Civil Engineering

This course follows the process of locating, designing, constructing, and maintaining highways. It covers the highway planning process and the principles of route location and introduces the concepts of design speeds, operating speeds, and speed limits. Consideration is given to geometric link design and in particular vertical links and horizontal links. This is followed by pavement design, considering the design of both flexible and rigid pavements. The final part of the course considers alternative methods of surface drainage for highways, as well as the earthworks requirement for the construction of highways.

In this course, three major topics are covered: (1) treatment and reutilization technology in wastewater engineering, including wastewater and storm water systems; physical, chemical, and biological wastewater treatment unit processes; industrial wastewater treatment; advanced wastewater treatment and reclamation technology; sludge treatment and disposal technology; (2) treatment and reutilization technology in air pollution control engineering, including techniques for air pollution measurements; sulphur oxides and nitrogen oxides abatement techniques; VOCs and HCs abatement techniques; particulate matters abatement techniques; control technique of mobile source pollutants; and (3) treatment and reutilization technology in solid & hazardous waste engineering, including waste minimization and processing, biochemical waste conversion, thermal waste transformation, waste disposal, hazardous waste treatment and reuse.

This course provides a deeper understanding of the integrated project organization and execution models with a focus on integrated project delivery methods like partnering, IPD, or Alliancing. Students learn how the tools and techniques provided enrich options to consult clients and to set up planning and constructions projects in a more efficient and suitable way. The course is a blend of theoretical basic information combined with the application in specific case study situations. Students examine how an increasing complexity of building projects requires new skill sets and a deeper understanding of the relationships of the project participants on various levels in the construction industry. Topics include the traditional contractual project execution models like design and built or design-bid-built suffer on various levels in terms of time, cost, and quality (user requirements and satisfaction) for large scale and complex construction projects and how integrated project organization and execution models have become more prominent in Germany in recent years.