Fields of Civil Engineering
Equations For Civil Engineers
Civil Engineering Testing Machines and Devices
Famous Infrastructure
UI Engineering Facts
100
This type of civil engineer focuses on maintaining static equilibrium within buildings, bridges and various other types of infrastructure
What is a structural engineer
100
Sir Issac Newton formulated this equation in 1687 and it has become the "go-to" equation for many engineers and physicists
F = ma
What is Newton's Second Law of Motion
100
This machine uses the kinetic energy of fluids and transforms it into mechanical which can be used in many different power applications.
What is a turbine
100
This nearly two-mile long suspension bridge spans the area where the San Francisco Bay meets the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Golden Gate Bridge
100
This University of Iowa Professor of Practice is the current ASCE Faculty Advisor
Who is Rick Fosse
200
This specialized field of civil engineering focuses on the impact that geological formations may have on construction projects.
what is a geotechnical engineer
200
Given the reference stresses on two perpendicular planes passing through a point, this method allows for the calculation of the stresses on all other planes passing through the same point.
Hint: (this is more of a method than an equation)
What is Mohr's Circle
200
This device has a small tube in the shape of a U that is filled with liquid to measure pressure or flow.
What is a (U-tube) manometer
200
This 2,716 foot structure is currently the tallest building in the world.
What is the Burj Khalifa
200
This library can be found on the second floor of the seaman center and has thousands of resources accessible to engineering students
What is the Lichtenberger Engineering Library.
300
This type of civil engineer often uses knowledge of chemistry to ensure that the air we breath is clean and free of as many pollutants as possible.
What is an environmental engineer
300
This equation, often used in but not limited to structural engineering, is a measure of the deformation of a material in directions perpendicular to the direction of loading.
What is Poisson's Ratio
300
This machine is widely used in civil engineering to assess the particle size distribution of a granular material by allowing the material to pass through a series of trays made of progressively smaller mesh sizes
What is a sieve shaker (sieve testing)
300
This massive hydroelectric dam in Nevada was erected in 1931 and is still considered by many an engineering marvel even by today's standards.
What is the Hoover Dam
300
This Healthcare Engineering Researcher has just begun her first year as the dean of the UI College of Engineering
Who is Harriet Nembhard
400
This type of civil engineer may often be concerned with creating flood control plans.
What is a water resource engineer
400
This equation, often used in structural engineering, describes the tensile stiffness of a solid material, typically a beam.
What is Young's Modulus of Elasticity
400
This machine, commonly used in steel testing, can be used to perform a wide variety of mechanical tests by pulling a specimen in tension until failure to determine mechanical properties such as Young's modulus, yield strength, and ultimate strength.
What is a uniaxial tension testing machine (also known as a universal test machine)
400
This bridge collapsed in 1940 due to fluttering caused by wind after only being open to the public for just 4 months.
What is the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
400
This introductory computer coding language is taught for the majority of one of UI's "engineering core" classes, Introduction to Engineering Computing
What is C++
500
This type of civil engineer often focuses on creating more efficient and safe ways to travel.
What is a transportation engineer
500
This simplified equation is very useful in water resource engineering; it states that every point in a steady fluid has its own unique static and dynamic pressure.
What is the Bernoulli Equation
500
This instrument can measure both horizontal and vertical angles, which allows surveyors to “triangulate” the position of objects in a specific area
What is a theodolite
500
This suspension bridge is the third biggest suspension bridge in the US and it connects the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan
What is the Mackinac Bridge
500
This department, dedicated to Roy J. Carver, is located on the top floor of the new annex to the seaman center and professors within this department do much their work/research here
What is the (Roy J. Carver) Department of Biomedical Engineering