Scholars in the discipline keep a few key questions in the back of their mind: “How are civil engineers any different than another engineer?”, “What is ‘civil’ in ‘civil engineering’?” and “How can everything be made better?” In order to answer these questions, it is important to first realize exactly what a civil engineer does. Civil Engineers are the ones who are enhancing the everyday things that people take for granted all the time. We are also the ones who are trying to keep up with the “challenges of the 21st century” (GaTech, “What is Civil and Environmental Engineering”). This means that we have to improve all of the previous man-made structures for sustainability, fix damaged structures to ensure the same
Scholars in the discipline keep a few key questions in the back of their mind: “How are civil engineers any different than another engineer?”, “What is ‘civil’ in ‘civil engineering’?” and “How can everything be made better?” In order to answer these questions, it is important to first realize exactly what a civil engineer does. Civil Engineers are the ones who are enhancing the everyday things that people take for granted all the time. We are also the ones who are trying to keep up with the “challenges of the 21st century” (GaTech, “What is Civil and Environmental Engineering”). This means that we have to improve all of the previous man-made structures for sustainability, fix damaged structures to ensure the same