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DOCTOR OF ENGINEERING
Introduction
Training of professionals for degrees beyond the Master’s degree level in engineering is of utmost
importance for the growth and development of the country. In the Visayas and Mindanao regions, there is very
minimal opportunity to pursue such advanced degrees. The College of Engineering of MSU-IIT, based on the
minimum standards set by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), is capable of offering the Doctor of
Engineering Program in the following areas: 1) Mechanical Engineering, 2) Civil Engineering, and 3) Materials
Science and Engineering.
Objectives
The objectives of the Doctor of Engineering Program are as follows:
1. to develop engineering professionals with the ability to perform independent research and be able to apply
engineering fundamentals to the solution of complex technical problems;
2. to produce engineering graduates who have the knowledge and technical competence at the advanced level;
and
3. to provide education at the highest level of the engineering profession with emphasis on solving technical
problems to benefit humankind.
Program Requirements
Admission to the program is given to applicants who hold a Master’s degree in engineering with a GPA of
2.00 or better from a graduate engineering program recognized by CHED. Each applicant is required to submit a
more or less 300-word essay dealing with the applicant’s motivation for seeking admission to the program.
All candidates for the Doctor of Engineering degree must complete the required program of study of at
least 9 units-mathematics, 3 units-management, 3 units-economics, 3 units- environmental science, 18 units of
discipline related courses and 12 units equivalent dissertation.
All students must satisfy the following requirements before they are allowed to start enrolling for the 12
units equivalent dissertation:
1) Completion of the required 36 units of coursework with a GPA of 2.00 or better;
2) Passing the qualifying examination as prescribed by the Doctoral Advisory Committee (DAC); and 3) Satisfactory presentation/defense of the dissertation proposal before the DAC.
Upon completion of the dissertation, the student must apply for the dissertation examination to the
Dissertation Examination Panel (DEP).
Students are recommended for the degree when the following requirements are satisfied:
1) All academic requirements have been fully satisfied.
2) Presentation of at least one technical paper related to the dissertation in a national or international conference
and/or seminar during his/her studies.
3) The DEP has evaluated the doctoral dissertation as acceptable.
4) The suggestions/recommendations of the DEP have been fully addressed as evaluated by DAC. All requirements for the program must be completed within a period of seven consecutive years from the
date of admission.
DOCTOR OF ENGINEERING (DOE) (LIST OF COURSES BY SEMESTER)
First Year, First Semester
Course No. Course Title Units Hours/ Week
Prerequisites Lec Lab Total
Mathematics 3
Economics 3
Env. Science 3
Total 9
First Year, Second Semester
Course
No. Course Title Units
Hours/ Week Prerequisites
Lec Lab Total
Mathematics 3
Management 3
Disc. Related 3
Total 9
Second Year, First Semester
Course
No. Course Title Units
Hours/ Week Prerequisites
Lec Lab Total
Mathematics 3
Disc. Related 3
Disc. Related 3
Total 9
Second Year, Second Semester
Course
No. Course Title Units
Hours/ Week Prerequisites
Lec Lab Total
Disc. Related 3
Disc. Related 3
Disc. Related 3
Total 9
Third Year, First Semester
Course
No. Course Title Units
Hours/ Week Prerequisites
Lec Lab Total
Dissertation 12
Total 12
Third Year, Second Semester
Course
No. Course Title Units
Hours/ Week Prerequisites
Lec Lab Total
Dissertation (Continuation)
Total
Fourth Year, First Semester
Course
No. Course Title Units
Hours/ Week Prerequisites
Lec Lab Total
Dissertation (Continuation)
Total
Fourth Year, Second Semester
Course
No. Course Title Units
Hours/ Week Prerequisites
Lec Lab Total
Dissertation (Continuation)
Total
LIST OF COURSES
CORE COURSES (minimum18 units)
Course No. Course Title Units
Mathematics (minimum 9 units)
ES 301 Engineering Vector and Tensor Analysis 3
ES 302 Advanced Engineering Analysis 3
ES 303 Variational Methods in Engineering 3
ES 304 Analysis of Non-linear Systems 3 ES 305 Applied Engineering Analysis
3
Management (minimum 3units)
ES 311 Engineering Management 3
ES 312 Management of Technical Organization 3
ES 313 Program and Project Management 3 ES 315 Advanced Topics in Management
3
Economics (minimum 3 units)
ES 321 Economic Evaluation of Industrial Projects 3
ES 322 Survey of Finance and Engineering Economics 3
ES 323 Economic Analysis in Engineering Planning
3
Environmental Science (minimum 3 units)
ES 331 Industrial Waste Treatment 3
ES 333 Air Pollution Control Engineering Design 3
ES 334 Physical and Chemical Principles of Environmental Engineering 3 ES 335 Environmental Issues in Manufacturing and Product Use 3
DISCIPLINE RELATED COURSES (minimum 18 units)
Course No. Course Title
Units
Mechanical Engineering (minimum 18 units) ME 311 Linear and Non-linear Control Systems 3
ME 313 Digital Control Systems 3
ME 314 Advanced Control of Mechanical Systems 3
ME 315 Advanced Control System Design and Implementation 3
ME 321 Introduction to Mechatronics 3
ME 322 Machine Vision 3
ME 323 Robotics 3
ME 328 Special Topics in Automation and Mechatronics 3 ME 331 Dynamics of Mechanical Systems 3
ME 332 Vibration of Mechanical Systems 3
ME 333 Vibration of Continuous Systems 3
ME 334 Principles of Continuum Mechanics 3
ME 335 Mechanics of Contact 3
ME 338 Rotordynamics
ME 341 Computational Fluid Mechanics 3
ME 342 Lubrication
ME 343 Viscous Flow 3
ME 344 Wave Propagation in Solids
ME 345 Acoustics 3
ME 346 Advanced Gas Dynamics 3 ME 347 Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Gases 3
ME 348 Advanced Internal Combustion Engines 3
ME 349 Advanced Topics in Combustion 3
ME 351 Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Flow 3
ME 352 Heat Transfer with Phase Change 3
ME 353 Computational Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer 3
ME 355 Advanced Conduction Heat Transfer 3
ME 356 Advanced Convection Heat Transfer 3
ME 357 Advanced Radiation Heat Transfer 3
ME 361 Energy and Variational Methods in Elasticity and Plasticity 3
ME 363 Advanced Finite Element Analysis 3
ME 365 Fracture Mechanics 3 ME 366 Fatigue of Materials and Structures 3
ME 372 Energy Conversion 3
ME 374 Solar Thermal Technologies 3
ME 383 Computer Aided Design and Optimization 3
ME 392 Graduate Seminar and Technical Communication 3
ME 398 Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering 3
ME 400 Doctoral Dissertation
3
Civil Engineering (minimum 18 units)
CE 300 Construction Best Practices 3
CE 301 Constructibility and Modularization 3
CE 302 Construction Inspection and Quality Control Process 3
CE 303 Construction Monitors and Emerging Trends in Construction Management of
International Projects
3
CE 304 Value Engineering for the Construction Industry 3
CE 320 Advanced Mechanics of Materials 3
CE 321 Advanced Mechanics of Steel Structures 3
CE 322 Stress Analysis 3
CE 323 Advanced Analysis of Engineering Systems 3 CE 324 Repair and Strengthening of Structures 3
CE 341 Advanced Soil Mechanics 3
CE 342 Advanced Soil Testing 3
CE 343 Advanced Soil Dynamics 3
CE 344 Advanced Foundation Engineering 3
CE 345 Slope Stability Analysis and Design 3
CE 346 Ground Improvement Techniques 3
CE 347 Geosynthetics Engineering 3
CE 348 Computer Aided Design in Geotechnical Engineering 3
CE 349 Advanced Geotechnical Site investigation 3
CE 350 Deep Foundations and Anchors 3
CE 351 Advanced Analysis in Geotechnical Engineering 3 CE 360 Advances in Transportation Demand Analysis 3
CE 361 Urban Transportation Planning 3
CE 362 Engineering System Evaluation and Decision Making 3
CE 363 Contemporary Transportation Issues 3
CE 364 Transportation Systems Operations and Control 3
CE 365 Intermodal Transportation Systems 3
CE 370 Environmental Impact Assessment of Engineering Projects 3
CE 371 Housing, Planning and Sustainability 3
CE 372 Sustainability Design and Construction 3
CE 373 Low Impact Development System 3
CE 374 Sustainable Transport Planning and Design 3
CE 375 Biomimicry in Design 3 CE 376 Sustainable Technologies 3
CE 381 Water Resources Development 3
CE 382 Statistical Hydrology 3
CE 383 River Hydraulics 3
CE 384 Dam Engineering and Hydropower 3
CE 398 Special Topics 3
CE 400 Doctoral Dissertation
3
Materials Science and Engineering (minimum 18 units)
MSE 301 Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering 3
MSE 311 Transmitted Light Microscopy 3
MSE 312 Mineragraphy 3
MSE 313 Crystallography 3
MSE 314 Vacuum Technologies and Thin Film Deposition 3
MSE 315 Electronic and Magnetic Measurements 3
MSE 316 Ceramics Processing and Characterization 3
MSE 317 Scanning Electron Microscopy 3
MSE 318 Metallography 3
MSE 319 Thermal Analysis 3
MSE 325 X-ray Crystallography and Spectrography 3 MSE 331 Thermodynamics of Materials 3
MSE 333 Kinetics 3
MSE 341 Physics of Solids 3
MSE 343 Epitaxial Growth 3
MSE 345 Semiconductor Specialization 3
MSE 351 Mechanical Properties of Solids 3
MSE 353 Heat Treatment of Ferrous and Special Alloys 3
MSE 355 Metal Casting 3
MSE 356 Ceramic Materials 3
MSE 366 Polymer Materials 3
MSE 367 Surface Science 3 MSE 368 Degradation of Materials 3
MSE 371 Physics of Liquid Crystals 3
MSE 381 Dislocation Theory 3
MSE 382 Composite Materials 3
MSE 383 Semiconductor Materials and Processes 3
MSE 386 Powder Technology 3
MSE 387 Crystal Growth 3
MSE 400 Doctoral Dissertation 3
CATALOGUE OF COURSES
CORE COURSES
MATHEMATICS
ES 301 ENGINEERING VECTOR AND TENSOR ANALYSIS
Discussion on the related topics of vector analysis, matrix algebra, and three-dimensional tensor analysis.
Areas covered include curvilinear coordinates; differential and integral operations; transformation
properties of tensors; invariance, eigenvalues and eigenvectors; isotropy. Engineering applications.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ES 302 ADVANCED ENGINEERING ANALYSIS
Topics include complex variables; generalized functions and integral transforms; variational calculus and
applications; approximate methods of engineering analysis including asymptotic expansions and regular and singular perturbation methods.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ES 303 VARIATIONAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING
Calculus of variations, Hamilton's principle and Lagrange's equations, Sturm-Liouville problems,
approximation techniques.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ES 304 ANALYSIS OF NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS
Analysis of nonlinear systems using analytical and numerical techniques.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ES 305 APPLIED ENGINEERING ANALYSIS
Methods of optimization for engineering systems; classical optimization, Taylor’s theorem, Lagrange
Multipliers, and Kuhn-Tucker theorem; direct methods, Newton and quasi-Newton methods, penalty and
Barrier methods, linear and nonlinear programming.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
MANAGEMENT
ES 311 ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
Studies of current methods for the effective control of projects in the private and public sectors are
presented. Included are the analyses of qualitative and quantitative factors that affect the successful
completion of projects. Emphasis is on the development of project criteria, analysis of project networks,
and the effects of time, financial, and organizational changes on projects.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ES 312 MANAGEMENT OF TECHNICAL ORGANIZATION
The practice of management as applied within technical organizations. Includes history of the tradition and
current effective practices, research findings, and case studies, with objectives of enhanced understanding
of external and internal factors influencing organizational performance and leadership requirements.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ES 313 PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Problems in managing projects; project management as planning, organizing, directing, and monitoring;
project and corporate organizations; duties and responsibilities; the project plan; schedule, cost, earned-
value and situation analysis; leadership; team building; conflict management; meetings, presentations, and
proposals
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ES 315 ADVANCED TOPICS IN MANAGEMENT
Readings and discussion of classical and recent literature concerning the philosophy and practice of
management in technical organizations, including the impacts of changing technology, globalization, and insights from the social sciences.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ECONOMICS
ES 321 ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS
Advanced study in the time-value of money, project costing, evaluation of industrial projects, and
economic decision models for investments in manufacturing and industrial projects. Topics include, but
are not limited to,
activity-based costing, venture capital, concepts and impact of risk, and corporate financial evaluation.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ES 322 SURVEY OF FINANCE AND ENGINEERING ECONOMICS
Survey of materials relevant to financial decision making for engineering activity. Includes traditional
engineering economy topics; fundamentals of accounting; and financial planning, budgeting, and
estimating applicable to the management of technical organizations
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ES 323 ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IN ENGINEERING PLANNING
Case studies in engineering economic analysis, capital budgeting, benefit-cost analysis, and other cost-
related methodologies relevant to engineering managers.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
ES 331 INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT
Study of sources of industrial wastewater and their treatability by physical, chemical, and biological
processes; problems and solutions involved in combining municipal and industrial waste treatment; and
treatment of wastewater from selected industries.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ES 333 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ENGINEERING DESIGN
Design of air-pollutant-control systems for mobile and stationary sources of pollutants.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ES 334 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING
Theory and application of physical and chemical processes for water treatment and related environmental
control systems
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ES 335 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN MANUFACTURING AND
PRODUCT USE
Explores environmental and economic aspects of different materials used in products throughout the
product life cycle. Introduces concepts of industrial ecology, life cycle analysis, and sustainable
development. Students work in teams to analyze case studies of specific products fabricated. These case
studies compare cost, energy, and resources used and emissions generated through production, use, and
disposal stages of the product life cycle. Debates issues in legislation (extended product responsibility,
recycling mandates, and ecolabeling) and in disposal strategies (landfill, incineration, reuse, and recycling).
Discusses difficulties associated with environmental impact assessments and the development of decision analysis tools to weigh the tradeoffs
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
DISCIPLINE RELATED COURSES
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ME 311 LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS
Theory and applications of linear systems, state space, stability, feedback controls, observers, LQR, LQG,
Kalman Filters. Analysis of nonlinear systems, geometric control, variable structure control, adaptive
control, optimal control, applications.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 313 DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS
Comprehensive treatment of the representation, analysis, and design of discrete-time systems. Techniques
include Z- and W- transforms, direct method, control design, and digital tracking.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 314 ADVANCED CONTROL OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
Design and analysis of multivariable systems using state-variable techniques; introduction to system
modeling, observability, controllability, stability, Z transforms, and controller design.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 315 ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
Analysis, synthesis and implementation techniques of continuous-time and real- time control systems using classical and state-space methods.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 321 INTRODUCTION TO MECHATRONICS
Modeling and control of actuators and electro-mechanical systems. Performance and application of
microprocessors and analog electronics to modern mechatronic systems.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 322 MACHINE VISION
Design of algorithms for vision systems for manufacturing, farming, construction, and the service
industries. Image processing, optics, illumination, feature representation.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 323 ROBOTICS
Analysis and design of robotic systems including arms and vehicles. Kinematics and dynamics. Algorithms
for describing, planning, commanding and controlling motion force.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 328 SPECIAL TOPICS IN AUTOMATION AND MECHATRONICS
Special topic offerings of current interest in automation and mechatronics not included in regular courses.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 331 DYNAMICS OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
Motion analysis and dynamics modeling of systems of particles and rigid bodies in three-dimensional
motion.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 332 VIBRATION OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
Introduction to modeling and oscillatory response analysis for discrete and continuous mechanical and
structural systems.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 333 VIBRATION OF CONTINUOUS SYSTEMS
Equations of motion and oscillatory response of dynamic systems modeled as continuous media.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 334 PRINCIPLES OF CONTINUUM MECHANICS
Introductory treatment of the fundamental, unifying concepts of the mechanics of continua.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 335 MECHANICS OF CONTACT
Mechanics of surface contact, with emphasis on tribological interactions as in rolling element bearings,
slider bearings, mechanical seals, and materials processing.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 338 ROTORDYNAMICS
Introduction to a collection of phenomena and related analysis techniques associated with the dynamics of
rotating machinery, e.g., turbines, compressors, pumps, power transmission shafting, and others.
Development of adequate computationally oriented component and system models for the analysis of
rotors.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 341 COMPUTATIONAL FLUID MECHANICS
Numerical methods for solving the time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations in complex geometries,
including theory, implementation and applications.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 342 LUBRICATION
Analytical and numerical investigation of full film compressible and incompressible hydrodynamic
lubrication problems for steady and unsteady conditions. Hydrodynamic lubrication, self-excited instability
of hydrodynamic bearings, design optimization. Hydrostatic lubrication with design optimization.
Elastohydrodynamic lubrication, calculation of Hertzian contact stresses, and deformation in rolling contact
bearings.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 343 VISCOUS FLOW
Derivation and exact solutions of Navier-Stokes equations governing incompressible, laminar viscous flow;
applications include non-steady flow, low Reynolds numbers flows, parallel flows, and laminar boundary
layer; classification of fluid behavior, rheometry, and viscoelastic and time-dependent properties.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 344 WAVE PROPAGATION IN SOLIDS
Wave motion in solids, wave equations, analytical and numerical solutions, ultrasonic NDE.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 345 ACOUSTICS
Elements of theoretical acoustics: plane and spherical acoustic waves; transmission and absorption of
acoustic waves; theory of resonators and filters; application of theory to noise problems in mechanical and
air-moving equipment.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 346 ADVANCED GAS DYNAMICS
Generalized one-, two-, and three-dimensional compressible flows, normal shocks, oblique shocks, flow
with friction and heat transfer, method of characteristics, real gas effects.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 347 KINETICS AND THERMODYNAMICS OF GASES
Thermodynamics of nonreacting and reacting gas mixtures. Introductory quantum theory, statistical
thermodynamics and gas kinetic theory.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 348 ADVANCED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
Advanced studies in spark ignition and diesel engines, cycle analysis and modeling, thermochemical
analysis, combustion and emission, knock phenomena, mixture requirements and performance.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 349 ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMBUSTION
Turbulent combustion, combustion instability and control, solid propellants and explosives, chemical
kinetics, pollutant formation and destruction, computational methods for reacting flows.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 351 TRANSPORT PHENOMENA IN MULTIPHASE FLOW
Gas-liquid, two-phase flow patterns; basic and empirical models; conservation equations and closure
relations; pool and convective boiling; aerosol transport; condensation.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 352 HEAT TRANSFER WITH PHASE CHANGE
Heat transfer in phase change; nucleate and film-boiling mechanisms; pool and forced-convection boiling;
two-phase flow, flow regimes, and transitions; application to cryogenics and nuclear reactors.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 353 COMPUTATIONAL FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER
Application of advanced numerical methods to current problems in the fluid flow and heat-transfer areas;
internal and external incompressible and compressible flows; numerical methods for inviscid flow
equations; multi-grid procedure; computer applications. Topics include integral methods for boundary
layers and their coupling to potential flow solutions, the use of coordinate transformations and body-
oriented coordinate systems, and the application of superposition techniques in convective heat transfer
problems.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 355 ADVANCED CONDUCTION HEAT TRANSFER
Heat transfer by conduction in steady, transient, and periodic states in solids for one-, two-, and three-dimensional problems; applications of various analytical and numerical methods.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 356 ADVANCED CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER
Convective processes involving heat, momentum, and mass transfer, and their
applications. Laminar and turbulent convection heat transfer; internal and external flows.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 357 ADVANCED RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER
Physics of the thermal radiation process; surface properties; exchange factors and networks for heat
transfer between surfaces; characteristics of emission and
absorption of flames, gases, and the atmosphere; solar radiation.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME361 ENERGY AND VARIATIONAL METHODS IN ELASTICITY AND
PLASTICITY
Applications in energy and variational methods in engineering mechanics to elastic, plastic and dynamical
behavior of deformable media.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 363 ADVANCED FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
Study of two- and three-dimensional continua; application of finite-element methods to mechanical
engineering analysis and design problems.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 365 FRACTURE MECHANICS
Advanced study of failure of structural materials under load, mechanics of fracture, and microscopic and
macroscopic aspects of the fracture of engineering materials. Nonlinear fracture mechanics including
elastic-plastic, time-dependent fracture, advanced test methods, J-integral theory, and extensions.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 366 FATIGUE OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES
Mechanical and microstructural aspects of nucleation and growth of cracks under cyclic loading conditions,
notch effects, cumulative damage, multiaxial loading and fatigue crack propagation.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 372 ENERGY CONVERSION
Nuclear, solar, and chemical energy-conversion techniques. Thermodynamics of
power cycles and systems; thermoelectric devices; thermionic generators; MHD systems; fuel cells;
photovoltaic cells.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 374 SOLAR THERMAL TECHNOLOGIES
Solar radiation fundamentals. Measurement/processing needed to predict solar irradiance dependence on
time, location and orientation. Characteristics of
components in solar thermal systems. Collectors, heat exchangers, thermal storage. System performance,
low temperature applications.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 383 COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION
Optimum design problem formulation, optimum design concepts, numerical methods for unconstrained and
constrained optimum designs; 3-D graphics techniques, non-traditional computing techniques such as
artificial neural networks and fuzzy logic, which provide a different approach in engineering design and
analysis.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 392 GRADUATE SEMINAR AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION
Attend and/or deliver seminar on recent developments. Workshop on presenting a seminar and technical paper writing.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 398 SELECTED TOPICS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Topics of current interest to the mechanical engineering profession.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs lec)
ME 400 DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
Credit : 12 units
CIVIL ENGINEERING
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
CE 300 CONSTRUCTION BEST PRACTICES
Management of innovation in project-based firms and the production of the built environment; development of knowledge structure for categorization of research findings to identify best practices;
knowledge sharing and implementation of practices; benefits to construction and client organizations; also
covers sustainable design/construction, green building practices, environmental assessment, alternative
construction materials and recycling of materials, vis-à-vis, environmental regulations.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
CE 301 CONSTRUCTIBILITY AND MODULARIZATION
Principles and methods of project constructibility enhancement; principles and
applications of modularization and preassembly; planning for startup of industrial,
residential and other facilities.
Credit : 3 units (3hrs.lec.)
CE 302 CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION AND QUALITY CONTROL PROCESSES
Current codes and procedures in sampling; engineering standards; testing procedures and guidelines; data
analysis using computer modeling and analysis.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
CE 303 CONSTRUCTION MONITORS AND EMERGING TRENDS IN CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
New government policies and initiatives; information on research, statistics, export promotions, etc., for the
construction industry; construction materials and methods development; international law; cultural and
demographic differences as applied to construction processes; case studies with emphasis on the
international aspect of the construction industry.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
CE 304 VALUE ENGINEERING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Theories and concepts; function and FAST Diagrams; project implementation; VE management processes
and job plan; project enhancement; case studies.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
C E 320 ADVANCED MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
Study of stress and strain in two and three dimensions; theories of failure; stress concentrations; unsymmetrical bending; curved beams; beams on elastic foundations; column theories; torsion; thick-wall
cylinders.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
C E 321 ADVANCED MECHANICS OF STEEL STRUCTURES
Advanced structural mechanics applicable to steel structures; includes inelastic behavior, plastic analysis,
plate buckling, column and frame stability, torsion of open and closed sections, composite construction,
connections, welding, bracing design and recent developments in steel design codes; application of fracture
mechanics to fracture-safe design of metal structures; material behavior and analysis of components
containing cracks.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
CE 322 STRESS ANALYSIS
Selected topics from elasticity, plasticity, elastic stability, plates and shells; theory and application of
photoelasticity, strain gages and nondestructive testing methods.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
CE 323 ADVANCED ANALYSIS OF ENGINEERING SYSTEMS
Development of engineering systems requiring advanced analytical solutions; solutions to equations arising
from engineering problems selected from the following topics: groundwater flow, beams and plates, electrical potential, heat transfer, structural dynamics, structural stability, solute transport problems,
diffusion problems, etc.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
CE 324 REPAIR AND STRENGTHENING OF STRUCTURES
Evaluation of condition, strength, serviceability and ductility of existing structures; criteria for
rehabilitation; retrofit techniques for change in function, loading and seismic forces.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
CE 341 ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS
Compaction and soil improvement; seepage, drainage, and flow nets; stress distribution; effective stresses;
consolidation and settlement; shear strength and deformation behavior; soil stress-strain models and critical
state theories.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
CE 342 ADVANCED SOIL TESTING
Interpretation of field and laboratory data; behavior of soils; familiarization with field-testing equipment
and field monitoring devices; experimental testing procedures and advanced soil testing equipment for
research practice; design and construction of some laboratory devices, development of skills in data
reduction and evaluation of the test results.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 343 ADVANCED SOIL DYNAMICS
Theory of vibration; stress wave propagation in soils; dynamic stress, deformation and strength
characteristics of soils; dynamic bearing capacity and earth pressure problems; machine foundations;
liquefaction of soils.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 344 ADVANCED FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
Design criteria; stability analysis based on plastic theorem; earth pressure related on foundation
engineering; types of shallow foundations; bearing capacity of soils; settlement of foundations; type of pile
foundations; bearing capacity of pile foundation.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 345 SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Slope failure mechanisms; recognition of slope instability using field methods, geomorphology and aerial
photographs; stability analysis methods; slope design; slope-failure mitigation.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 346 GROUND IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES
Surface compaction; deep compaction; preloading; vertical drains; vacuum drainage; granular piles;
micropiles; lime stabilization; cement stabilization; chemical stabilization; grouting.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
CE 347 GEOSYNTHETICS ENGINEERING
Types and functions of geosynthetics, geotextiles, geogrids, geomembranes, geonets and geosynthetic clay
liners; soil reinforcement; mechanically stabilized earth (reinforced earth); geosynthetics in roads and
pavement; erosion control
applications; landfills and impoundments; geosynthetics in ports and harbor.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 348 COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Soil engineering problems; methods of analysis; analytical versus numerical methods; soil modeling and soil models; finite element method in geotechnical engineering; commercial softwares for geotechnical
engineering application. Class assignments cover practical problem solving using available software.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 349 ADVANCED GEOTECHNICAL SITE INVESTIGATION
Principles and techniques of site investigation; soil profiling; identification and classification of soils;
principles of operation of vane shear, cone penetrometer, plate loading and pressuremeter tests; load tests
on piles; dynamic measurements on piles; field practice in soil profiling and field test methods; geophysical
methods; pressuremeter test.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 350 DEEP FOUNDATIONS AND ANCHORS
The influence of geology and soil profile on the selection and performance of piled foundations; application
of wave equation theory to the prediction of pile behavior; integrity testing of pile settlements; prediction of
anchor load capacity and load-deflection characteristics; anchor construction and testing procedures.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 351 ADVANCED ANALYSES IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Development and application of linear and nonlinear finite element procedures for the solution of
geotechnical engineering problems related to embankments, excavations, soil-structure interaction, etc.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
CE 360 ADVANCES IN TRANSPORTATION DEMAND ANALYSIS
Developments in the econometric and behavioral aspects of demand analysis and forecasting; supply-
demand integration; dynamic models; applications to passenger and freight transportation and other
infrastructure services.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 361 URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
Interrelationship of transportation and the urban environment; methodologies for planning multimodal
transportation systems and developing feasible alternatives.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 362 ENGINEERING SYSTEM EVALUATION AND DECISION MAKING
Advanced methods for selection of transportation and other infrastructure systems in the presence of
multiple criteria, multiple decision makers and uncertainty.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 363 CONTEMPORARY TRANSPORTATION ISSUES
Consideration, analysis and evaluation of recent transportation-related innovations and developments.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 364 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS OPERATIONS AND CONTROL
Concepts and advanced methods for the design of control strategies for transportation systems operations,
including highway traffic systems (signalized street networks and freeways), transit systems and private
carrier operations, including airlines.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 365 INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
Strategic planning of intermodal freight transportation systems (infrastructure and rolling stock); freight
logistics, intermodal technology and terminal operations; intermodal freight transportation policy, planning
and operational systems and programs.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
CE 370 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF
ENGINEERING PROJECTS
Study and evaluation of the impacts of large scale engineering projects on the quality of the environment
with emphasis on the assessment of physical and community impacts; noise pollution, air pollution, cultural
impacts and socio-economic impacts. Environmental laws, environmental regulations, economic
forces in the design of large civil engineering projects. Impact statement preparation
Credit : 3 units (2 hrs. lec.; 3 hrs lab.)
CE 371 HOUSING, PLANNING AND SUSTAINABILITY
Housing is an important element in the study and planning of the built environment. This course discusses
the theoretical and practical aspects of housing, making special reference to their relationships with urban
planning and sustainable development; housing system concepts; the political economy of housing policies;
land use planning and housing affordability; principles of residential planning; housing policy analyses;
housing market analyses, and the application of the sustainable development perspective to housing
analyses.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 372 SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
Cradle to cradle analysis of new products, processes and policies to avoid undue environmental harm and
achieve extended product responsibility. Approaches and methods for life assessment and for green design
of typical products and procedures. Process-based analysis model, input-output and hybrid approaches for life assessment. Use of software programs in process analysis. A life cycle assessment project is required.
Sustainable designs, green buildings and materials and cradle to cradle designs. Survey the principles of
environmentally sensitive design and planning.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
CE 373 LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM
Sustainable flood drainage and control using low impact development technology system.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 374 SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT PLANNING AND DESIGN
Concepts critical to understanding transport in broadest sense, but in addition to, attach human, user and
spatial perspective to transport matters. Sustainable planning and design of transport systems,
environmentally friendly designs. Alternative energy sources for transport.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 375 BIOMIMICRY IN DESIGN
Design imitating nature, nature as model, nature as mentor, the natural step
process of design.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 376 SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES
Technological applications considering economic development that enhances sustainability and protect the
natural resources quantities and qualities.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING
C E 381 WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
Students function as members of a consulting panel and prepare reports on major water resources
development problems. Political, financial, and social aspects of water resources development, as well as
scientific and technical details, are considered.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
C E 382 STATISTICAL HYDROLOGY
Application of statistical techniques to hydrologic data, including distributions, hypothesis testing, linear
models, non-parametrics, time-series and stochastic models.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 383 RIVER HYDRAULICS
Fluvial system characteristics and problems; open channel fluid mechanics; channel conveyance and flow
resistance; friction; bed forms and alluvial roughness; composite roughness; compound sections; initiation
of sediment movement; scour; scour protection; sediment transport theory and models; non-uniform flow
analysis; water and sediment routing; river morphology; regime theory; stability; river response to
development; river control; environmental aspects.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 384 DAM ENGINEERING AND HYDROPOWER
Dams, reservoirs and other hydraulic structures; integrated planning and environmental principles; design
and analysis; construction and foundation treatment; operation and maintenance; dam safety and project
funding; hydraulic structures in focus are as follows: dams and man-made reservoirs, barrages, cofferdams
and weirs, rivers and large reservoir offtakes, river structures and rivetments, coastal structures and
breakwaters; hydropower systems; regional hydropower potential: planning, design and analysis,
construction, operation and maintenance, rehabilitation, operational models; hydropower schemes to be
considered include : large hydropower schemes, small pumping storage and tidal hydro schemes.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
CE 398 SPECIAL TOPIC
CE 400 DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
Credit : 12 units
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
MSE 301 FUNDAMENTALS OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING
Materials classification, properties, and applications; principles of processing; raw materials for the
industry.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
MSE 311 TRANSMITTED LIGHT MICROSCOPY
Use of transmitted light microscopy in surface examinations of materials.
Credit : 1 unit (3 hrs. lab.)
MSE 312 MINERAGRAPHY
Study of the different structures of various minerals.
Credit : 1 unit (3 hrs. lab.)
MSE 313 CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
Determination of crystal structures using x-ray diffractions.
Credit : 1 unit (3 hrs. lab.)
MSE 314 VACUUM TECHNOLOGIES AND THIN FILM DEPOSITION
Different techniques on depositing one type of materials over another type.
Credit : 1 unit (3 hrs. lab.)
MSE 315 ELECTRONIC AND MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS
Electronic and magnetic properties of materials are measured.
Credit : 1 unit (3 hrs. lab.)
MSE 316 CERAMICS PROCESSING AND CHARACTERIZATION
Different techniques of fabricating “high-tech” ceramic materials.
Credit : 1 unit (3 hrs. lab.)
MSE 317 SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
Use of scanning electron microscope in surface examinations of materials.
Credit : 1 unit (3 hrs. lab.)
MSE 318 METALLOGRAPHY
Different techniques of sample preparations, examinations of metals and the likes using metallographic
microscope.
Credit : 1 unit (3 hrs. lab.)
MSE 319 THERMAL ANALYSIS
Use of thermo-gravimetric and thermo-mechanical analysis for the study of materials.
Credit : 1 unit (3 hrs. lab.)
MSE 325 X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND SPECTROGRAPHY
X-ray methods for the characterization of crystal structures and determination of chemical composition.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
MSE 331 THERMODYNAMICS OF MATERIALS
Theory of thermodynamics; applications to phase equilibria.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
MSE 333 KINETICS
Reaction rates, mechanisms, transport phenomena of materials.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
MSE 341 PHYSICS OF SOLIDS
Band theory of solids and lattice vibrations; electrical, magnetic, and optical properties.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
MSE 343 EPITAXIAL GROWTH
Processing and preparation of semi conducting materials and related compounds, microstructures, and devices with emphasis on the principles of epitaxial growth; in-situ analytical methods for the evaluation of
growth fronts.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
MSE 345 SEMICONDUCTOR SPECIALIZATION
Advanced methods of evaluating semiconductor materials, microstructures and
devices including electronic analysis, spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction and surface analysis.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
MSE 351 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS
Mechanisms of deformation and fracture mechanics; failure of materials and strengthening mechanisms;
plastic deformation.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
MSE 353 HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS AND SPECIAL ALLOYS
Types of ferrous alloys, inter relationships among compositions, microstructure, service requirements and
mechanical properties of ferrous alloys; industrial heat treatment practices; special alloys.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
MSE 355 METAL CASTING
Metallurgy of cast metals, unit foundry operations, sand testing and control,
melting and casting practices; manufacture of special cast metals and alloys.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
MSE 356 CERAMIC MATERIALS
Structure and properties; synthesis and processing of ceramics; high technology and engineering
applications.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
MSE 366 POLYMER MATERIALS
Structure and properties; synthesis of polymers; processing and conversion to plastics; applications and
performance of polymers.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
MSE 367 SURFACE SCIENCE
Surfaces and interfaces, thermodynamics and electrical aspects of surface and interfaces; adsorption;
catalysis; colloidal systems; applications to processing and manufacturing.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
MSE 368 DEGRADATION OF MATERIALS
Degradation and effects of the environment on metals, polymers, ceramics and
composites.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
MSE 371 PHYSICS OF LIQUID CRYSTALS
Study of anisotropic fluids; main types and properties; long and short order in nematics; principles of the
main field (Majer-Saupe) and the continuum theories; static and dynamic properties of nematics, cholestics,
and smectics; applications of liquid crystals.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
MSE 381 DISLOCATION THEORY
Foundations of dislocation theory, dislocation movements, forces, interactions; role of dislocations in
strengthening mechanisms of solids.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
MSE 382 COMPOSITE MATERIALS
Basic mechanics and materials science of important modern composite materials; structures and properties
of fibers, matrices and final composites.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
MSE 383 SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS AND PROCESSES
Substrate material preparation; physics of semiconductors; device fabrication technologies; packaging and
encapsulation.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
MSE 386 POWDER TECHNOLOGY
Problems associated with forming powders into shapes; powder characterization; processes of sintering and
vitrification; operations of grinding, finishing and coating.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec.)
MSE 387 CRYSTAL GROWTH
Application of thermodynamics and phase diagrams to crystal growth; segregation; nucleation; techniques
and choice of method for a specific material.
Credit : 3 units (3 hrs. lec)
MSE 400 DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
Credit : 12 units