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for California State University, Fresno.
Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
Civil Engineering
JESUS S. LARRALDE-MURO, Coordinator
Engineering East Building, Room 178
559.278.2889
http://www.engr.csufresno.edu
Faculty and Facilities
James K. Crossfield, R. Louis Gysler, Mushtaq Hussain, Jesus S. Larralde-Muro, Karl E. Longley, Riadh Munjy, Fareed W. Nader, C. Dennis Spring, John C. Woolery, William F. Wright, Mohamad A. Yousef
The teaching and research specialties of the department's faculty cover every area of civil engineering, surveying engineering, and construction. Most faculty members are licensed as civil engineers, land surveyors, or contractors and have a wide range of professional experience in engineering design, analysis, research and development, and project planning and management.
Excellent laboratory facilities exist for structures, testing of soils and construction materials, hydraulics testing, water quality analysis, aerial mapping, GIS and land surveying.
Program Description
Civil engineering includes the research, development, planning, design, construction, and maintenance associated with urban development, water supply, structures, energy generation and transmission, water treatment and disposal, and transportation systems. The civil engineer deals with the function and safety of such public facilities as buildings, bridges, dams, pipelines, powerplants, highways, and harbors, and is concerned with the protection of the public against natural hazards of earthquakes, floods, landslides, and fires.
The graduate curriculum leading to an M.S. in Civil Engineering provides specialized training in the fields of structural engineering and applied mechanics, soil mechanics and foundation engineering, environmental engineering, water resources engineering, highway engineering, and geomatics engineering.
Career Opportunities
Employment opportunities for civil engineers in industry, state, and federal government agencies remain at a high level as a result of increasing urban growth and land development, and the recent emphasis on the maintenance and repair of the nationwide highway system. Civil engineers are also in demand to meet the growing challenge of mitigating environmental hazards.
Civil engineers frequently occupy positions in specialty areas such as environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, transportation engineering, and water-resources engineering. Position titles for civil engineers, such as senior engineer or project engineer in specialty areas, typically reflect their rank within their organization.
Most civil and geomatics engineering graduates have earned professional licenses as civil engineers or land surveyors within a few years of receiving their degrees.
Mission of Civil Engineering
Located in California's Central Valley, the M.S. in Civil Engineering (MSCE) Program offers a graduate program of excellence that provides opportunities for advanced education and research in civil and geomatics engineering. The program's mission is to offer a curriculum that combines preparation for professional practice as well as preparation for
The Civil Engineering Program's Educational Objectives
- Offer a broadly based curriculum to civil engineering students, including general education as well as civil engineering education.
- Provide a civil engineering curriculum that includes an appropriate balance of engineering fundamentals and practical applications. Engineering fundamentals are covered mostly in the lower division courses while the practical applications are strategically developed from the freshman through the senior levels.
- Provide the students with hands-on experience through laboratory courses, term projects, senior projects, and extra-curricular activities.
- Provide the students with the tools and skills required in professional practice and to make them aware of the necessity for a life-long learning approach in professional practice.
- Foster the development of sensitivity and awareness of the role of the professional civil engineer in society.
- Foster in the students the development of communication skills, responsibility, and dependability.
- Develop in the students the ability to effectively work in groups; multidisciplinary as well as multicultural groups.
- Develop in the students an understanding of the ethical, social, and political issues inherent in the civil engineering profession.
Construction Management Courses