ENGINEERING PROGRAMS @ SQU

CIVL & AREN PROGRAMS

Dr. Talal Etri

Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
Sultan Qaboos University
Sultanate of Oman
Email: t.etri1@squ.edu.om
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Objectives
In this lecture, Two engineering programs at SQU will be
presented, that includes:

➢ Civil Engineering (CIVL) Program

[Total Credits = 136]

➢ Architectural Engineering (AREN) Program

[Total Credits = 156]
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Engineering Programs @ SQU

Civil Engineering Program

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WHAT IS CIVIL ENGINEERING?

▪ Civil engineering is a discipline that deals with the design, construction, and
maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including, but not
limited to:
- Buildings, Shopping Malls, Stadiums.
- Highways, Roads, bridges, railway, airports, seaports.
- Dams and falaj.
- Water treatment plants, solid waste disposal.

▪ This infrastructure must be safe, functional, elegant, economic & environmentally

friendly.
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ANCIENT
CIVILIZATION
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MODERN
CIVILIZATION
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WHAT IS CIVIL ENGINEERING?

▰ Civil engineering involves:
➢ Site investigations & feasibility studies
➢ Structural design & analysis
➢ Construction & facilities maintenance

▰ Specialization in Civil Engineering Program:

➢ Structural Engineering
➢ Materials Engineering
➢ Geotechnical Engineering
➢ Transportation Engineering
➢ Environmental Engineering
➢ Water Resources Engineering
➢ Coastal Engineering
➢ Surveying and Geomatics
➢ Construction Engineering & Management
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Structural Engineering
➢ Design of new structures
➢ Upgrading existing structures
➢ Intelligent use of new technologies and materials to control
structural behavior
➢ Structures include buildings, bridges, tunnels, dams, offshore
platforms, transmission towers, and other specialized facilities
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Materials Engineering

 Discipline that deals with the

properties and Performance of
materials used in Civil
Engineering.

 Testing the materials to be used

 Make sure to select the right material

 Improve the quality of materials used

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Geotechnical Engineering
• Geotechnical engineering deals with :
• Foundations
• Slopes
• Retaining Structures
• Highway pavement design
• Embankments and earth dams
• Tunnels, underground structures
and deep cuts
• Soils & Rocks,

➢ Technical information obtained from the sciences of

geology, material testing, and hydraulics is applied in the
design of foundations and structures to ensure safety and
economy of construction.
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Transportation Engineering
➢ The field of Transportation
Engineering is the science of
safe and efficient movement
of people and goods.

▪ This include design of Roads, Airports, Railway & Ports.

▪ It involves three major components includes - planning,

design and operations.
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Environmental Engineering
• It is related to the :
• Science of waste management of all types,
• Purification of water,
• Cleaning of contaminated areas,
• Reduction of pollution,
• and industrial ecology.
• Technical data obtained due to environmental engineering
assists the policy makers in making decisions related to
environmental issues.
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Water Resources Engineering

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Coastal Engineering

➢ Is the study of the

processes ongoing at the
shoreline and construction
within the coastal zone.

▪ The field involves aspects of nearshore oceanography, marine

geology, and civil engineering, often directed at combating
erosion of coasts due to Waves, and the wind.
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CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING
▰ A construction engineer who is tasked with:
- The oversight and management of a large-scale,
complex construction project
- Strategic design and completion of the project
- Manage building crews
- Ensure the project is successful
- On-site management
▰A construction engineer may devise the plans for roads,
bridges, pipelines, sewage systems, railroads and more.
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SURVEYING ENGINEERING (Geomatics)

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Engineering Programs @ SQU

Architectural Engineering
Program
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Why do we need Architecture?!!

“ If nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented
architecture” [Oscar Wilde]
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Architectural Engineering
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Civil Engineering Vs Architectural Engineering

Aim of Engineers

Aim of Architectural
Engineers
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Different Systems within Building Construction

1 Structural
System
2 Enclosure
System
3 Mechanical
System

It’s designed & It’s the shell or the It provides the

constructed to envelope of a essential services to
support & transmit building (outer the a building. It
applied gravity & skin). It consists of includes water supply,
lateral loads safely exterior walls, sewage disposal,
to the ground. roof, windows & electricity, …….
doors.
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Architectural Design Phases

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AREN Degree Plan Structure: Field Work

AREN Degree Plan Structure: Design Projects

AREN Degree Plan Structure: Visits