2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Civil Engineering
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Alok Bhandari, Head
Dr. Robert Snell Professor of Civil Engineering: Bhandari; Professors: Hossain, Mathews, Melhem, Najjar, Peterman, Steward, and Stokes; Associate Professors: Chandler, Dissanayake, Esmaeily, Peric, Rasheed, and Starrett; Assistant Professor: Riding; Instructor: Gerth; Emeriti Professors: Cooper, Hu, Russell, Smith, Snell, and Swartz.
2118 Fiedler Hall
785-532-5862
Fax: 785-532-7717
E-mail: ce@engg.k-state.edu
www.ce.k-state.edu
Civil engineering is the engineering of constructed facilities and systems. Because civil engineering is broad in scope, many civil engineers develop specialties within the broad field. The civil engineering department offers four options within the BS in civil engineering degree.
Educational objectives
The objective of the civil engineering program is to prepare graduates for professional careers in civil engineering. A major goal is to provide civil engineering students with the best possible education toward that end within the guidelines provided by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) general criteria and the ABET program criteria for civil engineering. Within this framework, further goals are to instill in the students a sensitivity to the social and humanistic implications of technology, and to motivate them to make worthwhile contributions to the profession and to society.
The educational objectives of the civil engineering programs ensure that students will become technically competent for the practice of civil engineering, will become knowledgeable of the natural and social context of the practice of civil engineering, will become critical thinkers and effective communicators, and will become engineers with high standards of professional ethics.
General option
The general option allows the student to pursue a BS in civil engineering degree in a broader general program or, if a specific career objective has been identified, to concentrate on one or more areas within the general option. The following areas of concentration are available:
Water resources
Design and construction of reservoirs, canal systems, and dams for flood control, irrigation, power, and water supply.
Geotechnical
Foundations for structures, earth embankments, retaining walls and bulkheads, and pavements for highways and airports.
Environmental
Protection of public health and environmental quality through planning and designing facilities for water treatment and distribution; wastewater, solid, and hazardous wastes collection, treatment, and disposal; and air pollution control.
Transportation
Planning, design, and construction of highways, railways, airports, and urban mass transit systems.
Structures
Design and construction of a variety of buildings and bridges, as well as the structural framing of aircraft, ships, and space vehicles.
Bachelor of Science
Dual Degree
Civil Engineering
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