Civil+Engineering

Civil Engineering has been one of the longest surviving types of Engineering. Within the civil engineering field it is difficult to create a new type of innovation due to the fact that civil engineering is just so traditional. I would like to incorporate civil engineering into our TEM program, so we can offer opportunities to start building the industry.

Civil engineering is basically the building and determining sizes and area of a building. The direction TEM and civil engineering can go is in a more sustainable area. The most important thing is someone graduating with this focus area and this major can leave college and manage a civil engineering company. The company would be benefited by the student, because they would provide the business aspect and the communication of a civil engineer. Using this could bring the construction industry out of this recession. Included in our TEM/civil engineering degree are a number of classes which are listed in the major map. The main classes are Architectural Studio IV, Architectural Management II, Civil Engineering Materials, and Material Science. The general education courses for this major are Structure/ Methodology- US Law, Engineering Thermo--Fluids I, Intro to Engineering Design II, and Critical Inquiry in Engineering. These classes will further expand the TEM program and the civil engineering area. This will not assure the student as a civil engineer it will be as if the student minored inengineering. Leaving ASU it would be suggested that the student continues in a four year internship. This internship will be introduced by a company that is willing to take on a intern. This is only suggested so that the student can get a better grasp on this area. The most important part about this is getting experience to open a students own business incorporating these skills into it. Using recyclable material is one of the most important parts of sustainable engineering. Being able to combine materials and make systems work for each other is a large part of sustainability. To incorporate sustainability into civil engineering you can use different things. Currently right now the most popular system is solar energy. More sustainability is shown by the Polytechnic campus within their classroom buildings. These buildings are made with materials that can be recycled and use atriums and screens to keep the hot climate out of the buildings. All of these systems work together to keep it cool within the buildings.

Joining this program can be very beneficial to students who do not want to be totally committed to an engineering program, but still want to enjoy the freedom of an engineering degree. With this degree students can travel and build up their own companies. For more information about the TEM program you can visit __http://technology.asu.edu/tem__  and for more information about sustainable civil engineering you can visit __ http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=civ_engin_stu_res&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3Dcivil%2520engineering%2520and%2520sustainability%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D2%26ved%3D0CDMQFjAB%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fdigitalcommons.wku.edu%252Fcgi%252Fviewcontent.cgi%253Farticle%253D1001%2526context%253Dciv_engin_stu_res%26ei%3DnlHgTo27N-TnsQLn7sWlBw%26usg%3DAFQjCNEa5cZ7QiPBzpWBTiUoVH5vsJPzYQ#search=%22civil%20engineering%20sustainability%22 __