History of ASCE and Civil Engineering
In October 1974, ASCE published William H. Wisely's book, The American Civil Engineer, 1852-1974, the History, Traditions and Development of ASCE. Some highlights of the book...
North Sea Oil-Water Mix
In the North Sea between Britian and Norway, giant structures are rising in one of the world's largest efforts to extract oil and gas offshore. An overview of the problems...
Civil Engineering History Gives Valuable Lessons
Many students, and others, feel the study of engineering history is a frill. Not so, this article suggests. A study of the past can give an engineer better ideas on how to solve a new...
Diary of a Sick Control System
A fictional account of the diary of Joe Civil, an engineer involved with a new computer control system for a 33 mile water pipeline. The diary relates many mishaps and ends with the note...
Floating Dry Dock Doubles as Launching Platform
Though usually constructed by shipyards, floating drydocks are civil engineering structures. Dry docks that float have one important advantage over their non-floating relatives�� they...
Nation's Capital Faces Critical Water Problems
Untroubled by any major impoundments and much troubled by polution in its tidal reaches, the Potomac River continues to flow to the sea, while an increasing population depends on this...
Engineering Education: Can It be More Practical�
U.S. engineering schools were derailed after World War II by some well-meaning educators who decided future engineers should be patterned after physicists and aero-space scientists. Post-war...
Reforming Civil Engineering Education
Modern professional practice requires a more thorough education in civil engineering technology and management. The schools can not provide on-the-job training. Nor can practitioners supplant...
Satellites Helping Solve Some Down-to-Earth Civil Engineering Problems
With its ERTS (Earth Resources Technology Satellite) and other satellites and U2 high-flying aircraft, NASA is generating much remote sensing information about the condition of the atmosphere,...
ASCE Minority Group Counseling Under Way
ASCE has been touring the nation's secondary schools, telling minority youths about the field of engineering and advising young people on courses of study. In 1970, only about...
Tackling Major Highway Landslides in the Tennessee Mountains
Interstate 40, running through Tennessee's rugged Smoky Mountains, has been damaged in several places by major landslides. As illustrated by several case histories in this...
University of Wisconsin: A Success Story in Continuing Engineering Education
Each year, five times as many civil engineering practioners take short courses offered by the University of Wisconsin's Engineering Extension (WEX) as at any other school....
Civil Engineers and Unions in Sweden
The history, education, and professional practice of civil engineering in Sweden are briefly reviewed. The services and function of the Swedish Society of Civil Engineers and the National...
Computerized Traffic Signals; Good for My City�
Good question. The answer is, It depends. On freeways, some computer-controlled on-ramp signals are dramatically speeding rush-hour traffic. The situation is more complicated when you...
Landmarks in Reinforced Concrete
To properly understand the significance of ASCE'S National Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks the instrumental steps in engineering history leading up to the landmarks period...
OTA: Mixing Technology and National Goals
The need has developed for a broad multidisciplinary capability to assess technology, that is, to develop valid information about probable consequences, beneficial, harmful, or uncertain....
Civil Engineering in the Oceans III
Ocean Engineering III, the third in a series of Specialty Conferences by the Technical Council on Ocean Engineering, occurred during a time when many engineering activities in the ocean...
Applications of Rock Mechanics
Proceedings of the Fifteenth Symposium on Rock Mechanics held at the State Game Lodge, Custer State Park, South Dakota, September 17-19, 1973. Sponsored by the U.S. National Committee...
Analysis and Design in Geotechnical Engineering
Proceedings of the Conference on Analysis and Design in Geotechnical Engineering held at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas, June 9-12, 1974. Sponsored by the University of Texas College...
Irrigation & Drainage in an Age of Competition for Resources
Proceedings of A Specialty Conference conducted by the Irrigation and Drainage Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, held in Logan, Utah, August 13-15, 1975. Sponsored by...
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