In Don't Throw This Away! The Civil Engineering Life, Brenner reports on what it's like to be a civil engineer in the 21st century: the mindset, the practice, the profession.
Equally skilled as a writer and an engineer, Brenner ranges from serious discussions of suburban sprawl, technology run amok, and bridge aesthetics, to comical accounts of packrat habits, quacking moments, and engineering fashion.
This entertaining collection of essays displays Brenner's distinctive combination of quirky humor and engineering "right stuff."
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2007, Softcover, ASCE Press, 160 pp., ISBN: 978-0-7844-0888-9, List Price $42.00 / ASCE Member $31.50
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About the Author
Brian Brenner, P.E., is a senior principal engineer with Fay Spofford & Thorndike in Burlington, Massachusetts, working on several bridge projects in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New York. He is also an adjunct professor at Tufts Unviersity and teaches classes in concrete design, bridge analysis and design, and introduction to engineering. He has published more than 70 papers and articles on structural analysis and design, design for construction mitigation, engineering education, computer-aided design, and other topics. Mr. Brenner received the Boston Society of Civil Engineers President's Award in 2000, the Clemens Herschel Award in 2001, and the Richard R. Torrens Award from ASCE in 2005.