ENGINEERING PROGRAMS @ SQU
CIVL & AREN PROGRAMS
Dr. Talal Etri
Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
Sultan Qaboos University
Sultanate of Oman
Email:
[email protected] Introduction to Engineering, ENGR 1501 2
Objectives
In this lecture, Two engineering programs at SQU will be
presented, that includes:
➢ Civil Engineering (CIVL) Program
[Total Credits = 136]
➢ Architectural Engineering (AREN) Program
[Total Credits = 156]
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Engineering Programs @ SQU
Civil Engineering Program
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WHAT IS CIVIL ENGINEERING?
▪ Civil engineering is a discipline that deals with the design, construction, and
maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including, but not
limited to:
- Buildings, Shopping Malls, Stadiums.
- Highways, Roads, bridges, railway, airports, seaports.
- Dams and falaj.
- Water treatment plants, solid waste disposal.
▪ This infrastructure must be safe, functional, elegant, economic & environmentally
friendly.
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ANCIENT
CIVILIZATION
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MODERN
CIVILIZATION
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WHAT IS CIVIL ENGINEERING?
▰ Civil engineering involves:
➢ Site investigations & feasibility studies
➢ Structural design & analysis
➢ Construction & facilities maintenance
▰ Specialization in Civil Engineering Program:
➢ Structural Engineering
➢ Materials Engineering
➢ Geotechnical Engineering
➢ Transportation Engineering
➢ Environmental Engineering
➢ Water Resources Engineering
➢ Coastal Engineering
➢ Surveying and Geomatics
➢ Construction Engineering & Management
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Structural Engineering
➢ Design of new structures
➢ Upgrading existing structures
➢ Intelligent use of new technologies and materials to control
structural behavior
➢ Structures include buildings, bridges, tunnels, dams, offshore
platforms, transmission towers, and other specialized facilities
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Materials Engineering
Discipline that deals with the
properties and Performance of
materials used in Civil
Engineering.
Testing the materials to be used
Make sure to select the right material
Improve the quality of materials used
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Geotechnical Engineering
• Geotechnical engineering deals with :
• Foundations
• Slopes
• Retaining Structures
• Highway pavement design
• Embankments and earth dams
• Tunnels, underground structures
and deep cuts
• Soils & Rocks,
➢ Technical information obtained from the sciences of
geology, material testing, and hydraulics is applied in the
design of foundations and structures to ensure safety and
economy of construction.
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Transportation Engineering
➢ The field of Transportation
Engineering is the science of
safe and efficient movement
of people and goods.
▪ This include design of Roads, Airports, Railway & Ports.
▪ It involves three major components includes - planning,
design and operations.
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Environmental Engineering
• It is related to the :
• Science of waste management of all types,
• Purification of water,
• Cleaning of contaminated areas,
• Reduction of pollution,
• and industrial ecology.
• Technical data obtained due to environmental engineering
assists the policy makers in making decisions related to
environmental issues.
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Water Resources Engineering
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Coastal Engineering
➢ Is the study of the
processes ongoing at the
shoreline and construction
within the coastal zone.
▪ The field involves aspects of nearshore oceanography, marine
geology, and civil engineering, often directed at combating
erosion of coasts due to Waves, and the wind.
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CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING
▰ A construction engineer who is tasked with:
- The oversight and management of a large-scale,
complex construction project
- Strategic design and completion of the project
- Manage building crews
- Ensure the project is successful
- On-site management
▰A construction engineer may devise the plans for roads,
bridges, pipelines, sewage systems, railroads and more.
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SURVEYING ENGINEERING (Geomatics)
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Engineering Programs @ SQU
Architectural Engineering
Program
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Why do we need Architecture?!!
“ If nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented
architecture” [Oscar Wilde]
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Architectural Engineering
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Civil Engineering Vs Architectural Engineering
Aim of Engineers
Aim of Architectural
Engineers
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Different Systems within Building Construction
1 Structural
System
2 Enclosure
System
3 Mechanical
System
It’s designed & It’s the shell or the It provides the
constructed to envelope of a essential services to
support & transmit building (outer the a building. It
applied gravity & skin). It consists of includes water supply,
lateral loads safely exterior walls, sewage disposal,
to the ground. roof, windows & electricity, …….
doors.
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Architectural Design Phases
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AREN Degree Plan Structure: Field Work
AREN Degree Plan Structure: Design Projects
AREN Degree Plan Structure: Visits
