Edited by: isam abaker

Objectives

1. Communication and Presentation Skills1. Communication and Presentation Skills

2. Teamwork & Leadership Attributes2. Teamwork & Leadership Attributes

3. Design office Environment in Class3. Design office Environment in Class

Recent Assessment of the Departmental Programs

Lack of Communication SkillsLack of Communication Skills

Lack of Presentation SkillsLack of Presentation Skills

No formatted approachNo formatted approachexists to develop teamworkexists to develop teamwork& leadership attributes & leadership attributes amongst studentsamongst students-Vital skills for success Vital skills for success at the professional levelat the professional level

Recent Assessment of the Departmental Programs

Simulating a Design Office Environment

with Premium on Reinforcement of

Personal Skills

TransitionTransitionTransitionTransition

Need

Background of Problem

Most pre-university preparatory schools do not focus on

development of communication & presentation skills

Background of Problem

Very limited opportunities forSaudi youth to participate in

community activities and organized sports so as to

hone teamwork and leadershipattributes

Last SemesterLast Semester

CE315 CE40

8

StrategyStrategy

The Department in concertwith the College of Engineering chose two design courses in whichto embed design components and

communication skills

Pilot Study

Inasmuch as this was an innovationbeing attempted for the first timeas a package, the instructors for the two courses had the liberty of reformattingthe courses so as to achieve the designedresults.

StrategyStrategy

Execution Execution

CE 315 is a 2-3-3 format course. The contact hours of the Lab (3) allowed the flexibility for embedding new ideas

CE 315 is a 2-3-3 format course. The contact hours of the Lab (3) allowed the flexibility for embedding new ideas

Extensive use was made of a very popular software used in design

industry (STAAD.Pro)

Design synthesis education in the Lab in parallel with component design in the class-room lecture format

Execution Execution

Execution Execution

The class of modest size (12 students) was divided into teams based on personalchoice of students (2 to 3 each)with the teams working together on select large scale assignments over the courseof the semester.

Group

II

On completion of the assignment,each team was asked to make apresentation of their work.

PowerPoint PresentationPowerPoint

PresentationInteractiveInteractive

Execution Execution

Execution Execution

Presentation was rotated amongst team membersin order to give each student an opportunity to improve communication & presentation skills (C & P)

Execution Execution

After each presentation, pointers weregiven to the students to help enhancetheir communication skills and the positivity of their body language

Execution Execution

Discernible improvement was noted not onlyin the C & P skills but also in self confidence,demeanor, team work, and leadership traits

Execution Execution

The crescendo of the experiment wasThe crescendo of the experiment wasthe introduction of the students tothe introduction of the students toa full scale project a full scale project (inclusive of reading(inclusive of readingof blueprint drawings)of blueprint drawings) so that the teams so that the teams could construct 3-D space models for could construct 3-D space models for analysis and design using STAAD.Pro.analysis and design using STAAD.Pro.

The crescendo of the experiment wasThe crescendo of the experiment wasthe introduction of the students tothe introduction of the students toa full scale project a full scale project (inclusive of reading(inclusive of readingof blueprint drawings)of blueprint drawings) so that the teams so that the teams could construct 3-D space models for could construct 3-D space models for analysis and design using STAAD.Pro.analysis and design using STAAD.Pro.

Execution Execution

Reaching such a climax

in a one semester introductory

design course is not normally

possible in the traditionally

formatted course

Reaching such a climax

in a one semester introductory

design course is not normally

possible in the traditionally

formatted course

Synthesis design in parallel to component design seems to strike the fancy of studentsand the relaxed lab environment was notedto be conducive to accelerated learning

Execution Execution

Visit to building sites

Visit to Dammam

Municipality

ACI Technical

Dinner meetings