COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Department of Civil Engineering

Degrees Offered:B.S., M.S., Ph.D

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Chair:Yang, Zon-yee

The Department

The Civil Engineering Department has an enrollment of about 800 students. The department offers courses for undergraduate students and a graduate program for advanced study. In addition to the necessary background in the field of civil engineering, the department puts emphasis on special areas for both undergraduate and graduate students; these are: Geotechnical engineering, Structural engineering, and Transportation engineering. The department offers BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in the field of Civil Engineering. For BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees, a minimum of 145, 26, and 24 credit hours are required, respectively; a thesis is required for the MS and Ph.D. degrees.

Faculty

Professors

Chang, Der-wen ; Cheng, Chii-ming ; Chu, Shi-chih; Hsu, Ting-chi ; Lee, Ying-haur ; Lin, Yuh-yi ; Yang, Zon-yee ; Wu, Jon-chen

Associate Professors

Chang, Cheng-his ; Hong, Yung-shan ; Kao, Chin-sheng ; Kuo, Juii-fang ; Liu, Ming-jen ; Wang, Jen-mu ; Wu, Cho-sen

Assistant Professors

Liao, Kuo-wei ; Tuan, Yung-ting

Degree Requirements

The Department of Civil Engineering offers two programs at the undergraduate level, namely the Division of Infrastructure and the Division of Building Business.

1. Requirements for a degree of B.Sc. in the Division of Infrastructure:
   Successful completion of 145 credits of courses, including 106 credits of required courses and 37 credits of elective civil courses.
2. Requirements for a degree of B.Sc. in the Division of Building Business :
   Successful completion of 145 credits of courses, including 111 credits of required courses and 34 credits of elective civil courses.
3. Requirements for a Master's degree in Civil Engineering: Successful completion of 30 credits of courses, including 4 credits of thesis course. Students are also required to submit a written master's thesis completed under the supervision of a faculty member and pass an oral examination.
4. Requirements for a degree of Ph.D. in Civil Engineering:
   1. Program A: Successful completion of 30 credits of courses, including 6 credits of thesis course.
   2. Program B: Successful completion of 24 credits of courses, including 6 credits of required courses and 6 credits of thesis course.

   Students are required to pass qualifying examination within the first two years and publish at least one research paper in any journal listed in Civil/Architecture Engineering Index. Students are also required to submit a written doctoral dissertation completed under the supervision of a faculty member, and pass an oral examination.

Course Descriptions

Undergraduate Courses

B0302 Economics (3/0) This course covers the art and science of economic analysis, some tools of economic analysis, market system, economic decision makers, elasticity of demand and supply, labor markets and labor unions, etc.

E0011 Soil Mechanics (3/3) A study of the mechanical behavior of engineering soils when they are sheared or compressed or when water flows through them. Topics include the nature of soil, states of stress and strain in soil.

E0023 Engineering Geology (3/0) Topics include the interrelationship between engineers and nature, the change of geological and regional structure at construction sites, classification and feature of rocks and their characteristics in mechanics and various existing activities of earth crust related to engineering design.

E0030 Engineering Drawing (1/0) The purpose of this course is to teach students how to make drawings and how to read drawings.

E0031 Graphics (0/1) Students are introduced to the three major parts of graphic science descriptive geometry (includes perspective and shadows), engineering, measuring, drawing and graphical solutions.

E0034 Engineering Mathematics (3/3) Introduces students of engineering and physics to those areas of mathematics that, from a modern point of view, seem to be the most important in connection with practical problems.

E0102 Hydrology (2/0) This course conducts a study of the science of water such as its generation, cycle, distribution, chemical/physical characteristics and interrelations with environment and biology. The emphasis is on water volume research, control and engineering hydrology facility design and application.

E0180 Mechanics of Materials (0/3) First part of this class covers the analysis and design of structure members subjected to tension, compression, torsion, and bending. Topics of the second part are the transformations of stress and strain, combined loadings and deflections of beams.

E0300 Fluid Mechanics (0/3) Students must get a "feel" for flow patterns, pressure variation and shear stress in fluid flow if they are to have a clear understanding of fluid mechanics. Topics include flow patterns, velocity, acceleration, kinematics, pressure variation in a flowing.

E0431 Advanced Strength of Materials (0/3) Contents include beam on Elastic foundation, shear center of thin-wall member, bending of curved beam, general concept of stress and strain, energy principle, torsion problem and membrane analogy, torsion in hollow thin-wall members, etc.

E0466 Dynamics (2/0) This course covers the theory and principles of dynamics in introductory mechanics. Subjects include kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies.

E0607 Matrix Structural Analysis (3/0) The displacement method of structural analysis is formulated through the principle of virtual work. Both the manual calculation and application of the computer are introduced for the analysis of truss and frame structures.

E0617 Structural Analysis (3/3) This course introduces students to the fundamental tools for analyzing member forces and deformation of structures. Structural types include beams, trusses and frames, no matter whether determinate or indeterminate.

E0665 Transportation Engineering (3/0) Introduction to transportation planning and transportation modeling; development and evaluation of transportation planning options; transportation system management; design of roadways, railways and air transportation facilities.

E0671 Engineering Application of the Computer (2/2) Students learn structured programming, which is necessary for the promotion of fully computerized operation. Topics include the methods and techniques to solve problems with computers and FORTRAN programming, etc.

E0730 Pre-stressed Concrete Design (3/0) It introduces students to the fundamental principles of pre-stressed concrete behavior and design, so that they can act effectively to optimize existing forms of construction and apply fundamental concepts with confidence in unusual and challenging situations.

E1317 Water Supply Engineering (3/0) This course covers water supply engineering and water waste engineering. Topics include water supply engineering projects, water quality, water purification, water supply system, drainage system, waste water treatment and water supply equipment, etc.

E0851 Reinforced Concrete (3/3) General design concepts in designing concrete structures are provided, with emphasis on the USD method. It serves students as a connection course from structural analysis to structural design.

E0873 Construction Management (0/3) Major topics included are contract and specification, construction planning, progress scheduling control, financial planning and cost control, material management, labor and equipment management, quality control, safety and sanitation management.

E0879 Introduction to Environmental Engineering (3/0) Topics include water pollution and control, solid waste disposal, air pollution control, public nuisance in construction, noise pollution and control, and environmental impact assessment are covered in this course.

E0918 Introduction to Construction Automation (0/2) Topics include planning and design automation, construction technique automation, construction equipment automation, construction material automation, construction management automation, smart building and industrialization of house production are covered in this course.

E0927 Sewerage Engineering (0/3) The material in this course is arranged in the logical sequence of collection, treatment and disposal. Major topics such as sewage quantities estimation, sewerage system design and construction, primary treatment, secondary treatment etc. are covered.

E0960 Surveying (2/2) This course aims to provide students with the basic concept of surveying and introduce them to practical surveying techniques generally required in engineering.

E0962 CAD/CAM (3/0) The subject of this course is computer-aided design. Class is exercise and programming oriented. The goal is to produce knowledgeable CAD users who can quickly learn a specific program within a specific environment and can utilize that program to the "limits of the envelope".

E0967 Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures (0/3) Performance of concrete and steel as structural materials and the behavior, elastic and inelastic, of reinforced-concrete members and structures; designing structures safely, economically and efficiently.

E0968 Steel Structure Design (0/3) Introduction to steel structure, tensioned member, compressed member, beam, design of beam and column, bolt jointing, welding jointing and other joint design.

E0969 Engineering Mechanics (0/3) Basic principles of solid mechanics are provided. Statistics of rigid bodies, equilibrium problems, analysis of structures, forces in beams, friction, and moments of inertia are the topics of this class.

E0998 Foundation Design (0/2) This course covers the topics of spread-foundation, retaining structures, anchor, and pile foundation. Selection of the foundation based on soil conditions and structural constraints is the first step of design.

E1034 Introduction to Computer (2/2) Introduction to computer, number system and logic algorithm, representation of data, input/output unit, memory unit, central processing unit, flow chart and program language, FORTRAN program and exercises.

E1035 Highway Engineering (0/3) Geometric design of highways: background and guidelines; practical design examples; transition curves; analysis of highway capacity in Taiwan; earthwork; application of PC-MOSS software; thickness design procedures of flexible and rigid pavements used in Taiwan.

E1177 Artificial Intelligence in Civil Engineering (0/2) This course introduces the key concept of artificial intelligence sufficient for creating simple intelligent systems in engineering. Symbolic programming language (Prolog) and rule-based systems are instructed to illustrate AI principles.

E1245 Construction Methods and Equipment (0/3) The following major topics are covered in this course: the planning process for equipment and methods, earth work and equipment, concrete work and equipment, form work, reinforcement work, foundation engineering and equipment, bridge engineering and equipment, pavement engineering and equipment etc.

E1245 Construction Methods and Equipments (2/0) This course is intended to provide a comprehensive introduction to the methods and equipments of construction. The items included are earthmoving materials and operations, excavating and lifting, loading and hauling, composting and finishing, rock excavation, production of aggregate, concrete and asphalt mixes, concrete construction, foundation engineering, bridge and tunnel constructions.

E1270 Estimating Construction Cost (3/0) Cost estimation in construction engineering is very important. Topics such as quantities calculation, analysis of labor and materials, fee rate analysis of construction equipment, typical synthetic unit price analysis and cost estimation for special construction item are covered.

E1396 Pavement Design (0/3) This course covers fundamental theories and design procedures used in pavement design. Numerous topics including pavement mechanics, traffic loading, pavement performance as well as design procedures are introduced.

E1398 Railway and Rapid Transit Engineering (0/3) Public transportation and urban development; transit classifications; vehicle characteristics and motion; analysis of travel time; rail transit modes and facilities; mass rapid transit systems in Taiwan; transit system performance; new concepts and technologies

E1678 Introduction to Structural Dynamics (0/3) Preliminary concepts on structural vibration are provided. First part: mathematical tools for vibration problems, Second part: virtual work method. Third part: The response solutions of free vibration and forced vibration.

E1799 Introduction to Urban Planning (3/0) This course begins from introducing the history and theory of urban planning in western world. Then focuses on the mechanism and varies tool used by the urban planning in Taiwan.

E2525 Strength of Materials (II) (2/0) This course is a second course for students with basic understanding on strength of materials, who want to pursue more advanced knowledge on the related subject. The subject content in this course includes "Using Discontinuity Functions to Calculate Beam Deflection", "Beams on Elastic Foundation", "Bending of Beam with Non-symmetric Cross-Section", "Shear Center of Thin-Wall Member", "Columns-Buckling Problems" and "Energy Principle".

E2427 Engineering Management (2/0) This course introduces the produce of a huge project, plan, design construction, operation and maintenance, and how to complete the project on schedule and meet the requirement within the budget.

E2474 Statistical Methods in Engineering Applications (3/0) This course helps students in understanding the basic concepts of descriptive statistics, probability distributions, parameter estimation, statistical inference and statistical methods for engineering applications. The major topics of this course include: Introduction, Descriptive Statistics, Probability Distributions, Distributions of Sampling Statistics, Parameter Estimation, Hypothesis Testing, Analysis of Variance, and Regression.

E2767 Ecological Engineering Methods (3/0) This course covers a variety of ecological engineering methods and their applications for various engineering problems. Emphasis is placed on slope renovation, retaining engineering, bank revetment, groundsill works and ecosystem in a river as well as ecological corridor.

E0006 Introduction to civil Eng. (1/0) This course intends to introduce the freshman students the majors, job marketing and the prospective related to the profession of Civil Engineering. Data and regulations of the Department of Civil Engr. at TKU are to be introduced as well as the regime of course contents designed for both division students. It is a one-credit must requirement for CE undergraduates. Students are expected to learn the contents and facts in this profession through this course. Lectures and multi-media teaching accessories are provided for effective leaning.

M0086 Introduction to Business (3/0) This is an introductory exploratory course designed for both business and non-business majors. From this course, students learn key concepts and disciplines of business and its environment, management and organization, people and production, marketing, finance, risk management, and multinational business.

M0271 Financial Management (3/0) This course analyzes the underlying theory, principles and techniques used in financial management to maximize the value of the firm. Discounted cash flow analysis, risk and return measurement, capital budgeting, the cost of capital, capital structure theory and leverage policy, dividend policy, long-term financing policy, working capital management, financial statement analysis, mergers, holding companies, and multinational financial management will be discussed.

S0251 Foundation Engineering (0/3) The science and art of applying the principles of soil and structural mechanics together with engineering judgment (the art) to solve the interfacing problem.

Master's Program

E0015 Engineering Properties of Soil (3) This is a laboratory oriented course, subjects to be studied are the formation of soils, the index properties and the hydraulic properties, compaction characteristic of soils. Consolidation behavior of soft clay and the shear strength tests are also included.

E0016 Soil Dynamics (3) This course covers two basic areas: the liquefaction of loose saturated sands and the conventional dynamics of foundations due to vibration of machines.

E0017 Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (3) Basic introductions of numerical methods and their application in geotechnical engineering. The finite difference, finite element, and boundary elements methods are also briefed in this course.

E0156 Finite Element Method (3) The finite element method is the most powerful structural analysis tool for the civil engineers. The basic formulation and programming technique are introduced. According to the same procedures, the different elements such as truss, beam, plate and shell are easily formulated.

E0422 Advanced Soil Mechanics (3) Stress distribution for various kinds of loads in the soil, strength and failure criteria of soil, consolidation characteristics of soft clay, and stability problem in the soil mechanics.

E0449 Advanced Structural Mechanics (3) This course employs both Force method and Displacement method to analyze the structure s, Sub-structure, C.S.T. element and Material nonlinear problems.

E0491 Theoretical Soil Mechanics (3) This course covers introduction of solutions to geotechnical engineering applications that are classified as stability problems. Upper bound and lower bound methods of the limit analysis are emphasized in the class.

E0608 Structural Dynamics (3) This course covers the methods for analyzing the stresses and deflections developed in any given type of structures when it is subjected to an arbitrary dynamic loading.

E0619 Structural Stability (3) Presenting concise and reasonably comprehensive introduction to the principles and theory of structural stability that are the bases for structural steel design and showing how they may be used in the solution of practical building frame design problems.

E0862 Tunnel Engineering and Design (3) This course focuses on the design and construction of soft soil and rock tunnels rare the main subjects of this course. Emphasis is placed on the stability and safety of tunnels.

E1159 Pavement Materials (3) This course discusses design and properties of modern pavement materials, including soils, aggregates, Portland cement concrete and asphalt concrete.

E1187 Rock Mechanics (3) Topics include the origin, formation, and characteristic of rock and rock joints. The index properties, engineering classification, and strength of rocks are presented in this course. Also included are the specific applications of rock mechanics for surface and underground excavations and foundations.

E1332 Expert Systems in Civil Engineering (3) Topics include: fundamentals of artificial intelligence; introduction to symbolic language and expert system shells; knowledge representation and reasoning paradigms; and object-oriented programming.

E1337 Pavement Analysis and Design (3) This course is intended to address advanced theories of pavement behavior and concepts of pavement design.

E1338 Pavement Evaluation and Rehabilitation (3) This course focuses on the concepts and techniques of pavement evaluation, and proper design of pavement maintenance and rehabilitation projects.

E1344 Special Topics and Programming in Knowledge-Based Systems (3) The emphases are on knowledge-based programming methodologies; knowledge engineering techniques; life cycle of expert systems; and alternative reasoning paradigms. Each student develops a prototype expert system for an application of his or her choice.

E1350 Wind Engineering (3) This course reviews random vibration and spectral analysis; characteristics of atmospheric boundary layer flow; bluff body aerodynamics; aero elastic phenomena-structure and flow interaction; along wind and across wind responses of high-rise buildings and slender structures; and wind tunnels.

E1367 Special Topics in Transportation Engineering (3) This course covers the consideration, analysis, and evaluation of recent transportation related innovations and developments.

E1481 Applications of Geosynthetics in Civil Engineering (3) An introductory course of geosynthetic applications, this course offers a comprehensive introduction of product-manufacturing, properties test, and design schemes.

T0102 Seminar (0/1)

Ph.D. Program

E0754 Elasticity (3) Emphasis is placed on static problems with linear material and small deformation. Many basic 2-D problems (such as plane strain and plane stress) and 3-D problems with different boundary conditions in civil engineering application will be discussed. Torsion and plate theories will be also introduced.

E1071 Method of Architecture History (2/0) The course will train the students in architecture history research strategies by exposing them discursive analysis, including figure, wrighting style, architecture style, historical view...etc.

E1142 Soil-Structure Interaction (3) This course discusses the mechanism of soil-foundation interacting behavior. Emphases are placed on the theory and analysis of foundation vibrations, dynamic soil properties and their effects on SSI as well as modeling wave propagations in the soil media due to dynamic loadings.

E1604 Constitutive Laws for Engineering Materials (3) The aim of the course includes review and description of conventional models and introduction to recent models for geologic materials. Theory of soil plasticity and its numerical implementation into computer programs are presented in the course.

E1642 Theory of Random Vibrations (3) Introduction to random vibration theory, correlation , Fourier analysis, spectral density, digital spectral analysis, statistics of narrow band processes, and Excitation-response relations for linear systems.

E1831 Structural Control (3) Concepts of structural control will be systematically presented. First Part: passive devices, application including energy dissipation devices and base-isolation devices. Second Part: basic theory for SISO control and modern control theories for MIMO system, LQR method and etc.

E1837 Advanced Pavement Analysis and Design (3) Subjects include: Functional Requirements and Performance, Pioneer Pavement Analysis, Numerical Methods of Pavement Analysis, Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) Studies, Modeling of Pavement Performance.

E1930 Earthquake Engineering (3) Presenting the theory and applications related to earthquake engineering. The broad subjects discussed in this course include earthquake response of linearly elastic and inelastic buildings, structural dynamics in building codes.

E1955 Winded Bridge Analysis (3) Concept of wind loads on bridges are flutter, buffeting, evaluation of uncoupled mode buffeting and flutter, vibration control, vortex shedding and time series simulation of wind loads.

E2111 Pavement Management System (3) This course introduces fundamental concepts and techniques of pavement management including database, prioritizing and budgeting activities on both network and project levels.

E2112 Soil Rodeology (3) This course includes soil formation and soil deposits, effective stress concept , Soil structure and soil stability ,conduction phenomena composition and engineering properties.

E2341 Green Architecture (2/0) Considering solar use from Greek era, recognizing ecology, the passive solar and the environmental consciousness in the last century, and studying the past materials will encourage the further study of the sustainable architectural designs.

E2615 Design Thinking and Cognition (2/0) Scholars working in the design psychology research field are invited to give lectures on their specific research topics based on which students could have a broader vision and varieties on their future research issues.

E2616 Environment Behavior Research (2/0) The course will be focused on the development of environment-behavior research, including epistemological, theoretical, methodological and implicational issues. Empirical studies will also be discussed in relation to each topic and issue.

E2617 Field Work Methods (0/2) The course emphasizes the use and validity of methods used in data gathering and analysis in the conduct of fieldworks. Philosophical, theoretical and operational concerns in relation to the methods will be discussed.

E2618 Seminar on Taiwan Modern Architecture & Urban Development (0/2) This course focuses on Taiwan modern architecture and urban development after world war Ⅱ, students require reading text and seminar on this course.

E2619 Planning of Urban Ecological Environment (0/2) This course discusses about theory of sustainable architecture, evaluate for green building and sustainable architecture technology regulation, and criticize the practice policy and process.

E2692 Introduction of Maintenance Engineering (0/3) This course is aimed at introducing both concepts and contents of proactive maintenance engineering. It combines various aspects of civil engineering including structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, material engineering, IT, and project management. Main topics of maintenance engineering are:

1. Facility Inventory
2. Performance Assessment- Prioritization
3. Maintenance Strategy
4. Maintenance Measurements
5. Execution of Maintenance Engineering

E2753 Graduate Seminar (1/1)

T0102 Seminar (Cross-Disciplinary Seminar) (0/2) This course is intended to establish a methodological and epistemological framework for cross-disciplinary spatial research, including socio-spatial studies, political-economic critique, cultural studies, urban planning discourses, an architectural theories. Seminar participants are expected to initiate critical issues and to lead discussions based on the reading materials and specific social/spatial phenomena observed.