Civil Engineering
What is the oldest engineering organization?
What is ASCE?
A barrier constructed to retain water; sometimes functioning as a power source or water supply.
What is a dam?
If you don't bring multiple copies of this document to career fairs, professionals will roast you.
What is a resume?
What is 0 (zero)?
Employers are more likely to consider potential hires with this type of work experience on their resume.
What is an internship?
You have to work for __ years under a Professional Engineer before you are eligible to become one yourself.
What is 4 years?
This building is the tallest in the world.
What is the Burj Khalifa?
The license required to sign and seal engineering documents.
Professional Engineering (PE) License
This Council created and proctors the exams required to obtain your PE License.
What is NCEES? (National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying)
What is ABET?
The field of Civil Engineering that focuses on the safe and efficient movement of people and goods on roadways
This bridge was the first designed to account for the curvature of the earth (Hint: It is located in San Francisco!)
What is the Golden Gate Bridge?
If you are working for a government entity such as TXDOT, you are working in the ______ sector.
What is public?
This steel member, commonly known as an I-beam, is referred to as a __-shape by steel designers. (It is also listed by this name in the AISC Manual)
What is a W-shape?
The two primary design classes required within your undergraduate degree program. (Excluding senior design) Hint: You don't want to take these at the same time!
What are Steel and Concrete?
What is a Geotechnical Engineer?
One of the best benefits a company can provide to their employees is a ____ Plan, where the employee places a portion of their earnings into savings each year, and the company matches some or all of the amount saved.
What is a 401(k)?
This type of flow is described as "smooth flowing", and tends to travel at low velocities.
What is Laminar Flow?
This office operates the Engineering Tutoring Center and provides academic support to students within the College.
What is the COE Student Success Center?
The original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed in 1940 because the engineers failed to account for this type of load.
What is a wind load?
The Statue of Liberty is made from copper; this chemical process caused it to turn green.
Environmentalists are emphasizing the importance of sustainable infrastructure, and as a result are encouraging Civil Engineers to become LEED Certified. What does LEED stand for?
What is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design?
An important figure in the history of surveying was Eratosthenes, who estimated the circumference of the earth with shocking accuracy in 240 B.C. by referencing two cities; Alexandra and Syene. Alexandra and Syene are in which country?
What is Egypt?
Senior design will look different in the coming years as we have the opportunity to work with students from this college, which merged with the COE beginning this year.
What is the College of Architecture, Construction, and Planning?