Archive for the 'Civil Engineering' Category

Engineering Career Info

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

A useful free on-line resource for anyone interested in exploring career opportunities in engineering is the Sloan Career Cornerstone Center: Engineering
The web site includes comprehensive education, salary, networking, job hunting, and career planning resources.  Many resources are in PDF, PowerPoint, or Podcast formats.  Besides resources for those considering entering the engineering field, they also have [...]

Best Engineering Universities 2008

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

U.S. News & World Report recently posted their “America’s Best Colleges 2008” web feature.  Some of the information they provide is free; more detail is available to paid subscribers of their Premium Online Edition.The rankings are based solely on a peer survey of deans and senior faculty that asked them to rate each program they [...]

US Army Corps of Engineers

Friday, February 29th, 2008

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is made up of approximately 34,600 Civilian and 650 military members. Their military and civilian engineers, scientists and other specialists work hand in hand as leaders in engineering and environmental matters. Their diverse workforce of biologists, engineers, geologists, hydrologists, natural resource managers and other professionals meets the [...]

Engineering Licensure Exams Streamed Video Reviews

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

If you are preparing to take the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (any discipline) or the Civil Engineering Principles and Practice Exam you might want to check out the streaming video recordings of presentations made by professors at Texas A&M University. These review presentations were made to Fort Hood military engineering students in 1998 (so you [...]

New Civil Engineering Forum now online: CivilTips

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

A new civil engineering forum is now online.  It can be found here:
http://www.civiltips.com/
 Technical discussion boards include Water Resources, Transportation, Site Design, Erosion Control and Geotechnical, and Utilities.  There are also forum boards for dedicated to various regions of the country.  And a board for casual conversation.  If it catches on, this should be an interesting place for [...]

When Black is Green

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

The Asphalt Pavement Alliance is responding to recent concerns over the use of asphalt on their web site: http://www.pavegreen.com/
 No doubt the use of concrete as a “green” alternative to asphalt has been increasing.  However they suggest that asphalt has many “green” advantages as a design alternative for the professional engineer.  For example they promote the use [...]