Geotechnical Engineering

Graduate Program in Geotechnical Engineering (Master's and Doctoral Degrees)

 

Program Description

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Brasilia implemented, in 1989, the Master's Program in Geotechnics and, in 1995, the Doctoral program. Over the past few years, the consolidation of UnB's Graduate Program in Geotechnical Engineering has contributed to the qualification of the faculty, the increase in technical and scientific production, the awards (national and international) of teachers, the participation in examination boards, competitions, Brazilian Federal Agency for Post-graduate Education (CAPES), and CNPq evaluation committees, editorial boards of national and international scientific and technical journals, joint research, advising and agreements and the acquisition and development of new laboratory and field equipment.

This program has as general objectives the formation of qualified human resources in the area of geotechnics and the development of quality research. In addition, the program aims to train masters and doctors in this area in order to strengthen the dissemination of knowledge and the implementation of best building techniques in the area, as well as the establishment of research agreements with research centers of excellence in Brazil and abroad.

Research Topics

  1. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNICS AND GEOMATERIALS
  2. COMPUTER GEOTECHNICS
  3. EXPERIMENTAL GEOTECHNICS

 

Courses

The Master student must take 26 credits from the following courses:

 

Course

Credits

Code

Consolidation*

2

397440

Geotechnical Risk Analysis

2

304638

Structural Analysis

6

312436

Dams

2

362409

Geotechnical Cartography

2

365033

Structure Dynamics 1

3

362611

Theory of Plasticity and Elasticity Applied to Soil*

2

362328

Slope Stability and Contention Structures

2

362425

Teaching Practice in Geotechnics 1

2

365483

Structures of Containment

2

396133

Foundations

2

362395

Special Foundations

2

365017

Geology of Engineering*

2

362310

Geoprocessing in Geotechnics

2

365505

Geosynthetics in Geotechnicals and Environment

2

367681

Environmental Geotechnicals

2

365025

Geotechnicals Applied to Mining

2

367125

Geotechnicals of Tropical Soils

2

362361

Field Instrumentation and Laboratory

1

365467

Field Trials and Instrumentation

2

362417

Laboratory of Geotechnics*

2

362549

Rock Mechanics

2

362352

Floor Mechanics

2

311588

Mechanics of Unsaturated Soils

2

365441

Soil Improvement

2

367672

Methodology and Scientific and Teaching Activities in Geotechnicals*

1

324914

Statistic Methods in Geotechnicals

2

362999

Numerical Methods in Geotechnicals

2

362379

Constitutive Models in Geotechnicals

2

365009

Underground Works

2

362506

Paving

2

362433

Slope Stability and Contention Structures*

2

362425

Soil Shear Resistance*

2

362336

Seminar on Geotechnicals 1*

1

362484

Special Topics in Geotechnicals 1

2

362468

Special Topics in Geotechnicals 2

2

365602

Transport of Contaminants and Sediments

2

394700

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* Required courses

   

 

 

The Doctoral candidate must take 30 credits from the following courses:

 

Course

Credits

Code

Consolidation

2

397440

Geotechnical Risk Analysis

2

304638

Structural Analysis

6

312436

Dams

2

362409

Geotechnical Cartography

2

365033

Structure Dynamics 1

3

362611

Theory of Plasticity and Elasticity Applied to Soil

2

362328

Slope Stability and Contention Structures

2

362425

Teaching Practice in Geotechnicals 1

2

365483

Teaching Practice in Geotechnicals 2

4

365491

Foundations

2

362395

Special Foundations

2

365017

Geology of Engineering

2

362310

Geoprocessing in Geotechnics

2

365505

Geosynthetics in Geotechnicals and Environment

2

367681

Environmental Geotechnicals

2

365025

Geotechnicals Applied to Mining

2

367125

Geotechnicals of Tropical Soils

2

362361

Applied Hydrology

2

312274

Field Instrumentation and Laboratory

1

365467

Field Trials and Instrumentation

2

362417

Laboratory of Geotechnics

2

362549

Rock Mechanics

2

362352

Floor Mechanics

2

311588

Mechanics of Unsaturated Soils

2

365441

Soil Improvement

2

367672

Methods of Contour Elements

3

362654

Methods of Finite Elements 1

3

362646

Methodology and Scientific and Teaching Activities in Geotechnicals

1

324914

Computational Methods 1

3

362590

Statistic Methods in Geotechnicals

2

362999

Numerical Methods in Geotechnicals

2

362379

Constitutive Models in Geotechnicals

2

365009

Underground Works

2

362506

Paving

2

362433

Slope Stability and Contention Structures

2

362425

Prospecting in Geophysics

4

312223

Soil Shear Resistance

2

362336

Seminar on Geotechnicals 1

1

362484

Special Topics in Geotechnicals 1

2

362468

Special Topics in Geotechnicals 2

2

365602

Transport of Contaminants and Sediments

2

394700

                           

 

Faculty

ANDRE LUIS BRASIL CAVALCANTE

ANDRE PACHECO DE ASSIS

ENNIO MARQUES PALMEIRA

GREGORIO LUIS SILVA ARAUJO

HERNAN EDUARDO MARTINEZ CARVAJAL

JOSE CAMAPUM DE CARVALHO

JUAN FELIX RODRIGUEZ REBOLLEDO

LUIS FERNANDO MARTINS RIBEIRO

MANOEL PORFIRIO CORDAO NETO

MARCIO MUNIZ DE FARIAS

MICHELE DAL TOE CASAGRANDE

NEWTON MOREIRA DE SOUZA

RENATO PINTO DA CUNHA

 

Contacts

Phone: +55 61 3107 0973

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Website: http://www.geotecnia.unb.br