Civil Engineering

• Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering.
• Ability to identify, formulate and solve problems.
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams, as well as the ability to lead them.
• Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to understand the impact of engineering solutions in an environmental, social and economic context.
• Recognition of long-term learning.????
• Knowledge of contemporary issues.
• Ability to use modern engineering techniques, skills and tools for professional practice.
• Ability to identify and implement personal safety and that of one’s environment in the workplace.
• Concern for the search for truth in the light of Catholic identity.
• Comprehensive humanistic training.

• Ability to formulate and propose detailed engineering solutions through civil engineering projects, having the option of selecting at least two lines of knowledge from those taught in academic training (structures, hydraulics, geotechnics, transport and construction).
• Ability to apply management techniques for civil structure and infrastructure projects.
• Knowledge regarding the preparation of pre-feasibility, feasibility studies and technical files for projects related to civil engineering.
• Ability to mathematically formulate the physical behavior of the problems covered by the field of civil engineering.
• Ability to develop simulation processes, as well as the physical interpretation of projects and civil construction works under behavioral conditions during their useful life.
• Ability to prepare detailed technical documentation (calculation reports, descriptive reports, technical reports, plans, virtual models, etc.).
• Ability to interpret data (results, recommendations, etc.) from control laboratories in the field of civil engineering lines of knowledge.
• Follow the regulations related to the national and international scope corresponding to the knowledge and practice of the profession.
• Ability to plan, program, execute and monitor civil infrastructure and structure projects and construction works.
• Knowledge regarding the technical-financial management or administration of civil infrastructure and structure projects and construction works.
• Safety policy manager in civil infrastructure and structure projects and construction works.
• Ability to supervise and audit civil infrastructure and structure projects and construction works.
• Ability to participate in the identification, mitigation and management of civil infrastructure and structure projects and construction works in the event of natural disasters.

• Have the ability to study the human and environmental interaction of engineering solutions in the environment in which they are applied, maintaining harmony between these components.

Laboratory and field tests for rigorous quality control.

Physical and mechanical tests

• Aggregates.
• Cement and binders.
• Masonry units (bricks, concrete blocks, adobe).
• Wood.
• Steel.
• Geomembranes.

Concrete quality control

• Laboratory mix designs and field verifications.
• Compression tests.
• Diamond extractions of hardened concrete.

Main equipment

• 2000 kN compression machine.
• 100 kN bending frame.
• Compression machine for masonry walls.
• Equipment for cement testing.
• Reinforcement locator (scanner).
• Diamond extraction equipment.
• Rebound hammer for concrete testing (sclerometer).
• Los Angeles abrasion machine.
• Sieves for coarse and fine aggregates.
• Laboratory concrete mixers.
• Digital Point Load Tester.
• Buoyancy scale.
• Compression-extensometer for concrete cylinders (modulus of elasticity).
• Confined air meter for fresh concrete.

Laboratory and field tests for quality control in the area of ​​geotechnics, foundation engineering and land transport routes.

• Soil identification and classification tests.
• Tests to determine the physical and mechanical properties of soils.
• Soil compaction tests (Proctor) and determination of the resistance of soils for tracks and roads (CBR).

Main equipment

• Triaxial equipment.
• Residual direct shear equipment.
• Consolidation equipment.
• Load frame for CBR and unconfined pressure testing of soils.
• Set for measuring relative density (vibrating table).
• Constant head combined permeameter.
• Standard penetration test equipment (SPT).
• Los Angeles abrasion machine.
• Sand equivalent test equipment.
• Soil sieves (coarse and fine series).
• Humidity tester equipment (Speedy).
• Hydrometry test equipment.
• Compaction test equipment (Proctor) and in situ controls (sand cone).

Laboratory tests using learning elements based on physical models that represent the behavior of water in its natural state and on structures.

Main equipment

• Multipurpose hydraulic channel 5 m long (variable slope channel).
• Fluid friction measurement equipment (pipe bench).
• Hydraulic bench.
• Equipment for the demonstration of Bernoulli’s theorem.
• Equipment for the demonstration of cavitation.
• Equipment for the demonstration of Osborne Reynolds.
• Pascal apparatus.
• Equipment for the stability of floating bodies (metacentric height).
• Equipment for flow over weirs.

Classes with foreign teachers – Master in Structural Engineering

In the first version of the Master in Structural Engineering, two Peruvian professors living abroad, Luis Távara from Universidad de Sevilla and Christian Málaga from Imperial College London, were in charge of teaching the courses on Solid Mechanics and Advanced Design of Steel Structures, respectively. The results of the courses taught were enriching for the training of the master’s students, so it is hoped to continue counting on their participation in future projects.

Coordinating partner:

Universidad de Sevilla Imperial College London

Activity date:

From October 9th to November 7th, 2021
From March 19th to May 7th, 2022

International Workshop I – Master’s Degree in Construction Management

16 students of the Master’s Degree in Construction Management participated in the International Workshop I given by Juan Felipe Pons.M.A.. The workshop delved into and reflected on the importance and methods to be used to provide the maximum possible value to construction projects for both the client and the builder.

Coordination partner:
Mg. Juan Felipe Pons

Activity date:
January 15th to 30th, 2022

Transportation Mirror class

With the aim of exchanging academic knowledge and promoting group work, communication skills and reflecting on the experience of internationalization, the School of Civil Engineering held this mirror class with the students of the Transportation course, together with the UCSP professor, Paúl Rodríguez, and the professors of the Universidad Santo Tomás de Medellín, Carlos Gonzáles and Rubby Pardo.

Coordination partner:
Universidad Santo Tomás, Medellín, Colombia

Activity date:
April 8th and 22nd, 2022

Prestressed Concrete Mirror Class

With the aim of exchanging academic knowledge and promoting group work, communication skills and reflecting on the experience of internationalization, the School of Civil Engineering held this mirror class with the students of the Prestressed Concrete course, together with the UCSP professor, Galvarino Pinto, and the professor of the Universidad Santo Tomás de Medellín, Rafael Pérez.

Coordination partner:
Universidad Santo Tomás, Medellín, Colombia

Activity date:
May 19th and 20th, 2022

Mirror class on Fluid Mechanics

With the aim of exchanging academic knowledge and promoting group work, communication skills and reflecting on the experience of internationalization, the School of Civil Engineering held this mirror class with the students of the Fluid Mechanics course, together with the UCSP professor, Alejandro Cano, and the professor of the Universidad Santo Tomás de Medellín, Antonio Prezioni.

Coordination partner:
Universidad Santo Tomás, Medellín, Colombia

Activity date:
June 9th, 2022