scholarly journals Teaching Sustainability And Sustainable Engineering Practice In The Civil Engineering Curriculum

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Burian
Keyword(s):  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Sustainable Engineering

Integrating Sustainability Education in a Classical Civil Engineering Program: The Case of Transportation and Construction Courses

2011 ◽  
Vol 347-353 ◽  
pp. 2921-2932
Author(s):  
Salwa Mamoun Beheiry ◽  
Ghassan Abu Lebdeh ◽  
Maruf Murtula ◽  
Adil K. Al-Tamimi
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Educational Tools ◽  
Sustainable Engineering ◽  
Sustainable Fashion ◽  
Sustainable Engineering Education ◽  
Future Business

Sustainability has emerged as a common theme in many processes related to urban life and the built environment. However, most engineering curricula still lacks the fundamentals of sustainable practices education that prepares graduating engineers to fulfill their expected roles and conduct future business in a more sustainable fashion. A more sustainable Civil Engineering curriculum requires a more systems approach to both diagnosing transport and built environment problems as well as devising solutions to such problems. This paper examines typical engineering curricula and identifies specific courses in the areas of transportation and construction where sustainability can be injected with minimum disruption to the structure of the course and/or its connection to other courses with the intended degree. For the two subspecialties, the core and elective courses are categorized and certain areas/modules within each course are identified, where the integration of sustainable engineering education is useful. Furthermore, some educational tools that facilitate the infusion of these concepts into the two subspecialties are presented.

scholarly journals ENHANCING THE SUSTAINABILITY CONTENT OF A CIVIL ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Kennedy ◽  
P. Byer ◽  
K. Pressnail ◽  
M. Touchie ◽  
E. Bentz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Undergraduate Curriculum ◽  
Core Material ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Sustainable Engineering ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Green Building Design

The Department of Civil Engineering at University of Toronto has recently undertaken a transformation of its undergraduate curriculum to substantially enhance the teaching of sustainable engineering practice and design. This paper summarizes that process, including the identification of knowledge and skills required for the planning, design and management of sustainable systems, our review of the current program against these requirements, our review of other engineering programs that emphasize sustainability, and the identification of opportunities and options for enhancing sustainability in the program. Details on the curriculum changes are then presented, which include: significantly increasing core material on atmospheric physics and the science of climate change, the social impacts of technology, and sustainable energy systems; introducing elective courses on green building design, and the design of infrastructure for sustainable cities; and adding examples of sustainable engineering practice to existing courses, e.g., in transportation, environmental engineering and engineering ecology.

scholarly journals Vibration Properties of a Concrete Structure with Symmetries Used in Civil Engineering

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 656
Author(s):  
Sorin Vlase ◽  
Marin Marin ◽  
Ovidiu Deaconu
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Analysis ◽  
Concrete Structure ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Design Time ◽  
Vibration Properties ◽  
Reduced Costs ◽  
Constructive Simplicity ◽  
Economic Considerations

The paper aims to study a concrete structure, currently used in civil engineering, which has certain symmetries. This type of problem is common in engineering practice, especially in civil engineering. There are many reasons why structures with identical elements or certain symmetries are used in industry, related to economic considerations, shortening the design time, for constructive, simplicity, cost or logistical reasons. There are many reasons why the presence of symmetries has benefits for designers, builders, and beneficiaries. In the end, the result of these benefits materializes through short execution times and reduced costs. The paper studies the eigenvalue and eigenmode properties of vibration for components of the constructions’ structure, often encountered in current practice. The identification of such properties allows the simplification and easing of the effort necessary for the dynamic analysis of such a structure.

Incorporating Sustainability and Green Engineering into a Constrained Civil Engineering Curriculum

2015 ◽  
Vol 141 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Christ ◽  
Jeffrey L. Heiderscheidt ◽  
Monica Y. Pickenpaugh ◽  
Thomas J. Phelan ◽  
James B. Pocock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Green Engineering
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