Civil & Environmental Engineering Courses

Program | Faculty | Master's | Doctoral | Courses

All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise specified.

509 Transportation Systems Analysis

Introduction to transportation modeling as applied to multiple transportation modes, data, and the transportation planning process. Urban highway and project planning, transit, freight, and other modes. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 310.

510 Public Transportation Systems

Relationship of public transportation to technological innovation; financing and regulation; supply, demand, and price considerations; performance evaluation; routing and scheduling; application of microcomputers; and project planning and design. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 270 and 310, or equivalent.

511 Traffic Engineering

Fundamental principles of traffic flow and intersection traffic operations including traffic data collection methods, traffic control devices, traffic signal design, and analysis techniques. Emphasizes quantitative and computerized techniques for designing and optimizing intersection signalization. Several traffic engineering software packages used. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 310.

515 Pavement Design

Design procedures for flexible highway pavement structures including AASHTO and the Asphalt Institute methods; determination of design parameters for mixed traffic, materials, and performance characterization; reliability of design. A design project, written engineering report, and oral presentation. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 310 and 320.

516 Transportation Design

Highway location and geometric design principles for streets and highways with emphasis on roadway safety. Includes state-of-the-art design policies and current research findings. AutoCAD and transportation design computer software used for class assignments and the class project. Students work in design teams on transportation design projects with an emphasis on creative design and problem solving through transportation systems management techniques. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 310.

518 Intelligent Transportation Systems

A review of intelligent transportation systems, technologies, and user services with an emphasis on the operation of advanced public transportation systems (APTS) and technologies including wire and wireless communication, sensors, automated vehicle location, information processing and other technological applications; user services including traffic signal priority control, en-route and pre-trip traveler information, electronic payment, and management and operations as they pertain to public transit and paratransit services in both large metropolitan areas and small urban and rural communities. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 310 or consent of instructor.

523 Ground Improvement

Engineered ground improvement; slurry trenches, dewatering systems; grouting; deep dynamic compaction, vibro compaction; stone columns; wick and vertical sand drains. Emphasizes basic principles and design methodology. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 320.

525 Environmental Geotechnology

Geotechnical engineering related to environmental issues. Topics include site investigation techniques for environmental drilling; site instrumentation procedures; groundwater sampling methods; methods of evaluating in situ and laboratory hydraulic conductivity for use in design; design of containment facilities; and current methods for addressing subsurface environmental problems. Written engineering reports. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 320.

535 Matrix Analysis of Structures

Development and use of flexibility and stiffness methods of matrix analysis for de-terminate and indeterminate structures. Use of computer programs for the analysis of simple structures. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 331.

536 Reinforced Concrete

Design of various types of reinforced concrete systems including one- and two-way slabs, continuous beams, building frames, and beam-column joints. Moment-curvature analysis of reinforced concrete sections, moment redistribution of continuous systems, and strut-and-tie modeling techniques. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 433.

540 Strength of Materials II

Stress-strain-temperature relations in elastic and plastic structural systems. Energy methods. Stress concentration and stress in-tensity factors. Role of linear fracture mechanics in design. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 241.

541 Structural Dynamics

Behavior of structures and structural components exposed to time dependent loadings. Vibrations of systems; descriptions of dynamic systems. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 331 and MATH 331.

542 Advanced Topics in Steel Design

Expands on the basic design methods of CE-ENGIN 434. Includes plate girder design, composite steel and concrete member design, overall structure considerations, and other topics, some extending on previous class descriptions and others as entirely new concepts. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 434.

548 Finite Element Method — An Introduction

Introduction to finite element techniques for the solution of structural engineering problems. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 241 and MATH 331.

549 Structural Stability

Linear and nonlinear buckling of columns, beam-columns, frames and plates. Role of linearization in formulation of stability problems. Adjacent equilibrium, kinetic, imperfection and energy criteria for stability analysis. Variational approaches for formulating and solving buckling problems. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 331 and MATH 331.

560 Hydrology

A quantitative account of elements of the hydrologic cycle, including precipitation, evapotranspiration, snowmelt, infiltration, and surface runoff. Basic laws from such various disciplines as physics, chemistry, meteorology, astronomy, fluid mechanics, and thermodynamics combined into simple mathematical descriptions used in the hydrologic design process. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 357 and M&I-ENG 230 or equivalent.

561 Open-Channel Flow

A rigorous mathematical study of flow in open channels, including uniform, gradually varied, rapidly varied, tidal, and flood flows. Analytical and numerical solutions to the governing conservation equations developed with the aid of the computer, and stable channel design addressed. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 357.

572 Environmental Engineering Analysis

With lab. Basic concepts of physical and chemical parameters used to measure water quality in natural aquatic systems and in treatment plants. Laboratory covers important water analysis techniques including gravimetric, volumetric, colorimetric, and alkalinity-acidity titration. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 370 or consent of instructor.

573 Environmental Engineering Microbiology

With lab. Microbiological and biochemical properties of microorganisms important in environmental engineering practice. General fundamentals of microbiology and their application to drinking water treatment and distribution, water pollution control, and natural systems. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 371.

575 Advanced Solid and Hazardous Waste Management

Introduction to municipal solid waste management and hazardous waste management. Relationship between the properties of wastes, the techniques and hardware used for waste handling and processing, and the ultimate disposal (containment) of waste and other residual materials. Remediation of contaminated areas. Design of systems for the management and disposal of solid and hazardous wastes subject to economic factors, safety, reliability, and ethical and social implications. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 371.

577 Surface Water Quality Modeling

Evaluation and control of water quality in streams, lakes, and estuaries. Mathematical analyses of patterns of water movement and their relationship to water quality. Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) allocation design. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 371.

579 Air Quality

The sources, fate, transport, and control of the major categories of air pollutants. Topics include sources and characteristics of air pollutants; atmospheric chemistry and physics; effects of air pollutants on human health and the environment; global climate change; atmospheric dispersion modeling; and design of systems for the control of gaseous and particulate air pollutants. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 371.

605 Finite Element Analysis

Introduction to finite element method in engineering science. Derivation of element equations by physical, variational, and residual methods. Associated computer coding techniques and numerical methods. Applications. Prerequisites: programming ability, ordinary differential equations, basic matrix algebra. Same as M&I-ENG 605.

610 Transportation Analysis and Planning

Advanced topics in transportation planning including application of the four-step planning process with transportation model analysis software, econometric model estimation and analysis, use of statistical software with transportation survey data, activity analysis, and various other transportation planning and economics topics. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 509.

611 Transportation Investment and Pricing Analysis

The application of economic principles to transportation investment and pricing analyses; emphasis on highway and public transportation in urban settings. Prerequisites: ECON 103, CE-ENGIN 310 or equivalents.

612 Transportation Planning and Policy Analysis

An intensive survey of current issues in transportation planning and policy. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 310.

620 Soil Behavior and Shear Strength

Fundamentals of soil behavior, soil mineralogy and structure, soil stresses, stress-strain-strength behavior of cohesionless and cohesive soils, consolidation behavior of saturated soils, and determination of consolidation and strength parameters in practice. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 320.

622 Geotechnical Materials Testing

Experimental investigation of the fundamental aspects of soil behavior including classification, index and engineering properties. Emphasizes experimental determination of the consolidation and stress-strain-strength characteristics of soils for design. Experiments include: classification and basic index tests, hydraulic conductivity, consolidation, triaxial tests and direct simple shear. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 320 and 620.

623 Advanced Foundation Engineering

Geotechnical analysis and design related to shallow and deep foundations. Topics include: site investigations, bearing capacity theory, analysis and design of shallow spread footings, isolated pads and mat foundations; total stress and effective stress design of drilled shaft and driven pile foundations. Emphasis on the presentation of designs in a formal geotechnical report. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 620.

625 In Situ Testing Techniques in Geotechnical Engineering

The theoretical and practical aspects of in situ tests in geotechnical engineering. Tests discussed include: Standard Penetration Test, Field Vane, Piezocone, Dilatometer, Pressuremeter, and Borehole Shear. Emphasis on use of in situ test results for determining engineering properties of soil for design. Corequisite: CE-ENGIN 620.

630 Advanced Solid Mechanics

Unified treatment of the analysis of solids. Consideration of continuity, mechanical energy, stress and strain. Application to elasticity, thermoelasticity, and plasticity. Same as M&I-ENG 630.

631, 632 Civil Engineering Analysis I, II

Mathematical methods for solution of typical engineering problems. Analytical methods for solution of ordinary differential equations; perturbation methods, special functions, eigenvalue problems. Introduction to complex variable methods. Prerequisite: MATH 331.

639 Structural Mechanics of Composite Materials

Types of composite systems. Analytical models of filamentary and laminated materials. Elastic and plastic analysis of structures subject to static or dynamic loadings. Failure criteria of composites, influence of time, temperature, and moisture. Design of composite material systems. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 241.

643 Elasticity

General equations of the mathematical theory of elasticity in space. General formulation of basic equations and methods of solution.

644 Theory of Plates

Classical theory of plates as well as modern developments. Relationship of general theory of elasticity to plate theory.

645 Advanced Topics in Vibrations

Free and forced vibrations of strings, rods, bars, and thin elastic plates. Free vibrations of circular, cylindrical, and conical shells. Forced harmonic vibrations of thin shells. Propagation of elastic waves. Ray-leigh surface waves. Statistical concepts of random vibration analysis. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 541 or M&I-ENG 640. Same as M&I-ENG 745.

646 Seismic Structural Analysis

Principles of engineering seismology, including analysis and design of structures to resist earthquake motions. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 541.

647 Structural Dynamics II

Continuation of CE-Engin 541. Emphasis on analysis of civil engineering structures subject to various steady state and transient loadings. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 541.

648 Structural Shells

Analysis of structural shells. Membrane theory, bending theory of shells of revolution, shear deformation shell theory, non-linear theories, stability. Consent of instructor required.

660 Subsurface Hydraulics

The transport of water through the unsaturated and saturated zone using rigorous mathematical theory, and analytical and numerical solutions. Topics include hydraulic properties of soils, infiltration, confined and unconfined aquifer flow, consolidations, and well hydraulics. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 357 and 320.

661 Subsurface Pollution

Transport of contaminants through the unsaturated and saturated zone using rigorous mathematical theory, and analytical and numerical solutions. Topics include the fate and transport of conservative and reactive contaminants in single or multiphase flow fields. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 660.

662 Water Resource Systems Analysis

Methods for designing and managing water resource systems, including optimization, uncertainty and reliability analysis, economic and pricing analysis, water demand and drought planning, and facility siting analysis. Applications to surface water, groundwater, water distribution, flood control, and water qualtiy control systems. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 270 and 357.

668 Professional Engineering Practice Concepts

Discussion of the concerns and challenges of a professional engineer including pro-ject management, writing and presentation skills, negotiations, finance, ethics, organizational structure, and risk and liability.  Credit, 2.

671 Biological Phenomena in Environmental Engineering

Overview of the fundamentals of microbiology and examination of biological processes used in environmental engineering including water and wastewater treatment, bioremediation, and biological air pollution control. Laboratory experiments illustrate concepts in environmental microbiology. Credit, 4.

672 Physical and Chemical Treatment Processes

Lecture and lab. Fundamentals of physical and chemical processes used in environmental engineering. Applications include processes used in the treatment of drinking waters, industrial waters and wastewaters, municipal wastewaters, and hazardous waste remediation. Credit, 4.

679 Engineering Project

For students enrolled in the M.S. Professional Practice option. Principles and techniques involved in the design of an engineered facility. May not be taken by those selecting CE-ENGIN 689 or 699. Credit, 1-5.

680 Water Chemistry

Chemical equilibrium principles of acids-bases, dissolution-precipitation, oxidation-reduction, and complexation applied to understanding the chemistry of surface waters, groundwaters, and water and wastewater treatment.

689 Master's Project

Research carried out and reported under supervision of student's adviser as partial fulfillment of requirements for Master's degree in civil engineering or Master's degree in environmental engineering. May not be taken by those taking CE-ENGIN 679 Engineering Report or CE-ENGIN 699 Master's Thesis.  Credit, 1-6.

691, 692 Environmental Engineering Seminar

Presentation by the graduate student of selected current literature and research. Visiting lecturers. One class hour.  Credit, 1.

693, 694 Geotechnical Engineering Seminar

Research presentation by graduate student and faculty. Visiting lecturers.  Credit, 1.

693B Structural Engineering Seminar

Research presentation by graduate students and faculty. Visiting lecturers. Credit, 1.

695 Transportation Engineering Seminar

Visiting lecturers. Research presentations by graduate students and faculty. Discussion of current transportation topics. Credit, 1.

696 Independent Study

Credit, 1-6.

697 Special Topics

699 Master's Thesis

Research carried out and reported under supervision of student's research adviser as partial fulfillment of requirements for Master's degree in civil engineering or Master's degree in environmental engineering. May not be taken by those taking CE-ENGIN 679 Engineering Project or CE-ENGIN 689 Master's Project.  Credit, 1-6.

722 Computer and Numerical Methods in Geomechanics

Computer and numerical methods in soil mechanics, consolidation, seepage, slope stability, stress distribution, and finite element analysis.

724 Soil Dynamics

Dynamic behavior of soils with application to problems of seismic survey, measurement of dynamic soil properties, foundation vibration and performance under earthquake loading.

728 Geotechnical Instrumentation

Design, selection, and use of instrumentation for geotechnical engineering purposes. Laboratory and field instrumentation considered. Topics include: purpose of instrumentation, planning projects, procurement of instruments and services, measuring devices, and examples of applications. Lab demonstration.

770 Environmental Engineering Design

Selection, evaluation, and design of environmental engineering processes and systems. Corequisites: CE-ENGIN 671 and CE-ENGIN 672.  Credit, 4.

772 Instrumental Methods in Environmental Analysis

Principles and techniques of instrumental chemical analysis, including molecular and atomic spectrophotometry, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and electro-analytical methods. Emphasis on solving analytical problems of trace pollutants in water and wastewater. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 572 or equivalent.

774 Processes at the Particle-Water Interface

An analysis of physical and chemical aspects of the behavior of particles in aquatic systems. Topics include surface chemistry, adsorption, nucleation, precipitation, dissolution, forces between interacting surfaces, and the hydrodynamics of particle transport and deposition. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 672. Corequisite: CE-ENGIN 680 or consent of instructor.

776 Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils and Ground Water

 Application of biological processes as they are currently used to remediate convention-al, industrial, and hazardous wastes. Fun-damentals of microbial physiology and metabolism as applied to the major groups of hazardous chemicals. Theory and design of remediation technologies. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 671 or equivalent.

780 Mechanics of Materials

Advanced topics related to mechanical behavior of structural materials.

899 Doctoral Dissertation

Credit, 18.