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Geotechnical Engineering Courses
Undergraduate Courses
    CEE 366 Basic Soil Mechanics(4) Holtz, Kramer, Arduino, Taylor Introduction to basic soil properties, soil classification, volumetric relationships, compaction, consolidation, soil rheology, shear strength, bearing capacity, and lateral stresses against retaining structures. Prerequisite: ENGR 220 or CIVE 220. Offere d: WSp.
    CIVE 436 Foundation Design (3) Holtz, Kramer, Ardiuino, Taylor Design considerations for foundations and retaining structures. Subsurface investigations and determination of soil properties for design. Design of shallow and deep foundations and retaining structures. Foundations and soil considerations for waterfront structures. Offered: AWSp.
    CIVE 437 Engineering Geology I (3) Taylor; General overview of engineering geology and its importance to civil engineers. Topics include geologic processes, hazards, oring and classification of geologic materials, data synthesis, and natural construction materials. Prerequisite: GEOL 205 or equ ivalent.
Graduate Courses
    CESM 501 Structural Mechanics I - Statics (6) Elias, Miller, Turkiyyah Equations of a continuum for small displacements, applications to linear elasticity. Kirchoff Plate theory, problems in advanced strength of materials. Virtual work, minimum potential energy, force and displacement methods of structural analysis. Direc t stiffness method. Approximate solutions, geometric stiffness matrix. Linearized buckling.
    CESM 502 Structural Mechanics II - Dynamics (3) Eberhard, MacRae, Reed Free vibrations of linear, single and multiple-degree-of-freedom systems. Damping. Mode superposition. Forced vibrations by response history and by response spectrum methods. Free and forced vibrations of continuous systems. Wave propagation in rods and beams. Lagrange's equations. Prerequisite: CESM 501 or permission of instructor.
    CESM 503 MATERIALS (3) Arduino, Miller, Reed Behavior of materials used in civil engineering structures. Yield and failure surfaces. Physical and phenomenological models of plastic and viscoelastic behavior. Fracture mechanics. Fatigue models and predictions. Damping and friction. Behavior of anisotropic and composite materials.
    CESM 504 Finite Element Methods in Structural Mechanics (3) Elias, Miller, Turkiyyah, Lowes Extension of the matrix methods of structural analysis to the solution of elasticity, plate and shell problems by use of finite element approximations. Discussion of convergence and bounding, and extension to investigation of stability and finite deforma tions. Prerequisite: CESM 501 or permission of instructor.
    CESM 520 Graduate Seminar (1) Coordinated by SGEM Faculty A series of weekly seminars presented by the faculty, guest speakers and students.
    CEE 521 Seepage and Consolidation (3) Arduino, Holtz, Kramer Confined and unconfined flow, flow net solutions, consolidation, settlement, numerical solution of seepage and consolidation problems.
    CEE 522 Shear Strength and Slope Stability(3) Arduino, Holtz, Kramer Stresses and strains in soils, stress paths, stability of shear strength of cohesive and cohesionless soils, creep, slope stability evaluation, numerical analysis of natural and constructed slopes.
    CESM 525 Soil Dynamics (3) Kramer Dynamics of linear and nonlinear discrete systems, wave propagation, dynamic soil properties, seismic ground response analysis, foundation vibrations, vibration isolation, soil-structure interaction.

    CEE 526 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering(3) Kramer, Arduino,Seismology and strong ground motion, deterministic and probabilistic seismic hazard analysis, design ground motions, seismic slope stability, liquefaction, seismic design of retaining structures.

    CEE 527 Advanced Geotechnical Laboratory (4) Holtz, Kramer, Taylor Soil and site investigation, classification and engineering properties of soils and rock as determined by standard and advanced test procedures and equipment. Evaluation of test data. Report writing. Prerequisite: CIVE 366 or equivalent
    CEE 528 Geosynthetic Engineering (3) Holtz Identification and testing of geosynthetics. Design of geosynthetic filters, roadway stabilization, earth reinforcement and waste containment systems. Prerequisite: 562 and 563.
    CEE 529 Foundation Soil Improvement (3) Holtz Analysis and design of physical and chemical treatment techniques commonly applied to problem foundation soils for civil engineering structures. Prerequisite: 563.
    CEE 530 Engineering Geology II (3) Taylor Application of engineering geology fundamentals to location, design and maintenance of engineered structures, policy decisions related to potential geological hazards. Case histories, governmental policy discussions, interpretation of geological maps for engineering purposes. Prerequisite: graduate standing and CIVE 437 or permission of instructor.
    CEE 531 Rock Engineering (3) Taylor Engineering classification, physical and mechanical properties of rocks, failure modes and initial stresses in rocks, laboratory and field testing of rocks, rock slope engineering, underground openings, foundations on rocks. Prerequisite: graduate stand ing and CIVE 366 or permission of instructor.
    CEE --- Theoretical Soil MECHANICS (3) Arduino Introduction to elastostatics, classical elastostatics, classical elastostatic problems in geomechanics, general theory of consolidation, introduction to boundary element technique and application to geomechanics.
    CEE --- Constitutive Modeling of Soils (3) Arduino Linear and nonlinear elasticity, hypoelasticity, plasticity, yield surfaces, flow rules, hardening functions, implementation in numerical models.

    CESM 599 Special Topics: Geotechnical Case Studies (3) Analysis and discussion of geotechnical case studies.

    CESM 599A Special Topics: Structural and Geotechnical Engineering and Mechanics (2-5, max. 15) SGEM Faculty Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
    CESM 600 Independent Study
    CIVE 700 Master's Thesis
    CIVE 800 Doctoral Dissertation
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