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CE 221  Statics

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
{(PHY 183 or PHY 183B or PHY 193H) or (PHY 231 and PHY 233B)} and ((MTH 234 or concurrently) or (LB 220 or concurrently) or (MTH 254H or concurrently))
Description:
Vector description of forces and moments. Two- and three- dimensional equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies. Analysis of trusses, frames, and machines. Coulomb friction.
Semester Alias:
MSM 205
Interdepartmental With:
Mechanical Engineering
Administered By:
Civil Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open


CE 273  Civil and Environmental Engineering Measurements

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 2   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1   Lab Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
((MTH 132 or concurrently) or (MTH 152H or concurrently) or (LB 118 or concurrently)) and (EGR 102 or concurrently)
Description:
Measurements, surveying and error analysis with applications to civil and environmental engineering problems
Semester Alias:
CE 271
Effective Dates:
FS17 - Open


CE 274  Graphics for Civil and Environmental Engineers

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1   Lab Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
((MTH 132 or concurrently) or (MTH 152H or concurrently) or (LB 118 or concurrently)) and (EGR 100 or concurrently)
Description:
Basic operations in CAD software with applications in civil and environmental engineering
Semester Alias:
CE 272
Effective Dates:
FS17 - Open


CE 275  GIS for Civil and Environmental Engineers

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1   Lab Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(EGR 100 and EGR 102) and (CE 274 or concurrently)
Description:
Basic operations in GIS software with applications to civil and environmental engineering
Effective Dates:
FS21 - Open


CE 280  Principles of Environmental Engineering and Science

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(CEM 141 or CEM 151 or LB 171) and (MTH 133 or MTH 153H or LB 119)
Description:
Analysis of environmental problems and engineering solutions based on physical, chemical, and biological processes. Mass balance modeling of contaminant fate, transport and removal in environmental media.
Interdepartmental With:
Environmental Engineering
Administered By:
Environmental Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS21 - Open


CE 305  Introduction to Structural Analysis

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
ME 222 and (CE 273 or concurrently) and (CE 274 or concurrently)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Description:
Theory of structural analysis for statically determinate structures. Qualitative structural analysis and behavior. Load estimation and placement. Introduction to structural analysis computer software. Introduction to statically indeterminate structures.
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open


CE 312  Soil Mechanics

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3   Lab Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
ME 222 and (CE 273 or concurrently) and (CE 274 or concurrently)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and open to juniors or seniors in the Biosystems Engineering major.
Description:
Engineering properties of soil and their measurement. Effective-stress concept. Permeability and seepage. Compaction. Consolidation, shear strength, and stress-strain behavior.
Effective Dates:
SS16 - Open


CE 321  Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3   Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
(MTH 235) and CE 221 and Completion of Tier I Writing Requirement
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering or in the Biosystems Engineering Major.
Not open to students with credit in:
ME 332
Description:
Fluid properties, fluid statics, fluids in motion. Conservation of mass, energy, and momentum. Dimensional analysis and similitude. Internal and external flows. Applications.
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open


CE 337  Civil Engineering Materials

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3   Lab Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(ME 222 or concurrently) and (CE 273 or concurrently) and (CE 274 or concurrently)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Description:
Common civil engineering construction and paving materials: aggregates, inorganic cements, asphalts, concretes, wood, and steel. Composition, structure, physical and mechanical properties, tests, and production mix design.
Effective Dates:
FS17 - Open


CE 341  Transportation Engineering

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
((MTH 234 or concurrently) or (MTH 254H or concurrently) or (LB 220 or concurrently)) and (((CE 273 or concurrently) and (CE 274 or concurrently)) and completion of Tier I writing requirement) and ((CE 372 or concurrently) or (STT 200 or concurrently) or (STT 201 or concurrently))
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering or in the Urban and Regional Planning Major.
Description:
Fundamentals of transportation planning, traffic flow and level-of-service, traffic signal design, geometric design of highways, and highway safety.
Semester Alias:
CE 346
Effective Dates:
FS21 - Open


CE 371  Sustainable Civil and Environmental Engineering Systems

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(MTH 234 or concurrently) or (LB 220 or concurrently) or (MTH 254H or concurrently)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Applied Engineering Sciences Major or in the Energy Minor or in the Civil Engineering Major or in the Environmental Engineering Major.
Description:
Principles and tools of sustainable design and engineering economics in Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Semester Alias:
CE 272
Interdepartmental With:
Environmental Engineering
Administered By:
Civil Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS21 - Open


CE 372  Risk Analysis in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2   Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
(MTH 234 or concurrently) or (LB 220 or concurrently) or (MTH 254H or concurrently)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors in the Civil Engineering Major or in the Environmental Engineering Major and open to seniors or juniors in the Civil Engineering Major or in the Environmental Engineering Major.
Description:
Applications of probability, statistics, uncertainty and risk analysis to topics in civil and environmental engineering, characterization of system safety, and comparison tests for engineering quality control and environmental analyses.
Semester Alias:
CE 272
Effective Dates:
FS21 - Open


CE 400  Structural Mechanics

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
CE 305
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Matrix methods of structural analysis. Flexibility method. Direct stiffness method for plane structures. Elastic supports, inclined supports, member releases and non-prismatic members. Application software.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open


CE 405  Design of Steel Structures

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
CE 305
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering or in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Design of steel beams, columns, tension members and connections. Stability and plastic strength.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open


CE 406  Design of Concrete Structures

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
CE 305 and CE 337
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering or in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Design of reinforced concrete beams, slabs, columns and footings.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open


CE 407  Materials Engineering: Properties, Selection and Processing

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
CE 221 and ME 222
Recommended Background:
MSE 250
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Chemical Engineering Major or in the Mechanical Engineering Major or in the Civil Engineering Major.
Description:
General families of materials, materials design process for civil and environmental engineering problems, structural materials properties, processing methods and environment, microstructure of materials, structural materials selection by utilizing bubble charts.
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open


CE 414  Transportation Systems and Sustainable Cities

Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
GEO 113
Description:
Spatial principles of transportation. Theories of interaction, network structures, and location-allocation models. Role of transport and transport planning.
Interdepartmental With:
Geography, Supply Chain Management, Urban Planning
Administered By:
Geography
Effective Dates:
FS24 - Open


CE 418  Geotechnical Engineering

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
CE 312 and (GLG 201 or GLG 301)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Shallow foundation design: bearing capacity, stress distribution, and settlement analysis. Pile foundations. Design of retaining structures, including rigid walls, braced excavations, and sheet-pile walls. Stability of slopes and embankments.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open


CE 421  Engineering Hydrology

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(CE 321) and (GLG 201 or GLG 301) and (CE 372 or STT 351)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the College of Engineering or in the College of Natural Science or in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences.
Description:
Hydrologic design of storm water systems. Equilibrium hydrograph analysis, unit hydrographs, infiltration, hydrograph synthesis, and reservoir routing. Groundwater: Darcy's law, flow nets, well hydraulics, design of capture wells.
Interdepartmental With:
Environmental Engineering
Administered By:
Environmental Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open


CE 422  Applied Hydraulics

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2   Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
CE 321 or ME 332
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Fundamentals of open-channel flow. Rapidly and gradually varied nonuniform flow analysis. Confined flows past submerged bodies, in pipe networks, and in turbo machinery. Design applications.
Interdepartmental With:
Environmental Engineering
Administered By:
Environmental Engineering
Effective Dates:
SS14 - Open


CE 431  Design and Analysis for New and Rehabilitated Pavements

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 4
Prerequisite:
CE 337
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Highway and airfield pavement structural design. Performance measures. Failure mechanisms. Popular thickness design procedures for new and rehabilitated pavements. Design considerations for surface friction, pavement joints, and drainage.
Effective Dates:
FS23 - Open


CE 432  Pavement Rehabilitation

Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
CE 337
Recommended Background:
CE 431
Restrictions:
Open to seniors or graduate students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Engineering concepts and information needed to rehabilitate pavements. Network and project survey and evaluation: design of rigid and flexible overlays, other methods of rehabilitation, selection of rehabilitation alternatives. Initial and life cycle cost analysis of various rehabilitation alternatives.
Effective Dates:
FS17 - Open


CE 444  Principles of Traffic Engineering

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
CE 341
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the Civil Engineering Major.
Description:
Driver and vehicle characteristics affecting traffic flow and safety. Speed, density, capacity relationships. Signal control in street networks. Freeway management systems. Risk management and liability.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open


CE 448  Transportation Planning

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
CE 341
Description:
Transportation planning process and procedures. Estimation of travel demand using traditional models of trip generation, trip distribution, modal split, and traffic assignment. Use of "quick-response" procedures. Traffic impact of new facilities.
Effective Dates:
SS14 - Open


CE 449  Highway Design

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
CE 341
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Geometric design of highways. Operation, capacity, safety, and geometric features. Alignment, drainage and pavement design. Use of CAD systems in preparing contract plans.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open


CE 461  Computational Methods in Civil Engineering

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3   Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
(EGR 102 and CE 221) and (MTH 235 or MTH 340 or MTH 347H)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the Civil Engineering Major.
Not open to students with credit in:
ME 361
Description:
Theoretical, numerical, and computational methods for civil engineering problems. Physical modeling, numerical techniques, and programming methods. Focus on civil engineering dynamics, solving systems of differential equations, and visualizing the results.
Semester Alias:
CE 390
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open


CE 471  Construction Engineering - Equipment, Methods and Planning

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(CE 305 and CE 312 and CE 337) or (CMP 305 and CMP 322)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the College of Engineering or in the Department of Management or in the Construction Management major.
Description:
Engineering and construction fundamentals of earthwork operations, moving of materials, concrete construction, formwork, false work, and other temporary structures. Relationship to a construction project's constructability, cost, and schedule.
Effective Dates:
SS14 - Open


CE 472  Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Technologies

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2   Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
CE 371 or approval of department
Restrictions:
Open to students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Use of life-cycle assessment (LCA) for energy technologies to evaluate trade-offs between various energy options and guide energy choices.
Interdepartmental With:
Environmental Engineering
Administered By:
Environmental Engineering
Effective Dates:
SS21 - Open


CE 473  Smart and Sustainable Building Design and Operations

Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
CE 371 or approval of department
Description:
Elements of the design and operation of smart and sustainable buildings. Current and future energy-related challenges of existing buildings.
Interdepartmental With:
Environmental Engineering
Administered By:
Civil Engineering
Effective Dates:
SS21 - Open


CE 480  Environmental Measurements Laboratory

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 2   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1   Lab Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(CEM 161 or CEM 185H or LB 171L) and ENE 280 and (CEM 142 or CEM 152 or CEM 182H or LB 172) and ((ENE 481 or concurrently) or (ENE 483 or concurrently)) and CE 372 and CE 321
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Basic chemical and microbiological methods used in the analysis of environmental media. Laboratory safety, quality assurance, quality control, and statistics used in laboratory analysis.
Interdepartmental With:
Environmental Engineering
Administered By:
Environmental Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS23 - Open


CE 481  Environmental Chemistry: Equilibrium Concepts

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
{(CEM 141 and CEM 142) or (CEM 151 and CEM 152) or (CEM 181H and CEM 182H) or (LB 171 and LB 172)} and (ENE 280 or BE 230 or GLG 201 or GLG 301 or approval of department) and ((CHE 201 or concurrently) or (CEM 251 or concurrently))
Restrictions:
Open to sophomores or juniors or seniors or graduate students in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering or in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science or in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering or in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Description:
Chemistry of environmental systems and air, water, and soil pollutants as applied to environmental engineering.
Interdepartmental With:
Environmental Engineering
Administered By:
Environmental Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS21 - Open


CE 483  Water and Wastewater Engineering

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3   Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
(ENE 280 or BE 230) and (CE 321 or CHE 311)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Engineering and scientific basis and design of physical, chemical and biological methods for the treatment of drinking water and wastewater. Operation process selection and design. Field trips required.
Interdepartmental With:
Environmental Engineering
Administered By:
Environmental Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open


CE 485  Landfill Design

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
ENE 280 and CE 321
Recommended Background:
CE 312
Description:
Geotechnical and environmental design of solid waste landfills.
Interdepartmental With:
Environmental Engineering
Administered By:
Civil Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS20 - Open


CE 487  Microbiology for Environmental Science and Engineering

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
ENE 280
Description:
Fundamentals of microbiology. Application of these concepts to environmental processes such as wastewater treatment, human health and bioremediation.
Interdepartmental With:
Environmental Engineering
Administered By:
Environmental Engineering
Effective Dates:
SS14 - Open


CE 489  Air Pollution: Science and Engineering

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(CEM 141 or CEM 151 or LB 171) and (MTH 133 or MTH 153H or LB 119) and (ENE 280 or BE 230) and (CE 321 or CHE 311) and (CE 372 or CHE 316) and ((ME 201 or concurrently) or (BE 351 or concurrently) or (CHE 321 or concurrently))
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Basic physical and chemical principles governing indoor and atmospheric air pollutant fate, transport and control technologies.
Interdepartmental With:
Environmental Engineering
Administered By:
Environmental Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS21 - Open


CE 490  Independent Study

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open to seniors in the College of Engineering. Approval of department.
Description:
Civil engineering problem of specific interest to the student and a faculty member. May be analysis or design.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open


CE 492  Selected Topics in Civil Engineering

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 4
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Selected topics related to construction engineering, fluid mechanics, geotechnical engineering, hydrology, pavements, structural engineering, or transportation engineering.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open


CE 495  Senior Design in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2   Lab Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(CE 274 and CE 371 and CE 372) and (ENE 421 or ENE 422 or ENE 483 or ENE 489 or CE 418 or CE 431 or CE 405 or CE 406 or CE 444 or CE 449) and (ENE 421 or ENE 422 or ENE 483 or ENE 489 or CE 405 or CE 406 or CE 418 or CE 431 or CE 444 or CE 449) and (ENE 421 or ENE 422 or ENE 483 or ENE 489 or CE 405 or CE 406 or CE 418 or CE 431 or CE 444 or CE 449)
Restrictions:
Open to seniors in the Civil Engineering Major or in the Environmental Engineering Major.
Description:
Preliminary design. Application of design concepts in civil engineering. Integrated design solutions using geotechnical, hydrological, pavement, structural, environmental, and transportation considerations. Planning the design process. Design Specifications. Cost. Written and oral presentations. Issues of professional practice.
Effective Dates:
FS17 - Open


CE 496  Review for the CE and ENE Fundamentals of Engineering Exams

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1
Prerequisite:
CE 495 or concurrently
Description:
Review of general, civil, and environmental engineering topics in preparation for sitting the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
Effective Dates:
FS21 - Open


CE 800  Structural Dynamics

Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Dynamic response of single degree-of-freedom systems. Damping in structure and soils. Time and frequency domain methods. Analytical and numerical techniques. Earthquake response spectra. Classical and finite element formulation.
Effective Dates:
FS23 - Open


CE 804  Advanced Mechanics for Civil Infrastructure

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
(CE 400) or matrix structural analysis
Restrictions:
Open only to graduate students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Advanced linear mechanics. Potential energy principle. Finite element formulations. Applications to problems in structural, geotechnical and pavement engineering.
Effective Dates:
US01 - Open


CE 805  Advanced Design of Steel Structures

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Flexural and torsional instability of columns and beams. Slender cross-sectional elements, design of beam-columns. Torsion, plastic design, plate girders, composite steel-concrete construction, connections.
Effective Dates:
FS92 - Open


CE 806  Advanced Structural Concrete Design

Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Analysis and design of prestressed and conventionally reinforced concrete structures.
Semester Alias:
CE 808
Effective Dates:
SS10 - Open


CE 808  Structural Fire Engineering

Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
CE 400 and CE 405 and CE 406
Description:
Fire safety, fire codes, and fire engineering design methods. High temperature material properties, and behavior of materials and structures exposed to fires. Fire resistance design of steel, concrete, composite and timber structures. Use of the computer program for thermal and structural analysis.
Effective Dates:
SS06 - Open


CE 809  Advanced Composite Materials and Structures

Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
ME 222 and CE 490 and CSE 231 and MTH 235 and MTH 314
Description:
Mechanics and design of advanced composite materials and structures and their use for civil infrastructure. Elastic anisotropy and failure theories. Micro- and macro-mechanical analysis of fiber-reinforced polymer composites, particulate composites, and nanocomposites. Analysis and behavior of laminated plates and shells. Design applications to civil and mechanical structures.
Effective Dates:
SS14 - Open


CE 812  Properties of Soils

Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2   Lab Hours: 3
Description:
Saturated and unsaturated hydraulic properties, consolidation and shear strength properties, thermal properties, and numerical modeling. Laboratory determination of soil properties including, interpretation of experimental data.
Effective Dates:
US08 - Open


CE 814  Soil Dynamics and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Dynamic response of single-degree-of-freedom foundation systems. Frequency and time domain methods. Soil properties and damping in soils. Wave propagation in continuum media. Response of multi-degree of freedom layered systems. Earthquake response, seismic site response and design.
Effective Dates:
FS21 - Open


CE 815  Selected Topics in Geotechnical Engineering

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Description:
Selected topics related to soil stabilization, highway and airport soils, and frozen ground engineering.
Effective Dates:
FS92 - Open


CE 818  Advanced Geotechnical Design

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Foundations and earth retaining structures. Bearing capacity, settlement, and lateral resistance of deep foundations. Advanced design of retaining structures using in-situ test data. Numerical solution of geotechnical problems.
Effective Dates:
FS92 - Open


CE 821  Groundwater Hydraulics

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Physical properties of porous media. Equations of flow in saturated media. Flow nets, well flow and parameter measurement. Transport processes and the advective-dispersion equation for conservative contaminants.
Interdepartmental With:
Environmental Engineering
Administered By:
Environmental Engineering
Effective Dates:
US12 - Open


CE 822  Groundwater Modeling

Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Analysis and modeling of groundwater flow, surface water and groundwater interaction, and reactive contaminant transport. Applied numerical methods for solving groundwater flow and contaminant transport equations. Case studies.
Interdepartmental With:
Environmental Engineering
Administered By:
Environmental Engineering
Effective Dates:
US12 - Open


CE 828  Land Surface Hydrological Modeling

Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
ENE 421
Recommended Background:
ENE 421
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students.
Description:
Concepts in modeling various land surface hydrological processes such as evapotranspiration, soil and shallow groundwater movement, river-floodwater movement, reservoir operation) at varying spatial scales, from catchment to global. Fully process based models that resolve both water and energy balance equations. Linkages to climate system and climate change impacts. Numerical methods used to solve complex governing equations of surface water and groundwater flows.
Interdepartmental With:
Environmental Engineering
Administered By:
Environmental Engineering
Effective Dates:
SS23 - Open


CE 829  Mixing and Transport in Surface Waters

Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
ENE 801
Description:
Waves, tides and shallow-water processes. Numerical solutions and applications of shallow-water equations to lakes, rivers and estuaries. Principles and processes of sediment transport, and dispersion of materials in surface waters. Wind-driven circulation in Lake Michigan.
Interdepartmental With:
Environmental Engineering
Administered By:
Environmental Engineering
Effective Dates:
US12 - Open


CE 831  Advanced Concrete Pavement Analysis and Design

Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
CE 312 and CE 337 and CE 431
Description:
Theoretical models for analysis of concrete pavement systems. Impact of concrete material on pavement response and performance. Formulation of improved mechanistic structural design procedures.
Effective Dates:
SS07 - Open


CE 832  Advanced Asphalt Pavement Analysis and Design

Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
CE 312 and CE 337 and CE 431
Description:
Mechanistic approach to asphalt pavement design. Analysis of asphalt pavement systems using theoretical models, asphalt material modeling, prediction, and performance. Formulation of improved mechanistic structural and mix design procedures.
Effective Dates:
SS08 - Open


CE 835  Engineering Management of Pavement Networks

Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Theoretical and statistical analysis of pavement networks. Engineering monitoring. Determination of distress mechanisms and engineering solutions. Assignment of priorities to engineering actions.
Effective Dates:
SS22 - Open


CE 837  Advanced Concrete Materials

Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Microstructure, engineering characteristics and modeling of concrete materials. Structure- property relationships in concrete materials. Control of concrete structure and properties for different infrastructure applications.
Effective Dates:
SS11 - Open


CE 838  Bituminous Materials

Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2   Lab Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
CE 431 and CE 432 and CE 461
Description:
Superpave asphalt mix design, binder tests, hot mix asphalt performance tests, viscoelasticity, continuum damage models, image analysis methods.
Effective Dates:
FS12 - Open


CE 839  Smart Materials and Structures

Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
CE 407 and CE 804
Description:
This course provides an introduction to the field of smart materials and structures. The content focuses on the characteristics of different types of smart materials, their properties, and constituent behavior.
Effective Dates:
SS22 - Open


CE 840  Introduction to Transportation Engineering

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Not open to students with credit in:
CE 341
Description:
Introduction to transportation engineering, including: transportation planning, traffic engineering, geometric design, traffic flow and highway capacity, queuing theory, traffic control, and highway safety
Effective Dates:
FS24 - Open


CE 841  Traffic Flow Theory

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Microscopic and macroscopic traffic flow models, Queueing theory. Gap acceptance. Simulation models for network analysis. Intelligent vehicle highway systems.
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open


CE 843  Advanced Highway Design and Traffic Control

Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Highway design policies and practices. Design and performance aspects of freeways and interchanges. Traffic control and signalization strategies.
Effective Dates:
SS24 - Open


CE 844  Highway and Traffic Safety

Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Analysis of highway geometric design alternatives and operational-control strategies with respect to accident probabilities. Statistical methods of pattern identification. Countermeasure selection and evaluation methodology. Risk management.
Effective Dates:
SS17 - Open


CE 847  Traffic Analysis and Control

Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
CE 444
Recommended Background:
Graduate student in transportation engineering
Description:
Modern traffic control and traffic modeling using state-of-the-art algorithms and computer models. Practical implications.
Effective Dates:
FS17 - Open


CE 849  Transportation Research Methods

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Application and interpretation of quantitative methods and design of experiments for transportation research; ANOVA, non-parametric, discriminant analysis, factor analysis, multivariate regression, SPSS.
Effective Dates:
SS18 - Open


CE 851  Transportation and the Environment

Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
B.S. in Civil Engineering with emphasis on transportation or environmental engineering
Restrictions:
Open only to graduate students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
The impact of transportation systems on the environment. Elements of Environmental Impact Statements. Policy options and their consequences. Alternatives for reducing environmental impact.
Effective Dates:
SS17 - Open


CE 872  Finite Element Method

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Theory and application of the finite element method to the solution of continuum type problems in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and stress analysis.
Semester Alias:
AE 809, MSM 809
Interdepartmental With:
Mechanical Engineering
Administered By:
Mechanical Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS02 - Open


CE 878  Autonomous Futures: Self-driving Vehicles, Domotics, and Artificial Intelligence in Smart Cities

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Characteristics of autonomous systems and emerging technology. Perceptions of people on future transport, mobility, housing, and living. International perspectives on ethics and transitions towards autonomous futures. Implications for engineering, policy, business, and planning.
Interdepartmental With:
Urban Planning
Administered By:
Urban Planning
Effective Dates:
FS19 - Open


CE 880  Civil Engineering Seminar

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 2 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Recommended Background:
Graduate student or undergraduate at senior level with a GPA of 3.0 or higher
Description:
Current research in civil engineering.
Effective Dates:
FS09 - Open


CE 890  Independent Study in Civil Engineering

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 4
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 9 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Approval of department.
Description:
Research problems of limited scope not pertaining to thesis accomplished under CE 899 or CE 999.
Effective Dates:
FS11 - Open


CE 891  Selected Topics in Civil Engineering

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 4
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 9 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Description:
Selected topics in new or developing areas of civil engineering.
Effective Dates:
FS08 - Open


CE 892  Master's Research Project

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 5
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 5 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open only to master's students in the Civil Engineering major. Approval of department.
Description:
Master's degree Plan B individual student research project. Original research, research replication, or survey and reporting on a research topic.
Effective Dates:
US02 - Open


CE 899  Master's Thesis Research

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 8
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 24 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Description:
Master's thesis research.
Effective Dates:
FS92 - Open


CE 900  Research Strategies and Methods in Civil Engineering

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Not open to students with credit in:
ENE 900
Description:
Criteria for quality research, scientific method, scientific arguments, statistical testing, critical thinking skills, reviewing journal articles, literature synthesis, writing proposals and papers, giving presentations, responsible conduct of research.
Effective Dates:
SS11 - Open


CE 990  Independent Study in Civil Engineering

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 4
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 9 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open only to doctoral students in the Civil Engineering major.
Description:
Research problems of limited scope not pertaining to thesis accomplished under CE 999.
Effective Dates:
US96 - Open


CE 999  Doctoral Dissertation Research

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 24
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 36 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Description:
Doctoral dissertation research.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open