Civil engineering involves many disciplines including structural engineering, waste treatment, transportation, geotechnical engineering, water management, and construction management. The document provides examples of projects civil engineers work on such as buildings, bridges, dams, wastewater treatment plants, highways, airports, and drainage systems. It also discusses the history of civil engineering in the US and potential natural disasters that civil engineers help mitigate, like floods and tornadoes.

1. Civil Engineering EG380 Colorado State University Dr. Robert N. Meroney Click on speaker, then click on title

2. 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?

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

4. 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 & 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

6. 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. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. U.S. Civil Engineering: 150 years 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 tornado in Fort Collins? (click) Dr. Robert Meroney Natural Disasters & Civil Engineering A flood in Fort Collins? ( click ) Dr. Darrell Fontane An earthquake in Fort Collins? ( click ) Dr. Wayne Charlie Link: Visit Ft. Collins Flood

13. 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: 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 Click? >>