1. EGGG 167 Introduction Civil & Environmental Engineering

2. Outline What do Civil and Environmental Engineers DO? 3-week Schedule The Future: Civil Engineering in 2025

3. What Do Civil and Environmental Engineers DO? Mechanical Engineering  Automobiles, Aircrafts, Wind Turbines, … Civil & Environmental Engineers  ??? (one word)

4. What Do Civil and Environmental Engineers Do? Design, build, manage and maintain the world’s INFRASTRUCTURE

5. Branches of Civil & Environmental Engineering 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

6. Branches of Civil & Environmental Engineering 1.Coastal and Ocean 2.Construction Management 3.Environmental & Water Resources 4.Geotechnical (Soils) 5.Structural 6.Transportation

7. Environmental & Water Resources

8. Coastal and Ocean

9. Construction Management

10. Geotechnical

11. Structural

12. Transportation

13. Civil and Environmental Engineering in the News

15. Unique Aspects of CEE A very diverse discipline of engineering Multidisciplinary problems Projects vs. products People profession, public interaction Small companies, ownership very possible Outdoor as well as indoor work Forensic engineering  Bridge failures  Building failures  Effects of natural disasters (EQ, Hurricane, …)

16. Degree Programs at UD Major in Civil Engineering Major in Environmental Engineering Minor in Civil Engineering Minor in Environmental Engineering

17. Schedule of Classes ClassTopic Mon. 10/2Introduction to CEE Wed. 10/4Risk and Reliability Mon. 10/9Design Wed. 10/11CEE as a Career Mon. 10/16Shoreline Protection Wed. 10/18Sustainability

18. Risk and Reliability-Class 2

19. Design-Class 3

20. Career as a CEE-Class 4

21. Shoreline Protection-Class 5

22. Sustainability-Class 6

23. The Vision of Civil Engineering in 2025 Summit held in June 21-22, 2006 51 leaders discussed the future of CE Assignments 1. Read the report and write a short essay (1-2 pages) in which you comment on the following: 1.The aspirational vision, 2.2025: The CE’s world, and 3.The report as a whole. 2. Find one CEE company on the internet that is interesting to you and give me the company name, web URL, and a short description (paragraph) of a project that they have worked on that impressed you 3. Due Monday, October 9

24. Resources for Engineers American Society for Civil Engineers  www.asce.org Sloan Foundation  www.careercornerstone.org/engineering/engineering.htm A Day in the Life of an Engineer  www.nativeaccess.com/allabout/day_eng.html American Society for Engineering Education  www.asee.org What Engineers Do  www.lib.virginia.edu/brown/guides/WhatEngrDo.htm