Courses
The following list of geotechnical courses are currently in rotation at the University of Florida. Many of our Geotechnical students also take courses outside of the Geotechnical department that compliment their research or interests.
CEG 5015C Soil Mechanics
Physical properties of soils by laboratory and insitu testing, soil classification, compressibility, strength, flow of water through soil, compaction.
CEG 5105 Geotechnical Engineering
Shallow foundations, bearing capacity, settlements, deep foundations, pile testing, earth pressures, excavations, retaining structures, dewatering.
CEG 5112 Advanced Geotechnical Aspects of Landfill DesignFoundation Design
Settlement analysis, slope stability, liner design, and LCRS design.
CEG 5115 Foundation Design
Investigations, bearing capacity, and the analysis and design of shallow footings, walls, and deep pile foundations.
CEG 5205C Insitu Measurement of Soil Properties
Methods of soil exploration; techniques of soil sampling and insitu testing; field performance of insitu testing.
CEG 5605 Earth and Rockfill Dams
Design requirements, construction techniques, compaction control, soil testing and sampling, foundation preparation, and field instrumentation.
CEG 5805 Ground Modification Design
Introduction to design of ground modification techniques for improvement of marginal construction sites.
CEG 6015 Advanced Soil Mechanics
Nature and origin of soil. Stresses within a soil body. Stress-strain behavior and shear strength of dry, saturated no flow, saturated transient flow soils.
CEG 6017 Theoretical Soil Mechanics
Nature of soil-water systems; analysis of stress, strains, equations of state; rheological behavior of soils; failure in soil media.
CEG 6116 Advanced Shallow Foundation Design
Application of soil mechanics to design and analysis of shallow foundations.
CEG 6117 Advanced Deep Foundation Design
Application of soil mechanics to design and analysis of deep foundations.
CEG 6125 Soil Stabilization
Highway soil stabilization, methods of stabilization, and behavior of materials.
CEG 6201 Experimental Determination of Soil Properties
Advanced laboratory tests, constant rate of strain consolidation, factors influencing stress-deformation response, elastic-plastic constitutive relationships, failure criteria. H.
CEG 6305 Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology
Behavior of rock subject to stress. Application of rock mechanics and geology to the planning, design, and construction of engineering structures.
CEG 6405 Groundwater Problems in Geotechnical Engineering
Darcy's law, coefficient of permeability, flownets; seepage forces. Engineering applications-dewatering systems, slope stability, filter design, earth dams, drainage.
CEG 6505 Numerical Methods of Geomechanics
Application of computer solutions to geotechnical engineering problems.
CEG 6515 Earth Retaining Systems and Slope Stability
Applications of soil mechanics to design and analysis of earth retaining systems and slope stability.
CEG 6807 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering I
Application of soil mechanics to the design and analysis of settlement, slope stability, and bearing capacity problems.
CEG 6808 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering II
Application of soil mechanics to the design and analysis of pile foundations and earth pressure problems.
