Civil Engineering
The Civil Engineering specialization at 麻豆色情片 prepares students for career success. From the roads, highways and bridges we drive on to the clean water we drink and the buildings we see in the skyline, Civil Engineering makes modern life possible.
The Civil Engineering Specialization is part of our Engineering Program, which is accredited by the under the General Criteria.
Engineering Program Educational Objectives
Three to five years after graduation, we expect our graduates to:
- Possess an inquisitive mind, demonstrate excellence in technical knowledge and skills, achieve success as a practicing engineer or graduate student, and apply the highest ethical standards in all pursuits.
- Value the concept of, and demonstrate through practice, activities and actions that contribute to continual intellectual growth.
- Advance the engineering profession by becoming actively involved in professional associations and societies, serving in professional and community volunteer positions, acting as a role model for the future generation of engineers, and assisting the SECCM Engineering Program in achieving its mission and goals
Degree Requirements
Train for the Future of Engineering
Our program is unique: by providing a broad Engineering education, students are well-versed in a variety of areas, allowing them to work with engineers from all backgrounds and fields. This is the future of the Engineering industry.
Learn more from Dean Robert Griffin:
Senior Design Project
The Senior Design Project is a fundamental element of senior year. Much like the cross-discipline work that will be in their future careers, the design of our students鈥 senior projects integrates math, science, computer science, and engineering principles into a comprehensive, client-based engineering design project. Student teams work with faculty advisors to design and fabricate solutions to open-ended problems and present their projects at professional conferences and competitions.
Engineering State-of-the-Art Facilities
The newest building on the Bristol campus, the Richard L. Bready Applied Learning Laboratories is designed to foster collaboration and innovation while offering high-tech resources for experiential learning. The three-floor, 27,325-square-foot building features seven cutting-edge laboratories, senior design project rooms and open spaces dedicated to hands-on education.
4+1 Master's Program Partnership with UMass Dartmouth
麻豆色情片 and UMass Dartmouth have partnered to provide joint accelerated master's programs in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Civil Engineering.
麻豆色情片 engineering students can take two courses their senior year and apply those 6 credits to one of 3 UMass master鈥檚 in engineering degrees 鈥 civil, computer or electrical, allowing them to complete both degrees in five years.
This unique opportunity offers students an efficient and cost-effective pathway to reach their academic goals and begin careers in high-demand fields.
Students interested in the accelerated BS/MS programs may consult their program coordinator or dean about eligibility and the application process.
Receive Professional Recognition
Our students are encouraged and supported to take the Fundamentals of Engineering exam and become an Engineer In Training (EIT), a professional designation from the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) and a key step toward licensure as a Professional Engineer.
Learn from Faculty Experts
Janet Baldwin, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor of Engineering
Janet Baldwin has more than 30 years鈥 experience in environmental and civil engineering. She has applied her skills to solving water-related problems in Rhode Island as well as internationally. These projects include stormwater and drinking water projects in Bristol, R.I., as well as in Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and Ecuador, and have all been completed with student collaboration. Through these projects, students have traveled internationally as well as within the U.S., and many have won awards at professional conferences. Dr. Baldwin鈥檚 love of water extends to her teaching as well as to making full use of the waterfront kayaking on campus.
鈥淚 love the location of the Roger Williams campus. Being right on the water gives us a huge laboratory right in our backyard,鈥 she said. 鈥淲e take field trips walking around campus to take samples and test the water quality. It鈥檚 great to learn by actually applying the concepts learned in class.鈥
Alumni Share Their Experiences
鈥淏y the time I was in advanced classes there were only 10-12 students in each class. We were all really close with our professors. I remember one professor who would stay late after class helping students with projects, working on robotics, having fun and always being there for support. You could tell he really cared."
Jared Ramos '18
Major: Civil Engineering
Project Engineer at Gilbane Building Company in Providence, R.I.
Ways to Get Involved
Society of Women Engineers
麻豆色情片's chapter of the provides opportunities for women students to build community and connect with faculty mentors and industry professionals to advance women in engineering. Students travel to the Society of Women Engineers Conference, making industry connections that lead to success after graduation.
Each year, SWE brings scores of fourth-grade girls to campus for a hands-on engineering lesson that helps them earn a Girl Scouts badge.
- In Fall 2020, women students accounted for 49% of all students in STEM majors, which includes the sciences, math, engineering, and computer science
- 41% of tenured and tenure-track Natural Science, Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics professors are women, ahead of the national average of 36%
Engineers Without Borders
麻豆色情片's chapter focuses on community based projects by providing an engineering solution. 鈥婽hroughout the school year, students and faculty collaborate to plan, design, and prototype for upcoming projects. They also take part in various local engineering projects. In recent years, EWB has traveled with The Foundation of the International Medical Relief of Children (FIMRC); their first trip was in 2016 to Dajabon, Dominican Republic.
American Society of Civil Engineers
麻豆色情片's chapter of the competes in the American Institute of Steel Construction's Steel Bridge Competition in which students will plan, design, construct, and compete with various schools to see how fast they can assemble their bridge and how much load it can withstand.
Multicultural STEM Alliance
The Multicultural STEM Alliance aims to strengthen the sense of community among students of color in STEM majors at 麻豆色情片 by offering activities, mentorship, and networking opportunities at and outside of the university.
Praise from Employers
鈥淲e couldn鈥檛 have a better partner in developing the most talented professionals for our industry than 麻豆色情片, with its outstanding and nationally-ranked programs in construction management and engineering.鈥
Les Hiscoe
CEO of Shawmut Design and Construction