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Civil Engineering Department Fact Sheet |
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• Seven
faculty
from diverse areas
• Enrollment of 120-160 students (30-40 B.S.C.E.
graduates per year)
• General
civil engineering program
with opportunities for
advanced classes in
structures/geotech,
transportation/construction,
water
resources/environmental engineering (18
classes have
hands-on labs, 14 of which are
engineering classes)
• Home department of
environmental engineering minor
• Home department of an
environmental
engineering
master’s degree
• Nearly 100% of CE students take the
Fundamentals of
Engineering (FE) exam as seniors
with greater than a
90% passing rate
• Typically 100% placement each year by
graduation
• Sponsoring institution for the Hot Mix Asphalt
Quality
Assurance/Quality Control program for
the State of
Indiana (20 years)
• Summer Program:
Research Experience for
Undergraduates in Engineering Forensics
(NSF
supported)
• Year-long, client-based, senior design
projects (since
1988) and term-long, client
based freshman design
project
• Award winning student chapter of the American
Society of Civil Engineers (best chapter in U.S.
in 1997
and 2004)
• U.S. News and World Report prestigious
survey of
higher education ranks Rose-Hulman as
the #1 civil
engineering program whose highest
degree is a
bachelor’s or master’s
• Annual freshman trip to visit major civil
engineering
projects in a Midwest city
• Field trips and site visits in many courses
• On campus interaction with practitioners via
courses
and seminars
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