Course outline of DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES

GEOTECHNICAL Course outline of DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES

LIST OF UNIVERSITIES:UCLA Engineering UniversityUniversity Of Massachusetts AmherstUniversity Of California, BerkeleyThe University Of AucklandUniversity Of PretoriaVirginia Polytechnic Institute And State UniversityTrinity College DublinNust Institute Of Civil EngineeringUniversity Of Illinois Utah State University, USALIST OF UNIVERSITIES:UCLA Engineering UniversityAdvanced Soil Mechanics:Consolidation and settlement analysis. Shear strength of granular and cohesive soils. In situ and laboratory methods for soil property evaluation.Advanced Foundation Engineering: Stress distribution. Bearing capacity and settlement of shallow foundations, including spread footings and mats. Performance of driven pile and drilled shaft foundations under vertical and lateral loading. Construction considerations.

UCLA Engineering UniversitySoil Dynamics: Fundamentals of theoretical soil dynamics: response of a sliding block-on-a-plane to cyclic earthquake loads, application of theories of single degree-of-freedom (DOF) system, multiple DOF system Fundamentals of cyclic soil behavior: stress-strain-pore water pressure behavior, shear moduli and damping, cyclic settlement and concept of volumetric cyclic threshold shear strain.

Earth Retaining Structures: Basic concepts of theory of earth pressures behind retaining structures, with special application to design of retaining walls, bulkheads, sheet piles and excavation bracing. Effects of flexibility, creep in soils, and construction techniques on the stability of bulkheads and sheet piles.

UCLA Engineering UniversityAdvanced Cyclic and Soil Behavior:Relationships between stress, strain, pore water pressure and volume change in the range of very small and large strains. Concept of normalized static and cyclic soil behavior. Cyclic degradation and liquefaction of saturated soils. Cyclic settlement of partially saturated and dry soils. Earthquake Engineering:Analysis of earthquake ground motions including seismic source modeling, travel path effects, and site response effects. Soil liquefaction. Seismic slope stability.UCLA Engineering UniversityGeoenvironmental Engineering:The field of geo-environmental engineering involves the application of geotechnical principles to environmental problems. Environmental regulations, waste characterization, geosynthetics, solid waste landfills, subsurface barrier walls, and disposal of high water content materials.Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering:Introduction to the basic concepts of computer modeling of soils using the Finite Element Method, and to constitutive modeling based on elasticity and plasticity theories. Special emphasis on numerical applications and identifying modeling concerns such as instability, bifurcation, nonexistence, and non-uniqueness of solutions.Advanced Soil Mechanics Laboratory: Lectures and laboratory studies covering more advanced aspects of the laboratory determination of soil properties and their application to design.University Of Massachusetts AmherstCourses typically consist of:Shear Strength and Soil Behavior (4 credits)Geotechnical Material Testing (4 credits)Advanced Foundation Engineering (4 credits)In Situ Testing in Geotechnical Engineering (4 credits)Geosciences Elective:One Geoscience Course (examples include: Hydrogeology, Geomorphology, Glacial Geology, etc.)

University Of Massachusetts AmherstAdditional Electives:Additional credit hours of additional graduate level coursework in Geotechnical Engineering or other related field as approved by your academic advisor.Plus Thesis and Seminar:Six credit hours of Master's Research ProjectOne credit hour of Geotechnical Seminar.

University Of California, BerkeleyOffered Courses: Advanced GeomechanicsSensors and Signal InterpretationNumerical Modelling in GeomechanicsAdvanced GeoEngineering Testing and DesignGeotechnical Earthquake EngineeringSeismic Hazard Analysis and Design Ground Motions

University Of California, BerkeleyOffered Courses:Advanced Foundation EngineeringEngineering GeologySeismic Methods in Applied GeophysicsDigital Data ProcessingAdvanced Topics in Geotechnical EngineeringGeo-engineering SeminarThe University Of AucklandCore courses:Experimental Geotechnical EngineeringComputational Geotechnical EngineeringElective courses:Engineering Geological MappingGeological HazardsAnalysis Techniques in Engineering GeologyHydrogeology

The University Of AucklandElective courses:Earhquake EngineeringFoundation EngineeringSlope EngineeringRock Mechanics and Excavation EngineeringSoil BehaviourGeotechnical Earthquake EngineeringGeotechnical ModellingAdvanced Mathematical ModellingRisk, LCA and Sustainability

The University Of AucklandElective courses:Earhquake EngineeringFoundation EngineeringSlope EngineeringRock Mechanics and Excavation EngineeringSoil BehaviourGeotechnical Earthquake EngineeringGeotechnical ModellingAdvanced Mathematical ModellingRisk, LCA and Sustainability

University Of PretoriaCourses:Advanced Soil MechanicsSoil BehaviorsAdvanced Geotechnical EngineeringEngineering GeologySoil MechanicsFoundation EngineeringUniversity Of PretoriaCourses:Earthquake engineeringBridgesGeomechanics of failureGroundwater and environmental sciencesNumerical models in geotechnical engineeringGeotechnical design and construction

Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State UniversityCourse Number & Course Name:

CEE 3514 Introduction to Geotechnical.CEE 4514 Methods in Geotechnical.CEE 4534 Earth Pressures and Foundation.CEE 4544 Geotechnics for Land DevelopmentCEE 4554 Natural Disaster.CEE 5504 Risk Analysis in Geotechnical.CEE 5514 Soil.CEE 5524 Advanced Soil Testing for Engineering.Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State UniversityCourse Number & Course Name:

CEE 5544 Foundation Engineering.CEE 5554 Soil and Site Investigation.CEE 5564 Seepage and Earth.CEE 5574 Environmental.CEE 5584 Geotechnical Aspects of Earthquake.CEE 5594 Geological.CEE 6504 Theoretical Soil Mechanics.Trinity College DublinStructural & Geotechnical Engineering:Geotechnical Engineering (5 ECTS)Advanced Structural Analysis (5 ECTS)Wind and Earthquake Engineering (5 ECTS)Bridge Engineering (5 ECTS)Advanced Concrete Technology (5 ECTS)Soil-Structure Interaction (5 ECTS)A Unified Theory of Structures (5 ECTS)Concrete Durability and Sustainability (5 ECTS)Advanced Theory of Structures (5 ECTS)

Nust Institute Of Civil EngineeringGeotechnical engineering:Soil and Site Improvement.Geo-Environments.Restructuring and Re-organizations and Institutions.Monitoring and Review of Construction Projects.Rain Water Harvesting.Stability of Rock StructuresStability of Slopes(Earth, Rock)Design of Retaining of Structures/ Earth filled Dams.

Nust Institute Of Civil EngineeringGeotechnical engineering:Design of Shallow and Deep Foundations.Pavement Design and Analysis.Computer Aided Designs in Civil EngineeringSlope of Stability

University Of IllinoisGeotechnical Engineering program:Deep excavations.Earthquake engineering.Numerical modeling.Static and dynamic Soil-structure interaction.Engineering properties, construction problems, and ground modification technology in soft clays and silts, stiff clays and soft rocks, and granular materials.Soil-structure interaction.

University Of IllinoisGeotechnical Engineering program:Reliability-based design.Mechanically stabilized earth and earth support systems.Ground improvement methods and their effect on structures.Soil liquefaction during earthquakes.The static and seismic stability of natural and excavated slopes.

Utah State University, USADesign and analyze: foundations, excavations, retaining walls, slopes, dikes, dams, levees. It also predict behavior of soil and rock during earthquake shaking. The graduate curriculum covers the theoretical behavior of soil, laboratory and field experimental methods, and current design practices.SummaryThe above mentioned courses of 10 different universities covers the whole structure of geotechnical engineering. Whereas, the course content of NED university contains almost the all coerses of geotechnical engineering.However, in my opinion, the course content should contain the topic of wind and earthquake engineering and bridge engineering (as taught in Trinity College Dublin) and seminar should also be conducted as it is conducted in University Of Massachusetts Amherst and University Of California, Berkeley.