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  • Video 
    Why Build Higher?

    Why Build Higher?

    This video discusses the topic of urban sprawl and the environmental and social impact if a city is expanding too fast

    Subjects:
    Building and Real Estate
    Keywords:
    Cities towns -- Growth Housing policy Buildings -- Height restrictions City planning
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    What is plagiarism

    What is plagiarism

    In this video, Mr Peter Sidorko, the University Librarian of the University of Hong Kong explain the importance of academic integrity. Students are expected to conduct themselves honesty and with integrity. One of the key responsibilities is to assure to credit the materials used to develop the ideas and academic work properly and avoid plagiarism.

    Keywords:
    Intellectual property Plagiarism Information literacy Academic writing
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    What is a Tuned Mass Damper?

    What is a Tuned Mass Damper?

    In many of the world’s tallest skyscrapers, there’s a secret device protecting the building and the people inside from strong motion due to wind and earthquakes. Did you know you can tune a skyscraper just like a guitar? In this video, we’re comparing theory to the real world for tuned mass dampers. Luckily this tech is simple enough that we can model it right in the garage. As silly as this little experiment looks, it’s actually not that far off from what engineers do in the real world (maybe without the googly eyes). The design phase for just about every major building includes some physical scale model tests. This video shows that the tuned mass damper is a great example of elegance in engineering.

    Subjects:
    Structural Engineering
    Keywords:
    Tuned mass dampers Buildings -- Earthquake effects Buildings -- Vibration
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Courseware 
    Water Management in Urban Areas

    Water Management in Urban Areas

    Master course on design and planning of the urban water management system. It deals with fluxes and processes in water and soil. Furthermore, aspects of water management policy development are discussed.

    Subjects:
    Environmental Engineering and Hydraulic Engineering
    Keywords:
    Water-supply -- Government policy Urban hydrology Urban runoff -- Management Municipal water supply
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Courseware 
    Wastewater Treatment

    Wastewater Treatment

    The course deals with background and application of various wastewater treatment technologies. Both high-tech and low-tech systems are discussed, which are applicable in industrialized and developing countries. Anaerobic treatment systems, focusing on resource recovery are extensively discussed. Modern technologies for (extensive) nutrient removal / recovery are dealt with as well as membrane techniques for wastewater treatment.

    Subjects:
    Environmental Engineering
    Keywords:
    Water -- Purification Sewage -- Purification
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Courseware 
    Visualization for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education

    Visualization for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education

    This course is an introduction to principles and techniques of visual communication, and provides opportunities for science and engineering majors to acquire practical skills in the visual computer arts, in a studio environment. Students will learn how to create graphics for print and web, animations, and interactive media, and how to use these techniques to effectively communicate scientific and engineering concepts for learning and teaching. This class involves three hands-on creative projects, which will be presented in class.

    Subjects:
    Computing and Visualisation
    Keywords:
    Information visualization
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Courseware 
    Use of Underground Space

    Use of Underground Space

    The course addresses the following topics: • Overview • The subsoil (basics) • Safety and risk management • Basics of various kinds of tunnels • Basements • Special constructions • Small infrastructures, trenchless technology • Subsurface planning • Contracts and use of underground space • Legal aspects • Decision making process • Multiple use of land • Site visit major (relevant) project

    Subjects:
    Building and Real Estate
    Keywords:
    Underground construction Underground areas Tunneling
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Courseware 
    Urban Transportation Planning

    Urban Transportation Planning

    This course examines the policy, politics, planning, and engineering of transportation systems in urban areas, with a special focus on the Boston area. It covers the role of the federal, state, and local government and the MPO, public transit in the era of the automobile, analysis of current trends and pattern breaks; analytical tools for transportation planning, traffic engineering, and policy analysis; the contribution of transportation to air pollution, social costs, and climate change; land use and transportation interactions, and more. Transportation sustainability is a central theme throughout the course, as well as consideration of if and how it is possible to resolve the tension between the three E's (environment, economy, and equity). The goal of this course is to elicit discussion, stimulate independent thinking, and encourage students to understand and challenge the "conventional wisdom" of transportation planning.

    Subjects:
    Environmental Engineering and Transportation
    Keywords:
    Transportation engineering Transportation -- Planning
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Courseware 
    Urban Drainage and Watermanagement

    Urban Drainage and Watermanagement

    In a series of lectures urban planners and other experts will explain on urban tasks and (recently) built urban plans for inner city interventions, for restructure and transformation locations of former harbour and industrial sites and for new locations. The focus will be on urban design methods, instruments and guidelines and on sustainable urbanism in general in order to gather knowledge on how to create future proof plans.

    Subjects:
    Environmental Engineering and Hydraulic Engineering
    Keywords:
    Urban runoff Storm sewers Urban hydrology City planning
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Courseware 
    Urban Design Seminar

    Urban Design Seminar

    This seminar focuses on understanding the role of high-quality design as a tool to address urban social problems. This course will also examine marginalized spaces and how urban design can intervene as a tool to creatively challenge traditional urban design practices.

    Subjects:
    Building and Real Estate
    Keywords:
    City planning
    Resource Type:
    Courseware