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.
Teaches students how to combine their curricula and development of key transferable skills to become civil or environmental engineering professionals; includes the path to professional engineering licensure and eventual leadership as a professional; preparation for internship/job search, interviews, and Fundamentals of Engineering examination. Prerequisites: Civil Engineering or Environmental Engineering major; minimum Sophomore standing; or Instructor permission.
Undergraduate student service as a teaching assistant, usually in an introductory level course in the discipline, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.
An introduction to surveying including distance and angle measurements, leveling, traverse surveys, error propagation, topographical mapping, global positioning systems (GPS), and geographic information systems (GIS). Project-based. Prerequisites: MATH 1034, MATH 1212, or MATH 1234; Sophomore standing.
Stress, strain, temperature relationships, torsion, bending stresses, and deflections. Columns, joints, thin-walled cylinders. Combined stresses and Mohr's circle. Prerequisite: CEE 1100 with a grade of C- or better or CEE 1150 with a grade C- or better. Co-requisite: MATH 2248. Cross-listed with: ME 1140.
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.
Transportation systems planning, analysis, and design with foci on safety, modeling, decision support, and environmental impacts. Credit not awarded for both CEE 3400 and CEE 3415. 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.
Fundamentals of (bio)chemical transformations in water, soil, and air and applications for pollution prevention and remediation. Topics include chemical thermodynamics, acid-base, reduction-oxidation, dissolution-precipitation, kinetics, molecular biology, metabolism, and bioenergetics. Prerequisites: CEE 3510 or CEE 3515.
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.
The mechanics of incompressible fluids (fluid statics and fluid flow) with applications common in Environmental Engineering such as flow in open and closed conduits, open channel flow, stream power, flow meters, capillarity, and elements of hydraulic machinery (systems with turbines, pumps). Credit not awarded for both CEE 3615 and CEE 3600. Prerequisites: MATH 2248; CEE 1100 with grade C- or better or CEE 1150 with grade C- or better. Co-requisite: CS 1210.
Covers basic characteristics of geological materials; soil classifications; physical, mechanical, and hydraulic properties; the effective stress principle; seepage; consolidation; stress distribution; settlement analysis; and shear strength of soils. 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.
Performing various laboratory tests to determine index, hydraulic, and mechanical properties of soils; computer modeling of geotechnical systems; associated laboratory and project report writing and presentations; project-based. Prerequisites: CEE 1150 with grade C- or better or CEE 1100 with grade C- or better. Co-requisite: CEE 3800.
Content is dictated by expanding professional interest in newly developing, or recently developed, technical areas in which there is particular need or opportunity. Prerequisite: Senior standing.
Students will learn to use spatial analysis methods to support sustainable transportation and land use planning. Topics include spatial data types, mapping and data visualization, spatial operations and analysis, and network analysis. In-class examples and exercises will include applications related to transportation, land use, sustainability, planning, and equity. Credit not awarded for both CEE 4450 and CEE 5450. Prerequisite: CEE 3400 or CEE 3415 or Instructor permission.
Solid waste engineering with an emphasis on engineering strategies to create more circular economies. Course topics include landfilling, recycling, incineration, composting, anaerobic digestion, technoeconomic analysis, and environmental life cycle assessment. Project based. Prerequisite: CEE 2120.
Theory of precipitation, run-off, infiltration, and ground water; precipitation and run-off data; and application of data for use in development of water resources. Credit not awarded for both CEE 4600 and CEE 5600. Pre/Co-requisite: CEE 3600 or CEE 3615.
Principles of ground water hydraulics, well characteristics, aquifers, and use of numerical methods to solve ground water flow problems. Project-based. Credit not awarded for both CEE 4650 and CEE 5650. Prerequisite: CEE 3600 or CEE 3615.
Theory and design of steel structures including flexural members, axially loaded members and combined stress members; design of composite members; plastic analysis and design; project-based. Prerequisite: CEE 3700.
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.
Theory of physical/chemical processes for treating waters and wastewaters; reactor dynamics, mass transfer, adsorption, ion exchange, precipitation; project-based. Prerequisite: Graduate student or Instructor permission; content knowledge of water and wastewater engineering (such as CEE 3510 or CEE 3515) assumed.
Understanding and applying theory of precipitation, run-off, infiltration, and ground water; precipitation and run-off data; application of data for use in development of water resources; review and synthesis of relevant scientific literature. Credit not awarded for both CEE 5600 and CEE 4600. Prerequisites: Content knowledge of hydraulics/fluid mechanics assumed.
Principles of ground water hydraulics, well characteristics, aquifers, and use of numerical methods to solve ground water flow problems. Modeling of groundwater and contamination remediation design. Credit not awarded for both CEE 5650 and CEE 4650. Prerequisites: Content knowledge hydraulics/fluid mechanics is assumed.
Introduces the physical basis of climate change and explores a number of climate change impacts, particularly those that affect the built environment; primary focus on hydro-climate impacts, specifically flood risk, water resources, coastal flooding, and stormwater infrastructure; various modeling techniques are introduced and applied to engineering problems. Prerequisite: Graduate student or Instructor permission; programming skills (such as in Python or Matlab) and content knowledge of hydraulics/fluid mechanics (such as CEE 3600, CEE 3615, or ME 2230) assumed.
Virtual work and strain energy theorems, matrix analysis of three-dimensional statically indeterminate frame and truss structures by the flexibility and stiffness method, stability and collapse mechanisms in structural systems. Project-based. Prerequisite: Graduate student or Instructor permission; content knowledge of structural analysis (such as CEE 3700) assumed.
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.