Introduction to Infrastructure: An Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering (CourseSmart) - Softcover

Penn, Michael R.; Parker, Philip J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470411910 ISBN 13: 9780470411919

Publisher: Wiley, 2011

Synopsis

Penn and Parker′s Introduction to Infrastructure is comprehensive, balanced coverage of different aspects of civil engineering that shows interconnectedness of the different civil engineering disciplines. This 1st Edition covers a broad coverage of engineering disciplines, and introduction to ethics. Traditional technical topics (e.g. construction, environmental/water resources, geotechnical, etc.) are interwoven through the text and rather than treating these subdisciplines on a chapter–by–chapter basis, case studies will be used to emphasize their interconnectedness.

The text also features practical civil and environmental engineering applications, with level of technical rigor (e.g. rudimentary); a conversational tone, prompting the reader; problem–based; and Website accompanying text such as current infrastructure related news; and ordinances (parking, stormwater, etc.) from communities of various sizes and geographic locations to be used as the basis for textbook exercises.

About this title

About the Author

Michael R. Penn is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and a member of the Water Science Team at the UWP Pioneer Farm. He specializes in surface water quality and nonpoint source pollution, involving undergraduate students in applied research projects. Areas of interest include fate and transport of nutrients and sediment, especially in snowmelt runoff. Phillip Parker is Professor Emeritus?of engineering at the University of New Brunswick in?Canada.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0470411910
• ISBN 13: 9780470411919
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 464