Graduate Course Offerings | Structural Engineering

Proposed Graduate Course Offerings for 2026-2027

Important Notice: Student enrollment for Fall Quarter 2026 is being moved to mid-July 2026 to allow for the implementation of the new Triton Student System. For full details about the enrollment timeline adjustment, please refer to the initial campus notice.

Course offerings and instructors are subject to change.

rec prep (recommended preparation) means these classes or their equivalents

COURSE		Fall 2026	Winter 2027	Spring 2027
Structural Analysis
SE 201A	Advanced Structural Analysis	Mosqueda
SE 202	Structural Stability (rec prep: SE 101 A-C, SE 110A)			Kosmatka
SE 203A	Structural Dynamics	Tsampras
SE 205	Nonlinear Mechanical Vibrations (prereq: SE 203A)			Todd
SE 215	Cable Structures			Zhu
SE 232	Machine Learning in Computational Mechanics		Semnani
SE 233	Computational Techniques in Finite Elements	Krysl
Structural Design
SE 211	Advanced Structural Concrete (rec prep: SE 151A/B)			Bustamante
SE 212	Advanced Structural Steel Design (rec prep: SE 130A/SE150A)	Uang
SE 213	Bridge Design (rec prep: SE 151A/B, SE 211, SE 201A preferred)	Palermo
SE 220	Seismic Isolation/Energy Dissipation (prereq: SE 203A)	Mosqueda
SE 242	Advanced Foundation Engineering		Tomac
Earthquake Engineering
SE 203A	Structural Dynamics	Tsampras
SE 220	Seismic Isolation/Energy Dissipation (prereq: SE 203A)	Mosqueda
SE 222	Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering		McCartney
Geotechnical Engineering
SE 222	Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering		McCartney
SE 241	Advanced Soil Mechanics	Elgamal
SE 242	Advanced Foundation Engineering		Tomac
SE 243	Soil- Structure Interaction (prereq: SE 203A)		Hutchinson
SE 244	Numerical Methods in Geomechanics	Elgamal
SE 247/184	Ground Improvement (rec prep: SE 181)			Hutchinson
SE 249	Rock Mechanics			Tomac
SE 250/SE 183	Stability of Earth Slopes & Retaining Walls (rec prep: SE 181)			Tomac
Aerospace & Advanced Composites
SE 251A	Processing of Polymers and Composites		Qiao
SE 251B	Mechanical Behavior of Composites/Polymers			Qiao
SE 252	Experimental Mechanics & NDE (rec prep: SE 101A, SE 110 A/B)		Lanza di Scalea
SE 253A/142	Mechanics & Design of Composite Structures	Kosmatka
SE 253B	Mechanics & Design of Composite Structures II (prereq: SE 253A)			H. Kim
SE 260A/160A	Aerospace Structural Mechanics I		Kosmatka
SE 260B/160B	Aerospace Structural Mechanics II (prereq: SE 260A)			A. Kim
SE 262/171	Aerospace Structures Repair		H. Kim
SE 281	3D Printable Robotics		Kuester
SE 285	Structural Optimization	A. Kim
SE 286	\Design Optimization for Additive Manufacturing			A. Kim
Solid Mechanics
SE 202	Structural Stability			Kosmatka
SE 234	Plates and Shells		Krysl
SE 252	Experimental Mechanics & NDE (rec prep: SE 101A, SE 110 A/B)		Lanza Di Scalea
SE 273/MAE 231C	Inelasticity (prereq: SE 271 or MAE 231A concurrently)		Semnani
Computational Mechanics and Finite Elements
SE 232	Machine Learning in Computational Mechanics		Semnani
SE 233	Computational Techniques in Finite Elements	Krysl
SE 234	Plates and Shells		Krysl (
SE 276A	Finite Elements in Solid Mechanics I	Chen
SE 276B	Finite Elements in Solid Mechanics III		Chen
SE 285	Structural Optimization	A. Kim
Structural Health Monitoring/NDE
SE 202	Structural Stability (rec prep: SE 101A-C, SE 110A)			Kosmatka
SE 205	Nonlinear Mechanical Vibrations (prereq: SE 203A)			Todd
SE 252	Experimental Mechanics & NDE (rec prep; SE 101A, SE 110A/B)		Lanza di Scalea
SE 263/163	Nondestructive Evaluation	Lanza Di Scalea
SE 264/164	Sensors/Data Acquisition for SE	Loh
SE 265/165	Structural Health Monitoring Principles			Farrar
SE 267/167	Signal Processing		Chadha
Seminar Course
SE 290	Seminar (Invited Speakers)	\Elgamal	Mosqueda	Palermo
Special Topic
SE 207	Advanced Timber Design		Palermo