Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London
	Skempton Building, Imperial College Road
Established	1913
Head of Department	Professor Nick Buenfeld
Faculty	Imperial College Faculty of Engineering
Students	778
Location	Imperial College Road, London, United Kingdom; 51°29′54″N 0°10′33″W / 51.498389°N 0.175806°W
Campus	South Kensington
Website	www.imperial.ac.uk/civil-engineering
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	Location in Albertopolis, South Kensington

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is the academic department at Imperial College London dedicated to civil engineering. It is located at the South Kensington Campus in London, along Imperial College Road. The department is currently a part of the college's Faculty of Engineering, which was formed in 2001 when Imperial College restructured. The department has consistently ranked within the top five on the QS World University Rankings in recent years.^[3]

The department is housed in the Skempton Building,^[4] named after the English civil engineer Sir Alec Skempton, the former head of the department.^[5] The departmental building changed its name from Civil Engineering Building to its current name in 2004,^[6] a short time after Skempton's death in 2001.

History

In 1884 the Central Institution of the City & Guilds of London Institute, later the City & Guilds College, appointed a professor, William Unwin, to teach civil and mechanical Engineering, the first teaching in the subject at the predecessors to Imperial College. In 1904, the department was taken over by William Dalby, who held the position until a separate civil engineering department was formed.^[7]

From 1913 when the Department of Civil Engineering was separated, the Heads were:

1913–1933: Stephen M. Dixon – (Railways and Bridges)
1933–1956: Alfred Pippard – (Structural Analysis and Aeronautical Structures)
1957–1976: Sir Alec Skempton – (Soil Mechanics)
1976–1982: Bernard George Neal – (Engineering Structures)
1982–1985: John Ian Munro – (Civil Engineering Systems)
1986–1994: Patrick J. Dowling – (Structural Engineering)
1994–1997: Roger E. Hobbs – (Structural Engineering)
1997–1999: Tony M. Ridley – (Transport)
1999–2011: David A. Nethercot – (Structural Engineering)
2011–2021: Nick Buenfeld – (Concrete Structures)
2021–Now: Washington Yotto Ochieng – (Transport)

Academics

The department currently consists of 6 main Sections:^[8]

Environmental & Water Resource Engineering
Fluid Mechanics
Geotechnics
Transport
Structural Engineering
Materials

Each section has its own head and laboratories. Research carried out in the department covers experimental, analytical, computational and theoretical work. Additionally, field research is conducted, especially in the Environmental and Geotechnical Engineering sections. Each section is responsible for their postgraduate courses, taught and non-taught. The department also houses the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Systems Engineering and Innovation.

Rankings

The college ranked 10th in the world for engineering in the 2018 Times Higher Education subject rankings,^[9] and the department in particular ranked 3rd in the world, and 2nd in the UK after Cambridge, in the 2018 QS World University Rankings.^[3] Domestically, the department ranked 2nd on the Complete University Guide's 2019 civil engineering table,^[10] and 1st on The Guardian's 2019 civil engineering university subject rankings.^[11]

Study

The department offers both undergraduate and postgraduate level studies, as well as a number of short courses for practising engineers.

Undergraduate

The department offers an undergraduate Master of Engineering course which last four years.^[12] The department has study-abroad arrangements with universities in Europe, including ETH Zurich, TU-Delft, École des ponts ParisTech and ENSHM Grenoble, as well as in America, Australia and Hong Kong.^[13] All students graduating with the MEng degree are also awarded the Associateship of the City & Guilds Institute, ACGI.

Postgraduate

Taught postgraduate courses^[14] last for one year lead to a MSc. The department also offers research degrees,^[15] leading to either a PhD or EngD. The former are designed to last normally for 3–4 years whereas the latter are normally designed to last for 4 years. All students graduating with any of the postgraduate degrees (MSc, PhD or EngD) are also awarded the Diploma of Imperial College, DIC.

Short courses

The department also organises some short courses^[16] which involve modules from the taught Master's programme. These courses lead to a certificate of attendance, rather than a degree proper.

Library

The department has a departmental library^[17] located on the fourth floor in the Skempton Building. It used to be part of the Imperial College Library, but from 2009 it is a part of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) library. It covers mainly standard reference textbooks, academic journals, proceedings of conferences, geological maps, theses, electronic information resources and a collection of old historic books, some of which date back to the 19th century.^{[citation needed]}

Alumni

From the department's academics, two^[18] have been knighted, several others have received other classes of the Order of the British Empire, five^[19] people received the Institution of Structural Engineers Gold Medal, nine^[20] people delivered the British Geotechnical Association Rankine Lecture and several have been Fellows of the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering and have delivered the Geotechnique Lecture.^{[citation needed]}

Several notable people have passed from it and some of them are (in alphabetical order):

Nicholas Ambraseys, Geotechnical Engineer & Engineering Seismologist – Founder of Engineering Seismology at Imperial College London
Louis Attrill, Civil Engineer – Olympic Rowing Gold Medalist
Cecil Balmond, Structural Engineer – Founder of Arup's Advanced Geometry Unit
Alan W. Bishop, Geotechnical Engineer – Founder of the Bishop's method of analysing soil slopes
John Burland, Geotechnical Engineer – The person who stabilised the Tower of Pisa
Stephen Glaister, Professor of Transport Economics
Rudolph Glossop, Engineering Geologist
Richard Jardine, Geomechanics
Cyrus Mistry, Civil Engineer – Chairman-elect of Tata Group
David Nethercot, Structural Engineer – Involved in the development of Eurocode 3
Alfred Pippard, Structural Engineer
Peter Rice, Structural Engineer
Sarada K. Sarma, Geotechnical Engineer – Founder of the Sarma method of analysing the seismic stability of earth slopes and dams
Sir Alec Skempton, Geotechnical Engineer – Founding father of Soil mechanics
Peter Rolfe Vaughan, Geotechnical Engineer – Significant work on embankments and dams
Chris Wise, Structural Engineer – Designer of the Millennium Bridge and founder of Expedition Engineering
Peter Wolf, Civil Engineer, Hydrologist – Founding Professor and Head of Civil Engineering Department at City University London^[21]
Olgierd Zienkiewicz, Civil Engineer – one of the pioneers of the Finite Element Method and its applications

Links

Past President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, (ICE) Paul Jowitt^[22] is an alumnus of the department. The previous Head, David A. Nethercot is a past President of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), whereas the current President of the Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics (SECED)^[23] is the Head of the Structural Engineering Section, Ahmed Elghazouli, who is also the UK's national delegate for international committees for Earthquake Engineering. The current Director of the RAC Foundation^[24] is the Department's Professor of Transport Economics, Stephen Glaister^[25]^[26] who is also Partnership Director of Tube Lines and has also been a board member of Transport for London (TfL). The current Head of the Civil & Environmental Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (MIT), Andrew J. Whittle^[27]^[28] is also a graduate of the department.

The department collaborates with the outside academic and professional world through professional bodies and association. Examples are the British Geotechnical Association's Rankine Lecture which is hosted every March at Imperial College,^[29] the organisation of the Centre for Transport Studies^[30] (a collaboration between Imperial College and University College London), several seminars organised by the Institution of Structural Engineers (such as IStructE Gold Medal awards^[31]), and seminars organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers and its associated societies such as SECED.

Notes

^ "Department officers and support staff | Faculty of Engineering".
^ "STATISTICS POCKET GUIDE 2016–17" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018 – Engineering – Civil & Structural | Top Universities".
^ "History of the Department". Imperial College. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
^ "Sir Alec Skempton". Imperial College. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
^ Reed, Tanya (5 May 2004). "Daughter unveils Skempton memorial". Imperial College Reporter. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
^ "A Hundred Years of Civil Engineering at South Kensington" (PDF).
^ "Departmental Research Areas". Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
^ "World University Rankings 2018 by subject: engineering and technology".
^ "Civil Engineering – University Subject Tables 2019".
^ "University league tables 2019 | Education | The Guardian".
^ "Undergraduate Admissions (MEng) | Faculty of Engineering".
^ "Year Abroad | Faculty of Engineering".
^ Postgraduate Masters Courses
^ PhD Opportunities
^ Continuing professional development (CPD)
^ Civil Engineering Library
^ Knights: Alan Harris, Alec Skempton
^ IStructE Gold Medallists: Alec Skempton, Alan Harris, John Burland, Olgiedr Zienkiewicz, David Nethercot
^ Rankine Lecturers: Alec Skempton, Alan W. Bishop, Rudolph Glossop, John Burland, Peter Vaughan, David Potts, Nicholas Ambraseys, David Hight and David Henkel
^ Professor Peter Wolf
^ "ICE President". Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
^ Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics
^ Royal Automobile Club Foundation
^ Stephen Glaister is new RAC Foundation director
^ RAC Foundation Who's who
^ Professor Andrew J. Whittle
^ Andrew Whittle to head Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering – MITnews
^ ICE Virtual Library – The Rankine Lecture Archived 2013-01-03 at archive.today
^ "Centre for Transport Studies". Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
^ IStructE Gold Medal^{[permanent dead link‍]}

References

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College [1]
History of the Department [2] Archived 16 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Gay Hannah (2007) The History of Imperial College London 1907–2007: Higher Education and Research in Science, Technology and Medicine. Imperial College Press, London. ISBN 1-86094-709-3.

[1] "Department officers and support staff | Faculty of Engineering".

[2] "STATISTICS POCKET GUIDE 2016–17" (PDF).

[QSRankings-3] "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018 – Engineering – Civil & Structural | Top Universities".

[History-4] "History of the Department". Imperial College. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2013.

[SkemptonBiog-5] "Sir Alec Skempton". Imperial College. Retrieved 8 September 2013.

[Reporter-6] Reed, Tanya (5 May 2004). "Daughter unveils Skempton memorial". Imperial College Reporter. Retrieved 8 September 2013.

[7] "A Hundred Years of Civil Engineering at South Kensington" (PDF).

[8] "Departmental Research Areas". Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

[9] "World University Rankings 2018 by subject: engineering and technology".

[10] "Civil Engineering – University Subject Tables 2019".

[11] "University league tables 2019 | Education | The Guardian".

[12] "Undergraduate Admissions (MEng) | Faculty of Engineering".

[13] "Year Abroad | Faculty of Engineering".

[14] Postgraduate Masters Courses

[15] PhD Opportunities

[16] Continuing professional development (CPD)

[17] Civil Engineering Library

[18] Knights: Alan Harris, Alec Skempton

[19] IStructE Gold Medallists: Alec Skempton, Alan Harris, John Burland, Olgiedr Zienkiewicz, David Nethercot

[20] Rankine Lecturers: Alec Skempton, Alan W. Bishop, Rudolph Glossop, John Burland, Peter Vaughan, David Potts, Nicholas Ambraseys, David Hight and David Henkel

[21] Professor Peter Wolf

[22] "ICE President". Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

[23] Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics

[24] Royal Automobile Club Foundation

[25] Stephen Glaister is new RAC Foundation director

[26] RAC Foundation Who's who

[27] Professor Andrew J. Whittle

[28] Andrew Whittle to head Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering – MITnews

[29] ICE Virtual Library – The Rankine Lecture Archived 2013-01-03 at archive.today

[30] "Centre for Transport Studies". Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2010.

[31] IStructE Gold Medal^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London

History

Academics

Rankings

Study

Undergraduate

Postgraduate

Short courses

Library

Alumni

Links

Notes

References

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