Bøker av Richard H. (University of Maryland McCuen

Undergraduate students in almost all disciplines experience curricula dominated by the technical foundations, but lacking many of the "soft" topics that the students will need in order to be fully prepared to practice professionally after graduation.

Critical Thinking, Idea Innovation, and Creativity discusses methods of solving complex problems, demonstrates the benefits of using imaginative thinking, identifies ways to overcome inhibitors, provides guidelines for assessing creative experiences, and encourages the application of these methods.

Taking an application-oriented approach, this book provides readers with a step-by-step presentation of modeling procedures to help them properly analyze and model real-world data. It discusses all four elements of the modeling process: conceptualization, formulation, calibration, and verification.

Written for undergraduate civil engineering students as an introduction to the general education outcomes of the ASCE¿s Body of Knowledge (BOK), this book explains what individuals are expected to know and be able to do by the time they enter professional practice. This text covers key topics such as sustainability, physical geography, scientific method, engineering history, public policy, and ethics. Also discussed are contemporary issues, including the impacts of terrorism, conflicts over water supply, recycling, and green building. Chapters include case studies, examples, sidebars, and ten to twenty-five discussion questions to aid in reader comprehension.