Head of Department: Professor Michael Accorsi
Associate Head of Department: Professor Amvrossios Bagtzoglou
Department Office: Room 302, F.L. Castleman Building
For major requirements, see the School of Engineering section of this Catalog.
Courses in Applied Mechanics are listed as CE 2110, 2120, 3110, and 3120.
2010. Civil and Environmental Engineering Professional Issues Seminar
(291) Either semester. No credits. One 1-hour period. May be repeated. Students taking this course will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory).
Issues in the practice of Civil & Environmental Engineering: professional ethics, law/contracts, insurance/liability, global/societal issues (e.g., sustainable development, product life cycle), construction management and professional development.
2110. Applied Mechanics I
(211) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite or corequisite: MATH 2110 or MATH 2130.
Fundamentals of statics using vector methods. Resolution and composition of forces; equilibrium of force systems; analysis of forces acting on structures and machines; centroids; moment of inertia.
2120. Applied Mechanics II
(212) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 2110 and MATH 2110 or MATH 2130.
Fundamentals of dynamics using vector methods. Rectilinear and curvilinear motion, translation, rotation, plane motion; work, energy and power; impulse and momentum.
2210. Decision Analysis in Civil and Environmental Engineering
(201) (Also offered as ENVE 2330.) First semster. Three credits. Prerequisite: MATH 1122 or 1132Q. May not be taken for credit if the student has taken CE 2251, 281, or ENVE 2251.
Time value of money. Evaluation of alternative projects. Fundamentals of probability theory and statistics. Introduction to critical path method for project scheduling and optimization using linear mathematical models.
2251. Probability and Statistics in Civil Engineering
(251) (Also offered as ENVE 2251.) First semester. Three credits. Recommended preparation: MATH 1121Q or 1131Q. This course and CE 2210 or ENVE 2330 may not both be taken for credit.
Application of statistical principles to the analysis of civil engineering problems. Topics include probability, random variable distributions, hypothesis testing, and linear regression analysis.
2310. Environmental Engineering Fundamentals
(263) (Also offered as ENVE 2310.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CHEM 1128Q or 1148Q.
Concepts of aqueous chemistry, biology, and physics applied in a quantitative manner to environmental problems and solutions. Mass and energy balances, chemical reaction engineering. Quantitative and fundamental description of water and air pollution problems. Environmental regulations and policy, pollution prevention, risk assessment. Written and oral reports.
2410. Geomatics and Spatial Measurement
(271) First semester. Four credits. Three lecture periods and one 3-hour Laboratory. Recommended preparation: MATH 1060 or 1120 or 1131.
Elementary plane surveying, geospatial coordinate systems, error and accuracy analysis, introduction to geographic information systems, theory and uses of global positioning systems, introduction to photogrammetry and land-surface remote sensing in the context of civil and environmental engineering.
2710. Transportation Engineering
(254) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 2410. Recommended preparation: CE 2120.
Design of transportation facilities. Traffic flow and capacity analysis. Travel demand analysis.
3110. Mechanics of Materials
(287) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 2110.
Simple and combined stress, torsion, flexure and deflection of beams, continuous and restrained beams, combined axial and bending loads, columns.
3120. Fluid Mechanics
(297) (Also offered as ENVE 3120.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: MATH 2110 or 2410Q. Recommended preparation: CE 2120. This course and ME 3250 may not both be taken for credit.
Statics of fluids, analysis of fluid flow using principles of mass, momentum and energy conservation from a differential and control volume approach. Dimensional analysis. Application to pipe flow and open channel flow.
3300. Environmental Engineering Laboratory
(262) (Formerly offered as CE 264.) (Also offered as ENVE 3200.) Second semester. Three credits. Two class periods and one 3-hour laboratory period. Prerequisite: CE 2310; and prerequisite or corequisite: CE 3120 or CHEG 3123.
Aqueous analytical chemical techniques, absorption, coagulation/flocculation, fluidization, gas stripping, biokinetics, interpretation of analytical results, bench-scale design projects, written and oral reports.
3320. Water Quality Engineering
(260) (Also offered as ENVE 3220.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 2310 and (CE 3120 or CHEG 3123).
Physical, chemical, and biological principles for the treatment of aqueous phase contaminants; reactor dynamics and kinetics. Design projects.
3510. Soil Mechanics I
(240) First semester. Four credits. Three class periods and one 3- hour laboratory period. Prerequisite or corequisite: CE 3110. Recommended preparation: CE 3120.
Fundamentals of soil behavior and its use as a construction material. Effective stress principle, seepage and flow nets, consolidation, shear strength, limit equilibrium analysis. Written reports.
3520. Civil Engineering Materials
(222) Second semester. Three Credits. Two lectures. One 3-hour laboratory. Prerequisite or corequisite: CE 3110.
Engineering properties of steel, Portland cement concrete, bituminous cement concrete, and timber; laboratory measurement of properties; interpretation of results. Written reports.
3530. Engineering & Environmental Geology
(Also offered as GSCI 3710 and ENVE 3530.) Second semester, alternate years. Three credits. Recommended preparation: GSCI 1050 or 1051.
Application of geological principles to engineering and environmental problems. Topics include site investigations, geologic hazards, slope processes, earthquakes, subsidence, and the engineering properties of geologic materials. Intended for both geoscience and engineering majors.
3610. Basic Structural Analysis
(234) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 3110.
Analysis of statistically determinate structures; influence lines; deflection of trusses, beams, and frames; introduction to indeterminate analysis using consistent deformation and moment distribution; computer programming.
3620. Basic Structural Design
(236) Second semester. Four credits. Three class periods and one 3-hour Laboratory. Prerequisite: CE 3110.
Loads; design of principal components - beams, columns and simple connections - of steel and reinforced concrete structures. Design projects.
3995. Special Topics in Civil Engineering
(294) Semester, credits, and hours by arrangement or as announced. Prerequisite and/or consent: Announced separately for each course. May be repeated for credit.
Classroom or laboratory courses as announced for each semester. For independent study see CE 4999.
4210. Operations Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering
(202) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 2210. This course and CE 256 may not both be taken for credit.
Critical path method for scheduling and managing engineering project tasks. Resource allocation subject to constraints. One and two-phase simplex method for linear programming. Optimization of non-linear problems.
4310. Environmental Modeling
(279) (Also offered as ENVE 4310.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 2310 and (CHEG 3123 or CE 3120).
Systematic approach for analyzing contamination problems. Systems theory and modeling will be used to assess the predominant processes that control the fate and mobility of pollutants in the environment. Assessments of lake eutrophication, conventional pollutants in rivers and estuaries and toxic chemicals in groundwater.
4410. Computer Aided Site Design
(276) Second semester. Three credits. Two lecture periods and one 2-hour laboratory period. Prerequisite: CE 2410 and CE 2710.
Roadway and street network design and site development using computer software, including grading and earthwork, runoff and drainage structures.
4510. Foundation Design
(241) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 3510 and 3620.
Application of soil properties to design of foundations, retaining structures, excavation drainage, shallow footings, deep foundations, specifications, subsurface exploration.
4520. Soils Engineering
(242) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 3510.
Earth structures, slope stability, consolidation and settlement of soil, vertical drains, surcharging, pressures on buried pipes, and tunnels, numerical solutions.
4541. Soil Mechanics II
First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 3510 or equivalent.
Introduction of soil as a multi-phase material; brief overview of origin and mineralogy of soil; stress and strain analysis in soil; soil compression and consolidation; soil shear strength; introduction to critical state soil mechanics.
4610. Advanced Structural Analysis
(237) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 3610.
Approximate analysis techniques, analysis of indeterminate elastic structures using classical and matrix methods of analysis. Computer programming.
4620. Reinforced Concrete Structures Design
(238) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 3610 and 3620.
Design for flexure, shear, torsion, and axial loads; two- way slabs; serviceability considerations. Applications to buildings.
4630. Steel Structures Design
(239) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 3610 and 3620.
Beam columns, composite members, plate girders, connections; introduction to plastic design. Applications to buildings. Written reports.
4710. Case Studies in Transportation Engineering
(255) (Also offered as CE 5710.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 2710.
Analysis of case studies in transportation and urban planning and design. Application of transportation engineering and planning skills. Oral and written group reports, group discussions, individual written papers.
4800. Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory
(266) (Also offered as ENVE 4800.) Second semester. Two credits. One class period. One 2-hour Laboratory. Prerequisite: CE 3120.
Tests of the flow of water in pipes and open channels. Theory and calibration of flow measurement devices. Study of velocity profiles. Generation of pump performance curves. Physical hydraulic modeling and similitude.
4810. Engineering Hydrology
(267) (Also offered as ENVE 4810.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 3120 or (CHEG 3123 and CHEG 3124).
Hydrologic cycle: precipitation, interception, depression storage, infiltration, evaportranspiration, overland flow, snow hydrology, groundwater and streamflow processes. Stream hydrographs and flood routing. Hydrologic modeling and design. Computer applications. Design project.
4820. Hydraulic Engineering
(265) (Also offered as ENVE 4820.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 3120 or (CHEG 3123 and CHEG 3124).
Design and analysis of water and wastewater transport systems, including pipelines, pumps, pipe networks, and open channel flow. Introduction to hydraulic structures and porous media hydraulics. Computer applications.
4910W. Civil Engineering Projects
(280W) Either semester. Three credits. Two 3-hour laboratory periods. Prerequisite: Departmental consent required; ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800. This course can be taken no sooner than the semester in which the student completes the Professional Requirements for the B.S. degree.
Design of Civil Engineering Projects. Students working singly or in groups produce solutions to Civil Engineering design projects from first concepts through preliminary proposals, sketches, cost estimations, design, evaluation, oral presentation and written reports.
4999. Independent Study for Undergraduates
(299) Either or both semesters by arrangement. Credits by arrangement, not to exceed 4 per semester. Open only with consent of supervising instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Designed for students who wish to extend their knowledge in some specialized area of civil engineering.
