Memorandum to American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
With it being the widest branch of engineering worldwide, civil engineering basically entails building and constructions of structures like skyscrapers, dams, pipeline layouts, bridges, canals, general buildings, surveying and other aspects. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) founded 165 years ago seeks to represent the profession on a worldwide basis. By represents the many members worldwide it ensured continuity of the profession by engaging in professional and technical training and conferencing. A qualified and certified civil engineer ought to be aware of material science and engineering which entails discovery and design of solid materials relevant to civil engineers. This discipline is so important to civil
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Engineers in this matter will consider the chemical composition, atomic structure, and bonding, reactivity, and acidity or the alkalinity of materials. iv) Thermal: in this, we will basically consider the rate of heat transfer in these materials. In this, the properties to consider are, boiling and melting points, specific heat off fission or fusion, thermal diffusivity, thermal expansion coefficient, creep resistance, thermal shock resistance. This is the reason that steel is used to reinforce buildings for it has same expansion rate as concrete (Ogata, 389-390).
v) Optical: this is basically how these materials interact with light which can be relevant for instance in the choice of window panes and in interior design. Properties of this nature include reflection, refraction, diffraction, photoluminescence, color, photosensitivity, Dispersion, transmittance, absorption and others. vi) Acoustical: in this, we consider how these materials interact with sound and other waves. These are the transmission and absorption rates of