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Civil Engineering Has Five Areas
Environmental
Geotech and Geotech and
Materials
Materials
Engineering
Structural
Transportation
Water Resources
What do civil engineers do?
Water
Roads Bridges Treatment
& Supply
Waste Wastewater
Management Design Critical Infrastructure treatment &
Systems Disposal
Foundation engineering
You might be interested in Geotech
and Materials Engineering if:
You like geology
You like the outdoors
You like laboratories
You are interested
in elements that build
civil infrastructure
What does a Geotechnical Engineer do?
Structural Engineering
Earthquake engineering
Building structures (source: mathspig.wordpress.com)
(source:dailynewsdig.com) Civil engineering structures (Bridges, Dams,
Roads)
(source:www.wisegeek.com)
Structural Engineering
Buildings
Towers and Columns
Dams
Bridges
You might be interested
in Structural Engineering if:
Railroad engineering
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Transportation Engineering
Roadways,
Airports,
Port facilities,
Traffic control,
Pavement markings,
Intelligent Transportation Systems.
You might be interested in
Transportation Engineering if:
You like working with people
You like mathematics &
computer simulations
You can think in 3-D
You’re concerned about
traffic congestion
Do we need help, or what?
What do transportation engineers do?
They design projects like the Port Miami Tunnel. This is located 40 feet underneath the ocean floor that connects
multiple interstates to Port Miami reducing traffic congestion in the Miami area. By placing this connection
underground (rather than using a bridge), engineers are able to protect infrastructure from frequent hurricanes in
the region.
Water Resources Engineering
Storm sewers
Water resource planning
Dams
Irrigation systems
Water distribution systems
Groundwater modeling
Water resources engineering
Hydraulic Engineering
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Groundwater Engineering
(source: www.cgenarchive.org) River Engineering
(source:www.geograph.org.uk)
You might be interested in
Water Resources Engineering if:
You like working with models
You like mathematics
You like the outdoors
You’d like to harness the
POWER of water
What do water resources engineers do?
Civil engineering career options
Consulting Private
Government
Firm Industry
Agency
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Working in a consulting firm
Perform
engineering for
outside clients
Department of
Defense Agricultural
Forest Service
Research Stations
Service Branches
US Army Corps of
(Army, Navy, Air-
Engineers
Force, Marines)
Salary expectations
Management
or late career
Mid-career (Top 10%)
Entry-level
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What cool things have civil engineers designed?
Skyscrapers
(source: skyscraper.org)
Can you find at least on object in
this picture that involves a civil
engineer specializing in the areas
of:
• Environmental Engineering;
• Geotechnical/Materials Engineering;
• Structural Engineering;
• Transportation Engineering; and
• Water Resources Engineering?
Structures
Column
Signal Supports
Timing
Retaining Pole
Walls Foundations
Solid Waste
Streets and Disposal
Sidewalks Storm Sewer
Pavement Markings System
What is a workday like for a civil engineer?
• Not a 9:00 to 5:00 job
• Generally project-orientated
• Most work is in the office solving problems, designing systems,
writing project reports
• Often work in multidisciplinary teams:
– engineers, geologists, regulatory experts, chemists, biologists, etc.
• Engineers don’t “build” things, they design
– How big?
– How strong?
– What material?
University of Nebraska:
Big 10 Engineering
• Civil Engineering Department offers its program on two campuses:
Lincoln Omaha
Why consider the University of Nebraska?
Quality engineering instruction
Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam as a measure of program quality
FE Exam: a baseline measure of how well a student has learned principles of engineering
Taken by most engineering students nearing graduation
National average FE pass rate = 67%
Some Carnegie I Universities: Boston College, Cal-Berkely, Cal Tech, Colorado, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Georgia Tech,
Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Michigan, MIT, Nebraska, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Princeton, Purdue, Rice, Stanford,
Texas, UCLA, Virginia Tech, Yale
Programs on each campus
• ~200 - 250 undergrad students (each campus)
– ~25 - 40 graduates (BS) per year (each campus)
• ~40 - 60 graduate (MS, PhD) students (each campus)
– ~25 MS and 15 PhD graduates per year (total)
• All degrees are offered on both campuses: BS, MS, and
PhD
• Entire program offered on both campuses
For more information
• Dan Linzell:
– Department Chair (Lincoln campus)
– 402-472-8036
– dlinzell@unl.edu
• John Stansbury
– Associate Chair (Omaha campus)
– 402-554-3896
– jstansbury2@unl.edu