Civil Engineering

With increasing rates of urbanization and high population growth rates in the developing world there is a need for robust engineering solutions that address societal, economic and environmental issues through partnerships with local stakeholders and institutions. This course will provide engineers with an overview of the challenges and complexities of working internationally, focusing on low- and middle-income countries where mainstream development paradigms often fail to bridge the gap in basic infrastructure and housing needs.

The course contains four parts: managing logistics and operations system: value creation and strategic perspectives; designing industrial operations: products, processes, quality, and capacity; linkages to suppliers and customers: sourcing, purchasing, transportation, materials handling, and inventories; planning and controlling inventory and production in the supply chain: forecasting, long-term and short-term planning and control, and lean-based operations development.

This course provides knowledge and skills in the design of structural concrete members and systems. Topics include basic design for action effects as well as the serviceability and ultimate limit state design of real-life structures. 

This course introduces construction methods for civil engineering and the impact of emerging technologies on the traditional construction process. Such subjects as bridge construction, tunnel construction, earth moving, construction equipment, automation and sensing technologies are covered. This course provides the convergence ability to devise tools, equipment, system and process to improve productivity, safety and efficiency in the construction field; an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering; and an ability to communicate effectively in teamwork.