Conference Session

The Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge, 3rd Edition: Preparing the Future Civil Engineer

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Brock E. Barry P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; Leslie Nolen CAE, American Society of Civil Engineers; Decker B Hains P.E., Western Michigan University

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Civil Engineering

the UG curriculum. Many engineers may not need a high level of knowledge in various areas until later in their career. Many skills are better learned through specialized education, through experience, or through mentoring. Many BOK2 topics that are programed in the BS could more effectively be addressed either through extracurricular activities, or later in the engineer's career. For example, how much does an entry level engineer need to know about public policy beyond what they would learn in a high school civics class? By the time someone would need to shape the public policy process they will have years of experience seeing it in action and working through it. The balance between technical topics and soft skills is

Conference Session

Writers, Experts, and the Workforce in Civil Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Chang P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Benjamin David Lutz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University

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Civil Engineering

some were already available(based on the current offering exercise that was conducted as part of this study and describedearlier in this paper). This finding suggests that awareness of these resources remains a potentialsticking point.TABLE 8 Topic examples for managers and engineers perceiving a need for training notactively available Managers Engineers Data storytelling Right of way Professional (soft skills) GIS training Skip tracing and archive research Team building and change management System Operations ADA compliance Aviation base training PE and FE exam