Civil & Environmental Engineering Advisory Board

Following are some of the primary roles of the advisory board:

Advise faculty on desired program outcomes, learning objectives, and other educational issues, as constituents representing the community of employers of graduates
Provide advice on the needs of and trends within engineering practice
Provide and access resources for the department, to include serving as a fund-raising body
Help recruit practitioners to support faculty’s needs for adjunct instruction
Serve as industry contacts for faculty
Promote industry support for internship programs
Support department research activities
Serve as a lobby group for civil engineering education causes

Membership

The board shall consist of professionals from all pertinent Civil & Environmental Engineering disciplines with experience in the public and private sector. At the advice of the department faculty, twelve members were selected and were appointed by the Chair of the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department for a three year term (renewable).

Meetings

The advisory board will meet a minimum of twice per year, for about one day each time. Prior to each meeting, the Chair of the Advisory Board in close consultation with the Chair of the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department will issue an agenda for distribution to all board members and the Civil & Environmental Engineering faculty.