Our one year MSc Courses in GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING and GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING at Durham University have been particularly designed to prepare
graduates with a civil engineering background for careers in the
geotechnical, environmental and water engineering industries. There is
presently a shortage of people with these skills and recent graduates of our
courses have found employment very quickly.
For details of the courses see:
http://www.dur.ac.uk/Engineering/Postgrad/mscs.html
or contact:
Secretary, Geo-Engineering
School of Engineering
University of Durham
South Road
Durham DH1 3LE, UK
Tel: (+44/0) 191 334 2424
Fax: (+44/0) 191 334 2390
Email: [log in to unmask]
The following modules make up the programme:
SOIL MODELLING
Constitutive modelling of soils using finite element methods, Modelling of
slopes, retaining walls, foundations and tunnels.
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Site Investigation, Dams, Roads
TROPICAL & ARID SOILS
Residual & Aeolian Soils, Bonded Soils, Unsaturated Soils, Landslides and
road construction in tropical and arid environments
ROCK ENGINEERING
Rock Mechanics, Rock slopes, Underground openings in rock, Foundations on
rock
WATER ENGINEERING
Groundwater and surface water hydrology, Contract law and construction
management
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Environmental soil science, Risk assessment and in-situ remediation of
contaminated land, Water treatment, Landfill practice and waste management
GEO-ENGINEERING
Mechanics & materials, Geology, Introduction to rocks, Geophysics, Ground
improvement (different combinations are taken depending on background)
SOIL ENGINEERING
Soil mechanics, Foundations, slopes and retaining walls in soil
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Dr David Toll
University of Durham
School of Engineering
South Road
Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Tel: (+44/0) 191 334 2388
Fax: (+44/0) 191 334 2390
www: http://www.dur.ac.uk/d.g.toll
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