CE 466 - Transportation Systems Rehabilitation and Maintenance.

Hours: 3 Introduction to rehabilitation and maintenance of transportation infrastructure; definitions, issues, and problems; environmental impact, pavement and bridge maintenance, and rehabilitation methods with special consideration of stability, scour, and subsidence.

CE 479 - Integrated Civil Engineering Design Pre-req: Senior Standing Hours: 3 Semester Generally Offered: Fall/Spring Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140801 Syllabus Integration of the civil engineering curriculum by comprehensive design experience to professional standards. Project(s) are performed in student group(s) under faculty supervision. CE 490 - Teaching Practicum Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-3 Semester Generally Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer Teaching practice as a tutor or assistant. CE 491 - Professional Field Experience Hours: 1-18 Semester Generally Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer (May be repeated up to a maximum of 18 hours.) Prearranged experiential learning program to be planned, supervised, and evaluated for credit by faculty and field supervisors. Involves temporary placement with public or private enterprise for professional competence development. CE 492 - Directed Study Hours: 1-3 Semester Generally Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer Directed study, reading, and/or research. CE 493 A-Z - Special Topics Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-6 Semester Generally Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer Syllabus Visit Course Web Site Investigation of topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses. CE 494 - Seminar Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-3 Semester Generally Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer Presentation and discussion of topics of mutual concern to students and faculty. CE 495 - Independent Study Hours: 1-6 Semester Generally Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer Faculty-supervised study of topics not available through regular course offerings. CE 496 - Senior Thesis Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-3 Semester Generally Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer CE 497 - Research Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-6 CE 498 - Honors Pre-req: Students in Honors Program and consent by the Honors director. Hours: 1-3 Semester Generally Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer Independent reading, study, or research. CE 511 - Pavement Design Pre-req: CE 451 or Consent Hours: 3 Effects of traffic, soil, environment, and loads on the design and behavior of pavement systems. Design of pavement systems. Consideration of drainage and climate. Pavement performance and performance surveys. CE 515 - Flexible Pavements Hours: 3 Design, construction and maintenance of flexible pavements, including material characterization, mix design, construction methods, pavement design and evaluation, and maintenance procedures. CE 520 - Groundwater Dynamics Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Introduction to groundwater, formulation of equations for saturated and unsaturated flow, analytical solutions for steady and transient cases, transport of pollutants, and numerical techniques. CE 522 - Free Surface Hydrodynamics Pre-req: CE 322 or Consent Hours: 3 The dynamics of liquid flow with a free surface under the influence of gravity; open channel hydraulics, wave motion, and buoyancy effects. CE 524 - Groundwater Engineering Pre-req: CE 322 or consent Hours: 3 Syllabus Introduction to the nature, hydrology, mechanics, technology, and quality of groundwater. Well solutions in confined, leaky, and unconfined aquifers. Modeling concepts and public-domain computer programs. CE 528 - Groundwater Contaminant Transport Pre-req: CE 520 Hours: 3 Solute and particle transport; aqueous geochemistry; mathematics of mass transport; transformation; retardation, and attenuation of solutes; modeling contaminant transport and remediation. CE 531 - Pedestrian/Bike Transportation Hours: 3-Hr. Semester Generally Offered: Spring CIP Code: 140801 Planning, design, operation and maintenance of pedestrian and bicycle facilities, including multi-use trails; in-depth examination of policies, programs and design principles to encourage non-motorized travel. CE 532 - Airport Planning and Design Pre-req: CE 332 or Consent Hours: 3 Financing, air travel demand modeling, aircraft trends, traffic control, site selection, ground access, noise control, geometric design, pavement design, terminal facilities. CE 533 - Geometric Design of Highways Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 The theory and practice of geometric design of modern highways. Horizontal and vertical alignment, cross-slope, design speed, slight distances, interchanges, and intersections. Critical analysis of design specifications. CE 534 - Introduction to Traffic Engineering Pre-req: CE 332 or Consent Hours: 3 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140801 The purpose, scope, and methods of traffic engineering. Laboratory devoted to conducting simple traffic studies, solving practical problems, and designing traffic facilities. CE 535 - Airphoto Interpretation Hours: 3 Study of techniques for obtaining qualitative information concerning type and engineering characteristics of surficial materials. Use of airphoto interpretation for evaluation of engineering problems encountered in design and location of engineering facilities. CE 537 - Public Transportation Engineering Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Design of rail and highway models for urban and rural areas. Consideration of vehicle technology, facility and route design, conventional and paratransit services, and related marketing, finance, and coordination issues. CE 538 - Highway Safety Engineering Pre-req: CE 431 or Consent Hours: 3 Relationship between human, vehicular, and roadway factors which impact safety; functional requirements of highway safety features; legal aspects; accident analysis; evaluation of highway safety projects. CE 539 - Traffic Engineering Operations Pre-req: CE 534 Hours: 3 Visit Course Web Site Theory and practice of application of traffic engineering regulations; traffic control concepts for urban street systems and freeways; freeway surveillance and incident management; driver information systems; traffic control system technology and management. CE 540 - Environmental Chemistry and Biology Pre-req: CE 322 or Consent Hours: 3 Study of physical and chemical properties of water. Theory and methods of chemical analysis of water, sewage, and industrial wastes. Biological aspects of stream pollution problems. CE 546 - Principles of Biological Waste Treatment Pre-req: CE 540 or Consent Hours: 3 Examination of biological treatment systems related to microbiology and function. Models used to describe system behavior and kinetics are developed. Laboratory and field experiments are performed to understand the relation between operation and design. CE 547 - Applied Wetlands Ecology and Management Hours: 3 Semester Generally Offered: Fall Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140801 The management and ecology of wetland vegetation, soils, hydrology, and wildlife. (Offered in fall of odd years. Also listed as WMAN 547 and PLSC 547). CE 549 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Patterns and problems of solid waste storage, transport, and disposal. Examinations of various engineering alternatives with appropriate consideration for air and water pollution control and land reclamation. Analytical approaches to recovery and reuse of materials. CE 550 - Soil Properties and Behavior Pre-req: CE 451 or Consent Hours: 3 Soil mineralogy and the physicochemical properties of soils and their application to an understanding of permeability, consolidation, shear strength, and compaction. Prediction of engineering behavior of soils in light of physicochemical concepts. CE 551 - Soil Testing Pre-req: CE 351 or Consent Hours: 3 Experimental evaluation of soil properties and behavior. Emphasis is placed on the proper interpretation of experimental results and application of such results to practical problems. CE 552 - The Finite Element Method Pre-req: Graduate Standing in CE or MAE or Consent Hours: 3 Introductory treatment of theoretical basis of finite element method, mathematical formulation, different types of elements, stress analysis in solids, applications, and computer implementation. CE 553 - Advanced Finite Element Methods Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Formulation procedures and applications of finite element methods to two-and three-dimensional problems, techniques for nonlinear analysis computer implementation; applications in field problems, flow, and dynamics. CE 561 - Statically Indeterminate Structures Pre-req: CE 461 or Consent Hours: 3 Force and displacement methods of analysis; energy principles and their application to trusses, frames, and grids; effects of axial forces; influence lines for frames, arches, and trusses; secondary stress analysis. CE 563 - Introduction to Structural Dynamics Pre-req: CE 561 Hours: 3 General theory for dynamic response of systems having one or several degrees of freedom. Emphasis on the application of dynamic response theory to structural design. CE 564 - Nondestructive Material and Structural Evaluations Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Nondestructive evaluation (NDE) using techniques based on mechanical and electromagnetic wave propagation; theory and applications of various NDE techniques including infrared thermography, dynamic characterization, seismic reflection and refraction, ultrasonics, acoustic emission, and radar. CE 566 - Advanced Materials for Infrastructure Pre-req: CE 462 and CE 463 Hours: 3 Introduction to principles of material science; material structure, characterization at coupon and component level, practical information on fiber reinforced shapes; establishment of failure analysis and standardization. CE 567 - Prestressed Concrete Pre-req: CE 461 and CE 462 or Consent Hours: 3 Syllabus Behavior and design of prestressed concrete members. Materials, bending, shear, torsion, methods of prestressing, prestress losses, deflections, compression members, composite members, indeterminate structures. CE 590 - Teaching Practicum. I, II, S. Pre-req: Consent. Hours: 1-3 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140801 Supervised practice in college teaching of ________ (Subject matter determined by department/division/college/school offering the course.) Note: This course is intended to insure that graduate assistants are adequately prepared and supervised when they are given college teaching responsibility. It also provides a mechanism for students not on assistantships to gain teaching experience. Grading will be S/U. CE 591 - A-Z Advanced Topics Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-6 Investigation of advanced topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses. CE 592 - Directed Study. I, II, S. Hours: 1-6 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140801 Directed study, reading, and/or research CE 593 - A-Z Special Topics Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-6 Hr. Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Syllabus A study of contemporary topics selected from recent developments in the field. CE 594 - A-Z Seminar Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-6 Hr. Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Seminars arranged for advanced graduate students. CE 595 - Independent Study. I, II, S. Hours: 1-6 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140801 Faculty-supervised study of topics not available through regular course offerings. CE 687 - Materials Engineering Hours: 3 A study of materials engineering fundamentals emphasizing semiconductor, polymer, metal, and ceramic/cementitious material systems. Mechanical and physical properties, theoretical aspects, testing, design criteria, manufacturing, and economics of material systems. Laboratory testing and evaluation. (Equivalent to CHE 687, EE 687, MINE 687, IMSE 687, and MAE 687.) CE 690 - Teaching Practicum. I, II, S. Pre-req: Consent. Hours: 1-3 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140801 Supervised practice in college teaching of ________ (Subject matter determined by department/division/college/school offering the course.) Note: This course is intended to insure that graduate assistants are adequately prepared and supervised when they are given college teaching responsibility. It also provides a mechanism for students not on assistantships to gain teaching experience. Grading will be S/U. CE 691 - A-Z Advanced Topics. Pre-req: Consent. Hours: 1-6 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140801 Investigation of advanced topics which are not covered in regularly scheduled courses. CE 692 - Directed Study. I, II, S. Hours: 1-6 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140801 Directed study, reading, and/or research CE 693 - Special Topics. I, II, S. Hours: 1-6 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140801 A study of contemporary topics selected from recent developments in the field. CE 694 - Siminar Hours: 1-6 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140801 Seminars on current research by visitors and graduate students. CE 695 - Independent Study. I, II, S. Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140801 Faculty-supervised study of topics not available through regular course offerings. CE 696 - Graduate Seminar. I, II, S. Pre-req: Consent. Hours: 1 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140801 It is anticipated that each graduate student will present at least one seminar to the assembled faculty and graduate student body of his or her program. CE 697 - Research Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-15 Research activities leading to thesis, problem report, research paper or equivalent scholarly project, or a dissertation. CE 698 - Thesis or Dissertation Pre-req: Consent. Hours: 2-4 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140801 Note: This is an optional course for programs that believe that this level of control and supervision is needed during the writing of students’ reports (698), theses (698), or dissertations (798). Grading may be S/U. CE 699 - Graduate Colloquium. I, II, S. Pre-req: Consent. Hours: 1-6 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140801 For graduate students not seeking coursework credit but who wish to meet residence requirements, use the University’s facilities, and participate in its academic and cultural programs. Note: Graduate students who are not actively involved in coursework or research are entitled, through enrollment in his or her department’s 699/799 Graduate Colloquium, to consult with graduate faculty, participate in both formal and informal academic activities sponsored by his/her program, and retain all of the rights and privileges of duly enrolled students. Grading is S/U; colloquium credit may not be counted against credit requirements for masters’ programs. Registration for one credit of 699/799 graduate colloquium satisfies the University requirement of registration in the semester in which graduation occurs. CE 721 - Environmental Fluid Mechanics Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Equations of motion including buoyancy and Coriolis force; mechanics of jets and plumes; diffusion, dispersion, and mixing in rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and estuaries. CE 722 - Deterministic Hydrology Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 An in-depth treatment of the dynamics of the accumulation of runoff, including the formulation of the unsteady surface flow equations and the unsteady saturated-unsaturated subsurface flow equations. Both analytical and numerical solutions are presented with applications. CE 723 - Stochastic Hydrology Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources The use of probabilistic and random processes techniques in the study of hydrologic problems, including multivariate time series and frequency- domain analyses of hydrologic data, and stochastic modeling of multidimensional hydrologic processes. CE 727 - Wastewater System Conveyance Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Water and wastewater flows and measurement, design of water transportation systems, design of gravity-flow sanitary sewers and stormwater drainage systems, pumps and pump systems, and design of pumping stations. CE 732 - Transportation Systems Analysis Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Systematic examination of the interaction between transport technology, activity systems, and traffic flows. Quantitative analysis of the relationship among vehicle cycles, networks, congestion, choice behavior, cost functions, and resulting travel-market equilibration. CE 740 - Environmental Systems Engineering Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Mathematical and computer modeling of environmental systems with emphasis on decision-making; applications will be selected from some or all of the following areas: water quality, water resources planning, solid waste management, waste treatment. CE 742 - Water Treatment Theory Pre-req: CE 540 Hours: 3 Theory of various procedures and techniques utilized in treatment of water for municipal and industrial use. Review of water quality criteria. Design of water purification facilities. CE 744 - Industrial and Advanced Waste Treatment Co-req: CE 540 or Consent Hours: 3 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Syllabus Basis physical and chemical unit operations used in industrial and advanced waste treatment; applications for waste water reclamation and reuse; study of industrial wastes from standpoint of process, source, and treatment. CE 748 - Design of Sanitary Works Pre-req: CE 321 Hours: 3 Water supply and waste water disposal problems. Design of treatment facilities. CE 751 - Advanced Mechanics of Soils Pre-req: CE 351 and CE 551 and MAE 640 or Consent Hours: 3 Stress invariants, stress history and stress path, elastic and quasi-elastic models for soils; soil plasticity, failure theories for soils; critical state soil mechanics, and determination of construction parameters. CE 752 - Advanced Foundation Analysis Pre-req: CE 451 or Consent Hours: 3 Study of soil-structure interaction. Applications of principles of soil mechanics and numerical methods for analysis and design of geotechnical structures: strip footings, axially and laterally loaded piles, braced excavations, sheet pile walls, tunnel lining, and buried pipes and culverts. CE 753 - Advanced Earthwork Design Pre-req: CE 453 or Consent Hours: 3 Application of the principles of theoretical soil mechanics to the design of embankments of earth and rock. In-depth study of compaction theory, stability of natural and man-made slopes by limit equilibrium and deformation considerations. CE 754 - Groundwater and Seepage Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Flow of groundwater through soils and its application to the design of highways and dams and to construction operations. Emphasis is placed on both the analytical and classical flow net techniques for solving seepage problems. CE 755 - Geotechnical Risk Assessment Pre-req: CE 451 and CE 453 or Consent Hours: 3 Application of probabilastic and statistical principles to geotechnical analysis and design. Random spatial variability of soil properties; decision under uncertainty; reliability of geotechnical structures. CE 756 - Soil Dynamics Pre-req: CE 550 and Consent Hours: 3 Consideration of the simple damped oscillator, wave propagation in elastic media, dynamic field and laboratory tests, dynamic soil properties, and foundation vibrations. Introduction to geotechnical aspects of earthquake engineering. CE 757 - Geotechnical Case Histories Pre-req: CE 451 and CE 453 or Consent Hours: 3 Application of the principles of geotechnical engineering to professional practice as taught through the case histories approach. Study of actual problems in geotechnical engineering and their solutions. CE 760 - Finite Element Methods in Structural Analysis Pre-req: CE 561 or Consent Hours: 3 Relationships of elasticity theory; definitions and basic element operations; direct and variational methods of triangular and rectangular elements related to plane stress, plane strain, and flat plates in bending; variational principles in global analysis. CE 761 - Bridge Engineering Pre-req: CE 561 or Consent Hours: 3 Syllabus Statically indeterminate trusses, continuous trusses; steel and concrete arches; long-span and suspension bridges; secondary stresses. CE 762 - Numerical Analysis of Engineering Systems Pre-req: CE 561 or Consent Hours: 3 Numerical methods for the solution of equilibrium, eigenvalue and propagation problems of discrete and continuous structural systems with special emphasis on weighted residual techniques. CE 763 - Behavior of Steel Members Pre-req: CE 463 or Consent Hours: 3 Elastic behavior of steel members subjected to axial load, bending, and torsion. Elastic and inelastic response of beams, columns, and beam-columns to load and the resulting design implications. Comparison with standard steel codes and specifications. CE 764 - Light Gage Metal Design Pre-req: CE 461 and CE 463 or Consent Hours: 3 Analysis and design of light gage material systems; flexural and compression members design; investigations into post buckling strength and optimum weight systems. CE 765 - Structural Design for Dynamic Loads Pre-req: CE 563 or Consent Hours: 3 Nature of dynamic loading caused by earthquakes and nuclear weapons blasts; nature of dynamic resistance of structural elements and structural systems; criteria for design of blast-resistance and earthquake resistant structures; simplified and approximate design methods. CE 766 - Analysis and Design of Multistory Structures Pre-req: CE 563 and CE 462 or CE 463 Hours: 3 Introduction; service, structural, and construction systems; analysis and design for lateral and gravity forces; structural modeling; computer applications; approximate methods; connections; foundations; review of standard building codes; special topics. CE 767 - Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Members Pre-req: CE 462 or Consent Hours: 3 Studies of actual member behavior; members in flexure, combined flexure, shear, and torsion; bond and anchorage; combined axial load and flexure; slender columns; deep beams; derivation of current code provisions. CE 768 - Behavior/Design of FRP Members Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140801 Studies of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP)composite member behavior including rebars and wraps for concrete, under flexure,axial, shear forces and combined effects; design, durability, and rehabilitation of FRP members and systems including field applications. CE 790 - Teaching Practicum Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-3 Supervised practice in college teaching of civil engineering. Note: This course is intended to insure that graduate assistants are adequately prepared and supervised when they are given college teaching responsibility. It will also present a mechanism for students not on assistantships to gain teaching experience. CE 791 A-Z - Advanced Study Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-6 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Investigation of advanced topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses. CE 792 - Directed Study Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-6 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Directed study, reading, and or research. CE 793 - Special Topics Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-6 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources A study of contemporary topics selected from recent developments in the field. CE 794 - Seminar Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-6 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Seminars arranged for advanced graduate students. CE 795 - Independent study Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-6 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Faculty supervised study of topics not available through regular course offerings. CE 796 - Graduate Seminar Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources It is anticipated that each graduate student will present at least one seminar to the assembled faculty and graduate student body of his/her program. CE 797 - Research Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-15 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Research activities leading to thesis, problem report, research paper or equivalent scholarly project, or a dissertation. Grading may be S/U. CE 798 - Dissertation Pre-req: Consent Hours: 2-4 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Note: This is an optional course for programs that believe that this level of control and supervision is needed during the writing of their student’s reports, thesis or dissertations. Grading may be S/U. CE 799 - Graduate Colloquium Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-6 For graduate students not seeking course work credit but who wish to meet residence requirements, use the University’s facilities and participate in its academic and cultural programs. Note: Graduate students not actively involved in course work or research are entitled, through enrollment in his/her department’s 799 or 899 Graduate Colloquium, to consult with graduate faculty, participate in both formal and informal academic activities sponsored by his/her program, and retain all of the rights and privileges of duly enrolled students. Grading is S/U; colloquium credit may not be counted against credit requirements for master’s programs. CE 900 - Professional Development Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-6 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Professional Development courses provide skill renewal or enhancement in a professional field or content area (e.g., education, community health, geology). The continuing education courses are graded on a Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory grading scale and do not apply as graded credit toward a degree program. Printer Friendly Version