CoursesGraduate Civil and Environmental Course DescriptionsGeneral Courses
Construction Management and SustainabilityCEE 2201: CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATING 3 cr.This course teaches the methodology for estimating construction costs. The course covers all types of costs and all types of construction. The student is introduced to standard reference materials and to computerized estimating systems. The course teaches methods and procedures for developing accurate estimates and the basis for follow-on cost control. Prerequisite: CEE 2203 CEE 2202: CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULING 3 cr. This course teaches the student the theory and practice of planning, scheduling, and controlling the time and cost of construction projects. The course covers various advanced techniques such as cost duration analysis, critical resource analysis, stochastic modeling, and cost control. The course teaches the use of contemporary computerized software systems with hands-on application. Prerequisite: CEE 1200 CEE 2203: CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND EQUIPMENT 3 cr. This course teaches the student how to plan, organize, and execute construction operations. The course includes typical operations in both building construction and engineering construction. The course describes how to properly construct in order to achieve quality and productivity objectives. Prerequisite: CEE 1200 CEE 2204: CONSTRUCTION LAW AND RISK MANAGEMENT 3 cr. This course introduces the student to the legal and risk management issues in construction. The course covers the principles of contract law and various legal areas such as regulations, insurance, bonds, liability, dispute resolution, and professional services. Prerequisite: CEE 1200 CEE 2205: CONSTRUCTION FINANCE AND COST CONTROL 3 cr. This course introduces the student to the company level financial and accounting systems, which are used in the construction industry, and to project control systems which are used to manage cost and time. The course includes such topics as financial accounting, cost accounting, financial statements, and variance analysis. Prerequisite: CEE 1200 CEE 2206: CONSTRUCTION & COST OF ELECTRICAL SUPPLY 3 cr. This course teaches basic construction and cost estimating methodologies for single and three-phase electrical distribution systems that include wiring, power, and controls. The course uses commercial estimating systems and the national electrical code. Prerequisite: PHYS 0106 CEE 2207: CONSTRUCTION & COST OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS 3 cr. This course teaches the student how to plan, organize, and execute mechanical construction operations; and the methodologies for estimating their costs. The course covers mechanical systems such as water (supply and waste), HVAC, fire protection, and their controls. CEE 2211: RESOURCE USE AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN CONSTRUCTION 3 cr. Green building construction class that addresses issues of quantifying and estimating mass and energy flows during the life cycle of buildings, including tools and methods for calculation and analysis of the resource (mass and energy) flows in constructing, operating, and maintaining the built environment. The course will include an introduction to sustainability, green materials and processes, calculation of resource flows, and software tools for modeling resource flows. CEE 2217 - Green Building Design and Construction 3 cr. Understanding the design and construction of green buildings are key elements in green and sustainable engineering. This course teaches all of the major aspects of green building design and construction, including sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality, innovation, and design process. The United States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system is used to demonstrate one possible green building rating system. Life cycle thinking will be discussed to expand the focus from not only design and construction, but also use, operations, and decommissioning. CEE 2285: GRADUATE DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR 0 cr. Sustainability and Green DesignCEE 2217 - Green Building Design and Construction 3 cr.Understanding the design and construction of green buildings are key elements in green and sustainable engineering. This course teaches all of the major aspects of green building design and construction, including sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality, innovation, and design process. The United States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system is used to demonstrate one possible green building rating system. Life cycle thinking will be discussed to expand the focus from not only design and construction, but also use, operations, and decommissioning. CEE 2209: LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT METHODS & TOOLS 3 cr. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a tool for evaluating the environmental impacts of a product or process by documenting energy and material flows from inception to ultimate disposal. This course teaches framework, methods, and tools that can be applied to decision making in the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the built environment. Topics include the principles of life cycle assessment, case studies of applications of life cycle assessment, methods for life cycle inventory, and methods for life cycle impact assessment. The course aims to encourage systems thinking and to facilitate life cycle applications to graduate students' individual research topics. CEE 2210: ENGINEERING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 3 cr. This course is intended as an introductory interdisciplinary engineering course. Topics include principles of sustainable design in engineering, manufacturing, infrastructure, communications, and community development; overview of environmental issues for engineers; design for the environment; models of environmental processes; introduction to the use of life cycle assessment; and case studies examining the relationship of green design and the field of engineering. CEE 2513: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT - 1 3 cr. Technical and procedural aspects of environmental impact analysis and assessment with emphasis on regulatory framework, characterization, and remediation, and the decision process. Prerequisite: CEE 1503 Structural Engineering and MechanicsCEE 2320: ADVANCED MECHANICS OF MATERIALS 3 cr.The fundamentals of elasticity are introduced and related to various problems such as beams and bars on elastic foundations, unsymmetrical bending, torsion of thin walled members, curved bars, failure theories, and stability. Prerequisite: CEE 1330 CEE 2321: APPLIED ELASTICITY 3 cr. The classical and numerical approach to general stress and strain relationships and general equations of elasticity in rectangular, polar, and curvilinear coordinates in two and three dimensions. Prerequisites: CEE 2320. CEE 2322: FATIGUE AND FRACTURE OF METAL STRUCTURES 3 cr. Covers research information and applications to fatigue design of bridges, crane runways, and heavy equipment, material selection, choice of fabrication details, methods of joining, choice of assumed loading history, and fatigue and fracture design methods. CEE 2330: ADVANCED STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS 3 cr. Nonlinear structures, limit analysis, arches, cable structures. Prerequisite: CEE 1331 CEE 2331: COMPUTER METHODS IN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS 3 cr. Stiffness and flexibility methods for the analysis of 2D and 3D trusses and frames. Prerequisite: CEE 1331. CEE 2333: INTRODUCTION TO FINITE ELEMENTS 3 cr. Introduction to the finite element method and its application to various problems of elastic elements and structures. Both physical and variational approaches are used. Prerequisite: CEE 2320 CEE 2340: CONCRETE STRUCTURES - 2 3 cr. Advanced behavior, strength and design of reinforced concrete structures, including column and frame stability effects, two-way slabs, and serviceability criteria. Introduction to earthquake design concepts. Prerequisite: CEE 1340. CEE 2341: STEEL STRUCTURES - 2 3 cr. Advanced design criteria for steel structures, including composite beams, columns, and frames; member and system stability; first- and second-order analysis of frames; serviceability criteria; fully restrained (FR) and partially restrained (PR) connections; introduction to structural systems; earthquake design concepts. Prerequisite: CEE 1341. CEE 2343: PRESTRESSED CONCRETE 3 cr. Design of prestressed concrete beams and slabs including shear and torsion effects. Prerequisite: CEE 1340. CEE 2344: DESIGN OF MASONRY STRUCTURES 3 cr. Behavior, analysis, and design of clay and concrete masonry structural systems. Working stress and strength design methods will be utilized for rational design of reinforced and unreinforced masonry walls, pilasters, columns, and shear walls. The ACE 530 building code and the uniform building code requirements will be utilized. Prerequisite: CEE 1340. CEE 2346: REPAIR AND RETROFIT OF STRUCTURES 3 cr. Introduction and use of performance-based design concepts. Analysis and modeling techniques for existing and repaired structures. Gravity and lateral load retrofit procedures. Selection, modeling and design of repair and/or retrofit measures for a variety of structures and building materials. Retrofit for blast loads. CEE 2347: BRIDGE ENGINEERING 3cr. Introduce concepts of bridge engineering by providing the students with the necessary knowledge and skills to apply the AASHTO LRFD specifications for the analysis and design of highway and bridge superstructure components. CEE 2350: EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN STRUCTURES 3 cr. A review of structural phenomena through the application of principles to experimental techniques. Ideal for students who seek physical verification of abstract ideas. Prerequisite: CEE 2320. CEE 2360: DYNAMICS OF STRUCTURES 3 cr. Fundamentals of free and forced vibration of one- and multi-degrees of freedom structures, including damping. Matrix formulation of multi-degree of freedom structures. Analytical and numerical methods for determining response; deflection and stress evaluation including damping effects. Prerequisite: CEE 2331. 2370: INTRODUCTION TO NDE AND SHM 3 cr. The course aims at providing an overview of the different techniques for the nondestructive evaluation (NDE) and the structural health monitoring (SHM) of civil and aerospace structures. Techniques such as electrical resistance strain gauges, fiberoptic sensing and ultrasonics will be described within the framework of the NDE applications to materials characterization and defect detection will be discussed with emphasis on steel and composite structures. Global and local methods for SHM will be introduced with emphasis on vibration and ultrasonic methods, respectively. The course will also provide the essential tools necessary for the digital signal processing of ultrasonic data. Matlab and laboratory exercises on recent researches will be investigated. CEE 3320: CONTINUUM MECHANICS 3 cr. Principles and equations of continuous media including solids and fluids. Analysis of deformation, strain, and stress. Constitutive relationships and conditions of compatibility and continuity. Prerequisite: CEE 2320. CEE 3321: APPLIED PLASTICITY 3 cr. Fundamental theory of plasticity. Incremental theory of plasticity with consideration of different hardening rules and yield surfaces. Finite element modeling, numerical techniques, and applications. Prerequisites: CEE 2320 and 2333. CEE 3322: FRACTURE MECHANICS 3 cr. Quantitative description of failure processes in structural materials using a phenomenological approach. Failure under monotonic, sustained, and repeated loading. Prerequisite: CEE 2320. CEE 3323: PLASTIC DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES 3 cr. Concepts from plastic analysis and design of single and multi-story steel structures will be the focus of this course. Beams, columns, beam-columns, and plates will be studied within the context of rigid-plastic, elastic-plastic, and second-order plastic analyses. The phenomenon of shakedown will be considered as well as aspects of structural optimization. CEE 3330: STRUCTURAL STABILITY 3 cr. Basic concepts of stability of elastic systems. Elastic approximate methods of stability assessment. Second order effects. Prerequisite: CEE 2320. CEE 3331: PLATE AND SHELL STRUCTURES 3 cr. Basic formulation, techniques of solution, rectangular and circular plates, cylindrical shells and shells of revolution, variational and numerical solution methods, anisotropic and sandwich plates, in-plane forces, large deflection theory, use of curvilinear coordinates. Prerequisite: CEE 2320. CEE 3333: ADVANCED FINITE ELEMENTS 3 cr. Energy methods, their interrelationships and applications to problems in structural mechanics. Theoretical development of finite element method and boundary elements. Prerequisite: CEE 2333. CEE 3334: NONLINEAR STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR 3 cr. The behavior of structural members and frames will be treated within the framework of nonlinear elastic analysis as well as nonlinear plastic analysis. Non-uniform torsion in thin-walled open and closed sections, both statically determinate and indeterminate, will also be covered. In addition, a discussion of the response of curved girder bridges will be included in this course. CEE 3350: STRUCTURAL SAFETY 3 cr. Determination of load and material variability as a measure of safety. Use of probablistic methods to evaluate failure probability as compared to the safety factor approach of deterministic design. Risk management. Reliability principles and indices. Current design code examples. Prerequisite: CEE 2102. CEE 3360: ADVANCED DYNAMICS OF STRUCTURES 3 cr. Dynamic response of structures to random loads by shock spectra, power spectra, and response in frequency and time domain. Linear and non-linear response of single-and multi-degrees of freedom of systems. Prerequisite: CEE 2360. CEE 3361: STRUCTURAL WIND AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING 3 cr. Introduction to nature of wind, aerodynamic wind loading and design. Investigation of the response of structures to dynamic and pseudo-dynamic wind, earthquake, shock waves, and other deterministic and random loading. Design criteria for buildings and nuclear power stations, special topics in lifeline, computer applications. Prerequisite: CEE 2360. CEE 3362: SEMINARS ON DYNAMIC SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION 3 cr. Nature and importance of soil-structure dynamic interaction phenomena. Formulation in total displacements; kinematic and inertial interaction; applied loads and their characterization. Application of computational methods such as finite and boundary element methods to real systems. Prerequisite: CEE 2360. Water Resources EngineeringCEE 2401: OPEN CHANNEL HYDRAULICS 3 cr.Basic theories and principles of open channel flows (including flows in rivers and streams). Methods of calculating uniform flow, gradually varied flow, rapidly varied flow, and unsteady flow. Design of open channels. Prerequisite: CEE 1402. CEE 2405: GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY 3 cr. Mechanics of flow through porous media; Darcy's law; potential flow theory; steady and unsteady flow to wells; boundary effects and the method of images; practical aspects of well design, drilling, and testing; numerical methods; leaky aquifer theory; analytical solutions. Prerequisite: MATH 0250. CEE 2408: ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS 3 cr. Fundamentals and basic equations for three-dimensional flows, general theorems for the flow of an inviscid fluid and added masses. Force and moment on a body. Effects of viscosity and the navier-stokes equations. Boundary layer and vortices. Prerequisite: CEE 1402 CEE 2410 WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING 3 cr Fundamental and practical issues of water resources engineering, water resources development, impacts of climate variability and global warming on water resources, review of basic concepts of hydrology, GIS (Geographic Information Systems) applications, flood routing through reservoirs and rivers, and introduction to basic watershed modeling. Prerequisite: CEE 1402 CEE 3414: ADVANCED HYDROLOGY 3 cr. Fundamental and advanced theories and processes of hydrology. Topics to cover include processes of water in the atmosphere, over land surface, and within soil; advanced representation of infiltration and evapotranspiration processes; partitions of water and energy budgets at the land surface; snow and snowmelt processes; applications of remote sensing (e.g., satellite and radar), and flood and drought analysis. Prerequisite: CEE 1402, CEE 1412 CEE 3420 HYDROLOGICAL MODELING 3 cr Introduction of hydrological modeling with a wide range of complexity. Three types of hydrological models are used as examples to illustrate how fundamental and advanced theories of hydrology are applied. Students should be able to apply knowledge learned in class to solve practical problems, and to build hydrologic models of their own. Prerequisite: CEE 3414 Environmental EngineeringCEE 2500: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING MICROBIOLOGY 3 cr.Biological fundamentals as applied to the description and evaluation of natural environments and environmental quality control systems. Prerequisite: CEE 1503. CEE 2501: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY 3 cr. Chemical fundamentals as applied to the description and evaluation of natural environments and environmental quality control systems. Prerequisite: CEE 1503. CEE 2502: PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 3 cr. Basic principles and applications of thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, equilibria, diffusion, and mass transfer. Prerequisite: CHEM 0970, CEE 1503 CEE 2505: WATER TREATMENT AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DESIGN 3 cr. Stepwise development and process design, equipment selection, economic evaluation, layout, and operating guidelines for water treatment and distribution systems. Prerequisite: CEE 1503. CEE 2507: INDUSTRIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT 3 cr. (Cross-listed as CHE 2620) Problems and approaches to industrial waste treatment and disposal; waste minimization, process selection, control, and resource recovery. Prerequisite: CEE 1503 CEE 2508: ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION CONTROL 3 cr. (Cross-listed as CHE 2610) Industrial sources of air pollutants. Methods of sampling and measurement, control techniques. Dispersion models. Local and federal air pollution regulations. Prerequisite: CHEM 0970 or 0120. CEE 2510: ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION 3 cr. (Cross-listed as PIA 2290) This course is designed to introduce students to the sources and dynamics of conflict that can arise during the course of managing environmental resources. Students will learn about a range of possible tools and interventions that can be used to address and resolve these conflicts. We will examine a variety of processes typically applied to resolve environmental disputes and analyze the differences in these methods related to process and outcome. Particular emphasis will be given to collaborative problem-solving processes that are increasingly used as an alternative to traditional regulation and litigation methods. Concepts will be developed through a mix of readings, case-studies, discussion, negotiation simulation exercises (role play), lecture and guest speakers. We will examine these concepts in the context of real-life situations as we explore specific local, national and international cases of environmental disputes and the steps taken to resolve them. (Beginning 2061) CEE 2511: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PROCESS LABORATORY 3 cr. Chemical and biological laboratory procedures and techniques for instrumental analysis applied to evaluation of liquids and gases for environmental assessment and operation and control of environmental quality control systems. CEE 2513: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT - 1 3 cr. Technical and procedural aspects of environmental impact analysis and assessment with emphasis on regulatory framework, characterization, and remediation, and the decision process. Prerequisite: CEE 1503 CEE 2515: WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND TREATMENT PLANT DESIGN 3 cr. Stepwise development and process design, equipment selection, economic evaluation, layout, and operating guidelines for wastewater collection and treatment systems. Prerequisite: CEE 1503 CEE 2585: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR 0 cr. Student and guest presentations: environmental science and engineering topics. CEE 3500: ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING MICROBIOLOGY 2 cr. Advanced biological, biochemical, and health related concepts as applied to environmental science and engineering. CEE 3501: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PROCESSES - 1 3 cr. Theory and applications of physical and chemical principles to water and wastewater treatment and disposal. Mixing, equalization, coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection, and solids handling. Prerequisite: CHEM 0970, CEE 1503. CEE 3502: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PROCESSES - 2 3 cr. Theory and applications of aerobic, anoxic, and anaerobic biological processes in environmental quality control. Prerequisite: CHEM 0970, CEE 1503. CEE 3503: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PROCESS LABORATORY 4 cr. Laboratory simulations for developing design and control parameters for unit operations and processes applicable to environmental quality control systems. Prerequisite: CEE 3501, CEE 3502 CEE 3504: ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 2 cr. Advanced techniques for instrumental analysis applied to evaluation of liquids and gases. CEE 3512: ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PROCESSES 3 cr. Theory and applications of dynamics, absorption, ion exchange, ultra-filtration, and membrane processes for environmental quality control. Prerequisite: CEE 2502. CEE 3516: HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 3 cr. Characterization, treatment, and disposal of toxic and hazardous wastes from the domestic, commercial, agricultural, and industrial sectors. Prerequisite: CEE 2506, CEE 3501, CEE CEE 3585: ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR 1 cr. Literature reviews and guest lectures on current advances in environmental science and engineering. Transportation EngineeringCEE 2700: TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS 3 cr. (Cross listed as PIA 2800)Introduction to traffic flow theory and characteristics. Highway capacity analysis. Basic traffic management and control. CEE 2710: TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS - 1 3 cr. This course focuses on the quantitative methods which are used to analyze transportation systems. Various topics are covered in the course, including transportation network analysis, design, and flow prediction. The students are exposed to a variety of analytical tools, which are used in systems analysis, including linear and nonlinear optimization, graph theory, and network flow theory. The students will learn to apply these techniques to various transportation network problems such as network assignment, network design, and network analysis CEE 2711: TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS - 2 3 cr. This course builds upon the techniques that the students learn in CEE 2710 (Transportation Systems Analysis 1). Topics in dynamic optimization, location theory, and vehicle routing and scheduling area covered. Prerequisite: 2710. CEE 2720: URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING 3 cr. The urban transportation planning process is the main thrust of this course. The topics covered in the course include transportation planning and decision making, urban transportation modeling system. Demand and supply analysis, and project implementation. CEE 2721: TRAVEL DEMAND ANALYSIS 3 cr. The analysis of travel demand. Aggregate and disaggregate models. Activity analysis and time budgets. CEE 2722: COMPUTER METHODS IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING 3 cr. Students are introduced to some of the available software packages and their applications in transportation planning. The main focus of the course will be to learn available transportation planning software and have a hands-on experience with its implementation in a number of planning projects. Prerequisite: CEE 2720. CEE 2730: HIGHWAY ENGINEERING 3 cr. Highway administration, classification, planning, and programming. Geometric design of highways. Traffic characteristics and capacity analyses. Traffic operations and control. Highway design project. Pavement EngineeringCEE 2714: PAVEMENT DESIGN AND ANALYSIS 3 cr.Concepts and principle in the structural design of pavements for highways and airfields including: Traffic loads, climatic factors, soil and material characterization. Application of current pavement design practices and procedures. Economic Evaluation of Highway and airport pavements. CEE 2715: PAVEMENT REHABILITATION 3 cr. Engineering concepts and information needed to maintain and rehabilitate pavements. Project evaluation, testing and analysis. Design of rigid and flexible overlays, and other methods of rehabilitation. Selection of rehabilitation alternatives. Analysis of the effects of maintenance activities on pavement performance. Initial and life cycle cost analysis of various rehabilitation alternatives. CEE 2717: COMPONENTS, PROPRERTIES & DESIGN OF PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE 3 cr. Examines the influence of constituent materials (cements, aggregates and admixtures) on the properties of fresh and hardened concrete, mix design handling and placement of concrete; and behavior of concrete under various types of loading and environment; test methods; and designing concrete mixes for specific applications. CEE 2718: ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION AND BITUMINOUS MATERIALS 3 cr. Soils, soil stabilization, aggregates, bituminous materials and mixtures. Advanced topics in selection and design of bituminous materials. Asphalt Cement, rheology, emulsions, chip seals, hot-mix asphalt design, visco-elastic characterization. CEE 3714: ADVANCED PAVEMENT DESIGN & ANALYSIS 3 cr. Theoretical models for analysis of pavement systems. Design and analysis of pavements through the use of transfer functions relating to pavement response to pavement performance. Evaluation of current pavement design practices and procedures. Economic evaluation of highway and airport pavements. Geotechnical EngineeringCEE 2800: ENGINEERING GEOLOGY 3 cr.Review of basic geologic principles with emphasis on the importance and influence of geology and geologic processes on engineering projects such as dam sites, foundations, tunnels, mine subsidence, landslides, highways, groundwater problems, and seismic studies. Prerequisite: 0801 CEE 2801: ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS 3 cr. Review of basic soil properties, identification, description, and classification of soil; permeability and seepage through porous media; stress distribution in soils; linear and non-linear theories of consolidation; frost action in soils; strength and shearing properties of soils. Prerequisite: CEE 1811. CEE 2802: GEOTECHNICAL ANALYSIS 3 cr. Fundamentals of the analytical and numerical methods in geotechnical engineering are explored. Emphasis will be placed upon implementation and verification of various formulations into basic programs. Seepage, stress distribution, settlement, consolidation, sheetpiling wall, and beams on elastic foundations are some of the topics covered. Prerequisites: ENGR 0009; MATH 0250; CEE 1811. CEE 2803: EXPERIMENTAL SOIL MECHANICS 3 cr. Laboratory investigation of soils, specific gravity, grain size distribution, plasticity, shrinkage, permeability, compaction, compressibility, and shear strength characteristics; interpretation and use of test results in soil engineering. Report writing. Prerequisite: CEE 2801. CEE 2814: SLOPES AND EARTH RETAINING STRUCTURES 3 cr. Conventional methods and recent advances in slope stability analyses; classical and modern earth pressure theories; design of rigid and flexible retaining structures; earth dams, their design and stability. Prerequisite: CEE 1811. CEE 2818: ADVANCED FOUNDATION ENGINEERING 3 cr. Subsurface exploration and control of groundwater; current procedures for the analysis, design, and construction of waterfront structures and shallow and deep foundations. Prerequisite: CEE 2801. CEE 2885: SOIL MECHANICS SEMINAR 1 cr. Discussion and reports on selected topics that may change from year to year. General areas of discussion include physical and chemical properties of soils, shear strength of clay shales, consolidation of active clays and organic soils. CEE 3803: SEEPAGE AND GROUNDWATER 3 cr. Formulation of general governing equations of seepage with emphasis on the underlying assumptions; solution of the seepage equations employing flow net, complex variables, finite difference, and finite element techniques; laboratory demonstrations, using seepage models and electrical analogs. Prerequisite: 2801. CEE 3804: DYNAMICS OF SOIL SYSTEMS 3 cr. Sources and types of dynamic loading, wave propagation, and attenuation; methods of determining dynamic soil properties; design of foundations-soil systems, subject to vibratory motions. Prerequisite: CEE 1811. CEE 3805: ROCK MECHANICS 3 cr. Behavior and properties of rock as an engineering material; failure of rock; design and construction of underground structures and slopes in rock; design of rock abutments for dams. Prerequisite: CEE 1811. CEE 3806: SOIL PLASTICITY 3 cr. This course will cover the various aspects of employing plasticity theory in solving boundary value problems arising in geotechnical engineering. Emphasis will be on the constitutive modeling of soils; limit analysis; and basic finite element implementation. Prerequisite: CEE 2801. CEE 3807: FRACTURE MECHANICS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 3 cr. Basic problems and concepts involving fracture mechanics and geotechnical engineering. Mechanisms of fracture and crack growth in stiff soils and rocks. The elastic and plastic crack-tip stress fields. Mechanics of crack interaction in soils and rocks. Applications of fracture mechanics to solve geotechnical engineering problems related to slopes, earth dams, and foundations. Prerequisite: CEE 2814. CEE 3808: GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING 3 cr. Seismology and earthquakes, modeling earthquake ground motions, probabilistic seismic hazard analysis; modeling the dynamic properties of soils; equivalent linear and nonlinear ground response analysis; selection of design ground motion; liquefaction and post-failure analysis; seismic analysis of Embarkment Dams. Prerequisite: CEE 2801 Mine EngineeringENGR 2610: UNDERGROUND COAL MININGThis course is an introductory course that covers the exploration, development and mining of coal deposits, the history of coal mining, the modern mining methods and operations, types of coal mining equipment, and the fundamentals of coal mine ground control and ventilation. ENGR 2635: MINE VENTILATION ENGINEERING This course provides the skills needed to analyze and design ventilation systems for underground mines based on 1) regulatory requirements, 2) health concerns for workers, 3) levels of dusts and toxic or explosive gases present, 4) mining methods used, and 5) splitting and delivery of different quantities of air to various workplaces. General CoursesCEE 2085: GRADUATE DEPARTMENT SEMINAR 0 cr.CEE 2996: SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS FOR MS STUDENTS 1 to 9 cr. A special project course in which students may broaden their knowledge by studying approved topics or problems in a specific field within the department under the guidance of a faculty member. CEE 2997: MS RESEARCH 1 to 15 cr. CEE 2999: MS THESIS 1 to 15 cr. CEE 3996: SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS FOR PHD STUDENTS 1 to 6 cr. CEE 3997: PHD RESEARCH 1 to 15 cr. CEE 3999: PHD DISSERTATION 1 to 15 cr. |
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