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The Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying offers programs leading to the degrees of Master of Science, Master of Engineering, and Doctor of Philosophy. There are no formal options, but students are able to specialize in structural, construction engineering, environmental/water resources, geotechnical or transportation engineering.
In addition to the admission requirements of the Graduate Studies Office, a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering or its equivalent is required. Students in the Master of Science (Plan I) program are required to obtain at least 24 course credits, to carry out a research project and write a thesis. Students in the Master of Engineering (Plan II) program must obtain at least 27 course credits, work on a design or development project and write an engineering report. Students in the Master of Engineering (Plan III) program must obtain at least 36 credits in courses and pass a comprehensive exam. Students in the Doctor of Philosophy program are required to obtain 57 course credits and pass a qualifying exam which includes a written and oral component, and prepare a doctoral dissertation. The doctoral dissertation must be an original contribution to the state of the art in the field of study.
The Department has over 52,000 square feet of facilities space for teaching and research activities. There are laboratory facilities for engineering materials, structures and structural models, soil mechanics, highway engineering, environmental engineering, traffic engineering, and surveying and topography. A wind tunnel facility is available for modeling and simulation of wind effect on constructions. A strong floor facility for testing full-scale structures is also available. Each laboratory has a faculty in charge and a trained laboratory technician.
The Department has in its premises a computer laboratory equipped with microcomputers and their accessories, and a LAN running at 100 mbps. Computer facilities are available to faculty and students around the clock, seven days a week. A new systematic computer network infrastructure provides access to Internet to every classroom, computer center, laboratory, and every employee. An optic fiber network provides rapid external communication. In addition, there are two computer laboratories: the Civil Engineering Infrastructure Research Center is equipped with microcomputers and work stations to assist students and professors in the development of their research projects; CAIREL (Computer Aided Instruction and Research Laboratory) facility is equipped with microcomputers and visual aids equipment.
We provide society with people serving, problem solving professionals in civil engineering and surveying. We provide citizens who have a strong technical and professional education in civil engineering and surveying, with rich cultural background, ethical values, and social sensitivity; with capacity for critic thinking and the managerial and entrepreneurial skills needed to solve civil infrastructure problems facing society. We provide society with people-serving, problem-solving professionals in civil engineering and surveying.
Provide our society high quality professionals with a strong education in civil engineering and /or land surveying: with rich cultural, ethical, environmental, and social sensitivities; capacity for critical thinking; and the entrepreneurial skills to solve civil infrastructure problems. Search for and disseminate new knowledge. Provide services to solve engineering problems as members of interdisciplinary teams.
CES = (PS)2 (Civil Engineers and Surveyors = People-Serving, Problem-Solving)
Strong research component in hazard mitigation, civil infrastructure, environmental and transportation engineering with a $3 m/year of external support from local and federal government, industry and others.
Our faculty in Civil Engineering and Surveying submitted research proposals for external funding for a total of $8,489,034.70 during the academic year 2005-06, this ranking number 1 in proposals submitted at UPRM. External funding for research during the same period was $2,120,000.
Our Civil Engineering graduates will address the challenges that they will face in their careers, pursue life-long learning and continue to develop their problem-solving skills. They will also exhibit leadership and team-building skills in a bilingual setting, provide quality service to the profession, to our government, and to our society, and function as effective members of interdisciplinary teams.
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CIVIL ENGINEERING (INCI)
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Advanced Undergraduate Courses
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INCI 5006. APPLIED HYDRAULICS (I). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: INCI 4138.
Dimensional analysis and modeling; hydraulic machinery and structures; steady conduit and open channel flow; pipe network system.
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INCI 5007. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: INCI 4008.
The solid waste problem: volume reduction and storage of solid wastes, design and optimization of collection systems, recycling, integrated treatment and disposal systems.
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INCI 5008. INTRODUCTION TO HYDROLOGY (I). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: INCI 4138.
The elements of the hydrologic cycle; probability theory and commonly used probability distributions in hydrology: hydrologic and hydraulic flood routing analysis; use of hydrologic concepts in design.
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INCI 5009. FUNDAMENTALS OF AIR POLLUTION (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: INCI 4008.
Classification and extent of air pollution problems, its effects on plants, animals, visibility, and its socio-economic impact; dispersion of effluents; analytical and experimental sampling methods.
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INCI 5012. APPLIED SANITARY ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY (II). Four credit hours. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: INCI 4008.
The application of chemical principles to the sanitary engineering field. Physical, chemical, and biochemical analysis of water and wastewater. Interpretation of analytical data. Integration of experimental data into the design process. The preparation of laboratory reports in the form of engineering reports is emphasized.
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INCI 5015. WATER TREATMENT AND POLLUTION CONTROL (I). Three credit hours. Two lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: INCI 4008.
Study of water and wastewater treatment processes in terms of the underlying physical, chemical, and biological principles; the application of the principles to the study of unit treatment processes and to the design, operation, and analysis of performance of integrated treatment plants; the influence of the self-purification of natural bodies of water and of the planned use of the resources on the type and degree of treatment of waste and its disposal; wastewater reclamation.
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INCI 5017. PRESTRESSED CONCRETE STRUCTURES (I). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: INCI 4012. Corequisite: INCI 4022.
Prestressing systems and materials; stress losses, design of beams of flexure, bond, shear and bearing; specifications and economics of design.
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INCI 5018. MATRIX ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES I (I). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: INCI 4022 and authorization of the Director of the Department.
Use of matrix methods in the analysis of structures; flexibility and stiffness methods.
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INCI 5026. BRIDGE DESIGN (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: INCI 4012 and INCI 4022.
Bridge analysis and design; bridge types, characteristics; design problems.
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INCI 5027. MODEL ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES (BD). Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: INCI 4022.
Model analysis in structural engineering; similarity of structures; theory of models of trussed and framed structures and shells; direct and indirect model analysis of structures.
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INCI 5029. PRINCIPLES OF CITY PLANNING (BD). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: authorization of the Director of the Department.
The scope of planning; legal bases for planning; transportation planning process; public spaces and recreation; land use; zoning; land subdivision. Economic and social aspects of planning. Planning at the local, regional and national levels.
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INCI 5047. INTRODUCTION TO ROCK MECHANICS (BD). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: INCI 4139 or INCI 4031.
Fundamentals of rock mechanics: properties of rocks; strength and deformation characteristics of intact and in-situ rocks, computation of internal stresses in a rock mass; methods of rock exploration; application of rock mechanics.
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INCI 5049. GEOSYNTHETICS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: INCI 4139.
Manufacture, properties and test methods of the different products that comprise the geosynthetics. Applications in: drainage and filtration, design of pavements, earth retaining structures, systems of pollution control, sanitary landfills and other environmental projects.
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INCI 5055. DESIGN OF TIMBER STRUCTURES (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: INCI 4021.
Physical and mechanical properties of solid and laminated wood; design and behavior of flexural, tension, and compression members; design of timber connections and mechanical fasteners; special problems in the design of wood trusses, shear walls, diaphragms and plywood composite beams.
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INCI 5056. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS III (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: INCI 4022.
Application of methods for analysis of statically indeterminate structures. Moment distribution. Slope deflection and energy theorems.
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INCI 5146. INTRODUCTION TO TRAFFIC ENGINEERING (I). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: INCI 4137.
Operation and geometric analysis and design of intersections. Interrupted traffic flow theory, queuing theory, capacity and level of service, traffic studies, service models for signalized intersections and traffic simulation models. |
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INCI 5995. SPECIAL TOPICS (II). One to six credit hours. The contact will vary according to the topic to be presented. Prerequisite: authorization of the Director of the Department.
The topics will be presented by visiting professors and members of the department who are specialists in the field to be covered. The selection and scope of the topics shall be in accordance with the interests and needs of the students.
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INCI 5996. SPECIAL PROBLEMS (BD). One to six credit hours. The contact will vary according to the topic to be presented. Prerequisite: authorization of the Director of the Department.
Research and special problems in Civil Engineering and related fields. Open to outstanding students in the field of Civil Engineering.
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INCI 6005. WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: authorization of Department Director.
The process of treating water and wastewater; design of facilities for treatment of water for municipal and industrial use; principles for treatment of municipal and industrial wastewater; application of unitary processes in the design of treatment plants to meet industrial effluents guidelines.
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INCI 6006. GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: authorization of Department Director.
Fundamentals of groundwater hydrology: well hydraulics, groundwater quality, surface and subsurface factors affecting groundwater, and seawater intrusion.
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INCI 6008. WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: authorization of Department Director.
Systems theory and operation research for solving typical water resources problems quantitatively and qualitatively; aspects of engineering economics, the concepts of the discount rate, methods of project evaluation, stochastic and deterministic simulation.
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INCI 6009. WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT LABORATORY (II). Three credit hours. One hour of lecture and six hours of laboratory per week.
Physical, chemical and biological processes in the treatment of water and wastewater. Waste analysis, biodegradation, and wastewater characterization.
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INCI 6015. SANITARY ENGINEERING MICROBIOLOGY (BD). Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.
Biochemical reactions induced by microorganisms, emphasizing microbiological processes related to water and wastewater treatment and to environmental pollution control.
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INCI 6016. STOCHASTIC HYDROLOGY (BD). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: authorization of Department Director.
Probability theory applied to hydrology; extreme value distribution; recurrence and frequency analysis; stochastic simulation of the hydrological process; hydrological models.
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INCI 6017. STRUCTURAL MECHANICS I (I). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Analysis of structural elements to determine stresses, forces, strains, displacements and stability in continuous and discrete systems.
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INCI 6018. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: INCI 5018, or authorization of Department Director.
The finite element method and its application in the analysis of structures with elastic and non-linear behavior and in the determination of buckling loads, element development for the solution of unitary stress and strain problems in flexion of plates, thin and thick shells, axisymmetric shells, and solids.
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INCI 6019. DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES (I). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Evaluation of current specifications for the design of structural members under axial, flexure, torsional, and combined axial and flexural loadings; design of plate girders and rigid frames; plastic design of gable and multistory frames; design of connections for fatigue loading.
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INCI 6020. OPTIMIZATION IN STRUCTURAL DESIGN (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Application of linear programming to the optimization of the design of steel and reinforced concrete frames subject to gravitational and lateral loads.
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INCI 6021. THEORY OF ELASTICITY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: INCI 6017 or authorization of the Director of the Department.
Presentation of the theory to analyze stresses and strains in three-dimensional elastic solids presuming constitutive elastic equations. Formulation of models based on differential equations for the explicit solution of simple problems in the classic literature. Study of alternate formulations of virtual work and its changes due to variations in displacements and forces, small and large deformations, and fundamentals of thermoelasticity.
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INCI 6022. DESIGN OF EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT STRUCTURES. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: authorization of the Director of the Department.
Study of the parameters used for the selection of a Design Earthquake, development of ground spectra, elastic and inelastic design spectra. Design of structures using the capacity method. Introduction to base isolation systems.
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INCI 6025. PLAIN AND REINFORCED CONCRETE (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: INCI 4012, INCI 4022.
Brief review of the theories used in the design of concrete and the factors affecting the properties and behavior of the material and of the test specimen; behavior of plain concrete under different types of environment and of loading; critical review of ultimate strength; behavior of reinforced concrete members and relation between results of research and current specifications for design.
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INCI 6026. REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES (I). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: INCI 6025.
Continuation of INCI 6025. Ultimate strength and behavior of statically indeterminate reinforced concrete structures; floors, slabs; specifications.
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INCI 6027. ADVANCED STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS (BD). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: INCI 4012, INCI 4022.
Advanced design of complex structural projects.
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INCI 6029. DESIGN OF STRUCTURES FOR DYNAMIC LOADS (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Free vibrations; forced vibrations and transient response of structures having one or more degrees of freedom; damping and inelastic action; nature of dynamic loading from earthquakes and bomb blasts; methods of analysis and criteria for designing earthquake-resistant and blast-resistant structures.
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INCI 6030. ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS IN THE NON-LINEAR REGIME (BD). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Nature of the problem of non-linear behavior. Tangent stiffness method. Structures on elastic foundations. Soil and structure interaction.
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INCI 6031. ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS I (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
One-dimensional consolidation; advances in consolidation theories; secondary consolidation; precompression; three-dimensional consolidation; sand drains; distribution of stresses in a soil mass; computation of settlements.
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INCI 6031. ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS I (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
One-dimensional consolidation; advances in consolidation theories; secondary consolidation; precompression; three-dimensional consolidation; sand drains; distribution of stresses in a soil mass; computation of settlements.
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INCI 6037. APPLIED SOIL MECHANICS (BD). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: INCI 4031 and INCI 4009.
Application of soil mechanics to earth pressure and retaining walls; foundations of buildings; stability of earth slopes; braced cuts; settlement and contact pressure; seepage.
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INCI 6038. FOUNDATION ENGINEERING (I). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Case histories of projects in foundation engineering; design and construction procedures for foundations, embankments and other civil engineering earthworks.
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INCI 6045. PAVEMENT DESIGN (I). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: INCI 4031.
Traffic loads, climatic effects, stresses in pavements, flexible pavement design, rigid pavement design, skid resistance, construction practices and maintenance.
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INCI 6046. URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Urban travel characteristics and trends; basic urban transportation studies, including origin, destination surveys, inventory, use studies, parking studies, and transit surveys; application of transportation, economic, land use data in estimating future travel; planning arterial street and expressway systems, off street parking, and transit systems; coordination of city planning and transportation engineering; metropolitan transportation administration and finance.
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INCI 6047. TRAFFIC ENGINEERING (I). Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one two-hour discussion, computation or field period per week.
City and highway traffic surveys and designs; accidents, congestion, delay, speed, volume density, parking, channelization, lighting, traffic control and routing, signs, signals and markings, urban traffic consideration in city planning; driver reactions and habit patterns.
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INCI 6048. TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Principles and techniques of systems analysis and mathematical programming are presented and applied to economic, physical planning, and the evaluation and operation of transportation facilities. Mathematical models are used to examine problems related to optimum efficiency of transportation systems and modes. Operations research methods of linear programming, non-linear programming, network analysis, queueing theory, and simulation are studied.
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INCI 6049. TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS EVALUATION (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of conference per week.
The course is designed to provide graduate students with knowledge of evaluation studies and methods employed in planning the proper function and character of transportation facilities, and of the broad administrative policies such as transportation needs, finance, and economics that affect the planning, design, and programming of transportation systems. The course contents give attention to the application of basic techniques in engineering economic evaluation and the assessment of user and non-user impacts of transportation improvements.
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INCI 6050. ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS (On demand). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: INCI 6048.
Advanced topics in transportation and demand analysis; transportation economy; resource models; techniques for the design and generation of alternatives in transportation systems.
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INCI 6057. THEORY OF ELASTIC STABILITY (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Bending of prismatic bars subjected to axial and lateral loads; buckling of compression members on the elastic and inelastic ranges; lateral buckling of beams, and torsional buckling.
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INCI 6059. MODELING OF URBAN STORM DRAINAGE (I). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Application of hydrologic and hydraulic principles to the analysis, design, and management of urban drainage and small watersheds; computer modeling and simulation; effects of spatial and temporal rainfall variabilities; overland flow; runoff from highways; stormsewers, culverts, and other related drainage structures.
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INCI 6060. POLLUTANT TRANSPORT (I). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Point and non-point source pollutants; the Streeter-Phelps equation; analysis of the transport problem in streams and estuaries; finite element approach to system analysis; ocean outfalls; pollutographs and loadgraphs; universal equation of soil conservation, mathematical model for pollutants handling.
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INCI 6061. SEDIMENT TRANSPORT I (I). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: INCI 5006.
Introduction to sediment transport. Hydrodynamics of fluid-particle systems. Initiation of particle motion. Relation of bed forms to flow regime. Design of stable channels and live bed stable channels. Bedload and suspended sediment transport. Local Scour in channels. Measurements of sediment transport.
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INCI 6063. COMPUTER HYDROLOGIC MODELING (II). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: INCI 5008.
Emphasis on computer hydrologic modeling. Application of the Hydrologic Cycle’s components to the development of precipitation-runoff models. Individual watershed processes are analyzed and their integration to computer models studied. Model selection and calibration techniques, with special attention to error analysis, are also studied. Students are exposed to actual problems of using Hydrologic Models. Class projects include applications to real cases.
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INCI 6064. ADVANCED CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY (BD). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Microstructure, physical and mechanical properties of concrete; strength-porosity relation, failure modes, and behavior of concrete under various stress states; fiber reinforced cementitious composites: types, mechanical properties, applications, and mixture proportions; fiber-reinforced shotcrete: applications and field performance; fiber reinforced plastics (FRPs): applications for repair, rehabilitation, and reinforcement.
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INCI 6065. ENGINEERING PROJECT (I, II). Three to six credit hours.
Comprehensive study of a specific civil engineering problem selected so as to integrate the knowledge acquired in the graduate program of study. This project fulfills one of the terminal requirements of the Master of Engineering Program and will be governed by the norms established for this purpose.
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INCI 6066. RESEARCH THESIS (I, II). One to six credit hours.
Research in the field of civil engineering and presentation of a thesis.
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INCI 6069. SOIL DYNAMICS (BD). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Introduction to the terminology and notation used in the analysis of dynamic systems. Discussion of dynamic soil properties and wave propagation theories in soils. Design of foundations in seismic regions, theory of machine vibrations, and the problem of soil liquefaction in granular soils. Description of laboratory dynamic tests and analysis of the data obtained from them.
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INCI 6076. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF WATER (I). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Theory and applications of physico-chemical unit processes for the removal of pollutants from water and wastewater; substitution of biological treatment by physico-chemical processes; problems and technology of wastewater reuse for drinking purposes.
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INCI 6080. ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF DEEP FOUNDATION. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: authorization of the Director.
This course introduces the graduate civil engineering students to the modern techniques for the analysis and design of deep foundations. The course emphasizes the use of statistics and dynamic methods to calculate the ultimate load capacity of single and pile groups. The topics covered include the analysis and design of single piles and pile groups subjected to axial and lateral forces, driveability analysis, practical recommendations for pile driving, design and interpretation of pile load tests, consideration of negative skin friction effects, and the design of drilled shafts.
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INCI 6085. ADVANCED MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING. (BD). Three credit hour. Three hours of lecture per week.
Advanced calculus; optimization methods, estimation theory; sampling theory; queuing theory; application of spread sheet and data base programs in microcomputers.
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INCI 6098. REHABILITATION OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES (BD). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Discussion of the available techniques to compute the maximum load capacity of a structure, estimates of expected gravity and lateral loads, and determination of the actual safety factor of the structure under the imposed load. Reinforced concrete pathology and prognosis of the problems caused by materials' defects, construction problems, and inadequate design. Techniques for strengthening structural elements. Presentation and discussion of typical cases.
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INCI 6115. PROGRAMMING METHODS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (BD). Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Implementation of numerical methods and algorithms for the solution of linear and non-linear systems of equations. Development and implementation of design systems and computer graphics (CAE/CAD). A comprehensive programming project will be required.
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INCI 6335. GRADUATE SEMINAR (BD). One credit hour. One hour of seminar per week.
Presentations and discussions in the areas of graduate studies and research. Faculty members, graduate students, and visiting lecturers will participate in this course.
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INCI 6995. SPECIAL PROBLEMS (I, II). One to six credit hours.
Research and special problems in Civil Engineering.
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INCI 8999. DOCTORAL RESEARCH AND THESIS (I, II). Nine to fifteen credit hours.
Research and presentation of a thesis, which constitutes a significant contribution to the field of specialization of the student.
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CIVIL ENGINEERING FACULTY
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A list of professors who engage in graduate activities in the Department follows, including the highest earned degree, date, and institution granting the degree. Research and teaching interests are also included.
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FELIPE J. ACOSTA-COSTA, Associate Professor, Ph.D., 1999, Georgia Institute of Technology. Research interests: Experimental Material Characterization, Construction and Rehabilitation of Structures of Composite Materials. Teaching interest: Finite Element Analysis, Mechanics of Composite Materials, Construction Materials.
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| LUIS D. APONTE-BERMÚDEZ, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., 2006, University of Florida. Research interest: Wind Engineering. Teaching interests: Wind Engineering, Probabilistics Methods. |
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JUAN B. BERNAL-VERA, Professor, Ph.D., 1984, The University of Texas at Austin. Research interests: Foundations. Teaching interests: Soil Mechanics.
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ARSENIO CÁCERES-FERNÁNDEZ, Associate Professor, Ph.D., 1998, West Virginia University. Research interest: Materials for Civil Engineering, Composite Materials Applications and Civil Engineering Infrastructure, Damage Mechanics, Construction Materials made from Recycled Products, Concrete Technology. Teaching interest: Civil Engineering Materials, Composite Materials, Reinforced Concrete Design.
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| BEATRIZ I. CAMACHO-PADRÓN, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., 2006, University of Texas at Austin. Research interests: Experimental Geotechnics, Geoenvironmental Engineering, Foundation Engineering. Teaching interests: Geoenvironmental Engineering, Foundation Engineering, Environmental Geotechnics, Structural Components in Construction. |
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BENJAMIN COLUCCI-RIOS, Professor, Ph.D., 1984, Purdue University. Research interests: Pavement Evaluation, Bituminous Materials. Teaching interests: Highway Engineering, Transportation.
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LUIS A. GODOY, Professor, Ph.D., 1979, University College, The University of London. Research interests: Stability of Structures, Thin Walled Structures, Applied Mechanics, Numerical Methods. Teaching interests: Structural Analysis, Theory of Stability, Plates and Shells, Theory of Elasticity, Mechanics of Materials.
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ANTONIO GONZÁLEZ-QUEVEDO, Professor, Ph.D., 1991, Purdue University. Research interest: Construction Engineering Management. Teaching interests: Project Planning and Control, Construction Management.
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SERGIO L. GONZÁLEZ-QUEVEDO, Professor, Ph.D., 1985, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research interests: Transportation Demand Models, Analysis of Public Transportation Systems. Teaching interests: Transportation and Highway Engineering.
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JOSÉ O. GUEVARA, Associate Professor, Ph.D., 1990, University of Florida. Research interests: Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Structures, Structural Design, Rehabilitation of Structures. Teaching interests: Reinforced Concrete Structures, Structural Design.
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NELSON IRIZARRY-GUTIÉRREZ, Associate Professor, Ph.D., 1997, Texas A&M University. Research interests: Highway Geometric Design, Urban Highway Planning, Geographical and Land Information Systems, Intelligent Information Systems.
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SANGCHUL HWANG, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., 2002, University of Akron. Research interests: Biological treatment, Bioremediation and Environmental Biotechnology.
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RICARDO LÓPEZ-RODRÍGUEZ, Professor, Ph.D., 1988, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign. Research interests: Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Structures, Earthquake Engineering and Wind Engineering. Teaching interests: Reinforced Concrete, Structural Analysis, Wind Engineering, Dynamic Analysis.
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FELIPE LUYANDA-VILLAFAÑE, Professor, D.E., 1981, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Research interests: Highway Safety, Analysis of Public Transportation Systems, Statistical Models. Teaching interests: Transportation and Highway Engineering.
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JOSÉ F. LLUCH-GARCÍA, Professor, Ph.D., 1981, Georgia Institute of Technology. Research interests: Project Planning and Scheduling, Analysis of Construction Operations, Microcomputers in Construction Engineering. Teaching interests: Construction Management.
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FRANCISCO MALDONADO-FORTUNET, Associate Professor, Ph.D., 2002, Georgia Institute of Technology. Research interests: Sustainable Construction, Construction Management. Teaching interests: Construction Management, Construction Projects Planning and Scheduling.
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JOSÉ A. MARTÍNEZ-CRUZADO, Associate Professor, Ph.D., 1993, University of California at Berkeley. Research interests: Earthquake Resistance Engineering, Concrete Behavior, Compaction of Concrete. Teaching interests: Reinforced Concrete, Structural Steel Design, Earthquake Resistance Structures.
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INGRID Y. PADILLA, Associate Professor, Ph.D., 1998, University of Arizona. Research interests: Subsurface Hydrology and Contaminant Transport, Soil and Ground-Water Remediation, Water Chemistry, Ground- Water/Surface-Water Interactions, and Ground- Water Flow and Contaminant Transport Modeling. Teaching interests: Groundwater Hydrology, Contaminant Transport, Water Chemistry.
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ISMAEL PAGÁN-TRINIDAD, Professor, M.S.C.E., 1977, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. Research interests: Urban Drainage, Tropical Hydrology, Flash Floods, Natural Disasters, Water Infrastructure. Teaching interests: General Hydrology and Hydraulics, Applied Hydraulics, Groundwater Hydrology and Hydraulics, Water Resources Systems, Stochastic Hydrology, Flood Control, Disaster Mitigation.
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MIGUEL A. PANDO-LÓPEZ, Associate Professor, Ph.D., 2003, Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Research interests: Soils Structures, Foundation Engineering, Rock Mechanics, Solid Mechanics. Teaching Interests: Soil Behavior, Foundations, Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering.
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JOSÉ L. PERDOMO-RIVERA, Assistant Professor, Ph.D, 2004, Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Research interests: Materials Management in Construction, Information Technology for Construction, Handheld Devices Applied to Construction, Wireless Data Transmission, Business Practices Applies to Construction, Means and Methods for Building and Heavy Construction, Temporary Structures for Construction, Simulation and Modeling, Heavy Equipment Performance.
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RICARDO RAMOS-CABEZA, Associate Professor, Ph.D., 1999, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Research interest: Soil Dynamics, Solid Structures Interaction, Earthquake Engineering. Teaching interest: Foundation Engineering, Steel Structures Design.
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JORGE RIVERA-SANTOS, Professor, Ph.D., 1988, University of Colorado-Boulder. Research interest: Water Resources Engineering. Teaching interests: Water Resources Systems, Hydrologic Simulation, Computer Graphics.
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ROQUE A. ROMÁN-SEDA, Professor, Ph.D., 1981, Vanderbilt University, Nashville. Research interests: Principles, Mechanisms and Simulations of Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes, Mathematical Modeling and Operational Optimization of Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes. Teaching interests: Water and Wastewater Treatment Technology, Applied Hydraulics, Computer Applications in Environmental Engineering.
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ALI SAFFAR, Professor, Ph.D., 1986, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Research interests: Structural Fire Resistance, Stress Analysis, Gaussian Closure Techniques, Plastic Fire Design of Steel Structures. Teaching interests: Reinforced Concrete Structures, Building Design, Structural Analysis, Design of Steel Structures.
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IVONNE SANTIAGO-LÓPEZ, Professor, Ph.D., 1995, New Mexico State University. Research interests: Physico-Chemical Treatment of Water and Wastewater, Toxicity Studies, Air Pollution. Teaching interests: Water and Wastewater Treatment Technology, Environmental Engineering, Physico-Chemical Processes.
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RAFAEL SEGARRA-GARCÍA, Professor, Ph.D., 1988, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Research interests: Hydrology, Stochastic Processes, Water Resources Planning and Management. Teaching interests: Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering.
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LUIS E. SUÁREZ-COLCHE, Professor, Ph.D., 1986, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Research interests: Structural Dynamics, Computational Methods, Earthquake Engineering, Active and Passive Control. Teaching interests: Structural Dynamics, Structural Analysis, Structural Mechanics, Soil Dynamics.
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DIDIER M. VALDÉS-DÍAZ, Associate Professor, Ph.D., 1999, Texas at Austin. Research interests: Transportation Systems Modeling and Analysis, Intelligent Transportation Systems Applications, Network Modeling, Public Transportation System, Urban Transportation Planning, Geometric Design Applied to Urban and Rural Setting. Teaching interest: Transportation and Highway Engineering.
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DANIEL A. WENDICHANSKY, Professor, Ph.D., 1996, State University of New York at Buffalo. Research interests: Bridge Design, Earthquake Analysis and Design Prestressed Structures, Energy Dissipation System, Experimental Analysis.
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RAÍL E. ZAPATA-LÓPEZ, Professor, Ph.D., 1987, University of Florida at Gainesville. Research interests: Climatological Data, Water Resources Engineering, Wind Engineering, Groundwater, Hydraulics, Sediment Transport, Fluid Mechanics. Teaching interests: Sediment Transport, Water Resources, Aqueduct and Sewerage Design, Hydraulics, Groundwater, Wind Engineering.
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