Civil & Environmental Engineering Courses

Civil & Environmental Engineering | Courses | Faculty

(All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise noted.)

121 CEE Measurements

With lab. Introduction to various measurements used in civil engineering. Topics include basic surveying principles involving linear and angular measurement, leveling, traversing, and stadia. Also, smaller scale measurements, such as displacemnt and load. Includes precision instruments such as verniers, calipers, micrometers and load cells. Prerequisite: CHEM 111; Corequisite: MATH 131.

240 Statics

Force systems, equilibrium of forces in two and three dimensions, friction, first and second moments (areas and masses). Prerequisite: MATH 132.

241 Strength of Materials I

Analysis and design of structural members subjected to axial loads, torsion and bending. Transformation of stress and strain, deflection of beams, behavior of columns. Prerequisite: CEE 240.

270 Civil Engineering Systems Analysis

Engineering economics, analysis of engineering systems using simulation and optimization techniques Prerequisite: CEE 121.

310 Transportation Systems

Transportation operations, planning, and design; emphasis on the highway mode. Topics include: vehicle, operator, and roadway characteristics; traffic control; capacity; geometric design objectives and plan formulation; demand forecasting; and economic, social, and environmental evaluation. Prerequisite: CEE 270.

320 Soil Mechanics

Properties of soil used in engineering including: soil classification; compaction; swelling and shrinkage; permeability and seepage; consolidation; strength and stiffness; and implications of soil for civil engineering design. Prerequisite: CEE 241. Corequisite: CEE 357.

331 Structural Analysis

Introductory structural analysis. Calculation of forces, moments, and deformations for axially loaded and flexural structures including trusses, beams, frames, arches, and cables. Classical and computer methods used. Prerequisite: CEE 241.

342 Dynamics

Motions of particles and rigid bodies and force systems causing them. Prerequisite: CEE 240.

357 Elementary Fluid Mechanics

A basic understanding of fluid mechanics through the study of the properties, stationary behavior, and flow characteristics of incompressible fluids. The fundamental constitutive relations and conservation equations governing the pressure, velocity, and free surface elevation of the fluid. Hydrostatic forces, pipe flow, and open channel flow as examples of hydraulic engineering. Prerequisites: CEE 240, MATH 331.

365 CEE Laboratory

With lab. Experimental techniques and measurements for materials, soil properties, fluid mechanics, and environmental engineering. Laboratory reports. Prerequisite: CEE 241. Corequisites: CEE 320, 357, 370; ENGL 351.

370 Environmental Engineering Principles

Introduction to environmental engineering with a focus on physical, chemical, and biological principles. Topics include environmental standards and legislation, material balances, reaction kinetics, environmental chemistry and microbiology, biogeochemical cycles, water quality, water resources, air quality, and solid and hazardous wastes. Prerequisite: MATH 331. Corequisite: CEE 357.

371 Water and Wastewater Treatment

Introduction to the design of water and wastewater systems. Topics include water supply, design of transmission and distribution systems, drinking water treatment, wastewater collection and design of sanitary sewers, and wastewater treatment systems. Prerequisite: CEE 370.

421 Foundation Engineering

Methods of site investigation; drilling and sampling procedures; in situ testing techniques; design of shallow and deep foundation systems for bearing capacity and settlement. Design project, a written engineering report. Prerequisite: CEE 320.

423 Engineering Geology 4 cr

With lab. Interpretation of geology for the purpose of planning, siting, design, and construction of engineered facilities. Includes an overview of geology, engineering geologic mapping, and specific consideration of engineering applications such as dams, reservoirs, and tunnels. Prerequisite: CEE 320.

432 Advanced Structural Analysis

Advanced analysis of structural systems using classical energy methods and matrix notation for computer methods. Topics include direct stiffness method for structures, virtual work, stationary potential energy, Castigliano's theorems. Prerequisite: CEE 331.

433 Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures

Analysis and design of reinforced concrete structures. Using current design methodology and specifications, flexural members designed for bending and shear, and bond columns designed using interaction diagrams. Prerequisite: CEE 331.

434 Design of Steel Structures

Using current design methodology and specifications, various types of steel and concrete structures are designed. Included are design of tension and compression members, beams, beam columns, riveted, bolted, and welded connections. Prerequisite: CEE 331.

450 Highway Location and Geometric Design

Introduction to 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 introduced and used for the class assignments and the class project. Prerequisite: CEE 310.

455 Spatial Analysis in Transportation

Spatial analysis using geographic information systems for planning management, operation, and analysis of transportation systems and facilities. Prerequisite: CEE 310 or consent of instructor.

462 Water Resources Engineering

Aspects of hydrologic measurement, data analysis, and stochastic properties of streamflow necessary for planning, operation and design of water resources facilities. Other topics include rainfall/runoff analysis, flood hydrographs and design of detention ponds/reservoirs. Prerequisite: CEE 270.

469 Water Supply and Wastewater Collection

Design of water supply and wastewater collection systems. Topics include water transmission mains, water distribution systems, pumping, storm sewers and sanitary sewer systems. Design projects, oral and written engineering reports. Ethics and professionalism. Prerequisites: CEE 365, 371.

473 Groundwater

Hydrology, geology, chemistry,and engineering design of groundwater systems. Topics include groundwater and the hydrologic cycle, groundwater hydraulics, groundwater as a resource, natural groundwater chemistry, groundwater contamination and remediation. Prerequisite: CEE 371.

476 Solid Waste Management

Municipal solid waste management. The relationship between the properties of solid wastes, the techniques and hardware used for waste handling, processing, and the ultimate disposal (or containment) of wastes and other residual materials. The design of systems for the management and disposal of solid wastes subject to economic factors, safety, and reliability and ethical and social implications. Prerequisite: CEE 370. Corequisite: CEE 371.

485 Construction Problems

Various phases of construction management including construction contracts; economic studies; estimating and bidding; design objectives and criteria; planning and scheduling; specifications and construction drawings. Prerequisite: CEE 241.

486 Civil and Environmental Engineering Design Project 4 cr

Team designs of comprehensive civil engineering projects. Includes economic factors, feasibility studies, consideration of alternative solutions, detail analysis and design, oral and written reports. Ethics and professionalism. Prerequisites: CEE 310, 320, 331, and 433 or 434.

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: CEE 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: CEE 270, 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: CEE 310.

514 Infrastructure Management

Asphaltic concrete pavements used to demonstrate and study issues, problems, concepts, principles, and techniques associated with the design and implementation of civil engineering infrastructure management systems. Prerequisites: CEE 270, 310, and 320.

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. Design project, a written engineering report and oral presentation. Prerequisites: CEE 310, 320.

516 Transportation Design

Comprehensive design of contemporary transportation projects. Students design several transportation facilities individually, and as a member of a design team. Emphasis on creative design and problem solving through transportation systems management techniques. Topics include planning and engineering design, esthetics, project management, state and federal regulations and funding, and environmental and social impacts. Extensive use of AutoCAD and ROADCALC and other computer-aided design packages. Introduction to hydrology and storm drain design, and the use of global positioning technology. Prerequisite: CEE 310.

518 Intelligent Transportation Systems

Application of advanced technology to the vehicle and the roadway to solve traffic congestion, safety, and air quality problems. Prerequisite: CEE 310 or consent of instructor.

523 Soil Mechanics and Ground Improvement for Transportation Engineering

Topics of soil engineering related to transportation including: soil classification, embankment design and construction, earthmoving, compaction, culvert design, tunneling, seepage and drainage, geosyn-thetics applications, design issues related to railroad track and pavement support, and soil improvement techniques. Emphasizes basic principles and design methodology. Prerequisite: CEE 320.

525 Environmental Geotechnology

Geotechnical engineering related to environmental issues. Topics include: site investigation techniques for environmental drilling; site instrumentation procedures; groundwater sampling 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: CEE 320.

536 Reinforced Concrete

Design of various types of reinforced concrete-building frames; elastic theory and ultimate-strength procedures. Prerequisite: CEE 433.

540 Strength of Materials II

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

541 Structural Dynamics

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

548 Finite Element Method ó An Introduction

Application of numerical methods to solution of problems of structural mechanics. Finite difference techniques and other methods for solution of problems in the vibration, stability, and equilibrium of structural elements. Prerequisites: CEE 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: CEE 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: CEE 357, MIE 230 or equivalent.

561 Open-Channel Flow

A rigorous mathematical study of one-dimensional flow in open channels, including uniform, gradually varied, rapidly varied, tidal, and flood flows. Analytical and finite difference solutions to the governing conservation equations developed with the aid of the computer, and stable channel design addressed. Prerequisite: CEE 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 methods. Prerequisite: CEE 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 application to drinking water treatment and distribution, water pollution control, and natural systems. Prerequisite: CEE 371.

575 Hazardous Waste Management

An overview of the fundamental principles and design of techniques for management, treatment, containment, and disposal of hazardous wastes subject to economic factors, safety and reliability. Prerequisite: CEE 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 relation to water quality. Wasteload allocation design. Prerequisite: CEE 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: CEE 371.

590C Prestressed Concrete

Principles and methods to analyze, design, and construct prestressed concrete structures; prestressing materials. Working stress and ultimate strength analysis and design of prestressed concrete flexural members. Shear, deflections, and prestress losses in prestressed concrete beams; composite beams and prestressed concrete bridges. Prerequisite: CEE 433.

590D Advanced Topics in Steel Design

Expands on the basic design methods of CEE 434. Includes plate girder design, composite steel and concrete member design, overall structure considerations, plastic design techniques of analysis, and expands on the previous class descriptions of beam-column and connection designs. Prerequisite: CEE 434.

590F Freight Transportation Operations and Planning

Introduction to different modal and intermodal freight facilities, their operation, types of freight movement and handling equipment, and freight transportation planning, based on current research on and off campus. Freight demand, mode split, forecasting for existing and new facilities, the role of freight in public sector planning, policy analysis, data availability and issues, survey procedures and methods, and case studies.

590N Numerical Methods for Environmental and Water Resources Engineering

Use of numerical methods for problems in environmental and water resources engineering, including flow problems in porous media and open waters, multi-species chemical equilibrium and kinetics, and contaminant transport problems in porous media and open waters. Methods include solution of linear systems of equations, nonlinear equations and systems of nonlinear equations, systems of first order ordinary differential equations, and the finite difference method for partial differential equations. Emphasis on model building and effective use of such common programs as MODFLOW, MT3D, QUAL2E, and MINEQL. Prerequisite: CEE 357.

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