Module 1 Flashcards
this term emerged in the 1960s as academic programs in engineering and public health schools expanded, necessitating a more precise title for their curricula and graduates
environmental engineer
combines various disciplines, bringing knowledge, skills, and professionalism
environmental engineering
origins trace back to civil engineering, public health, ecology, chemistry, and meteorology
environmental engineering
focuses on the greater good
ethics
this profession also values ethics
environmental engineering
recognized that his profession tended to focus on the construction of public facilities rather than purely military ones
John Smeaton
who discovered civil engineering and when was it discovered?
John Smeaton, 1782
builder of roads, structures, and canals in England
John Smeaton
This title was widely adopted by engineers engaged in public works
Civil Engineer
first formal university engineering curriculum in the United States
U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1802
Where and when was the first engineering course outside USMA offered?
American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy in 1821
What is now the name of the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy?
Norwich University
conferred the first truly civil engineering degree in 1835
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
it was founded in 1852
American Society of Civil Engineers
When was the American Society of Civil Engineers found?
1852
When did Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute conferred the first truly civil engineering degree?
1835
When was the report from the Poor Law Commissioners on an Inquiry into the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population of Great Britain?
1842
the identification of filth as both a cause of disease and a vehicle of transmission and the ensuing embrace of cleanliness
Great Sanitary Awakening