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CEE 100 Twenty First Century Civil and Environmental Engineering (1)
Introduction to the modern discipline of civil and environmental engineering including major sub-disciplines, professional careers, projects and departmental faculty. Explores the different disciplines and their relevance to today’s students. Offered: W.
CEE 220 Introduction to Mechanics of Materials (4) NW
Introduction to the concepts of stress, deformation, and strain in solid materials. Development of basic relationships between loads, stresses, and deflections of structural and machine elements such as rods, shafts, and beams. Load-carrying capacity of these elements under tension, compression, torsion, bending, and shear forces. Prerequisite: A A 210. Offered: AWSpS.
Instructor Course Description:
Peter Mackenzie-Helnwein
CEE 306 Construction Engineering I (3)
Introduction to construction engineering, planning,, methods, contracts, and specifications. Scheduling manually and by using computer software. Production estimates; equipment selection; ownership and operating costs; role of the engineer in construction and cost estimating.
CEE 316 Surveying Engineering (4)
Measurement and mapping techniques. Computer adjustment of measurements, analysis of error. Horizontal and vertical control. Global and plane coordinate systems, transformation. Horizontal/vertical curve computations, layout. Earthwork and volume measurements, computations. Leveling and datum considerations, photogrammetry, GPS, GIS, remote sensing, cadastral surveys, and construction surveys. Prerequisite: MATH 126; recommended: statistics. Offered: A.
CEE 320 Transportation Engineering I (3)
Study of vehicular transportation fundamentals including geometric design, pavement design, traffic flow concepts, level of service analysis, intelligent transportation systems, travel demand prediction methods, and management of transportation systems. Includes a review of relevant vehicle operating characteristics. Prerequisite: MATH 126; PHYS 121.
Instructor Course Description:
Kevan Reza Shafizadeh
Stephen T Muench
CEE 342 Fluid Mechanics (4)
Elementary mechanics of incompressible fluids. Hydrostatics. Continuity, energy, and momentum equations. Introduction to potential flow. Resistance phenomena for laminar and turbulent flows. Dynamic similitude. Prerequisite: CEE 220; M E 230; PHYS 122. Offered: A.
CEE 345 Hydraulic Engineering (4)
Extension and application of fluid mechanics principles to hydraulic engineering problems. Open channel flow, pipeline systems, turbomachinery, unsteady flow in pipes, diffusion and mixing processes, groundwater, surface water hydrology. Prerequisite: CEE 342. Offered: WS.
Instructor Course Description:
Mark Peter Batho
CEE 350 Environmental Engineering -- Water and Air Quality (4)
Description of water and air resources and parameters that characterize their quality, how their use alters their properties. Mass and energy balances as they apply to environmental systems. Global environment change. Basics of aquatic chemistry and microbiology applied to municipal water and wastewater treatment operations. Prerequisite: CHEM 142; MATH 126. Offered: Sp.
CEE 363 Constructional Materials (4)
General treatment of physical and mechanical properties and engineering behavior of metallic and nonmetallic materials. Steel, aluminum, asphalt concrete, Portland cement concrete, wood. Laboratory testing, instrumentation, and investigation into macrobehavior. Correlation with microstructure and various aspects of materials science. Prerequisite: CEE 220.
Instructor Course Description:
Donald J. Janssen
CEE 366 Basic Soil Mechanics (4)
Introduction to basic soil properties, soil classification, volumetric relationships, compaction, consolidation, soil rheology, shear strength, and and introduction to settlement and stability of foundations. Prerequisite: CEE 220; CEE 342. Offered: WSp.
CEE 379 Elementary Structures I (4) Eberhard, Miller, Turkiyyah
Fundamental analysis and modeling of civil structural systems (trusses, beams, and frames), including design applications. Equilibrium, kinematics, and constitutive relations; formal solution procedures emphasizing element-based stiffness methods; computer-based and manual techniques; verification and interpretation of results; case studies involving local structures. Prerequisite: CEE 220. Offered: ASp.
CEE 380 Elementary Structures II (4) MacRae, Roeder, Stanton
Structural design concepts, approaches, procedures, and codes. Characterization and determination of leads (dead, live, seismic, wind, etc.) Structural systems and system behavior (load paths, lateral and vertical response, failure modes and limit states). Structural component behavior and design (composite action, inelastic bending, column stability, member capacities). Prerequisite: CEE 379. Offered: WSp.
CEE 390 Civil Engineering Systems (3)
Introduction to civil engineering system processes. Decision methods, economic considerations, and optimization. Examples illustrating quantitative and subjective aspects of civil engineering practice. Prerequisite: MATH 308. Offered: A.
Instructor Course Description:
Richard Palmer
CEE 391 Graphics Communication and Computer-Aided Design (3)
Introduction to graphics communication and computer-aided design tools to manipulate drawings, data, and geometric representations in civil engineering applications. Prerequisite: MATH 124.
CEE 392 Basic Civil Engineering Computing (1)
Introduction to computer-based methods in civil and environmental engineering problems using Matlab. Prerequisite: CEE 220.
CEE 404 Infrastructure Construction (4) Muench
Basic concepts of large infrastructure construction projects including planning, scheduling, life-cycle cost analysis (LLCA), construction cost, logistics, productivity and, where applicable, traffic impacts. Uses currents and prototype industry software and involves direct contact with agency and contractor personnel involved in infrastructure projects. Prerequisite: CEE 306. Offered: Sp.
Instructor Course Description:
Stephen T Muench
CEE 410 Traffic Engineering Fundamentals (3)
General review of the fundamentals of traffic engineering, including their relationship to transportation operations management and planning, with emphasis on calculations and procedures in the Highway Capacity Manual; field surveys and data analysis. Prerequisite: CEE 320.
CEE 412 Transportation Data Management (3) Wang
Introduction to modern concepts, theories, and tools for transportation data management and analysis. Applications of software tools for transportation data storage, information retrieval, knowledge discovery, data exchange, on-line information sharing, statistical analysis, system optimization, and decision support.
CEE 416 Urban Transportation Planning and Design (3)
Brief review of major issues in urban transportation planning. Planning process discussed and transportation models introduced. Uses a systems framework, including goals and objectives, evaluation, implementation, and monitoring. A design term project, individual or small groups, utilizes material presented on a contemporary problem. Prerequisite: CEE 320. Offered: A.
CEE 418 Computer-Aided Planning of Urban Systems (3)
Survey of on-line planning applications; use of various on-line systems to solve urban systems design problems; investigations of hardware/software tradeoffs; human factors in man-computer systems design theory as it relates to problem-solving activity. Offered: jointly with URBDP 429.
CEE 421 Pavement Design (3)
Current and developing procedures for the structural thickness design of pavements. Bituminous and concrete pavements for highways, airports, and special heavy loading. Elastic layered systems, slab theory. Performance evaluation for maintenance and overlay design. Offered: ASp.
CEE 423 Heritage of Civil Engineering (3/4) I&S
Contribution of civil engineering to civilization based on the lives and projects of prominent engineers and cultures. Incidents and individuals from prehistory to the nineteenth century give the student an awareness of the profession and its influence on society. Industrial archaeology and historic sites are considered. An additional 1 credit may be earned by participating in a special project. Emphasis on the control of elements and the methodology, planning, objectives, and reasons for the project. May be used as social science distribution. Offered: W.
CEE 424 GIS for Civil Engineers (3)
GIS in civil engineering applications. Geographic and spatial data types and acquiring considerations. Data models and structures. Projections and transformations. Attribute-based operation, spatial operations. Surfaces and near neighbors. Training on Arc GIS software. Recommended: CEE 316.
CEE 425 Reinforced Concrete Construction (3) Janssen
Processes in constructing reinforced concrete structures. Identification and development of solutions to potential constructability problems. Lectures augmented with industry speakers and a field trip to a building under construction. Requires senior or graduate standing in Civil Engineering or Construction Management and familiarity with reinforced concrete design/construction.
CEE 428 Lightweight Cementitious Composites (2) Janssen
Introduction to the process of designing within constraints and introductory experimental design. Importance of proper laboratory documentation. Examines the characteristics of cementitious binders and elementary composite behavior. Considers constructability. Interprets pre- and post-cracking elastic behavior. Organization and production of technical report the documents work performed. Offered: A.
CEE 431 Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (3) NW
Presents an overview of earthquake processes and details of the characteristics of destructive ground motion; illustrates the effects of such motion on engineering structures; reviews current practice in estimating earthquake hazards for important structures such as nuclear power plants. Prerequisite: either MATH 126, or both MATH 307 and MATH 308. Offered: jointly with ESS 465.
Instructor Course Description:
David B. Swanson
CEE 436 Foundation Design (3)
Design considerations for foundations and retaining structures. Subsurface investigations and determination of soil properties for design. Design of shallow and deep foundations and retaining structures. Foundations and soil considerations for waterfront structures. Prerequisite: CEE 366.
CEE 437 Engineering Geology I (3)
General overview of engineering geology and its importance to civil engineers. Topics include geologic processes, hazards, subsurface investigations, classification of geologic materials, data synthesis, and natural construction materials.
Instructor Course Description:
William S. Dershowitz
CEE 440 Professional Practice Studio (2)
Fundamentals of integrated civil engineering design, professional services marketing, project management, team dynamics, total quality management, value engineering, professional liability, and applied ethics in engineering practice. Emphasis on written and oral communications and on ethical, social, and economic factors.
Instructor Course Description:
G Scott Rutherford
CEE 441 Transportation and Construction Capstone (4)
Comprehensive design project focusing on planning, design and construction of transportation project such as highways, transit, and airports. Prerequisite: CEE 320; CEE 440, which may be taken concurrently.
CEE 442 Structural Geotechnical Capstone Design Project (4)
Comprehensive team design project focusing on structural and geotechnical engineering. Requires design drawings, written reports, and oral presentations interfacing with related fields such as aesthetics and architecture, mechanical systems, traffic, environmental planning. Prerequisite: CEE 440; two courses from CEE 436, CEE 451, CEE 452, CEE 453, CEE 454, or CEE 457.
Instructor Course Description:
Marc O. Eberhard
CEE 444 Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering Capstone Design Project (4)
Opportunity to effect design solutions for projects or major project components in such representative areas as reservoirs and associated systems for flood control, water supply, irrigation, and hydroelectric power, surface water control systems, fisheries related projects, small harbors, and coastal engineering problems. Prerequisite: CEE 345; CEE 440; either CEE 475, CEE 476, CEE 482, CEE 483, or CEE 484.
CEE 445 Environmental Engineering Capstone Design Project (4)
Individual and group design studies addressing environmental engineering problems such as stormwater management, water and wastewater treatment facilities, and residual processing. Prepare proposals, engineering reports, and alternative evaluations; process equipment design, present reports on selected design problems. Prerequisite: CEE 345; CEE 440; either CEE 475, CEE 476, CEE 481, CEE 482, CEE 483, or CEE 484.
CEE 451 Design of Metal Structures (3)
Introduction to the design and behavior of metal structures using LRFD concepts. Application of design methods and codes to columns, beams, frames, connections, and tension members. Prerequisite: CEE 380; recommended: CEE 457, CEE 458.
CEE 452 Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures (3)
Fundamentals of design of buildings in reinforced concrete in accordance with current codes and practices. Prerequisite: CEE 380.
CEE 453 Prestressed Concrete Design (3)
Analysis, design, and construction of prestressed concrete structures. Prerequisite: CEE 452.
Instructor Course Description:
Julio A. Ramirez
CEE 454 Design of Timber Structures (3)
The design and construction of timber structures, using elements made of sawn wood, glued-laminated wood, and plywood. Prerequisite: CEE 380.
CEE 455 Structural Unit Masonry (3)
Structural behavior and design of reinforced brick, tile, and unit concrete masonry structures. Prerequisite: CEE 380. Offered: jointly with ARCH 426.
CEE 457 Advanced Structures I (3)
The displacement method in matrix form with programming applications. Fundamentals of modeling of various types of structures. Prerequisite: CEE 379.
CEE 458 Advanced Structures II (3)
Introduction to stability, including a consideration of elastic and inelastic buckling with applications to beam-columns and plates. Introduction to plastic analysis. Prerequisite: CEE 457.
CEE 459 Advanced Structural Mechanics (3)
Formulation and solution of the basic equations of elasticity. Applications in 2-D stress analysis, torsion, thermal stresses, and beams on elastic foundation. Plate theory optional. Prerequisite: CEE 379.
Instructor Course Description:
Ziad Elias
CEE 462 Applied Limnology and Pollutant Effects on Freshwater (3) NW
Principles of aquatic ecology that relate to causes and effects of water quality problems in lakes and streams. Population growth kinetics, nutrient cycling, eutrophication; acidification, oxygen/temperature requirements, and effects of various wastes on aquatic animals.
CEE 463 Limnology Laboratory (2) NW
Examination of biota of fresh waters, survey of limnological methods, analysis of data, and writing of scientific papers. Prerequisite: BIOL 473/FISH 473/CEE 462, any of which may be taken concurrently. Offered: jointly with BIOL 474/FISH 474; A.
CEE 472 Introduction to Hydraulics in Water Resources (3)
Hydraulics related to environmental issues. Global hydrology; stratified flows; two-phase (bubble) flows; pollutant transport and mixing in reservoirs, lakes, coastal waters, and oceans; diffuser design and related case studies. Prerequisite: CEE 342; CEE 345.
CEE 473 Coastal Engineering I (3)
Linear theory of water waves, wave transformations due to boundary conditions, sediment motion, elementary tidal theory; applications illustrated by laboratory experiments and selected case histories. Prerequisite: CEE 342.
CEE 474 Hydraulics of Sediment Transport (3)
Introduction to sediment transport in steady flows with emphasis on physical principles governing the motion of sediment particles. Topics include sediment characteristics, initiation of particle motion, particle suspension, bedforms, streambed roughness analysis, sediment discharge formulae, and modeling of scour and deposition in rivers and channels. Prerequisite: CEE 345.
CEE 475 Analysis Techniques for Groundwater Flow (3)
Development of appropriate equations to describe saturated groundwater flow, and application of numerical methods for solving groundwater flow problems and flow to wells. Participants required to solve specific problems using numerical techniques developed during the course. Prerequisite: CEE 342.
CEE 476 Physical Hydrology (3)
Global water picture, data sources and data homogeneity, precipitation, evapotranspiration, hydrographs. Hydrologic data frequency analysis. Hydrologic design: flood mitigation, drainage. Introduction to deterministic and stochastic models. Prerequisite: CEE 345.
CEE 477 Open-Channel Engineering (3)
Water flow in natural and constructed channels. Analysis and design of canals, transitions, energy dissipators, and similar structures. Analysis of surface profiles and effect of nonlinear alignment on flow. Introduction to river mechanics. Design-oriented problems. Prerequisite: CEE 345.
CEE 480 Air-Quality Modeling (3)
Evaluation of air-quality models relating air pollution emissions to environmental concentrations. Topics include meteorological dispersion models and various "receptor" models based on chemical "fingerprinting" of sources. Emphasizes current problems. Offered: jointly with ATM S 480.
CEE 481 Hydraulic Design for Environmental Engineering (3) Stensel
Introduction to the theory and the practice of planning and design of urban water supply distribution, pump stations, and sewage and storm-water collection systems. Evaluation of service areas and service requirements and their relationships to urban and regional planning activities. Engineering methods and computer programs for designing basic system elements. Prerequisite: CEE 345; CEE 350.
CEE 482 Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (3)
Introduction to wastewater treatment and systems, emphasizing fundamental biological, chemical and physical processes related to protection of public health and water pollution control. Process analysis of the configuration of sizing of major types of treatment processes for various sizes of plants and effluent requirements. Prerequisite: CEE 350.
CEE 483 Drinking Water Treatment (3)
Scientific and engineering principles underlying drinking water treatment; analysis of key contaminants; development of conceptual models for how and why treatment processes work and mathematical models describing their performance under various design and operating scenarios; field trips to water treatment systems. Prerequisite: CEE 350.
CEE 484 Decentralized and On-Site Wastewater Management and Reuse (3)
Design and performance of onsite and decentralized wastewater treatment. Determination of appropriate alternatives based on endpoints of water reuse, economics, policy, management, water quality, and ecological considerations. Meeting sanitation and water reuse for situations including, individual homes, rural areas, developing countries, and high density urban dwellings. Prerequisite: CEE 350.
Instructor Course Description:
Linda Strande Gaulke
CEE 485 Environmental Engineering Chemistry (3) Benjamin, Korshin
Fundamentals of chemical equilibrium in natural water systems. Behavior of open and closed aqueous and multi-media (air/water/solids) systems. Chemistry of major species affecting the environment. Identification of key parameters for characterizing water quality and of chemical processes. Recommended: one year of general chemistry or equivalent.
Instructor Course Description:
Gregory Korshin
CEE 486 Environmental Analysis Laboratory (3)
Introduction to water quality parameters; theory of instrumentation and methods used for the environmental analysis. Laboratory analysis of environmental samples using a variety of techniques including titrations, chromatography, and absorption and emission spectrophotometry. Recommended: one year of general chemistry.
CEE 487 Solid-Waste Disposal (3)
Describes sources and handling of municipal and industrial solid waste, with examination of collection, processing, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal alternatives. Public policy issues, local agencies and solid waste facilities, the legal and regulatory framework are all addressed in context of solid waste engineering.
CEE 488 Hazardous Wastes Engineering (3)
Classification of hazardous wastes; resource conservation, Recovery Act regulations; characteristics and behavior of toxic organics; superfund; groundwater contamination, solutions. Hazardous waste site remedial action; case histories; sampling; landfill design. Stabilization and processing technologies, including incineration, carbon adsorption, emerging techniques. Prerequisite: CEE 351.
CEE 489 Water and Air Quality Sampling (2)
Samples collected from lakes, streams, precipitation, and air and resulting (and supplemental) data interpreted for cause-effect and statistical inference. Design for water and air quality monitoring programs. Prerequisite: CEE 462.
CEE 490 Air-Pollution Control (4)
Fundamental concepts of air pollution. Emission sources, atmospheric dispersion, ambient concentrations, adverse effects, governmental regulations, emission standards, air-quality standards, processes and equipment for controlling emissions. Offered: jointly with ENV H 461.
Instructor Course Description:
Michael J Pilat
CEE 491 Deterministic Systems (3)
Development of quantitative methods for mathematical problem solving with emphasis on computer applications. Linear programming, mathematics of the simplex algorithm, sensitivity analysis, dynamic programming, systems simulation, and goal programming. Class project required. Prerequisite: CEE 390.
CEE 492 Stochastic Systems (3)
Introduction to probability distributions and statistics useful in systems analysis, conditional distributions, queuing theory and applications, Monte Carlo simulation, chance-constrained mathematical programming, and stochastic dynamic programming. Emphasis on application of the techniques to civil engineering systems problems, including transportation, water resources, and structures. Prerequisite: CEE 491.
CEE 493 Air-Pollution Source Testing and Equipment Evaluation (3)
Engineering evaluation of air pollutant sources and air control equipment. Fundamentals of source testing and stack sampling including laboratory exercises.
CEE 494 Air-Pollution Control Equipment Design (3)
Designs to control air pollutants from stationary sources. Procedures for calculating design and operating parameters. Fundamental mechanisms and processes of gaseous and particulate control equipment for absorption and adsorption of gaseous pollutants; electrostatic precipitation and filtration of particulate pollutants. Actual case studies. Offered: jointly with CHEM E/M E 468.
Instructor Course Description:
Michael J Pilat
CEE 495 Sustainability and Design for Environment (3) Cooper
Analysis and design of technology systems within the context of the environment, economy, and society. Applies the concepts of resource conservation, pollution prevention, life cycle assessment, and extended product responsibility. Examines the practice, opportunities, and role of engineering, management, and public policy. Offered: jointly with ENVIR 415/M E 415; S.
CEE 498 Special Topics (1-5, max. 5)
Special topics in civil engineering offered as course with lecture and/or laboratory. Maximum of 6 credits in combination of 498 and 499 may be applied toward an undergraduate degree.
Instructor Course Description:
Anne Steinemann
Amlan Mukherjee
Anne V. Goodchild
Stuart E Strand
Stephen T Muench
Daniel S Ribeiro
CEE 499 Special Projects (1-5, max. 5)
Individual undergraduate research projects. Maximum of 6 credits in combination of 498 and 499 may be applied toward an undergraduate degree. Recommended: 400-level CEE course.
CEE 500 Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminars (1)
Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: graduate standing in Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Instructor Course Description:
Anne V. Goodchild
Michael J Pilat
Dorothy Reed
Stephen T Muench
CEE 501 Structural Mechanics (6) Elias, Miller, Turkiyyah
Equations of a continuum for small displacements, applications to linear elasticity. Kirchoff plate theory, problems in advanced strength of materials. Virtual work, minimum potential energy, force and displacement methods of structural analysis. Direct stiffness method. Approximate solutions, geometric stiffness matrix. Linearized buckling. Offered: A.
CEE 502 Structural Dynamics (3) Eberhard, MacRae, Reed
Lagrange's equations. Free vibrations of linear, single, and multiple degree of freedom systems. Damping. Mode superposition. Forced vibrations by time history and by response spectrum methods. Free and forced vibrations of continuous systems. Wave propagation in rods and beams, Lagrange’s equations.. Prerequisite: CEE 501. Offered: W.
CEE 503 Materials Modeling (3) Miller, Reed, Roeder
Behavior of materials used in civil engineering structures. Yield and failure surfaces. Physical and phenomenological models of plastic and viscoelastic behavior. Fracture mechanics. Fatigue models and predictions. Damping and friction. Behavior of anisotropic and composite materials.
CEE 504 Finite Element Methods in Structural Mechanics (3)
Extension of the matrix methods of structural analysis to the solution of elasticity, plate, and shell problems by use of finite element approximations. Discussion of convergence and bounding and extension to investigation of stability and finite deformations. Prerequisite: CEE 501 or permission of instructor.
Instructor Course Description:
Peter Mackenzie-Helnwein
CEE 505 Engineering Computing (3) Lowes, Miller, Turkiyyah
Applied computing in civil and environmental engineering contexts, including physical systems modeling, graphics and visualization, and data management. Program development using contemporary tools and strategies. Computer architecture fundamentals, theoretical and practical issues affecting memory use and performance. Offered: AW.
CEE 506 Nonlinear Analysis of Structural Systems (3) Lowes, Miller, Turkiyyah
Formulation, solution, and interpretation of nonlinear numerical models of structural systems. Material and geometric nonlinearities for truss, beam, and frame systems. Resultant-based material laws. Large deformations. Solutions procedures, arc-length methods. Introduction to parameter identification. Prerequisite: CEE 501. Offered: AW.
CEE 508 Continuum Mechanics (3) Elias, Miller
General foundation of fundamental concepts of motion, stress, and energy for a continuum. General equations of conservation of mass, momentum, and energy. Linear and nonlinear elastic, viscous, and inelastic materials. Prerequisite: CEE 501. Offered: jointly with A A 575.
CEE 511 Advanced Reinforced Concrete (3) Eberhard, MacRae, Stanton
Behavior and design of reinforced concrete members and structures. Members subject to torsion and torsion combined with flexure and shear; members with small shear span/depth ratios, slabs. Prerequisite: CEE 452 or equivalent. Offered: A.
CEE 512 Advanced Structural Systems (3) Eberhard, Stanton
Examines structural design of floor systems for buildings, including one-way and two-way slabs, strip method, yield line theory, prestressed concrete slabs. Includes floor vibrations. Prerequisite: CEE 453; CEE 502.
CEE 513 Advanced Steel I (3) MacRae, Roeder
Factors influencing strength and serviceability of steel structures; LRFD limit state design procedures. Use of theories of plasticity and stability in development of design methods and specifications, bolted and welded connections, temperature effects, and effect of different fabrication methods on behavior of structure. Prerequisite: CEE 501. Offered: W.
Instructor Course Description:
Jeffrey William Berman
CEE 515 Earthquake Engineering I (3)
Earthquake mechanism and ground shaking, response spectra, linear elastic methods for prediction of behavior, displacement prediction methods for inelastically behaving structures, modeling and solution schemes, earthquake design philosophy, capacity design. Reinforced concrete, steel, and base-isolated structures. Prerequisite: CEE 501, CEE 502.
CEE 516 Earthquake Engineering II (3)
Performance-based design, development of fragility curves, characteristics and effects of ground-shaking records, design methods, passive and active control, dynamic inelastic time history analysis, design of parts, system detailing, soil-structure interaction, repair and retrofit of structures. Prerequisite: CEE 515.
CEE 517 Wind Engineering Design (3)
Wind effects on structures, including atmospheric boundary layer flow; bluff body aerodynamics; structural dynamics and aeroelasticity; development and use of the ASCE Standards; estimation of along-wind, across-wind, and torsional response of tall buildings; design strategies for avoiding wind-induced discomfort. Fundamentals of wind tunnel testing.
CEE 518 Reliability and Design (3)
Introduction to theory of structural reliability and its application to design procedures in civil engineering, including probability theory; assessment of uncertainties; code specification (first-order, second-moment format) and the related concept of risk and the influence of socioeconomic factors; loads, load combinations, and probabilities of damage.
CEE 521 Seepage and Consolidation (3)
Confined and unconfined seepage through porous media, flow net solutions, consolidation, settlement, numerical solution of seepage, and consolidation problems. Prerequisite: CEE 366 or equivalent.
CEE 522 Shear Strength and Slope Stability (3)
Shear strength of cohesive and granular soils and slope stability analysis of natural and man-made slopes. Prerequisite: CEE 366 or equivalent.
CEE 523 Advanced Foundation Engineering (3)
Design of shallow and deep foundations for bearing capacity and settlement. Construction considerations. Prerequisite: CEE 522 and CEE 527.
CEE 524 Lateral Earth Pressures and Retaining Structures (3)
Lateral earth pressure theory. Design of temporary and permanent retaining structures including in situ reinforcement. Prerequisite: CEE 523; CEE 527.
Instructor Course Description:
Allen L. Jones
Michael D. Harney
CEE 525 Soil Dynamics (3)
Dynamics of discrete systems; dynamics of continuous systems, wave propogation; dynamic soil properties; linear, nonlinear, and equivalent linear ground response analysis; vibrations of footings; construction vibrations; vibration isolation.
CEE 526 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (3)
Plate tectonics and elastic rebound theory of earthquakes and faults; characterization of ground motions; seismicity; seismic risk analysis; effect of local soil conditions on ground response; development of design ground motions; liquefaction; dynamic lateral earth pressures; seismic slope stability. Prerequisite: CEE 525 or permission of instructor.
CEE 527 Advanced Geotechnical Laboratory (4)
Soil and site investigation, classification and engineering properties of soils and rock as determined by standard and advanced test procedures and equipment. Evaluation of test data. Report writing. Prerequisite: CEE 366 or equivalent.
CEE 528 Geosynthetic Engineering (3)
Identification and testing of geosynthetics. Design of geosynthetic filters, roadway stabilization, earth reinforcement, and waste containment systems. Prerequisite: CEE 522 and CEE 523.
CEE 529 Foundation Soil Improvement (3)
Analysis and design of physical and chemical treatment techniques commonly applied to problem foundation soils for civil engineering structure. Prerequisite: CEE 523.
CEE 530 Engineering Geology II (3)
Application of engineering geology fundamentals to: location, design and maintenance of engineered structures; policy decisions related to potential geological hazards. Case histories, governmental policy discussions, interpretation of geological maps for engineering purposes. Prerequisite: graduate standing and CEE 437 or permission of instructor.
CEE 531 Rock Engineering (3)
Engineering classification, physical and mechanical properties of rocks, failure modes and initial stresses in rocks, laboratory and field testing of rocks, rock slope engineering, underground openings, foundations on rocks. Prerequisite: graduate standing and CEE 437 or permission of instructor.
CEE 540 Microbiological Process Fundamentals (3) Stensel
Fundamental concepts for microbial processes including organic chemical structure, nomenclature and environmental properties, principles of microbial metabolism, study of specific types of bacteria important to environmental engineering and their metabolism, development of microbial kinetic equations, including substrate utilization, energetics, and stoichiometry. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
CEE 541 Biological Treatment Systems (3)
Basic reactions, design principles, current design models, and operational considerations for biological treatment systems used in environmental engineering. Applications include activated sludge design and optimization, fixed film reactors, nitrification, nitrogen removal, phosphorus removal, anaerobic treatment, and toxic organics removal. Prerequisite: CEE 540 and CEE 482 or equivalent.
Instructor Course Description:
H. David Stensel
CEE 543 Aquatic Chemistry (4) Benjamin, Ferguson, Murray
Principles of chemical equilibrium applicable to natural water systems and water and waste treatment processes. Chemical thermodynamics. Characteristics of acid/base, gas/liquid, solid/liquid, and oxidation/reduction equilibria. Computer models for chemical speciation. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
CEE 544 Physical-Chemical Treatment Processes (4)
Principles and design of major physical-chemical unit processes used in water, wastewater, and hazardous waste treatment. Processes include chemical and reactor kinetics, filtration, chemical coagulation, ion exchange, adsorption, and gas transfer. Development of mathematical models, laboratory demonstrations, and evaluation of current design practice. Prerequisite: CEE 485 or permission of instructor.
CEE 545 Advanced Environmental Chemistry (3)
Behavior of controlled chemical species (heavy metals, pesticides, disinfection by-products, and endocrine disruptors) and persistent organic pollutants in the environment. Modeling of chemical interactions pertinent to environmental technologies (ozonation, advanced oxidation, photochemical transformations, halogenation, dehalogenation, application of zero-valence metals and electrochemical controls). Prerequisite: aquatic chemistry or permission of instructor.
CEE 546 Topics in Ecological Effects of Wastewater (3)
Application of ecological concepts for analysis and interpretation of bioenvironmental problems and data (eutrophication, acid rain, and toxicity). Students participate in presentation and discussion of current research. Prerequisite: CEE 462 or BIOL 473 or permission of instructor.
CEE 547 Lake and Watershed Management (3)
Application of current techniques for lake and watershed analysis and modeling using fundamentals of limnology. Approaches to restoring eutrophic lakes, land use impacts on water quality. Practical exercises using data from real lake systems. Prerequisite: CEE 462/FISH 434, BIOL 473, or permission of instructor.
CEE 549 Advanced Topics in Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, and Biology (3)
Special topics of current importance in environmental engineering. Application of fundamental chemical and biological principles to the study of such phenomena as the behavior of aqueous colloids, corrosion processes, bacterial metabolism in chemically complex solutions, and acid precipitation. May be taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite: CEE 540, CEE 541.
CEE 550 Environmental Chemical Modeling (3) Benjamin, Murray
Physical/chemical principles controlling the fate and distribution of environmental pollutants, and use of models to apply those principles. Includes modeling of physical transport in conjunction with chemical equilibrium and reaction kinetics. Applications include acid mine drainage, acid deposition, and groundwater and lake water contamination. Offered: jointly with OCEAN 524.
CEE 552 Environmental Regulations (3) GE
Principal emphasis on regulations pertaining to construction site stormwater runoff, including regulatory background and requirements, how to analyze potential site problems and prepare plans to solve them, and specifying practices to avoid or reduce water pollutant releases. Briefer coverage of regulations concerning air pollutions, wetlands, hazardous wastes, and endangered species.
CEE 553 Seminar-Topics in Atmospheric Chemistry (1-3, max. 6) Charlson, Harrison
Seminar for atmospheric scientists, chemists, engineers in problems associated with the chemical composition of the atmosphere. Covers wide variety of topics, ranging from the natural system to urban pollution and global atmospheric change. Faculty lectures, student participation. Prerequisite: ATM S 301 or permission of instructor. Offered: jointly with ATM S 525.
CEE 554 Acoustics of Environmental Noise (4)
Offered: jointly with M E 528.
CEE 555 Topics in Environmental Health (3)
Introduction to human biology, including physiology, epidemiology, and toxicology. Study of contemporary environmental health problems and practices as they relate to radiological health, solid-waste disposal, occupational health, biometeorology, and bioengineering.
CEE 556 Hazardous Air Pollution (3)
Control of emissions of hazardous or toxic air pollutants. Government regulations, determination of needed control efficiency. Emission control by thermal incineration, catalytic incineration, flares, condensation, carbon adsorption, and absorption (wet and dry). Hazardous waste incinerators. Case studies. Offered: jointly with CHEM E 562.
CEE 557 Air Resources Management (3)
Technical, administrative, and legal aspects of air conservation. Current case studies involving engineering analysis, air-quality modeling, and regulatory aspects at local, state, and federal governmental levels.
CEE 558 Control of Gaseous Air Pollutants (3)
Physical and chemical processes used to control gaseous air pollutants. Absorption into liquids. Aqueous spray dryer scrubbers. Adsorption beds. Control of sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxide. Case studies of control systems. Prerequisite: CHEM E 435 or permission of instructor. Offered: jointly with CHEM E 566; even years.
Instructor Course Description:
Michael J Pilat
CEE 559 Control of Particulate Air Pollutants (3)
Processes used to control emissions of particulate air pollutants. Use of settling chambers, cyclones, fabric filters, wet scrubbers, and electrostatic precipitators to control aerosol particles. Case studies of particulate air-pollutant control systems. Prerequisite: CEE 468 or permission of instructor. Offered: jointly with CHEM E 567; odd years.
CEE 560 Risk Assessment for Environmental Health Hazards (3/4) Faustman
Examines context, methodologies, data, uncertainties, and institutional arrangements for risk assessment. Qualitative and quantitative approaches to identification, characterization, and control of environmental hazards to health emphasized through didactic and case studies. Offered: jointly with ENV H 577/PB AF 589; A.
CEE 570 Hydrodynamics (4)
Applications of the equations of motion to the flow of ideal and real fluids. Fundamentals of fluid potential motion. Viscous flows; Navier-Stokes equations and some exact solutions. Boundary-layer theory. Introduction to turbulence. Two- and three-dimensional examples, including free surface flows. Applications of field equations to problems of engineering significance. Prerequisite: CEE 342 or equivalent.
Instructor Course Description:
Alexander Horner-Devine
CEE 571 Hydrodynamics in Water Quality (3)
Theoretical, field study, and laboratory model approaches to diffusion in transport problems of concern to water resources engineers. Prerequisite: CEE 342 or permission of instructor.
CEE 572 Water Wave Mechanics (3)
Theory of water waves. Classical water wave problem and approximate solution techniques. Evolution equations for and their solutions wave systems. Viscous damping effects and mass transport. Nonlinear shallow-water waves and the Korteweg-deVries equation. Waves on beaches. Prerequisite: CEE 342 or permission of instructor; recommended: graduate-level course in fluid mechanics.
CEE 573 Advanced Computational Hydraulics (4)
Review of hydrodynamic and transport equations for hydraulic engineering application; numerical solution methods; implementation and practice with existing two- and three-dimensional numerical models; numerical model calibration and verification techniques; case studies. Theoretical and civil engineering decision makers aspects. Prerequisite: CEWA 474, CEE 570, CEE 571 or permission of instructor.
CEE 574 Advanced Hydrology (3)
Detailed treatment of statistical methods used in hydrologic analysis. Stochastic hydrology, detailed examination and use of a deterministic watershed model (e.g., Stanford Watershed Model). Prerequisite: graduate standing in civil and environmental engineering or permission of instructor.
CEE 576 Water Resources Planning (3) Palmer
Engineering, social, and economic factors involved in water resource development and management; water policies, programs, and administration; use relationships and conflicts; considerations for regional water resource systems. Offered: W.
CEE 577 Water-Quality Management (3)
Application of biological, ecological, and chemical processes to modeling of water quality and use of such models in appropriate management of water resource systems. Includes units on the modeling of temperature, BOD, nutrient, phytoplankton, zooplankton, and other processes in lakes, streams, and estuaries. Recommended: CEE 476, CEE 485, CEE 462/FISH 434, and CEE 491.
CEE 578 Water Resource System Management and Operations (3) Burges, Palmer
A readings course in recent literature related to the modeling and management of water resources. Topics include drought management, expansion of existing water supplies, hydropower production, streamflow forecasting, water demand forecasting, regional water planning, climate change, and other topical issues. Recommended: CEE 556; CEE 557. Offered: A.
CEE 579 Advanced Traffic Detection Systems (3) Wang
Introduction to advanced tracking and detection technologies in transportation engineering, including Global Positioning Systems (GPS), inductance loop detection systems, remote traffic microwave radar, computer-vision based technologies, and other emerging detection technologies with cutting-edge research in these areas.
CEE 580 Urban Transportation Planning (4) Rutherford
Introduction to transportation planning, including trends and issues, land use and transportation interaction, surveys, public involvement, demand management, technology, forecasting, impacts, and policy strategies.
CEE 581 Travel Demand Forecasting (4) Rutherford
Application of mathematical models to forecast urban travel behavior. Introduces emerging methods, land use models, travel demand models, including trip generation, trip distribution, mode choice, and network assignment. Discusses validation and ethics.
CEE 582 Intelligent Transportation Systems (3)
Application of modern computer and communication technologies to transportation systems. Benefits to public agencies, commercial companies, and travelers. Coordination between private and public sectors. Intelligent Transportation System’s (ITS) social, organizational, and operational changes.
CEE 583 Airport Engineering (3)
Definitions and terminology relating to airport engineering. Characteristics of aircraft, air traffic control, and resulting impact upon design process. Airport capacity, configuration, and planning associated with terminal design. Emphasis on geometric and structural design of pavements and airside. Design projects relating to airport engineering required. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
CEE 584 Analytical Methods in Transportation I (3)
Application of analytical and statistical methods to transportation planning problems. Analysis of probability distributions that describe variables. Development of statistical models for predicting transportation phenomena. Elementary sampling theory hypothesis testing, regression analysis, time series analysis, applied to transportation data. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of instructor. Offered: Sp.
CEE 585 Analytical Methods in Transportation II (3)
Applications of advanced econometric methods to transportation issues. Topics include, but not limited to, systems of equations, duration models, limited dependent variable approaches, and count models. Hands-on modeling, with numerous data sets, available for application. Collaborative projects. Prerequisite: CEE 584 or permission of instructor.
CEE 586 Pedestrian Travel, Land Use, and Urban Form (3)
Graduate seminar concentrating on walking as a mode of transportation in cities and city-regions, including social, cognitive, and perpetual dimensions of pedestrian movement and behavior theory. Offered: Sp.
CEE 588 Land Use/Transportation Models (3)
Review of theoretical basis of several existing models used to forecast urban growth patterns and their associated land use, transportation, and energy requirements. Model validation studies in relation to empirical studies of urban growth and change. Environmental implications of alternative urban growth patterns. Offered: jointly with URBDP 530.
CEE 589 Transit Systems Planning (3)
Planning, operational methods for urban public transportation. Review of technological, operating characteristics of vehicles and systems; financing, management, institutional aspects. Paratransit. Short-range planning, operational strategies, revenue-fare structures. Service monitoring. Mode choice, transit demand relating to service. Computer-aided methods for planning, design of transit systems. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of instructor.
CEE 590 Traffic Systems Operations (3)
Operational planning, management of arterial and freeway traffic systems. Review of transportation system management strategies to achieve more efficient use of existing infrastructure, including improved and innovative traffic control systems and demand management policies, measures of effectiveness, impact assessment, traveler response. Introduction to use of relevant computer models and packages.
CEE 591 Freight Transportation (3)
Overview of the technical and institutional aspects of transporting freight. Topics include the different modes of moving freight, the technology of transferring freight between modes at ports and terminals, issues that impact freight movement such as congestion and government regulation, and the future of freight mobility.
Instructor Course Description:
Edward D Mccormack
CEE 592 Statistical Fundamentals for Construction and Materials Applications (3) Mahoney
Overviews statistical measures used in various construction and materials decision-making processes. Subjects include data distributions, hypothesis tests (making decisions with statistics), regression analysis, sampling, quality control and assurance, and experimental design. Uses construction data to illustrate these measures. Offered: Sp.
CEE 593 Construction Labor Law (3) Goldblatt
In-depth study of construction labor topics, including labor-management organization, legislation, and regulation, collective bargaining, and job site administration. Examines importance of labor relations in construction firms, whether in a union setting or an open shop environment.
Instructor Course Description:
Steven M Goldblatt
CEE 594 Computer-Aided Construction (3) Wang
Application of information technology to construction management and cost estimating. Topics include, but not limited to, computerized construction, fundamentals of computer hardware, construction management software tools, Web publishing, GPS application, and construction data management. Offered: S.
CEE 595 Construction Materials (3) Mahoney, Muench
Examines the use of aggregates, bituminous mixtures, Portland cement concrete, roller compacted concrete, soil and site stabilization, utility cuts and flowable backfill in construction projects. Emphasis on the behavior of materials in various construction applications. Offered: W.
CEE 596 Pavement Construction (3) Mahoney, Muench
Examines pavement construction, including pavement contracts and specifications, quality control and assurance programs, and plant and laydown operations. Reviews both national and international pavement construction practices. Offered: Sp.
CEE 597 Pavement Construction and Quality Control (3)
Covers concepts of hot mix asphalt (HMA) and portland cement concrete (PPC) pavement construction including plant production, transport, placement, compaction, early age behavior, long-term performance, emerging technologies and research. Benefits students with a construction or transportation focus. Uses combination of instructor lectures, guest speakers and student led discussions
CEE 599 Special Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering (1-3, max. 15) Rutherford
Special topics in civil and environmental engineering offered occasionally by permanent or visiting faculty members.
Instructor Course Description:
Anne Steinemann
Jessica D. Lundquist
Gregory Korshin
Laura N Lowes
Michael J Pilat
Peter Mackenzie-Helnwein
Stephen T Muench
Daniel S Ribeiro
Yinhai Wang
CEE 600 Independent Study or Research (2-5) Rutherford
Topics covered depend on the faculty who offer the course and student interest. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
CEE 601 Internship (2)
Internship in an established program between industry, government, and the University. Prerequisite: permission of graduate program coordinator and committee chair.
CEE 700 Master's Thesis (*)
Prerequisite: permission of adviser.
CEE 800 Doctoral Dissertation (*)
Prerequisite: permission of adviser.
