|
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING -
GRADUATE
www.miami.edu/engineering
CIVIL, ARCHITECTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING - Dept.
Code: CAE
DEGREE PROGRAMS
The Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental
Engineering offers graduate programs leading to the degrees
of:
• Master of Science in Architectural Engineering
• Master of Science in Civil Engineering
• Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
The specialty areas of study in Civil Engineering include:
• structural engineering and structural materials
• environmental engineering
• water-resources engineering
The specialty areas of study in Architectural Engineering
include:
• integrated building systems
• environmental systems
In all fields of specialization, up to one-half of the required
course work for the selected degree may be taken outside of
the Department.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
All students applying to the graduate program are required
to submit GRE scores and three letters of recommendation (recommendations
not required from University of Miami graduates). Admission
criteria are described under Colleges of Engineering - Graduate
Admission Requirements.
- International students should consult the section on
admissions.
- Students who hold a bachelors degree in a field other
than their proposed major may be admitted to the graduate
program and to candidacy upon completion of appropriate
undergraduate deficiency courses, in addition to the regular
requirements for the graduate degree.
MASTER OF SCIENCE
A. Requirements for the M.S. degree are listed in this Bulletin
under Engineering and under Master’s Degree General.
B. Both a thesis option and a non-thesis option are available.
C. There is also a 5-year B.S./M.S. option available for
qualified undergraduate students enrolled within the Department.
D. The student and an advisory committee plan the students
overall program.
1. The advisory committee consists of a minimum of 3 members.
2. The chair of the committee shall be a full-time faculty
member from the CAE Department, one member must be from
outside the Department, and one member other than the chair
must be either a full-time or part-time member of the Department.
3. One of the committee members must be a member of the
Graduate Faculty.
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
A. Regulations concerning admission, course requirements,
residence requirements, qualifying and final examinations,
and dissertation are listed in this Bulletin under Engineering
and Doctor of Philosophy.
B. The student and a supervisory committee plan the students
overall program.
C. A separate dissertation committee may be formed to oversee
the progress of the dissertation but, in most instances, the
student’s supervisory committee also serves as the dissertation
committee.
D. The supervisory/dissertation committee shall be composed
of a minimum of 4 members.
1. Three members, including the chair, shall be members
of the Graduate Faculty, and one member shall be from outside
the Department.
2. A minimum of two members, including the chair of the
committee, must be full-time members from the CAE Department.
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
CIVIL/ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING
Current research activities in the Department include properties
of concrete materials, such as cellular concrete, composite
structural systems, fiber-reinforced concrete, modeling and
simulation of engineering materials, multi-scale modeling
of materials, fracture mechanics, structural steel behavior,
structural health monitoring, structural repair and rehabilitation,
energy, indoor air quality, heating, ventilating and air conditioning
(HVAC), building material emissions and sorption, air cleaning
using photocatalytic or other oxidizing technologies.
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Current research activities in the Department include water
quality studies, ground-water, surface-water, and contaminant-transport
processes, hydrologic processes, water resources planning
and management, water policy, development of new physicochemical
water and wastewater treatment processes, potable wastewater
reuse, solid and hazardous waste management, health and environmental
risk analysis, environmental/economic planning for sustainable
development, and hazardous waste remediation.
|
