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Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering (2014/02/09)
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3.5. Fulton - Arizona State University

3.5.1. School of sustainable engineering and the built environment

3.5.1.1. What is “sustainable engineering and the built environment”?

Sustainable engineering is a revolutionary approach to engineering that:

• Focuses on the long-lasting improvement of the human condition.

• Recognizes the connections between infrastructure and the human and natural systems; and

• Designs and constructs complex systems by considering environmental impacts, life-cycle assessment,

and risk and uncertainty, along with technical and economic effectiveness.

The built environment includes society’s physical infrastructure and integrated systems that create the condi-

tions for sustained health, prosperity and social well-being.

Involvement with the built environment generally includes the initiation of projects or programs through

planning, design, construction, operations and decommissioning; the so-called “life-cycle” of the endeavor.

Civil engineering is a broad field that applies engineering principles primarily to the public domain infras-

tructure, including transportation, water resources, buildings and other structures such as dams and bridges.

Civil engineers plan, design and supervise the construction of facilities such as high-rise buildings, airports,

roads, water treatment centers and sanitation plants. Civil engineers balance the needs of society with techni-

cal and economic feasibility. ASU engineers work to achieve safe and sustainable development through “gre-
en” engineering.

3.5.1.2. Civil, environmental and sustainable engineering

Civil engineering is a broad field that applies engineering principles primarily to the public domain infras-

tructure, including transportation, water resources, buildings and other structures such as dams and bridges.

Civil engineers plan, design and supervise the construction of facilities such as high-rise buildings, airports,

roads, water treatment centers and sanitation plants. Civil engineers balance the needs of society with techni-

cal and economic feasibility. ASU engineers work to achieve safe and sustainable development through “gre-
en” engineering.

The civil engineering curriculum at ASU emphasizes sustainability as a revolutionary approach to enginee-

ring that focuses on the long lasting improvement of the human condition. Sustainable engineering trans-
forms the traditional design and construction methods of complex systems by the application of life cycle

and environmental assessment, risk and uncertainty analysis and other emerging techniques.

We are rewriting the way educational programs incorporate sustainable engineering planning, design and
construction processes. Our unique blend of civil and environmental, construction engineering and construc-

tion management programs - coupled with a focus on sustainable engineering - enables us to train students

who can impact the entire lifecycle of the built environment, from planning to design to construction.

Pursuing an advanced degree with us, you can:

• analyze complex urban systems that involve quantification of risk and uncertainty in engineering design

and construction

• develop green technologies from novel materials, biotechnological approaches to carbon and nitrogen cy-

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