Civil Engineering

EG380
Colorado State University
Dr. Robert N. Meroney
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Civil Engineering is Everywhere

Why?

61% are clueless

about engineering

Civil Engineering is a
composite of many
specific disciplines.

Structural
Waste Treatment
Transportation
Geotechnical
Water Management
Construction
Management

Building Big!!!!
Buildings & Structures: Cities
Infrastructure: Transportation
Culture: Art: Architecture
The Future: Without Limit!
Link: Building Big Site

What is Civil Engineering????

Civil

engineering is a
composite of many
specific disciplines.
Structural & solid mechanics.
Waste treatment &
environmental.
Transportation.
Geotechnical & soil mechanics.
Hydraulics & water management.
Construction management.

Structural &
Solid Mechanics
Structural

engineers
design steel, concrete,
or timber framed
structures such as:

Tall buildings & towers,

Bridges,
Dams,
Retaining walls, &
foundations, &.
Stadiums.
Link: Mackinack Bridge
Link: Chesepeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel

Waste Treatment & Environmental.

Wastewater treatment
engineers are civil or
environmental engineers
trained to design or analyze
water treatment plants.
Water treatment plants are
categorized as follows:
Sanitary waste treatment
facilities,
Industrial waste treatment
facilities,
Potable (drinking) water
treatment facility.
Link: Visit Sewage World

Largest treatment basins in the USA

Transportation
Transportation

Engineers
design and analyze

Highways,
Railways,
Airports,
Urban and Suburban Road
Networks,
Parking Lots, and
Traffic Control Signal
Systems.

Link: Transportation at work

Geotechnical &
Soil Mechanics
Geotechnical

Engineers
analyze the subterranean
rock and soil to
determine its suitability
to support extreme loads.
Proper geotechnical
engineering is
essential for a safe and
secure
structure.
Link: A bad engineering job

Hydraulics & Water Management

Water

management
involves the use of
hydrologic and
hydraulic principles to
design:

Drainage systems,
Detention/retention ponds,
Navigational waterways, and
Flood control levees, dams,
and lakes.

Link: Hoover Dam

Link: Flood Pictures

Construction
Management

Construction managers:
Review contracts,
Order materials,
Hire and schedule subcontractors.

The job of a construction

manager is to:
Provide quality control and
insure project is completed on
time and.
Within budget.

Link: Golden Gate Bridge Construction

U.S. Civil Engineering: 150

years

Link: ASCE History Site

The twelve founders

gathered at the Croton
Aqueduct,
New York, on November 5,
1852, to establish ASCE.

The American Society of

Civil Engineers, a professional organization
representing more than
123,000 civil engineers,
celebrates its 150th
anniversary in 2002.

Natural Disasters &

Civil Engineering
A

tornado in Fort
Collins? (click)
Dr. Robert Meroney

An

earthquake in Fort
Collins? (click)
Dr. Wayne Charlie

flood in Fort
Collins? (click)
Dr. Darrell Fontane

Link: Visit Ft. Collins Flood

Next a Tornado in Fort Collins!

Between

1950-1995
there were 28
tornados in
Larimer County
In July 1979 an F3
scale tornado hit
Cheynne injuring
40 and killing 1

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Click on picture

Related Web Sites:

Click

sites below to visit Civil

Engineering related web sites:

Link: Discover Engineering Online

Link: National Engineering Week
Link: West Point Bridge Designer
Link: Engines of Our Ingenuity
Link: Engineering Case Studies
Link: Virtual Laboratory

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