This purchase is for a ten-pack of webinar passes.
 
DATE: Wednesday, July 26, 2023
TIME: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Continuing Education Credit: 0.1 CEU (1.0 PDH)
Approved AIA and ICC
Access Period: 30 days
 
CEU (PDH) REQUIREMENTS:
To earn CEU (PDH) credit, individuals must purchase the webinar and attend the live webinar for the entire duration (or pass the quiz available after the webinar).
 
Detailed Webinar Instructions
 
This webinar is jointly sponsored by NEx: An ACI Center of Excellence for Nonmetallic Building Materials and the American Concrete Institute (ACI).
 
Civil engineering education is constrained by tradition and conservatism. For over 100 years, structural engineering courses have emphasized two paradigms for commercial buildings — reinforced concrete and structural steel. While it is true that wood and masonry structures also receive some attention, those topics are always less prominent and often reserved for graduate courses. The recent emergence of nonmetallic materials places is a new challenge for educators. The civil engineering curriculum is considered “full”, and it is hard to keep adding new topics without removing something. How then can advocates of nonmetallic materials ever hope to establish a foothold that would lead to an educated professional who carries enough knowledge to specify novel materials? This talk explores how codes and standards drive the education agenda. Educators strive to prepare engineers for the profession, but their understanding of the profession is too often constrained by conventional construction methods (and their own college courses years in past). Advocates for nonmetallic materials need to understand how current codes constrict usage of novel materials, and then address the need for codes that invite innovation. This presentation will assess the current state of civil engineering education, and present a vision for the future.