Major:
- Bachelor of Civil Engineering
Minors:
- Construction Engineering and Management
- Engineering Mechanics
- Environmental Engineering
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Structural Engineering
- Transportation Engineering
- Water Resources Engineering
The civil engineering profession is dedicated to improving and advancing the human condition throughout the world. Civil engineers apply creativity and problem-solving skills to provide safe, sustainable and healthy built environments for people and societies of the future. Civil engineers are widely employed throughout the public and private sector in traditional fields such as designing buildings, planning innovative transportation systems, advancing water supply and reuse technology, and preventing adverse environmental impacts on the earth and its people while simultaneously advancing the quality life. They may use their skills in projects located in developing countries where the need for their services is high.
Civil engineers are leaders in developing and using emerging technologies such as autonomous vehicles, virtual reality, and computer simulation. Civil engineers also enjoy rewarding careers in fields such as aerospace, power generation, oil and gas and other process industries. Their broad education successfully prepares them to enter the work force at the bachelor's level or they may pursue advanced studies. Most civil engineers obtain their professional licensure about four years after graduating.
The University of Dayton Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Mechanics offers a broad-based curriculum leading to a Bachelor of Civil Engineering (BCE) degree. The mission of the program is to graduate broadly educated, technically competent individuals prepared for professional careers or for advanced studies. Members of the student chapters of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), and Structural Engineers Association of Ohio (SEAoO) have the opportunity to meet regularly with practicing engineers in the Dayton community.
Within the first several years following completion of the program, University of Dayton Bachelor of Civil Engineering graduates are prepared to meet the following program educational objectives:
- Achieve excellence in their civil engineering careers or other professions.
- Complete advanced degrees in support of their chosen profession.
- Lead and serve in their profession and community.
- Conduct their professional and personal endeavors in a responsible and ethical manner.
- Engage in professional, personal and spiritual development through life-long learning.
Faculty
Robert Liang, Chairperson
Professors: Eustace, Liang, J. Saliba
Associate Professors: Bilgin, Crosson, Taylor, Toubia, Whitney
Assistant Professors: Wang
Professor of Practice: Klanac
Lecturers: Alakkad, Chase, Sawas