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 |
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.
/div> | Prof. Hannah Schell | NOT OFFERED for Winter 2021 | | | | | |
CIV1260h
GradList | | Prof. Doug Hooton | Summer 2021 | May 2021 - 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
- will be offered 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 | Asset Management: Quantitative Tools and MethodsThis is an introductory course in asset management of civil infrastructure assets with a particular focus on urban infrastructure systems. The course presents a generic framework with well defined processes for managing municipal infrastructure systems. Topics covered include asset inventory, condition assessment, valuation, risk management, performance measures, levels of service, stakeholder consultation, and municipal infrastructure finance. The use of Canadian and International case studies of asset management implementations will be used throughout the course. Guest lecturers will be invited to highlight lessons learned from asset management implementation.
| Prof. Tamer El-Diraby | Summer 2021
| TBD (Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) | 13:00 | 16:00 | Online Delivery | 0101 |
CIV1298H
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. | Dr. Tamer El-Diraby | Summer 2020
Note Course add/drop deadlines:
Add Deadline: Aug 14
Drop Deadline: Aug 19
To add this course, please contact civ.gradprograms@utoronto.ca | Dates: August 12 – 27
Schedule: Mon – Thurs from 1:00 – 4:00 pm | 13:00 | 16:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1298H
GradList | | Prof. Tamer El-Diraby | Fall 2020 | Tuesday | 13:00 | 15:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
CIV1299H
GradList | | Prof. Jiwan Thapar | Fall 2020 | Friday | 17:00 | 20:00 | Online delivery | LEC 9101 SYNC |
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 |
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 |
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 | Not offered 2020-2021 | | | | | |
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 | 10:00 | 13:00 | 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 | Not offered in 2020-2021 | | | | | 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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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. | | | | |
MIN511H | | Prof. Murray Grabinsky | Fall 2021 | Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar. | | | | |