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  • 1.  Welcome to AEI Collaborate

    Posted 06-29-2016 03:27 PM
    Edited by Moses Ling 06-29-2016 03:29 PM

    Dear ASCE-AEI Members:

    Welcome to AEI Collaborate! AEI Collaborate is a technical forum to amass a growing knowledge base for the Architectural Engineering community to discuss, debate, and share new ideas that affect a more pronounced change in the design, construction, and maintenance of buildings.

    The launch of this new collaboration site will focus on the AEI BUILD initiative.  AEI BUILD outlines eight practice focus-areas of the architectural engineering profession. Each AEI Build category is multi-disciplinary in nature and requires interdisciplinary collaboration.

    The AEI BUILD initiative was launched during the 1st Biennial AEI Forum “The IMPACT of the Integrated Building” March 31 – April 1, 2016 in Worcester, MA.

    The technical program featured an impressive lineup of 8 industry expert keynote lecturers, each covering one of the BUILD topics, followed by interactive breakout sessions allowing for dynamic discussions and information exchange among Forum participants. The whirl-wind day concluded with a wrap up by each speaker summarizing the highlights of the discussions

    The AEI Board of Governors would like to continue the discussion with the broader AEI membership to identify the best ideas which are most critical to the advancement of design, construction and maintenance of integrated buildings in the 21st century by featuring the video taped presentations from the FORUM.

    Join the discussion and help AEI realize the Institute’s vision to be the worldwide resource for the advancement of the design and construction of integrated buildings! You can participate in discussion threads or start new conversations.

    AEI COLLABORATE combines the instant, active response features of email and listservs with the newer digital discussion forums. AEI members can serve a unique role in the internet world where so much unreliable and biased information is available.

    We understand the value that AEI members put on the networking and educational opportunities provided through our conferences, events and online and on-demand workshops and webinars throughout the year.  To build on that value, we are excited to enter into this new phase of member collaboration by providing AEI members an environment to connect, engage and share experiences, industry information and best practices, seek and share advice, exchange resources and build relationships. We look forward to seeing

    AEI Collaborate thrive!

    Sincerely,

    Moses D.F. Ling, PE
    President, AEI Board of Governors

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    Moses Ling P.E.
    AssociateProfessor
    Penn State University
    University Park PA
    (814)863-3416
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  • 2.  RE: Welcome to AEI Collaborate

    Posted 07-12-2016 03:24 PM

    This is a great initiative, congratulations to all of you who helped put it together!

    I'm a faculty member in a civil engineering Dept. within a university that has no architecture programs, but since I consider that teaching effective collaboration with our architectural colleagues is critical to civil engineering education (and vise-versa), I would like to explore the possibility of setting up an "academic-exchange" program with an architectural program.

    If you are a faculty member in an architectural (or A/E) program, and would be interested in exploring an academic collaboration with me, please email me at jorge.vidal1@...

    I look forward to hearing from you!

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    Jorge Vidal
    UTRGV Civil Engineering Faculty



  • 3.  RE: Welcome to AEI Collaborate

    Posted 08-29-2016 10:10 AM

    The Academic Council of AEI is ideally suited for this type of exchange. 

    This is an area for AEI "Learn" initiative to develop as well. 

    May be we can discuss the similarities and differences of "AE" education embedded in a Civil program and a stand alone AE program. Then we can discuss the reasons for a 4 and a 5 year programs.

    Let's start with whether offering architectural design studio is necessary. If so, what is the desired outcome? 

    At Penn State, the AE program was embedded in the architectural program until early 1960's when the two were administratively separated. Since then, the AE program has retained the character of an architecture program. Students in the 5 year program enroll in 3 or 4 semesters of architectural design studios at 3 credits per semester. (construction option students enroll in 3 semesters).

    Given the "Integrated Building Solution" focus of AEI, one can argue that the architecture studio experience is a necessary component of an AE education. I argue that AE programs are ideally suited for training up "building integrators". Building integrator by my definition is an engineer while an expert in his/her discipline possesses an overall understanding of the project. He/she is the embodiment of the spirit of the project. While not the quarterback perhaps, the building integrator is the team captain. At a minimum, these engineers should be able to contribute to the architectural design.

    That being said, I am interested in other view points as well as what might be the appropriate content of these studio courses.

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    Moses Ling P.E.
    Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Officer
    Department of Architectural Engineering
    Penn State University
    University Park PA

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