Department of Civil Engineering

http://www.uwplatt.edu/ce

Department Chair: Mark Meyers
Office: 141 Ottensman Hall
Phone: 608.342.1543 or 608.342.1542
E-mail: meyersm@uwplatt.edu
Professors:
Max Anderson, P.E., D.E.E.
Thomas Nelson, P.E.
Samuel Owusu-Ababio, P.E.
Michael Penn, P.E
Lisa A. Riedle, P.E.
Robert Schmitt, P.E.
Associate Professor:
Christina Curras
Mark Meyers, P.E.
Matthew Roberts, P.E.
Michael Thompson, P.E.
Assistant Professors:
Kristina Fields
Lecturer:
Larry Austin, P.E., R.L.S.
Academic Department Associate:
Diane Hardyman

Majors

Civil Engineering
Construction Emphasis
Geotechnical Engineering Emphasis
Environmental Engineering Emphasis
Structural Engineering Emphasis
Transportation Engineering Emphasis
Municipal Engineering Emphasis
Environmental Engineering

About the Department and Majors

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers two bachelor of science degrees: Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering. The Civil Engineering degree requirements include completion of one emphasis: construction, environmental, municipal, structural, geotechnical or transportation. The environmental engineering degree requirements provide a background in all of the major areas of Environmental Engineering.

Civil and Environmental Engineering Program Vision, Objectives and Outcomes

Vision

The vision of the CEE Department is to provide the education and training to create citizen engineers who will be leaders in the civil and environmental engineering profession and in their communities. Citizen engineers are:

Program Objectives

In order to achieve the CEE Department's mission, graduates of the department will:

  1. Effectively and accurately communicate with technical and non-technical audiences.
  2. Successfully apply technical knowledge to solve engineering problems to satisfy client, industry and governmental requirements.
  3. Have the ability to evaluate projects from a holistic perspective including some or all of the following: sustainability, environmental impacts, ethics, aesthetics, politics, historical perspectives, social impacts, technical needs and costs.
  4. Make significant and innovative contributions in their professional endeavors.
  5. Become registered professional engineers.

The realization of these objectives is expected to occur within five years of graduation. In order to ensure that graduates are adequately prepared to meet these objectives, the CEE Department program outcomes define the competencies that students are expected to demonstrate at graduation.

Program Outcomes

The following Program Outcomes are designed to produce graduates who will meet the program objectives:

  1. Our graduates are technically skilled in math and science. They skillfully apply math (calculus and differential equations) and science (calculus-based physics, chemistry and one additional area of science) to solve engineering problems.
  2. Our graduates are technically skilled in civil and environmental engineering. They can solve civil and environmental engineering problems in four or more emphasis areas. Such engineering problems involve design, experimentation and data analysis. To solve the problems, graduates use the techniques, skills and tools of modern engineering practice.
  3. Our graduates are innovative. They are able to design civil and environmental engineering experiments. To continue to be innovative, they must be able to learn and apply new information.
  4. Our graduates conduct themselves in a manner becoming of a Professional Engineer. They are able to determine a professional and ethical course of action, and can function effectively on multidisciplinary teams.
  5. Our graduates are skillful communicators. They effectively express their ideas to a variety of audiences orally and in writing.
  6. Our graduates are broadly educated. They are aware of contemporary issues and are ready to practice engineering with an awareness of global and societal contexts. Furthermore, they are able to explain how basic concepts in management, business, public policy and leadership affect their engineering solutions.

Civil Engineering Major

Contact: Mark S. Meyers, P.E.
Office: 141 Ottensman Hall
Phone: 608.342.1543
E-mail: meyersm@uwplatt.edu

The Civil Engineering program gives students a broad background in all areas of civil engineering, while permitting specialization in the senior year. Practical applications are emphasized with sufficient theory so that the individual can grow with the future as new materials, methods and designs develop. The program has outstanding laboratory and computer facilities where all students gain valuable hands-on practical experience. The use of computers and state-of-the-practice equipment are integrated throughout the curriculum from freshman through senior year to collect information, analyze data and develop plans for projects.

Civil Engineers plan, design and supervise construction of facilities that serve people. These facilities include highways that connect our nation's cities, airports that serve travelers, bridges that span our rivers and harbors, dams and levees that control floods and supply water for cities and wastewater treatment plants that protect the environment. Civil Engineers also work with architects to design and supervise construction of buildings.

The Civil Engineering design process begins with the accumulation and analysis of basic information about a project. This information may include the topography and geology for a highway; the flood history of a river that must be bridged or dammed; population growth projections and water usage; laboratory analysis of construction materials; or pollution surveys of air, land and water. Using this information, civil engineers apply their knowledge of science and engineering design to meet a project's requirements, assuring its successful completion.

General Requirements

Bachelor of Science Degree

Total for Graduation: 134 credits
Major Studies: 103 credits

Civil Engineering Major (103 credits)

Civil Engineering Technical Electives

(All students must complete one of the following areas with a minimum of 14 credits)

Construction Engineering

Geotechnical Engineering

Environmental Engineering

And any two courses from:

Structural Engineering

Transportation Engineering

Three courses from:

Municipal Engineering

Program Requirements: A grade of "C" or higher must be earned in all 3000 level CIVILENG courses in order to graduate.

Environmental Engineering Major

http://www.uwplatt.edu/enve

Contact: Philip J. Parker, P.E.
Office: 131A Ottensman Hall
Phone: 608.342.1235
E-mail: parkerp@uwplatt.edu

The Environmental Engineering Program provides a balance between basic science, engineering science and engineering design. The purpose of the curriculum is to develop in each student a thorough understanding of the underlying environmental principles in the basic sciences along with practical applications in engineering design. Although emphasis is placed upon learning the fundamentals, each student will be encouraged to develop excellent technical and communication skills, become broadly educated and become a productive member of society.

The Environmental Engineering Program is designed to give students a broad background in all areas of environmental engineering. These include water and wastewater treatment, environmental and occupational health, solid waste management, water resources, environmental modeling and environmental chemistry. Practical applications are emphasized with sufficient theory so that the individual can develop innovative solutions as new problems are encountered.

Environmental Engineering is the application of scientific and engineering principles to improve and maintain the environment for the protection of human health, for the protection of nature's beneficial ecosystems and biodiversity and for environment-related enhancement of the quality of human life. Through education and experience, environmental engineers develop an understanding of the earth's biological, chemical, physical and geological systems. They use this information to develop engineering plans for solutions to environmental problems caused by pollution. They also develop pollution prevention plans to keep environmental problems from developing in the first place.

Environmental Engineers conduct studies of streams, lakes, air, soil and groundwater that are polluted to determine the extent and severity of contamination. These environmental measurements provide the basis for engineers to design treatment and remediation processes to remove and/or degrade pollutants. Environmental scientists and environmental engineers work together with city or county officials, regulatory officials, consultants and nearby residents to achieve a solution to pollution problems.

General Requirements

Bachelor of Science Degree

Total for Graduation: 132 credits
Major Studies: 101 credits

Environmental Engineering Major (101 credits)

Environmental Engineering Technical Electives (12 credits):

Program Requirements: A grade of "C" or higher must be earned in all 3000 level CIVILENG courses in order to graduate.