Challenges and Innovations in Civil and Environmental Engineering

(0.5 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course will focus on examining large scale civil and environmental engineering problems, the technological challenges encountered, and the resulting innovative solutions. The emphasis will be on the engineering systems and will include problems in structural, ocean, hydraulic, groundwater, soils and environmental engineering. Course format: 6-10 lectures per semester presented by senior project engineers, university faculty and researchers who are leaders in the field. Each lecture will be 75 minutes and consist of a 1 hour presentation with 15 minutes for discussion and questions. The lectures will be targeted to tie the problems discussed to concepts emphasized in the current curriculum. Course offered: Each spring and fall semester