Teaching
Autumn Term:
Professional skills for Civil and Geomatics Engineers I (UG - Year 1)
This is an introductory module to both courses (in Civil Engineering and Geomatics), giving students the opportunity to develop transferable and inquisitive skills, while in the same time learning some essential basic knowledge of the professions. Students become aware of Professional qualifications objectives (such as those of the Institution of Civil Engineers, UK) and engage in individual and team work, through weekly workshops. Activities include: Presentations, Report Writing, Intuitive structural modelling and understanding of structural behaviour, Basic computational skills, Approximate quantitative analysis and Sketching.
Professional skills for Civil and Geomatics Engineers I (UG - Year 1)
This is an introductory module to both courses (in Civil Engineering and Geomatics), giving students the opportunity to develop transferable and inquisitive skills, while in the same time learning some essential basic knowledge of the professions. Students become aware of Professional qualifications objectives (such as those of the Institution of Civil Engineers, UK) and engage in individual and team work, through weekly workshops. Activities include: Presentations, Report Writing, Intuitive structural modelling and understanding of structural behaviour, Basic computational skills, Approximate quantitative analysis and Sketching.
Professional skills for Civil and Geomatics Engineers II (UG - Year 2)
This module is compulsory for both courses and consolidates professional skills in three distinct areas.
This module is compulsory for both courses and consolidates professional skills in three distinct areas.
- Development of Engineering Analysis Computational Tools
- Employability skills
- Entrepreneurship skills using the Business Model Canvas
A frame analysis computational tool created in MS Excel accompanied by a video tutorial as part of the assessment
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A road geometric alignment and earthworks computational tool created in MS Excel accompanied by a video tutorial as part of the assessment
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Here you can find a the description of the project brief for the developing a computational structural analysis tool. While aiming at the creation of a fooproof computational tool, the students have to deal with project management, exercise their communication skills in a variety of ways, learn about quality control and reinforced their structural analysis knowledge base.
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Spring Term
Integrated Design for Civil and Geomatics Engineers I (UG - Year 1)
This module is compulsory in Year 1 of both courses and focuses on developing the students' design skills. It starts with explaining the rationale of engineering design and how technical specifications are made. A session on Creativity and Innovation followed with short design exercises from the Expedition Workshed. Last but not least, students are split in groups to perform a large Design and Build Exercise, where they have to plan, design and construct model structures in the laboratory as a mini-construction exercise. You can see videos of the 2012, 2013 and 2014 projects below.
Integrated Design for Civil and Geomatics Engineers I (UG - Year 1)
This module is compulsory in Year 1 of both courses and focuses on developing the students' design skills. It starts with explaining the rationale of engineering design and how technical specifications are made. A session on Creativity and Innovation followed with short design exercises from the Expedition Workshed. Last but not least, students are split in groups to perform a large Design and Build Exercise, where they have to plan, design and construct model structures in the laboratory as a mini-construction exercise. You can see videos of the 2012, 2013 and 2014 projects below.
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The project description and briefs can be found below.
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The Year 1 Large Design project has been awarded a Commendation for Excellence in Structural Engineering Education by the Institution of Structural Engineers (UK) in 2015. You can download the submission here.
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Integrated Design for Civil and Geomatics Engineers II (UG - Year 2)
The second compulsory Integrated Design module, consolidates the skills acquired in different modules through the development of proposals for a large design challenge, in groups, with each student has specific duties. The groups also benefit from the involvement of practitioners who mentor the teams during the project. The 2014 project was for the Redevelopment of the Nicosia International Airport, where students in Groups had to research, analyse, design and propose the possibility of the development of an international aviation hub.
The second compulsory Integrated Design module, consolidates the skills acquired in different modules through the development of proposals for a large design challenge, in groups, with each student has specific duties. The groups also benefit from the involvement of practitioners who mentor the teams during the project. The 2014 project was for the Redevelopment of the Nicosia International Airport, where students in Groups had to research, analyse, design and propose the possibility of the development of an international aviation hub.
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