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Multidiscipline Team Teaching Approach To Enhance Project Based Learning Of Sustainable Design

Conference Session: Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Steven Burian, University of Utah; William Johnson, University of Utah; Fred Montague, University of Utah; Arrin Holt, Cooper Roberts Simonsen Associates; Jim Nielson, Cooper Roberts Simonsen Associates; Rachel David, Cooper Roberts Simonsen Associates
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

AC 2008-1461: MULTIDISCIPLINE TEAM TEACHING APPROACH TOENHANCE PROJECT-BASED LEARNING OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGNSteven Burian, University of UtahWilliam Johnson, University of UtahFred Montague, University of UtahArrin Holt, Cooper Roberts Simonsen AssociatesJim Nielson, Cooper Roberts Simonsen AssociatesRachel David, Cooper Roberts Simonsen Associates Page 13.915.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Multidiscipline Team Teaching Approach to Enhance Project-Based Learning of Sustainable DesignAbstractThis paper describes a multidiscipline team-taught course providing a project-based learningenvironment for students of sustainable design

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Professional Practices In Civil Engineering: Meeting And Exceeding The New Civil Engineering Program Criteria

Conference Session: Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Andrea Welker, Villanova University; Frank Falcone, Villanova University
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

critical need for holistic engineering education which includes andstresses a broad range of leadership and management skills in addition to a concentratedtraditional technical curriculum. Emerging young engineers will, in many instances, be requiredto lead teams of diverse professionals and manage budgets and schedules for domestic and/orinternational projects only a few years beyond completing their formal undergraduate education.The new program criteria developed by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)1, andused by ABET during the accreditation process, recognizes this change and is more closelyaligned with the Body of Knowledge2. One major change is that the new criteria now include astatement requiring that students “can explain

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A Decade Of University Sports Facility Design Courses

Conference Session: Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Michael Collins, J.P. Morgan Chase; Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University; John Ochs, Lehigh University; Richard Weisman, Lehigh University; Vincent Munley, Lehigh University; Joseph Sterrett, Lehigh University
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

AC 2008-1253: A DECADE OF UNIVERSITY SPORTS FACILITY DESIGNCOURSESMichael Collins, J.P. Morgan Chase Michael G. Collins is a first-year analyst in J.P. Morgan Chase’s Management Services Program where he will rotate between 4 different branches of the bank. He is a January 2008 graduate of Lehigh University earning both a B.S. in the Integrated Business and Engineering Honors program as well as a B.S. in Industrial Engineering. Michael has participated in 3 different courses at Lehigh which utilized a project-based curriculum to partner students with outside clients. In the Integrated Business and Engineering Capstone Project he worked with Online Staffing Solutions of Allentown, PA

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Enhancing Engineering Educational Outcomes Through Integration Of New Vision For Civil Infrastructures With Nanotechnology Into Undergraduate Curriculum And Its Implementation Results

Conference Session: Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Karen Lozano, University of Texas-Pan American; Karl Kiefer, Invocon, Inc., Houston, Taxes; Xinqing Ma, Inframat Corp, Farmington, Connecticut.
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

, and the newly forming hydrates can rapidly fill and seal cracks11.Based on the above rationale, authors had proposed an educational project for integratingnanotechnology for civil infrastructures into engineering undergraduate curriculum throughmulti-disciplinary collaborations among educational institutions and industries. The paradigmdevelopment mainly focuses on enhancing undergraduate engineering educational outcomesspecified by ABET and fostering innovative problem-solving skills exemplified bynanotechnology. The proposed project was implemented in 2007 under the support fromNanotechnology Undergraduate Education Program in National Science Foundation.Strategies for Integration of Nanotechnology into Civil Engineering CurriculumThe

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Simulating Consulting Engineer Relationships In A Senior Design Course And Assessing The Results

Conference Session: Civil Engineering Teaching Part One
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Michael Bronzini, George Mason University; Michael Casey, George Mason University
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

University of Tennessee. Dr. Bronzini holds the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Penn State and a B.S. degree from Stanford University, all in Civil Engineering. He has 41 years of experience in transportation and civil engineering research, teaching, and consulting, and is a registered Professional Engineer. He is a member of ASEE and ASCE, has been an ABET civil engineering program evaluator for many years, and is a National Associate of the National Academies.Michael Casey, George Mason University Michael J. Casey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering at George Mason University in the area of Construction and Project Management. Dr

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Two Introductory Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering Courses

Conference Session: Civil Engineering Teaching Part One
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: J. Richard Weggel, Drexel University; James Mitchell, Drexel University; Charles N. Haas, Drexel University
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

the pre-junior year.2Introduction to Infrastructure Engineering (CAEE201)CAEE201 is a team-taught 3 credit course with 2 hours lecture and 2 hours of computationlaboratory. The course presents two or more engineering case studies of the design,construction, operation and maintenance of infrastructure projects. Key engineering elements ofthe projects illustrate the various disciplines within civil, architectural and environmentalengineering including foundation engineering, structural engineering, site engineering, drainage,security, building systems, environmental issues and construction management. The concept ofan “infrastructure system” that solves a problem within physical, economical, environmental,social and political constraints is

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Researchers And Practitioners: A Dual Track Path To Tenure That Works

Conference Session: Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University; Cole McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

professionalengineer1,2. The BOK is presented in the form of 15 outcomes that prescribe the necessarybreadth and depth of knowledge required for a practicing civil engineer.A section of the BOK addresses who should teach this body of knowledge. It concludes thatcivil engineering faculty must be scholars, effective teachers, practitioners, and role models.While true, there are a number of complex issues that arise such as whether it is possible for oneperson to possess all of these attributes and whether such a model best serves the projected trendsin civil engineering education.Estes and Welch3 attempted to identify the most appropriate faculty of the future with respect toeach of the required outcomes in the BOK. Their approach is illustrated in Table 1 which

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A Summer Transportation Institute Experience At Mississippi State University

Conference Session: Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Dennis Truax, Mississippi State University; Emma Seiler, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

ofMississippi State University President Robert H. “Doc” Foglesong is the development ofleadership in young people through the Appalachian Leadership Honors Program. Dr. CadeSmith, director of the program, led the project session focusing on development of leadershipskills.MSTI opened with an orientation session for students and parents that introduced the MDOT andMSTI personnel, provided details of the program and its three weeks of activities, and outlinedoperating rules and conduct regulations. The closing ceremony included recognition of sponsors,a recap of the program with a slide presentation, and recognition for students.Participant Recruitment and SelectionRising 10th, 11th and 12th graders for school year 2006-2007 were recruited for the MSTI

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Camp Concrete – Growth Of A Graduate Program

Conference Session: Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Chris Ramseyer, University of Oklahoma
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

,high volume testing, encouraging active learning while making the work fun and exciting, andexpanding the student’s horizons beyond the immediate research focus of their team. As thesummer progresses, the students take over day-to-day management of the projects. To ensurethat all the students are engaged in the research and understand its goals and challenges, weeklymeetings are held to discuss progress, difficulties and preliminary results. Helping to make thework fun and exciting, while granting the students control of the research process, encouragesthe students to pursue graduate study.Each of the projects that are used to fund this program addresses an immediate need identified bythe individual project sponsor. The project sponsors are

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Reliability Of Bridges: Significant Addition To Civil Engineering Curriculum

Conference Session: Civil Engineering Teaching Part One
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Reynaldo Pablo, Jr., Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

algorithms thatwill measure the safety reserve in a structure covering the focused uncertainty involved. Theconcept of structural reliability will be used for the assessment of bridges. Bridge reliability willbe measured using the structural reliability index β, which has been used in several recentresearch projects related to bridge safety1, 2, 3, including NCHRP Project 12-33 Development of Page 13.1032.2LRFD Bridge Design Specifications. In that project, the LRFD bridge design code wascalibrated with respect to structural reliability index β. The design load can be examined in thecontext of the load and resistance factor design (LRFD) following

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Kinesthetic Structures

Conference Session: Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Kevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

academia. After teachingclasses the traditional way, class lectures augmented with textbook homework, a program wasdeveloped to engage students in model building activities that encouraged creativity, promotedownership in student learning, linked physical behavior to mathematical expressions, andhopefully better prepares students for engineering practice.1Students in the college begin hands-on learning during their freshman year and this served as theimpetus to link kinesthetic learning with lower level and upper level engineering courses.Students often list a junior level class as their favorite class because it incorporates modelbuilding projects into the curriculum. Students are often eager to work on these projects and aretypically proud to

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European Civil Engineering Management (Ecem) Implementation And Management Of An International Education Program

Conference Session: Challenges of CE Education in a Global World
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Carsten Ahrens, F.H. OOW
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

Theory Practical Project +Studies Stage I Stage I Advanced In-depth- In-depth-studies Bachelor-Thesis studies studies Studies studiesLocation FH-OOW FH-OOW FH-OOW FH-OOW FH-students at partner university FH-OOW or Partner University Foreign students at FH-OOW Page 13.571.2Table 1: Time schedule of ECEM-program at FH OOW beginning in winter semesterEducational Profile The basic studies at FH OOW in Oldenburg contain all the modules of mathematics

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Designing A Civil Engineering Program For The National Military Academy Of Afghanistan

Conference Session: Challenges of CE Education in a Global World
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; Richard Gash, United States Military Academy
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

are U.S. Military Academy faculty members who deployed to Afghanistanin the spring and summer of 2007 to establish the new program at NMAA. In this paper, wedescribe our processes, products, and lessons learned. Although the situation in Afghanistan isunique in many ways, the lessons we learned there are nonetheless applicable to engineeringcapacity-building projects elsewhere in the developing world as well.BackgroundEarly in 2003, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Army’s Office of MilitaryCooperation – Afghanistan (OMC-A) agreed to jointly establish a military academy that wouldprovide the newly created Afghan National Army with a capable, well-educated officer corps.1After considering a variety of different institutional

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Implementation And Assessment Of An Interdisciplinary Nsf/Reu Site On Watershed Sciences

Conference Session: Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tamim Younos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

, where criticalresearch questions within watershed sciences and engineering are addressed and theiranalytical skills and creativity as future scientists and engineers are nourished. To achievethis goal, eight highly qualified students (five female, three male), hereafter referred to asREU fellows, were recruited in summer 2007. Fellows came from a variety ofdisciplinary backgrounds including chemistry, ecology, geology, environmentalengineering and electrical engineering. Fellows’ 10-week long research projects included:ecological stoichiometry, microbial source tracking, watershed instrumentation, cyclingof metals in aquatic environments, drinking water chemistry, and water-energy nexus.Fellows also attended weekly forums and discussion

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Using Failure Case Studies To Address Civil Engineering Program And Bok Criteria

Conference Session: Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

, lifelong learning. Page 13.1338.3Illustrative Case Study – The Quebec Bridge Collapse of 1907 The 1907 collapse of the Quebec Bridge during construction represents a landmark ofboth engineering practice and forensic engineering5 6. The Quebec Bridge was the longestcantilever structure attempted until that time. In its final design, it was 1,800 ft long. Thebridge project was financially troubled from the beginning. This caused many setbacks in thedesign and construction. Construction began in October 1900. Figure 1 shows the state of construction just beforethe collapse. In August 1907, the bridge collapsed suddenly. Seventy-five

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International Collaboration For Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory Exercises

Conference Session: Challenges of CE Education in a Global World
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: James Hanson, California Polytechnic State University; Senro Kuraoka, Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

- Madison and was a Research Associate at the National Research Council of Canada before joining Nippon Koei. His expertise includes numerical modeling, rockfall analysis and mitigation, and general geomechanical analyses. Page 13.789.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 International Collaboration for Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory ExercisesAbstractThe project described in this paper is a collaborative effort between California Polytechnic StateUniversity and Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. based in Tokyo, Japan. The collaboration was establishedfor the Geotechnical

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Interactive Learning Using A Tablet Pc In Civil Engineering Soil Mechanics

Conference Session: Use of Technology to Provide Civil Engineering Education
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; shannon sexton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

, hereinafter referred to as the instructor, joined this institute project with sometrepidation. As a graduate and former assistant mentor in the American Society of CivilEngineers (ASCE) Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) program (Estes, et al.,2005; ASCE, 2008), the instructor is an outspoken institute proponent of the tenets of ExCEEd,including appropriate use of technology in the classroom. In fact, the instructor’s campusreputation in this regard was one significant reason the project PI contacted the instructor aboutjoining the project. The adoption of this technology-based instruction process for most all of theclass meetings seemed to the instructor to be a significant departure from his ExCEEd roots.Similarly, the project PI

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Implementing A Civil Engineering Program At The National Military Academy Of Afghanistan

Conference Session: Challenges of CE Education in a Global World
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; Richard Gash, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Farid Momand, Kabul University; Qaium Fekrat, Kabul University; Aziz Gulistani, Kabul University
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA), West Point for 7.5 years, teaching courses in engineering mechanics, structural analysis and Home Brewing.Farid Momand, Kabul University Farid Ahmad Momand holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan. He has served as an Assistant Professor (Pohialay) at Kabul University for two years, an adjunct instructor at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan for one semester, and a practicing structural engineer for 14 months at United Infrastructure Projects, a private company. He is currently enrolled in the master’s degree program in civil

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The Cognitive And Affective Domain In Assessing The Life Long Learning Objective

Conference Session: Accreditation and Assessment Concerns in Civil Engineering Education
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey Russell
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

Responding Knowledge Receiving Independent Study Guest Speakers Enrichment ASCE Student Projects Summer Chapter Relevant Faculty Field Trips Experience

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Process And Challenges Of Building A New Civil Engineering Curriculum At A Regional Campus

Conference Session: Civil Engineering Teaching Part One
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Suleiman Ashur, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

3 0 CE 303 Route and Construction Surveying 3 ENGR 411 Capstone Design Project II 4 4 3 0 CE 392 Stochastics 11 Statistics & Probability (2) 3 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 3 3 5 9 Civil Engineering Materials (2) 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 8 Construction Management (2) 3 3 3 2 4 3 6 1 4 Computaional Methods 3 3

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Opportunities For Engineering Educators Through Participation Outreach Activities

Conference Session: Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Stephanie Ivey; Anna Lambert, University of Memphis; Paul Palazolo, University of Memphis; David J. Russomanno, University of Memphis
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

mightvolunteer as a judge for a local science fair competition, serve as a mentor for a communityimprovement project, and maintain the more traditional activities of teaching and research inengineering classroom, yet participate in each activity as a separate event instead ofincorporating these programs and activities to other areas of application. Our paper examines theopportunities to forge connections between college outreach programs and the processes of“continuous improvement” as professional engineering educators through the example of onesuch program in our own institution.Our experiences with the 2007 Canstruction® competition are included as a model applicable tomultiple concepts of civil engineering courses. We begin by discussing the “live

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Ontologies And Web Semantics For Improvement Of Curriculum In Civil Engineering

Conference Session: Use of Technology to Provide Civil Engineering Education
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jean-Pierre Bardet, University of Southern California; Dennis McLeod, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Nazila Mokarram, University of Southern California
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

this project is a tool that specifies evolving ontologies, and supports informationdiscovery and queries, i.e., Protégé20, 11. Protégé is open-source software which can be extendedwith plug-ins. Protégé has visualization tools for web-ontology applications (e.g., TGViz andOWLViz), and exports data into various formats, e.g., XML, RDF, and OWL. Protégé alsosupports the design of forms and templates to input data and query subsets of data. Table 1 listsof few examples of ontologies developed using Protégé. Figure 2 displays the objects andrelationships of the Science Ontology10, which models scientific and educational events, e.g.,scientific conferences, research projects, and software development projects. As shown in Figure

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Teaching Engineering To The Disinterested: A Case Study In Teaching Engineering Principles To Non Engineering Majors

Conference Session: Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Gerald Himes, United States Military Academy; Jakob Bruhl, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

developing these coursesis the challenge of teaching engineering to those who are not fully committed to an engineeringmajor. As a critical piece of the liberal education at the United States Military Academy, asequence of engineering courses is required for all majors, including non-engineering majors.Many of the means and methods used in these courses are applicable to the introduction-to-engineering courses at other universities. This paper focuses on a semester-long EngineeringDesign Project (EDP) - used in the third sequence course - for the design and constructionplanning of a base-camp to house, support and sustain a given population. The EDP is developedwithin a broad math, science, social, economic, and political context. Base-camp

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A "Global" Curriculum To Support Civil Engineering In Developing Nations

Conference Session: Challenges of CE Education in a Global World
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Fred Meyer, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

shaded) are part of the USMA corecurriculum that is taken by all students. An elective in geotechnical engineering is availablewithin the CE program, and several electives in environmental engineering are also availablefrom outside the program. There is currently not an additional course in constructionmanagement or hydrology & hydraulics available within the USMA CE program.The Need for ChangeReports from the field have indicated that CE graduates are adequately proficient in thetraditional areas of engineering, but lack additional expertise in areas like project management,power generation, transmission and distribution, geomatics, and infrastructure assessment. Theterm “SWEAT” which is an acronym standing for Sewage, Water, Electricity

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Influence Of The New Civil Engineering Body Of Knowledge On Accreditation Criteria

Conference Session: The New Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2)
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

. 13 Project B 3 Develop solutions to well-defined project management problems. Partially addressed by the CEPC. Management 14 Breadth in Civil B 4 Analyze and solve well-defined engineering problems in at least Partially addressed by the CEPC. Engineering Areas four technical areas appropriate to civil engineering. 15 Technical B 1 Define key aspects of advanced technical specialization Adequately addressed by the CEPC. Specialization appropriate to civil engineering. M 5

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The New And Improved Civil Engineering Body Of Knowledge

Conference Session: The New Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2)
Collection: 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Richard Anderson, Somat Engineering, Inc.; Stuart Walesh, S. G. Walesh Consulting; Kenneth Fridley, University of Alabama
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

as follows: Foundational 1. Mathematics 2. Natural Sciences 3. Humanities 4. Social Sciences Technical 5. Materials Science Page 13.1249.5 6. Mechanics 7. Experiments 8. Problem Recognition and Solving 9. Design 10. Sustainability 11. Contemporary Issues & Historical Perspectives 12. Risk and Uncertainty 13. Project Management 14. Breadth in Civil Engineering Areas 15. Technical Specialization Professional 16. Communication 17. Public Policy 18. Business and Public Administration 19. Globalization 20. Leadership 21. Teamwork 22. Attitudes 23. Life-Long Learning 24. Professional and Ethical ResponsibilityThe importance