Explore the fundamental principles of soil mechanics, including soil’s physical and mechanical properties, soil classification, and flow through soils. Topics include effective stress, consolidation, shear strength, and soil compaction. By the end of this course, students can analyze and solve fundamental soil mechanics problems and apply them to practical engineering scenarios.

The Soil Mechanics Laboratory gives students hands-on experience with fundamental soil mechanics principles through laboratory exercises. It complements the theoretical material from lecture by offering practical applications and experiments.

This course develops the numerical methods used to model soil and rock behavior, from continuum formulations to discrete particle approaches. Students work through constitutive modeling, finite element analysis of geotechnical boundary value problems, and discrete element simulation of granular media. Emphasis is placed on model selection, parameter calibration against laboratory data, and the interpretation and verification of simulation results rather than on software operation alone.

Students apply soil mechanics principles to foundation design, focusing on subsurface exploration, bearing capacity, and settlement analysis of shallow foundations. Topics include lateral earth pressures, retaining wall design, and the capacity and settlement of pile foundations under vertical axial loads. By the end of the course, students have a practical understanding of foundation design for a range of structural applications.

CE 528 introduces fundamental and advanced numerical methods used in civil engineering, covering finite difference, finite element, and optimization techniques. The course spans equation solving, matrix computations, and numerical modeling of dynamic and geotechnical problems, with applications across structures, fluids, and transportation systems. Students gain hands-on experience with tools such as MATLAB, Python, ANSYS, PLAXIS, SAP2000, and OpenSees, while developing skills in calibration, validation, and simulation of real-world engineering scenarios. Balancing theory with implementation, the course places significant emphasis on geotechnical applications while maintaining breadth across civil engineering disciplines.

Explore the fundamental principles of soil mechanics, including soil’s physical and mechanical properties, soil classification, and flow through soils. Topics include effective stress, consolidation, shear strength, and soil compaction. By the end of this course, students can analyze and solve fundamental soil mechanics problems and apply them to practical engineering scenarios.

The Soil Mechanics Laboratory gives students hands-on experience with fundamental soil mechanics principles through laboratory exercises. It complements the theoretical material from lecture by offering practical applications and experiments.

This course presents an advanced treatment of soil mechanics with emphasis on the nature of soil and effective stress principles. It covers permeability and seepage, stress–strain–strength behavior of granular and fine soils, and consolidation theory with settlement analysis.

Students apply soil mechanics principles to foundation design, focusing on subsurface exploration, bearing capacity, and settlement analysis of shallow foundations. Topics include lateral earth pressures, retaining wall design, and the capacity and settlement of pile foundations under vertical axial loads. By the end of the course, students have a practical understanding of foundation design for a range of structural applications.

This course explores soil’s physical and mechanical properties, classification, and flow through soils. It introduces effective stress, consolidation, shear strength, and soil compaction for solving fundamental soil mechanics problems.

Designed to give students hands-on experience in soil mechanics through practical laboratory exercises, connecting theoretical knowledge with real-world applications through experiments.