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Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisite: Senior Level Standing

Structural evaluation of buildings. Cracks in building. Types of cracks. Early thermal shrinkage,
drying shrinkage and thermal cracks. Inspection and diagnosis. Repair of cracks, material and
system. Monitoring of cracks. Testing of concrete in the structure. Destructive tests: cores and pull
outs. Nondestructive tests: Rebound hammer, penetration resistance and UPV. Retrofitting
techniques of structures.

CEE 466 Steel Design II
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisite: Senior Level Standing
Design of laterally supported beams subjected to bending. Shear in beams. Design for torsion in
beams. Lateral torsional buckling of beams. Continuous beams. Design of plate girders. Combined
bending and axial load. Connections.

CEE 467 Prestressed Concrete and Bridge Design
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisite: Senior Level Standing

CEE 468 Wind and Seismic Resistant Structures
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisite: Senior Level Standing

CEE 469 Soil Stabilization and Improvement
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisite: Senior Level Standing

This course covers general information of soil types, their behavior and the available techniques
for improvement; modifications by using admixtures and grouting; shallow and deep mechanical
methods for improvement; use of geotextiles in filtration, seepage control, separation,
reinforcement and water retention; Treatment of marginal soils; Landfills.

CEE 470 Soil Mechanics II
Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisite: Senior Level Standing

Stresses and Strains in soil media; Lateral earth pressure; Stress path; Constitutive models for soils;
failure criteria; unsaturated soils; Consolidation theory; elasticity, viscoelasticity, and plasticity
theories applied to geo materials; constitutive, numerical and experimental modeling.