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

1. Civil EngineeringCivil Engineering
By
SATHISHKUMAR G
(sathishsak111@gmail.com)

2. 61% are clueless
about engineering
Why?
Civil Engineering is EverywhereCivil Engineering is Everywhere
 Civil Engineering is a
composite of many
specific disciplines.
– Structural
– Waste Treatment
– Transportation
– Geotechnical
– Water Management
– Construction
Management

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

4. What is Civil Engineering????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.

5. Structural &Structural &
Solid MechanicsSolid 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

6. Waste Treatment & Environmental.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

7. TransportationTransportation
 Transportation
Engineers design and
analyze
– Highways,
– Railways,
– Airports,
– Urban and Suburban
Road Networks,
– Parking Lots, and
– Traffic Control Signal
Systems.
Link: Transportation at work

8. Geotechnical &Geotechnical &
Soil MechanicsSoil 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

9. Hydraulics & WaterHydraulics & Water
ManagementManagement
 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

10. ConstructionConstruction
ManagementManagement
 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

11. U.S. Civil Engineering: 150U.S. Civil Engineering: 150
yearsyears
 The twelve founders
gathered at the Croton
Aqueduct,
New York, on November 5,
1852, to establish ASCE.
Link: ASCE History Site
 The American Society of
Civil Engineers, a pro-
fessional organization
representing more than
123,000 civil engineers,
celebrates its 150th
anniversary in 2002.

12.  A flood in Fort
Collins? (click)
– Dr. Darrell Fontane
 An earthquake in
Fort Collins? (click)
– Dr. Wayne Charlie
 A tornado in Fort
Collins? (click)
– Dr. Robert Meroney
Natural Disasters &Natural Disasters &
Civil EngineeringCivil Engineering
Link: Visit Ft. Collins Flood

13. Next a Tornado in Fort Collins!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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15. Related Web Sites:Related Web Sites:
Click sites below to visit Civil
Engineering related web sites:
Link: Discover Engineering Online
Link: West Point Bridge Designer
Link: Engineering Case Studies
Link: National Engineering Week
Link: Engines of Our Ingenuity
Link: Virtual Laboratory
Click on picture

16. Thank youThank you