Course Description
The curriculum in civil engineering is designed to provide training in fundamental engineering sciences, certain nontechnical subjects, and all major areas of civil engineering, which will serve as a basis for entrance into civil engineering practice and/or graduate study.
Technical elective courses in environmental, geotechnical, hydraulics and water resources, and structural engineering are available that allow pursuit of several programs of study or specialization.
| CEE 100 | Statics | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Syllabus | Prerequisites: MATH 207. Corequisite: PHYS 231N. Introduction to engineering problems & their solutions through a study of the statics of particles & rigid bodies. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall Spring Summer |
BSCE BSEnvE |
| CEE 195 | Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Permission of the Department chair. Special topics in civil and/or environmental engineering at the introductory level. |
1-3 | 1-3 | Varies | Varies | N/A | |
| CEE 230 | Civil Engineering Materials | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: MEM 220. (CEE 230 is pre-requisite to CEE 323 (Soil Mechanics) and to CEE 410 (Concrete Design I)) Properties of steel,portland cement concrete, bituminous concrete, aggregates, & timber. |
3 | 2 hrs. | 2 hrs. | Fall | BSCE BSEnvE |
| CEE 240 | Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Engineering | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: MATH 212, Sophomore standing or higher. To provide the student of general knowledges in CAD (Computer-Aided Design/Drafting) and GIS (Geographic Information System)/GPS (Global Positioning System) methodologies that are widely used in various civil and environmental engineering fields. |
3 | 2 hr. | 4 hrs. | Spring (Summer) | BSCE BSEnvE |
| CEE 250 | Principles of Environmental Engineering | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: CHEM 117, PHYS 231N. Fundamentals of environmental engineering. Introduction to contaminant generation, release and transport in the environment. Engineering analysis of natural systems and introduction to engineered systems control of contaminants. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | BSEnvE |
| CEE 295 | Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor. Lectures variable |
1-3 | variable | variable | variable | N/A | |
| CEE 304 | Introduction to Fundamentals of CEE Infrastructure Systems | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: Junior standing in CEE or Departmental Approval CEE infrastructure systems definitions and methodology. CEE economics basics and use. Probability theory and applications. Statistics parameters, functions, variance, regression, and correlation analysis. Professional practice issues of ethics, licensure, procurement of work, and professional interaction. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | BSCE BSEnvE |
| CEE 305 | Civil and Environmental Engineering Computations | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: Junior standing, MATH 307, CS 150. Introduction to selected numerical methods and their specific applications to solving problems in many of the areas of civil and environmental engineering. Further development of computer programming proficiency. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | BSCE BSEnvE |
| CEE 310 | Structures I | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: MEM 220. Analysis of statically determinate structures. Influence lines and structural design. Displacement calculations. Introduction to analysis of indeterminate structures. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | BSCE |
| CEE 323 | Soil Mechanics | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisite: CEE 230. Corequisite: CEE 335. Fundamental engineering properties of soil and their application to earth structures and foundations. Topics include seepage, compaction, strength, and deformation characteristics of soils. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | BSCE BSEnvE |
| CEE 330 | Hydromechanics | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisite: MEM 205. Fluid properties, fluid statics and fundamentals of fluid kinematics. Steady, incompressible conservation laws for mass, momentum and energy including real fluid energy losses. Turbulent, incompressible fluid flows in closed conduits and with a free surface. Introduction to transport processes of advection and diffusion at molecular and macroscopic scales. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | BSCE BSEnvE |
| CEE 335 | Soils and Hydraulics Laboratory | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Corequisites: CEE 323 and 340. Soils and hydraulics tests, including index testing, compaction, permeability, consolidation, shear tests for soils. Pipe flow, open channel flow, surface hydrology, groundwater, and hydraulic structures for hydraulics. |
1 | 0 hr. | 2 hr. | Spring | BSCE BSEnvE |
| CEE 340 | Hydraulics & Water Resources | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: MEM 303 or CEE 330. Analysis of closed-conduit flow and open-channel flow.Principles of surface water hydrology and groundwater hydraulics. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | BSCE BSEnvE |
| CEE 350 | Environmental Pollution & Control | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: CHEM 141, MATH 207, PHYS 231N. Introduction to the fundamental principles of environmental engineering. Topics in water quality, water & wastewater treatment, air quality, & solid waste & landfills is discussed. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | BSCE |
| CEE 355W | Environmental Engineering Analysis | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: CEE 250 Introduction to laboratory analytical techniques used in environmental engineering analysis. Integrates field and laboratory testing with engineering analysis and design of treatment systems. |
3 | 2 hrs. | 2 hrs. | Fall | BSEnvE |
| CEE 356 | Public Health Engineering | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 355W or CEE 350 Principals of public health engineering. Includes the study of contaminant interaction with human populations, pathogen, identification and transmission in the environment and design of on-site wastewater treatment systems. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hrs. | Fall | BSEnvE | |
| CEE 365 | Transportation Engineering | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Junior standing. Planning, design, and construction of transportation facilities for people and goods. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | BSCE | |
| CEE 367 | Cooperative Education | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Approval by the Department & Cooperative Education/Career Development Services in accordance with the policy for granting credit for Cooperative Education programs. Available for pass/fail grading only. Student participation for credit based on the academic elevance of the work experience, criteria, and evaluative procedures as formally determined by the Department and Career Management prior to the semester in which the work experience is to take place. (qualifies as a guaranteed practicum experience) May be repeated for credit. |
1-3 | N/A | N/A | Varies | N/A | |
| CEE 368 | Internship | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Approval by the Department & Career management. Available for pass/fail grading only. Academic requirements will be established by the Department and will vary with the amount of credit desired. Allow students an opportunity to gain short duration career-related experience. (qualifies as a guaranteed practicum experience) May be repeated for credit. |
1-3 | N/A | N/A | Varies | N/A | |
| CEE 369 | Practicum | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Approval by the Department & Career management. Available for pass/fail grading only. Academic requirements will be established by the Department and will vary with the amount of credit desired. Allow students an opportunity to gain short duration career-related experience. (qualifies as a guaranteed practicum experience) May be repeated for credit. |
1-3 | N/A | N/A | Varies | N/A | |
| CEE 403W | Civil Engineering Design Project | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: For graduating seniors only. Group design project of civil and environmental engineering systems requiring synthesis, data gathering, preliminary investigation, master planning, conceptual designs, layouts, support studies, cost estimates and report writing. Emphasis will be on alternatives, constraints, economics, use of consultants, schedules, professional ethics and current practice, and written and oral presentations of reports. (qualifies as a guaranteed practicum experience) |
3 | 1 hr. | 4 hrs. | Spring | BSCE |
| CEE 404 | Environmental Engineering Design Project | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Synthesis of environmental engineering fundamentals into integrated systems design. Emphasis on pollution prevention and life cycle design concepts. Student projects, with instructor guidance, leading to design presentation and report. (qualifies as a guaranteed practicum experience) | 3 | 1 hr. | 4 hrs. | Spring | BSEnvE |
| CEE 405 | Environmental Engineering Seminar | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Syllabus | Examines national and international opportunities in the field of environmental engineering including developing regulations that influence the industry. Prepares students for entry-level environmental engineering employment. | 1 | 1 hr. | N/A | Spring | N/A |
| CEE 410 | Concrete Design I | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 310. Fundamental concepts of reinforced concrete analysis and design by ultimate strength and working stress methods. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | BSCE | |
| CEE 411/511 | Concrete Design II | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 410 or Equivalent. Analysis and design of complex concrete structural members, flat and two-way slabs, special topics and introduction to prestressed concrete design. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall Summer |
BSCE | |
| CEE 412/512 | Structures II | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: CEE 310. Analysis of indeterminate structures using classical and modern techniques. Fundamental theorems of structural mechanics and their applications. Design examples and computer applications. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | BSCE |
| CEE 415 | Steel Design I | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 310. Theory & design of steel structures using elastic & plastic design methods. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | BSCE | |
| CEE 416/516 | Wood Structures Design | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 310. Design of wood structures based on national design specification and load and resistance factor design. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | BSCE | |
| CEE 420/520 | Foundation Engineering | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: CEE 323. Substance exploration, site preparation, design of shallow & deep foundations, & retaining structures. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | BSCE |
| CEE 421/521 | Earth Structures Design | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: CEE 323. Design of earth & rock dams; stability of manmade slopes, natural slopes, & embankments; seepage & drainage; soil stabilization & compaction. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | BSCE |
| CEE 430/530 | Introduction to Earthquake Engineering | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: Senior standing & Permission of the instructor. An overview of earthquake processes and details of the characteristics of destructive ground motion; the effects of such motion on civil engineering structures; reviews of current design practice in mitigating earthquake hazards for various civil engineering structures such as buildings, bridges, dams, lifelines, ports and harbors, etc. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | BSCE |
| CEE 440/540 | Hydraulic Engineering | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: CEE 340. Hydraulic transients; flow control structures; sediment transport; computer analysis of hydraulic systems. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | BSCE BSEnvE |
| CEE 446/546 | Urban Stormwater Hydrology | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: CEE 340. Storm rainfall analysis, design rainfall hyetographs, runoff calculation procedures, detention basins, use of mathematical models to analyze & design urban storm drainage systems. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Summer | BSCE BSEnvE |
| CEE 447/547 | Groundwater Hydraulics | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 340. Description of well hydraulics in single & multiple well systems. Determination of aquifer parameters from pumping tests. Use of computer models to predict effect on water table of multiple well systems. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | BSCE BSEnvE | |
| CEE 450/550 | Water Distribution & Waste Water Collection System Design | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: CEE 330. Corequisite: CEE 340. Design of water distribution systems, sanitary sewer systems & appurtenances. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | BSCE BSEnvE |
| CEE 451 | Water & Waste Water Treatment | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: CEE 330 and CEE 350. Discussion of water quality constituents & introduction to the design & operation of water & waste water treatment facilities. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | BSCE BSEnvE |
| CEE 452/552 | Air Quality | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 350 or Junior standing in engineering and Permission of the instructor. Study of air quality management standards and regulations and pollutant dynamics. Design and operation of emission control equipment for mobile and stationary sources of air pollution. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | BSCE BSEnvE | |
| CEE 454/554 | Hazardous Waste | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Syllabus |
Prerequisites: Junior standing in engineering. Study of sources, generation rates, and characteristics of hazardous wastes and their regulation, handling and design of treatment and disposal facilities. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | BSCE BSEnvE |
| CEE 458/558 | Sustainable Development | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Syllabus |
Overview of social, sconomical, technical environmental aspects of regional, national and international efforts to achive sustainable development. Discussion of the integrationof industrial activity and ecological concerns utilizing principles of zero emissions, pollution prevention and design for environment. | 3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | BSCE BSEnvE |
| CEE 482/582 | Introduction Coastal Engineering | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: CEE 330 and Permission of the instructor. Classical small amplitude wave theory, wave transformations in shallow water, shoaling, refraction, diffraction, reflection, breaking. Wave induced nearshore currents and sediment transport processes. Alternatives to mitigate coastal erosion processes. Introduction to coastal structures. | 3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | BSCE |
| CEE 495 | Topics: Public Health Engineering | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 355W or CEE 350 Principles of public health engineering. Includes the study of contaiminant interactions with human populations, pathogen identification and transmission in the environment and design of on-site wastewater treatment systems. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | BSCE | |
| CEE 495/595 | Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Permission of the Department chair. Special topics of interest with emphasis placed on recent developments in civil and environmental engineering. |
1-3 | 1-3 hrs. | Varies | Varies | N/A | |
| CEE 612 | Prestressed Concrete | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 410 and 412, or Equivalent. Analysis & design of prestressed concrete members & structures. Shrinkage, creep & losses, shear, bond & anchorages are discussed. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | N/A | |
| CEE 618 | Advanced Structural Analysis | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 512 or Equivalent. Elastic analysis of framed structures using matrix & numerical techniques. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | As Needed | N/A | |
| CEE 640 | Hydraulic Structures | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Design of spillways, outlets, intakes, energy dissipators, & river diversion works. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | As Needed | N/A | |
| CEE 650 | Pollution Prevention | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Application of engineering methods to the prevention of pollution. Review of the Pollution Prevention Act & related regulations. Study of source reduction methods analysis for manufacturing, materials, & processing changes. Pollution prevention case studies. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | N/A | |
| CEE 653 | Environmental Engineering Law | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Provides an introduction to the American legal system in the context of anvironmental law. Examines the close interrelationships among science, engineering, technology and the law. Develops perspectives on environmental protection and the law. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | N/A | |
| CEE 659 | Air Pollution Control | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 552 or Permission of instructor. Application of engineering methods to control of air pollution. Review of atmospheric & health effects, regulations, air quality modeling & monitoring. Design & operation of equipment for gaseous & particulate emission control & pollution prevention. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | N/A | |
| CEE 667 | Cooperative Education | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Approval by the Department & Career Management in accordance with the policy for granting credit for Cooperative Education programs. Available for pass/fail grading only. Student participation for credit based on the academic elevance of the work experience, criteria, and evaluative procedures as formally determined by the Department and Career Management prior to the semester in which the work experience is to take place. May be repeated for credit. |
1-3 | N/A | N/A | Varies | N/A | |
| CEE 668 | Internship | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Approval by the Department & Career management. Academic requirements will be established by the Department and will vary with the amount of credit desired. Allow students an opportunity to gain short duration career-related experience. |
1-3 | N/A | N/A | Varies | N/A | |
| CEE 669 | Practicum | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Approval by the Department & Career management. Academic requirements will be established by the Department and will vary with the amount of credit desired. Allow students an opportunity to gain short duration career-related experience. |
1-3 | N/A | N/A | Varies | N/A | |
| CEE 687 | Dredging & Beach Engineering | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: Undergraduate course in fluid mechanics. Types of dredges, factors affecting dredge performance; hydraulic dredges (cutter, hopper) & mechanical dredges systems (bucket, clamshell, etc.) ; shaoling rate determinations; inlet sand bypassing systems; beach renourishment schemes. Design of beach renourishment projects. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | N/A |
| CEE 695 | Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Permission of the Department chair. Special topics of interest with emphasis placed on recent developments in civil and environmental engineering. |
1-3 | 1-3 hrs. | Varies | Varies | N/A | |
| CEE 697 | Independent Study in Civil Engineering | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor. Individual analytical, experimental and/or design study selected by the student. Approved & supervised by the advisor. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall Spring Summer |
N/A | |
| CEE 698 | Master's Project | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Permission of the student's academic counselor. Individual project, investigation under the direction of the student's major professor. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall Spring Summer |
N/A | |
| CEE 699 | Thesis Research | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Individual Master's thesis research project, investigation under the direction of the student's major professor. | 3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall Spring Summer |
N/A | |
| CEE 710/810 | Structural Dynamics | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 512 or Equivalent. Free & forced vibration of discrete & continuous systems; elastic & inelastic response of structures under dynamic loads. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | As Needed | N/A | |
| CEE 711/811 | Topics in Finite Elements | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor. Brief review of basic procedures in finite element analysis. Isoparametric formulation, iterative & direct equation solver, eigen solution, static-dynamic, linear-nonlinear analysis, field problems, CST element, composite material, Garterkin method. Some computer implementation. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | As Needed | N/A | |
| CEE 712/812 | Advanced Reinforced Concrete | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 512 or Equivalent. Ultimate-strength heory, yield line methods, limit design, & other relevant advanced topics in the theory & design of concrete structures. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | As Needed | N/A | |
| CEE 715/815 | Engineering Optimization I | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor. Formulation & solution for linear programming problems, unconstrained & constrained nonlinear optimization problems. Optimization of structures using finite element method. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | As Needed | N/A |
| CEE 716/816 | Finite Element Analysis | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: CEE 512 or Equivalent. Variational principles, analysis of continuous systems considered as assemblages of discrete elements, applications of the finite element method to the general field of continuum mechanics, convergence properties & numerical techniques. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | N/A |
| CEE 717/817 | Bridge Structure Design | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 410 and CEE 415 or Equivalent. Design of steel, concrete, and composite bridges using mordern techniques and current specifications. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | N/A | |
| CEE 718/818 | Engineering Optimization II | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 715/815 or MEM 715/815. Sensitivity analysis of discrete systems; sensitivity analysis of distributed systems; dual methods for constrained optimization; optimization decomposition, multi-level optimization and recent developments in engineering optimization. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | N/A | |
| CEE 719/819 | Inelastic Structures | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 512 or Equivalent. Inelastic analysis & behavior of framed structures. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | As Needed | N/A | |
| CEE 720/820 | Structural Stability | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 512 or Equivalent. Fundamentals of elastic & inelastic stability of beams, columns, & frames. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | N/A | |
| CEE 721/821 | Plates | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: MATH 691 or Equivalent. Classical & modern methods for the solution of plates of various shapes & boundary conditions, continuous & axially loaded plates & plates on elastic supports. Design examples. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | As Needed | N/A | |
| CEE 723/823 | Advanced Soil Mechanics | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: CEE 320 or Equivalent. Study of failure theories, shear strength & compaction mechanics of soils for current practice in foundation design. Consolidation settlement analysis with numerical techniques. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | N/A |
| CEE 724/824 | Engineering Behavior of Soils | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: CEE 320 or Equivalent. Detailed study of physiochemical behavior of soils, fabric, rheology, effective stress path, & their applications to various geotechnical engineering problems. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | N/A |
| CEE 725/825 | Advanced Foundation Engineering | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor. Advanced analysis & design of shallow & deep foundations, drilled shafts, caissons, sheet piles, braced excavations and cofferdams. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | N/A |
| CEE 730/830 | Soil Dynamics | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor. Study of soil behavior under dynamic loadings. Laboratory & field techniques for determining dynamic soil properties & liquefaction potential. Design examples. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | N/A |
| CEE 741/841 | Open-Channel Flow | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 340. Momentum & energy principles, uniform flows, gradually varied flow, rapidly varied flow, channel controls, introduction to unsteady flow. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | N/A | |
| CEE 747/847 | Groundwater Flow | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Mathematical formulation of the laws governing groundwater movement & the possible accompanying transport of environmentally hazardous contaminants. Discussion of existing computer models. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | N/A |
| CEE 748/848 | Advanced Hydrology | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor. Emphasis is on the physics of the different hydrologic processes of rainfall, infiltration, evaporation & runoff. Objective is to understand the dynamics of the underlying physical processes. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | As Needed | N/A | |
| CEE 751/851 | Physicochemical Treatment Processes | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: CEE 350. Physical & chemical processes used in treatment of water & wastewater are covered. Separation, isolation, & reaction processes are characterized as well as reactor engineering. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | N/A |
| CEE 752/852 | Biological Wastewater Treatment | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: CEE 350. The use of microorganisms to treat domestic & industrial wastewaters for organics & nutrient removal are studied. Characteristics of individual wastewater component & the appropriate treatment processes to remove these components are covered. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | N/A |
| CEE 753/853 | Advanced Processes for Water & Wastewater Treatment | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 651 and CEE 652. Theory, operation & application of advanced water & wastewater treatment systems, including land application, dissolved solids, organic contaminant & nutrient removal processes. Emphasis on system development for wastewater reclamation/recycling. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall Spring Summer |
N/A | |
| CEE 754/854 | Environmental Engineering Microbiology | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CEE 350. A study of the principles & applications of microbiology involved in environmental & water resources engineering. Examination & evaluation of the effects of microorganisms in water & wastewater. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | N/A | |
| CEE 755/855 | Water Quality Management | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: Graduate standing minimum. CEE 350 or Permission of instructor. Characterization of water quality in natural systems & the human activities that result in contaminant input to these systems is studied. Management practices for minimizing contaminant input & for restoring contaminated waters is discussed. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | N/A |
| CEE 756/856 | Water Quality Modeling | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: Graduate standing minimum. MATH 307U and CEE 340 and CEE 350 or Permission of the instructor. Characterization of water quality in natural systems & the human activities that result in contaminant input to these systems is studied. Management practices for minimizing contaminant input & for restoring contaminated waters is discussed. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | N/A |
| CEE 757/857 | Industrial Water and Wastewater Treatment | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: permission of the instructor. Sources, characteristics and treatment techniques for water utilized by and wastewater generated from various industrial categories. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | N/A |
| CEE 758/858 | Treatment, Disposal and Reuse of Water and Waste Water Solids | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: permission of the instructor. Sources, characteristics, generation rates, conditioning unit operations and disposal options for residuals resulting from water and waste water treatment systems; emphasis on reuse/recycling concepts, federal regulations, economic assessment. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | N/A |
| CEE 761/861 | Water Resources Systems Analysis | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Introduction to systems analysis and various optimization techniques, economic analysis, linear programming, and uncertainty and reliability analysis. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | N/A |
| CEE 762/862 | Aquatic Chemistry in Environmental Engineering | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: CHEM 141. Chemical reactions in natural & engineered systems are studied with emphasis placed on developing kinetic expressions & assessing chemical equilibrium. Kinetic & equilibrium expressions are applied to engineering problems to predict the reaction time & products of specified reactions. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | N/A | |
| CEE 780/880 | Advanced Civil Engineering System Design | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Complex transportation, environmental construction, hydraulic, geotechnical and structural engineering problems solved using the linear programming techniques including the simplex, revised simplex, adn interior point methods. Sensitivity analysis. Large scale decomposition. Introduction to non-linear programming. | 3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | N/A | |
| CEE 782/882 | Design of Coastal Structures | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: CEE 482/582. Nonlinear wave theories; wave forces on slender piles & seawalls; design of rubblemound structures; design philosophy, initial costs, maintenance costs, optimized design using stochastic methods; design of renourished beaches. Advanced alternative solutions for shore protection. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | N/A |
| CEE 788/888 | Coastal Hydrodynamics & Sediment Transport Processes | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: CEE 482/582 or Equivalent. Time averaging wind waves & radiation stresses. Wave setup, longshore currents, rip currents & nearshore circulation-theoretical models for regular (monochromatic) & irregular waves. Wave energy dissipation models in surf zones. Vertical structure & undertow models. Sediment concentration & transport models for predicting bathymetric change. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | N/A |
| CEE 789/889 | Computational Environmental Fluid Dynamics | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Undergraduate fluid mechanics, MEM 303, MATH 691 or equivalent Fluid dynamics conservation laws as transport phenomena. Classical, finite-difference models for advection, diffusion & combined fluid flows. Explicit & implicit schemes to solve unsteady, free-surface fluid flow & diffusion (dispersion) problems in one & multi-dimensions. Turbulence models. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Fall | N/A | |
| CEE 790/890 | CEE Experimental Methods | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
Syllabus |
Prerequisites: MATH 207 and Permission of the instructor. To provide graduate-level students an overview of expermental design with emphasis on statistical methods used in real-world environments; practical and proper statistical methods applicable to multidisciplinary engineering problems. |
3 | 3 hrs. | 0 hr. | Spring | |
| CEE 795/895 | Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Permission of the Departmental chair. Individual analytical, experimental and/or design study selected by the student. Aproved and supervised by the advisor. |
1-3 | 1-3 hrs. | As Needed | Fall Summer Spring |
N/A | |
| CEE 896 | Independent Study in Civil Engineering | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Individual analytical, experimental and/or design study selected by the student. Approved & supervised by the advisor. |
1-3 | 1-3 hrs. | As Needed | Fall Spring Summer |
N/A | |
| CEE 899 | Dissertation Research | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| Prerequisites: Permission of the student's academic counselor. Dissertation research. |
1-9 | 1-9 hrs. | As Needed | Fall Spring Summer |
N/A | |
| CEE 999 | Civil Engineering 999 | Credits | Lecture | Lab | Offered | ABET Info |
| A one-hour audit registration required of all graduate students to maintain active status during the final semester prior to graduation if they are not formally enrolled in course work and have not completed all academic requirements for the degree. |