Reflection to course AE410/510 Intelligent Building
As an Architectural Engineering student, I was been
wondering all the time what does intelligent or digital building means. As a
senior at Drexel, I am anxious for the year about where I should go for graduate
school or what kind of job I am looking for. This course actually gave a really
great basic guidance for digital building students like me. It introduced BIM
software, like Revit, and database, like MS Access. It is really helpful for
students who does not have any experience about these software. It is a chance
for them to get one step into the BIM field and it is also a good start for
using Revit and Access with a detailed guidance. For students who have used Revit,
it is not as effective as those novice students. Though we learned a bit deeper
in these software, I still think these course should be recommended to take once
the concentration has decided. It will be a great introduction course for those
digital concentration student, rather than being an isolated course that has
students from different levels.
About the course, the content is great about the future of
BIM, robotics, sensors, etc. A lot of materials are not being touched in other
courses for Architectural engineering students. Focusing on future gives this
course a really deep impression that also encourage students working in this field.
The presentations that guest speakers provided are impressive and insightful
especially for senior students like me. It really helps me to understand the
current situation of the field and what direction it could go. For me, as an
international students, I also thought a lot about the BIM trends overseas. It
is interesting when I compare the current situation of BIM technology between America
and other countries, which also helps me to find the future career directions.
Comment:
Kaptue, I totally agree with you that it is important to see
if the cultures in the firm is moving forward or not. Being a new vital force
to this industry, it is also our responsibility to help companies move forward
and catch the pace of the technology.
Jenny, you have mentioned that possibilities are endless. It
is true that we are responsible to ensure the safety when we develop the technology.
It is great to see that you can apply these concepts to your career in a close
future.
Sean, I agree with you that intelligent building still has a
long way to go that the cost, poor coordination and low desire will be the
challenge for developing the technology for intelligent buildings.
This class was very valuable to me as a mechanical concentration AE student. I can only imagine how beneficial this class would be to a digital building student. I agree that the course really benefits from having all concentrations of AE as well as CivE and even MechE all at different levels.
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