International Activities of the Forensic Engineering Division

摘要

The ASCE Forensic Engineering Division (FED) has been expanding the outreach of forensic engineering from the U.S. internationally. These activities have included the formation of an international activities committee to coordinate these efforts. Previously, these were coordinated largely by the education committee. Activities have included presentations at a number of international conferences, such as in Italy, Sweden, Portugal, Spain, and other countries. Other activities have been two day workshops presented by members of the FED, starting with Costa Rica in 2009, and continuing in the U.K., China, India, and Latin America. It has proven useful to develop long term ties with other countries. The exchange of ideas has been interesting. Good practices in failure investigations may be universal, there are important differences in societal pressures, codes of ethics, and legal systems from country to country must be considered. This paper reviews the past decade of work, and looks forward to developing future efforts.