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Structural Engineering program

Structural Engineering program

2021-11-01
  • Program Description
  • Career Prospects
  • Program Objectives
  • Courses
  • Program Study Plan

Program Description

The program aims to supply the students with the advanced concepts of structure design, quality control of construction material and basics of site investigation. Student will learn the main criteria of design of main concrete and steel structures. The program aims to provide skills of laboratory, office and site engineer in term of preparation of specifications, project schedule, design, quality control plan, and construction supervision process. Student will have basics of design of steel bridges, concrete bridges, special concrete and steel structures, different types of foundation, shoring system, irrigation structures, and highway roads according to recent design codes versions. Management of project recourses, risk, safety is essential knowledge for structure engineers. The program main goal is to share in the urban development of Egypt, by graduating highly skill structure engineers.

Career Prospects

Structure engineers have versatile opportunities in design companies, construction companies, consulting firms, research entities and educational institutes or other similar organizations. Possible jobs are design engineer, field engineer, construction developer, research assistant, quality engineer, and technical sales engineer.

Program Objectives

In addition to the competences for all Engineering Programs (A-Level) and the competencies for the Civil Discipline (B-Level), the Structural Engineering Program graduate must be able to (C-Level):

  • * C1: Identify principles in the advanced structural analysis, finite element analysis, and earthquake engineering.
  • * C2: Identify principles in structure analysis programming and dynamic analysis of structures.
  • * C3: Design special concrete structures and prestressed concrete structures.
  • * C4: Design special steel structures and strengthening of structures with essential repairs.
  • * C5: Design different types of structure foundations and different shoring systems.
  • * C6: Consider knowledge of construction techniques, insulation works and materials of special concrete types.
  • * C7: Demonstrate knowledge in the fields of management project resources, risk, safety and legal issues in construction.
  • * C8: Demonstrate knowledge in the fields of composite structure, ground improvement and geotechnical engineering using computer.
  • * C9: Demonstrate knowledge in the fields of masonry structures, steel plated structures, steel structures construction and space steel structures.
  • * C10: Plan and design irrigation and drainage systems, hydraulic networks, sustainable drainage systems and pump stations.
  • * C11: Plan and design of roads and highways, railways, transport systems, traffic management systems, and produce civil drawings.
  • * C12: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of water and Wastewater networks and treatment facilities and assess environmental impact of Utilities and Infrastructure engineering projects.

Courses

In order to get a Bachelor of Science Degree in this program, and to satisfy the Program Competences, the following set of courses need to be completed.

Table 24 List of Structural Engineering Program Requirements courses.

Code Course Title Credits and SWL Contact Hours
CH ECTS SWL Lec Tut Lab TT
University Requirements Courses 14 21 525 14 8 0 22
Faculty Requirements Courses 42 92 2300 36 25 14 75
General Civil Engineering Requirements Courses 68 116 2900 55 39 13 107
CES311s Structural Analysis (3) 3 5 125 2 2 0 4
CES312s Structural Dynamics 3 5 125 2 2 0 4
CES362s Foundation Engineering (1) 3 5 125 2 2 0 4
CES411s Advanced Structural Analysis 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CES421s Design of Prestressed Concrete and Bridges 3 5 125 2 2 0 4
CES422s Special Topics in Concrete Design 3 5 125 2 2 0 4
CES441s Design of Steel Bridges (1) 3 5 125 2 2 0 4
CES442s Design of Steel Bridges (2) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CES451s Repair and Strengthening of Structures 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CES461s Foundation Engineering (2) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CES471s Construction Project Management 3 5 125 2 2 0 4
CEI333s Design of Irrigation Structures 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CEP322s Transportation and Roads Engineering 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CEP352s Sanitary Engineering 3 5 125 2 2 0 4
Structural Engineering Group A Elective Course (1) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
Structural Engineering Group B Elective Course (2) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
Structural Engineering Group C Elective Course (3) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CES491s Structural Engineering Graduation Project (1) 2 5 125 0 4 0 4
CES492s Structural Engineering Graduation Project (2) 4 10 250 0 8 0 8
Total 172 320 8000 139 109 27 275
Structural Engineering Group A Elective
CES313s Computer Aided Structural Design 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CES323s Construction Techniques 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CES343s Behavior of Steel Structures 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CES351s Advanced Composite Materials 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CES363s Geotechnical Site Characterization 2     2 1 0 3
CES371s Management of Project Resources 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
Structural Engineering Group B Elective
CES412s Finite Element Method 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CES413s Earthquake Engineering 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CES414s Dynamic Floor Vibrations 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CES423s Design of Concrete Bridges 2 3 75 2 1 0 3
CES424s Masonry Structures 2 3 75 2 1 0 3
CES443s Steel Plated Structures 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CES444s Construction of Steel Structures 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
Structural Engineering Group C Elective
CES452s Special Types of Concrete 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CES453s Sustainability of Construction and Building Physics 2 3 75 2 1 0 3
CES462s Ground Improvement 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CES463s Computer Application in Geotechnical Engineering 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CES472s Risk and Safety Management 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
CES473s Construction Contracts and Cost Estimation 2 4 100 2 1 0 3
Total 172 320 8000 139 109 27 275

Program Study Plan

Code Course Title Credits and SWL Contact Hours Prerequisites
CH ECTS SWL Lec Tut Lab TT
Semester 1
PHM012 Mathematics (1) 3 5 125 3 2 0 5  
PHM021 Vibration and Waves 3 5 125 3 1 1 5  
PHM031 Statics 3 5 125 2 2 1 5  
MDP011s Engineering Drawing 3 6 150 1 3 2 6  
PHM041 Engineering Chemistry 3 5 125 2 1 2 5  
CSE031s Computing in Engineering 2 4 100 2 0 0 2  
Total 17 30 750 13 9 6 28  
Semester 2
PHM013 Mathematics (2) 3 5 125 3 2 0 5 ( PHM012 )
PHM022 Electricity and Magnetism 3 5 125 3 1 1 5  
PHM032 Dynamics 3 5 125 2 2 1 5 ( PHM031 )
CEP011s Projection and Engineering Graphics 3 6 150 1 3 2 6  
MDP081s Production Engineering 3 5 125 2 0 3 5  
ENG011s Fundamentals of Engineering 2 4 100 2 1 0 3  
Total 17 30 750 13 9 7 29  
Semester 3
ASU112s Report Writing & Communication skills 3 4 100 2 2 0 4  
ASU113s Professional Ethics and Legislations 3 4 100 2 2 0 4  
PHM111 Probability and Statistics 2 4 100 2 2 0 4 ( PHM013 )
CES111s Structural Mechanics (1) 4 6 150 3 2 0 5 ( PHM031 OR PHM031s )
CES151s Structures and Properties of Construction Materials 2 4 100 2 1 1 4 ( PHM031 OR PHM031s )
CEI111s Fluid Mechanics 2 4 100 2 1 1 4 ( PHM031 OR PHM031s )
CEP111s Plane Surveying (1) 2 4 100 2 1 1 4  
Total 18 30 750 15 11 3 29  
Semester 4
PHM112 Differential Equations and Numerical Analysis 4 6 150 3 2 0 5 ( PHM013 )
CES112s Structural Mechanics (2) 4 6 150 3 2 0 5 ( CES111 )
CES152s Properties and Testing of Materials 2 4 100 2 1 1 4 ( CES151 )
CEI112s Hydraulics (1) 2 4 100 2 1 1 4 ( CEI111 )
CEI131s Civil Drawing 2 5 125 1 3 0 4 ( CEP011 )
CEP112s Plane Surveying (2) 3 5 125 2 1 2 5 ( CEP111 )
Asu Elective B Course 2 2 50 2 0 0 2  
Total 19 32 800 15 10 4 29  
Semester 5
CES211s Structural Analysis (1) 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES112 )
CES221s Concrete Design (1) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3 ( CES112 )
CES251s Concrete Technology (1) 3 4 100 2 2 2 6 ( CES152 )
CES261s Geology and Geotechnical Engineering 2 4 100 2 1 1 4 ( CES112 )
CEI211s Hydraulics (2) 2 4 100 2 1 1 4 ( CEI112 )
CEP211s Topographic Surveying (1) 2 5 125 2 1 1 4 ( CEP112 )
CEI261s Engineering Economics and Management 2 4 100 2 1 0 3  
Total 16 30 750 14 9 5 28  
Semester 6
CES212s Structural Analysis (2) 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES211 )
CES222s Concrete Design (2) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3 ( CES221 )
CES223s Design Principles 1 2 50 1 1 0 2 ( CES221 )
CES252s Concrete Technology (2) 3 4 100 3 1 1 5 ( CES251 )
CES262s Geotechnical Engineering (1) 2 3 75 2 1 1 4 ( CES261 )
CEI221s Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 4 5 125 3 2 0 5 ( CEI211 )
CES271s Project Management Essentials in Construction 2 4 100 2 1 0 3 ( CEI261 OR CES171 )
Total 17 27 675 15 9 2 26  
Semester 7
CES311s Structural Analysis (3) 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES212 )
CEI333s Design of Irrigation Structures 2 4 100 2 1 0 3 ( CEI131 OR CEI132 ) AND ( CEI221 OR CEI222 ) AND ( CEP211 OR CEP214 )
CEP322s Transportation and Roads Engineering 2 4 100 2 1 0 3 ( PHM111 OR PHM111s )
CES321s Design of Concrete Floors 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES222 )
CES341s Design and Behavior of steel Structures (1) 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES212 )
CES361s Geotechnical Engineering (2) 2 3 75 2 1 0 3 ( CES262 )
ASU114s Selected Topics in Contemporary Issues 2 2 50 2 0 0 2  
Total 17 28 700 14 9 0 23  
Semester 8
CES312s Structural Dynamics 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES311 )
CES362s Foundation Engineering (1) 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES361 )
Asu Elective A Course 2 3 75 2 1 0 3  
ASU111s Human Rights 2 2 50 2 1 0 3  
CES322s Design of Concrete Halls 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES321 )
CES342s Design and Behavior of steel Structures (2) 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES341 )
Structural Engineering Group A Elective Course (1) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3  
Total 18 29 725 14 11 0 25  
Semester 9
CES411s Advanced Structural Analysis 2 4 100 2 1 0 3 ( CES312 )
CES421s Design of Prestressed Concrete and Bridges 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES322 OR CES324 )
CES441s Design of Steel Bridges (1) 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES342 )
CES451s Repair and Strengthening of Structures 2 4 100 2 1 0 3 ( CES222 ) AND ( CES252 )
CES461s Foundation Engineering (2) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3 ( CES362 )
CES491s Structural Engineering Graduation Project (1) 2 5 125 0 4 0 4 ( Elect. (1) )
Structural Engineering Group B Elective Course (2) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3  
Total 16 31 775 12 12 0 24  
Semester 10
CES422s Special Topics in Concrete Design 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES421 )
CES442s Design of Steel Bridges (2) 2 4 100 2 1 0 3 ( CES441 )
CES471s Construction Project Management 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CES271 )
CEP352s Sanitary Engineering 3 5 125 2 2 0 4 ( CEI211 )
CES492s Structural Engineering Graduation Project (2) 4 10 250 0 8 0 8 ( CES491 )
- Course (3)
Total 15 29 725 8 15 0 23