The Master of Science in Water Resources Engineering program aims to provide graduates intermediate and advanced study on measurements, modelling, design, management and operation of water processes and systems in natural and human environments. Courses related to resources planning and institutions, decision support systems, ecology, water resources infrastructure, economics, hydrology, hydraulics and quantitative methods are laid out to develop graduates with expertise in water resources engineering. Through this program graduates will be more equipped in solving practical problems and issues related to waterworks by applying innovative technological approaches supplemented with solid technical and management competencies.

The program is designed for students with undergraduate programs in civil engineering, environmental engineering and other related.

Course Code

COURSE Title

Description

Credit Units

FOUNDATION COURSE (9 Units)

CEWR603

Research Techniques

Research design, analysis and interpretation of data, basic research methods, qualitative and quantitative research techniques.

3

CEWR613 

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

Power series solution, Bessels functions, Legendre polynomials, analytical solution to partial differential equations. Laplace transform solutions to partial differential equations.

3

CEWR623 

Finite Element Methods

Introduction to finite element method, stiffness matrix for spring element, finite element equations, and assembly of stiffness matrices. Applications of finite element method to bar and beam elements and 2-D problems. Finite element modeling and solution techniques; plate and shell elements; solid elements for 3-D problems; applications to structural vibration and dynamics and thermal analysis.

3

CORE COURSE (15 Units)

 CEWR633

Advanced Hydrogeology

Hydrologic and geologic factors controlling the occurrence and dynamics of groundwater on regional and local scales; determination of geohydrologic parameters: Porosity, specific yield, transmissivity, hydraulic conductivity, infiltration, dispersivity; determination of hydrogeochemical parameters . Applied aspects include groundwater exploration, drilling, borehole construction, logging, aquifer testing and resource evaluation.

3

 CEWR643

Advanced Hydrology

 Topics include the Theory and selected design problems from fluvial dynamics, flood hydrology, flood routing, and water supply hydrology.

3

CEWR653 

Water Resource Management and Policies

 An introduction to the problems of water resources and water demand. Topics include the following: Characteristics of water resources systems; Reservoir design: storage terminology and critical period methods; probability matrix methods; exercises in reservoir design; reservoir operation; Water resources management and Policies in practice.

3  

 CEWR663

Urban Hydrology and Flood Management

 This course gives an introduction to urban hydrology. Topics include the following: optimal design of flood protection works; flood risk analyses using advanced tools like our state-of-the-art inundation modeling system; flood d risk and damage assessment ;Real-time flood forecasting and operational water management systems ; River hydraulics and morphology ; Land use and climate change studies

3  

 CEWR673

Design of Hydraulic Infrastructures

 A comparative assessment of different reservoir methods. Design, construction and maintenance of hydraulic infrastructures.

3

ELECTIVE COURSES (6 Units)

CEWR683
 

Advanced Surface Hydrology

Study of the physical processes of the hydrologic cycle and the application of hydrologic tools for engineering design. Design methods based on peak discharge equations and unit hydrograph models are presented. Stormwater management design, flood routing, and reservoir routing are introduced. The principles of surface erosion and channel scour are presented. 3 units 

3  

CEWR693

River Hydraulics

Topics covered include streamflow measurement and characteristics, water surface modeling in irregular channels, river channel morphology, fluvial processes, initiation of sediment motion, sediment transport, channel stability, and modeling of river channel changes. At the conclusion of this unit, students should be able to describe the nature of steamflow, fluvial processes and fluvial morphology and understand management issues relating to rivers and flood plains.

3

 CEWR703

Statistical Hydrology

 Application of statistics and probability to uncertainty in the description, measurement, and analysis of hydrologic variables and processes, including extreme events , error models, simulations. Statistical and probabilistic methods in water supply and flood hydrology.

3  

MASTER'S THESIS (6 Units)

CEWR813

Master's Thesis 1

3

CEWR823

Master's Thesis 2

3