CEVE at Rice
cool
CEVE specialities
transport systems
enviro
100
This CEVE 101 professor was recently honored for his 50 (!) years of teaching and researching at Rice University!
Who is Phil Bedient?
100
Rice University -> Sid Richardson college
Earth -> this building
What is the Burj Khalifa?
100
In this made up scenario, a new football stadium is being constructed for the Houston Texans.
This type of civil engineer would calculate load paths for the stadium’s roof trusses and seating decks, so they can safely support fans, scoreboards, and lighting systems.
What is a structural engineer?
100
This 1914 engineering marvel shortened global shipping routes by connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through locks and channels.
what is the Panama Canal?
100
This U.S. agency was founded in 1970 (mainly in response to an Ohio River catching on fire) and regulates pollution in air, water, and land.
What is the EPA?
200
She is the new Hanszen magister and also does research in wastewater epidemiology.
Who is Dr. Lauren Stadler?
200
This California suspension bridge was designed to deflect at midspan up to ~28 ft under high winds.
What is the Golden Gate Bridge?
200
This engineer might come up with designs that incorporate renewable energy systems into the stadium to lower its carbon emissions.
What is an environmental engineer?
200
This 31-mile underwater rail tunnel links England and France beneath the English Channel.
What is the Chunnel?
200
Houston is one of the worst culprits for this type of air pollution.
what is ozone pollution? or P.M 2.5
300
This professor is not only the chair of the CEVE department, but also leads a research lab at Rice focused on infrastructure risk and resilience.
Who is Dr. Jamie Padgett?
300
The construction of this concrete wonder required the diversion of the Colorado River through 4 excavated tunnels, and it now powers more than 1 million homes with hydroelectricity.
What is the Hoover Dam?
300
This type of CEVE would test the soil beneath the stadium site to decide what type of deep foundations are needed to support the structure.
What is a geotechnical engineer?
300
This highway recently expanded to 26 lanes, making it the widest freeway in the world (and LOS of F)
What is the Katy Freeway (or I-10)?
300
Iceland generates electricity and heat by tapping into underground heat from this renewable energy source
What is geothermal energy?
400
This professor/major advisor for the BS in Environmental Engineering published his first book Confronting Climate Gridlock in 2022 (and is working on another one!)
Who is Prof Daniel Cohan?
400
The Ancient Romans kind of flopped in 1173 when they built this structure on weak unstable soil, but 8 centuries later modern geotechnical engineers were able to successfully prevent its collapse.
What is the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
400
this CEVE would use computer models to simulate how game-day events affect both local streets and regional travel networks.
what is a Traffic Engineer?
400
in the mid-90s this transit system once had its token slots coated with chili powder to deter people from jamming machines and retrieving tokens by mouth.
What is the NYC Subway System?
400
The largest of this type of facility is in Stickney and annually deals with nearly 450 billion gallons of effluent from surrounding homes each year.
what is a wastewater treatment plant?
500
Houston's first City Engineer and civil engineering professor for 41 years, he and his wife were generous donors to the Rice CEVE department. (just surname acceptable)
Who is Lewis B. Ryon?
500
Built after the deadly 1953 North Sea flood, this massive flood protection system (and ASCE wonder of the world) consists of 13 parts that together form the largest storm surge barrier in the world.
What are the Netherlands’ Delta Works?
500
This engineer would redesign the main access road to the stadium, laying out ramps and interchanges and dealing with pavement designs to handle heavy event traffic.
what is a highway engineer?
500
This Swiss megaproject is the world’s longest and deepest rail tunnel.
What is the Gothard Base Tunnel?
500
Houston got this number of inches of rain during Hurricane Harvey
what is 60 inches