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CIE 821 - Pavement Design
Credits:
3.00
Flexible and rigid pavements and bases for highways,
airports, city streets, and industrial floors; pavement
selection, construction methods, materials, specifications.
Prereq: CIE 665 or permission.
CIE 822 - Properties and Production of Concrete
Credits:
3.00
Basic properties of hydraulic cements and mineral
aggregates and their interactions in the properties of
plastic and hardened concrete; modifications through
admixtures; production handling and placement problems;
specifications; quality control and acceptance testing;
lightweight, heavyweight, and other special concretes.
Prereq: CIE 622 or permission.
CIE 823 - Bituminous Materials and Mixtures
Credits:
3.00
Considerations of major types of bituminous materials,
asphalt cements, cutback asphalts, asphalt emulsions, and
tars; influence of chemical composition on physical
properties; desirable aggregate characteristics for
bituminous mixtures; construction techniques; current
practices for determining optimum asphalt contents. Prereq:
CIE 622 or permission.
CIE #840 - Public Health Engineering
Credits:
3.00
Proper application of environmental engineering and
sanitation principles in disease prevention and control is
discussed. Special emphasis will be given to rural
communities and areas of the world where communicable and
related diseases have not yet been brought under control,
and to what can happen in the more advanced countries when
basic sanitary safeguards are relaxed. Topics covered:
vector-borne diseases and control, safe water supply
development and treatment, and on-site wastewater disposal
systems. Prereq: MATH 425, ENE 520.
CIE 841 - Open Channel Flow
Credits:
3.00
Energy and momentum principles in open channel flow; flow
resistance; channel controls and transitions; unsteady
flow concepts and dam failure studies. Modeling with HEC
programs. Prereq: CIE 642 or permission.
CIE 842 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering
Credits:
3.00
A thorough examination of the problems which exist in
hazardous and solid waste management will be presented in
terms of the current regulations and engineering approaches
used to develop solutions. Topics will include risk-based
decision making, transport and fate of contaminants, and
the fundamental physical, chemical and biological concepts
which make up the basis for technological solutions to
these waste management problems. Case studies will be used
throughout the course to highlight key concepts and provide
real-world examples. Pre- or Coreq: ENE 645 or permission.
CIE 845 - Engineering Hydrology
Credits:
3.00
Hydrologic cycle, probability theory related to hydrology
and the design of water resources structures, water flow,
flood discharge prediction, hydrograph development,
hydraulic and hydrologic river routing, reservoir routing,
theory of storage, reservoir operations, hydropower
development, modeling of watershed hydrology with program
HEC-1, HEC-HMS, multipurpose projects.
CIE 847 - Introduction to Marine Pollution and Control
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to the sources, effects, and control of
pollutants in the marine environment. Dynamic and kinetic
modeling; ocean disposal of on-shore wastes, shipboard
wastes, solid wastes, dredge spoils, and radioactive
wastes; and oil spills. Prereq: ENE 645 or permission.
CIE 848 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Design
Credits:
4.00
Selection, design, and evaluation of unit processes
employed in the treatment of solid wastes and hazardous
wastes will be studied. Topics include design of materials
recovery facilities, landfills, waste-to-energy facilities
and hazardous waste site remedial technologies. A group
term project taken from a real-world project will be
required. An oral presentation by the group and preparation
of a final written engineering report including alternative
evaluation, permits, scheduling and economic analysis will
be required from each group. Prereq: ENE 742 or permission.
CIE 849 - Water Chemistry
Credits:
4.00
Emphasizes the use of chemical equilibrium principles and
theory, calculations, and applications of ionic
equilibrium stresses. Topics include thermodynamics,
kinetics, acid/base, complexation,
precipitation/dissolution, and redox equilibria. Computer
equilibrium modeling is presented. Prereq: general
chemistry or equivalent.
CIE 850 - Echohydrology
Credits:
3.00
Introduction to ecohydrological concepts in terrestrial
and riverine systems. Topics include the historical
practices, resources management impacts, hydrologic
variability and the relationships among water and ecology,
vegetation, biology, geomorphology, and water quality.
Prereq: CIE 845 or ESCI 805; or permission.
CIE 851 - Introduction to Sustainable Engineering
Credits:
3.00
Course begins with exploration of the precept that we live
in, and must design engineering works for, a world with a
finite supply of natural resources and with limited life
support capacity. Tools for sustainability engineering are
the major focus of the course, which include life cycle,
analysis and life cycle impact analysis, the metrics and
mass and energy flow analyses used in the field of
industrial ecology, and environmental management systems.
CIE 854 - Transportation Engineering and Planning
Credits:
3.00
Fundamental relationships of traffic speed, density, and
flow applied to public and private modes of transport.
Principles of demand forecasting and urban systems
planning. Prereq: permission.
CIE 855 - Design of Pressurized Water Transmission Systems
Credits:
4.00
Theory developed for individual components to large
complex systems. Analysis and designs of components and
systems. Topics include steady and unsteady closed conduit
flow, valves and meters, pump requirements, pump selection,
system planning and layout, water hammer, and system
operation and maintenance. Pressure system modeling with
program EPANET. Prereq: Fluid mechanics, or permission.
CIE 856 - Environmental Engineering Microbiology
Credits:
4.00
Concepts of environmental engineering microbiology
including microbial metabolism, growth kinetics,
bioremediation applications, mass transfer kinetics and
effects of environmental parameters. Coursework includes
reading and discussion of the microbial literature.
Laboratories cover microbiological monitoring and
biological treatment experiments. Prereq: ENE 645 or
permission. Lab.
CIE 857 - Coastal Engineering and Processes
Credits:
3.00
Introduction to small amplitude and finite amplitude wave
theories. Wave forecasting by significant wave and wave
spectrum method. Coastal processes and shoreline
protection. Wave forces and wave-structure interaction.
Design of coastal structures. Introduction to mathematical
and physical modeling. Prereq: CIE 642 or permission. (Also
offered as ME 857 and OE 857.)
CIE 858 - Stormwater Management Designs
Credits:
3.00
Historic review of stormwater management leading up to the
current regulatory framework. Overview of stormwater
management strategies, strategy selection and the targeting
of specific contaminants, contaminant removal efficiencies,
construction and site selection, and system maintenance.
Hydrologic concepts including watershed and storm
characteristics, design hydrology (peak flows, storm and
treatment volumes), hydrograph routing, and critical review
of hydrology and drainage reports. Design and sizing of
treatment systems including conventional BMPs, low impact
development, and manufactured devices. Rainfall runoff
calculations with US SCS TR55 model. Prereq: Fluid
mechanics or permission.
CIE 859 - Stream Restoration
Credits:
3.00
Explores the assessment, planning, design, engineering,
and monitoring of stream and watershed practices intended
to protect and restore the quality and quantity of flowing
and surface waters and stream corridors. Lecture topics
include hydrology, geomorphology, and ecosystems, with the
intent of understanding the variables associated with
stream systems and their interplay. Students will measure
field variables and then be challenged with actual designs.
Examples of stream restoration issues include in-stream
flow, dam removal, induced recharge, improvements to fish
habitat, and channel stabilization.
CIE 860 - Foundation Design I
Credits:
4.00
Foundation design based on subsurface investigation and
characterization using current methods of laboratory and
in situ testing. Use of consolidation theory and bearing
capacity theory for the design of shallow foundations,
including footings and rafts. Basic design of pile
foundations. Earth pressure theory applied to design of
retaining walls. Slope stability theory and applications.
Prereq: CIE 665 or permission.
CIE 861 - Foundation Design II
Credits:
3.00
Advanced pile and pier design under vertical and lateral
loads. Slope stability by circular and noncircular arc
methods. Design of flexible bulkhead walls and mechanically
stabilized walls. Excavation and dewatering. Soil and site
improvement. Prereq: CIE 860 or permission.
CIE 862 - Introduction to Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Credits:
3.00
Overview of earthquake source mechanisms; magnitude and
intensity; seismicity of the U.S.A. Dynamics of simple
structures; response spectra. Selection of design
parameters; source, magnitude, input records. Measurement
of dynamic characteristics of soils; site response,
liquefaction, and ground deformation. Prereq: CIE 860 or
permission.
CIE 863 - Geological Engineering
Credits:
3.00
Functional classification of rocks and rock masses.
Stereographic projection. Engineering properties of rocks.
Rock mechanics. The influence of geology in the design of
underground excavations, tunneling, foundations, and rock
slope engineering. Prereq: ESCI 401 or permission.
CIE 866 - Geo-Environmental Engineering
Credits:
3.00
Soil composition and structure; hydrogeology; attenuation
and contaminant transport; containment design including
landfills, geosynthetics for liners and covers, leachate
collection systems, vertical cutoff walls, and stability
analyses; geo-environmental site characterization and
investigation using geotechnical and geophysical methods;
ground water, soil and gas monitoring, and sampling;
remediation including in-situ and ex-situ techniques and
treatment methods. Prereq: CIE 665 or permission.
CIE 874 - Reinforced Concrete Design
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to the design of reinforced concrete
structural members by the strength method and considering
deflection performance. Includes loads, approximate
analysis, slabs, beams, and columns. Prereq: CIE 622, 681;
or permission.
CIE 876 - Structural Design in Masonry
Credits:
3.00
Introduces the design of reinforced masonry structural
members by the stress and strength method and considering
deflection and other servicability performance criteria.
Includes development of wind and seismic load, curtain
wall, shear wall, lintels and columns. Prereq: CIE 622,
681; or permission.
CIE 882 - Timber Design
Credits:
3.00
Introduction to the design of timber structures.
Structural properties of wood. Determination of horizontal
and vertical loads. Horizontal and vertical load-resisting
systems. Design of horizontal diaphragms, shear walls,
beams, and columns. Bolted, screwed, and nailed
connections. Prereq: CIE 681 or permission.
CIE 883 - Matrix Structural Analysis and Modeling
Credits:
3.00
Modeling and analysis of determinate and indeterminate
structures by matrix computer methods. Creation of matrix
elements using compatibility, equilibrium, and consecutive
relationships. Plane trusses, beams, frames, and space
trusses. Prereq: CIE 681 or permission.
CIE #885 - Introduction to Structural Vibrations
Credits:
3.00
Dynamic analysis of single- and multi-degree-of-freedom
systems. Simple beam and frame structures. Earthquake
analysis and design. Pre - or Coreq: CIE 783.
CIE 887 - Dynamics of Structures
Credits:
3.00
Dynamics of single- and multi-story buildings. Response
due to earthquakes, blasting, traffic, and mechanical
equipment. Analysis in the time domain and through the
Fourier Transform. Fundamentals of structural vibration
measurement. Prereq: CIE 885 or permission.
CIE 888 - Master's Project Paper
Credits:
3.00
Concluding project paper required of Master's level
students who utilize the non-thesis option. Prereq:
permission.
CIE 891 - Pre-stressed Concrete
Credits:
3.00
Analysis and design of pre-stressed and post-tensioned
concrete sections in flexure and shear. Strength,
deflection, and losses in flexural members. Optimization of
section and pre-stressing force selection. Prereq: CIE 874
or permission.
CIE 892 - LRFD Bridge Design
Credits:
3.00
AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications using SI units.
Design objectives, loads, load case analysis and
selection, load distributions, static analysis, and design
for axial loads, flexure, and shear. Design of slender
columns, composite beams, and plate girders. Prereq:
senior-level structural design course or permission.
Co-requisites:
CIE 893 - Structural Design in Steel
Credits:
3.00
The design of members and connections: tension, members,
columns, beams, plate girders, bolted joints, and welded
joints. Introduction to plastic design of beams and frames.
Prereq: engineering materials, classical structural
analysis or permission.
CIE 895 - Independent Study
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
A limited number of qualified graduate students will be
permitted to pursue independent studies under faculty
guidance. May be repeated.
CIE 896 - Special Topics
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Advanced or specialized topics not normally covered in
regular course offerings. May be repeated, but not in
duplicate areas. Prereq: permission.
CIE 897 - Special Topics in Environmental Engineering
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Advanced or specialized topics not normally covered in
regular course offerings. May be repeated, but not in
duplicate areas. Prereq: permission.
CIE 899 - Master's Thesis
Credits:
1.00 to 6.00
May be repeated up to maximum of 6 credits. Cr/F.
CIE 900 - Masters Student Seminar
Credits:
1.00
Topics of interest to graduate students and staff; reports
of research ideas, progress, and results; lectures by
outside speakers. Continuing course: instructor may assign
IA grade (continuous grading) at the end of one semester.
Course held simultaneously with CIE 901.
CIE 901 - Doctoral Student Seminar
Credits:
1.00
Topics of interest to graduate students, faculty, and
staff; requires two presentations from doctoral students
on their research ideas, progress, and results; lectures by
outside speakers. Continuing course: instructor may assign
IA grade (continuous grading) at the end of one semester.
Course held simultaneously with CIE 900.
CIE 940 - Hydrologic Monitoring
Credits:
3.00
Field course designed to familiarize the student with
measurement of surface water, vadose zone, and groundwater
hydrologic variables. Topics covered include wiers, stream
gaging, dilution gaging, sampling of bed and suspended
sediments, groundwater/surface water interactions, well
monitoring, borehole dilution measurements, groundwater
velocity and dispersion, under saturated zone, well
construction, and water quality measurements. The class
format is one 40-hour week of lectures (1/2 days in class,
1/2 days in field for 5 days) and then six labs to be
performed over the subsequent two weeks. Prereq: permission
only. (Summer session only, in odd numbered years.
Interested students should contact the department prior to
May 1.)
CIE 942 - River Mechanics
Credits:
3.00
Geomorphic principles, erosion and sediment transport
problems, sediment transport mechanics in open channels,
sediment measurement techniques, sediment sources and
yields, control methods, effects of structures on riverine
systems, design of hydraulic structures. Prereq: CIE 642 or
permission.
CIE 943 - Advanced Hazardous Waste and Environmental Sampling and Analysis
Credits:
4.00
Laboratory and field techniques for the sampling and
analysis of hazardous waste. Lecture covers theory behind
techniques. Prereq: general chemistry, ENE 645. Lab.
CIE 944 - Advanced Physicochemical Treatment Design
Credits:
4.00
Selection, design, and evaluation of advanced unit
processes employed in physicochemical treatment of waters,
wastewaters, and hazardous wastes. Discussion on
preparation of alternative designs and economic analysis.
Emphasis on treatment schemes based on experimental
laboratory or pilot studies. Prereq: undergraduate-level
course in water and waste water engineering or water
chemistry, or permission. Lab.
CIE 945 - Advanced Groundwater Topics
Credits:
3.00
Review of Darcy's Law for confined and unconfined
aquifers, linearization techniques, draw down computations
under varying boundary conditions, solutions to the inverse
problem, drainage theory, recharge theory, two-phase flow,
succession of steady states modeling, and borehole
geophysics. Prereq: ESCI 810.
CIE 946 - Advanced Bioenvironmental Engineering Design
Credits:
4.00
Theoretical and experimental examination of the
fundamental parameters used in selection, design, and
operation of biological treatment processes for waters,
wastewaters, and hazardous wastes. Topics include design
and evaluation of aerobic and anaerobic processes,
suspended and fixed-film processes, and advanced biological
water and wastewater treatment processes. Prereq:
environmental engineering microbiology course, or permission
CIE 960 - Advanced Soil Mechanics
Credits:
4.00
Numerical and physical modeling of the mechanical behavior
of soils. Cam-clay and other predictive models. Laboratory
studies of mechanical behavior and measurement of input
parameters to soil models. Prediction of soil behavior
based on laboratory results. Applications to numerical
modeling of soil masses. Prereq: soil mechanics, and
foundation design, or permission.
CIE 961 - In Situ Geotechnical Testing
Credits:
3.00
In situ geotechnical testing methods for site
characterization; theory and practice. Geotechnical
testing methods include the piezocone, the pressuremeter,
the flat plate dilatometer, the field vane, and the
standard penetration test. Includes sampling techniques,
geophysical exploration, and recent innovations in site and
soil characterization. Prereq: CIE 960 or equivalent.
CIE 995 - Problems
Credits:
2.00 to 4.00
The study and investigation of problems selected to meet
the needs of the students.
CIE 999 - Doctoral Research
Credits:
Cr/F.