Discovering the WORLD

The Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, also known as the Pearl Bridge, has the longest central span of any suspension bridge. The central span is a staggering 1,991 meters, or 6,532 ft. It took a century to overcome deep waters, strong winds, and high chance of earthquakes to build the Rion-Antirion Bridge. Completed in 2004, it spans the Gulf of Corinth and won an Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award. The Netherlands North Sea Protection Works is a marvel of coastal engineering created to protect a large area of land around the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta from the sea. The Millennium Force Roller Coaster in Sandusky, Ohio, is the world’s tallest (310 feet) and fastest (92 mph) roller coaster, and is supported by 226 footers using 9,400 yards of concrete. It took 175 truckloads of steel to create the frame. </div> <div> the Hoover Dam, standing 726.4 feet high, is one of the tallest concrete dams ever built and created...

In the 18th century, the term “civil engineering” came into use to describe engineering work that was performed by civilians for nonmilitary purposes. Smeaton was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer, and often regarded as the "father of civil engineering". The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) was founded in a coffee shop in London in 1818 by eight young civil engineers, the youngest was 19. The first degree in Civil Engineering in the United States was awarded by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1835. The first civil engineering degree to be awarded to a woman was granted by Cornell University to Nora Stanton Blatch in 1905. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) was founded in 1852. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States.