Engineering Design in Civil Engineering Design Across the Curriculum Engineering Design in Civil Engineering Students are introduced to the fundamentals of design in the freshman level ENGR 120 course. Progressively more complex design projects in the course provide students with opportunities to devise methods and systems to meet assigned tasks. Materials are supplied to the students, and they work in teams to assess approaches and make decisions regarding completion of the tasks.
Creativity is encouraged and the students provide oral and written reports on their projects.
ENGR 105 also includes a design project which can be undertaken by individuals or by teams of two or three. In this course the design sequence is introduced throughout the course and culminates in the design of a particular item chosen by the individual student or team. An oral and written report is required at the end of the semester, with appropriate computer drawings to support the design. At the sophomore level students take ENGR 210, ENGR 220, and ENGR 350, Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Materials, all of which are design oriented. These courses introduce students to open ended problems and selection of alternative solutions with their consequences.