Abstract: The need for assessment methodologies has become more pressing in recent years, and, as such, the new criteria for accrediting programs in engineering in the United States developed and implemented by the Accreditation ...

Abstract: Forty female graduates from the civil engineering department at Youngstown State University were sent surveys requesting them to relate their experiences as engineering students and as engineers in the workplace. The intent ...

Abstract: Engineering enrollments have been on the decline since 1982. This decline is particularly true for native‐born American students, and the gains women have made in engineering over the past few years are also being eroded. ...

Abstract: For nineteen years since the tragic collapse of the Kansas City Hyatt Hotel's walkway on July 17, 1981, the engineering profession and construction industry has studied and endeavored to understand what happened, why it ...

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Abstract: During the past several years a number of techniques have been developed for forecasting the motion of tropical cyclones over areas of the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico. Many of these have been tested on an ...

Abstract: A computational model that accounts for blood–tissue interaction under physiological flow conditions was developed and applied to a thin-walled model of the left heart. This model consisted of ...

Abstract: Aided by advancements in computer speed and modeling techniques, computational modeling of cardiac function has continued to develop over the past twenty years. The goal of the current study ...

Abstract: Recent trends indicate that suits against professionals, including engineers, are on the increase. Laws are more sympathetic to those injured by the actions of various professionals. Until the mid‐1950s, the engineer was ...

Abstract: The United States is facing a shortage of engineers, and while there have been many recently developed progroams aimed at reversing this decline, more active recruitment must still be directed toward women and minorities, ...