Information Technology in Civil Engineering Curriculum

The fast-moving world of information technology confronts the civil engineer with constant change. This creates challenges for educators and students because rapid change requires curricula to be flexible and educators to gain competency and access to new equipment and software. Whereas a decade ago...

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Published in:Journal of professional issues in engineering education and practice 2005-01, Vol.131 (1), p.26-31
Main Authors: Grigg, Neil S, Criswell, Marvin E, Fontane, Darrell G, Siller, Thomas J
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The fast-moving world of information technology confronts the civil engineer with constant change. This creates challenges for educators and students because rapid change requires curricula to be flexible and educators to gain competency and access to new equipment and software. Whereas a decade ago, civil engineering educators debated how to teach “programming,” the picture is now much more complex. The paper reports on how information technologies are changing the practice of civil engineering and offers a new framework for integrating next-generation information technology into the civil engineering curriculum at the department level.
ISSN:1052-3928
1943-5541
DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2005)131:1(26)