{"id":284,"date":"2020-11-24T14:16:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T14:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/kyle-riding\/?page_id=284"},"modified":"2026-02-16T10:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:33:10","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/kyle-riding\/courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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ESSIE Courses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

CGN 4905 Concrete Mixture Design<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This course will cover concrete constituent materials, test methods, mixture design and optimization for different applications, and basic durability mechanisms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Objectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Students will learn the cement and supplementary cementitious material production processes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Students will learn the cement chemical reactions<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Students will learn and apply mixture design procedures for different classes of concrete<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Students will learn common concrete quality control test methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Students will study common causes of concrete deterioration<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Students will use software to design concrete systems for a target service life<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    CGN 4905 Railroad Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This course serves as an introduction to railroad engineering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Objectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Design a railway track structure<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Describe the fundamentals of railroad signaling and positive train control<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Describe track construction and railroad maintenance of way<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Graduate<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

      CGN6165 Concrete Structural Rehabilitation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Concrete Structural Rehabilitation will cover the basic mechanisms that cause degradation of concrete pavements and bridges, methods for diagnosing concrete degradation mechanisms, and proper repair methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Objectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Learn mechanisms that cause deterioration of concrete structures and pavements, including structural and materials-related causes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Diagnose the cause of deterioration for the most common types of concrete distress<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Apply concrete repair principles to concrete degradation mechanisms and select an appropriate repair method<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Design an appropriate concrete strengthening\/protection system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        CGN 6904 Concrete Durability<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Concrete Durability will cover in detail concrete infrastructure deterioration mechanisms. Topics to be covered include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Performance vs prescriptive concrete materials specifications<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Concrete permeability test methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Freeze-thaw\/ salt scaling\/ joint deterioration mechanisms and test methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Alkali-aggregate reaction and test methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Corrosion and corrosion prevention<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Sulfate attack<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Physical salt attack<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Abrasion loss<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Service life modeling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          CGN 6905 Microstructural Analysis of Cementitious Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          This course will focus on common test methods used to characterize the microstructure of cementitious systems. This course will have a lab component. Topics that will be covered include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          • Cement manufacturing process<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Cement and SCM composition, phase equilibria, hydration reactions<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Particle size analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • X-ray fluorescence<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • X-ray diffraction<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Sample hydration stopping<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Chemical shrinkage<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Isothermal calorimetry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Thermal techniques (TGA\/ DSC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Pore system characterization (gas sorption, MIP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Scanning electron microscopy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Spectroscopy (Raman, FTIR, NMR)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Thermodynamic modeling with GEMS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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            Current and Future Courses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

            Spring 2025<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

            CGN 6504 Concrete Durability<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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