Online Construction Management Course

A new course in construction management is online and open to a global audience. Tuition for this course is the same for in state students, out of state students and international students. The course covers: "Analysis of critical construction management skills. Analysis of organizational systems related to construction management. Case studies. Analysis of theories of motivation, planning, leadership, organizational change, etc., as they relate to field construction operations."

The course texts will be:
Title: Good To Great
Author: Collins

and

Title: Construction Accounting and Financial Management
Author: Peterson

Interested students should contact the instructor with questions. Experience may be sufficient to replace the listed prerequisite. This course is one of thirteen online environmental engineering courses available from Iowa State University in the spring 2008 semester that begins in January.

The other courses offered through the civil engineering department at Iowa State include:

Principles of Environmental Engineering
Construction Management Functions & Processes
Design of Construction Systems
Case Histories in Construction Documents
Structural Analysis by Finite Elements
Planning and Scheduling for Highway Construction
Cost Estimating for Highway Construction
Project Controls
Computer Applications for Project Controls
Water Pollution Control Processes
Physical-Chemical Treatment Process
Surface Water Hydrology
Environmental Flows

Great News in Fluid Power Education!

Iowa State’s Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering is pleased to announce that its course in Fluid Power Systems Technology (TSM 337) is now available for spring 2008 online for the first time through ISU’s Engineering Distance Education group (EDE).

This course will:

• Help you understand the concepts and application of hydraulic power to agricultural and industrial systems.
• Help improve your communications, problem solving, and teamwork skills related to fluid power.
• Give you up to 1.5 days of hands-on fluid power lab experience for greater comprehension.

The course covers:

• Understand what fluid power symbols mean and interpret hydraulic schematic diagrams
• Calculate power and efficiency for a hydraulic component or system
• Relate hydraulic flow and pressure to force and actuator speed in hydraulic systems
• Do some basic troubleshooting of a hydraulic system
• Communicate using common fluid power terminology

Why take this course?

With $33 billion annually in global sales --$11 billion in the U.S.—fluid power leaves a large industrial footprint. In the Midwest alone, this technology is used to power equipment manufactured by some of Iowa State’s biggest industrial partners. Yet few four-year schools offer fluid power technology or engineering courses, and engineers and technologists from other fields or institutions often lack the knowledge needed to use this technology effectively. EDE’s course in Fluid Power Systems Technology offers the solid grounding you need to succeed in this critical industrial sector.

Who should attend?

• Technologists, Engineers, Managers, Sales – who are encountering fluid power regularly in their job, but have never, had the opportunities to learn about the basics of fluid power.

For example, someone who may be an electrical engineer who is designing controls for fluid power devices and understand generally how fluid power system operate, but really have some questions and would like to better understand how these systems. Or perhaps you are working for a fluid power distributor in some administrative function and would like to better understand the technology underlying your company’s business. Or, you work in manufacturing these fluid power devices and don’t really understand what you are building and would like to have that background.

Whatever the circumstances, your path to a more dynamic career starts with EDE’s introductory course in Fluid Power Systems Technology, and you can take the first step on that path by enrolling here!