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College of Technology

Building Construction Management

Section Title
Ach Alexander Arch Alexander
Associate Professor  
Office: Knoy 437 
Phone: 765.494.2471
Fax: 765.496.2246 
Email: aalexander@purdue.edu

Education

MSCE, Purdue University, 1969
BSCE, Purdue University, 1967

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor, Building Construction Management, School of Technology, Purdue University, West Lafayette IN

Industry Experience

  • 1995-present - Design Engineer, FBi Buildings, Remington, Indiana
  • 1991 - Design Engineer, FBi Buildings, Remington, Indiana
  • 1989 - Structural Design Engineer, Jacobs Engineers, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • 1987 - Plant Engineer, Engineering and Design Services Inc., West Lafayette, Indiana
  • 1987 - Structural Engineer, National Architectural Services in Lafayette, Indiana 
  • 1986 - Design Engineer, Engineering and Design Services, Inc., West Lafayette, Indiana
  • 1982 & 1985 - Project Engineer, Engineering and Design Services, Inc., West Lafayette, Indiana
  • 1981 - Structural Design Engineer, Engineering and Design Services, Inc., West Lafayette, Indiana 
  • 1979 - Project Field Engineer, Kettelhut Construction Inc., Lafayette, Indiana
  • 1969 - Structural Engineer, Tippecanoe County Highway Department, Lafayette, Indiana
  • 1968 - Highway Engineer I, Indiana State Highway Commission, Research and Training Center, West Lafayette, Indiana 
  • 1967 - Highway Engineer I, Indiana State Highway Commission, Crawfordsville District

Scholarly Activities

Serial Journal Paper

  • Alexander, A. and Crawford, W. G. Construction Education with CAI Using an Authoring System, Technical Horizons in Education Journal, June 1985.

Refereed conference proceedings

  • Alexander, A. and Crawford, W. G.  (1985).  Applications of Computer Assisted Instruction in Construction Education.  Proceedings of the Twenty Second Annual Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction.  Gainesville, Florida.
  • Alexander, A. and Crawford, W. G.  (1986).  Development of Microcomputer Based Training in Construction.  Proceedings of the Fourth National Conference on Microcomputers in Civil Engineering.  Orlando, Florida.
  • Alexander, A., Boat, G. R., and Shafer, J. R.  (1987).  Microcomputer use by Student Construction Organizations at Purdue University.  Proceedings of the Twenty Third Annual Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction.  West Lafayette, Indiana.

Non-Refereed Conference Proceedings

  • Alexander, A. The Auto-Tutorial Laboratory in Building Construction Education. (1985). Proceedings of the 1984 Fall Meeting of the Great Lakes Region of the Associated Schools of Construction.  West Lafayette, Indiana.

Textbooks

  • Alexander, A. "Analysis and Design for Concrete Formwork" a chapter in The Civil Engineering Handbook, Edited by W. F. Chen and published by CRC Publishers 1993.

Honors, Awards, and Grants

D. Dorsey Moss Excellence in Teaching Award, 1992

Nellie Munson Award, outstanding graduate teacher in the School of Civil Engineering, 1973

Professional Affiliations

American Society of Civil Engineers, 1965-present

Indiana Section, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1965-present

Precast Concrete Institute, 1995-present

The Masonry Society, 1993-present

Chi Epsilon, National Civil Engineering Honorary Society, 1967-present

Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honorary Society, 1967-present

Sigma Lambda Chi, International Construction Honor Society, 1973-present

Certification

Registered Professional Engineer (#17474) in the State of Indiana.

General

Service

  • Faculty Advisor and Coach for the Purdue Trap and Skeet Club, 1998-present
  • Faculty Fellow, Cary Quadrangle, 1994-present