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The University of Central Florida in Orlando will be offering a new elective focused on the process of forensic investigation.

The course is titled Forensic Investigation for Engineering and is the first of its kind in the country. A senior lecturer in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, Dennis Filler, will be teaching the course. He has written a book on the subject and says the topic is important to the future of engineering.

The course will cover the history of forensic engineering, the forensic investigation process, and structural failures. Civil engineering law, the legal system, and jurisprudence will be covered in the first half of the course, meaning students will be prepared to be an expert witness should there be an investigation during their careers.

Case studies among various disciplines of engineering will be covered during the second half of the course, using real-life examples. These investigations will include environmental disasters, product liability, and design flaws in water treatment, as well as other scenarios of failures over the past 25 years.

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Enrollment in the course is open to all engineering students, although those who want to think like a forensic criminologist or scientist are best suited to take it.