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Civil Engineering (C E)

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1000 Level Courses

1130. Civil Engineering Seminar I (1:0:2). Introduction to the practice of civil engineering.

1305. Engineering Analysis I (1:3:0). Corequisite: MATH 1351. Formulation development and presentation of solutions to typical engineering problems. An introduction to numerical analysis and various computer techniques.

2000 Level Courses

2101. Construction Materials Laboratory (1:0:3). Corequisite: CE 1305. Laboratory determination and interpretation of engineering properties of construction materials including steel, concrete, aluminum, wood, and masonry.

2301 [ENGR 2301]. Statics (3:3:0). Corequisite: MATH 1352, PHYS 1408. Equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies, friction, centroids, and moments of inertia.

3000 Level Courses

3103. Mechanics of Solids Laboratory (1:0:3). Prerequisite: CE 3303. Laboratory measurements and observation of behavior of solid materials.

3105. Mechanics of Fluids Laboratory (1:0:3). Prerequisite: CE 3305. Experimental studies of fluid behavior.

3121. Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory (1:0:3). Corequisite: CE 3321. Laboratory determination and engineering evaluation of the physical properties of soils.

3171. Environmental Engineering Laboratory I (1:0:3). Corequisite: CE 3309. Performance of standard analytical methods used to measure water and wastewater quality. Evaluation of limits to data produced by standard methods.

3302. Dynamics (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 2301; corequisite: MATH 2350. A study of motions of particles and rigid bodies. [ENGR 2302]

3303. Mechanics of Solids (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 2301. Theory of stress and strain in elastic and inelastic bodies subject to various conditions of loading.

3305. Mechanics of Fluids (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 2301. Hydrostatics; dynamics of viscous and nonviscous fluids; resistance to flow; flow in pipes and open channels.

3309. Environmental Engineering (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CHEM 1308 and CE 3305. Corequisite: C E 3171. Water and wastewater characteristics and system design for water and wastewater treatment. Introduction of techniques of solid hazardous waste management and air pollution control.

3321. Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 3303. Physical properties of soils; theories of soil strength, consolidation, and settlement; soil stabilization; slope stability analysis; selected design topics.

3341. Principles of Structural Design (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 3440. Fundamental principles of structural design with consideration for the selection of materials and systems. Team approach to design; oral and written presentations.

3354. Engineering Hydrology (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 3305. Analysis and design methods related to the occurrence and distribution of surface and groundwater; precipitation, infiltration, runoff, and frequency analysis.

3372. Water Systems Design (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 3305, 3354. Hydraulic analysis and design of municipal water distribution, stormwater collection, and wastewater collection systems. Oral and written presentations.

3440. Structural Analysis I (4:3:3). Prerequisite: CE 3303. Introduction to the analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate structures.

4000 Level Courses

4000. Special Studies in Civil Engineering (V1-6). Individual studies in civil engineering areas of special interest. May be repeated for credit.

4101. Application of Engineering Fundamentals(1:1:0). Prerequisite: Students must be within two long semesters of graduation.   Review of engineering courses in preparation for NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Exam.

4292. Engineering Ethics and Professionalism (2:2:0). Prerequisite: Senior standing or consent of department chairperson. Principles and practice of engineering ethics and professionalism. [ENGR 4092]

4321. Geotechnical Engineering Design (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 3321. Design principles and applications involving site investigation, soil improvement, bearing capacity, settlement analysis, lateral earth pressure, spread footings, pier and pile foundations, retaining walls.

4329. Design of Bridge Structures (3:3:0). Corequisite: CE4343. A course in the structural design of highway bridges using the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications.

4330. Design of Engineering Systems (3:2:0). Prerequisite: Senior standing, and either CE 4342 or CE 4343 or corequisite CE 4353 or 4399 and consent of instructor. Interdisciplinary team approach to the design of complex engineering systems; should be taken during last semester of undergraduate program. Oral and written presentations.

4331. Special Problems in Civil Engineering (3). Individual studies in civil engineering. May be repeated for credit.

4333. Special Problems in Water Resources (3). Individual studies in water resources. May be repeated for credit.

4340. Structural Analysis II (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 3440 or consent of instructor. Analysis of structures by matrix methods.

4342. Design of Steel Structures (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 2101 and 3341. A course in design of structural steel systems by the LFRD method.

4343. Design of Concrete Structures (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 2101 and 3341. A course in design of reinforced concrete systems by strength design methods.

4353. Design of Hydraulic Systems (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 3305 and CE3354. Design of open channel and pressure conveyance systems for water; includes introduction to use of HEC-2.

4361. Transportation Engineering (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CTEC 2301; corequisite:CE 3321, IE3341 or MATH 3342 and senior standing or consent of instructor. Transportation modes; railway and airport runway design; basic design and analysis concepts of higway systems' transportation planning; traffic engineering; intersection control' geometrics; pavement engineering.

4363. Groundwater Hydrology (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 3354 or consent of instructor. Groundwater flow; well hydraulics, development, and management of groundwater resources; water quality; mathematical modeling with available software. Introduction to design of wells and well fields.

4371. Geometric Design of Highways (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 4361 or consent of instructor. Study of geometric design of highways and streets, sign and marking of roadways, and application of computer software in highway design.

5000 Level Courses

5101. Civil Engineering Seminar (1:1:0). Individual study of engineering problems of special interest and value to the student.

5310. Numerical Methods in Engineering (3:3:0). Prerequisite: MATH 3350 or consent of instructor. Numerical techniques for the formulation and solution of discrete and continuous systems of equilibrium, eigenvalue and propagation problems.

5311. Advanced Mechanics of Solids (3:3:0). Stress and strain at a point; theories of failure; unsymmetrical bending; curved flexural members; beams on continuous support; experimental and energy methods.

5313. Theory of Elastic Stability (3:3:0). Theory of the conditions governing the stability of structural members and determination of critical loads for various types of members and structural systems.

5314. Theory of Plates and Shells (3:3:0). Stress analysis of plates and shells of various shapes; small and large deflection theory of plates; membrane analysis of shells; general theory of shells.

5316. Theory of Elasticity (3:3:0). Analysis of stress and strain; equilibrium and compatibility equations; plane stress, plane strain, and axisymmetric problems; torsion of noncircular shafts; finite difference and finite element models; energy principles.

5318. Finite Element Methods in Continuum Mechanics (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 5310 and 5311 or consent of instructor. Theory of the finite element method-constant strain elements; plane stress or strain for axisymmetric problems; application to plates and shells, torsion, heat transfer and seepage problems.

5319. Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis (3:3:0). Nonlinear behavior of solids, geometric and material nonlinearities, Lagrangian and updated Lagrangian methods, Prandtl Reuss equations, and incremental elastic plastic analysis.

5321. Advanced Soil Engineering I (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 3321 or equivalent, or consent of instructor. Introduction to physio-chemical properties of soils; soil structure; soil classification; permeability; principle of effective stress; stress-deformation; stress paths and strength characteristics; partly saturated soils; advanced consolidation theory; secondary consolidation; field instrumentation.

5323. Advanced Foundation Engineering (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Computer programming skills and consent of instructor. Advanced foundation engineering theory and practice, bearing capacity, settlement analysis, piles and pile groups, drilled piers, wave equation analysis.

5325. Soil-Structure Interaction (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 5310 and 5311 or consent of instructor. Numerical methods for beam on elastic foundation; piles and pile groups; laterally-loaded piers; slab on elastic foundation.

5326. Analysis and Design of Earth Structures (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 5321 or consent of instructor. Principles of stability analysis and design as applied to earth dams, embankments, fills, cuts, and natural slopes; pore pressure considerations; initial and long-term stability.

5327. Geotechnical Practice for Waste Disposal (3:3:0). Review of government regulations; risk assessment; site investigation techniques; design and installation of land fills; land treatment; toxic waste handling.

5329. Advanced Design of Bridge Structures(3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE4329 or consent of instructor. Advanced structural design of highway.railway/guideway bridges using the AASHTO LRFD design method

5331. Advanced Work in Specific Fields (3). Nature of course depends on the student's interest and needs. May be repeated for credit.

5333. Advanced Work in Water Resources (3). Individual studies in advanced water resources. May be repeated for credit.

5340. Advanced Structural Analysis I (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Proficiency in basic structural analysis techniques and computer programming. Fundamentals and applications of modern methods of structural analyses using computers.

5341. Wind Engineering Laboratory (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 5348. Introduction to instrumentation, design of experiments, data analysis, and interpretation for full and model scale wind engineering appilcations.

5342. Advanced Design of Steel Structures (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 4342 or consent of instructor. Advanced design of structures, utilizing LRFD design concepts.

5343. Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 4343 or consent of instructor. Understanding advanced concrete design concepts and discussion of new concrete material technology.

5346. Structural Dynamics I (3:3:0). Dynamic response of single and multidegree of freedom systems; modal analysis of lumped and continuous mass systems.

5347. Structural Dynamics II (3:3:0). Prerequisite: C E 5346 or consent of instructor. Design consideration for structures subjected to time-varying forces including earthquake, wind, and blast loads.

5348. Wind Engineering (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Understanding the nature of wind related to wind-structure interaction, and wind loads on structures. Design loads for extreme winds, tornadoes, and hurricanes.

5351. Advanced Pavement Materials (3:3:0). Materials science, characterization, test methods, mix design, specifications and performance of pavement materials including aggregates, bituminous materials, and portland cement concrete.

5352. Advanced Pavement Design (3:3:0). Analysis and design of flexible and rigid pavements; pavement type selection; loading; failure criteria and reliability; mechanistic pavement design; design exercises using existing methods.

5353. Pavement Management Systems (3:3:0). Pavement distresses and evaluation, nondestructive testing, back-calculation of layer moduli, pavement performance models, pavement maintenance, rehabilitation, pavement management concepts, existing pavement management systems.

5360. Open Channel Hydraulics (3:3:0). Channel geometry and parameters. Uniform and varied flow.

5361. Surface Water Hydrology (3:3:0). Advanced study of hydrologic cycle: hydrologic abstractions, surface-runoff mechanisms, data analysis, hydrographs, baseflow separation, reservior and channel routing, and an introduction to rainfall-runoff modeling.

5362. Surface Water Modeling (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 5360 and consent of instructor. Theory and application of one-dimensional hydrodynamics models. Theory and application of watershed models.

5363. Groundwater Hydrology (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Groundwater flow; well hydraulics, development, and management of groundwater resources; water quiality; mathematical modeling with available software. Design of wells and well fields.

5364. Groundwater Transport Phenomena (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor, computer programming skills. Study of sources and fates of contamination in groundwater. Mathematical modeling of reactive and nonreactive pollutant movement. Aquifer restoration strategies.

5365. Storm Water Management and Erosion Control Theory (3:3:0). Theory and concepts of soil erosion are studied to develop predictive models related to storm runoff, including development of plans to reduce damage from storm events.

5366. Water Resources Management (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Models and other technical elements of water resources systems in context of the political, social, and other environments in which they exist.

5368. Surface Water Quality Modeling (3:3:0). Contaminant transport and fate in surface water. Engineering methods assessing surface water and transport for water and sediment quality. Modeling dissolved oxygen, chemicals, water-borne substances.

5371.Advanced Geometric Design of Highways(3:3:0). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Advanced study of geometric design of highways and streets, signage and marking of roadways. Advanced instruction in the application of computer software in highway design.

5372. Advanced Traffic Engineering I: Highway Capacity Analysis(3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 4361 or consent of instructor. Study if the concepts and methodologies for assessing the capacity and level of service of various surface transportation facilities.

5373. Advanced Traffic Engineering II: Traffic Flow Theory and Control (3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 5372. Fundamentals of macro and mircoscopic traffic flow characteristics, continuum fow models control of signalized intersections, and traffic simulation.

5383. Bioremediation of Wastes in Soil Systems (3:3:0). Factors impacting microbiological treatment of organic wastes in surface and subsurface soil environments will be examined for implications in system design and operation.

5385. Micro Applications in Environmental Engineering (3:3:0). The course presents information regarding bacterial cell structure and microbial genetics: metabolism and the role of microbes in the design of treatment process; and water/wastewater reuse issues.

5390. Water and Wastewater Analysis (3:1:6). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Laboratory procedures for the physical, chemical, and biological examination of water, wastewater, and hazardous wastes. Interpretation of water quality data.

5391. Advanced Water Treatment (3:3:0). Water chemistry and microbiology; design procedures for municipal water treatment; advanced methods for quality control, renovation, and reuse.

5393. Unit Processes Laboratory (3:0:9). This course demostrates fundamental equilibrium, kinetic and transport processes to describe basic environmental systems and processes, including design of an experiment relating to these concepts and analysis of data using appropriate models.

5394. Natural Systems for Wastewater Treatment (3:3:0). Examination of tertiary systems for municipal wastewater; natural systems (land application, wetlands, and aquaculture) and modular facilities incorporating unit operations, biological, and chemical processes.

5395. Solid and Hazardous Waste Treatment (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Treatment and disposal of municipal and industrial solid and hazardous wastes.

5396. Environmental Impact Analysis (3:3:0). Interdisciplinary approach to environmental analysis stemming from the National Environmental Policy Act; elements of impact-analysis and assessment methodologies.

5397. Limnological Aspects of Environmental Engineering (3:2:3). Study of the biological phenomena and physical, chemical interactions that occur in fresh and marine surface waters with emphasis on water pollution control including water quality hazard assessment techniques.

5398. Risk Management and Public Policy (3:3:0). Methods and principles of risk assessment will be examined. Incorporation of these findings into practical risk management programs meeting current policy requirements will be discussed.

6000 Level Courses

6000. Master's Thesis (V1-6).

6330. Master's Report (3).

7000 Level Courses

7000. Research (V1-12).

8000 Level Courses

8000. Doctor's Dissertation (V1-12).

 

Environmental Engineering (ENVE)

 

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1000 Level Courses

1100. Environmental Engineering Seminar (1:0:2). Introduction of first year and transfer students to the practice of environmental engineering.

3000 Level Courses

 

4000 Level Courses

4307. Physical and Chemical Municipal Wastewater Treatment(3:3:0). Prerequisite: CE 3309 and consent of instructor. Characterization of municpal wastewaters and the application of phyiscal and chemical design procedures to remove and dispose of criteria pollutants in wastewater.

4311. Environmental Systems Models (3:2:3). Prerequisite: MATH 3350. Application of various computer models used in the analysis and solution of environmental engineering problems involving air, water, and solid and hazardous wastes.

4385. Microbial Applications in Environmental Engineering (3:3:0). Presents information regarding bacterical cell structure and mircobial genetics, metabolism and the role of microbes in the design of treatment processes and water/wasterwater reuse issues.

4390. Water and Wastewater Analysis (3:1:6). Prerequisite:Junior or Senior standing and consent of instructor. Laboratory procedures for the physical, chemical, and biological examination of water, wastewater, and hazardous wastes. Interpretation of water quality data.

4391. Advanced Water Treatment (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Water chemistry and microbiology; design procedures for municipal water treatment; advanced methods of quality control, renovation, and reuse.

4399. Municipal Wastewater Treatment (3:3:0). Prerequisite: ENVE 4307, CE 3309 or consent of instructor. Municipal wastewater treatment methods, including suspend and attached growth biological system, nitrification, denitrification, phosphorous removal, sludge stabilization, and treated effluent and sludge disposal.

5000 Level Courses

5303. Design of Air Pollution Control Systems (3:3:0). Engineering analysis procedures techniques for the selection, application, and operation of air pollution control methods in various operational situations.

5305, 5306. Environmental Systems Design I, II (3:2:3 each). Student teams evaluate a waste problem, select and develop a treatment alternative in a feasibility study, and then finalize their design selections in technical memorandums.

5307. Advanced Physical and Chemical Municipal Wastewater Treatment (3:3:0). Characterization of municipal wastewaters and the application of physical and chemical design procedures to remove and dispose of criteria pollutants in wastewater.

5310. Principles of Environmental Technology and Management (3:3:0). The magnitude and impacts of the different waste streams produced by man and his activities on the various components of the environment will be examined.

5311. Environmental Systems Models and Information Reporting (3:3:0). Research report will be prepared on the modeling of an environmental system of process. Course stresses the research report as well as modeling techniques.

5399. Biological Municipal Wastewater Treatment (3:3;0). Municipal wastewater treatment methods, including suspend and attached growth biological systems, nitrification, denitrification, phosphorous removal, sludge stabilization, and treated effluent and sludge disposal.