Abstract: The education of our future civil engineers is incomplete without an appreciation of the men who created the profession of civil engineering in the late 18th and early 19th century. This paper presents an approach to ...

Abstract: The ASCE code of ethics has been revised many times since its adoption in 1914. The Code began as a virtual copy of the code of the Institution of Civil Engineers, London that was adopted in 1912. Its primary emphasis was ...

Abstract: The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the best-known engineering structures in the world and was the longest suspension bridge in the world for many years. Its design has generally been attributed to Joseph Strauss, but recent ...

Abstract: The Manhattan Bridge is one of the first examples of an urban bridge whose design was impacted by partisan politics and a desire for a more, in the eyes of some, esthetically pleasing suspension bridge. It was the third ...

Abstract: Engineering education in the United States traces its roots to 1824 when the Rensselaer School was founded in Troy, New York by Amos Eaton and Stephen Van Rensselaer. This school, while initially founded to teach the ...

Abstract: Boller was one of the post-Civil War giants in the bridge-building field. Along with men like Jacob Hays Linville, Charles Macdonald, T. C. Clarke, C. Shaler Smith, Charles Kellogg, Octave Chanute, George Morison, C. C. ...

Abstract: ASCE has played a major role in developing programs to enhance opportunities in engineering for underrepresented segments of our society. This paper beings by describing the conditions leading to the creation of the first ...

Abstract: On the 150th anniversary of the founding of the American Society of Civil Engineers it is important to review the growth of the profession and the country it serves. This paper introduces the major projects and people who ...

Abstract: The education of our future civil engineers is incomplete without an appreciation of the men and women who created the profession of civil engineering in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This paper presents ...