Resumen de Structural design education for the 21st century

Tomasz Arciszewski, Sivand Lakmazaheri

• The paper discusses the future of the structural design education. It provides a brief description ofthe present situation and of factors shaping it, including information technology. Next, a vision of afuture structural engineer is presented and his/her major desired abilities are identified. Structuraldesign education is divided into teaching conceptual and detailed design. In the first area, designand inventive engineering are briefly discussed, including the initial teaching experience. In the areaof teaching detailed design, three network-oriented computer tools, Dr. Structure, OleSteel, andEngineering Mechanics Digital Library, are overviewed. The first one was developed at GeorgeMason University, while the remaining two at the Catholic University of America. Also, the initialexperience with using all three tools is discussed.