Educators and Practitioners Struggle To Reach Beyond The Technical
Civil engineers have long been called on to fix whats physically broken in the world or to design elegant new solutions for unmet global needs. But now they are tackling a bigger challengehow to reinvent themselves and prepare future generations of engineers for more complex demands.
The mission now is to figure out how to begin implementing the so-called "body of knowledge" (BOK) that the American Society of Civil Engineers has deemed critical for future engineers to demonstrate in order to obtain licenses and practice professionally. Much of the impetus comes from The Engineer of 2020, a report issued in 2003 by the National Academy of Engineering that outlines future roles for engineers and engineering education.