Fall 2019 Teaching Aid Grants

Below is the list of grants that were awarded as part of the Fall 2019 Request for Proposals.

Web-Based 3D Model Viewer for Illustrating Concepts in Structural Steel

Developer: Mark Denavit (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)

A collection of three-dimensional steel connection models that can be viewed on a smartphone or web browser to help students visualize connections for tension members and their associated limit states. [Now available!]

Interactive Online Figures Demonstrating Key Concepts in Structural Steel Design

Developer: Joel Lanning (University of California, Irvine)

Interactive web-based applets that illustrate structural steel design concepts and follow AISC Specification equations, allowing students to explore relationships between various parameters like applied loads, member dimensions, and framing layout. [available December 2020]

“Days of Steel” Videos 

Developer: Anthony Battistini (Angelo State University)

A series of light-hearted and humorous videos to engage students in the topic of steel design, including common misconceptions in design, how to solve a particular design problem, and student interviews with steel legends. [available January 2021]

Structural Fire Engineering Curriculum for Civil Engineering Undergraduate Education

Developer: Erica Fischer (Oregon State University)

This set of teaching modules will focus on the effects of fire on structural steel, starting at the material level and working up to member and system-level behavior, and it will include classroom teaching notes, exercises, lab experiments, and homework problems. [available January 2021]

Steel Connections: A Teaching Aid for Design Considerations

Developer: Rachel Chicchi (University of Cincinnati)

Focused on improving student understanding of steel connection design and detailing, this teaching aid will include PowerPoint slides, course modules that incorporate a web-based connection design software package, and models for producing 3D printed connections. [available January 2021]

Conceptualizing Steel Gravity Design in Educational Settings

Developer: Ryan Solnosky (Penn State University)

This teaching aid includes PowerPoint slides, sample examples and assessments, and guidelines for creating a project to help students conceptually lay out and select a building’s steel gravity system. [available May 2021]