Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics (MS)

Master of Science Degree Program

The Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics offers a graduate program leading to the degree of Master of Science (M.S.) in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. The Master of Science degree is awarded upon the satisfactory completion of a minimum of 30 points of credit of approved graduate study extending over at least two semesters.

The M.S. program is very flexible and includes minimal core course requirements. Every student is assigned a faculty member as an academic adviser. Student and adviser meet regularly and plan together the sequence of courses that best fit the student's interests. While a suitable M.S. program will necessarily entail some degree of specialization, the program of study established between the student and the adviser should be well balanced, including basic subjects of broad importance as well as theory and applications. Students may take graduate-level courses from across various concentrations within the department and may complete multiple concentrations.

M.S. Degree Concentrations 

A total of 30 credits (10 courses) are required in the Master of Science program in the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, including the completion of at least 18 credits (six courses) within the CEEM Department. In order to complete a concentration, which would appear on a student's transcript, M.S. students must take 3 out of the following 8 core courses and complete the requirements of their chosen concentration(s). 

Core Courses:

ENME E4332FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS I
CIEN E4100EARTHQUAKE ＆ WIND ENGINEERING
CIEE E4111UNCERTAIN/RISK-CIVIL INF SYST
CIEN E4131PRIN OF CONSTRUCTN TECHNIQUES
CIEN E4133CAPITAL FACILITY PLANNING/FIN
CIEN E4137Managing Civil Infrastructure Systems
CIEN E4241GEOTECHNCL ENGNEERNG FUNDMNTLS
MECE E4520DATA SCIENCE FOR MECHANICAL SYSTEMS

Note: Completing a formal concentration is optional. Students who do not wish to have a formal concentration must meet the minimum requirements for the M.S. degree, but they are not required to fulfill the core course requirement. 

Advanced Infrastructure Materials

The Advanced Infrastructure Materials concentration focuses on the properties, design, analysis and testing of material systems used in civil engineering. Students would be required to take 3 out of the following 4 courses:

Computational and Data-Driven Engineering Mechanics

The Computational and Data-Driven Engineering Mechanics concentration is intended for students who wish to enrich their knowledge and learn the state-of-the-art in computational and data-driven methods and algorithms used to solve challenging problems in science and engineering. Students would be required to take 2 of the following 3 courses:

Students fulfilling the Computational and Data-Driven Engineering Mechanics concentration must also complete 6 courses from the following list of selected electives:

CEOR E4011INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS OPTIMIZATION
CIEN E4011BIG DATA IN TRANSPORTATION
CIEN E4021ELAS/PLAS ANALYSIS-STRUCTURES
CIEN E4100EARTHQUAKE ＆ WIND ENGINEERING
CIEN E4213Elastic and inelastic buckling of structures
CIEN E4235Multihazard design of structures
CIEN E4241GEOTECHNCL ENGNEERNG FUNDMNTLS
CIEN E4242GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE ENGIN
CIEN E4253COMP SOLID MECHANICS WITH AI
CIEN E6246Advanced soil mechanics
CIEN E6248EXPERIMENTAL SOIL MECHANICS
CIEE E4250
ENME E4113ADVANCED MECHANICS OF SOLIDS
ENME E4114MECHANCS OF FRACTURE ＆ FATIGUE
ENME E4115MICROMECH OF COMPOSITE MAT
ENME E4202ADVANCED MECHANICS
ENME E4214THEORY OF PLATES AND SHELLS
ENME E4115MICROMECH OF COMPOSITE MAT
ENME E4202ADVANCED MECHANICS
ENME E4214THEORY OF PLATES AND SHELLS
ENME E4215THEORY OF VIBRATIONS
ENME E4363MULTISCALE COMP SCI ＆ ENGIN
ENME E6215PRIN/APP SENSORS STRC HLTH MON
ENME E6216STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING
ENME E6220STOCHASTIC ENGINEERING MECHANICS
ENME E6320COMPUTATIONAL POROMECHANICS
ENME E6333FINITE ELEM ANALYSIS II
ENME E6364NONLINEAR COMPUTATIONAL MECH
ENME E6370TURBULENCE THEORY ＆ MODELING
ENME E8310ADV CONTINUUM MECHANICS
ENME E8320VISCOELASTICITY AND PLASTICITY
APMA E4001PRINCIPLES OF APPLIED MATH
APMA E4300COMPUT MATH:INTRO-NUMERCL METH
APMA E4301NUMERICAL METHODS/PDE'S
APMA E4302METHODS IN COMPUTATIONAL SCI
APMA E6302NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF PDE'S
CSEE W4121COMPUTER SYSTEMS FOR DATA SCIENCE
COMS W4130
COMS W4771MACHINE LEARNING
COMS W4772ADVANCED MACHINE LEARNING
COMS W4776Machine Learning for Data Science
COMS W4995TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
MECE E6102COMPUTATNL HEAT TRANSF-FL FLOW
ECBM E4040NEURAL NETWRKS ＆ DEEP LEARNING
Independent research with faculty in CEEM (CIEN E9101) or in other SEAS departments.

Construction Engineering and Management

The Construction Engineering and Management concentration prepares students to effectively deliver and manage the capital facilities and infrastructure that provide the setting for human activity and support economic development. Students would be required to take 3 out of the following 4 courses:

Construction Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership

The Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership for Engineering and Construction Organizations concentration prepares students to effectively lead the identification and implementation of strategic directions for entrepreneurial engineering and construction organizations. Students would be required to take 3 out of the following 4 courses:

Engineering Mechanics

The Engineering Mechanics concentration is intended for those students who wish to acquire a strong theoretical mechanics foundation and also those who wish to consider pursuing a PhD degree later on. The major study areas are Mechanics of Solids, Mechanics of Fluids, Computational Mechanics, Stochastic Mechanics, Structural Mechanics, Experimental Mechanics, and Geo-Mechanics. Students would be required to take 3 out of the following 4 courses:

Environmental Engineering and Water Resources

The Environmental Engineering and Water Resources concentration is focused on training civill engineers who are interested in engaging in solving the world's environmental problems and contributing to the sustainable management of global water resources. Students would be required to take 3 out of the following 4 courses:

  • CIEE E4163
  • CIEE E4252
  • CIEE E4257 GROUND CONT TRANSP＆REMED
  • EAEE E4006 Field methods for environmental engineering

Forensic (Structural) Engineering

The Forensic (Structural) Engineering concentration is designed to acquaint graduate students, as well as other young practicing professionals, with various aspects of the forensic engineering field, to provide them with the basics for the investigation of failures and understanding some of the pertinent legal aspects, and to prepare them for the eventual practice of forensic structural engineering. Students would be required to take 3 out of the following 4 courses:

Geotechnical Engineering

The Geotechnical Engineering concentration focuses on a branch of civil engineering that deals with the behavior of soils, and the design and analysis of natural and man-made soil structures. Students would be required to take 3 out of the following 4 courses:

Infrastructure Engineering

The Infrastructure Engineering concentration is for students interested in managing complex infrastructure systems. Students would be required to take 3 out of the following 4 courses: 

Real Estate Development, Construction, and Project Finance

The Real Estate Development, Construction, and Project Finance concentration prepares students to effectively engineer, construct, and finance real estate developments. Students would be required to take 3 out of the following 4 courses:

Smart and Sustainable Cities

The Smart and Sustainable Cities concentration is intended for students who are interested in the development and monitoring of sustainable urban infrastructure and buildings. Students would be required to take 3 out of the following 4 courses:

Structural Engineering

The Structural Engineering concentration is designed to provide a solid educational background on the theoretical fundamentals of structural engineering, which is strong with respect to the latest and most advanced methods of analysis and design, well informed on real-life applications and, above all, open to new technology and practices. Students would be required to take 3 out of the following 4 courses:

Transportation Engineering

The Transportation Engineering concentration is designed to prepare students to design, build, and govern the next-generation transportation ecosystem that has undergone a radical revolution due to the emergence of advanced technologies, including shared mobility, vehicle connectivity, and autonomous driving, as well as the availability of big data. Students would be required to take 3 out of the following 4 courses:

Concentration Notes:

  • CIEN E4100 EARTHQUAKE ＆ WIND ENGINEERING, CIEN E4131 PRIN OF CONSTRUCTN TECHNIQUES, and CIEN E4241 GEOTECHNCL ENGNEERNG FUNDMNTLS are on the core list and are also part of certain concentrations. Students taking these courses may decide to count the course towards their core requirements or the concentration requirements if there is an overlap.
  • Students may discuss substitutions for courses with their faculty advisor under certain circumstances, i.e. if a specified course in their concentration is not offered during a given semester, if the student took a comparable course in a previous degree program, etc.
    • The faculty advisor will be responsible for determining if the proposed course is a suitable substitution in their chosen concentration.
    • The Engineering School does not accept transfer credits towards graduate degree programs.