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Current Term or Future Courses (Current Academic Year) or Summer Session or Listing of Graduate Courses Offered in AY 2009-2010 by Discipline
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CE 199 SPECIAL STUDIES (Credit to be arranged) consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 211 PLANE SURVEY-MAPPING (3) An introductory analytical treatment of the principles of engineering measurements applied to plane surveys. Origin of datums, random error, observation systems, computations, nonrigorous adjustments, and topographic mapping. Computer applications. Discipline: General Prerequisite: Mth 251
CE 212 FIELD PROBLEMS IN PLANE SURVEYING (1) Care and operation of plane survey
instruments. Field projects in testing instrumental
adjustment and executing basic survey circuits. Discipline: General Prerequisite: CE 211 concurrently
CE 213 FIELD PROBLEMS IN PLANE SURVEYING (1) Development and completion of
a topographic map by field method. Discipline: General Prerequisite: CE 211 concurrently
CE 214 FIELD PROBLEMS IN PLANE SURVEYING (1) Layout of a route design; adjustment of optical. Elementary field astronomy.
Instruments. Discipline: General Prerequisite: CE 211 concurrently
CE 311 ENGINEERING SURVEYS (4) The principles of geometric design of route
engineering. The reconnaissance, design, control,
and layout of highway and railroad systems
including curves and earthwork. Municipal surveys
and introduction to spherical astronomy.
Computer applications. Discipline: General Prerequisite: CE 211
CE 315 CIVIL & ENV ENGR PROFESSION (1) Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) practice in structural, environmental, geotechnical, and transportation engineering. Overview of education, training, research, and employment opportunities for each area of CEE. Engineering registration and ethics. Discipline: General Prerequisite: Junior Standing
CE 321 CEE PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS (4) Introduction to structure and properties of civil
engineering materials such as steel, asphalt,
cement, concrete, soil, wood and polymers.
Laboratory tests include evaluation of behavior of
these materials under a wide range of conditions.
Lectures and laboratory. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: EAS 212
CE 324 ELEMENTARY STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS (4) Loads on structures as dictated in various codes
and specification; load flow through a structural
system and tributary areas; methods of analysis
of statistically determinate planar trusses,
beams, and frames; concepts of stability and
indeterminacy; axial, shear, and bending
moment; calculations of displacements and
rotations by virtual work, Castigliano’s theorem
for trusses, beams and frames; computer analysis
of structures using an existing commercial
program. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: EAS 212 and MTH 254
CE 325 INDETERMINATE STRUCTURES (4) Analysis of indeterminate structures by force
and displacement methods; consistent deformations
and the theorem of least work; slope
deflection; moment distribution including sway;
approximate methods. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 324
CE 333 DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES (4) Design of tension members, columns, beams,
beam-columns, and connections based on allowable
stress design. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 321 and CE 325
CE 341 SOIL CLASSIFICATION AND PROPERTIES (4) Determination and interpretation of significant
engineering properties and behavior of soils;
selected application in mechanics of foundations
and earth structures. Three lectures; one
3-hour laboratory period. Discipline: Geotechnical Prerequisite: CE 321
CE 351 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS: PLANNING AND DESIGN (4) A study of engineering problems associated
with the planning and design of urban and
intercity transportation with emphasis on systems
approach to problems definition and solution.
Vehicle operation characteristics and traffic
control devices for land, air, and water, data collection
methods and development of transportation
models for the establishment of design criteria
for transportation structures. Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: STAT 451CM and junior standing in engineering
CE 362 HYDRAULICS (4) Laminar and turbulent flow and introduction to
boundary layer theory; flow in pressurized
closed conduits including simple and multiple
pipe systems, uniform and non-uniform flow in
open channels, behavior of centrifugal pumps,
and analysis of pump-pipeline systems. Three
hours of lecture and one 3-hour laboratory period
each week. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: EAS 361
CE 364 WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING (4) Principles of hydrology and hydraulic engineering
applied to water supply systems design. Collection and distribution, pump stations,
water quality and treatment, economic considerations. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CE 362
CE 371 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (4) Effect of air, land, and water pollutants on environment.
Transport and fate of pollutants in
environment. Flow and mass balances of reactors.
Reaction kinetics. Mathematical modeling
of water quality in rivers, lakes, and estuaries.
Water and wastewater treatment processes. Air
quality management. Solid waste management. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: EAS 361
CE 401 RESEARCH () (Credit to be arranged) Consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 403 HONORS THESIS (Credit to be arranged) Consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 404 COOPERATIVE EDUCATION/INTERNSHIP (Credit to be arranged) Consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 405 READING AND CONFERENCE (4) Consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 406 SPECIAL PROJECTS (4) Consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 407 SEMINAR (4) Consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 410 SELECTED TOPICS (4) Consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 420 ADVANCED MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (4) Advanced studies in mechanics of materials
including fundamentals of elasticity, phenomenological
material behavior, and theories of failure.
Timoshenko beam theory, stress functions,
shear stresses, unsymmetrical sections, and
beams on elastic foundations. Thick-walled
cylinders; approximate methods. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: EAS 212 and MTH 256 or equivalent
CE 423 VIBRATION ANALYSIS IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING (4) Fundamentals of vibration theory; applications
in structural engineering. Free, forced, and transient
vibration of single and multi-degrees of
freedom systems including damping, normal
modes, coupling, and normal coordinates. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: EAS 212 and MTH 261
CE 431 STABILITY OF STRUCTURES (4) Study of elastic and inelastic flexural buckling
of bars and frames; use of energy methods and
successive approximations; bracing of columns
and frames; torsional, lateral-torsional, and local
buckling. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 333 and MTH 261
CE 432 STRUCTURAL STEEL DESIGN - LRFD METHOD (4) Design of components of steel structures based
on load and resistance factor design method. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 321 and CE 325
CE 433 COLD-FORMED STEEL DESIGN (4) Design of cold-formed steel beams, columns,
beam-columns, cylindrical tubular members,
and connections based on the Allowable Stress
Design (ASD) and the Load and Resistance
Factor Design (LRFD) methods of the AISI
specification. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 432
CE 434 PRINCIPLES OF REINFORCED CONCRETE (4) Loads, load factors and structural safety, ultimate
strength analysis; short column behavior,
design of simple and continuous beams; oneway
slabs; serviceability and detailing requirements
with reference to current codes. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 321 and CE 325
CE 435 DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES (4) Development and splicing of reinforcement;
design of long columns, retaining walls, footings,
and slabs with reference to current codes;
lateral loads; laboratory demonstration of beam
and column behavior. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 434
CE 436 MASONRY DESIGN (3) Materials of construction; design of masonry
elements, lateral load resisting systems, and
connections with reference to current codes. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 434
CE 437 TIMBER DESIGN (4) Design of solid and glued-laminated structural
members including arches, connections, plywood
components, and diaphragms; design provisions
for lateral forces. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 325
CE 438 DESIGN OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES (4) Design of composite steel-concrete members
based on allowable stress design and load and
resistance factor design methods. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 432
CE 440 GEOSYNTHETICS IN INFRASTUCTURE ENGINEERING (4) Testing and design with polymer-based geosynthetic
products in and on soil for the civil infrastructure.
Strength-based design applications
are introduced with design-by-function principles,
and product approval for transportation,
structural, and geotechnical disciplines. Use of
geotextiles, geogrids, and geo-composites in
slopes, mechanically stabilized earth retaining
walls, pavement subgrades, and overlays. Discipline: Geotechnical Prerequisite: CE 444
CE 442 IN SITU BEHAVIOR AND TESTING OF SOILS (4) Introduction to field behavior of soils related to
engineering properties; site investigation procedures
and in situ testing. Development of fundamental
analytical solution techniques for
engineering with soil, the use and limitations of
elasticity assumptions. Three lectures, one 3-
hour laboratory period. Discipline: Geotechnical Prerequisite: CE 341
CE 443 INTRODUCTION TO SEISMOLOGY AND SITE EVALUATION (4) Earthquakes and exploration seismology, the
origin and occurrence of earthquakes, nature
and propagation of seismic waves in the earth,
earthquakes as a hazard to life and property.
Uses of reflection and refraction exploration
seismology, borehole velocity measurements,
seismic remote sensing, and direct measurement
techniques. Earthquake hazard assessment
including liquefaction, ground failure, and site
amplification. Techniques for evaluating the
susceptibility, potential, and severity of the hazards
and other science and engineering applications. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: senior standing. This course is the same as G 475; course may be taken only once for credit
CE 444 GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN (4) Effect of soil conditions upon the behavior and
choice of type of foundation; study of earth
pressure theories; design of foundations and
earth-retaining structures. Discipline: Geotechnical Prerequisite: CE 341
CE 445 GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING WITH GEOSYNTHETICS (2) Application of polymer-based geosynthetic
products for geo-environmental and municipal
engineering including landfills, soil erosion control,
filters, and drains. Testing, design, and
product selection for hydraulic, degradation,
and chemical stability properties. Introduction
to reliability, endurance, and design life with Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CE 341
CE 448 EARTHQUAKE ACCOMODATION AND DESIGN (4) Effects of earthquake shaking in the design of
buildings, pipelines, bridges, and dams.
Incorporating the earthquake hazard assessment
for a project in the design process. The goal of
this course is to allow geologists, geotechnical
engineers, structural engineers, and architects to
see how their particular tasks are impacted by
the earthquake effects. Types of analysis used to
evaluate earthquake design requirements in several
disciplines, including: geology, geotechnical
engineering, structural engineering, and architecture. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 443 or G 475. This course is the same as G 477; course may be taken only once for credit
CE 450 TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ANALYSIS (4) Incorporating safety in highway engineering
and transportation planning that includes highway
design, operation, and maintenance, as well
as human factors, statistical analysis, traffic control
and public policy. Design concepts of intersections,
interchanges, signals, signs and pavement
markings; analyzing data sets for recommendations
and prioritization; principles of
driver and vehicle characteristics in relation to
the roadway. Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: CE 351
CE 451 TRAFFIC CONTROL AND ANALYSIS (4) Traffic control principles; maintenance and
responsibility for traffic control devices; choice
of traffic control; signs, markings, and signals;
low-volume roads, temporary control, and
school areas, traffic control for highway-rail
grade crossings, bicycles, and transit: warrants for control; control techniques and analysis,
advanced technologies. Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: CE 351
CE 453 FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS (4) Components and performance characteristics of
the U.S. freight transportation system, with
emphasis on data needs, planning, design, and
operation of the entire supply chain.
Discussion of impact of freight on passenger
transportation system and economy. Modal
emphasis includes freight rail, motor freight,
ocean freight, and air freight. Terminal operations.
Roles of public and private actors in
freight system. Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: CE 351
CE 454 URBAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (4) Urban street patterns and transportation
demand, highway capacity analysis, process of
urban transport planning, travel-demand forecasting
and its application to traffic studies.
Development of transport models, multiple
regression analysis, models of land use and trip
generations, stochastic trip distribution models,
applications and case studies. Route Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: CE 351
CE 455 INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (4) Introduction to intelligent transportation systems,
including enabling surveillance, navigation, communications,
and computer technologies.
Application of technologies for monitoring,
analysis, evaluation, and prediction of transportation
system performance. Intervention strategies,
costs and benefits, safety, human factors, institutional
issues, and case studies. Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: CE 351. CE 454 is recommended
CE 456 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING (4) Traffic system components, traffic stream characteristics,
traffic studies and data collection,
volume studies, speed, travel-time, delay and
pedestrian studies, capacity analysis, freeway
systems, weaving sections, ramp junctions, rural
highways, signalized and unsignalized intersections,
signal coordination, arterial operations,
and access management. Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: CE 454
CE 457 PAVEMENT DESIGN (4) Pavement structure classification and components,
wheel loads and design factors, stresses
in flexible pavements, subgrade strength and
evaluation, design methods, material characteristics,
stresses in rigid pavements, design of
concrete pavements, joints and reinforcement,
condition surveys. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 351
CE 458 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (4) Performance characteristics of public transportation
systems, with emphasis on urban
systems. Planning, design, and operational
issues related to public transportation systems.
Emerging technologies. Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: CE 351, CE 454 is recommended
CE 459 TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS (4) Operation, modeling, and control of unscheduled
and scheduled transportation modes; elementary
traffic flow concepts; flow, density and
speed; scheduling; route and bottleneck capacities;
networks; data interpretation; analysis techniques; diagrams; simulation queuing; optimization. Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: CE 351, CE 454 is recommended
CE 460 ACCESS MANAGEMENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (4) Access management issues; geometric design,
roadway operation, and access; safety and other
benefits; access design concepts; functional
integrity of highway; driveway and intersection
spacing; functional area of intersection; turn
lanes; median openings; access management
techniques; regulations and policy; case studies;
research issues. Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: CE 351
CE 464 HYDROLOGIC AND HYDRAULIC MODELING (4) Development and application of deterministic
and statistical models for hydrologic and
hydraulic analysis and design. Presentation of
hydrologic processes and development of
hydrologic models related to rainfall-runoff
including precipitation, infiltration, evapotranspiration,
watershed and channel routing.
Statistical analysis procedures for hydrologic
data including estimation of rainfall and flood
frequency. Application of HEC-HMS to model
streamflow including model calibration and verification.
Modeling steady flow in rivers using
HEC-RAS. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CE 362
CE 467 HYDROLOGIC AND HYDRAULIC DESIGN (4) Application of hydrologic and hydraulic principles
to selected topics in hydrologic and
hydraulic design. Topics include risk-based
design of hydraulic structures, design of culverts,
flood profile computation and flood plain
management, design of reservoirs. Design of
spillways including development of design flood
hydrograph and hydraulic design, design of
energy dissipation works. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CE 464 or knowledge of HEC 1 and HEC 2
CE 469 GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY (4) Introduces students to the basic principles of
groundwater flow in the subsurface, emphasizing
the importance of groundwater as a
resource. Topics include: the hydrologic cycle,
history of groundwater usage, aquifer classification
and properties, Darcy’s experiments and
Law, hydraulic head and potential, porosity and
permeability, transmissivity and storativity, heterogeneity
and anisotropy, saturated vs. unsaturated
subsurface flow, and hydraulics of pumping
wells (drawdown, flow in confined and
unconfined aquifers, nonequilibrium flow conditions,
slug tests, and aquifer-test design). Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: senior or graduate standing
CE 474 UNIT OPERATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (4) Unit operations of water and wastewater treatment;
pretreatment; sedimentation, filtration,
aeration, disinfection, sludge treatment and disposal,
advanced waste-water treatment processes. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CE 371
CE 477 SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT (4) Systematic approach to the complex technical,
political, and socio-economic aspects of managing,
handling, and disposal of spent solid materials
and hazardous wastes. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: senior or graduate standing or consent of instructor
CE 479 FATE AND TRANSPORT TOXICS IN THE ENVIRONMENT (4) Chemical, physical, and biological principles that
govern the behavior of toxic materials such as
heavy metals and synthetic organic compounds
in the environment. Course emphasizes practical
ways to represent chemical processes in models
of pollutant behavior. Topics include: adsorption
of pollutants on soils and sediments; transport
across sediment-water and air-water interfaces;
bioamplification of pollutants; multiphase fugacity
models of organics; case studies of contaminated
surface water, sediment and groundwater. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: This course is the same as ESR 479; course may be taken only once for credit
CE 480 CHEMISTRY OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICS (4) The fate and transport-related behavior of toxic
compounds in the environment. Classification,
nomenclature, examples of anthropogenic compounds,
and case studies. Introducing the physical
and chemical processes associated with airwater
exchange, organic-liquid exchange, sorption
processes, chemical transformations, and
bioaccumulation. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CH 221; CH 222 is recommended
CE 484 CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN I (3) Engineering design process including ownerdesign,
professional-constructor relationships, procurement
procedures, project evolution; contracts,
dispute resolution, bonds, warranties; construction
documents, including specifications; cost estimating,
planning, and scheduling; construction
administration; group process, diversity, and leadership.
Two lectures, one 3-hour design project
laboratory period. Discipline: General Prerequisite: CE 444, CE 454, CE 364, CE 325 and CE 432 or CE 434
CE 494 CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN II (3) Synthesis of civil engineering specialties in a
diverse multi-disciplinary project. Teamwork
approach in design of components and systems
to meet stated objectives. Consideration of alternative
solutions, methods, and products including
constraints such as economic factors, safety,
reliability, and ethics. Preparation of design documents,
including: memoranda, computations,
drawings, cost estimates, specifications, bidding
materials; written and oral presentations. Two
lectures, one 3-hour design project laboratory
period. Discipline: General Prerequisite: CE 484
CE 501 RESEARCH (Credit to be arranged) consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 503 THESIS (Credit to be arranged) consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 504 COOPERATIVE EDUCATION INTERNSHIP (Credit to be arranged) consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 505 READING AND CONFERENCE (Credit to be arranged) consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 506 SPECIAL PROJECTS (Credit to be arranged) consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 507 SEMINAR (Credit to be arranged) consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 510 SELECTED TOPICS (Credit to be arranged) consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 520 ADVANCED MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (4) Advanced studies in mechanics of materials
including fundamentals of elasticity, phenomenological
material behavior, and theories of failure.
Timoshenko beam theory, stress functions,
shear stresses, unsymmetrical sections, and
beams on elastic foundations. Thick-walled
cylinders; approximate methods. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: EAS 212 and MTH 256 or equivalent
CE 521 ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURE (4) Generalized analysis of multi-story and irregular
structural framework with classical methods;
analysis of arches, curved beams and frames
with nonprismatic members. Energy methods Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 325
CE 522 PLASTIC ANALYSIS OS STRUCTURES (4) Techniques in the analysis of structures beyond
the elastic limit. Methods of limit analysis and
design. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 333
CE 523 VIBRATION ANALYSIS IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING (4) Fundamentals of vibration theory; applications
in structural engineering. Free, forced, and transient
vibration of single and multi-degrees of
freedom systems including damping, normal
modes, coupling, and normal coordinates. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: EAS 212 and MTH 261
CE 524 MATRIX AND COMPUTER METHODS IN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS (4) Fundamental concepts of analysis for statically
determinate and indeterminate structures utilizing
matrices and computers; displacement and force
methods applied to trusses and rigid frames; techniques
for the analysis of large complex structures
for static and dynamic loads. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 325
CE 525 MATRIX AND COMPUTER METHODS IN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS (4) Fundamental concepts of analysis for statically
determinate and indeterminate structures utilizing
matrices and computers; displacement and force
methods applied to trusses and rigid frames; techniques
for the analysis of large complex structures
for static and dynamic loads. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 325
CE 526 THEORY OF PLATES (4) Small and large deformation theories of thin
plates; numerical and energy methods; free
vibrations. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: MTH 256
CE 527 FINITE ELEMENTS (4) Principles of stiffness analysis of structures,
essentials of the finite element formulation of
elastic problems with applications to structural
mechanics, plates and shells, and other related
problems utilizing digital computers. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 524
CE 528 FINITE ELEMENTS (4) Principles of stiffness analysis of structures,
essentials of the finite element formulation of
elastic problems with applications to structural
mechanics, plates and shells, and other related
problems utilizing digital computers. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 524
CE 529 STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (4) Determination of normal modes and frequencies
for structural systems. Transient and steady state
response. Derivation and solution of governing
equations using matrix formulation. Analysis of
linear response of structures to dynamic loadings.
Stresses and deflections in structures. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 423
CE 530 ENERGY PRINCIPLES IN STRUCTURAL MECHANICS (4) Review of stress and deformation; material
behavior; theorem of virtual work, stationary
value of potential and complementary potential;
reciprocal theorems, Engesser’s theorem, and
Rayleigh-Ritz method; thermoelastic behavior. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 420
CE 531 STABILITY OF STRUCTURES (4) Study of elastic and inelastic flexural buckling
of bars and frames; use of energy methods and
successive approximations; bracing of columns
and frames; torsional, lateral-torsional, and local
buckling. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 333 and MTH 261
CE 532 STRUCTURAL STEEL DESIGN - LRFD METHOD (4) Design of components of steel structures based
on load and resistance factor design method. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 321 and CE 325
CE 533 COLD-FORMED STEEL DESIGN (4) Design of cold-formed steel beams, columns,
beam-columns, cylindrical tubular members,
and connections based on the Allowable Stress
Design (ASD) and the Load and Resistance
Factor Design (LRFD) methods of the AISI
specification. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 532
CE 535 PRESTRESSED CONCRETE DESIGN (4) Analysis and design of components of prestressed
concrete structures with reference to
current codes. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 434
CE 536 MASONRY DESIGN (3) Materials of construction; design of masonry
elements, lateral load resisting systems, and
connections with reference to current codes. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 434
CE 537 EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING (4) Response of structures to ground motions;
determination and use of response spectra; seismic
design criteria and provisions for buildings
and other structures; and review of current practices for earthquake resistant design. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 529
CE 538 DESIGN OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES (4) Design of composite steel-concrete members
based on allowable stress design and load and
resistance factor design methods. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 532
CE 539 ADVANCED STEEL DESIGN (4) Analysis and design of metal structures including
connections, plate girders, design loads,
structural systems, and bracing. Discipline: sturctural Prerequisite: CE 432
CE 540 GEOSYNTHETICS IN INFRASTUCTURE ENGINEERING (4) Testing and design with polymer-based geosynthetic
products in and on soil for the civil infrastructure.
Strength-based design applications
are introduced with design-by-function principles,
and product approval for transportation,
structural, and geotechnical disciplines. Use of
geotextiles, geogrids, and geo-composites in
slopes, mechanically stabilized earth retaining
walls, pavement subgrades, and overlays. Discipline: Geotechnical Prerequisite: CE 444
CE 541 ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS (4) Study of the advanced principles of soil behavior
related to stress-strain, shear strength, permeability,
and consolidation. Discipline: Geotechnical Prerequisite: CE 444
CE 542 IN SITU BEHAVIOR AND TESTING OF SOILS (4) Introduction to field behavior of soils related to
engineering properties; site investigation procedures
and in situ testing. Development of fundamental
analytical solution techniques for
engineering with soil, the use and limitations of
elasticity assumptions. Three lectures, one 3-
hour laboratory period. Discipline: Geotechnical Prerequisite: CE 341
CE 543 INTRODUCTION TO SEISMOLOGY AND SITE EVALUATION (4) Earthquakes and exploration seismology, the
origin and occurrence of earthquakes, nature
and propagation of seismic waves in the earth,
earthquakes as a hazard to life and property.
Uses of reflection and refraction exploration
seismology, borehole velocity measurements,
seismic remote sensing, and direct measurement
techniques. Earthquake hazard assessment
including liquefaction, ground failure, and site
amplification. Techniques for evaluating the
susceptibility, potential, and severity of the hazards
and other science and engineering applications. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: graduate standing. This course is the same as G 575; course may be taken only once for credit
CE 544 ADVANCED SHALLOW FOUNDATION DESIGN (4) Advanced topics in settlement and bearing
capacity analysis of shallow foundation; application
of numerical schemes to foundation design. Discipline: Geotechnical Prerequisite: CE 444
CE 545 GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING WITH GEOSYNTHETICS (2) Application of polymer-based geosynthetic
products for geo-environmental and municipal
engineering including landfills, soil erosion control,
filters, and drains. Testing, design, and
product selection for hydraulic, degradation,
and chemical stability properties. Introduction
to reliability, endurance, and design life with Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CE 341
CE 546 NUMERICAL METHODS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (4) Application of finite difference and finite element
methods to the solution of soil-structure
problems, stability of soil masses and foundation
installation. Use of commercial computer
programs in working applied problems. Discipline: Geotechnical Prerequisite: CE 444
CE 547 EARTH DAMS (4) Design, construction, and operation of earth
and earth-rock dams; seepage analysis, slope
stability, and construction procedures. Emphasis
includes both the design of new structures and
the evaluation of safety of existing facilities. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 442
CE 548 EARTHQUAKE ACCOMODATION AND DESIGN (4) Effects of earthquake shaking in the design of
buildings, pipelines, bridges, and dams.
Incorporating the earthquake hazard assessment
for a project in the design process. The goal of
this course is to allow geologists, geotechnical
engineers, structural engineers, and architects to
see how their particular tasks are impacted by
the earthquake effects. Types of analysis used to
evaluate earthquake design requirements in several
disciplines, including: geology, geotechnical
engineering, structural engineering, and architecture. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 543 or G 575. This course is the same as G 577; course may be taken only once for credit
CE 549 DEEP FOUNDATION DESIGN AND ANALYSIS (4) Comprehensive study of both driven and
augered pile foundations, including concrete,
steel, and timber. In-depth review of design
methods for axial and lateral capacity. Special
emphasis on the differences between driven
piles and drilled shafts, including the role of
full-scale load testing in the semi-empirical
methods. Introduction to group theory in elasticity
and plasticity. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 444
CE 550 TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ANALYSIS (4) Incorporating safety in highway engineering
and transportation planning that includes highway
design, operation, and maintenance, as well
as human factors, statistical analysis, traffic control
and public policy. Design concepts of intersections,
interchanges, signals, signs and pavement
markings; analyzing data sets for recommendations
and prioritization; principles of
driver and vehicle characteristics in relation to
the roadway. Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: CE 351
CE 551 TRAFFIC CONTROL AND ANALYSIS (4) Traffic control principles; maintenance and
responsibility for traffic control devices; choice
of traffic control; signs, markings, and signals;
low-volume roads, temporary control, and
school areas, traffic control for highway-rail
grade crossings, bicycles, and transit: warrants for control; control techniques and analysis,
advanced technologies. Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: CE 351
CE 552 HIGHWAY DESIGN FOR CAPACITY (4) Principles of highway capacity, traffic characteristics,
operational analysis, design and planning
of freeways, multi-lane and two-lane rural highways,
intersections and arterials, transit facilities. Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: CE 454
CE 553 FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS (4) Components and performance characteristics of
the U.S. freight transportation system, with
emphasis on data needs, planning, design, and
operation of the entire supply chain.
Discussion of impact of freight on passenger
transportation system and economy. Modal
emphasis includes freight rail, motor freight,
ocean freight, and air freight. Terminal operations.
Roles of public and private actors in
freight system. Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: CE 351
CE 555 INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (4) Introduction to intelligent transportation systems,
including enabling surveillance, navigation, communications,
and computer technologies.
Application of technologies for monitoring,
analysis, evaluation, and prediction of transportation
system performance. Intervention strategies,
costs and benefits, safety, human factors, institutional
issues, and case studies. Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: CE 351. CE 454 is recommended
CE 556 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING (4) Traffic system components, traffic stream characteristics,
traffic studies and data collection,
volume studies, speed, travel-time, delay and
pedestrian studies, capacity analysis, freeway
systems, weaving sections, ramp junctions, rural
highways, signalized and unsignalized intersections,
signal coordination, arterial operations,
and access management. Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: CE 454
CE 557 PAVEMENT DESIGN (4) Pavement structure classification and components,
wheel loads and design factors, stresses
in flexible pavements, subgrade strength and
evaluation, design methods, material characteristics,
stresses in rigid pavements, design of
concrete pavements, joints and reinforcement,
condition surveys. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 351
CE 558 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (4) Performance characteristics of public transportation
systems, with emphasis on urban
systems. Planning, design, and operational
issues related to public transportation systems.
Emerging technologies. Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: CE 351, CE 454 is recommended
CE 559 TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS (4) Operation, modeling, and control of unscheduled
and scheduled transportation modes; elementary
traffic flow concepts; flow, density and
speed; scheduling; route and bottleneck capacities;
networks; data interpretation; analysis techniques; diagrams; simulation queuing; optimization. Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: CE 351, CE 454 is recommended
CE 560 ACCESS MANAGEMENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (4) Access management issues; geometric design,
roadway operation, and access; safety and other
benefits; access design concepts; functional
integrity of highway; driveway and intersection
spacing; functional area of intersection; turn
lanes; median openings; access management
techniques; regulations and policy; case studies;
research issues. Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: CE 351
CE 561 WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS ANALYSIS (4) A development of quantitative techniques used in
the analysis of water resource systems for planning,
design and operation. Emphasis is placed
on the physical, legal and economic aspects and
their incorporation into simulation models.
Applications include reservoir systems for water
supply and hydropower, irrigation planning Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CE 464
CE 564 HYDROLOGIC AND HYDRAULIC MODELING (4) Development and application of deterministic
and statistical models for hydrologic and
hydraulic analysis and design. Presentation of
hydrologic processes and development of
hydrologic models related to rainfall-runoff
including precipitation, infiltration, evapotranspiration,
watershed and channel routing.
Statistical analysis procedures for hydrologic
data including estimation of rainfall and flood
frequency. Application of HEC-HMS to model
streamflow including model calibration and verification.
Modeling steady flow in rivers using
HEC-RAS. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CE 362
CE 565 WATERSHED HYDROLOGY (4) Study of the movement and storage of water in
watersheds, emphasizing physical processes.
Includes systems analysis of watersheds, precipitation snowmelt, infiltration, evapotranspiration, ground-water flow, stream flow generation,
open channel flow, hydrograph analysis, and an
introduction to watershed hydrological modeling. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: MTH 252, PH 201, STAT 244; recommended ESR 320 and - or an undergraduate course, such as CE 464. This course is the same as ESR 525; course may be taken only once for credit
CE 566 ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS (4) Application of probabilistic and statistical models
to the description of environmental data
with a focus on hydrology and water quality.
Graphical and quantitative techniques of
exploratory data analysis, selection and fitting of
appropriate probability distributions, simple
and multiple and multivariate regression and
their applications to analysis and modeling, and
detection of changes and trends in environmental
time series. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: graduate standing and STAT 243 and 244 or STAT 460
CE 567 HYDROLOGIC AND HYDRAULIC DESIGN (4) Application of hydrologic and hydraulic principles
to selected topics in hydrologic and
hydraulic design. Topics include risk-based
design of hydraulic structures, design of culverts,
flood profile computation and flood plain
management, design of reservoirs. Design of
spillways including development of design flood
hydrograph and hydraulic design, design of
energy dissipation works. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CE 564 or knowledge of HEC 1 and HEC 2
CE 568 Advanced Methods in Hydrosystems Analysis (4) Students will develop a deeper understanding of the language, methods and tools of system analysis applied for hydrologic modeling, model calibration (parameter estimation), data assimilation, simulation, ensemble methods, prediction and uncertainty analysis which are currently in use or under discussion in the literature. Discipline: environmental Prerequisite: CEE 565- Watershed Hydrology or similar
CE 569 GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY (4) Introduces students to the basic principles of
groundwater flow in the subsurface, emphasizing
the importance of groundwater as a
resource. Topics include: the hydrologic cycle,
history of groundwater usage, aquifer classification
and properties, Darcy’s experiments and
Law, hydraulic head and potential, porosity and
permeability, transmissivity and storativity, heterogeneity
and anisotropy, saturated vs. unsaturated
subsurface flow, and hydraulics of pumping
wells (drawdown, flow in confined and
unconfined aquifers, nonequilibrium flow conditions,
slug tests, and aquifer-test design). Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: senior or graduate standing
CE 569 GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY (4) Principles of flow and contaminant transport in
porous media and application to problems of
water supply and contaminant transport. Topics
include: properties of porous media; Darcy’s law
and aquifer equations; solution for steady and
unsteady flow problems; flow net analysis; regional
vertical circulation; unsaturated flow; well
dynamics and pump test analysis; surface-groundwater
interactions; water quality and contaminant
transport; transport models; transport in heterogeneous
porous media and tracer test. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: senior or graduate standing in civil engineering
CE 570 GROUNDWATER MODELING (4) The objective is to give students a good introduction
to practical groundwater flow and contaminant
transport modeling. Designed as
hands-on and application oriented. Covers the
fundamental equations, numerical methods,
and modeling techniques with emphasis on
conceptual modeling and teaching students
how to solve real world problems using an
interactive groundwater modeling and visualization
system. Specific topics include conceptual
representations and grid design, selecting model
boundaries, sources and sinks, profile models,
special needs for transient simulations, calibration,
verification, sensitivity analysis, and several
hands-on projects on modeling groundwater
contamination, well-field management, and
remediation system. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CE 569
CE 571 STOCHASTIC SUBSURFACE HYDROLOGY (4) A probabilistic approach to analyzing the effects Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CE 569
CE 572 ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS (4) Introduction to the basic physical processes
which transport pollutants in natural waters;
mathematical formulations. Use of predictive
mathematical models as a basis for water and
air quality management. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: EAS 361 and CE 371
CE 573 NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING (4) Introduction to the mathematical solution of
partial differential equations by finite difference
and finite element techniques. Development of
solution approaches to water quality and
hydraulic problems in surface and groundwater
systems. Analysis of model sensitivities, calibration
and verification. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: senior or graduate standing in civil engineering
CE 574 UNIT OPERATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (4) Unit operations of water and wastewater treatment;
pretreatment; sedimentation, filtration,
aeration, disinfection, sludge treatment and disposal,
advanced waste-water treatment processes. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CE 371
CE 575 ADVANCED PHYSICAL CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PROCESSES (4) Theoretical and laboratory analysis of major
physical and chemical processes used to treat
water, wastewater, industrial and hazardous
wastes. Analysis of reactor hydraulics, reactor
kinetics, coagulation, flocculation, solid-liquid
separation processes, adsorption, and gas transfer. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CE 474
CE 576 ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS II (4) Introduction to the fundamentals of the fluid
dynamics of natural surface waters by analysis
of the governing equations of mass, momentum,
and heat conservation. Applications
include turbulence modeling, finite depth water
motions, stratified flow phenomena, and seiche
phenomena. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CE 572 or EAS 361, CE 362 and CE 371
CE 577 SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT (4) Systematic approach to the complex technical,
political, and socio-economic aspects of managing,
handling, and disposal of spent solid materials
and hazardous wastes. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: senior or graduate standing or consent of instructor
CE 578 WATER QUALITY MODELING (4) Introduction to descriptive modeling approaches
for analyzing water quality changes in lakes,
reservoirs, rivers, and estuaries. Applications
include modeling dissolved oxygen, temperature,
nutrients, and algal dynamics. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: EAS 361 and CE 371
CE 579 FATE AND TRANSPORT TOXICS IN THE ENVIRONMENT (4) Chemical, physical, and biological principles that
govern the behavior of toxic materials such as
heavy metals and synthetic organic compounds
in the environment. Course emphasizes practical
ways to represent chemical processes in models
of pollutant behavior. Topics include: adsorption
of pollutants on soils and sediments; transport
across sediment-water and air-water interfaces;
bioamplification of pollutants; multiphase fugacity
models of organics; case studies of contaminated
surface water, sediment and groundwater. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: This course is the same as ESR 579; course may be taken only once for credit
CE 580 CHEMISTRY OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICS (4) The fate and transport-related behavior of toxic
compounds in the environment. Classification,
nomenclature, examples of anthropogenic compounds,
and case studies. Introducing the physical
and chemical processes associated with airwater
exchange, organic-liquid exchange, sorption
processes, chemical transformations, and
bioaccumulation. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CH 221; CH 222 is recommended
CE 591 ENGINEERING OPTIMIZATION (4) Development of optimization methods applicable
to the solution of engineering problems.
Conditions for optimality, univariate, and multivariate
search methods, constrained optimization.
Particular techniques include gradientbased
methods, linear programming, and
dynamic programming. Discipline: General Prerequisite: graduate standing in engineering
CE 601 RESEARCH (Credit to be arranged) consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 603 THESIS (Credit to be arranged) consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 604 COOPERATIVE EDUCATION INTERNSHIP (Credit to be arranged) consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 605 READING AND CONFERENCE (Credit to be arranged) consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 606 SPECIAL PROJECTS (Credit to be arranged) consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 607 SEMINAR (Credit to be arranged) consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 610 SELECTED TOPICS (Credit to be arranged) consent of instructor Discipline: General Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CE 622 PLASTIC ANALYSIS OS STRUCTURES (4) Techniques in the analysis of structures beyond
the elastic limit. Methods of limit analysis and
design. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 333
CE 624 MATRIX AND COMPUTER METHODS IN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS (4) Fundamental concepts of analysis for statically
determinate and indeterminate structures utilizing
matrices and computers; displacement and force
methods applied to trusses and rigid frames; techniques
for the analysis of large complex structures
for static and dynamic loads. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 325
CE 625 MATRIX AND COMPUTER METHODS IN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS (4) Fundamental concepts of analysis for statically
determinate and indeterminate structures utilizing
matrices and computers; displacement and force
methods applied to trusses and rigid frames; techniques
for the analysis of large complex structures
for static and dynamic loads. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 325
CE 626 THEORY OF PLATES (4) Small and large deformation theories of thin
plates; numerical and energy methods; free
vibrations. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: MTH 256
CE 627 FINITE ELEMENTS (4) Principles of stiffness analysis of structures,
essentials of the finite element formulation of
elastic problems with applications to structural
mechanics, plates and shells, and other related
problems utilizing digital computers. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 624
CE 628 FINITE ELEMENTS (4) Principles of stiffness analysis of structures,
essentials of the finite element formulation of
elastic problems with applications to structural
mechanics, plates and shells, and other related
problems utilizing digital computers. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 624
CE 629 STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (4) Determination of normal modes and frequencies
for structural systems. Transient and steady state
response. Derivation and solution of governing
equations using matrix formulation. Analysis of
linear response of structures to dynamic loadings.
Stresses and deflections in structures. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 523
CE 630 ENERGY PRINCIPLES IN STRUCTURAL MECHANICS (4) Review of stress and deformation; material
behavior; theorem of virtual work, stationary
value of potential and complementary potential;
reciprocal theorems, Engesser’s theorem, and
Rayleigh-Ritz method; thermoelastic behavior. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 520
CE 635 PRESTRESSED CONCRETE DESIGN (4) Analysis and design of components of prestressed
concrete structures with reference to
current codes. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 434
CE 637 EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING (4) Response of structures to ground motions;
determination and use of response spectra; seismic
design criteria and provisions for buildings
and other structures; and review of current practices for earthquake resistant design. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 629
CE 639 ADVANCED STEEL DESIGN (4) Analysis and design of metal structures including
connections, plate girders, design loads,
structural systems, and bracing. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 532
CE 641 ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS (4) Study of the advanced principles of soil behavior
related to stress-strain, shear strength, permeability,
and consolidation. Discipline: Geotechnical Prerequisite: CE 444
CE 644 ADVANCED SHALLOW FOUNDATION DESIGN (4) Advanced topics in settlement and bearing
capacity analysis of shallow foundation; application
of numerical schemes to foundation design. Discipline: Geotechnical Prerequisite: CE 444
CE 646 NUMERICAL METHODS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (4) Application of finite difference and finite element
methods to the solution of soil-structure
problems, stability of soil masses and foundation
installation. Use of commercial computer
programs in working applied problems. Discipline: Geotechnical Prerequisite: CE 444
CE 647 EARTH DAMS (4) Design, construction, and operation of earth
and earth-rock dams; seepage analysis, slope
stability, and construction procedures. Emphasis
includes both the design of new structures and
the evaluation of safety of existing facilities. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 442
CE 649 DEEP FOUNDATION DESIGN AND ANALYSIS (4) Comprehensive study of both driven and
augered pile foundations, including concrete,
steel, and timber. In-depth review of design
methods for axial and lateral capacity. Special
emphasis on the differences between driven
piles and drilled shafts, including the role of
full-scale load testing in the semi-empirical
methods. Introduction to group theory in elasticity
and plasticity. Discipline: Structural Prerequisite: CE 444
CE 652 HIGHWAY DESIGN FOR CAPACITY (4) Principles of highway capacity, traffic characteristics,
operational analysis, design and planning
of freeways, multi-lane and two-lane rural highways,
intersections and arterials, transit facilities. Discipline: Transportation Prerequisite: CE 454
CE 661 WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS ANALYSIS (4) A development of quantitative techniques used in
the analysis of water resource systems for planning,
design and operation. Emphasis is placed
on the physical, legal and economic aspects and
their incorporation into simulation models.
Applications include reservoir systems for water
supply and hydropower, irrigation planning Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CE 564
CE 666 ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS (4) Application of probabilistic and statistical models
to the description of environmental data
with a focus on hydrology and water quality.
Graphical and quantitative techniques of
exploratory data analysis, selection and fitting of
appropriate probability distributions, simple
and multiple and multivariate regression and
their applications to analysis and modeling, and
detection of changes and trends in environmental
time series. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: graduate standing and STAT 243 and 244 or STAT 460
CE 668 Advanced Methods in Hydrosystems Analysis (4) Students will develop a deeper understanding of the language, methods and tools of system analysis applied for hydrologic modeling, model calibration (parameter estimation), data assimilation, simulation, ensemble methods, prediction and uncertainty analysis which are currently in use or under discussion in the literature. Discipline: environmental Prerequisite: CEE 565- Watershed Hydrology or similar
CE 669 GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY (4) Principles of flow and contaminant transport in
porous media and application to problems of
water supply and contaminant transport. Topics
include: properties of porous media; Darcy’s law
and aquifer equations; solution for steady and
unsteady flow problems; flow net analysis; regional
vertical circulation; unsaturated flow; well
dynamics and pump test analysis; surface-groundwater
interactions; water quality and contaminant
transport; transport models; transport in heterogeneous
porous media and tracer test. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: senior or graduate standing in civil engineering
CE 670 GROUNDWATER MODELING (4) The objective is to give students a good introduction
to practical groundwater flow and contaminant
transport modeling. Designed as
hands-on and application oriented. Covers the
fundamental equations, numerical methods,
and modeling techniques with emphasis on
conceptual modeling and teaching students
how to solve real world problems using an
interactive groundwater modeling and visualization
system. Specific topics include conceptual
representations and grid design, selecting model
boundaries, sources and sinks, profile models,
special needs for transient simulations, calibration,
verification, sensitivity analysis, and several
hands-on projects on modeling groundwater
contamination, well-field management, and
remediation system. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CE 669
CE 671 STOCHASTIC SUBSURFACE HYDROLOGY (4) A probabilistic approach to analyzing the effects
of complex heterogeneity of subsurface environment
on field-scale ground-water flow and contaminant
transport. Classical transport processes;
heterogeneity/ uncertainty and probabilistic
representations; temporally variable subsurface
flow and lumped parameter water quality models;
spatial variability in subsurface flow; contaminant
transport processes in heterogeneous
media; geostatistical methods, measurement
conditioning and parameter estimation; field
applications of stochastic methods. Emphasis is
placed on analysis of field-scale heterogeneous
groundwater systems. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CE 569
CE 672 ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS (4) Introduction to the basic physical processes
which transport pollutants in natural waters;
mathematical formulations. Use of predictive
mathematical models as a basis for water and
air quality management. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: EAS 361 and CE 371
CE 673 NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING (4) Introduction to the mathematical solution of
partial differential equations by finite difference
and finite element techniques. Development of
solution approaches to water quality and
hydraulic problems in surface and groundwater
systems. Analysis of model sensitivities, calibration
and verification. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: senior or graduate standing in civil engineering
CE 675 ADVANCED PHYSICAL CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PROCESSES (4) Theoretical and laboratory analysis of major
physical and chemical processes used to treat
water, wastewater, industrial and hazardous
wastes. Analysis of reactor hydraulics, reactor
kinetics, coagulation, flocculation, solid-liquid
separation processes, adsorption, and gas transfer. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CE 574
CE 676 ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS II (4) Introduction to the fundamentals of the fluid
dynamics of natural surface waters by analysis
of the governing equations of mass, momentum,
and heat conservation. Applications
include turbulence modeling, finite depth water
motions, stratified flow phenomena, and seiche
phenomena. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: CE 572 or EAS 361, CE 362 and CE 371
CE 678 WATER QUALITY MODELING (4) Introduction to descriptive modeling approaches
for analyzing water quality changes in lakes,
reservoirs, rivers, and estuaries. Applications
include modeling dissolved oxygen, temperature,
nutrients, and algal dynamics. Discipline: Environmental and Water Resources Prerequisite: EAS 361 and CE 371
CE 691 ENGINEERING OPTIMIZATION (4) Development of optimization methods applicable
to the solution of engineering problems.
Conditions for optimality, univariate, and multivariate
search methods, constrained optimization.
Particular techniques include gradientbased
methods, linear programming, and
dynamic programming. Discipline: General Prerequisite: graduate standing in engineering
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