Leadership and Management in Engineering: Recent submissions
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Education and Training in Civil Engineering: Beyond the Classroom
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)ASCE’s Vision 2025 is a broad, challenging, and bold strategy that is producing a high sense of expectation among civil engineers. Together with the Body of Knowledge, the Vision 2025 seeks to broaden the knowledge base ... -
A Way Forward: Assessing the Demonstrated Leadership of Graduate Civil Engineering and Construction Management Students
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)The year 2007 was a year for visionary change in the field of civil engineering in the United States. This vision did not go unnoticed in the Caribbean. At the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the ... -
Teaching the Qualities of Leadership and Management in the Age of Sustainability
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Infrastructure is the backbone of nations. A society’s inventory of systems and facilities allows it to function properly and smoothly. This paper summarizes the content of a course for engineering students and students ... -
Leadership for Sustainable Water Management: Challenges and Opportunities
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Instream flow needs create leadership challenges because no single authority can control them totally and they result from the residuals of water management decisions made by multiple parties. Given that technical methods ... -
Educating the Master Builder of the 21st Century Strategically
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)The master builder of the 21st century depends greatly on the engineering education he or she received. However, engineering education reform is in a global crisis that is being brought into sharper focus as the world ... -
Fostering a Strong Construction Safety Culture
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)The construction industry has a reputation of being one of the most unsafe industries because of its high rates of injuries and fatalities. To improve safety performance, some construction companies have implemented ... -
William J. Wilgus and Grand Central Terminal
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Editor’s Round Table
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Engineering Valentine’s Day
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Impact of Aspirations and Legacies of Leaders in the Construction Industry in Singapore
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Leadership has been looked at through various lenses, such as behaviors, styles, and skills. More recently, leadership has been viewed from the lens of the legacies leaders want to leave behind. Leaders’ desired legacies ... -
Automated Electric Transportation: A Way to Meet America’s Critical Issues
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)President Obama has set national goals to reduce the production of greenhouse gases in this country. It is now Congress’s turn to follow the president’s lead and provide legislative leadership in dealing with this country’s ... -
Special Issue on Moving toward Partnerships: The Challenge for Emerging Master Builder Engineers
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Where Are You Going?
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Civil Engineering Design as the Central Theme in Civil Engineering Education Curriculum
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Walking in Beauty on an Ever-Changing Path: A Leadership Perspective from a Native American Woman Engineer
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Is the Profession of Civil Engineering Becoming a Commodity? You Should Know the Answer
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Today, some aspects of civil engineering services are perceived as a commodity. This paper argues that although engineering services are influenced by supply and demand factors, the perception that professional civil ... -
Construction Project Management and Insurance Program for Taiwan High Speed Rail Project
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)The main purpose of the Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) project is connecting the major cities of Taiwan, Taipei in the north and Kaohsiung in the south. With the total construction investment amounting to approximately US$15 ... -
Elmina and Alda Wilson
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Breaking into the Men’s Room: Five Traits of Women Engineers with a Boardroom Seat
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)The engineering industry is welcoming more women into the ranks, but few have made it through the boardroom door. It is imperative that companies incorporate more women into all levels of employment, but especially upper ... -
Washington State’s I-405 Project: Women in Industry Leadership
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Within the engineering profession, women have traditionally been in the minority, especially in management and leadership roles. In Washington State, however, three women engineers, Denise Cieri, Stacy Trussler, and Wendy ...