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Geotechnical Engineering
Topic 1: Unsaturated Soil Mechanics.
Description: physical and mechanical properties of unsaturated soils, flow
laws (water and air) for partially saturated soils, the soil water-caracteristic
curve, state variables for unsaturated soils, expansive soils, collapse,
constitutive modeling for unsaturated soils, bearing capacity of partially
saturated, design applications.

Topic 2: Soil Strengthand Slope Stability Analyses for Saturated and

Partially Saturated Soils (Including Land Slide Stabilization).
Description: review o mechanical properties of soils for saturated and
partially saturated soils, types of failures, analyses methods, factor of safety,
slope stabilization repair, etc.

Topic 3: Earthquake Geoengineering

Description: review of wave propagation, dynamic soil properties, seismic
hazard analyses, ground motion, ground response, liquefaction, soil
amplification of earthquake motion, design parameter for geotechnical
structures.

Topic 4: Soil-Structure Interaction

Description: dynamics of SDOF, seismic excitation, multidegree of freedom

systems, steady state response of harmonic loads, response to applied load
and base motion, dynamic stiffness of foundation, design of machine
foundations, seismic soil structure interaction, soil properties using dynamic
testing, moving loads.

Topic 5: Erosion of Soil and Scour Problems

Description: review of the erosion problem, modeling, internal erosion of
earth dam, remediation, bridge scour, erosion protection.

Topic 6: Soil Constitutive Modeling

Description: geomechanics, review of the elastic, viscoelastic and plastic
theory, common soil constitutive models, modeling aspects, numerical
implementation, application of soil modeling to solve geotechnical problems.

Topic 7: Geo-environmental Engineering

Description: soil and rock mechanics and groundwater hydrology, types of
waste and contaminants, hazardous materials, environmental monitoring,
regulations, geochemistry, contaminated site assessments and remediation n,
landfills, soil and ground water remediation.

Topic 8: Ground Improvements and Ground Control

Description: soft soils, ground water lowering and drainage techniques,
ground control measures for design,
intelligent compaction, soil
reinforcement, jet grouting, chemical stabilization, deep mixing. ground
control for natural hazard mitigation.