Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
ANTONIO A. GONZALEZ-QUEVEDO, Professor,
Ph.D., 1991, Purdue University.
SERGIO L. GONZALEZ-QUEVEDO, Professor,
Ph.D., 1985, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
JOSE O. GUEVARA, Associate Professor, Ph.D.,
1990, University of Florida.
NELSON IRIZARRY-GUTIERREZ, Associate
Professor, Ph.D., 1997, Texas A & M University.
RICARDO R. LOPEZ-RODRIGUEZ, Professor,
Ph.D., 1988, University of Illinois.
JOSE F. LLUCH-GARCIA, Professor, Ph.D., 1981,
Georgia Institute of Technology.
FELIPE LUYANDA-VILLAFAÑE, Professor,
D.E., 1981, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
FRANCISCO MALDONADO-FORTUNET,
Instructor, M.S., 1994, Georgia Institute of
Technology.
JOSE A. MARTINEZ-CRUZADO, Professor,
Ph.D., 1993, University of California.
INGRID Y. PADILLA-CESTERO, Assistant
Professor, Ph.D., 1998, University of Arizona.
ISMAEL PAGAN-TRINIDAD, Professor,
M.S.C.E., 1977, University of Puerto Rico.
MIGUEL A. PANDO-LOPEZ, Assistant Professor,
Ph.D., 2003, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University.
JOSE L. PERDOMO-RIVERA, Instructor,
M.S.C.E., 2001, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University.
RICARDO RAMOS-CABEZA, Associate Professor,
Ph.D., 1999, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
JORGE RIVERA-SANTOS, Professor, Ph.D., 1988,
University of Colorado.
ROQUE A. ROMAN-SEDA, Professor, Ph.D., 1981,
Vanderbilt University.
CARLOS RUIZ, Adjunct Professor, Ph.D., 1987,
University of Iowa.
ALI SAFFAR, Professor, Ph.D., 1986, Worcester
Polytechnic Institute.
IVONNE SANTIAGO-LOPEZ, Associate
Professor, Ph.D., 1995, New Mexico State
University.
RAFAEL SEGARRA-GARCIA, Professor, Ph.D.,
1988, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University.
LUIS E. SUAREZ-COLCHE, Professor, Ph.D.,
1986, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University.
DIDIER M. VALDES-DIAZ, Associate Professor,
Ph.D., 1999, Texas at Austin.
LINDA VELEZ-RODRIGUEZ, Professor,
M.S.G.S., 1981, Ohio State University.
DANIEL A. WENDINCHANSKY, Associate
Professor, Ph.D., 1996, State University of New York
at Buffalo.
RAUL E. ZAPATA-LOPEZ, Professor, Ph.D.,
1987, University of Florida.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
CIVIL ENGINEERING
INCI 4000. INTRODUCTION TO
ARCHITECTURE. Three credit hours. Three
hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: Fifth year
student or authorization of the Director of the
Department.
The significance of architecture in relation to
culture, the development of construction
technology, and to the sociopolitical structure of the
times. Relationship between the architect and the
civil engineer in modern society. Elements of
architectural design. Architectural analysis of
different types of buildings. Anatomy of the
building.
INCI 4001. SURVEYING I. Three credit hours.
One hour of lecture and two two-hour periods of
laboratory of computation per week. Prerequisites:
INGE 3012 and (MATE 3032 or MATE 3184).
Measurement of distances, angles and elevation, the
transit and the level; measurement and computation
of traverses; stadia surveying.
INCI 4002. SURVEYING II. Three credit hours.
One hour of lecture and two two-hour periods of
laboratory or computation per week. Prerequisite:
INCI 4001. Corequisite: INGE 3016.
Random errors, basic triangulation, meridian
determination, coordinate systems, topography.
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