Civil engineers play a crucial role in engineering the structural solutions of tomorrow and plan, design, construct, and operate the infrastructure essential to our modern live. Actually, they have playing a key role in the history of modern lives for some time. The New Jersey Institute of Technology recently did a blog on some of the most famous civil engineers in history. And since our founder, Alex Zuendt, is an NJIT grad, we felt it was a good day to share the stories of Squire Whipple, Alexander Gustave Eiffel and John A. Roebling.