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Apr 1, 1998
Tomorrow's Civil Systems Engineer—The Master Integrator
Publication: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 124, Issue 2
Abstract
The context for change in civil engineering education is shaped by society's increasingly integrated, complex civil systems and the engineer's task as society's master integrator. This encompasses a range of issues: understanding civil infrastructure as a system, the critical importance of human capital, the concept of the “functional core of engineering,” components of a holistic baccalaureate education, the goals of engineering education, the purpose of postbaccalaureate education, and, finally, the reasons for it all: enabling the nation's capacity to perform and ennobling the engineering profession.
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Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 124 • Issue 2 • April 1998
Pages: 48 - 50
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Copyright © 1998 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 1, 1998
Published in print: Apr 1998
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Joseph Bordogna
Nat. Sci. Found., 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230.
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