STATE OF THE DEPARTMENT

OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO

October 26, 2011

Ashok Kumar

Professor and Chairman

New Addition

Dr. Liangbo Hu

Assistant Professor of Civil

Engineering

Faculty

Accreditation

• ABET visit in Sept. 2011.

• The visit identified no issues with the program.

• The letter from ABET will come in Aug. 2012.

Enrollment

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Enrollment in Civil Engineering Part Time -

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Undergraduate

Enrollment Projections

Year Undergraduate Graduate

2011-12 251 42

2012-13 229 35

2013-14 206 32

2014-15 197 32

2015-16 199 32

A Comparison of Undergraduate

Enrollment Rates

School Enrollment/FTE Faculty

UT

(10-year average)

25.6

Peers (2006) 18.9

Leaders (2006) 17.2

Undergraduate Research 2006 to 2011

Item Dr. Apul Dr. Gruden Dr. Nims Dr. Parvin Dr. Seo Dr. Chou

Number of individual

students involved 11 8 22 1 9 12

Number of presentations at

the conferences

incorporating undergraduate

research

3 1 0 2 4 5

Number of students

receiving financial support

for their research

6 3 1 1 9 12

Number of students

receiving in kind support

from industry

0 1 0 0 0 0

Number of students joined a

graduate program 1 2 4 0 1 0

Ohio Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)

Examination

Date Number of

Graduates

Number who

Took the

Exam

Number

who

Passed

Pass Rate

(%)

National

Pass Rate

(%)

October 2006 38 22 20 91 71

April 2007 6 3 50 76

October 2007 32 15 15 100 72

April 2008 12 10 83 71

October 2008 30 11 10 91 68

April 2009 7 5 71 79

October 2009 36 16 13 81 74

April 2010 13 10 77 75

October 2010 25 19 13 68 69

April 2011 7 7 100 78

Weighted average 128 106 83 73

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A Comparison of Graduation Rates

School Graduation Rate

(M.S. and Ph. D.)/FTE Faculty

UT

(10-year average)

5.1

Peers (2006) 5.0

Leaders (2006) 4.8

Percent of Doctoral Students in The CE

Graduate Program

Year % of Doctoral Students

COE Goal

40%

2005-06 35

2006-07 30

2007-08 26

2008-09 31

2009-10 29

2010-11 28

2011-12 26

Senior Design – Fall 2011

Team Projects:

• EWB Cable-Stayed Bridge Project

• Academic Village Bridge Project at UT

• Rainwater Harvesting at UT

• Truss Bridge Pin Testing

• UT Main Campus Storm Water (2 groups)

• Westwood Corridor Improvement Study

Cable-Stayed Pedestrian Bridge

Storm Water Outfall Rain Storage

Upgraded UG Lab Equipment

• Spent $ 210,000.00 + since last ABET visit.

• Spent $ 36,000.00+ on supplies and maintenance.

• Spent $ 6000.00+ on digital locks.

Sustainability Website

Sustainable Engineering Undergraduate

Level Course

2010 Spring: Class Developed the first GHG

Inventory for UT

2011 Spring: Class Developed the first Climate

Action Plan for UT

Engineers Without Borders

• Started in 2006 by Dr. Heydinger and six students.

• Petitions from Los Sanchez community for potable water.

• Strong relationship with the Peace Corps volunteer.

• Special thanks to UT College of Engineering, Toledo Rotary, Jones & Henry, Technical Society of Toledo, and Hull & Associates for their support.

Interesting Statistics

• All-time high undergraduate enrollment in AY 2009-10.

• The retention rate of the CE first year student from Fall 2010 to Fall

2011 is 79%.

• The faculty brought in more than a million dollars in FY 2010-11 (all-

time high for the Department).

• The faculty spent more than $ 300,000 on graduate students from

external funds during FY 2010-11 in the form of graduate

assistantship (all-time high for the Department).

• 20% of our MS students in environmental area decided to go for PhD

at Toledo or other schools in the US/Canada during the last ten years

(all-time high for the Department).

US EPA P3 People, Prosperity And The Planet

Student Design Competition For Sustainability

Where: Washington DC

Participants: Total 43 schools across

country

UT Project: Sustainable Water Filtration

System to Remove Pathogens and

Contaminants

US Environmental Protection Agency P3

Student Design Competition

UT student design team received 2011 ASCE/EWB-USA

Sustainable Development Award with cash prize and EPA

Honorable Mention Project Award.

First place First Place in

the A&WMA PhD

Student Platform

Paper! at A&WMA’s

Annual Conference on

June 21-24, 2011 in

Orlando, Florida.

Graduate Research Awards

2009 - 2011 1. Laurie Adams, DGL Limited, LLC 2. Angela Gerdeman, Hull & Associates 3. Richard Martinko, Transportation Institute, UT 4. Greg Simon, Jones and Henry 2010 - 2013 1. Alex A. Smaili, OhioEPA 2011 – 2013 1. Pete Douglas, The Douglas Company 2. Shannetta Griffin, CDM 3. Neo Hadjicharalambous, The JDI Group 4. Raymond Huber, Wood County Engineer 5. Birdel F. Jackson, B & E Jackson & Associates, Inc. 6. Gary W. Johnson, Arcadis 7. Dean Niese, The Mannik and Smith Group

Industrial Advisory Board

Budget Cuts

Green Engineering School

University Update

Global Engagement

Turkey

India

China

Honduras

ABET Program Outcome: “The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context.”

Educational Reform of Engineering

Mathematics

CIVE 2990 demonstrates

Improved performance of under-prepared students in their first Calculus and Physics courses

Improved retention in engineering and at UT

Lack of sustained benefit in later core courses suggests need for continued support

Booster course, tutoring or peer mentoring programs during subsequent semesters

More detailed analysis underway with colleague from the College of Education

Exploring extending CIVE 2990 to all first-year engineering students

Now investigating partnerships with local high schools to provide dual level offering

Goal is to have under-prepared students improve performance in Calculus I and subsequent courses via a math course of engineering examples

1 out of 4 first year students start below Calculus I

Foundational requirement for Physics and subsequent Engineering coursework

Many students leave engineering due to performance in Calculus I

CIVE 2990 covers linear equations through differential equations via numerous engineering examples before taking Calculus I

Math Placement (07-10)

Engineering Science

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Engineering Retention Improvements

Performance Improvements

in Subsequent Classes

Sponsored by the

National Science

Foundation

OTEC 2011

Health Monitoring of Structures

VGCS Strain

Monitoring Is the bridge performing

as expected?

Immediately at opening?

After one year? After 10

years?

What is the magnitude of

the local strain.

concentration

• Superload

• Does the large

load cause

damage?

Magnetic Inspection:

Is invisible strand corrosion threatening

the safety of older adjacent box

beams?

VGCS Ice Study

1. Can we prevent icing?

2. Can we safely remove accumulated

ice?

Multi-scale Multi-physics Modeling of

Granular Contact in Oil/Gas Bearing Reservoir

Micro-scale: Compressibility:

Repair and Retrofit of Deficient and Aging

Infrastructure by Use of Innovative Composite

Materials to Prevent the Collapse and Loss of Lives

Instrumentation in Pull-Test Setup

to Examine the Interface Bond

Composite Materials

Behavior of Structure under Extreme

Loading

Numerical Modeling of Reinforced Concrete

Structural Components

Transportation Research

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Awarded 30+

externally

sponsored

research projects,

totaling over $2.5

million of external

funding

Research focus:

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cost

effectiveness of

maintaining and

rehabilitating the

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City of Toledo Pavement Condition

Critical (IRI>6 and ADT>12000)

Near Critical (IRI>5)

Acceptable (5=>IRI>3)

Good (IRI<=3)

Pathogen (biofilm) Control/Monitoring in Aged Drinking Water Distribution Systems

Sensors (Chemical Sensors)

Lab Scale

Simulation

Individual or arrays of field-based

surface base stations transmit

sensor data to a PDA or PC

Robust integrated sensors monitor

single or multiple analytes in the

environment and transmit data to a

base station on the surface

Membrane Biofilm Characterization

Biofilm Height Analysis

Biofilm Cell Activity

Flux Decline

Biofilm Formation

Life Cycle Assessment of Water and

Sanitation Systems

EEAST Model for Life Cycle Analysis of Building Systems

Indoor Air Quality in the Farm Houses

YesPlus: CO2, CO, NO, NO2, SO2

Conceptual Flow Chart for

Household Sampling

DustTrak: Total Particulate matter

Grimm: Mass Concentrations and

Particles numbers for the sizes

0.23µm to 20µm (15 channels)

Thrust

Development of New Knowledge

Innovation for the CE Profession

How Can You Help?

By serving on the CE Industrial Advisory Board.

By inviting CE faculty to submit proposals.

By referring CE faculty to funding opportunities.

By contributing to the CE Progress Fund and EWB

through UT foundation.

By creating scholarships and an endowed professorship.

Questions ?

Electricity 55%

Commuting 14%

Study Aboad 0.8%

Sports Travel 0.1%

Solid Waste 2.4%

Wastewater 0.001%

Paper 1%

Natural Gas 25.9%

UT Fleet 0.9%

Fertilizer 0.1%

Dr. Chou: Research on Pavement Systems and Materials for ODOT and Municipalities Dr. Nims: MRC Instrumentation, Huron County Plastic

Bridge, Nondestructive Study of Prestressing Strand Corrosion

Dr. Parvin: Repair and Rehabilitation of Infrastructure by Use of

Fiber Composite Materials, Analysis, Design and Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Structures, Earthquake Engineering of Buildings and Bridges, Dynamic Analysis of Structures under Shock and Impact, Nonlinear Finite Element Modeling, Laboratory Testing of Structural Components

Dr. Hu: Theoretical and Computational Soil/Rock Mechanics;

Geo- environmental System Simulations. Dr. Randolph: Geosynthetics, Curricular Reform in Mathematics, and Engineering Entrepreneurship Development

Dr. Kumar: Pollution Prevention, Radon, Biodiesel, Bio-solids, and Air Quality Modeling.

Dr. Gruden: Sediment Remediation, Biological Sensing, and Storm Water Treatment.

Dr. Apul: Life Cycle Assessment and Alternative

Sanitation Technologies,

High Efficiency Buildings

Dr. Seo: Drinking Water, Chemical Sensors, and Sustainable Bioremediation

Environmental Engineering Research Group

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