Teaching

CE 342: Engineering Behavior of Soils and Foundations

This course is an introduction to geotechnical engineering and soil mechanics. Topics include: description, identification, and engineering classification of soils; basic principles and mechanics of flow of water through soils, deformation and strength of soils, and the processes of consolidation and compaction; effective stress concepts, stress and settlement analyses, and evaluation of shear strength. Methods of analysis and geotechnical engineering design concepts are also included.

CE 444: An Introduction to Foundation Engineering

This course covers the basics of subsurface analysis and foundation design. Subsurface analysis includes the planning and interpretation of site investigation programs, including insitu testing and sampling, and laboratory testing and data interpretation. Foundation design will include the study of shallow and deep foundations subject to a combination of vertical and lateral loads.

CE 548: Engineering Properties of Soils

This course covers significant soil properties in earthwork engineering, including soil elasticity and soil mineralogy, hydraulic conductivity, stress-strain relations and shear strength, compressibility and compaction. Evaluating laboratory work including plasticity, triaxial compression, permeability, consolidation and compaction tests are also included.

CE 744: Foundation Engineering

This course covers topics including: subsoil investigations and material characterization, shallow and deep foundations, and design of sheeting and bracing systems.

CE 793/CE 748: Physico-chemical and Biological Aspects of Soil Behavior

This course emphasizes the governing principals that effect soil behavior at the particle level, including: soil formation, mineralogy, transport, particle shape, contact mechanics, and electromagnetic and mechanical properties of soils. This course complements the current Engineering Properties of Soils course (CE 548), and provides a scientific evaluation of the forces influencing soil response. This course also introduces the effect of biology on soil behavior – a unique aspect compared to traditional soil behavior courses and vital for graduate students researching bio-mediated soil improvement.

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