Geotechnical Engineering Graduate Course Descriptions
CEG 5015C Soil Mechanics.
Credits: 3.
Physical properties of soils by laboratory and insitu testing, soil classification, compressibility, strength, flow of water through soil, compaction.
CEG 5105 Geotechnical Engineering.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CEG 5015C or consent of instructor.
Shallow foundations, bearing capacity, settlements, deep foundations, pile testing, earth pressures, excavations, retaining structures, dewatering.
CEG 5115 Foundation Design.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CEG 4012, CES 4702, or consent of instructor.
Investigations, bearing capacity, and the analysis and design of shallow footings, walls, and deep pile foundations.
CEG 5205C Insitu Measurement of Soil Properties.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CEG 4012.
Methods of soil exploration; techniques of soil sampling and insitu testing; field performance of insitu testing.
CEG 5605 Earth and Rockfill Dams.
Credits: 2; Prereq: CEG 4012.
Design requirements, construction techniques, compaction control, soil testing and sampling, foundation preparation, and field instrumentation.
CEG 5805 Ground Modification Design.
Credits: 2; Prereq: CEG 4012, CGS 3422.
Introduction to design of ground modification techniques for improvement of marginal construction sites.
CEG 6015 Advanced Soil Mechanics.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CEG 4011, 4012, or consent of instructor.
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.
Credits: 2; Prereq: consent of instructor.
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.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CEG 6015, CES 4702.
Application of soil mechanics to design and analysis of shallow foundations.
CEG 6117 Advanced Deep Foundation Design.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CEG 6015.
Application of soil mechanics to design and analysis of deep foundations.
CEG 6125 Soil Stabilization.
Credits: 2; Prereq: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Highway soil stabilization, methods of stabilization, and behavior of materials.
CEG 6201 Experimental Determination of Soil Properties.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CEG 4012 or consent of instructor.
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.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CEG 4012.
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.
Credits: 2; Prereq: CEG 4011, 4012, or consent of instructor.
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.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CGN 3421, CEG 6015 or consent of instructor.
Application of computer solutions to geotechnical engineering problems.
CEG 6506 Geotechnical Engineering Computer Aided Design.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CEG 4012.
Use of geotechnical engineering software for CAD of deep and shallow foundations and earth retention systems.
CEG 6515 Earth Retaining Systems and Slope Stability.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CEG 6015.
Applications of soil mechanics to design and analysis of earth retaining systems and slope stability.
CEG 6807 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering I.
Credits: 4; Prereq: CEG 6015 or consent of instructor.
Application of soil mechanics to the design and analysis of settlement, slope stability, and bearing capacity problems.
CEG 6808 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering II.
Credits: 4; Prereq: CEG 6015 or consent of instructor.
Application of soil mechanics to the design and analysis of pile foundations and earth pressure problems.