Membership in this council is open to practitioner interested in maintaining the educational goals and objectives of the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department. The purposes of this council is to serve as the industrial liaison for the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, assist the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department in satisfying ABET accreditation requirements (program educational objectives, program outcomes and assessment, professional component, and program criteria). The council also assists the department in the development of academic curricula to produce graduates with a skill set that is marketable with the Civil Engineering profession and serve as an integral part of Department level committees.