Teaching

At South Dakota State University: 

Spring 2024

1. CEE 455 "Steel Design": Design of steel members in accordance with the LRFD Manual of Steel Construction. Students learn to design simple steel structures for gravity and wind loadings, and demonstrate proficiency in the analysis and design of tension, compression, and flexural members, beam- columns, simple tension and framed connections, and systems comprised of such members. Enrollment: 38 students.

Fall 2023

2. CEE 458/558 "Timber Design": This course covers the behavior of wood as a structural material and presents methods for analysis and design of a variety of wood structural elements. Students will learn to design light- and heavy-frame wood structures according to current US design standards. Topics include the design principles for members under axial tension, column members, beams under flexure, mechanical connections, and shear walls under lateral loads. Enrollment: 22 undergrads, 8 graduate students.

At Purdue University Northwest: 

Spring 2023

1. CE 411 "Building Design": This course introduces students to the design of buildings mainly those made of steel in accordance with the LRFD Manual of Steel Construction. At the end of the course, students should be able to design simple steel structures for gravity and wind loadings. Enrollment: 18 undergrads, 1 graduate student.

2. ME/CE 115 "Engineering Drawing I": The course covers engineering geometry, orthographic projection, auxiliary views, dimensioning, and tolerancing using sketching techniques, and 2-D CAD. AutoCAD is used for the hands-on experience of Computer Aided Drafting (CAD). Enrollment: 18 undergrads. Class is cross-listed between mechanical and civil engineering. 

Fall 2022

3. ME/CE 579 "Intermediate Structural Analysis": Analysis of indeterminate truss, frame and arch structures using energy principles associated with the flexibility and stiffness methods; influence line functions for indeterminate structures; and use of available computer programs for structural analysis and matrix operations. Enrollment: 5 undergrads, 7 graduate students. Class is cross-listed between mechanical and civil engineering. 

4. CE 471 "Reinforced Concrete Design": studies the design of reinforced concrete members in accordance with the ACI Building Code. Students will be able to design simple reinforced concrete structures for gravity loads, shear, meeting serviceability requirements, and satisfying reinforcing bar cover, spacing, and development length requirements.. Enrollment: 32 undergrads. 

5. CE 334 "Structural Analysis": The course introduces students to the behavior, analysis, and design of structural members and systems. Topics include: loads, shear, moment, and deflected shape diagrams for beams and framed structures. Enrollment: 22 undergrads. 

At Valparaiso University: 

Summer 2022

1. CE 191 "Steel Structures": This course is part of a collaborative joint between Valparaiso University (VU) in the US, and Dalian Jiaotong University (DJTU) in China whereby students of DJTU enroll in online (synchronous) classes delivered by VU faculty in summer sessions and attend in-person classes at VU campus when they are in their junior and senior academic years. At the completion of all requirements of both schools, students will receive dual BSc degrees from VU and DJTU.  Enrollment: 60 undergrads.

Spring 2022

2. CE 351 "Programming and Numerical Methods": Course will cover programming/numerical methods/computer modeling and students will apply methods to help solve engineering applications. Students will learn how to program in MATLAB and use their evolving programming skills to implement numerical solutions for problems of interest to civil and environmental engineers. Topics include root finding, numerical integration, GUI development, arrays and matrices, systems of linear equations, nonlinear ODE boundary value problems, numerical differentiation with finite difference method, detention basin routing, initial value problems, and Runge-Kutta routing problems. Enrollment: 10 undergrads.

3. CE 318 "Steel Design": Design of steel members and structures. Topics will include the design of members for tension, compression, flexure and shear, and the design of simple connections. Additional topics may include the design of composite members and the design of steel frames. LRFD methods are used. Enrollment: 25 undergrads.

4. CE 216 "Intro to Structural Analysis": An introduction to the behavior, analysis, and design of structures. Topics will include design criteria, loads, analysis  of structural members and systems using classical hand methods and computer software, and design with various  material types (e.g., steel, concrete, timber, masonry). Enrollment: 24 undergrads.

At Queen's University: 

Winter 2020, Winter 2021

1. CIVL 436/837 "Prestress Concrete": Course covers the behavior, analysis and design of pretensioned and post-tensioned concrete systems including simply supported and continuous beams, and two-way slabs. Considerations of prestress losses, cracking and deflection. A design project is undertaken in this course. Enrollment: (winter 2020: 57 undergrads, 3 graduate students), (winter 2021: 54 undergrads, 3 graduate students).

At University of Kentucky (in Teaching Assistant role):

1. CE 782 “Dynamics of Structures”, 3 times (Spring 2014, 2015, 2016).

2. CE 686 “Advanced Concrete Design”, 3 times (Spring 2014, 2015, 2016).

3. CE 586 “Prestress Concrete”, Spring 2012, Spring 2015 (as Guest Instructor).

4. CE 582 “Intermediate Structural Analysis”, Spring 2012.

5. CE 482 “Elementary Structural Design”, Summer 2012.

6. CE 386 “Introduction to Matrix Structural Analysis”, Spring 2013.

7. CE 382 “Structural Analysis”, Summer 2013.