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      • 1984 Civil Engineering Educators Salary Survey 

        George K. Wadlin (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1985)
        The results of a survey of all civil engineering departments taken to determine the 1984–85 academic year salaries are presented. About 80% of the schools responded. Average and individual salaries are grouped regionally ...

      • A Common Sense Approach to the Fundamentals Exam 

        James F. McDonough (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1985)
        A large portion of the graduating civil engineering students take the Fundamentals of Engineering (F.E.) Examination, formally known as the EIT Exam, or Engineering in Training Examination, as they complete their senior ...

      • A Government Engineer's Personal Liability 

        Paul D. Barber (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
        An engineer employed by the Executive Branch of the federal government has the same rights as nearly all other employees with similar responsibility levels. These rights originally developed from the sovereign immunity of ...

      • A Proposed Eighth Fundamental Canon for the ASCE Code of Ethics 

        Unknown author (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1984)
        The task of the civil engineer is to design physical changes which necessarily impact the surrounding environment. Because of this, ASCE ought to have an unequivocal ethical position on the subject which is consistent with ...

      • A Time and Place for Ethics 

        Valcar A. Bowman, Jr. (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990)
        The paper presents an array of hypothetical ethical conflicts, couched in the field of environmental protection, and offers sources of guidance to assist engineers in making the proper ethical choices and taking the most ...

      • Actions Necessary to Make Civil Engineering More Attractive to High‐Quality High School Students 

        Martin D. Morris (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1989)
        The future members and leaders of the civil engineering profession are today's high school students. Two main problems confront the profession as it tries to attract excellent students to the field of civil engineering: ...

      • Advancing Structural Plastics into the Future 

        Fred C. McCormick (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1988)
        A state‐of‐the‐art background including the role of ASCE over the past 25 years is presented. During this time fiber‐reinforced plastics (FRP) have been used effectively in civil engineering facilities such as pipes, water ...

      • America's Highway Program 

        Ellis L. Armstrong (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1988)
        Today's 180,000,000 automobiles, trucks, and buses are creating crisis‐level highway traffic problems in many locations. The two items making up highway transportation costs, the vehicle and the road, are out of balance ...

      • An Eighth Canon for the Practitioner 

        Roger E. Nelson (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
        An eighth canon is proposed for the American Society of Civil Engineers Code of Ethics that states “engineers shall recognize the wise use and conservation of the cultural heritage, natural environment and natural resources, ...

      • Applications of Computer Aided Instruction 

        C. Hendrickson; A. Pasquale; W. Robinson; M. Rossi‐Velasco (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1986)
        Computer aided instruction (CAI) offers numerous advantages for education and training when properly designed and implemented. Recent computer developments in hardware and software enhance the effectiveness and reduce the ...

      • Are We Producing Civil Engineers or Human Robots? 

        Vikas P. Wagh (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1987)
        Engineering judgment is an essential quality of a complete engineer. The effect of advancements in computer use on the civil engineering profession, specifically on the younger generation, is discussed. The need for a ...

      • Artificial Intelligence 

        Murray A. Muspratt (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1986)
        Artificial intelligence (AI) may be the key to the fate of civilization as we know it, a mind‐boggling concept which, if realized in practice, would change the human condition far more than all previous developments of ...

      • ASCE 1985 Salary Survey 

        Unknown author (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1986)
        The biennial salary survey of the civil engineering profession conducted by the Committee on Employment Conditions of ASCE during the fourth quarter of 1985 is presented. Results are analyzed on the basis of ASCE professional ...

      • ASCE 1987 Salary Survey 

        Unknown author (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1989)
        The biennial salary survey of the civil engineering profession conducted by the Committee on Employment Conditions during the fourth quarter of 1987 is presented. Results are analyzed on the basis of ASCE professional ...

      • ASCE 1989 Salary Survey 

        Unknown author (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990)
        The biennial salary survey of the civil engineering profession conducted by the Committee on Employment Conditions during the fourth quarter of 1989 is presented. Results are analyzed on the basis of ASCE professional ...

      • ASCE's Professional Interchange Program in Retrospect 

        Howard I. Epstein (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1988)
        During the early 1970's, the ASCE established the Committee for Integration of Education and Practice. The primary charge to this committee was to get practicing engineers involved with education and to involve educators ...

      • Asce's Strategic Plan—Issues and Challenges 

        Albert A. Grant (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1986)
        The ASCE Board of Direction unanimously adopted a Strategic Plan and strategic planning process in April 1985. However, the continuing success of strategic planning for ASCE remains to be assessed over the next two years ...

      • Association Between Personal and Professional Values 

        Richard H. McCuen; Michael S. Pritchard (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
        Empirical evidence indicates that individuals do not always respond to an ethical dilemma in a professional setting in a manner consistent with the principles of the value system used to make moral decisions in personal ...

      • Assuring Quality Civil Engineering Education 

        Neil M. Hawkins (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1986)
        Two aspects of the support needed for a quality civil engineering education are examined: Services, including staff and operations; and facilities, particularly as related to equipment needs. At major research universities, ...

      • Attracting New Civil Engineers—Adapting to Changes in Work Force 

        Deborah A. Foley (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1987)
        Concerned by the recent decline in civil engineering enrollments, ASCE has declared that one of its goals for 1987 is to increase its efforts to attract students to engineering schools. To accomplish this goal, this article ...