A general course in groundwater hydrology, emphasizing fundamental principles and their applications to practical problems. Topics included are hydrologic cycles, geologic environments and controls, unsaturated and saturated zones, Darcy's law, continuity and energy principles, Navier-stokes equations, flow equations, steady and unsteady hydraulics, aquifer test, analytical and numerical models and computer codes. Design of reinforced concrete systems in accordance with ACI Code. Topics included two-way slabs, plates, shells, continuous beams, frames, prestressed concrete, composite design. Design of structural steel systems using AISC LRFD code, welded and bolted connections of axial members, framed and seated shear connections, rigid and semirigid moment connections, base plate connections, beam and column splices, steel-concrete composite construction, use of software to design typical systems.
Laboratory covers analysis of physical, chemical, and biological properties of water.
Work with AA, GC, IC, TOC, and other instrumentation for risk reliability, selected applications to Civil engineering. Buckling of columns, frames, arches, rings, plates and shells, lateral and torsional buckling of beams, numerical solutions to buckling of structural systems. Critical study of fundamental theories and modeling approaches for physical, chemical and biological processes that affect the fate of chemicals in the environment. Mass flow and diffusion, kinetics and equilibrium, solubility and precipitation, volatilization, oxidation-reduction, types of sorption, complexation, radiodecay and biotransformation. Applications focus on waste disposal, soil and groundwater reclamation, and advanced water and wastewater treatment operations.