Competition-Based Learning Activities within Civil Engineering Education:

Colonel Fred Meyer is the Civil Engineering Division Director in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from USMA in 1984, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1993 and 2002, respectively. Meyer has been a member of the USMA faculty for eleven years and teaches courses in basic mechanics, structural steel design, reinforced concrete design, structural system design, and construction management. He has served as a senior mentor and seminar presenter in the ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) Teaching Workshop from 2000 through 2012. He has conducted extensive research in the areas of lightweight concrete and high strength concrete and has published numerous papers on the topics. He is an active member of the American Concrete Institute, the American Society for Engineering Education and the American Society of Civil Engineers, and is an ABET Program Evaluator.