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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. [ 3 ]
In Canada, the term "engineering society" sometimes refers to organizations of engineering students as opposed to professional societies of engineers. The Canadian Federation of Engineering Students, whose membership consists of most of the engineering student societies from across Canada (see below), is the national association of undergraduate engineering student societies in Canada.
The Body of Knowledge Committee of the Committee on Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice (BOK Committee); American Society of Civil Engineers (2008), Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st century: Preparing the Civil Engineer for the Future (Second ed.), Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, ISBN 978-0-7844-0965-7
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers (1872 - 1963) ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering; ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering (Part B is published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
The Alfred Noble Prize is an award presented by the American Society of Civil Engineers, as the trustee of prize funds contributed by the combined engineering societies of the United States. It is awarded annually to a person not over the age of thirty-five for a technical paper of exceptional merit published in one of the journals of the ...
The College Board advises that students choosing AP English Language and Composition be interested in studying and writing various kinds of analytic or persuasive essays on non-fiction topics, while students choosing AP English Literature and Composition be interested in studying literature of various periods and mediums (fiction, poetry, drama ...