CNG 4803 Civil Engineering Design I

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CNG 4803Civil Engineering Design I

• Tue 400-650
• Room 267

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Welcome!

• Fred Bloetscher, Ph.D., P.E.
• Office not defined yet
• Office Hours
• By Appt
• h2o_man_at_bellsouth.net
• I need everyones e-mail so I can contact you if
  need be.

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Schedule

• Class meets on Tuesdays at 400
• First 1.25 hrs is a lecture, then a short break
• Rest of the time is for presentations and
  discussions
• You will also need to attend some professional
  practice meetings
• Reports will generally be due one class after
  presentations

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Required Materials

• Grigg, Criswell, Fontane and Siller, Civil
  Engineering Practice in the 21st Century, ASCE
  Press
• Vesiland, Public Speaking and Technical Writing
  Skill for Engineering Students, Lakeshore Press.

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Course Objectives

• Develop design teams and proposals that are
  professionally acceptable
• Present and discuss professional practice issues
• Understand ethics and continued learning
  requirements
• Presentation skills
• Writing skills

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Outcomes

• Prepare an acceptable project proposal
• Working with others on a team
• Understand professional practice issues

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Grading

• Prof Practice Problems 40
• Class Participation 10
• Final Exam 20
• Design Project Progress Reports 10
• Final Class Project (Pre-design Report) 20

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Homework/Class Projects

• Homework assignments weekly, due as noted on the
  syllabus
• Class Project Develop a model to evaluate the
  need and annualized costs to maintain
  infrastructure the idea is to be creative given
  very limited information.
• Discussion in Class I will pose questions, some
  rhetorical, some to challenge your thinking we
  want discussion

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Expectations

• All work will be professional
• Reports are expected to be grammatically correct,
  clear, concise and free from ambiguity
• Work will be on time late work not accepted
• Presentations are expected to be correct, clear,
  concise and free from ambiguity
• There will be 7 presentations your presentation
  performance will be a part of your grade

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You are encouraged to relax and enjoy the class,
there are fun things we will get into!!

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Q - Why Are You Here?

• What do you want to learn?
• What are your questions?
• Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
• How do you hope this class will help you in that
  period?
• Turn this in via e-mail by Tuesday HW 1