www.eng.brad.ac.uk Civil engineering is a fast-moving, exciting and well-paid profession that opens up a host of opportunities in the UK and abroad. ICE promotional video.
Two professional engineers illustrate the proper care and practical benefits of cats. None of the cats, humans, or engineers were mistreated in the making of this film. They were however, slightly annoyed. T-shirts and other goodies available at: www.cafepress.com "Art Critic" music is Mozart "Requiem, Rex Tremendae" and song on ending credits is called "Sparky's New Bike" both from Shockwave-sound.com royalty free music website.
In a press conference, the grassroots group Levees.Org released records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act revealing that just weeks after levees failed in New Orleans, the people responsible for making the levees, the US Army Corps of Engineers directed and later paid an engineering group to communicate lessons learned from Katrina. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) received $1.1 million in taxpayer money to peer review the official levee failure study post-K. At the presser, Levees.Org shows how power point presentations by ASCE downplayed the fault of the Corps, overstated the responsibilities of the local authorities, diluted the need to alter levee building standards nationwide, and overstated the vulnerability of the city and the strength of the storm.
The Transportation and Civil Engineering (TRAC - www.trac.net) Program is the hands-on education program of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). TRAC is made available to secondary schools (high schools and Junior high schools) through regional centers where the Departments of Transportation (DOTs) work in partnership with other government organizations, universities, non-profit organizations, and private industry. At it's most basic level, TRAC is a program designed for integration into science, math, and social studies classes. In actual practice, TRAC sends volunteer Transportation professionals into secondary schools with TRAC PAC. This consists of a computer, electronic data collection and analysis instruments, hands-on modeling materials, and more than three dozen activities based on real-world transportation problems. By engaging students in solving real-world problems, TRAC connects kids to the work world of transportation. And TRAC's specific focus of improving work force diversity helps resolving one of the most pressing problems faced by this predominately white male profession how to draw talented women and minorities into the field of transportation.