Courses
Design & Construction of Foundations
Determination of the soil bearing capacity, design of shallow foundations including isolated and combined footings, strip footings, and strap beams, settlement calculation methods under shallow foundations. Design of deep foundations is also included for small and large diameter bored piles. The course also includes an introduction to gravity and cantilever retaining walls and sheet pile walls.
Practical Training
Site training for 30 days during the summer period. The training should be conducted in a construction site related to civil engineering and the project must be approved by the program before the start of the training.
Fluid Mechanics
Fluid statics, conservation of mass, momentum, and energy in fixed and moving control volumes, steady and unsteady Bernoulli's equation, differential analysis of fluid flow, dimensional analysis and similitude, laminar and turbulent flow, boundary layers, lift and drag, applications in civil, infrastructure, and environmental systems
Construction Engineering & Methods
Building construction systems, concrete and steel systems, slip forming, precast concrete construction, cofferdams, retaining and diaphragm walls construction, construction of wells and dewatering systems, construction methods for roads, pipelines, dams and tunnels, evaluation and selection of appropriate construction technology, construction site layout planning, introduction to types and sizes
Engineering Materials-2
Understanding the different concrete mix design methods. The student will be able to comprehend the properties of fresh and hardened concrete associated with the change in the properties and types of the constituent materials. Lab tests of fresh and hardened concrete is also considered, deformations, durability, and the assessment of concrete structures will be included in this course.
Structural Steel Design
The exploration of the topics related to design of metal structures, behavior of members and their connections, theoretical, experimental, and practical bases for proportioning members and their connections, design of steel members under different load cases (ASD and LRFD), combined loads, connections, welded and bolted, and moment-resistant connections, and development of detailed design drawings
Reinforced Concrete Design-2
Exploring the topics related to strength, behavior, and design of indeterminate reinforced concrete structures, with primary emphasis on slab systems, emphasis on the strength of slabs and on the available methods of design of slabs spanning in two directions, with or without supporting beams, design of sections under axial forces, design of sections under eccentric forces, design and
Soil Mechanics
Reinforced Concrete Design-1
Construction Project Management
Construction project life cycle including the role of project management in each phase, construction resources (participants, materials and equipment) and project delivery methods. Introduction to time management and cost management and relation between time and cost.
Engineering Materials-1
Understanding the engineering concepts of materials, studying the properties of common construction materials, and performing the required tests in lab. The student will be able to visually evaluate the quality of concrete materials and be introduced to asphalt mixes.
Structural Analysis-2
Analyzing the structures analytically and numerically. The student will be able to calculate the internal forces of determinate and indeterminate structural elements, normal stresses, shear and torsion stresses, deflection, and buckling of columns. The method of solving examples with gradual difficulties along with using FEA program such as SAP2000 is considered to achieve the main objective of
Structural Analysis-1
An important general objective of the course is the inclusion of step-by-step procedures for analysis to enable students to make an easier transition from theory to problem solving. Numerous solved examples will be illustrated to demonstrate the application of the fundamental concepts.