TY - JOUR
T1 - The Texas Tech project for dissemination of wind engineering research and curriculum via electronic media
AU - Sarkar, Partha P.
AU - Mehta, Kishor C.
AU - Peterson, Richard E.
AU - McDonald, James R.
N1 - Funding Information:
E.W. Kiesling, J.R. McDonald, K.C. Mehta, P.P. Sarkar, Wind engineering research applications, Proc. 1st National Conf. and Workshop on Research Into Practice, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the University of Maryland, 15–16 June 1995, Crystal City, VA.
Funding Information:
The work cited has been supported by the US National Science Foundation (Grant No. EEC-9315602), the College of Engineering and the Wind Engineering Research Center, TTU. The hard work of a team of dedicated students at TTU has made these projects a reality. Words of appreciation extend to those who painstakingly reviewed the contents of the CD: Educational Modules on Wind Engineering .
PY - 1998/9/1
Y1 - 1998/9/1
N2 - The importance of transferring the wind engineering research into curriculum and practice has been the focus of much attention in the recent past. Also, many Universities are exploring ways to enhance their existing curriculum for both on-campus students and distance education. With the emergence of software and computer hardware specifically designed for multimedia-based presentations and the constantly improving conditions for learning via the Internet, it is now possible to achieve these goals more effectively than ever before. In this paper, three separate efforts at Texas Tech University are described; integrating wind engineering research to the existing curriculum, developing a wind engineering course for distance education, and devising a method for fast dissemination of wind engineering research and curriculum, all involving different forms of electronic media.
AB - The importance of transferring the wind engineering research into curriculum and practice has been the focus of much attention in the recent past. Also, many Universities are exploring ways to enhance their existing curriculum for both on-campus students and distance education. With the emergence of software and computer hardware specifically designed for multimedia-based presentations and the constantly improving conditions for learning via the Internet, it is now possible to achieve these goals more effectively than ever before. In this paper, three separate efforts at Texas Tech University are described; integrating wind engineering research to the existing curriculum, developing a wind engineering course for distance education, and devising a method for fast dissemination of wind engineering research and curriculum, all involving different forms of electronic media.
KW - Distance education
KW - Educational modules on CD-ROM
KW - Integrating wind engineering research
KW - Multimedia-based curriculum
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U2 - 10.1016/S0167-6105(98)00181-0
DO - 10.1016/S0167-6105(98)00181-0
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0032172890
SN - 0167-6105
VL - 77-78
SP - 663
EP - 672
JO - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
JF - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
T2 - Proceedings of the 1997 8th US National Conference on Wind Engineering
Y2 - 5 June 1997 through 7 June 1997
ER -