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The updated American Society of Civil Engineers' Body of Knowledge (BOK2) defines how educational and practical experience shall fulfill developmental requirements for entry into the civil engineering profession. As the BOK2 continues to be introduced into the profession, existing and potential civil engineering student perceptions are a particular subject of interest, one recently investigated by Angela Bielefeldt at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Potential students can use the BOK2 to learn about their chosen field of study, visualize a roadmap for future development, and better understand the dedication their profession requires. Graduating seniors can use the BOK2 to assess their personal development, their own strengths and weaknesses, and identify the strengths and weaknesses of their undergraduate engineering program. Student feedback can help leaders in higher education to make positive changes in their school's program in order to better prepare students for professional service. This study partially replicates Bielefeldt's 2010 investigation under different conditions (i.e. at a military academy as opposed to a research-oriented academic institution) in order to provide confirmation that the BOK2 framework is a useful tool for evaluating civil engineering curricula across a wide range of institutions. This study queried 42 seniors within a military academy's civil engineering program on their personal strengths and weaknesses in the context of the 24 BOK2 outcomes. In addition, students were asked to identify apparent curriculum weaknesses and rank order the 24 outcomes in terms of perceived importance. This study will be of interest to undergraduate civil engineering program administrators concerned with assessing pedagogy and industry representatives developing learning experiences, both of whom share a common goal to better prepare students for professional licensure. This study also assists practicing engineers to provide appropriate mentorship and engineering experience to further prepare engineer interns for eventual licensure as a professional engineer.

Expeditionary contingency bases (non-permanent, rapidly built, and often remote outposts) for military and non-military applications represent a unique opportunity for renewable energy. Conventional applications rely upon diesel generators to provide electricity. However, the potential exists for renewable energy, improved efficiency, and energy storage to largely offset the diesel consumed by generators. This paper introduces a new methodology for planners to incorporate meteorological data for any location worldwide into a planning tool in order to minimize air pollution and carbon emissions while simultaneously improving the energy security and energy resilience of contingency bases. Benefits of the model apply not just to the military, but also to any organization building an expeditionary base—whether for humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, scientific research, or remote community development. Modeling results demonstrate that contingency bases using energy efficient buildings with batteries, rooftop solar photovoltaics, and vertical axis wind turbines can decrease annual generator diesel consumption by upward of 75% in all major climate zones worldwide, while simultaneously reducing air pollution, carbon emissions, and the risk of combat casualties from resupply missions.

and the United States. He is currently assigned as the ERDC Engineering Fellow and Director of Infrastructure Studies in the Center for Innovation and Engineering at West Point. He has also served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at West Point, where he taught innovative courses on infrastructure engineering and critical infrastructure protection. He has authored numerous articles and a book chapter on these subjects and has spoken on them extensively. He is the developer and lead proponent of the Critical Infrastructure Symposium, now in its third year, and was awarded the Outstanding Volunteer Service Award by the Infrastructure Security Partnership in 2011. His other teaching experience includes Design of Steel Structures, Design of Concrete Structures, Advanced Structural Analysis, Soil Mechanics, and the Civil Engineering capstone course. His active areas of research include infrastructure protection and resiliency and engineering education. He is active in the Infrastructure Security Partnership and the American Society of Civil Engineers, including services on the Committee on Critical Infrastructure, as well as the American Society of Engineering Education. Hart and his wife Christina reside at West Point, have been married for 22 years, and have eight wonderful children.