Courses
and Programs 1999-2001 Courses
and Programs 1999-2001C
E 102. Civil Engineering Projects
(1-0) Cr. 1. F.S. Introduction to civil engineering projects and
practices. Field trip fee. Materials fee.
C E 111. Fundamentals of Surveying I
(2-3) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: Math 165, Engr 101, 160, credit or
enrollment in Engr 170 or C E 170, credit or enrollment in C E
102 for C E majors. Introduction to error theory. Fundamentals of
observing distances, elevations, and angles. Traversing.
Irregular areas. Circular and parabolic curves. Earthwork
including mass diagrams. Construction staking. Computer
applications. Materials fee.
C E 170. Graphics for Civil Engineering
(0-4) Cr. 2. F.S. Prereq: Math 165, credit or enrollment in 102.
Fundamental graphics. Introduction to computer aided drafting and
modeling. Civil engineering applications.
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E 201. Pre-professional Experience in Civil Engineering I
(1-0) Cr. R. F. Prereq: Sophomore standing in civil engineering.
Participation in Student Chapter of American Society of Civil
Engineers programs, participation in CCE Extension Education
professional development programs.
C E 202. Pre-professional Experience in
Civil Engineering II
(1-0) Cr. R. S. Prereq: Sophomore standing in civil engineering.
Participation in Student Chapter of American Society of Civil
Engineers programs, participation in CCE Extension Education
professional development programs. Sophomore assessment.
C E 205. Introduction to Computer
Applications in Architecture
(Same as Arch 205.) (1-5) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: Credit or
enrollment in Arch 201. Computer applications in architecture
with an emphasis on graphics; computer hardware, software, and
terminology; and introduction to the creation, manipula tion,
analysis, and storage of computer model geometry; specification
writing using the computer.
C E 215. Basic Surveying
(1-3) Cr. 2. F. Prereq: Competence in algebra and trigonometry.
Fundamentals of observing distances, elevations, and angles.
Traversing. Irregular areas. Earthwork volumes. Circular and
parabolic curves. Construction staking. Materials fee. Not
available for graduation credit in civil or construction
engineering.
C E 298. Cooperative Education
Cr. R. F.S.SS. Prereq: Permission of department chair; sophomore
classification. Required of all cooperative education students.
Students must register for this course prior to commencing each
work period.
C
E 301. Professional Issues in Civil Engineering
(3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 202, Sp CM 212, Engl 105, Lib 160.
Engineering ethics. Professional law and regulation. Professional
liability. Team building and total quality management.
Engineering business management principles. Professional practice
issues.
C E 302. Professional Progress Assessment
(1-0) Cr. R. S. Prereq: 301. Junior assessment.
C E 314. Fundamentals of Surveying II
(2-3) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 111. Triangulation. State Plane
Coordinate Systems. Astronomic observation for direction.
Introduction to mapping, photogrammetry, and global positioning
systems. Location surveys. Introduction to land surveys. Computer
applications. Materials fee.
C E 326. Principles of Environmental
Engineering
(2-2) Cr. 3. F. S. Prereq: Chem 178, Math 166, credit or
enrollment in E M 378. Introduction to environmental problems,
water quality parameters and requirements, potable water quality
and quantity objectives, water sources and treatment methods;
water pollution control objectives and treatment methods; survey
of solid and hazardous waste management and air pollution
control. Materials fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.
C E 332. Structural Analysis I
(2-2) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: E M 324. Loads, shear, moment, and
deflected shape diagrams for framed structures. Approximate
methods. Displacement calculations. Flexibility and stiffness
methods. Computer applications. Moment distribution. Influence
lines and Müller-Breslau principle. Materials fee. Nonmajor
graduate credit.
C E 333. Structural Steel Design I
(2-2) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: 332, E M 327. Design and behavior of
the elements of steel structures, proportioning members and
connections. Emphasis on load and resistance factor design and
treatment of allowable stress design. Preliminary design of
building frames. Materials fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.
C E 334. Reinforced Concrete Design I
(2-2) Cr. 3. F.S.SS. Prereq: 332, E M 327. Analysis and design of
beams, one-way slabs, and columns. Preliminary design of building
frames using pattern loading and moment coefficients. Materials
fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.
C E 350. Introduction to Transportation
Planning
(3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 3 credits in statistics, junior
classification. Planning of urban and regional transportation
systems. Applications of population, land use, economic, social,
and travel studies to problems of transportation system
configuration and route location. Organization and coordination
of the transportation planning function. Materials fee. Not
available for graduation credit for students in civil
engineering. Nonmajor graduate credit.
C E 353. Introduction to Railroad Planning
and Design
(2-4) Cr. 2. Half-semester course. F. Prereq: 102, 170, 111, E M
307, Math 166, Sp Cm 212, Engl 105, Lib 160, a course in
statistics. Railroad planning and design. Operations and
maintenance. Team design project. Oral and written report.
Materials fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.
C E 354. Introduction to Airport Planning
and Design
(2-4) Cr. 2. Half-semester course. F. Prereq: 102, 170, 111, E M
307, Math 166, Sp Cm 212, Engl 105, Lib 160, a course in
statistics. Airport planning and design. Operations and
maintenance. Team design project. Oral and written report.
Materials fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.
C E 360. Soil Engineering
(2-3) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: Geol 201, E M 324. Introduction to soil
engineering and testing. Identification and classification tests,
soil water systems, and interactive forces, principles of
settlement, shearing stresses in soils and shear strength
testing; embankments, retaining walls, foundations. Materials
fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.
C E 372. Engineering Hydrology and
Hydraulics
(2-4) Cr. 4. F. S. Prereq: E M 378, Math 273, a course in
statistics from approved department list. The hydrologic cycle:
precipitation, infiltration, runoff, evapotranspiration,
groundwater, and streamflow. Hydrograph analysis, flood routing,
frequency analysis and urban hydrology. Applied hydraulics
including pipe and channel flow with design applications in
culverts, pumping, water distribution, storm and sanitary sewer
systems. Design project required. Materials fee. Nonmajor
graduate credit.
C E 382. Design of Concretes and Pavement
Structures
(1-6) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: 360. Physical and chemical properties
of bituminous, portland, and other cements; aggregate properties
and blending; mix design and testing of concretes; admixtures,
mixing, handling, placing and curing; pavement thickness design.
Materials fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.
C E 383. Design of Portland Cement Concrete
(0-2) Cr. 1. F.S. Prereq: 360. For Con E students only. Physical
and chemical properties of portland cement and p.c. concrete. Mix
design and testing of p.c. concrete. Materials fee.
C E 396. Summer Internship for International
Students
Cr. R. SS. Prereq: Permission of department chair, completion of
two terms in residence in civil engineering, employment in civil
engineering or related field. Summer professional work period for
international students.
C E 397. Engineering Internship
Cr. R. F.S. Prereq: Permission of department chair. One semester
maximum per academic year professional work period.
C E 398. Cooperative Education
Cr. R. F.S.SS. Prereq: Permission of department chair; junior
classification. Required of all cooperative education students.
Students must register for this course prior to commencing each
work period.
C
E 401. Professional Technical Outcomes Assessment
(1-0) Cr. 1. F.S. Prereq: 301, credit or enrollment in 302,
senior classification in civil engineering. Civil engineering
curriculum disciplinary topics related to the Fundamentals of
Engineering examination. Eight-hour examination. Materials fee.
C E 402. Professional Continuing Development
(1-0) Cr. 1. F.S. Prereq: Credit or enrollment in 401, senior
classification in civil engineering. Curriculum goals and
objectives assessment. Focus groups. Participation in CCE
Extension Education professional development program. Continuing
professional competence requirements.
C E 417. Land Surveying
(2-3) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 111. Legal principles affecting the
determination of land boundaries, public domain survey systems.
Locating sequential and simultaneous conveyances. Record
research, plat preparation, and land description. Study of
selected court cases. Materials fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.
C E 427. Environmental Engineering Science
(2-2) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: Chem 167 or 177. Physical, chemical and
biological principles related to environmental engineering
management including water chemistry, environmental reactions and
kinetics, mass transfer principles, and description of microbial
degradation and processes in the environment. Materials fee.
C E 428. Water and Wastewater Treatment
Processes
(2-3) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 326, 427. Physical, chemical and
biological processes for the treatment of water and wastewater
including air stripping, coagulation and flocculation,
sedimentation, filtration, adsorption, chemical
oxidation/disinfection, fixed film and suspended growth
biological processes and sludge management. Materials fee.
C E 429. Environmental Systems Engineering
(2-3) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 326, 427. Fate, distribution,
interactions, and transport of pollutants on land, air and water
resources. Includes air, water and solid/hazardous waste
management; reaction processes in natural systems; and modeling.
C E 446. Bridge Design
(2-2) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2001. Prereq: 333, 334. Bridge
design in structural steel and reinforced concrete. Application
of AASHTO Bridge Design Specifications. Analysis techniques for
complex structures. Preliminary designs include investigating
alternative structural systems and materials. Final designs
include preparation of design calculations and sketches.
Materials fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.
C E 447. Building Design
(2-2) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2000. Prereq: 333, 334. Building
design in structural steel and reinforced concrete. Investigation
of structural behavior of frameworks. Lateral load resisting
systems. Application of current building codes and design
specifications. Review of building designs. Preliminary designs
include investigating alternative structural systems. Final
designs include preparation of design calculations and sketches.
Materials fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.
C E 451. Urban Transportation Planning and
Management
(Dual-listed with 551.) (2-3) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 350 or 353 or 354
or 453. Planning of highway systems and terminals as part of a
complete planning approach; public transportation system
planning; transportation planning studies, projections analysis,
plan formulation, and programming. Transportation system
management models, concepts, and methods. Individual and group
projects. Materials fee.
C E 453. Highway Design
(3-3) Cr. 4. F.S. Prereq: 111, Engl 314, E M 307, a course in
statistics, 372, 382, I E 304. Introduction to traffic
engineering and highway planning. Design, construction, and
maintenance of highway facilities; earthwork, drainage
structures; pavements. Preparation of environmental impact
statement. A complete design project is required. Materials fee.
Nonmajor graduate credit.
C E 460. Foundations
(3-0) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: 360. Fundamentals of foundation
engineering. Exploration, sampling, and in-situ tests. Shallow
and deep foundations. Settlement and bearing capacity analyses.
Stability of excavations and earth retaining structures.
Materials fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.
C E 473. Groundwater Hydrology
(Dual-listed with 573.) (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 372. Principles
of groundwater flow, hydraulics of wells, super-position, slug
and pumping tests, streamlines and flownets, and regional
groundwater flow. Contaminant transport. Computer modeling.
Materials fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.
C E 486. Engineering Design
(2-2) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: 301, 326, 333 or 334, 382, credit or
enrollment in 429 or 453, Engl 314, Sp Cm 212. The engineering
design process, case histories of design inadequacies,
environmental impact, safety and health in the work place, cost
estimating, planning and scheduling, and synthesis of previous
coursework using a group project. Materials fee.
C E 490. Independent Study
By conference. Cr. 1 to 6. F.S. Prereq: Permission of instructor.
Independent study in any phase of civil engineering.
Pre-enrollment contract required.
H. Honors
C E 498. Cooperative Education
Cr. R. F.S.SS. Prereq: Permission of department chair; senior
classification. Required of all cooperative education students.
Students must register for this course prior to commencing each
work period.
An undergraduate student must have an academic standing in upper one-half of his/her class in order to enroll in any 500-level civil engineering course.
C E 501. Preconstruction Project Engineering and
Management
(3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: Con E 221 and 441. Application of
engineering and management control techniques to construction
project development from conceptualization to notice to proceed.
Determinants of construction project success, conceptual
estimating, design and engineering planning for automated
construction techniques, constructability review procedures,
planning for safety, value engineering. Field trip fee. Materials
fee.
C E 502. Construction Project Engineering
and Management
(3-0) Cr. 3. F. 2000. Prereq: Con E 221 and 441. Application of
engineering and management control techniques to construction
projects. Construction project control techniques, equipment
selection and utilization, project administration, construction
process simulation, TQM, and productivity improvement programs.
Field trip fee. Materials fee.
C E 503. Construction Management Functions
and Processes
(3-0) Cr. 3. S. 2000. Prereq: Con E 421. Analysis of critical
construction management skills. Analysis of organizational
systems related to construction management. Case studies.
Analysis of theories of motivation, planning, leadership,
organizational change, etc., as they relate to field construction
operations. Materials fee.
C E 504. Construction Quality Management
(3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: Con E 22 and, 421. Leading theory and
principles of quality management and their application to the
construction industry. Development of numerical measures for
construction processes. Application of formalized problem-solving
techniques in a team environment. Customer satisfaction surveys.
Current practices in the construction industry. Materials fee.
C E 505. Design of Construction Systems
(3-0) Cr. 3. F 2000. Prereq: 360, Con E 322 and 340. Advanced
design of concrete formwork and falsework systems. Design for
excavation and marine construction including temporary retaining
structures and cofferdams. Aggregate production operations,
including blasting, crushing, and conveying systems. Rigging
system design. Field trip fee. Materials fee.
C E 506. Case Histories in Construction
Documents
(3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: Con E 221, credit or enrollment in Con E
421. Study of cases involving disputes, claims, and
responsibilities encountered by management in construction
contract documents. Analysis of methods of resolving differences
among the owner, architect, engineer, and construction contractor
for a project. Materials fee.
C E 507. Construction Finance and Marketing
(3-0) Cr. 3. S. 2000. Prereq: Con E 221, credit or enrollment in
Con E 421. Analytical concepts and methodologies from modern
finance theory and practice. Project finance, cash flow analysis,
foreign exchange exposure, and innovative financial methods.
Construction funding processes and project development. Functions
involved in marketing construction services. Need for
construction marketing, market area and research, planning and
objectives, operations personnel. Materials fee.
C E 510. Advanced Technologies for
Construction
(3-0) Cr. 3. F. 2000. S. Prereq: Con E 421, Engr 160. Advanced
technologies including microcomputer systems, management
information systems, automation technologies, computer-aided
design, and expert systems and their application in the
construction industry. Overview of systems acquisition,
communications, and networking. Materials fee.
C E 513. Geodetic and Satellite Surveying
(2-3) Cr. 3. Alt. SS., offered 2000. Prereq: 111. Triangulation
and trilateration observation and computation. Precise leveling.
Electronic distance measuring instrument calibration. Geodetic
astronomy for latitude and longitude determination. Global
positioning systems of satellite observation and computation.
Materials fee.
C E 515. Adjustment of Observations
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2000. Prereq: 111, a course in
statistics from approved department list. Theory of errors. Error
propagation in geodetic and photogrammetric systems. Observation
and condition equations in least squares adjustment. Methods of
constraint, colloration and multiquadric. Practice in the
application of theory of least squares to adjustment of
observations. Error analyses. Materials fee.
C E 517. Analytical Photogrammetry and
Geographic Information Systems
(2-3) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1999. Prereq: 111. Theory and
practice of stereoplotting systems. Planning and execution of
photogrammetric projects. Concepts, principles, and methods of
analytical photogrammetry. Creation of digital terrain models and
basemaps for geographic information systems (GIS). Use of
computer aided design and GIS software. Materials fee.
C E 518. Physical and Geometric Geodesy
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2000. Prereq: 513. General theory
of geometric and physical geodesy. Geometry of geodetic reference
surfaces. Spherical and cartesian coordinate systems. Coordinate
transformations. Gravity and potential theory. Theory of geoidal
undulation and deflection of the vertical. Spherical harmonic
series. Materials fee.
C E 519. Remote Sensing and Digital
Photogrammetry
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2001. Prereq: 517. Electromagnetic
spectrum and theoretical basis of remote sensing. Remote sensing
systems including multispectral scanners, microwave and radar
images. Image analysis of digital data from various databases
using a variety of software packages. Observation of strips and
blocks of digital data and their adjustment. Calibration of
photogrammetric systems. Materials fee.
C E 520. Environmental Engineering Chemistry
(2-3) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 326. Principles of chemistry and physical
phenomena applicable to the treatment of water and wastewater adn
to reactions receiving waters; including reaction kinetics,
acid-base equilibria, chemical precipitation, reox reactions and
mass transfer principles. Individual and group projects required.
Materials fee.
C E 521. Environmental Biotechnology
(2-2) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 326. Fundamentals of biochemical and
microbial processes applied to environmental engineering
processes, role of microorganisms in wastewater treatment and
bioremedication, bioenergetics and kinetics, metabolism of
xenobiotic compounds, waterborne pathogens and parasites, and
disinfection. Materials fee.
C E 522. Water Pollution Control Processes
(2-3) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 521. Fundamentals of biochemical
processes, aerobic growth in a single CSTR, multiple events in
complex systems, and techniques for evaluating kinetic
parameters; unit processes of activated sludge system, attached
growth systems, stabilization and aereated lagoon systems,
biosolids digestion and disposal, nutrient removal, and anaerobic
treatment systems. Materials fee.
C E 523. Physical-Chemical Treatment Process
(2-3) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 520. Principles and design of
physical-chemical processes; including coagulation, flocculation,
chemical precipitation, sedimentation, filtration, adsorption,
membrane processes, ion exchange and disinfection; laboratory
exercises and demonstrations. Individual and group projects
required. Materials fee.
C E 526. Air Pollution Control Technology
(2-0) Cr. 2. Alt. S., offered 2000. Prereq: 326. Sources,
characteristics, effects, and control of air pollutant emissions
from stationary and mobile sources; atmospheric chemistry and
global impacts; contaminant dispersion and modeling, including
meteorological and climatological aspects; control technologies
for particulates, sulfur and nitrogen oxides, unburned
hydrocarbons, volatile and toxic substances, and odors. Materials
fee.
C E 527. Solid Waste Management
(2-0) Cr. 2. F. Prereq: 326. Planning and design of solid waste
management systems; includes characterization and collection of
domestic, commercial, and industrial solid wastes, waste
minimization and recycling, energy and materials recovery,
composting, incineration, and landfill design. Materials fee.
C E 529. Hazardous Waste Management
(3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 520, 521. Regulatory requirements for the
classification, transport, storage and treatment of hazardous
wastes. Analysis and design of alternatives for treatment and
disposal technologies, including physical, chemical, and
biological treatment, solidification, incineration, and secure
landfill design. Regulatory requirements and procedures for
hazardous waste contaminated site investigations and risk
analysis. Analysis and design of remedial action alternatives for
site restoration. Materials fee.
C E 532. Structural Analysis II
(3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 332, FORTRAN equivalent. Displacements by
virtual work, unit load. Analysis of structural problems by the
force and stiffness methods. Direct stiffness method for 2-D
frames, grids, 3-D frames. General purpose frame programs.
Materials fee.
C E 533. Structural Steel Design II
(3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 333. Development of the AISC design
equations for tension members, columns, beams, beam-columns, and
plate girders by LRFD and ASD methods. Elastic and inelastic
buckling of members and member elements. Torsion of W-shapes.
Composite design. Materials fee.
C E 534. Reinforced Concrete Design II
(2-2) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 334. Design of reinforced concrete long
columns, floor slabs, building frames, isolated footings and
combined footings. Design and behavior considerations for
torsion, biaxial bending, structural joints and shear friction.
Introduction to cold-formed composite steel and composite floor
slab design. Materials fee.
C E 535. Prestressed Concrete Structures
(3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 334. Design of prestressed concrete
structures, review of hardware, stress calculations, prestress
losses, deflections, shear design, section proportioning, special
topics. Field trip fee.
C E 536. Masonry and Timber Design
(2-2) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 334. Behavior and design of clay and
concrete masonry beams, columns, walls, and structural systems.
Behavior and design of timber and laminated timber beams,
columns, connections, and structural systems. Materials fee.
Field trip fee.
C E 540. Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
Structures
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2001. Prereq: 334. Behavior and
strength of reinforced concrete members by reviews of
experimental and analytical investigations; flexure, axial load,
shear, bond, torsion; combined loadings. Materials fee.
C E 541. Dynamic Analysis of Structures
(3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 532, E M 307 or E M 345. Single and
multi-degree of freedom systems. Free and forced vibrations.
Linear and nonlinear response. Modal analysis. Response spectra.
Computer programs for dynamic analysis. Seismic analysis.
Materials fee.
C E 542. Structural Analysis by Finite
Elements
(3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 532. Use of the finite element method for
the analysis of complex structural configurations. Plane stress,
plate and shell finite elements. General purpose finite element
programs. Materials fee.
C E 544. Limit Design and Structural
Optimization
(3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 333, 334. Plastic analysis and design in
steel by LRFD and ASD methods. Limit analysis and design in
reinforced concrete. Considerations of hinging and ductility.
Structural optimization. Materials fee.
C E 547. Analysis and Design of Plate and
Slab Structures
(3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 334, E M 514, Math 266. Bending and
buckling of thin plate components in structures utilizing
classical and energy methods. Analysis of shell roofs by membrane
and bending theories. Materials fee.
C E 548. Classical Analysis Methods
(3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 332. Displacement computation: Moment
area, conjugate beam, Newmark’s method, energy methods.
Extension of slope deflection and moment distribution.
Introduction to cable structures, arches, frame buckling, and
moving loads. Materials fee.
C E 550. Advanced Highway Design
(2-3) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 453. Rural and urban street and highway
design. Establishment of design criteria, application to street
and highway systems, and to intersections and interchanges;
drainage design, urban freeway design aspects. Noise analysis and
other environmental factors. Materials fee.
C E 551. Urban Transportation Planning and
Management
(Dual-listed with 451.) (2-3) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 350 or 353 or 354
or 453. Planning of highway systems and terminals as part of a
complete planning approach; public transportation system
planning; transportation planning studies, projections analysis,
plan formulation, and programming. Transportation system
management models, concepts, and methods. Individual and group
projects. Computer modeling and independent report. Materials
fee.
C E 552. Traffic Safety, Operations, and
Maintenance
(2-2) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2000. Prereq: 353 or 354 or 453.
Engineering aspects of highway traffic safety. Reduction of
accident incidence and severity through highway design and
traffic control. Accident analysis. Legal implications. Safety in
highway design, maintenance, and operation. Materials fee.
C E 553. Traffic Engineering
(2-3) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 353 or 354 or 453. Driver, pedestrian,
and vehicular characteristics. Traffic characteristics; highway
capacity; traffic studies and analyses. Principles of traffic
control for improved highway traffic service and safety. Traffic
signals, signs, and markings; lighting; channelization; other
traffic control measures. Materials fee.
C E 556. Air and Public Transportation
Facilities
(2-2) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2001. Prereq: Credit or enrollment
in 453 or admission to Transportation Planning. Airport planning
and operation. Public transportation planning and terminals.
Parking lots and terminals. Landside and airside aspects of air
terminals. Design aspects of air and public transportation
facilities. Materials fee.
C E 557. Transportation Systems Analysis
(2-3) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 1999. Prereq: 451, 3 credits in
statistics or probability. Travel studies and analysis of data.
Travel projections. Public transportation forecasts and analyses.
Statewide, regional, and local transportation system planning.
Corridor travel planning. Optimization of systems. Materials fee.
C E 558. Transportation Systems Development
and Management Laboratory
(2-2) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2000. Prereq: 350 or 353 or 354 or
453. Study of designated problems in traffic engineering, urban
transportation planning, and urban development. Forecasting and
evaluation of social, economic, and environmental impact of
proposed solutions; considerations of alternatives. Formulation
of recommendations and publication of a report. Presentation of
recommendations in the host community. Materials fee.
C E 559. Pavement Maintenance Management
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2001. Prereq: 353 or 354 or 453,
382. Engineering management techniques for managing pavements.
Systematic approach to management through pavement life cycle.
Selection and scheduling of maintenance treatments. Analysis of
network-wide pavement resource needs. Selection of strategies for
specific pavement projects. Materials fee.
C E 560. Fundamentals of Soil Mechanics
(3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 360. Introduction to critical state soil
mechanics, stress path limiting stress analysis, shear strength
of soils under various drainage conditions, seepage, pore
pressure parameters, consolidation, constituitve modeling.
Materials fee.
C E 561. Applied Foundation Engineering
(2-3) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 460. Lateral earth pressure theories and
retaining structures. Field investigations, in-situ testing,
foundations on expansive soils, and analysis and design of
shallow and deep foundations. Foundation engineering reports.
Field trip fee. Materials fee.
C E 562. Site Evaluations for Civil
Engineering Projects
(2-2) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 360. Identification and mapping of
engineering soils from airphotos. Use of remote sensing and GIS,
planning subsurface investigations, geomaterials prospecting,
water resources applications. Materials fee.
C E 564. Application of Numerical Methods to
Geotechnical Design
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2001. Prereq: 560. Application of
numerical methods to analysis and design of foundations,
underground structures, and soil-structure interaction.
Application of slope stability software. Layered soils, bearing
capacity and settlement for complex geometries, wave equation for
piles, and foundation vibrations. Materials fee.
C E 565. Fundamentals of Geomaterials
Behavior
(2-3) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 382. Atoms and molecules, crystal
chemistry, clay minerals, structure of solids, phase
transformations and phase equilibria. Surfaces and interfacial
phenomena, colloid chemistry, mechanical properties. Applications
to soils and civil engineering materials. Overview of
state-of-the-art instrumental techniques for analysis of the
physicochemical properties of soils and civil engineering
materials. Materials fee.
C E 566. Applied Concretes and Pavements
(2-3) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 382. Advanced portland cement and
bituminous concrete (SUPERPAVE) mix designs. Aggregates.
Admixtures. Production and construction, quality control and
inspection. Nondestructive testing. Pavement thickness design.
Materials engineering reports. Concrete and asphalt options
offered alternate semesters. Materials fee. Field trip fee.
C E 567. Geomaterials Stabilization
(2-2) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2001. Prereq: 565. Soil and
aggregate physical and chemical stabilization procedures. Soil
stabilization analysis and design. Ground modification methods.
Geosynthetics application and design. Field trip fee. Materials
fee.
C E 569. Environmental Geotechnology
(3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 360. Soil/water and
soil/water/contaminant interaction. Geoenvironmental site
investigation and site assessment technologies. Hazardous waste
landfill design, construction and performance, focusing on liner
and cover systems. Hazardous waste site remediation. Materials
fee.
C E 570. Applied Hydraulic Design
(2-3) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 372. Flow characteristics in natural and
constructed channels; principles of hydraulic design of culverts,
bridge waterway openings, spillways, hydraulic gates and gated
structures, pumping stations, and miscellaneous water control
structures; pipe networks, mathematical modeling. Design project.
Materials fee.
C E 571. Surface Water Hydrology
(3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 372. Analysis of hydrologic data
including precipitation, infiltration, evapotranspiration, direct
runoff and streamflow; theory and use of frequency analysis;
theory of streamflow and reservoir routing; use of deterministic
and statistical hydrologic models. Fundamentals of surface water
quality modeling, point and non-point sources of contamination.
Design project. Materials fee.
C E 572. Analysis and Modeling Aquatic
Environments
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2000. Prereq: 571. Principles of
surface water flows and mixing. Introduction to hydrologic
transport and water quality simulation in natural water systems.
Advection, diffusion and dispersion, chemical and biologic
kinetics, and water quality dynamics. Applications to
temperature, dissolved oxygen, primary productivity, and other
water quality problems in rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
Deterministic vs. stochastic models.
C E 573. Groundwater Hydrology
(Dual-listed with 473.) (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 372. Principles
of groundwater flow, hydraulics of wells, super-position, slug
and pumping tests, streamlines and flownets, and regional
groundwater flow. Contaminant transport. Computer modeling.
Individual and group projects. Materials fee.
C E 574. Environmental Impact Assessment
(3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 4 courses in natural, biological or
engineering sciences and senior or above classification. Review
of federal and state requirements for environmental impact
assessment, requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act
and Council on Environmental Quality, methods of evaluating the
environmental impacts on the physical, biological, socioeconomic,
cultural/historical, human health and psychological environments,
public participation in EIS, review and evaluate project
environmental impact statements. An environmental impact
assessment of a proposed project will be completed in small
teams.
C E 575. Soil and Groundwater Remediation
(3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 573 or Geol 511. Introduction to
technologies used for remediation of contaminated soil and
groundwater, including pump and treat, carbon absorption, soil
venting, air sparging, air stripping, and in-situ bioremediation.
Materials fee.
C E 578. Sustainable Water, Energy
Resources, and Environment
(3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 4 courses in natural, biological or
engineering sciences and senior or above classification.
Integrative treatment of knowledge essential to water, renewable
energy (with emphases on hydropower), and the environment;
presentation of relevant science and engineering principles in
both technical and conceptual terms for students of different
needs and background; cross-disciplinary approach to analysis and
modeling of sustainable development of water and energy and
preservation of environmental integrity.
C E 579. Modeling Groundwater Flow and
Pollution
(3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2000. Prereq: 573 or Geol 511.
Introduction to the theory and application of finite element and
finite difference methods for the numerical solution of
groundwater flow and contaminant transport problems. Development
and use of computer programs. Materials fee.
C E 590. Special Topics
Cr. 1 to 5 each time elected. F.S. Pre-enrollment contract
required. C E 591. Seminar in Environmental Engineering. (1-0) Cr
R. F.S Prereq: Graduate classification. Contemporary
environmental engineering issues. Outside speakers. Review of
ongoing research in environmental engineering. Offered on a
satisfactory-fail grading basis only.
C E 595. Research Methods in Construction
Engineering
and Management
(0-1) Cr. 1. F. Prereq: Credit or enrollment in 501, 502, 503,
504, or 505. Assigned readings and reports on research methods to
solve construction engineering and management problems such as
robotics, project controls, automation, etc. Identification of
research methods and priorities, selection and development of
research design, and critique of research in construction
engineering and management.
C E 599. Creative Component
Cr. 1 to 3. Pre-enrollment contract required. Advanced topic for
creative component report in lieu of thesis.
C E 622. Advanced Topics in Environmental
Engineering
(2-0) Cr. 2. F.S. Prereq: Permission of environmental engineering
graduate faculty. Advanced concepts in environmental engineering.
Materials fee. Emphasis for a particular offering will be
selected from the following topics:
A. Water Pollution Control
B. Water Treatment
C. Solid and Hazardous Waste
D. Water Resources
C E 649. Advanced Topics in Structural
Engineering
(3-0) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: Permission of structural engineering
graduate faculty. Advanced concepts in structural engineering
topics. Materials fee. Emphasis for a particular offering will be
selected from the following topics:
A. Behavior of Metal Structures
B. Design of Concrete Shells
C. Cable-Supported Structures
D. Advanced Matrix Analysis of Structures
E. Dynamic Design of Structures
F. Reliability Assessment of Structures.
C E 665. Advanced Concretes and Materials
(2-3) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2000. Prereq: 566. Chemical and
physical properties of portland cement and asphalt cement and
their effect on concrete properties and performance.
Physicochemical properties of construction materials. Mineral
admixtures. Concrete durability. Material forensics. Case
studies. Concrete and asphalt options offered alternate years.
Materials fee.
C E 690. Advanced Topics
Cr. 1 to 3. Pre-enrollment contract required.
C E 699. Research