The Future of Civil Engineering Research: Targets and Needs

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
George F. List
Keyword(s):  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals Virtual Engineering

2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (11) ◽  
pp. 38-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Bryden ◽  
Doug McCorkle
Keyword(s):  
Process Models ◽  
Software Framework ◽  
State University ◽  
Enabling Technology ◽  
Iowa State University ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
Virtual Engineering ◽  
The Future ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Intuitive Manner

This article discusses future of virtual engineering. Not only will the plant of the future be different from the current one, but also the design tools that engineers use will be different. To reduce cost and shorten development time for the future plants, the DOE is developing virtual engineering as an enabling technology. To integrate all the parts in an intuitive manner will require a software framework, which is being developed by the Virtual Engineering Research Group at Iowa State University. The software is a virtual engineering toolkit called YE-Suite. It is composed of three main software engines—VE-CE, VE-Xplorer, and VE-Conductor—that coordinate the flow of data from the engineer to the virtual components being designed. YE-CE is responsible for the synchronization of the data among the various analysis and process models and the engineer. VE-Xplorer is the decision-making environment that allows the engineer to interact with the equipment models in a visual manner. YE-Conductor is the engineer’s mechanism to control models and other information.

scholarly journals Identifying major civil engineering research influencers and topics using social network analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1835147
Author(s):  
Ibukun T Afolabi ◽  
Joke Badejo ◽  
Stephen A Adubi ◽  
Oluwole A. Odetunmibi
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Engineering Research

A History of Cognitive Engineering Research at Risø (1962–1979)

1997 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 210-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim J. Vicente
Keyword(s):  
Human Error ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Nuclear Research ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Cognitive Engineering ◽  
Operational Experience ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
The Future ◽  
Power Plant Control ◽  
History Of

Following the theme for this year's conference, this paper contributes to ongoing discussions defining the future of cognitive engineering research by examining a part of its past. The history of one particular line of research, that of the Electronics Department at Risø National Laboratory, is reviewed. A number of important studies, conducted between 1962 and 1979, are briefly described. Among these are operational experience acquired from the introduction of a prototype digital console in a nuclear research reactor, two field studies of professional operators conducting representative tasks in representative settings (electronic trouble-shooting and conventional power plant control), and analyses of over 645 human error reports in the nuclear and aviation industries. Some of the themes characterizing the Risø research program in cognitive engineering are briefly summarized. These themes help define what cognitive engineering is, and what it might be concerned with in the future.

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