This certificate will give students an introduction to applied hydraulic design concepts and practices with this three-course series that instills the key core competencies and skills needed to practice as a hydraulic engineer. Students learn how, and why, to apply aspects of hydraulic structures. This certificate program prepares engineers or other professionals in the water, energy, or environmental resources to lead hydraulic design projects from concept creation to implementation. Whenever water must be managed, moved or stored, some form of hydraulic design is required to facilitate these processes.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion, students will be able to:
- Relate the definition, application, and essential importance of hydraulic engineering to the completion of many civil & environmental engineering projects.
- Extend hydraulic-engineering knowledge substantially beyond the baccalaureate level.
- Describe the roles of various hydraulic structures and systems.
- Explain the main hydraulics processes associated with the performance of hydraulic structures and systems.
- Choose pertinent instrumentation and methods for measuring and monitoring the hydraulics processes associated with hydraulic structures and systems.
- Gain an advanced-level understanding of key concepts and tool sets required in hydraulic engineering as applied in the development of many engineering projects.
Effective Fall 2023
Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select 9 credits from the following: | 9 | |
| Coastal Engineering | ||
| Irrigation Systems Design | ||
| Morphodynamic Modeling | ||
| Hydraulic Structures/Systems | ||
| Slope Stability, Seepage, and Earth Dams | ||
| Pipeline Engineering and Hydraulics | ||
| Open Channel Flow | ||
| River Restoration Design | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 9 | |
*This certificate may have courses in common with other graduate certificates. A student may earn more than one certificate, but a given course maybe counted only in one certificate.