Construction
The Construction Engineering graduate program at ASU is a multi-disciplinary program encompassing the areas of geotechnical engineering, structural engineering and transportation engineering in addition to construction management-related area. The primary goal is to impart scientific and technical knowledge that is used to construct infrastructure projects commonly used in Architecture/Engineering/Construction (A/E/C) industry.
CONSTRUCTION FACULTY
- Geotechnical: Profs. Sandra Houston, Claudia Zapata, Edward Kavazanjian
- Structures: Profs. Apostolos Fafitis, Barzin Mobasher, Subramaniam Rajan (Specialty Area Coordinator)
- Transportation: Profs. Kamil Kaloush, Mike Mamlouk, Matt Witczak
CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM GRADUATE MANUAL
The General Requirements for the Graduate Programs are available in the main page.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
If the applicant does not have an undergraduate degree in civil engineering, the following deficiencies constitute the minimum requirement. Additional requirements may be placed based upon the applicant's background.
- Sufficient courses in Mathematics including but not limited to Calculus, Differential Equations, and Linear Algebra.
- CEE211 Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics.
- CEE213 Introduction to Deformable Solids or equivalent.
- CEE321 Structural Analysis or equivalent.
- CEE353 Civil Engineering Materials or equivalent.
- CEE351 Geotechnical Engineering or equivalent.
- CEE372 Transportation Engineering or equivalent.
- CEE420 Steel Structures or equivalent, and/or CEE421 Concrete Structures or equivalent.
Graduate Structures Courses
- CEE521 Stress Analysis (Core Course Designate)
- CEE522 Experimental Stress Analysis
- CEE524 Advanced Steel Structures
- CEE526 Finite Elements for Engineers (Core Course Designate)
- CEE527 Advanced Concrete Structures
- CEE530 Prestressed Concrete
- CEE532 Developing Software for Engineering Applications
- CEE536 Structural Dynamics
Graduate Geotechnical Courses
- CEE 550 Soil Behavior (Core Course Designate)
- CEE 551 Advanced Geotechnical Testing (Core Course Designate)
- CEE 553 Advanced Soil Mechanics
- CEE 554 Shear Strength and Slope Stability
- CEE 555 Advanced Foundations and Earth Structures
- CEE 556 Earth Dams and Seepage
- CEE 557 Geoenvironmental Engineering
- CEE 559 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Graduate Transportation Courses
- CEE 511 Pavement Analysis and Design (Core Course Designate)
- CEE 512 Pavement Performance and Management
- CEE 515 Properties of Concrete
- CEE 583 Highway Materials, Construction, and Quality (Core Course Designate)
Graduate Construction Management Courses
- CON 540 Construction Productivity
- CON 551 Alternative Project Delivery Methods
- CON 565 Performance-Based Systems
- CON 567 Advanced Procurement Systems
- IEE 598 Six Sigma Methods
- IEE 570 Advanced Quality Control
Courses Qualifying for a Minor Requirement
- MAE 501 Linear Algebra in Engineering
- MAE 502 Partial Differential Equations in Engineering
- IEE 572 Design of Engineering Experiments
- IEE 578 Regression Analysis
- IEE 582 Response Surfaces and Process Optimization
Students may petition their GSC if they intend to take a course outside of the abovementioned list and have that course included in the Program of Study (POS).
Currently, we do NOT offer an MS degree program in this specialty area.
The Graduate Supervisory Committee (GSC) shall consist of all tenure-track Construction Engineering faculty. The advisor shall serve as the chair of the GSC.
The Program of Study (POS) must be in accordance with Graduate College and Civil Engineering Department requirements. The candidate must complete at least 30 semester hours of approved course work distributed as follows (see List of Courses):
1) at least one core course designate from each of the three areas - structures, geotechnical and transportation
2) at least one but not more than two courses in a minor area
3) at least one but not more than two construction management courses
A final comprehensive exam will be administered by the Construction Engineering Group at least once a year. The GSC decision on whether to pass or fail the student will be based on the results from the comprehensive exam. A student who fails the comprehensive exam the first time may petition to retake the exam once more no earlier than the next semester when the exam is scheduled.
Currently, we do NOT offer a doctoral degree program in this specialty area.
RESEARCH
Please check faculty web pages for more information.