Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering, sustainability, ethics, systems thinking, teamwork in engineering, laboratories, computational exercises, and project-based.
Fundamentals of statics; composition and resolution of forces; the analysis of force systems in two and three dimensions; and centroids and moments of inertia. Credit not awarded for both CEE 1100 and CEE 1150. Prerequisites: MATH 1248 or MATH 1242; PHYS 1500.
Introduction to statics, mechanics of materials, and heat transfer. Credit not awarded for both CEE 1150 and CEE 1100. Prerequisites: MATH 1248 or MATH 1242; PHYS 1500.
Systems thinking and the systems approach as applied to environmental systems; sustainability, mass and energy balances, kinetics, ecosystem health and the public welfare, environmental risk, green engineering, water and wastewater treatment, air resources engineering, solid-waste management. Prerequisites: CHEM 1400; MATH 1212 or MATH 1234.
Systems-thinking applied to analysis and design of engineered systems and elements, including economic, social, and environmental aspects of sustainable designs within global contexts. Includes life-cycle cost analysis, uncertainty, risk, and engineering economics. Prerequisites: STAT 1410 or STAT 2430 or STAT 2510.
Honors research leading to thesis.
Experimental stress analysis methods; experimental verification of static force-displacement relationship for beams, frames, and trusses; fundamental mechanical properties of metals, plastics, and wood; effects of size, shape, method, speed of loading and strain history on these properties. Co-requisites: CEE 2100 or ME 1140, and CEE 3700.
Transportation systems planning, analysis, and design with foci on climate and environmental impacts. Credit not awarded for both CEE 3415 and CEE 3400. Prerequisites: Engineering major; minimum Sophomore standing; or Instructor permission. Co-requisite: CEE 2000.
Fundamentals and design of sustainable systems for stormwater, drinking water, and wastewater treatment in urban and rural settings. Project-based. Credit not awarded for both CEE 3510 and CEE 3515. Prerequisite: CEE 2120 with a grade of C- or better.
Focuses on chemical, biochemical and physical processes; diffusion, equilibria, reaction kinetics, acids/bases, colloids, air/water exchange; laboratories demonstrate standard environmental engineering techniques; project-based. Prerequisites: CEE 2120 with C- or better; STAT 1410 or STAT 2430. Co-requisite: CEE 3510 or CEE 3515.
Provides an understanding of the mechanics of incompressible fluids (fluid statics and fluid flow) with a focus on applications common in Civil Engineering such as flow meters, flow in closed conduits, and elements of hydraulic machinery (systems with pumps, cavitation, NPSH). Credit not for both CEE 3600 and CEE 3615. Prerequisites: MATH 2248; CEE 1100 with a grade of C- or better or CEE 1150 with C- or better. Co-requisite: CS 1210.
Performing various laboratory studies of flow and hydraulic machinery determine index; computer modeling of hydraulic systems; associated laboratory and project report writing and presentations. Co-requisites: CEE 3600 or CEE 3615.
Analysis of statically determinate beams, frames, and trusses; expected loads, reactions; influence lines; moving loads; geometric methods for displacement calculations; introduction to matrix analysis for trusses. Prerequisites: CS 1210. Co-requisites: MATH 2522 or MATH 2544 and MATH 3201; CEE 2100 or ME 1140.
Covers basic characteristics of soils (physical, mechanical, hydraulic, geochemistry); soil classifications; seepage and groundwater flow; contaminant transport in soil and groundwater; leakage in waste disposal and containment systems; the effective stress principle; consolidation and settlement analysis in landfills. Credit not awarded for both CEE 3800 and CEE 3815. Prerequisites: CEE 1150 with grade C- or better or CEE 1100 with grade C- or better.
Study of specific methods used to analyze travel demand, travel behavior and network flows; process of travel demand modeling; collection, analysis and expansion of survey data and travel data; mathematical methods common to travel modeling. Credit not awarded for both CEE 4440 and CEE 5440. Prerequisite: CEE 3400 or CEE 3415.
Environmental engineering strategies to create circular economies emphasizing the role of wastes as resources. Course topics include life cycle assessment, carbon and nutrient management, materials recycling, and waste-to-energy processes. Project-based. Prerequisite: CEE 3510 or CEE 3515.
Analysis of stresses in plain and reinforced concrete members; design of reinforced concrete structures; theory of prestressed concrete; project-based. Prerequisite: CEE 3700.
Bearing capacity, lateral earth pressures, slope stability; analysis and design of shallow and deep foundations, retaining structures, and slopes; project-based. Prerequisite: CEE 3800 or CEE 3815.
Student teams will integrate the multiple areas of specialization in Civil/Environmental Engineering in comprehensive design experience; professional practice; ethics; written and oral presentations to professional review panels. Prerequisites: Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or Engineering Management major; minimum Senior standing. Co-requisite: CEE 2130.
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Study of transportation planning theory and policy; methods used to collect and evaluate household travel behavior; design of household travel surveys; methods used to forecast household travel demand, destination choice; travel mode choice, and transportation network flows; mathematical methods common to travel modeling. Applications to both transportation planning practice and research. Credit not awarded for both CEE 5440 and CEE 4440.
Introduces computer modeling of hydrological systems. Project-based. Simple overland flow, flood routing, water quality, and groundwater models are developed using finite difference techniques. Stochastic hydrology and hydrologic time series analysis are also introduced. Prerequisite: Graduate student or Instructor permission; content knowledge of hydrology (such as CEE 4600) assumed.
Analysis and design of solid and glue laminated timber members and structural systems including tension members, beams, columns, beam-columns, diaphragms, shear walls, and connections; LRFD and ASD design methods; application of IBC for timber systems; current developments in wood design/construction; project-based. Prerequisite: Graduate student or Instructor permission; content knowledge of structural analysis (such as CEE 3700) assumed.
An introduction to Geoenergy technologies for subsurface energy extraction (shallow and deep geothermal systems, enhanced oil recovery, shale gas extraction) and secure storage of byproducts of energy production (carbon dioxide and nuclear wastes); project-based. Prerequisite: Graduate student or Instructor permission; content knowledge of soil mechanics (such as CEE 3800 or CEE 3815) assumed.
Foundational concepts of numerical integration, numerical differentiation, and numerical approximation and solution of differential and partial differential equations of the type encountered in the analysis of engineering problems and data processing; project-based. Prerequisite: Graduate student or Instructor permission; content knowledge of calculus through differential equations (such as MATH 3201) and linear algebra (such as MATH 2522 or MATH 2544) assumed. Cross-listed with: ME 5980.
Research for the Master's Thesis.
Independent project related to Civil & Environmental Engineering under the supervision of a Civil & Environmental Engineering faculty member, concluding with a written technical report and an oral presentation to a committee of two Civil & Environmental Engineering faculty members. Prerequisite: Permission of Civil & Environmental Engineering Graduate Coordinator or Civil & Environmental Engineering Department Chair.
Presentation and discussion of advanced problems, research, and current topics in Civil & Environmental Engineering by faculty, Graduate students, and outside guest speakers. Prerequisite: Civil & Environmental Engineering Graduate student.
Advanced topics in recently developed technical areas.
Research for the Doctoral Dissertation.