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CE 997X MS Thesis in Civil & Urban Engineering Department 6 Credits
This course is an original investigation or design in the student’s principal field of study prepared and closely supervised by a faculty adviser. Candidates must successfully defend theses orally. Registration for a minimum of 6 credits is required.
Prerequisite(s): Degree status and thesis adviser’s approval.
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CE 998X Dissertation Level Research Var 3-6 credits Credits
This course involves an independent, original investigation that demonstrates creativity and scholarship worthy of publication in a recognized engineering journal. Registration for a minimum of 6 credits is required before registering for CE 999X . Registration for 3-6 credits per semester is permitted before the successful completion of the doctoral qualifying examinations.
Prerequisite(s): Degree status and approval of the dissertation adviser.
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CE 999X PhD Dissertation in Civil & Urban Engineering Var 0.5-12 Credits Credits
This independent, original investigation must demonstrate creativity and scholarship worthy of publication in a recognized engineering journal. Candidates must successfully defend dissertations orally. Registration for a minimum of 15 credits is required before the defense. Registration must be continuous (excluding summer semesters), unless a formal leave of absence is requested and approved. Registration for 3 to12 credits per semester is permitted. In the final semester, registration for 0.5 credits is permitted with department head approval.
Prerequisite(s): CE 9998, passing grade for RE 9990 PhD Qualifying Exam, graduate standing, and dissertation advisor approval
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CE 1002 Introduction to Civil Engineering 2 Credits
This course introduces the student to the profession and practice of civil engineering. The course has four primary components: (1) a review of the principal sub disciplines of civil engineering and their relationship to urban and regional infrastructure; (2) a review of professional ethics and the responsibilities of engineers to their profession and to the general public, which includes a detailed study and discussion of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) codes of practice, and the use of case studies for illustration and discussion; (3) the use of AutoCAD as a tool for computer-based drawings, and the use of spreadsheets to develop analytic algorithms to solve simple engineering problems; and (4) an introduction to the use of GIS. The course includes a laboratory on the use of AutoCAD, as well as on GIS. Each laboratory is 6-7 weeks long.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 1.5 | Weekly Lab Hours: 1.5 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 1502 Leadership and Foundations of Construction Management 2 Credits
This course introduces the student to the profession of construction management. It focuses on the role of the construction manager and the fundamental concepts and terminology employed in planning, developing and constructing projects. Leadership, professional development, ethics and safety are emphasized.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 2 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 2113 Statics 3 Credits
This course covers: Vector treatment of static and dynamic equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies; equivalent forces and couple systems; distributed forces; static analysis of determinate trusses, frames and machines; friction; centroid and center of gravity, and moment of inertia.
Corequisite(s): PH 1013 or equivalent.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 1
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CE 2123 Mechanics of Materials 3 Credits
This course introduces basic principles of stress and strain in axial loading, shear, torsion and bending, along with principles of transformation of stress for design. Laboratory experiments provide hands-on experience.
Prerequisite(s): PH 1013 and CE 2113 or equivalents.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 2213 Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics 3 Credits
This course examines the basic principles of fluid mechanics with beginning applications to hydraulic design. Topics include fluid properties, fluid statics, elementary fluid dynamics and Bernoulli equation, continuity, energy and momentum equations and fluid kinematics. Additional topics are laminar and turbulent flow, boundary layer characteristics, drag and lift concepts (flow over immersed bodies), dimensional analysis and fluid measurements.
Prerequisite(s): CE 2113 or equivalent.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 2.5 | Weekly Lab Hours: 1.5 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 2323 Traffic Engineering I 3 Credits
This course introduces the profession of traffic engineering and its components. The characteristics of road users, vehicles, highways and control devices and their impact on traffic operations are discussed. Quantification of traffic stream characteristics is treated in detail. The design and use of traffic control devices is covered, including a detailed treatment of traffic signal timing and design for both pre- timed and actuated signals. Coordination of signal systems on arterials and in networks is treated. A broad overview of highway traffic safety issues, policies, programs and mitigation measures are included.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore status or permission of instructor.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 2504 Construction Modeling and Data Structures I 4 Credits
This course introduces architectural drafting and computer graphics. It capitalizes on state-of- the-art computer applications in managing construction. The course familiarizes the student with two-dimensional construction drawings that represent the current industry standard, and it propels the student towards the future by teaching the basics of three-dimensional (3-D) computer modeling. This course also introduces the use of the 3-D model with associated databases to manage construction.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 3 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 2513 Construction Materials and Methods 3 Credits
This course covers the fundamental materials and methods used in constructing building and civil infrastructure projects. It also includes a laboratory that exposes students to commonly employed testing methods of construction materials.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 2.5 | Weekly Lab Hours: 1.5 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 2523 Contracts and Construction Documents 3 Credits
This course covers the documents used in design and construction, including design and construction agreements, drawings and specifications, general and special conditions and others used for procurement and construction administration. The course also examines the relationships among the owner, designers, contractors and suppliers. Students have the opportunity to discuss quality, safety and business and professional ethics.
Prerequisite(s): CE 1502 or CE 1002 .
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 3122 Structural Dynamics 2 Credits
This course covers: Three-dimensional treatment of the kinetics of particles and rigid bodies using various coordinate systems; Newton’s law, work, energy, impulse and momentum; and an introduction to dynamics of one, two and multi-degree of freedom systems, with and without damping.
Prerequisite(s): CE 2113 or equivalent. Corequisite(s): CE 3133 or equivalent.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 2 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 3133 Structural Analysis 3 Credits
This course offers in-depth coverage of structural analysis techniques. Topics: analysis of statically determinate structures; deflection calculations using energy methods; analysis of statically indeterminate structures using superposition; influence lines; and slope deflection, moment distribution and matrix analysis of structures. Computer applications are included.
Prerequisite(s): MA 2012 and CE 2123 ; or CE 2113 with a grade of B+ or better.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 1
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CE 3143 Steel Design 3 Credits
This course examines structural design principles and techniques. Topics: Design of steel tension members, beams and columns; design of beam-columns; and design of bolted and welded connections for steel design. The course includes a design laboratory in which students, working in groups, develop design projects.
Prerequisite(s): CE 3133 or equivalent.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 2 | Weekly Lab Hours: 3 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 3153 Geotechnical Engineering 3 Credits
This course covers: Introduction to soil mechanics and foundation engineering, including origin of soils; phase relationships; classification of soils; permeability; effective stress; seepage; consolidation; shear strength; slope stability; and bearing capacity.
Prerequisite(s): CE 2123 and CE 2213 or equivalents.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 2 | Weekly Lab Hours: 3 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 3163 Materials Engineering 3 Credits
This course covers the mechanical behavior and durability of structural materials. Properties of steel, concrete, wood, asphalt and fiber composites are discussed. Material processing, optical metrology and stress analysis laboratories are conducted by students working independently and in groups on material preparation and evaluation topics.
Prerequisite(s): CE 2123 or equivalent.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 2 | Weekly Lab Hours: 3 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 3173 Structural Design 3 Credits
This course covers steel and reinforced concrete structural design principles and practices, including: reinforced concrete beams, columns, slabs and footings, steel tension, compression and flexural members, beam-columns, and bolted connections
Prerequisite(s):
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CE 3223 Environmental Engineering I 3 Credits
This course introduces water and wastewater treatment. Topics: Stream assimilation and public health; introduction to air pollution and solid waste management; and laboratory analysis of water and wastewater samples and treatment process tests.
Prerequisite(s): or equivalent.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 3 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 3243 Water Resources Engineering I 3 Credits
This course provides a detailed overview of water resources engineering, including both analysis and design elements. Topics covered: open-channel flow; pipe networks; reservoir balances; hydrologic techniques; surface water and ground-water supplies; water demand; and development of water resources for multiple purposes.
Prerequisite(s): CE 2213 or equivalent.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 3313 Introduction to Transportation Systems 3 Credits
This course focuses on the fundamental conceptual elements of transportation systems and describes the approaches used to analyze and design transportation systems. The course covers the basic material about transportation systems, the context within which they operate and a characterization of their behavior.
Prerequisite(s): Junior status.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 3343 Design of Traffic Facilities 3 Credits
This course introduces the design of traffic facilities with emphasis on highway design. Students will be introduced to the basic design concepts of horizontal and vertical alignment, super elevation and cross-section design. The course also covers fundamentals of intersection and interchange design, pavement design, design of parking facilities, as well as bikeway and walkway design. Lectures are supplemented by a design laboratory.
Prerequisite(s): CE 2323 , or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 1
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CE 3353 A History of the NYC Transit System 3 Credits
This course traces the technological history of public transportation in New York City and investigates its role in the development of the city, its economy and its social fabric. From the early days of horse-drawn public carriages to the modern subway system, the role of the public transit in the historical development patterns of New York City is treated. The course covers trolley systems, the age of the elevated railways and the subway system. Political, social and economic issues involved in the development of these critical infrastructures are discussed. Students develop independent project reports on aspects of the NYC public transit system, or on public transit systems in other major world cities.
Prerequisite(s): Junior status.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 3503 Cost Estimating 3 Credits
Students learn the classification of work, quantity surveying techniques and basic estimating principles applied to construction projects. Also addressed are contracts; specifications and other construction documents; and the identification and allocation of direct and indirect project costs, overhead and profit. Students are introduced to computer-based estimating techniques and software.
Prerequisite(s): CE 1502 or CE 1002 .
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 3513 Construction Scheduling 3 Credits
Students learn to apply the Critical Path Method (CPM) to construction projects, using precedence diagram networks. The course covers sequencing, cost allocation, updating, cash flow, resource constraints and scheduling, manpower leveling and distribution, time-scale networks, lead and lag-time constraints, time-cost tradeoffs, overlap and other specific leading edge scheduling techniques. Students direct an entire project from planning through scheduling and control, both manually and through software.
Prerequisite(s): CE 1502 or CE 1002 .
Weekly Lecture Hours: 2.5 | Weekly Lab Hours: 1.5 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 3532 Construction Site Layout 2 Credits
This course studies the practical applications of surveying and its relationship to site planning and design. The first portion of the course concentrates on land surveying concepts, including mathematics, horizontal and vertical control and angle measurement. The second portion of the course applies surveying data to site layout using traverses, area computations, property surveys, topography, and construction surveys for highway and building applications.
Prerequisite(s): CE 1502 or CE 1002 .
Weekly Lecture Hours: 2 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 3533 Construction Site Layout and Surveying 3 Credits
This course studies the practical applications of surveying and its relationship to site planning and design. The first portion of the course concentrates on land surveying concepts, including mathematics, horizontal and vertical control, and angle measurement. The second portion of the course applies surveying data to site layout using traverses, area computations, property surveys, topography, and construction layout for highway and building applications. This course also includes a field laboratory which introduces students to basic surveying practice, including the use of surveying equipment (wheels, tapes, levels, and theodolites), measurements theory and computation, data accuracy and precision, and the use of the field book to properly record data.
Prerequisite(s): , , or permission of the Construction Management Program Advisor.
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CE 3541 Surveying 1 Credits
This field laboratory introduces students to basic surveying practice, including the use of surveying equipment (wheels, tapes, levels and theodolites), measurement theory and computation, data accuracy and precision, and the field book to properly record data.
Prerequisite(s): CE 1502 or CE 1002 .
Weekly Lecture Hours: 0 | Weekly Lab Hours: 3 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 3553 Non-Structural Building Systems 3 Credits
This course introduces the students to mechanical, electrical and vertical transportation systems for buildings. It examines fundamental aspects of the design, procurement and construction of heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), supply and sanitary plumbing, fire detection and suppression, high- and low-voltage electrical, security, elevator and escalator and building management systems.
Prerequisite(s): CE 1502 or CE 1002 .
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 3563 Construction Modeling and Data Structures II 3 Credits
This course is the continuation of the student’s exploration of construction management through building information modeling (BIM). The students will apply their understanding of construction assemblies, trade scheduling and estimating through studies of a larger project. Emphasis will be placed on the student’s ability to model complex assemblies while coordinating and scheduling multiple trades. This progressive approach incorporates the 3D model and the associated databases in the management of construction by developing unit pricing, detailed scheduling and procurement attributes associated with a design.
Prerequisite(s): CE 2504 .
Weekly Lecture Hours: 2 | Weekly Lab Hours: 3 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4033 Introduction to Urban Infrastructure Systems Management 3 Credits
This course provides students with an overview of key issues involved in the planning, management, operations and maintenance of urban infrastructure systems, including transportation, water supply, power, communications and information systems. It includes elements of engineering and technology, management, economics, finance, regulatory and public policy that have an impact on the sustainable development of the urban environment. The course features several distinguished guest lecturers from infrastructure industries and public agencies who share significant case studies with students. The course includes a component on GIS, with a focus on how to collect, integrate and share spatial data in urban infrastructure management. Group projects are required.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4043 Sustainable Cities 3 Credits
The course provides an overview of issues that need to be addressed to make a city sustainable, beginning with a definition of what is intended by the concept of sustainability and a discussion of what is the essence of a city. Students are asked to become familiar with the major challenges in making a city sustainable, and to provide, as part of their homework, a paper addressing a topic covered by the course through research and, where necessary, proposed solutions.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4053 Biosoma – Environmental Design of the City of the Future 3 Credits
The goal of this course is to improve the engineering design of a city and its components. The course focuses on the city as an entity that concentrates living organisms, societal organizations and activities and machines, interacting with the environment both outside and inside the city. A number of essential questions about the future of cities will be examined, such as: (1) what does urbanization mean for the future of humankind in terms of resources, capabilities, ideologies and culture? (2) How can the design of cities affect their future? (3) What should be the role of the engineer? (4) How can the engineer of the future be prepared for that role? (5) What critical engineering interventions are needed to influence the future of today’s cities? Each student will select a project that deals with some aspects of the course and present its results to the class.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4092 Leadership, Business Principles, Policy and Ethics in Civil Engineering 2 Credits
This course is in seminar form and is required of all senior students in Civil Engineering. It focuses on various aspect of professional practice in civil engineering, and it augments and enriches the student’s educational experience, including the capstone design course. Topics include professional roles and responsibilities, professional registration and its importance, continuing education, engineering ethics, procurement of work, competitive bidding, quality-based selection processes and construction management. Students are also introduced to the design and construction processes used by federal, state and local agencies, as well as private owners. The course includes a no-credit recitation that prepares students for the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination, which Civil Engineering students must take before graduation.
Prerequisite(s): Senior status or permission of instructor.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 2 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 3
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CE 4153 Structural Design Project 3 Credits
This course covers the modeling, analysis and design of a steel or concrete building structure. Fundamental concepts of structural analysis and design are reinforced and applied. Computer-aided structural analysis and design software is introduced and utilized as in professional practice. Students may work individually or in groups to prepare interim and final reports.
Prerequisite(s):
Weekly Lecture Hours: 2.5 | Weekly Lab Hours: 1.5
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CE 4173 Foundation Engineering 3 Credits
This course introduces the development of foundation engineering, including: site exploration; soil sampling; interpretation of boring logs; bearing capacity of footings; settlement of structures; lateral earth pressure; design of retaining walls, braced excavations and sheet pile walls; and design of deep foundations.
Prerequisite(s): CE 3153 or equivalent.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 2 | Weekly Lab Hours: 3 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4183 Reinforced Concrete Design 3 Credits
This course offers a detailed treatment of reinforced concrete design: Material properties, American Concrete Institute (ACI) load factors and design strength; shear and diagonal tension in beams; reinforced concrete columns; two way slabs; footings; shear walls; and torsion.
Prerequisite(s): CE 3133 or equivalent.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 2 | Weekly Lab Hours: 3 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4193 Timber and Masonry Structures 3 Credits
This course covers: Properties and classification of structural lumber; design of timber connectors; design and construction of residential and industrial timber buildings; beams, frames, columns and trusses of sawn lumber and glued laminated construction; manufacture and properties of concrete masonry units; properties of mortar and grout; and design and construction of load-bearing, reinforced and unreinforced masonry structural elements.
Prerequisite(s): CE 3143 or equivalent.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4253 Hydraulic Systems 3 Credits
The application of basic principles of fluid mechanics and water resources in hydraulic engineering and design. Topics covered include: laminar and turbulent flow; boundary layer characteristics; subcritical and super critical flow; applications to pipe and open channel flow; pipe networks; hydraulic machinery and structures; river and canal systems and flood plains; safety; and reliability issues.
Prerequisite(s): CE 3243 or equivalent.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4263 Environmental Geotechnology 3 Credits
This course benefits students who are entering the consulting industry. It is difficult to separate environmental and geotechnical concerns in the urban environment. This course teaches students what environmental concerns to expect when planning construction projects, investigating sites and overseeing construction. The course covers methods for addressing these concerns. Topics covered include clay mineralogy, soil/water/contaminant interactions, interfacial tension and capillarity and remediation techniques.
Prerequisite(s): CE 3153 or equivalent.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 2 | Weekly Lab Hours: 3 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4273 Environmental Engineering II 3 Credits
This course offers detailed coverage of water and wastewater treatment unit operations and includes a laboratory on processes and process design. Experiments are performed to evaluate laboratory-scale conventional water and waste treatment processes. Lectures cover detailed theory, design and advanced concepts.
Prerequisite(s): CE 2213 and CE 2323 or equivalents.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4333 Traffic Engineering II 3 Credits
This is a second semester traffic engineering course for undergraduate students. It focuses on highway capacity and level of service analysis on uninterrupted and interrupted flow facilities. Additional analysis of signalized and unsignalized intersections is included using current computer software packages. Facility types include freeways, freeway weaving areas and ramp junctions, rural and suburban multilane highways, two-lane rural highways, suburban and urban arterials and intersections.
Prerequisite(s): CE 2323 or permission of instructor.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4503 Construction Engineering 3 Credits
This course covers engineering fundamentals and developing trends in the use of excavating and earth-moving equipment, trucks, pumps, drilling and blasting equipment and cranes. Also considered are shoring and bracing and other temporary site construction operations.
Prerequisite(s): CE 1502 or CE 1002 , and junior standing.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4513 Construction Project Administration 3 Credits
This course examines the roles of the project participants in executing a construction project, focusing on delegating administrative duties and responsibilities and managing and coordinating the physical work and administrative control of project information and records. Students use computer-based project administration techniques and software.
Prerequisite(s): CE 1502 or CE 1002 , and junior standing.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4523 Structural Building Systems 3 Credits
This course introduces the general principles of loads on buildings and the design and analysis of conventional structural building systems in steel, concrete, wood and masonry. It also addresses the construction of such systems.
Prerequisite(s): CN major, CE 2123 and junior standing.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4533 Construction Law 3 Credits
The course introduces students to areas of the law that they are likely to encounter in construction. Following an introduction to the legal system and form of legal analysis, areas addressed include contracts, procurement, scope definition, delays and acceleration, site conditions, warranties, termination, tort claims, dispute resolution and ethics.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4543 Construction Management Project 3 Credits
This course is the senior capstone experience in construction management which requires students to demonstrate the skills acquired through the undergraduate construction management curriculum. Students work individually or in groups as determined by the instructor and other participating industry advisers. Students attend regularly scheduled lectures and workshops, participate in interim and final presentations, and are responsible for periodic written submissions.
Prerequisite(s): Senior status or as otherwise determined by the Construction Management Program Director.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4613 Selected Topics in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering 3 Credits
This course discusses unique topics of current interest in structural and geotechnical engineering. The course may feature a detailed look at a single topic or a series of focused topical presentations.
Prerequisite(s): Adviser’s approval.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4623 Selected Topics in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering 3 Credits
This course examines unique topics of current interest in environmental and water resources engineering. The course may feature a detailed look at a single topic or a series of focused topical presentations.
Prerequisite(s): Adviser’s approval.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4633 Selected Topics in Transportation Engineering 3 Credits
This course explores unique topics of current interest in transportation engineering. The course may feature a detailed look at a single topic or a series of focused topical presentations.
Prerequisite(s): Adviser’s approval.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4643 Selected Topics in Construction Management 3 Credits
This course covers unique topics of current interest in construction management. The course may feature a detailed look at a single topic or a series of focused topical presentations.
Prerequisite(s): Adviser’s approval.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4710 Readings in Civil Engineering variable credit (1-4) Credits
These readings in subjects related to the civil engineering curriculum are individually guided. Topics arise from a regular course and must extend and transcend material covered in the traditional curriculum. Students need prior approval of the instructor with whom he or she is to work and a topic approved by that instructor before registering for a readings course. Such courses require a written report on the subject of the student’s readings before a grade is given.
Note: A student may take this course more than once.
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CE 4814 Civil Engineering Design 4 Credits
This is the senior Capstone design experience in civil engineering. A project (or projects) involving integration of the civil engineering sub-disciplines is described and presented. Working groups are established. All groups may work on a single project or several may be prescribed, depending upon the semester. Lectures cover project details and present specific design applications that may not have been included in other courses. Each group must submit a full design report and present it orally.
Prerequisite(s): CE 3143 and CE 3153 or equivalents. Corequisite(s): CE 3223 and CE 3243 or equivalents.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 3 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 4993 BS Thesis in Civil Engineering 3 Credits
Honors Program students can produce a BS Thesis on a topic of interest to them under faculty advisement. A research project is carried out in traditional and emerging areas of civil engineering. Students are required to submit a bound thesis to the Office of Undergraduate Academics.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite(s): Honors Program status and advisor approval
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CE 5983 Selected Topics in Civil Engineering I 3 Credits
Special topics in current areas of civil engineering that cover more than one sub-disciplinary category are examined. Open to undergraduate students with exceptional records upon approval of the undergraduate adviser.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 5993 Selected Topics in Civil Engineering II 3 Credits
Special topics in current areas of civil engineering that cover more than one sub-disciplinary category are examined. Open to undergraduate students with exceptional records upon approval of the undergraduate adviser.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 6013 Theory of Structural Analysis and Design 3 Credits
This course discusses theories of structural analysis and their relationship to design. Topics: Classical structural mechanics, matrix procedures and numerical methods in problem-solving; and analysis of statically indeterminate beams, frames and trusses using force and displacement methods. Also considered are elastic supports, movement of supports and temperature effects.
Prerequisite(s): CE 3133 or equivalent.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 6023 Materials for Civil Engineers 3 Credits
This course covers: Materials composition and production of cementitious materials; polymeric composites and metals; mechanical properties subject to short-term and long term loads, impact and fire; fatigue and fracture; transport properties, chemical degradation and long-term durability.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate Status.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 6033 Selected Topics in Structural Analysis I 3 Credits
This course discusses special current interest topics. It is offered at irregular intervals by advance announcement. Graduate advisers may approve repeat registration for different topics.
Prerequisite(s): Adviser’s approval.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 6043 Selected Topics in Structural Analysis I 3 Credits
This course discusses special current interest topics. It is offered at irregular intervals by advance announcement. Graduate advisers may approve repeat registration for different topics.
Prerequisite(s): Adviser’s approval.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 6053 Monitoring Cities 3 Credits
The world’s urban population is growing by nearly 60 million every year. Although the rise of mega-cities has captured much attention, most of the world’s urban growth will take place in a small to mid-size cities providing potential for positive change through science and engineering. Considering cities as a combination of a networks of constructed systems, natural systems and human systems, this course introduces approaches for monitoring the function and state of wellness of the urban environment including networks for moving people, goods, water, waste and energy: from pipelines to the telecommunication network, and from freeways to mass transit. We will examine methods for tracking the state of health of a city’s infrastructure, environment, ecosystem, and the exposure condition of its inhabitants.
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CE 6063 Bridge Engineering 3 Credits
This course covers types of bridges; geometric design of bridges; construction materials and techniques; simplified bridge analysis; special problems in the design of steel and reinforced- concrete bridges; bridge inspection policies; bridge rehabilitation procedures; bridge management systems; and the effects of wind and earthquakes on long-span bridges.
Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate structural analysis and steel design.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 6073 Instrumentation, Monitoring and Condition Assessment of Civil Infrastructure 3 Credits
This course covers: A systematic approach to planning and executing instrumentation, monitoring and condition assessment programs; strain measurements; civil engineering sensors (static, dynamic, optical); environmental measurements; mechatronic sensors; signal conditioning, information measurements and error analysis; business aspects; advanced-measurement systems.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 6133 Stability of Structures 3 Credits
This course addresses the stability of structural systems. Topics: Investigation of buckling of structural configurations composed of beams, plates, rings and shells; effects of initial geometric imperfections, load eccentricities and inelastic behavior; and the application of energy measures and numerical techniques.
Prerequisite(s): Adviser’s approval.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 6143 Steel Structures 3 Credits
This course explores compression members; elastic and inelastic buckling of columns and plates; lateral support of beams; torsion of open and closed sections; warping; lateral torsional buckling of beams; and bi-axial bending. Other topics include: Plate girders, including stability of webs and flanges; combined bending and axial load; instability analysis; and design of rigid and semi-rigid mechanisms of continuous beams and rigid frames. Both elastic and plastic design criteria are discussed.
Prerequisite(s): CE 3143 or equivalent.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 6163 Finite Element Methods 3 Credits
Students study the basic theory of the finite element method and learn how to apply it using widely used engineering programs. The course emphasizes developing finite element models and executing the analysis. Students learn to recognize modeling errors and inconsistencies that could lead to either inaccurate or invalid results.
Prerequisite(s): Adviser’s approval.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 6183 Concrete Structures 3 Credits
This course covers design principles and construction methods for reinforced and pre-stressed concrete structural elements; response of members subject to axial loading, shear and flexure; design of columns, deep beams and shear walls; design and detailing for connection regions; design of pre-tensioned and post-tensioned beams and slabs; and the effect of short-term and long-term deformations.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate status.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 6193 Wind and Earthquake Engineering 3 Credits
This course examines characteristics of wind and earthquake loads; atmospheric motions and boundary layer theory; response of structures to wind forces; code treatments of wind loads on structures; calculation of lateral forces from seismic events; lateral force-resisting systems; diaphragms and center of rigidity; response spectrum and time-history; ductility; concrete and steel frame structures; braced frames; shear walls; dual systems; story drift; detailing requirements.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate status.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 6253 Structural Dynamics 3 Credits
This course covers: Dynamic response of single degree of freedom systems; theory of vibration of finite degree of freedom systems; influence coefficient method; analytical and numerical solutions to dynamic response problems; and nonlinear analysis of single degree of freedom systems. Emphasis also on computer analysis of large complex systems.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7223 Hydrology 3 Credits
This course covers: Hydraulic cycle; meteorological considerations; analysis of precipitation, runoff, unit hydrographs, flood routing and reservoir storage; principles of groundwater hydrology; and an introduction to frequency analysis of floods and droughts.
Prerequisite(s): Adviser’s approval and MA 1124 and CE 2213 or equivalents.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7233 Groundwater Hydrology and Pollution 3 Credits
This course looks at the characteristics of confined and unconfined flow of water through porous media; groundwater and well hydraulics; quality of groundwater; environmental influences; groundwater pollution; management aspects of groundwater and groundwater modeling.
Prerequisite(s): CE 2213 or equivalent, or instructor’s permission.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7353 Selected Topics in Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering I 3 Credits
This course examines topics of current interest in water resources and hydraulic engineering. Topics vary with each offering and are disseminated before the semester of offering.
Prerequisite(s): Instructor’s permission.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7363 Selected Topics in Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering II 3 Credits
This course examines topics of current interest in water resources and hydraulic engineering. Topics vary with each offering and are disseminated before the semester of offering.
Prerequisite(s): Instructor’s permission.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7373 Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology 3 Credits
This course introduces the chemistry and microbiology of polluted and natural waters, including applications of principles developed.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 1.5 | Weekly Lab Hours: 1.5 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7393 Advanced Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology 3 Credits
This course explores advanced topics in chemistry and microbiology of polluted and natural wastewater treatment.
Prerequisite(s): CE 7373 or equivalent.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7423 Water and Wastewater Treatment 3 Credits
This course covers the physical, chemical and biological principles of process design and treatment of water and wastewater. Topics include aeration, filtration, softening, chemical treatment, coagulation, occulation, desalination, and taste and odor control.
Corequisite(s): CE 7373 .
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7433 Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment 3 Credits
This course covers further the processes discussed in CE 7423 . Topics include sedimentation, adsorption, aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment, sludge treatment and disposal.
Prerequisite(s): CE 7423 . Corequisite(s): CE 7393 .
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7453 Water and Wastewater Treatment Laboratory 3 Credits
This laboratory course covers processes in water and wastewater engineering, dealing with physical, chemical and biological methods and principles. Processes include disinfection, softening, sedimentation, oxygen transfer, coagulation, adsorption, filtration and aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment systems and Warburg analysis of waste.
Corequisite(s): CE 7433 .
Weekly Lecture Hours: 1 | Weekly Lab Hours: 2 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7463 Industrial Waste Treatment 3 Credits
This course explores sources of industrial wastewaters and their treatability by physical, chemical and biological processes. Topics: Problems and solutions involved in combining municipal and industrial waste treatment; and status of government regulations imposed on industries in prevention of water pollution.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7473 Analysis of Stream and Estuary Pollution 3 Credits
This course covers dispersal and decay of contaminants introduced into lakes, streams, estuaries and oceans, and the effects of pollutants on chemical quality and ecology of receiving waters.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7513 Environmental Health Engineering 3 Credits
This course covers theory, methodology and instrumentation associated with environmental health. Topics include epidemiology, food vectors, radiation, pest control, heating, ventilation, noise, illumination, hazards of home and community environment and other subjects affecting public health.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7523 Air Pollution 3 Credits
This course discussed the causes and effects of air pollution, methods of sampling, interpretation of data, meteorological aspects and methods of air-pollution control.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7533 Hazardous/Toxic Waste Management 3 Credits
This course looks at methods in the management of hazardous/toxic waste sites. Topics covered include health and safety, legal aspects, contamination of the environment, treatment processes and toxicology and risk assessment.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7543 Site Remediation 3 Credits
This course covers: treatment and disposal technologies for hazardous waste site remediation; in-situ and ex-situ processes; physicochemical processes, stabilization and solidification; biological processes, including aerobic and anaerobic systems for degradation and detoxification; thermal processes and incineration; and storage, land disposal and containment. Remediation planning and technology selection for hazardous waste containment and clean up for typical case studies are examined. The study of decision-making and technology selection is a key course component.
Prerequisite(s): CE 3153 or equivalent.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7553 Environmental Toxicology 3 Credits
This course stresses basic concepts essential to understanding the action of exogenous chemical agents on biological systems. The course covers principles of absorption and the effects of chemical agents on metabolism. The pathways of metabolism of these compounds and the principles of elimination from biological systems are discussed. The course includes discussion of toxicokinetics, types of toxic responses and the current experimental methods of toxicity.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7563 Environmental Law 3 Credits
This course presents legal principles and issues relating to environmental law. Historical perspectives and case laws will be considered. Topics include the Clean Water Act, nonpoint sources and water quality laws, the Clean Air Act and its amendments, the National Ambient Air Quality Standards and the National Environmental Policy Act. The above legislation and its impact on policy and technology also will be considered.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7583 Air Pollution Engineering Control 3 Credits
Topics include: Pollutant emissions control; analysis of pollutant properties, concentrations and boundary conditions; absorptive and reactive recovery processes for moving and stationary sources; and formation and removal of gaseous oxides (NO, SO, CO, etc.) and of aerosols and other particulates.
Prerequisite(s): Adviser’s approval.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7673 Environmental Impact Assessment 3 Credits
This course examines legal and technical requirements in preparing environmental impact statements. Considerations include legal and technical requirements, the procedure and the interdisciplinary nature of the analysis. Topics include overall impact evaluation, categories of impacts, problem definition, quantification of impact, methods used in analysis, field evaluations, mitigations, hearing procedures and management. Practical examples and case studies are used.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7703 Solid Waste Management 3 Credits
This course covers engineering aspects of solid waste collection, transport and disposal, including incineration, sanitary landfill, composting, recovery and reutilization. Also covered is the economic evaluation of factors affecting selection of disposal methods.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7713 Selected Topics in Environmental and Water Resources Eng I 3 Credits
This course explores nitrification in natural and treated waters, hazardous and toxic wastes, organic removal from water supplies, water reuse, specialized aspects of biological wastewater treatment, environmental health, solids disposal, modeling natural waters and treatment systems, hydro-economic models, finite-difference and finite-element models, synthetic hydrology and desalinized and recycled-water systems.
Prerequisite(s): Instructor’s permission.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7723 Selected Topics in Environmental and Water Resources Eng II 3 Credits
This course explores nitrification in natural and treated waters, hazardous and toxic wastes, organic removal from water supplies, water reuse, specialized aspects of biological wastewater treatment, environmental health, solids disposal, modeling natural waters and treatment systems, hydro-economic models, finite-difference and finite-element models, synthetic hydrology and desalinized and recycled-water systems.
Prerequisite(s): Instructor’s permission.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7753 Environmental Systems Management 3 Credits
This course provides an overview of information technologies as applied to the remote sensing of environmental infrastructure systems, and includes the development of infrastructure system databases to assist complex decision-making on environmental infrastructures.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7813 Infrastructure Planning, Engineering and Economics 3 Credits
This course covers methods for identifying, formulating, preliminarily appraising and analyzing in detail individual projects and systems of civil engineering projects. Different approaches relevant to government agencies, public utilities, industrial firms and private entrepreneurs are discussed, as well as planning of projects to satisfy single and multiple purposes and objectives, meet local and regional needs and take advantage of opportunities for development. Also covered are financial and economic analyses, including sensitivity and risk analysis; mathematical models for evaluation of alternatives and optimization; and environmental, social, regional economic growth, legal and institutional and public involvement impacts of projects.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7823 Forensic Engineering 3 Credits
This course emphasizes lessons learned by analyzing structural failures and studying the work of outstanding practicing professional engineers. Also covered is the application of engineering principles for proper performance of civil engineering structures.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7833 Infrastructure Rehabilitation: A Practical Approach 3 Credits
Upgrading the nation’s aging infrastructure is a national priority well into the 21st century. In this course, a preeminent civil engineer who has overseen major rehabilitation projects focuses on the direct practical application of engineering principles required to address today’s infrastructure rehabilitation needs. The course emphasizes conceptual thinking, brainstorming techniques, team evaluation of alternative solutions, oral and written communication and intensive classroom participation.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7843 Introduction to Urban Systems Engineering 3 Credits
This course provides a descriptive overview of key infrastructure systems and technologies that must be managed, operated and maintained. Systems treated include buildings and structures, water supply, solid and liquid waste handling and disposal, transportation, power, communications and information systems, health and hospitals, police and preprotection. The course explores the financial, political, administrative, legal and institutional settings of these systems and technologies. A portion of the course features distinguished guest lecturers who are experts in some of the systems and technologies included.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7853 Concepts and Implementation of Infrastructure Management Systems 3 Credits
This course reviews state-of-the-art, performance- monitoring and system-condition assessment methodologies as part of infrastructure management systems. Emphasis is on information technologies as applied to remote sensing and database development for urban systems management. Tools, such as GIS and dedicated databases for condition assessment are presented in a laboratory environment. Invited experts participate in such areas as transportation, water distribution and utilities.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7863 Infrastructure Monitoringand Performance Assessment 3 Credits
This course introduces the physical nature of infrastructure materials and systems. The concept of performance is introduced from the viewpoint of strength and durability. Lectures and laboratory demonstrations identify the mechanisms of degradation and cover techniques for condition assessment and quality assurance.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7983 Selected Topics in Construction I 3 Credits
This course covers topics of special interest in current areas of construction management. Topics are announced before each semester’s offering.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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CE 7983 Special Topics in Infrastructure Systems and Construction I 3 Credits
This course discussed contemporary topics of interest, such as methodologies and procedures for analysis of existing infrastructure systems, geographic information, data and management systems, photogrammetric and remote sensing techniques and use and design of infrastructure facilities and systems. Other topics include, but are not limited to, intelligent buildings and other modern constructed works, temporary structures for construction and problems in construction engineering, new approaches in construction management and integration and automation of construction processes.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0
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