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CE 340 Civil Engineering Technology: Surveying, Computer Aided Drafting, Geographic Information Systems
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Sophomore Standing
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
Theory of plane surveying, care and use of surveying instruments. Distance measurements; bearing calculations; differential and profile leveling; angular measurements; stadia, simple curves; area and traverse computations. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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CE 341 Surveying Lab
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Co-requisite CE 340
Care and use of surveying instruments. Performing a transit, using a level, total station, and a global positioning system. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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CE 342 Structural Theory
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
E 326 (co-requisite)
E 312 (pre-requisite)
Co-requisite: E 326, Prerequisite: E 312.
Stresses in truss members (including 3-dimensional trusses). Shear and bending movement in beams and frames; deflections; influence lines; analysis of statically indeterminate structures; introduction to matrix analysis of structure. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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CE 345 Construction Materials
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
E 326
Prerequisite: E 326.
Physical and mechanical, properties of concrete and asphalt. Manufacturing and quality control of concrete, concrete mix and asphalt mix design. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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CE 348 Soil Mechanics
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
E 326
Prerequisite: E 326.
Origin of soils, composition, soil characteristics and soil classification. Principles of effective stress; permeability and seepage. Shear strength of soils. Introduction to consolidation theory, compaction. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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CE 349
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
CE 348 (Co-requisite)
Co-requisite: CE 348
Soil Mechanics LabLaboratory to accompany CE 348 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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CE 410 Transportation Engineering
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Junior Standing
Historical development of road transportation, design of roadways related engineering studies, level of service, economic evaluation and safety. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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CE 430 Forensic Engineering
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Study of the relationship among the design, construction, and performance of civil engineering structures. Methods for evaluation of existing structures, including buildings and pavements, engineering analysis of the failure of civil engineering structures. Non-destructive testing and health monitoring. Design of repairs or upgrades to existing structures, including cost estimating, scheduling, plans, and specifications. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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CE 440 Structural Dynamics
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
E 313
CE 442
Rigorous analysis of one-degree systems. Lumped-mass multi-degree systems. Numerical methods including Newmark's and Dumhamel's integral methods. Matrix presentation of M.D.O.F. systems. Nuclear power plant analysis. Earthquake effects and general dynamic analysis. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CE 450 Water and Waste-Water Engineering
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
E 314
Collection, treatment and distribution of water for domestic, fire and industrial uses. Collection, treatment and disposal of domestic, industrial and storm wastes. Analysis and design of water and waste-water treatment systems. Field trips and environmental experiments are included. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CE 451 Water and Waste-Water Engineering Lab
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Laboratory to accompany CE 450. | 1 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CE 453 Applied Hydraulics and Hydrology
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
E 314
Precipitation and run-off studies. Probability applications to hydrological data. Open channel flow, network theory, hydraulic structures and reservoir design. Computer applications. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CE 463 Risk Analysis and Design
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Understand and mitigate risk associated with handling chemicals; characteristics of risk analysis; hazard identification; fault tree analysis; exposure assessment; dose response; risk management and regulations. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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CE 466 Bridge Design
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
CE 468
Prerequisite: CE 468.
Use of ASSHTO Design Codes, Design Techniques for Beam, Curbed, Box Girder, Segmental, Cable-Stayed, and Suspension Bridge. Consideration of Deck Systems. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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CE 468 Design of Steel and Concrete Structures
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
CE 342
Prerequisite: CE 342
Structural proportioning of reinforced concrete members such as: beams, floors, columns and footings. Students will be able to design structural steel tension members, columns, beams, beam-columns and simple connections. Students will develop an understanding of the how and when design methods are applicable and how to make good design assumptions based on controlling theories. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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CE 474 Advanced Steel Design
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
CE 442
CE 458
Brief review of AISC Code. Fatigue. Design of built-up members, including straight and curved beams. Torsion. Box girders. Steel Tanks. Composite construction and other topics of interest. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CE 475 Pre-stressed Concrete
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
CE 442
CE 460
Pre-stress loss, deflection. Shear and torsion. Section design and proportioning. Load balancing and application to two-way slabs and continuous beams. Segmental bridges. Pre-cast buildings. Design of pre-stressed concrete structures. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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CE 476 Advanced Concrete Design
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
CE 442
CE 460
Design of combined footings, beam-column, retaining walls, two-way reinforced floor slabs. Flat slab systems. Continuous slab bridges. Shear wall designs. Design for shear, torsion and bending. Shear friction. Multi- storied buildings. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CE 478 Foundation Engineering
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
CE 348
and consent of instructor.
Exploration, sampling and in-situ soil measurements. Bearing capacity of foundations. Foundation settlements. Design of footings and mat foundation. Retaining walls. Sheetpiles and coffer-dams. Pile foundations. Caissons. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CE 480 Design of Earth Retention
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
CE 478
CE 348
Classical and modern earth pressure theories and their experimental justification. Pressures and basis for design of retaining walls. Reinforced earth walls, braced open cuts, anchored bulk heads, cofferdams. Prediction of ground movement and damage to existing structures. Case histories dealing with actual projects. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CE 482 CE Senior Design Project
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Senior Standing
Prerequisite: Senior Standing.
Supervised design projects applying the fundamentals of engineering science and the concepts of planning and systems analysis in the design of practical engineering works. The scope includes needs analysis, formulation of the design problem statement and evaluative criteria; analysis of alternative solutions and the generation of specifications. Economic, social, environmental, aesthetic and safety constraints are considered. Practicing professional engineers are invited to serve as consultants. Written and oral reports are required. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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CE 483 Hazardous Waste
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Methods used for disposal or detoxification of hazardous wastes, including landfill, thermal, chemical and biological processes. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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CE 484 Environmental Chemistry and Design
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
CHM 107
MTH 372
Chemistry of transformation processes in natural and engineered environmental systems. Applications of reactor concepts to system modeling, thermodynamics and rates of mass transport and reaction processes in natural waters, treatment operations and other systems of concern in environmental engineering. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CE 485 Project Management and Costing
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
General project management concepts including bidding, scheduling, progress monitoring, and closeout. Organizational structures within the engineering discipline including corporate or government and teams within corporations or governmental agencies. Economic analysis or projects including initial cost estimates and life-cycle cost analysis. Project networks including resource scheduling. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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CE 486 Environmental Microbiology and Design
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
CHM 107
MTH 372
Identification, description and activities of bacteria, algae, protozoa and fungi in water and soil that are principally responsible for the cycling of chemical elements and pollutant transformation. Water-borne pathogens and disinfection processes. | 3 | 0 | 0 | | |
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CE 488 Solid Waste
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Engineering and design of methods for collection and disposal of solid wastes in urban communities and related effects of such processes on the environment. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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CE 490 Municipal Design Using Geographical Information System (GIS)
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
CE 340
Prerequisite: CE 340
An introduction to geographical information system (GIS) and its application in construction management, geo-technical engineering, transportation engineering, structural engineering and environmental engineering. Standard GIS software will be used as a part of this course. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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CE 491 Geographic Information Systems
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Design projects in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Students will be able to acquire GIS data, process the data geographically, assess the reliability of the data, and customize the graphic user interface and software function. Students will be able to compare functionality of several GIS packages. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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