Civil Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #2

We’re beginning our engineering journey with a tour through the major branches. Today Shini explains the facets of civil engineering, including structural and construction engineering, city planning, transportation, and sanitation.
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[@hdsiroha]

Bob the Builder was the most famous civil engineer in recent history.

[@EM-ih6lw]

Are you even paying attention to the video this is not a cartoon its a learning channel?!

[@alexkid1]

Uhm no, he was a constructor.

[@rosewhite370]

alexkid1 is that a joke he is a civil engineer

[@alexkid1]

@@rosewhite370 Hehe I never saw a civil engineer actually doing labour as Bob did. Henceforth he is just a labourer/contractor.. Not an engineer.

[@jim123bcbhd9]

@@EM-ih6lw Imagine not being able to take a joke lol

[@alchemistapollo]

I recently graduated in Civil Engineering in fall of 2018. I am here to recap while I study for my Fundamental of Engineering exam. I really enjoyed the structure of this video. Using the island as a central example to investigate engineering throughout the ages was a brilliant idea. Thank you for the making of this video.

[@user-qy8zi8hq4v]

Hey I graduated same year in civil engineering

[@SuperLetsPlay2010]

Architecture student here, we love u civil engineers !!!!

[@AcRPAINTBALL]

[@helene9173]

We love u too!!!!

[@BringerOfDeath12]

Architecture and Civil Engineers are the same thing but Architecture dont build that match

[@TheYuvimon]

@@BringerOfDeath12 .... No

[@Alverant]

So will this help us play SimCity?

[@verdatum]

If you mean SimCity (2013), then, no. That involves fixing disaster of software engineering, not fixing a disaster of civil engineering.

[@fancycat6817]

Play cities skyline then it's basicaly simcity but better

[@civil-xengineering4991]

I was able to beat SimCity once I completed my degree

[@someone-vk6gk]

Somehow this video makes me think of that kind of game too lol

[@HannahHinze]

I can't get over how beautiful and articulate this host is! 😍

[@LukePHA]

Let's hope the comments are civil :p

[@v.k.8153]

What you did there… …I see it.

[@yetigriff]

Fanny hair

[@welshzecorgi7903]

That pun was poorly... designed...

[@quecuentas3]

WelshZeCorgi Ey! let's keep leveled heads!

[@AvailableUsernameTed]

I want to be an uncivil engineer .. buuuuuurp.

[@ruthydrawsalot1979]

I love civil engineering and architecture. I hope to be a civil engineer in the future and this helped me a lot. Thank you very much 😃

[@PoilyGames]

As a mechanical engineering first year student I’m very excited for that episode! Very happy to see this new series

[@Quixotic1018]

When people ask what I do for a living, I find it easier to gauge what they know of Sim City and work from there.

[@MEIKLE02]

*Please do aerospace/aeronautical engineering!* *Please like so it gets to the top!*

[@Tsukiko.97]

I couldn’t help but laugh at the thought of a lighthouse burning in the middle of the ocean. This episode was jam packed with info but it felt so short as well. Anyways great episode.

[@thalihouse]

Indus Valley Civilization in Indo-Pak region belonging to period from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE is perfect example to understand civil engineering. Cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro are marvelous example of urban planning with water supply and drain facility and cities divided in blocks - administrative and residential city of Lothal is known for dams and embankments

[@nikkidobson2897]

Thank you so much for all your videos! - I'd definitely fail all my exams without them!

[@jeffreybernath6627]

Does it bother anyone else that the new background for the engineering series has shelves that are racked and skewed?

[@feynstein1004]

Finally. I commented about it on the last video but didn't get any response. It's really ironic that the set for the science of stability contains something that's so unstable and aesthetically unpleasing.

[@brid101286]

I think it’s intentional💁🏻it’s not falling apart and it’s interesting to look at💁🏻 doesn’t really bother me🤷🏻‍♀️

[@feynstein1004]

+brid101286 Damn, if it's intentional then they're really sadistic 😂

[@angelaphsiao]

I think it’s supposed to be decorative

[@AlphaAussies]

Thats the first thing i noticed and i found it ironic lol

[@dipanshudon]

One important question. When you talk about reactangular city plan dividing into parts for different usage, we need to consider the existence of Indus valley civilisation as well. They existed way before Greeks/Rome

[@AnimeEdu]

Love this Video....... Proud Civil Engineer....

[@ZoranRadakovic84]

Very nice! But please in the future episodes do not forget Agricultural engineering. Its more important and complex than people are usually think and i think it deserves proper attention :)

[@SavageFox3]

I would love for the final videos in this series to have an art assignment feel but encouraging the design thinking that underpins engineering.

[@kerr.andrew]

Builds Pyramids. Hmm... Maybe we should build a water supply now...

[@verdatum]

YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS.

[@smple-mk2id]

SCV good to go Sir..ORDERS RECEIVED

[@smple-mk2id]

@Verdatum they just don't knw xD

[@HamajiGotTalent]

I liked the video even before watching it.

[@TheGuroLOLITA]

U r one of the best presenters ever

[@rossanaperezbonfante7440]

I'm a Civil Engineering student. I love this series.

[@Roboboy]

Watching at the gym then suddenly vehicle motion alarm out of nowhere at the end of the video... I seriously looked over my right shoulder to see if a truck was about to run me over. 😅

[@danishaman5120]

Wounderful knowledge

[@bagasadiwicaksono5696]

i am living for the animations

[@downsidebrian]

Where were those Geotechnical Engineers you're talking about when someone decided to build Chicago on a swamp? I mean, nowadays, Chicago is mostly built on more Chicago.

[@DuluthTW]

I love this series. Thanks for sharing!

[@topmostranks5753]

Please make a video about Chemical Engineering.

[@masumbiswas7846]

Waiting to listen about FR Khan !!!

[@SunriseFireberry]

R u going to talk re The Engineers & the Price System/Veblen? Just wondering. Also wonder how engineers & what they do resemble magicians & what they do. Yeah.

[@wgoulding]

TimeAndChance What? Also, yeah, sometimes it seems like magic to us, too.

[@transplant8406]

Dr. Shini hasn't explained why an uninhabited island needs a city. The island was doing just fine before the engineers showed up.

[@TheResidentPsycho]

I really loved this video please make more please

[@quinius173]

Great video.

[@timurtheterrible4062]

Anyone can build a bridge that stands, but only engineers can build ones that barely stand.

[@somniato7759]

you forgot how Shrek uses tree bark as a door

[@abdullahgaming6482]

I want to be civil engineer in the future

[@chinwedike5648]

God bless crash course

[@jordanmcnair0311]

Could you do a crash course on superintendents?

[@chikaokolo4929]

Thanks for talking about Imhotep. Rarely hear about African scientists.

[@niharjadhav807]

If I was in the Situation to Develeop a City on an Island. 3:02 I probably construct a Smaller Version of the Dam for The Back Up. It May Help for the Water Supplying Department of that Island.

[@karimhabashy803]

Will there be an episode on nanotechnology engineering?

[@krabkit]

that shelf in the background bothers me quite a bit

[@luciafrost4856]

I have that same green engineering book

[@lazyeggu6923]

Please do one on Mechatronic Engineers please! (3rd petition)

[@harrywompa]

Sim City strategy guide, right here

[@mrbraudichoei]

Will you cover clinical engineering? I'd love an episode dedicated to my field of work! PS, I have a mad crush on you.

[@wgoulding]

Remi Robichaud What the devil is clinical engineering? Designing clinics? Designing clinical studies?

[@mrbraudichoei]

Wynton Goulding designing and maintaining medical equipment. MRI, Hemodialysis, Incubators, IV pumps, Ultrasound, etc. All designed by Clinical Engineers

[@wgoulding]

Remi Robichaud Sounds like Biomedical Engineering to me. I don't know where you live, but I live in the US, and I've only ever heard of biomedical engineering.

[@mrbraudichoei]

Wynton Goulding I'm in Canada. We call it both over here.

[@mrbraudichoei]

Siege I'd love to help you, but I'm merely a technologist in the field. I work directly with the nurses in the hospital and maintain the medical equipment. In my case, I work with Dialysis machines. The things the Engineers is beyond me

[@EnglishNahrawan]

Good presentation

[@puskajussi37]

Need a dispencer here!

[@moustafamohsen]

the score Is amazing

[@adamgottlieb5818]

More puns please. The humor helps me handle stress

[@andrewsmith3081]

You may not get as many views as other channels, but the views are of much higher quality.

[@apichaieungprasert2300]

Thanks

[@ragnkja]

"You don't want [...] schools next to a noisy airport." That would require building the airport a good distance from the city, since schools need to be within a reasonable distance of where the pupils live.

[@HollywoodF1]

That's one way to solve the problem, but there are others. The sound diagram is shaped like a figure-8 on the local map. All you have to do is place the runways, correctly oriented for prevailing winds and topography, in such a way that the noise zones are over industrialized development, waterways, or other such arrangements. Look at urban airports around the country and you'll see this.

[@gradyw1988]

Play Animal Crossing. Thats Civil Engineering.

[@thatomofolo452]

Yeah exactly 💯

[@allensixxx]

Software engineering?

[@ianmayen3068]

Mechanical Engineering!!!!! YES!!!!!!

[@manas1743]

Thank you KZbin algorithms.

[@kevinhall8025]

Awesome piece...

[@Guilysh]

Talk about environmental engineering too.

[@kieranmcgarvey6792]

I love the crash course music for Engineering what's your favorite crash course music tell me please

[@snitcheyes411]

I always thought civil engeneering had more to do with stuff like studying traffic patterns to see if a road needed a new lane or if a whole new road splitting off the first would be better. Or doing stuff like putting the stairs closer to the entrance than the elevator to get people to use the stairs. Stuff like that. Manipulating population behavior through environmental design or designing environments based on population behavior.

[@Cat-ct9hn]

Driven_Seeker That‘s something for urban planners and architects. Civil engineers calculate, plan and build houses, airports, roads, harbors etc.

[@ganaraminukshuk0]

I scrubbed through the timeline and saw Romans and pyramids. This'll be fun...

[@aarongonzalez952]

What about Telecom Engineer ?

[@wgoulding]

Aaron Gonzalez You mean an electrical engineer?

[@benssevilla4566]

I like this stuff

[@Bird_Dog00]

The main difference between a machine engineer and a civil engineer: The machine engineer builds weapons, and the civil engineer targets.... I take my coat...

[@98karlh]

So far it's still just bla bla, at what episode do we learn some engineering :)?

[@rajasekar8289]

Now days 300bce before in Tamil civilization used water supply system in India

[@mennoltvanalten7260]

Wait, rectangluar blocks and straight streets are normal? - Every European city ever

[@gia6852]

6:53 Captain price, anyone?

[@unknownflapjack7O7]

Great video, Imhotep was an ancient Egyptian but they were African fyi

[@cellqet]

What eyes!

[@henritimpener7157]

47th yeah!

[@gurumage9555]

I'm a civil engineer. I build cities....In SimCity buildit.

[@anttibjorklund1869]

If there is civil engineering I'd lik to know what uncivil engineering is like :P

[@StukovM1g]

Antti Björklund Civil engineering is the opposite of military engineering. The act of mass must is quite uncivil to me.

[@nelopprime1573]

The traffic situation in Boston is the result of centuries of uncivil engineering,

[@piggy8435]

Crash course math history!

[@rouissiachraf]

Did anyone here play cityville on facebook ?

[@LaceNWhisky]

The shelving behind you is giving me anxiety.

[@timoteogarcia1581]

She looks very good.

[@bookishfeminist6221]

Civil engineer

[@muhammadfariq6722]

i love you forever

[@PracticalEngineeringChannel]

Yes! I think you misspelled "Best Kind of Engineering" in the title though...

[@TheResidentPsycho]

Practical Engineering omg you actually commented on this video my fangirl heart

[@AlRoderick]

There he is! Definitely expecting you in this thread.

[@jic6808]

Yes indeed

[@verdatum]

He's been commenting on all of these. Early too. I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that Grady hit the bell icon.

[@oldcowbb]

how do you know they misspelled the title of the next episode

[@OkamiGirl64]

Civil engineering is the most mannered engineering.

[@youtubingjaguar5082]

True. Unlike *_most_* KZbin comments sections. ;)

[@pendulousphallus]

I don't know, they do spend time with iron workers and roofers...

[@aldenjennings8131]

A Environmental Engineering Crash Course would be very interesting.

[@derranlawston4052]

alden jennings are jobs for Environmental engineering are in as high demand? (a genuine question here)

[@ShayanKhanbazzinga]

@@derranlawston4052 i second. Really want to know

[@derranlawston4052]

M0_ Shy I’m thinking of being a civil engineer now , it’s more broad

[@richmagee2752]

@@derranlawston4052 Yes they are! The need for drinking water treatment, wastewater recycling, landfills, recycling efforts, air pollution reduction, and others are all increasing around the world. I'm a civil engineer but I definitely rely on environmental engineers to work along with me for many projects.

[@derranlawston4052]

Rich Magee Thanks!

[@supernova5712]

Civil engineer here, Iam specialized in structural engineering. Iam very pleased and happy that crash course shed the light on our beloved profession, looking forwards for future episodes

[@saqlainsiddiqui7170]

A civil engineering student here. Gonna enjoy the video.

[@ahmed94534]

me too :)

[@StukovM1g]

Same here

[@anselmomoreno2837]

Same :)

[@feynstein1004]

Ex-civil engineering student here :P

[@saqlainsiddiqui7170]

Feynstein 100 great. What field of work are you in?

[@Davao420]

omg the solid foundation pun was so cute!

[@altvctr]

To anyone wanting to go into this field, cannot stress this enough - score some sort of internship before enrolling to Uni - might save you tons of $$ as you might not enjoy the actual work, despite it sounding really interesting. Keep it civil guys, it's just my take on civil eng. :)

[@nyaallain9635]

what is the actual work like? what does it entail?

[@trollwitchdoctor]

There's countless different positions withing civil engineering, with very different kinds of environments. Of course at uni you choose a specialization that you like. For example i don't really like being on work sites at the mercy of the weather, so i'm a structural engineer, and i can just comfortably do math at the office. Built environment is a major slice of the entire economy, it entails thousands of different kinds of positions.

[@HollywoodF1]

@@trollwitchdoctor I'm structural also, and I second what you said. If you like engineering school, you'll like the job, once you find the place that suits you best. If you use one internship as your picture of the industry, you risk missing out on a great career. After 19 years, I've worked in some great places and a few not so good. I love where I am now.

[@kendrickoyola4290]

Wish me luck first time going to college and I'm studying civil engineering. I'm an electro mechanic right now.

[@kendrickoyola4290]

Flaming Basketball I definitely think so. I'm a train mechanic in a major city in the United States. You could definitely see the neglect and destitute of American infrastructure. Civil engineering, it's going to be a big field from here on out.

[@kendrickoyola4290]

Oh and I forgot to say I'm 40 LOL

[@funkysagancat3295]

Flaming Basketball Club Yo I'm 17 and just started Computer engineering and I must say that this series is not being very informative

[@funkysagancat3295]

Flaming Basketball Club I understand that the scope of this series is very different than the course in my university just saying that not only I hope the series get deeper in the future, such as the anatomy one and that you don't see it as your only source. But looks like that the latter was already solved ;)

[@armorsmith43]

Kendrick o: also check out Thomas Frank and the MOOC “learning how to learn” so you can make the most of your study time.

[@ceasetheday87]

I think that the amount of licensing and professional ethics in civil engineering cannot be understated. Compared to other engineering fields, civil engineering is very stringent. Not mentioning these standards does young civil engineers a great disservice. Although civil may be one of the easier engineering curriculums, it’s probably the most involved after graduating college.

[@aoihyoudou]

there honestly could not be a better time for this series! im going to start my first year in engineering in a couple of weeks and im really stoked! thank you

[@robhousehold]

Can't wait for mechanical!

[@birdgod5584]

Rob House Video 3, probably

[@sydnieklauza6237]

Yes

[@johnbacus3730]

I'm a girl and i'm not sure what course to get in college but I consider engineering but i don't know what to choose Civil,.Mechanical,Chemical and more

[@shbooo]

I'm so happy you guys are doing engineering now

[@davidsweeney111]

There was a rumour going round that there is a Crash Course Analytical Science in the pipeline....

[@TheResidentPsycho]

David please god let this rumour be true

[@andrewlankford9634]

Need a job?

[@madLphnt]

I think it's crash course music.

[@tomlee6439]

David i

[@AE-wv8jd]

Love the vid. One complaint. "More"

[@AVEdrums]

Where are my surveyors at?

[@RifkiRidha]

AVE drums surveyor are geotechnical

[@devilgamer72dg]

whos here cuz of mr post?

[@AVEdrums]

I'm actually studying urban design and development right now haha, she talks about the exact samethings I see in my book

[@geraltofrivia9167]

AVE drums hope you can make the world be better tommorow

[@AVEdrums]

hanif raka Haha I hope so

[@engibear6392]

*Make sure you plan for the massive upheaval that driverless vehicles will cause.* *"What? We don't have to devote a quarter of our real estate to parking anymore?"*

[@matheuscardoso1]

This is great! I want to give a suggestion: what about a series about History of Mathematics? That would be awesome!