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Johns Hopkins University | EN.560.101

Civilization Engineered: Data-Driven Solutions for Communities

3.0

credits

Average Course Rating

(4.55)

Modern civilizations are inundated with data, which presents challenges related to the quantity and quality of data, but also opportunities for engineers to improve people's lives through data-informed design. Increasingly, data is being leveraged to help create solutions for society's grand challenges in the areas of sustainable and resilient cities, human safety and security, decision-making in healthcare, future energy infrastructure, even space exploration and habitation. This course will take a deep-dive into data - how to collect, process, visualize, model, and interpret it – with the goal of designing and evaluating solutions for the grand challenges that will impact our collective future. Coding will be emphasized in this class.

Fall 2013

(4.5)

Fall 2014

(4.6)

Fall 2013

Professor: Rachel Sangree

(4.5)

Students praised this course as being a good introduction to engineering topics, and liked that it featured a variety of interactive activities. However, some students thought they hadn’t learned any key aspects of Civil Engineering. Suggestions for improvement included creating more hands-on activities. Prospective students should know that the course had a small workload and was a great introduction to Civil Engineering.

Fall 2014

Professor: Rachel Sangree

(4.6)

Students praised this course for its small size which allowed for a good deal of interaction between students and the instructor. In addition, students enjoyed the hands on aspects of this course which students felt gave them a good introduction to civil engineering. Students found few issues with this course although a couple students found the required sketches to be troublesome. Suggestions for improvement were similarly few as students said they enjoyed the class. Some students wished the course had more projects or hands-on activities. Prospective students should know that students thought the course was a fun and interesting introduction to civil engineering that had a manageable workload.