1. Civil Engineering Program Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Lafayette College Class of 2011 Class of 2013 Class of 2012

2. Six fields within Civil Engineering Environmental Environmental Geotechnical Geotechnical Project Management Project Management Structural Structural Transportation Transportation Water Resources Water Resources

3. The curriculum… Common first year for all engineers (CE, ME, ChE, ECE) to give maximum flexibility: First semester First semester –ES 101: Intro to Engineering –Chem 121 –Math 161 –First Year Seminar Second semester Second semester –Engl 110 –Math 162 –Chem 122/ES 231/Science –Phys 131

4. CE Curriculum continued… Math/Science Math/Science –Calculus I, II, and III –Differential Equations –General Chemistry –Physics –Nature of Materials –One upper level math –One science elective Engineering Science –Intro to Engineering –Statics –Strengths of Materials

5. CE Curriculum continued… CE Required Courses CE Required Courses –CAD/GIS –Fluids –Structures –Environmental –Project management –Transportation –Water resources –Geotechnical –Design I, II, and III CE electives –At least three and as many as seven (in addition to courses that may be taken in place of AP credit) Social Science/Humanities electives Social Science/Humanities electives –At least five electives and as many as seven (in addition to courses that may be taken in place of AP credit)

6. Hands on Curriculum Eight required CEE courses with laboratories Eight required CEE courses with laboratories –Design I and II –Environmental –Geotechnical –Project Management –Structural –Transportation –Water Resources

7. Student computer laboratory Geotechnical Laboratory

8. Environmental Laboratory Environmental Research Laboratory

9. Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

10. Structures laboratory

11. Faculty-Student Interaction Field Trips Field Trips Team Projects Team Projects Research Collaboration Research Collaboration Competitions Competitions Fun Fun

12. Student field trip to construction site Students using camera to explore cave Field Trips

13. More field trips… USGS stream gage on Lehigh R Measuring water levels at Merrill Creek Reservoir

14. Students using Learning Center Teamwork Water quality testing for Bushkill Stream Monitors

15. Macro-invertebrate study Measuring head loss in laminar and turbulent flow more teamwork…

16. Measuring stream flowFabricating and testing model bridges

17. and more… Engineers Without Borders trip to Honduras

18. Team Competitions Environmental Engineering Design Competition, New Mexico

19. ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition

20. ASCE Steel Bridge Competition

21. Research Collaboration Waiting for drillers to get water during drilling into cave at Metzgar Students and faculty working on innovative water treatment method using magnetic fields Student project address analyzes the threat wind turbines pose to migrating raptors

22. More research… Installing stream gages in Bushkill Creek watershed

23. More research… Wetlands research in Africa

24. Fun Faculty vs. students in jousting Rafting on Nile River (student research group)