Geotechnical Engineering

Department:

Civil and Architectural Engineering

College:

Armour College of Engineering

Degrees:

Master of Geoenvironmental Engineering

Description:

This program provides background knowledge and training to prepare students to analyze, design and construct structures, and to provide solutions to problems in geotechnical engineering and environmental geotechnics. The subjects include engineering behavior of soil and rock, geomechanics, foundations, earth support structures, dams, tunnels, slope stability, geotechnical earthquake engineering and soil dynamics, site improvement, biosynthetics, groundwater, pollutant transport, chemical behavior of soil, waste disposal facilities. Laboratory experiments and computer analyses/modeling are incorporated.

Specializations:

Civil and Architectural Engineering Certificate Programs:

Construction Management
Earthquake and Wind Engineering Design
Geoenvironmental Engineering
Infrastructure Engineering and Management
Transportation Systems Planning

Distance Learning:

http://www.distance-education.iit.edu/

Dual Degrees / Joint Degrees:

Research Facilities:

Research Facilities include laboratories devoted to concrete structures, structural models, metal structures, materials, architectural engineering, geotechnical engineering, transportation engineering, and construction engineering and management. In additional, researchers have access to the extensive on-campus facilities of the IIT Research Institute and the Argonne National Laboratory nearby. The department has its own computer lab exclusively for civil and architectural engineering students and a computer-aided engineering and design lab equipped with state-of-the-art hardware and software.

Research Areas:

Admission Requirements:

1. Cumulative undergraduate GPA minimum: 3.0/4.0

2. GRE minimum score:
MS/MAS:
For tests taken before Oct. 1, 2002: 1200 (combined)
For tests taken on or after Oct. 1, 2002: 900 (quantitative + verbal) 2.5 (analytical)
PhD:
For tests taken before Oct. 1, 2002: 1200 (combined)
For tests taken on or after Oct. 1, 2002: 1000 (quantitative + verbal) 3.0 (analytical)

3. TOEFL minimum (if required): 550/213/80 (paper based/ computer based/ internet based)

Students who have completed an accredited program in a related field or in a foreign school may be admitted on a provisional status until any deficiencies in preparation are removed.

How to apply:

Office of Graduate Admission

Departmental Website:

http://www.iit.edu/engineering/cae/

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