Construction Engineering Faculty and Staff (Cont.) Career preparation, professional ethics, construction research, leadership. Introduction to construction industry professionals including how they interact with engineers in other disciplines. Continued introduction to program, department, college, and university organization. Overview of faculty, staff, policies, procedures and resources. (Spring 2016)
Yelda Turkan, Assistant Professor 428 Town Engineering 515-294-7539 yturkan@iastate.edu Courses Instructed ConE 222. Contractor Organization and Management of Construction Entry level course for construction engineering: integration of significant engineering and management issues related to construction company operations. Company organization and operations, construction and project administration, construction contracts, delivery systems, insurance and bonding, construction safety, construction labor relations, contract documents. CE 594A, B and C. Research Methods Seminar in Construction Engineering and Management; Quantitative Methods Assigned readings and reports on research methods to assess and solve qualitative construction engineering and management problems. CE 594S. Special Topics Construction Engineering and Mgt.: Building Information Modeling Senior/graduate level course for construction and civil engineering: integration of previous construction/ civil engineering coursework into Building Information Modeling (BIM), BIM Applications and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). BIM process within and between various organizations; BIM applications in civil and construction engineering domain; emerging sensing and visualization technologies such as LIDAR and photogrammetry, and their integration into BIM; use of commercial software (Autodesk Revit; Navisworks; Tekla Structures; Tekla BIM.S.ight). In addition: • Member of ASCE Construction Institute Digital Project Delivery Committee • Member of Construction Industry Institute (CII) Academic Committee • Member of Transportation Research Board AFB80 – Geospatial Data Acquisition Technologies in Design and Construction Committee • Co-Chair of FIATECH Element 6 – Project Management and Controls. • Member of ASCE Construction Research Council • Faculty Co-Adviser for the CCEE Department Software Exploration Club
Denise Wood, Secretary 456 Town Engineering 515-294-2045 dwood@iastate.edu Supports ConE and CE faculty, staff, students, and student organizations. Processes travel reimbursements, purchasing card transactions, and purchases for CCEE Dept. Handles employment questions. Co-Editor of the Erector Set.
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