PhD in Civil Engineering

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is offering a PhD degree, major Civil Engineering (CE), in the following areas of concentration :

Structural and Materials Engineering

• Advanced design and behavior of concrete, steel structures, and fiber-reinforced composites
• Strengthening and rehabilitation of structural systems; structural health monitoring
• Advanced concrete technology including plain, hot-weathered, and high-strength concrete
• Petrographic, chemical, and mechanical properties of sands and aggregates
• Seismic evaluation and assessment, and earthquake engineering design
• Numerical modeling and computer-aided structural engineering

• Land reclamation and site improvement
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in decision and expert tool applications
• Geo-environmental engineering with reference to waste disposal and site contamination
• Geotechnical earthquake engineering, geo-hazards and risk assessment

• Water and wastewater treatment systems
• Solid and industrial waste management
• Air pollution control and air quality management
• Environmental and water resources management and planning
• Water resources optimization and conflict management
• GIS and IT applications in water resources
• Risk assessment, mass emergency and disaster, with particular emphasis on dam safety
• Hydrologic systems analysis and watershed modeling and management
• Hydraulic systems analysis