CESG 568: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, will be open to motivated undergraduates this Spring.

This 3-credit course focuses on seismic hazard analysis and the prediction of geohazards and their downstream consequences, including soil liquefaction, coseismic landslides, and seismic wall/retention-system stability. It will also address hazard mitigation from both a technical and economic/policy perspective (i.e., the methods by which we can rationally decide whether, and how, to best mitigate hazards on the basis of probability and economics).

CEE 367 (Geotechnical Engineering) is a required prerequisite for CESG 568. In addition, those who enroll will potentially find it helpful to have taken CEE 436 (Foundation Design) and/or CESG 565 (Soil Dynamics). However, the course will be taught assuming no prior knowledge of any course except CEE 367.

Because CESG 568 is listed at the graduate level, an add code is required for undergraduates. Please email Professor Brett Maurer at bwmaurer@uw.edu to obtain one. Lastly, those potentially interested in attending graduate school may wish to know that 500-level credits can be transferred toward graduate degrees, so long as the credits aren’t used to satisfy the BS (which is also ok).

Lectures are T/TH 3:30-5:00 via zoom and will be recorded. Grades will consist of 5-6 assignments and 2 celebrations of learning, which are completed at home at your own pace. If you have any questions about CESG 568, please feel free to ask Professort Maurer!