UNDERGRADUATE COURSES:

CVEG 3133 Soil Mechanics
Introduction to geotechnical engineering. Properties of soils related to foundations, retaining walls, earth structures, and highways. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours per week. Pre- or Corequisite: CVEG 3213. Corequisite: Lab component. Prerequisite: MEEG 3013.

CVEG 4143 Foundation Engineering
Analysis and design of retaining walls, footings, sheet piles, and piles. Determination of foundation settlements in sand and clay. Prerequisite: CVEG 1113 and CVEG 3133.

CVEG 4153 Earth Structures
The use of soil as a construction material including compaction, cement, lime, and fly ash stabilization. Special topics include seepage, slope stability, swelling, and collapsible soils. Prerequisite: CVEG 3133.

CVEG 4821 Geotechnical Design Project
Comprehensive engineering design project primarily related to geotechnical issues. Co-requisite: CVEG 4143.

CVEG491VH Honors Studies in Geotechnical Engineering
The study of advanced topics in the geotechnical engineering field. May include participation in geotechnical engineering courses normally available only to graduate students. Course may be repeated for up to 6 hours total credit with approval of the CVEG honors advisor.
Prerequisite: CVEG 3133

GRADUATE COURSES:

CVEG 5113: Soil Dynamics
This course covers propagation of stress waves in elastic and inelastic materials, dynamic loading of soils, and stiffness and damping properties of soils. Use of field and laboratory techniques to determine the shear wave velocity of soils. Also includes applications of dynamic soil properties in site stiffness characterization, geotechnical earthquake engineering, evaluation of ground improvement, and design of machine foundations.

CVEG 5123: Measurement of Soil Properties
This course involves discussion and measurement of the strength, stiffness, volume change, and hydraulic properties of soils and other geomaterials using laboratory and field approaches. This course includes detailed discussion and analysis of standard and specialized testing equipment and experimental procedures. Lecture two hours per week and laboratory three hours per week. 

CVEG 5133: Shear Strength of Soils and Slope Stability
This course focuses on the fundamental variables governing the strength of soils, including soil mineralogy, particle characteristics, density, confining stress, shearing rate, drainage, and anisotropy. Stress paths and failure criteria will be discussed. Concepts will be illustrated using lessons learned from experimental data and fundamental models reported in the technical literature. Shear strength values will be applied to limit equilibrium analysis of the stability of earth slopes under a variety of drainage situations. Slope remediation and failure back-analysis will be discussed. The course includes use of hand solutions and computer programs for slope stability analysis and design.

CVEG 5153: Transportation Soils and Ground Modification
This course involves advanced study of pavement subgrade and foundation soil stiffness and resistance to dynamic loading. Modification techniques evaluated in this course include chemical additives, mechanical compaction, and grouting. This course also covers the properties of geosynthetics in geotechnical applications, focusing on their use in reinforcement, filtration, and drainage applications.

CVEG 5153: Earth Retaining Structures
Development and application of earth pressure and limit equilibrium concepts to evaluate global and internal stability of earth retaining structures. Design of traditional retaining structures, mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structures, soil nailing, and braced excavations.  Also includes applications of geosynthetics in reinforcement and drainage applications. 

CVEG 5163: Seepage and Consolidation
This course involves investigation of the flow of water through soils and the time rate of compression of soils. Seepage topics include characterization of the hydraulic conductivity of soils in the field, seepage through earth dams, excavation cut-off walls, and other seepage control systems. Consolidation topics include analytical and experimental investigations of soil volume change under hydraulic and mechanical loading, including both shrinkage and swelling. Fundamental principles will be applied to the design of earth and rock dams, groundwater wells, vertical and radial consolidation of soils under large-scale embankments, and shallow foundations in soft, compacted, and expansive soils.

CVEG 5173: Advanced Foundations
Design analysis and quality control issues related to deep and shallow foundations. Soil properties relevant to the design of foundations are discussed. Topics include axial and lateral loading of driven and drilled piles, pile groups.  Design and analysis of mat and raft foundations is also discussed.

CVEG 5183: Geo-Environmental Engineering
Study of the geotechnical aspects of waste containment systems and contaminant remediation applications. Topics include analysis and measurement of flow of water and contaminants through saturated and unsaturated soils, clay mineralogy and soil-chemical compatibility, and the mechanical and hydraulic behavior of geomembranes, geotextiles, and geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs). Design and construction aspects of compacted clay and composite landfill liners, drainage systems, and landfill covers will be presented.

CVEG 5193: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
This course covers stress wave propagation in soil and rock; influence of soil conditions on seismic ground motion characteristics; evaluation of site response using wave propagation techniques; liquefaction of soils; seismic response of earth structures and slopes.