Material Delivered in Undergraduate

Civil Engineering Courses

ABET Criterion 3,      (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k)

(a) Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering

Concept, principle, or skill related to

Understand the relative spatial location

of points in and near the surface of the earth                                                      CVEN 2270

Understand force/position vectors in

Static equilibrium                                                                                              CVEN 2301

Understand stress and strain concept,

Analysis of deformable bodies                                                                          CVEN 2372

Use mathematics principles to analyze

scientific and engineering data                                                                           CVEN 3290

Are able to apply chemical/mathematical

principles in the analysis of water/wastewater                                                    CVEN 3310

Understand the concept of force equilibrium,

calculate reactions, shear force, bending moment

under static and dynamic loading conditions                                                       CVEN 3340

Understand the behavior of liquids at rest or in

motion including fluid statics, kinematics, dynamics                                             CVEN 3350

Are able to quantify runoff hydrograph response to

Precipitation for a watershed                                                                             CVEN 3360

Can conduct design of conventional water and

wastewater treatment facility                                                                             CVEN 3370

Understand the fundamental mechanics of soils,

soil classification, soil compaction, permeability,

seepage, consolidation, shear strength in soil                                                      CVEN 3390

Acquire working knowledge of the basic function

of planning, scheduling, cost estimating in design

and construction                                                                                               CVEN 4320

Are able to analyze the shallow and deep foundations,

earth retaining structures                                                                                    CVEN 4340

Are able to analyze/calculate open channel flow,

flow in pie network with pumps, flow thru floodplain                                          CVEN 4350

Learn how to design reinforced concrete structures

using math and science background                                                                   CVEN 4380

Learn how to design steel structures using engineering

science and principles                                                                                       CVEN 4390

Learn to apply regression analysis to relate

laboratory and field test data                                                                             CVEN 4345

Are able to use concept of fluid mechanics and hydrology

(b) Ability to design, conduct experiments  , analyze and interpret data

Concept, principle, or skill related to

Are able to perform necessary computations for

error adjustments, and analyze the measurements                                               CVEN 2270

Are able to test specimens, collect raw data,

operate lab equipment, analyze/interpret material

behavior and properties                                                                                    CVEN 3200

Are able to design sampling scheme for data

collection, analyze and interpret data outcomes                                                 CVEN 3290

Can conduct design experiment and collect samples

for water and wastewater characterization, perform

measurement, interpret results from treatment work                                           CVEN 3310

Learn to conduct basic fluid mechanics lab experiments                                     CVEN 3350

Learn to conduct experiments, analyze and interpret test

results for soil classification, determine shear strength                                         CVEN 3390

Can conduct a comprehensive practical design project

in teamwork for senior capstone course                                                             CVEN 4212

Are able to conduct lab experiments, analyze/interpret

test data for soil improvement                                                                            CVEN 4345

(c) Ability to design a system/component, process to meet desired needs

Concept, principle, or skill related to

Are able to review the design of water and wastewater

treatment system                                                                                               CVEN 3310

Are able to design various treatment units in the

public owned treatment works                                                                          CVEN 3370

Learn the requirement and process to design a

system and/or components in capstone design course                                        CVEN 4212

Are able to design reinforced concrete shallow

foundation including footing thickness, reinforcement,

dowels arrangement and connections                                                                 CVEN 4340

Use ACI Code and Specifications to design reinforced

concrete structural system and components                                                       CVEN 4380

Use AISC Code and Specifications to design steel

structural system/components in various limit states                                            CVEN 4390

Learn the various aspects and stages in building planning,

design, and construction management                                                                CVEN 4310

Are able to design and investigate a complex

(d) Ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams

Concept, principle, or skill related to

Learn to perform team work in field measurement

and computer project                                                                                        CVEN 2270

Participate in team work to perform multi-disciplinary

design project involving major aspects of professional

practice

Learn to work in a design team for reinforced concrete

structural design project                                                                                    CVEN 4380

Are able to participate in team work for various

computer projects and team presentation                                                           CVEN 4360

Learn to work in groups for team project using

(e) Ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems

Concept, principle or skill related to

Are able to draw free-body diagrams and solve for

resultants, reactions and internal forces for a system

of forces in equilibrium                                                                                      CVEN 2301

Are able to identify loads and stresses, solve for

deformations and strains under combined load conditions                                   CVEN 2372

Understand structural system formulation, load transfer

path, determine unknown internal/external forces and

deflections and rotations, analyze statically determinate/

indeterminate structural system and components                                                CVEN 3340

Are able to calculate pressure distribution, flow rate,

flow velocity, energy head loss, to design flood gates

and pipe system                                                                                                CVEN 3350

Can calculate the hydrological parameters for design

of hydraulic structures                                                                                       CVEN 3360

Learn the constrains of water pollution problems and

find solutions using engineering principles                                                           CVEN 3370

Are able to perform feasibility study, identify project

requirement and professional issues, to prepare for

engineering solutions                                                                                         CVEN 4212

Are able to identify the design parameters, analyze and

solve for footing settlement, skin friction, end bearing

of piles, and lateral earth pressure.                                                                     CVEN 4340

Learn to identify the hydraulic parameters, calculate

and solve for open channel and pipe-network design                                         CVEN 4350

Learn to formulate and design reinforced concrete

structural system/components such as columns, beams,

footings, roofs, one-way/two-way slabs, and frames                                          CVEN 4380

Learn to formulate and design steel structural system

and components, and solve for various limit states                                              CVEN 4390

Acquire the knowledge of building system and its

Requirements, the implementation of quality control                                           CVEN 4310

Are able to identify and understand various models

and parameters for hydrograph and water surface

(f) Understanding professional and ethical responsibility

Concept, principle, or skill related to

Learn the role and responsibility of civil /

environmental engineers in the design of

public water wastewater treatment works                                                          CVEN 3370

Learn the importance of ethical and professional

concepts in the design of civil engineering works                                                CVEN 4110

Understand the professional requirements and

ethical responsibility in all senior capstone

design projects                                                                                                 CVEN 4212

Learn the issues of economic, safety, reliability,

(g) Ability to communicate effectively

Concept, principle, or skill related to

Are able to organize and prepare a written lab

report on structural materials testing, data

analysis and evaluation                                                                                     CVEN 3200

Learn the presentation of lab testing results and

data analysis for soil characterization                                                                 CVEN 3390

Can conduct oral and written presentations in case

studies on ethics, design, and construction for

civil engineering systems                                                                                    CVEN 4110

Learn oral and written communication skills for

each group in the senior capstone design project                                                CVEN 4212

Are able to conduct oral and written presentation

on the final results in the engineering project

management                                                                                                     CVEN 4320

Learn to make oral and written presentation on

reinforced concrete design project in team effort                                                CVEN 4380

Enhance the communication skill by fulfillment

the requirement of written reports on geotechnical

projects                                                                                                            CVEN 4345

Are able to work in team effort for various design

(h) Understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and

     Social context

Concept, principle, or skill related to

Learn the economical, social, and aesthetical

aspects of water/wastewater treatment design                                                    CVEN 3370

Learn the economic factors, safety, reliability,

aesthetics, legal aspects, and social impact related

to civil engineering                                                                                             CVEN 4110

Understand the social impact, ethics, economic

issues, professional practice requirement for each

senior capstone design project                                                                          CVEN 4212

Learn the social and legal ramifications and the

(i) Recognizes the need for, ability to engage in life-long learning

Concept, principle, or skill related to

Acquire new directions and the need for advanced

Water/wastewater treatment technology                                                            CVEN 3370

Recognize the need for life-long learning for issues

in professional practice and construction management                                        CVEN 4212

Learn the contemporary issues, the changes of

economic factors and reliability in various engineering

(j) Understand the contemporary civil engineering issues

Concept, principle, or skill related to

Understand the applications of statistics from

contemporary issues                                                                                         CVEN 3290

Learn the new directions of current water/

wastewater treatment technology                                                                       CVEN 3310

Understand the design of water/wastewater

treatment works for different water pollution

problems                                                                                                          CVEN 3370

Learn the contemporary engineering issues

in the changes of legal documents and

construction laws                                                                                              CVEN 4212

Understand the contemporary issues in the

analysis of economic factors, reliability,

(k) Ability to use techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice

Concept, principle, or skill related to

Are able to use computer program to compute

the transverse adjustment                                                                                  CVEN 2270

Are able to calibrate electrical sensors, configure

test machine to measure tension/compression test

results                                                                                                               CVEN 3290

Are able to use QBasic computer programs for

flood gate design, and use PowerPoint for oral

presentation                                                                                                      CVEN 3350

Use Excel to solve various hydrological problems

 in comprehensive lab experiments, the state-of-art

software HEC-HMS is also introduced                                                             CVEN 3360

Are able to use computer program FLAC 2D to

analyze and design for shallow foundations                                                        CVEN 4340

Are able to use the computer programs such as

FlowMaster, WaterCAD, and CulvertMaster to

analyze and design for hydraulic problems                                                         CVEN 4350

Understand to use the computer software HEC-HMS

And HEC-RAS for hydraulic and hydrological models                                      CVEN 4360

Use the computer software AutoCAD 2005 in the