Grand Challenges for Engineering: Restore and improve urban infrastructure
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| Audience/Grade: | High School Junior -Continuing Education 11-Continuing Education |
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Architectural Engineering Civil Engineering Construction Engineering |
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Community - Discussion Forum/Mailing List/Newsletter |
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Organization:National Academy of Engineering |
| Description: | One of the Grand Challenges in Engineering identified by the National Academy of Engineering. The website has a description of the challenge, along with video clips that highlight specific problem areas. "Good design and advanced materials can improve transportation and energy, water, and waste systems, and also create more sustainable urban environments. In 2005, the American Society of Civil Engineers issued a report card, grading various categories of U.S. infrastructure. The average grade was D." |
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| Keywords: | civil infrastucture urban planning |
| Is Component of: |
Grand Challenges for Engineering |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(e) Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context |
| Use of Resource: |
Collaborative learning environment Website from the National Academy of Engineering. "With input from people around the world -- much of it on this website -- an international group of leading technological thinkers were asked to identify the Grand Challenges for Engineering in the 21st Century. I have included these grand challenge resources as assignments in my freshman design and analysis class. |
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Medium |
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Medium |
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| Publication Date: | August 2008 |
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WWW |
| Download Size: |
677 |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/cms/8996/9136.aspx |
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Other Needs: Hypercard |
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IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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