2013–2014 UNIVERSITY CATALOG - Florida Institute of Technology

Construction Management
CVE 5035 Design Concepts in Urban Hydrology or
CVE 5060 Highway Design
CVE 5072 Construction Contracts, Law and Specifications
CVE 5073 Construction Cost Engineering
ENM 5200 Project Engineering
Environmental
CVE 5035 Design Concepts in Urban Hydrology
CVE 5050 Design of Remediation Systems
CVE 5052 Solid Waste Management
ENS 5101 Introduction to Air Pollution
Geo-Environmental
CVE 5020 Geotechnical Engineering
CVE 5037 Numerical Groundwater Modeling
CVE 5039 Groundwater Hydrology and Contaminant Transport
CVE 5050 Design of Remediation Systems
Geotechnical
CVE 5020 Geotechnical Engineering
CVE 5025 Foundation Design
CVE 5060 Highway Design
OCE 5526 Advanced Coastal Engineering Structures
Structures
CVE 5014 Advanced Steel Design
CVE 5019 Design of Timber Structures
CVE 5020 Geotechnical Engineering or CVE 5025 Foundation Design
MAE 5060 Applications in Finite Element Methods or MAE 5480
Structural Dynamics
Water Resources
CVE 5035 Design Concepts in Urban Hydrology
CVE 5037 Numerical Groundwater Modeling
CVE 5039 Groundwater Hydrology and Contaminant Transport
ENS 5700 Introduction to Water Resources
Graduate elective courses in civil engineering and in other engineering
disciplines are listed in the Course Descriptions section of the
catalog and should be chosen in concert with the student’s advisor.
Numerous elective courses for each area of specialization are available
at www.fit.edu.
Civil Engineering, Ph.D. ______________________
Major Code: 9043 Degree Awarded: Doctor of Philosophy
Age Restriction: N Admission Status: graduate
Delivery Mode/s: classroom only Location/s: main campus
Admission Materials: 3 letters of
recommendation, résumé, objectives, GRE
The doctor of philosophy program in civil engineering is offered for
students who wish to conduct advanced research in environmental/
water resources or geotechnical/structures.
Admission Requirements
Admission to doctoral study is granted to a limited number of qualified
applicants. The applicant will normally have received a bachelor’s
or master’s degree from an accredited institution in a program that
provides suitable preparation for doctoral-level studies in civil engineering.
The applicant should have at least a 3.2 out of a possible 4.0
GPA for the most recently completed degree.
General admission requirements and the process for applying are
presented in the Academic Overview section.
Degree Requirements
The doctor of philosophy degree is awarded in recognition of scientific
accomplishment and the ability to investigate engineering problems
independently. The program consists of advanced studies to prepare
the student for research and completion of a research project that
leads to a significant contribution to the knowledge of a particular
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problem. Each student should pass the preliminary written and/or
oral examination, complete an approved program of study, pass the
comprehensive written and oral examination, complete a program of
significant research, present the results of the research, and prepare
and defend a dissertation concerning the research. A minimum of 24
credit hours of coursework, including a minimum of 12 credit hours
of formal (graded) coursework and a minimum of 18 credit hours of
dissertation beyond a master’s degree are required.
General degree requirements are presented in the Academic Overview
section.
Curriculum
The doctoral program of study must be approved by the student’s
advisory committee and the program chair. Considerable latitude is
allowed in course selection provided at least 12 credit hours (beyond
the master’s level) are selected from courses in civil or environmental
engineering. The remaining courses are selected, again in collaboration
with the advisory committee, according to the interests and research
objectives of the student. Academic courses for the selected areas of
specialization can be selected from course offerings in various academic
units as follows:
Environmental/Water Resources: Courses may be selected from
academic programs in civil, chemical, mechanical or ocean engineering,
environmental science, oceanography, mathematics, operations
research and computer science.
Geotechnical/Structures: Courses may be selected from academic
programs in civil, aerospace, mechanical or ocean engineering, environmental
science, oceanography, mathematics and computer science.
RESEARCH
Research activities of the faculty encompass the major areas of civil
engineering. Current research projects in structures are in the areas of
wind and seismic engineering, catastrophe risk modeling and wireless
instrumentation development. Geotechnical research is concentrated
in the areas of stabilization of waste materials for beneficial uses, in
situ testing of soils, fiber-optic sensors in soils and evaluation of pavements.
Research investigations in hydrology and water resources are
related to development of new models and usage of existing models
in the areas of numerical groundwater modeling, and design and performance
of stormwater management systems. Model development
is sometimes supplemented by field and laboratory experiments.
Research activities in the environmental area include water treatment
using reverse osmosis and activated carbon, biomass production, degradation
of consumer products, landfill and compost simulation and
solid wastes management.
Laboratories for research and instructional activities are available in
the areas of materials and structures, soil mechanics, solid waste,
unit operations and interactive graphics. Other campus laboratories
can be used by students conducting graduate research. The materials
and structures laboratory is equipped with several universal testing
machines for physical testing, and equipment and instrumentation for
experimental stress analysis. The soil mechanics laboratory contains
commercial equipment for evaluating the engineering properties of
soils. The solid-waste analysis laboratory is equipped to analyze solid
wastes, to degrade solid wastes under both aerobic and anaerobic
conditions, and to process solid wastes by a variety of methods.