New Academic Program
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 3:38 pm
If we had the resources (money, professors, laboratory space, etc.) to start any new academic program where one never existed before, what would you go with?
It is a no brainer for me. Having moved back to the midwest from the east coast, the most noticeable problem in this area is all of the concrete roads and parking lots falling apart, largely because the midwest winters are brutal. Q Lot and the parking lots around the Union are badly in need of repair. I would start a PAVEMENT AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING graduate program, get lots of grant money from Gov, and crank out graduates who could make a real difference in this world or at least in this area. Auburn has a program, not sure who else does. The needed laboratories are literally right out the front and back doors.
program https://www.eng.auburn.edu/cee/academic ... rials.html
It is a no brainer for me. Having moved back to the midwest from the east coast, the most noticeable problem in this area is all of the concrete roads and parking lots falling apart, largely because the midwest winters are brutal. Q Lot and the parking lots around the Union are badly in need of repair. I would start a PAVEMENT AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING graduate program, get lots of grant money from Gov, and crank out graduates who could make a real difference in this world or at least in this area. Auburn has a program, not sure who else does. The needed laboratories are literally right out the front and back doors.
program https://www.eng.auburn.edu/cee/academic ... rials.html