Posted on Jan 18, 2002

Thomas K. Jewell, Carl B. Jansen Professor of Civil Engineering recently had two papers published. The first, “Teaching Hydraulic Design Using Equation Solvers,” was published in the December 2001 issue of the American Society of Civil Engineers' Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. The paper describes Jewell's use of TK Solver in the studio classroom environment to enhance the student's comprehension of difficult design concepts. The second paper, “Early Engineering Education in the United States Prior to 1850,” was published in the Proceedings of the Third National Congress on Civil Engineering History and Heritage and presented at the meeting. Jewell was lead author, along with co-authors Prof. Frank Griggs and Lt. Col. Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy. The paper described the contributions of RPI, Union, Norwich, and West Point to early engineering education in the U.S. Also, Jewell, a program evaluator for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, was a member of the team that visited the University of Texas at San Antonio in October.