Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering

One or more advanced topics. May be repeated for credit with change in topic.

Allows civil engineering graduate students the opportunity to participate in internships with industry, government, and consulting companies in career-based practical activities to broaden the skills obtained through curricular education. Attention will be given to select opportunities where the job training enhances the particular research needs of each student. Credit/Noncredit.

Designed for project option students and requires completion of research project. Prerequisite: departmental approval. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours.

Designed for thesis option students. The course requires completion of thesis research. Prerequisite: departmental approval. May be repeated for maximum of 6 semester hours.

Analysis and design of flat plate, flat slab and two-way slab systems for gravity loads and lateral loads. Yield line theory of slabs. Deep beams, shear-friction, brackets and corbels. Length effects on braced and unbraced columns. Undergraduate knowledge of reinforced concrete design is expected.

Elastic plate theory, finite difference, behavior of two-way slabs, ACI code design methods, upper and lower bound methods, serviceability, shear strength, pre-stressed slabs.

Principles and applications of the Finite Element Method: energy based variational principle methods, the principles of virtual work, weighted residual methods. Emphasis on structural and nonstructural elements and applications.

Application of momentum and energy principles to advanced topics in uniform, nonuniform, gradually varied and rapidly varied flow problems. Backwater flow profile computation in steady flow. The method of characteristics applied to unsteady flows. Jeffreys-Verdernikov criteria. Flood routing calculations by advanced computer methods. Undergraduate knowledge of fluid mechanics is expected.

Introductions of basic composite material technologies, properties of classic laminate theory, transformation of stresses and strains, failure theories, performance under adverse conditions, structural design considerations, computer applications, application of composites to concrete structures and practical case studies.

Engineering characteristics of soils, consolidation, soil strength and bearing capacity for the analysis and design of spread and continuous footings, compensated foundations and deep foundations.

Dynamic disturbances, such as earthquakes and blasting. Vibration of beams, frames and floor systems; response to various types of external disturbances; energy methods. Undergraduate knowledge of dynamics is expected.

This course covers topics related to managing heavy construction projects. Construction methods, equipment, safety, cost estimation and scheduling for highways, bridges, tunnels, dams, and ports construction projects.

This course covers an advanced overview of managing risks in civil and construction projects. Theories, tools and techniques for managing risks at project level are introduced. The course discusses the risk management process, qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methods, and common risks in construction projects.

Advanced theory, methods, and analytical tools to efficiently plan, schedule, estimate, organize, implement, and monitor civil engineering projects from inception to construction and start-up.

Design of wood structures with focus on allowable stress design considering material properties and environmental effects. Analysis and design of diaphragms, flexural members, axial members, and connections.

Torsion of noncircular sections, membrane theory of shells, bending of plates and beams on elastic foundations. Two dimensional elasticity theory. Undergraduate knowledge of strength of materials is expected.

Principles and methods of design of members subject to linear prestressing; time-dependent variables and long-time deflections. Prestressed columns. Undergraduate knowledge of reinforced concrete design is expected.

Theorems of external work and internal strain energy. Classical methods of analysis. Continuous girders and frames with variable moments of inertia. Influence lines for redundant reactions. Analysis of sidesway by moment distribution. Introduction to matrix analysis of structures. Undergraduate knowledge of structural analysis is expected.

Comprehensive integration of engineering, economics, environmental, legal and political considerations in water resources development and management, current issues and future direction for planning and management of water resources.

Advanced principles of geotechnical engineering including elastic deformation of soil, one-and two-dimensional fluid flow through soil, soil consolidation, strength of soil, stability of earth retaining structures, and slope stability.

Profession of transportation, transportation industry-systems and organizations, modes of transportation and their characteristics, transportation planning, forecasting travel demand by mode, evaluation of transportation alternatives including economic criteria, transportation systems management.

Asphalt pavement design and material selection including design of sub-grade, base, and hot mix pavement. Laboratory specifications, environmental concepts, and performance specifications.

The use of modern electronics and communication technologies to improve the performance of the transportation system. Basic principles of design intelligent transportation systems for urban and rural areas will be introduced.

Development of pavement management systems considering life-cycle cost estimation, software applications, infrastructure asset management, pavement distress types, and pavement preservation.

An applied course dealing with groundwater hydrology and its interrelation with surface water, water well design, well pumps, well hydraulics, pumping tests and safe yield of aquifers, artificial recharge, flow nets, salt water intrusion and some modeling of groundwater flow. Undergraduate knowledge of fluid mechanics is expected.

Overview of rigid pavement. Theoretical analysis of slabs on grade including environmental loading, traffic loading, and slab support. Pavement distresses and repairs. Design and rehabilitation of rigid pavement and runways.

Initial value problems, elasticity preview, basic energy principles and applications to pin-connected structures, calculus of variation, applications to plates, stability, applications to dynamics.

Design of steel structural members, including composite beams, plate girders and connections following the AISC LRFD specifications. Design of frame structures including second order effects. Undergraduate knowledge of steel design is expected.