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  1. (PDF) Qualitative Research Methods in Engineering

    PDF | On Jun 1, 2011, Kevin Kelly and others published Qualitative Research Methods in Engineering | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

  2. PDF Qualitative Research Basics: A Guide for Engineering Educators

    Coalition and the Rigorous Research in Engineering Education projects, both sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Elliot Douglas (author of Chapters 1, 2, and 4) is Associate Professor of Materials ... Qualitative research, in its approach, assumptions, and outcomes, is very different from quantitative research. Questions of what ...

  3. Using Qualitative Research Methods in Engineering Design Research

    an overview of qualitative research methods, outline key opportunities where qualitative methods can be used to enhance engineering design research, and present a case example of a qualitative study on interdisciplinary interactions in complex system design. Keywords: qualitative research, interdisciplinary interactions, research methods Contact:

  4. Comparing Qualitative Analysis Techniques for Construction Engineering

    Over the past three decades, qualitative methods have been increasingly applied in construction engineering and management (CEM) research to understand challenges within this industry. However, there remains a lack of resources in the CEM literature on qualitative method selection and implementation specifically applicable to this domain.

  5. PDF Qualitative Methods for Engineering Systems: why we need them and how

    the process of doing good qualitative research. As engineering research increasingly focuses on socio-technical systems, in which human behavior and organizational context play important roles in system behavior, there is an increasing need for the insights qualitative research can provide.

  6. Qualitative methods for engineering systems: Why we need them and how

    This paper discusses the role that qualitative methods can and should play in engineering systems research and lays out the process of doing good qualitative research. As engineering research increasingly focuses on sociotechnical systems, in which human behavior and organizational context play important roles in system behavior, there is an ...

  7. Guidelines for Using a Case Study Approach in Construction Culture

    AbstractThis article seeks to improve the understanding of applying case studies in qualitative research in construction culture. Being a soft and method-complex research strategy, the case study approach is challenging to implement in practice. This ...

  8. PDF Qualitative Research Methods in Engineering

    qualitative research methods used by our colleagues in the humanities. Indeed B erliner [3] wonders if the use of qualitative methods, such as those used in educational research, is the hardest science of all. He argues that qualitative research is ofte n considered soft, age 22.1207.2

  9. Increase in Understanding the Application of the Qualitative ...

    In the first exploratory talks to choose a suitable research method, the Qualitative Method—here, the qualitative content analysis according to Mayring Footnote 1 —with the help of interview surveys, ... (BIM) clusters, and institutes for business ethics and academic representatives of Civil Engineering.

  10. Using qualitative research methods in engineering design research

    Traditionally, research in engineering design has focused on quantitative methodologies whose constructs are familiar to engineers. Our assertion here that qualitative research methodologies that are less familiar to engineers can provide unique scientific insights into the study of engineering design, enabling new findings not obtainable via ...

  11. (PDF) Background and design of a qualitative study on globally

    In an effort led by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE, 2007, 2009), a global vision for civil engineering was identified. Within the UK, the Institution ...

  12. Qualitative methods for engineering systems: Why we need them and how

    Qualitative research originates from the social sciences, 31 yet it is beneficial for research in engineering, 13 especially in exploratory contexts. Using the standards outlined by Szajnfarber ...

  13. Building Information Modelling in Structural Engineering: A Qualitative

    Over the past decade, the fields of civil engineering, i.e., structural engineering, have increasingly used the building information modelling (BIM) approach in both professional practice and as the focus of research. However, the field of structural engineering, which can be seen as a sub-discipline of civil engineering, misses, as far as the authors are aware, a real state-of-the-art on the ...

  14. PDF Background and Design of a Qualitative Study on Globally Responsible

    The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) led development of the vision statement that is most prominent across civil engineering world-wide. In June 2006, sixty thought leaders from around the globe—representing all career levels and having highly varied backgrounds—convened to define a global vision for civil engineering (ASCE, 2007).

  15. A Qualitative Study on the Impact of Digital Technologies on Building

    The purpose of this research is to identify the effect that digital technologies is having on operations of design offices. A series of semi-structured interviews were carried out with experienced practitioners (Consulting engineers and a steelwork sub-contractor) all of whom have witnessed the evolution of the industry to a digital environment.

  16. (PDF) Background and Design of a Qualitative Study on Globally

    1 Background and Design of a Qualitative Study on Globally Responsible Decision-Making in Civil Engineering Shannon M. Chance University College London, London, UK and Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland [email protected] Inês Direito University College London, London, UK [email protected] Rob Lawlor University of Leeds, Leeds, UK [email protected] Katie Cresswell-Maynard ...

  17. The language of civil engineering research articles: A corpus-based

    Important pedagogical decisions from corpus data are based on both quantitative and qualitative considerations. ... The Specialised Corpus of Civil Engineering Research Articles (SCCERA) contains 1100 civil engineering articles published in 45 international journals between 1989 and 2014, with contributions from 3807 authors from 1598 ...

  18. (PDF) Factors influencing civil engineering university students

    A qualitative study is presented to answer the research questions of (1) What are the main factors influencing the decision-making behaviours of civil engineering students and (2) What role could ...

  19. CEIE 603 Research Methods for Civil Engineerings

    CEIE 603 Research Methods for Civil Engineers familiarizes the students with the process of rigorous research in civil engineering in an academic environment, by providing a strong background in research methods, such as critical thinking, experimental design (idea, concept, design, development), writing a scientific article, and interpretation of results (uncertainty quantification ...

  20. The Research of Qualitative Characteristics of Construction Materials

    Peer-revi w under responsibility of organizing committee of the XXIV R-S-P seminar, Theoretical Foundation of Civil Engineering (24RSP) 229 Yulia M. Galitskova and Elizaveta V. Limarjeva / Procedia Engineering 111 ( 2015 ) 228 â€" 232 As quality characteristics of such waste are various it is advisable to conduct preliminary sorting of the ...