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Apr 26, 2012
Using Current Engineering Software in a Senior-Level Hydraulics Course at a Small Undergraduate University
Publication: World Water & Environmental Resources Congress 2003
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A challenge in teaching undergraduate engineering courses is incorporating current software packages that are commonly used in engineering practice. This is especially difficult for small undergraduate colleges and universities due to budget constraints and a lack of a graduate program to support potentially expensive software packages. For a senior-level engineering hydraulics course, commercial software is used by the students to complete course projects. The students are provided a city's water and sewer system layout. These programs are used to design a network to deliver water from the existing water distribution system to a proposed new industrial building; determine the effect of the added sewage from the proposed industrial building to the sewer collection system; and redesign a pumping station to deliver water to a water tower. This presentation will show how these projects are delivered to the students and how they are assessed.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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Brian E. Whitman, Ph.D.
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GeoEnvironmental Sciences and Engineering Department, Wilkes University, P.O. Box 111, Wilkes-Barre, PA. 18766
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