part of the conference, all participants were invited to join in a WeChat group to discuss and explore the academic issues after the presentations. The online discussion was lasted for about 30-60 minutes. The first two parts were conducted via online collaboration tool, Zoom, while the online discussion was carried out through instant communication tool, WeChat. The online platform enabled all participants to join this grand academic event from their own home.List of Conference Chair, Program Committees and Organizing Committees are available in this pdf.