Teaching

Notes, past exams, and other relevant documents from previous semesters are available by clicking on the link for each of the courses listed here!

CVEN751: Advanced Dynamics and Control of Structures

Offered: Fall 2024

Laplace transforms; nonlinear dynamics; base isolation; viscous dampers; classical control; state-space formulation; LQR controllers; estimator design; compensator design; advanced control techniques; emphasis on the issues and applications to bridges, buildings and other large civil structures.

CVEN657: Dynamic Loads and Structural Behavior

Offered: Fall 2025

Dynamic modeling of single, multi degree of freedom and continuous systems; dynamic load factors; damping; node superpositions; numerical integration; dynamic behavior of structures and structural elements under action of dynamic loads resulting from wind, earthquake, blast, impact, moving loads and machinery.

CVEN446: Structural Steel Design

Offered: Spring 2024

Design of structural steel elements found in building structures, including tension members, compression members, beams, beam-columns and base plates; design of bolted and welded simple connections; design of bolted eccentric connections; design of bolted and welded partially and fully restrained connections.

CVEN363: Engineering Mechanics Dynamics

Offered: Fall 2023

Application of first principles for modeling dynamic particles and rigid body systems with ordinary differential equations; solutions to models using analytical and numerical approaches; interpreting solutions/performance measures; linear vibrations; modeling of civil engineering systems and evaluating dynamic response to natural hazards.