Carlos Mateos Sainos

Participated in Projects related to water resources and environmental engineering for the remediation of water. • Participated in the drilling of multiple water wells across the country that would supply water to multifamily complexes. • Researched for the necessary components required for the assembly of a water distribution system that connects the external well with the main water retaining structure. • Familiarized myself with chains of supply and demand, keeping track of inventories and timelines.

Advanced study of design of transportation facilities. It includes geometry, drainage, soils, materials, and other topics of streets and non-motorized facilities, highways, railroads, transit, and harbor/port facilities. Software such as InRoads or Civil 3D will be used for facility design.

Analysis and design of spread footing foundations and cantilever retaining walls considering both geotechnical and structural aspects. Introduction to deep foundations.

Hydrology as it is applied to storm water management. Evaluation of the ever-changing regulations associated with storm water quality. Use/develop stochastic and process based hydrologic and hydraulic models. Based on the water quality regulations, hydrologic analysis and hydraulic analysis develop engineering solutions to the urban watershed. Further details will be provided associated with hydrographs, river routing and reservoir routing.

The theory and design of structural steel tension members, compression members, beams, beam-columns, simple connections, and eccentric connections. Design philosophies and probabilistic basis of load and resistance factors are discussed. This course prepares students for the effective use of the American Institute of Steel Construction Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) specification.

Understanding of transportation engineering in terms of planning and design. The focuses are on the interchange geometric design, traffic impact study consisting of highway capacity calculation and traffic volume forecast and distribution, design of traffic signal including phasing and timing optimization and pole and conductor schedule, and parking facility design per ADA guidelines. The software packages used include Inroads, Synchro Studio and Microstation.

Understanding of the history and operation of several principal modes of transportation including highways, air, inland waterways, railroads, coast shipping and ocean transportation. Application of various design principles to carry out basic aspects of transportation engineering design. Introduction to the fundamental concepts behind the design of transportation modes such as operational and vehicular characteristics, traffic control, transportation planning and human factors.

Water Resources Engineering is a study of water within the surface and subsurface. Analysis and design of surface hydrology, groundwater (subsurface) hydrology and open channel flow hydraulics. A deeper knowledge and appreciation of the following topics will be covered: statistics, watersheds, precipitation, evaporation, infiltration, discharge calculations, subsurface flow calculations, critical flow, uniform flow, non-uniform flow, culverts and open drainage design.

Evaluation of loading demand on buildings constructed. The essential concepts of structural design are introduced and applied to evaluating demand on a prototypical five-story building constructed using these different materials. The construction assemblies are developed and evaluated, and hierarchy and load path of vertical and lateral load resisting systems is investigated. Finally, using acquired knowledge, a case study of the selected existing buildings is performed.

Classification of structures, types of framing systems and loading, the statics and stability of determinate structures, and the methods of calculating deformations of determinate beams, frames, and trusses. An introduction to statically indeterminate structures is included based on the Method of Consistent Deformations. As such, it establishes a foundation for further study in Structural Analysis II and structural design in reinforced concrete, masonry, steel, timber, etc.

An introduction to geotechnical engineering covering the behavior of soil and rock as engineering materials. Topics include: soil classification, water flow in soils, stress-strain properties, and applications in slope stability and foundation design.

Surveying methods, horizontal and vertical controls, traversing and adjustment, error analyses. Route location and layout. Horizontal and vertical alignments, profiles and sections. Fundamentals of construction layouts and staking. Area and volume computations, earthwork. State plane coordinates system. Requirements of tract maps.