Alumni Presentation 2007

State of the Department of Civil
Engineering
The University of Toledo
Presented by
Ashok Kumar, Ph.D., BCEE
Professor and Chairman
RETIRED
Dr. Gupta
Professor of Civil Engineering
THINKING OF RETIRING
Dr. Pickett
Professor of Civil
Engineering
Accreditation: ABET
New Sink to Keep the Lab Clean
Floor drain, with weir, laboratory room 1074
Surveying and CAD
CIVE 1100: Civil Engineering
Measurements
CIVE 1110: Computer Aided
Drafting for Civil Engineers
New Scholarships and
Student Support
Scholarships:
* The Douglas Company
* Jackson Davis Foundation CE Incentive
Scholarship
* MIM
 Gretchen Koo Award
 Student activities: The Douglas Company,
URS, SSOE, Alumni, and Others.
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SAMBORN DISTINGUISHED
LECTURE
CE Industrial Advisory Board
2004 – 2007
1. Mr. Birdell F. Jackson, B & E Jackson & Associates, Inc.
2. Mr. Gary W. Johnson, Arcadis FPS
3. Mr. Todd Audet, ODOT
4. Mr. Matthew D. Lewandowski, Lewandowski Engineers
5. Mr. Pete Douglas, The Douglas Company
6. Mr. Raymond Huber, Wood County Engineer
7. Mr. Neo Hadjicharalambous, Arcadis FPS
8. Mr. Dean Niese, The Mannik and Smith Group
2005 - 2008
9. Mr. Richard Martinko, Transportation Institute, UT
10. Ms. Angela Gerdeman, Hull & Associates
11. Ms. Laurie Adams, DGL Limited, LLC
12. Ms. Dana Martin-Hayden, OhioEPA
2006 - 2009
13. Mr. Alex A Smaili, OhioEPA
University Update
UT Strategic Directions
 Budgeting based on income/expenses
 Faculty recruitment
 Graduate School reorganization
 Faculty Senate

Organization Chart
Chairman
Academic Program Coordinator
Industial Advisory Committee
Department Secretary
Lab. Machinist
Student Advisory Committee
Undergraduate Program Director
Focus Areas
Infrastructure Engineering
Graduate Program Director
Environmental Engineering
Department Profile
 9 Faculty Members (including COE Associate Dean and
Department Chair)
 1 Academic Program Coordinator, 1 CE Secretary, and
half-time Technician
 Offer BSCE, MSCE and PhD degrees
 ~40 Graduate Students
 ~200 Undergraduate Students
 6 Research Labs, 7 Teaching Labs
 ~$ 0.5 million/yr research funding
Undergraduate
 59 New Freshmen in 2007
Very well qualified
Biggest issue is high school preparation
They need support to develop resilience
 192 CE major in Fall 2007
Fall 2007 Senior Design Project Group 1:
ODOT Highway Maintenance Facility
Design
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Water management
- Collection Pond

Water Recycling
- Wash Bay

Pavement Design
- Porous Pavement
Fall 2007 Senior Design Project Group 2:
ODOT Garage Improvements
Implementation of a Green Roof to reduce energy costs
and improve storm water retention

Improvements to Site Layout and earth insulation to
reduce energy costs

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Alternative forms of energy (Solar and Wind)
Implementation of corrosive resistant gusset plates and
protective door

Fall 2007 Senior Design Project Group 3:
The Crossroads of America
Attract tourists and businesses
to the site.
 Expect 6 million visitors a
year
Provide unique ideas for site
development.
 Aesthetically pleasing theme
and design
Investigate drainage issues.
 Possible tie-in to canal
system
Consider transportation issues.
 Bike and cart paths, along
with traffic control in
roadways
Enrollment
300
11
22
24
24
250
58
50
51
47
18
25
28
Number of Students
200
14
14
16
25
15
16
25
8
8
15
29
8
27
15
16
8
Graduate Part Time
150
Graduate Full Time
Undergraduate Part Time
100
191
192
195
208
Undergraduate Full Time
196
182
191
167
176
50
0
99-00
00-01
01-02
02-03
03-04
04-05
Academ ic Year
05-06
06-07
07-08
Graduation
80
0
70
0
1
1
2
2
30
60
2
13
Graduates
50
17
19
35
0
34
24
40
8
Doctoral
Masters
Bachelors
30
46
43
44
46
20
37
31
27
29
10
0
99-00
00-01
01-02
02-03
03-04
Academ ic Year
04-05
05-06
06-07
Benchmarking Study
Group
Enrollment/FTE
Overall
Degree/FTE
Research $/FTE
University of
Toledo
(2004 to 2006)
23.2
6.1
$ 75,537
Peers
(2006)
18.9
5.0
$ 180,238
Leaders
(2006)
17.2
4.8
$ 205,927
Enrollment Projections I
(declining freshman class)
Year
Undergraduate
Graduate
2007-08
192
42
2008-09
162
30+
2009-10
164
27+
2010-11
165
27+
2011-12
162
27+
Enrollment Projections II
(60 freshman and 8 transfer)
Year
Undergraduate
Graduate
2007-08
192
30+
2008-09
172
27+
2009-10
182
24+
2010-11
186
24+
2011-12
187
24+
Enrollment Projections III
(3 new faculty and 10 TW)
Year
Undergraduate
Graduate
2007-08
192
42
2008-09
184
32+
2009-10
205
33+
2010-11
220
35+
2011-12
221
37+
Funding
External Research Funds (Amounts in $millions)
$0.99
$1.00
$0.86
$0.90
$0.86
External Research Funds
$0.80
$0.66
$0.70
$0.57
$0.60
$0.51
$0.47
$0.50
$0.40
$0.30
$0.20
$0.10
$0.00
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
Academ ic Year
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
Ohio Fundamentals of Engineering
(FE) Examination Results for CE
Date
Number
Number of
who Took
Graduates
the Exam
Number
who
Passed
Pass rate
October
2002
26
17
12
70.6%
April 2003
24
18
11
61.1%
October
2003
22
19
16
84.2%
April 2004
20
11
6
54.5%
October
2004
19
15
12
80%
April 2005
16
23
20
87%
Canoe Race
Engagement in the
Community, State, and Nation
Diversity and Outreach
 Dr. Pickett: Funded by State and NSF. National
Leader. Major investments by COE and CE
Department
 Dr. Apul: ‘Introduction to water engineering’ for
TPS
 Maumee River Crossing
 Design Committee and Education Committee
 Mayor, DOT, and Governor committees and
taskforces
 Professional Societies
 Review Panels
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Global Engagement
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Turkey
Sweden
India
China
ABET Program Outcome h: “The broad education
necessary to understand the impact of engineering
solutions in a global and societal context.”
Curriculum Redesign Issues
Graduate Program
* Core Courses
 Undergraduate Program
* Steel Design
* Transportation Engineering II
* C++

Research Areas
Environmental
Engineering
Infrastructure
Engineering
Structures
Transportation
Geotechnical
Environmental
What’s Exciting?
Infrastructure Engineering

Dr. Chou : Research on pavement systems and materials for ODOT
and municipalities

Dr. Nims : MRC instrumentation, Stay in place metal forms
grants

Dr. Parvin : Improving earthquake resistance of concrete
buildings and infrastructure using fiber composite wrapping
materials

Dr. Heydinger : Analysis of seasonal instrumentation data,
investigation of a former municipal landfill

Dr. Randolph : Unsaturated flow of groundwater, Geologic
system reliability
Dr. Pickett: Earthquake
Investigation Trip to Peru 2007
Instrumentation of MRC
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Sparse array of embedded Instruments monitors construction and long term behavior.

Construction on the main span has begun.
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The data from post tensioning have been collected.
Transportation Infrastructure
Research
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Research focus on innovative
use of technologies to improve
performance of pavement
systems and materials
•
10 major transportation
infrastructure research
projects funded by the
Ohio Department of
Transportation & Federal
Highway Administration
(8 completed, 2 ongoing)
•
1985
Distress, PCR,
Traffic Loading
2002
Distress,
2003 PCR,
Traffic Loading
Distress,
PCR,
2004
Pavement Section
County, Route
Blog and Elog
2009
Distress,
2008 PCR,
Traffic Loading
Distress,
2007 PCR,
Traffic PCR,
Loading
Distress,
2006Loading
Traffic
Predicted
Distress, PCR,
Traffic Loading
Traffic PCR,
Loading
Distress,
2005
Traffic Loading
Distress,
PCR,
Traffic Loading
Treatment
Decision
Tree
Recommended
Treatment
Prediction
Model
Actual Treatment
Performed
Treatment Cost
Treatment Cost
versus
Budget Report
Remaining Life Estimation
PCR 70
Continuing
collaborations with
Cities of Toledo,
Perrysburg, and
Sandusky
PCR 80
PCR 90
What’s Exciting?
Environmental Engineering

Dr. Kumar Pollution Prevention, Radon,
Biodiesel, Biosolids grants

Dr. Gruden Sediment Remediation and Sensors

Dr. Apul Pollution fate and transport in water
and soils, Sustainability
Sustainability Engineering
Life Cycle Assessment and
Multi-Criteria Decision Making
Beneficial Reuse Model
Teaching
TPS students
water
sustainability
Sustainable
arsenic
remediation
using
wetlands
Development of Water Resources
Models for the Old Woman Creek
Watershed
Assessment of Alternative Cap
Covers
at the Former King Road Landfill
Real-time Membrane-Based
Bacteria Sensors
organic matter
microorganism
BRM
temperatureactivated brush
Permselective Barrier (Membrane)
Increase
temperature hydrophobic
Decrease
temperature hydrophilic
Permselective Barrier (Membrane)
Alternative
Fuels
PM 1.0 Comparisons
• PM concentrations were more in a diesel
bus compared to a biodiesel bus.
Biodiesel facility at TARTA
PM concentration comparison: Indoor
vs. Outdoor
Instrumental Setup Top view
• Indoor trend follows the outdoor trends generally.
• The big spikes in indoor concentration are as a result
of passenger activity, not ambient concentrations.
Bio-aerosols Dispersion Modeling
and Risk Evaluation

Bio-aerosols are defined as
airborne particles
consisting of or originating
from the micro-organism
(bacteria, viruses,
pathogens). They are
generated from land
application of biosolids.

The objectives of the project are:
 To develop a bio-aerosols
dispersion model
 To develop a risk assessment
model to evaluate the risk
associated with bio-aerosols
THRUST

Development of New Knowledge

Innovation for CE Profession
Management Approach

Leading

Changing

Growing
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
By serving on CE Industrial Advisory Board
 By inviting CE faculty to submit proposals
 By referring CE faculty to funding
opportunities
 By contributing to the CE Progress Fund
through UT foundation
 By creating scholarships and an endowed
professorship
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Questions?
Fiber Composite Jacketing of Reinforced Concrete
Beams, Columns, and Wall-Floor Joints
International Collaborative Research
Involving
Repairing/Retrofitting of Structures Using
Innovative Materials and Large-Scale
Experimentation on Structural Components
Earthquake Resistant of Buildings and Bridges
Using Base Isolations and Dampers
Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis Simulation
of Buildings and Bridges Components