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	Civil Engineering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The term civil engineering was first used in the 18th century to distinguish the newly recognized profession from military engineering,until then preeminent.
		The beginnings of civil engineering as a separate discipline may be seen in the foundation in France in 1716 of the Bridge and Highway Corps, out of which in 1747 grew the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées ("National School of Bridges and Highways").
		Civil engineers have always played an important part in mining for coal and metals; the driving of tunnels is a task common to many branches of civil engineering.
	home.c2i.net /droshani/career/civil.html (1988 words)

	College Majors and Careers - Civil Engineering
		Engineering is a profession in which knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences is applied to develop ways to use the materials and forces of nature economically for the benefit of humanity.
		Civil engineering is one of the broadest of the engineering disciplines, extending across many technical specialties.
		Civil engineers work in diversified areas such as structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, water resources and environmental engineering, transportation engineering, ocean and coastal engineering, and construction engineering.
	careerservices.rutgers.edu /Mcivileng.html (283 words)

	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Home Page
		In June, The Corps of Engineers marked the 150th anniversary of one of the wonders of engineering and the vital role it plays in our nation's past and future..
		Here are safety tips from the Corps of Engineers to help recreation seekers keep fun in water-based activities over the summer.
		Corps personnel prepare year-round so they are ready to respond quickly and effectively when disasters strike.
	www.usace.army.mil (289 words)

	NROTC VMI -- CAREER - CIVIL ENGINEERING CORPS
		In public works, the CEC officer is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the complex facilities and utilities systems found in shore activities.
		The CEC officer is in a position of leadership with command of troops responsible for various construction projects all over the world.
		CEC officers are often assigned to large naval or joint service staffs with a myriad of responsibilities ranging from long-range planning and approval of facilities requirements to high-level management of other civil engineer functional areas.
	sun.vmi.edu /cs452/feese/career/ce.html (418 words)

	I grew up at College Hill, Mississippi and enrolled as freshman in Engineering School in fall of 1940
		I was deferred from draft and allowed to complete accelerated Civil Engineering course in September 1943, during WWII.
		I was employed as an Assistant Civil Engineer by the Humble Oil and Refining Co. (Exxon), promoted to Civil Engineer in December 1946, and to District Engineer in September 1948.
		The other statement was that if one did not keep abreast of his particular branch of engineering, after five years one had lost his ability to function in that particular facet.
	www.olemiss.edu /depts/civil_eng/bio/Galloway.html (975 words)

	CE News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On Nov. 2-4, 2005, civil engineers, developers, landscape architects, planners, government officials, environmental specialists, suppliers and others will gather at the Caleo Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz., to discuss national and regional land development technology, trends, and case studies, as well as business and management issues.
		After working with hundreds of engineering firms and meeting with thousands of engineers during my career, it is evident to me that many of you face similar challenges.
		Following are some challenges common to civil engineering firms, and suggestions for overcoming them.
	www.cenews.com (282 words)

	Civil Engineering Applications
		The following situations are examples from the field of civil engineering where variation occurs and statistical method either are or could be applied.
		These applications are useful for analyzing and discussing the use of statistics in the practice of civil engineering.
		Because of this, the Army Corps of Engineers is currently building a massive flood control project along the Santa Ana River, which includes a new dam upstream of Prado (Seven Oaks Dam), new levees, and the raising of Prado Dam.
	www.csupomona.edu /~rosenkrantz/prinfo/civileng.htm (1261 words)

	Complex to honor careers of civil engineering leaders
		The new headquarters of the University's department of civil, environmental and architectural engineering will honor the careers of three KU alumni who led the Kansas City-based international engineering firm Black and Veatch.
		It will include faculty offices, a conference room and administrative office space for the department, which was formed in 2001 when the architectural engineering program merged with the civil and environmental engineering program.
		He is a past president of the Alumni Association and a former chair of the advisory board of the School of Engineering.
	www.kuconnection.org /2003sept/news_5.asp (888 words)

	Rensselaer's School of Engineering
		Known as the “Father of the Civil Engineering Corps,” Mordecai Endicott was the first of many distinguished Rensselaer graduates to lead the Navy’s civil engineering efforts.
		He was commissioned as a civil engineer in the U.S. Navy in 1874 and by 1890 was posted to Washington, D.C., and given control of all civil engineering projects.
		Later he was given the rank of rear admiral, the first of more than 50 Rensselaer graduates to attain the rank of admiral.
	www.eng.rpi.edu /soe/profile_history_1868.cfm (143 words)

	GuideMe.com Civil Engineering Resources on the Internet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Engineering E-journal Search Engine searches the full text of one hundred engineering e-journals which are listed in the Main EEVL Database of engineering resources (with their own record or as part of a parent site).
		The Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF) is an independent not-for-profit 501(c)(3) research organization established by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) on May 1, 1989 to provide leadership, direction, and an organizational structure to foster research for the civil engineering profession at large.
		The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains a large number of lock and navigational facilities, many of which are beginning to show signs of weathering and deterioration.
	www.guideme.com /CivilEngineering.htm (6462 words)

	Civil Engineering Science, Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		WWW Virtual Library: Civil Engineering Searchable database of links organized into commercial, educational, organizational, and journal groups.
		Center for Geotechnical Centrifuge Modelling The UMCP geotechnical centrifuge is a 30,000 g-lb, 3m diameter, 200g modelling facility located in the Civil Engineering Laboratories at the University of Maryland.
		American Society of Civil Engineers' Database Search on a variety of engineering topics, from construction and design and structural engineering, to hydraulics and hydrology and surveying.
	www.sigmbi.org /c2lnXzI2ODMx.aspx (440 words)

	Civil Engineering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		master of science degree in civil engineering, the options of General, Structural, and Geotechnical are still available.
		These are some of the questions that civil engineers solve and make a reality.
		Civil engineering graduates from NMSU are in high demand.
	cagesun.nmsu.edu /divisions/civil.htm (349 words)

	New News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Housing one of the world’s premier and oldest fluids research and engineering laboratories (the International Institute of Hydraulic Research, generally referred to as IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering), the facility was originally constructed in 1919 as a small cubicle perched atop a flume along the Iowa River.
		Last year CAP3 defined the civil engineering BOK for the 21st century and in doing so called for a substantially greater depth and breadth of knowledge, as well as the acquisition of a number of important skills and attitudes, for those aspiring to practice civil engineering at the professional level (licensure) in this century.
		He holds a bachelor of science in civil engineering from Oregon State University and a master of science in civil engineering with an emphasis on structural engineering from the University of Maryland.
	www.pubs.asce.org /news/newnews.html (9043 words)

	Civil Engineering Companies
		The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is made up of approximately 34,600 civilian and 650 military men and women.
		Our diverse workforce of biologists, engineers, geologists, hydrologists, natural resource managers and other professionals meets the demands of changing times and requirements as a vital part of America's Army.
		The US Army Corps of Engineers is primarily a civilian organization.
	www.pitt.edu /~pnp1/engineeringcompanies.html (244 words)

	Civil Engineering
		American Society of Civil Engineers' Database - Search on a variety of engineering topics, from construction and design and structural engineering, to hydraulics and hydrology and surveying.
		Center for Geotechnical Centrifuge Modelling - The UMCP geotechnical centrifuge is a 30,000 g-lb, 3m diameter, 200g modelling facility located in the Civil Engineering Laboratories at the University of Maryland.
		WWW Virtual Library: Civil Engineering - Searchable database of links organized into commercial, educational, organizational, and journal groups.
	www.supercrawler.com /Science/Technology/Civil_Engineering (631 words)

	Peace Corps Master's International Program in Mitigation of Natural Geological Hazards
		The focus of this program is to improve the effectiveness of geological hazards mitigation in appropriate Peace Corps countries.
		As Peace Corps Volunteers, MI students would have special training to work on the social and technical aspects of reducing hazards to people.
		This program is a logical counterpart to Peace Corps' short-term work with Crisis Corps and fits within several sectors where Peace Corps currently works.
	www.geohazards.mtu.edu (282 words)

	OSU Civil/Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Studies - Student Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It was a toss-up between hydraulic engineering and environmental, but the ABET accreditation in environmental led me to choose the environmental program.
		The Civil Engineering Faculty and Staff have been a great resource.
		Honors Research projects pay for your final year of tuition, the Lee Moody Loan is an interest free loan available to civil engineers, there are also military programs, and other scholarship opportunities.
	www-ceg.eng.ohio-state.edu /CEUNDERGRAD/tbleidorn.html (542 words)

	Career Center - Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) Career Fair Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Full Time Jobs: Project Engineer - Engineers employed by the Districts are expected to have a thorough knowledge of the chemistry and biology of wastewater, in addition to an understanding of hydraulics and the unit processes associated with all forms of wastewater treatment.
		Description of Organization: Jacobs Associates is a consulting engineering firm specializing in design and construction engineering services for underground projects, particularly tunnels, and for the detailed structural design and monitoring of complex and difficult ground support systems for environments such as construction excavations and slope stabilization.
		Description of Organization: KPFF Consulting Engineers is one of the largest structural and civil engineering firms on the West Coast.
	career.berkeley.edu /Fairs0405/Civ.stm (5214 words)

	Ocean Engineering Career Opportunities
		All engineering majors here at USNA are required to take traditional fundamentals of engineering courses such as statics, dynamics, strength of materials, materials science, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, along with other applied engineering courses.
		Our graduates have gone on to virtually all NAVY and Marine Corps communities, becoming surface warfare officers, submariners, SEALs, and since Ocean engineering is in many ways related to civil engineering, many of our graduates either enter directly into or eventually end up in the Civil Engineering Corps (CEC).
		If you are still concerned about potentially limiting yourself by your engineering field selection -- be it OE or some other -- just remember this: a solid engineering education is what counts, not necessarily the discipline.
	www.nadn.navy.mil /naoe/eoe/career.htm (611 words)

	Resources by Subject - Civil & Environmental Engineering
		Included are the contents of many of the CRC handbooks dealing with a broad range of disciplines with in-depth coverage of some of the most significant topics in the engineering field today including electric power and distributed generation, electric packaging, mechatronics, wireless communication and digital signal processing.
		Earthquake Engineering Abstracts (formerly known as the NISEE Earthquake Engineering Database) indexes all the major publications related to earthquake engineering and earthquake hazard mitigation, including not just journals but also the research reports of the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center.
		Includes the results of a survey on Engineers' salaries and an employment advisory service that is available to members.
	www.lib.uwo.ca /resources/civilenvironmentalengineering.shtml (2316 words)

	Civil Engineering Positions Available to all Seattle University Engineers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Civil Engineering Positions Available to all Seattle University Engineers
		The Department of Navy is screening qualified undergraduate and Masters Engineering students in their sophomore, junior, and senior years at top engineering schools across the nation for highly technical positions as Civil Engineering Corps Officers.
		Following graduation, Civil Engineering Officers participate in a 3-month graduate level education program at the Civil Engineer Corps Officers School in Port Hueneme, CA.
	www.seattleu.edu /scieng/cee/asce/jobs/navy.html (160 words)

	Frederick F. A. Cooke, Captain, United States Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, he received his B.S. from MIT in 1939, and his M.B.A. from The George Washington University in 1956.
		After retiring from a career in the US Navy Civil Engineer Corps in 1964, Captain Cooke established a civilian career in consulting engineering.
		He was predeceased by his parents, Captain Frederick Hosmer Cooke, CEC, USN and Olga Faure Cooke, a longtime resident of Washington, DC, and a sister, Olga Cooke Stone.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /facooke.htm (273 words)

	Engineering, Go For It!
		Engineers helped turn the 20th century into the American century by designing and building everything from cars to computer chips to artificial limbs better than anyone else in the world.
		A generation that will chart new paths of learning and discovery in the ongoing American endeavor of improving conditions of life for the country and the world.
		is designed to attract high school students and their parents and teachers to the wide world of engineering and technology.
	www.engineering-goforit.com (167 words)

	Sri Lanka, 6 - 28 - 2005: United States Crisis Corps volunteers to aid Sri Lanka tsunami victims (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		June 28, Colombo: The United States Embassy in Colombo said today that thirty Crisis Corps volunteers from the US Peace Corps will arrive in Sri Lanka over the next two weeks to help the people of Sri Lanka rebuild their lives, homes and communities after the December 26 tsunami.
		In a statement, the Embassy said, “The volunteers, all former Peace Corps volunteers in different countries, are professionals with technical expertise in areas ranging from international organizational development and coordination, management and administration, to civil engineering.
		Crisis Corps Country Representative Robin Cantino said, “It is an honor for the US Crisis Corps to have the opportunity to assist the people of Sri Lanka in the post-tsunami relief and reconstruction phase.”
	www.colombopage.com /archive/June28123247JV.html (275 words)

	Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ayyub, B., "Civil Engineering Educators of the 21st Century," Civil Engineering Education Beyond 2000 Session, the ASCE Boston Convention, Boston, MA, October 18-21, 1998.
		Ayyub, B.M., "Structural Behavior of Prestressed Composite Steel\Concrete Beams with Coated Strands," Department of Civil Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, November 1987, 75.
		Ayyub, B.M., and Alrayyis, M., "Computer Stress Analysis of Elliptic Paraboliodal Shells," Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering and Petroleum, University of Kuwait, February 1980, 16.
	ctsm.umd.edu /center_page/pages/publications.cfm (7303 words)

	Civil Course Distance Engineering Learning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Civil Engineering Distance Learning, Online Degree Program and...
		Civil Engineering Distance Learning, Online Degree Program and Course information, Civil Engineering Distance Learning, Online Degree Program and...
		A search engine of 7524 online degrees, certificates and courses from online colleges and online universities, plus resources, articles and links about distance learning.
	www.onlinedegreeprograms.net /civil-course-distance-engineering-learning.html (137 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Obituaries / J. E. Martin, Los Angeles architectural firm partner
		Edward Martin served as managing director until 1986 and served as partner emeritus until retiring in 1997.
		He also was a lieutenant in the Navy's Civil Engineering Corps during World War II.
		The Structural Engineers Association of Southern California gave him a lifetime achievement award in 1996.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/11/27/j_e_martin_los_angeles_architectural_firm_partner (205 words)

	Lemieux Library: Civil Engineering Subject Guide
		For civil engineers, many of the ASCE titles are fulltext.
		Trade journal and scholarly journals in the areas of engineering, computer science, energy-related disciplines and the applied areas of chemistry, mathematics and physics.
		This portal to civil engineering sites has four major areas of focus: 1) it has an extensive news category 2) a tools center-unit conversion 3)Resource center and a Career Center.
	www.seattleu.edu /lemlib/ResearchPath/SubGuides/Civil_Engineering.htm (2094 words)

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