Graduate Calendar Archives: 1998 / 1999

Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Civil Engineering

Mackenzie Building 3432
Telephone: 520-5784
Fax: 520-3951

The Institute

Director of the Institute, G.A. Hartley

Associate Director of the Institute, Erman Evgin

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

The “home” department of each member is indicated by (C) for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University and (O) for the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Ottawa.

• A.O. Abd El Halim, Transportation, Pavements and Materials, Geometric Design (C)
• Kazimierz Adamowski, Hydrology, Stochastic and Statistical Analyses (O)
• G.E. Bauer, Geotechnical Engineering, 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.S. Cheung, Finite Element Analysis, Bridge Engineering (C - 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)
• B.N. Fellenius, Geotechnical Engineering, Deep Foundations (O - 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, Building Frame Analysis (C)
• N.M. Holtz, Computer-Aided Structural Engineering (C)
• J.L. Humar, Structures, Earthquake Engineering, Computer-Aided Design (C)
• 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 - Adjunct)
• 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, Numerical Methods and Modelling of Structures , Monitoring of Structures (C)
• K.T. Law, Geotechnical Engineering, Embankments, In-Situ Testing (C)
• R.R. Mayes, Engineering Management
  (C - Adjunct)
• R.M. Narbaitz, Waste Treatment (O)
• Simon Ng, Structures, Numerical Methods, Dynamic Behaviour (O)
• W.J. Parker, Environmental Engineering, Waste Water Treament, Hazardous Waste Management, Solid Waste Management (C)
• B.N. Persaud, Transportation, Traffic Engineering, Highway Safety (C - Adjunct)
• A.G. Razaqpur, Structures, Concrete, Numerical Methods (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)
• Sampat 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)
• 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

1.    Graduates from engineering or honours science programs with a mathematics content equivalent to the civil engineering program will have to take a minimum of four qualifying undergraduate civil engineering courses in their area of graduate specialty

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

The requirements for course work are specified in terms of credits: one credit is one hour of instruction per week for one term. The requirements for the master’s degree by thesis are:

• 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

The normal requirement for admission into the Ph.D. program is a master’s degree with thesis in civil engineering.

Program Requirements

The requirements for course work are specified in terms of credits: one credit = one hour/week for one term.

• 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

In all programs, the student may choose graduate courses from either university with the approval of the adviser or the advisory committee. Graduate courses are listed below, grouped by subject area. Course descriptions may be found in the departmental section of the calendar concerned. All courses are of one term duration. The codes given in parenthesis are those used by the University of Ottawa. Courses beginning with “82” are offered at Carleton University and those beginning with “83” are offered at the University of Ottawa. Not all courses listed are necessarily given during one academic year.