Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, HKUST
CIVL 1100 Discovering Civil and Environmental Engineering
Spring 2014
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Instructors : Professor J S Kuang, Course Coordinator
Professor Irene MC Lo, Professor Limin Zhang
TAs : Steve Leung (
[email protected]), TAs Coordinator
Part I: Civil and structural engineering
Steve Leung (
[email protected]), Hamed Taheri (
[email protected])
Part II: Environmental engineering
Jiani Lin (
[email protected]), Zhen Zhang (
[email protected])
Part III: Geotechnical engineering
Jozsef Danka (
[email protected]), Tianhua Xu (
[email protected])
Lecture : Fri 10.30-12.20; Lecture Theatre C
Lab sessions : LA1: Thu 10.30-12.20; LA2: Wed 09.00-10.50 Room 1206A
LA3: Tue 14.30-16.20; LA4: Tue 10.30-12.20 Room 1206A
Course website : http://lmes2.ust.hk/portal
Course description
An overview of civil and environmental engineering, infrastructure development and
engineering ethics is provided. The course includes lectures and laboratory sessions, where
laboratory sessions are primarily directed to students who require the development of feasible
conceptual solutions for the analysis and design of the basic problems in structural,
environmental and geotechnical engineering.
Course outline Lecturer
Part I: Civil and Structural Engineering
1. Civil engineering and society (07 Feb) JSK
2. Engineer Hong Kong’s infrastructure development (14 Feb) JSK
3. History of civil engineering and contemporary wonders (21 Feb) JSK
4. Bring the best civil engineering to life (28 Feb) JSK
5. Be a civil engineer (07 Mar) JSK
Part II: Environmental Engineering
6. Environmental engineering (14 Mar) IL
7. Land decontamination and solid waste disposal (21 Mar) IL
8. Water pollution control (28 Mar) IL
9. Noise and air pollution control (04 Apr) IL
Part III: Geotechnical Engineering
10. Engineering geology (11 Apr) LZ
11. Foundations for high-rise buildings (25 Apr) LZ
12. Landslide hazards and prevention (02 May) LZ
13. Underground constructions and land reclamation (09 May) LZ
Course grade and requirement
1. Assignments: 30%; Lab reports: 30%; Final examination: 40%.
2. Lab reports and assignments are due one week after they are assigned. Late
submissions are generally not accepted.
3. Failure to attend lab sessions and take the final examination may result in a failing
grade for the course.
