Courses in Applied Mechanics are listed under that heading, immediately
following the Civil Engineering courses. Also see courses listed under
Engineering.
| 222. Civil Engineering
Materials
Second semester. Three credits. Two lectures. One 3-hour Laboratory.
Prerequisite: CE 287 which may be taken concurrently. Accorsi, Davis,
Frantz, Murtha-Smith
Engineering properties of steel, Portland cement concrete, bituminous
cement concrete, and timber; laboratory measurement of properties; interpretation
of results. Written reports. |
| 222P. Civil Engineering
Materials
Must be taken with another P course in Civil Engineering to equal one
W course. |
| 230. Mechanics
of Materials and Structures Laboratory
Two credits. One hour lecture and one 2-hour Laboratory. Prerequisite:
CE
234 and CE 236, which may be taken concurrently, and CE 222. Murtha-Smith,
Davis
Laboratory experiments to complement, reinforce and develop concepts
learned in Mechanics of Materials, Basic Structural Analysis and Basic
Structural Design. Topics include tension, torsion, flexure and buckling.
Written reports. |
| 234. Basic Structural
Analysis
Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 287. Accorsi, DeWolf,
Epstein, Frantz, Leonard, Malla
Analysis of statistically determinate structures; influence lines; deflection
of trusses, beams, and frames; introduction to indeterminate analysis using
consistent deformation and moment distribution; computer programming. |
| 236. Basic Structural
Design
Second semester. Four credits. Three class periods and one 3-hour Laboratory.
Prerequisite: CE 287. DeWolf, Epstein, Frantz, Malla, Murtha-Smith
Loads; design of principal components - beams,
columns and simple connections - of steel and reinforced concrete structures.
Design projects. |
| 237. Advanced Structural
Analysis
First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 234. DeWolf, Epstein,
Leonard, Malla
Instruction sets and addressing modes. The control path and microprogramming.
The data path; fast arithmetic. The memory hierarchy, both logical and
physical aspects. The input/subsystem; interrupts, DMA, structure and function.
SIMD and MIMD parallelism. Modern architectural theories. |
| 238. Reinforces
Concrete Structure Design
First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 234 and 236. Dewolf,
Epstein, Frantz.
Design for flexure, shear, torsion, and axial loads; two - way slabs;
serviceability considerations. Applications to buildings. |
| 239. Steel Structures
Design
Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 234 and 236. Dewolf,
Frantz.
Beam columns, composite members, plate girders, connections; introduction
to plastic design. Applications to buildings. Written reports. |
| 239P. Steel Structure
Design
Must be taken with another P course in Civil Engineering to equal one
W course. |
| 240. Soil Mechanics
and Foundations
First semester. Four credits. Three class periods and one 3- hour laboratory
period. Prerequisite : CE 287 and CE 297, both of which may be taken concurrently.
Fundamentals of soil behavior and its use as construction material.
Effective stress principle, seepage and flow nets, consolidation, shear
strength limit equilibrium analysis. Written reports. |
| 240P. Soil Mechanics
and Foundations
Must be taken with another P course in Civil Engineering to equal one
W course. |
| 241. Foundation Design
First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 240. Demars.
Application of soil properties to design of foundations, retaining structures,
excavation drainage, shallow footings, deep foundations, specifications,
subsurface exploration. |
| 242. Soils Engineering
Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 240.
Earth structures, slope stability, consolidation and settlement of soil,
vertical drains, surcharging, pressures on buried pipes, and tunnels, numerical
solutions. |
| 242P. Soil Engineering
Must be taken with another P course in Civil Engineering to equal one
W course. |
| 251. Civil Engineering
Systems
(Also offered as ENVE 251). First semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores.
Anagnostou,
Garrick.
Application of statistical principles to the analysis of problems. Topics
covered include normal, poisson, and binomial distributions, chi square,
comparison of means and variances, least square and regression analysis. |
| 254. Transportation
Facilities Design
Second semester. Three credits. Recommended preparation: CE 271 or consent
of instructor. Open to sophomores. Garrick, Ivan.
Design and horizontal and vertical curves, earthwork, runoff and simple
drainage structures. Elements of traffic engineering and site development. |
| 255.
Case Studies in Transportation Engineering
(Also offered as CE 302.) First semester. Three credits.
Prerequisite: CE 254.
Ivan, Garrick
Analysis of transportation case studies in road design, metropolitan
planning and corridor study. Application of transportation engineering
and planning skills. Oral and written group reports, group discussions,
individual written papers. |
| 256. Advanced
Civil Engineering Systems
Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 251, or consent of
instructor.
Optimization, decision and risk analysis, and simulation in design of
civil engineering systems. Network analysis and project scheduling. |
| 256P. Advanced
Civil Engineering Systems
Must be taken with another P course in Civil Engineering to equal one
W course. |
| 260. Water Quality
Engineering
(Also offered as ENVE 260.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite:
CE
263 and CE 297 or CHEG 223.
Abboud, Smets
Physical, chemical, and biological principles for the treatment of aqueous
phase contaminants; reactor dynamics and kinetics. Design projects. |
| 262. Environmental
Engineering Laboratory
(Formerly offered as CE 264.) (Also offered as ENVE 262.) Second semester.
Three credits. Two class periods and one 3-hour laboratory period. Prerequisite:
CE
263 and CE 297 or CHEG 223 (which may be taken concurrently). Abboud,
Smets
Aqueous analytical chemical techniques, absorption, coagulation/flocculation,
fluidization, gas stripping, biokinetics, interpretation of analytical
results, bench-scale design projects, written and oral reports. |
| 262P. Environmental
Engineering Laboratory
(Also offered as ENVE 262P.) Must be taken with another P course in
Civil Engineering to equal one W course. |
| 263. Environmental
Engineering Fundamentals
(Also offered as ENVE 263.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite:
CHEM
128 or 130 and MATH 211 (which may be taken concurrently). Open to sophomores.
Hoag, MacKay, Nikolaidis, Smets
Concepts from aqueous chemistry, biology, and physics applied in a quantitative
manner to environmental problems and solutions. Mass and energy balances,
chemical reaction engineering. Quantitative and fundamental description
of water and air pollution problems. Environmental regulations and policy,
pollution prevention, risk assessment. Written and oral reports. |
| 265. Hydraulic Engineering
(Also offered as ENVE 265.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite:
CE
297 or CHEG 223 and CHEG 224.
Anagnostou, Nikolaidis, Ogden
Design and analysis of water and wastewater transport systems, including
pipelines, pumps, pipe networks, and open channel flow. Introduction to
hydraulic structures and porous media hydraulics. Computer applications. |
| 266. Hydraulic
Engineering Laboratory
(Also offered as ENVE 266.) Second semester. Two credits. One class
period. One 2-hour Laboratory. Prerequisite CE 297.
Tests of the flow of water in pipes and open channels. Theory and calibration
of flow measurment devices. Study of velocity profiles. Generation of pump
performance curves. Physical hydraulic modeling and similitude. |
| 267. Engineering Hydrology
(Also offered as ENVE 267.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite:
CE
297 or CHEG 223 and CHEG 224.
Anagnostou, Nikolaidis, Ogden
Hydrologic cycle: precipitation, interception, depression storage, infiltration,
evaportranspiration, overland flow, snow hydrology, groundwater and streamflow
processes. Stream hydrographs and flood routing. Hydrologic modeling and
design. Computer applications. Design project. |
| 267P. Engineering Hydrology
Must be taken with another P course in Civil Engineering to equal one
W course. |
| 268. Limnology
(Also offered as EEB 247 and ENVE 268.) First semester. Three credits.
Prerequisite: MATH 109 or 112 or 115 and an introductory course in CHEM
(CHEM 122, 127, or 129); an introductory course in Biology is recommended.
Physical, chemical, and biotic interrelationships of freshwater habitats. |
| 269. Selected
Environmental Problems
Second semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores.
Ecological effects of pollution and despoilment. Organized and rational
study of specific environmental problems, including social, economic, political
and legislative aspects. |
| 271. Elementary Surveying
First semester. Four credits. Three lecture periods and one 3-hour Laboratory.
Prerequisite: MATH 107 or MATH 112 or 115, or consent of instructor. Open
to sophomores.
The theory and practice of plane surveying including: error analysis,
measurement of horizontal distances, leveling, traverse and area computations,
adjustments of traverses and level nets, adjustments of instruments, topographic
mapping, state coordinate systems, and boundary surveys. |
| 274. Photogrammetry
Second semester. Three credits. Two class periods. One 3-hour Laboratory.
Prerequisite: CE 271. Offered in alternate years.
The fundamentals of aerial photogrammetry, including: flight planning,
the geometry of the aerial photograph, ground control, radial line plotting,
tilt, stereoscopy and parallax, stereoscopic measurements, and topographic
mapping. |
| 275. Route Surveying
Second semester. Three credits. Two class periods. One 3-hour Laboratory.
Prerequisite: CE 271. Offered in alternate years.
Reconnaissance and route selection, simple, compound and reverse horizontal
curves, spirals, vertical curves, earthwork, cross-sectioning, slope staking,
and observations for the meridian. |
| 276.
Computer Aided Civil Engineering Design
Second semester. Three credits. One 3-hour class period. Prerequisite:
CE
254, which may be taken concurrently, and CE 271.
Design of Civil Engineering projects using computer software to analyze
engineering problems and create design drawings. |
| 279. Environmental Modeling
(Also offered as ENVE 279.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite:
CE
263 and CHEG 223 or CE 297 or consent of instructor.
Nikolaidis
Systematic approach for analyzing contamination problems. Systems theory
and modeling will be used to assess the predominant processes that control
the fate and mobility of pollutants in the environment. Assessments of
lake eutrophication, conventional pollutants in rivers and estuaries and
toxic chemicals in groundwater. |
| 280W. Civil Engineering
Projects
Either semester. Three credits. Two 3-hour laboratory periods. Prerequisite:
Departmental consent required. This course can be taken no sooner than
the semester in which the student completes the Professional Requirements
for the B.S. degree.
Design of Civil Engineering Projects. Students working singly or in
groups produce solutions to Civil Engineering design projects from first
concepts through preliminary proposals, sketches, cost estimations, design,
evaluation, oral presentation and written reports. |
| 281. Engineering Economics
Second semester. One credit. Given as two 1-hour class periods weekly
during first half of semester only. Prerequisite: Senior standing. Leonard,
Murtha-Smith.
Costs of Civil Engineering projects; components of cost estimating;
comparison of alternate designs; cost/benefit analysis; useful life and
depreciation; basic methods of project financing. |
| 291.
Civil and Environmental Engineering Professional Issues Seminar
Students taking this course will be assigned a
final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory).
Either semester. No credits. One 1-hour period. Open to sophomores.
May be repeated.
Issues in the practice of Civil & Environmental Engineering: professional
ethics, law/contracts, insurance/liability, global/societal issues (e.g.,
sustainable development, product life cycle), construction management and
professional development. |
| 294. Special
Topics in Civil Engineering
Semester, credits, and hours by arrangement or as announced. Prerequisite
and/or consent: Announced separately for each course. Course may be repeated
for credit.
Classroom or laboratory courses as announced for each semester. For
independent study see Civil Engineering 299. |
| 299. Independent
Study for Undergraduates
Either or both semesters by arrangement. Credits by arrangement, not
to exceed 4 per semester. Open only with consent of supervising instructor.
Course may be repeated for credit.
Designed for students who wish to extend their knowledge in some specialized
area of civil engineering. |
| Applied Mechanics |
| 211. Applied Mechanics I
Either semester. Three credits. Not open to students who have passed
CE 213 or 214. Prerequisite: MATH 210, which may be taken concurrently,
and ENGR 150 or CSE 110 or CSE 123C. Open to sophomores. Accorsi, Demars,
Leonard, Malla, Uthgennant,
Fundamentals of statics using vector methods. Resolution and composition
of forces; equilibrium of force systems; analysis of forces acting on structures
and machines; centroids; moment of inertia. Computer applications. |
| 212. Applied Mechanics II
Either semester. Three credits. Not open to students who have passed
CE 215. Prerequisite: CE 211, MATH 210. This course and CE 213 may not
both be taken for credit. Open to sophomores. Epstein, Malla, Uthgennant.
Fundamentals of dynamics using vector methods. Rectilinear and curvilinear
motion, translation, rotation, plane motion; work, energy and power; impulse
and momentum. Computer applications. |
| 287. Mechanics of Materials
Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite ENGR 150 or CSE 110, CE
211 or CE 214 and CE 215, which may be taken concurrently. Open to sophomores.
Davis, Malla, Uthgennant.
Simple and combined stress, torsion, flexure and deflection of beams,
continuous and restrained beams, combined axial and bending loads, columns.
Computer applications. |
| 289. Intermediate
Mechanics of Materials
Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 287. This course and
ME 229 may not both be taken for credit.
Stresses and strains, curved beams, torsion of non-circular sections,
flat plates, strain-energy, deflections. Impact and energy loads, repeated
stress, mechanical properties of materials and theories of failure, influence
of stress concentration. |
| 297. Fluid Mechanics
Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 212 or CE 215, which
may be taken concurrently, and MATH 210 and 211. This course and ME 250
may not both be taken for credit. Anagnostou, Ogden
Fluid properties, statics of fluids, analysis of fluid flow using principles
of mass, momentum and energy conservation from a differential and control
volume approach. Dimensional analysis. Application to pipe flow and open
channel flow. |