2023 Civil Engineering Challenge
Civil Engineering Challenge
In the year 2035 all new cars will be zero emissions in the EU, California, and maybe US. These will typically be electric or hydrogen cell vehicles. Your challenge is to determine how well these new cars, motorcycles, or scooters operate on TAMU campus. Students are tasked to digitize existing infrastructure and design innovative, newly built infrastructure to support new cars' transportation on campus, obtain efuel or water, drain/discharge water emissions, and be resilient for the future.
2035 https://www.sustainability.gov/federalsustainabilityplan/fleet.html
EPA https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/glimpse-hydrogen-transportation
eFuel with Porche https://youtu.be/q_bBAEGuCmk
Electric Car Weight Issue: https://nypost.com/2023/04/19/electric-vehicles-could-put-pressure-on-parking-garages/
Students will do the following:
Complete online certificates before coming to camp through Canvas
Research the problem
Utilize AutoCAD Civil 3D and InfraWorks to design solutions
Build miniature model car charging stations
Design engineering plans that include:
Environmental issues with hydrogen discharge
Structures to support charging
Materials to support charging
Build and present video animations and gamification in Unity
Build Canvas curriculum
Deliverables:
Video Animation
Design Plans
Curriculum