Geotechnical Engineering & Geomechanics
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Overview:
The graduate program in geotechnical engineering and geomechanics encompasses a broad spectrum of topics focused on the behavior of soil, rock, geosynthetics, and other porous media. Emphasis is placed on integrating engineering analyses with experimental observations to form the basis of static and dynamic designs for geotechnical engineering structures such as foundations, slopes, dams, retaining systems, pavements, and landfills.
The areas of study in Geotechnical Engineering and Geomechanics at the University of Colorado Boulder include:
Engineering Properties of Soils
Constitutive Modeling of Soils and Rocks
Groundwater and Seepage
Consolidation and Unsaturated Soil Mechanics
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake engineering
Environmental Geotechnics
Stability of Earth Structures
Rock/Soil Structure Interaction
Wave Propagation and Seismic Methods
Impacts and Vibrations
Liquefaction
Dynamic Glaciology
Soil and Rock Slope Stability
Contaminant Transport and Waste Containment Systems
Geosynthetics
Soil Reinforcement and Improvement
Centrifugal Modeling
Numerical Analysis by Finite Element, Boundary Element, and Meshless Methods
Systems Approach to Engineering Projects