Teaching
Dr. Culligan is the recipient of numerous awards for teaching, including the Arthur C. Smith Award for contributions to undergraduate life at MIT, the Columbia Engineering School Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award and the Columbia University Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching.
Current Teaching Activities
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ENME E3161: Fluid Mechanics & Laboratory (Fall)
Lect: 3; Lab 3; 4 pts
Course Description:
Introduction to Fluid Mechanics for undergraduate Civil and Environmental Engineering Students. Fluid statics. Fundamental principles and concepts of flow analysis. Differential and finite control volume approach to flow analysis. Dimensional analysis. Application of flow analysis; flow in pipes, external flow, flow in open channels. Laboratory experimentation and flow measurement techniques.
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Viscometer being tested by a Fluid Mechanics laboratory group as part of an exercise to design, build and demonstrate the operation of an instrument capable of measuring the viscosity of an unknown vegetable oil. |
CIEE E4260: Urban Ecology Studio (Fall)
Lect: 3; Lab 3; 4 pts
Course description:
Joint Studio run with Professor Richard Plunz of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP)that explores solutions to problems of urban density. Engineering and GSAPP students engage in a shared project that addresses habitability and sustainability issues in an urban environment in collaboration with a community client. Emphasis isplaced on the integration of science, engineering and design within a social context. Interdisciplinary approaches and communication are stressed. The studio can be used as a replacement for the capstone design project in the Civil Engineering water resources/environmental engineering concentration.
Urban Ecology Studio proposal by Shai Gross (GSAPP) and Ining Hsu (SEAS) for an urban myto-remediation scheme to address PAH contamination at Public Place Site, Brooklyn, NY. The community client was The Public Place Alliance, Brooklyn, NY. |
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CIEE E3260: Engineering for Developing Communities (Spring)
Lect: 3; website: http://www.civil.columbia.edu/edc/
Course Description:
Introduction to engineering problems faced by developing communities and exploration of design solutions in the context of a real project with a community client. Emphasis is on the design of sustainable solutions that take account of social, economical and governance issues, and that can be implemented now or in the near future. The course is open to all undergraduate engineering students. Multi-disciplinary teamwork and approaches are stressed. Outside lecturers are used to address issues specific to developing communities and the particular project under consideration.
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Ventilated pit latrine designed by the EDC class for the community of Obodan, Ghana. The latrine was constructed by the community in partnership with Columbia University’s Chapter of Engineers Without Borders. |