Civil Engineering

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Civil Engineering

• EG380
• Colorado State University
• Dr. Robert N. Meroney

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Civil Engineering is Everywhere

• Civil Engineering is a composite of many specific
  disciplines.
• Structural
• Waste Treatment
• Transportation
• Geotechnical
• Water Management
• Construction Management

61 are clueless about engineering
Why?
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Building Big!!!!
Buildings Structures Cities
Infrastructure Transportation
Culture Art Architecture
The Future Without Limit!
Link Building Big Site
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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.

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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
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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.

Largest treatment basins in the USA
Link Visit Sewage World
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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
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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
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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
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Construction Management

• Construction managers
• Review contracts,
• Order materials,
• Hire and schedule sub-contractors.
• 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
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U.S. Civil Engineering 150 years

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

• The American Society of Civil Engineers, a
  pro-fessional organization representing more than
  123,000 civil engineers, celebrates its 150th
  anniversary in 2002.

Link ASCE History Site
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Natural Disasters Civil Engineering

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

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

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

Link Visit Ft. Collins Flood
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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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Related Web Sites
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• 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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