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Building Engineering Programs at Concordia University

Hua Ge, Ph.D., P. Eng. Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering

April 6 2014

2 April 6, 2014

Civil

Undergraduate, master, Ph.D.

Building

Undergraduate

Building science & building envelope Building energy & environment Construction management & structure

Graduate

M.A.Sc, M. Eng. Ph.D.

Building science energy & environment Construction management

Environm ental

• engr. &

water resources Geotechnical & transportation Engr. Structural Engr. Constr uction Manag ement

Programs at BCEE

• Dept. of Building, Civil & Environmental Engr.

Building Engineering

 Only Accredited Building Engineering by the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers in Canada (Led by

• Dr. P. Fazio)

 $1.51M from Ottawa in 1975  Grant from Quebec for hiring 12 faculty and staff for a Master’s program and Centre for Building Studies (CBS) in 1976  First graduate in Building Engineering in 1981  Accreditation from the CCPE granted in 1982

 the program emphasizes the fundamentals of building materials, structural analysis and design, building science (heat, air, moisture, acoustics, lighting, indoor environmental quality, energy), building envelopes, building services, economics, and project management

Undergraduate curriculum

120 credits

4

Building Engineering Core (81 credits)

BCEE 231 Structured programming and applications for building and civil engineers BLDG 212 Building Engineering Drawing and Introduction to Design ENGR 242 Statics ENGR 243 Dynamics ENGR 244 Mechanics of Materials ENGR 311 Transform Calculus and Partial Differential Equations ENGR 361 Fluid Mechanics I ENGR 251 Thermodynamics I CIVI 321 Engineering Materials BLDG 365 Building Science BLDG 366 Acoustics and Lighting BLDG 371 Building Service Systems BLDG 341 Building Engineering Systems BLDG 390 Building Engineering Design Project BLDG 463 Building Envelope Design BLDG 471 HVAC System Design BLDG 476 Thermal Analysis of Buildings BLDG 490 Capstone Building Engineering Design Project BCEE 342 Structural Analysis I BCEE 343 Structural Analysis II BCEE 344 Structural Design I BCEE 345 Structural Design II CIVI 432 Soil Mechanics BCEE 451 Construction Engineering

Engineering Core (29 credits)

ELEC275 Principles of Electrical Engineering ENGR 213 Applied Ordinary Differential Equations ENGR 233 Applied Advanced Calculus ENCS 282 Technical Writing and Communication ENGR 201 Professional Practice and Responsibility ENGR 301 Engineering Management Principles and Economics ENGR 371 Probability and Statistics in Engineering ENGR 391 Numerical Methods in Engineering BLDG 482 Impact of Technology

• n Society and Architecture

General Education elective

Elective Courses (min. of 9 credits)

BLDG 462 Modern Building Materials BLDG 498A Diagnostics & Rehabilitation of Building Envelopes BLDG 465 Fire and Smoke Control in Buildings BLDG 472 Building Energy Conservation Technologies BLDG 473 Building Acoustics BLDG 474 Building Illumination and Daylighting BLDG 475 Indoor Air Quality BLDG 477 Control Systems in Buildings BLDG 478 Project Management for Construction BLDG 491 Labour and Industrial Relations in Construction BLDG 492 Construction Processes BLDG 493 Legal Issues in Construction BLDG 498 Topics in Building Engineering CIVI 435 Foundation design CIVI 453 Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures CIVI 454 Design of Steel Structures BCEE 452 Matrix Analysis of Structures BCEE 455 Introduction to Structural Dynamics

Graduate Programs in B. Eng.

Graduate

Master

(45 credits)

• M. Eng.
• Courses
• projects (3
• r 5 credits)

Graduate certificate (16 credits, part-time)

Ph.D.

(90credits)

• courses: 12 credits
• Comprehensive (3 credits)
• Research proposal (6 credits)
• Thesis (70 credits)

M.A.Sc

• courses (12 credits)
• thesis (29 credits)
• building science
• building envelope
• Energy efficiency
• Building environment
• Construction management
• Rehabilitation of urban

infrastructure

• Facility management

Building Science

BLDG 6601/463 Building Enclosure BLDG 6611 Building Science BLDG 6621/462 Modern Building Materials BLDG 6661 Hygrothermal Performance of the Building Envelope BLDG 6671 Diagnostics and Rehabilitation

• f Building Envelope

BLDG 7601 Durability of Building Materials BLDG 6641 Industrialized Building BLDG 6651/465 Fire and Smoke Control in Buildings BLDG 6111 Computer-Aided Building Operation BLDG (ENGR) 6151 Database Applications in Bldg & Civil Engineering BLDG (ENGR) 6221 Design of Computer Aided Bldg & Civil Engineering Systems BLDG (ENGR) 6231 Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Bldg & Civil Engineering BLDG 6541 Heat Transfer BLDG 6561 Building Economics I BLDG 6571 Project Management BLDG 6581 Decision Analysis BLDG 6591/459 Computer-Aided Building Design

Common courses

BLDG 6631 Fundamentals of Facility Management BLDG 6861 Simulations and Design of Construction Operations BLDG 7511 Integrated Building Design ENGR 6991 Project and Report III (5 credits) BCEE 6961 Grad. Seminar in Bldg. and

• Civ. Eng. (1 cr)

Graduate Programs in B. Eng.

BLDG 6701 Building Environment BLDG 6711 Mechanical Systems in Building BLDG 6721/473 Building Acoustics BLDG 6731/474 Building Illumination BLDG 6741 HVAC Control Systems BLDG 6751/475 Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation BLDG 6761 Intelligent Buildings BLDG 6781 Energy Management in Buildings BLDG 6791 Thermal Building Simulation BLDG 6951 Passive Solar Building Design BLDG 7401 Dispersion of Building Exhaust

Energy & environment

ENGR 6601 Principles of Solar Engineering ENGR 6611 Equipment Design for Solar Energy Conversion ENGR 6661 Solar Energy Materials Science ENGR 6811 Energy Resources: Conventional and Renewable

Training professionals

 Professional engineers  Co-op program  Capstone Building Engineering Design projects  Current enrollment: 80 undergraduates

Research and education (HQP)

 Research areas

 Building envelopes and materials  Solar energy  Energy efficiency  Wind effects on buildings  Mechanical controls  Indoor air quality and ventilation  Fire and smoke control  Building structures  Construction management

Research and education (HQP)

 Centre for Zero Energy Building Studies (CZEBS):

 Mission: reduce the environmental impact of buildings while enhancing their safety and comfort by advancing knowledge through research and the building engineering discipline in Canada, by enriching the learning and research experience of students, and by assisting industry in implementing research results and innovations.  Advance the building engineering discipline and related areas across Canada to contribute in training the highly trained personnel that will contribute to a transformation of the building industry and our built environment towards a sustainable future.

http://czebs.encs.concordia.ca

Construction Industry, Engineers, Architects, …

NSERC Smart Net-Zero Energy Buildings Strategic Research Network

30 researchers from 15 Canadian Universities, 20 partners, 100HQPs

Research and education (HQP)

 NSERC SNZEB Network Education Committee

 Curriculum development for net-zero energy building design by transferring knowledge from research to education

 SNZEB Network and International Association of Building Physics PhD summer school 2014

 Net-zero Energy Building Modeling and Design for High Performance

 Building physics, building systems and energy efficiency  Integration of enabling technologies