Civil Engineering
Specialties
Projects: CE or NOT?
Steel Reinforcement
100
What is considered to be the oldest engineering profession?
Civil Engineering
100
Which CE specialty would be concerned with roads the traffic traveling on them?
Transportation
100
Eiffel Tower
CE
100

What does "reinforced" mean?

strengthen or support an object or substance, especially with additional material.

200
True or false: Civil Engineers help design cars
False!
200
Which CE specialty would be concerned with how to build houses in a neighborhood and how to connect them to existing infrastructure?
Urban Planning
200
Prosthetic limbs
Not!
200

What material is usually used to reinforce concrete?

Steel

300
True or False: Civil Engineers help design and build water towers.
True!
300
Which CE discipline would be concerned with building a dam to divert water for use as a water supply?
Water Resources
300
Traffic lights and the systems that control them
CE!
300

How old is steel?

4,000 years old

400
True or False: Civil Engineers design and build sewer systems
True!
400
Which CE specialty would be concerned with building a subway system underneath an established city?
Geotechnical
400
Genetically creating a different species of tree
NOT!
400

What other things are made of steel?

Cars, skyscrapers, poles, refrigerators, etc...

500
True or False: Civil Engineers help design and build computer components
False!
500
Which CE specialty would be concerned with building a skyscraper?
Structural/Construction
500
Designing and building an interstate highway through the mountains
CE!
500

What does kind of support does steel give to concrete?

Support in Tension


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