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Before joining the U of A faculty in 1996, he served in the US Army as an engineer officer for 24 years. During his military career Dennis had the unique opportunity to build roads, airfields and other facilities on five different continents and spend over 11 years as a member of the faculty at the US Military Academy. His current research interests include laboratory and field determination of geotechnical material properties for transportation systems and the use of remote sensing techniques to categorize geohazards. He has published over 85 peer reviewed articles relating to his research and educational activities. Dennis holds BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from the

It has been eight years since the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) published the second edition of the Body of Knowledge (BOK2) report, and in October 2016 ASCE launched the Body of Knowledge 3 Task Committee (BOK3TC). ASCE charged the BOK3TC to critically reviewing published literature regarding the future of engineering, other disciplines and civil engineering practice; proactively soliciting constituent input; evaluating the ASCE BOK2; determining if a third edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge report is warranted now; and if warranted, developing the BOK3 report. The intent of this paper is to update the civil engineering community on the progress of the BOK3TC with the specific goal of answering the question of whether a third edition of the BOK is needed at this point in time.

Prior to his current appointment, Fridley served as Professor and Head of the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama. Dr. Fridley has been recognized as a dedicated educator throughout his career and has received several awards for his teaching efforts, including the ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) Leadership Award in 2010. At the University of Alabama, Fridley has led efforts to establish several new programs including new undergraduate degree programs in construction engineering, architectural engineering and environmental engineering, a departmental Scholars program allowing highly qualified students an accelerated program to earn their MSCE in addition to their BS degree, the interdisciplinary "Cube" promoting innovation in engineering, and the cross-disciplinary MSCE/MBA and MSCE/JD dual-degree programs.