Wood Engineering Education – Trends and Challenges

An overview of the factors impacting the wood engineering/design education in the U.S. has been presented. The actions that need to be taken by the engineering departments and the wood products industry to ensure that wood engineering continues to be covered in the engineering programs have been discussed. The authors recommend a multi-faceted approach to promote wood engineering education in civil engineering programs in the U.S.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  International Headquarters, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400

  Structural Engineering Institute

  American Society of Civil Engineers
  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Gupta, Rakesh
  • Gopu, Vijaya
• Conference:
  • Metropolis and Beyond
  • Location: New York NY, United States
  • Date: 2005-4-20 to 2005-4-24
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: References;
• Pagination: 8p
• Monograph Title: Metropolis and Beyond: Proceedings of the 2005 Structures Congress and the 2005 Forensic Engineering Symposium, April 20-24, 2005, New York, NY

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Civil engineering; Design; Education; Engineering; Forest products; Forest products industry; Statistical trends; Wood
• Uncontrolled Terms: Challenges
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01029873
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0784407533
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 28 2006 8:05AM