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Virginia Tech

CEE-3404: Introduction to Structural Engineering

Description: Introduction to structural engineering as an art and science and its fundamental tenets; description of structural systems, structural loads, and load paths; structural models, case studies of successful and unsuccessful structural designs; calculations of forces and deformation for simple determinate structures (trusses, beams and simple frames) and indeterminate structures using virtual work, use of stiffness methods in computer programs.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 108

Average GPA: 2.92 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 24.60%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.15%

Siegfried M Holzer200749.9%28.7%10.1%4.1%7.2%0.0%3.024
Finley A Charney202036.1%27.1%20.3%8.5%3.4%4.4%2.8410
Victoria A Mouras202316.3%38.4%25.0%8.0%7.2%5.2%2.5011
Kamal Rojiani201443.9%38.7%14.4%2.6%0.3%0.1%3.2115
Thomas E Cousins201434.5%31.6%17.8%8.6%5.4%2.2%2.804
Mahendra P Singh202045.9%45.8%8.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.351
Raymond H Plaut200820.6%35.1%29.5%8.8%6.0%0.0%2.538
Scott W Case202437.2%36.2%19.1%4.3%2.0%1.1%2.983
Elisa D Sotelino200932.1%35.8%18.7%8.7%4.7%0.0%2.796
Ioannis Koutromanos202335.5%29.4%21.3%5.5%4.3%3.9%2.859
Travis J Cross201136.1%33.3%19.4%11.2%0.0%0.0%2.931
William N Collins201332.4%48.6%13.5%0.0%5.4%0.0%3.051
Stevan R Jackson202350.1%32.5%10.0%2.5%0.0%5.0%3.331
Jayachandran Monica Arul202431.0%37.8%21.3%4.3%2.2%3.3%2.933
Alireza Farzampour201850.0%22.5%22.6%0.0%2.5%2.5%3.211
Staff Sherry202147.5%37.4%5.1%5.1%2.5%2.5%3.241
Madeleine M Flint201932.3%35.2%20.3%3.8%2.2%6.1%2.954
Andrew B Hardyniec20129.0%34.1%29.5%13.7%6.8%6.8%2.231
Thomas M Murray200519.0%59.5%19.0%0.0%2.4%0.0%2.911
Roberto T Leon202321.1%48.7%25.8%2.3%0.0%2.1%2.874
Esteghamati Staff Zaker202242.5%34.5%13.6%4.3%2.0%3.3%3.052
Staff Jayamon201525.5%46.9%19.1%4.2%2.2%2.1%2.861
Maryam Shakiba202130.4%38.7%19.8%7.4%2.1%1.5%2.864
Cristopher D Moen201542.5%40.4%12.8%3.3%0.4%0.7%3.205
Rodrigo Sarlo202370.2%23.8%3.1%1.2%0.9%0.8%3.574
Dewey D Spangler201755.1%38.7%3.0%1.6%0.8%0.8%3.412
Marcus J Maguire201134.9%22.8%24.2%9.0%9.1%0.0%2.631

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