A school of Civil Engineering was set up in November 186o and classes commenced in 1861. At first a certificate of Engineering was awarded, but in -1882 a chair of Engineering was established, and a degree course in Civil Engineering was introduced in 1883. This course was amended in 1893 to form the first B.C.E. course in which the foundations of today's curriculum can be traced.
The teaching of Civil Engineering continued to be administered within the single department of Engineering until 1947, when the first chair of Civil Engineering was established and the first professor (Dr J. A. L. Matheson) appointed.
Civil Engineering teaching now includes both the undergraduate course of B E. (Civil) and the graduate (M.Eng.Sc.) courses.
At present between forty and fifty civil engineers graduate with the degree of . B.Е. (Civil) each year. There are between ten and twenty research students reading for the research degrees of M.Eng.Sc. and Ph.D.
THE B.E. (CIVIL) COURSE
The first two years of this course have much in common with the Mechanical, Industrial.
Electrical, Mining and Agricultural Engineering courses, the aims being to provide funda- mental training in the basic sciences of Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry and in the elements of the structure and mechanics of materials, Thermodynamics, Dynamics of Machines, Electrical Engineering, and Engineering Design
The third and fourth years of the course are concerned mainly with the Theory and Design of Structures, Soil Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulics and Surveying. Mathe matics Statistics and the writing of English are taken in third year while in fourth year Mathematics is again available as an elective. A large part of the fourth year is devoted to structural and hydraulic design projects and selected research projects on which in- dividual theses are submitted. A course in Town Planning is also given.
Non-technical activities in fourth year include a course in Business Administration (elective), Discussion Groups, Law and Economics lectures and alternative short courses in Appreciation of Art, Music and Practice in Painting, etc.
Accepted B.E. (Civil) graduates may study for the higher degrees of M.Eng.Sc. and Ph.D. by study and research within the Department. For further details see University Cakndar.
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THE M.ENG.SC. (CIVIL) COURSE
In 1960 full-time graduate courses leading to the degree of M.Eng.Sc. were introduced in the department of Civil Engineering. The courses Structural Engineering, Soil Engineer•
ing, Hydraulics Engineering and Transport Engineering extend over twelve months, about half an academic year being devoted to formal teaching and the remaining time to a selected research project. It is also possible to proceed to the M.Eпg.Sc. degree by full-time research work on a selected project.
THE CIVIL ENGINEERING LABORATORIES These consist of the following:
1. Metals Testing Laboratory (Melbourne) z. Concrete Laboratories (Melbourne and Sýndal) 3. Soil Mechanics Laboratories (Melbourne and Syndal) q. Structures Laboratory (Sупдаl)
5. Hydraulic Laboratory (Melbourne)
The departmental laboratories are not all located at Melbourne. Owing to shortage of space it has been found necessary to expand to an external site at Syndal about twelve miles east of Melbourne.
A Soil Mechanics Laboratory has been operating for some years in collaboration with the C.S.LR.O. Division of Soil Mechanics at Syndal and recently a Structural Testing Laboratory 9,ооо square feet in area has been built nearby. Part of the latter area is available for research and testing structures of all types.
The Hydraulics Laboratory (q,000 square feet in area) was recently completed and large scale research and testing in this field is now possible.
These laboratories cover a total area of aa,000 square feet and contain much costly and specialized equipment with ancillary workshop and maintenance facilities. They are available for teaching, research and testing, and provide a valuable service to industry and government bodies when special tests and investigations are required.
RECOGNITION
The B.E. (Civil) degree at Melbourne is recognized by The Institution of Engineers, Australia
The Institution of Civil Engineers, London The Institution of Structural Engineers (London) The American Society of Civil Engineers
The Board of Examiners for Engineers of Water Supply, Victoria The Board of Examiners for Municipal Engineers, Victoria
and carries exemptions from all or part of the written examinations of these bodies.
Teaching Staj~}
Professor of Civil Engineering:
A. J. Francis, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Birm.), M.C.E., M.I.C.E., M.I.Struct.E., M.I.E.Aust.
Readers:
L. K. Stevens, Ph.D. (Cantab.), B.C.E., M.Eng.Sc., A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.E.Aust,
"J. D. Lawson, B.E. (W.A.), Ph.D. (Aberd.), М.Е., M.A.S.C.E., A.M.I.E.Aust.
Senior Lecturers:
T. V. Wood, В.С.Е., Dip.C.E.. A.M.I.E.Aust.
B. В. Sharp, М.Е. (Adel.), Ph.D., F.S.A.S.M., A.M.LE.Aust.
L. C. Schmidt, В.С.Е., M.Eng.Sc., Ph.D., A.M.I.E.Aust., M.A.S.C.E.
P. J. Moore, В.Е. (syd.). М.Ѕ. (ill.), Sc.D. (M.I.T.), A.M.I.E.Aust.,. A.M.A.S.C.E.
D. S. Mansell, Ph.D. (Wales). M.Eng.Sc., A.M.I.E.Aust.
I. C. O'Neill, B.C.E., M.Eng.Sc., Dip.C.E., A.M.I.E.Aust., A.M.A.S.C.E.
I. R. Morgan, Ph.D., A.M.I.E.Aust.
G. D. Base, В
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(Eng.), A.M.I.C.E.Research Consultant:
F. Laszlo, D.Eng. (Darmstadt), Dip.Ing. (Budapest), M.C.E.
Lecturers:
W. T. O'Brien, B.E. (Civil), С.Е.
N. Clark, В.E., B.Com. (Q'ld.), A.M.I.E.Aust.
Assistant Lecturer:
H. R. Graze, B.C.E., A.M.I.E.Aust., A.M.A.S.C.E.
• On sabbatical leave. -
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Senior Demonstrators:
H. Hughes, В.С.Е.; M.I.E.Aust.
L. P. Ilott, D.Teeh. (Vienna), A.M.I.E.Aust.
G. Nicoll, Dip.Eng. (R.T.C., Glas.) Part-time Teaching Officers:
Lecturerт in Structural Design:
R. T. A. Hardcastle, B.C.E., A.M.I.E.Aust.
H. C. Richards, Dip.C.E., A.M.I.E.Aust.
R. M. Johnson, B.C.E., S.M. (Harv.), A.M.I.E.Aust.
T. J. Langley, В.C.Е., A.M.I.E.Aust.
Lecturers in Transport Engineering:
N. S. Guerin, B.C.E., C.E., E.W.S., A.M.I.E.Aust., Cert. Highway Planning (Yale), А.М.Т.Т.Е.
L. M. Jones, B.C.E., C.E., A.M.I.E.Aust., Dipl. Highway Eng. (Dunelm) H. C. Williams, В.С.Е., A.M.I.E.Aust.
Lecturers in Engineering Practices:
I H. Miller, В.С.Е., A.M.I.E.Aust.
C. P. Hone, B.C.E., М.А. (Cantab.), A.M.I.E.Aust.
Lecturers in the Civil Engineering Graduate School:
J. D. Boyd, MCE., M.LE.Aust.
J. F. Brotchie, B.C.E., D.Eng. (Berkeley, Calif.), A.M.I.E.Aust., M.A.S.C.E.
О. G. Ingles, BA., M.Sc., F.R.I.C.
D. Lafeber, D.Sc. (Amsterdam)
R. G. Pearson, B.A., B.C.E., A.M.I.E.Aust.
FIRST YEAR
551 Chemistry (Engineering course) 552 Engineering part I
553-1 Engineering Mathematics part I 554-1 Physics part I (Engineering course) SECOND YEAR
555-1 Applied Thermodynamics part I 556-1 Dynamics of Machines part I 557-1 Electrical Engineering part IA 558-1 'Engineering Design part I 553-2 Engineering Mathematics part II 559 Engineering Materials
560-1 Mechanics of Solids part I
554-z 'Physics part II (Engineering course) THIRD YEAR
562 Earth Science
566-3 Engineering Mathematics part IIIA 563-I Fluid Mechanics A
581 Structural Theory and Design 582.-I Surveying part I
FOURTH YEAR2
583 Civil Engineering
584 'Town Planning together with any one of the following subjects:
232-3 Business Administration 3 (Business Decisions) together with one of the following units of Business Administration:
г3г-1 Organizational Behaviour Z322. Business Planning and Control
or the unit
nzo-8 Economics C (Industrial Relations)
Note: This latter unit may not be taken by candidates who have been credited with unit C8 in subject zzo for the Bachelor of Commerce degree.
or 553-4 3Engjneerjng Mathematics part IV or 363 Geology part II
1 The examination in these subjects will be for Pass only.
2 Students enrolling for Fourth Year Civil Engineering m 2967 are required to take a preliminary course in Fortran Programming beginning on 6 March.
3 Subject to approval of previous mathematical performance, students who wish to take Engineering Mathematics part IV must have taken Engineering Mathematics part IIIC in their Third Year.
List of Subjects for Civil Engineering Course
List of Subjects for Block Exemption Course THIRD YEAR
66-z Engineering Mathematics part IIB 554-2 Physics part II (Engineering course) 56Z 1Earth Science
581 Structural Theory and Design 553-3 Engineering Mathematics part III 563-1 Fluid Mechanics A
559 Engineering Materials FOURTH YEAR (As for standard course)
1 Students are required to take only section C of Earth Science, but are advised to attend lectures of section В.