Specializations in Civil Engineering
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MAJOR |
DEFINITIONS/ DESCRIPTION |
SPECIALIZATIONS |
| Construction Engineering & Management |
Deals with challenges in planning, designing and managing
the construction process and maintaining the public and private facilities
required to meet society's needs |
Construction Risk and Finance Construction Safety Design of Temporary Structures for Construction Construction Productivity Materials Management in Construction Construction Equipment Systems Building Construction Systems Computer-integrated construction Cost estimating Site surveying, planning, and design Construction practices and methods |
| Environment engineering |
Environmental engineering is a formal term for the process of arranging the
physical environment of the classroom to enhance student learning. Areas of emphasis include • Air pollution control • environmental systems analysis • groundwater hydrology contamination • risk assessment • solid waste management • surface water quality • storm water management • Wastewater treatment. |
Air pollution control Environmental engineering design Environmental microbiology Environmental organic chemistry Modeling and Analysis of Environmental Systems Hydrology and hydraulics Hazardous waste management Statistics and risk analysis Water pollution control and treatment Environmental Exposure and Risk Analysis |
| Structural engineering |
Structural engineering is concerned with the structural design and
structural analysis of buildings, bridges, and other structures. This
involves calculating the stresses and forces that act upon or arise within a
structure, and designing the structure to successfully resist those forces
and stresses. • Structural engineers are responsible for producing engineering design or analysis. • Structural engineers often specialize in particular fields, such as bridge engineering, building engineering, pipeline engineering, industrial structures or special structures such as vehicles or aircraft. |
Earthquake engineering Bridge and viaduct engineering Foundation engineering Offshore engineering Retaining structures Finite Element Analysis Computer Methods and Applications Steel design Structural mechanics, Design of Prestressed Concrete Steel Structures |
| Transportation engineering |
Transportation engineering is the science of safe and efficient movement of
people and goods (transport). The analysis and design of facilities of
highways, airports and other systems. Core Areas • Transportation Systems • Highway Design • Urban Planning • Traffic Engineering • Intelligent Transportation Systems |
Airport engineering Transportation planning Pavement engineering Advanced Airport Systems Design Highway Safety Public Transportation Systems Transportation Policy Traffic Flow Theory Advanced Traffic Control Highway Pavement Design Pavement Management Systems |
| Geotechnical engineering |
The branch of engineering that specializes in assessing the stability and
strength of soil and rock materials, as well as groundwater conditions. It involves the analysis, design, and construction of earth and earth-supported structures, which include earth dams, levees, excavations, foundations, highway and airfield embankments, and temporary and permanent retaining structures. Courses of study cover • Soil mechanics & Soil dynamics • Geosynthetics • Soil improvement • Groundwater and seepage • evaluation of soil properties |
Soil mechanics Geotechnical investigations Foundations Lateral earth support structures Earth structures Slope stability Geosynthetics Soil and Site Improvement Foundation Engineering Dynamics of Soils and Foundations Modeling in Geotechnical Eng |
| Hydraulic s & Water Resources |
The branch of civil engineering dealing with the use and control of water in
motion Deals mainly with • Hydraulic Engineering • Groundwater Modeling • Environmental Fluid Mechanics • Aquatic Restoration • Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport • Water Resources Management |
Hydrology Environmental science Fluid Mechanics Hydraulic modeling Water Quality Dynamics flood mapping catchment flood management plans Flood alleviation. Reservoir operations Water-resource systems analysis |