CEM1001H
GradList | The Challenges of Urban Policy-MakingAddressing societal and engineering challenges in the 21st century requires engineers to think holistically about the systems we design and build. Public policy often dictates what engineering projects are commissioned and what values are being optimized for in engineering practice (e.g. cost, beauty, environment, safety, equity). However, too few engineers understand the drivers of public policy, how public policy is developed, and the role it plays in engineering. Similarly, too few policy makers understand the applied science of engineering. The interplay between policy and civil engineering is particularly acute in the urban environment, where civil engineering works (transportation, housing, water services, libraries, etc.) are concentrated and where, in Canada, the public policies of three levels of government influence engineering practice.
This seminar course challenges engineers to think about how public policy is made and how it guides the practice of engineering both directly and indirectly. Particular focus is placed on urban policy and urban engineering. The first month of the course will deal with the process of urban policy making examining how issues emerge, how important ideas are framed, priorities are established, and agendas are set and managed. Factors to be considered include the role of bureaucratic and political actors, organized interests and non-governmental groups, the importance and influence of networks, and the potential for new models and options for the engagement of stakeholders and citizens at large.
The second and third month of the course will focus on the relationship between public policy and the practice of civil engineering. The focus of the course will be to examine the myriad ways public policy and priorities intersect with the development of the built environment. The relationship between public policy and engineering in housing, transport, energy and sustainability will be discussed. The focus of the course will be on Canadian cities with examples from cities located elsewhere in the high-income world; examples and experiences from other parts of the world are welcomed.
Registration in this course is reserved for MEngCEM students. Other students wishing to register must request permission from the Office of Student Services. | Joanna Flatt; Michelle German | Fall 2020 | Tuesday | 18:00 | 21:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CEM1002H
GradList | Data Analytics and CitiesThis course provides students with an introduction to the topic of cities, how they are measured, and the methods used to measure them. The strengths and limitations of various measures are examined including issues related the cost of collecting data and the challenges in ensuring its integrity. After reviewing the most commonly used statistical analysis methods, student will calculate and use metrics to compare cities in Canada, North America, and around the world. Metrics of interest include, but are not limited to, those related to city services, public health and well-being, environmental sustainability, and economic vitality.
Registration in this course is reserved for MEngCEM students. Other students wishing to register must request permission from the Office of Student Services. | Prof. Mark Fox | Fall 2020 | Monday | 10:00 | 12:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CEM1003H
GradList | Infrastructure and Urban ProsperityThe course explores the evolution of great cities over time, looking at form and function to understand urban economic growth and accumulation of wealth. Drawing from various strands of economic thought, topics include: value theory; quantification of urban wealth; microeconomics of real estate markets; infrastructure for competitive financial centres; macroeconomics of urban form; growth theory; and evolutionary economics applied to urban systems. Using current and historical examples of urban development, the implications of infrastructure planning and management on the health/wealth of cities is examined.
Registration in this course is reserved for MEngCEM students. Other students wishing to register must request permission from the Office of Student Services. | TBD | Winter 2021 | Wednesday | 10:00 | 12:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CEM1004H
GradList | Cities as Complex SystemsCities are “problems in organized complexity†(Jacobs, 1961). This course will explore this theme and its implications for city engineering and management in terms of: introduction to complex systems theory; exploration of cities as systems (physical, economic, social, etc.); holistic and reductionist approaches to 'a science of cities'; approaches to city planning and design in the face of complexity; challenges to sustainable design; and decision-making under uncertainty.
Registration in this course is reserved for MEngCEM students. Other students wishing to register must request permission from the Office of Student Services. | Prof. Eric Miller | Winter 2021 | Tuesday | 10:00 | 12:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV100H | MechanicsThe principles of statics are applied to composition and resolution of forces, moments and couples. The equilibrium states of structures are examined. Throughout, the free body diagram concept is emphasized. Vector algebra is used where it is most useful, and stress blocks are introduced. Shear force diagrams, bending moment diagrams and stress-strain relationships for materials are discussed. Stress and deformation in axially loaded members and flexural members (beams) are also covered. View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Tamer El-Diraby, Edvard Bruun, Prof. Oya Mercan, Prof. Jeffrey Packer, Prof. Daman Panesar, Prof. Shoshanna Saxe, Michael Seica | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV100T | Mechanics -- T-ProgramThe T-program in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering permits students who have difficulties in their first attempt of CIV100 to immediately repeat up to three courses during the Winter Session. The principles of statics are applied to composition and resolution of forces, moments and couples. The equilibrium states of structures are examined. Throughout, the free body diagram concept is emphasized. Vector algebra is used where it is most useful, and stress blocks are introduced. Shear force diagrams, bending moment diagrams and stress-strain relationships for materials are discussed. Stress and deformation in axially loaded members and flexural members (beams) are also covered. View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Michael Seica | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV102H | Structures and Materials - An Introduction to Engineering DesignAn introduction to the art and science of designing structures. Topics include: 1) material bodies that sustain or resist force, work, energy, stress and strain; 2) the properties of engineering materials (strength, stiffness, ductility); 3) simple structural elements; 4) engineering beam theory; 5) stability of columns; 6) the practical problems which constrain the design of structures such as bridges, towers, pressure vessels, dams, ships, aircraft, bicycles, birds and trees; and 7) design methods aimed at producing safe, functional, efficient and elegant structures.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | TBD | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV201H | Introduction to Civil EngineeringA field-based course introducing students to current and historical civil engineering works in the urban and natural environments, highlighting the role of the Civil Engineer in developing sustainable solutions. It will run the Tuesday through Thursday immediately following Labour Day, with follow-up assignments coordinated with the course CIV282 Engineering Communications I. Students must have their own personal protective equipment (PPE). One night will be spent at the University of Toronto Survey Camp near Minden, Ontario.
Detailed course information.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Brent Sleep
Prof. David Taylor | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV209H | Civil Engineering MaterialsDeals with the basic principles necessary for the use and selection of materials used in Civil Engineering and points out the significance of these in practice. Fundamentals which provide a common basis for the properties of various materials are stressed. The laboratory time is devoted to demonstrations illustrating the fundamentals covered in lectures.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Douglas Hooton | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV214H | Structural Analysis IThis course provides an introduction to the nature of loads and restraints and types of structural elements, and then reviews the analysis of statically determinate structures. Shear and moment diagrams for beams and frames are considered, along with influence lines, cantilever structures, three-pin arches, cables and fatigue. Virtual work principles are viewed and applied to various structural systems. An introduction to the analysis of indeterminate structures is made, and the Portal method is applied to the analysis of building frames under lateral loads. Displacement methods of an analysis including moment distribution are also studied.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Evan Bentz | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV220H | Urban Engineering EcologyCore Course in the Environmental Engineering Minor. Basic concepts of ecology within the context of urban environments. Response of organisms, populations, dynamic predator-prey and competition processes, and ecosystems to human activities. Thermodynamic basis for food chains, energy flow, biodiversity and ecosystem stability. Biogeochemical cycles, habitat fragmentation and bioaccumulation. Introduction to industrial ecology and life cycle assessment principles. Urban metabolism and material flow analysis of cities. Response of receiving waters to pollution and introduction to waste water treatment. Emphasis is on identifying the environment/engineering interface and minimizing environmental impacts.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | TBA | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV235H | Civil Engineering GraphicsFluency in graphical communication skills as part of the civil engineering design process is emphasized. Drawings are prepared making use of freehand sketching, drafting equipment and commercially available computer drafting programs. Topics in descriptive geometry are covered to develop spatial visualization skills. Drawing procedures and standards relevant to Civil Engineering projects to be covered include layout and development of multiple orthographic views, sectional views, dimensioning, and pictorial views. Class projects, assignments, and examples demonstrate how graphical skills fit into the overall design process.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Luca Nagy | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV250H | Hydraulics and HydrologyThe hydrologic processes of precipitation and snowmelt, evapotranspiration, ground water movement, and surface and subsurface runoff are examined. Water resources sustainability issues are discussed, including water usage and water shortages, climate change impacts, land use impacts, and source water protection. Conceptual models of the hydrologic cycle and basics of hydrologic modelling are developed, including precipitation estimation, infiltration and abstraction models, runoff hydrographs, the unit hydrograph method and the Rational method. Methods for statistical analysis of hydrologic data, concepts of risk and design, and hydrological consequences of climate change for design are introduced. Principles of open channel hydraulics are introduced. Energy and momentum principles are studied with application to channel transitions, critical flow, choked flow, and hydraulic jumps.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | TBA | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV280H | Management of ConstructionAn introduction to the management of construction projects including: the nature of the industry, project delivery alternatives, legal and ethical considerations, the Safety Act and construction regulations, labour relations, construction contracts, risk distribution, project planning and scheduling, estimating and bidding, controlling of time, cost and quality, accounting leading to financial statements, dispute resolution, as well as new and evolving concepts in managing construction.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Brenda McCabe | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV282H | Engineering Communications IThis course develops students’ communications skills focusing on the specific skills required for work in foundational civil engineering. Target communication areas include: Oral Presentation; Logical Argument; Document Development; Sentence and Discourse Control; and Visual Design. The course will build capacity in support of specific assignments delivered in other courses in the same term.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Alan Chong | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV300H | Terrestrial Energy SystemsCore Course in the Sustainable Energy Minor. Various earth systems for energy transformation, storage and transport are explored. Geological, hydrological, biological, cosmological and oceanographic energy systems are considered in the context of the Earth as a dynamic system, including the variation of solar energy received by the planet and the redistribution of this energy through various radiative, latent and sensible heat transfer mechanisms. It considers the energy redistribution role of large scale atmospheric systems, of warm and cold ocean currents, the role of the polar regions, and the functioning of various hydrological systems. The contribution and influence of tectonic systems on the surface systems is briefly introduced, as well the important role of energy storage processes in physical and biological systems, including the accumulation of fossil fuel reserves.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | TBA | Fall 2020, Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV312H | Steel and Timber DesignAn introduction to structural engineering design. Topics discussed include safety and reliability, load and resistance, probability of failure, performance factors, and material properties. A study of basic steel design examines tension members, compression members, beams, framing concepts and connections. Plasticity and composite action in steel structural systems are also discussed. Timber design aspects include beams, compression members and connections.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Constantin Christopoulos | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV313H | Reinforced Concrete IThis course provides an introduction to the design of reinforced concrete structures. Concrete technology, properties of concrete and reinforcing steel, construction practice, and general code requirements are discussed. Analysis and design of members under axial load, flexure, shear, and restraint force are examined in detail. Other aspects of design covered include control of cracks, minimum and maximum reinforcement ratios, fire resistance, durability, distress and failure. A major design project, done in teams of two and accounting for 15% of the final mark, requires students to formulate a complete design for a structural system such as a pedestrian bridge or floor system. Project requirements include consideration of alternative designs in terms of structural efficiency and total costs.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Paul Gauvreau | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV324H | Geotechnical Engineering IIBuilding on CME321, more complex aspects of geotechnical analysis and design are considered. Topics include: mineralogy; soil identification and classification; laboratory- and field-based soil index tests; correlations of index test results to engineering properties; vertical stress distribution; soil-foundation interaction; volume change and consolidation of clay and settlement. Shear strength of soil and slope stability analysis are also discussed. Laboratories are held for soil identification and classification, and confined triaxial compression tests of clay and sand.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Mason Ghafghazi | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV331H | Transport I - Introduction to Urban Transportation SystemsThis course introduces the fundamentals of transportation systems and the application of engineering, mathematical and economic concepts and principles to address a variety of transportation issues in Canada. Several major aspects of transportation engineering will be addressed, including transportation planning, public transit, traffic engineering, geometric design, pavement design and the economic, social and environmental impacts of transportation. The course focuses on urban transportation engineering problems.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Matthew Roorda | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV332H | Transport II - PerformanceThis course focuses on the fundamental techniques of transportation systems performance analysis with emphasis on congested traffic networks. Topics include transportation demand, supply and equilibrium, traffic assignment, network equilibrium, and system optimality, traffic flow theory, shockwaves, highway capacity analysis, introduction to deterministic and stochastic queuing analyses, intersection signal control types and related timing methods, and traffic simulation. The course also provides an introduction to basic elements of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Toka Mostafa & Islam Kamel | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV340H | Municipal EngineeringMunicipal service systems for water supply and wastewater disposal, land development, population forecasting, and demand analysis. Water supply: source development, transmission, storage, pumping, and distribution networks. Sewerage and drainage, sewer and culvert hydraulics, collection networks, and storm water management. Maintenance and rehabilitation of water and wastewater systems, and optimization of network design. Design projects.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Bryan Karney & Prof. David Taylor | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV342H | | Michael McKie | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV375H | Building ScienceThe fundamentals of the science of heat transfer, moisture diffusion, and air movement are presented. Using these fundamentals, the principles of more sustainable building enclosure design, including the design of walls and roofs are examined. Selected case studies together with laboratory investigations are used to illustrate how the required indoor temperature and moisture conditions can be maintained using more durable and more sustainable designs.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Marianne Touchie | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV380H | Sustainable Energy SystemsThis course will provide students with knowledge of energy demand and supply from local to national scales. Topics include energy demands throughout the economy, major energy technologies, how these technologies work, how they are evaluated quantitatively, their economics and their impacts on the environment. In addition, the ever changing context in which these technologies (and emerging technologies) are being implemented will be outlined. Systems approaches including life cycle assessment, will be refined and applied to evaluate energy systems. A particular focus will be placed on analysis of energy alternatives within a carbon constrained economy.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Jeffrey Siegel
| Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV382Y | Civil Engineering Communication PortfolioStudents will assemble a portfolio of communication assignments drawn from their second and third year Civil Engineering courses as a showcase of their ability to meet the grad attributes for communication. The student will demonstrate competence in discipline specific written, oral, and visual communication through the selection of assignments for the portfolio. Each entry will be framed by a short introduction speaking to the context of the work and its significance in the portfolio. Students whose communication work is not up to standard will be provided with opportunities for revision. The course will be offered on a credit/no credit basis; students who receive no credit must retake the course in year 4.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Alan Chong | Fall 2020, Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV416H | Reinforced Concrete IIThis course covers the behaviour and ultimate strength of reinforced concrete structures. Members subjected to flexure, axial load, shear and torsion are treated. Detailing of reinforcement, the design of floor systems and the design of shear walls are covered. An introduction to the seismic design of reinforced concrete structures is made. Emphasis is given to the relationship between recent research results and current building codes. A brief treatment of the behaviour and design of masonry walls is included.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Zahra Kharal | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV420H | Construction EngineeringThis course considers the engineering aspects of construction including earthmoving, equipment productivity, fleet balancing, formwork design, shoring, hoisting, aggregate production, equipment operating costs, and modular construction. Several construction projects will be reviewed to demonstrate methods and processes. Students will be expected to visit construction sites, so safety boots and hard hats are required.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Tamer El-Diraby | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV440H | Environmental Impact and Risk AssessmentCore Course in the Environmental Engineering Minor. The process and techniques for assessing and managing the impacts on and risks to humans and the ecosystem associated with engineered facilities, processes and products. Both biophysical and social impacts are addressed. Topics include: environmental assessment processes; environmental legislation; techniques for assessing impacts; engineering risk analysis; health risk assessment; risk management and communication; social impact assessment; cumulative impacts; environmental management systems; the process of considering alternative methods for preventing and controlling impacts; and stakeholder involvement and public participation. Examples are drawn from various engineering activities and facilities such as energy production, chemical production, treatment plants, highways and landfills.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | John Casperson | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV477H | Special Studies in Civil EngineeringA course covering selected topics in Civil Engineering not covered in other electives. The topics, which may be different every year, are selected by Staff. Course may not be offered every year and there may be limited enrolment in particular years. Permission of the Department of Civil Engineering is required.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | | | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV498H | | Prof. Daman Panesar (Course Supervisor) | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV510H
GradList | Solid Mechanics IIThis course provides a continuing study of the mechanics of deformable solids. Stress and equilibrium conditions, strain and compatibility conditions, stress-strain relations and yield/failure criteria are considered in the context of civil engineering materials. Two-and three-dimensional elasticity theory is developed, with an introduction to the use of tensor notation. Advanced topics in bending, shear and torsion of beams are also covered, as is elementary plate bending theory. The course concludes with a further development and application of energy methods including virtual work, potential energy, strain energy, and related approaches.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | TBA | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV514H
GradList | Concrete TechnologyMaterial aspects of concrete production will be dealt with in the context of various performance criteria with emphasis on durability. The process of material selection, proportioning, mixing, transporting, placing and curing concrete will be the framework within which topics such as: the use of admixtures, choice of cements, environmental influences, methods of consolidation and testing techniques will be studied.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Karl Peterson | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV515H
GradList | Introduction to Structural DynamicsThe concept of dynamic equilibrium and corresponding equation of motion will be introduced. The theoretical solution of a songle degree of freedom system will be derived and the effects of verious types of loads, such as impulse load, sinusoidal load, or random vibration on the structural response will be discussed. To solve dynamic problems of multi-degree of freedom (MDOF) systems, concepts of mass, stiffness, and damping matrix will be introduced, which will be followed by eigen value analysis and modal analysis. The concepts of Fourier Transformation will be introduced, which will be used to interpret dynamic responses of structures or dynamic nature of applied loads. Dynamic experiments of elastic systems will be demonstrated using an educational shaking table.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Oya Mercan | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV516H
GradList | Public Transit Operations and PlanningThis course covers a broad range of topics in urban transit operations and planning, with special emphasis on best-practice strategies of modern transit systems. The course will help students: Learn the history of transit and its relationship to urban development, emerging challenges, transit role in society, and new trends and issues; Understand and analyze the factors that affect transit performance and demand; Identify and analyze transit operational and planning problems; Identify possible solutions at the operational level (mostly short-term and line-based) and the strategic level (mostly long-term and network-based), and assess alternative solutions; Understand the relative performance of various transit modes (both conventional and new modes) and their domains of application; and gain knowledge of best-practice transit systems planning and emerging innovations.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | TBA | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV517H
GradList | Prestressed ConcreteAn introduction to procedures for predicting the load-deformation response of prestressed concrete elements and structures with emphasis on how these procedures can be used in the design of new structures and in the evaluation of existing structures. Topics include: prestressing technology; control of cracking; response to axial load and flexure; response to shear and torsion; disturbed regions; restraint of deformations; design codes.
Prerequisite: CIV313H1 or CIV357H1 or equivalent.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Michael Collins | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV518H
GradList | Behaviour and Design of Steel StructuresThe behaviour and design of trusses, frames, members and connections in steel building and bridge structures is presented and design methods are developed. Ultimate strength, stability, and postbuckling are emphasized in topical examples including: plate girders, composite steel/concrete girders, second-order frame behaviour, high-strength bolted and welded framing connections. Design applications considering metal fatigue and brittle fracture, and methods of plastic analysis are also introduced. Canadian design standards and the Limit States Design concepts are used.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | TBA | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV519H
GradList | Structural Analysis IIThe general flexibility and stiffness methods of analysis; multispan beams, trusses, frames and grids; loadings due to force, support displacement, temperature change and member prestrain; axial and flexural stability; basic plasticity. Topics in this course represent the basis for the finite element method of analysis.
Prerequisite: CIV214H1.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | TBA | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV521H
GradList | Rock Mechanics
This course provides general analytical tools and experimental methods that are used in rock mechanics. The lectures are complemented with laboratory experiments. Theoretical topics include: stress and strain, linear elasticity, failure modes and models of rocks, fracture of rocks, inelastic behavior of rock, seismic waves in rocks. Experiments include: preparation of rock samples, uniaxial compressive strength measurements, Brazilian disc tests for rock tensile strength, fracture toughness measurements with core-based rock samples.
Prerequisite: CIV210H1/CME210H1.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Kaiwen Xia | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV523H
GradList | Geotechnical DesignThis course is built around a transportation project that contains all the essential geotechnical investigation and design elements and illustrates how they all come together on a project. The students will be taken through the entire design process from project initiation to construction. In essence, the project will include a bridge over a river with some property constraints requiring the use of a retaining wall as well as deep and shallow foundations and some groundwater control. The highway will require a soil cut. One section crosses a low-lying swampy area that will require embankment construction over deep soft soils. A short tunnel section is planned beneath a railway that cannot be taken out of service. A pavement design will be required along the entire route as well as materials testing and construction monitoring.
Prerequisite: CIV321H1/CME321H1; equivalent or permission of instructor.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | TBA | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV531H
GradList | Transport PlanningThis course is intended to provide the student with the following: the ability to design and execute an urban transportation planning study; a working knowledge of transportation planning analysis skills including introductions to travel demand modelling, analysis of environmental impacts, modelling transportation - land use interactions and transportation project evaluation; an understanding of current transportation planning issues and policies; and an understanding of the overall process of transportation planning and its role within the wider context of transportation decision-making and the planning and design of urban areas. Person-based travel in urban regions is the focus of this course, but a brief introduction to freight and intercity passenger transportation is also provided. A “systems†approach to transportation planning and analysis is introduced and maintained throughout the course. Emphasis is placed throughout on designing transportation systems for long-run environmental, social, and economic sustainability.
Prerequisite: CIV368H1 / CME368H1.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Khandker Nurul Habib | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV536H
GradList | Urban Activity, Air Pollution and HealthThis is an interdisciplinary course where the challenge of air pollution is introduced with a focus on urban areas. The interdependencies between transportation, air quality, and health are demonstrated. The city and the behaviour of its inhabitants constitute the context for the following course topics: overview of air pollutants in urban areas, urban air quality monitoring networks, mobile source emissions, air pollution and meteorology, atmospheric dispersion, chemical processes specific to cities, personal mobility and exposure to traffic-related air pollution, epidemiology of air pollution. View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | - | - | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV541H
GradList | Environmental BiotechnologyPrinciples involved in the design and operation of biologically-based treatment facilities are covered with considerations for energy efficiency and sustainability. The course includes water / wastewater biological unit operations, advanced treatment, sludge processing and composting, natural treatment systems and specialized bioengineered systems such as groundwater remediation and biological air treatment.
Prerequisite: CIV342H1 or equivalent.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | - | - | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV549H
GradList | Groundwater Flow and ContaminationMechanics of saturated and unsaturated fluid flow in porous media. Confined and unconfined flow. Flow to wells. Analytical and numerical solutions of groundwater flow equations. Non-reactive and reactive contaminant transport on groundwater systems. Analytical and numerical solutions of contaminant transport equations. Flow and solute transport in fractured porous media. Assessment of environmental impacts of waste disposal operations. Remediation of contaminated groundwater.
Prerequisite: JVM270H1/CIV270H1/CME270H1, CIV250H1/EDV250H1 or equivalent.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Brent Sleep | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV550H
GradList | Water Resources EngineeringGlobal and national water problems, law and legislation. Hydraulic structures. Reservoir analysis. Urban drainage and runoff control: meteorologic data analysis, deterministic and stochastic modelling techniques. Flood control: structural and nonstructural alternatives. Power generation: hydro and thermal power generation. Low flow augmentation. Economics and decision making.
Prerequisite: CIV250H1/EDV250H1, CIV340H1 S or equivalent.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | TBA | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV575H
GradList | Studies in Building ScienceThis course examines the basic principles governing the control of heat, moisture and air movement in buildings and presents the fundamentals of building enclosure design. With this background, students are required to research advanced topics related to emerging areas of Building Science, and to write and present to the class an individual comprehensive paper related to their research. Lectures for this course will be jointly offered with those of CIV375H1.
Exclusion: CIV375H1.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Marianne Touchie | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV576H
GradList | Sustainable BuildingsBuilding systems including the thermal envelope, heating and cooling systems, as well as water and lighting systems are examined with a view to reducing the net energy consumed within the building. Life-cycle economic and assessment methods are applied to the evaluation of various design options including considerations of embodied energy and carbon sequestration. Green building strategies including natural ventilation, passive solar, photovoltaics, solar water heaters, green roofs and geothermal energy piles are introduced. Following the application of these methods, students are introduced to efficient designs including LEED designs that lessen the impact of buildings on the environment. Exemplary building designs will be presented and analyzed.
Prerequisite: CIV375H1/CIV575H1 or equivalent.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Jeffrey Siegel | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV577H
GradList | Infrastructure for Sustainable CitiesDeveloping infrastructure for sustainable cities entails understanding the connection between urban morphology and physiology. This course uses a systems approach to analyzing anthropogenic material flow and other components of urban metabolism, linking them to the design of urban infrastructure. Elements of sustainable transportation, green buildings, urban climatology, urban vegetation, water systems and local energy supply are integrated in the design of sustainable urban neighbourhoods.
Prerequisite: CIV340H1, [CIV375H1/CIV575H1], CIV531H1.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | TBA | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV578H | Design of Building EnclosuresA brief summary of the science involved in controlling heat, moisture and air movement in buildings is presented at the outset of the course. With this background, methods of designing enclosures for cold, mixed, and hot climates are examined. Design principles related to the design of walls, windows and roofs are presented and applied. In particular, topics related to the control of rain penetration, air movement, and interstitial condensation are studied in detail. Emphasis is placed on developing designs based on fundamentals which can be verified with computer modelling solutions.
Prerequisite: CIV375/CIV575 or equivalent.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Bomani Ajamu Khemet | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV580H
GradList | Engineering and Management of Large ProjectsThis technical elective course will investigate the role of stakeholders in major civil engineering projects; the complexities of managing project stages, multiple stakeholders, and technical challenges, and, social and environmental factors.
Each week includes a different speaker who can address issues related to technical, social, and environmental challenges in the project and how they were overcome. View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Daniel Posen | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CIV1163H
GradList | Mechanics of Reinforced ConcreteTheories of elasticity and plasticity, as applied to reinforced concrete, are examined. Topics include: mechanical properties of concrete and reinforcement; constitutive relations; failure criteria; linear-elastic models; nonlinear-elastic models; elastic-plastic models; limit analysis theorems; and an introduction to fracture mechanics of concrete. Compression field and smeared crack models are discussed, as are methods of their implementation and application in nonlinear finite element analyses.
Prerequisites: CIV313H1, CIV510H1.
| Prof. Frank Vecchio | Fall 2020 | Wednesday | 9:00 | 12:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1164H
GradList | Bridge EngineeringThis course deals with advanced topics in modern bridge design. Actual course content will vary from year to year, and will include topics selected from the following list: concrete segmental bridges, cable-supported bridges, arches, precast concrete systems for rehabilitation of existing bridges, and innovative composite systems. For a given topic, the approach taken will be to define performance requirements; describe structural systems, components, and critical details; and develop analytical methods for dimensioning and validation, giving special consideration to the interaction between design and construction. There will be a strong emphasis throughout the course on the application of leading-edge and emerging technologies, including high-performance materials. | Prof. Paul Gauvreau | Winter 2021 | Tuesday | 18:00 | 21:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1167H
GradList | Advanced Structural DynamicsThis course provides the basic principles of system identification and structural control. In order to bridge the gap that the civil engineering students have with regards to the interdisciplinary aspects of CIV1167H, principles of signals, sensors, data acquisition and filtering, complex plane representation of system dynamics, and relationship between different transformation for information mapping between time and frequency domains, and processing of random signals are covered in detail. Analytical and experimental modal analysis topics are included, which not only provide the students with a system identification tool but also enable them to handle the dynamics of complex structures with non-proportional damping.
| Prof. Oya Mercan | Winter 2021 | Tuesday | 10:00 | 13:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1169H
GradList | Advanced Topics in Building DesignIntroduction to various structural systems; analysis of coupled shear walls using various techniques such as Laminar method, Finite difference formulation, Equivalent Frame method; stagewise incremental analysis of walls including plastification of laminae; design of walls and coupling beams; shear wall-frame interaction; behaviour of framed tubes; shear lag in tubes; approximate methods of analysis for frame tubes and multi-storey frames. Individual projects involving specialized topics will form an integral part of the course.
| Prof. Shamim Sheikh | Winter 2021 | Wednesday | 14:00 | 17:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1171H
GradList | Principles of Earthquake Engineering and Seismic DesignThe objectives of the course are to acquaint graduate students and practicing engineers with the basics of earthquake engineering and seismic resistant design of structures. Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to interact with seismologists and understand the fundamentals behind seismic hazard maps contained in our codes, apply basic dynamics principles to seismic design, understand the seismic design philosophy that is implemented in all codes and apply the main steps that are involved in the seismic design of buildings made of steel or reinforced concrete. Special emphasis will be given to the real behavior of structures under seismic loading, more specifically the formation of ductile mechanisms, and the assessment of performance under different intensities of seismic input. Common pitfalls in seismic design will be extensively discussed, and the underlying assumptions and code requirements related to the detailing of a number of RC and steel lateral load resisting systems will be presented.
| Prof. Constantin Christopoulos | Winter 2020 | Thursday & Friday | 9:00 (R) & 11:00 (F) | 12:00 (R) & 13:00 (F) | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1174H
GradList | Finite Element Methods in Structural MechanicsReview of required mathematical concepts. Thorough development of the displacement method of finite element analysis; Derivation of the element matrices for planes stress and strain, three dimensional, axisymmetric and plate bending elements; Introduction to nonlinear analysis; Application to structures using existing computer capabilities.
| Prof. Evan Bentz | Winter 2021 | Friday | 14:00 | 17:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1175H
GradList | Design of Tubular Steel StructuresThis course covers contemporary structural design with an extremely popular material Âtubular steel. An overview of international specifications and design guides is given and "stateÂ-of-the-art" limit states design procedures are presented, discussed and illustrated with worked examples. Offshore structures are given some treatment but the course concentrates on onshore structures made from manufactured tubing or Hollow Structural Sections (HSS). Specific topics deal with: materials, testing and properties; columns and poles; concrete filling; fire protection; fabrication, including bolting, welding and nailing; plastic analysis of connections; welded tube- to-tube connections; braced frames and bracing design; bolted connections; finite element analysis of tubular structures; truss design for 2D triangulated or Vierendeel trusses; 3D space frames; moment-resisting frames and connections; and fatigue of connections.
| Prof. Jeffrey Packer | Fall 2020 | Monday | 18:00 | 21:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1190H
GradList | Structures Under Blast and ImpactThe behaviour of structures subjected to accidental or intentional blast or impact loading is exemplified beginning from understanding the nature of threats and blast loading evaluation, to dynamic analysis and specific structural design considerations. Topics presented include:
1. Threat and risk assessment;
2. Explosive processes. Detonation and deflagration;
3. Explosion effects. Loads on structures;
4. Dynamic analysis of structures;
5. Material behaviour under high-strain rate loading;
6. Design of reinforced concrete structures;
7. Design of steel structures;
8. Behaviour of glazing systems;
9. Pressure-impulse diagrams;
10. Industrial explosions;
11. Design for impact loading; and
12. Progressive collapse.
The course addresses the existing lack of expertise in the area of extreme loading on structures and resilience of critical infrastructure, at a time when the need for knowledge in protective design is continuously increasing worldwide. At the forefront of engineering science, the course is unique in Canada and enhances the area of Structural Engineering, in general, and Physical Infrastructure Protection, in particular.
| Adj. Prof. Michael Seica | Fall 2020 | Wednesday | 18:00 | 21:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1198H
GradList | Special Studies in Civil Engineering - StructuralSpecial studies courses are offered when a Professor is available to instruct on a new or unusual topic. Each topic offered constitutes one normal half-course. Special studies course codes may be taken more than once provided that the topic is different each time. | Prof. Fae Azhari | *NOT OFFERED*
for Winter 2021 | | | | | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1199H
GradList | Special Studies in Civil Engineering - Design of Timber StructuresSpecial studies courses are offered when a Professor is available to instruct on a new or unusual topic. Each topic offered constitutes one normal half-course. Special studies course codes may be taken more than once provided that the topic is different each time. | Prof. Paul Gauvreau | Winter 2021 | Thursday | 18:00 | 21:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1201H
GradList | Concrete Technology and Non-Destructive Testing PrinciplesThis course is focused on theory, principle, practical application, standardization, benefits, and limitations of non-destructive testing (NDT) methods applied to steel reinforced concrete. Techniques to be covered include: condition assessment, surface hardness, penetration resistance, pullout, break-off test, maturity method, pull-off permeability, resonant frequency, UPV, magnetic/electrical, radioactive/nuclear, short pulse radar, acoustic emission, infrared thermography. A review of the role of statistics in experiments, testing and design of experiments in addition to application of significance testing, linear regression analysis and assessment of adequacy of regression models in context with non-destructive techniques will be covered. This course will also include the study of practical case studies and hands on usage of selected NDT testing equipment.
| Prof. Daman Panesar | Fall 2020 | Thursday | 17:00 | 20:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1250H
GradList | Instrumentation Techniques for Cement and Concrete ResearchersThe study of Concrete Technology makes use of many test methods not normally associated with Civil Engineering. Methods include those for pore structure and surface area by BET; mercury porosimetry; permeability to vapour, gas and liquids; mineralogy by optical microscopy x-ray diffraction and thermal analysis; microstructure by optical and electron microscope; and chemical analysis by XRF, AA, IR, IC or neutron activation. Published literature will be discussed with respect to differences in such procedures, and interpretation of data.
Prerequisite: CIV514H1 or equivalent.
| Prof. Douglas Hooton | NOT OFFERED for Winter 2021 | Wednesday | 14:00 | 17:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1252H
GradList | Infrastructure RenewalThis course deals with the assessment maintenance and repair of concrete structures. Topics covered include: inspection and monitoring of concrete structures (including instrumentation and non-destructive testing); identification of material failure mechanisms; residual service life prediction; life cycle cost analysis; and methods of repair and rehabilitation. Case studies of problems in structures due to reinforcement corrosion, alkali-aggregate reaction and free-thaw cycling will be investigated in detail. Recent advances in inspection and repair techniques will be critically evaluated.
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CIV1260h
GradList | | Prof. Doug Hooton | Summer - TBD | HOLD - TBD | | | | TBD |
CIV1262H
GradList | Microscopy Applied to Building and GeomaterialsThis laboratory course covers visible light, electron, and x-ray microscopic methods for the characterization of concrete and geo-materials, including methods of sample preparation. Topics include fluorescent dye impregnation to characterize cracks/grain boundaries/pores, chemical staining procedures, image and quantitative chemical analysis using free software packages (ImageJ, MultiSpec, and DTSA-II). After taking this course students will be able to take a geologic or concrete sample through the entire process of stabilization, preparation (cutting, grinding, polishing) and examination by microscopic methods.
| Prof. Karl Peterson | NOT OFFERED for Winter 2021 or Summer 2021 | | | | | |
CIV1275H
GradList | Construction Modelling MethodsCourse Objectives In this course, students will learn ways in which data can be modeled in the application of construction management: probabilistic and process.
- Probabilistic models (Bayesian Networks) – students will learn about BNs, understand the way in which they model data, their strengths and shortcomings, and their application in a construction context. Students will be expected to use MSBNx software (freely available)
- Simulation modeling – students will learn how discrete event simulation engines work. They will learn to build a model for a construction operation, understand their strengths and shortcomings, and process input and output data.
| Prof. Brenda McCabe | Fall 2020 | Wednesday | 13:00 | 15:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1279H
GradList | Construction Contract DocumentsThis course examines various construction contract documents used by government and private bodies. Legal principles and relevant cases are discussed with a view to providing students with an understanding of the legal framework surrounding the documents. Contractual problems including the nature, causes, and quantification of construction claims are also examined. Emphasis is placed on how to avoid construction contract problems, as well as how disputes may be efficiently resolved once they arise. Issues of payment security, bankruptcy, liens and professional liability are also studied.
| Prof. Kim Pressnail | Winter 2021 | Wednesday | 17:00 | 19:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1281H
GradList | | Prof. Tamer El-Diraby | Summer 2021
Dates: May 17 to June 3
Add Deadline: Monday June 14
Drop Deadline: Monday, June 21
| Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday | 15:00 | 17:00 | Virtual asynchronous | 0101 |
CIV1298H
GradList | Special Studies in Civil Engineering - Building Information ModellingDescription:
The course is designed to provide students with both hands-on experiences on BIM applications and research exposure to advanced BIM topics. It introduces the basic principles of BIM in most application areas including design, construction, facility management, and sustainability. Hands-on skills required for generating building information models are covered through the use of popular BIM tools. Current research topics and trends of BIM are explored to understand better their impacts to the future of the AEC industry.
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Special studies courses are offered when a Professor is available to instruct on a new or unusual topic. Each topic offered constitutes one normal half-course. Special studies course codes may be taken more than once provided that the topic is different each time. | Prof. Jinyue Zhang | Summer 2021
July 5 - 23
Add Deadline: Tuesday, July 6
Drop Deadline: Tuesday July 13
| Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | 18:00 | 20:30 | Delivery Mode: Virtual synchronous and asynchronous mixed | 0101 |
CIV1298H
GradList | | Prof. Tamer El-Diraby | Fall 2020 | Tuesday | 13:00 | 15:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1299H
GradList | Special Studies in Civil Engineering - Building Information ModellingRationale:
Advanced practices in construction project management are enabled by several fundamental shifts. The course will explore the interplay between two of the most significant shifts. First, smart hardware (from virtual reality to robotics and IoT), which are transforming site technology and construction methods. Second, and probably more importantly, advanced data analytics and the use of machine learning are revolutionizing work processes and decision making.
The effective adoption and use of these advanced systems hinge on the use of equally advanced informatics systems. With BIM becoming a stable technology, we now have a more sizable and reliable data corpus. This is encouraging researchers and the industry to embrace advances in artificial intelligence such as data analytics and machine learning systems.
The interplay between these two domains is what enables the automation of work tasks and the deployment of business intelligence tools. Students will explore the state-of-the-art tools in both domains. They will study the fundamental assumptions, emerging technologies, and data models that enable the effective implementation of smart hardware and data analytics in construction. The students will examine the means to design and manage virtual construction systems in an effective way.
Ultimately, the course is designed to enable students to question normative thinking practices that have dominated research and technology in the construction industry. They will interactively develop their own synthesis of the fundamental paradigm shifts in knowledge modeling that enables the development and effective use of virtualization and analytics systems in design and construction.
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Special studies courses are offered when a Professor is available to instruct on a new or unusual topic. Each topic offered constitutes one normal half-course. Special studies course codes may be taken more than once provided that the topic is different each time. | Prof. Tamer El-Diraby | Summer 2021
Dates: August 2 – 19
Add Deadline: Wednesday August 4th
Drop Deadline: Tuesday, August 10th
| Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday | 15:00 | 17:00 | Delivery Mode: virtual asynchronous | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1299H
GradList | | Prof. Jiwan Thapar | Fall 2020 | Friday | 17:00 | 20:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1299H
GradList | Special Studies in Civil Engineering - Asset ManagementThis course presents a number of quantitative tools and analytical methods for the asset manger. Topics covered include data modeling and management, stochastic and deterministic models for asset deterioration, models for optimal asset repair/replacement decisions, tools for asset risk assessment, multi criteria decision making models in the context of asset management problems, infrastructure resiliency and adaptation for climate change. Two guest lecturers will be invited to present current practices and emerging trends. A course project will involve the application of tools and methods presented in class on actual infrastructure data sets.
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Special studies courses are offered when a Professor is available to instruct on a new or unusual topic. Each topic offered constitutes one normal half-course. Special studies course codes may be taken more than once provided that the topic is different each time. | Prof. Hesham Osman (sessional Instructor) | Summer 2021
Dates: June 10 to June 29
Add Deadline: Monday June 14
Drop Deadline: Monday, June 21 | Tuesday, Thursday, Friday | 14:00 | 17:00 | Online Delivery | 0101 |
CIV1302H
GradList | Low Impact Development and Stormwater Systems
Civil Engineering is the oldest branch of engineering. In ancient times, architects, engineers and planners were one and the same. In landscape design, these three disciplines are still closely linked particularly in the design and construction of green infrastructure, low impact develop and stormwater infrastructure. In this course the design of stormwater management systems will be taught with a multi-disciplinary approach. Impacts to the flow regime, water balances, flow paths, water quality and aquatic habitats will be discussed. The low impact development (LID) design approach will be examined as a tool for sustainable urban planning. Some topics covered in this course include:
• Conventional systems (stormwater management ponds)
• Vegetated stormwater systems (green roofs, bioretention)
• Infiltration systems (permeable pavements, exfiltration cells
• Treatment systems (oil-grit separators, filter strips)
• Modelling approaches.
• Sediment and erosion control and operational considerations.
| Prof. Jennifer Drake | Winter 2021 | Wednesday | 09:00 | 12:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1303H
GradList | Water Resources Systems ModellingWater resources systems are physically complex and the solution of appropriate mathematical models is computationally demanding. This course considers physical processes in water resource systems, their mathematical representation and numerical solutions. Newton's 2nd law and the equations of mass and energy conservation are developed and applied to closed-conduit, open-channel and groundwater flow problems. Procedures for efficient numerical solution of the governing equations are presented. Problems of non-linearity, sensitivity to data and computational complexity are introduced.
Prerequisite: EDV250H1 or permission of the instructor. | Prof. Bryan Karney | Fall 2020 | Thursday | 15:00 | 18:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1307H
GradList | Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability of Engineering ActivitiesEngineers face growing pressure to incorporate sustainability objectives into their practice. In comparing two products/designs it is often not apparent which one is more sustainable. The course introduces concepts and methods for sustainability assessment. The course primarily focuses on Life Cycle Assessment as it is viewed as being a necessary component of any assessment. This is a research based course and is suitable for students interested in researching in depth a particular topic. By the end of the course, students will have an awareness of analytical tools/resources for evaluating sustainability implications employing a systems perspective, and have applied these tools in a research project. This course assumes students have a background in engineering and have taken a course in engineering economics. 2 lecture hours per week. | Prof. Heather Maclean | Summer 2021
Monday, May 3 to Thursday, June 3
Requires Instructor Approval
Add Deadline: Wednesday, May 5
Drop Deadline: Friday, May 14
| Monday, Wednesday, Thursday | 10:00 | 12:00 | Virtual, synchronous | 0101 |
CIV1308H
GradList | Physical and Chemical Treatment ProcessesTheory and application of physical and chemical operations and processes for the treatment of water and wastewater. Specific processes covered include sedimentation, coagulation, filtration, and disinfection, with an overview of reactor theory. Laboratory experiments are designed to support and demonstrate the lecture material.
| Prof. Ron Hofmann | Winter 2021 | Monday & Thursday | 13:00 (M & R) | 15:00 (M) & 16:00 (R) | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1309H
GradList | | Prof. Susan Andrews | Winter 2021 | Tuesday | 10:00 | 12:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101SYNC |
CIV1311H
GradList | Advanced and Sustainable Drinking Water Treatment*enrollment preference will be given to students in the Advanced Water Technologies & Process Design specialization, and the Drinking Water Research Group.*
This course covers sustainability issues as they apply to the provision of safe drinking water. Water reclamation and reuse topics focus on strategies that allow wastewater to be treated for indirect potable reuse as well as many other purposes. Other major topics include: risk assessment associated with emerging pathogens and chemical constituents present in source waters, advanced drinking water treatment processes including membranes (UF, NF and RO), advanced oxidation and activated carbon. Throughout the course, case studies, application examples and numerical problems will be presented. | Prof. Bob Andrews | Summer 2021
Monday May 3 through Thurs May 20 inclusive
Enrolment Cap: 25 Students.
Add Deadline: Tuesday May 4
Drop Deadline: Tuesday May 11
| May 3-20, Monday to Friday (every weekday) | 10:00 | 12:00 | Virtual Synchronous | 0101 |
CIV1319H
GradList
*Note: priority is given to CIV/MIN research-stream students and M.Eng. students who require this course to complete a technical emphasis | Chemistry and Analysis of Water and WastesThis course deals with the major chemical processes occurring in aqueous environments, in both natural systems and treatment systems. The topics covered include: chemical thermodynamics and kinetics; acid/base chemistry; quantitative equilibrium calculations; acid-base titrations; dissolved CO2 chemistry; mineral solution chemistry; complexation; redox reactions; and the solid-solution interface. The lectures are complemented by laboratory experiments in which students learn some of the standard analysis techniques of aquatic chemistry.
| Prof. Susan Andrews | Fall 2020 | Tuesday & Thursday | 10:00 (T) & 12:00 (R) | 12:00 (T) & 16:00 (R) | Online delivery (R) | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1320H
GradList | Indoor Air QualityContaminants in indoor air have enormous impact on human health, productivity, building energy use and sustainability. This course focuses on important contaminants, fundamental tools and methodologies to measure and model the indoor environment, and on engineering solutions to improve indoor air quality. The course covers a rationale and motivation for the investigation of indoor contaminants, important contaminants and sources, the use of mass balances to assess indoor concentrations, fundamental transport and transformation processes that occur indoors, indoor exposure assessment, and methodologies to assess costs and benefits for technologies and techniques to improve indoor air. The course explicitly links the air inside of buildings to building materials, energy use, outdoor air quality, and human health. | Prof. Jeffrey Siegel | Fall 2020 | Monday | 13:00 | 16:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1398H
GradList | Special Studies in Civil Engineering - Quantitative Methods for Decision-MakingThis course introduces students to core principles and quantitative methods to provide support for making ‘hard’ decisions, and communicating results. Topics include structured decision-making techniques (e.g., decision trees), public sector decision making (e.g., benefit-cost analysis, welfare economics), multi-criteria decision-making, and decision making under uncertainty (e.g., sensitivity analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, utility theory and risk attitudes).
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Special studies courses are offered when a professor is available to instruct on a new or unusual topic. Each topic offered constitutes one normal half-course. Special studies course codes may be taken more than once provided that the topic is different each time. | Prof. Daniel Posen | Winter 2021 | Tuesday & Thursday | 12:00 (T&R) | 14:00 (T&R) | Online delivery | LEC 9201 SYNC |
CIV1399H
GradList | | Adj. Prof. Ray Cantwell | Winter 2021 | Monday | 18:00 | 20:30 | Online delivery | LEC 9808 SYNC |
CIV1399H
GradList | | Prof. David Meyer | Fall 2020 | Wednesday | 14:00 | 16:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1420H
GradList | Soil Properties and BehaviourThe fundamental concepts of soil mechanics and foundation engineering presented at the undergraduate level will be further developed in the context of advanced topics including: undrained loading and soil liquefaction; coupled hydro-mechanical modeling using Biot theory; cemented soils; unsaturated soil mechanics; constitutive models and laboratory test methods; and field monitoring techniques. Extensive reading assignments will be given. Research papers, numerical modeling assignments, and class presentations will be used as the basis for evaluation. | Prof. Murray Grabinsky | Winter 2021 | Monday | 12:00 | 15:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1422H
GradList | Dynamic Response of Engineering MaterialsFundamental theories and applications of response and failure of engineering materials (e.g. rocks, concretes, steels, polymers and glass) under highly dynamic loading. Topics include elastic and plastic stress wave propagation, failure and fracture theory under rapidly varying loads, dynamic fracture toughness, nucleation and propagation of damage in materials and their theoretical and experimental quantification.
Lectures will be supplemented by selected laboratory exercises involving the newly built state-of-the-art Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar facilities, to illustrate the physics of dynamic loading, strain-rate effects, and high velocity fracture in engineering materials. | Prof. Kaiwen Xia | Summer 2021
Monday, May 31 to Friday, June 11
Add Deadline: Tuesday June 1st
Drop Deadline: Friday June 4th
| Monday to Friday (every weekday) | 09:00 | 12:00 | Virtual, synchronous | |
CIV1429H
GradList | Advanced Rock Engineering: Fractured Rock MassesRock masses can be defined as made of intact rock blocks and discontinuities (joints, faults, etc…). It is the presence of those weak features that determine the overall hydro-mechanical response of the rock mass that engineers observe in the field. Therefore, to correctly engineer any structure in rock, we cannot relay only on the mechanical properties of the intact rock, but we need to be able to properly understand the role that fractures play on the overall behaviour that we observe, and how to account for them during the different phases of the rock engineering design.
This course will try to address this specific issue by presenting the latest scientific discoveries and engineering approaches in the field. It will also present students with innovative methodologies for the quantification of fracture shear strength, rock mass mapping, and rock mass modeling tools such as the Combined Finite-Discrete Element Method for simulating damage and fracture in geomaterials. | Prof. Giovanni Grasselli | Fall 2020 | Tuesday | 13:00 | 16:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1498H
GradList | Specials Studies in Civil Engineering: Rock Reinforcement and SupportThis course addresses the fundamentals and practical considerations of reinforcement and support for surface and underground excavations in rock. Topics covered include: Rock mass behaviour and failure mechanisms; Ground support elements and specifications; Ground support "action" and "reaction"; Ground support practice; Data required for support system design; Approaches to ground support design: analytical, empirical, numerical modelling, probabilistic; Monitoring of reinforcement and support; Case studies.
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Special studies courses are offered when a Professor is available to instruct on a new or unusual topic. Each topic offered constitutes one normal half-course. Special studies course codes may be taken more than once provided that the topic is different each time. | x | Not offered 2020-2021 | | | | | |
CIV1498H
GradList | | Prof. Mason Ghafghazi | Fall 2020 | Friday | 1200 | 1500 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1498H
GradList | Special Studies in Civil Engineering – Introduction to Data Science for Civil and Mineral EngineersData Science is redefining how people and organizations solve challenging problems and has become an essential skill for engineers in the 21st-century. This intermediate-level class bridges between APS106 (Fundamentals of Computer Programming) and CME263 (Probability Theory for Civil and Mineral Engineers) and upper-level machine learning, computer science and statistics courses. In this course, we explore key areas of Data Science including question formulation, data collection and cleaning, visualization, and applied machine learning. All lessons are taught with Python code and a strong emphasis is placed on the development of a solid foundation in programming. This course touches on a range of topics from visualization to machine learning which we believe serves to enhance the learning experience for students by allowing them to gain an appreciation for the close interplay between these topics.
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Special studies courses are offered when a professor is available to instruct on a new or unusual topic. Each topic offered constitutes one normal half-course. Special studies course codes may be taken more than once provided that the topic is different each time. | Prof. Sebastian Goodfellow | *NEW*
Winter 2020 | Tuesday & Thursday (TUT) | 12:00
(T & R) | 14:00 (T), 13:00 (R) | Online delivery | LEC 9301 SYNC
TUT 9301 SYNC |
CIV1498H
GradList | Special Studies in Civil Engineering: Reliability-based Design in Rock EngineeringModern engineering design codes embrace reliability-based design, and this philosophy is being introduced into geotechnical engineering. However, the application of RBD to rock engineering is not straightforward. This course presents the latest understanding and developments in RBD for rock engineering, and covers the following topics: rationale for RBD; computing the probability of failure; simple examples of RBD; application of FORM to rock engineering problems; the problem of limited data; the problem of non-probabilistic uncertainty. Course delivery is via lectures, directed reading and problem-solving.
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Special studies courses are offered when a Professor is available to instruct on a new or unusual topic. Each topic offered constitutes one normal half-course. Special studies course codes may be taken more than once provided that the topic is different each time. | John Harrison | *NOT OFFERED*
Winter 2021
- May be offered Summer 2021. If interested, please email civ.gradprograms@utoronto.ca | Wednesday | 10:00 | 12:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9201 SYNC |
CIV1499H
GradList | Special Studies in Civil Engineering - Mining and GeomechanicsSpecial studies courses are offered when a professor is available to instruct on a new or unusual topic. Each topic offered constitutes one normal half-course. Special studies course codes may be taken more than once provided that the topic is different each time.
Rock Fracture Dynamics and Induced Seismicity: Experimental Methods
Fractures play a major role in the strength and behaviour of materials at all scales from global earthquakes in rock to grain scale microcracks within individual crystals. Mechanically, cracks make materials more compliant and influence fluid flow. A key consequence of fractures (both density and alignment) is their significant influence upon elastic wave velocity and the development of anisotropy in materials. This course will focus on the experimental imaging of microcracks and fractures in rock and rock like materials using a combination of rock-mechanical and geophysical methods. Induced Seismicity is both a monitoring tool and a hazard and its causes and utilization for engineering the subsurface will be analyzed. Case studies of hydraulic fracturing, waste water injection, deep geological disposal of radioactive waste and mining- induced seismicity will be studied.
The lectures will provide a framework for the geophysical interpretation of fractured materials and induced seismicity. The main focus of the course will be to conduct laboratory-controlled experiments to measure the effect of fractures on the strength and behavior of rock, under simulated earth-like and engineering conditions and interpret the results. | | Not offered 2020-2021 | | | | | |
CIV1499H
GradList | | | Not offered 2020-2021 | | | | | |
CIV1499H
GradList | | | Changed to CME500 | | | | | 0707 |
CIV1499H
GradList | Special Studies in Civil Engineering: Engineering Rock MechanicsThis course is aimed at students who have studied soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering at undergraduate level, and who wish to expand their knowledge to include rock mechanics and rock engineering. The course covers fundamental components of rock mechanics (in situ stress, discontinuities, intact rock, rock masses, heterogeneity) before moving on to rock engineering topics (rock excavation and stabilisation, foundations and slopes, underground excavations). Course delivery is via lectures, tutorials, and laboratory sessions.
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Special studies courses are offered when a Professor is available to instruct on a new or unusual topic. Each topic offered constitutes one normal half-course. Special studies course codes may be taken more than once provided that the topic is different each time. | John Harrison | Fall 2020 | Monday, Wednesday & Friday | 15:00 (M), 9:00 (W), 9:00 (F) & 10:00 (F) | 18:00 (M), 11:00 (W), 10:00 (F) & 11:00 (F) | Online delivery
| LEC 9101 SYNC,
PRA 9101 SYNC,
TUT 9101 SYNC |
CIV1499H
GradList | Special Studies in Civil Engineering: Geotechnical Earthquake EngineeringSpecial studies courses are offered when a professor is available to instruct on a new or unusual topic. Each topic offered constitutes one normal half-course. Special studies course codes may be taken more than once provided that the topic is different each time.
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Students will learn about the physical processes that cause earthquakes and how they are used to quantify the effects of earthquakes on built environment. Basic dynamics concepts will be introduced and used to understand how site effects influence the load transferred to structures. Liquefaction will be introduced as a primary source of earthquake-induced damaged to all types of structures and various methods of assessing its potential and consequences will be studied. This course is a necessity for anyone working in geotechnical engineering concerning seismically active parts of the world, and useful to those in earthquake structural engineering area. | Prof. Mason Ghafghazi | Fall 2020 | Thursday | 14:00 | 17:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9102 SYNC |
CIV1499H
GradList | Special Studies in Civil Engineering - Mining and GeomechanicsSpecial studies courses are offered when a professor is available to instruct on a new or unusual topic. Each topic offered constitutes one normal half-course. Special studies course codes may be taken more than once provided that the topic is different each time. | Prof. Kamran Esmaeili | Winter 2021 | Friday | 14:00
(changed from 10:00-13:00) | 17:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1499H
GradList | Special Studies in Civil Engineering - Applications of Urban Geology in Civil EngineeringThis course will provide students with the foundation for an understanding of geology as it applies to civil / geotechnical engineering in urban areas. Topics include the role and importance of geology in civil / geotechnical engineering practice, including glacial geology and landforms, hydrogeology, urban geology of Canadian cities and case studies with practical applications. This course will not address mining, mineral or rock engineering. | David Staseff | Winter 2021 | Tuesday | 17:00 | 20:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9401 SYNC |
CIV1499H
GradList | | Prof. John Hadjigeorgiou | Winter 2021 | Monday | 9:00 | 11:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9301 SYNC |
CIV1504H
GradList | Applied Probability and Statistics in Civil EngineeringA lecture and tutorial course designed to build on the prerequisite introduction to probability in the form of applied probability and statistics with emphasis on techniques appropriate for investigating the random behaviour of complex civil engineering systems. Topics include: a review of probability theory; extreme value distributions; engineering reliability; conditional distributions; applications of common probability models; parameter estimation and confidence intervals; significance testing; elementary Bayesian analysis; simple stochastic processes.
Prerequisite: CIV263H1 or equivalent. | Prof. Khandker Nurul Habib | Fall 2020 | Wednesday | 10:00 | 12:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1505H
GradList | Transportation Research SeminarsThis is a credit/non-credit seminar series that is mandatory for research students in the Transportation Research Group. This course does not count toward program course requirements. Talk to your supervisor for more information on how this course fits into your program. | Prof. Marianne Hatzopoulou | Fall 2020 | Friday | 11:00 | 12:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1505H
GradList | Transportation Research SeminarsThis is a credit/non-credit seminar series that is mandatory for research students in the Transportation Research Group. This course does not count toward program course requirements. Talk to your supervisor for more information on how this course fits into your program. | Prof. Marianne Hatzopoulou | Winter 2021 | Friday | 12:00 | 13:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1506H
GradList | Freight Transportation and ITS ApplicationsEfficient movement of freight is crucial for national economic viability. This course introduces the structure of the freight industry and relates it to business logistics and planning of supply chains. Planning of freight services at the strategic, tactical, and operational levels is presented and models of international, inter-city, and urban freight movements are introduced. Shipper behavior related to mode choice, carrier selection, adoption of 3-PL and information technology options is considered. The course also introduces the role of advanced technologies (ITS) in improving freight operations, and the implications of e-commerce on planning of freight services. The course concludes by providing an overview of policy issues, data sources and needs, and the particularities of the Canadian freight transportation context. | Prof. Matthew Roorda | Winter 2021 | Monday | 9:00 | 11:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1508H
GradList | Airport Planning and EngineeringThe objective of this course is to provide an overview of the planning, design and operation of the airport component of a modern air/highway inter-modal transportation system including airside, terminal and groundside elements. Students will be introduced to current trends in the air transportation industry as these impact on air travel demand and the requirement for airport facilities and services. Aviation demand forecasting and management will be studied, as will aircraft and passenger characteristics. A central focus of the course will be airfield (runways and taxiways) and terminal design, both passenger and cargo. While Canadian standards will be used in all design examples and exercises, these are generally compatible with ICAO recommended practices and the analytic methods broadly applicable elsewhere. Case Studies will draw heavily on the current Master Plan being developed for Pickering Airport and the ongoing development program at Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport. The course will conclude with a brief look at the critical environmental issues facing airports, particularly noise and water pollution, and at airport economics and finance. | Naren Doshi | Fall 2020 | Tuesday | 12:00 | 14:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1532H
GradList | Fundamentals of ITS and Traffic ManagementThis course focuses on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) with emphasis on Advanced Traffic Control and Management Systems (ATMS) and applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in ATMS. Topics include:
- Overview and Introduction to ITS
- Traffic Flow Modeling for ITS: Macroscopic, Microscopic and Mesoscopic
- Transportation Networks Modeling and Traffic Assignment
- Genetic Algorithms (GA) for Optimization (Artificial Intelligence Part I)
- Applications of GA: Emergency Evacuation Optimization, Origin-Destination Estimation, Dynamic Congestion Pricing
- Artificial Neural Networks (Artificial Intelligence Part II)
- Applications of NN: Automated Incident Detection (AID), Short-Term Traffic Flow Forecasting,
- Traffic Control and Optimization Theoretical Primer
- Reinforcement Learning (Artificial Intelligence Part III)
- Introduction to Deep Learning (Deep NN + RL)
- Freeway Traffic Control and Optimization
- Street Traffic Control and Optimization
- Other Research Topics (time permitting), e.g. Modelling and Exploiting Vehicle Automation and Connectivity for 21s Century Traffic Control.
Prerequisite: CIV332H1. | Prof. Baher Abdulhai | Fall 2020 | Wednesday & Thursday | 14:00(W) & 12:00(R) | 16:00(W) & 14:00(R) | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1535H
GradList | Transportation and DevelopmentThe land use - transportation interaction is the focus of this course. Basic concepts underlying urban spatial processes are introduced. Land use forecasting models used to project future land use (principally population and employment distributions) for input into transportation planning studies are presented. Models reviewed include the Lowry Model, econometric-based models and urban simulation techniques. The remainder of the course deals with the qualitative and quantitative assessment of impacts of major transportation facilities on land use patterns. A term project dealing with the analysis of the impact of a current transportation proposal within the Greater Toronto Area on adjacent land use constitutes an important component of the course work.
Prerequisite: CIV531H | Prof. Eric Miller | Winter 2021 | Thursday | 10:00 | 12:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1536H
GradList | | Prof. Marianne Hatzopoulou | Summer 2021
Dates: May 3 to June 3
Add Deadline: Thursday, May 6
Drop Deadline: Friday May 14
| Tuesday, Wednesdays, Thursday | 13:00 | 15:00 | Virtual Synchronous | 0101 |
CIV1538H
GradList | Transportation Demand AnalysisThis course deals with the quantitative analysis and modeling of transportation demand for planning purposes. The course principally deals with urban passenger demand, but an introduction to freight and intercity travel demand is also provided. A theoretical framework for the study of transportation demand is developed from basic micro-economic principles of consumer behaviour. The primary modeling approaches considered are: disaggregate choice models; entropy-based models, and an introduction to the activity-based approach to travel demand modeling. An understanding of the theory of the demand for transportation is coupled with practical experience in the specification, estimation, and use of transportation demand models.
Prerequisites: CIV531H1, CIV1504H. | Prof. Khandker Nurul Habib | Winter 2021 | Tuesday | 10:00 | 12:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1598H
GradList | Special Studies in Civil Engineering - Transportation: Urban Operations ResearchSpecial studies courses are offered when a Professor is available to instruct on a new or unusual topic. Each topic offered constitutes one normal half-course. Special studies course codes may be taken more than once provided that the topic is different each time.
This course focuses on quantitative methods and techniques for the analysis and modelling of urban transportation systems. Major topics include probabilistic modelling, queuing models of transport operations, network models, and simulation of transportation systems. The application of these methods to modelling various components of the transportation system (including road, transit and pedestrian facilities) is emphasized in this course. | Prof. Amer Shalaby | Fall 2020 | Monday, Tuesday & Thursday
| 15:00 (M TUT) & 12:00 (T) & 9:00 (R)
| 17:00 (M TUT) & 14:00 (T) & 10:00 (R)
| Online delivery
| TUT 9101 SYNC
LEC 9101 SYNC
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CME185H | Earth Systems ScienceThis course introduces students to the basic earth sciences with an emphasis on understanding the impact of humans on the natural earth systems. Beginning with a study of the lithosphere, principles of physical geology will be examined including the evolution and internal structure of the earth, dynamic processes that affect the earth, formation of minerals and rocks and soil, ore bodies and fossil- energy sources. Next, the biosphere will be studied, including the basic concepts of ecology including systems ecology and biogeochemical cycles. The influence of humans and the built environment on these natural systems will also be examined with a view to identifying more sustainable engineering practices. Finally, students will study the oceans and the atmosphere and the physical, chemical and thermodynamic processes involved in climate change.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Karl Peterson | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CME210H | Solid Mechanics IAn introduction to the mechanics of deformable bodies. General biaxial and triaxial stress conditions in continua are studied, as are elastic stress, strain and deformation relations for members subjected to axial load, bending and shear. Properties of plane sections, moment-area theorems for calculating deflection, and Mohr’s circle representation of stress and of moment of inertia are examined, followed by a look at stability.
Prerequisite: CIV100H1/CIV101H1, MAT186H1, MAT187H1.
Exclusion: CIV210H1.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Shamim Sheikh | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CME261H | Engineering Mathematics IThis course deals with both numerical methods for engineering analysis (solution of linear and non-linear equations, interpolation, numerical integration) and advanced topics in analytical calculus (multiple integrals and vector analysis). Within the numerical methods portion of the course emphasis is placed on problem formulation, solution algorithm design and programming applications. Within the analytical calculus portion emphasis is placed on the mathematical foundations of engineering practice and the interrelationship between analytical and numerical solution methods.
Prerequisite: MAT188H1, MAT187H1.
Exclusion: CIV261H1.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Marianne Hatzopoulou | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CME262H | Engineering Mathematics IIThis course continues the study of numerical and analytical methods for civil engineering analysis. Analytical and numerical methods for solving ordinary differential equations are treated in some detail, followed by numerical solution methods for partial differential equations. The final major topic of the course deals with an introduction to optimization. Emphasis is placed throughout the course on problem formulation, solution algorithm design and programming applications.
Exclusion: CIV362H1.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Oh-Sung Kwon | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CME263H | Probability Theory for Civil and Mineral EngineersProbability theory as the study of random phenomena in Civil and Mineral Engineering systems, including the definition of probability, conditional probability, Bayes’ theorem in discrete and continuous sample spaces. Common single and multivariate distributions. Mathematical expectation including mean and variance. Independence. An introduction to realizations of probability models and parameter estimation.
Exclusion: CIV263H1.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Amer Shalaby | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CME270H | Fluid Mechanics IFluid and flow characteristics, applications, dimensions and units. Fluid statics. One-dimensional flow including conservation of mass, energy and momentum. Introduction to dimensional analysis and similitude, laminar and turbulent flow, boundary layer concept, and flow about immersed objects. Calculation of flow in closed conduits and open channels.
Exclusion: CIV270H1.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Ron Hofmann | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CME321H | Geotechnical Engineering IAn introduction to elements of geotechnical analysis and design. Shear strength at constant volume; ultimate limit state design of retaining walls, shored excavations, rafts, strip and spread footings, and piles and caissons. Compaction of granular soil; engineered fills for earth dams, roads, and backfills. Consolidation of fine grained soil; construction preloads and ultimate settlement predictions. Permeability, seepage analysis, and internal stability of granular soil; internal hydraulic design of coffer dams and zoned earth dams; construction dewatering. Site investigation and monitoring techniques in support of geotechnical design. Laboratories for unconfined compression, direct shear, groundwater flow models, and reinforced earth models.
Prerequisite: CIV270H1/CME270H1, CIV210H1/CME210H1.
Exclusion: CIV321H1.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Murray Grabinsky | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CME358H | Survey CAMP (Civil and Mineral Practicals)This two-week August field camp provides students with the opportunity to further their understanding of the vital interactions between the natural and the built environments. Through fieldwork, students gain hands-on experience in the use of various field instruments used by Civil and Mineral Engineers. The essentials of land surveying and the use of surveying instruments including Global Positioning Systems are taught as students carry out a series of field exercises that include route surveys, topographic surveys and construction surveys. Survey calculations, sources of error, corrections and adjustments are also introduced. In order to better understand our impact on the natural environment, students also perform several additional exercises. These may include the measurement of river flows, remote sensing of soil and rock, remediation of a borrow pit, and the evaluation of the renewable energy potential of the wind and solar radiation. Note: This course requires payment of an extra fee for room and board.
Additional course details.
Exclusion: CIV358H1.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Various | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CME368H | Engineering Economics and Decision MakingThe incorporation of economic and non-monetary considerations for making decision about public and private sector engineering systems in urban and other contexts. Topics include rational decision making; cost concepts; time value of money and engineering economics; microeconomic concepts; treatment of risk and uncertainty; and public project evaluation techniques incorporating social and environmental impacts including benefit cost analysis and multi-objective analysis.
Exclusion: CIV368H1.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. Daniel Posen | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CME499H/Y | Individual ProjectIndividual Projects are arranged between the student and a supervising faculty member. The individual project can have either a design project focus or a research focus. If the focus is on design then the design project can be either motivated by the CIV498H1 Group Design Project and MIN466 Mineral Project Design experience, or it can be entirely new. The student’s work must culminate in a final design report or a thesis, as well as an oral presentation. The grading of both the final written submission as well as the oral presentation is carried out by the supervising faculty member. The Individual Project may be undertaken only once, either in the Fall (F) or Winter (S) Session (0.5 weight), or as a full year (Y) course (1.0 weight).
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | | Fall 2020, Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CME500H | Fundamentals of Acid Rock DrainageGeochemistry of acid rock / acid mine drainage (ARD/AMD) which covers the role of bacteria in generating this global mining pollution issue and how mines currently treat and attempt to prevent it. An introduction to the underlying chemical reactions involved, the role of microbes in these processes and the mitigation and treatment strategies currently available.
* Course offering pending Faculty Council approval for 2018-19 academic year.
Prerequisite: APS110H1/CHE112H1 or equivalent. | Prof. Lesley Warren | - | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
CME525H1 | Tunneling and Urban ExcavationIntroduces fundamental concepts of underground tunneling and its impact on surrounding urban environment. Topics: role of geology on the choice of tunneling methodology; classical and mechanized tunneling excavation methods; interaction between tunnel and surrounding structures; tunnel support methodologies; innovation and current research in tunneling and underground construction.
| | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
MIN225H | Introduction to the Resource IndustriesThis course introduces the global resource industries in three parts. In Module 1, students learn about mineral resources in the economy, the origin of ore deposits, mineral exploration and processing techniques, land ownership and environmental issues. Engineering applications are emphasized. Exploration and development topics are investigated. Module 2 presents an introduction to modern mining engineering. The basics of both surface (open pit) and sub-surface mining is covered. Module 3 presents an introduction on the processing of mineral resources into metals. The course helps to develop communication skills through student presentations on current issues in the industry and through training in technical communications by faculty from the Engineering Communications Program. Training for AutoCad and an extensive communications module are provided in the laboratory section. Students will participate in a field trip to an operating mine.
Only students enrolled in the Lassonde Mineral Engineering program are eligible to participate in the 2nd year field trip.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. John Hadjigeorgiou | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
MIN250H | Surface MiningOperational aspects of open pit mine design and mine planning. Topics will include: open pit design and pit optimization; long term and short term planning considerations; materials handling; equipment selection and optimization; industrial minerals production; mine safety and mine regulations; mining and the environment; mine personnel organization; ethics and professional issues. Pit dewatering, the location and stability of waste dumps and an examination of equipment cost and production statistics are also included.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | TBA | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
MIN301H | Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource EstimationIntroduction to Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Estimation is an advanced level course that focuses on the stages of a mineral resource and mineral reserve estimation program from assembling the database through to reporting under industry guidelines. Major course topics include: statistical analysis of sampling data, geologic interpretation and deposit models; mineral resources estimation approaches and methods, mineral reserve estimation, classification of resources and reserves, and reporting under regulatory standards and industry guidelines for professional practice.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | TBA | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
MIN320H | Explosives and Fragmentation in MiningEfficient drilling and blasting is important to successful mining in rock formations. This course studies the planning, design, and economics of rock blasting for a full range of surface and underground, mining and construction projects. Emphasis will be on optimization of fragmentation using blast geometry and those variables available to the field engineer. This course covers the selection of modern industrial explosives, their history, physical properties, and safe handling, including an introduction to the theory of detonation, and rock response. Safety procedures in storage and transportation will be studied along with the monitoring and control of blast side effects. A field trip is associated with this course.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. John Harrison | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
MIN329H | Engineering Rock MechanicsThis course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of rock mechanics and their application to rock engineering. The following rock mechanics topics are covered: stress and strain; in situ stress; intact rock strength; discontinuity geometry, strength and stiffness; rock mass behavious; anisotropy, heterogeneity and the size effect; rock mass classifcation schemes. Rock engineering topics include: rock excavation; rock stabilisation; instability mechanisms in foundationas and slopes; rock slope design methods; underground openings in discontinuous and continuous rocks; rock-support interaction; synopsis of numerical methods. Associated laboratory sessions involve stress measurement, core logging, compressive strength determination and index testing.
Exclusion: CIV529H1.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Prof. John Harrison | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
MIN330H | Mining Environmental ManagementThis course provides an overview of the major aspects of mining environmental management from exploration, through design and development of the property, into operation, and final closure implementation. An applied approach is taken utilizing case studies and examples where possible. Participation and discussion is an integral part of the course. Topics include sustainable development, environmental impacts, designing for mitigation, environmental management systems and reclamation.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Ian Horne and Michel Julien | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
MIN351H | Underground MiningOperational aspects of underground mine design and mine planning. Topics will include: underground mining methods for hard and soft rock; shaft sinking, hoisting and materials handling; equipment selection and optimization; mine safety and mine regulations; mine personnel organization; ethics and professional issues. Development and production costs associated with mining are an inherent aspect of this course.
Exclusion: MIN350H1.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | TBA | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
MIN400H | Geology Field Camp for EngineersAt Geology Field Camp, students will learn to incorporate geological observations into their engineering data sets. The course will focus on the recognition of rock types in the field, mapping of geological structures related to mineralization of potential economic importance, and field measurement techniques for obtaining rock engineering data. Students will learn how to make geological observations that are of critical importance to their success as mineral engineers, and to foster a sense of excitement and curiosity about the rocks that form the physical environment within which they will work as professionals. The course will be taught in the Sudbury region where there are several operating mines, numerous excellent field exposures of rocks related to the formation of the impact-related Sudbury structure, inexpensive accommodations, as well as unrelated older rock sequences typical of Archean greenstone belts where much of Canada's mineral exploration takes place. Students attend the two week Geology Field Camp prior to the start of Fourth Year Fall Session.
Prerequisite: GLG207H1, GLG345H1, MIN429H1.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Roger Moss | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
MIN450H | Mineral EconomicsCourse covers the evaluation of mineral projects, mining operations, and mining companies. Topics will include: discounted cash flow techniques including net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), net asset value (NAV); feasibility studies and due diligence reports; reserves and resources, data sources; metal prices and markets; cash flow modeling including revenue calculations, capital and operating costs, taxes, depreciation, inflation; risk and risk assessment, discount rates, red flags, checklists; financing. Guest lectures will provide industry insights into financing, fund raising, consulting, project control, and evaluation. There are two assignments: review of an annual report; due diligence report and net asset value calculation.
Prerequisite: CIV368H1/CME368H1.
View full course description in the Engineering Undergrad Academic Calendar. | Indi Gopinathan | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
MIN466H | | Dave Eden | Fall 2020 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
MIN467H | | Dave Eden | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
MIN470H | | TBC | Winter 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |
MIN511H | | Prof. Murray Grabinsky | Fall 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |