Dear CEE Undergraduate Students,
Hope you are having a safe and enjoyable summer.
Our department has recently revised its Autumn 2020 course offerings to offer several geotechnical and geological engineering-focused introductory graduate courses that are open to interested undergraduate students who have already completed CEE 367. These courses (which can also be put toward an eventual CEE MS degree, if interested) will be held remotely next quarter and a brief description for each is provided below:
CESG 561: Advanced Soil Mechanics
Credits: 4; Time: M & W 2:30 pm to 4:20 pm; Description: This course will provide students with advanced background in geotechnical engineering fundamentals introduced in CEE 367. Main course topics will include: (i) flow of fluids through soils, (ii) soil consolidation and related settlements, (iii) mitigation of settlement problems, (iv) soil drained and undrained shear strengths, and (v) laboratory and field testing methods; Contact: Please direct all questions and inquiries to Prof. Arduino at parduino@uw.edu. (MyPlan Link: https://myplan.uw.edu/course/#/courses/CESG561)
CESG 563: Physicochemical Aspects of Soil Behavior
Credits: 3; Time: M & W 11:30 am to 12:50 pm; Description: This course focuses on understanding fundamental processes in soils to foster a deeper understanding of soil engineering behaviors needed to solve complex interdisciplinary geotechnical and geoenvironmental problems including those related to natural hazards and disasters and geochemical and microbiological processes in soils. Main course topics will include: (i) soil formational processes, minerology, and fabric (ii) soil-fluid-electrolyte interactions and clay mineral chemistry, (iii) inter-particle forces and stresses, (iv) conduction phenomena in soils, (v) time-dependent soil changes, and (vi) the effect of various particle-scale phenomena on the macroscopic engineering behavior of soils including shear strength, stiffness, and volumetric changes; Contact: Please direct all questions and inquiries to Prof. Gomez at mggomez@uw.edu. (MyPlan Link: https://myplan.uw.edu/course/#/courses/CESG563)
CESG 566: Slope Stability and Landslides
Credits: 3; Time: T & R 10:00 am to 11:20 am; Description: Students will learn how to assess, analyze, and mitigate landslide hazards, and associated risks. Main course topics will include: (i) landslide characteristics, features, and field-mapping, (ii) computer-based slope stability analyses, (iii) mitigation of slope hazards, and (iv) landslide risk assessment. The course will be structured, in part, in a problem-based learning format, with a focus on hazard and risk assessment, and mitigation of a real-world active landslide complex impacting a large community; Contact: Please direct all questions and inquiries to Prof. Wartman at wartman@uw.edu. (MyPlan Link: https://myplan.uw.edu/course/#/courses/CESG566)
Registration for these courses will require access permission, so please contact course instructors if you are interested in enrolling or if you have any questions about these courses. We hope to see you in these courses this Autumn.
Best regards,
UW Geotechnical Faculty
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Mike Gomez | Assistant Professor
Civil and Env. Engineering | University of Washington
More Hall 132G | 206-543-7614