Abstract
The new accreditation criteria (TC2K) of the Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET require an assessment of Program Intended Learning Outcomes. Some of the learning outcomes required by the “a” through “k” and the Civil criteria of TC2K include leadership skills, teamwork skills, project management skills, communication skills, and design and construction skills.
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the American Institute for Steel Construction (AISC) sponsors regional and national concrete canoe and steel bridge competitions on an annual basis. The Civil Engineering Technology (CET) students at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) have participated in these competitions for the past nine years. These competitions give students a chance to apply what they have learned in the classroom.
To assess the impact of the concrete canoe and steel bridge competitions on student learning and development, the authors carried out a survey of current students and graduates of the CET program at RIT who have been members of the concrete canoe and steel bridge teams. The issues addressed in our survey include the following: impact of these activities on leadership skills, communication skills, teamwork skills, design and construction skills, project management skills, confidence levels, students’ enthusiasm for the profession, and a positive image and exposure for students and CET programs.
In this paper, we discuss the results of this survey and some of the challenges to student participation in these non-credit activities at RIT, and present some suggestions for enhancing the level of student participation.
Publication Date
6-22-2003
Document Type
Article
Department, Program, or Center
Civil Engineering Technology Environmental Management and Safety (CAST)
Recommended Citation
Aghayere, A. (2003, June), Assessing The Impact Of The Concrete Canoe And Steel Bridge Competitions On Civil Engineering Technology Students Paper presented at 2003 Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee. https://peer.asee.org/11563
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Comments
Presented at the 2003 P American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (ASEE), Nashville, TN, June 22-25, 2003. https://peer.asee.org/11563
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education
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