Civil and Environmental Engineering --- What is it ?
Civil engineering bears a proud past and
ever-expanding prospects for the future. The pyramids of Egypt, the
temples of the Mayas, Rome's Pantheon, China's Great Wall, and the
3,000-year-old earthen dams at Punjab stand today as monuments to
complex and sophisticated engineeering. Contemporary engineering
wonders like the Golden Gate Bridge, Hoover Dam, and the Empire State
Building draw mollions of sightseers each year. And civil engineers are
imagining and building the wonders of tomorrow. Some samples are:
- The Mag-Lev Special, a train lifted off its tracks by
magnetic levitation and propelled at super speeds, will cut
cross-country travel time to hours instead of days;
- Moon cities will protect moon scientists and
explorers from the deadly vacuum of space and from cosmic rays;
- Cities below the ocean's surface will be home to
thousands of undersea dwellers;
- The space station "Freedom" is currently being
developed to enable humans to live outside the Earth's protective
environment.
Envisioning the Future
As a civil engineer, you will be on the cutting edge of
the future --- helping to revolutionarize existing transportation
systems to make them more efficient; constructing new, safer highway
systems; designing better purification systems to preserve precious air
and water resources; coming up with ways for humans to inhabit the
earth without making it uninhabitable. In the next twenty years ---
when we are rebuilding the nation's infrastructure, when there will be
a billion more people on the planet, when the global environment is at
greater risk, than ever before, when we are ready to pioneer space and
the ocean floor --- the demand for men and women to respond to those
engineering challenges will be greater than ever.
The faculty of the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, most of whom hold the highest degree in the field, are
actively engaged in research and publication. An overall College
faculty/student ratio of 1:12 ensures you ample access to professors for
instruction, questions and informal mentoring. Our senior faculty are
involved at all levels of instruction from first-year to graduate, in
laboratories that are among the best in the state. Undergraduates are
encouraged to participate in research projects, regional and national
professional conferences, and design competitions --- in which YSU has garnerned numerous awards.
Youngstown State University's Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering invites you to help construct the future!
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