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CIE 101 Great Creations of Civil Engineering
Credits: 1Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Seeks to develop a basic understanding of the scientific rationale behind the design for large-scale public works, of the urban social context within which such works are funded and built, and of the symbolic meaning of these projects seen as cultural moments and works of art. One lecture per week.
CIE 303 Geodesy, GPS, and GIS
Credits: 3 / 0Semester(s): F Sp
Prerequisites: MAE 177
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Introduces students to spatial concepts that are important in the planning, construction, and operation of civil engineering projects and activities. Introduces the expression of these concepts in graphical language, which is central to civil and architectural communication by first developing some basic skills in CAD. Studies concepts and principles of location and layout of points on the surface of the 3-D earth from both a historical and a modern technology perspective. Also covers the problem of converting the curved surface of the earth onto a plane map or computer screen. Reviews the use of plane concepts for local layouts, along with the circumstances under which 2-D plane concepts can be utilized. Discusses and demonstrates the technological basis for modern measurement and positioning systems, such as DME and GPS. Covers techniques used to identify and lay out land areas in the United States. Introduces GIS.
CIE 308 Engineering Statistics
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: MTH 241
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC/REC
Introduces statistical inference, methods of data analysis, point and interval estimation, tests of hypotheses, correlation and regression, and experiment design. Students may not receive credit for this course and EAS 305.
CIE 323 Structural Engineering I
Credits: 3Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: EAS 209, MTH 306
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC/REC
First of a two-course sequence required of all civil engineering students. Basic aspects of structural analysis and design. Introduces structural engineering by an approach that unifies structural behavior, analysis, and design. Emphasizes analysis and design of determinant structures. Topics include analysis of determinate structures, determination of loadings, design criteria, and design of steel members in tension, bending, and compression.
CIE 324 Structural Engineering II
Credits: 3Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: CIE 323
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC/REC
Continuation of CIE 323, dealing primarily with analyzing and designing statically indeterminate structures. Topics include deflection calculations using the compatibility and moment distribution methods, an introduction to the stiffness method, and the design of steel beam columns. Introduces students to the use of general purpose structural analysis programs. Major part of the course is devoted to the term design project, which typically involves the modeling, loadings determination, analysis, assessment of safety and preparation of a technical report for an actual structure. Often involves the engineer of record for this structure in the project.
CIE 327 Civil Engineering Materials
Credits: 3Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: EAS 209
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Mechanical properties of materials. Crystal structure, phase equilibria, deformation behavior under various states of stress. Failure theories, composite materials, prediction of composite material properties based on properties of constituent materials, and concrete mix design. Applications of materials technology to building products and design of structural components.
CIE 334 Mechanics of Soils
Credits: 3 / 0Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: CIE 354, EAS 209
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC/REC
Soil formation and identification. Studies the physical and mechanical properties of granular and cohesive soils. The nature and flow of water in soils, stress distribution, analysis of deformation and strength of soils. Stress path dependent behavior and consolidation.
CIE 340 Environmental Engineering
Credits: 3Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: MTH 306
Type: LEC/REC
Introduces environmental engineering systems and infrastructure. Covers fundamentals including the application of mass and energy balances and equilibrium chemistry to environmental systems. Applies these concepts to a number of important environmental topics including risk assessment, modeling of water quality systems, water and wastewater treatment facilities, air quality modeling, and municipal and hazardous solid waste management.
CIE 343 Hydraulic Engineering
Credits: 3Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: CIE 354
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC/REC
Application of fundamentals of fluid mechanics to design systems, including pipe/pump systems, analysis of flow in rivers, and hydrodynamic and aerodynamic forces on structures. Topics include friction losses in pipes, flow measurement, hydraulic machinery, boundary layer characteristics, drag and lift forces, energy and momentum principle in open channel, resistance in open channels, uniform flow, nonuniform flow, surface profile computation, and design of channel controls and transitions.
CIE 354 Fluid Mechanics
Credits: 3Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: EAS 207, MTH 306
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC/REC
Provides an introductory treatment of the dynamics of fluids, emphasizing incompressible fluids. Develops and applies hydrostatics, thermodynamics, fluid characteristics, kinematics, and dynamics; methods of analysis including the infinitesimal and finite control volume; stress rate-of-strain relations; and basic equations for continuity, energy, motion, and force-momentum. Measurement methods.
CIE 360 Environmental Engineering Laboratory
Credits: 2Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: CIE 340
Corequisites: CIE 354 or permission of instructor
Type: LAB
Laboratory testing to enhance and extend the student's understanding of the fundamental principles of fluid mechanics and environmental engineering, including modern methods of pollutant analysis. Data are collected and analyzed using statistical and numerical tools. Individual and group reports serve as vehicles for the development of technical communication skills. One 3-hour lab per week or equivalent.
CIE 361 Civil Engineering Laboratory I
Credits: 2 / 0Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: CIE 327, CIE 323, and CIE 354, or permission of instructor
Type: LAB/LEC
Laboratory testing to enhance and extend the student's understanding of the fundamental principles of structural analysis, civil engineering materials, and fluid mechanics. One 3-hour lab per week or equivalent.
CIE 362 Civil Engineering Laboratory II
Credits: 2 / 0Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: CIE 334, CIE 340, and CIE 343, or permission of instructor
Type: LAB/LEC
Laboratory testing to enhance and extend the student's understanding of the fundamental principles of soil mechanics, hydraulic engineering, and environmental engineering. Continuation of CIE 361. One 3-hour lab per week or equivalent.
CIE 415 Professional Practice Issues
Credits: 3Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: junior/senior standing in environmental/civil engineering
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Ethical issues in civil engineering practice, the professional licensure process, the project life cycle, engineering economics fundamentals, construction contracts and delivery methods, cost estimating fundamentals, project scheduling fundamentals, project control fundamentals.
CIE 423 Structural Engineering III
Credits: 3Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: CIE 324
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Builds upon the knowledge gained in the previous courses (Structures I and II). In this course, advanced structural analysis techniques are taught with direct application to bridges and tall buildings. Topics include fundamentals of the flexibility and stiffness methods; bridge and tall buildings structural systems and design considerations; dynamics of single and multi degree-of-freedom systems; earthquake-response spectra; plastic analysis of beams, frames, and plates; stability of structures. Requires a design project that entails either a bridge structural system or a tall building. The project involves developing the structural system, analysis, design, and a final presentation.
CIE 424 Computer-Aided Design in Civil Engineering
Credits: 3Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: MAE 177, senior standing
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC/REC
Basic principles of interactive computer graphics, computer-aided drafting, 3-D modeling, and visualization in modern CAD systems. The use of modern CAD software as a design tool in civil engineering applications. Overview of trends and futures in computer-aided design. Lecture and hands-on laboratory.
CIE 426 Finite Element Structural Analysis
Credits: 3Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: senior standing
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Comprehensively introduces the finite element method as applied primarily to structural analysis. Presents the foundations of finite elements by addressing the theory of elasticity, calculus of variations, and variational principles of solid mechanics. Subsequently, applies the finite element methodology to trusses, beams, membrane elements, plates, torsion, and axisymmetry. Introduces students to computer programming aspects of the finite element method. Additional topics (time permitting) are dynamics, stability, fluid flow, heat transfer, Galerkin and Ritz methods.
CIE 428 Steel Design
Credits: 3Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: CIE 324
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Emphasizes a theoretical understanding of fundamental concepts in analysis and design of steel structures. Focuses on building structures; topics addressed in the class include materials, probabilistic underpinnings of structural steel design, tension members, compression members, beams and beam-columns, welded and bolted connections and analysis and design of steel structures for gravity, wind, and seismic loads.
CIE 429 Reinforced Concrete Design
Credits: 3Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: CIE 324
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
The design of reinforced concrete members for flexure, shear and combined flexure, and axial load; anchorage and development of reinforcement; design of connections for monolithic construction; 2-D reinforced concrete elements in shear and bending. Considers the calculation of long- and short-term deformations, as well as the problem of shrinkage; introduces the design of prestressed concrete members.
CIE 430 Design of Wood Structures
Credits: 3Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: CIE 324
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Introduces the properties of wood and its grading process. Presents design principles for members under axial tension, column members, beams under flexure, mechanical connections, and shear walls under lateral loads.
CIE 435 Foundation Engineering
Credits: 3Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: CIE 334
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Applies soil mechanics to engineering problems. Soil exploration and sampling. States of plastic equilibrium, bearing capacity, and settlement of foundations. Foundation design, spread footing, mat, raft, piles, and caissons. Lateral earth pressures, retaining walls, braced excavations, and slope stability.
CIE 437 Pavement Design and Materials
Credits: 3Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: CIE 334
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Design principles of flexible and rigid pavements. Includes a study of soils and paving materials, their interaction, their behavior under various loading conditions, and their ability to perform under all ambient loading conditions. Topics include surface, base, subbase and base courses: bituminous materials, quality control, and flexible and rigid pavement design methods. Laboratory sessions on asphaltic concrete mix design.
CIE 438 Structural Design and Construction of Foundations
Credits: 3Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: CIE 435
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Structural design and construction of foundation systems. Topics include: structural design of shallow foundations, such as single footings, strip footings, and mat foundations; deep foundations, such as piles and caissons; retaining walls; sheet piles; excavation bracings; tie backs; and anchors. An application-oriented design course that requires students to do a real-life project in groups of three from preliminary design stage to final construction phase.
CIE 439 Transportation System Analysis
Credits: 3Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: senior standing
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Introduces engineering and planning principles applicable to all types of transportation systems; concept and methods of transportation network analysis; operation and management of transportation systems; traffic engineering elements; traffic flow theory; highway capacity analysis; design and application of traffic control devices.
CIE 441 Ecological Engineering
Credits: 3Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: MTH 306
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Focuses on the physical, chemical, and hydrodynamic processes governing pollutant fate in natural systems. Topics include mass and energy balances, mixing processes, partitioning processes (exchange with solids and air), and particle removal. Examples from natural systems address lake, river, and atmospheric pollution.
CIE 442 Treatment Process Engineering
Credits: 3Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: MTH 306
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC/LAB/REC
Overview of environmental engineering treatment systems analysis and design. Topics include water distribution, water treatment, wastewater collection, wastewater treatment, sludge processing, and industrial waste management.
CIE 444 Hydrologic Engineering
Credits: 3Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: CIE 343, EAS 308
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Studies the physical processes associated with the components of the hydrologic cycle. Discusses measurement and collection of data. Explores model conceptualization and data analysis for quantification of water flow for design purposes. Emphasizes analysis procedures for surface and ground water hydrology useful for design of urban facilities. Discusses and applies hydrologic design methods to engineering projects. Emphasizes watershed management concepts.
CIE 445 Groundwater Engineering
Credits: 3Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: senior standing
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Fundamentals of fluid flow and mass transport in porous media. Derives the governing mass and energy balance equations and develops several commonly applied solutions. Particular topics include groundwater flow under saturated and unsaturated conditions, well hydraulics, introduction to multiphase flow, fundamentals of solute transport, geostatistics, and remediation of contaminated aquifers.
CIE 446 Water Resources Engineering
Credits: 3Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: senior standing
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Studies and applies modeling, computational analysis, and design procedures for the design of water resources projects. Design projects include stream quality and stream flow, including bridge openings and floodway determination, wastewater collection, and wastewater treatment. Relates the treatment design projects to wastewater stabilization ponds and wastewater treatment plants. Emphasizes watershed management concepts.
CIE 447 Environmental Engineering Practicum
Credits: 3Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: senior standing
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
Student teams conduct studies at the field, pilot, and/or bench scale for the purposes of understanding environmental processes and collection of data needed for design and management decisions. Strongly emphasizes oral and written communication of the study results.
CIE 448 Chemical Principles in Environmental Engineering
Credits: 3Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: CIE 340 and senior standing
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Presents fundamentals in aquatic chemistry as applied to natural waters, water treatment, and wastewater treatment. Topics include equilibrium concepts, chemical thermodynamics, acid-base reactions, precipitation and dissolution, oxidation and reduction, carbonate system chemistry, and complexation.
CIE 449 Environmental Engineering Design
Credits: 3Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: senior standing
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Design of environmental engineering systems, such as water-distribution networks; storm and wastewater collection systems; treatment systems for air, water, and wastewater; and hazardous waste site remediation. This is a professional practice-oriented course and includes process engineering principles, system analysis and design, regulations, economics, guest lectures, and field trips. Students work in design teams and produce written and oral reports for a major design project.
CIE 458 Introduction to Geoenvironmental Engineering
Credits: 3Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: CIE 334
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Soil-water-contaminant interaction processes, conduction phenomena, hydraulic conductivity and contaminant transport phenomena, effects of contaminants on soil properties, design aspects of landfills, waste-disposal systems, barriers and cutoff walls, site characterization, and soil remediation.
CIE 460 Special Topics
Credits: 1 - 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Offered irregularly. The subject matter of the course is announced when offered.
CIE 461 Air Pollution
Credits: 3Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC/LAB
Introduces the fundamental aspects of the science and technologies associated with air pollution. Topics include: atmospheric chemistry and basic chemical kinetics; photochemical reactions in the atmosphere; aerosol physics and chemistry; sources of outdoor and indoor air pollution; climatic effects; pollution reduction technologies; gas phase and aerosol measurement and analytical techniques; health effects; atmospheric meteorology; and plume dispersion and transport models.
CIE 462 Special Topics in Structural Engineering
Credits: 3Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: CIE 324
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Develops experience and expertise in the application of structural engineering fundamentals to design of civil engineering projects. Specific technique/problem areas are announced when offered. Requires students to complete homework assignments and hour tests, and they are graded on both. May require an in-depth design exercise.
CIE 463 Special Topics in Water Resources Engineering
Credits: 3Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: CIE 343
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Develops experience and expertise in the application of fundamentals of water resources engineering to design civil engineering projects. Specific technique/problem areas are announced when offered. Requires students to complete homework assignments and hour tests, and they are graded on both. May require an in-depth design exercise.
CIE 464 Special Topics in Environmental Engineering
Credits: 3Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: CIE 340, CIE 343
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Develops experience and expertise in the application of fundamentals of environmental engineering to design of civil engineering projects. Specific technique/problem areas are announced when offered. Requires students to complete homework assignments and hour tests, and they are graded on both. May require an in-depth design exercise.
CIE 465 Special Topics in Geotechnical Engineering
Credits: 3Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: CIE 435
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Develops experience and expertise in the application of fundamentals of geotechnical engineering to design of civil engineering projects. Specific technique/problem areas are announced when offered. Requires students to complete homework assignments and hour tests, and they are graded on both. May require an in-depth design exercise.
CIE 469 Hazardous Waste Management
Credits: 3Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: junior/senior standing in engineering or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Focuses primarily on tools for managing industrial hazardous wastes and assessing the impacts of contamination from inactive waste sites. Major topics include site investigation, risk assessment, and exposure modeling. Students also develop a working knowledge of current US hazardous waste regulations and the history and impact of the Love Canal events. Also presents an overview of current site remediation technologies.
CIE 476 Design and Construction of Earth Structures
Credits: 3Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: CIE 334
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Selection, engineering design, construction, monitoring, and performance evaluation of earth structures. Densification: soft ground consolidation, deep dynamic compaction; reinforcement: earth-retaining systems, soil nailing, reinforced earth, micropiles; ground improvement by admixtures: grouting, soil mixing techniques.
CIE 491 Construction Estimating
Credits: 3Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: senior standing
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Estimation of construction costs. Topics include project life cycle, financial considerations, order-of-magnitude estimates, the project acquisition decision, material/labor and equipment costs, overhead and profit consideration, building systems estimates, uncertainty, the bidding process, value engineering, and cost control.
CIE 493 Project Management
Credits: 3Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: senior standing
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Life cycle planning of construction projects; contract types, project delivery strategies; bid packaging, bid evaluation, and selection of contractors; preconstruction planning; contract administration procedures; project quality control; value engineering and management; project site layout; and materials management.
CIE 498 Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity
Credits: 1 - 3Semester(s): F Sp
Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: TUT
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Students collaborate with faculty research mentors on an ongoing project in a faculty member's laboratory or conduct independent research under the guidance of a faculty member. This experience provides students with an inquiry based learning opportunity and engages them as active learners in an research setting.
CIE 499 Independent Study
Credits: 1 - 12Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: TUT
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Students electing this course should be accepted for work on a special topic by a member of the teaching staff. Special forms are available in the department office.
Last updated: Wednesday, 23-Apr-2008 15:42:51 EDT