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This course introduces the principles and applications of water resources engineering, focusing on how water moves, is stored, and can be managed in natural and human-made systems. Students will learn how to analyze catchments, estimate runoff, and design systems for water supply, irrigation, and flood control.
The course combines theory with practical tools such as HEC-HMS for hydrologic modeling and decision-making. It also emphasizes sustainable management, showing how engineering solutions connect with environmental and social needs. By the end of the course, students will understand the main components of the hydrologic cycle, evaluate water demands, and apply engineering approaches to solve real-world water challenges.
- Teacher: Mehrnoush Kohandel
The current course is the new course, and the Moodle page for it is unavailable.
- Teacher: Saeid Kamkar
Work breakdown structure (WBS) and
coding system. Deterministic scheduling techniques. Linking WBS and critical
path method (CPM). Statistical approach to project scheduling. Project control.
Reporting progress. Resources management. Least cost scheduling.
- Teacher: Tahir Celik
This course aims to provide graduate students with the information and practices in project appraisal, life cycle costing, value management and envirnonmental management. This course covers a wide range of subjects that are required in the daily operations in the construction industry. Students will gain valueable experience through different types of projects which will require the application of life cycle costing methods, value management, envirnonmental appraisal and management and an overall project appraisal.
- Teacher: Tahir Celik
This course provides to reduce the carbon
footprint of organisations and encourage the conservation of energy, energy
efficiency has become an integral part of building services design, maintenance
and upgrade. This course consists of four modules that, together, provide an
introduction to energy efficiency in buildings. It is a comprehensive tutorial,
meant to engage and challenge students to consider the many decision levels and
options involved in advancing energy efficiency in buildings. The course covers
the fundamental technical, design, policy and financial dimensions necessary to
practically engage on the topic. Energy efficient buildings are a cornerstone
of a prosperous, sustainable and healthy society. This course aims to prepare
participants to successfully advance energy efficient building construction and
retrofits by equipping them.
Advanced
Research Methods
This course covers data analysis
using statistical methods, e.g., descriptive and multivariate analyses.
Furthermore, the course covers the topics of correlation, sampling, estimation,
and hypotheses testing. The logic and key assumptions underpinning the
multivariate ordinary least squares regression model will be given together
with more advanced subjects such as the analysis of time series and panel data
analysis. The emphasis will be on achieving a smooth transition between theory,
model definition, and outcome presentation. It will illustrate several methods
of data analysis, presenting the findings of analyses (for example, visually,
using graphics, tables, and text), and understanding their meaning.
Participants will gain hands-on experience with the techniques discussed in
this course by applying them to various datasets using the STATA (or R)
software.
This course focuses on the fundamentals of soil dynamics and on its use for geotechnical design and risk assessment in areas of high seismicity. Emphasis will be given to the processes that control wave propagation in natural deposits as well as to the implications of ground shaking for the natural and built environment. Specific topics include vibration of elementary systems, wave propagation in elastic, layered, saturated media, behavior of dynamically loaded soils, theories of vibrations of foundations, prediction of soil response to earthquake motion, determination of dynamic soil properties, strong ground motion, site response analysis, liquefaction potential assessment.
Lectures and
laboratory studies covering more advanced aspects of the laboratory
determination of soil properties and their application to design. Tests to
determine permeability, consolidation, and shear strength. Review of advanced
instrumentation and measurement techniques. Application of physical and numerical modeling
in geotechnical engineering. Details are provided for conducting various
physical element models and small-scale tests, as well as for interpreting the
measured results. Numerical-analysis principles are outlined and actual
numerical analysis software is used to model element-scale, small-scale, and
full scale geotechnical problems where soil yielding, water flow, and dynamic
response are important. The connection between physical and numerical modeling
is explored, as well as the applicability of each in engineering practice.
Keywords: soil properties,
instrumentation, liquefaction
This course will provide extensive discussions for the design and analysis of retaining systems including gravity walls, cantilever walls, mechanically stabilized earth walls, sheet-pile walls, and diaphragm walls. Students will learn to use computer software to analyze a retaining wall for deep excavations. The course will cover the following topics: lateral earth pressures, retaining wall types, analysis of backfilled walls and in-situ walls, stability of wall and base, settlements due to excavation, strut and anchor systems. Basic concepts of theory of earth pressures behind retaining structures, with special application to design of retaining walls, bulkheads, sheet piles and excavation bracing.
This course develops the scientific and engineering skills necessary to design energy-efficient and sustainable buildings and built environments. The course aims to integrate laterally a wide range of advanced environmental building design aspects that includes building physics, enhanced natural ventilation, sustainable building materials, rational water usage, global energy demands and renewable/alternative energy technologies, bioclimatic building design, perception of human comfort, and environmental management and strategies. The course also demonstrates examples of both sustainable and unsustainable aspects of current building design practice, and how international policy frameworks can act as both drivers and barriers to sustainable solutions. The course involves individual case studies of international environmental design projects. Current sustainability certification schemes are presented and discussed critically.
- Teacher: Omer Damdelen
- Teacher: Reza Goldaran
Construction contractors are realizing that safety, productivity, and quality are inextricably linked and are moving to implement programs that go beyond regulatory compliance and take a more active stance towards protecting their employees in the field. In this course, instructor discusses the most common types of workplace injuries, along with measures that can be taken to prevent them. Instructor also covers safety and health management systems, highlighting the importance of safety as something that must be actively managed in conjunction with quality and productivity. Plus, s/he goes over the role the construction manager needs to play in this process.
Construction projects are risky. Things can and do go wrong
regularly. In this course, we explore the fundamentals of risk
management in construction projects. The purpose of this course is to
learn the tools and techniques to manage uncertain events and
circumstances that can influence the project. The course is designed for
engineers, quantity surveyors, and construction management
professionals looking to further develop their learning.
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
Understand the fundamentals of risk management including key terms and definitions
Apply and use the risk management process to properly identify, analyze and manage uncertain events and circumstances
Understand
the specific risks applicable to construction projects including
technical, construction, health and safety, environmental, commercial,
and external