Master of Engineering (Civil Engineering)

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Master of Engineering (Civil Engineering) 1. Academic Program Master of Engineering (Civil Engineering) 2. Degree Offered M. Eng. (Civil Engineering) 3. Objectives The main objectives of the Master of Engineering (Civil Engineering) Program are 1. To achieve academic excellence in the areas of civil engineering 2. To educate and train graduate students on the basis of both strong theoretical background and satisfactory performance on research work 3. To promote the cooperation in research and development with both related government and private agencies 4. Admission 4.1 Pre-qualification 4.1.1 An applicant to the program must possess a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited institution, or a Bachelor’s degree in any field from an accredited institution with a certified civil engineer license or obtain consent of the graduate admission committee. 4.1.2 An applicant must follow section 8 of the regulation of Graduate School of Thammasat University, 1998 4.2 Examination The applicant shall pass interview and/or entrance examination 5. Academic System 5.1 The M.Eng. (Civil Engineering) Program is a bi-semester Program with thesis (Plan A option), with both regular and evening programs. 5.2 The courses will be taught in Thai. 5.3 The Curriculum is divided into fields of study: a. Structural engineering b. Water resources and Environmental Engineering Both curricula consist of 42 credits. With 12 credits of required courses, 12 credits of elective coursed, and 18 credits of thesis. 5.4 To be eligible to take the comprehensive examination, the students must have completed a minimum of 12 credits of required courses, and must have a cumulative G.P.A of not less than 3.00. 5.5 The students must pass the foreign language requirement prior to defense of their thesis 5.6 To be able to register for thesis, the students must have registered for at least two regular semesters and have completed a minimum of 15 credits, a cumulative G.P.A. of at least 3.00, and pass the comprehensive examination. 5.7 Duration The students have to complete the study as follow; - For regular program: not more than 8 semesters - For evening program: not more than 14 semesters 5.8 Register for courses The Students must follow Item 11 of the regulation of Graduate School of Thammasat University, 1998. 5.9 Grading system 5.9.1 Grade is divided into 9 steps as follows; Level A AB+ B BC+ C D F Numerical 4.00 3.67 3.33 3.00 2.67 2.33 2.00 1.00 0 equivalent 5.9.2 Thesis is graded S (Satisfactory) and U (Unsatisfactory). Foreign language and comprehensive examination are graded P (Pass) and N (fail). No numerical equivalents are assigned to these grades

5.9.3

The credits that earn academic credits are only the courses that grade is not less than C and grade is S (Satisfactory)

6. Cirrulum 6.1 Total Requirements 6.2 Course Structure Required Courses Elective Courses Thesis 6.3 List of Courses Structural Engineering Required Courses CE. 601 Applied Mathematics CE. 621 Theory of Structural Mechanics CE. 622 Advanced Structural Analysis CE. 631 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design Elective Courses Students must select at least 6 credits in the field of credits from courses in other fields. CE. 615 GIS Engineering CE. 616 Positioning with GPS CE. 625 Advanced Structural Dynamics CE. 626 Finite Element method in Civil Engineering CE. 627 Experimental Structural Analysis CE. 635 Advanced Prestressed Concrete Design CE. 636 Advanced Design and Behavior of Steel Structures CE. 637 Advanced Concrete Technology CE. 645 Project Management and Planning in Civil Engineering CE. 651 Advanced Soil Mechanics CE. 652 Advanced Foundation Engineering CE. 695 Special Topic in Civil Engineering 1 CE. 696 Special Topic in Civil Engineering 2 CE. 725 Structural Stability CE. 726 Numerical Methods in Plated and Shells CE. 735 Design of Tall Buildings CE. 736 Plastic Design of Steel Structures CE. 737 Structural Optimization CE. 785 Environmental Impacts in Civil Engineering

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3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6)

Structural Engineering and the other 6 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (2 – 3 – 4) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6)

Thesis CE. 800 Thesis

18 credits

Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Require Courses CE. 671 Hydrodynamics CE. 672 Advanced Hydrology CE. 681 Physical and Chemical Processes CE. 682 Environmental Chemical and Laboratory

3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (2 – 3 – 4)

Elective Courses Students must select at least 6 credits in the field of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering and the other 6 credits from courses in other fields. CE. 645 Project Management and Planning in Civil Engineering 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) CE. 675 Groundwater 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) CE. 676 Water Resources System Engineering 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6)

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677 678 685 686 687 688 689 695 696 785

Hydraulic Design Hydrodynamic Model Treatment Process Design Environmental Microbiology Biological Processes Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes Hazardous Water Management and Remediation Special Topic in Civil Engineering 1 Special Topic in Civil Engineering 2 Environmental Impacts in Civil Engineering

Thesis CE. 800 Thesis

3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6) 3 credits (3 – 0 – 6)

18 credits

7. Degree Requirements 7.1 Complete 42 credits as prescribed in the curriculum. 7.2 Obtain a cumulative G.P.A. of at least 3.00. 7.3 Pass the comprehensive examination. 7.4 Pass the foreign language requirement. 7.5 Pass the thesis examination. 7.6 Prior to defense their thesis, abstract that is a part of their thesis or their thesis has to be accepted for publication in journal or proceeding of regular conference.

Course Description CE601 Applied Mathematics 3 credits Linear vector spaces, systems of linear equations and solutions, transformation of matrices, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, ordinary differential equations, function spaces, series solutions, transform methods, applications to civil engineering problems, and introduction to calculus of variation. CE615 GIS Engineering and Applications 3 credits GIS fundamental. Traditional and digital representation of spatial data and techniques. Basic concepts, conceptual and practical aspects and implementation of GIS. Spatial information operations and analysis. Specific skills will be developed and completed individually. Presentation of interactive demonstration is required for each group project. CE616 Positioning with GPS 3 credits GPS fundamental. Basic thoughts and scheme of GPS system. GPS time system. GPS observables. Ephemeris computation and interpolation. Atmospheric effects on GPS signals. Dilution of precision (DOP). Differential GPS. Precise point positioning (PPP). GPS computation and analysis algorithm. CE621 Theory of Structural Mechanics 3 credits Elasticity theory, stress and strain analysis, failure theories, yield criteria, energy principles, introduction to stability of structures, and applications to structural problems. CE622 Advanced Structural Analysis 3 credits Matrix analysis of structures, computer implementation, structural analysis using computer programs, solution methods, errors and accuracy, special analysis procedure, virtual work in matrix analysis, and introduction to the finite element method and nonlinear analysis. CE625 Advanced Structural Dynamics 3 credits Analysis of lumped-mass, single degree and multi-degree of freedom systems, structures with distributed mass and loads, numerical analysis by model analysis and direct time integration, and analysis of structures subjected to earthquake and wind loading.

CE626 Finite Element Method in Civil Engineering 3 credits Fundamentals of the finite element method, formulation of finite elements, numerical solution procedure, applications to problems in structural mechanics, convergence and accuracy, isoparametric elements, special procedure, and introduction to the boundary element method, and nonlinear analysis. CE627 Experimental Structural Analysis 3 credits Experimental studies of structural models and components, stress analysis, electrical strain gauge, nondestructive and partial destructive testing. CE631 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design 3 credits Behavior and strength of reinforced concrete members under various types of loading conditions, failure of reinforced concrete, basic principles and methods underlying design of reinforced concrete structures, and limit state design. CE635 Advanced Prestressed Concrete Design 3 credits Behavior of prestressed concrete members, type of prestressed concrete, working limit state, service limit state, ultimate limit state for bending and shear strength, fatigue limit state for bending and shear strength, and structural details. CE636 Advanced Design and Behavior of Steel Structures 3 credits Behavior and design of structural steel members under compression, tension, bending and combined loading, beams with and without lateral supports, braced and unbraced frame structures, connection and welding, and basic principles and methods underlying design of steel structures. CE637 Advanced Concrete Technology 3 credits Cement, quality and cement testing, hydration process, properties of water, aggregates, admixtures, pozzolans, fresh concrete, mix proportion, properties of hardened concrete, durability of concrete, deformation, modern concrete, special concrete, and ready-mixed concrete. CE645 Project Management and Planning in Civil Engineering 3 credits Principles and methods of project management, project feasibility studies, techniques for construction planning and scheduling, modern management for construction projects, project evaluation, decision theory in construction, total quality management. CE651 Advanced Soil Mechanics 3 credits Soil formation, the nature of soil, stress distribution in soil mass, stress-strain behavior, effective stress concept, shear strength of cohesionless, undrained and drained shear strength of cohesive soil, one dimensional and two dimensional flow, theory of consolidation and settlement analysis, creep in soft soil, dynamic properties of soil and theory of foundation vibration. CE652 Advanced Foundation Engineering 3 credits Soil investigation for large-scale project, measurement and selection of soil parameters, combined footing, spread footing subjected to moment, floating foundation, large pile foundation, bored piles caissons, settlement analysis, settlement acceleration and reduction, earth retaining structure, slurry wall, foundation underpinning, soil improvement, and foundations design for machine vibration; earthquake and other sources. CE671 Hydrodynamics 3 credits Fundamentals and basic concepts on hydrodynamics, stress-strain relationship, Navier-Stoke equation, conservation of mass, momentum, and energy equations, boundary layer theory, laminar and turbulent flows, applications to environmental engineering, sedimentation, and mathematical model of fluid flow. CE672 Advanced Hydrology 3 credits Potential of moisture in air mass, probable maximum precipitation, intensity-durationfrequency curve, flood characteristics, flood estimation, statistical hydrology, analysis of hydrologic time series, identification of hydrologic characteristics, and simulation of hydrologic phenomena.

CE675 Groundwater 3 credits Groundwater occurrence, steady and unsteady well hydraulics, groundwater modeling, recharging well, resistance method for assessing groundwater resources, two-and three-dimensional flows in saturated and unsaturated zones, and application of finite difference. CE676 Water Resources System Engineering 3 credits Application of system analysis for planning, design, and operation study, simulation model, deterministic and stochastic methodology, design and operation reservoir, and optimization. CE677 Hydraulic Design 3 credits Design of dams, spillway, stilling basin, energy dissipation, gates and control structures, open channel hydraulic design, flow in closed conduit, models for transition flow design. CE678 Hydrodynamic Model 3 credits Conservation of mass equation, conservation of energy equation, momentum equation, methods for solving differential equations, numerical solutions of partial differential equations, structure of mathematical model, application of model for study of river flow behavior, flood forecasting and planning for flood damage mitigation project. CE681 Physical and Chemical Processes 3 credits Physical and chemical unit operations for water treatment, emphasizing process combinations for drinking water supply. Application of principles of chemistry, rate processes, fluid dynamics, and process engineering to define and solve water treatment problems by flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection, oxidation, aeration, and absorption. CE682 Environmental Chemistry and Laboratory 3 credits Sampling procedures and analytical techniques for the determination of physical, chemical properties: characteristics of water, wastewater, air and solid wastes: interpretation and application of data for process design and control. CE685 Treatment Process Design 3 credits Analysis of specialized water pollution control processes such as absorption, oxidation, and air stripping. Emphasis on physical and chemical process in treatment of hazardous wastes, especially contaminated ground water. Definitions of problems and objectives, evaluation of alternatives for example cases, preliminary process design and cost evaluations. CE686 Environmental Microbiology 3 credits Fundamental aspects of microbiology and biochemistry. Biochemical and biophysical principles of biochemical reactions, energetic, and mechanisms of energy conservation. Composition of the bacterial cell, bacterial growth. Diversity of microbial catabolism, flow of organic matter in nature: the carbon cycle. Bacterial physiology, and ecology of microbes in soil and sediments, bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation. Microbes in the degradation of pollutants. CE687 Biological Processes 3 credits Biological processes for transformation of environmental contaminants. Unit processes for biological treatment including dispersed growth and fixed-film systems. Aerobic and anaerobic process, microbial ecology, and kinetics, with applications to the treatment of municipal and industrial wastewater. CE688 Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes 3 credits New developments in water treatment operations with emphasis on expansion of design capacity of existing units: removal: of organic from drinking water, nitrogen and phosphorus removal, advanced methods of organic carbon removal, dissolved inorganic removal: land application of wastes for treatment: tertiary treatment.

CE689 Hazardous Waste Management and Remediation 3 credits Management of hazardous waste and remediation of contaminated sites. Definition of hazardous waste. Characterization of contaminated sites, risk-based decision analysis, and engineering analysis of chemical, thermal, and biological: technologies for treatment of hazardous waste, contaminated soil, and ground water. CE695 Special Topic in Civil Engineering 1 Lectures on various topics of interests and current issues in civil engineering.

3 credits

CE696 Special Topic in Civil Engineering 2 Lectures on various topics of interests and current issues in civil engineering.

3 credits

CE725 Structural Stability 3 credits Elastic bucking of columns, inelastic bucking, lateral-torsional buckling, and buckling analysis by matrix stiffness method. CE726 Numerical Methods in Plates and Shells 3 credits Fundamentals of plates and classical solutions, finite difference and finite element method, buckling of thin plates, shell theory and numerical methods. CE735 Design of Tall Buildings 3 credits Concepts of building design, design of building structural components, behavior and design of reinforced concrete walls, analysis of structural frames and continuous beams, design of buildings subjected to wind loading, combined loading on buildings, and design of foundation. CE736 Plastic Design of Steel Structures 3 credits Basic hypothesis of plastic theory, plastic collapse mechanism, methods for plastic design and estimation of deflections, minimum weight design, and shake down theorem. CE737 Structural Optimization 3 credits Fundamentals of structural optimization, mathematical modeling and formulation for design optimization of structures, unconstrained optimization, constrained optimization, numerical procedures, and computer applications to structural design problems. CE785 Environmental Impacts in Civil Engineering 3 credits Analysis of value-laden components of civil engineering work: environmental impact assessment and air/water pollution, solid waste, and building safety standard setting. Exploration of environ-mental justice conflicts and ethical issues associated with civil engineering work. CE800 Thesis Academic Staff Assoc. Professors Burachat Chatveera

18 credits

B. Eng. (Civil Engineering) Chiang Mai University, Thailand M. Eng. (Structural Engineering) Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand D. Eng. (Structural Engineering) Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Chavalit Chaleeraktrakoon B. Eng. (Civil Engineering) Kasetsart University, Thailand M. Eng. (Water Resources Engineering) Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Ph.D. (Water Resources Engineering) McGill University, Canada Nakhorn Poovarodom B. Eng. (Civil Engineering) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand M. Eng. (Structural Engineering) Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Ph.D. (Structural Engineering) Saitama University, Japan

Virote Boonyapinyo

Uruya Weesakul

Assist. Professors Danai Wantanakorn

Krittiya Lertpocasombat

Somnuke Praparntanatorn

Weeraya Chim-oye

B. Eng. (Civil Engineering) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand M. Eng. (Structural Engineering) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand D. Eng. (Structural Engineering) Yokohama National University, Japan B. Eng. (2nd class Honours) (Civil Khon Kaen University, Thailand (Engineering) M. Eng. (Water Resources Engineering) Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Ph.D. (Civil and Mechanical Engineering) University of Montpellier II, France

B. Eng. (Civil Engineering) King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Thonburi, Thailand M. Sc. (Construction Management) University of Missouri-Columbia, USA Ph.D (Construction Management) Nottingham University, England B. Sc. (Chemistry) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand M. Sc. (Environmental Engineering) Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Ph.D (Environmental Engineering) Institut National des Sciences applique′es de Toulouse, France B. Eng. (Civil Engineering) Khon Kaen University, Thailand M. Eng. (Structural Engineering) Khon Kaen University, Thailand D. Eng. (Architectural Engineering) Osaka University, Japan B. Eng. (Civil Engineering) Kasetsart University, Thailand M. Eng. (Geotechnical Engineering) Kasetsart University, Thailand D. Eng. (Geotechnical Engineering) Hiroshima University, Japan

Instructors Boonsap Witchayangkoon B. Eng. (2nd class Honours) (Civil King Mongkut’s Institute of (Engineering)Technology Thonburi, Thailand M. Sc. (Spatial Information Science and University of Maine, USA Engineering) Ph.D. (Spatial Information Science and University of Maine, USA Engineering) Kridayuth Chompooming B. Eng. (Civil Engineering) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand M. S. (Structural Engineering) Ohio State University, USA Ph.D (Structural Engineering and Utah State University, USA Mechanics) Sayan Sirimontee B. Eng. (Civil Engineering) Khonkhan University, Thailand M. Eng. (Structural Engineering) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Sunisa Smittakorn B. Eng. (Civil Engineering) Kasetsart University, Thailand M. Eng. (Water Resources Engineering) Polythenic University, USA Ph.D (Water Resources Engineering) Colorado State University, USA

Academic Programs

Master’s Degree Program in Civil Engineering

Degree Offered Language of Instruction Semester or Trimester Duration

M. Eng. (civil Engineering) Thai Semester 4-8 Semesters Full – time 6-14 Semesters Evening Both

Master of Engineering Program in Industrial Engineering M. Eng. (Industrial Engineering) Thai Semester 6-14 Semesters Evening

Full-time or Evening Admission Admission Exam Interview Academic Prerequisite

Yes Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Bachelor’s degree in any field from an accredited institution with a certified civil engineer license or obtain consent of the graduate admission committee.

Program Requirements Minimum Credits Master’s Program Options 1. Thesis and course work 2. Course work only

42 credits

39 credits

Yes -

Yes -

Yes Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science and Technology from an accredited institution.