Structural Engineering Research 1000 words The assignment: a professor in your department has asked you to prepare a guide for graduating seniors that includes the most important things they need to know about the discipline after they graduate. MY Major: Civil Engineering My Discipline: Structural Engineering • • • • • • • • • • Your guide should include the following about your discipline: 1000 words The major associations and a brief discussion of each—what they do The major journals and/or trade publications and/or web journals and a brief discussion of each—what types of articles and what types of writers they publish The writing conventions, including citation styles and types of writing done A few examples of active discussions happening within your discipline, giving a brief overview of each Important: a discussion of how knowledge is generated in your discipline— what type of research do scholars in your field conduct; what are the standards of evidence used in this research; how is this knowledge disseminated to professionals in your field. Tips: As much as possible, keep this guide in paragraph format. Do not just put this information into a list. Please cite from at least 5 credible sources; web sources are fine. Use MLA/APA style in-text citations and bibliography. You are not writing about your major (what classes you need to take, what exams you need to pass), you are writing about the discipline that students will enter after Mason. Not all disciplines look alike; the information in your guide might be very different from the letter of the person sitting next to you. If you feel that your discipline doesn’t fit into the mold of a traditional major, explain how and why it is different. Grading Rubric Followed Assignment Prompt, 20% Did you include the required information from the writing assignment? Overall Success of Report 20% Would this be a helpful, understandable report for a new student? Breadth of Research 20% Did you do enough research? Did you try new directions when others were unsuccessful? Depth of Research 10% Did you read your sources critically and closely, putting effort into understanding them? Did you carefully select quotes/paraphrases? Structure and Organization 10% Is your letter organized logically? Do you integrate your sources well? Do you include topic sentences and transitions that make your letter easy to read? Sentences, Grammar, Spelling 10% Did you put time into revising, editing, and correcting errors? Citations 10% Did you carefully follow the rules of your academic conventions for citation (e.g. APA, MLA)? 1 50/100 Dear, I’m having a difficult time reading this paper. You have included sources in your bibliography, and at the end of every paragraph, yet there is no evidence that you have pulled information from any of those sources. You do not cite page numbers, and do not use direct quotations. Also, in a few places, you use very vague and non-specific language. I recommend using straightforward language, instead of academic language, and building simple sentences that use specific details and examples to get your meaning across. If you’d like to talk about it, or for more clarification about my concerns, please don’t hesitate to email me. Please click on “show comments” so that you can read the comments I made throughout your paper. Spelling/grammar errors are highlighted yellow 2 Structural Engineering Research 3 There are various associations related to the practice in the discipline of Structural Engineering. The National Council of Structural Engineers Associations for instance, provides assistance when it comes to setting standards of practice in the profession of structural engineering. It also helps meet the needs of other professionals that work with structural engineers. The American Society of Civil Engineers is another association that deals with engineering content publishing, and sets standards to guarantee the protection of clients and the public. This association also provides professional and technical assistance in the field as well as structural engineering education. The American Institute of Steel Construction is another association aims to standardize and certify the mark of quality and other matters related to structural steel within the construction industry. The Council of American Structural Engineers deals with risk reduction, increase in profitability as well as educating firms that specialize in matters structural engineering on the best business practices (Paz & Leigh, 2004). Structural Engineers of Northern California helps improve the safety of the lives of the public, the appearance and health of the surrounding environment as well as the economic state of the people in areas where the services of structural engineers are provided. The National Society of Professional Engineers covers the issues or concerns raised by or against professional engineers including the structural engineers. The Structural Engineers Association can be found in various states across the United States but all these associations fall under one umbrella, which are all charter members of National Council of Structural Engineers Association, whose purpose is encouraging the improvement in performance of buildings as well as structures. Earthquake Engineers Research Institute is a nonprofit institute engages in the reduction of risk brought about by earthquakes by researching and 4 trying to understand their causes and solutions or measures to curb their occurrence and impact. There are various journals, trade publication as well as web journals that are published or written with regards to the discipline of structural engineering. The International Journal of Civil Engineering publishes matters to do with the research done on the practical and theoretical realm of civil engineering. Frontiers of structural and civil engineering is a journal that is produced and published for international consumption that covers research on the latest development in the various fields covered by structural and civil engineering. Journal of Structural Engineering is another journal that details out on the practice in the structural engineering field. The Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction provides solutions in practicality to the problems that might be met in the structural field and in construction in general. Journal of Architectural Engineering details information on the technicality of designs in engineering. Journal of Bridge Engineering covers the field of bridge engineering with regard to the arts and sciences pertaining to the practice of bridge engineering (Park & Lakes, 2007). Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities deals with matters to do with checking and improving the turn out of the quality of the development or product to be developed. The ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems publishes matters to do with the risks that arise as a result of the uncertainties in the engineering systems put up or to be put up thus addressing them early enough or as corrective maintenance. The types of articles published within the structural engineering sector are those that have to do with how to ensure that structures are put up according to set requirements, or on research based on the field on new ideas and technologies within the same field to improve the output as well as dealing with risks in turn. The types of writers published in 5 these journals and articles are the professors in the structural engineering field as well as those who have acquired doctorates. Also those people who are well versed in the field and are not professors or doctors fit the description. The Council of Science Editors is the citation style applied to the discipline of Structural Engineering. It is greatly interested in publications done based on all the aspects of engineering as well as the processes involved in ensuring that goals of publication are arrived in good time and without failure. Communication is greatly improved between those people involved in the writing as well as those people involved in consumption or reading of the materials produced and published for their sake. The standards and practices in the discipline of structural engineering, for instance, are very much promoted and the professionals are helped to understand where these regulations come in handy taking into consideration the public, who are the consumers of the structures that result. Discussion therefore, results from the publications made available. The types of writing done under this citation style are all those that have issues in every branch of science available and made use of (Lagaros, & Tsompanakis, 2007). There are different dynamic discourses inside the structural engineering discipline. This depends on thoughts and reflections that have been coming up and how to manage these by giving arrangements that are lasting. One of the dynamic dialogs is the connection between structural designing and the basic building discipline. Structural engineering is a part of civil engineering and this assists with the understanding where they are both in the assembled condition. Manifestations that happen in structural building give a smart thought of what basic designing involves. Another active discussion has to do with the future of structural engineering where the challenges in the discipline have been discussed in-depth as well as what the vision for the discipline is, with regard to the future. How to bridge this gap 6 has also been covered in detail with recommendations being proposed. Finally, the other active discussion is the information on the roles and responsibilities of the structural engineers in the construction industry as well as what their training entails to give a good understanding on the same (IFSC, 2013). Knowledge in the structural engineering discipline is generated based on historically established knowledge, which helps provide a basis for the solutions currently to deal with the problems that have occurred. Practice-generated knowledge is also as important since people get to learn while in the field therefore, learning the right way of doing things in a way that meets requirements set by the various standards in the discipline. The type of research done in the field is one that requires solutions for everyday problems be provided so that they can be dealt in a timely manner. The standards of evidence used in the various researches are those that have been published and there exists proof that they are possible in application, therefore, requiring testing to see their effectiveness. Also, practicing certain activities helps bring forth solutions that have lasting impact on the discipline. Information acquired is disseminated through various including journals, web journals or even trade publications, all which come in handy in practice by professionals (Weidinger, & Feldhusen, 2015). 7 References International Federation for Structural Concrete. (2013). Critical comparison of major seismic codes for buildings. Lausanne: International Federation for Structural Concrete fib. Lagaros, N. D., & Tsompanakis, Y. (2007). Intelligent computational paradigms in earthquake engineering. Hershey: Idea Group Pub. Park, J. B., & Lakes, R. S. (2007). Biomaterials: An introduction. New York, NY: Springer. Paz, M., & Leigh, W. (2004). Structural Dynamics: Theory and Computation. Boston, MA: Springer US. Weidinger, J., & Feldhusen, S. (2015). Designing knowledge.
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