Course Work

Below you will see all relevant course work to this point.  You can click on the classes to get a more detailed view of my capabilities and competency associated with each course.

EDSGN 100                                                  Introduction to Engineering Design

Introduction to engineering design processes, methods, and decision making using team design projects; design communication methods including graphical, verbal, and written.

Skills Developed:
  • SolidWorks Design Software
  • Team Work

Arch 130A                                                        Basic Design and Research 1

Multidimensional design and perceptual development. Formulation of abstracted concepts and logical visual models.

Skills Developed:
  • Artistic Design Process
  • Artistic Design Perspective
  • Peer Critiquing

Arch 210                                                                 Design/Planning Theory 1

The course introduces architectural and urban theory by presenting and exploring key concepts through major texts from the Western tradition.

Skills Developed:
  • Architectural Design and Theory
  • The development of the Architectural Process

Arch 441                                                          Architectural Design Analysis

Studies in principles and elements of design; planning for human use; the relationship of space to physical and social environment.

Skills Developed:
  • Teamwork
  • Architectural Design in a Predefined Setting
  • Attention to Detail

Arch 442                                   Architectural Design Analyis (Rome Studio)

This studio was completed in the Summer of 2010, while I studied abroad in Rome, Italy.  The design project was to choose a piazza in Rome and do various studies of the area.  After studies were completed the task was to do several painting analysis of an abstract painting that we were randomly assigned.  After the painting analysis was complete we began using that as inspiration for our building design.  On this page you will see several pictures from this project.

Skills Developed:
  • Teamwork
  • Architectural Design of Modern Buildings in a Classical Surrounding
  • Attention to Detail

Arch 443                               Architectural Design Analysis Inspection Trip

Faculty guided trip to metropolitan areas to investigate noteworthy architecture and building construction and to visit professional offices.

Skills Developed:
  • Critical Analysis of American Architecture
  • Increased Appreciation for Different Architectural Styles

E Mch 211                                                                                              Statics

Equilibrium of coplanar force systems; analysis of frames and trusses; noncoplanar force systems; friction; centroids and moments of inertia.

Skills Developed:
  • Basic Understanding of Statics Concepts

E Mch 213                                                                      Strength of Materials

Axial stress and strain; torsion; stresses in beams; elastic curves and deflection of beams; combined stress; columns.

Skills Developed:
  • More Advanced Understanding of Statics Concepts

E Mch 315/316                 Mechanical Response of Engineering Materials

E Mch 315
Mechanical response measures and design theories for engineering materials; elastic and plastic response as affected by stress, strain, time, temperature.

E Mch 316
Experimental techniques for mechanical property measurement and structural testing.

Skills Developed:
  • Developed the Ability to Test and Determine the Stresses, Strains, and Various Responses of Engineering Materials
  • Developed the Ability to Apply these Concepts to Larger Problems

AE 202                                                                Introduction to AE Concepts

Introduction to the profession of architectural engineering, building envelope systems, sustainable design, fire protection systems, and engineering economics.

Skills Developed:
  • Teamwork
  • Engineering Economics Basics
  • Fire Protection Codes and Practices

AE 221                                                          Architectural Building Materials

The structural and architectural use of building materials; commercial standardization, classification, and description as encountered in the building trades.

Skills Developed:
  • Understanding of the Building Materials used in Modern Buildings and How these Various Materials are used.
  • Learned the Basic Construction Techniques and the Typical Construction Methods

AE 222                                                                                 Working Drawings

Materials and methods of construction used in residences, and preparation of working drawings for a small building.

Skills Developed:
  • Used Various Computer Software to become familiar with the General Practice and Preparation of Working Drawings.
  • Autodesk AutoCad (Very High Competency)
  • Autodesk Revit (High Competency)

AE 308                                                                                Structural Analysis

Algebraic and graphical methods of analysis of determinate members, deflections; introduction to indeterminate analysis methods. Course includes practicums.

Skills Developed:
  • Basic Structural Analysis Concepts.
  • Analyzed Frames, Trusses, etc. through various methods such as Conjugate Beam and Moment Distribution.
  • Analyzed Various Load Combinations, such as, Gravity (Live and Dead Loads) and Lateral (Wind Loads).

AE 309                                                                        Architectural Acoustics

Acoustical design for good hearing conditions and noise control; construction details, materials, acoustical properties of room shapes; sound absorption, transmission. Course includes practicums.

Skills Developed:
  • Analyzed what makes an Architectural Space good Acoustically.
  • Discovered Solutions on how to make Acoustically Bad Spaces more Acceptable.

AE 310                         Fund. of Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning

Fundamental principles and engineering procedures for the design of heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems, including energy utilization and constraints. Course includes practicums.

Skills Developed:
  • Basic Concept of Various HVAC Systems, their operation, effectiveness, and Reliability.
  • Determined Various Requirements given a set of Loads.

AE 311             Fund. of Electrical and Illumination Systems for Buildings

Fundamental principles, systems, and planning concepts for electrical and illumination systems in modern buildings. Course includes practicums.

Skills Developed:
  • Teamwork
  • Appropriate Lighting Strategies for Various Spaces, Derived from Current Lighting Practices and Techniques.
  • Appropriate Electrical Strategies for Entire Buildings, Derived from Current Codes and Engineering Practices.

AE 372                                                 Introduction to the Building Industry

Introduction to the building industry; owner, designer responsibilities; documents, bidding procedures; design-construction contracts; project management; insurance, labor relations. Course includes practicums.

Skills Developed:
  • Teamwork
  • Scheduling Concepts and Various Techniques to Improve Schedules.
  • Estimation Techniques and Various Techniques to Improve the Project Budget.

AE 401                         Design of Steel and Wood Structures for Buildings

Application of principles of engineering mechanics to layout, analysis, design, and detailing of structural elements in steel and wood of simple buildings.

Skills Developed:
  • Basic Understanding of Steel Construction and Design; in particular Tension Members, Compression Members, Bending, Combined Loadings (Bending + Compression or Bending + Tension), Joist and Decking, and Connections.

AE 402                                    Design of Concrete Structures for Buildings

Application of principles of engineering mechanics to layout, analysis, design, and detailing of structural elements in concrete of simple buildings.

Skills Developed:
  • Solid Understanding of the Mechanics and Design Principles for Reinforced Concrete Members subjected to Flexural, Shear, and Axial Forces
  • The ability to Perform Analysis, Design, and Detailing of Simple Reinforced Concrete Structures

AE 403                                                 Advanced Steel Design for Buildings

  • NOT YET COMPLETED!!
Continuation of A.E. 401. Advanced analysis, design, and detail of the structural elements in wood and steel.

AE 430                                                                         Indeterminate Analysis

Classical methods of analysis for beams, frames, arches, and secondary stresses as applied to buildings; introduction to modern methods.

Skills Developed:
  • Proficient in Implementing various Classical Structural Analysis Methods applied to Statically Indeterminate Structures
  • Developed an improved understanding of the behavior of various structural systems in response to various external loads
  • Proficient in the use of STAAD to analyze statically indeterminate structures

AE 431                                         Advanced Concrete Design for Buildings

  • NOT YET COMPLETED!!
Continuation of A.E. 402. Advanced analysis, design, and detail of concrete masonry, prestressed and reinforced concrete.

AE 432                                                             Design of Masonry Structures

  • NOT YET COMPLETED!!
Analysis and design of unreinforced and reinforced masonry: non-bearing walls, bearing walls, shear walls, masonry building systems.

AE 481W/482                                                                               Senior Thesis

  • NOT YET COMPLETED!!
AE 481W
Building project selection and preparation of overall plan; preliminary investigation of building design and construction issues; creation of individual Capstone Project Electronic Portfolio (CPEP) and project proposal required.

AE 482
Continuation of A E 481W. Engineering analysis of building systems; emphasis on analysis and design of building structural, mechanical, lighting/electrical, and construction related systems. Final written report, web-based project portfolio and verbal presentation are required.

AE 534                                        Analysis and Design of Steel Connections

  • NOT YET COMPLETED!!
Connection analysis and design for steel buildings with an emphasis on the AISC Specification.

AE 537             Building Performance Failures and Forensic Techniques

  • NOT YET COMPLETED!!

This course provides a background in identification, evaluation, and analysis of a broad set of architectural and structural performance failures.

AE 538                                        Earthquake Resistant Design of Buildings

  • NOT YET COMPLETED!!

Introductory engineering seismology, basic principles of structural dynamics, application of earthquake design provisions of model building codes to design of buildings.

AE 597A                                    Computer Modeling of Building Structures

  • NOT YET COMPLETED!!
Theory and application of structural analysis using the direct stiffness method with matrix formulations. Use of computer programs for analysis of two- and three-dimensional structures. Validation and interpretation of results from computer analysis. Practical analysis and design of building structures to satisfy building code requirements.

AE 597C                                                               Design of Wood Structures

  • NOT YET COMPLETED!!

Design of prismatic and non-prismatic wood members and arches. Members under combined torsion and bending, composite cross-sections, reinforced members, moment connection. Computer modeling of wood structures.

AE 600                                                                                    Thesis Research

  • NOT YET COMPLETED!!
A course led under the supervision of Dr. Linda Hanagan, in which I do independent research in the area of floor vibrations.  The specific area of interest is still TBD.

BE 462                                                                 Design of Wood Structures

  • NOT YET COMPLETED!!
Structural properties of wood; design of wood structural elements; design of wood structural systems; design of post-frame buildings.

CE 310                                                                                               Surveying

Fundamental surveying measurements, traverse computations, coordinate geometry, mapping, GPS and GIS, circular and parabolic curves, earthwork, boundary surveys, CAD applications.

Skills Developed:
  • Total Station Surveying Applications and Usage.
  • Teamwork

CE 332      Professionalism, Economics, & Construction Project Delivery

Introduction to engineering management process; economic analysis; pricing; contract documents; estimating; ethics; professional practice and engineering economy.

Skills Developed:
  • Engineering Professionalism and Ethics
  • Teamwork

CE 397A                                        Geotechnical Engineering for AE Majors

  • NOT YET COMPLETED!!
Soils, soils stresses, consolidation and settlement, strength and groundwater flow.

CE 435                                                                      Foundation Engineering

  • NOT YET COMPLETED!!
Bearing capacity, settlement, and structural design of shallow foundations; lateral earth pressure; retaining and sheet-pile walls; introduction to deep foundations.