College of Engineering
Department of Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering
Tim Ellis, Associate Professor
Ted Millen, Academic Advisor
ENGR101
October 7, 2008
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 What is Civil Engineering?
 What opportunities are there for Civil Engineers?
 What is special about civil engineering at Iowa State University?
 Opportunities for students at ISU.
 Talks from several students.
 Demonstration and questions.
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What is a civil engineer?
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GEOTECH &
MATERIALS
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civil engineer?
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Student Chapters
Activities
 AGC
 ASCE
 Chi Epsilon
 Sigma Lambda Chi
 Design-Build
 NECA
 MCAA
 SWE
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IOWA STATE STUDENT CHAPTER
Kick-off meeting Wednesday, September 3rd at 5:30 at the
Pizza Pit on Welch Ave.
Free for freshmen!
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Social Events
 Bingo before
speaker meetings
 Intramural sports
 Bowling Night
 Skiing/Sledding
Event
 Movie Night
 Camping Trip
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Outreach
 Volunteer at the Lego
League Competition
 Engineering Day at the
Mall
 West Point Bridge
Program
 Assist middle school and
high school students
design their own bridges
 Judges for the Science
Olympiad
 Halloween Food Drive
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ISU ASCE
CONCRETE CANOE TEAM
College of Engineering
Competed at the National Concrete Canoe Competition at Drexel University in Philadelphia in
2003 and University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2004
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ISU ASCE
STEEL BRIDGE TEAM
College of Engineering
 2008 ~ 9th place overall at Nationals in Gainesville , first place aesthetics
 2005 ~ Qualified for Nationals
 2004~ 8th place overall at Nationals
 Fundraising
with Pizza
every Wednesday
starting 11 am.
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Questions?
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