Civil and Environmental Engineering

CEE 500. Adv Struct Analysis. 3 Hours

ADVANCED STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS - Frames of variable cross section; arches; flat and folded plates; elastic stability of columns, frames, and plates; cylindrical, spherical, and barrel shells; structural dynamics of beams and frames. Prerequisite(s): CEE 317.

CEE 501. Struct. Analysis by Computer. 3 Hours

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS BY COMPUTER - Review of force and displacement methods. Introduction to direct element and substructure methods. Students write and execute computer programs to analyze plane and space trusses, grids, and frames. Prerequisite(s): CEE 317.

CEE 502. Prestressed Concrete. 3 Hours

PRESTRESSED CONCRETE - Discussion of the properties of concrete and prestressed steel. Theory and design of prestressed concrete beams, slabs, columns, frames, ties, and circular tanks. Prerequisite(s): CEE 412.

CEE 503. Intr-Continuum Mech. 3 Hours

INTRODUCTION TO CONTINUUM MECHANICS - Tensors, calculus of variations, Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions of motion. General equations of continuum mechanics, constitutive equations of mechanics, thermodynamics of continua. Specialization to cases of solid and fluid mechanics. Prerequisite(s): EGM 303.

CEE 504. Structural Dynamics. 3 Hours

STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS - Response of undamped and damped single and multi-degree-of-freedom structures subjected to harmonic, periodic, and general dynamic loadings. Special topics include nonlinear structural response, response spectra, shear buildings, and simple systems with distributed properties. Prerequisite(s): CEE 317 or permission of instructor.

CEE 505. Plastic Design in Steel. 3 Hours

PLASTIC DESIGN IN STEEL - Analysis and design procedures based on ultimate load capacity applied to steel beams, frames, and their connections. Concept of plastic hinge, necessary conditions for the existence of plastic moment, instability, deformations, repeated and reversed loading, and minimum weight design. Prerequisite(s): CEE 411.

CEE 507. Masonry Design. 3 Hours

MASONRY DESIGN - Properties and performance criteria of bricks, concrete blocks, mortar and grout; codes and construction practices; design of masonry elements. Prerequisite(s): CEE 317.

CEE 508. Design Timber Struc. 3 Hours

DESIGN TIMBER STRUCTURES - Study of basic wood properties and design considerations. Design and behavior of wood connectors, fasteners, beams, columns, and beam columns. Introduction to plywood and glued laminated members. Analysis and design of structural diaphragms and shear walls. Prerequisite(s): CEE 317.

CEE 511. Exprmntl Stress Anly. 3 Hours

EXPERIMENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS A - study of the experimental analysis of stress as an aid to design for strength and economy with emphasis on electrical strain gages. Also, photoelasticity, brittle coatings, analogies, structural similitude. Two hours lecture and one three-hour laboratory period per week. Prerequisite(s): EGM 303.

CEE 515. Pavmt Engineering. 3 Hours

PAVEMENT ENGINEERING - Fundamental principles of flexible and rigid highway and airport pavement design, construction, and management.

CEE 520. Adv Geotech Engr. 3 Hours

ADVANCED GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING - Advanced study of Geotechnical engineering principles and study. Stress-strain characteristics; constitutive relationships; failure theories; dynamic soil properties; difficult soils; soil improvement; stability of earth slopes. Prerequisite(s): CEE 312.

CEE 524. Foundation Engr. 3 Hours

FOUNDATION ENGINEERING - Application of Geotechnical engineering principles of analysis and design of shallow and deep foundations and earth retaining structures. Topics include site exploration and characterization, foundation types, bearing capacity, settlement analysis, shallow foundation design, earth pressures theories, design of retaining walls, flexible retaining structures and braced excavations, design of pile foundations and drilled piers. Prerequisite(s): CEE 312.

CEE 533. Theory of Elasticty. 3 Hours

THEORY OF ELASTICITY - Three-dimensional stress and strain at a point; equations of elasticity in Cartesian and curvilinear coordinates; methods of formulation of equations for solution, plane stress and plane strain, energy formulations, numerical solution procedures. Prerequisite(s): EGM 303. Corequisite(s): EGM 503.

CEE 534. Theory of Plates and Shells. 3 Hours

THEORY OF PLATES & SHELLS - Theory of plates; small and large displacement theories of thin plates; shear deformation; buckling; sandwich plate theory. Thin shell theory; theory of surfaces; thin shell equations in orthogonal curvilinear coordinates; bending, membrane, and shallow shell theories. Prerequisite(s): EGM 533.

CEE 535. Advanced Mechanical Vibrations. 3 Hours

ADVANCED MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS - Review of undamped, damped, natural, and forced vibrations of one and two degrees of freedom systems. Lagrange's equation, eigenvalue/eigenvector problem, modal analysis for discrete and continuous systems. Computer application for multi-degree of freedom, nonlinear problems. Prerequisite(s): MEE 319; computer programming.

CEE 539. Theory of Plasticity. 3 Hours

THEORY OF PLASTICITY - Fundamentals of plasticity theory including elastic, viscoelastic, and elastic-plastic constitutive models; plastic deformation on the macroscopic and microscopic levels; stress-strain relations in the plastic regime; strain hardening; limit analysis; numerical procedures. Prerequisite(s): EGM 503 or EGM 533.

CEE 540. Composites Design. 3 Hours

COMPOSITES DESIGN - Design with fiber reinforced composite materials. Fiber and resin selection, laminate design, bending and torsion of stiffening elements, open and filled holes, joining methods, fatigue, damage tolerance, building block approach, design allowables. Prerequisite(s): EGM 303.

CEE 541. Exper Mch-Comos Mtls. 3 Hours

MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS - Introduction to the mechanical response of fiber-reinforced composite materials with emphasis on the development of experimental methodology. Analytical topics include stress-strain behavior of anisotropic materials, laminate mechanics, and strength analysis. Theoretical models are applied to the analysis of experimental techniques used for characterizing composite materials. Lectures are supplemented by laboratory sessions in which characterization tests are performed on contemporary composite materials. Prerequisite(s): EGM 303.

CEE 543. Analy Mech-Cmp Matls. 3 Hours

ANALYSIS: COMPOSITE MATERIALS - Analysis of composite materials.

CEE 546. Finite Elmnt Anly I. 3 Hours

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS I - Fundamental development of the Finite Element Method (FEM), and solution of field problems and comprehensive structural problems. Variational principles and weak, forms; finite element discretization; shape functions; finite elements for field problems; bar, beam, plate, and shell elements; isoparametric finite elements, stiffness, nodal force, and mass matrices; matrix assembly procedures; computer coding techniques; modeling decisions; program output interpretation. Emphasis on a thorough understanding of FEM theory and modeling techniques. Prerequisite(s): CEE 503 or CEE 533.

CEE 550. Hghwy Geometrc Desgn. 3 Hours

HIGHWAY GEOMETRIC DESIGN - Advanced topics in horizontal and vertical alignment design controls and criteria, sight distance, intersection and interchange design. Prerequisite(s): CEE 403.

CEE 551. Traffic Engineering. 3 Hours

TRAFFIC ENGINEERING - Characteristics of traffic, including the road user, vehicle, traffic control devices, accident analysis, signal operations and design and the fundamentals of signal system progression. Prerequisite(s): CEE 403.

CEE 552. Intelligent Transportation Sys. 3 Hours

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS - Fundamentals of planning, design, deployment and operations of ITS. Integrated application of ITS architecture, traffic flow principles, advanced equipment, communications technologies and management strategies to provide traveler information and increase the safety and efficiency of the surface transportation system. Prerequisite(s): CEE 403.

CEE 553. Travel Demand Mdlng. 3 Hours

TRAVEL DEMAND MODELING - Introduction to the theory, concepts and methods underlying the practice of urban travel demand modeling. The course involves model data inputs, model development, forecasting applications, and model evaluation techniques. Prerequisite(s): CEE 403.

CEE 554. Urban Public Trnsprtn. 3 Hours

URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Planning and analysis of urban public transportation service and operations with a focus on bus and rail modes. Provides fundamental knowledge and methods for route and network planning, service planning and analysis, performance monitoring, operations control, and frequency and headway determination. Prerequisite(s): CEE 403.

CEE 555. Hgwy Traffic Safety. 3 Hours

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY - Issues involved in transportation safety, strategic highway safety planning at state and local levels. Extent of the highway safety problem, elements of traffic accidents, common accident countermeasures, collection and analysis of accident data, evaluation of safety-related projects and programs, and litigation issues. Prerequisite(s): CEE 403.

CEE 558. Traffic Engr Rsrch. 3 Hours

TRAFFIC ENGINEERING RESEARCH - Practical problems in control or capacity restraints based on studies of actual local situations. Prerequisite(s): CEE 403.

CEE 560. Bio Proc Wastewatr. 3 Hours

BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN WASTEWATER ENGINEERING - Measuring the characteristics of wastewater produced from domestic and industrial sources. Principles of designing and operating microbiological processes for the treatment of wastewater. Mechanisms and kinetics of biological reactions emphasized. Prerequisite(s): CHM 124.

CEE 562. Phy & Chm Wastewatr. 3 Hours

PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL WATER & WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESSES - Principles and design of physical and chemical unit processes to treat water and wastewater. Industry pretreatment technologies and the basis for their development. Prerequisite(s): CHM 124 and (CEE 434 or CME 406) or permission of instructor.

CEE 563. Hazardous Waste Engr. 3 Hours

HAZARDOUS WASTE ENGINEERING - The fundamental principles of the design and operation of hazardous waste control and hazardous substances remediation processes. Hazardous waste regulations, risk assessment and management.

CEE 564. Solid Waste Engineering. 3 Hours

SOLID WASTE ENGINEERING - Characterizing solid waste. Managing solid waste collection, transport, minimization, and recycling. The design of solid waste disposal and resource recovery facilities.

CEE 574. Fund. of Air Pollution Engr.. 3 Hours

FUNDAMENTALS OF AIR POLLUTION ENGINEERING I - Air pollution, combustion fundamentals, pollutant formation and control in combustion, pollutant formation and control methods in internal combustion engines, particle formation in combustion. Prerequisite(s): ((CME 311 or MEE 301); (CME 324 or MEE 410)) or permission of instructor.

CEE 575. Air Pollution Engr. 3 Hours

FUNDAMENTALS OF AIR POLLUTION ENGINEERING II - Review of the concepts of air pollution engineering; aerosols; removal of gaseous pollutants from effluent streams; optimal air pollution control strategies. Prerequisite(s): CME 574 or permission of instructor.

CEE 576. Envir. Engr. Separation Proc.. 3 Hours

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SPERATION PROCESSES - Discussion of the unit operations associated with environmental engineering separation processes of solid-liquid, liquid-liquid, and gas-liquid systems; general use, principles of operation, and design procedures for specific types of equipment. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.

CEE 580. Hydrology & Seepage. 3 Hours

HYDROLOGY & SEEPAGE - Detailed study of the hydrologic cycle with a focus on rainfall/runoff generation techniques. Practical application of hydrologic fundamentals is demonstrated through the design of urban storm water systems. Introduction to sub-surface hydrology and groundwater modeling. Prerequisite(s): CEE 312, CEE 333.

CEE 582. Adv Hydraulics. 3 Hours

ADVANCED HYDRAULICS - Detailed examination of unsteady flow in closed-conduits and open channels. Practical methods for solving waterhammer and flood routing problems are presented. Physical modeling integrated with dimensional analysis and similitude is presented. Prerequisite(s): CEE 313, CEE 333.

CEE 584. Open Flow Channel. 3 Hours

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW - Open channel flow in its various forms will be studied. Major topics to be covered include energy and momentum principles, uniform and gradually varied flow, rapidly varied flow, spatially varied flow and an introduction to unsteady flow. Pragmatic applications such as channel design, water surface profile computations, and culvert analysis will also be covered. Well-established solution approaches and widely accepted computer methods will be used to solve real-world problems. Prerequisite(s): CEE 313, CEE 333.

CEE 590. Sel Readings-CEE. 3 Hours

SELECTED READINGS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING - Directed readings in a designated area arranged and approved by the student's faculty advisor and the department chair. May be repeated.

CEE 595. Sel Readings-CEE. 3 Hours

SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN CEE - Special assignments in civil engineering subject matter to be arranged and approved by the student's advisor and the department chair.

CEE 598. Project. 3 Hours

PROJECT - Project in Civil and Environmental Engineering.

CEE 599. Thesis. 3-6 Hours

THESIS - Thesis in Civil and Environmental Engineering.