Teaching

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

ES 1050 – Introductory Design and Innovation Studio (2003/04, 2004/05, 2015/16 to 2017/18)

This course is an introduction to the principles and practices of professional engineering design. The design-studio approach fosters innovative thinking, improves problem solving, and provides context. This course includes elements of the design process including need recognition, conceptualization, analysis and prototyping to satisfy specifications. Emphasis will be placed on creativity, innovation, teamwork, problem solving, communication, engineering ethics, safety, self-reflection and the skills necessary to practice engineering in any discipline.

CEE 2220a – Structural Theory and Design I (1996-2000, 2002, 2005-2007, 2009-2012)

A first course in Structural Theory and Design, including a consolidation of material concerning static equilibrium. Free body diagrams; behaviour, analysis and design of trusses and statically determinate beams; Euler buckling; force effect envelopes.

CEE 3346b - Steel Design (1996, 1998-2001, 2003-2008, 2010-2015)

The course covers Behaviour and Limit States Design of tension members, columns, beams, beam-columns and connections. P-delta analysis for unbraced frames. Building systems. Current professional issues in steel construction. Health and safety issues are discussed. 

GRADUATE COURSES

CEE 9548a/b – Advanced Design and Behaviour of Steel Structures (1998, 2000, 2002)

Behaviour and design of steel structures, members, and cross sections in accordance with limit states principles.  Torsion. Instability of columns, beams, beam-columns, and plates.  Behaviour and design of bracing.  Second order analysis of frames. Load path concepts for detailing connections.

CEE 9549 - Advanced Design and Behaviour of Concrete Structures (1999, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011)

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 9679a/b – Bridge Design and Evaluation (1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010)

The objectives of this course are for the student to become able to: (1) recognise that design criteria in current bridge design standards, that pertain to the behaviour, design and assessment of bridges, are simple applications of the fundamentals of statics, applied mechanics, and reliability theory; (2) document decisions made during the design and evaluation process in coherent and legible design calculations; (3) idealise bridge structures for analysis; (4) develop practical bridge design and evaluation skills; and (5) enhance critical thinking skills.