Overview of the DIVISION OF ENGINEERING by Marte Gutierrez, Ph.D. (Civil)

1. Overview of the DIVISION OF ENGINEERING by Marte Gutierrez, Ph.D. (Civil) Kevin Moore, Ph.D., P.E. (Electrical) Ron Cohen, Ph.D. (Environmental) Anthony Petrella, Ph.D. (Mechanical)

2. Degrees within the EG Division • B.S. in Engineering with Specialties in (ABET Accredited as a “Non-Traditional” Engineering Program) • Civil • Electrical • Environmental • Mechanical • M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering/Engineering Systems • Civil • Electrical • Environmental Science & Engineering • Mechanical • Faculty with international reputations in engineering education and research

3. Additional Curriculum Options • Bioengineering and Life Sciences Minor and ASI • Includes biomedical engineering, biophysics • Pre-Medical & Life Sciences • Humanitarian Engineering Minor and ASI • The application of science and mathematics to improve the welfare of the less advantaged • 5-year Programs (BS+MS) • Engineering Physics • Engineering Systems • Environmental Science

4. Compared to the Rest of Campus Updated 10/08

5. Placement by Option(6 months after graduation)

6. Job Outlook for Engineers Ref: US Bureau of Labor Statistics - Oct. 2008

7. Civil Engineering Specialty • Civil engineering is about community service, development, and improvement • It involves the conception, planning, design, construction, and operation of facilities essential to modern life, ranging from transit systems to offshore structures to space satellites • Civil engineers are problem solvers, meeting the challenges of pollution, traffic congestion, drinking water and energy needs, urban redevelopment, and community planning Quotation from the American Society of Civil Engineers Register 2007

8. Structural Engineering Geotechnical Engineering Transportation Engineering Environmental Engineering Water Resources Construction Engineering Urban Planning & Land Development Civil Engineering - Specialty Areas

9. 8000 ft Great Civil Engineering Achievements Petronas Towers 1,493 ft Willis Tower 1,450 ft Shanghai World Financial Center 1,614 ft  Taipei 101 1,667 ft Independence Rig Gulf of Mexico The world’s tallest structure!

10. Great Civil Engineering Achievements Akashi-Kaikyo:The world’s longest suspension bridge @ 1.24 miles Golden Gate (1937) comes in 9th at 0.8 miles

11. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)Student Chapter Activities Networking Opportunities Service and Outreach Concrete Canoe Team Steel Bridge Competition

12. Power Systems Computer Vision Renewable Energy Robotics Humanitarian Engineering Electrical Engineering Specialty Power Electronics Wireless Communications

13. What do EE’s do? Wind Power Electric Transmission Power Engineering Large Power Transformer Grand Coulee Hydro Electric Plant

14. What do EE’s do? Device Manufacturing IBM Supercomputer at NCAR Circuit Design Fiber Optic Communications

15. What do EE’s do? RFID tag Communications GPS NASA Radio Astronomy

16. ME/EE Student Project Instrumented Bicycle Frame and Front Fork Accelerometers Strain Gage on the Handlebars GPS receiver and Front Wheel Rotation Sensor Microcontroller based data logging

17. Environmental Engineering Specialty • Encompasses analysis, design, & operation/management of natural and engineered systems to protect public health & environmental quality • We have to constantly balance the resource needs of growing world population, with the amount of environmental impact the world around us can absorb without serious repercussion • Environmental Engineers work to resolve the struggle between maintaining our lifestyle, dealing with our waste, and the environments' capacity to accept the waste Love Canal

18. What do Environmental Engineers do?(Opportunities to work in many areas…) • Hydrology and Water Resources • Water supply – drinking, irrigation, industrial • Wastewater treatment and reuse • Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment • Air Quality and Air Pollution Control • Public Health, Management and Policy • Global- and Regional-Scale Environmental Impacts • Mathematical Modeling of Environmental Processes • Pollution Prevention • Basic and applied research…

19. Career Options for Environmental Engineers: • Local, regional, and national government agencies • Nonprofit institutions • International organizations • Consulting firms • Private industry • National laboratories • Universities

20. What do Environmental Engineers do? Water Supply & Wastewater Reclamation http://ese.mines.edu/

21. What do Environmental Engineers do? Monitoring, Modeling & Assessment Hydrology and Water Resources http://ese.mines.edu/

22. What do Environmental Engineers do? Reclamation of abandoned mine sites Remediation & Restoration http://ese.mines.edu/

23. American Water Works Association / Water Environment Federation / WateReuse AssociationCSM Student Chapter Activities: Tours Host Regional Student Research Conference http://www.mines.edu/water

24. Mechanical Engineering Specialty What do Mechanical Engineers do?

25. What do Mechanical Engineers do? Mechanical Engineers design, build, and operate machinery such As: • Cars, Trucks, Earth Moving Equipment • Aircraft • Locomotives • Jet Engines • Power Plants • Factories • Robots • Semiconductor fabrication equipment

26. Power Generation

27. Fuel Cell Development We are at the peak of the oil age but the beginning of the hydrogen age. Anything else is an interim solution. The transition will be very messy, and will take many technological paths ...but the future will be hydrogen fuel cells.” . Herman Kuipers  Royal Dutch Shell

28. Robotics

29. EE/ME Student Projects - Robotics Environmental Assessment Robot Robot Arm Control K-12 Outreach

30. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)Student Chapter Activities Mini Baja Racecar Competition

31. Bioengineering

32. Humanitarian Engineering Student Project - Groundwater Mapping in Honduras

33. Humanitarian Engineering Student Projects - Water for Colinasde Suiza Honduras andSan Pablo, Belize

34. For more information • CSM Website:www.mines.edu • Civil Engineering:www.asce.org • Electrical Engineering:www.ieee.org • Environmental Engineering: www.aaee.net • Mechanical Engineering:www.asme.org QUESTIONS?