User:RichRome
Editing Disclosure for HU Coursework[edit]
- This is for my Engineering Economics course at Howard University in the Spring 2019 semester.
- I will be using this Wikipedia page to learn how to use wikipedia's services to their fullest extent.
Article Evaluations[edit]
William Milnor Roberts[edit]
After reading the article, I have learned that William Milnor Roberts was an American civil engineer during the 19th century. He took part in the creation of the Eads Bridge, and Roberts also held the position of president for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in 1878. The article itself is written from a neutral point of view and gives information on the career and works of the civil engineer. Upon viewing the citations, one citation was referenced but never defined, and wikipedia deemed the citations unclear. Though the wikipedia site does not give all of the information on the life of Roberts, it does provide links on further readings about him. Furthermore, there are errors in the article. The article begins to speak on when Roberts served as Vice President of ASCE, but omits the date.
Engineering Economics (Civil Engineering)[edit]
The article is detailed and gives useful information on engineering economics. The article provides links to each important word said in the article in order for the reader to gain more knowledge on the subject. The article provides further readings, external links and references. The article is unbiased, and there are also no obvious grammatical errors on it.
 | This user is a student editor in Howard_University,_Washington,_DC,_USA/Civil_Engineering_Economy_(Spring_2019). |
Wikipedia Assignment #5: Article Selection[edit]
Thomas Curtis Clarke[edit]
The article's content is relevant to the content and is written neutrally. All claims given in the article do have a citation, and the citations are reliable. Though the citations are reliable, the article is quite short and does not give much information on the engineer. It gives a short history on the engineer's life, then only adds bibliography links to give more details. Furthermore, all of the links do not work. I can see that the page is still in the first stages of its development.
Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory[edit]
The article gave details on the position of surveyor general in the Northwest Territory in the 18th and 19th centuries. All claims in the article do have a citation, and the citations are reliable. All of the links given in the reference list worked. The article was written neutrally as well. Although this is the case, the article basically only gave the names of the people that held the position of surveyor general. It did not go into much detail on what each surveyor general did while they held their position.
William S. Hewett[edit]
Though the article is neutrally written, it includes grammatical errors as well as a lack of references. The article also does not give much information on the work of life of Hewett.
Wikipedia Assignment #6: References for Thomas Curtis Clarke Page[edit]
- Locomotive journal written by Thomas Curtis Clarke
https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1901.18552
- Obituary of Thomas C. Clarke
https://archive.org/details/cihm_48410/page/n3
- Album of works done by Clarke, Reeves & Company
Wikipedia Assignment #7.1 : Beginning Article Edits[edit]
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- Not to be confused with poet and composer Thomas Curtis Clarke, or U.S Attorney General Thomas Campbell Clark.
Thomas Curtis Clarke (16 September 1827 – 15 June 1901) was a railway engineer, builder and author best known for a series of cast iron bridges in the United States. While living and working in Port Hope, Ontario, his firm won the contract to build the east and west blocks of the Canadian Houses of Parliament. He was also the the senior partner in the firm of Clarke, Reeves, & Co., of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, which later became known as the Phoenix Bridge Company. Thomas Curtis Clarke is buried in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada.
Early work[edit]
Clarke was born in Newton, Massachusetts on 16 September 1827 and as a boy he attended the Boston Latin School. He enrolled at Harvard University, graduating in 1848 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in engineering, working under Captain John Childe, whom engaged Thomas Curtis Clarke on various railways in the United States. In Canada, under Captain Childe as well, Mr. Clarke made a special study of bridge building.
Wikipedia Assignment #7.2: Engineering Economics Article References[edit]
http://cedb.asce.org/CEDBsearch/record.jsp?dockey=0150366
Infrastructure Planning Handbook: Planning, Engineering, and Economics
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956053X00000477
The waste reduction (WAR) algorithm- This is useful because it shows engineering economics being used in real world examples or situations
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.energy.29.062403.102042
Advances in energy forecasting models based on engineering economics
Wikipedia Assignment #8: Draft Material for Engineering Economics Article[edit]
I want to add a completely new section to the article that focuses on the applications of engineering economics. The application will include scholarly articles or journals that show how engineering economics is applied in the real world. The waste reduction (WAR) algorithm journal speaks on how engineering economics was used in the process to show the environmental as well as economic impact that energy has on the world. The journal says, "An extensive engineering economic evaluation has been included in the process analysis which inherently contains the cost of the consumed energy as an operating cost."
Wikipedia Assignment #4: Adding Citations[edit]
I will be providing citations for the wikipedia article on William Milnor Roberts. In the career section of his Wikipedia article, there are no citations for the dates in history given. I will provide citations to some of those dates.
"1826: Served as an assistant in survey and construction, Lehigh Canal, between Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia."[1]
"1837:,Served as a chief engineer in Lancaster and Harrisburg. He was in charge of construction of a two-level lattice-truss bridge across the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania."[2]
- ^ "The Lehigh Coal And Navigation Company collection, Bulk, 1826-1913 1815-1940". dla.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
- ^ Hager, Willi H. (2015-12-23). Hydraulicians in the USA 1800-2000: A biographical dictionary of leaders in hydraulic engineering and fluid mechanics. CRC Press. ISBN 9781315680125.