Courses in Applied Mechanics are listed under that heading, immediately
following the Civil Engineering courses. Also see courses listed under
Engineering.
| 201.
Decision Analysis in Civil and Environmental Engineering
(Also offered as ENVE 201.) First semster. Three credits. Prerequisite:
MATH 114 or 116. May not be taken for credit if the student has taken CE
251, 281, or ENVE 251. Anagnostou, Ivan
Time value of money. Evaluation of alternative projects. Fundamentals
of probability theory and statistics. Introduction to critical path method
for project scheduling and optimization using linear mathematical models. |
| 202.
Operations Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 201. This course and
CE 256 may not both be taken for credit.
Critical path method for scheduling and managing engineering project
tasks. Resource allocation subject to constraints. One and two-phase simplex
method for linear programming. Optimization of non-linear problems. |
| 222. Civil Engineering
Materials
Second semester. Three Credits. Two lectures. One
3-hour laboratory. Prerequisite or corequisite: CE 287. Accorsi,
Davis, Frantz, Smith
Engineering properties of steel, Portland cement concrete, bituminous
cement concrete, and timber; laboratory measurement of properties; interpretation
of results. Written reports. |
| 230. Mechanics
of Materials and Structures Laboratory
Two credits. One hour lecture and one 2-hour Laboratory. Prerequisite:
CE
222; and prerequisite or corequisite: CE 234 and
CE 236. 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, 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, 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,
Malla
Approximate analysis techniques, analysis of indeterminate elastic structures
using classical and matrix methods of analysis. Computer programming. |
| 238. Reinforced
Concrete Structures 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. |
| 240. Soil Mechanics
and Foundations
First semester. Four credits. Three class periods and one 3- hour laboratory
period. Prerequisite or corequisite: CE 287 and CE 297. Demars
Fundamentals of soil behavior and its use as a construction material.
Effective stress principle, seepage and flow nets, consolidation, shear
strength, limit equilibrium analysis. Written reports. |
| 241. Foundation Design
First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE236 and 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. |
| 251.
Probability and Statistics in Civil Engineering
(Also offered as ENVE 251). First semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores
or higher. Recommended preparation: MATH 113Q or 115Q/115QC. This course
and CE 201 or ENVE 201 may not both be taken for credit. Anagnostou,
Aultman-Hall, Garrick, Ivan
Application of statistical principles to the analysis of civil engineering
problems. Topics include probability, random variable distributions, hypothesis
testing, and linear regression analysis. |
| 254. Transportation
Engineering
Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 271. Recommended preparation:
CE 212. Open to sophomores or higher. Aultman-Hall, Garrick,
Ivan
Design of transportation facilities. Traffic flow and capacity analysis.
Travel demand analysis. |
| 255.
Case Studies in Transportation Engineering
(Also offered as CE 302.) First semester. Three credits.
Prerequisite: CE 254.
Garrick, Ivan
Analysis of case studies in transportation and urban planning and design.
Application of transportation engineering and planning skills. Oral and
written group reports, group discussions, individual written papers. |
| 256.
Civil Engineering Systems Analysis and Design
Second semester. Three credits. Recommended preparation: CE 251. This
course and CE 202 may not both be taken for credit. Davis, Ivan
Optimization, decision and risk analysis, and simulation in design of
civil engineering systems. Network analysis and project scheduling. |
| 260. Water Quality
Engineering
(Also offered as ENVE 260.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite:
CE
263 and (CE 297 or CHEG 223).
Abboud
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 prerequisite or corequisite: CE 297 or CHEG 223. Abboud, Holmen
Aqueous analytical chemical techniques, absorption, coagulation/flocculation,
fluidization, gas stripping, biokinetics, interpretation of analytical
results, bench-scale design projects, written and oral reports. |
| 263. Environmental
Engineering Fundamentals
(Also offered as ENVE 263.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite:
CHEM
128 or 130. Open to sophomores or higher. MacKay
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, 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 measurement 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, 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. |
| 268. Limnology
(Also offered as EEB 247 and ENVE 268.) First semester. Three credits.
Prerequisite: (MATH 109 or 112 or 115) and (CHEM 122, 127, or 129 or 137).
Recommended preparation: BIOL 107 or an introductory biology course.
Physical, chemical, and biotic interrelationships of freshwater habitats. |
| 269. Selected
Environmental Problems
Second semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores or higher.
Ecological effects of pollution and despoilment. Organized and rational
study of specific environmental problems, including social, economic, political
and legislative aspects. |
| 271. Geomatics
and Spatial Measurement
First semester. Four credits. Three lecture periods and one 3-hour Laboratory.
Recommended preparation: MATH 109 or 112 or 115. Open to sophomores or
higher.
Elementary plane surveying, geospatial coordinate systems, error and
accuracy analysis, introduction to geographic information systems, theory
and uses of global positioning systems, introduction to photogrammetry
and land-surface remote sensing in the context of civil and environmental
engineering. |
| 275. Route Surveying
Second semester. Three credits. Two class periods. One 3-hour Laboratory.
Prerequisite: CE 271.
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
Site Design
Second semester. Three credits. Two lecture periods and one two-hour
laboratory period. Prerequisite:
CE 271 and CE 254.
Roadway and street network design and site development using computer
software, including grading and earthwork, runoff and drainage structures. |
| 279. Environmental Modeling
(Also offered as ENVE 279.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite:
CE
263 and (CHEG 223 or CE 297).
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; ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or
250. 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. This
course and CE 201 or ENVE 201 may not both be taken for credit. Leonard,
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
Either semester. No credits. One 1-hour period. Open to sophomores or
higher. May be repeated. Students taking this course
will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory).
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. Prerequisite or corequisite: MATH 210
or MATH 220.Open to sophomores or higher. Accorsi, Demars, DeWolf, Frantz,
Kim, Malla, Smith.
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. |
| 212. Applied Mechanics II
Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 211 and MATH 210 or
MATH 220. Open to sophomores or higher. Epstein, Kim, Malla.
Fundamentals of dynamics using vector methods. Rectilinear and curvilinear
motion, translation, rotation, plane motion; work, energy and power; impulse
and momentum. |
| 287. Mechanics of Materials
Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 211. Open to sophomores
or higher. Accorsi, Davis, DeWolf, Epstein, Kim, Malla, Smith
Simple and combined stress, torsion, flexure and deflection of beams,
continuous and restrained beams, combined axial and bending loads, columns. |
| 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 or corequisite: CE 212
and prerequisite: (MATH 210 or MATH 220) and MATH 211. This course and
ME 250 may not both be taken for credit. Anagnostou, Ogden
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. |