Civil Engineering (CE) (CE)
Introduction to Civil Engineering as a profession and the issues facing today's Civil Engineers. This course also includes a brief introduction of civil engineering sub-disciplines, freehand sketching techniques, Computer Aided Design (CAD) drawings, and spreadsheet application to civil engineering problems.
Applications of fundamental surveying techniques. Students will be introduced to the applications of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Civil Engineering.
Students will collect field data and using state-of-the-art surveying and GPS equipment. Collected data will be used in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) software.
Study of Engineering Properties of Materials used in civil engineering including steel, concrete, asphalt, and timber.
Study of experimental techniques used to evaluate engineering properties of materials. These techniques will be used to test materials used in civil engineering according to ASTM standards.
An introduction to Soil Mechanics. Soil identification and engineering properties of soils. Analysis of elementary geo-hydraulics and geo-mechanics problems.
Soil identification and classification: experimental measurement of soil properties and technical reporting.
Principles of transportation engineering with emphasis on highways and traffic.
Basic principles and techniques of highway design, including route layout, alignment, intersection design, and materials/earthwork estimation. Use of computer tools to generate and analyze highway designs.
The application of fluid mechanics and other science and engineering disciplines in the development of structures, projects, and systems involving water resources. Introductions to open-channel flow, closed-conduit flow, hydraulic structures, hydraulic machinery, and groundwater flow.
Laboratory and field measurement of fluid and flow properties; hydraulic laboratory practice and model stimulation techniques.
Introduction to the fundamentals of water quality characterization, water pollution hazardous waste management, water and wastewater treatment, solid waste management, waste minimization and control.
Introduction to specific physical, chemical, and microbiological methods of analysis common to environmental engineering; including laboratory and field measurement of water quality characteristics and interpretation of results.
Analysis of statically determinate structures such as trusses, beams, and frames including the calculation of deflections. Introduction to analysis of indeterminate structures.
Modeling and analysis of determinate and indeterminate structures. Use of state-of-the-art structural analysis software.
An introduction to the construction industry and the role of civil engineering in construction. Construction engineering methods including preparation of cost estimates, critical path scheduling and resource allocation. Instructor permission.
Management and sustainability of Civil infrastructure is designed to present an overview of infrastructure engineering and management systems and to use project management, decision support tools, and life cycle costing tools in connection with infrastructure planning and assessment. Students will be presented with the understanding that achieving sustainability requires the consideration to meeting present and future human needs and respecting "triple bottom line: economic, social, and environmental goals. The course also provides a review of several important design and management tools to support sustainable development and communities.
Introduction to the practice of civil engineering and the engineering design process. In depth consideration of ethical issues in engineering practice. Participation in engineering design teams for project planning, proposal development, and completion of a feasibility study. Written and oral presentations of results. Senior Capstone Course.
A multidisciplinary development of a project involving analysis and design in Civil Engineering. Implementation of design concepts and methodologies from conception to final design. Completion of a comprehensive design project including cost estimates, oral and written presentation of results. A senior capstone course.
An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering designed to provide tools to analyze geomechanical and geohydraulic problems associated with the design of foundations, retaining structures, slopes and other geotechnically related designs.
Principles of foundation analysis, design and construction in engineering practice.
This course will provide students with an understanding of the basic principles and techniques of highway design. This will include laying out potential routes, design of the alignment and intersections, and evaluation of earthwork requirements. The student should be able to understand and apply these principles to highway design problems. The student should also be able to use existing computer tools to generate and analyze designs. Upon completion, students should be prepared to work in the field of highway design.
The application of hydrologic and hydraulic principles for hydrologic analysis, frequency analysis, flood routing, hydrologic simulation, urban hydrology, floodplain hydraulics, and coastal engineering.
An introduction to the principles of coastal hydraulic and sedimentary processes and the design of coastal and harbor works such as ship channels, marinas, jetties, breakwaters, groins, seawalls and beach nourishment projects.
Development of the principles of design for components of water supply and wastewater treatment facilities, including drinking water distribution and wastewater collection systems.
Application of design principles and criteria to analyze, design, and evaluate water and wastewater treatment facility components, including water distribution and wastewater collection systems.
Topics in Industrial Waste Treatment unit processes and their design, including those addressing wastewater treatment, air pollution control, solid waste, and hazardous management.
Design of Steel Trusses, Girders, Building Frames, and other Steel Structures.
Application of structural steel design methods to specific cases.
This course will cover the design of timber structures. Design loads, structural behavior, properties and grades of wood will be covered. Design of beams, columns, diaphragms, shear walls, structural glued laminated timber, and structural connections. Instructor Approval Required
Fundamentals of reinforced concrete analysis and design. Design of beams, one-way slabs, short columns, and single footings. Calculations of cracking and deflection of beams.
Integrated reinforced concrete design problems similar to those found in practice will be presented. Students will solve similar problems in class during the lab period.
Topics of current civil engineering interest.
Directed study, under the guidance of a faculty advisor, of a topic from the field of civil engineering not offered in a regularly scheduled course. Requires department chair permission.
Under the advice and guidance of a faculty mentor, honors students will identify and carry out a research project, relevant to the field of Civil Engineering study, that will lead to a formal presentation at the Annual Honors Student Colloquium. The senior project will be judged and graded by three faculty, chaired by the honors mentor. This course is required for Honors recognition. A minimum of 4 credit hours is required, but a student may enroll for a maximum of 6 credit hours over two semesters. Prerequisites: Completion of the most advanced required course in the subdiscipline of the project (CE 440, CE 366, CE 470, or CE 384) and completion of an approved project prospectus.
This graduate course provides students with an introduction to the coastal design environment. The goal of this course is to orient civil engineers, or students from related degree programs, to fundamental coastal engineering concepts. These concepts are important as they make the practice of civil engineering unique due to the complex tide, wave, and sediment characteristics found along the coast. These coastal systems are dynamic, ecologically sensitive, critical to the nation's economy, and are highly vulnerable to storms and the impacts of climate change.
An introduction to the construction industry and the role of civil engineering in construction. Construction engineering methods including preparation of cost estimates, critical path scheduling and resource allocation. Instructor permission required.
This course is designed to present an overview of infrastructure systems and how to manage and maintain these systems. Project management, decision support tools, and life cycle costing tools will be presented, in connection with infrastructure planning and assessment. Infrastructure sustainability will also be addressed, particularly considering the "triple bottom line" of economic, social, and environmental goals. The course also provides a review of several important design and management tools to support sustainable development and communities. A course project is required.
Shearing strength and deformation behavior of soils with applications to retaining structures, slopes and bearing capacity. Behavior of cohesionless soils and cohesive soils under drained and undrained conditions. Permeability, steady state flow and effective stress in soils. Consolidation theory.
This course is to provide advanced knowledge of selected geotechnical principals for analysis, design and construction of a variety of foundations systems. This course is dually listed with an equivalent 400 level course(CE 442).
Principals of fluid flow through porous media, well hydraulics. Ground water contamination, including principals that govern fate, transport, and remediation.
This course will focus on traffic flow parameters and their influence on roadway traffic conditions, with emphasis on traffic data collection, traffic safety analysis, roadway markings, traffic signs, traffic signal timing and signal capacity analysis, and traffic management systems.
This course will provide students with an understanding of the basic principles and techniques of highway design. This will include laying out potential routes, design of the alignment and intersections, and evaluation of earthwork requirements. The student should be able to understand and apply these principles to highway design problems. The student should also be able to use existing computer tools to generate and analyze designs. Upon completion, students should be prepared to work in the field of highway design.
This course will focus on concepts and principles of transportation economic analysis, transportation costs and benefits, user and nonuser consequences, methods of evaluation of plans and projects, environmental impact assessments, and transportation programming and management. Requires Instructor Permission.
Theory and analysis of advanced coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics. Potential topics to be covered include: wave mechanics; tidal dynamics; coastal and estuarine circulation; and transport and mixing in coastal waters.
Theory and application of numerical models to coastal hydrodynamics. Potential topics to be covered include: overview of numerical simulation techniques; wave transformation processes; engineering wave models; principles of circulation; and advanced circulation models.
Advanced principles of coastal hydraulic and sedimentary processes and the design of coastal and harbor works such as ship channels, marina, jetties, breakwaters, groins, seawalls, and beach nourishment projects. This course is dually listed with an equivalent 400 level course (CE 466).
Theory, analysis and design criteria of biological treatment systems for municipal and industrial wastewaters, including suspended and attached growth processes in both the aerobic and anaerobic environments.
Advanced theory and applications in physical and chemical wastewater treatment. Topics covered include mass balance; reactor design, modeling, and analysis; filtration; mixing and flocculation; flotation; dissolved oxygen transfer optimization; chemical treatment of nutrient loads; disinfection; and residuals management.
Topics in Industrial Waste Treatment unit processes and their design, including those addressing waste water treatment, air pollution, solid waste, and hazardous waste management. This course is dually listed with an equivalent 400 level course (CE 474). Credit for both CE 474 and CE 574 is not permitted.
Fundamentals of water quality characterization, water pollution, hazardous waste management, water and wastewater treatment, solid waste management, and waste minimization and control. This course includes a comprehensive project in addition to the lecture class. Note: This course is a core course for MS degree students in the Environmental Toxicology Program and not intended for Engineering Majors. Instructor Permission. (This course is dual listed with CE 370.)
Design of steel trusses, girders, building frames, and other steel structures. This course is dually listed with an equivalent 400 level course (CE 480).
Application of structural steel design methods to specific cases. This course is dually listed with an equivalent 400 level course (CE 481).
This course will cover the design of timber structures. Design loads, structural behavior, properties and grades of wood will be covered. Design of beams, columns, diaphragms, shearwalls, structural glued laminated timber, and structural connections. This course is dually listed with an equivalent 400 level course (CE 482). Instructor Approval Required.
This course covers the design of built-up members, composite beams, columns and floors. Design of advanced bolted and welded connections will also be covered. Students will use state-of-the-art software to model and design complex steel structures.
Students will be introduced to the analysis of indeterminate structures using classical and matrix methods. Students will also be introduced to advanced structural modeling techniques using state-of-the-art software.
Fundamentals of reinforced concrete analysis and design. Design of beams, one-way slabs. short columns, and single footings. Calculations of cracking and deflection of beams. This course is dually listed with an equivalent 400 level course (CE 485).
Integrated reinforced concrete design problems similar to those found in practice will be presented. Students will solve similar problems in class during the lab period. This course is dually listed with an equivalent 400 level course (CE 486).
Students will be introduced to the analysis and design of reinforced concrete footings, retaining walls, two-way floor systems, long columns, beams subjected to torsion and deep beams.
Students will be introduced to the concepts of prestressing, loss of prestress, design of prestressed beams, columns and slabs.
Topics of current civil engineering interest.
Directed study, under the guidance of a faculty advisor, of a topic from the field of Civil Engineering not offered in a regularly scheduled course. Requires Instructor Permission.
May be repeated for credit. Requires approved proposal and consent of director of engineering graduate studies.
Thesis research. May be taken more than once. Requires approved prospectus.