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    • 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.

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