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  Civil engineer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Originally the term "civil" engineer worked on public works projects and was contrasted with the military engineer, who worked on armaments and defenses.
The formation of the civil engineer has a strong mathematical and scientifical base and is more theoretical in approach than the practical oriented industrial engineer (ing.
Although a 'college engineer' (högskoleingenjör, diplomingenjör/mellaningenjör (Swedish), ingeniør (Norwegian), diplomingeniør (Danish)) represents a Bachelor of Science in Scandinavia, to become a 'civil engineer', one has to almost re-start the education from zero and it will take a half up to one year extra compared to B.Sc./M.Sc.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Civil_engineer   (421 words)

  
 Chapter 13 - Corps of Engineers: The War Against Germany
The engineers could not estimate in advance requirements for the reconstruction of the inland waterways of northeast France and Belgium, which the Germans were using extensively, for there was no standardization in their dimensions or in their equipment.
Engineer units constructed and placed beach and underwater obstacles (modeled after those on the beaches of northern France) and gave lectures on a number of subjects connected with an assault landing.
Engineers practiced the rapid construction of plywood treadway bridges mounted on pneumatic floats for crossing flooded areas and absorbed whatever they could on terrain problems to be expected on the Continent.
www.army.mil /cmh/reference/Normandy/TS/COE/COE13.htm   (7616 words)

  
 Sight Alignment, Sight Picture
Each gun position had a gunner, assistant gunner, and a civilian engineer to talk the Marines through the sighting process.The Mk-19 had a small cord from its sight to a monitor approximately five meters behind the weapon.
The monitor displayed the images seen through the sight and allowed a civilian engineer to give technical tips to the gunner and help him aim correctly.The experienced machine gunner, who was being instructed by a second civilian engineer kneeling beside him, began to sight in on a tank approximately 250 meters down range.
The civilian engineer had skipped the step that elevates the weapon to the angle necessary to align with the aiming point viewed through the sight.
www.safetycenter.navy.mil /media/groundwarrior/issues/winter01/SightAlign.htm   (1005 words)

  
 Engineer Units Page
The Royal Engineers were responsible for the introduction of much new technology to the Army - telegraphy during the Crimean War of 1854 - 1856, photography in the Abyssinian Campaign of 1867 and steam road traction in the Ashanti Campaign of 1873.
Engineer units built and maintained camps, stores and depots, provided water and sanitation, supplied timber and stone, built and operated docks and railways and manufactured many items required by the Army.
Royal Engineers were closely involved in the development of airborne forces and played an important part in many of their operations.
www.btinternet.com /~ian.a.paterson/orgengineers.htm   (2570 words)

  
 Portraits and Profiles Chief Engineer - 1775 to Present   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
Promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Royal Corps of Engineers, Duportail was secretly sent to America in March 1777 to serve in Washington's Army under an agreement between Benjamin Franklin and the government of King Louis XVI of France.
Commissioned in the Corps of Engineers, he was a topographical engineer with the American commission to establish the northern boundary under the Treaty of Ghent.
He served as assistant engineer in the construction of Hampton Roads defenses (1819-24) and was in charge of fortifications and surveys in the Mississippi River delta area (1824-32).
www.hq.usace.army.mil /history/coe.htm   (2876 words)

  
 Civilian Engineer John MacLure
Although a civilian surveyor, Maclure was attached to the Royal Engineers.
As a civilian civil engineer he would be debarred from certain military privileges and rights of a soldier, and it might be that, to give him the same rights as his companions of the expedition, he was enrolled as a "Sapper" on the RE strength, or "establishment".
For instance, in the war of 1914-1918, a certain commissioned officer of Vancouver was taken to England in a CEF battalion as a 'private', because, otherwise, the establishment being complete, he would have had to have been left behind.
www.royalengineers.ca /MacLure.html   (864 words)

  
 Exemplars of Civilian Service (5/25/04)
Serving the Department of Defense's uniformed and civilian leadership for more than 30 years in a broad range of executive capacities, Charles P. Nemfakos upon his retirement in 2002 was the senior civil service official in the Department of the Navy.
As Chief of the Turbine Engine Division, in the late 1950s he formulated a plan to develop lightweight supersonic engines, resulting in a breakthrough that ushered in a new era of turbine-engine development.
As the acknowledged civilian career leader and foremost authority of the legal component of the Department of Defense, Leonard Niederlehner exemplified the highest standards of government service and conduct in the performance of his invaluable functions.
www.govexec.com /dailyfed/0504/052504g1a.htm   (1826 words)

  
 NAVFAC Announce 2006 Civilian and Military Engineer of the Year
WASHINGTON - Rear Adm. Michael K. Loose, commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) and chief of civil engineers announced the 2006 Military and Civilian Engineer of the Year during an award ceremony held at NAVFAC Headquarters Dec. 21, 2005.
From an elite group of nominees, Leighton Wong, from NAVFAC Pacific, was selected as the Civilian Engineer of the Year and Cmdr. David M. Smith, from Engineering Field Activity Southeast (EFAS SE)/Public Works Center (PWC) Jacksonville, Fla., was selected as the Military Engineer of the Year.
Both engineers have been active members of several technical associations, have received numerous awards and have given generously of their time to their communities.
www.military.com /features/0,15240,84000,00.html   (551 words)

  
 August 2000 Engineer Update   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
The advantages of having a military-civilian engineer organization were demonstrated when the U.S. helped Greece recover from the devastation of war.
It sent representatives a number of times to the Office of the Chief of Engineers to get information about such matters as selecting contractors, the types of contracts that could be used, and the amount of fees.
In mid-August, Col. David Griffiths, the new district engineer, some of his civilian employees, and some of the contractors' employees arrived in Athens.
www.hq.usace.army.mil /cepa/pubs/aug00/story14.htm   (550 words)

  
 WORKING WITH CIVILIANS: AN R&D PERSPECTIVE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
The military engineer-manager is not only expected but required to change jobs and areas of professional responsibility regularly; a civilian employee is normally able to live in the same location, specialize in a given technical area, and continue with it for a large portion of his or her career.
The civilian manager's reticence may be due to a lack of trust or respect for the contributions that the military members will make or a suspicion that innovative ideas or work already accomplished will be appropriated for the other's gain.
My rationale for this situation is that the military engineer is expected to have developed more executive capacity than comparable civilian engineers, primarily as a result of varied operational assignments, professional leadership schooling, and exchange tours with other organizations and agencies.
www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/aureview/1985/may-jun/reznick.html   (1823 words)

  
 GoArmy.com > Careers & Jobs > Engineer Officer (21)
Engineer Officers help the Army and the Nation in building structures, developing civil works programs, working with natural resources as well as providing combat support on the battlefield.
Coordinating employment of Engineer Soldiers at all levels of command, from platoon to battalion and higher, in U.S. and multi-national operations.
Engineer Officers can continue in the Operations career field, serving in the Army Corps of Engineers at ever increasing levels of leadership and responsibility.
www.goarmy.com /JobDetail.do?id=298   (469 words)

  
 Military Engineer Services
As the premier engineering arm of the Ministry of Defence, the MES primarily provides for the three arms of Defence forces, the Army, Air Force and Navy and also to other Defence related departments and organisations.
For all engineer services, he is the technical advisor to the Chiefs of Staff of the Army, Navy and Air Force and to their respective PSOs.
A Chief Engineer may, in special cases, be appointed for large projects which cannot conveniently be handled by the Chief Engineer of a Command.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/india/mes.htm   (726 words)

  
 Strekalov
In January 1974, he began training as a crew member for a mission aboard the Soyuz spacecraft as a flight engineer and, in 1976, was part of the backup crew of the Soyuz of the Soyuz-22 mission.
From June 1981 to April 1983, he underwent direct flight training to be the flight engineer of the primary expedition for a mission aboard the Soyuz-T spacecraft and the long-term Salyut-7 orbiting station.
At present, he is undergoing flight training to be the flight engineer for a primary crew of a Russian-American space flight.
www.astronautix.com /astros/strkalov.htm   (1135 words)

  
 Ethics Education for the Military Engineer
After briefly examining civilian encouragement for ethical engineering practice, differences between military and civilian engineers are examined from a professional ethics perspective.
Note that this paper is written from the perspective of an engineering educator without special training in ethics but who has both a personal interest and an assigned duty to include ethical education as part of the engineering curriculum.
It is useful to examine the civilian and military engineer in light of characteristics that make them part of a profession such as skills, education, regulation, and duty to the public.
www.accts.org /ministries/ethics/norway/nowackt.htm   (4231 words)

  
 GoArmy.com > Careers & Jobs > Combat Engineer (21B)
Combat Engineers primarily supervise, serve or assist as a member of a team.
Your training as a Combat Engineer will easily prepare you for practically any position that might interest you in the fields of construction, building inspection or building engineering.
Civilian positions such as construction and building inspectors involve examining the construction, alteration or repair of buildings, highways and streets, water systems, bridges and other structures to ensure compliance with building codes and ordinances.
www.goarmy.com /JobDetail.do?id=31   (361 words)

  
 SFOR Vacancies - Position: Chief Civilian Engineer
C. · Supervise and manage the performance of the Engineering Support Unit in support of SFOR Engineering tasks.
Additionally, for the provision of specialist engineering guidance to HQ CMDT in the maintenance of facilities or implementation of minor construction projects.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE OBJECTIVE: Subject Matter Expert to COMSFOR (in the capacity as a Specialist SOR Unit) for the provision of Engineering and Project Management advice relating to the planning development and implementation of Infrastructure and Construction Projects in support of the SFOR mission throughout the SFOR AOR.
www.nato.int /sfor/vacancy/v021212a.htm   (624 words)

  
 Engineering: Officer: Careers & Jobs: Navy
If you have a degree in civil, mechanical, or electrical engineering or architecture, or are intending to get one, accelerate your life as a Navy Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) Officer.
The Navy also encourages and challenges its civil engineers to develop and enhance their skills through postgraduate work and advanced Navy training.
So, whether it’s a promotion in the Navy or taking your skills into the civilian world, the fundamentals of civil engineering and management you’ll learn as a Navy Officer will be instrumental in the advancement of your career and your life.
www.navy.com /officer/engineering?printable=true   (590 words)

  
 Civilian Mechanical Engineer is Important Link to Military History Over 47-Year Period
The certificates of appreciation, awards and a letter of recognition from President Ronald Reagan are just enough praise for this civilian mechanical engineer who specialized in developing virtually every type of armament used by various branches of the U.S. Military from 1941 to 1988.
After graduating from NYU in 1940 at the age of 22 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, he was employed by Riley Stoker Corp., in Worcester, Mass., as an engineering design draftsman of power plant equipment.
He was certified as a professional engineer and awarded a license to practice mechanical engineering in the State of New Jersey, where he lived for many years.
www.prweb.com /releases/2006/7/prweb406388.htm   (1286 words)

  
 John F. Stevens
A yellow fever epidemic, followed by the unexpected resignation of the first Chief Engineer, John F. Wallace, made the Canal Zone a scene of chaos and hysteria, and threatened the security of the Canal program, then still in the experimental and development state.
He was presented the John Fritz Gold Medal on March 23, 1925, for "great achievements as a civil engineer, particularly in planning and organizing for the construction of the Panama Canal; as a builder of railroads, and as administration of the Chinese Eastern and Siberian Railways." The Hoover Gold Medal was given him in 1938.
He was elected a member of the American society of Civil Engineers on June 6, 1888, and an honorary member on June 18, 1922.
www.czbrats.com /Builders/stevens.htm   (1044 words)

  
 Not Enough Blood Yet
At the time of this 1972 meeting, the cost of the safety ring itself was about $9 or $10, plus the labor costs of installing in each of the several hundred CH-46's then flying in the Navy and Marine Corps.
The NavAir civilian engineer made a point of wearing his coat and tie, even in the oppressive humidity and heat of Okinawa, as a signal of his being an important person from Washington.
If there is a better example of the beancounter mentality that drives DOD decisions, even life and death ones, I am not aware of it.
www.military.com /opinion/0,15202,95483,00.html?ESRC=opinions.RSS   (709 words)

  
 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pacific Ocean Division Home Page
A Japan Engineer District engineer was named the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civilian Employee of the Year for 2006.
A 26-year member of the Corps of Engineers, Wilson has recently been the District’s lead engineer on two critical construction efforts — projects to support the forward deployment of the USS George Washington (CVN-73) at Yokosuka Naval Base and the forward basing of the missile defense X-Band Radar at Shariki, Aomori Prefecture.
The Corps of Engineers has an administrative appeal process whereby applicants and landowners may appeal denied permits, issued permits that contain requirements that are unacceptable to the applicant, or jurisdictional determinations.
www.pod.usace.army.mil   (951 words)

  
 Feoktistov
By 1959 it would be proposed that clusters of the 7.5 kgf thrust ion engine could take the TMK-E manned Mars spacecraft on a low acceleration spiralling trajectory away from the Earth until it finally reached escape velocity and headed toward Mars.
But to power even such a limited engine solar panels with a total area of 36,000 square meters would be required - clearly beyond 1959 technology.
Agreement is not reached on the second (civilian) crew member position for the flights.
www.astronautix.com /astros/feoistov.htm   (8730 words)

  
 Appendix C AUGMENTATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
The challenge for engineer planners and executors is to achieve the optimal mix of contractor and military engineer-unit capabilities.
As Army engineers deploy into the theater, they may be joined by contracted civilian engineers.
Requesting the latest engineer intelligence data from any contractors working in the theater to help identify force-projection theater Army engineer requirements and enemy engineer capabilities.
www.armedforces.net /Detailed/19148.html   (1128 words)

  
 STSC CrossTalk - A Smart Way to Begin a Civilian Engineering Career in the U.S. Air Force - Jul 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
This article describes the PAQ program for science and engineer professionals, the qualification requirements for the program, and the benefits to Air Force organizations that participate in the program.
As a civilian engineer in the Air Force, I have found the opportunities in my workplace to be just as challenging and rewarding as those I had when working for a defense contractor.
She has worked for the Software Engineering Division at Hill AFB in Utah for the past eight years.
www.stsc.hill.af.mil /crossTalk/2001/07/stauder.html   (1240 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Professional Resources » Vacancies
Supervise and manage the performance of the Engineering Support Unit in support of SFOR Engineering tasks.
Provide engineering guidance to CHENG, and other J-Heads as required, in the development of Project Submissions for NATO IC funds.
Ensure that advice and materials required in support of Theatre Engineers tasks is provided in a timely manner.
www.reliefweb.int /w/res.nsf/wDocs/3314D35A754C9B2AC1256CA6002ED052   (665 words)

  
 J9757.HTM
When conducting war, under the auspices of the Geneva Convention, the warring parties are responsible for the health and well-being of all POWs, and to varying degrees all noncombatants within their AOs.
Although there are various AC/RC engineering, nursing and biomedical equipment personnel normally located in the theater of operations, all of these personnel already have other specific duties and responsibilities which keep them fully employed.
Although the Army Corps of Engineers has scores of military architects and engineers, all have specific duties within their AC/RC TOE engineer units, and more important, none are trained or experienced in managing health facility planning, design and construction projects.
das.cs.amedd.army.mil /journal/J9757.HTM   (4226 words)

  
 Officials announce annual civil engineer award winners   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
The Society of American Military Engineers, the National Society of Professional Engineers, the Northeast Chapter of the American Association of Airport Executives and Air Force officials announced their annual civil engineer award winners.
Eugene A. Lupia Award (outstanding civil engineer military manager): Capt. Christopher Meeker of the 3rd CES at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska.
-- Outstanding Civil Engineer Civilian Supervisor: Volkmar Born of the 52nd CES at Spangdahlem AB, Germany.
www.af.mil /news/story.asp?storyID=123009617   (745 words)

  
 Makarov
Comments: Engineer of first circumlunar L1 crew, December 1968.
Just three days later, when the crews were named, Leonov was selected as commander of the first mission, with Makarov as the flight engineer.
Soviet plans to beat America around the moon were upstaged by the sudden decision to fly Apollo 8 into lunar orbit over Christmas 1968.
www.friends-partners.org /partners/mwade/astros/makarov.htm   (828 words)

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