Course topics include practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of shored and unshored slopes and walls of excavations, introduction of various types of shoring (wood timbers and ...

Course effectiveness was investigated through the following assessments: Traditional exams A new research-based conceptual assessment (the colorado classical mechanics/Math methods Instrument, or CCMI ...

Modeling of systems with emergent behavior. The course has two components: (1) basic and intermediate statistical mechanics, and (2) application of the course methods to a case study, chosen from ...

ME 373 is the second course in fluid mechanics for undergraduates. ME undergraduates are required to take either Thermodynamics II (ME 370) or this course as a part of the mechanical engineering ...

This 3-credit hour course explores the nature of rocks and rock masses as ... applications of the theory of elasticity in rock mechanics; viscoelasticity; rock discontinuities; hemispherical ...