Bridge Doctors
Dr. Hedegaard conducts an educational outreach program entitled Bridge Doctors intended to introduce local elementary school students to basic civil engineering principles, structural engineering, and infrastructure maintenance. Students learn about different types of bridges, forces, deformation, and how engineers measure and account for these actions in maintaining civil structures. The content can be tailored to the age level of the students, and has been given to elementary classes ranging from K through 4th grade. For more information, or to request a school visit, please contact Dr. Hedegaard at [email protected]. |
Steel Bridge Team at UW-Madison
Dr. Hedegaard advises the UW Steel Bridge Team, which participates in the annual Student Steel Bridge Competitions. The Steel Bridge Team offers unique and invaluable opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to develop their skills as engineers and leaders. Since their first competition in 1998, the students of the UW-Madison team have consistently exhibited their drive and abilities at the regional and national level competitions, placing within the top ten at the national level eight times in the past twenty years. |
American Concrete Institute
Dr. Hedegaard is an active member within the American Concrete Institute. He is a voting member of Committee 444, Structural Health Monitoring, for which he is presently leading the development of a document on data processing and interpretation in monitoring of concrete structures. He is also the secretary of Committee 209, Creep and Shrinkage, a voting member of Committee 342, Evaluation of Concrete Bridges and Bridge Elements, and an associate member of Committee 435, Deflections. |