Structural and Infrastructural Courses

  • Objective of this course is to apprise the students about the basic theory of finite element method in linear analysis; to understand modelling aspects and techniques for 1-D, 2-D and 3-D problems; to learn about modelling of simple and complex structural systems, develop their mathematical and computational models and analyze the results; and to learn how to model structures using professional programs like Sap2000 and ETABS. [CEE 9512 Course Outline]
  • The objective of this course is to enable structural engineers to comprehend the fundamental principles of masonry materials and behavior and apply them in the analysis, design of contemporary masonry structures. The course presents up-to-date information and experiences on masonry materials, testing methods, analysis techniques, and design of reinforced concrete masonry walls. [CEE 9517 Course Outline]
  • The objective of this course is to provide essential knowledge required to manage and implement BIM technologies in construction process, provide professionals with relevant skills to use BIM in the design and construction of facilities, with an emphasis on structural and civil roles, and Use of BIM software in the process of preparing the models, analysis and documentation. [CEE 9518 Course Outline]
  • Probability, statistics and reliability with special application to engineering; data analysis, probability distributions, sampling theory, probability of failure and elementary decision theory. [CEE 9520 Course Outline]
  • In this course, students are introduced to environmental issues associated with buildings, passive cooling and heating building systems, as well as concepts of building performance indicators. Students are exposed to modeling methods to evaluate environmental loads and energy demand, to the use of building simulations in life cycle analysis for the selection of energy-efficient building components and systems, and to applicable regulatory and sustainability frameworks. Buildings can produce less greenhouse gas emissions and consume less energy while being comfortable, healthy, and economical through the proper application of sustainable design. [CEE 9532 Course Outline]
  • This course is intended to extend the Civil Engineering Program in the area of structural engineering to include the design and analysis of wood structures. Recent advances have lead to an increase in the prevalence of engineered wood structures, notably multistory buildings. As wood is a green building material, it is expected that its use will continue to grow as efforts to address climate change expand. Students completing this course will be well positioned to lead the emergence of wood as a structural material and participate in the design and construction of wood structures. [CEE 9538 Course Outline]
  • Topics covered in this course include: analysis and behaviour of steel structures and industrial buildings; design of steel structures, understand the concepts of structure stability and lateral torsional buckling of steel beams, design of crane-supporting steel structures, plate girders, and steel connections. [CEE 9548 Course Outline]
  • Analysis and design of prestressed, partially prestressed, and reinforced concrete sections and members to resist flexural, shear, and axial loads. Serviceability and durability criteria. Slender columns. Strut-and-tie methods for design. [CEE 9549 Course Outline]
  • The objectives are for the student to become able to: Understand the fundamentals of structure dynamics; Perform seismic analysis of buildings manually and using computer modelling; Apply the seismic-resistant steel buildings; and Design seismic-resistant reinforced concrete buildings. [CEE 9550 Course Outline]
  • Cement hydration and microstructure. Rheology of cement-based materials. Mechanical properties and dimensional stability of concrete. Special concretes: high-performance concrete, self-compacting concrete, shotcrete, lightweight concrete, fibre-reinforced concrete, polymer-modified concrete. Introduction to advanced laboratory techniques including: scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, DSC-TGA analysis, calorimetry, mercury intrusion porosimetry, laser diffraction particle size analysis, and BET surface area measurement. [CEE 9571 Course Outline]
  • This course is intended to provide graduate students with practical experience in identifying mechanisms of degradation of concrete structures, understanding the potential causes of such degradation, and developing repair strategies that can efficiently and economically extend the service life of deteriorated structures. [CEE 9598 Course Outline]
  • Vibrations of structural systems subjected to stationary and nonstationary excitations; stochastic processes; power spectral density function; peak response of single and multi-degree of freedom systems and design code. [CEE 9603 Course Outline]

  • The objectives of the course are for the student to become able to:
    Understand and derive the governing equations of motion of a single and multi-degree of freedom system.
    Perform free and forced vibration response of a dynamical system under a general loading.
    Develop the ability to characterize random variables and stationary stochastic processes.
    Develop the ability to interpret and analyze random vibration data with the aid of auto-correlation function and power-spectral density functions.
    Perform different system identification methods and analyze time-invariant linear dynamical systems.
    Develop the ability to perform vibration testing including free vibration, forced vibration and ambient vibration testing to extract relevant system information of structures. [CEE 9610 Course Outline]

  • Principles and methods of prestressing, material properties, prestress losses, analysis and design of prestress members subjected to axial, flexural, combined axial and flexural, and shear, restraint action in indeterminate prestressed concrete structures, calculation of width of cracks and deflections, design of anchorage zones and shear interface of composite beams, fire resilience of prestressed concrete structures. [CEE 9628 Course Outline]
  • This course covers an introduction to ancient, transit and modern masonry, evaluation and retrofit process, site investigation and analysis, retrofit techniques. The general aims are for the student to become able to:

    The objectives of this course are for the student to become able to:
    1. Introduce the students to the characteristics of ancient, transit and modern masonry materials and systems
    2. Understand the evaluation and retrofit process of masonry structures
    3. Perform site investigation and analysis of existing masonry structures
    4. Recognize available techniques used to repair, strengthen or upgrade existing masonry structures on both the local member level and global system level.
    5. Understand how to track building envelope response to structural and environmental loads using local and global monitoring techniques.
    6. Recognize maintenance process and activities including cleaning of masonry walls
    7. Learn how to develop a rational methodology for different types of masonry assessment and retrofit projects via case studies.     [CEE 9695 Course Outline]
  • Bending of thin plate. Analysis of thick plates; Mindlin plate theory; locking phenomenon and reduced integration technique. Analysis of thin shells; theory; 2-D shell elements. Analysis of thick shells; degenerated shell elements. Buckling problems; concepts of bifurcation and limit loads; linearized buckling analysis using the finite element method. Finite element analysis of dynamic problems. Introduction to non-linear finite element analysis; large displacement formulation. [CEE 9719 Course Outline]
  • Pipelines are the safest and most economical means to transport large quantity of hydrocarbons.  There are about 500,000 km and 100,000 km of onshore natural gas transmission pipelines in the US and Canada, respectively. The safe operation of these vast pipeline networks is the top  priority for the pipeline operators in the US and Canada, and has significant social and economic implications. The design and integrity assessment of pipelines is a multi-disciplinary undertaking and involves a broad spectrum of engineering knowledge such as basic structural mechanics, elasticity and plasticity, soil mechanics, fracture mechanics, fatigue, reliability and risk assessments, and corrosion. [CEE 9720 Course Outline]