BIRCHAM INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Engineering & Technology

MODULE: Hydraulic Engineering

Program delivered by distance learning higher education up to a maximum of 30 credits. This module may be combined or completed with other online university courses from this faculty.

DESCRIPTION:

This program reviews the principles and applications in hydraulic engineering systems. It balances theory with practical design solutions to common hydraulic engineering problems. It examines the most common topics in hydraulics, including hydrostatics, pipe flow, pipelines, pipe networks, pumps, open channel flow, hydraulic structures, and water measurement devices.

Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 credits):

1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credit (30 hours of study).

Geology

Hydrology

Academic Supervisor: Luis Fontanet Sallán

More information about this supervisor and online university course instructors at BIU Human Network.

This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. (Doctor) Programs. This distance learning degree program is designed at the postgraduate level – Master’s or Doctoral. This module may be easily adapted to complete the Specialist, Expert or Bachelor’s adult degree program requirements. A further option is the enrollment into the online university courses listed in this module.

* University Course (3 credits): Select 1 subject from this module.

* Specialist Diploma (15 credits): First 5 subjects or select 5 subjects from this module.

* Expert Diploma (21 credits): First 7 subjects or select 7 subjects from this module.

* Bachelor's Degree (130 credits): The Admission certificate issued after submission of the application for admission will show the amount of credit transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete this undergraduate program's major. Additional courses from other modules of this faculty will be assigned in case that the credits displayed on this module are not enough to complete the bachelor's required credits.

* Master's Degree (35 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 13 credits corresponding to a final project to the selected subjects.

* Ph.D. (Doctor) (45 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 18 credits corresponding to a final thesis to the selected subjects.

BIU issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the degree program's major. BIU can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission.

Courses Description (each subject accounts for 3 credits):

Geology

This course explores the origin, structure and composition of minerals and igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. Plate tectonics, volcanism, rock deformation, earthquake activity, and mountain building are integrated to give an overview of the Earth’s dynamic internal processes.

Instructor: Mina Benjouali

Hydrology

This course introduces the main components of the hydrologic cycle including precipitation processes, evapotranspiration, soil water and groundwater flow, and surface water features. Emphasis is placed on the atmospheric and geologic processes controlling water movement in the cycle at the global and local scales, considering the environmental impacts of urbanization and land-use management.

Instructor: Mina Benjouali

Rock & Fluid Properties

This course examines reservoir rock and fluid properties, flow behavior in reservoir rocks, behavior of gas in underground storage caverns, and their interrelation.

Instructor: Mina Benjouali

Soil & Water Conservation

This course reviews the problems, principles, and control of soil erosion by water and wind, land planning for soil conservation, and water management including irrigation and drainage problems.

Instructor: Luis Fontanet Sallán

Drinking Water & Health

This course examines the principles, requirements of public water supply for protection of public health. It includes essential characteristics of water quality and sources, water treatment and distribution systems with associated health hazards, epidemiology, risk assessment; surveillance, regulatory needs to assure safe public water supplies.

Instructor: Luis Fontanet Sallán

Transport & Fluid Mechanics

This course studies continuity, momentum, and energy equations, laminar and turbulent flow in pipes, rheology, flow in porous media, filtration, and fluidization. It provides a unified treatment of momentum, heat, and mass transport, with development of equations of change and application of microscopic and macroscopic balances to a variety of chemical engineering problems.

Instructor: Ranvir Aggarwal

Geotechnical Analysis

This course reviews geotechnical testing, modelling and analysis, to evaluate prediction versus performance in geotechnical engineering. It also explores the role of rocks and soils as engineering materials, distribution of rocks at or below the surface; hydrologic influences, geologic exploration of engineering sites, mapping, underground excavations, slopes, reservoirs, and dam sites.

Instructor: Miguel Ángel Fernández Sánchez

Water & Waste Sanitation

This course deals with waste sanitation and the environmental health problems concerning watersheds, water channels, river systems and the sea. It examines waste impact on the hydrologic cycle, and provides management solutions for modifying this impact on water quality, quantity and use.

Instructor: Luis Fontanet Sallán

Fire Hydraulics

This course explains drafting of water, velocity and discharge, friction loss, engine and nozzle pressure, fire streams, pressure loses in flowing hydrants and practical tips in the application of hydraulic principles.

Instructor: Luis Fontanet Sallán

Hydraulic Engineering

This course reviews the principles and applications in hydraulic engineering systems. It balances theory with practical design solutions to common hydraulic engineering problems. It examines the most common topics in hydraulics, including hydrostatics, pipe flow, pipelines, pipe networks, pumps, open channel flow, hydraulic structures, and water measurement devices.

Instructor: Luis Fontanet Sallán

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Professionally recognized and validated degrees.

Accredited (Non USA CHEA). International legalization available.

Non formal and independent education.