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American Society of Civil Engineers
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The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a tax-exempt professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, it is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. Its constitution was based on the older Boston Society of Civil Engineers from 1848.
Nora Stanton Blatch Barney 1921
Nora Stanton Blatch Barney 1921
U.S. stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ASCE in 1952
U.S. stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ASCE in 1952
ASCE Historical Marker at Philadelphia City Hall.
ASCE Historical Marker at Philadelphia City Hall.
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Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways.
Tennessee Valley Authority civil engineers monitoring hydraulics of a Tellico Dam scale model.
Tennessee Valley Authority civil engineers monitoring hydraulics of a Tellico Dam scale model.
Leonhard Euler developed the theory explaining the buckling of columns.
Leonhard Euler developed the theory explaining the buckling of columns.
A Roman aqueduct [built c. 19 BC], Pont du Gard, France
A Roman aqueduct [built c. 19 BC], Pont du Gard, France
Chichen Itza was a large pre-Columbian city in Mexico built by the Maya people of the Post Classic. The northeast column temple also covers a channel
Chichen Itza was a large pre-Columbian city in Mexico built by the Maya people of the Post Classic. The northeast column temple also covers a channel that funnels all the rainwater from the complex some 40 metres (130 ft) away to a rejollada, a former cenote.