Becoming a civil engineer

102 Pages·2015·16.88 MB·English

by  Maalouf, Sami., Mau, S. T

Becoming a Civil
Engineer
Sheng-Taur Mau
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Becoming a Civil Engineer
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Becoming a Civil Engineer
By S.T. Mau and Sami Maalouf
California State University—Northridge
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Becoming a Civil Engineer
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Contents
List of Figures .......................................................................................vii
Preface ..................................................................................................ix
Chapter 1 Civil Engineering Landmarks and Legends .......................1
1.1 Overview ....................................................................1
1.2 Ancient Monuments and Landmarks .........................1
1.3 Modern Landmarks ..................................................16
1.4 Modern Legends and Milestones ..............................33
Chapter 2 Engineering Ethics ..........................................................45
2.1 Overview ..................................................................45
2.2 Student Ethics ..........................................................45
2.3 Guidelines to the Standards of Professional
Conduct of ASCE ....................................................48
2.4 The Four Fundamental Principles of the Code
of Ethics of ASCE ....................................................51
2.5 The Seven Fundamental Canons of ASCE
and Guidelines to Practice ........................................51
2.6 Theory and Practice of Whistle Blowing:
A Case Study ............................................................52
2.7 The Collapse of the Kansas City
Hyatt Regency Walkway ..........................................54
2.8 The Collapse of the I-35W Bridge in Minnesota ......58
Chapter 3 Is there life beyond the BSCE Degree? ............................65
3.1 Overview ..................................................................65
3.2 The First Job ............................................................65
3.3 Some Major Companies ...........................................67
3.4 Some Major Federal and State Agencies ...................70
3.5 PE Exam ..................................................................72
3.6 Master’s and Ph.D. Degrees ......................................73
3.7 A Teaching Career in Higher Education ...................76
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vi CONTENTS
3.8 Lifelong Learning .....................................................79
3.9 Career Development—Management
and Leadership Positions ..........................................80
3.10 Non-Civil Engineering Careers ...............................83
Index ...................................................................................................87
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List of Figures
Figure 1.1 The Step (Left), Bent (Middle), Red (Right) pyramids ......3
Figure 1.2 The Great Khufu Pyramid .................................................4
Figure 1.3 Entrance (Left), Corbel-Arched Gallery (Middle),
and Statue of Hemiunu (Right) .........................................6
Figure 1.4 The Great Wall of China (Left), The East End
(Right) at Shanhai Pass ......................................................7
Figure 1.5 Tarragona Aqueduct, Spain (Left), Tarragona
Aqueduct, Spain view from the top (Right) .......................9
Figure 1.6 Water entering the LA Aqueduct (Upper Left);
LA Aqueduct Cascade (Upper Right); Parker Dam,
Arizona of the Colorado Aqueduct (Lower) .....................10
Figure 1.7 The California Aqueduct .................................................12
Figure 1.8 The Du-jiang-yan Weir (Left) and the Fish Mouth
Levee (Right) ..................................................................12
Figure 1.9 Modern Course of the Grand Canal (Left) and one
southern section (Right) ..................................................14
Figure 1.10 Corbel Arch (Left), Round Arch (Middle), and the
Pons Fabricius Bridge in Rome (Right) ...........................15
Figure 1.11 The Zhaozhou Bridge in China .......................................16
Figure 1.12 Brooklyn Bridge viewed from Brooklyn, with
downtown Manhattan as a backdrop ...............................17
Figure 1.13 The Golden Gate Bridge .................................................19
Figure 1.14 The Golden Gate Bridge viewed from
the Marin Headlands ......................................................20
Figure 1.15 Verrazano-Narrows Bridge at Night from Brooklyn .........22
Figure 1.16 The Empire State Building seen from Brooklyn (Left),
Height comparison of New York City Buildings (Right) ....23
Figure 1.17 The Sears Tower (Left), Tube Structure with
Simplified Floor Plans (Right) .........................................25
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viii LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1.18 The Hoover Dam (Left),
The Hoover Dam Bypass (Right) ....................................27
Figure 1.19 Aerial View of Grand Coulee Dam (Left),
Cross-Section of the Pump-Generating Plant (Right) ........31
Figure 1.20 The Oroville Dam ...........................................................32
Figure 1.21 John Smeaton (Left), Ellis Chesbrough (Middle),
Ellen Swallow (Right) ......................................................33
Figure 1.22 Clifford Milburn Holland ...............................................37
Figure 1.23 Interstate Highways in the 48 Contiguous States.............40
Figure 1.24 Nathan Newmark ...........................................................44
Figure 2.1 The Suspended Walkways Disappeared (Left) and
the Disaster (Right) .........................................................55
Figure 2.2 Schematics of the Walkway. .............................................56
Figure 2.3 Details of the As Built and Original Hanger Rod
Arrangement of the Walkway (Left)
and the Damage (Right) ..................................................57
Figure 2.4 The collapsed main span of the I-35 W Bridge . ..............59
Figure 2.5 The Numbering System of the Members
of the I-35W Bridge ........................................................60
Figure 2.6 Two Views of the Gusset Plates .......................................61
Figure 2.7 The Fracture Patterns of the U10 Gusset Plates ...............61
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Preface
With its long history, civil engineering is associated with many famous
landmarks and monuments, and stories of those who built them. Modern
civil engineering development is marked by key milestones and the efforts
of pioneers. Chapter 1 gives an account of the landmarks and milestones
of civil engineering and the human story behind them.
Engineering Ethics is a required subject according to ABET, yet it is
often difficult to include in other civil engineering courses. A treatment of
the subject and a discussion on student ethics regarding academic honesty
and student behavior in and out of classrooms are given in Chapter 2.
After the BSCE degree, there are many career paths open to the degree
holder. A typical path is to work as a civil engineer. Some high-profile pri-
vate companies and public agencies who hire civil engineers are described
in Chapter 3. Opportunities for advanced studies in civil engineering are
also described, as well as opportunities outside of the civil engineering
profession. The PE (Principle and Practice of Engineering) exam, the final
step before obtaining a professional engineer license, is described in some
detail.
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