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Education

If you can solve the education problem, you don’t have to do any- thing else.
If you don’t solve it, nothing else is going to matter all that much.

Alan Greenspan, past Federal Reserve Board chairman

Our educational objective is to provide a high-quality learning experience for students to educate the next generation of academic and industry leaders who can address current and future global engineering challenges.

  • The learning experience is grounded in our ability to provide a broad engineering education that will prepare our graduates with lifelong skills.
  • High quality is exemplified by attaining international prominence in the areas of civil infrastructure sustainability and resilience under natural and man-made effects, smart materials for resource use and energy sustainability.
  • Our overall efforts will foster a spirit of innovation and excellence by positioning our graduates to develop new technologies in our profession and promote a commitment to continued scholarship and service.

We will strive to maintain a culture that promotes excellence and that allows students, staff, and faculty to excel in their endeavors with the highest ethical standards in all our endeavors

SOME IDEAS ABOUT EDUCATION, ENGINEERING, AND FUTURE

  • RISING ABOVE THE GATHERING STORM: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future (Executive Summary from a National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Institute of Medicine)
  • Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century: Preparing the Civil Engineer for the Future (American Society of Civil Engineers)
  • DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS: (Glenn R. Bell, P.E., S.E., SECB, CEO of Simpson Gumpertz & Heger in Waltham, MA)
  • REENGINEERING ENGINEERING (by Norman Augustine, former CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp.)
  • REHUMANIZING ENGINEERING (by Mete Sozen, Kettelhut Distinguished Professor of Structural Engineering at Purdue University)
  • RENNAISANCE ENGINEER (by Dr. Adnan Akay, NSF Director of Director of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation Division)
  • Mentoring Graduate Students (Dr. Catbas’ article published on Faculty Focus)
  • ROLE OF VIRTUAL LABORATORIES (Dr. Catbas’ presentation at the CEE’06 International Workshop on Reforming Civil and Environmental Engineering)

SOME REPRESENTATIVE COURSES OFFERED BY CITRS FACULTY

  • EGN 3310 – Engineering Mechanics –STATICS
  • CES 4100 – Structural Analysis I
  • CES 5144 -Matrix Analysis of Structures
  • CES 6116 -Finite Element Analysis
  • CES 6209 -Dynamics of Structures
  • CES 6010 – Structural Reliability
  • CES 6230 – Advanced Structural Mechanics
  • CES 6527 – Nonlinear Structural Analysis
  • CES 5325 Bridge Engineering
  • CES 6220 – Wind and Earthquake Engineering
  • CES 5606 – Advanced Steel
  • CES 5706 – Advanced Concrete
  • CES 6715 – Prestressed Concrete StructuresCEG 6065 Soil Dynamics
  • CEG 6115 -Foundation Engineering
  • CEG 6317 -Advanced Geotechnical Engineering
  • TTE 5835 – Pavement Design
  • CGN 3501 – Civil Engineering Materials
  • CCE 6045 – Cost Analysis of Sustainable Infrastructure Systems