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.
Interdepartmental With:
Mechanical Engineering
Administered By:
Civil Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
CE 271 Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
(EGR 100 and EGR 102) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Restrictions:
Open to undergraduate students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Introduction to the civil and environmental engineering professions. Overview of the primary subject areas in civil and environmental engineering, cultural and societal impacts of engineering decisions, sustainability, economics, data analysis, technical communication, and professional practice. Applications of civil and environmental engineering in daily life.
Effective Dates:
FS25 - 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
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
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 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) and CE 271
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:
FS25 - 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) and (CE 271 or concurrently)) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
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:
FS25 - 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 ((CE 271 or (BE 230 or concurrently)) and completion of Tier I writing requirement)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering or in the Biosystems Engineering Major or in the Civil Engineering Major or in the Environmental 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:
FS25 - 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) and CE 271) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
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:
FS25 - 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 CE 271) and completion of Tier I writing requirement) and (CE 372 or concurrently)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Description:
Fundamentals of transportation planning, traffic flow and level-of-service, traffic signal design, geometric design of highways, and highway safety.
Effective Dates:
FS25 - Open
CE 361 Computational Methods in Civil Engineering
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(EGR 102 and CE 221 and CE 271) 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, CE 461
Effective Dates:
FS25 - 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.
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 and CE 361
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:
FS25 - Open
CE 405 Design of Steel Structures
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
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:
FS25 - 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:
FS25 - 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.
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:
FS25 - 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 203)
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:
FS25 - Open
CE 431 Design and Analysis for New and Rehabilitated Pavements
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
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. Current thickness design procedures for new and rehabilitated pavements. Design considerations for surface roughness, pavement joints, and drainage.
Effective Dates:
FS25 - Open
CE 432 Pavement Rehabilitation
Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
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
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:
FS25 - Open
CE 448 Transportation Planning
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
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:
FS25 - Open
CE 449 Highway Design
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Geometric design of highways. Design controls and standards, alignments, cross-sections, sight distances, highway capacity, safety, traffic control, and drainage. Use of CAD systems
Effective Dates:
FS25 - 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 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering or in the School of Planning, Design and Construction.
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:
FS25 - Open
CE 473 Smart and Sustainable Building Design and Operations
Semester:
Fall of every year
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.
Effective Dates:
FS25 - Open
CE 485 Landfill Design
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
CE 312
Description:
Geotechnical and environmental design of solid waste landfills.
Effective Dates:
FS25 - 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 ENE 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) and (CE 361 or ENE 380)
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:
FS25 - 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) or (BE 485 or concurrently)
Restrictions:
Open to seniors or graduate students in the Biosystems Engineering Major or in the Civil Engineering Major or in the Environmental Engineering Major or in the Chemical Engineering Major.
Description:
Review of general, civil, and environmental engineering topics in preparation for the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
Effective Dates:
FS25 - 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 801 Nonlinear Structural Mechanics
Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
Basic knowledge on the design of steel (CE405) and concrete structures (CE406), matrix methods of structural analysis (CE400), background in differential equations.
Description:
Theory and methods related to the nonlinear behavior and analysis of structures with focus on line-type elements in two dimensions. Inelastic behavior of structural materials. Stability of structures. Nonlinear behavior and analysis of members and structural systems. Methods for iterative solution strategies and use of special computer software.
Effective Dates:
SS25 - 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.
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 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
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
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
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 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:
FS25 - 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