Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Civil Engineering

The Institute

Established in 1984, the Institute combines the research strengths and resources of the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University and the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Ottawa. Programs leading to master's and Ph.D. degrees are available through the Institute in a wide range of fields of civil engineering. Programs in water resources engineering, and in transportation engineering are centred at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University, respectively. Programs in environmental, geotechnical, and structural engineering are available at both universities. Graduate students may pursue their research on either university campus, depending upon the choice of program and supervisor. Registration will be at the university to which the student's supervisor is affiliated. Requests for admission may be sent to the Director of the Institute.

Members of the Institute

* A.O. Abd El Halim, Transportation, Pavements and Materials, Geometric Design (C)
* Kazimierz Adamowski, Hydrology, Stochastic and Statistical Analyses (O)
* John Adjeleian, Structures, Building Design & Construction (C - Professor Emeritus)]
* M.O. Al-Hunaidi, Soil Dynamics, Soil Structure Interaction, Non Destructive Testing (O) - Adjunct)
* A. Baskaran, Building Science, Computational Fluid Dynamics (O - Adjunct)
* G.E. Bauer, Geotechnical Engineering, Soil Improvement, Earth Retaining Structures, In-Situ Testing (C)
* J.J. Beaudoin, Cement Chemistry, Strength of Composite Materials (O - Adjunct)
* D.W.R. Bell, Transportation, Engineering Economics and Policy, Airport Planning (C - Adjunct)
* J.P. Braaksma, Transportation, Airport Planning, Traffic Engineering, Pedestrian Circulation, Terminal Design (C)
* M. Bruneau, Steel Structures, Earthquake Engineering, Computer Aided Design (O)
* Pascale Champagne, Environmental Engineering, Passive Treatment Systems, Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Mitigation (C)
* M.S. Cheung, Finite Element Analysis, Bridge Engineering (C/O - Adjunct)
* S.E. Chidiac, Heritage Structures, Durability, Mathematical Modelling (C - Adjunct)
* R.L. Droste, Environmental Engineering, Water and Wastewater Treatment (O)
* S.M. Easa, Highway Geometry, Reliability Concept, Planning (C - Adjunct)
* Erman Evgin, Finite Elements, Soil Plasticity, Environmental Geomechanics (O)
* G.Y. Felio, Performance and Rehabilitation of Urban Infrastructure, Water Distribution System (C - Adjunct)
* Leta Fernandes, Environmental Engineering, Agricultural Waste Management (O)
* N.J. Gardner, Structures, Reinforced Concrete, Earthquake Engineering, Construction Loads (O)
* V.K. Garga, Geotechncial Engineering, Dams, Harbours, Heavy Foundations (O)
* G.A. Hartley, Structural Analysis, Finite Elements, Boundary Elements (C)
* N.M. Holtz, Computer-Aided Structural Engineering (C)
* J.L. Humar, Structures, Earthquake Engineering, Computer-Aided Design (C)
* Khaled Ibrahim, Structural Engineering, Masonry Structures (C - Adjunct)
* W.F. Johnson, Urban Transportation Planning and Management (C - Adjunct)
* Deniz Karman, Environmental Engineering, Air Pollution and Control (C)
* K.J. Kennedy, Environmental Engineering, Waste Water Treatment (O)
* S.J. Kennedy, Steel Structures, Composite Structures, Material Behaviour, Experimental Methods, Computer-Aided Structural Engineering (C)
* A.M. Khan, Transportation, Systems Planning, Engineering and Management (C)
* D.T. Lau, Earthquake Engineering, Experimental and Numerical Methods for Modelling of Structures, Performance Assessment and Field Monitoring of Bridges, Liquid Storage Tank Design (C)
* K.T. Law, Geotechnical Engineering, Embankments, In-Situ Testing (C)
* J.R. Mehaffey, Fire Protection Engineering (C - Adjunct)
* E.H.H. Mohamed, Transportation Engineering, Pavement and Materials (C - Adjunct)
* R.M. Narbaitz, Solid Waste Management, Ground Water Contamination (O)
*Nove Naumoski, Earthquake Engineering (O _ Adjunct)
* S. S. F. Ng, Structures, Numerical Methods, Dynamic Behaviour (O _ Professor Emeritus)
* T.S. Nguyen, Geotechnical Engineering (O _ Adjunct)
* W.J. Parker, Environmental Engineering, Waste Water Treatment, Fate of Contaminants in Engineered and Natural Systems, Biological Processes. (C)
* G.G. Patry, Wastewater Treatment Process Simulation and Control (O)
* B.N. Persaud, Transportation, Traffic Engineering, Highway Safety (C - Adjunct)
* A.G. Razaqpur, Concrete, Finite Elements, Fibre Reinforced Polymers, Bridges (C)
* Murat Saatcioglu, Building Structures, Reinforced Concrete, Earthquake Analysis and Design (O)
* J.J. Salinas, Building Structures, Wood Engineering, Structural Reliability (C)
* E.J. Schiller, Environmental Engineering, Water Supply and Irrigation (O)
* A.P.S. Selvadurai, Geotechnical Engineering, Continuum Mechanics, Applied Mathematics (C - Adjunct)
* L.A.Y. Shallal, Transportation, Planning and Management, Traffic Engineering (C - Adjunct)
* T.S. Sridhar, Environmental Impact Assessment, Wastewater Treatment, Hazardous and Radioactive Waste, Pollution Control (C)
* G.T. Suter, Structural Engineering, Masonry Structures (C)
* O.J. Svec, Geomechanics, Pavement Materials, Numerical Methods (C - Adjunct)
* Hiroshi Tanaka, Structures, Wind Engineering (O)
* D.R. Townsend, Water Resource Engineering, Applied Hydraulics, River Engineering (O)
* M.A. Warith, Environmental Engineering (C/O - Adjunct)
* Paul Van Geel, Environmental Engineering, Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport, Waste Disposal (C)
* E.W. Wright, Structures, Computer-Aided Design (C - Adjunct)

Master's Degree

Admission Requirements

2. Graduates from other science programs will have to take all the core engineering undergraduate mathematics courses in addition to the requirements specified in (1) above.

The undergraduate courses required will be specified in the Certificate of Admission.

Undergraduate civil engineering courses will not be accepted towards a graduate degree. Graduate students may still be required to take undergraduate courses for credit to fulfil the admission requirements.

No more than one half of the program credit requirements or that stipulated in the regulations of the university in which the student is registered, whichever is less, can be transferred at admission. At least one half of the course work must be taken at the Institute.

Program Requirements

* Eighteen course credits
* Thesis equivalent to eighteen course credits
* Participation in the civil engineering seminar series
* Successful oral defence of the thesis

The requirements for the master's degree by course work are:

* Twenty-seven course credits
* A project equivalent to nine course credits

Doctor of Philosophy

Admission Requirements

Program Requirements

* A minimum of fifteen course credits
* Participation in the civil engineering seminar series
* Successful completion of written and oral comprehensive examinations in subject areas determined by the student's advisory committee
* Successful completion of a thesis proposal examination
* Thesis
* Successful oral defence of the thesis. The examination board for all theses will include an external examiner, and, when possible, professors from both departments.
* Subject to approval of his/her advisory committee, a Ph.D. student may take, or be required to take, courses in other disciplines.

Students who have been permitted to transfer into the Ph.D. program from a master's program without having completed the master's degree, will require thirty course credits for the Ph.D. degree which include transfer of credits from the incompleted master's program.

Graduate Courses

Geotechnical and Soils

82.529 (CVG7100)

82.530 (CVG7101)

82.550 (CVG7104)

82.551 (CVG7105)

82.552 (CVG7106)

82.553 (CVG7107)

82.554 (CVG7108)

82.580 (CVG7309), 82.584(CVG7305)

(CVG5100) 83.500 Deep Foundations

(CVG5103) 83.503 Dam Engineering

(CVG5106) 83.506 Site Improvements

(CVG5108) 83.508 Pile Dynamics

(CVG5171) 83.512 Strength and Deformation Behaviour of Soil and Rock

(CVG5174) 83.514 Soil Plasticity

(CVG5177) 83.517 Offshore Geotechnique

(CVG5178) 83.518 Ice Mechanics

Structural Engineering

82.511 (CVG7120)

82.512 (CVG7121)

82.513 (CVG7122)

82.514 (CVG7123)

82.515 (CVG7124)

82.516 (CVG7137)

82.520 (CVG7138)

82.523 (CVG7125)

82.524 (CVG7126)

82.525 (CVG7127)

82.526 (CVG7128)

82.528 (CVG7130)

82.560 (CVG7131)

82.561 (CVG7140)

82.562 (CVG7141)

82.565 (CVG7143)

82.566 (CVG7144)

82.567 (CVG7145)

82.568 (CVG7146)

82.575 (CVG7304), 82.579 (CVG7300)

(CVG5142) 83.521 Advanced Structural Dynamics

(CVG5143) 83.522 Advanced Structural Steel Design

(CVG5144) 83.530 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design

(CVG5145) 83.523 Theory of Elasticity

CVG5146) 83.532 Numerical Methods of Structural Analysis (CVG5147) 83.524 Theory of Plates and Shells

(CVG5148) 83.535 Prestressed Concrete Design

(CVG5150) 83.526 Advanced Concrete Technology

(CVG5153) 83.529 Wind Engineering

(CVG5155) 83.536 Earthquake Engineering

(CVG5156) 83.531 Finite Element Methods I

(CVG5157) 83.533 Finite Element Methods II

(CVG5158) 83.537 Elements of Bridge Engineering

(CVG5154) 83.538 Random Vibrations

(CVG5159) 83.539 Long Span Structures

Transportation

82.533 (CVG7103)

82.534 (CVG7150)

82.535 (CVG7151)

82.536 (CVG7152)

82.537 (CVG7153)

82.538 (CVT7154)

82.539 (CVG7155)

82.541 (CVG7156)

82.542 (CVG7159)

82.543 (CVG7158)

82.585(CVG7310) - 82.589(CVG7314)

Water Resources

(CVG5111) 83.551 Hydraulic Structures

(CVG5119) 83.583 Computational Hydraulics

(CVG5120) 83.556 Water Resources Systems

(CVG5122) 83.558 Groundwater and Seepage

(CVG5123) 83.559 Advanced Topics in Hydrology

(CVG5125) 83.561 Statistical Methods in Hydrology

(CVG5126) 83.562 Stochastic Hydrology

(CVG5127) 83.563 Hydrologic Systems Analysis

(CVG5128) 83.564 Water Resources Planning and Policy

(CVG5131) 83.566 River Engineering

(CVG5135) 83.568 Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Countries

(CVG5140) 83.567 Irrigation and Drainage

Environmental

82.570 (CVG 7160)

82.571 (CVG 7161)

82.572 (CVG 7162)

82.573 (CVG 7163)

82.574 (CVG 7164)

(CVG5130) 83.590 Wastewater Treatment Process

Design

(CVG5132) 83.591 Unit Operations of Water Treatment

(CVG5133) 83.596 Solid Waste Disposal

(CVG5134) 83.597 Chemical Analysis for Environmental Engineering

(CVG5136) 83.594 Water and Wastewater Treatment Laboratories

(CVG5137) 83.595 Water and Wastewater Treatment Process Analysis

(CVG5139) 83.593 Environmental Assessment of Civil Engineering Projects

(CVG5179) 83.598 Anerobic Digestion

(CVG5180) 83.599 Biological Nutrient Removal

Directed Studies

82.596 and 82.597

83.570 (CVG6108) and 83.571 (CVG6109)  Individual Directed Studies

83.600 (CVG6399) - 83.603 (CVG6300)  Advanced Topics

Projects andTheses

82.590

82.599

82.699 CVG6000 Civil Engineering Report/ Rapport en génie civil

CVG7999 M.A.Sc.Thesis/Thèse

Comprehensive Examination

CVG9998 (Ph.D.) Examen de synthèse