Homework Assignment 1

[ Problem 1 ] [ Problem 2 ] [ Problem 3 ]

Due: 9am, September 28, 2007.

The purpose of this assignment is to become familiar with the hypertext markup language (html) and step-by-step procedures for creating and editing files. Hence, I want you to create the web page by hand using the text editor.

Problem 1

If you don't already have a home page, create a file called welcome.html inside the ../pub i.e.,

    >> cd ../pub
    >> vi Welcome.html

and type in the minimal HTML Document on pages 27-28 of the class reader (it's part of the tutorial "A Beginners Guide to HTML").

Add a picture of yourself to the home page -- you can use the one on the "meet the class" page if you want.

Goto the ENCE 200 "Meet the Class" page, and check that it is correctly linked to your home page. Please let me know if the link doesn't work.

Problem 2

Create an online version of your resume in a file called resume.html. Create a link from "Welcome.html" to "resume.html"

Problem 3

In the recent months a number of large-scale Civil Engineering systems have failed, leading to lots of press coverage (e.g., the bridge failure in Minnesota; mine failure in Utah; large earthquakes in South America).

Develop a web page containing links to three case studies of failures in Civil Engineering. Case studies may be drawn from any area of Civil Engineering -- the only criteria are:

They need to be large-scale, and
The failures need to be significant.

For each application state where the failure occured, the consequence of the failure (e.g., loss of life), and if possible, actions that need to be taken to prevent failures in the future.

Your web page should contain relevent images and links to sites (e.g., other web sites; YouTube video) documenting the event.

Use Google Maps to show the geographical location of your failures.

The grader will visit your site and grade the homework soon after the due date.