Civil engineering courses | Engineering Mechanics courses
CEE 500: ADVANCED STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
Frames of variable cross section; arches; flat and folded plates; elastic stability of columns, frames and plates; cylindrical, spherical and barrel shells; structural dynamics of beams and frames. Prerequisite: CEE 317.
3 semester hours
CEE 501: STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS BY COMPUTER
Review of force and displacement methods. Introduction to direct element and substructure methods. Students write and execute computer programs to analyze plane and space trusses, grids and frames. Prerequisite: CEE 317.
3 semester hours
CEE 502: PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
Discussion of the properties of concrete and prestressed steel. Theory and design of prestressed concrete beams, slabs, columns, frames, ties and circular tanks. Prerequisite: CEE 412.
3 semester hours
CEE 503: INTRODUCTION TO CONTINUUM MECHANICS
Tensors, calculus of variations, Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions of motion. General equations of continuum mechanics, constitutive equations of mechanics, thermodynamics of continua. Specialization to cases of solid and fluid mechanics. Prerequisite: EGM 303.
3 semester hours
CEE 504: STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS
Response of undamped and damped single and multi-degree-of-freedom structures subjected to harmonic, periodic and general dynamic loadings. Special topics include nonlinear structural response, response spectra, shear buildings and simple systems with distributed properties. Prerequisite: CEE 317 or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CEE 505: PLASTIC DESIGN IN STEEL
Analysis and design procedures based on ultimate load capacity applied to steel beams, frames and their connections. Concept of plastic hinge, necessary conditions for the existence of plastic moment, instability, deformations, repeated and reversed loading, and minimum weight design. Prerequisite: CEE 411.
3 semester hours
CEE 507: MASONRY DESIGN
Properties and performance criteria of bricks, concrete blocks, mortar and grout; codes and construction practices; design of masonry elements. Prerequisite: CEE 317.
3 semester hours
CEE 508: DESIGN OF TIMBER STRUCTURES
Study of basic wood properties and design considerations. Design and behavior of wood connectors, fasteners, beams, columns and beam columns. Introduction to plywood and glued laminated members. Analysis and design of structural diaphragms and shear walls. Prerequisite: CEE 317.
3 semester hours
CEE 511: EXPERIMENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS
A study of the experimental analysis of stress as an aid to design for strength and economy with emphasis on electrical strain gages. Also, photoelasticity, brittle coatings, analogies, structural similitude. Two hours lecture and one three-hour laboratory period per week. Prerequisite: EGM 303.
3 semester hours
CEE 515: PAVEMENT DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & MANAGEMENT
Fundamental principles of flexible and rigid highway and airport pavement design, construction and management.
3 semester hours
CEE 520: ADVANCED GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Advanced study of geotechnical engineering principles and study. Stress-strain characteristics; constitutive relationships; failure theories; dynamic soil properties; difficult soils; soil improvement; stability of earth slopes. Prerequisite: CEE 312.
3 semester hours
CEE 524: FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
Application of geotechnical engineering principles of analysis and design of shallow and deep foundations and earth retaining structures. Topics include site exploration and characterization, foundation types, bearing capacity, settlement analysis, shallow foundation design, earth pressures theories, design of retaining walls, flexible retaining structures and braced excavations, design of p'
3 semester hours
CEE 539: THEORY OF PLASTICITY
Fundamentals of plasticity theory including elastic, viscoelastic and elastic-plastic constitutive models; plastic deformation on the macroscopic and microscopic levels; stress-strain relations in the plastic regime; strain hardening; limit analysis; numerical procedures. Prerequisite: EGM 503 or EGM 533.
3 semester hours
CEE 540: COMPOSITE DESIGN
Design with composite materials. Micromechanics. Lamination theory. Joining. Fatigue. Environmental effects. Prerequisite: EGM 303.
3 semester hours
CEE 541: EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS
Introduction to the mechanical response of fiber-reinforced composite materials with emphasis on the development of experimental methodology. Analytical topics include stress-strain behavior of anisotropic materials, laminate mechanics, and strength analysis. Theoretical models are applied to the analysis of experimental techniques used for characterizing composite materials. Lectures are supplemented by laboratory sessions in which characterization tests are performed on contemporary composite materials. Prerequisite: EGM 303.
3 semester hours
CEE 543: ANALYTICAL MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS
Analytical models are developed for predicting the mechanical and thermal behavior of fiber-reinforced composite materials as a function of constituent material properties. Both continuous and discontinuous fiber-reinforced systems are considered. Specific topics include basic mechanics of anisotropic materials, micromechanics and lamination theory, free edge effects and failure criteria. Prerequisite: EGM 303.
3 semester hours
CEE 544: MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Comprehensive treatment of laminated beams, plates and sandwich structures. Effect of heterogeneity and anisotropy on bending under lateral loads, buckling and free vibration are emphasized. Shear deformation and other higher-order theories and their range of parametric applications are also considered. Prerequisite: EGM 543 or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CEE 546: FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS I
Fundamental development of the Finite Element Method (FEM), and solution of field problems and comprehensive structural problems. Variational principles and weak-forms; finite element discretization; shape functions; finite elements for field problems; bar, beam, plate and shell elements; isoparametric finite elements, stiffness, nodal force and mass matrices; matrix assembly procedures; computer coding techniques; modeling decisions; program output interpretation. Course emphasis on a thorough understanding of FEM theory and modeling techniques. Prerequisite: CEE 503 or CEE 533.
3 semester hours
CEE 550: HIGHWAY GEOMETRIC DESIGN
Advanced topics in horizontal and vertical alignment design controls and criteria, sight distance, intersection and interchange design. Prerequisite: CEE 403.
3 semester hours
CEE 551: TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
Characteristics of traffic, including the road user, vehicle, traffic control devices, accident analysis, signal operations and design and the fundamentals of signal system progression. Prerequisite: CEE 403.
3 semester hours
CEE 552: INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
Fundamentals of planning, design, deployment and operations of ITS. Integrated application of ITS architecture, traffic flow principles, advanced equipment, communications technologies and management strategies to provide traveler information and increase the safety and efficiency of the surface transportation system. Prerequisite: CEE 403.
3 semester hours
CEE 558: TRAFFIC ENGINEERING RESEARCH
Practical problems in control or capacity restraints based on studies of actual local situations. Prerequisite: CEE 403.
3 semester hours
CEE 560: WASTEWATER ENGINEERING
Measuring the characteristics and estimating the quantity of wastewater produced from domestic and industrial sources. Principles of designing and operating wastewater treatment plants that primarily use microbiological treatment processes. Process selection criteria will be emphasized.
3 semester hours
CEE 562: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESSES
Designing physical and chemical unit processes to treat wastewater. Industry pretreatment technologies and the basis for their development.
3 semester hours
CEE 563: HAZARDOUS WASTE ENGINEERING
Characterizing contaminated sites and conducting treatability studies to select remediation strategies.
3 semester hours
CEE 564: SOLID WASTE ENGINEERING
Characterizing solid waste. Managing solid waste collection, transport, minimization and recycling. The design of solid waste disposal and resource recovery facilities.
3 semester hours
CEE 570: COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
Innovative solutions to common civil engineering problems in environmental, geotechnical, structures, transportation and water resources through the use of personal computer applications. Prerequisite: CEE 320.
3 semester hours
CEE 574: FUNDAMENTALS OF AIR POLLUTION ENGINEERING I
Air pollution, combustion fundamentals, pollutant formation and control in combustion, pollutant formation and control methods in internal combustion engines, particle formation in combustion. Prerequisites: [CME 311 or MEE 301] and [CME 324 or MEE 410], or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CEE 575: FUNDAMENTALS OF AIR POLLUTION ENGINEERING II
Review of the concepts of air pollution engineering; aerosols; removal of gaseous pollutants from effluent streams; optimal air pollution control strategies. Prerequisite: CME 574 or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CEE 576: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SEPARATION PROCESSES
Discussion of the unit operations associated with environmental engineering separation processes of solid-liquid, liquid-liquid and gas-liquid systems; general use, principles of operation and design procedures for specific types of equipment. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CEE 580: HYDROLOGY AND SEEPAGE
Detailed study of the hydrologic cycle with a focus on rainfall/runoff generation techniques. Practical application of hydrologic fundamentals is demonstrated through the design of urban storm water systems. Introduction to sub-surface hydrology and groundwater modeling. Prerequisites: CEE 312.
3 semester hours
CEE 582: ADVANCED HYDRAULICS
Detailed examination of unsteady flow in closed-conduits and open channels. Practical methods for solving waterhammer and flood routing problems are presented. Physical modeling integrated with dimensional analysis and similitude is presented. Prerequisites: CEE 313 and CEE 333.
3 semester hours
CEE 584: OPEN CHANNEL FLOW
Open channel flow in its various forms will be studied. Major topics to be covered include energy and momentum principles, uniform and gradually varied flow, rapidly varied flow, spatially varied flow and an introduction to unsteady flow. Pragmatic applications such as channel design, water surface profile computations, and culvert analysis will also be covered. Well-established solution approaches and widely accepted computer methods will be used to solve real-world problems. Prerequisites: CEE 313 and CEE 333.
3 semester hours
CEE 590: SELECTED READINGS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Directed readings in a designated area arranged and approved by the student's faculty advisor and the department chair. May be repeated.
1-3 semester hours
CEE 595: SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Special assignments in civil engineering subject matter to be arranged and approved by the student's advisor and the department chair.
1-6 semester hours
CEE 598: PROJECT
1-6 semester hours
