600 Level Courses
Credit hours are in parenthesis; an asterisk denotes courses that are not offered every year.
CE 601 Research (Credit to be arranged.)
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CE 603 Thesis (Credit to be arranged.)
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CE 604 Cooperative Education/Internship (Credit to be arranged.)
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CE 605 Reading and Conference (Credit to be arranged.)
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CE 606 Special Projects (Credit to be arranged.)
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CE 607 Seminar (Credit to be arranged.)
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CE 610 Selected Topics (Credit to be arranged.)
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*CE 622 Plastic Analysis of Structures (4)
Techniques in the analysis of structures beyond the elastic limit. Methods of limit analysis and design. Prerequisite: CE 333.
*CE 624, 625 Matrix and Computer Methods in Structural Analysis (4, 4)
Fundamental concepts of analysis for statically determinate and indeterminate structures utilizing matrices and computers; displacement and force methods applied to trusses and rigid frames; techniques for the analysis of large complex structures for static and dynamic loads. Prerequisite: CE 325.
*CE 626 Theory of Plates (4)
Small and large deformation theories of thin plates; numerical and energy methods; free vibrations. Prerequisite: Mth 256.
*CE 627, 628 Finite Elements in Structural Mechanics (4, 4)
Principles of stiffness analysis of structures, essentials of the finite element formulation of elastic problems with applications to structural mechanics, plates and shells, and other related problems utilizing digital computers. Prerequisite: CE 524/624.
*CE 629 Structural Dynamics (4)
Determination of normal modes and frequencies for structural systems. Transient and steady state response. Derivation and solution of governing equations using matrix formulation. Analysis of linear response of structures to dynamic loadings. Stresses and deflections in structures. Prerequisite: CE 423/523.
*CE 630 Energy Principles in Structural Mechanics (4)
Review of stress and deformation; material behavior; theorem of virtual work, stationary value of potential and complementary potential; reciprocal theorems, Engesser's theorem, and Rayleigh-Ritz method; thermoelastic behavior. Prerequisite: CE 420/520.
*CE 635 Prestressed Concrete Design (4)
Analysis and design of components of prestressed concrete structures with reference to current codes. Prerequisite: CE 434.
*CE 637 Earthquake Engineering (4)
Response of structures to ground motions; determination and use of response spectra; seismic design criteria and provisions for buildings and other structures; and review of current practices for earthquake resistant design. Prerequisite: CE 529/629.
*CE 639 Advanced Steel Design (4)
Analysis and design of metal structures including connections, plate girders, design loads, structural systems, and bracing. Prerequisite: CE 333.
*CE 641 Advanced Soil Mechanics (4)
Study of the advanced principles of soil behavior related to stress-strain, shear strength, permeability, and consolidation. Prerequisite: CE 444.
*CE 644 Advanced Shallow Foundation Design (4)
Advanced topics in settlement and bearing capacity analysis of shallow foundation; application of numerical schemes to foundation design. Prerequisite: CE 444.
*CE 646 Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (4)
Application of finite difference and finite element methods to the solution of soil-structure problems, stability of soil masses and foundation installation. Use of commercial computer programs in working applied problems. Prerequisite: CE 444.
*CE 647 Earth Dams (4)
Design, construction, and operation of earth and earth-rock dams; seepage analysis, slope stability, and construction procedures. Emphasis includes both the design of new structures and the evaluation of safety of existing facilities. Prerequisite: CE 442.
CE 649 Deep Foundation Design and Analysis (4)
Comprehensive study of both driven and augered pile foundations, including concrete, steel, and timber. In-depth review of design methods for axial and lateral capacity. Special emphasis on the differences between driven piles and drilled shafts, including the role of full-scale load testing in the semi-empirical methods. Introduction to group theory in elasticity and plasticity. Prerequisite: CE 444.
*CE 652 Highway Design for Capacity (4)
Principles of highway capacity, traffic characteristics, operational analysis, design and planning of freeways, multi-lane and two-lane rural highways, intersections and arterials, transit facilities. Prerequisite: CE 454.
*CE 661 Water Resource Systems Analysis (4)
A development of quantitative techniques used in the analysis of water resource systems for planning, design and operation. Emphasis is placed on the physical, legal and economic aspects and their incorporation into simulation models. Applications include reservoir systems for water supply and hydropower, irrigation planning and operation, and water quality management. Prerequisite: CE 464/564 or equivalent.
*CE 665 Advanced Hydrology (4)
Development of mathematical models of hydrologic processes producing streamflow. Models for evaporation, snowmelt, infiltration, soil moisture, and runoff flood routing are developed for basic energy and fluid transport equations. Application of physically based hydrologic models, including HEC 1. Prerequisite: CE 464/564 or equivalent.
CE 666 Environmental Data Analysis (4)
Application of probabilistic and statistical models to the description of environmental data. Techniques of exploratory analysis, distribution fitting, Monte Carlo simulation, universities and multivariate regression, time series analysis and forecasting. Prerequisites: CE 464/564, Stat 460.
*CE 669 Introduction to Subsurface Flow and Contaminant Transport (4)
Principles of flow and contaminant transport in porous media and application to problems of water supply and contaminant transport. Topics include: properties of porous media; Darcy's law and aquifer equations; solution for steady and unsteady flow problems; flow net analysis; regional vertical circulation; unsaturated flow; well dynamics and pump test analysis; surface-groundwater interactions; water quality and contaminant transport; transport models; transport in heterogeneous porous media and tracer test. Prerequisite: senior/graduate standing in civil engineering.
*CE 670 Numerical Modeling of Subsurface Flow and Contaminant Transport (4)
Review of physical principles of flow and contaminant transport in porous media; finite difference and finite element methods for solving groundwater flow and contaminant transport equations; higher-order upwinding, methods of characteristics and other improved analytically-based numerical methods for solving advection-dominated transport problems; numerical modeling of flow and contaminant transport in saturated, unsaturated and multiple fluid porous systems; real-case study of groundwater flow and groundwater contamination at a field site. Prerequisite: CE 569.
*CE 671 Advanced Topics in Subsurface Flow and Contaminant Transport (4)
A probabilistic approach to analyzing the effects of complex heterogeneity of subsurface environment on field-scale ground-water flow and contaminant transport. Classical transport processes; heterogeneity/ uncertainty and probabilistic representations; temporally variable subsurface flow and lumped parameter water quality models; spatial variability in subsurface flow; contaminant transport processes in heterogeneous media; geostatistical methods, measurement conditioning and parameter estimation; field applications of stochastic methods. Emphasis is placed on analysis of field-scale heterogeneous groundwater systems. Prerequisite: CE 569.
*CE 672 Environmental Fluid Mechanics I (4)
Introduction to the basic physical processes which transport pollutants in natural waters; mathematical formulations. Use of predictive mathematical models as a basis for water and air quality management. Prerequisites: EAS 361, CE 371.
*CE 673 Numerical Methods in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering (4)
Introduction to the mathematical solution of partial differential equations by finite difference and finite element techniques. Development of solution approaches to water quality and hydraulic problems in surface and groundwater systems. Analysis of model sensitivities, calibration and verification. Prerequisite: senior or graduate standing in civil engineering.
*CE 675 Advanced Physical/Chemical Environmental Engineering Processes (4)
Theoretical and laboratory analysis of major physical and chemical processes used to treat water, wastewater, industrial and hazardous wastes. Analysis of reactor hydraulics, reactor kinetics, coagulation, flocculation, solid-liquid separation processes, adsorption, and gas transfer. Prerequisite: CE 474/574.
*CE 676 Environmental Fluid Mechanics II (4)
Introduction to the fundamentals of the fluid dynamics of natural surface waters by analysis of the governing equations of mass, momentum, and heat conservation. Applications include turbulence modeling, finite depth water motions, stratified flow phenomena, and seiche phenomena. Prerequisites: CE 572/672 or EAS 361, CE 362, 371.
*CE 678 Water Quality Modeling (4)
Introduction to descriptive modeling approaches for analyzing water quality changes in lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and estuaries. Applications include modeling dissolved oxygen, temperature, nutrients, and algal dynamics. Prerequisites: EAS 361, CE 371.
*CE 691 Engineering Optimization (4)
Development of optimization methods applicable to the solution of engineering problems. Conditions for optimality, univariate, and multivariate search methods, constrained optimization. Particular techniques include gradient-based methods, linear programming, and dynamic programming. Prerequisite: graduate standing in engineering.
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