土木工程哲学博士-系统

土木工程系是系统科学与工程中心的所在地，该中心是一个多学科研究计划，旨在设计和优化当前和未来具有全球重要性的系统，包括与能源，健康和交通相关的系统。我们开发了新颖的数学建模和仿真工具，不仅可以增强此类复杂系统的性能，还可以提高对自然和人为威胁的抵御能力。系统是任何以其组件协同工作以产生所需解决方案的方式组织的实体。通过这种定义，可以将悬索桥，电网或医院描述为系统，每种结构都可以解决人为问题。对这些系统的鲁棒性，可靠性，弹性和可持续性的研究都需要复杂的模型来推进最新技术。
The PhD program in Civil and Systems Engineering aims to inspire the leaders of tomorrow to take on the challenge of creating and sustaining the built environment that underpins our society. Focal research areas in the department include structural engineering, structural mechanics, probabilistic methods, hazards management, and systems engineering. Our systems program is trans-disciplinary and collaborative - connecting mathematics, engineering, social and physical sciences and medicine. The growth of systems science and engineering parallels the growth of technology. Whereas previously , the term 'system evoked images of human-made entities with closely interacting components coordinated to produce a set of outcomes, current usage of the term is much broader in scope and scale. Systems research has evolved into a trans-disciplinary, collaborative field, connecting mathematics, engineering, social and physical sciences and medicine. Departmental work via the Center for Systems Science and Engineering brings together students, faculty, and researchers from other departments in the Whiting School of Engineering, as well as from the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the School of Medicine, and the Applied Physics Laboratory.