CIVIL-522: Seismic engineeringThis course deals with the main aspects of seismic design and assessment of buildings including conceptual design. It covers different structural design and evaluation philosophies for new and existin
CIVIL-369: Structural stabilityAdvanced topics in structural stability; elastic & inelastic column buckling; lateral-torsional buckling of bridge/plate girders; nonlinear geometric effects; frame stability; computational formulatio
CIVIL-211: GeologyLes ingénieurs civils exercent leurs activités en constante interaction avec le sous-sol.
Le cours de géologie donne aux étudiants les bases en Géosciences nécessaires à une ingénierie bien intégrée d
ME-615: Introduction to earthquake source physicsThis course presents the classical and new approaches required to study the source mechanisms of earthquakes, combining theory and observations in a unified methodology, with a key focus on the mechan
CIVIL-435: Advanced steel designAdvanced topics in seismic steel design; bolted and welded connections; steel moment resisting frames; steel frames with concentric & eccentric bracings; capacity design; buckling-restrained bracings;
CIVIL-467: Advanced Structural DynamicsThis course covers theoretical and practical aspects of the dynamic response of linear and nonlinear structural systems in continuous and discrete time. First and second order system dynamics are used
CIVIL-706: Advanced Earthquake EngineeringThis course deals with the complex problem of seismic evaluation of existing structures; by far more complicated than for new structures. Aims are to:
- show how and why the analysis methods need impr