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.
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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.
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Instructor:
Markus Schlaepfer
Info - 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.
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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.
- TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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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.
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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.
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Instructor:
Tom T Panayotidi
CULPA: 3 Info - 3 points
COMPUTER-AIDED STRUCTRL DESIGN
Corequisites: CIEN E3125. Introduction to software for structural analysis, design, and modeling with lab. Integration of software into project workflows. Introduction to best practices for modeling and verification of results using hand calculations.
- 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.
- T 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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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.
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Instructor:
Gautam Dasgupta
CULPA: 3 h-index: 19 Info - 3 points
BIG DATA IN TRANSPORTATION
- W 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
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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.
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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.
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Instructor:
Adrian Brugger
h-index: 4 Info - 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.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Timothy McManus
Info - 3 points
PRIN OF CONSTRUCTN TECHNIQUES
Current methods of construction, cost-effective designs, maintenance, safe work environment. Design functions, constructability, site and environmental issues.
- M 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
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Instructor:
Dominick Pilla
Info - 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.
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Instructor:
Denis Serkin
Info - 3 points
CAPITAL FACILITY PLANNING/FIN
Planning and financing of capital facilities with a strong emphasis upon civil infrastructure systems. Project feasibility and evaluation. Design of project delivery systems to encourage best value, innovation and private sector participation. Fundamentals of engineering economy and project finance. Elements of life cycle cost estimation and decision analysis. Environmental, institutional, social and political factors. Case studies from transportation, water supply and wastewater treatment.
- T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Julius Chang
Info - 3 points
STRATEGIC MGT - ENG & CONSTR
Core concepts of strategic planning, management and analysis within the construction industry. Industry analysis, strategic planning models and industry trends. Strategies for information technology, emerging markets and globalization. Case studies to demonstrate key concepts in real-world environments.
- T 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Feniosky Pena-Mora
Wikipedia h-index: 48 Info - 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 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Feniosky Pena-Mora
Wikipedia h-index: 48 Info - 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 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Julius Chang
Info - 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.
- T 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
- 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.
- W 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
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Instructor:
Patrick Foye
Info - 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.
- W 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Feniosky Pena-Mora
Wikipedia h-index: 48 Info - 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
EXPERIMENTL SOLID MECHANCS
Experimental techniques, including photoelasticity, strain measurements, digital image correlation, and other optics in stress analysis, emphasizing engineering applications. Fundamental concepts in solid mechanics and measurement science. Performance of high-quality experimental studies.
- T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Addis Kidane
Info - 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.
- M 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
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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
DESIGN-PRESTRESS CONCRET STRUC
Properties of materials used in prestressed concrete; pre-tensioning versus post-tensioning; loss of prestress due to elastic shortening, friction, anchorage slip, shrinkage, creep and relaxation; full versus partial prestressing; design of beams for flexure, shear and torsion; method of load balancing; anchorage zone design; calculation of deflection by the lump-sum and incremental time-step methods; continuous beams; composite construction; prestressed slabs and columns.
- F 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Tom T Panayotidi
CULPA: 3 Info - 3 points
COMP SOLID MECHANICS WITH AI
Theoretical, computational, and data-driven/machine learning techniques to derive, test, and validate computer models for solid mechanics (e.g., soil, rubber, and metals). Machine learning and data-driven simulations enabled by deep learning.
- F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Waiching Sun
CULPA: 1 h-index: 30 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 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Zhengbo Zou
Info - 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.
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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.
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Instructor:
Ioannis Kougioumtzoglou
h-index: 26 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.
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Instructor:
Haim Waisman
CULPA: 3
h-index: 29
Info
- 3 points
NONLINEAR COMPUTATIONAL MECH
The formulations and solution strategies for finite element analysis of nonlinear problems are developed. Topics include the sources of nonlinear behavior (geometric, constitutive, boundary condition), derivation of the governing discrete equations for nonlinear systems such as large displacement, nonlinear elasticity, rate independent and dependent plasticity and other nonlinear constitutive laws, solution strategies for nonlinear problems (e.g. incrementation, iteration), and computational procedures for large systems of nonlinear algebraic equations.
- R 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Jacob Fish
CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 54 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.
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Instructor:
Marco Giometto
h-index: 9 Info - 3 points
VISCOELASTICITY AND PLASTICITY
Constitutive equations of viscoelastic and plastic bodies. Formulation and methods of solution of the boundary value, problems of viscoelasticity and plasticity.
- MR 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
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Instructor:
Gautam Dasgupta
CULPA: 3 h-index: 19 Info - 4 points