The Academy of Sciences of I. R. of Iran
Iranian Journal of Engineering Education
1607-2316
2676-4881
22
87
2020
12
20
PROBLEM-SOLVING RESEARCHES IN ARCHITECTURE
1
29
FA
Zahra
Ahari
Faculty Member/Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning-Shahid Beheshti University
z_ahari@sbu.ac.ir
Hadi
Nadimi
Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning-Shahid Beheshti University
h_nadimi@sbu.ac.ir
Sahra
Aberi Zahed
MA in Iranian Architectural Studies-Shahid Beheshti University
sahra.zahed@gmail.com
Fatemeh
Tavanaie Marvi
PhD student-Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning-Shahid Behesthi University
f_tavanaeimarvi@sbu.ac.ir
Parisa
Rahimzadeh
MA in Iranian Architectural Studies-Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning-Shahid Beheshti University
prs.rahimzadeh@gmail.com
Maryam
Heidarkhani
PhD Student-Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning-Shahid Beheshti University
m_heydarkhani@sbu.ac.ir
Shiva
Fallah Najmabadi
Graduate Student of the "Space Syntax: Architecture and Cities"- The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, -MA in Iranian Architectural Studies-Shahid Beheshti University
shiva.abadi.19@ucl.ac.uk
10.22047/ijee.2020.234541.1750
Solving the problems of everyday life is a common practice. Something becomes a problem when we do not have a ready response for it. Actually, we encounter a problem when we have a goal, but the way to reach it is not obvious. Sometimes the path to get the solution is obvious, while sometimes we face a complex pathway that requires further and more profound recognition. In architecture, like other fields of knowledge, the goal of some studies is to find solutions for the real problems of the architectural world. In this paper, we aim to define problem-solving research in architecture, its elements, processes and types. This study is being carried out with the classification strategy to clarify the characteristics of problem-solving research in architecture. For this purpose, we selected 29 PhD dissertations that were defended in the world’s top universities and sought to solve a problem in architecture. In this article, their abstracts were reviewed and analyzed. We show that in the studies where the research process leads to a solution for a real problem in architecture can be classified as problem-solving research. This kind of PhD dissertation uses scientific frameworks developed in other fields of knowledge for solving real-world problems, and therefore, similar to them, deal with two types of issues: well-defined and ill-defined problems. Ill-defined problems in architecture are often interdisciplinary with social sciences. These studies have a mixed-method approach and are in combination with other strategies. Problem-solving research is being conducted to find technical solutions, design and management strategies.<br /><br />
Research Method in Architecture,Problem-Solving Researches,Mixed-Method Research,PhD. Dissertation,Process of Problem Solving
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_115405.html
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_115405_32797146b03762165eb6ecf74d87e915.pdf
The Academy of Sciences of I. R. of Iran
Iranian Journal of Engineering Education
1607-2316
2676-4881
22
87
2020
12
20
COMPARATIVE STUDY AND COMPARISON OF THE METHOD OF PERFORMING THE QUALIFY EXAM IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AT SELECTED IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES UNIVERSITIES
31
47
FA
Gholamreza
Pazuki
0000-0002-4475-0079
Faculty Member/ Amirkabir University of Technology
ghpazuki@aut.ac.ir
Monireh
Tadayyon
Chemical Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology
chemgrad@aut.ac.ir
Manijeh
Mirhashemi
Chemical Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology
mirhashemi@aut.ac.ir
10.22047/ijee.2020.239665.1760
Qualify exam (QE) is held in the transition phase from the educational step to the research step. The aim of this exam is to assess the abilities of educational phase. Accordingly, a comparative study on the implementation of QE in the selected US and Iranian universities has been studied in chemical engineering felid. The results showed that a comprehensive test is held in written or oral form or a combination of both. In most universities in Iran, this test is held in writing. It is suggested that a comprehensive oral exam be held to assess the principles of chemical engineering. The results showed that in the selected US universities, the syllabus and sources of the QE are announced to students. However, the sources and topics of this test in Iranian universities are not clear. Also, in US universities, the comprehensive exam is mostly held at the undergraduate level. But, in the selected universities of Iran, more QE are held at the master’s level
Qualify exam (QE),Chemical engineering,US Universities,Iranian Universities
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_119099.html
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_119099_9ee0950c67e893aa5f3f0e9eeb64fc83.pdf
The Academy of Sciences of I. R. of Iran
Iranian Journal of Engineering Education
1607-2316
2676-4881
22
87
2020
12
20
LESSONS FROM THE QUID-19 EPIDEMIC IN THE EDUCATIONAL PLANNING OF THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHA
49
71
FA
Ali
Karimpour
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering,
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad,
Mashhad,
Iran
karimpor@um.ac.ir
Hamidreza
Pourreza
Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
hpourreza@um.ac.ir
Majid
Mirzavaziri
Department of Pure Mathematics,
Faculty of Mathematics,
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
mirzavaziri@gmail.com
Ali
Abbasi
Department of Civil Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering,
Ferdowsi University Of Mashhad,
Mashhad, Iran
aabbasi@um.ac.ir
10.22047/ijee.2020.245733.1769
E-learning and its gradual influence on the higher education system has been considered by experts for many years. In this article, according to the situation in the world due to the prevalence of Covid-19 disease, e-learning and its effects on the educational system of the Faculty of Engineering of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad have been studied. It was attempted to study the issue of e-learning and its impact on the education system, considering the conditions created by the epidemic of this disease and the closure of face-to-face training centers in the second semester of the 2019-2020 academic year. In this regard, the statistical information of students of different educational levels of the Faculty of Engineering of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad has been used as a sample. For this purpose, in the first step, a questionnaire was designed to use the students’ opinions and then, using the obtained information, the necessary condition for presenting the courses electronically, in combination or in face-to-face form was determined. Given the possibility of converting a significant number of face-to-face classes to electronic or combined classes. This has led to the liberalization of some classrooms and will significantly help in improving, modifying and planning educational and research spaces.<br /><br />
COVID-19,face-to-face training,E-learning,educational system,Questionnaire
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_119098.html
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_119098_0c2b500902b8a668c70705457bce8afb.pdf
The Academy of Sciences of I. R. of Iran
Iranian Journal of Engineering Education
1607-2316
2676-4881
22
87
2020
12
20
EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE MASTER’S DEGREE CURRICULUM OF URBAN DESIGN AND URBAN PLANNING COURSES
73
90
FA
roza
vakilinezhad
faculty of art and architecture, shiraz university, shiraz, iran
arch.rv@shirazu.ac.ir
10.22047/ijee.2020.211285.1705
<br />More than six years has passed since the last revision of the Master’s Degree Curriculum for urban design and urban planning courses. During this time, dramatic universal changes have taken place in various fields, most notably in the field of environment and environmental assessment tools. The present study aims to evaluate the environmental knowledge in the curriculum of these two courses. The purpose of this study was to reach a consensus on the content and efficient method to teach environmental issues to urban planning and urban design students. Using descriptive survey and Delphi research method, data are gathered from the questionnaires filled by 12 professors. Finally, a proposed instruction about the content and teaching method is provided. The results indicate the necessity of revising the curriculum of these two courses by change in the current syllabus, providing environmental approach or by defining a new lesson about environmental issues. Thus, the obtained results could be used from two perspectives to fill the gap of environmental training in these fields. In the first perspective, the essential basics for compiling the syllabus of the proposed environmental course in the approved curriculums are provided in the form of direct training. The second one is in the form of indirect training in which the three proposed topics of basic knowledge and concepts, instructions and solutions, and measurement tools are included in the current courses, especially in the courses for urban design and planning workshops and design methods and techniques.<br /><br /><br />
Urban Design Education,Master Degree,Urban planning,Urban Design,environmental knowledge
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_114619.html
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_114619_0deee83349ae15d52658db588236422d.pdf
The Academy of Sciences of I. R. of Iran
Iranian Journal of Engineering Education
1607-2316
2676-4881
22
87
2020
12
20
CHRONOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF IRAN’S TOP UNIVERSITIES FROM THE INPUT INDICATORS IN THE RECENT FIFTY YEARS
91
111
FA
GholamAli
Montazer
Professor of Information Technology, Tarbiat Modares University
montazer@modares.ac.ir
Mahdieh
Farazkish
Post Doc Researcher Tarbiat Modares University
mfarazkish@gmail.com
10.22047/ijee.2020.197352.1665
In the era of knowledge, communities should be developed based on knowledge-based educational systems. In order to achieve the knowledge-based development, it is necessary to cross the path of higher education. It imposes a requirement for a widespread wave of universities and higher education institutions on the agenda of different countries, but at the same time as globalization and the increasing importance of “world-class universities”, the balance of quantitative and qualitative development has been a fundamental challenge, especially in the higher education sector of developing countries. Accordingly, in this paper, the evaluation of the quantitative and qualitative performance of a number of Iranian universities, classified based on the “logistics plan of Iran higher education”, has been investigated in terms of inputs by using the documentary studies. Six main criteria consisting of two quantitative criteria and four qualitative ones have been selected and the changes in these criteria has been analyzed during the period of recent fifty years. The results show that the trend of changes in the quantitative criteria has been improved almost for all the selected universities, although there were some fluctuations. Also the trend of qualitative criteria in the first and third decade after Islamic revolution has been progressed. In the second decade after revolution, due to the special circumstances in the country, almost all criteria have fallen seriously.<br /><br />
Higher Education Policy,global universities,university inputs,Performance Evaluation,quantitative and qualitative development
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_115404.html
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_115404_ea91415ceee1b756ff0f76195af017f6.pdf
The Academy of Sciences of I. R. of Iran
Iranian Journal of Engineering Education
1607-2316
2676-4881
22
87
2020
12
20
A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF FACULTY MEMBERS TO IMPROVE QUALITY IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION
113
136
FA
Davood
Ghorooneh
0000-0002-4017-019X
Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development, , Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
d.ghoroneh@um.ac.ir
ثنائی پور
Sanaeipour
Higher Education Complex of Khorasan Water and Power Industry, Mashhad, Iran
fateme.sanaei@gmail.com
10.22047/ijee.2020.221105.1727
Nowadays, in the higher education of our country, after a period of quantitative growth, the issue of improving the quality of education has become a common goal and demand, especially in engineering education. There are various factors that contribute to the quality of engineering education, one of which is faculty members. The purpose of this study was to provide a framework for faculty members’ professional development in order to promote quality in engineering education. The research method is qualitative and exploratory, which is done through interpretive analysis of the content of articles in the field of professional development of faculty members in engineering education. For this purpose, the backgrounds and patterns presented by other researchers in domestic and foreign scientific data bases were first identified and analyzed. Then, to confirm the findings, semi-structured interviews were conducted with five experts in higher education and engineering education. During these two stages of qualitative research, a total of 120 concepts were identified and categorized into five main categories and then conceptual model design was undertaken. The framework presented in this article is a process and content model. Based on this model, the starting point for faculty development programs is the mission of the universities, and the needs of faculty members. There are also various strategies for implementing professional development programs, and the evaluation and feedback mechanism is another feature of this model that sets it apart from other similar models.<br /><br />
Professional Development,Faculty Members,quality improvement,engineering education,framework
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_114620.html
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_114620_284fb56a8f5e0e27c899a577771debb6.pdf
The Academy of Sciences of I. R. of Iran
Iranian Journal of Engineering Education
1607-2316
2676-4881
22
87
2020
12
20
INVESTIGATION the SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN ENGINEERING APPLICANT
137
143
FA
Parviz
Jabehdar Maralani
Professor, College of Engineering, Tehran University
pjabedar@ut.ac.ir
10.22047/ijee.2021.263013.1803
Students wishing to study engineering, mathematics and physics at Iranian universities are only graduates of high school mathematics- physics majors. Over the past two decades, there has been a significant reduction in the number of students choosing mathematics-physics major in high schools and, as a result, the number of applicants in the mathematics-physics major of the national university entrance exam has been reduced. This trend has led to a decrease in engineering applicants and a drop in their quality of academic level. Elite high school students do not show much desire to choose mathematics-physics major in high schools due to the numerous employment opportunities of graduates of experimental science major, especially medicine. This, in addition to reducing the number of applicants entering mathematics-physics major, but also has declined the quality of science of applicants entering engineering fields. The Society of Engineering Education of Iran organized a roundtable to investigate the reasons for this situation, and the material that I presented in this roundtable will be discussed in this article.<br /><br />
Volunteers,Physics-Mathematics,engineering science,Student Reduction,entrance exam
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_121920.html
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_121920_02d9c9e9477c5d54fa41fba919ba1c7f.pdf