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Civil Engineering

5048. Probability and Statistics in Engineering (3 s.h.)

This course is designed to build a conceptual background in probability, statistics, and stochastic analysis. It prepares the graduate student for research in uncertainty analysis and stochastic models in engineering. It begins by building a solid integrated background on the subjects that conform uncertainity analysis in engineering: probability, statistics, and stochastic modeling. The theory is complemented with numerous exercises of application in engineering uncertainty analysis, and with computer simulations using modern computer algebra software, such as MAPLE. Students are gradually taken to more advanced subjects and eventually to the analysis of differential equations subject ot random intitial condiotions, random forcing terms, and random parameters. {artial differential equations and nonlinear stochastic equations are treated.

5201. Transportation Systems Management   (3 s.h.)

Cost effective techniques for the rebuilding of deteriorated transportation systems; pavement management and traffic systems management; extensive use of advanced computer software packages.

5202. Transportation Engineering   (3 s.h.)

The principal modes of transportation including highway, rail, and air; analysis of elements of transport technology; transportation system development, planning, design, construction, and maintenance.

5211. Bridge Design   (3 s.h.)

Bridge design in structural steel and reinforced concrete. Application of AASHTO bridge design specifications. Analysis techniques for complex structures. Preliminary designs include investigating alternative structural systems and materials. Final designs include preparation of design calculations and sketches.

5212. Transportation Engineering Materials   (3 s.h.)

The physical properties of asphalt, aggregates, portland cement, portland cement concrete, and their combinations. Advanced techniques in material characterization in the lab and the field. Material variability, sampling, and statistical techniques; impact of these properties on their characterization of the design, construction, rehabilitation and management oftransportation facilities including portland cement concrete pavements with steel reinforcement; construction methodologies, recycling, and energy consideration; application of the state-of-the-art computer software packages.

5221. Intelligent Transportation Systems   (3 s.h.)

The coverage embraces the multidimensional upgrades needed for highway and vehicles for developing intelligent transportation systems.Contributions from important related fields such as telecommunications, safety, management,urban and regional planning and economics where they interface with transport are included. Several case studies are integral part of the course.

5241. Pavement Management and Traffic Systems Management   (3 s.h.)

Development of management methods for analysis, planning, design, construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation of pavements and traffic systems. The objective functions include creation of more efficient use of existing facilities through improved management and operation of vehicles and roadway.

5301. Construction Administration (3 s.h.)

The engineering and construction industry; basis of construction contracting; organizational structure and its functions; management structure and its functions; office administration, employment practices, and labor relations; organizational financing and accounting; safety practices, risk management, and industrial insurance.

5302. Engineering Project Management   (3 s.h.)

Overview of the basic principles underlying all methods of project management, including project estimating, planning and scheduling, budgeting, cost accounting and cost control, project documentation, tracking and resource levelling; utilization of project management software packages for selected civil engineering projects; different types of projects, organizing the project management functions, setting up the project team, starting up and managing engineering projects and ensuring the effective completion of the project on time, within budget and meeting specifications.

5303. Construction Financial Management   (3 s.h.)

Project development in construction, project budgeting and job costing approaches, cost management and financing alternatives, evaluation of financial and accounting objectives required with each project, forecasting ash needs and profit, financial reporting procedures.

5312. Construction Equipment Management   (3 s.h.)

Concepts and theories of construction equipment operation and ownership costs and their relationship to production systems. Analysis of depreciation and fixed costs for equipment pricing on construction projects. Selection and use of construction equipment. Equipment economics and financing.

5411. Structural CADD Systems   (3 s.h.)

Behavior and analysis of simple and complex structures subjected to dynamic loads, using exact and approximate analytical techniques. Determination of free response and force response using modal superposition and numerical integration. Review of the characteristics of earthquakes with consideration of site and structural parameters on the response of buildings. Application of analysis and design procedures required to achieve earthquake resistant structures in accordance with building code specifications.

5421. Structural Dynamics   (3 s.h.)

This design course addresses developments in theory and practice of earthquake engineering. It will familiarize students with new techniques of analysis and seismic design. Students will learn advanced concepts in applied mathematics, especially structural dynamics and application of seismic building and bridge codes. Familiarity with differential equations, matrix methods of analysis, non-linear equations, eigenvalue solutions and finite elements modeling would be required. Students will be instructed to learn and apply new software for dynamic analysis. Laboratory work will include the study of experimental models such as for bridge piers (frames, walls, and hammerhead columns) using MTS machine for applying dynamic loads.

5431. Behavior & Design of Steel Structures   (3 s.h.)

The course’s design objective is to develop within the student an awareness of the fundamentals which are required to produce safe, functional, and economical steel structures, which are in conformance with national building codes and industry specifications and standards. The course is intended to provide the student with an advanced course in structural engineering, more specifically, to develop professional level competence in the design of steel-framed buildings, utilizing the most up-to-date design code.

5432. Structural Mechanics   (3 s.h.)

Principles of mechanics and stress and strain at a point; analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate structures with static and moving loads using energy methods and force and deformation methods; beam theory, shear center, unsymmetrical bending, introduction to numerical methods and computer techniques; introduction to the use of the GT-STRUDAL and ANSYS computer programs.

5433. Behavior and Design of Masonry Structures   (3 s.h.)

Covers the fundamental principles of masonry behavior and design. In this course up-to-date information about material testing, research methodology in the area of masonry structures, and codes are presented. The first part of the course presents the fundamental behavior and characteristics of the masonry materials and masonry assemblages, the deformational characteristics of brick and block masonry, performance of load-bearing wall systems and shear wall system, the design of unreinforced and reinforced masonry elements, and the construction details of masonry structures. Whereas, the second part of the course concentrates on the seismic resistance of masonry structures, prestressed masonry, and applied design of low and high-rise buildings.

5622. Fate of Pollutants in Subsurface Environments   (3 s.h.)

Integrated chemical, physical, and microbiological principles of contaminant fate and transport processes necessary in the use of engineered approaches towards selecting and implementing subsurface cleanup options. Abiotic processes, biotic processes, empirical models and vulnerability mapping.

5623. Near-Surface Environmental Systems   (3 s.h.)

Contaminants in various media (soils, water), characterization of contaminants transport, fate of contaminants; precipitation areal coverage, science and modeling aspects of water flow and solute transport in unsaturated media and computer applications.

5631. Environmental Hydrology (3 s.h.)

The physics of surface and subsurface circulation and storage of water and the transport of contaminants in watersheds, soils, aquifers, rivers, the ocean, and the atmosphere. The laws and equations which govern the recharge, flow, storage, and discharge of water in natural environments. Emphasis is given to qualitative analysis and quantitative evaluation methods of the different hydrologic processes with potential applications in surface and groundwater resources engineering, and environmental analysis. Analytical and numerical procedures to solve the arising equations will be presented, along with the most commonly used models to solve water resources problems. Engineering methods for the sustainable use of water resources. Engineering methods for the containment and treatment of surface and groundwater pollution, and the restoration of aquifers.

5701. Physical Principals of Environmental Systems   (3 s.h.)

Basic principles of process engineering as they relate to pollution control. Includes heat and mass transfer, mixing, chemical, and biological reactions and reaction and kinetics.

 

5702. Chemical Principles of Environmental Systems   (3 s.h.)

Essential chemical principles necessary to understand the nature of commonly occurring pollution problems and engineering approaches to their solutions. Thermodynamics, chemical equilibria, acid-base chemistry, carbonate system, Redox chemistry and adsorption/desorption phenomena.

5703. Mathematical Modeling   (3 s.h.)

An introductory graduate course focused on numerical modeling of engineering systems. It covers standard mathematical techniques, such as interpolation, numerical integration, numerical solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations, parameter estimation, and optimization. Students will have to a use an algorithmic programming language, such as Matlab, Fortran, or C++.

5711. Air Pollution Control   (3 s.h.)

Theory and principles of the design and operation of the major categories of air pollution control equipment. Introduction to dispersion modeling. An extensive design problem is a major course component.

5731. Solid Wastes Engineering   (3 s.h.)

Engineering principles of solid waste generation, characterization, collection and transport, separation, source reduction and recycling, physical chemical and biological treatment strategies.

5771. Chemistry for Environmentally Sustainable Engineering   (3 s.h.)

A survey of environmental chemistry as it relates to the development of environmentally sustainable engineered systems.

5772. Sustainable Development and Industrial Ecology   (3 s.h.)

An introduction to the concepts of industrial ecology and sustainability, the course focuses on an interdisciplinary framework for the design and operation of industrial systems as living systems interdependent with natural systems.

5792. Sustainable Development and Industrial Ecology (3 s.h.)

An introduction to the concepts of industrial ecology and sustainability, the course focuses on an interdisciplinary framework for the design and operation of industrial systems as living systems interdependent with natural systems.

5792. Biological Principles of Environmental Systems (3 s.h.)

Application of biological processes in environmental engineering is historic and eminently modern, from traditional ones like activated sludge and anaerobic digestion to emerging applications like detoxification of hazardous chemical and biofiltration of drinking water. “Biological Principles of Environmental Systems” is designed to provide students with biological principles essential for the understanding and designing of biological processes used for environmental protection and improvement. While many biological processes are being employed and developed by environmental engineers, there is no place in the standard civil engineering curriculum for detailed discussion on the underlining principles and their applications. This course emphasizes the comprehension of theoretical concepts and their application in a variety of situations. This course covers the fundamental principles of biological principles by their practical applications in engineered and natural environments.

5799. Environmental Engineering   (3 s.h.)

Generation, transport, effects, and control of environmental pollution within and across media. Problem analysis and control design. The theoretical development will be augmented with applications of state-of-the-art software packages. Students will complete a term project.

 

8302. Advanced Project Management   (3 s.h.)

Prerequisite: CE 500, CE570.

Analysis of project control, job budgeting and costing, safety and risk management, bidding strategies and management, construction information management. Case studies of construction projects and company profiles.

8703. Computer Modeling of Environmental Transport   (3 s.h.)

Theory and computer modeling of transport and diffusion within and across media; application of models to problems of air, water and soil pollution with case studies.

8751. Water and Wastewater Systems Design   (3 s.h.)

The design of water distribution and sewage handling facilities including sewers, pumping stations, seepage beds, septic tanks, spray irrigation and natural treatment systems such as overload and swamp treatment.

 9991. Directed Research  (3 s.h.)

Under the guidance of a faculty member, students will select a topic in civil and environmental engineering to be researched using at least five references. An extensive research paper will be written which will be reviewed by two faculty members. Projects related to industrial applications are encouraged. For non-thesis students only.

 

9995. Project (3 s.h.)

 

Under the guidance of a faculty member, students will select a topic in civil and environmental engineering to be researched using at least five references. An extensive research paper will be written which will be reviewed by two faculty members. Projects related to industrial applications are encouraged. For non-thesis students only.

9996. Thesis (3 s.h.)

Formulation of the thesis topic. Literature review and research of the proposed topic. Oral presentation and written submission of thesis proposal. Completion of the proposed research, and oral presentation of thesis work. Submission of the written thesis. For thesis students only.