CIEN E4022: Bridge Design and Management

Course Overview

This course has evolved in response to the growing need for engineering expertise in bridge management in New York City, across the U.S., and around the world. It is intended to cultivate your understanding of the mechanical and economic needs of bridge structures and networks. You will learn the basics of bridge structural analysis, the governing design specifications and the economic constraints. Past graduates have come from or joined bridge design companies and government agencies. The ultimate objective has been to reduce the practices of infrastructure mismanagement.

You must have basic knowledge of structural mechanics to take this course.

Course Instructor

Bojidar Yanev

Adjunct Professor

Dr Yanev has worked as a research engineer at EERC, U.C., Berkeley (1978-1980), a consultant in NYC (1980-89) and the Assistant Commissioner and Executive Director of Bridge Inspection and Management for NYCDOT.

Yanev lectures on structural stability, bridge design and management worldwide, including courses at Columbia University (1991-present) and at Brooklyn Politechnik, NYU (2008-2017). He is the author of over 60 articles on seismic structural response and bridge management and his book Bridge Management (John Wiley, 2007) is translated in Japanese and Chinese. He has been a member of several FHWA review panels and TRB committees and chaired the subcommittee on Bridge Safety and Security.