Program Overview

Introduction to the Infrastructure, Resiliency, and Sustainability Program

The Infrastructure, Resiliency, and Sustainability (IRS) track within the online MSCE program at Purdue University is designed to prepare a new generation of civil engineers to meet the challenges of the future and create durable, sustainable, and effective public infrastructure. This program is a response to the current federal infrastructure bill, which will direct $260 billion into improving America's roads, bridges, and ports, increasing demand for interdisciplinary civil engineers with robust skillsets.

Curriculum

The IRS track gives students a strong foundation in issues related to the analysis, design, and construction of civil infrastructure, with a special focus on sustainable materials, natural resilience, and new advancements in infrastructure planning and construction. Students are required to complete at least nine credits from one of the following collections of courses and six additional CE graduate-level credits (for a total of 15 credits).

Introduction to Advanced Structural Engineering

• CE 57000: Advanced Structural Mechanics (3 credits)
• CE 57200: Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures (3 credits)
• CE 59100: Advanced Steel Design (3 credits)
• CE 59500: Finite Elements in Elasticity (3 credits)

Advanced Construction Materials and NDT

• CE 53101: Nanotechnology for Civil and Environmental Applications (3 credits)
• CE 53600: Non-destructive Testing and Sensing for Civil Infrastructures (3 credits)
• CE 63100: Advanced Concrete and Aggregates (3 credits)

Digital Twin of Infrastructure

• CE 50801: Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
• CE 52200: Computer Applications in Construction (3 credits)
• CE 59700: UAS-Based LiDAR Mapping (1 credit)
• CE 59700: UAS-Based Photogrammetric Mapping (1 credit)
• CE 59700: UAS-Based Mapping: Basic Principles (1 credit)

Advanced Steel Specialist

• CE 57900: Structural Stability and Design (3 credits)
• CE 59100: Advanced Steel Design (3 credits)
• CE 69700: Seismic Design of Steel Structures (3 credits)

Technical Electives can be chosen from additional available CE, ME, or ECE graduate-level courses. Nine credits are required.

Sample Plan of Study - Infrastructure, Resiliency and Sustainability

A sample plan of study includes:

• CE 57000: Advanced Structural Mechanics (3 credits, CE Core)
• CE 57200: Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures (3 credits, CE Core)
• CE 57900: Structural Stability and Design (3 credits, CE Core)
• CE 59100: Advanced Steel Design (3 credits, CE Core)
• CE 59700: Sustainable Building Design Construction and Operation (3 credits, Tech Elective)
• CE 69700: Seismic Design of Steel Structures (3 credits, CE Core)
• ME 55700: Design for Manufacturability (3 credits, Tech Elective)
• ME 53900: Introduction to Scientific Machine Learning (3 credits, Tech Elective)
• MA 51100: Linear Algebra with Applications (3 credits, MATH/STAT)
• STAT 51400: Design of Experiments (3 credits, MATH/STAT)

Additional Course Options

Additional technical electives and math/statistics courses are available, including but not limited to:

• CE 50701: Geospatial Data Analytics (3 credits)
• CE 51300: Lighting and Daylighting Design of Buildings (3 credits)
• CE 54300: Coastal Engineering (3 credits)
• CE 57300: Structural Dynamics (3 credits)
• ME 50900: Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (3 credits)
• ME 60800: Numerical Methods in Heat, Mass, and Momentum Transfer (3 credits)
• ECE 57000: Artificial Intelligence (3 credits)
• ECE 58000: Optimization Methods for Systems Control (3 credits)
• MA 52700: Adv Math for Engineers and Physicists I (3 credits)
• STAT 51200: Applied Regression Analysis (3 credits)
• STAT 51700: Statistical Inference (3 credits)

This program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in civil engineering, focusing on infrastructure, resiliency, and sustainability, and preparing them for a wide range of career opportunities in the field.