Interdisciplinary design projects and practical project work in the education of civil engineers

Samuel Ebert, Philipp Dietsch, Stefan Winter

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Abstract

The original and primary objective for Universities is the education of students to become skilled and responsible professionals, e.g. engineers. Therefore, the balance between theoretical knowledge transfer and practical application has to be managed with care. Within this realm, the call for suitable and practice oriented education including the conveyance of knowledge from adjacent domains and interaction to these is getting louder. This paper illustrates an educational approach developed at the Chair of Timber Structures and Building Construction that tries to balance the teaching and related testing of theoretical, high-standard academic knowledge with the acquisition of important practical skills and experience. The latter is best being achieved with practical projects. These begin in the second semester with a simple structural design task, increase successively in complexity and thematic range over the years, and end with an inter-disciplinary design project in the last semester of Master's studies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWCTE 2016 - World Conference on Timber Engineering
PublisherVienna University of Technology
ISBN (Electronic)9783903039001
StatePublished - 2016
Event2016 World Conference on Timber Engineering, WCTE 2016 - Vienna, Austria
Duration: 22 Aug 201625 Aug 2016

Publication series

NameWCTE 2016 - World Conference on Timber Engineering

Conference

Conference2016 World Conference on Timber Engineering, WCTE 2016
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityVienna
Period22/08/1625/08/16

Keywords

  • Architecture
  • Civil engineering
  • Design projects
  • Education
  • Interdisciplinary work

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