Information Technology in Civil Engineering Curriculum
Publication: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 131, Issue 1
Abstract
The fast-moving world of information technology confronts the civil engineer with constant change. This creates challenges for educators and students because rapid change requires curricula to be flexible and educators to gain competency and access to new equipment and software. Whereas a decade ago, civil engineering educators debated how to teach “programming,” the picture is now much more complex. The paper reports on how information technologies are changing the practice of civil engineering and offers a new framework for integrating next-generation information technology into the civil engineering curriculum at the department level.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
Acknowledgments
The paper resulted from a National Science Foundation-supported project (award number EEC-0228099) entitled “Information technology in the integrated civil engineering curriculum.” The project consisted of a planning grant under NSF’s department reform program. We are grateful for the financial assistance of NSF in conducting the investigations reported. We also thank the many participants who provided input to us during the project’s surveys, focus groups, and workshop. In particular, we thank those who attended and made presentations at our workshop. These include Jess Everett, Rowan University; Jeth Fogg, U.S. Air Force Academy; James Garrett, Carnegie Mellon University; Kate Hunter-Zaworski, Oregon State University; Lynn Johnson, University of Colorado-Denver; J.P. Mohsen, University of Louisville; and Kamal Tawfiq, Florida State University–Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University.
References
ASCE Body of Knowledge Committee of the Task Committee on Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice. (2003) Civil engineering body of knowledge for the 21st century: Preparing the civil engineer for the future, ⟨http://www.asce.org/files/pdf/fullreport.pdf⟩ (September 23, 2003).
Bordogna, J. (1998). “Tomorrow’s civil systems engineer—The master integrator,” J. Prof. Issues Eng. Educ. Pract., 124(2), 48–50.
Clough, G. W. (2000). “Civil engineering in the next millennium.” New Millennium Colloquium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
Everett, J. (2003). “Using the Internet to improve access to civil engineering information.” Workshop on Information Technology in Civil Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, Colo.
Fogg, J. (2003). “Civil and environmental engineering system integration at the U.S. Air Force Academy.” Workshop on Information Technology in Civil Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, Colo.
Grigg, N. S., Criswell, M. E., and Siller, T. J. (1996). “Integrated civil engineering curriculum: Implementation and management issues.” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Management, 122(4), 151–155.
Grigg, N. S., Criswell, M. E., Fontane, D. G., Saito, L., Siller, T. J., and Sunada, D. K. (2004). “Integrated civil engineering curriculum: Five-year review.” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Management, 130(3), 160–165.
Hunter-Zaworski, K. (2003). “Integration of information technology into transportation engineering education.” Workshop on Information Technology in Civil Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, Colo.
Johnson, L. E., (2003). “Multi-modal methods for engineering education.” Workshop on Information Technology in Civil Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, Colo.
Matthews, S. (2003). “IT in civil engineering at Carnegie Mellon: What we currently teach and what is missing.” Workshop on Information Technology in Civil Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, Colo.
Mohsen, J. P., (2003). “IT in civil engineering education: The ASCE dialogue.” Workshop on Information Technology in Civil Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, Colo.
Tawfig, K., (2003). “IT at FSU-FAMU.” Workshop on Information Technology in Civil Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, Colo.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 131 • Issue 1 • January 2005
Pages: 26 - 31
Copyright
© 2005 ASCE.
History
Received: Oct 9, 2003
Accepted: Feb 18, 2004
Published online: Jan 1, 2005
Published in print: Jan 2005
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.