Editorial: First Indo-US Forensic Engineering Workshop

摘要

Organised jointly by members of the ASCE Technical Council on Forensic Engineering and faculties at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the National Institute of Technology at Trichy, the first Indo-US Forensic Engineering Workshop (INDUSFEW) was successfully completed in December 2010 at Tiruchirapalli, India. A total of 23 technical presentations were delivered by both US and Indian forensic experts including several speakers from the Structural Engineering Research Center (SHRC), Chennai. The Workshop signified the international collaboration between India and the US in the area of Forensic Engineering. The specific outcomes of the INDUSFEW workshop include the publication of a proceeding and the establishment of a forensic engineering curriculum at NIT-T. This workshop offered the opportunity to study the differences between forensic engineering practice in India and USA, which is influenced by local legal systems and culture. This paper gives a concise account of the event and the curriculum.