Civil ENGINEERING

at UCD

February 2016

Aoife Ahern

Patrick Purcell

Outline

Programme & Careers

Aoife Ahern

Research

Patrick Purcell

Structural Engineering & Architecture

Caitlin McDonnell

Civil Engineering & Business

Jason Noctor

What do Civil Engineers do? Design, Construct and Maintain………

Structures

Water Infrastructure

Highway and Transportation systems

Other activities (project management etc.)

Structures

Bridges

Buildings

Water Infrastructure

Water supply

Wastewater disposal

Hydropower

Flood defenses

Highway and Transportation systems

Road construction/maintenance

Transport planning

Modelling transport behaviour

Management and safety

Pathways through Civil Engineering Programme

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At Decision Point 1 you chose:

Civil Engineering

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Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

Stage 1

(60 Credit)

Stage 2

(60 Credit)

Stage 3

(60 Credit)

Single-Stage ME (2-years, 120 Credit)

Master of Engineering (ME)* specialising in...

Civil Structural & Environmental Engineering (T298) Engineering with Business (T166)

*Minimum GPA Required

for Entry to ME Programmes

DN150

Stage One Engineering

(Common)

Graduate after 5 years with both BSc (Engineering Science) and ME

Bachelor of Engineering Civil

Stage 4 BE (60 Credit)

Graduate with BSc

(Engineering Science)

Graduate with BE MEngSc

Structural Engineering

MEngSc Water, Waste & Environmental Engineering

MEngSc (90 Credit)

Graduate with MEngSc

Civil Engineering Programme Features

Group work

Active learning

Civil Engineering Programme Features

Laboratory work

Civil Engineering Programme Features

Outside work

Site visits

Work placement

Civil Engineering Programme Features

Information technology

Computer Aided Design

Building Information Modelling

Why Civil Engineering?

• Rewarding, well-paid career (30 – 38 K starting salary) • Significant job-opportunities at present

• Shortage of graduate Civil Engineers

• Variety of work, indoors and outdoors

• Work in multi-disciplinary settings

• Opportunity to work in other related areas (Financial services, law, project management etc.)

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UCD Engineering students in

employment 1 year after graduation

Source: UCD Careers Office

Engineering bodies warn of shortage

of Civil Engineering graduates

“Civil and construction-related engineering skills are in great demand to meet the requirements of our growing economy and to deliver on the government’s capital plan which includes major development of infrastructure and housing over the next six years and beyond”

Caroline Spillane, Director General of Engineers Ireland, February 2016

Construction Activity

Source: Ulster Bank Construction Report (8 February 2016)

Construction activity has increased in each of the past 29 months

Civil Engineering at UCD

Employers

UCD Civil Engineering Alumni

• Jerry Grant, 1975, Managing Director, Irish Water

• Oliver Brogan, 1980, Mangaging Director, ESB International

• John Conroy, 1981, Managing Director, Merrion Capital

• Kieran Carrick, 1986, CEO CLOUT, Internet and Cloud Computing

• David Ahern, 1987, Director, Deloitte Ireland

• Ken Ahern, 1990, Director, SISK

• Stuart Conaty, 1991, Barrister at Law, Legal Adviser to Bord na Mona

• Jennifer Kennan, 2010, Graduate Engineer, Arup Consulting

• Mark Gilsenan, Graduate Engineer, AECOM

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UCD Civil Engineering Research

Sustainable Built Environment

Research Smart vehicles

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Research Smart Bridges

Research Structural Health Monitoring

Research Novel Foundations

Research Novel Foundations

Research Soil erosion

Wexford

Dublin

Research

Soil erosion

Research

Soil erosion

Research Constructed wetlands/Microbial fuel cell

Research Pollution modelling Dublin Bay

Research Flooding

Research Flooding

Research Water Quality

M3 motorway

Ireland

Scheme Junction

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Research Urban modelling

Research Road condition assessment

• Laser • Crack • Measurement • System

Research

LCMS-Airfield Pavement Condition

Research

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