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The Department of Civil Engineering has acquired an international reputation for its research in environ-mental, geotechnical, structural, transportation, and

water resources engineering. The Department consists of 20 full-time faculty, 12 adjunct faculty, 11 support staff, ap-proximately 150 undergraduate students, and 80 graduate students. Our undergraduate and graduate programs are ranked amongst the strongest in North America.

The Department headquarters ISIS Canada, a Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE) for Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures.

The Department takes pride in being at the forefront of engineering research and technological knowledge. Our objective is to provide a stimulating learning environment and the best possible laboratories and computing facilities for our graduate students.

Programs DescriptionThe Department offers programs leading to Master of En-gineering (M.Eng.), Master of Science (M.Sc.), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Civil Engineering.

The M.Eng. program is industrially-oriented and aimed at practicing engineers who wish to continue their studies on a broad basis.

Applicants for the M.Sc. program will hold a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. Applicants with other qualifica-tions may be accepted at the discretion of the Department Head and the Dean of Graduate Studies. The M.Sc. degree is attained through coursework and thesis. The expected time to graduate is two years.

Admission to the Ph.D. program is normally from the M.Sc. level. The Ph.D. program consists of coursework, original research, and thesis. The expected time to graduate is four years.

Research InterestsThe Department of Civil Engineering administers more than 2.5 million dollars annually in research grants and contracts. Faculty members are involved in leading research in many areas of Civil Engineering.

Environmental Engineering:

• Biological nutrient removal

• Thermophilic digestion and disinfection of biosolids

• Wastewater treatment

• Particle removal in water treatment

• Properties of sludge

• Solid waste engineering

• Sustainability indicators

Geotechnical Engineering:

• Properties of clay-sand mixtures

• Elastic-plastic and elastic visco-plastic modeling

• Stability of hillsides, riverbanks and water-retaining dykes

• Geosynthetics

• Environmental geotechnics

• Nuclear waste disposal

• Rock slope stability, rock foundations

Groundwater Hydrology and Contamination:

• Numerical modeling of groundwater systems

• Sustainable development of groundwater resources

• Thermal energy storage

Structural Engineering:

• Innovative structures technology

• Intelligent sensing for innovative structures

• Finite element analysis

• Industrial steel buildings

• Structural performance of materials

• Applications of fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP) for concrete and wood

Transportation Engineering and Planning:

• Freight transportation systems

studiesgraduateFaculty of Graduate Studies

University of Manitoba500 University CentreWinnipeg, Manitoba

R3T 2N2 CANADA

Contact:

Department of Civil EngineeringE1-368A EITC

University of ManitobaWinnipeg, ManitobaCanada R3T 5V6

p: (204) 474-8212f: (204) 474-7513

e: civil_eng@umanitoba.ca

web:http://www.umanitoba.ca/civil

Engineering and Information Technology Complex (EITC) is located at the centre of the University’s Fort Garry Campus. The EITC was opened in September of 2005.

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The University of Manitoba (est. 1877) is the largest, most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution in Manitoba. The Uni-

versity attracts the brightest students and Faculty from around the world. Located in the heart of Canada, Winnipeg is one of the most culturally diverse cities in the country with nearly 100 languages represented.

Winnipeg’s climate of four contrasting seasons provides a multitude of outdoor activities to be explored. The campus is fully networked, and hosts over 40 Research Centres and Institutes. The 13 branch Research Library Facility ensures all of the information you need for your studies is at your fingertips. Access to reasonably-priced on- and off-campus housing makes the U of M one of the most af-fordable universities to study at in Canada.

The University of Manitoba (U of M) attracts exceptional scholars to its 18 Faculties and 4 Schools and provides a world-class educa-tion in the Social, Medical, Natural and Applied Sciences, as well as Engineering, the Arts and Humanities. Programming in over 80 disciplines at the graduate level lead to 82 Master’s degrees and 51 Ph.D.’s including: business management, engineering, agricultural and nutritional sciences, social sciences and humanities, education, physical and earth sciences, medical and life sciences and exciting

interdisciplinary opportunities. International students at the U of M have exclusive graduate funding opportunities available throughout their graduate program including entrance scholarships, bursaries and graduate fellowships.

An aerial view of the Fort Garry campus of the University of Manitoba, situated on a bow of the Red River.

About the University of Manitoba

• GIS-Transportation systems

• Highway safety

• Pavement analysis and design

• Theoretical and Applied Mechanics:

• Quantitative nondestructive evaluation and flaw detection

• Galloping control using hybrid nutation dampers.

Water Resources:

• Hydrology of floods and droughts

• Hydrologic processes

• GIS and remote sensing in hydrology

• Physical and numerical modeling of frazil and anchor ice pro-cesses

• Experimental and numerical hydraulics

Research FacilitiesEnvironmental Engineering Facilities

Graduate students in Environmental Engineering can take advan-tage of state-of-the-art equipment such as high performance liquid and gas chromatographs, automated ion analysers, AAS, carbon analyser, and fluorescent microscopy. Spacious laboratories allow for bench scale testing of various process conditions in controlled temperature environmental chambers.

Geotechnical and Geoenviron-mental Engineering Facilities

In addition to the normal range of consolidation and shear test facilities, our laboratories include specialized test equipment for the study of swelling clays at high pressures and temperatures. Environmental chambers permit testing under freezing and drying conditions. Equipment is available for standard rock mechanics tests.

Pavement Engineering Laboratory

The laboratory houses equipment for asphalt binder characteriza-tion and pavement mix design and analysis, a ground penetrating radar, a variety of data acquisition systems, sensory systems, and environmental chambers. Equipment is available for modeling

pavement performance with respect to rutting and cracking under controlled environmental and loading conditions.

W.R. McQuade Structural Engineering Laboratory

Concrete, structural, and material laboratories are available for research in structural engineering. The structural laboratory has a variety of test machines and allows testing of full-size specimen. A number of jacks and loading frames allow loading assemblages to be set up easily. The laboratory also houses an MTS servo con-trolled loading system which can be used for programmed cyclic and fatigue testing. The materials lab has an environmental cabinet which is used to study the behaviour of materials under different temperatures and humidities.

Hydraulics Research & Testing Facility

The HRTF has an area of 800 sq m and supports both physical and numerical modeling in hydraulics. The laboratory has several hydraulic flumes and floor space is available for the study of com-prehensive hydraulic structures. The facility is equipped with a range of modern instrumentation and data acquisition equipment. A counter-rotating flume and cold room are used to study the hy-draulics of frazil and anchor ice.