Faculty: | College of Graduate Studies and Research |
Field of Study: | Civil Engineering, General
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Description: | Graduate courses in Civil Engineering are offered in four broad areas: Transportation, Geo-Engineering, Structures and Materials Science, and Water Sciences. Studies in Geological, Geotechnical, and Geo-environmental Engineering include topics on rock mechanics, hydrogeology, petroleum wells and reservoirs, terrain evaluation, physio-chemical properties of soils, frozen soils, unsaturated and swelling soils, volume change and shear strength, slope stability, saturated-unsaturated seepage, contaminant transport, solid waste management, foundation and retaining wall design. |
Areas of Research: | geotechnical; geo-environmental; engineering geology; waste management in the domestic, resource and industrial sectors; environmental; hydrology; hydraulic structures; transportation and transportation economics; structural analysis and design, and civil engineering materials. |