Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering

100

What is considered to be the oldest engineering profession?

Civil Engineering

200

True or false: Civil Engineers help design cars

False!

300

True or False: Civil Engineers help design and build water towers.

True!

400

True or False: Civil Engineers design and build sewer systems

True!

500

True or False: Civil Engineers help design and build computer components

False!

Specialties

100

Which CE specialty would be concerned with roads the traffic traveling on them?

Transportation

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

300

Which CE discipline would be concerned with building a dam to divert water for use as a water supply?

Water Resources

400

Which CE specialty would be concerned with building a subway system underneath an established city?

Geotechnical

500

Which CE specialty would be concerned with building a skyscraper?

Structural/Construction

Projects: CE or NOT?

100

Eiffel Tower

CE

200

Prosthetic limbs

Not!

300

Traffic lights and the systems that control them

CE!

400

Genetically creating a different species of tree

NOT!

500

Designing and building an interstate highway through the mountains

CE!

Steel Reinforcement

100

What does "reinforced" mean?

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

200

What material is usually used to reinforce concrete?

Steel

300

How old is steel?

4,000 years old

400

What other things are made of steel?

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

500

What does kind of support does steel give to concrete?

Support in Tension