3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Upper Division
This course has been designed to support students with civil engineering and construction engineering and management background. New underground construction projects are planned all over the world, and the course equips students to contribute to these exciting developments. This course includes an overview of the application for tunneling and underground space as well as construction methods. The course will cover various sizes of underground opening from small diameters built by micro-tunneling to common tunnels used in civil and mining applications to large caverns, often found in different end uses such as storage or hydropower construction.
Learning Outcomes1Critique concepts for the future use of underground space and innovative methods of construction.
2Describe and classify underground works according to type, use and construction methods.
3Recognize the diversity and complexity of underground excavations and associated works.
4Improve oral and written communication skills, including effective presentation.
Restrictions
made by Purdue students.