Civil Engineering without Borders Juan Antonio Santamera Sánchez

Science can amuse and fascinate us all,but it is engineering that changes theworld.

Isaac Asimov’s Book of Science andNature Quotations

Isaac AsimovRussion writer 1920 – 1992

1.Quality assurance

2. University studies organized in three cycles (Bachelor, Master,

Doctoral)

3. Promoting the mobility of students and staff

4. Implementation of the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

5. Recognition of degrees and periods of study (recognition of

qualifications obtained in the higher education)

6.Contribution to the European dimension in higher education

Bologna process principles

1 ACS, ACTIVIDADES DE CONSTRUCCION Y SERVICIOS SA, Spain†

2 HOCHTIEF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT,

Germany†

VINCI, France†

3 CHINA COMMUNICATIONS

CONSTRUCTION GROUP LTD China†

ABERTIS, Spain

4 VINCI, France† MACQUARIE, Australia

5 STRABAG SE, Austria† FERROVIAL, Spain†

6 TECHNIPFMC, U.K.†

7 BOUYGUES, France†

8 CHINA STATE CONSTRUCTION

ENGINEERING CORP. LTD. China

9 SKANSKA AB, Sweden†

10 POWER CONSTRUCTION CORP. OF

CHINA, China†

11 FERROVIAL, Spain†

Top 10 International

Contractors

2018

World’s Top 5

Transportation

Developers

2017

1 Tongji University

2 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

3 Tsinghua University

4 Lehigh University

5 The University of Texas at Austin

6 Polytechnic University of Madrid

7 National Technical University of Athens

8 University of Canterbury

9 The University of New South Wales

10 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Engineering education should be based on scientific expertise, but such does not implies the engineer becoming a professional researcher.

José Antonio Jiménez SalasGeotechnics expert (1916-2000)

Official research on bridges today thatI know of is almost non-existent. Andsuch makes sense. From someviewpoint, the bridge varies andevolves during its constructive processand, in this sense, the contractors’engineers become the maininnovators.

Javier Manterola ArmisenIABSE 2006 Award of Merit in Structural Engineering

Being a scholar does not require

dedicated research

We, engineers, do not want to be doctors

, and he defended the convenience of our School professors to practice professionally, enhancing their teaching through professional practice.

Vicente MachimbarrenaFormer dean of Madrid School of Civil Engineering

Everybody is a Genius. But If You Judge a Fish by Its Ability to Climb a Tree, It

Will Live Its Whole Life Believing that It is Stupid.

Albert EinsteinTheoretical Physicist 1879 – 1955

If You Judge a practitioner by his/her Ability to publish peer reviewed

articles, the system Will Live Its Whole Life considering WRONGLY that

he/she is unfit for academia.

MUCHAS GRACIASJuan Antonio Santamera Sánchez

Presidente del Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertospresidente@ciccp.es