Improve Building Safety, Strength and Stability
Stability doesn’t just mean support. For buildings and infrastructure, it’s the backbone of strength, safety, reliability and durability. It also translates to a longer-lasting structure that prioritizes its occupants and the surrounding community.
The structural engineering professional concentration trains you to design more stable and resilient buildings and infrastructure projects. Explore the relationship between structural design and mechanics to create structures that support specific loads. Further learn about materials and construction methods that lessen a project’s environmental impact.
Use your electives to gain a specialization in structural engineering and design. Upon completion, the structural engineering professional concentration will appear on your transcript.
This concentration is only available to civil engineering undergraduate students.
Why Study Structural Engineering at Clarkson?
Multiple engineering disciplines go into constructing a building. Of these, structural engineering determines how much load a project should support. Engineers then use this information to improve stability.
Those in this role additionally reference knowledge of:
- Construction materials
- Mechanics
- Computer-aided design methods
- Structural analytics
- The properties and uses of concrete and steel
In turn, structural engineers become essential for designing:
- Buildings
- Bridges
- Harbors and other off-shore fixtures
- Waterways
- Highways
- Water treatment facilities
- Boat and vehicle structures
- Subway systems
- Power plants
- Pipelines
Structural engineering also helps promote sustainable design through multiple channels. Learn more about environmentally friendly building materials and more stable structural systems that minimize future repairs and upgrades.
What You'll Learn
- Foundation engineering
- Advanced structural analysis
- Steel and reinforced concrete design
- Construction materials
- Composite methods and design
- Structural damage, rehabilitation and repair
Review the full curriculum and requirements below.
