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My teaching philosophy is to rationalize the formulas instead of simply delivering them, stimulate students' interets in geotechnical engineering by bringing real life projects into classrooms, build-up the critical thinking skills by discussing the questions openly with students.

My teaching at Ryerson University deals mainly with geotechnical engineering field courses. The courses taught include the following:

GRADUATE COURSES

CV8310 Advanced Foundation Design (W08, F10, F11)

This course considers practical design of advanced shallow and deep foundations for various structures. The topics cover review of soil mechanics, subsurface investigation, foundation type, design principles, shallow foundation, pile design for axial and lateral loads, pile group design, shaft design, micropile design, and numerical simulation of foundations using software. For more details, see course outline

CV8205 Spec Topics: Earth Retention Systems (F08)

This course considers practical design of earth retention structures including retaining wall, braced cut, mechanical stabilized earth wall, soil nailing wall, etc. The topics include a review of lateral earth pressure, types and applications of earth retention structures, construction methods, design principles, and numerical simulation using software. For more details, see course outline

CV8309 Spec Topics: Mechanized Tunnelling in Urban Areas (S11)

This course considers design and construction control of mechanized tunnelling in urban environments. The topics covers tunnelling in urban environments and related challenges, risk management and mitigation, tunnel alignment selection, TBM types and selections, support systems and design methods, settlement prediction and control, tunnel construction control, case histories, and numerical simulation of tunnelling using software. For more details, see course outline

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

CVL600 Geotechnical Engineering (W08,W09,W10,W12)

Active and Passive earth pressure calculations. Design of earth retaining structures, walls, dikes, dams, open and supported excavations, shallow and deep foundations. Soil bearing capacity. Design of pile foundation and drilled caissons. For more details, see course outline

CVL434 Geotechnical Properties of Soils (W10,W11, W12)

Introduction of structural and glacial geology; rock cycle; mineral and soil identification and classification; clay soil structure; weight-volume relationship; Atterberg limits; relative density; seepage theory; hydraulic conductivity measurements in the field and in the lab; flow nets; and principle of effective stress. Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion; shearing strength of saturated soils; consolidation theory, settlement prediction and computer assisted processing of laboratory test results. For more details, see course outline

CVL424 Geotechnical Properties of Soils-II (W09)

Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion; shearing strength of saturated soils; consolidation theory, settlement prediction and computer assisted processing of laboratory test results. For more details, see course outline

CVL320 Strength of Material-I (F07,F08,F09,F10)

Normal, shearing, and bearing stresses. Deformation and strains. Temperature effects. Stress-strain relationship and the generalized Hooke's law. Flexural and shear equations. Stress concentrations. Stress transformation equations and Mohr's circle for plane stress analysis. Analysis of plain stresses and strains. For more details, see course outline