Civil Engineering (CIVE)

CIVE 1001:   Intro. to Civil Engr. Lab  
Civil Engineering  
An introductory course into professional practice focus areas within civil engineering: structural, geotechnical, transportation and construction management, environmental and water resources with an emphasis on hands-on activities. Laboratory and field activities related to the four major areas of civil engineering. Mathematical, computer skills include algebra, geometry, trigonometry, vectors, unit conversion, and spreadsheets, and technical writing.  
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Laboratory  
CIVE 1010:   Intro to Civil Engineering I  
Civil Engineering  
An introductory course into professional practice focus areas within civil engineering: structural, geotechnical, transportation and construction management, environmental and water resources. Exposes students to industry professionals, civil engineering faculty, and representatives of the student chapters of professional engineering organizations. Mathematical and computer skills include algebra, geometry, trigonometry, vectors, unit conversion, and spreadsheets. Lab tours as available.  
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
CIVE 1020:   Intro. to Civil Engineering II  
Civil Engineering  
An introductory course into civil engineering with topical content including engineering ethics, current issues in civil engineering, historic civil engineering events, professional societies, bridge design software, architecture, drawing basics, resume preparation, technical writing, technical presentations, and Web authoring. Field trips as available.  
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 2000:   Surveying  
Civil Engineering  
Traversing and computations, area calculations, topographic surveys, leveling, boundary surveys, circular and parabolic curves, volumes, photogrammetry, electronic distance measurement, computer applications. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours).  
2 credits  
Corequisites
CIVE 2002  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 2001:   Introduction to Surveying  
Civil Engineering  
Observation errors, leveling, distance measurement, traversing and computations, topographic surveys, boundary surveys, construction surveys, horizontal and vertical curves, areas, volumes, GNSS applications, computer applications.  
3 credits  
Corequisites
CIVE 2002  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture/Lab  
CIVE 2002:   Civil Engineering Graphics I  
Civil Engineering  
Basic engineering drawings and computer-aided design for civil engineering applications. Topics include fundamentals of graphics and drafting principles, CAD fundamentals, architectural drawings, civil engineering drawings, and detailing.  
1 credit  
Corequisites
CIVE 2001  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 2050:   Civil Engineering Lab. I  
Civil Engineering  
Statistical analysis of experimental data, experiments in mechanics of materials and fluids, transducer selection and calibration, and use of sophisticated data acquisition equipment and post-processing software; evaluation, synthesis, and graphical presentation of results and report preparation.  
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Laboratory  
CIVE 2060:   Introduction to Surveying  
Civil Engineering  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 3001:   Mechanics Lab.  
Civil Engineering  
Experiments in mechanics of materials and fluids; evaluation, synthesis, and graphical presentation of results and report preparation; statistical analysis of experimental data.  
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Laboratory  
CIVE 3002:   Civil Engineering Materials  
Civil Engineering  
Fundamental concepts of materials science including the structure and properties of materials and their relationship to material selection and system design; classification of materials; properties and behavior of construction materials including soils and aggregates, cement, concrete, metals, wood, asphalt, composites, and other new materials; mix design procedures and properties of Portland cement concrete and bituminous/asphalt mixtures; quality control and quality assurance.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
One Way-Co-Requisite CIVE 3031.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture/Lab  
CIVE 3003:   Materials Lab.  
Civil Engineering  
Selected experiments in materials; evaluation, synthesis, and graphical presentation of results and report preparation.  
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Laboratory  
CIVE 3010:   Intro. to Structural Mechanics  
Civil Engineering  
Dynamics of particles; introduction to rigid body mechanics in a plane; applications to civil engineering; introduction to structural systems and loads; analysis of statically determinate trusses, beams, and frames. Computer applications.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
ENGR 3090 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 3011:   Structural Analysis  
Civil Engineering  
Classification and analysis of structure systems: structural analysis of trusses, beams, and frames using classical geometry and energy methods. Influence lines and column buckling. Introduction to stiffness matrices for rods, beams, and frames. Computer applications.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
(C min in ENGR 3090) and ENGR 3120 and 24 earned credits 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 3025:   Intermediate Dynamics  
Civil Engineering  
Continuation of Engr 309. Rigid body dynamics, vibrations, Lagrangian formulations; applications to mechanical engineering problems.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
ENGR 3090 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 3031:   Soil Mechanics I  
Civil Engineering  
Testing and identification of soils, saturated flow through earth structures, stress distribution in soils, consolidation, and settlement; shear strength of soils; earth pressure, slope stability, and shallow foundation problems.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
ENGR 3120 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 3032:   Soil Mechanics Lab.  
Civil Engineering  
Selected experiments in soil mechanics; tests of identification and characterization of soils; evaluation, synthesis, and graphical presentation of results and report preparation.  
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Laboratory  
CIVE 3050:   Civil Engineering Lab. II  
Civil Engineering  
Selected experiments in soils, materials and concrete. Tests of identification and characterization of soils. Strength tests on other materials commonly used in civil engineering practice.  
1 credit  
Prerequisites
One Way-Co-Requisite CIVE 3031.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Laboratory  
CIVE 3070:   Environmental Engineering I  
Civil Engineering  
An introduction to areas of environmental engineering including environmental chemistry, water and wastewater treatment, water quality management, air pollution, solid and hazardous waste, and noise pollution. Students may take either C E 371 or C E 471, but not both for credit toward a degree.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CHEM 1050 and CHEM 1051 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 3071:   Intro to Environmental Engr.  
Civil Engineering  
An introduction to areas of environmental engineering including environmental chemistry, water and wastewater treatment, water quality management, air pollution, solid and hazardous waste, and noise pollution. Students may take either C E 371 or C E 471, but not both for credit toward a degree.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CHEM 1050 and CHEM 1051.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 3072:   Environmental Engineering Lab  
Civil Engineering  
Experiments in environmental systems; hands-on experience in experimental design and data acquisition and analysis; evaluation, synthesis, and graphical presentation of results and report preparation.  
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture/Lab  
CIVE 3081:   Transportation Engineering I  
Civil Engineering  
Major transportation modes and their characteristics; mechanics of motion; geometric and intersection design; traffic flow theory; probabilistic methods; capacity analysis; planning models; environmental impact analysis; economic evaluation; Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and computer applications.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
C min in CIVE 2000 and CIVE 2001 and CIVE 2002.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 4000:   Geospatial Anlys. for Engr & V  
Civil Engineering  
Working knowledge, application development. and operation issues related to geographical information system (GIS) tools useing modern remote sensing raster imagery and vector mapping data; geospatial workflow implementation for engineering and visualization applications; geographic and non-geographic data processing to create spatial maps, inventory and attribute database, and data visualization; import and export of engineering graphics data; development of GIS based decision support systems.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 4001:   Civil Engineering Analysis  
Civil Engineering  
Development and analysis of conceptual models of contemporary civil engineering; applications in structures, geotechniques, hydraulics, hydrology, transportation, and environmental engineering.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 3011 and CIVE 4310 and ENGR 3100 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 4007:   Construction Engr. and Mgmt.  
Civil Engineering  
Planning, estimating, and scheduling of civil engineering construction projects; procurement, specifications, bids, and contracts; construction cost control methods; program evaluation and review technique; scheduling techniques including critical path method (CPM) and line of balance (LOB); computer applications.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 4010:   Civil Engineering Fundamentals  
Civil Engineering  
Refresher of core undergraduate courses in the civil engineering curriculum.  
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 4012:   Design of Concrete Structures  
Civil Engineering  
Srength analysis and design of reinforced concrete structural elements using ACI requirements. Retangular and T sections in bending. Shear reinforcement in beams. Short columns. Footings and retaining walls. Introduction to analysis and design of steel structural elements.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits; AND One-Way Corequisite: CIVE 3011.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 4013:   Steel Design  
Civil Engineering  
LRFD and ASD design philosophy; AISC specifications for steel sections under tension, compression, bending, and combined axial load and bending; lateral load resisting systems; simple bolted and welded connections; composite beams.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 3011 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 4014:   Advanced Concrete Design  
Civil Engineering  
Design of slender columns, two-way floor systems, beam-column joints. Introduction to prestressed concrete. Introduction to multi-story buildings.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 4012 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 4021:   Matrix Analysis of Structures  
Civil Engineering  
Virtual work and virtual displacement methods; introduction to the flexability and displacement matrix methods; stiffness matices for rod, frame, and slab elements; introduction to stuctural dynamics and elastic stability; computational tools.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 3011 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 4033:   Foundation Engineering  
Civil Engineering  
Soil investigation and bearing capacity. Factors to consider in foundation design, spread-footing design, combined footing design, mat foundations, retaining wall design, sheet-pile wall design, single pile foundation, and pile group foundation design. Caissons and cofferdams.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 3031 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 4035:   Advanced Geotechnical Engr.  
Civil Engineering  
Linear and non linear geotechnical issues, advanced bearing capacity equations, propagation of body wave, dynamic pile driving equations. STATNAMIC, drilled piers, braced earth retaining structures, ground modifications, geotechnical instrumentation, Cam Clay model and other classical and modern topics.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 3031 and CIVE 4033 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 4050:   Civil Engineering Lab. III  
Civil Engineering  
Experiments in structural, hydraulic and environmental elements and systems; hands-on experience in experimental design, use of sophisticated data acquisition equipment and post-processing software.  
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Laboratory  
CIVE 4072:   Water Resources Engineering  
Civil Engineering  
Water supply systems, open channel hydraulics, hydrologic cycle, surface water hydrology, run-off models, groundwater flow and contamination.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits; AND One-Way Corequisite ENGR 3230.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 4994:   Civil Engineering Design I  
Civil Engineering  
Initial course in capstone design sequence. Individual and group experience in identifying objectives, major activities affecting cost/schedule, and roles of private and public organizations in civil engineering projects; introduction to regional and national building code provisions for access, egress, and structural safety; creativity in the design process and selection of competitive alternatives; preliminary site planning and facility design; preliminary group planning of a significant civil engineering project. Introduction to the use of computational tools for analysis, design, and visualization.  
2 credits  
Prerequisites
24 earned hours; AND One-Way Corequisites:CIVE 3081 and CIVE 4012 and CIVE 4033 and CIVE 4072.  
Corequisites
CIVE 4033 and CIVE 4072  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 4995:   CE Design I  
Civil Engineering  
Initial course in the capstone design sequence. Individual and group experience in identifying objectives, major activities affecting cost/schedule, and roles of private and public organizations in civil engineering projects; introduction to regional and national building code provisions for access, egress, and structural safety; creativity in the design process and selection of competitive alternatives; preliminary site planning and facility design; preliminary group planning of a significant civil engineering project. Introduction to using computational tools for analysis, design, and visualization. This course will also introduce students to leadership and communication skills necessary for today's civil engineering profession. The importance of career planning and building professional networks in civil engineering will be emphasized by inviting professionals as guest lecturers to share their experiences.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 earned hours; AND One-Way Corequisites:CIVE 3081 and CIVE 4012 and CIVE 4033 and CIVE 4072.  
Corequisites
CIVE 4033 and CIVE 4072  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 4996A:   Civil Engineering Design II  
Civil Engineering  
Final course in capstone design sequence. Group experience in the design of a significant civil engineering project; data collection and quantitative analysis of economic and safety factors; qualitative evaluation based on reliability, aesthetics, ethics, social/environmental impact. Formal presentation and evaluation of projects to a jury of practicing professionals and electronic submission of a formal report.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 4550 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 4997A:   Civil Engineering Projects  
Civil Engineering  
Special problems or independent study in civil engineering research and design.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study  
CIVE 5100:   Geographic Info. Syss Engr Sci  
Civil Engineering  
Introduces the use of a geographic information system. Topics include applications of geographic information; spatial data collection; data accuracy and uncertainty; data visualization of cartographic principles; spatial analysis; and legal, economic, and ethical issues associated with the use of a geographic information system.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5101:   Civil Engineering Systems  
Civil Engineering  
Engineering applications of linear programming, dynamic programming, PERT-CPM, game theory; stochastic systems.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
MATH 2614.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5102:   Infrastructure Management  
Civil Engineering  
Overview of nation's infrastructure assets and rehabilitation/renovation needs; methodologies for development and implementation of performance monitoring and maintenance management systems for roadways, bridge structures, airports, and other infrastructure facilities; condition assessment and nondestructive evaluation; application of new materials and remote sensing and spatial technologies; Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and computer applications for infrastructure asset management.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5111:   Structural Dynamics  
Civil Engineering  
Response of linear SDOF and MDOF systems. Application to frame vibration in complex structures; introduction to continuous systems; modal analysis for steady-state and transient response under dynamic loads in various applications; computer simulation.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
MATH 3530 and CIVE 3011.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5113:   Advanced Steel Design  
Civil Engineering  
Advanced topics in design of structural steel members; Direct Analysis Method for steel frames; building connections; steel girder design; applications to buildings and bridges; seismically resistant steel frames.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 4013.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5114:   Pre-Stressed Concrete Design  
Civil Engineering  
Pre- and post- tensioning technologies; material properties; ACI and AASHTO allowable stresses; response to and design for axial load, flexure, shear, and torsion; applications to buildings and bridges.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 4012.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5116:   Bridge Engineering  
Civil Engineering  
Bridge types, functions, construction features; AASHTO design vehicle loading; LRFD limit states design of superstructure elements; short span steel and pre-stressed concrete girder deck systems; introduction to design of substructure elements including bearings, piers, trestles  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 4012 or CIVE 4013.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5121:   Advanced Mech. of Materials  
Civil Engineering  
Classical methods for second-order analysis of deformable bodies; failure criteria; torsion of thin walled sections; unsymmetrical bending of straight beams; curved beams; beam on elastic foundation; plates and shells; buckling.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
MATH 3530 and ENGR 3120.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5131:   Soil Mechanics II  
Civil Engineering  
Soil variability, shear strength, and deformation of multilayered systems; critical state soil mechanics, Convection and Diffusion of ground water flow; settlement analysis; static and dynamic slope stability, dynamic behavior of soils, Computer applications.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 3031.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5136:   Designing with Geosynthetics  
Civil Engineering  
This course covers the history of geosynthetics; overview of geosynthetic functions, applications, and properties; relationship between testing and applications; designing with geotextiles, geogrids, geonets, geomembranes, and geosynthetic clay liners.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 3031.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5141:   Flow in Open Channels  
Civil Engineering  
Uniform and nonuniform flow; gradually varying flow, rapidly varying flow controls; subcritical and supercritical transitions; unsteady flow; level-pool routing; flood waves.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
ENGR 3230.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5142:   Flow in Porous Media  
Civil Engineering  
Steady, homogenous flow; prediction of transport properties; wells, seepage, drainage, re-charge; nonhomogenous flow.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
ENGR 3230.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5143:   Sediment Transport  
Civil Engineering  
Fall velocity, particle size analysis, incipient motion, bed form mechanics, suspended loads; stream flows, natural river processes, transport of liquid-solid mixtures in pipelines.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
ENGR 3230.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5172:   Stormwater Engr. and Mgmt.  
Civil Engineering  
Quality and quantity of urban and rural stormwater. Runoff quality and quantity characteristics. Receiving water problems and sources of pollutants. Selection and design of stormwater quantity and quality controls. Stormwater computer models. Stormwater regulations.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 4072.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5174:   Wastewater Engineering  
Civil Engineering  
This course covers the design of municipal wastewater facilities. The flow of wastewater through preliminary, primary, secondary, and tertiary treatment(s) will be covered during the second half of the course. CIVE 3071 or instructor approval.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 3071.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5175:   Drinking Water Engineering  
Civil Engineering  
Design of drinking water facilities, including water supply design considerations, intake structures, wells, coagulation and flocculation, lime-softening, ion exchange, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection, and water plant residuals management. CIVE 3071 or instructor approval.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 3071.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5177:   Sustain for Engineering & Scie  
Civil Engineering  
Topics discussed during this course include introduction to sustainability and sustainable development, life cycle assessment, biodiversity and sustainability, challenges of sustainability in food and agricultural management, industrial practices in sustainability, and sustainability planning, governance and ethical practices.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 3071.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5178:   Agric. Conservation for Eng &  
Civil Engineering  
Topics in soil and water conservation for agricultural productivity and environmental protection. Interconnection of water, soil, food, and climate, such as erosion, cropping systems, pollution, and irrigation.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5181:   Transportation Engineering II  
Civil Engineering  
Advanced topics in transportation engineering and management with emphasis on intermodal facilities; physical design and traffic management; measures of system effectiveness and performance; environmental and social impacts; Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technologies; applications of remote sensing and spatial technologies and GIS; economic evaluation of alternatives; computer modeling and simulation.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 3081.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5182:   Airport Planning and Design  
Civil Engineering  
Impacts of national transportation policies with emphasis on ground, aviation, and intermodal facilities; financing resources; collection and use of traffic and passenger data for airport planning and design; travel demand forecasting; capacity analysis; visual aids and air traffic control; runway orientation and geometric design; design of terminal areas and ground access; basic pavement structural design and maintenance management; environmental impacts and economic assessment; airport applications of remote sensing and spatial technologies, GIS, and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technologies.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5185:   Highway Pavements  
Civil Engineering  
Stress analysis of pavements, traffic estimation, material characterization, condition monitoring and evaluation, current design schemes, computer applications.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5600:   Geographic Info. Syss Engr Sci  
Civil Engineering  
Introduces the use of a geographic information system. Topics include applications of geographic information; spatial data collection; data accuracy and uncertainty; data visualization of cartographic principles; spatial analysis; and legal, economic, and ethical issues associated with the use of a geographic information system.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5601:   Civil Engineering Systems  
Civil Engineering  
Engineering applications of linear programming, dynamic programming, PERT-CPM, game theory; stochastic systems.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5602:   Infrastructure Management  
Civil Engineering  
Overview of nation's infrastructure assets and rehabilitation/renovation needs; methodologies for development and implementation of performance monitoring and maintenance management systems for roadways, bridge structures, airports, and other infrastructure facilities; condition assessment and nondestructive evaluation; application of new materials and remote sensing and spatial technologies; Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and computer applications for infrastructure asset management.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5611:   Structural Dynamics  
Civil Engineering  
Response of linear SDOF and MDOF systems. Application to frame vibration in complex structures; introduction to continuous systems; modal analysis for steady-state and transient response under dynamic loads in various applications; computer simulation.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
MATH 3530 and CIVE 3011.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5613:   Advanced Steel Design  
Civil Engineering  
Advanced topics in design of structural steel members; Direct Analysis Method for steel frames; building connections; steel girder design; applications to buildings and bridges; seismically resistant steel frames.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 4013.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5614:   Pre-Stressed Concrete Design  
Civil Engineering  
Pre- and post- tensioning technologies; material properties; ACI and AASHTO allowable stresses; response to and design for axial load, flexure, shear, and torsion; applications to buildings and bridges.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 4012.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5616:   Bridge Engineering  
Civil Engineering  
Bridge types, functions, construction features; AASHTO design vehicle loading; LRFD limit states design of superstructure elements; short span steel and pre-stressed concrete girder deck systems; introduction to design of substructure elements including bearings, piers, trestles  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 4012 or CIVE 4013.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5621:   Advanced Mech. of Materials  
Civil Engineering  
Classical methods for second-order analysis of deformable bodies; failure criteria; torsion of thin walled sections; unsymmetrical bending of straight beams; curved beams; beam on elastic foundation; plates and shells; buckling.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
MATH 3530 and ENGR 3120.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5631:   Soil Mechanics II  
Civil Engineering  
Soil variability, shear strength, and deformation of multilayered systems; critical state soil mechanics, Convection and Diffusion of ground water flow; settlement analysis; static and dynamic slope stability, dynamic behavior of soils, Computer applications.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 3031.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5636:   Designing with Geosynthetics  
Civil Engineering  
This course covers the history of geosynthetics; overview of geosynthetic functions, applications, and properties; relationship between testing and applications; designing with geotextiles, geogrids, geonets, geomembranes, and geosynthetic clay liners.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 3031.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5641:   Flow in Open Channels  
Civil Engineering  
Uniform and nonuniform flow; gradually varying flow, rapidly varying flow controls; subcritical and supercritical transitions; unsteady flow; level-pool routing; flood waves.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
ENGR 3230.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5642:   Flow in Porous Media  
Civil Engineering  
Steady, homogenous flow; prediction of transport properties; wells, seepage, drainage, re-charge; nonhomogenous flow.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5643:   Sediment Transport  
Civil Engineering  
Fall velocity, particle size analysis, incipient motion, bed form mechanics, suspended loads; stream flows, natural river processes, transport of liquid-solid mixtures in pipelines.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5672:   Stormwater Engr. and Mgmt.  
Civil Engineering  
Quality and quantity of urban and rural stormwater. Runoff quality and quantity characteristics. Receiving water problems and sources of pollutants. Selection and design of stormwater quantity and quality controls. Stormwater computer models. Stormwater regulations.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5674:   Wastewater Engineering  
Civil Engineering  
This course covers the design of municipal wastewater facilities. The flow of wastewater through preliminary, primary, secondary, and tertiary treatment(s) will be covered during the second half of the course. CIVE 3071 or instructor approval.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
CIVE 3071.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5675:   Drinking Water Engineering  
Civil Engineering  
Design of drinking water facilities, including water supply design considerations, intake structures, wells, coagulation and flocculation, lime-softening, ion exchange, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection, and water plant residuals management. CIVE 3071 or instructor approval.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5677:   Sustain for Engineering & Scie  
Civil Engineering  
Topics discussed during this course include introduction to sustainability and sustainable development, life cycle assessment, biodiversity and sustainability, challenges of sustainability in food and agricultural management, industrial practices in sustainability, and sustainability planning, governance and ethical practices.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5678:   Agric. Conservation for Eng &  
Civil Engineering  
Topics in soil and water conservation for agricultural productivity and environmental protection. Interconnection of water, soil, food, and climate, such as erosion, cropping systems, pollution, and irrigation.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5681:   Transportation Engineering II  
Civil Engineering  
Advanced topics in transportation engineering and management with emphasis on intermodal facilities; physical design and traffic management; measures of system effectiveness and performance; environmental and social impacts; Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technologies; applications of remote sensing and spatial technologies and GIS; economic evaluation of alternatives; computer modeling and simulation.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5682:   Airport Planning and Design  
Civil Engineering  
Impacts of national transportation policies with emphasis on ground, aviation, and intermodal facilities; financing resources; collection and use of traffic and passenger data for airport planning and design; travel demand forecasting; capacity analysis; visual aids and air traffic control; runway orientation and geometric design; design of terminal areas and ground access; basic pavement structural design and maintenance management; environmental impacts and economic assessment; airport applications of remote sensing and spatial technologies, GIS, and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technologies.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5685:   Highway Pavements  
Civil Engineering  
Stress analysis of pavements, traffic estimation, material characterization, condition monitoring and evaluation, current design schemes, computer applications.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
One Way-Co-Requisite CIVE 3031.  
Corequisites
CIVE 3031  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
CIVE 5780:   Agri Conser for Eng & Sci  
Civil Engineering  
Topics in soil and water conservation for agricultural productivity and environmental protection. Interconnection of water, soil, food, and climate, such as erosion, cropping systems, pollution, and irrigation.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture