Not Making the Grade: Expansive Soils and Higher Education in Texas
Publication: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 131, Issue 4
Abstract
Expansive soils are a serious geologic hazard in Texas; accordingly, one would expect Texas engineering colleges to offer a strong educational program on expansive soils at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. However, data from the geotechnical programs within the civil engineering departments of Texas engineering colleges suggest that while Texas educational programs cover the topic of expansive soils in varying degrees, the educational effort is highly skewed toward traditional geotechnical and foundation issues. In most cases, treatment of the expansive soil problem is limited and is not adequate when measured against the scope and extent of expansive soil problems in Texas.
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Acknowledgments
The writer thanks the Texas geotechnical engineering faculty who assisted with this research by graciously providing information about their expansive soil courses and instruction. He also thanks the three anonymous reviewers of this paper for their helpful comments and suggestions to improve the manuscript.
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Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 131 • Issue 4 • October 2005
Pages: 248 - 256
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© 2005 ASCE.
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Received: Dec 11, 2002
Accepted: Jul 29, 2003
Published online: Oct 1, 2005
Published in print: Oct 2005
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