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Civil Engineering Orientation

Civil engineering has a long history dating back to ancient structures like the pyramids of Egypt built around 2700-2500 BC. It involves applying scientific principles to solve problems through structures and infrastructure. Some important developments include Archimedes' principles in the 3rd century, Brahamgupta's work on geometry in the 7th century, and Leonardo Euler's contributions to mathematics and physics. Formal education of civil engineering began in the 18th century with schools established in France. Major structures built throughout history include the transcontinental railroad completed in the US in 1869, the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937, the Panama Canal, Hoover Dam, and Burj Khalifa skyscraper. Today, civil engineering continues to design, construct,

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Civil Engineering Orientation

Civil engineering has a long history dating back to ancient structures like the pyramids of Egypt built around 2700-2500 BC. It involves applying scientific principles to solve problems through structures and infrastructure. Some important developments include Archimedes' principles in the 3rd century, Brahamgupta's work on geometry in the 7th century, and Leonardo Euler's contributions to mathematics and physics. Formal education of civil engineering began in the 18th century with schools established in France. Major structures built throughout history include the transcontinental railroad completed in the US in 1869, the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937, the Panama Canal, Hoover Dam, and Burj Khalifa skyscraper. Today, civil engineering continues to design, construct,

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CIVIL ENGINEERING ORIENTATION

HISTORY OF
CIVIL
ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Application of physical and scientific principles
for solving problems of society.

In history of civil engineering it is linked to knowledge of


structures , materials science , geography , geology , soils ,
hydrology , environment , mechanics and other fields.
ARCHIMEDES
•3rd Century
•Archimedes Principle
•His discovery are the relation between the
surface and volume of a sphere and its
circumscribing cylinder.
BRAHMAGUPTA
•an Indian mathematician
•He used arithmetic in 7th century AD
•He was the first mathematician to provide the
formula for the area of a cyclic quadrilateral.
•He is the first person to discuss the method of
finding a cyclic quadrilateral with rational sides.
LEONARDO EULER
•Swiss mathematician
•Contibutes to a wide range of mathematics and
physics including analytic geometry,
trigonometry, geometry, calculus and number
theory.
•Developed the theory explaining buckling of
columns
THE EARLIEST
PRACTICE
Human started to
construct longer-lasting
shelters in ancient egypt.
2700-2500 BC
THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT.

The pyramids of egypt were


constructed around circa 2700-
2500 BC. First instance of large
structures built by humans.
PERIOD: 447 BCE TO 438
THE PARTHENON

The Parthenon by Ilkitnus in


ancient greece was build.
220 BCE
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA

It was the first build and 220 BC


by Qin Shi Huang who was the
first emperor of China.
20 BCE
EXTENSIVE HIGHWAY
SYSTEM IN EUROPE

The romans built an extensive


highway system throughout the
conquered land. Built to expand
trading and moves quickly.
1450
MACHU PICCHU

It is located in peru built around 1450 . It was


built at the height of the Inca Empire and built
in the Andres mountains was a huge
engineering achievements based of the fact it
had running water and drainage system
throughout the city.
EARLY EDUCATION OF CIVIL
ENGINEERING

During 18th century , civil engineering become to be


formally tought . The first engineering school, The
École Nationale des Ponts et Chausses which
established in France and opened in 1747.
JOHN SMEATON
•The first to refer to himself as a civil engineer
back in the 18th century
•The father of civil engineering
•He constructed Eddyston lighthouse in 1771
1835 FIRST CIVIL
ENGINEERING DEGREE

The first civil engineering degree


in the united states is NORWICH
UNIVERSITY, it was awarded in
1835 by Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute.
SOME FAMOUS
STRUCTURES BUILT
IN HISTORY
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD 1869
•Train route that can across the United
States and it was completed in 1869
•University founder Leland Standford
drove the last spike that marked the
completion of the First
Transcontinental Railroad
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
1937
•1.7 mile long bridge has endured
earthquakes, lead paint and record
crowds since its historic
construction in 1937
•Icon of San Francisco Bay
•Joseph Strauss, Charles Ellis,
Leon Solomon Moiseff
PANAMA
•Man made 82 kilometer CANAL long
waterway that connects the Atlantic
and Pacific Ocean and Seperates
North and South America.
•George Washington Goethals is
Chief Engineer of Panama Canal
HOOVER DAM

•Concrete arch-gravity dam in


Colorado River's Black Canyon
on the boundary of Nevada and
Arizona in US.
•Francis Trenholm Crowe
BURJ
KHALIFA
•Skycraper in Dubai, UAE
•Multiuse building that has a
restaurant, residential apartments,
office space and a tourist
attraction with its observation
decks
•William Frazier Baker
2021,Today
Civil engineering is one of the professional
engineering disciplines that contains design ,
construction , structures and maintenance of
building both man-made and natural build.
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