MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

Geotechnical Engineering

CE 266 CRITICAL STATE SOIL MECHANICS
Engineering models and soil mechanics; elasticity; plasticity and yielding of soils; elastic-plastic stress-strain models for soils; critical states; strength of soils; stress-dilatancy models; triaxial tests; stress paths; cam-clay model; application of elastic-plastic models.
Prerequisite: CE 260 and CE 261
3 hrs. a week (3 lec); credit 3 units

CE 269 GROUND IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES
Problematic soils; stability analysis; ground settlements; mechanical modification and densification of soils; granular piles; preloading; vertical drains; dewatering and ground water control; chemical stabilization; soil reinforcement; tiebacks and ground anchors; underpinning; case studies.
Prerequisite: CE 261
3 hrs. a week (3 lec); credit 3 units

Structural Engineering

CE 222 ADVANCED CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY
Structure of concrete; engineering properties of concrete; behavior of fresh and hardened concrete; materials and processes for special concrete; recent advances in concrete technology.
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
3 hrs. a week (3 lec); credit 3 units

CE 259 EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
Concepts of plate tectonics, elastic rebound and fault movements; measures of earthquake size; geological evaluation; seismological evaluation; construction over active faults; soil dynamics and site response; structure response; structural design and detailing; retrofit of existing structures.
Prerequisite: CE 226 or Consent of Instructor
3 hrs. a week (3 lec); credit 3 units

CE 291 BRIDE DESIGN
Historical development; types of bridges; methods of analysis and design; specifications for highway and railroad bridges; recent developments.
Prerequisite: CE 252, CE 253, or Consent of Instructor
3 hrs. a week (3 lec); credit 3 units

Transport Engineering

CE 243 HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
Route location. Advanced geometric designs of roads, highway intersection and interchanges. Design of pavement and road facilites. Highway capacity analysis. Traffic control.
Prerequisite: CE 240 and CE 249
5 hrs. a week (2 lec, 3 lec); credit 3 units

Water Resources Engineering

CE 270 FUNDAMENTAL COASTAL HYDRODYNAMICS
Linear water theory; engineering wave properties; tides; waves in shallow water; wave refraction; diffraction; combined refraction-diffraction; reflection; shoaling; wave breaking; wave forces on fixed structures.
Prerequisite: ES 15 or equivalent course in fluid dynamics
Corequisite: ES 201
3 hrs. a week (3 lec); credit 3 units

CE 273 COASTAL SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
Beach morphology; mechanism of sediment transport; sediment movement due to oscillatory flow; sediment transport rate; models of coastal sediment transport; shoreline change models; cross-shore sediment transport; longshore sediment transport; beach evolution due to coastal structures.
Prerequisite: CE 270
3 hrs. a week (3 lec); credit 3 units

Electives

CE 206 ENERGY METHODS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Principle of virtual network; methods of weighted residuals; variational principles; energy principles; applications to linear and nonlinear problems.
Prerequisite: ES 230 or Consent of Instructor
3 hrs. a week (3 lec); credit 3 units

CE 236 ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIRS AND COSTS IN CVIL ENGINEERING
Analysis of environmental benefits and costs of alternative schemes and technologies for development of project sin civil enginering
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
3 hrs. a week (3 lec); credit 3 units