THE ART OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN

Basic scientific and engineering principles used for the design of buildings, bridges, and other parts of the built infrastructure. Application of principles to analysis and design of actual large-scale structures. Coverage of the history of major structural design innovations and of the engineers who introduced them. Critical examination of the unique aesthetic/artistic perspectives inherent in structural design. Consideration of management, socioeconomic, and ethical issues involved in design and construction of large-scale structures. Introduction to recent developments in sustainable engineering, including green building design and adaptable structural systems.

• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: George Deodatis
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 42 Info
• 3 points

URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS

Introduction to: (a) the infrastructure systems that support urban socioeconomic activities and (b) fundamental system design and analysis methods. Coverage of water supply, transportation, buildings, and energy infrastructure, as well as their interdependencies. Emphasis upon the process that these systems serve, the factors that influence their performance, the basic mechanisms that govern their design and operation, and the impacts that they have regionally and globally. Student teams complete a design/analysis project on a large-scale urban development site in New York City with equal emphasis given to water resources/environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, and construction engineering and management topics.

• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Markus Schlaepfer
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• 3 points

DYNAMICS AND VIBRATIONS

Kinematics of rigid bodies; momentum and energy methods; vibrations of discrete and continuous systems; eigen-value problems, natural frequencies and modes. Basics of computer simulation of dynamics problems using MATLAB or Mathematica.

• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Andrew W Smyth
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

EXPERIMENTAL MECH OF MATERIALS

Material behavior and constitutive relations. Mechanical properties of metals and cement composites. Structural materials. Modern construction materials. Experimental investigation of material properties and behavior of structural elements including fracture, fatigue, bending, torsion, buckling.

• W 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Shiho Kawashima
  h-index: 24 Info
• 4 points

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

Methods of structural analysis. Trusses, arches, cables, frames; influence lines; deflections; force method; displacement method; computer applications.

• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Maria Q Feng
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 46 Info
• 3 points

STRUCTURAL DESIGN

Design criteria for varied structural applications, including buildings and bridges; design of elements using steel, concrete, masonry, wood, and other materials.

• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Tom T Panayotidi
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 3 points

COMPUTER-AIDED STRUCTRL DESIGN

Corequisites: CIEN E3125. Introduction to software for structural analysis and design with lab. Applications to the design of structural elements and connections.

• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• 1 points

DESIGN PROJECTS

Capstone design project in civil engineering. This project integrates structural, geotechnical and environmental/water resources design problems with construction management tasks and sustainability, legal and other social issues. Project is completed in teams, and communication skills are stressed. Outside lecturers will address important current issues in engineering practice. Every student in the course will be exposed with equal emphasis to issues related to geotechnical engineering, water resources / environmental engineering, structural engineering, and construction engineering and management.

• R 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Tom T Panayotidi
  CULPA: 3 Info
• 4 points

COMPUTER GRAPHICS IN ENGIN

Numerical and symbolic (algebraic) problem solving with Mathematica. Formulation for graphics application in civil, mechanical, and bioengineering. Example of two-and three-dimensional curve and surface objects in C++ and Mathematica; special projects of interest to electrical and computer science.

• F 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Gautam Dasgupta
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 19 Info
• 3 points

BIG DATA IN TRANSPORTATION

• W 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Xuan Di
  h-index: 15 Info
• 3 points

EARTHQUAKE & WIND ENGINEERING

Basic concepts of seismology. Earthquake characteristics, magnitude, response spectrum, dynamic response of structures to ground motion. Base isolation and earthquake-resistant design. Wind loads and aeroelastic instabilities. Extreme winds. Wind effects on structures and gust factors.

• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• 3 points

ADVANCED MECHANICS OF SOLIDS

Stress and deformation formulation in two-and three-dimensional solids; viscoelastic and plastic material in one and two dimensions energy methods.

• W 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Huiming Yin
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 25 Info
• 3 points

MECHANCS OF FRACTURE & FATIGUE

Elastic stresses at a crack; energy and stress intensity criteria for crack growth; effect of plastic zone at the crack; fracture testing applications. Fatigue characterization by stress-life and strain-life; damage index; crack propagation; fail safe and safe life analysis.

• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Adrian Brugger
  h-index: 4 Info
• 3 points

Mechanics of Fiber-Reinforced Composites

MECH FIBER-REINFORCED COM

Overview of composite materials, including history, background, and manufacturing processes. Macro-mechanics: anisotropic elasticity and stress transformation. Micro-mechanics: Rule of Mixture, Composites Cylinder Model (CCM) and other models. Macro-mechanics: Classic Lamination Theory (CLT). Hygrothermal effects, residual stresses, Composite mechanical testing, fabrication. Failure modes and lamina-based failure theories. Bending and Buckling of composite plates. ICME of Composites (nano-, micro-, meso- and macro-scale analysis, experimental validation, process modeling, integration).

• T 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Marianna Maiaru
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• 3 points

MANAGING ENG & CONST PROCESSES

Introduction to the principles, methods and tools necessary to manage design and construction processes. Elements of planning, estimating, scheduling, bidding and contractual relationships. Valuation of project cash flows. Critical path method. Survey of construction procedures. Cost control and effectiveness. Field supervision.

• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Timothy McManus
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• 3 points

PRIN OF CONSTRUCTN TECHNIQUES

Current methods of construction, cost-effective designs, maintenance, safe work environment. Design functions, constructability, site and environmental issues.

• W 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Dominick Pilla
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• 3 points

PREV&RESOL OF CONSTR DISPUTES

Contractual relationships in the engineering and construction industry and the actions that result in disputes. Emphasis on procedures required to prevent disputes and resolve them quickly and cost-effectively. Case studies requiring oral and written presentations.

• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• 3 points

ENTREPRENEURSHP - ENG & CONSTR

Capstone practicum where teams develop strategies and business plans for a new enterprise in the engineering and construction industry. Identification of attractive market segments and locations; development of an entry strategy; acquisition of financing, bonding and insurance; organizational design; plans for recruiting and retaining personnel; personnel compensation/incentives. Invited industry speakers. Priority given to graduate students in Construction Engineering and Management.

• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Pierce Reynoldson
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• 3 points

MANAGE CIV INSTRASTUCTURE SYST

Examination of the fundamentals of infrastructure planning and management, with a focus on the application of rational methods that support infrastructure decision-making. Institutional environment and issues. Decision-making under certainty and uncertainty. Capital budgeting and financing. Group decision processes. Elements of decision and finance theory. Priority given to graduate students in Construction Engineering and Management.

• M 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• 3 points

REAL ESTATE FIN/CONST MANAG

Introduction to financial mechanics of public and private real-estate development and management. Working from perspectives of developers, investors and taxpayers, financing of several types of real estate and infrastructure projects are covered. Basics of real-estate accounting and finance, followed by in-depth studies of private, public, and public/private-partnership projects and their financial structures. Focused on U.S.-based financing, with some international practices introduced and explored. Financial risks and rewards, and pertinent capital markets and their financing roles. Impacts and incentives of various government programs, such as LEED certification and solar power tax credits. Case studies provide opportunity to compare U.S. practices to several international methods.

• W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Kevin J Riordan
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• 3 points

PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN GLOBAL INF

Delivery of infrastructure assets through Public-Private Partnerships (PPP). Value for Money analysis. Project organization. Infrastructure sector characterization. Risk analysis, allocation and mitigation. Monte Carlo methods and Real Options. Project finance and financing instruments. Case studies from transportation, water supply and energy sectors.

• T 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Patrick Foye
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• 3 points

APPLIED USE OF AEC DATA

Digital transformation optimizes day-to-day operations to provide maximum performance in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) workflows. Focuses on broadening knowledge of AEC data leading to building data management. Use of open data sets from the design, construction, and operations of buildings to learn and practice data management and its applied use. Major technical topics include Project Management Information System (PMIS) and Facility Management (FM), leading to Digital Twin data management, data processing, and data visualization.

• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• 3 points

LEADERSHIP IN DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

Introduces and employs various tools, concepts, and analytical frameworks to enhance students’ ability to define and analyze leadership issues. In-depth analysis of the leadership literature and practical situational immersion using industry case studies. Multiple guest lecturers from the private and public sectors throughout the semester. Term project exploring leadership challenges in the design and construction industry.

• R 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Fredric Bell
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• 3 points

FORENSIC STRUCTURL ENGINEERING

Review of significant failures, civil/structural engineering design and construction practices, ethical standards and the legal positions as necessary background to forensic engineering. Discussion of standard-of-care. Study of the process of engineering evaluation of structural defects and failures in construction and in service. Examination of the roles, activities, conduct and ethics of the forensic consultant and expert witness. Students are assigned projects of actual cases of non-performance or failure of steel, concrete, masonry, geotechnical and temporary structures, in order to perform, discuss and report their own investigations under the guidance of the instructor.

• T 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• 3 points

ADV DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES

Review of loads and structural design approaches. Material considerations in structural steel design. Behavior and design of rolled steel, welded, cold-formed light-gauge, and composite concrete/steel members. Design of multi-story buildings and space structures.

• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• 3 points

DESIGN OF LARGE SCALE BRIDGES

Design of large-scale and complex bridges with emphasis on cable-supported structures. Static and dynamic loads, component design of towers, superstructures and cables; conceptual design of major bridge types including arches, cable stayed bridges and suspension bridges.

• W 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Theodore Zoli
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

DESIGN OF LARGE SCALE BUILDINGS

Modern challenges in the design of large-scale building structures will be studied. Tall buildings, large convention centers and major sports stadiums present major opportunities for creative solutions and leadership on the part of engineers. This course is designed to expose the students to this environment by having them undertake the complete design of a large structure from initial design concepts on through all the major design decisions. The students work as members of a design team to overcome the challenges inherent in major projects. Topics include overview of major projects, project criteria and interface with architecture, design of foundations and structural systems, design challenges in the post 9/11 environment and roles, responsibilities and legal issues.

• W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• 3 points

GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE ENGIN

Prerequisites: (CIEN E3141) or equivalent Seismicity, earthquake intensity, propagation of seismic waves, design of earthquake motion, seismic site response analysis, in situ and laboratory evaluation of dynamic soil properties, seismic performance of underground structures, seismic performance of port and harbor facilities, evaluation and mitigation of soil liquefaction and its consequences. Seismic earth pressures, slopes stability, safety of dams and embankments, seismic code provisions and practice. To alternate with E4244.

• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Hoe I Ling
  h-index: 45 Info
• 3 points

Embodied AI for Construction and Facilit

EMBODIED AI CONSTR FACIL

Sensor modalities and their applications in construction and facilities management. Deep learning concepts and their application in robot perception. Markov Decision Process (MDP) and its application in planning and control. Formulation of embodied AI perception and control problems as MDP. Application of classic reinforcement learning algorithms to solve MDP problems. Analysis of agents’ performance through objective and subjective metrics. Understanding the critical interactions between users/occupants and embodied AI agents. Hands-on experience with robot simulation and/or collaborative robots in controlled lab environments.

• R 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Zhengbo Zou
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• 3 points

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING

Principles of traditional and emerging sensors, data acquisition and signal processing techniques, experimental modal analysis (input-output), operational modal analysis (output-only), model-based diagnostics of structural integrity, data-based diagnostics of structural integrity, long-term monitoring and intelligent maintenance. Lectures and demonstrations, hands-on laboratory experiments.

• M 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Raimondo Betti
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 31 Info
• 3 points

STOCHASTIC ENGINEERING MECHANICS

STOCHASTIC ENG MECHANICS

Review of random variables. Random process theory: stationary and ergodic processes, correlation functions and power spectra, non-stationary, non-white and non-Gaussian processes. Uncertainty quantification and simulation of environmental excitations and material/media properties, even when subject to limited/incomplete data: joint time-frequency analysis, sparse representations and compressive sampling concepts and tools. Stochastic dynamics and reliability assessment of diverse engineering systems: complex nonlinear/hysteretic behaviors and/or fractional derivative modeling. Emphasis on solution methodologies based on Monte Carlo simulation, statistical linearization, and Wiener path integral. Examples from civil, marine, mechanical and aerospace engineering.

• M 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Ioannis Kougioumtzoglou
  h-index: 26 Info
• 3 points

COMPUTATIONAL POROMECHANICS

A fluid infiltrating porous solid is a multiphase material whose mechanical behavior is significantly influenced by the pore fluid. Diffusion, advection, capillarity, heating, cooling, and freezing of pore fluid, buildup of pore pressure, and mass exhanges among solid and fluid constituents all influence the stability and integrity of the solid skeleton, causing shrinkage, swelling, fracture, or liquefaction. These coupling phenomena are important for numerous disciplines, including geophysics, biomechanics, and material sciences. Fundamental principles of poromechanics essential for engineering practice and advanced study on porous media. Topics include balance principles, Biot’s poroelasticity, mixture theory, constitutive modeling of path independent and dependent multiphase materials, numerical methods for parabolic and hyperbolic systems, inf-sup conditions, and common stabilization procedures for mixed finite element models, explicit and implicit time integrators, and operator splitting techniques for poromechanics problems.

• F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Waiching Sun
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 30 Info
• 3 points

FINITE ELEM ANALYSIS II

FE formulation for beams and plates. Generalized eigenvalue problems (vibrations and buckling). FE formulation for time-dependent parabolic and hyperbolic problems. Nonlinear problems, linearization, and solution algorithms. Geometric and material nonlinearities. Introduction to continuum mechanics. Total and updated Lagrangian formulations. Hyperelasticity and plasticity. Special topics: fracture and damage mechanics, extended finite element method.

• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Haim Waisman
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 29 Info
• 3 points

TURBULENCE THEORY & MODELING

Ordinary and partial differential equations. Turbulence phenomenology; spatial and temporal scales in turbulent flows; statistical description, filtering and Reynolds decomposition, equations governing the resolved flow, fluctuations and their energetics; turbulence closure problem for RANS and LES; two equation turbulence models and second moment closures.

• W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Marco Giometto
  h-index: 9 Info
• 3 points

DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR

All doctoral students are required to attend the department seminar as long as they are in residence. No degree credit is granted.

• T 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.
• 0 points