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CIE 402 - Introduction to Civil Engineering
Credits:
3.00
Introduction to the civil engineering profession:
structural, geotechnical, water resources, materials, and
environmental. Overviews the civil project process
including the creative design process, teamwork, bidding
and construction. The relationship between civil
engineering works and society including ethics,
earthquakes, failures, successful signature structures,
current events, and professional licensure. The production
of professional engineering documents including writing
tasks and calculations sets. Campus resources, the
University system, and relationship between required
curriculum, student objectives, and the civil engineering
profession. Introduction to spreadsheet software, data
analysis, and probability and statistics.
CIE 444 - Housing - Everyone Needs a Place to Live
Credits:
4.00
This course provides a student with the opportunity to
explore the various technological, environmental, economic
and societal aspects of providing housing for people in
various locations around the world. Included in the course
are discussions of what housing means to different people,
sustainability, energy issues, etc. Students also have the
opportunity to design their own house.
CIE 505 - Surveying and Mapping
Credits:
4.00
Principles of land measurements by ground, photogrammetric
and satellite methods to model the environment.
Application of theory of measurements to perform and adjust
engineering survey. Conformal mapping and its application
to state plane coordinates. Digital mapping and Geographic
Information Systems. Construction and cadastral surveying.
Pre- or Coreq: MATH 425 or permission. Lab. Writing
intensive.
CIE 525 - Statics for Civil Engineers
Credits:
3.00
Introduction to statics with emphasis on civil engineering
topics; two and three dimensional force systems; static
equilibrium; friction; analysis of trusses and beams;
centroids; and moment and shear diagrams for flexural
members. Pre- or Coreq: MATH 426.
CIE 526 - Strength of Materials
Credits:
3.00
Strength of materials with emphasis on civil engineering
applications. Virtual work; work and energy relationships;
analysis of members subjected to flexure, torsion, and
axial loads; stresses and strains; and stability of
columns. Prereq: CIE 525 or ME 525.
CIE 533 - Project Engineering
Credits:
3.00
Techniques for financial analysis, and operation and
management of engineering systems, engineering economics,
material take-offs, estimating, scheduling, modeling
physical systems, and decision-making. CIE/ENE major or
permission.
CIE 622 - Engineering Materials
Credits:
4.00
Structural properties and applications of the various
materials used in civil engineering projects, including
steel, cement, mineral aggregates, concrete, timber, and
bituminous materials. Microstructure and properties of
common metals, plastics, and ceramics. Prereq: CIE major or
permission, CIE 526 or ME 526. Lab. Writing intensive.
CIE #627 - Dynamics
Credits:
3.00
Particle and rigid body dynamics. Topics include dynamic
equilibrium, work and energy relationships, momentum,
impulse, and impact; rotational and translational
interactions, and friction. Introduction to vibrations and
their application to structural dynamics and geotechnical
engineering. Prereq: CIE 525 or ME 525, or permission.
CIE 642 - Fluid Mechanics
Credits:
4.00
Properties of fluids, fluid statics, continuity, momentum
and energy equations, resistance to flow, boundary layer
theory, flow in open channels and piping systems,
dimensional analysis, similitude, drag, and lift.
Laboratory exercises on measurement of fluid properties,
energy principles, flow resistance, discharge measurements,
momentum, hydropower, groundwater flow, and settling of
spheres. Prereq: PHYS 407, CIE/ENE Hydrology major; or
permission. Lab. Writing intensive.
CIE 665 - Soil Mechanics
Credits:
4.00
Soil classification and physical properties. Permeability,
compressibility, consolidation, and shearing resistance
are related to the behavior of soils subjected to various
loading conditions. Prereq: CIE 622, 642, CIE/ENE major; or
permission. Lab.
CIE 681 - Classical Structural Analysis
Credits:
3.00
Analytical stress and deflection analysis of determinate
and indeterminate structures under static and moving loads
by classical methods. Prereq: CIE 526, CIE major; or
permission.
CIE 721 - 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 722 - 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 723 - 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 #741 - 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 745 - Engineering Hydrology
Credits:
3.00
Hydrologic cycle, probability theory related to hydrology
and the design of water resources structures, water law,
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 750 - Ecohydrology
Credits:
3.00
Introduction to ecohydrological concepts in terrestrial
and riverine systems. Topics include the historical
practices, resource management impacts, hydrologic
variability, and the relationships among water and ecology,
vegetation, biology, geomorphology, and water quality.
Prereq: CIE 745 or ESCI 705 or permission.
CIE 754 - 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 755 - 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: CIE 642 or permission.
CIE 757 - 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.
CIE 758 - 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: CIE 642
or permission.
CIE 759 - Stream Restoration
Credits:
3.00
The assessment, planning, design, engineering, and
monitoring of stream and watershed practices intended to
protect and restore the quality and quantity of flowing
surface waters and stream corridors. Lecture material
covers hydrology, geomorphology, and ecosystems, with the
intent of understanding the variables associated with
stream systems and their interplay. Students measure field
variables and then are 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 760 - 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 761 - 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 760 or permission.
CIE 762 - Introduction to Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Credits:
3.00
Overviews earthquake source mechanisms; magnitude and
intensity; seismicity of the United States. 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 760 or
permission.
CIE 763 - Geological Engineering
Credits:
3.00
Functional classification of rocks and rock masses,
stereographic projection, engineering properties of rocks,
and rock mechanics. The influence of geology in the design
of underground excavations, tunneling, foundations, and
rock slope engineering. Prereq: ESCI 401 or permission.
CIE 766 - Geo-Environmental Engineering
Credits:
3.00
Soil composition and structure; hydrogeology; attenuation
and contaminant transport; containment design including
landfills, geo-synthetics 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 774 - Reinforced Concrete Design
Credits:
4.00
Introduces the design of reinforced concrete structural
members by the strength method and considering deflection
performance. Includes loads, approximate analyses, slabs,
beams, and columns. Prereq: CIE 622, 681; or permission.
CIE 778 - Issues in Engineering Practice and Management
Credits:
3.00
Non-technical professional engineering topics including:
participation in multidisciplinary teams, interpersonal
and human resources skills, verbal and written
communication skills, project management, marketing,
ethics, professional licensure, professional liability, and
contract administration. Prereq: seniors only; juniors with
permission.
CIE 782 - Timber Design
Credits:
3.00
Introduces the design of timber structures. Structural
properties of wood, determination of horizontal and
vertical loads, horizontal and vertical load-resisting
systems, and design of horizontal diaphragms, shear walls,
beams, and columns. Bolted, screwed, and nailed
connections. Prereq: CIE 681 or permission.
CIE 783 - 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 constitutive
relationships. Plane trusses, beams, frames, and space
trusses. Prereq: CIE 681 or permission.
CIE 784 - Introduction to Project Planning and Design
Credits:
1.00
Part one of a two-part sequence. Student groups develop a
project statement to address a large-scale civil
engineering system design. Each team prepares a project
plan to be executed in CIE 788, part two of this sequence.
CIE #785 - 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 787 - 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 785 or permission.
CIE 788 - Project Planning and Design
Credits:
3.00
Student groups are formed into design teams to prepare a
design plan for a large-scale civil engineering system
including consideration of budgetary constraints, building
code criteria, and environmental impacts. Each team
prepares a final written report and gives a formal
presentation. Prereq: CIE 784. Writing intensive.
CIE 791 - Pre-stressed Concrete
Credits:
3.00
Analysis and design of prestressed and post-tensioned
concrete sections in flexure and shear. Strength,
deflection, and losses in flexural members. Optimization of
section and prestressing force selection. Prereq: CIE 774
or permission.
CIE 792 - 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: CIE
774. Pre- or Coreq: CIE 793 or permission.
Co-requisites:
CIE 793 - Structural Design in Steel
Credits:
3.00
Design of members and connections: tension and compression
members, beams, and beam/columns, bolted and welded
joints. Prereq: CIE 622, 681; or permission.
CIE 795 - Independent Study
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Seniors in good standing may pursue independent studies
under faculty guidance. A written culminating report is
required. Prereq: permission.
CIE 796 - 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 799H - Senior Honors Thesis
Credits:
4.00
Students in the honors program in civil engineering
complete a project under the direction of a faculty
sponsor resulting in a written thesis which must be
accepted by the sponsor by the end of the second semester,
senior year. Four credits total during senior year; 3 of
which may be used to fulfill a CIE non-design elective.