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apply only to day courses. Evening and summer school course offerings
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING COURSES
CE 100. INTRODUCTION TO CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING
New students are introduced to different areas of civil and environmental
engineering, professional registration, and responsibilities. The course
is team-taught by the faculty and practitioners. Offered in the Fall
semester. One semester; zero credit.
CE 105. INTRODUCTION TO CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING DESIGN
Problem solving. Engineering design process. Civil and Environmental
Engineering Design cases. Computer aided design. Design projects. Written
and oral communication skills are emphasized. Offered in the Fall semester.
One semester; one credit
CE 111. ENGINEERING DESIGN GRAPHICS
Emphasis on visual aspects of engineering communications, expression
of ideas, developing spatial concepts as related to design. Graphical
design is taught using orthographic projection, technical sketching,
and 3-D modeling. CAD applications in Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Offered in the Fall semester. One semester; three credits
CE 112. COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING
Introduction to the use of computers in civil and environmental engineering
problem solving. Topics include computer operations, use of spreadsheets,
an overview of computer programming, input/output file operations, algorithms,
control statements, strings, arrays, and functions. Computer applications
in civil and environmental engineering are included. Offered in Spring
semester. One semester; three credits
CE 115. FIELD MEASUREMENTS
Theory of measurements and errors. Measurement of line, direction and
angles. Principles of leveling, traversing and topographic surveys.
Horizontal and vertical route alignments. Computer applications. Two
lectures and three laboratory hours each week. Report writing skills
are required. Offered in the Fall semester. Corequisites: CE 111 and
ENG 111. One semester, three credits
CE 201. STATICS
Principles of statics; coplanar and non-coplanar force systems. Equilibrium
of force systems, analysis of structures, friction, centroids, moment
of inertia. Prerequisites: MATH 131 and PHYS 150. Offered in the Fall
and Spring semesters. One semester; three credits
CE 214. STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
Stress and strain; torsion; shear and bending; deflection of beams;
introduction to statically indeterminate beams; buckling; combined stresses;
Mohr’s Circle. Hands on laboratory experiments. Written communication
skills are required. Prerequisite: CE 201. Offered in the Spring semester.
One semester; three credits
CE 250. INTRODUCTION TO PARTICLE AND STRUCTURAL
DYNAMICS
Kinetics and kinematics of particles and rigid bodies in two dimensions.
Free vibrations-single degree of freedom systems; forced vibration-steady
state; damped and un-damped systems. Prerequisite: CE 201. Prerequisites
or corequisites: CE 214 and MATH 231. Offered in the Spring semester.
One semester; three credits
CE 299. HYDRAULICS
Study of hydrostatics includes pressure heads, pressure centers, buoyancy
and flotation, stability of gravity dams, flow of fluids in pipes and
open channels, nozzles, weirs, compound and branching pipe networks.
Fundamentals of conveyance system design. Oral and written communication
skills are required. Prerequisites: CE 201 and CE 105. Corequisite CE
299L. Offered in the Spring semester. One semester; three credits
CE 299L. HYDRAULICS LABORATORY
Laboratory experimental work to support theory covered in CE 299. Corequisite:
CE 299. Offered in the Spring semester. One semester; one credit
CE 305. ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT
Environmental assessment; environmental laws and regulations; planning
and conducting; title search, site walkthrough, water and soil sampling;
laboratory and field testing of soil and groundwater; fundamentals of
site remediation. Written and oral communication skills are required.
Prerequisite: Junior standing. One semester; three credits
CE 310. ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES
Integrated structural analysis and design of steel structures. Approximate
methods in the analysis of indeterminate structures. Influence lines
for statically determinate structures. Design of structural elements,
complete structures, and their connections in accordance with Load Resistance
Factor Design (LRFD) Specification of the American Institute of Steel
Construction (AISC). Introduction to the use of commercial software,
such as STAAD, in the analysis and design of steel structures. Prerequisites:
CE 214. Offered in the Fall semester. One semester; three credits
CE 311. ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES
Integrated structural analysis and design of concrete structures. Approximate
methods in the analysis of indeterminate structures. Design of concrete
structures and structural elements (such as beams, one-way slabs, columns,
and spread footings) in accordance with the American Concrete institute
(ACI) 318 Code. Introduction to the design of pre-stressed concrete
beams. Hands on laboratory experiments. Oral and written communication
skills are required. Introduction to the use of commercial software,
such as STAAD, in the analysis and design of concrete structures. Prerequisite:
CE 214. Offered in the Spring semester. One semester; three credits
CE 313. HYDROLOGY
The aspects of hydrology which are of concern to an engineer: water
balance, probability and statistics in hydrologic design and analysis,
basin modeling, hydrographs, stream flow routing, flood control, groundwater
hydrology, and computer applications. Oral and written communication
skills are required. Prerequisites: CE 112 or equivalent; CE 299. Offered
in the Fall semester. One semester; three credits
CE 314. ENGINEERING ECONOMY (Formerly
CE 314 Economic Factors in Design)
Fundamentals of engineering economy. Cost concepts. Time value of money
and equivalence. Economic analysis of alternatives. Replacement analysis.
Depreciation and after-tax analysis. Effects of inflation on economic
analysis. Prerequisite: Junior standing or Permission of instructor.
(Same as CH E 314, ECE 314, ME 314) One semester; three credits
CE 315. JUNIOR PROJECT
Students attend senior seminar presentations and other professional
lectures. Report writing and oral presentation. Students submit senior
project proposals. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Offered in the Fall
and Spring semesters. One semester; zero credit
CE 316. TIMBER DESIGN
Design of beams, tension and compression members, members with combined
loading, wall and floor plywood sheathing. Connections, nails, bolts,
and split rings. Sawn lumber and glued laminated timber. Design for
wind and seismic forces, horizontal diaphragms and shear walls. Concrete
formwork. Individual design project. Oral and written communication
skills are required. Prerequisite: CE 214 or equivalent. One semester;
three credits
CE 317. INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Introduction of pollution in Environmental Engineering, mass balance,
environmental regulations, water/wastewater characteristics, water/wastewater
treatment, solid and hazardous waste management, and air pollution and
control. Written communication skills are required. Prerequisites: CHEM
115,115L. Offered in the Spring semester. One semester; three credits
CE 318. HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
Study of driver and vehicle characteristics as they relate to the geometric
design of highways. Highway capacity and safety. Design of drainage
structures. Highway materials and the structural design of flexible
and rigid pavements. Students are required to submit plans for a design
project assigned by the instructor. Discussion of transportation planning,
land use/transportation relationships, economy, mass transit facilities
and intermodal systems. Computer applications. Oral and written communication
skills are required. Prerequisite: CE 115. Offered in the Spring semester.
One semester; three credits
CE 319. TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
Travel time, delay, speed and volume studies. Capacity of freeways,
expressways, urban streets, arterials and intersections. Pedestrian,
parking and accident studies. Traffic markings, signs, signals both
pretimed and actuated, and progression. Geometric design of urban arterials
and intersections. Students are required to submit functional plans
for design projects assigned by the instructor. Emphasis on intersection,
interchange, and expressway design. Computer applications. Written communication
skills are required. Prerequisite: CE 115. One semester; three credits.
CE 320. TRANSPORTATION AND URBAN PLANNING
Urban transportation planning, data collection and analysis, growth
of cities, study of transportation systems, highway, railroad, air,
water, pipeline, conveyor belt, and systems for the future. Public transportation.
Prerequisite: Junior standing. One semester; three credits
CE 322. GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
A study of the origin and composition of soils; character and properties;
gradation and permeability; seepage phenomena and frost action. Introduction
to mechanics of earth masses including consideration of stresses, strains,
consolidation theory, rate of consolidation, total and differential
settlements, and shearing resistance. Prerequisites: CE 214, 299; Corequisite:
CE 322L. Offered in the Fall semester. One semester; three credits
CE 322L. GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY
Standard laboratory tests to determine soil properties. Written communication
skills are required. Corequisite: CE 322. Offered in the Fall semester.
One semester; one credit
CE 340. DESIGN OF FOUNDATIONS
Sub-surface investigations and geotechnical reports; bearing capacity
of soils, theory and design of shallow and deep foundations; settlement
analysis; lateral earth pressure and cantilever retaining walls; slope
stability analysis. Computer applications. Emphasis on design throughout.
Written communication skills are required. Prerequisite: CE 322. Offered
in the Spring semester. One semester; three credits
CE 345. PLANNING AND SCHEDULING
Various methods of scheduling will be presented including CPM, PPM,
PERT, and LSM. Discussion of issues relating to activity duration, contractual
considerations, time cost trade-off, schedule monitoring/updating and
integration of schedule and cost. Computer applications. Prerequisite:
Junior standing. One semester; three credits
CE 350. CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATING AND COST CONTROL
Methods of making quantity surveys, estimating construction cost, construction
scheduling and methods of cost control. The study of labor relations
as they affect construction cost, scheduling and job control. Prerequisite:
Junior standing. One semester; three credits
CE 400. THE COMPLEAT ENGINEER (Same as
ECE 400 and ME 400)
This course deals with a wide array of issues facing the practicing
engineer. Topics include: engineering ethics; regulatory issues; health,
safety, and environmental factors; reliability, maintainability, produciblity,
sustainability; and the context of engineering in the enterprise, in
society, and as part of the global economy. Prerequisite: Permission
of the department. One semester; three credits
CE 401. ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING ANALYSIS
AND DESIGN
Advanced concepts in environmental engineering. Industrial waste treatment,
toxic material disposal, physical, biological, and chemical treatment
schemes. Oral and written communication skills are required. Prerequisite:
CE 317. One semester; three credits
CE 402. OPEN CHANNEL HYDRAULICS
Study of open channel fluid conveyance systems. Special emphasis on
the design and analysis of natural and artificial channels. Characteristics
of flow systems. Prerequisite: CE 313 or equivalent. One semester; three
credits
CE 403. COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES
Theory of matrix algebra and solution of linear algebraic equations.
Basic energy principles and virtual work. Analysis of frame and truss
structures using the direct stiffness method. Computer applications.
Prerequisites: CE 112, 214. One semester; three credits
CE 404. SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
Introduction to solid and hazardous waste management, legislation and
social impact. Engineering design, plannning and analysis associated
with waste sources, handling, storage, collection, transport, and disposal
of solid and hazardous wastes. Written communication skills are required.
Prerequisite: Junior standing. One semester; three credits
CE 405. REMEDIATION OF ORGANICALLY CONTAMINATED
SOIL AND WATER
Soil Remediation: soil venting, air sparging, vapor extraction, bioremediation,
soil washing, land farming, and thermal desorption; groundwater remediation;
pump and treat and carbon adsorption; cost estimates; case histories.
Written communication skills are required. Prerequisite: Senior standing.
One semester; three credits
CE 406. AIR POLLUTION
A basic knowledge of air pollution terminology, legislative standards,
and fundamentals of control equipment including cyclones, baghouses,
electrostatic precipitators, wet scrubbers, carbon adsorbers, and incinerators.
Written communication skills are required. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
One semester; three credits
CE 407. GEOTECHNOLOGY OF WASTE MANAGEMENT
Site selection; ground modification and compaction; liners; leachate
generation and collection; caps; gas management; properties of wastes.
Prerequisite: CE 322. One semester; three credits
CE 411. ADVANCED STEEL DESIGN
Connections not covered in CE 310. Members with combined bending and
axial force. Composite beams and columns. Plate girders. Lateral bracing.
Topics may vary from semester to semester. Oral communication skills
are required. Prerequisite: CE 310.
One semester; three credits
CE 412. ADVANCED CONCRETE DESIGN
Design of two-way slabs; slabs on-grade; columns with bi-axial bending;
long-slender columns; prestressed beams; retaining walls; shear walls.
Topics may vary from semester to semester. Oral communication skills
are required. Prerequisite: CE 311. One semester; three credits
CE 414. DESIGN OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
Discussion of topics relevant to the design of transportation facilities:
design controls and criteria, geometric design, design of drainage structures
and cost analysis. Students will be required to prepare a set of plans,
including calculations, for a design project assigned by the instructor.
Computer applications. Oral and written communication skills are required.
Prerequisite: CE 318. One semester; three credits
CE 417. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY
Laboratory work to support treatment concepts presented in CE 317. Written
communication skills are required. Prerequisites: CE 317. Offered in
the Fall semester. One semester; one credit
CE 418. ADVANCED DESIGN OF FOUNDATIONS
Counterfort retaining walls; construction of earth dams; seepage; sheet
piles; foundations on swelling soils; soil improvement. Oral and written
communication skills are required. Prerequisite: CE 340. One semester;
three credits
CE 420. CONTRACTS AND SPECIFICATIONS
Consideration of fundamental principles of contract law with particular
reference and application to engineering contracts. Study of specification
documents. Preparation of typical documents for public and private construction
projects. Prerequisite: Junior standing. One semester; three credits
CE 421. DESIGN OF PAVEMENTS
Factors affecting design of pavements: loads, climate, and environment;
stresses in flexible and rigid pavements; properties of pavement components;
materials characterization; soil stabilization; theory and design of
flexible and rigid pavements for highways and airports; pavement evaluation
and rehabilitation. Oral and written communication skills are required.
Prerequisite: CE 322. One semester; three credits
CE 425. HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND METHODS
Study of the equipment, methods and materials used in “horizontal”
construction. Methods of estimating the production and costs of heavy
construction equipment will be presented. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
One semester; three credits
CE 431-432. SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT
Interdisciplinary team design projects are initiated by students (or
suggested by the faculty) and approved by the faculty. Investigated
and developed throughout the senior year by the students. Reports are
presented in both oral and written form. Practitioner involvement is
required in each project. Prerequisite: CE 315. Taken in sequence during
the last two semesters before graduation. Two semesters; four credits
CE 490-495. SPECIAL TOPICS
Elective courses of special or current interest. Taught by faculty with
special or unique qualifications. Taken by Juniors and Seniors. Prerequisites
are announced with course offerings. One semester; one to four credits.
CE 496, 497, 498. TOPICS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Directed work on a special problem. Problems of an inter-disciplinary
nature are encouraged. A written report is required. A contract outlining
the scope of the project is required prior to the initiation of work.
Prerequisites: Senior standing and a duly executed contract. One semester;
one, two, and three credits respectively
CE 499. INTERNSHIP IN CIVIL AND/OR ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING
Students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering with
Junior/Senior standing and a minimum average of B in all engineering
subjects, after receiving the approval on the internship proposal from
the faculty, are placed in the engineering offices of contracted firms
to receive on-the-job training under the supervision of members of the
firm. Credit is granted on acceptance of periodic written progress reports,
a final written report, and a final oral presentation to the faculty.
Minimum time: 200 hours. Prerequisites: Junior standing and faculty
approval. Pass/Fail Grading. One semester; three credits.
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