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Jan 1, 1991
Issues in Geotechnical Engineering Education
Authors: W. F. Marcuson, III, Fellow, ASCE, Ricardo Dobry, John D. Nelson, Richard D. Woods, and T. L. Youd, Members, ASCEAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 117, Issue 1
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This paper summarizes discussions held at the 1990 National Forum on Education and Continuing Development of Civil Engineering concerning geotechnical engineering education. We can attract better students by improving the public's perception and image of civil engineers. We believe more emphasis should be placed on classroom teaching. We also believe that if we put a premium on teaching, we will get excellence in teaching. However, priorities must be revised to help achieve this goal. In recognition of the ever‐changing need of our profession and the broad nature of the problems of the society we serve, we must provide a background for our civil engineers to work in a multidisciplinary world. This includes a broad‐based education with a well‐founded understanding of basic sciences, mathematics, and engineering sciences, and traditional disciplines of civil engineering. The current flexibility in the master's program must be retained. Today, the entry‐level degree to the profession of geotechnical engineering is the master's degree, and this is as it should be.
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Education and continuing development of the civil engineer: Setting the agenda for the '90s and beyond, Vol. II. (1990). ASCE, New York, N.Y. (in press).
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W. F. Marcuson, III, Fellow, ASCE
Chf., Geotech. Lab., U.S. Army Engr. Wtrwys. Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS 39180
Ricardo Dobry
Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Rennsselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY 12181
John D. Nelson
Prof., Head, Civ. Engrg. Dept., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO 80523
Richard D. Woods
Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
T. L. Youd, Members, ASCE
Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT 84602
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