Teaching

COURSES AT NJIT:

CE 645 - ROCK MECHANICS 
Course information: Graduate-level course; 3 credit hours
Focus: Theoretical and experimental rock mechanics and rock engineering; laboratory measurements and field testing; poroelasticity;  of rocks. 

CE 644 - APPLIED ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
Course information: Graduate-level course; 3 credit hours
Focus: Application of engineering principles to predict and mitigate natural and man-made hazards, including the availability, selection, and use of geomaterials (rock and soil) in civil infrastructural projects. The course also explores at a field scale the engineering impacts of natural geologic hazards, including unstable slopes, rockfall, sinkholes, earthquakes, earth wall collapse, ground subsidence, etc. Also includes field site reconnaissance and characterization projects.


CE 662 - DEEP UNDERGROUND ENGINEERING AND RESOURCES 
Course information: Graduate-level course; 3 credit hours
Focus: Governing mechanisms controlling the excavation of underground geomaterials (rock and soil) to create spatial, material, and energy resources. Covers topics such as tunneling; borehole/wellbore mechanics; vertical and directional drilling; underground construction and cementing; open cut construction; underpinning; underground water leakage control; rock blasting; inspection and rehabilitation of existing structures; underground support for deep roadways and tunnels; geothermal energy pile; and underground support in coastal areas. Case study projects are included to address engineering problems in typical underground engineering projects.


CE 463 - UNDERGROUND GEOTECHNICS, CONSTRUCTION, AND SUSTAINABILITY 
Course information: Undergraduate-level course; 3 credit hours
Focus: application of geotechnical and engineering principles in the design,  excavation, drilling, and construction in underground space for tunneling, extraction, and underground infrastructure under in-situ conditions. Covers basic and applied topics such as vertical and directional drilling; underground construction and cementing; open cut construction; underpinning; underground design for onshore and offshore solar and wind energy systems.




COURSES TAUGHT AT HOPE COLLEGE:

ENG 346 - FLUID MECHANICS 
Course information: Undergraduate-level course; 3 credit hours
Focus: Mechanics and properties of fluids, the concepts of fluid statics, the integral and differential analyses of fluid motion, and incompressible flows. Applications of these concepts to various engineering situations, such as propulsion systems, aerodynamics, and piping systems, are also examined.


ENG 224 - MECHANICS OF MATERIALS LAB 
Course information: Undergraduate-level course; 1 credit hour
Focus: Fundamental concepts in testing to determine the basic mechanical properties of a range of engineering materials, including metals, woods, composites, and elastomers.