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ENGINEERING MECHANICS: THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS
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SEMESTER V SEMESTER VI SEMESTER VII SEMESTER VIII
ENME E3113 (3) ENME E3114 (4) CIEN E4332 (3) ENME E4202 (3)
Mech. of solids Experimental mech. Finite element Advanced mech.
REQUIRED
COURSES
ENME E3161 (4) CIEN E3121 (3) ENME E4113 (3)
Fluid mechanics Structural analysis Advanced solids
APMA E3101 (3) APMA E3102 (3) ENME E4215 (3)
Applied math. I Applied math. II Theory of vibrations
ENME E3106 (3)
Dynamics & vibrations
ELECTIVES
TECH
NONTECH
3 points 6 points 6 points 9 points
3 points 3 points
TOTAL POINTS
16 16 18 15
offers three areas of concentration:
civil engineering and construction
management, geotechnical engineering
or structural engineering, and water
resources/environmental engineering.
An optional minor can be selected in
architecture, education, economics,
and any of the engineering departments
in the School. In the junior and senior
years, 18 credits of technical electives
are allocated.
The department offers a first-year
design course, CIEN E1201: The art of
structural design, which all students are
required to take in the spring semester
of the first year or later. An equivalent
course could be substituted for E1201.
Minor in Architecture
Civil engineering program students may
want to consider a minor in architecture
(see page 189).
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
The Department of Civil Engineering and
Engineering Mechanics offers graduate
programs leading to the degree of Master
of Science (M.S.), the professional
degrees Civil Engineer and Mechanics
Engineer and the degrees of Doctor of
Engineering Science (Eng.Sc.D.) and
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). These
programs are flexible and may involve
concentrations in structures, construction
engineering, reliability and random
processes, soil mechanics, fluid
mechanics, hydrogeology, continuum
mechanics, finite element methods,
computational mechanics, experimental
mechanics, vibrations and dynamics,
earthquake engineering, or any combination
thereof, such as fluid-structure
interaction. The Graduate Record
Examination (GRE) is required for
admission to the department.
Civil Engineering
By selecting technical electives, students
may focus on one of several areas of
concentration or prepare for future
endeavors such as architecture. Some
typical concentrations are:
• Structural engineering: applications
to steel and concrete buildings,
bridges, and other structures
• Geotechnical engineering: soil
mechanics, engineering geology,
and foundation engineering
• Construction engineering and
management: capital facility planning
and financing, strategic management,
managing engineering and construction
processes, construction industry
law, construction techniques, managing
civil infrastructure systems, civil
engineering and construction entrepreneurship
• Environmental engineering and
water resources: transport of waterborne
substances, hydrology, sediment
transport, hydrogeology, and
geoenvironmental design of containment
systems
Engineering Mechanics
Programs in engineering mechanics offer
comprehensive training in the principles
of applied mathematics and continuum
mechanics and in the application of
these principles to the solution of engineering
problems. The emphasis is on
basic principles, enabling students to
choose from among a wide range of
technical areas. Students may work on
problems in such disciplines as systems
analysis, acoustics, and stress analysis,
and in fields as diverse as transportation,
environmental, structural, nuclear,
and aerospace engineering. Program
areas include:
SEAS 2009–2010