Undergraduate Level 100 Courses
Gen Ed note: Civil and Environmental Engineering courses satisfy the Natural Science and Technology requirement.
CEN 161 two credits
Civil Engineering Design Graphics
Corequisite: MTH 113 (or MTH 111)
1 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory
The standard graphical means of communication between the civil engineer and the constructor are introduced. The students’ graphic communication skills are developed including the ability to use computer-aided graphic systems.
Undergraduate Level 200 Courses
CEN 202 three credits
Mechanics of Materials
Prerequisite: C- or better in EGR 241
3 hours lecture
The behavior of materials and members under axial load, torsion, flexure, shear and combined loads, including the deflection of beams and buckling of columns; the relationship between stress and strain, principal stresses and strains and yield and fracture criteria are discussed.
CEN 209 three credits
Introduction to Transportation Engineering Systems
Prerequisites: MTH 114 (or MTH 112) and PHY 111 (or PHY 113)
3 hours lecture
A comprehensive overview of the characteristics of transportation systems. Concepts in major areas such as geometric design, human factors, traffic engineering simulation, and transportation planning and evaluation, including travel behavior and socioeconomic effects, will be introduced. Principles of highway construction and design will be included.
CEN 212 One credit
Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory
Corequisite: CEN 202
3 hours laboratory
Laboratory experiments conducted to investigate the physical characteristics of materials and to verify the assumptions made in the course Mechanics of Materials (CEN 202). A series of laboratory experiments are conducted and production sites are visited to assess the engineering properties of aggregates and concrete.
Undergraduate Level 300 Courses
CEN 301 four credits
Surveying
Prerequisites: MTH 113 (or MTH 111) and CEN 161
3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory
A study of the theory and practice of plane surveying as applied to property, topographic, and engineering surveys, including curves, error theory and earth-work as related to civil engineering projects.
The laboratory portion consists of field practices to understand and supplement the course content.
CEN 303 three credits
Fluid Mechanics
Prerequisite: EGR 242
3 hours lecture
The mechanics of fluids, fluid properties, fluid statics. Kinematics and dynamics of flow fields are developed. Dimensional analysis, metering, laminar and turbulent flows will also be discussed. Emphasis is placed on energy equations with applications to closed conduit and open channel flow problems. Boundary layer concepts and drag and lift forces on submerged bodies are also considered.
CEN 304 three credits
Introduction to Environmental Engineering
Prerequisites: CEN 303, CHM 152
3 hours lecture
Introduction to the sanitary engineering field. The environmental problems of urbanization and the natural cycle of water are discussed. Elementary hydrology, physical, chemical and biological principles of the treatment of water and wastewater are covered. Municipal services—water mains, sanitary sewers and storm water drainage, layout and operation of purification and treatment works are studied in detail. In addition, state and federal regulatory standards are introduced and discussed.
CEN 305 three credits
Soil Mechanics
Prerequisite: C- or better in CEN 202
3 hours lecture
Physical and mechanical properties of soils including weight-volume relationships, index and classification properties, compaction, permeability and consolidation characteristics. Effective stresses and soil strength parameters are also discussed.
CEN 306 three credits
Structural Analysis
Prerequisite: C- or better in CEN 202
3 hours lecture
Analysis of forces, moments, and deformations of determinate and indeterminate beams, fames, trusses, and other structural systems. Classical and computer methods used.
CEN 307 three credits
Analysis and Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures
Prerequisite: CEN 306
3 hours lecture
The methods of structural analysis and design of reinforced concrete beams, columns, frames, and one-and two-way slabs are formulated and discussed
CEN 313 one credit
Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
Prerequisite: CEN 303
Corequisites: CEN 325
3 hours laboratory
Laboratory experiments supplementing the theory courses CEN 303 Fluid Mechanics and CEN 325 Water Resources Engineering, with the objective of introducing the student to the field of fluid observations and experimentation.
CEN 314 one credit
Introduction to Environmental Engineering Laboratory
Corequisite: CEN 304
3 hours laboratory
Laboratory experiments in the physical, chemical, and biological testing of water and wastewater. Supplements the theory course CEN 304.
CEN 315 one credit
Soil Mechanics Laboratory
Corequisite: CEN 305
3 hours laboratory
Laboratory experiments in testing of various types of soils. Supplements the theory course CEN 305
CEN 323 three credits
Geotechnical Engineering
3 hours lecture
Subsurface investigation and characterization based upon current methods of laboratory and in situ testing. Bearing capacity theory and geotechnical design of shallow foundation. Introduction to analysis and design of deep foundations and earth retaining structures.
CEN 325 three credits
Water Resources Engineering
Corequisite: CEN 313
3 hours lecture 3 hours lecture
Elementary surface and groundwater hydrology, pressure flow and open channel flow fundamentals. Topics include basic probability and statistics with a water resources emphasis, watershed based and site drainage concepts, natural and constructed open channel systems, reservoir routing and design, analysis and management issues. Also covered are the analysis and design of pressure flow systems, dam spillways, energy dissipaters and stilling basins. An integrated, systems analyses approach to water resources engineering is emphasized.
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CEN 328 three credits
Probability and Statistics for Civil Engineers
Prerequisite: MTH 213 (or MTH 211)
3 hours lecture
Covers probability theories, discrete and continuous random variables and various distributions. Descriptive statistics, hypothesis test, confidence intervals and linear regression analysis will be covered.
CEN 334 three credits
Traffic Engineering
Prerequisite: CEN 209
3 hours lecture
Introduction to the concepts of movement control. Discussion and quantitative appraisal of the characteristics of the transport user, the vehicle, the road, the navigation and control systems. Written and oral reports are assigned on field data collections and evaluations of typical control problems, traffic studies, road user reactions, and potential future transport systems.
Undergraduate Level 400 Courses
Civil Engineering Internship
Training experience for civil engineering majors at various institutions/agencies recognized by the department. Internship proposals must be approved by the department chair.
Engineering Economy
Prerequisite: MTH 114 (or MTH 112)
2 hours lecture
A study of the principles involved in the analysis of proposed investment in capital assets for decision-making. Emphasis is placed on techniques for economy studies of multiple alternatives, uncertainties in forecasts, increment costs, taxes, retirement and replacement. Current economic issues, overview of economic decision-making and investment are also discussed. Enrollment is normally limited to engineering seniors.
Analysis and Design of Steel Structures
Prerequisite: CEN 306
3 hours lecture
The field of structural engineering is introduced through a study of the methods of structural analysis and design of steel structures using the Load and Resistance Factor Design Method.
Water Quality Engineering
Prerequisite: CEN 304
3 hours lecture
Factors influencing the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of surface and ground waters. Unit operations and processes related to water treatment are emphasized.
Wastewater Treatment
Prerequisite: CEN 411
3 hours lecture
The nature and causes of wastewater pollutants and the biological, chemical, and physical characteristics of these wastes. The analysis, treatment, and disposal of domestic, municipal, and industrial wastes are studied. Design of wastewater collection, pumping, and treatment facilities are practiced.
Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis
Prerequisite: CEN 306
3 hours lecture
Fundamental matrix algebra including inversion of matrices. Stiffness matrices for spring assemblages, trusses, beams, and planar frames. Introduction to flexibility method. Computer programs are used by students to solve matrix equations.
Design of Structural Systems
3 hours lecture
For students interested in a career in structural engineering, gives a basic understanding of the behavior of various two and three dimensional load carrying structural systems and also some means by which they can compare alternate structural systems. Design concepts, design assumptions, and methods of analysis are stressed. The selection of the optimum system for a particular type structure is also discussed.
Pavement Design
Prerequisite: CEN 334
3 hours lecture
Provides a comprehensive understanding of pavement design. Basic principles and various design methods of pavements will be introduced. Major topics to be covered are stresses in flexible and rigid pavements, AASHTO design method for flexible and rigid pavements, design of overlays, design of airports, and other design methods of flexible and rigid pavements.
Special Topics in Geotechnical Engineering
Prerequisite: CEN 323
3 hours lecture
Selected topics of special interest in geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering. Topics will include geotechnical aspects of landfill design, design principals and uses of geo-synthetics for drainage systems, separation, and soil reinforcement, slope stability analysis, and various other techniques for soil stabilization and site improvement.
Ethical, Professional, and Safety Issues
Prerequisite: Senior Status
1 hour lecture
Course fee, to cover cost of OSHA training The professional nature of engineering and the code of ethics which governs its practice. Safety issues pertaining to field practice by civil engineers are covered. Students learn to make competent on-the job decisions and improve professional practice with an emphasis on safety for workers in the field. Requirements include completing an OSHA safety certification course, for which students pay a fee.
Civil Engineering Project
Final design experience requiring practitioner involvement, student reports, and oral presentations. An interdisciplinary, team approach is emphasized. Graded IP in fall.
Independent Study
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; permission of instructor, department chairperson, and college dean
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline’s course offerings. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
Directed Study
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor, department chairperson, and college dean
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged
Graduate Level 500 Courses
Statistical Methods in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Prerequisite: MTH 331 or equivalent
Concepts of the conduct of research in an empirical setting. Statistical modeling tools and techniques for handling empirical data. Dedicated software package will be used in class.
Advanced Structural Analysis
Prerequisite: CEN 306 or equivalent
Advanced classical methods of structural analysis. Structures subjected to mechanical and thermal loads. Superposition principle. Generalized functions and their application for the analysis of structures. Influence line method. Introduction to plate and shell theory.
Environmental Water Chemistry
Prerequisite: CEN 412 or equivalent
Chemical principles and applications of those principles to the analysis and understanding of aqueous environmental chemistry in natural waters and wastewaters. The chemistry of ionic equilibria, redox reactions, precipitation/ dissolution, acid-base concepts, buffer capacity, complexation, hydrolysis and biological reactions. Applying basic principles of aqueous chemistry for quantifying complex, environmental systems. Specific examples of air-water-soil interactions and consequent effects. Heterogeneous equilibria with more than one solid phase. Kinetics and thermodynamics of some important ionic and biological reactions. Laboratory experiments.
Structural Experimental Techniques
Study of experimental techniques used to evaluate engineering properties of materials. Experimental methods to determine stress, strain, displacement and acceleration in various structural materials. Types of structural behavior, structural modeling, dimensional analysis and similitude requirements. Theory and laboratory applications of state-of-the-art sensors.
Advanced Analysis and Design of Reinforced Concrete
Prerequisite: CEN 307 or equivalent
Application of ultimate strength design procedures to continuous beams and frames. Analysis of biaxial bending and buckling behavior of compression members. Serviceability behavior and theories for deflection and cracking of one-dimensional and twodimensional elements. Design of multistory structures, two way slabs, joints in buildings, and miscellaneous topics.
Prestressed Concrete Analysis and Design
Prerequisite: CEN 307 or equivalent
Behavior, analysis and design of prestressed concrete structures. Covers flexure, shear, axial load, torsion, bond anchorage design and construction considerations for pretensioned and post-tensioned concrete. Deflections, slab design, and study of axially loaded members.
Advanced Steel Design
Prerequisite: CEN 408 or equivalent
Application of ultimate and elastic design procedures to continuous beams and frames, composite members, statically indeterminate trusses and arches. Plastic analysis and design of steel members. Fatigue and fracture of steel.
Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis
Prerequisite: CEN 306 or equivalent
Fundamental matrix algebra including inversion of matrices. Stiffness matrices for spring assemblages, trusses, beams, and two and three dimensional frames. Introduction to flexibility method. Computer programs are used by students to solve matrix equations.
Design of Structural Systems
Prerequisite: CEN 308
Introduction to the behavior of various two and three dimensional load carrying structural systems and also some means by which the students can compare alternate structural systems. Design concepts, design assumptions, and methods of analysis are stressed. The selection of the optimum system for a particular structure is also discussed. For students interested in a career in structural engineering.
Special Topics in Geotechnical Engineering
Prerequisite: CEN 323 or equivalent
Selected topics of special interest in geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering. Topics will include geotechnical aspects of landfill design, design principals and uses of geo-synthetics for drainage systems, separation, and soil reinforcement, slope stability analysis, and various other techniques for soil stabilization and site improvement.
Structural Dynamics
Prerequisite: EGR 242 and CEN 306, or equivalent
Behavior of structures and structural components exposed to time dependent loadings. Vibrations of systems; descriptions of dynamic systems. Single degree of freedom and multiple degree of freedom systems. Base excitation caused by earthquake motions.
Advanced Soil Mechanics
Behavior of cohesionless and cohesive soils; limit analysis; failure theories and lateral earth pressures; stresses within earth mass; steadystate flow through porous media; consolidation and time rate settlement; shear strength of cohesive soils.
Surface Water Hydrology
Prerequisite: CEN 311 or equivalent
Advanced analysis and methods in surface water hydrology. Linear and nonlinear hydrograph methods. Kinematic wave and other hydraulic routing techniques. Advanced techniques for evaporation, infiltration, and snow melt.
Open Channel Flow Hydraulics
Prerequisite: CEN 311 or equivalent
Energy and momentum concepts, frictional resistance in open channels. Rapidly and gradually varied flow in open channels; unsteady flow in open channels; channel and culvert design.
Water Resources Planning & Management
Prerequisite: CEN 443 or equivalent
Relationship of hydrology and hydraulics with the ultimate goal of designing a project. Concepts of precipitation, runoff, hydrograph analysis, frequency analysis, flood routing, hydrologic synthesis, and simulation techniques for large basins as well as urban and small watersheds. Also included are backwater curves, submerged weirs, and water hammer.
Reaction Processes in Environmental Engineering
Prerequisite: CEN 531 or equivalent
Theory and application of adsorption, ion exchange, reverse osmosis, air stripping and chemical oxidation in water and wastewater treatment. Modeling engineered treatment processes.
Advanced Processes in Environmental Engineering
Prerequisite: CEN 531 or equivalent
Advanced concentrated study of a selected topic in environmental engineering such as non-point source pollution control, water reuse systems, new concepts in treatment technology, toxic substance control, etc. The instructor and student select topic. Courses may include specialized laboratory research, literature review, and specialty conference attendance.
Hazardous Waste Management
Prerequisite: CEN 514 or equivalent
Regulations for collection, transportation, disposal and storage of hazardous wastes. Containment systems, monitoring, types of liners, new and available technologies to eliminate or recover the hazardous components of the wastes.
Geo-Environmental Engineering
Prerequisite: CEN 433 or equivalent
Principles of interaction of soil and rock with various environmental cycles. Physical and chemical properties of soil. Environmental site characterization: drilling technology, geotechnical and geophysical methods, monitoring well design and construction, groundwater, soil and gas sampling procedures, sensor technologies. Contaminant transport, detection and containment. Principles of containment facilities: landfills, leachate collection, cut-off walls, permeable barriers, stability analysis. Soil and groundwater restoration stabilization, bioremediation, washing, electrotechnologies, soil vapor technologies.
Pavement Design
Prerequisite: CEN 309 or equivalent
Pavement types; pavement system components; stresses in the pavement structure. Design factors and criteria, pavement stabilization, structural design of flexible and rigid pavements for highways and airports, pavement maintenance and overlay design.
Pavement Materials
Bituminous and nonbituminous materials and mix-design, asphalt binder, bituminous mixtures, conventional and superpave mix-design methods, surface and subgrade soils, mineral aggregates, Portland cement concretes, material characterization and testing, fracture, fatigue, and permanent deformation, pavement materials and additives, and pavement recycling.
Pavement Management
Prerequisite: CEN 309 or equivalent
Pavement performance concepts. Criteria for pavement evaluation. Measurement of pavement distress and structural capacity. Analysis and interpretation of pavement evaluation data. Correlation of data with performance ratings. Formulation and evaluation of maintenance and rehabilitation alternatives.
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Prerequisite: CEN 334or equivalent
Application of advanced technology to the vehicle and the roadway to solve traffic congestion, safety, and air quality problems.
Masters Thesis
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, Thesis Option, and approval of the student’s Graduate Committee
Thesis research on an experimental or theoretical project in civil and environmental engineering under a faculty advisor. A formal thesis must be submitted to fulfill the course requirements.
Masters Project
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, Project Option, and approval of the student’s Graduate Committee
Project research in conjunction with industry or government under a faculty advisor. A formal report must be submitted to fulfill the course requirements.
Independent Study
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and Graduate Committee
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline’s course offerings. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
Graduate Level 600 Courses
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