Last weekend (4/23 to 4/25)Farleigh Dickinson University, at their Teaneck, New Jersey campus hosted the ASCE 2010 Metropolitan Regional Conference. The conference consisted of a technical paper presentation Friday night, the AISC/ASCE Steel Bridge Competition Saturday and the Concrete Canoe competition on Sunday. Ten schools competed in the competition.
I had the pleasure of being one of the judges for the technical paper presentation. One student from each of the competing schools was required to write a technical paper answering the questions cited below in regards to the document entitled “The vision for Civil Engineering in 2025” which was prepared in June 2006 by a diverse group of civil engineering leaders gathered at the Summit on the Future of Civil Engineering with the purpose of articulating an aspirational global vision for the future of civil engineering. [Read more...]

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