Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering is a major specialty area of the Civil Engineering M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs. The M.S. graduate program in this area emphasizes professional practice at an advanced level, while providing the potential Ph.D student with advanced theoretical material and analytical tools to prepare him/her for independent research. The program is designed to provide the graduate student with advanced analysis and design tools of foundation engineering, emphasizing innovative ground improvement technologies, urban geotechnology, applications, and environmental geotechnics for hazardous waste site monitoring and remediation. Courses are effectively supported by state-of-the-art laboratories for demonstration and experimental research.

 

 

Requirements:

Students must select CE 6073 among their core courses.

 
Required for concentration:

CE 8423    Ground Improvement

CE 8663    Advanced Foundation Design

CE 8673    Excavation Support Systems

 
Select at least two from:

CE 8403    Geotechnics and Geomaterials

CE 8433    Urban Geotechnology

CE 8493    Environmental Geotechnics

CE 7233    Groundwater Hydrology and Pollution

CE 8603    Selected Topics in Geotechnical Engineering

CE 9963    Project for the M.S. in Civil Engineering

CE 9976    Thesis for the M.S. in Civil Engineering