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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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Program Overview
The Structures and Mechanics specialty area within Louisiana State University's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering was developed to train students in the discipline required to improve the infrastructure systems serving the State of Louisiana and the nation. This program is designed to produce graduates who are well educated in fundamental disciplines, have a sound knowledge of relevant basic engineering practices, can adapt to change, and have the vision and insight needed to implement creative and cost effective solutions to growing demands. Graduate studies in Structures and Mechanics provide the framework for a new generation of professionals who are well prepared to plan, design, build, and maintain our vital infrastructure systems far into the 21st century.Graduate students enrolled in the program come from around the country and abroad, and also from the large population of practicing engineers in the public and private sectors of Baton Rouge and the surrounding areas. These students bring with them a variety of training and work-related backgrounds, a diversity that enriches the educational environment. In addition, the seminar series coordinated by the faculty will regularly bring visiting researchers and professionals to LSU, exposing students to a variety of intellectual perspectives.Fields of Study and ResearchThe Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers a M.S. and Ph.D. degrees with specialization in Structures and Mechanics. The Departments offerings are enhanced by access to the facilities and resources of the Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC).The Master's degree is designed as a broad-based curriculum that covers all aspects of Structures and Mechanics. The Doctoral degree is designed as an in-depth specialty degree that permits students to choose specific areas of concentration to pursue at significantly greater depth.Basic Degree RequirementsThe Structures and Mechanics curriculum within the Civil and Environmental Engineering program offers both a thesis and non-thesis option for the Master's degree. Under the thesis option, the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department requires a minimum of 31 hours of approved graduate credit, where the thesis counts for a maximum of 6 hours. Under the non-thesis option, the Department requires a minimum of 37 hours of approved graduate credit, which includes 3 hours for the Master's Project. For both options, at least 12 credit hours must be taken at or above the 7000 level, and at least 12 credit hours must be in civil engineering.For the Doctor of Philosophy degree, a minimum of 54 credit hours of course work, exclusive of thesis and dissertation, beyond the B.S. degree, or 30 hours beyond the Master's degree, must be completed. Not less than 24 of the 54 credit hours of course work should be in civil engineering subjects, and at least 9 credit hours should be taken in a complementary area. At least one-half of the minimum required graduate course work must be at or above the 7000 level. In addition, the graduate student must pass a Qualifying Examination during the first semester following registration for the Ph.D. program, pass the General Examination after completion of all course work, submit an acceptable dissertation covering a significant program of original research, and pass a comprehensive Final Examination.Core Course RequirementsMS and Ph.D core course requirements for Structures: CE 4440 and CE 7405
MS and Ph.D core course requirements for Mechanics: CE 7475 and CE 7455 Major Field CoursesCE 4400 -- Principles of Steel Design
CE 4420 -- Principles of Prestressed Concrete
CE 4425 -- Wood Mechanics and Timber Design
CE 4430 -- Structural Engineering
CE 4435 -- Indeterminate Structural Analysis
CE 4440 -- Advanced Mechanics of Materials
CE 4445 -- Hurricane Engineering
CE 4450 -- Finite Element Methods
CE 7405 -- Statically Indeterminate Structures
CE 7409 -- Advanced Concrete Theory
CE 7420 -- Limit Analysis and Design
CE 7430 -- Structural Design for Dynamic Loads
CE 7440 -- Applied Elasticity
CE 7450 -- Energy Principles in Engineering Mechanics
CE 7455 -- Finite Element Method in Engineering
CE 7460 -- Theory of Plates
CE 7465 -- Design of Plate and Shell Structures
CE 7470 -- Theory of Elastic Stability
CE 7475 -- Solid Mechanics
CE 7480 -- Plasticity and Viscoelasticity : Theory and Applications
CE 7485 -- Mechanics of Composite Materials
CE 7490 -- Damage Mechanics in Metals and Metal Matrix Composites
Related Field CoursesCE 4300 -- Geotechnical Engineering II (Shallow Foundations)
CE 4310 -- Geotechnical Engineering III (Deep Foundations)
CE 7350 -- Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
CE 7670 -- Pavement Design
CE 7720 -- Numerical and Matrix Methods in Civil Engineering
CSC 4362 -- Advanced Numerical Methods
CSC 4890 -- Introduction to Theory of Computation
CSC 7001 -- Computing Principles I
CSC 7002 -- Computing Principles II
CSC 7101 -- Programming Languages Structures
CSC 7300 -- Algorithm Design and Analysis
EXST 7004 -- Experimental Statistics I
EXST 7014 -- Experimental Statistics II
EXST 7060 -- Probability and Statistics
MATH 4036 -- Complex Variables
MATH 4038 -- Mathematical Methods in Engineering
MATH 4065 -- Numerical Analysis I
MATH 4066 -- Numerical Analysis II
MATH 4340 -- Partial Differential Equations
MATH 7320 -- Ordinary Differential Equations
MATH 7350 -- Complex Analysis
ME 4173 -- Vibration of Discretized Systems
ME 4733 -- Deformation and Fracture of Engineering Materials
ME 7603 -- Advanced Experimental Methods
ME 7733 -- Flow and Fracture of SolidsArticulation CoursesMATH 1550 -- Analytic Geometry and Calculus I
MATH 1552 -- Analytic Geometry and Calculus II
MATH 2057 -- Multidimensional Calculus
MATH 2065 -- Elementary Differential Equations
CE 2200 -- Fluid Mechanics
CE 2450 -- Statics
CE 3400 -- Mechanics of Materials
CE 3415 -- Structural Analysis I
CE 4410 -- Principles of Reinforced Concrete |
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