Structural engineering Discipline Awareness Research Project

Structural engineering Discipline Awareness Research Project

Structural engineering Discipline Awareness Research Project

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.