Phobos
Jan5-04, 10:20 AM
Just wanted to share this tidbit since the Civil Eng forum died of loneliness.
[H]ow many of your neighbors would know the answer the question ‘What is a civil engineer’? I suspect the majority would not. Yet civil engineers are probably the most important people in the world and should be among the best known. The answer to this question is that civil engineers improve the quality of life. We plan, design, build, and maintain the world’s infrastructure: roads, bridges, water and wastewater treatment plants, dams, power plants, offshore platforms, and the like.”
(quote by Patricia Galloway, from her acceptance speech in becoming the 1st woman president of ASCE at the 2003 Civil Engineering Conference and Exposition held in Nashville Tennessee, 11/15/03)
The "most important people in the world" bit is a little over the top...but the point remains valid. Drinking water treatment alone should be high on everyone's list of things to be thankful for.
[H]ow many of your neighbors would know the answer the question ‘What is a civil engineer’? I suspect the majority would not. Yet civil engineers are probably the most important people in the world and should be among the best known. The answer to this question is that civil engineers improve the quality of life. We plan, design, build, and maintain the world’s infrastructure: roads, bridges, water and wastewater treatment plants, dams, power plants, offshore platforms, and the like.”
(quote by Patricia Galloway, from her acceptance speech in becoming the 1st woman president of ASCE at the 2003 Civil Engineering Conference and Exposition held in Nashville Tennessee, 11/15/03)
The "most important people in the world" bit is a little over the top...but the point remains valid. Drinking water treatment alone should be high on everyone's list of things to be thankful for.