🏗️ CIVIL ENGINEERING
ORIENTATION REVIEW
🟨 Expert Overview of Core Fields and Disciplines in Civil Engineering
1. Transportation Engineering
🟨 A branch of civil engineering that applies technology and scientific principles to
the planning, design, operation, and management of facilities for all modes of
transportation. Its goal is to ensure safe, efficient, economical, and environmentally
compatible movement of people and goods.
2. Traffic Engineering
🟨 A subset of transportation engineering focusing on planning, geometric design,
and operational efficiency of roads, highways, networks, terminals, and their
, interaction with adjacent land use and other transportation modes.
3–5. Highway Engineering
🟨 Involves planning, designing, constructing, and operating highways and
vehicular facilities. Responsibilities include:
Estimating public transportation needs and securing funding.
Analyzing high-traffic areas and collision zones to improve safety and capacity.
6. Railroad Engineering
🟨 Deals with the design, construction, and operation of railway systems and mass
transit that use fixed guideways. Tasks include alignment design, station placement,
and cost estimation.
7. Port and Harbor Engineering
🟨 Focuses on designing, constructing, and operating maritime facilities such as
ports, canals, and harbors.
ORIENTATION REVIEW
🟨 Expert Overview of Core Fields and Disciplines in Civil Engineering
1. Transportation Engineering
🟨 A branch of civil engineering that applies technology and scientific principles to
the planning, design, operation, and management of facilities for all modes of
transportation. Its goal is to ensure safe, efficient, economical, and environmentally
compatible movement of people and goods.
2. Traffic Engineering
🟨 A subset of transportation engineering focusing on planning, geometric design,
and operational efficiency of roads, highways, networks, terminals, and their
, interaction with adjacent land use and other transportation modes.
3–5. Highway Engineering
🟨 Involves planning, designing, constructing, and operating highways and
vehicular facilities. Responsibilities include:
Estimating public transportation needs and securing funding.
Analyzing high-traffic areas and collision zones to improve safety and capacity.
6. Railroad Engineering
🟨 Deals with the design, construction, and operation of railway systems and mass
transit that use fixed guideways. Tasks include alignment design, station placement,
and cost estimation.
7. Port and Harbor Engineering
🟨 Focuses on designing, constructing, and operating maritime facilities such as
ports, canals, and harbors.
