Enhance your career and expertise with a degree program that is geared to topics included as part of the structural engineering (SE) licensing examinations. This program offers a transformative experience that blends academic rigor with practical, industry-relevant skills that are needed in the profession. Led by renowned faculty and industry experts, you’ll delve into cutting-edge coursework and hands-on projects that prepare you to excel in structural engineering. This program can be taken as part of a Master of Science in Civil Engineering or may lead to it if you choose to continue your graduate studies.
The Graduate Certificate in Structural Engineering (GCSE) is a 12-credit hour certificate program that is intended to assist individuals in enhancing their knowledge in strategically selected topics within the structural engineering profession. In a traditional Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineering program, students learn detailed information about structural analysis and the design of reinforced concrete and hot-rolled steel structures. However, there are several additional subjects expected to be learned within the profession or in graduate studies. The courses in this certificate program are dedicated to these additional topics, which are not commonly offered at the bachelor level, and design standards associated with them.
To obtain a GCSE, students are required to earn 12 credits by completing four of the seven following graduate courses:
Course Name
Course #
Credits
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ECE5413
3
Construction and engineering concepts related to timber or wood design. Review of applicable building codes. Design based on the ASD/LRFD National Design Specification for Wood Structures, latest edition. Design topics include lumber specifications, design values, strength modification values, beam design, shear design, bearing design, column design, beam-columns, tension members, structural walls, and diaphragms. Connection topics using nails, screws, bolts and split rings.
ECE5703
3
Course not found.
ECE5713
3
This course covers construction and engineering concepts for masonry design with an emphasis in concrete masonry structures. Both ASD/SD methods are employed in the course following MSJC “Building Code and Specifications for Masonry Structures”. Design topics include material properties, section properties, flexural design, axial load design, combined loading, shear wall design, slender wall design, prestressed masonry design, anchor bolt design, unreinforced masonry design and concentrated load analysis.
ECE5733
3
Advanced topics in reinforced concrete design using the most recent ACI 318, Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete. Topics include the design of columns, design of slender columns, design of two-way slab systems for flexure, shear, and deflections, deep beam design, torsional design, wall design, and analysis of beam-column joints.
ECE5753
3
Advanced topics in structural design using the most recent AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings. Includes advanced connection design such as truss connections, moment connections, bracing connections, eccentric connections, HSS connections, and the concept of prying action. Includes stability analysis and design per AISC code and advanced stability concepts. Methods also presented for plate girder design, composite beam design, torsional analysis and design, fiber-based models, inelastic analysis and design, and introduction to seismic detailing.
ECE5773
3
This course introduces the structural design and evaluation of major elements of modern typical highway bridges. This course will also focus on maintenance, rehabilitation, budget constraints, and various other aspects of bridge network management a bridge owner is responsible for. The objective is to introduce students the concepts, requirements and fundamental skills for highway bridge design and evaluation. Upon completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to design the major structural elements of typical highway bridges according to current AASHTO standards for both LFD and LRFD design specifications.
ECE5783
3
Damped and undamped free vibration analysis of single and multiple degree of freedom systems; forced vibration analysis of single and multiple degree of freedom systems for harmonic loading and for random functions using integration and acceleration methods; generalized signal degree of freedom systems; elastoplastic analysis of dynamic systems; earthquake engineering and design spectrum applications; finite element applications; ASCE seismic design applications.
ECE6743
3
Admission to the GCSE program requires:
The Director of Civil Engineering Graduate Programs in consultation with the Dean of Graduate Studies may allow provisional admission to applicants who do not meet all of the above criteria.
Special considerations may be made available for students from IMT.
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