The college has many instructional and research laboratories. Specific laboratories for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are geotechnical, environmental, hydraulic, pavement, construction materials, structures, the traffic automation and innovation laboratory (TRAIL), and traffic engineering laboratory.

Geotechnical laboratory facilities include equipment for soil classification, compaction, hydraulic conductivity, slurry evaluation, shear strength, and compressibility of soils. Electronic data acquisition systems, personal computers, sampling devices, and a machine shop are also available for student use.

The environmental engineering laboratories include both an undergraduate teaching lab and a graduate research lab. The facilities include equipment and instrumentation needed for physical and chemical analysis of water quality, sampling and filtering devices, and space for bench scale experiments.

The hydraulic laboratory is used by students to reinforce the basic concepts of hydraulics and become familiar with hydraulic equipment and instrumentation, and to learn procedures of data collection and analysis. Students can perform experiments of hydrostatic pressure, hydrostatic forces on submerged bodies, flow measurement, friction in pipe flow, pump power, open channel flow, hydraulic jump, and wave mechanics.

Pavement laboratory facilities include equipment for resilient modulus characterization of highway materials (MTS Load System, TestStar Control Unit, Triaxial Testing System, and Compaction Set). Electronic data acquisition systems, PC computers, and pavement engineering software systems are available for research and instructional use.

Construction materials laboratory facilities include equipment for compression strength testing, concrete, mixer, MTS shock tester, L.A. abrasion test machine, and MTS test system.

A structures lab, two stories high, has a three-foot reinforced concrete reaction slab with 100-kip anchorage pods spaced at four-foot intervals. This facility provides undergraduate and graduate students with applied instruction on specialized testing of materials and structures, support for high quality research in developing and testing innovative structural systems for bridges, buildings, etc. The laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art vertical and lateral loading systems, together with automated data acquisition systems.

Students have access to a large number and variety of computer systems. A network of nearly 700 computing devices is available for the academic and research efforts of the college.

The department houses the Institute for Transportation Technologies (ITT), which is well equipped with the state-of-the-art, high-performance computing environment to pursue transportation related research. The equipment includes a Silicon Graphics Origin 2000 technical server with sixteen parallel processors, and a cluster of workstations for fast visualization, and pre- and post- processing. This advanced computing environment is available primarily to graduate students working as research assistants with departmental faculty. The department also has a Sun Ultra-10 workstation that is used for environmental engineering research.

The college computers are connected to a high-speed, switched, fiber-optic LAN and to the Internet via the Florida State University connection to the NSF v BNS network. Desktop computers are supported by a cluster of Sun, DEC, and SGI servers. Other computation resources include the Department of Scientific Computing, FSU Academic Computing and Network Services (ACNS), and FAMU Computing Services.

A small collection of reference works and heavily used books and journals is located in the College of Engineering Reading Room/ Library Services.

Students may also participate in engineering clubs such as the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE); Society of Women Engineers (SWE); American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE); Engineering Honor Society, Tau Beta Pi; Engineers Without Borders (EWB); and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE).

Admission requirements for the Master's of Science (MS) program include the following:

1. A baccalaureate degree in civil engineering, or an allied academic discipline, from an accredited college or university. International students must have a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in civil engineering from a recognized academic institution;
2. Good standing in the academic institution last attended;
3. A grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, on all work attempted while registered as an upper division student (beyond sixty [60] semester hours of undergraduate work);
4. A minimum score of 1000 on the combined verbal and quantitative portions of the general aptitude test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE);
5. The following minimum score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) for all international applicants whose native language is not English: 550 (paper-based), 213 (computer-based) or 80 (Internet-based).

Admission requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree include the following:

1. A Master of Science (MS) degree in civil or environmental engineering or a closely related field;
2. A grade point average (GPA) or 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for all undergraduate and graduate work;
3. A minimum score of 1100 on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) for combined verbal and quantitative portions;
4. A minimum score of 550 (paper-based), 213 (computer-based) or 80 (Internet-based) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) if their native language is not English;
5. Three (3) letters of recommendation;
6. An essay of intent stating goals and reasons for pursuing the PhD degree;
7. If feasible, an interview by the Graduate Committee or its representatives.

The thesis option requires twenty-four (24) semester hours of course work and six (6) semester hours of thesis work. A non-thesis option requires thirty (30) semester hours of course work and three (3) semester hours of independent research or advanced design project work. Both options require a final oral examination in which the student defends a thesis or project. The general course requirements include 12–15 hours in the depth area, six to nine hours in supplementary electives and three hours of advanced mathematics or statistics. Students also must register in a non-credit graduate seminar course each semester. A maximum of six (6) semester hours of graduate course work, in which the student earned a grade of "B" or better, may be transferred from another program. Courses sponsored by other universities, taken through the Florida Engineering Education Delivery System (FEEDS) should account for no more than fifty percent (50%) of the student's course work. Each individual program is designed with the approval of a major adviser and a supervisory committee. The general course requirements for both options are given below.

Course Distribution	Thesis	Non-thesis
Depth area	12–15	12–15
Supplemental electives	6–9	12–15
Advanced mathematics	3	3
Thesis with oral defense	6	N/A
Non-theses project with oral defense	N/A	3
Graduate seminar	0	0
Total credit hours required for the master's degree	30	33

Graduation requirements include a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and the successful defense of a thesis or project report. All of the above requirements must be met within seven (7) calendar years.

The program of study for the PhD degree is flexible and depends on the individual student's background and objectives. A student may specialize in any of the several areas that are offered in the department. In addition to the specialty courses, the student must have a minor consisting of at least nine (9) semester hours from another department. Each student's specific program of study is uniquely tailored through consultation with an advisory committee that the student selects. The objectives of course selection are to develop a broad-based understanding of engineering and science, and to gain fundamental contemporary capabilities in an area of concentration necessary to conduct significant and original scholarly research.

A student must choose a major professor by the second semester of enrollment in the PhD program. If a student has not chosen a major professor by this time, a professor approved by the graduate committee chair will act as the student's academic adviser. The major professor is formally appointed by the department chair and will serve as chair of the supervisory committee. The supervisory committee is formally appointed by the department chair at the request of the major professor. There must be a minimum of three committee members, including the major professor. One member must be from outside the department, representing the student's minor. The committee supervises the student's work until all degree requirements are completed and is responsible for an annual written assessment of the student's progress. This assessment shall be made available to the student, the coordinator of graduate studies and the department chair.

The student will prepare, with the approval of the doctoral supervisory committee, a complete plan of study to be submitted to the graduate committee within the first year of the program and to be retained on file in the department. The plan should identify the courses necessary to meet the following semester hours of course requirements and a time schedule for taking them. Degree requirements for PhD students are outlined below.

The PhD course requirements include nine (9) hours in a student's depth area, nine to eighteen (9–18) semester hours beyond the master's degree in supplementary electives, up to nine (0–9) semester hours in a non-departmental minor area and twenty-four (24) semester hours of original dissertation work. Students also must register for a noncredit graduate seminar course each semester.

Students admitted with:	MS Degree	BS Degree
MS Requirements	0	30
Depth area	9	9
Supplementary electives	9–18	9–18
Minor courses	0–9	0–9
Dissertation	24	24
Graduate seminar	0	0
Total credit hours for the doctoral degree	51	81

A residency requirement ensures that the doctoral students contribute to and benefit from the complete spectrum of educational, professional, and enrichment opportunities provided by the College of Engineering. After thirty (30) semester hours of graduate work, or being awarded the master's degree, the student must be continuously enrolled in the FAMU—FSU College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering for a minimum of twenty-four (24) graduate semester hours in any period of twelve (12) consecutive months.

Following completion of a major portion of the course work defined in an approved plan of studies, the doctoral supervisory committee must issue certification that the student has: maintained a minimum of 3.0 GPA; demonstrated sufficient progress toward mastery of a sub-discipline; and, has developed a command of requisite research tools to begin independent research in the area of the proposed dissertation. Once certified, students will be permitted to take a doctoral preliminary examination.

The preliminary examination will be a written and oral exam prepared by the student's supervisory committee. The exam will be administered by the committee near the end of or after completion of the student's course work and will comply with the requirements of the college and the university in which the student is registered. The examination committee shall report the outcome to designated college and university authorities as: "passed," "failed," "additional work to be completed," "or to be reexamined." Students are admitted to candidacy for the PhD degree only after passing this examination. If any student requires re-examination, the outcome can only be reported pass or fail. Any student who fails re-examination is dismissed from the program. Upon successful completion of the second trial the student may continue to register for dissertation hours.

The most important element of the doctoral program is original and fundamental research resulting in a doctoral dissertation. The research problem is selected by the student in consultation with the major professor and the student's doctoral supervisory committee. The dissertation must be completed on a topic approved by the Committee. To be acceptable, it must comprise original research constituting a significant contribution to knowledge and represent a substantial scholarly effort on the part of the student. The defense of the dissertation will be oral. The doctoral supervisory committee and other members of the faculty as appointed by the academic dean or specified by the university regulations will conduct the examination. Publication of the dissertation shall conform to the regulations of the university through which the student is registered.

Applicants holding degrees in areas other than civil engineering, or closely allied fields, will be required to take course work beyond the minimum requirements for the master's degree. Graduation requirements include a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and the successful defense of a thesis or project report for the master's degree and a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better and the successful defense of dissertation for the PhD degree. All of the above requirements must be met within seven (7) calendar years.

Students may be supported through research or teaching assistantships on a competitive basis. Most graduate students currently hold half-time assistantships equivalent to 20 hours per week. Graduate assistants also receive tuition waivers from the universities on a competitive basis. Inquiries about research assistantships should be made to the professor directing an individual research project of interest to that student. Please visit the department Web site to learn more about individual faculty research. The department chairman should be contacted about prospects of teaching assistantships. For other financial and scholarship opportunities, contact the FAMU Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships at (850) 599-3730, or online at http://www.famu.edu. To access the status of your financial aid information, please contact FSU at (850) 644-0539 or on the Web at http://www.fsu.edu.

Contact the admissions office for application materials. For information on financial assistance contact the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, FAMU—FSU College of Engineering, 2525 Pottsdamer Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-6046, phone: (850) 410-6136.

CCE—Civil Construction Engineering

CEG—Civil Geotechnical Engineering

CES—Civil Engineering Structures

CGN—Civil Engineering

CWR—Civil Water Resources

ENV—Engineering: Environmental

TTE—Transportation Engineering

Construction Engineering

CCE 5035. Construction Planning and Scheduling (3). Prerequisite: CCE 4004. Planning, basic arrow diagramming, basic precedence diagramming, establishing activity duration, scheduling computations, bar charts, project controls, overlapping networks, resource leveling, and program evaluation review technique (PERT).

CCE 5036. Project Controls in Construction (3). Prerequisite: CCE 4004 and EGN 3443. Construction cost estimation, work breakdown structure, and cost control; critical path method (CPM) scheduling, resource-constrained scheduling, and integrated scheduling-cost control; probabilistic scheduling techniques, and linear scheduling techniques; contract specifications, and contract claims (schedule impact) analysis.

Geotechnical Engineering

CEG 5015. Advanced Soil Mechanics (3). Prerequisite: CEG 3011. Mechanical behavior, internal stresses, and stability analysis of noncohesive soils, compressibility, consolidation, and settlement of cohesive soils, analytical techniques for predicting earth movement.

CEG 5115. Foundation Engineering (3). Prerequisite: CEG 3011. Design of spread footings, pole and caisson foundations, retaining structures and waterfront structures. Investigation of slope stability.

CEG 5127. Highway and Airport Pavement Design (3). Prerequisite: CEG 4801. Analysis of materials used for highway and runway pavements; design of rigid and flexible pavements and sub-bases for highways and airports; geotechnical considerations.

CEG 5705. Environmental Geotechnics (3). Prerequisite: CEG 3011. The geotechnical aspects of waste containment and storage. Aspects of design, construction, and performance of earthen structures for storing or disposing waste or remediating contaminated sites.

Structural Engineering

CES 5105. Advanced Mechanics of Materials (3). Prerequisites: CES 3100 and EGN 3331. This course covers analysis and design of load-carrying members, shear center, unsymmetrical bending, curved beams, beams on elastic foundations, energy methods, theories of failure, thick-walled cylinders, and stress concentrations.

CES 5106r. Advanced Structural Analysis (3). Prerequisites: CES 3100 and EGN 3331. This course covers matrix algebra review, direct stiffness method for truss analysis, computer applications, statically indeterminate structures, slope-deflection and moment distribution methods, and computer modeling and analysis of structures using commercial FE codes. May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours.

CES 5144. Matrix Methods for Structural Analysis (3). Prerequisites: CES 4101 and MAP 3305. This course covers selected fundamental techniques, including energy methods, for the formulation of the stiffness method for structural analysis. Topics include formation of element matrices, transformed element matrices, structure stiffness matrices, and equations of equilibrium. Selected computer solution techniques are also covered.

CES 5209. Structural Dynamics (3). Prerequisites: CES 4101 and MAP 3305. This course covers analysis and design of single- and multi-degree-of-freedom structures subjected to various types of excitations and initial conditions. Topics include computational aspects of dynamic analysis, including approximate methods of analysis, and introduction to earthquake loading and design.

CES 5218. Fundamentals of Structural Stability Theory (3). Prerequisite: CES 4101. This course covers elastic and inelastic buckling of columns including large deformation theory and imperfect columns, beam column theory, and buckling of frames. Methods of analysis include the formation and solution to differential equations, energy methods, and matrix methods. AISC stability design techniques are used with LRFD format. Computer software is used as a teaching tool.

CES 5325. Bridge Engineering (3). Prerequisites: CES 4605 and CES 4702. This course is an introduction to design of modern steel and concrete highway bridges. Topics include materials and properties, loads on bridges, and substructure design. AASHTO LRFD Specifications are used.

CES 5585. Earthquake/Wind Engineering (3). Prerequisites: CES 4101 and MAP 3305. This course covers fundamentals of structural dynamics for earthquake and wind loading. Topics include response of undamped and damped single/multi degree-of-freedom structures subjected to earthquake or wind dynamic loadings, response spectra, and Fourier analysis and frequency domain.

CES 5606. Advanced Steel Design (3). Prerequisites: CES 4101 and CES 4605. This course covers the behavior of complex steel elements and structures. Topics include analysis and design of columns and beams under combined effects of flexure, shear and torsion. Other topics include lateral torsional buckling, plastic analysis, design of plate girders, and design of frames.

CES 5706. Advanced Concrete Design (3). Prerequisites: CES 4101 and CES 4702. This course covers advanced topics pertaining to complex reinforced concrete elements and structures. Topics include analysis and design for torsion, biaxial columns, slender columns, two-way slabs, retaining walls, shear walls, deep beams, and the strut-and-tie method.

CES 5715. Prestressed Concrete (3). Prerequisites: CES 3100 and EGN 3331. This course covers the behavior and design of prestressed concrete structures. Topics include design of prestressed concrete beams for flexure and shear, design of slabs, prestressing losses, serviceability of prestressed concrete members, and precast members.

CES 5845. Composites in Civil Engineering (3). Prerequisites: CCE 3101, CES 3100, and EGN 3331. This course covers fundamental theories of composite materials. Topics include forms of composites and their reinforcements; physical, chemical, and mechanical properties; design and testing methods; and civil engineering applications of composite materials.

CES 6116. Finite Elements in Structures (3). Prerequisites: CES 4101 and MAP 3305. This course covers basic concepts of finite element analysis. Topics include boundary conditions; computer techniques used in structural analysis; structural finite elements for trusses, beams, beams on an elastic foundation, and frames; plane stress and plane strains in triangular elements; and engineering modeling.

Hydraulic/Water Resources Engineering

CWR 5125. Groundwater Hydrology (3). Prerequisites: CWR 3201 and EES 3040. This course examines the fundamentals of groundwater flow and contaminant transport. Topics include: Darcy's law, flow nets, mass conservation, heterogeneity and anisotropy, storage properties, 3-D equation of groundwater flow, regional recirculation, unsaturated flow, recharge, stream-aquifer interaction, well hydraulics, slug test analyses and contaminant transport processes.

CWR 5205. Hydraulic Engineering II (3). Prerequisites: CWR 4202 and MAP 3305. Course presents advanced hydraulic concepts and their incorporation into the design process. Methods of solving such problems are also presented.

CWR 5305. Urban Stormwater Runoff (3). Prerequisite: CWR 3201. Corequisite: CWR 4101. This course investigates the effects of urban stormwater runoff on surface and ground water resources. Topics include legal and regulatory requirements, methods of engineering analysis and design of storm water systems.

CWR 5635. Water Resources Planning and Management (3). Prerequisites: CWR 4101 and CWR 4202. Quantity and quality planning of water resources systems. Economic considerations.

CWR 5824. Coastal and Estuarine Hydraulics (3). Prerequisites: CWR 3201 and MAC 2313. This course examines numerous topics including coastal hydraulic principles and waves in estuaries and coastal oceans, wave properties and wave forces on coastal structures, tidal motions, mixing and transport in estuaries, and coastal engineering analysis.

Environmental Engineering

ENV 5028. Remediation Engineering (3). Prerequisite: ENV 4001 or equivalent. This course reviews various innovative remediation technologies used for clean up of contaminated soil and groundwater at a site such as air sparging, soil vapor extraction, reactive walls, reactive zones, stabilization technologies, hydraulic pneumatic fracturing and pump-and-treat systems.

ENV 5030. Applied Environmental Engineering Microbiology (3). Prerequisite: ENV 4001 or equivalent. This course focuses on the survey of environmentally important microbes and the roles they play in environmental restoration processes. Major topics include basics of microbiology, stoichiometry and bacterial energetics, bioremediation and other environmental microbiology applications, and detoxification of hazardous chemicals.

ENV 5045. Environmental Systems Analysis (3). Prerequisites: ENV 4001 and MAC 2311. Systems analysis techniques applied to the solution of environmental problems, with particular emphasis on linear and dynamic programming.

ENV 5055. Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment (3). Prerequisites: CWR 3201, EES 3040 or equivalent, and MAP 3305. Study of the processes of pollutant chemicals transformation in and transport between air, water, and soil or sediments. Use and development of predictive mathematical models for the remediation of existing contaminated sites or prevention of future contamination from new sources.

ENV 5105. Air Pollution Control (3). Prerequisite: ENV 4001. This course investigates analytical concepts for determination of sources, amounts, and transport of air pollutants; health and environmental effects; design of control devices and management programs.

ENV 5407. Water Reuse Engineering (3). Prerequisite: ENV 4001 or equivalent. Course covers wastewater reclamation and reuse; treatment processor and systems; monitoring and control instrumentation; health and social aspects; design of facilities/systems.

ENV 5504. Environmental Engineering Processes and Operations (3). Prerequisite: ENV 4001 or instructor permission. Operational and design features of the physical, chemical, thermal, and biological treatments used in engineering for the management of solid and hazardous wastes.

ENV 5565. Design of Water Quality Management Facilities (3). Prerequisites: CWR 3201, EES 3040, and EES 3040L. Analysis of operations, processes, and systems used in the design of facilities for maintaining water supply quality, wastewater control, and aquatic pollution control. Design of wastewater collection systems, water and wastewater treatment plants, and systems for disposal for residuals from such facilities.

ENV 5615. Environmental Impact Analysis (3). Prerequisites: EES 3040 and EES 3040L. Analysis of various measures of environmental quality. Impacts on different types of resources. Benefit-cost in environment impact assessment.

Transportation and Traffic Engineering

TTE 5205. Traffic Engineering (3). Prerequisite: TTE 3004 or equivalent. Nature, characteristics, and theories of traffic flow. Street and highway traffic problems. Traffic survey procedures. Origin-destination studies. Theory and design of automatic control of traffic systems. Transit systems.

TTE 5206. Advanced Traffic Flow Analysis (3). Prerequisite: TTE 3004. Course covers microscopic and macroscopic characteristics, traffic stream models, demand-supply analysis, shockwave analysis, queueing analysis, computer simulation models, intelligent transportation systems.

TTE 5256. Traffic Operations (3). Prerequisite: TTE 3004. Course covers principles of capacity, freeways, rural highways, urban streets, transportation systems, and computer simulation.

TTE 5270. Intelligent Transportation Systems (3). Prerequisite: TTE 3004. Course covers advanced traffic management systems (ATMS), advanced traveler information systems (ATIS), advanced vehicle control systems, commercial vehicle operations, rural ITS human factors, institutional issues, architecture and standards, simulation and modeling.

TTE 5805. Highway Geometric Design (3). Prerequisites: CEG 2202, CEG 2202L, and TTE 3004. Principles and procedures for the geometric design of highways and streets; considerations of traffic, land use, and aesthetic factors.

Other Courses

CGN 5310. Engineering Data Systems (3). Conceptual data modeling; application and use of relational database management systems and geographical information systems; introduction to modern conceptual tools (genetic algorithms, neural networks, etc.); completion of individual projects applying course knowledge to sub-disciplines within the civil engineering program, according to student interest.

CGN 5905r. Directed Individual Study (1–6). (S/U grade only.) May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours when topics change.

CGN 5910r. Supervised Research (1–5). (S/U grade only.) May be repeated to a maximum of five (5) semester hours and a maximum of three (3) semester hours may apply to the master's degree.

CGN 5930r. Special Topics (1–6). Special topics in civil engineering with emphasis on recent developments. May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours. Consult instructor.

CGN 5931r. Special Topics in Civil Engineering (1–6). Special topics in civil engineering with emphasis on recent developments. Contents and credits will vary. May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester credit hours. Consult instructor.

CGN 5935. Civil Engineering Seminar (0). (S/U grade only.) Prerequisite: graduate student status. Graduate students are expected to enroll in the course every semester they are enrolled at FAMU or FSU. The students should attend at least 75% of the seminars offered each semester to obtain a satisfactory grade.

CGN 5971r. Master's Thesis (1–6). (S/U grade only.) A thesis representing six (6) credit hours of academic work is a requirement for the master's degree in civil engineering. This course provides a means of registering for thesis work and recording progress toward completion. A maximum of six (6) credit hours may be applied toward the master's degree. May not be repeated for more than six (6) semester credit hours.

CGN 5974r. Master's Project (3). (S/U grade only.) A master's project representing three (3) semester hours of academic work is a requirement for the MS degree with the non-thesis option in civil engineering. This course provides a means of registering for master's project work. May be repeated twice; will focus on research, design, or evaluation of a relevant civil engineering problem.

CGN 6942. Supervised Teaching (3). (S/U grade only.) Prerequisite: Doctoral candidate status. Students receive credit for teaching an undergraduate course under supervision of graduate faculty. PhD candidacy required.

CGN 6972. Master's Thesis Defense (0). (P/F grade only.) Prerequisite: CGN 5971. Required of students enrolled in the master's thesis option. Students must register in the semester they plan to defend their thesis.

CGN 6980r. Dissertation (1–24). (S/U grade only.) Prerequisite: Doctoral candidate status. A dissertation representing twenty-four (24) semester hours of academic work is a requirement for the PhD degree in civil engineering. This course provides a means of registering for dissertation and recording progress toward completion. May be repeated as often as approved by the supervisory committee. A maximum of twenty-four (24) semester hours may be applied toward the PhD degree.

CGN 8985r. Dissertation Defense (0). (P/F grade only.) Prerequisite: Doctoral candidate status. Must be included in the final semester schedule for all doctoral students. May be repeated once.

CGN 8988r. Doctoral Preliminary Exam (0). (P/F grade only.) All doctoral students must enroll in the course the semester they intend to take the qualifying exam. May be repeated once.