Civil Engineering (C E)
C E 301 Civil Engineering Systems 3 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
Introduction to civil engineering as a career; engineering problem solving; use of computers for text, graphics, and data analysis; introduction to civil engineering measurements; breadth of disciplines within civil engineering; engineering ethics, sustainability. Two lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
C E 107K, 207K, 307K Topics in Civil Engineering 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Lower Division
C E 311K Introduction to Computer Methods 3 Hours
5 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Organization and programming of civil engineering problems for computer solutions. Five hours a week for one semester, including lecture and laboratory.
Pre/Corequisites: Mathematics 408D or 408M.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
C E 311S Probability and Statistics for Civil Engineers 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 2 Lab Hours
Basic theory of probability and statistics with practical applications to civil engineering problems, including statistical inference and sampling. Additional subjects may include reliability and risk analyses, estimation and regression analyses, and experimental design. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Mathematics 408D or 408M.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
C E 319F Elementary Mechanics of Fluids 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Fluid properties, hydrostatics, elements of fluid dynamics, energy and momentum, boundary layers, similitude, pipe flow, metering instruments, drag forces. Civil Engineering 319F and Mechanical Engineering 330 may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and two laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Engineering Mechanics 306.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
C E 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S Topics in Civil Engineering 1-9 Hours
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Lower Division
C E 321 Transportation Systems 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 2 Lab Hours
Planning, economics, location, construction, operation, maintenance, and design of transportation systems; concepts of various modes of transportation. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 311S.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 324P Properties and Behavior of Engineering Materials 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
Structure, properties, and behavior of engineering materials, including concrete and metals. Laboratory exercises illustrate mechanical behavior of typical materials and demonstrate selected principles of mechanics. Three hours of lecture, and three hours of laboratory and supervised work a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Chemistry 301, Civil Engineering 333T or Engineering Studies 333T, and Engineering Mechanics 319.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 329 Structural Analysis 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Classical methods of analysis for determinate and indeterminate structures under stationary and moving loads. Three or four hours of lecture and supervised work a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Engineering Mechanics 319 and Civil Engineering 311K.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 129S, 229S, 329S, 429S, 529S, 629S, 729S, 829S, 929S Topics in Civil Engineering 1-9 Hours
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 331 Reinforced Concrete Design 3 Hours
5 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Design of reinforced concrete beams and columns. Five hours of lecture and supervised work a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 324P and 329.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 333T Engineering Communication 3 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 1.5 Lab Hours
Technical communication skills for engineers, especially researching and writing technical documents for many kinds of readers, managing and documenting sources of information, using and explaining graphics, delivering oral presentations, working collaboratively, and eliciting information from experts and stakeholders. Only one of the following may be counted: Aerospace Engineering 333T, Biomedical Engineering 333T, Communication 333T, Civil Engineering 333T, Chemical Engineering 333T, Electrical and Computer Engineering 333T, Electrical Engineering 333T, Mechanical Engineering 333T, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering 333T. Two lecture hours and one and one half laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Rhetoric and Writing 306.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 335 Elements of Steel Design 3 Hours
5 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analysis and design of tension members, beams, columns, and bolted and welded connections. Five hours of lecture and supervised work a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 324P and 329.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 341 Introduction to Environmental Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Quantitative evaluation of the environmental, economic, and technical problems involved in control of pollutants of the air, water, and land. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Chemistry 302 and Civil Engineering 319F.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 342 Water and Wastewater Treatment Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Application of chemical, biological, and physical principles to the analysis and design of treatment processes for drinking water, industrial process water, municipal wastewater, and water reuse applications. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 341 or Environmental Engineering 312.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 346 Solid Waste Engineering and Management 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Characteristics of municipal and industrial solid wastes, generation rates, collection systems, recycling, processing, and disposal. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with occasional field trips.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 341 or Environmental Engineering 312.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 351 Concrete Materials 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
Portland cement, aggregates, supplementary cementing materials, properties of fresh and hardened concrete, concrete durability, mixture proportioning, concrete construction, and special concretes. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 324P.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 356 Elements of Hydraulic Engineering 3 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
Flow in closed conduits, hydraulic machinery; open-channel flow; flow measurement; design of storm sewers. Five hours a week for one semester, including lecture and laboratory.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 319F.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 357 Geotechnical Engineering 3 Hours
6 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Engineering properties of soils; hydraulic conductivity and shear strength of soils; soil compaction and consolidation; stresses with the soil mass; settlement of foundations of structures; laboratory measurements. Six hours a week for one semester, including lecture and laboratory.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 319F.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 358 Introductory Ocean Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Wave theory and its applications to coastal engineering, wave energy conversion, and offshore structure technology. Includes fundamentals of inviscid and viscous flow of incompressible fluids, and applications of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in design. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 319F.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 360K Foundation Engineering 3 Hours
5 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Effect of geotechnical conditions on the behavior, proportioning, and choice of foundation type; design of shallow and deep foundations; study of foundation case histories. Five hours a week for one semester, including lecture and discussion. Offered in the fall semester only.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 357.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 362M Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Design of reinforced concrete buildings, including floor systems and structural walls. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 331.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 362N Advanced Steel Design 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Design of steel buildings, beam columns, composite beams, plate girders, and connections. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 335.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 363 Advanced Structural Analysis 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Structural analysis for forces and deflections using stiffness and flexibility approaches; application of energy methods in structural analysis; stiffness methods for computer-based structural analysis. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 329, and Mathematics 427J.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 364 Design of Wastewater and Water Treatment Facilities 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore analysis, synthesis, and integrated design of municipal water and wastewater treatment plants. Three lecture hours a week for one semester; additional hours to be arranged for design laboratory and field trips.
Pre/Corequisites: Credit or registration for Civil Engineering 342 and credit for Civil Engineering 356.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 366K Design of Bituminous Mixtures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Fundamental properties of asphalt and aggregates, design and construction of asphalt mixtures, special mixtures, and superpave design method. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 321.
Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to major sequence in civil engineering.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 367G Design and Evaluation of Ground-Based Transportation Systems 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 2 Lab Hours
Methods for design and evaluation of transportation systems, emphasizing roadway and non-motorized travel, in light of traveler safety, system operations, construction and maintenance costs, environmental impacts, and other considerations. Civil Engineering 367G and 377K (Topic: Design of Ground-Based Transportation) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and two laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 321 and Architectural Engineering 323K.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 367P Pavement Design and Performance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Basic principles of design of pavements for highways, airfields, and railroads; pavement construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 324P.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 367R Optimization Techniques for Transportation Engineers 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Overview of optimization techniques, including linear programming, nonlinear optimization, and network flow algorithms including shortest path, maximum flow, and minimum spanning tree. Examples and applications primarily drawn from transportation engineering, with connections to other areas. Civil Engineering 367R and 377K (Topic: Optimization Techniques for Transportation Engineers) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 311K.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 367T Traffic Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Driver and vehicle characteristics, traffic studies, traffic laws and ordinances, intersection capacity, signs, markings, signals, bus transit, parking, design of street systems, and operational controls. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 321.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 369L Air Pollution Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Characterization of sources, emissions, transport, transformation, effects, and control of outdoor and indoor air pollutants. Applications of chemistry, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics in the selection and design of air pollution control equipment. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 341 or Environmental Engineering 312.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 369R Indoor Air Quality 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Sources, properties, transport and fate, human exposure, and adverse responses to indoor air pollutants. Control strategies and engineered technologies to mitigate impacts of gaseous and particle phase air pollutants in indoor environments. Civil Engineering 369R and 377K (Topic: Indoor Air Quality) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 311K and 319F; and Architectural Engineering 346N or Civil Engineering 341 or Environmental Engineering 312.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 370K Environmental Sampling and Analysis 3 Hours
6 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Principles of environmental chemistry; measurement of contaminants in air, water, and land environments; applications to municipal, industrial, and ambient samples. Six hours a week for one semester, including lecture and laboratory.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 341.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 370L Climate Change Mitigation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the large-scale solutions to climate change systematically. Examine the fundamentals of climate science, mitigation of climate change through transformation of energy supply and end-use, geoengineering, and industrial carbon management. Discuss the social and economic context for engineered solutions. Civil Engineering 370L and 377K (Topic: Climate Change Mitigation) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 341 or Environmental Engineering 312 or Architectural Engineering 346N.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 370P Engineering Professionalism 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines professional engineering licensure, ethics, leadership, public service, and public policy, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary perspectives, legal and business considerations, and the importance of lifelong learning. Includes participation in a culminating major design project in public service, reflecting knowledge from technical electives and base level coursework. Only one of the following may be counted: Civil Engineering 177K (Topic: Engineering Professionalism), 370P and 171P. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Credit for any three of the following courses: Architectural Engineering 335, 345K, 358, 362L, or 366; Civil Engineering 331, 335, 351, 342, 346, 358, 360K, 362M, 362N, 363, 364, 365K, 366K, 367G, 367P, 367T, 367R, 369L, 369R, 370K, 374L, 374K or 375. Credit for Architectural Engineering 323K, Civil Engineering 321, 324P, 329, 341, 356, and 357.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 171P Engineering Professionalism 1 Hour
2 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines professional engineering licensure, ethics, leadership, public service, and public policy, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary perspectives, legal and business considerations, and the importance of lifelong learning. Includes participation in a culminating major design project in public service, reflecting knowledge from technical electives and base level coursework. Only one of the following may be counted: Civil Engineering 177K (Topic: Engineering Professionalism), 370P and 171P. Two lecture hours a week for one semester, with additional fieldwork hours to be arranged.
Pre/Corequisites: Credit or registration for one of the following: Civil Engineering 360K, 362M, 362N, 364, 365K, or 367G.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 374K Hydrology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Phases of the hydrologic cycle and associated transport processes; land surface-atmosphere interaction; soil infiltration; rainfall runoff; unit hydrograph; flow routing; hydrologic statistics; and extreme events, including design storms and flows. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 311S and 356.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 374N Topics in Natural Water Systems Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 356.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: River Mechanics. Explore the application of engineering hydraulics to analysis of river behavior and sediment transport through complex natural topography. Examine basin-scale and reach-scale river dynamics as well as river restoration design and analyses.
Topic 2: Ecohydraulics. Explore the application of engineering hydraulics to analysis of river and stream behavior at small scales that interact with ecology. Examine sustainable design with vegetation to mitigate sediment impacts as well as hydraulic effects on invasive species.
C E 374N.1 River Mechanics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the application of engineering hydraulics to analysis of river behavior and sediment transport through complex natural topography. Examine basin-scale and reach-scale river dynamics as well as river restoration design and analyses.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 374N.2 Ecohydraulics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the application of engineering hydraulics to analysis of river and stream behavior at small scales that interact with ecology. Examine sustainable design with vegetation to mitigate sediment impacts as well as hydraulic effects on invasive species.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 374U Topics in Urban Water Systems Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 356.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Urban Stormwater. Explore the application of engineering hydraulics to design and analyses of urban stormwater infrastructure. Examine engineering hydrology for design storms; an introduction to hydraulic and hydrologic modeling tools; and design requirements for controlling urban water quality and enhancing sustainability.
Topic 2: Smart Water Infrastructure. Explore the application of engineering hydraulics to design and analyses of urban water distribution systems. Examine computational modeling and control of pipe networks as well as considerations of variable user demand, fireflow, and contaminant transport.
C E 374U.1 Urban Stormwater 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the application of engineering hydraulics to design and analyses of urban stormwater infrastructure. Examine engineering hydrology for design storms; an introduction to hydraulic and hydrologic modeling tools; and design requirements for controlling urban water quality and enhancing sustainability.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 374U.2 Smart Water Infrastructure 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the application of engineering hydraulics to design and analyses of urban water distribution systems. Examine computational modeling and control of pipe networks as well as considerations of variable user demand, fireflow, and contaminant transport.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 375 Earth Slopes and Retaining Structures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Earth fills, excavations, and dams; soil compaction and ground improvement, seepage and dewatering; stability of natural slopes and embankments; earth-pressure theories; design of earth retaining structures. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Offered in the spring semester only.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 357.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 177K, 277K, 377K Topics in Civil Engineering 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Various specified topics or conference course. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester. Additional hours may be required for some topics.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Technological Innovation: Bioethical Issues.
Topic 2: Energy Policy and Ethical Conflicts.
Topic 3: Engineering Ethics in a Corporate World.
Topic 4: The Environment, Resources, and Technological Risks.
Topic 5: Engineering Entrepreneurship.
Topic 6: Engineering in a Legal Environment.
Topic 7: Independent Study. Conduct independent research with a tenure track faculty member in the Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering. Prepare a project proposal and a final report, each of which is evaluated by the faculty supervisor. C E 177K, 277K, 377K (Topic 7) and C E 177K (Topic: Independent Study) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Restrictions: Restricted to civil engineering majors.
C E 177K.7, 277K.7, 377K.7 Independent Study 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Conduct independent research with a tenure track faculty member in the Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering. Prepare a project proposal and a final report, each of which is evaluated by the faculty supervisor. C E 177K, 277K, 377K (Topic 7) and C E 177K (Topic: Independent Study) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to civil engineering majors.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 177R Internship 1 Hour
1 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Grading: Pass/Fail
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 679H Undergraduate Honors Thesis 6 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Research performed during two consecutive semesters under the supervision of an engineering faculty member; topics are selected jointly by the student and the faculty member with approval by the director of the Engineering Honors Program. The student makes an oral presentation and writes a thesis. Students pursuing both the Bachelor of Arts, Plan II, and a bachelor's degree in engineering may use this course to fulfill the thesis requirement for the Bachelor of Arts, Plan II. Individual instruction for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For 679HA, enrollment in the Engineering Honors Program; for 679HB, Civil Engineering 679HA and enrollment in the Engineering Honors Program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
C E 380D Experimental Methods in Fluid Dynamics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Explore experimental techniques and instrumentation for studying common turbulent flows. Examine fundamentals of signal processing, data pre- and post-processing techniques for optical and acoustic instrumentation, turbulent flow analysis, and experimental design. Utilize particle image velocimetry, laser induced fluorescence, and acoustic Doppler velocimetry. Civil Engineering 380D and 397 (Topic: Exper Mthds in Fluid Mech) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 380P Topics in Ocean Engineering Principles: Theory and Applications 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; and a course in differential equations and a course in fluid mechanics, or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Ocean Wave Hydrodynamics. Small and finite amplitude wave theories, cnoidal waves, solitary waves, stream function wave theory; wave forces; inertia, drag, lift, and diffraction.
Topic 2: Wave Forces on Offshore Structures. Wave force calculations for small and finite amplitude waves; Morison's wave force equation; drag, inertial forces, added mass; vortex shedding and lift forces; diffraction theory.
Topic 3: Principles of Hydrodynamics. Motion of a viscous or ideal fluid, waves and wave body interactions, lifting surfaces, cavitating flows, computational hydrodynamics.
Topic 4: Boundary Element Methods. Formulation and numerical implementation of boundary element methods; applications to problems in fluid mechanics, structural analysis, and solid mechanics.
Topic 5: Hydrodynamics of Marine Propulsors and Turbines. Hydrofoil and lifting surface theory, actuator disk and lifting line theory, modeling via vortex lattice, panel methods, and Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes solvers, optimum loading and blade design techniques for propellers and turbines, unsteady blade and shaft forces, and modeling of sheet cavitation. Civil Engineering 380P (Topic 5) and 397 (Topic 32: Hydrodynamics of Propulsors and Dynamic Positioning Systems) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing, and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.
C E 380P.4 Boundary Element Methods 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Formulation and numerical implementation of boundary element methods; applications to problems in fluid mechanics, structural analysis, and solid mechanics.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 380P.5 Hydrodynamics of Marine Propulsors and Turbines 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Hydrofoil and lifting surface theory, actuator disk and lifting line theory, modeling via vortex lattice, panel methods, and Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes solvers, optimum loading and blade design techniques for propellers and turbines, unsteady blade and shaft forces, and modeling of sheet cavitation. Civil Engineering 380P (Topic 5) and 397 (Topic 32: Hydrodynamics of Propulsors and Dynamic Positioning Systems) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 380S Environmental Fluid Mechanics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Fundamentals of fluid mechanics applied in natural systems; analysis of energy; momentum, diffusion, turbulence, and stratification in lakes, rivers, and estuaries. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and Civil Engineering 319F or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 380T Computational Environmental Fluid Mechanics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Basics of numerical methods as applied to the solution of the steady and unsteady fluid flow equations, such as the Euler and the Navier-Stokes equations and the advection-diffusion equation. Emphasis on finite volume methods as applied to fluid mechanics problems in civil and environmental engineering. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, Civil Engineering 380S or an equivalent graduate course in fluid mechanics, and knowledge of a programming language.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 380W Water Resources Engineering Research Seminar 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Presentations and discussions on various topics in water resources engineering. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 381D Linear Regression and Discrete Choice Methods 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine econometric model estimation methods and use of behavioral models in service design, marketing, and prediction. Discuss practical problems in the context of transportation planning to gain familiarity with models used and experience in data handling and estimation. Civil Engineering 381D and 397 (Topic: Linear Regrssn/Discrete Mthds) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 381E Design of Energy Efficient and Healthy Buildings 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Design of buildings for low energy use and optimal indoor air quality. Includes ventilation, energy efficiency, moisture problems, and prevention by design. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in engineering or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 381P Computer Methods in Structural Analysis 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Linear and nonlinear analysis of trusses and frames; introduction to structural stability; and computational aspects of linear and nonlinear structural analysis. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 381R The Finite Element Method 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introductory concepts; weighted residual methods; strong and weak forms; boundary conditions; global v. local basis functions; error estimates; smooth and nonsmooth problems; one-dimensional second- and fourth-order problems; two-dimensional potential and plate problems; two-dimensional and three-dimensional elasticity; dynamic and eigenvalue problems; numerical, computational, and meshing issues; applications using commercial software. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and Civil Engineering 381P or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 381T Numerical Modeling of Physical Systems 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey of numerical methods; weighted residuals, finite differences, finite elements, boundary elements; applications to equilibrium, eigenvalue, and propagation problems. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 381W Introduction to Wave Physics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An introductory course in the theory and modeling of propagating waves. Subjects may include scalar waves in 1-D and 2-D, traveling and standing waves, flexural waves in beams, dispersion, phase and group velocity, vector waves in 2-D and 3-D, waves in infinite media and semi-infinite media, P waves, SH waves, SV waves, Rayleigh and Love surface waves, Stoneley waves, reflection and transmission at interfaces, numerical modeling, radiation conditions, scattering and radiation from obstacles, and fluid-solid interaction. Civil Engineering 381W and 397 (Topic: Wave Propagation Analysis) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 382H Structural Health Monitoring and Nondestructive Evaluation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the principal methods used for non-destructive evaluation (NDE) and structural health monitoring (SHM) of structural components. Examine relevant physical principles of continuum mechanics, electrical engineering, acoustics, and elastic wave propagation underlying the experimental methods. Examine sensor data acquisition and interrogation and ultrasonic digital signal processing. Utilize laboratory demonstrations on selected subjects. Civil Engineering 382H and 397 (Topic: Str Hlth Monitor/Nondstrc Eval) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 382L Plastic Design in Metals 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Principles and methods of plastic analyses and design, and their applications to continuous beams, frames, plates, connections, and multistory buildings. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, Civil Engineering 335, and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 382N Structural Systems 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Application of systems engineering principles to planning, design, and construction of building and bridge structures with emphasis on performance requirements and economic factors. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 383C Experimental Methods in Structural Engineering 3 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
Survey of experimental methods used in structural engineering, including loading and measurement techniques and systems used in structural research. Two lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 383D Steel Bridge Design 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Design of steel highway bridges, including the analysis and design of composite girder, box girder, and cable-stayed bridges. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and Civil Engineering 362N or the equivalent.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 383F Structural Fire Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Behavior and design of structures subjected to fire; heat transfer fundamentals and modeling of fires; material properties at elevated temperature; structural fire resistance and protection; calculating structure-fire response. Civil Engineering 383F and 397 (Topic: Structural Fire Engineering) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 383L Advanced Reinforced Concrete Members 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Behavior of reinforced concrete members; critical review of specifications; limit states; anchorage and development of reinforcement; shear; torsion. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, Civil Engineering 331, and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 383N Advanced Reinforced Concrete Structures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Behavior of reinforced concrete structures, with emphasis on ductility and detailing of frames, slabs, and braced (shearwall) structures. Detailing for seismic loads. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, Civil Engineering 383L, and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 383P Prestressed Concrete 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Theory, advantages, and limitations; various systems of prestressing; composite construction; continuous span theory. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, Civil Engineering 331, and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 383R Repair and Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Structures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Evaluation of condition, strength, serviceability, and ductility of existing structures; criteria for rehabilitation; retrofit techniques for change in function, loading, and seismic forces. Civil Engineering 383R and 397 (Topic: Repair and Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Structures) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 383S Structural Concrete Bridges 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Planning, design, and construction of reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete bridges, including arch, frame, girder, and cable stay systems; aesthetics, economy, and durability. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and credit or registration for Civil Engineering 383P.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 383T Plasticity in Structural Concrete 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Application of plasticity theory to structural concrete columns, girders, frames, and joints. Development and application of transparent detailing methods such as truss models, strut-and-tie models, and both strip and yield line methods for slabs. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, Civil Engineering 383L, and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 384P Dynamic Response of Structures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Single and multidegree-of-freedom systems; dynamic load factors, response to harmonic excitation; damping; modal analysis; direct integration of equations of motion; analysis in time and frequency domains; application to earthquake, wind, wave, and traffic loadings. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and Civil Engineering 381P or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 384R Earthquake Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Earthquake characteristics; seismic loads; elastic and inelastic response; analysis and design of buildings for earthquakes. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and Civil Engineering 384P or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 384S Structural Reliability 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Load and resistance factors in reliability-based design; first- and second-order reliability methods; Monte Carlo simulation techniques with variance reduction and importance sampling refinements; reliability of systems; fault-tree and event-tree models; inverse reliability procedures; and random fields and stochastic finite element analysis for reliability analysis. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 384T Blast-Resistant Structural Design 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Physics of explosions and basic blast phenomenology; structural loading due to blast effects; nonlinear dynamic response of blast-loaded structures; protective design; progressive collapse. Civil Engineering 384T and 397 (Topic: Blast-Resistant Structural Design) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 385D Water Resources Planning and Management 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Application of engineering economics and operations research to the planning and management of water systems. Major subjects include water supply, water resources management, multi-objective planning, and optimization techniques. Focus on programming skills and implementation of the models using a programming language. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 385G Transboundary Water Resources 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to planning, policy, and development of water resources in the international setting, with emphasis on transboundary situations. Basic concepts of water rights and international law pertaining to transboundary water use and protection; economic analysis and applications to transboundary water resources problems; international development goals and how these relate to water supply and use. Civil Engineering 385G and 397 (Topic: Transboundary Water Resources) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 385J Hazardous Waste Management 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Legal and technological approaches to effective and sustainable control of hazardous wastes and contaminated sites, studied through problem evaluation and solution. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and Civil Engineering 342 or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 385K Topics in Water Quality 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analysis of water quality in natural systems and of effects of wastewater discharges. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Stream, Impoundment, and Estuarine Analysis I. Basic physical, chemical, and biological properties of streams, impoundments, estuaries, and coastal waters; methods for analysis of water quality problems. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 2: Stream, Impoundment, and Estuarine Analysis II. Application of methods of analysis to development of a water quality management plan for a water body in Texas. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 3: Water Quality Modeling. Mathematical modeling of water quality, including dissolved oxygen, nutrients, and toxic substances in lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and estuaries. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 4: Water Pollution Ecology. Advanced topics in the application of engineering solutions to ecological problems in freshwater and marine environments.
C E 385K.1 Stream, Impoundment, and Estuarine Analysis I 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Basic physical, chemical, and biological properties of streams, impoundments, estuaries, and coastal waters; methods for analysis of water quality problems.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 385K.2 Stream, Impoundment, and Estuarine Analysis II 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Application of methods of analysis to development of a water quality management plan for a water body in Texas.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 385K.3 Water Quality Modeling 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Mathematical modeling of water quality, including dissolved oxygen, nutrients, and toxic substances in lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and estuaries.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 385K.4 Water Pollution Ecology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Advanced topics in the application of engineering solutions to ecological problems in freshwater and marine environments.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 385L Topics in Water and Wastewater Treatment 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Principles of sustainable treatment of domestic and industrial water, wastewater, and sludges. Three lecture hours or two and one-half lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Physical and Chemical Treatment. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Civil Engineering 342 or consent of instructor.
Topic 2: Biological Wastewater Treatment and Sludge Processing. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Civil Engineering 342 or consent of instructor.
Topic 3: Advanced Treatment Processes. Project-based course addressing advanced topics in treatment process design: alternative designs, computer models, laboratory testing, economics, and least-cost designs. Two and one-half lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Civil Engineering 385L (Topic 1).
C E 385L.1 Physical and Chemical Treatment 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 342 or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 385L.2 Biological Wastewater Treatment and Sludge Processing 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 342 or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 385L.3 Advanced Treatment Processes 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Project-based course addressing advanced topics in treatment process design: alternative designs, computer models, laboratory testing, economics, and least-cost designs. Two and one-half lecture hours and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 385L (Topic 1).
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 385M Unit Operations in Water and Wastewater Treatment 3 Hours
1 Lecture Hours 6 Lab Hours
Physical, chemical, and biological unit operations for sustainable water and wastewater treatment. One lecture hour and six laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and Civil Engineering 385L (Topic 1: Physical and Chemical Treatment or Topic 2: Biological Wastewater Treatment and Sludge Processing) or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 385N Industrial Wastewater Treatment 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Industrial wastewater characteristics; methods of in-plant control; application of various biological, chemical, and physical processes in practical water pollution control systems. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and credit or registration for Civil Engineering 385L or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 385R Land Treatment of Wastes 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Principles of the use of land in management of municipal and industrial wastewaters, sludges, and solids; includes problem evaluations. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and Civil Engineering 342 or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 385S Stochastic Hydrology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Probability and statistics applied to the solution of hydrological problems; extreme event frequency analysis, time series analysis of hydrologic data, autocorrelation and spectral analysis, theory of regionalized variables and applications. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and Civil Engineering 311S or an equivalent course in statistical methods.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 385W Drinking Water: Treatment and Public Health Issues 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Fundamentals and applications of drinking water treatment processes, interactions among treatment processes, source water quality, and public health issues. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, Civil Engineering 385L (Topic 1: Physical and Chemical Treatment), and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 386M Water Treatment and Wastewater Treatment Plant Design 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Design of water and wastewater treatment facilities; pumps and hydraulic considerations; design of wastewater collection systems; design of systems for handling and disposal of residuals. Specific facilities may be selected to meet individual interests. Six hours of lecture and design laboratory a week for one semester, with appropriate field trips to operating facilities.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and credit or registration for Civil Engineering 385L or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 386P Engineering Fracture Mechanics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Application of fracture mechanics to fracture-safe design of metal structures; material behavior and analysis of components containing cracks. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 386R Inelastic Behavior of Materials 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to theories of inelastic behavior; theory of plasticity; applications to materials such as steel, concrete, and soils; implementation of constitutive equations in structural analysis. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 387C Geoenvironmental Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
Hydraulic conductivity of soils; clay behavior; compacted clay barriers; unsaturated soil behavior and barriers; geosynthetics and geosynthetic barriers; contaminants and solid waste; liquid drainage layers; stability of landfills; contaminant transport through barriers. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Geotechnics of Landfill Design. Theoretical and experimental study of soils and geosynthetics used for lining systems, leachate and gas collection systems, and cover systems for solid and hazardous waste landfills.
Topic 2: Geotechnics of Waste Site Remediation. Site investigation; groundwater and vapor sampling; nonaqueous-phase liquids; extraction of contaminated groundwater, vapor extraction, vertical cutoff walls, solidification of sludges, in situ heating and vitrification, and other site remediation technologies.
C E 387G Engineering Geology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
Fundamental concepts of geology, including geologic time and plate tectonics. Interactions among earth materials, landforms, and geologic processes across a range of spatial and temporal scales. Emphasizes common interests shared by engineers and geologists, as well as gaps between the disciplines, such as those posed by the geologic vocabulary. Three lecture hours and three hours of laboratory or fieldwork a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in civil engineering.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 387L Topics in Soil Mechanics I 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester; some topics require additional hours.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Consolidation and Shearing Properties of Soils. Theoretical and experimental studies of the consolidation and shearing properties of both saturated and unsaturated soils. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Topic 2: Foundation Engineering. Bearing capacity, design of piers and pile foundations.
C E 387L.1 Consolidation and Shearing Properties of Soils 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Theoretical and experimental studies of the consolidation and shearing properties of both saturated and unsaturated soils. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 387L.2 Foundation Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Bearing capacity, design of piers and pile foundations.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 387M Topics in Soil Mechanics II 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Stability of Earth Slopes. Development and application of limit equilibrium procedures, including effects of seepage, rapid drawdown, and seismic loading and reinforcement for stability analysis of natural and constructed slopes.
Topic 2: Seepage and Earth Dams. Studies of seepage, emphasizing flow nets and numerical methods, plus control of seepage problems; design of earth and rockfill dams.
Topic 3: Underground Openings. Explore the engineering of underground openings in both soil and rock. Examine rock mechanics and rock mass characterization, tunnel design and construction methodologies, and pre- and post-excavation ground improvement with regards to design and construction of safe and economical tunnels. Civil Engineering 387M (Topic 3) and 397 (Topic: Underground Openings) may not both be counted.
C E 387M.1 Stability of Earth Slopes 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Development and application of limit equilibrium procedures, including effects of seepage, rapid drawdown, and seismic loading and reinforcement for stability analysis of natural and constructed slopes.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 387M.3 Underground Openings 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the engineering of underground openings in both soil and rock. Examine rock mechanics and rock mass characterization, tunnel design and construction methodologies, and pre- and post-excavation ground improvement with regards to design and construction of safe and economical tunnels. Civil Engineering 387M (Topic 3) and 397 (Topic: Underground Openings) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 387R Topics in Soil Mechanics III 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three hours a week for one semester; some topics may require additional hours.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Consolidation and Settlement of Cohesive Soils. Limit states for buildings; settlement of shallow footings in sand and clay; consolidation properties of soils; closed form and numerical analyses; case history studies of consolidation and settlement of cohesive soils. Three lecture hours and two laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Topic 2: Soil and Rock Dynamics. Wave propagation in soil and rock, foundation vibration and isolation, dynamic behavior of soil. Five hours a week for one semester, including lecture and laboratory.
Topic 3: Case Histories. Analysis of foundation engineering problems in the field.
Topic 4: Earth Retaining Structures. Types of earth retaining systems, earth pressure theory; gravity, semi-gravity, and modular walls; reinforcing elements; mechanically stabilized earth walls and reinforced soil slopes; soil nail walls; sheet pile walls, drilled shaft walls and anchored walls; advances in soil reinforcement.
Topic 5: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. Application of soil dynamics to earthquake engineering; influence of soil conditions on ground motion characteristics; evaluation of site response using wave propagation techniques; liquefaction of soils; liquefaction mitigation; seismic response of earth structures; seismic slope stability.
C E 387R.2 Soil and Rock Dynamics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Wave propagation in soil and rock, foundation vibration and isolation, dynamic behavior of soil. Five hours a week for one semester, including lecture and laboratory.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 387R.4 Earth Retaining Structures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Types of earth retaining systems, earth pressure theory; gravity, semi-gravity, and modular walls; reinforcing elements; mechanically stabilized earth walls and reinforced soil slopes; soil nail walls; sheet pile walls, drilled shaft walls and anchored walls; advances in soil reinforcement.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 387R.5 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Application of soil dynamics to earthquake engineering; influence of soil conditions on ground motion characteristics; evaluation of site response using wave propagation techniques; liquefaction of soils; liquefaction mitigation; seismic response of earth structures; seismic slope stability.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 387T Decision, Risk, and Reliability 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Principles and theory for modeling uncertainty in civil engineering, analyzing how uncertainties affect performance, and developing rational bases for design and decision making under uncertain conditions. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and an introductory course in probability and statistics.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 388H Climate Change Mitigation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the large-scale solutions to climate change systematically. Examine the fundamentals of climate science, mitigation of climate change through transformation of energy supply and end-use, geoengineering, and industrial carbon management. Discuss the social and economic context for engineered solutions. Civil Engineering 388H and 397 (Topic: Climate Change Mitigation) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 388N Engineering and Management of Municipal and Industrial Residuals 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Characterization and collection of solid wastes; biological, chemical, and physical principles and integrated systems applicable to the treatment and disposal of municipal and industrial residuals. Two lecture hours and three discussion hours a week for one semester, with occasional field trips.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in civil or environmental engineering, or graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 388Q Air Quality, Aerosols and Health 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore physicochemical processes governing indoor and outdoor air quality, human exposure to gas-phase and particle-phase pollutants, and factors affecting human health. Examine the connection between air quality, regulatory perspectives, engineering solutions and acute and chronic environmental issues impacting human exposure. Discuss research questions through efficient data retrieval and run simple dispersion models. Civil Engineering 388Q and 397 (Topic: Air Quality/Aerosols/Health) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 388R Novel Air Quality Measurement Techniques 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore technological advancements in measurements of indoor and outdoor air quality. Discuss operation principles of novel real-time trace-gas sensors and mass spectrometers. Examine air quality measurements at different spatiotemporal scales, utilizing analytical instrumentation, data acquisition, and data processing. Explore research questions in air quality through hands-on laboratory and field measurements. Civil Engineering 388R and 397 (Topic: Novel Air Qual Meas Technqs) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 389C Advanced Technical Communication for Engineers 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Advanced work in theory and practice of communicating research and design results to a variety of audiences, in print, orally, and through multimedia. Students use their own work and writing projects as the material to communicate. Three hours a week for one semester, including lecture and laboratory.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 389D Sustainable Building Design 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the physical basics of sustainable building design for reducing energy demand and providing on-site renewable energy. Civil Engineering 389D and 397 (Topic: Sustainable Building Design) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 389H HVAC Design 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Design of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and three of the following courses: Architectural Engineering 346N, Civil Engineering 319F, Mechanical Engineering 320, 326, 330, 339.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 389S Smart Buildings and Cities 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore applied machine learning for analyzing data in the domain of buildings (nexus of cities, water and energy). Civil Engineering 389S and 397 (Topic: Smart Buildings and Cities) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 389T Indoor Air Quality: Transport and Control 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Transport and control of indoor pollutants. Includes particulate removal and pollutant transport into and within indoor environments. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in architectural or civil engineering.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 389V Modeling of Air and Pollutant Flows in Buildings 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Fundamentals of indoor airflow modeling, use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for air quality and thermal comfort analyses, application of CFD for analysis of air velocity, temperature, humidity, and contaminant distributions with different ventilation systems. Only one of the following may be counted: Architectural Engineering 383 (Topic: Modeling of Air and Pollutant Flows in Buildings), 389V, Civil Engineering 389V, 397 (Topic: Modeling of Air and Pollutant Flows in Buildings). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARE 389V
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; for architectural engineering and civil engineering majors, three semester hours of coursework in fluid dynamics; for others, consent of instructor.
Restrictions: Restricted to architectural engineering or civil engineering graduate students.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 390J Engineering Microbiology 3 Hours
2.5 Lecture Hours 1 Lab Hours
Fundamentals of microbiology and biochemistry as applied to environmental pollution and sustainable treatment processes, energetics and kinetics of microbial growth, and biological fate of pollutants; introduction to laboratory techniques. Three hours a week for one semester, including lecture and laboratory.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 390L Environmental Analysis 3 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 6 Lab Hours
Advanced analytical procedures for the sampling, monitoring, and analyses of air, liquid, and other wastes. Six hours of lecture and laboratory a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, one year of chemistry, and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 390N Water Pollution Chemistry 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Advanced topics in the application of engineering solutions to chemical problems in freshwater and marine environments. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 390P Environmental Organic Chemistry 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Advanced subjects in the environmental chemistry of organic contaminants in groundwater, soil, and air systems; includes sustainable chemistry. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 390Q Chemical Dynamics in the Environment 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Environmental chemodynamics: interphase equilibrium, reactions, transport processes, and related models for anthropogenic substances across natural interfaces (air-water-sediment-soil) and associated boundary regions. Civil Engineering 390Q and 397 (Topic: Chemodynamics) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 390R Engineering Microbiology Applications 3 Hours
6 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Application of microbiology and molecular biology tools for monitoring environmental systems and biological treatment processes. Civil Engineering 390R and 397 (Topic: Engineering Microbiology Applications) may not both be counted. Six hours of lecture and laboratory a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and Civil Engineering 390J.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 391C Analysis and Design of Transportation Systems I 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to conceptual, methodological, and mathematical foundations of analysis and design of transportation services; review of probabilistic modeling; application of discrete choice models to demand analysis. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 391D Analysis and Design of Transportation Systems II 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Operations research techniques for modeling system performance and design of transportation services; routing and scheduling problems, network equilibration, and spatially distributed queueing systems. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 391E Advances in Transportation Demand Analysis 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Developments in the econometric and behavioral aspects of demand analysis and forecasting; supply-demand integration; dynamic models. Applications to passenger and freight transportation and other infrastructure services. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 391F Advanced Theory of Traffic Flow 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Relations among traffic variables; distribution functions; single lane and multilane traffic flow; characterization of traffic in cities; kinematic waves; yellow signal dilemma; merging; fuel consumption; emissions; and special topics. Emphasis on the interplay among theory, experimentation, and observation. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 391J Transportation Planning: Methodology and Techniques 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analysis of a wide range of planning studies to establish the logic and foundation for the transportation planning process. Emphasis on techniques of estimation and forecasting population, economic activity, land use, and mobility patterns; determination of goals and objectives; decision making; economic analysis; and alternative evaluation. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 391L Advanced Traffic Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
Characterization and analysis of arterial street and freeway traffic operations using theoretical and experimental techniques, especially computer simulation. Introduction to the most current analysis and optimization tools for control device design and implementation. Three lecture hours and three hours of supervised work a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 391M Advanced Geometric Design 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 2 Lab Hours
Geometric design of highways and guideways, including topics on levels of service, alignment, vehicle operations, intersection and interchange design, roadside design, lighting, and economics. Three lecture hours and one hour of supervised laboratory work a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 391N Engineering System Evaluation and Decision Making 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Advanced methods for selection of transportation and other infrastructure systems in the presence of multiple criteria, multiple decision makers, and uncertainty. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 391P Topics in Highway and Airport Pavement Systems 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Theory and Behavior of Pavements. Theories of pavement behavior and concepts of pavement design.
Topic 2: Design and Performance of Pavements. Pavement performance evaluation and the application of theory to the design of pavements.
Topic 3: Pavement Management Systems. Defines the interrelationships among all aspects of pavement technology. Application of computer-based management methodology.
C E 391P.1 Theory and Behavior of Pavements 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Theories of pavement behavior and concepts of pavement design.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 391P.2 Design and Performance of Pavements 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Pavement performance evaluation and the application of theory to the design of pavements.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 391P.3 Pavement Management Systems 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Defines the interrelationships among all aspects of pavement technology. Application of computer-based management methodology.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 391Q Bituminous Materials 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Design and use of asphalt mixtures; chemical, physical, and rheological properties of asphalt; and practical applications in highways, airports, and other construction. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 391R Airport Design and Operation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Aircraft characteristics, site selection, airport configuration, capacity, terminal design, traffic control, and interfacing with other transportation modes. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 391T Topics in Contemporary Transportation Issues 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Consideration, analysis, and evaluation of recent transportation-related innovations and developments. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 391W Transportation Systems Operations and Control 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Concepts and advanced methods for the design of control strategies for transportation systems operations, including highway traffic systems (signalized street networks and freeways), transit systems, and private carrier operations, including airlines. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 392C Transportation Network Analysis 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Transportation network analysis focusing on planning and optimization using static traffic assignment models. Subjects include deterministic and stochastic equilibrium, traditional and modern solution methods, shortest path algorithms, combined models, and basic nonlinear programming skills. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 392D Dynamic Traffic Assignment 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Theory and practice of dynamic traffic assignment as an evolving field. Subjects include basic flow models (point queues, cell transmission model, and link transmission model), time-dependent shortest path algorithms, equilibrium algorithms (convex combinations, simplicial decomposition, and gradient methods), and case studies from practice. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 392E Acquisition and Analysis of Transportation Data 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Methods and technologies for the acquisition and analysis of data on various aspects of transportation systems, including properties of different data sources and types; stated versus revealed preferences; traffic sensing; survey design; sampling strategies; probabilistic methods of data analysis; overview of statistical methods and various regression models, including random-utility, ordered-choice, simultaneous-equations, time-series, and spatial econometric models. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 392F Sensors and Signal Interpretation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the physics concepts related with sensors, basic circuits, and wireless communications. Examine properties and specifications of sensors, and their importance in practical use cases. Discuss sensor noise properties and explore the use of signal processing in time and frequency domains to reduce noise. Explore data and model fusion using classical estimation methods (linear observers and Kalman filters). Civil Engineering 392F and 397 (Topic: Sensors/Signal Interpretation) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 392H Regional Transportation Planning: Applications and Tools 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore various aspects of regional transportation system performance forecasting, including methods for anticipating Americans' evolving travel choices. Examine key data sources and model specifications for planning activities; forecasting and validation of predictions, for personal vs. commercial travel; and system-wide applications for traffic and travel pattern forecasts. Civil Engineering 391H and 392H may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 392L Experimental Measurements of Soil Properties 3 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
Theoretical and practical knowledge of transducers, sensors, and data acquisition systems for soil and general laboratory testing. Experimental techniques used to characterize properties of geomaterials. Two lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 392M Public Transportation Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to public transportation systems, including demand forecasting, operations, and design. Includes statistical methods, driver and vehicle scheduling, algorithms, and survey sampling techniques. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 392N Topics in Infrastructure Systems 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Management principles, modeling techniques, computer applications, and emerging technologies for the analysis, engineering, and management of infrastructure systems. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Infrastructure Systems Management. Concepts, principles, theories, and models for infrastructure management, with emphasis on civil infrastructure systems.
Topic 2: Reliability and Maintainability of Infrastructure Systems. Theory of reliability, maintainability, and availability and its application for the analysis of infrastructure systems. Civil Engineering 392N (Topic 2) and 397 (Topic: Reliability and Maintainability of Infrastructure Systems) may not both be counted.
Topic 3: Intelligent Infrastructure Systems. Concepts, frameworks, and models of intelligent infrastructure systems, with emphasis on the application of emerging technologies and advanced modeling techniques.
C E 392N.1 Infrastructure Systems Management 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Concepts, principles, theories, and models for infrastructure management, with emphasis on civil infrastructure systems.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 392N.2 Reliability and Maintainability of Infrastructure Systems 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Theory of reliability, maintainability, and availability and its application for the analysis of infrastructure systems. Civil Engineering 392N (Topic 2) and 397 (Topic: Reliability and Maintainability of Infrastructure Systems) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 392N.3 Intelligent Infrastructure Systems 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Concepts, frameworks, and models of intelligent infrastructure systems, with emphasis on the application of emerging technologies and advanced modeling techniques.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 392P Sustainable Pavement Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Pavement design; back calculation; use of locally available materials for pavement construction; recycled asphalt pavements and shingles; warm mix and cold mix asphalt; industrial by-products and waste incorporated in pavement materials; emerging technologies for sustainable pavement design and pavement management. Civil Engineering 392P and 397 (Topic: Sustainable Pavement Engineering) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and Civil Engineering 366K, 367P, 391P (Topic 2: Design and Performance of Pavements), 391Q, or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 392R Discrete Choice Theory and Modeling 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Methods and statistics of model estimation, with emphasis on maximum-likelihood; individual choice theory; binary choice models; unordered multinomial and multidimensional choice models; sampling theory and sample design; ordered models and aggregate prediction with choice models; introduction to advanced concepts, such as unobserved population heterogeneity, joint slated preference and revealed preference modeling, and longitudinal choice analysis. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and Civil Engineering 391J or consent of instructor.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 392S Intermodal Transportation Systems 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Strategic planning of intermodal freight transportation systems (infrastructure and rolling stock). Freight logistics, intermodal technology, and intermodal terminal operations. Intermodal freight transportation policy, planning, and operational systems and programs. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 392T Transport Economics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Application of economic theory and principles to transportation systems analysis and evaluation. Subjects include individual demand decisions, optimal private and public transport supply (including pricing strategies and input demands), market imperfections and externalities, and welfare-based transport policy. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 392U Transportation Systems Management 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Evolving concepts of transportation agency organization, management, and delivery of transportation programs, products, and services. Separation versus integration of transport policymaking and service delivery functions; emerging models for delivering programs and services, such as outsourcing, privatization, and state-owned enterprises; review of national and international experiences with innovative approaches and the benefits and costs associated with change. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 392V Methods to Characterize Bituminous Materials 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to the design and performance prediction of asphalt mixtures. Experimental and computational methods used to characterize the chemical and mechanical properties and performance of bituminous materials at several different length scales. Includes computational models. Civil Engineering 392V and 397 (Topic: Characterization of Bituminous Materials) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and Civil Engineering 366K, 391Q, or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 392W Characterization of Viscoelastic Materials 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Test methods and physical models used to characterize the mechanical response of linear and nonlinear viscoelastic materials. Use of correspondence principles to solve simple boundary value problems for linear viscoelastic materials. Introductory topics on modeling damage and nonlinear response of viscoelastic materials. Civil Engineering 392W and 397 (Topic: Characterization of Viscoelastic Materials) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 393 Advanced Concrete Materials 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Comprehensive coverage of Portland cement concrete materials. Topics include cement and aggregate properties, chemical and mineral admixtures, concrete microstructure and the effects of chemical and mechanical properties, durability issues, concrete construction, and special concretes. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and a materials course.
Grading: Letter Grade
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 393C Experimental Methods in Cement Chemistry 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 1.5 Lab Hours
Cement chemistry, hydration, and microstructural formation; analytical techniques used in the investigation of cement and concrete. Civil Engineering 393C and 397 (Topic: Experimental Methods in Cement Chemistry) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and one-and-one-half laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, Civil Engineering 351, 393, or the equivalent, and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 393D Concrete Durability 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine comprehensive coverage of durability issues affecting portland cement concrete. Includes transport properties (e.g., diffusion, osmosis, sorption, etc.), alkali-silica reaction, external sulfate attack, delayed ettringite formation, corrosion of reinforcing steel, freezing and thawing, and salt scaling. Explore, for each durability issue, the underlying mechanism are presented, along with methods for preventing such distress in new concrete construction. Civil Engineering 393D and 397 (Topic: Concrete Durability) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Civil Engineering 393 or equivalent full-semester course in concrete materials, and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 393M Topics in Environmental Engineering Research Seminar 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Presentation and discussion of environmental topics in surface water, groundwater, air resources, and land resources. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 393N Novel Structural Materials 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Material selection criteria, including mechanical and environmental factors; selected case studies of emerging materials, including derivation of properties and potential applications. Civil Engineering 393N and 397 (Topic: Novel Structural Materials) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 393S Structural Engineering Research Seminar 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 394 Topics in Interaction of Soils and Structures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Beams on foundation, laterally loaded piles, applications of the finite-element method, beam-columns with nonlinear soil support, and behavior of pile groups. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and a course in soil mechanics or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction. Fundamentals of wave propagation; determination of foundation stiffnesses; mat foundations on the surface of a layered soil; embedded foundations; pile foundations; effect of foundation conditions on dynamic response of structures to applied loads (machine foundations) and to seismic excitation. Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
C E 394.1 Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Fundamentals of wave propagation; determination of foundation stiffnesses; mat foundations on the surface of a layered soil; embedded foundations; pile foundations; effect of foundation conditions on dynamic response of structures to applied loads (machine foundations) and to seismic excitation.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 394K Topics in Engineering Hydrology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
With consent of instructor, any topic may be repeated for credit. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; and a basic course in hydrology and in differential equations, or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Groundwater Pollution and Transport. Groundwater flow and hydrogeologic modeling, sources of contamination, multiphase partitioning, advection-dispersion transport and modeling.
Topic 2: Surface Water. Rainfall runoff processes, hydrograph theory, linear and nonlinear hydrologic system models, hydrologic and hydraulic streamflow routing, rainfall and flood flow frequency analysis, watershed models.
Topic 3: Geographic Information Systems in Water Resources. Principles of geographic information systems, hydrology, and database management systems applied to water resources problems. Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
C E 394K.1 Groundwater Pollution and Transport 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Groundwater flow and hydrogeologic modeling, sources of contamination, multiphase partitioning, advection-dispersion transport and modeling.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 394K.2 Surface Water 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Rainfall runoff processes, hydrograph theory, linear and nonlinear hydrologic system models, hydrologic and hydraulic streamflow routing, rainfall and flood flow frequency analysis, watershed models.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 394K.3 Geographic Information Systems in Water Resources 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Principles of geographic information systems, hydrology, and database management systems applied to water resources problems.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 394M Advanced Analyses in Geotechnical Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Development and application of linear and nonlinear finite element procedures for solution of geotechnical engineering problems related to embankments, excavations, static soil-structure interaction, and seepage. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395N Industrialized Production of the Built Environment 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the integration of mass manufacturing, digital technologies, and automated processes for the production of the built environment. Learn how such approaches can improve productivity, safety, quality, and sustainability. Discuss key concepts behind industrialization and examine key technologies spanning design, offsite manufacturing, and onsite assembly. Civil Engineering 395N and 397 (Topic: Indust Production Of Built Env) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395P Topics in Project Automation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Some topics may require additional hours; these are identified in the Course Schedule.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Advanced CAD Procedures. Introduction to advanced CAD procedures and CAD systems, and their influence on building design and construction. Nine hours of lecture and laboratory a week for one semester. Same as: ARE 395P.1 Additional prerequisite: An introductory CAD course.
Topic 2: Introduction to Construction Automation and Integration. Construction automation and integration activities, methods for opportunity identification and financial analysis of systems, and tools from several disciplines that are used in construction automation and integration; students prepare a project that synthesizes this information. Same as: ARE 395P.2
Topic 3: Design of Automated Construction Systems. The elements of construction systems, including mechanisms, sensors, and control; systems design methods and concerns. Students develop an individual design project.
Topic 4: Sensing in Civil Engineering. Sensor types and properties, data acquisition, sensor data analysis, sensor fusion, and classes of civil engineering applications. Students are encouraged to work on projects related to their research areas.
C E 395P.1 Advanced CAD Procedures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to advanced CAD procedures and CAD systems, and their influence on building design and construction. Nine hours of lecture and laboratory a week for one semester.
Same as: ARE 395P.1
Pre/Corequisites: An introductory CAD course.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395P.2 Introduction to Construction Automation and Integration 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Construction automation and integration activities, methods for opportunity identification and financial analysis of systems, and tools from several disciplines that are used in construction automation and integration; students prepare a project that synthesizes this information.
Same as: ARE 395P.2
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395P.3 Design of Automated Construction Systems 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The elements of construction systems, including mechanisms, sensors, and control; systems design methods and concerns. Students develop an individual design project.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395P.4 Sensing in Civil Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Sensor types and properties, data acquisition, sensor data analysis, sensor fusion, and classes of civil engineering applications. Students are encouraged to work on projects related to their research areas.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395Q Topics in Project Controls 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Some topics require two lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week; these are identified in the Course Schedule.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Project Controls. Fundamentals of planning, scheduling, and cost management on projects. Topics include network scheduling, activity and resource management, cost loading and cost control, and computer tools used for project controls, such as schedule simulation and three-dimensional and four-dimensional CAD.
Topic 2: Project Production Systems. Advanced topics in project controls, including supply chain management, procurement, interorganizational controls and incentives, process modeling, and simulation.
Topic 3: Project Quality Assurance and Control. The essentials of quality assurance and quality control in project design and construction. Subjects include quality definition/objectives, the role people play in quality, quality assurance plans, quality control systems, cost of quality, specifications, inspection, tests, documentation, and corrective actions.
Topic 4: Procurement and Materials Management. Purchasing and management of all materials and equipment for construction projects; the integration of procurement and materials management into the erection process; and their impact on quality, cost, schedule, and productivity.
Topic 5: Financial Management for Engineering and Construction Firms. Introduction to financial, managerial, and tax accounting concepts, as well as corporate finance and strategy as they relate to engineering and construction firms. Emphasis is on content, interpretation, and uses of various accounting reports and financial statements in general, as well as those specific to engineering and construction industries. Topics include determination and reporting of net income methods and financial position unique to engineering and construction firms, and theories underlying business financial statements, as well as the consideration of managerial accounting and financial management topics that cover the planning and controlling of business operations and how financial management impacts a company's overall business success. Civil Engineering 395Q (Topic 5) and 397 (Topic: Financial Management for Engineering and Construction Firms) may not both be counted.
Topic 6: Information Technology and Project Supply Chain Management. Advanced information technologies that are used to manage the flow of information, materials, and equipment in project environments, including electronic data interchange, smart materials, enterprise resource planning, equipment management systems, cross-enterprise integration, electronic commerce, and project supply chain design.
C E 395Q.1 Project Controls 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Fundamentals of planning, scheduling, and cost management on projects. Topics include network scheduling, activity and resource management, cost loading and cost control, and computer tools used for project controls, such as schedule simulation and three-dimensional and four-dimensional CAD.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395Q.2 Project Production Systems 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Advanced topics in project controls, including supply chain management, procurement, interorganizational controls and incentives, process modeling, and simulation.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395Q.5 Financial Management for Engineering and Construction Firms 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to financial, managerial, and tax accounting concepts, as well as corporate finance and strategy as they relate to engineering and construction firms. Emphasis is on content, interpretation, and uses of various accounting reports and financial statements in general, as well as those specific to engineering and construction industries. Topics include determination and reporting of net income methods and financial position unique to engineering and construction firms, and theories underlying business financial statements, as well as the consideration of managerial accounting and financial management topics that cover the planning and controlling of business operations and how financial management impacts a company's overall business success. Civil Engineering 395Q (Topic 5) and 397 (Topic: Financial Management for Engineering and Construction Firms) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395R Topics in Project Information Systems 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester; some topics require additional hours.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Expert Systems for CEPM. Introduction to logic foundations, knowledge acquisition, knowledge representation, expert system shells, applications, and development of expert systems for construction/engineering management.
Topic 2: Project Information Management Systems. Information systems design and management concepts and their implementation in construction projects. Data acquisition, transmission, and storage; database management systems and information systems design.
Topic 3: Decision and Risk Analysis. Fundamentals of decision analysis and risk assessment; construction engineering/project management applications in decision analysis; methods of risk management; overview of project insurance.
Topic 4: Metrics. Measurement systems and benchmarking approaches for many aspects of construction projects. Included are measurement systems for design effectiveness, construction productivity, safety, cost and schedule controls, and overall industry statistics.
Topic 5: Data Mining. Fundamentals of data mining. Techniques for data classification, prediction, clustering, and association rules mining. Data mining as an advanced data analysis method in engineering and construction. Implementation issues. Same as: ARE 395R.5
Topic 6: Quantitative Methods for Project Analysis. Practical methods of data analysis for evaluating project performance metrics. Includes quantitative methods for solving everyday problems such as bid selection, capital budgeting, assignment of resources, equipment replacement analysis, and the optimization of capital structure. Techniques for developing models under conditions of risk using Microsoft Excel and add-ins such as At Risk. Civil Engineering 395R (Topic 6) and 397 (Topic: Quantitative Methods for Project Analysis) may not both be counted.
Topic 7: Building Information Modeling for Capital Projects. Building information models in plan execution for a building construction project. Focus on implementation of building information modeling concepts throughout the lifecycle of a building, from planning and design to construction and operations. Civil Engineering 395R (Topic 7) and 397 (Topic: Building Information Modeling for Capital Projects) may not both be counted.
Topic 8: Urban Systems Engineering. Explore system thinking concepts and sociotechnical system modeling of civil infrastructure systems. Examine defining system boundaries, abstracting interdependencies and system structure, and implementing mathematical models for the analyses of systems. Civil Engineering 395R (Topic 8) and 397 (Topic: Urban Systems Engineering) may not both be counted.
C E 395R.2 Project Information Management Systems 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Information systems design and management concepts and their implementation in construction projects. Data acquisition, transmission, and storage; database management systems and information systems design.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395R.3 Decision and Risk Analysis 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Fundamentals of decision analysis and risk assessment; construction engineering/project management applications in decision analysis; methods of risk management; overview of project insurance.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395R.4 Metrics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Measurement systems and benchmarking approaches for many aspects of construction projects. Included are measurement systems for design effectiveness, construction productivity, safety, cost and schedule controls, and overall industry statistics.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395R.5 Data Mining 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Fundamentals of data mining. Techniques for data classification, prediction, clustering, and association rules mining. Data mining as an advanced data analysis method in engineering and construction. Implementation issues.
Same as: ARE 395R.5
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395R.6 Quantitative Methods for Project Analysis 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Practical methods of data analysis for evaluating project performance metrics. Includes quantitative methods for solving everyday problems such as bid selection, capital budgeting, assignment of resources, equipment replacement analysis, and the optimization of capital structure. Techniques for developing models under conditions of risk using Microsoft Excel and add-ins such as At Risk. Civil Engineering 395R (Topic 6) and 397 (Topic: Quantitative Methods for Project Analysis) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395R.7 Building Information Modeling for Capital Projects 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Building information models in plan execution for a building construction project. Focus on implementation of building information modeling concepts throughout the lifecycle of a building, from planning and design to construction and operations. Civil Engineering 395R (Topic 7) and 397 (Topic: Building Information Modeling for Capital Projects) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395R.8 Urban Systems Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore system thinking concepts and sociotechnical system modeling of civil infrastructure systems. Examine defining system boundaries, abstracting interdependencies and system structure, and implementing mathematical models for the analyses of systems. Civil Engineering 395R (Topic 8) and 397 (Topic: Urban Systems Engineering) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395S Topics in Project Organization 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Human Resources Project Management. Evaluation of individual, group, and organizational behavior in construction work. In-depth study of communication, decision making, and the relationship between controls and behavior.
Topic 2: Construction Productivity. Construction productivity improvement by group field studies. In-depth study of the way overtime, changes, weather, and staffing levels influence productivity. Industrial engineering techniques are applied to the construction environment to improve the use of equipment and human and material resources.
Topic 3: Design Management for Major Projects. Effective management of factors involved in the detailed design of a facility, such as design inputs, cost, schedule, quality, project teams, organizational alternatives, and project objectives.
Topic 4: Project Management. Overall aspects of project and portfolio management from inception to successful operation: project selection and feasibility, contracting methods, project scheduling, cost control systems, project communications, project scope and quality management, human resource management, partner selection and management, project leadership, project closeout, and global project management. Same as: ARE 395S.4
Topic 5: Public Sector Project Management. The application of innovative and state-of-the-art project management approaches to public sector construction projects.
Topic 6: Managing Innovation and Strategic Change in Architecture, Engineering, Industry patterns of technological change, innovation paradigms and trajectories, innovation modeling, process innovation, project organization dynamics, industry structure and adaptation, competitive analysis, competitive advantage, strategy formation and implementation, and global strategies for change.
C E 395S.1 Human Resources Project Management 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Evaluation of individual, group, and organizational behavior in construction work. In-depth study of communication, decision making, and the relationship between controls and behavior.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395S.2 Construction Productivity 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Construction productivity improvement by group field studies. In-depth study of the way overtime, changes, weather, and staffing levels influence productivity. Industrial engineering techniques are applied to the construction environment to improve the use of equipment and human and material resources.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395S.4 Project Management 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Overall aspects of project and portfolio management from inception to successful operation: project selection and feasibility, contracting methods, project scheduling, cost control systems, project communications, project scope and quality management, human resource management, partner selection and management, project leadership, project closeout, and global project management.
Same as: ARE 395S.4
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395T Topics in Project Technology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Advanced Construction Technologies. Survey of historical trends and recent developments in advanced construction technologies, including materials, methods, equipment, condition assessment, and project designs.
Topic 2: Constructibility and Modularization. Principles and methods of project constructibility enhancement; principles and applications of modularization and preassembly; value engineering concepts; planning for startup of industrial facilities.
Topic 3: Heavy Civil Construction. Methods and materials in heavy civil construction; earthwork, concrete, structural steel, and deep foundations; equipment selection, configuration, productivity, and safety issues; site and craft planning, environmental issues, and optimization modeling; and field studies.
Topic 4: Concrete Construction. Construction practices related to the use of portland cement concrete, including the design of formwork; some elements of concrete design, construction, maintenance, evaluation, and repair. Architectural Engineering 385N (Topic 5: Concrete Construction) and Civil Engineering 395T (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
Topic 5: Heavy Construction. Conventional heavy construction, equipment, methods, and practice; planning for critical operations; modeling and simulation; safety. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing in architectural or civil engineering.
Topic 6: Value Management Processes I. Industry value management processes, including value engineering and life cycle costing, process simplification, function analysis concept development, design to capacity, constructability, modularization and preassembly, and design effectiveness.
Topic 7: Value Management Processes II. Industry value management processes, including mechanical reliability modeling, predictive maintenance, design for maintainability, waste minimization and pollution prevention, sustainable design and construction, planning for startup, lean construction, postoccupancy evaluation, and knowledge management and lessons learned systems.
Topic 8: Industrial Construction. Methods and materials in industrial construction; heavy lifts, mechanical equipment, process piping, electrical, and instrumentation work; equipment selection, configuration, productivity, and safety issues; preassembly, modularization, and work planning in the industrial environment; and field studies.
C E 395T.3 Heavy Civil Construction 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Methods and materials in heavy civil construction; earthwork, concrete, structural steel, and deep foundations; equipment selection, configuration, productivity, and safety issues; site and craft planning, environmental issues, and optimization modeling; and field studies.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395T.6 Value Management Processes I 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Industry value management processes, including value engineering and life cycle costing, process simplification, function analysis concept development, design to capacity, constructability, modularization and preassembly, and design effectiveness.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395T.7 Value Management Processes II 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Industry value management processes, including mechanical reliability modeling, predictive maintenance, design for maintainability, waste minimization and pollution prevention, sustainable design and construction, planning for startup, lean construction, postoccupancy evaluation, and knowledge management and lessons learned systems.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395T.8 Industrial Construction 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Methods and materials in industrial construction; heavy lifts, mechanical equipment, process piping, electrical, and instrumentation work; equipment selection, configuration, productivity, and safety issues; preassembly, modularization, and work planning in the industrial environment; and field studies.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395U General Topics in Construction Engineering and Project Management 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Front-End and Contractor Planning. Principles and applications of advanced project planning techniques for capital facility owners and contractors. Effective owner front-end planning of capital facilities, including team alignment, and preproject planning processes and tools. Contractor preconstruction planning, including team selection, scope and budget review, procurement, strategic sequencing, and planning assessment tools.
Topic 2: Continuous Quality Improvement. History, concepts, and principles of continuous quality improvement (CQI) in organizations. Implementation of CQI in engineering and construction companies and projects. Use of statistical process control and management and planning tools in engineering and construction applications.
Topic 3: Advanced Legal Concepts. Contracts, documentation requirements, claims avoidance, and settlement of claims by alternative dispute resolution. Students conduct and present in-depth studies of the most frequent causes of claims (delay, disruption, acceleration, soil conditions, and changes) and consider the way the court establishes causation and determines damages. Same as: ARE 395U.3
Topic 4: Construction Safety. Causes and effects of construction safety incidents, proactive preventative strategies, and tactics. Civil Engineering 395U (Topic 4) and 397 (Topic: Construction Safety Management) may not both be counted.
Topic 5: Project Development for Disaster Mitigation. Review of principles and applications of construction projects used to mitigate effects of disasters such as floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Development of a disaster-mitigation project specific to a local community; includes preparing a construction project definition package, and reviewing and developing a scope of work, cost estimate, schedule, and a benefit-cost analysis.
C E 395U.1 Front-End and Contractor Planning 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Principles and applications of advanced project planning techniques for capital facility owners and contractors. Effective owner front-end planning of capital facilities, including team alignment, and preproject planning processes and tools. Contractor preconstruction planning, including team selection, scope and budget review, procurement, strategic sequencing, and planning assessment tools.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395U.3 Advanced Legal Concepts 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Contracts, documentation requirements, claims avoidance, and settlement of claims by alternative dispute resolution. Students conduct and present in-depth studies of the most frequent causes of claims (delay, disruption, acceleration, soil conditions, and changes) and consider the way the court establishes causation and determines damages.
Same as: ARE 395U.3
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395U.4 Construction Safety 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Causes and effects of construction safety incidents, proactive preventative strategies, and tactics. Civil Engineering 395U (Topic 4) and 397 (Topic: Construction Safety Management) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395V Topics in Construction Engineering and Projects: Seminar/Conference 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Doctoral Research Methods Seminar. Construction research methods seminar, including concepts and practice of research in construction engineering and management. Research methodologies and steps in the research process, including review and framing research questions. Students develop and critique a research proposal.
Topic 2: Conference Course.
Topic 3: Construction Industry Seminar. Construction industry issues and best practices, such as front-end planning and zero accident techniques, developed by the Construction Industry Institute (CII). Guest lecturers include CII management staff and visiting industry leaders. Emphasis on implementation of proven practices on projects.
C E 395V.1 Doctoral Research Methods Seminar 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Construction research methods seminar, including concepts and practice of research in construction engineering and management. Research methodologies and steps in the research process, including review and framing research questions. Students develop and critique a research proposal.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395V.2 Conference Course 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 395V.3 Construction Industry Seminar 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Construction industry issues and best practices, such as front-end planning and zero accident techniques, developed by the Construction Industry Institute (CII). Guest lecturers include CII management staff and visiting industry leaders. Emphasis on implementation of proven practices on projects.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 396L Topics in Air Resources Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Sources, transport, fate, impacts, characteristics, and control of air contaminants; source control and prevention; urban air quality; occupational and residential indoor air quality. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Air Pollution Chemistry. Classification, transport, transformation, deposition, sampling, and analysis of particulate and gaseous air pollutants in urban, regional, and global-scale systems. Emphasis on sustainable engineering.
Topic 2: Turbulent Diffusion in the Environment. Application of turbulent dispersion techniques to study the transport and dilution of pollutants in atmospheric, oceanic, and estuary/reservoir systems.
Topic 3: Air Pollution Control. Design of air pollution control systems for stationary sources. Technical, regulatory, and economic fundamentals related to the control of gaseous and particulate emissions.
Topic 4: Indoor Air Quality: Physics and Chemistry. Sources, transport, and fate of indoor air pollutants. Interactions between indoor pollutants and indoor materials. Indoor air chemistry. Human exposure to pollutants in indoor environments.
Topic 5: Atmospheric Transport and Dispersion Modeling. Mathematical models of contaminant transport in the atmosphere; atmospheric turbulence and air pollution meteorology; Gaussian plume, gradient transport, and higher-order closure models; theoretical development and practical applications to engineering problems.
Topic 6: Human Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution. Human exposure to air pollution in the built environment, including the effects of sustainable building design on human exposure to toxic air pollutants. Subjects may include inhalation intake fractions for risk calculations and comparisons of sources of air pollution, transmission of airborne infectious disease, pharmacokinetic modeling, and case studies involving several important air pollutants. Civil Engineering 396L (Topic 6) and 397 (Topic: Human Exposure to Toxins) may not both be counted.
C E 396L.1 Air Pollution Chemistry 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Classification, transport, transformation, deposition, sampling, and analysis of particulate and gaseous air pollutants in urban, regional, and global-scale systems. Emphasis on sustainable engineering.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 396L.3 Air Pollution Control 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Design of air pollution control systems for stationary sources. Technical, regulatory, and economic fundamentals related to the control of gaseous and particulate emissions.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 396L.4 Indoor Air Quality: Physics and Chemistry 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Sources, transport, and fate of indoor air pollutants. Interactions between indoor pollutants and indoor materials. Indoor air chemistry. Human exposure to pollutants in indoor environments.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 396L.5 Atmospheric Transport and Dispersion Modeling 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Mathematical models of contaminant transport in the atmosphere; atmospheric turbulence and air pollution meteorology; Gaussian plume, gradient transport, and higher-order closure models; theoretical development and practical applications to engineering problems.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 396L.6 Human Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Human exposure to air pollution in the built environment, including the effects of sustainable building design on human exposure to toxic air pollutants. Subjects may include inhalation intake fractions for risk calculations and comparisons of sources of air pollution, transmission of airborne infectious disease, pharmacokinetic modeling, and case studies involving several important air pollutants. Civil Engineering 396L (Topic 6) and 397 (Topic: Human Exposure to Toxins) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 396M Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Science 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in a natural science or engineering.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Topic 1: General Topics.
Topic 2: Air Pollution Meteorology. Basic meteorology applied to air pollution; diffusion of conservative and nonconservative pollutants; plume rise; air pollution models.
C E 396M.1 General Topics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
C E 396M.2 Air Pollution Meteorology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Basic meteorology applied to air pollution; diffusion of conservative and nonconservative pollutants; plume rise; air pollution models.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
C E 197, 297, 397 Special Topics in Civil Engineering 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester; some topics require additional hours.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; consent of instructor; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 4: Freight Transportation. Topics include review of transport systems analysis; shipper objectives; demand and supply modeling; freight flow data; network analysis; truck size and weight policies; finance.
Topic 5: Infrastructure Management Systems. Concepts and principles of infrastructure management and performance, with emphasis on bridge and pavement management systems.
Topic 6: Traffic Science Seminar. Topics range from fundamentals of vehicular traffic science to relevant methodologies in physics, applied mathematics, and operational science.
Topic 7: Decision, Risk, and Reliability. Principles and theory for modeling uncertainty in civil engineering, analyzing how uncertainties affect performance, and developing rational bases for design and decision making under uncertain conditions. Additional prerequisite: An introductory course in probability and statistics.
Topic 8: Structural Plastics Design. Review of plastic materials, reinforcements, fabrication methods, viscoelasticity, and structural properties of lamina and laminates. Failure mechanisms, materials criteria, design factors, and nondestructive tests. Design of reinforced and unreinforced plastic structures, including use of laminate analysis computer program.
Topic 10: Transport Economics. Application of economic theory and principles to transportation systems analysis and evaluation. Topics include individual travel demand decisions, optimal private and public transport supply (including pricing strategies), location choice and land valuation, transport-market imperfections (negative externalities), and welfare-based transport policy.
Topic 11: Concepts and advanced methods for the design of control strategies for transportation systems operations, including highway traffic systems (signalized street networks and freeways), transit systems, and private carrier operations (including airlines).
Topic 13: Acoustic Emission and Nondestructive Examination Methods. Review of principal test methods, including visual, radiographic, ultrasonic, magnetic particle, penetrant, and eddy current. Emphasis on acoustic emission applications. Discussion of probability of detection, national standards, and topics selected to meet students' interests.
Topic 14: Design of Wood Members and Systems. Design and behavior of solid wood and glued-laminated wood structural members; light-frame and heavy timber systems, including trusses and arches. Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Topic 15: Facilitating Process Improvement.
Topic 16: Evaluation, Materials, and Techniques for Concrete Repair. Causes of distress, evaluation methods, repair materials, repair techniques, and quality control methods for repair of concrete. Architectural Engineering 383 (Topic 7) and Civil Engineering 197, 297, 397 (Topic 16) may not both be counted. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester, with one and one-half additional hours a week for guest speakers.
Topic 17: Air Sampling and Analysis. Collection and analysis of air samples for gaseous and particulate contaminants. Gas flow rate and calibration techniques, stationary source sampling and analysis, indoor air sampling, ozone and NOx ambient air monitoring.
Topic 18: Acquisition and Analysis of Transportation Data. Methods and technologies for the acquisition and analysis of data on various aspects of transportation systems. Topics include properties of different data sources and types; stated versus revealed preferences; traffic sensing; survey design; sampling strategies; probabilistic methods of data analysis; overview of statistical methods and various regression models, including random-utility, ordered-choice, simultaneous-equations, time-series, and neural-network models.
Topic 19: Discrete Choice Theory and Modeling. Methods and statistics of model estimation, with emphasis on maximum-likelihood; individual choice theory; binary choice models; unordered multinomial and multidimensional choice models; sampling theory and sample design; ordered models, and aggregate prediction with choice models; introduction to advanced concepts, such as unobserved population heterogeneity, joint slated preference and revealed preference modeling, and longitudinal choice analysis.
Topic 20: Computer Methods for Civil Engineers. Essential methods for computer-aided problem solving in transportation and other civil engineering areas. Topics may include computer operating systems concepts; the Internet and World Wide Web site design; advanced programming with C programming language; data structures; file manipulation and management; Monte Carlo simulation techniques; interfacing with spreadsheets, SQL databases, and computer-aided design packages; introduction to Geographic Information Systems. Team programming is emphasized.
Topic 21: Transportation Systems Management. Evolving concepts of transportation agency organization, management, and delivery of transportation programs, products, and services. Separation versus integration of transport policy-making and service delivery functions; emerging models for delivering programs and services, such as outsourcing, privatization, and state-owned enterprises; review of national and international experiences with innovative approaches and the benefits and costs associated with change.
Topic 22: Intelligent Transportation Systems Seminar. Introduction to Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) concepts, evolution, and current initiatives. Program evolution from Mobility 2000, through IVHS and strategic planning activities by the Department of Transportation and ITS America, to current operational tests and deployment projects.
Topic 23: Intermodal Transportation Systems. Strategic planning of intermodal transportation systems (infrastructure and rolling stock); how strategic planning pertains to freight transportation. Freight logistics, intermodal technology, and intermodal terminal operations. Intermodal freight transportation policy, planning, and operational systems and programs.
Topic 31: Advanced Concrete Materials. Comprehensive coverage of Portland cement concrete materials. Topics include cement and aggregate properties; chemical and mineral admixtures; concrete microstructure and the effects on chemical and mechanical concrete properties; durability issues; concrete construction; special concretes. Additional prerequisite: Civil Engineering 314K or consent of instructor.
Topic 32: Hydrodynamics of Propulsors and Dynamic Positioning Systems. Hydrofoil and lifting surface theory, actuator disk and lifting line theory, vortex-lattice and panel methods, blade design techniques, propulsor-inflow and propulsor-hull interaction, unsteady blade and shaft forces, and modeling of sheet cavitation.
Topic 35: Introduction to Structural Mechanics. Discussion of force and stress, vectors and tensors; equilibrium; displacement and deformation; compatibility; constitutive equations, with examples from linear elasticity, linear viscoelasticity, and plasticity; principle of virtual work; elastic structures, principle of minimum potential energy, reciprocity theorem; critical equilibrium, stability; linear theories of beams, plates, and shells.
Topic 36: Computational Environmental Fluid Mechanics. Basics of numerical methods as applied to the solution of the steady and unsteady fluid flow equations, such as the Euler and the Navier-Stokes equations, and the advection-diffusion equation. Emphasis on finite volume methods as applied to fluid mechanics problems in civil and environmental engineering.
Topic 37: Intelligent Infrastructure Systems. Concepts, frameworks, and models of intelligent infrastructure systems, with emphasis on the application of new technologies and advanced modeling techniques to the engineering and management of infrastructure systems.
Topic 50: Water Resources Development and Policies. Analysis of water resources projects, particularly international water projects, with emphasis on engineering and planning considerations and their relation to governmental policies.
Topic 54: Water Pollution Control. The application and evaluation of new concepts in water pollution abatement and advanced water and wastewater treatment.
Topic 56: Air Pollution Control. Evaluation of new theoretical approaches to air pollution control.
Topic 57: Design of Groundwater Treatment Systems. Air stripping and adsorption applied to the treatment of hazardous organic chemicals; project includes computer modeling, laboratory testing, economic analyses and report preparation. Additional prerequisite: Civil Engineering 385L (Topic 1: Physical and Chemical Treatment).
Topic 64: Rock Engineering II. Underground excavation methods, rock support techniques, in situ stress origin and measurement, numerical modeling of rock mass response, time-dependent response.
Topic 78: Design of Offshore Structures. Selection of design storm; wave forces on structures; preliminary analysis of steel jacket platforms; joint design; fatigue considerations; foundation design; dynamic effects and responses.
Topic 79: Computer-Aided Structural Engineering. Fundamentals of computer program development for engineering problems: structured programming, data structures, databases, graphics, decision tables, and object-oriented programming.
Topic 80: Geographic Information Systems in Water Resources. Principles of geographic information systems, expert systems, and database management systems applied to water resources problems.
Topic 81: Groundwater Modeling. Numerical methods for simulation of flow and contaminant transport in groundwater systems. Classification of partial differential equations, finite difference and finite element methods, method of characteristics, model formulation, stability and accuracy analysis, model calibration and verification.
C E 197.14, 297.14, 397.14 Design of Wood Members and Systems 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Design and behavior of solid wood and glued-laminated wood structural members; light-frame and heavy timber systems, including trusses and arches.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 197.16, 297.16, 397.16 Evaluation, Materials, and Techniques for Concrete Repair 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Causes of distress, evaluation methods, repair materials, repair techniques, and quality control methods for repair of concrete. Architectural Engineering 383 (Topic 7) and Civil Engineering 197, 297, 397 (Topic 16) may not both be counted. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester, with one and one-half additional hours a week for guest speakers.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 197.17, 297.17, 397.17 Air Sampling and Analysis 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Collection and analysis of air samples for gaseous and particulate contaminants. Gas flow rate and calibration techniques, stationary source sampling and analysis, indoor air sampling, ozone and NOx ambient air monitoring.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 197.20, 297.20, 397.20 Computer Methods for Civil Engineers 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Essential methods for computer-aided problem solving in transportation and other civil engineering areas. Topics may include computer operating systems concepts; the Internet and World Wide Web site design; advanced programming with C programming language; data structures; file manipulation and management; Monte Carlo simulation techniques; interfacing with spreadsheets, SQL databases, and computer-aided design packages; introduction to Geographic Information Systems. Team programming is emphasized.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 197.22, 297.22, 397.22 Intelligent Transportation Systems Seminar 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) concepts, evolution, and current initiatives. Program evolution from Mobility 2000, through IVHS and strategic planning activities by the Department of Transportation and ITS America, to current operational tests and deployment projects.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 197.32, 297.32, 397.32 Hydrodynamics of Propulsors and Dynamic Positioning Systems 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Hydrofoil and lifting surface theory, actuator disk and lifting line theory, vortex-lattice and panel methods, blade design techniques, propulsor-inflow and propulsor-hull interaction, unsteady blade and shaft forces, and modeling of sheet cavitation.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 197.35, 297.35, 397.35 Introduction to Structural Mechanics 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Discussion of force and stress, vectors and tensors; equilibrium; displacement and deformation; compatibility; constitutive equations, with examples from linear elasticity, linear viscoelasticity, and plasticity; principle of virtual work; elastic structures, principle of minimum potential energy, reciprocity theorem; critical equilibrium, stability; linear theories of beams, plates, and shells.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 197.4, 297.4, 397.4 Freight Transportation 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Topics include review of transport systems analysis; shipper objectives; demand and supply modeling; freight flow data; network analysis; truck size and weight policies; finance.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 197.50, 297.50, 397.50 Water Resources Development and Policies 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Analysis of water resources projects, particularly international water projects, with emphasis on engineering and planning considerations and their relation to governmental policies.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 197.54, 297.54, 397.54 Water Pollution Control 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The application and evaluation of new concepts in water pollution abatement and advanced water and wastewater treatment.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 197.56, 297.56, 397.56 Air Pollution Control 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Evaluation of new theoretical approaches to air pollution control.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 197.6, 297.6, 397.6 Traffic Science Seminar 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Topics range from fundamentals of vehicular traffic science to relevant methodologies in physics, applied mathematics, and operational science.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 197.78, 297.78, 397.78 Design of Offshore Structures 1-3 Hours
1,2,3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Selection of design storm; wave forces on structures; preliminary analysis of steel jacket platforms; joint design; fatigue considerations; foundation design; dynamic effects and responses.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 197C, 297C, 397C, 697C Master's Research 1,2,3,6 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Independent research.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of adviser.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
C E 197D, 297D, 397D, 697D Dissertation Research 1,2,3,6 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Independent research.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of adviser.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 397F Forensic Engineering: Materials and Structures 3 Hours
2 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
Methods of forensic analysis; role of the expert witness; methods of dispute resolution; case studies; term project. Two lecture hours a week for one semester, with three laboratory hours a week for presentation of case studies.
Same as: ARE 383.4
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 397K Stability of Structures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Stability as it relates to actual behavior and design; elastic and inelastic theories; evaluation of specifications; columns, beams, and frames. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 397L Advanced Structural Metals 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Elastic and inelastic design methods for steel members, connections, and structures; torsion of open and closed sections, welding, plate buckling, and column stability; bracing design. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, Civil Engineering 335, and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 397N Nondestructive Testing Techniques 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Basic signal processing knowledge; introduction to wave propagation theory; nondestructive testing (NDT) principles and applications to steel structures; evaluation of concrete structures and foundations; NDT methods selection; emerging technologies. Civil Engineering 397N and 397 (Topic: Nondestructive Testing Techniques in Civil Engineering) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 197Q, 297Q, 397Q, 697Q Special Independent Studies in Civil Engineering 1,2,3,6 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Independent study.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of adviser.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 698 Thesis 6 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For 698A, graduate standing in civil engineering and consent of the graduate adviser; for 698B, Civil Engineering 698A.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
C E 398D Departmental Report 3 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the departmental report option. Individual instruction.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in civil engineering and consent of the supervising professor and the graduate adviser.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
C E 398R Master's Report 3 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the Master of Science in Engineering degree under the Graduate School report option. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in civil engineering and consent of the supervising professor and the graduate adviser.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
C E 398T Supervised Teaching in Civil Engineering 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Special training in teaching methods and procedures for civil engineering courses, including laboratory courses; the development of new material and methods to update present courses. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
C E 399W, 699W, 999W Dissertation 3,6,9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Pre/Corequisites: Admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Doctoral