Civil Engineering Undergraduate Courses
CE
200 Civil Engineering Service Projects
(Variable credit) Staff, Prerequisite: Instructor permission
Civil Engineering Service Projects (CESP) is a course that partners teams
of students with local community service organizations. Projects involve
strong technical content, significant design, and multidisciplinary effort
and a strong communication component. These projects have a civil engineering
emphasis, but benefit from enrollment of most other undergraduate majors.
Fall and Spring.
CE 225 Mechanics I
(3-0-3) Staff, Prereq. PHY 131 and MATH 126
Introduction to systems of forces and couples; vector mechanics. Equilibrium
of rigid bodies. Internal forces and moments, trusses and beams, distributed
loads and properties of areas. Friction and virtual work. Kinematics and
kinetics of particle motion. Systems of particles. Fall.
CE 231 Probabilistic and Statistical Methods in
Civil Engineering
(3-0-3) Staff, Prerequisites: MATH 225
Development of probabilistic and statistical techniques for data interpretation,
analysis and modeling with application to design and decision making in
Civil Engineering. Spring.
CE 242 Methods of Civil Engineering
(3-0-4) Vichit-Vadakan. co-req. CE 242L
A rigorous introduction to the tools used in civil engineering. This will
include computer programming, exposure to circuits and sensors, surveying
/ GPS, and use of commercial software packages. These tools and their use
will be introduced through a project-oriented pedagogy and strong hands-on
experience. Fall.
CE 242L Methods of Civil Engineering Laboratory
(0-1-0) Vichit-Vadakan. co-req. CE 242
The concurrent laboratory portion of CE 242. Fall.
CE 262 Engineering Geology
(3-0-3) Burns
A study of physical geology and geologic processes relevant to engineering.
Emphasis is on origin and distribution of natural hazards (earthquakes,
volcanoes, floods, winds, mass wasting) as they impact built infrastructure,
and chemical and physical processes impacting contaminant transport in
water. Distribution of natural hazards is considered in the context of
Plate Tectonics theory. Spring.
CE 300 Civil Engineering Service Projects
(Variable credit) Staff, Prerequisite: Instructor permission
Civil Engineering Service Projects (CESP) is a course that partners teams
of students with local community service organizations. Projects involve
strong technical content, significant design, and multidisciplinary effort
and a strong communication component. These projects have a civil engineering
emphasis, but benefit from enrollment of most other undergraduate majors.
Fall and Spring.
CE 335 Civil Engineering Materials
(3-0-4) Vichit-Vadakan. co-req. CE 335L
A study of mechanical properties of civil engineering materials and how
they relate to the atomic, microscopic, and macroscopic structure. Weekly
laboratories are used to study materials such as steel, concrete, wood,
and bituminous materials. Spring.
CE 335L Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory
(0-1-0) Vichit-Vadakan. co-req. CE 335
The concurrent laboratory portion of CE 335. Spring.
CE 336 Introduction to Structural Engineering
(3-0-3) Kareem. Prerequisite: AME 238 Mechanics of Solids.
Introduction to structural engineering; analysis of statically determinate
structures; deflection analysis; analysis of indeterminate structures using
classical and matrix methods; introduction to analysis software, structural
design concepts and codes and standards. Fall.
CE 341 Computational Methods in Civil Engineering
(3-0-3) Westerink, Prerequisites: MATH 228
Fundamentals of numerical methods and development of programming techniques
to solve problems in civil and environmental engineering. The course requires
significant computer use via a scientific program language such as Matlab
and/ or Fortran. Standard topics in numerical linear algebra, interpolation,
discrete differentiation, discrete integration, and approximate solution
of ordinary differential equations are treated in a context-based approach.
Applications are drawn from hydrology, environmental modeling, geotechnical
engineering, modeling of material behavior, and structural analysis. Fall.
CE 351 Geotechnical Engineering
(3-0-4) Salvati. Prerequisites: AME 238; co-req. CE 351L
The objective of this course is to introduce and familiarize the student
with the fundamentals of soil mechanics, including behavior of soils in
compression and shear, and the principles of geotechnical engineering through
lectures and laboratory experiments. Spring.
CE 351L Geotechnical Engineering
Laboratory
(0-1-0) co-req. CE 351
The concurrent laboratory portion of CE 351. Spring.
CE 356 Structural Analysis
(3-0-3) Staff. Prerequisite: CE 336 or equivalent
The fundamentals of matrix methods of analysis. Application to trusses
and rigid frames. Introduction to the use of commercial analsyis software.
Advanced topics of analysis: plastic analysis, introduction to structural
dynamics. The first course in the structures track. Spring.
CE 369 Introduction to Environmental Engineering
(3-0-3) Staff. Prerequisite: MATH 228 and CHEM 122.
An introduction to the fundamental concepts of material balances and reactions
occurring in reactors. These concepts bind together topics in water supply,
wastewater treatment, air pollution control, and management of solid and
hazardous wastes. The course describes how a holistic approach, not a fragmented
single-pollutant or single-medium, is required to solve environmental problems.
Decisions made by environmental engineers require a consideration of environmental
ethics, a unifying topic of this course. The first course in the environmental
track. Fall.
CE 400 Civil Engineering Service Projects
(Variable credit) Staff. Prerequisite: Instructor permission
Civil Engineering Service Projects (CESP) is a course that partners teams
of students with local community service organizations. Projects involve
strong technical content, significant design, and multidisciplinary effort
and a strong communication component. These projects have a civil engineering
emphasis, but benefit from enrollment of most other undergraduate majors.
Fall and Spring.
CE 410 Air Pollution Engineering
(3-0-3) Woertz
Course will draw upon previous coursework in chemistry, mathematics, fluids,
thermodynamics and environmental engineering. Types, sources and effects
of air pollutants will be covered as well as design of existing technologies
used to control emissions. Also, the effect of meteorology on air quality
and pollution transport will be discussed. Fall.
CE 430 Environmental Chemistry
(3-0-3) Maurice. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Application of acid-base, solubility, complex formation and oxidation reduction
equilibria to water supply, wastewater treatment and natural environmental
systems. Fall.
CE 440 Transportation Engineering
(3-0-3) Staff. Senior standing in engineering.
The planning, design, operation, safety and economics of transportation
systems. Spring.
CE 443 Wastewater System Design
(3-0-4) Prerequisite: CE 344; co-ereq. CE 443T
A study of the theory, design, and operation of facilities both for industrial
and municipal treatment and disposal. Design of municipal wastewater treatment
systems is emphasized. A significant project design component is included
with a tutorial section. The third course in the environmental track. Spring.
CE 443T Wastewater System Design Tutorial
(0-1-0) co-req. CE 443
The concurrent tutorial portion of CE 443.
CE 444 Groundwater Hydrology
(3-0-4) Silliman. Prerequisite: Senior standing in engineering. co-req.
CE 444L
Lectures and laboratory cover the fundamentals of flow and transport in
porous media. Methods of analysis for development of groundwater resources.
The second course in the environmental track. Fall.
CE 444L Groundwater Hydrology Laboratory.
(0-1-0) Silliman. co-req. CE 444
The concurrent laboratory portion of CE444. Fall.
CE 446 Hydraulics
(3-0-3) Ketchum. Prerequisite: AME 334 Fluid Mechanics.
Theory, analysis and design of pipe flow, sewer flow, open channel flow,
and reservoirs and pumping facilities for water distribution and wastewater
collection. Student team design of water distribution and sewer collection
systems is emphasized. Fall.
CE 450 Legal, Ethical, and Business Relations in
Engineering
(3-0-3) Staff
Legal, ethical and business relations in the practice of professional engineering.
Legal aspects of contracts, intellectual property, product and professional
liability. Case studies in engineering ethics. Communications, organization
and interpersonal skills. Fall.
CE 452 Introduction to Water Chemistry and Treatment
(3-0-3) Staff. Prerequisite: CHEM 122 and AME 334 Fluid Mechanics
An introduction to water treatment design, including discussion of basic
aquatic chemistry, water quality, environmental policy and current issues
and problems in the industry. The first course in the environmental track.
Spring.
CE 453 Waste Disposal Management
(3-0-3) Staff.
The handling and disposal of common chemical and biological residues (both
solid and semisolid) from waste collection and treatment operations. Occasionally
offered.
CE 459 Advanced Mechanics of Solids
(3-0-3) Staff. Prerequisite: CE 236 OR AME 238
The course covers fundamental principles and techniques in stress analysis
of trusses, beams, rigid frames, and thin-walled structures. Emphasis is
placed on energy methods associated with calculus of variations. Occasionally
offered.
CE 460 Finite Elements in Structural Mechanics
(3-0-3) Kirkner, Prereq. CE 356 or consent of instructor
Finite element methods for static and dynamic analysis of structural and
continuum systems. Analysis of two- and three-dimensional solids as well
as plates and shells. Introduction to nonlinear problems. Occasionally
offered.
CE 461 Structural Systems
(3-0-3) Kijewski-Correa, Prerequisite: CE 356
Overview of common structural systems used in design, with specific focus
on the hierarchy of lateral load resisting systems. Course will also highlight
innovative structural systems for high rise buildings, collapse mechanisms,
and concepts of serviceability and habitability. Codes and commercial software
common to practice will be heavily utilized. Occasionally offered.
CE 465 Foundations and Earth Structures
(3-0-3) Salvati. Prerequisite: CE 351
Application of basic engineering principles of soil mechanics in the design
of foundations and earth structures, including deep excavation supports,
shallow foundations, deep foundations and cofferdams. Spring.
CE 466. Structural Steel Design
(3-1-4) Staff. Prerequisites: CE 356.
Design of structural steel members/systems using basic fundamentals of
mechanics, principles of steel behavior at element and system level. Course
integrates current codes/standards and commercial software into semester-long
project, providing for direct application of concepts to the design of
a mid-rise structural steel residential/commercial building. The second
or third course in the structures track. Alternates Fall and Spring.
CE 470 Construction Management
(3-0-3) Staff. Prerequisite: Senior standing in engineering.
Engineering aspects of planning, economics, practices and equipment usage
in construction of civil engineering projects. Use of critical path construction
schedules. Occasionally offered.
CE 473 Environmental Engineering Design
(3-0-3) Ketchum. Permission required.
Application of physical, chemical and biological unit operations and processes
to the functional designs of municipal water pollution controls facilities.
Occasionally offered.
CE 474 Environmental Microbiology
(3-0-3) Woertz
Fundamentals of microbiology applied to environmental systems and treatment
processes. Emphasis will be placed on kinetics and energetics of microorganisms,
fate of environmental pollutants, biotechnology applications, and laboratory
techniques used to cultivate organisms and analyze biological systems.
Spring.
CE 476 Design of Structures to Resist Natural Hazards
(3-0-3) Kareem, Prereq. Consent of instructor
Natural hazards and associated load effects on structures. Analysis of
damage caused by wind storms, earthquakes and ocean waves. Design provisions
to resist damage resulting from natural hazards. Spring.
CE 486 Reinforced Concrete Design
(3-1-4) Prerequisites: CE 336
Mechanics and behavior of reinforced concrete members and structures. Design
of reinforced concrete members and structures, including continuous beams,
slabs, columns, and frames. Strength and serviceability considerations
for design. Building Codes and specifications for reinforced concrete design.
Includes a semester-long project on the design of a five-story five-bay
reinforced concrete frame building. The second or third course in the structures
track. Alternates Fall and Spring.
CE 497 Directed Readings
(0-V-V) Staff. Prerequisite: Permission required by the department chair
and instructor.
Research of literature on a specific geoscience topic. Preparation of reports
and presentations.
CE 498 Special Studies
(V-V-V) Staff. Prerequisite: Permission required by the department chair
and instructor.
Individual or small group study under the direction of a faculty member
in an undergraduate subject not concurrently covered by any University
course.
CE 499 Undergraduate Research
(0-V-V) Staff. Prerequisite: Permission required by the department chair
and instructor.
Three to 15 hours each week, arranged individually for each student.