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CIE 821 - Pavement Design
Credits:
3.00
Flexible and rigid pavements and bases for highways,
airports, and city streets; pavement selection, construction
methods, materials, specifications, and engineering cost
estimates. Prereq: soil mechanics or permission.
CIE 822 - Properties and Production of Concrete
Credits:
3.00
Basic properties of hydraulic cements and mineral aggregates
and their interactions in the properties of plastic and
hardened concrete; modifications through admixtures;
production handling and placement problems; specifications;
quality control and acceptance testing; lightweight,
heavyweight, and other special concretes. Prereq:
engineering materials or permission.
CIE 823 - Bituminous Materials and Mixtures
Credits:
3.00
Considerations of major types of bituminous materials,
asphalt cements, cutback asphalts, asphalt emulsions, and
tars; influence of chemical composition on physical
properties; desirable aggregate characteristics for
bituminous mixtures; construction techniques; current
practices for determining optimum asphalt contents. Prereq:
engineering materials or permission.
CIE #834 - Project Analysis
Credits:
3.00
Methods of analysis for decision making used in the
planning, design, and management of various engineering
systems involving chance and uncertainty. Topics in applied
probability and statistics used for risk analysis and for
investigating system performance and reliability. Prereq:
systems analysis; probability and statistics for
applications;/ or permission.
CIE 839 - Industrial Wastewater Treatment
Credits:
3.00
Detailed consideration of the origin, characteristics, and
treatment of industrial wastewater; the theory and
application of unit operations unique to the treatment and
disposal of industrial wastes. Prereq: ENCV 645 or
permission.
CIE 840 - Public Health Engineering
Credits:
3.00
Proper application of environmental engineering and
sanitation principles in disease prevention and control is
discussed. Special emphasis will be given to areas of the
world where communicable and related diseases have not yet
been brought under control, and to what can happen in the
more advanced countries when basic sanitary safeguards are
relaxed. Topics covered: vetor-borne diseases and control,
sanitary landfills, safe water supply development and
treatment, and on-site wastewater disposal systems. Prereq:
MATH 425, ENCV 520.
CIE 841 - Open Channel Flow
Credits:
3.00
Energy and momentum principles in open channel flow; flow
resistance; channel controls and transitions; unsteady open
channel flow; and basic modeling techniques. Prereq: fluid
mechanics or permission.
CIE 842 - Soild and Hazardous Waste Engineering
Credits:
3.00
A thorough examination of the problems which exist in
hazardous and solid waste management will be presented in
terms of the current regulations and engineering approaches
used to develop solutions. Topics will include risk-based
decision making, transport and fate of contaminants, and the
fundamental physical, chemical and biological concepts which
make up the basis for technological solutions to these waste
management problems. Case studies will be used throughout
the course to highlight key concepts and provide real-world
examples. Prereq: ENE 645 or permission.
CIE 845 - Engineering Hydrology
Credits:
3.00
Hydrologic cycle, probability theory related to hydrology
and the design of water resources structures, flood
discharge prediction, hydrograph development, hydraulic and
hydrologicriver routing, reservoir routing, theory of
storage, reservoir operations, hydropower development,
multipurpose projects; and computer simulation of watershed
hydrology.
CIE #847 - Introduction to Marine Pollution and Control
Credits:
3.00
Introduction to the sources, effects, and control of
pollutants in the marine environment. Dynamic and
kinetic modeling; ocean disposal of on-shore wastes,
shipboard wastes, solid wastes, dredge spoils, and
radioactive wastes; and oil spills. Prereq: fundamental
aspects of environmental engineering or permission.
CIE 848 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Design
Credits:
4.00
Selection, design, and evaluation of unit processes employed
in the treatment of solid wastes and hazardous wastes will
be studied. Topics include design of materials recovery
facilities, landfills, waste-to-energy facilities and
hazardous waste site remedial technologies. A group term
project taken from a real-world project will be required. An
oral presentation by the group and preparation of a final
written engineering report including alternative evaluation,
permits, scheduling and economic analysis will be required
from each group. Prereq: ENCV 742 or permission.
CIE 849 - Water Chemistry
Credits:
4.00
Emphasizes the use of chemical equilibrium principles.
Theory, calculations, and applications of ionic equilibrium
stresses. Topics include thermodynamics, kinetics,
acid/base, complexation, precipitation/dissolution, and
redox equilibria. Computer equilibrium modeling is
presented. Prereq: general chemistry or equilvalent.
CIE #854 - Transportation Engineering and Planning
Credits:
3.00
Fundamental relationships of traffic speed, density, and
flow applied to public and private modes of transport.
Principles of demand forecasting and urban systems planning.
Prereq: permission.
CIE 855 - Design of WaterTransmission Systems
Credits:
4.00
Pressure, sewer, and open channel system design. Theory
developed for individual components to large complex
systems. Topics include closed conduit flow, open channel
flow, groundwater flow, valves and meters, pump selection,
system planning and layout, system operation and
maintenance. Pressure system modeling with program EPANET.
Rainfall runoff calculations with US SCS TR55 model. Prereq:
fluid mechanics or permission.
CIE 856 - Environmental Engineering Microbiology
Credits:
4.00
Concepts of environmental engineering microbiology
including microbial metabolism, growth kinetics,
bioremediation applications, mass transfer kinetics and
effects of environmental parameters. Coursework includes
reading and discussion of the microbial literature.
Laboratories cover microbiological monitoring and biological
treatment experiments. Prereq: fundamental aspects of
environmental engineering or permission. Special fee. Lab.
CIE 857 - Coastal Engineering and Processes
Credits:
3.00
Introduction to small amplitude and finite amplitude wave
theories. Wave forecasting by significant wave method and
wave spectrum method. Coastal processes and shoreline
protection. Wave forces and wave-structure interaction.
Introduction to mathematical and physical modeling. Prereq:
fluid dynamics or permission. (Also offered as ME 857 and
OE 857.)
CIE 860 - Foundation Design I
Credits:
4.00
Foundation design based on subsurface investigation and
characterization using current methods of laboratory and
in situ testing. Use of consolidation theory and bearing
capacity theory for the design of shallow foundations,
including footings and rafts. Basic design of pile
foundations. Earth pressure theory applied to design of
retaining walls. Slope stability theory and applications.
Prereq: soil mechanics or permission.
CIE 861 - Foundation Design II
Credits:
3.00
Advanced pile and pier design under vertical and lateral
loads. Slope stability by circular and noncircular arc
methods. Design of flexible bulkhead walls and
mechanically stabilized walls. Excavation and
dewatering. Soil and site improvement. Prereq: CIE 860 or
permission.
CIE 862 - Introduction to Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Credits:
3.00
Overview of earthquake source mechanisms; magnitude and
intensity; seismicity of the U.S.A. Dynamics of simple
structures; response spectra. Selection of design
parameters; source, magnitude, input records. Measurement
of dynamic characteristics of soils; site response,
liquefaction, and ground deformation. Prereq: CIE 860 or
permission.
CIE 863 - Geological Engineering
Credits:
3.00
Functional classifaction of rocks and rock masses.
Stereographic projection. Engineering properties of rocks.
Rock mechanics. The influence of geology in the design of
underground excavations, tunneling, foundations, and rock
slope engineering. Prereq: principles of geology or
permission.
CIE 866 - Introduction to Geo-Environmental Engineering
Credits:
3.00
Geo-environmental site characterization and investigation
using in situ geotechnical and geophysical methods;
groundwater, soil, and gas monitoring and sampling;
containment design including landfills, geosynthetics for
liners and covers, leachate collection systems, vertical
cutoff walls and stability analyses; remediation techniques
such as stabilization, bioremediation, and electrical
methods. Prereq: CIE 665 or permission.
CIE 874 - Reinforced Concrete Design
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to the design of reinforced concrete structural
members by the strength method and considering deflection
performance. Includes loads, approximate analysis, slabs,
beams, and columns. Prereq: engineering materials and
classical structural analysis or permission.
CIE 878 - Issues in Engineering Practice and Management
Credits:
3.00
Non-technical professional engineering topics including:
participation in multidisciplinary teams, interpersonal and
human resource skills, verbal and written communication
skills, project management, marketing, ethics, professional
licensure, professional liability, and contract
administration.
CIE 882 - Timber Design
Credits:
3.00
Introduction to the design of timber structures. Structural
properties of wood. Determination of horizontal and vertical
loads. Horizontal and vertical load-resisting systems.
Design of horizontal diaphragms, shear walls, beams, and
columns. Bolted, screwed, and nailed connections. Prereq:
classical structural analysis or permission.
CIE 883 - Matrix Structural Analysis and Modeling
Credits:
3.00
Modeling and analysis of determinate and indeterminate
structures; nonprismatic members subject to static and
moving loads. Solution by matrix and computer-applied
methods. Determination of appropriate loading conditions,
study of wind and earthquake loads, and introduction to
engineering drawings. Prereq: structural analysis or
permission.
CIE #885 - Introduction to Structural Vibrations
Credits:
3.00
Dynamic analysis of single- and multi-degree-of-freedom
systems. Applications include simple beam and frame
structures. Earthquake analysis and design. Pre - or Coreq:
indeterminate structures.
CIE 886 - Introduction to Finite Element Analysis
Credits:
3.00
Topics include basic matrix theory, Galerkin method, direct
stiffness method, development of finite element theory, and
modeling techniques. Applications in solid mechanics, heat
transfer, fluids, and dynamics using commercially available
codes. Prereq: classical structural analysis, matrix
structural analysis and modeling or permission.
CIE 889 - Project Management
Credits:
3.00
Project management concepts including labor, material, and
equipment usage; cost estimation; financing and economic
evaluation of projects; scheduling; and quality control and
safety during construction. Existing projects are integrated
in class discussions and homework. An understanding of
systems analysis is assumed.
CIE 891 - Prestressed Concrete
Credits:
3.00
Design of prestressed and post-tensioned concrete sections
in flexure and shear. Introduction to prestressing systems
and ultimate strength methods. Prereq: CIE 874 or
permission.
CIE 892 - LRFD Bridge Design
Credits:
3.00
AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications using SI units.
Design objectives, loads, load case analysis and selection,
load distributions, static analysis, and design for axial
loads, flexure, and shear. Design of slender columns,
composite beams, and plate girders. Prereq: CIE 874 or
permission. Coreq: CIE 893.
CIE 893 - Structural Design in Steel
Credits:
3.00
The design of members and connections: tension, members,
columns, beams, plate girders, bolted joints, and welded
joints. Introduction to plastic design of beams and frames.
Prereq: engineering materials, classical structural analysis
or permission.
CIE 895 - Independent Study
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
A limited number of qualified graduate students will be
permitted to pursue independent studies under faculty
guidance. May be repeated.
CIE 896 - Special Topics in Civil Engineering
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Advanced or specialized topics not normally covered in
regular course offerings. May be repeated, but not in
duplicate areas. Prereq: permission.
CIE 897 - Special Topics in Environmental Engineering
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Advanced or specialized topics not normally covered in
regular course offerings. May be repeated, but not in
duplicate areas. Prereq: permission.
CIE 899 - Master's Thesis
Credits:
1.00 to 6.00
Credit/Fail.
CIE 900 - Civil Engineering Seminar
Credits:
1.00
Topics of interest to graduate students and staff; reports
of research ideas, progress, and results; lectures by
outside speakers. Continuing course: instructor may assign
IA grade (continuous grading) at the end of one semester.
CIE #922 - Highway and Airport Engineering
Credits:
2.00 to 4.00
Design of flexible and rigid pavements and bases for
highways, airports, and city streets; pavement selection,
construction methods, materials, specifications, and
engineering cost estimates. Prereq: CIE 821 or permission.
CIE 940 - Hydrologic Monitoring
Credits:
3.00
Field course designed to familiarize the student with
measurement of surface water, vadose zone, and
groundwater hydrologic variables. Topics covered include
wiers, stream gaging, dilution gaging, sampling of bed and
suspended sediments, groundwater/surface water interactions,
well monitoring, borehole dilution measurements, groundwater
velocity and dispersion, undersaturated zone, well
construction, and water quality measurements. The class
format is one 40-hour week of lectures (1/2 days in class,
1/2 days in field for 5 days) and then six labs to be
performed over the subsequent two weeks. Prereq: permission
only. Special fee. (Summer session only, in odd numbered
years. Interested students should contact the department
prior to May 1.)
CIE 942 - River Mechanics
Credits:
3.00
Geomorphic principles, erosion and sediment transport
problems, sediment transport mechanics in open channels,
sediment measurement techniques, sediment sources and
yields, control methods, effects of structures on riverine
systems, design of hydraulic structures. Prereq: fluid
mechanics or permission.
CIE 943 - Advanced Hazardous Waste and Environmental Sampling and Analysis
Credits:
4.00
Laboratory and field techiques for the sampling and analysis
of hazardous waste. Lecture covers theory behind techiques.
Prereq: general chemistry and fundamental aspects of
environmental engineering. Lab. Special fee.
CIE 944 - Advanced Physicochemical Treatment Design
Credits:
4.00
Theoretical and experimental examination of physicochemical
treatment processes. Discusses design, application, and
operational principles associated with gas transfer,
coagulation, particle-liquid separation, absorption, water
stabilization, chemical precipitation, and disinfection unit
processes. Stresses the knowledge of laboratory
applications. Prereq: fundamental aspects of environmental
engineering; CIE 849;/ or permission. Special fee. Lab.
CIE 945 - Advanced Groundwater Topics
Credits:
3.00
Review of Darcy's Law for confined and unconfined aquifers,
linearization techniques, drawdown computations under
varying boundary conditions, solutions to the inverse
problem, drainage theory, recharge theory, two-phase flow,
succession of steady states modeling, and borehole
geophysics. Prereq: groundwater hydrology.
CIE 946 - Advanced Bioenvironmental Engineering Design
Credits:
4.00
Theoretical and experimental examination of the fundamental
parameters used in selection, design, and operation of
biological treatment processes for waters, wastewaters, and
hazardous wastes. Topics include design and evaluation of
aerobic and anaerobic processes, suspended and fixed-film
processes, and advanced biological water and wastewater
treatment processes. Prereq: CIE 856; 943;/ or permission.
CIE 960 - Advanced Soil Mechanics
Credits:
3.00
Stresses and stress spaces. Introduction to consitutive
models for sands and clays. Recent developments in strength
and compressibility analysis of soils. Prereq: CIE 860 or
permission.
CIE 961 - In Situ Geotechnical Testing
Credits:
3.00
In situ geotechnical testing methods for site
characterization; theory and practice. Geotechnical testing
methods include the piezocone, the pressuremeter, the flat
plate dilatometer, the field vane, and the standard
penetration test. Includes sampling techniques, geophysical
exploration, and recent innovations in site and soil
characterization. Prereq: CIE 960 or equivalent.
CIE #962 - Laboratory Geotechnical Testing
Credits:
3.00
Modern techniques for measuring mechanical properties of
soils in the laboratory. Instrumentation. Static shear
strength and consolidation. Dynamic properties. Prereq:
CIE 960 or permission.
CIE #969 - Advanced Topics in Geotechnical Engineering
Credits:
3.00
Seminar dor advanced graduate students: presentations by
students, faculty, and outside speakers on topics of current
research interest. Prereq: CIE 960; 961; 962;/ or
permission.
CIE #981 - Advanced Structural Analysis
Credits:
4.00
Advanced structural theory and analysis with computer
applications, including multistory structures, beam columns,
frames with variable moment of inertia, arches, rings,
continuous curved beams, and curved frames.
CIE 995 - Civil Engineering Problems
Credits:
2.00 to 4.00
The study and investigation of problems selected to meet the
needs of the students.
CIE 999 - Doctoral Research
Credits: