Civil and Environmental Engineering

Written on January 5, 2010 – 7:32 am | by engineering |

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers some of the most dynamic, innovative and cross-disciplinary undergraduate and graduate programs in Canada leading to Bachelor, Master’s and Doctoral degrees in both Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering.
The Department has an intensive research enterprise including an NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Fire Safety Engineering and a Canada [...]

Burj Dubai: World’s tallest structure

Written on January 5, 2010 – 7:27 am | by engineering |

Engineers in Dubai have overcome a range of technical and logistical challenges to meet the opening deadline, which is  over a year later than originally planned.
The tower was inaugurated by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and coincides with this fourth anniversary of becoming Ruler of Dubai.
The tower became the world’s tallest [...]

Distance Learning Civil Engineering

Written on January 5, 2010 – 7:18 am | by engineering |

With a healthy employment outlook for the next 10 years, it is no wonder that distance learning civil engineering is offered by numerous Universities, Polytechnic Institutes, and Colleges, across the country. Civil Engineering is the oldest form of engineering. And Civil Engineering has never ceased to be the largest engineering endeaver as well. Even to [...]

Civil engineering for a social planet

Written on January 5, 2010 – 7:12 am | by engineering |

A technology worth a try… THE Delhi chief minister has already conceded that a scheme to save the Yamuna from untreated sewage will not be completed in time for the Commonwealth Games in 2010. A clutch of companies have claimed they can help Delhi meet the deadline. They are asking for a fair chance.
The tonic [...]

Burj Khalifa live via their TV stations

Written on January 5, 2010 – 6:58 am | by engineering |

The biggest challenge during the building of the Burj Khalifa was to exercise caution, according to Mohamed Alabbar, Chairman of developer Emaar Properties.
“You think of an idea and you get the best brains to get it done,” he told Emirates Business. “The biggest challenge then is that you have to fight yourself to be [...]

Burj Dubai

Written on January 5, 2010 – 6:51 am | by engineering |

“Less is only more where more is no good.” I wonder how many guests squinting into the Gulf’s blue skies before the sublime, coruscating, vitreous surfaces of the blasphemously vertiginous Burj Dubai at yesterday’s opening ceremony knew Frank Lloyd Wright’s sardonic remark.
Wright was the Welsh-American architect [...]

Civil engineers build and manage the infrastructure

Written on January 5, 2010 – 6:19 am | by engineering |

Civil engineers build and manage the infrastructure that allows society to function. There are at least a dozen specialties in this vital field, so you could end up working on buildings, roads, bridges, water-treatment plants, pipelines, hazardous-waste facilities, reservoirs, tunnels, airports, power plants, and many other cogs of civilization that people tend to take for [...]

Civil engineering

Written on December 31, 2009 – 9:40 am | by engineering |

Engineering is a term applied to the profession in which a knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences, gained by study, experience, and practice, is applied to the efficient use of the materials and forces of nature. Engineers are the ones who have received professional training in pure and applied science.Before the middle of the [...]

AutoCAD 2009

Written on February 16, 2009 – 1:02 pm | by admin |

AutoCAD software lets you design, visualize, and document your ideas clearly and efficiently. With AutoCAD 2009 you’ll move to new highs of productivity. New features accelerate tasks, allow commands to be easily found, and help rapidly train new users.
What’s New in AutoCAD 2009
AutoCAD software lets you design, visualize, and document your ideas clearly and efficiently. [...]

Structural Analysis

Written on December 16, 2008 – 8:41 pm | by admin |

STR 101 Structural Analysis
Types of Structures – Members, joints and supports – Analysis of
statically determinate beams and frames (stability, equilibrium,
reactions, internal forces : normal, shear, and bending moments) -
Analysis of statically determinate plane trusses – Analysis of beams
subjected to moving loads.
STR 102 Structural Mechanics
Properties of plane sections – Stresses and deformations in axially
loaded members – [...]

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