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2009-2010 FSU Undergraduate Bulletin

Department of

Civil and Environmental Engineering

FAMU–FSU College of Engineering

Chair: Kamal S. Tawfiq; Professors: Ping, Tawfiq, Wekezer; Associate Professors: Abdelrazig, Abichou, Chan Hilton, Huang, Mtenga, Moses, Sobanjo, Spainhour; Assistant Professors: Chen, Rambo-Roddenberry,Watts, Jung, Clark; Associate in Civil Engineering: Adalier; Assistant in Civil Engineering: Pamuk

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has the mission of teaching the fundamentals of civil engineering science, analysis, design, and management to empower students to assume careers as professional engineers, to conduct basic and applied research, to improve the state of knowledge of civil engineering, to serve as a source of information and advice to the community on engineering matters, and to assist in the continuing education of professional engineers and other interested individuals. The department has a special mission to provide an opportunity for a civil engineering education for minorities and women.

Opportunities and Facilities

Many opportunities exist in the field of civil engineering that encompass planning, designing, and managing a variety of projects. Your work could be on site at a project or at a computer workstation. Civil and environmental engineers often find themselves involved in many of the public work projects funded by federal, state, and municipal governments, as well as those projects undertaken by the private sector. As a structural engineer, you might analyze and design structures out of steel, concrete, aluminum, timber, plastic, and other new materials that are able to support required loads and withstand natural disasters. An environmental engineer, with a background in either physical, chemical, or biological science, helps to prevent and solve environmental problems. Engineers in the geotechnical realm apply technology, field test information, and laboratory analyses related to mechanics and mathematics to create the infrastructure facilities within and on top of the earth. The structure and stability of soils determine how and where to construct tunnels, pipelines, and deep foundations as well as highways and other buildings. In hydraulic and water resources engineering, you might design, construct, or maintain facilities related to the quality and quantity of water, flood prevention, wastewater treatment, and water front erosion protection. As a professional in transportation engineering, your purpose is to move people and things in a safe and efficient manner locally and through mass transportation systems. Transportation facilities include highways, airfields, railroads, and sea ports. Several courses are also offered in construction engineering.

Instructional equipment includes the MTS structures and material testing systems with computer control for data acquisition and analysis, triaxial, CBR, LBR, and shear testing equipment and seismographs for in situ and laboratory measurements of engineering properties of soils and rocks; and a self-contained glass-sided tilting flume for investigations of flow phenomena and sediment transport. A complete stand-alone automated data acquisition and analysis system is available for undergraduate student laboratory work and research. A fully equipped water quality testing lab as well as portable field testing kits are used both for classroom teaching as well as for student research and design projects.

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 Crashworthiness and Impact Analysis Laboratory, which is a well equipped state-of-the-art, high-performance computing environment for the pursuit of 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 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 nearby resources include the Department of Scientific Computing. Additional information about the department can be obtained from the college home page: http://www.eng.fsu.edu.

Programs Offered

The department offers a program of study for the Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in civil engineering. The civil engineering major is broad-based, emphasizing all aspects of civil engineering practice, including structural analysis and design; geotechnical, construction/transportation, hydraulics, and water resources; and environmental engineering. Within the civil engineering program, the environmental engineering major is a course of study that focuses primarily on environmental engineering, hydraulics, hydrology, water resources, and the management of all types of wastewater systems. The department also offers a minor in environmental engineering science. Regardless of focus, all students are taught to apply state-of-the-art technologies to the solutions of problems in these areas.

The department offers graduate programs leading to the Master of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees in civil engineering. These programs provide areas of concentration in structural, geotechnical, environmental/water resources, and construction/transportation engineering. The department also offers a certificate in water and environmental resources engineering in partnership with the Center for Professional Development. Students may enroll as special students if they intend to use the certificate credits later. Students who do not wish to receive academic credit may sign up for continuing education units (CEU's). Twelve semester hours are required to complete the program. Information and registration may be found at http://www.eng.fsu.edu/departments/cms/index.php?page=feeds_certs. In order to be admitted to the Master of Science (MS) program, a student must have a Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, a 3.0 grade point average (GPA) in the last two years of undergraduate school, and a Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score of at least 1000. Exceptions may be granted where other evidence indicates an ability to perform satisfactory graduate work. A student without a Bachelor's degree in civil engineering may be required to complete undergraduate engineering articulation courses prior to attempting more advanced work. Admission to the doctoral program requires possession of a Master's degree in civil or environmental engineering or a closely allied academic discipline from an accredited college or university, good standing in the academic institution last attended, evidence of a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale as an upper level undergraduate or graduate student, and a minimum score of 1100 on the GRE. Exceptional applicants with a BS degree may be admitted to the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program, provided they complete an MS degree in the department before obtaining the PhD degree. For more details, refer to the Graduate Bulletin.

Program Educational Objectives

Upon completion of their course of study, graduates of the program in civil engineering are expected to accomplish following:

  1. Progress in successful professional careers in civil, environmental, or related engineering fields, or intent to continue their studies at the graduate level
  2. Engage in design or management issues, both professional activities needed by society, which are based on sound academic knowledge, gained management, oral and written communication and leadership skills, and on engineering practices
  3. Become recognized professional engineers with a demonstrated commitment to life-long learning and continuous self-improvement in order to respond to the rapid pace of change in the profession of civil and environmental engineering
  4. Contribute to work force diversity as members and leaders of inter/multi-disciplinary teams.

Program Outcomes

These objectives are further expanded and detailed through twelve program outcomes. The program outcomes are intellectual abilities that each student must gain from the program before he/she graduates. The following program outcomes are closely linked to program educational objectives.

  1. An ability to apply knowledge of the following: mathematics, through differential equations and probability and statistics; science, including calculus-based physics and general chemistry; and engineering, to subsequent problems
  2. An ability to design and conduct field and laboratory experiments, as well as to critically analyze and interpret data in more than one of the recognized civil engineering areas
  3. An ability to design systems, components, or processes gained through design experiences integrated throughout the curriculum
  4. An ability to function on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary teams
  5. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve civil and environmental engineering problems
  6. An understanding of ethical and professional practice issues, including project design, execution, and delivery; and the importance of professional licensure and continuing education
  7. An ability to communicate effectively
  8. The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global/societal context
  9. A recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in lifelong learning
  10. Knowledge of contemporary civil and/or environmental issues
  11. An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice
  12. Knowledge in a minimum of four recognized areas within the civil engineering program.

Engineering Design

Following engineering design criteria established by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), the civil engineering curricula provide excellent design experiences for students. Faculty of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering have carefully integrated design components into the curriculum with increased complexity as students progress toward graduation. These design components offer opportunities for students to work individually and in teams on meaningful engineering design experiences building upon the fundamental concepts of mathematics, basic sciences, humanities, social sciences, engineering topics, and oral and written communication skills. Design components in engineering course work help students develop an appreciation for and apply the knowledge of the wide variety of courses they have studied. Consequently, they participate in meaningful solutions and effective design development for practical engineering problems.

A majority of the design experiences are integrated into junior and senior level courses. For example, design experience is expanded in the civil engineering curriculum when students have completed EGM 3512 Engineering Mechanics, and progress to EGN 3331 Strength of Materials, then to CES 3100 Structural Analysis. Students are exposed to extensive design experiences in CES 4702 Concrete Design and CES 4605 Steel Design.

A major in environmental engineering includes ENV 4001 Environmental Engineering, which builds on material covered in EES 3040 Introduction to Environmental Engineering Science, CWR 3201 Hydraulics, and is followed by CWR 4202 Hydraulic Engineering I and CWR 4101 Engineering Hydrology. CGN 4800 Pre-Senior Design and Professional Issues, and CGN 4802 Civil Engineering Senior Design Project, provide significant, culminating design experiences that are applied to one or two actual engineering situations for students working in multidisciplinary teams and majoring in either civil or environmental engineering.

Additional information about design credits may be obtained from departmental brochures and by contacting faculty advisers at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Computer Skills Competency

All undergraduates at Florida State University must demonstrate basic computer skills competency prior to graduation. As necessary computer competency skills vary from discipline to discipline, each major determines the courses needed to satisfy this requirement. Undergraduate majors in civil and environmental engineering satisfy this requirement by earning a grade of "C" or higher in EGN 2212.

State of Florida Common Program Prerequisites

The State of Florida has identified common program prerequisites for this University degree program. Specific prerequisites are required for admission into the upper-division program and must be completed by the student at either a community college or a state university prior to being admitted to this program. Students may be admitted into the University without completing the prerequisites, but may not be admitted into the program.

At the time this document was published, some common program prerequisites were undergoing revision. Please visit http://facts23.facts.org/navigation/detail_ext/cpp_intro.do?pageId=060304 for a current list of state-approved prerequisites.

The following lists the common program prerequisites or their substitutions necessary for admission into this upper-division degree program:

  1. ENC X101
  2. ENC X102
  3. MAC X311 or MAC X281 or MAC X282 or MAC X283
  4. MAC X312 or MAC X281 or MAC X282 or MAC X283
  5. MAC X313 or MAC X281 or MAC X282 or MAC X283
  6. MAP X302
  7. CHM X045/X045L or CHS X440 Chemistry for engineers
  8. PHY X048/X048L
  9. PHY X049/X049L
  10. XXX XXXX: six (6) credit hours in humanities
  11. XXX XXXX: six (6) credit hours in social science
  12. XXX XXXX: three (3) additional credit hours in humanities or social science

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering: Civil Engineering Major

In addition to college requirements, a candidate for the BS degree in civil engineering will be expected to successfully complete the following requirements:

Mathematics and Basic Engineering Sciences

CCE 3101 Construction Materials (3)

CCE 3101L Construction Materials Laboratory (1)

CEG 2202 Site Investigation (4)

CGN 2327L Civil Engineering Graphic Lab (1)

EGM 3512 Engineering Mechanics (4)

EGN 1004L First Year Engineering Lab (1)

EGN 2123 Computer Graphics for Engineers (2)

EGN 2212 Engineering Statistics and Computation (3)

EGN 3331 Strength of Materials (3)

EGN 3331L Strength of Materials Lab (1)

EGN 3613 Principles of Engineering Economy (2)

EEL 3003 Introduction to Electrical Engineering (3)

Or

EML 3100 Thermodynamics (2)

Note: An additional three-credit hour science elective course is required to allow students to develop increased breadth in the basic sciences, while completing existing curricular requirements. Students should select one course from the following group.

BCS 2010 Biological Science (3)

GLY 1030 Environmental Issues in Geology (3)

GLY 2010C Physical Geology (4)

MET 2700 General Meteorology (3)

PCB 3043 General Ecology (3)

Civil Engineering Science and Design Core Courses

CEG 3011 Soil Mechanics (3)

CEG 3011L Soil Mechanics Lab (1)

CES 3100 Structural Analysis (4)

CWR 3201 Hydraulics (3)

CWR 3201L Hydraulics Lab (1)

EES 3040 Introduction to Environmental Engineering Science (3)

EES 3040L Introduction to Environmental Engineering Science Lab (1)

TTE 3004 Transportation Engineering (3)

Civil Engineering Science and Design Courses

Students must take the following courses in five (5) areas plus one additional Technical Elective* for a total of twenty-one (21) hours credit. To meet the requirement, students may select elective courses (as indicated below) to specialize their degree program to suit their individual objectives.

  1. Structures
    1. CES 4605 Steel Design (3)
    2. CES 4702 Concrete Design (3)
  2. Geotechnical
    1. CEG 4801 Geotechnical Design (3)
  3. Construction
    1. CCE 4004 Construction Engineering (3)
  4. Transportation
    1. TTE 4XXX Transportation elective (3)
  5. Environmental/Water Resources
    1. ENV 4001 Environmental Engineering (3)
    2. Or
    3. CWR 4202 Hydraulic Engineering I (3)
    4. Or
    5. CWR 4101 Engineering Hydrology (3)

Additional Technical Elective*

Elective 4XXX (3)

Note: *Technical Electives are defined as 4000 level civil and environmental engineering courses. Other courses might be suitable to meet this requirement. Please see your adviser for details.

Major Design Experience

CGN 4800 Pre-senior Design and Professional Issues (2)

CGN 4802 Senior Design Project (3)

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering: Environmental Engineering Major

In addition to college requirements, a candidate for the Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in civil engineering with a major in environmental engineering will be expected to successfully complete the following course requirements.

Mathematics and Basic Engineering Sciences

CEG 2202 Site Investigation (4)

CGN 2327L Civil Engineering Graphic Lab (1)

EES 3040 Introduction to Environmental Engineering Science (3)

EES 3040L Introduction to Environmental Engineering Science Lab (1)

EGM 3512 Engineering Mechanics (4)

EGN 1004L First Year Engineering Lab (1)

EGN 2123 Computer Graphics for Engineers (2)

EGN 2212 Engineering Statistics and Computation (3)

EGN 3331 Strength of Materials (3)

EGN 3613 Principles of Engineering Economy (2)

EEL 3003 Introduction to Electrical Engineering (3)

Or

EML 3100 Thermodynamics (2)

Note: An additional three-credit hour science elective course is required to allow students to develop increased breadth in the basic sciences, while completing existing curricular requirements. Students should select one course from the following group.

BCS 2010 Biological Science (3)

GLY 1030 Environmental Issues in Geology (3)

GLY 2010C Physical Geology (4)

MET 2700 General Meteorology (3)

PCB 3043 General Ecology (3)

Environmental Engineering Science and Design Core Courses

CCE 3101 Construction Materials (3)

CEG 3011 Soil Mechanics (3)

CEG 3011L Soil Mechanics Laboratory (1)

CWR 3201 Hydraulics (3)

CWR 3201L Hydraulics Laboratory (1)

ENV 4001 Environmental Engineering (3)

ENV 4031 Applied Environmental Engineering Microbiology (3)

Or

ENV 4xxx Applied Environmental Engineering Chemistry (3)

TTE 3004 Transportation Engineering (3)

Environmental Engineering Science and Design Courses

Students are required to take the following courses in four areas plus one additional Technical Elective* for a total of twenty-one (21) credit hours. To meet the requirement, students may select elective courses (as indicated below) to specialize their degree program to suit their individual objectives.

  1. Environmental
    1. ENV 4500 Environmental Unit Processes and Operations (3)
    2. Or
    3. ENV 4561 Design of Water Quality Management Facilities (3)
    4. ENV 4XXX Environmental Engineering elective (3)
  2. Water Resources
    1. CWR 4101 Engineering Hydrology (3)
    2. Or
    3. CWR 4202 Hydraulic Engineering (3)
    4. Or
    5. CWR 4120 Groundwater Hydrology (3)
    6. CWR 4XXX Water Resources, Hydraulics or Hydrology elective (3)
  3. Geotechnical
    1. CEG 4801 Geotechnical Design (3)
  4. Construction /Transportation
    1. TTE 4XXX Transportation elective (3)
    2. Or
    3. CCE 4XXX Construction elective (3)
    4. Additional Technical Elective*
    5. Elective 4XXX (3)

Note: *Technical Electives are defined as 4000 level civil and environmental engineering courses. Other courses might be suitable to meet this requirement. Please see your adviser for details.

Major Design Experience

CGN 4800 Pre-senior Design and Professional Issues (2)

CGN 4802 Senior Design Project (3)

Department Requirements

Transfer students and students within the program in civil engineering must achieve a grade of "C" or better in calculus I (MAC 2311 [4]), calculus II (MAC 2312 [4]), physics I (PHY 2048C [5]) and chemistry I (CHM 1045 [4], CHM 1045L [1]) prior to enrolling in any upper-level civil and environmental engineering classes. Students who do not meet this requirement may be directed to take additional academic work. Pre-Engineering students must adhere to the policies set by the College of Engineering. Students must achieve a grade of "C" or better in all transfer courses and in all courses that are prerequisites to any required or elective engineering course. In addition, students are required to earn a "C" or better in all engineering courses without any waiver as a graduation requirement. These courses cover the areas of mathematics and basic design, basic engineering science and design, civil engineering science and design, environmental engineering science and design, proficiency and core courses, and electives.

Course Repeat Policy

Criteria

A student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will be placed on probationary status if s/he falls into any of the following situations:

  1. After declaring civil or environmental engineering as a major, accrues two grades below "C" in a single math, science, or engineering course that is required or a prerequisite in the curriculum.
  2. After declaring civil or environmental engineering as a major accrues a total of three grades below "C" in math, science, or engineering courses that are required or a prerequisite in the curriculum and attempted.
  3. Has an overall GPA below 2.0.

Consequences

A student on probationary status will have their major changed administratively to Pre-Engineering.

Reinstatement

To be reinstated in the program, the student has one semester to raise his/her GPA above 2.0 and achieve a grade of "C" or better in all applicable courses. Permission to enroll in other civil and environmental engineering courses during the probationary semester will only be granted after consultation with an academic advisor. No more than one reinstatement is permitted.

Dismissal

There are two causes for dismissal from the CEE program:

  1. If a student is on probation and does not, during the probationary semester, raise his/her GPA above 2.0 and/or achieve a grade of "C" or better in the math, science, or engineering course(s) that was(were) cause for probation or in any other math, science, or engineering course taken during the probationary semester, the student Is permanently dismissed from and will not be reinstated Ii the CEE program.
  2. If a student who has been reinstated to the program falls below an overall GPA of 2.0 and/or fails to achieve a grade of C or better in any math, science, or engineering course, then the student will be permanently dismissed from and will not be reinstated In the CEE program.

Fundamentals of Engineering Exam

All undergraduate students are encouraged to take the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam in the civil engineering discipline during their senior year.

Oral Communication Competency

If a grade of "C" or better is earned in the following three courses, the Oral Communication Competency requirement as defined in the "Undergraduate Degree Requirements" section of this Bulletin will be satisfied.

EES3040 Introduction to Environmental Engineering Science

CGN4800 Pre-Senior Design and Professional Issues

CGN4802 Senior Design Project

Honors in the Major

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers Honors in the Major to encourage students to undertake independent and original research to enhance their undergraduate experience. For requirements and more information, see the "University Honors Office and Honor Societies" chapter of this General Bulletin.

Requirements for a Minor in Environmental Engineering Science

A minor in environmental engineering science requires a minimum of twelve semester hours of coursework in environmental engineering, including EES 3040 and ENV 4001 plus six additional hours in courses with prefixes EES or ENV at the 3000 level or above, with no more than one of the following courses counting towards the minor: ENV 4341, ENV 4611. Students must consult with the department and obtain written approval before taking courses towards the minor. Students also must satisfy stated prerequisites before enrolling in any environmental engineering course. Grades of "C" or better must be earned in each course accepted for minor credit. If an environmental engineering science minor is combined with a civil engineering major, EES 3040, and one other course, up to six credits total may count toward both the major and the minor.

Definition of Prefixes

CCE—Civil Construction Engineering

CEG—Civil Geotechnical Engineering

CES—Civil Engineering Structures

CGN—Civil Engineering

CWR—Civil Water Resources

EES—Environmental Engineering Science

EGN—Engineering: General

ENV—Engineering: Environmental

TTE—Transportation Engineering

Undergraduate Courses

CCE 3101. Construction Materials (3). Prerequisite: EGN 3331. This course covers properties and characteristics of construction materials for civil and highway engineering; metals, aggregates, cements, timber, concrete, and asphalt.

CCE 3101L. Construction Materials Laboratory (1). Corequisite: CCE 3101. In this course, students prepare concrete and asphalt specimens; test construction materials under compression, tension, torsion loading; and write formal laboratory reports.

CCE 4004. Construction Engineering (3). Prerequisites: CCE 3101 and EGN 3613. This course covers theories, principles, and applications of construction engineering and management. Emphasis is placed on construction preplanning, delivery systems, contracts and bidding, estimation, scheduling, project control, and professional issues.

CCE 4014. Construction Cost Estimating (3). Prerequisites: CCE 3101 and EGN 3613. Corequisite: CCE 4004. Topics in this course include construction contracts, organization and cost accounting systems; preliminary cost estimation, and cost indices; estimating material, labor, and equipment costs; construction bidding practices, and bid proposals; and project budgeting and cost systems.

CCE 4031. Construction Planning and Scheduling (3). Prerequisite: CCE 4004. Topics in this course include 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).

CEG 2202C. Site Investigation (4). Prerequisite: MAC 1114. This course covers basic principles and procedures of various elements of surveying and site investigation including distance measurements, leveling, angles and directions, traverse computations, geometric coordinates, topographic mapping, and highway horizontal and vertical curves. Contemporary surveying methods such as GPS and GIS are used. Lab includes use of field-surveying equipment and procedures.

CEG 3011. Soil Mechanics (3). Prerequisites: CEG 2202C. Corequisite EGN 3331. This course covers physical, index, hydraulic and mechanical properties of soils. Topics include classification, compaction, stress distribution, permeability and seepage, consolidation settlement, and shear strength of soil.

CEG 3011L. Soil Mechanics Laboratory (1). Prerequisite: CEG 3011. This course helps students determine physical, index, hydraulic and mechanical soil properties using laboratory and field testing techniques.

CEG 4111. Foundation Engineering (3). Prerequisite: MAC 2311. This course covers the design of spread footing, pile and caisson foundations, as well as retaining and waterfront structures. The course offers an investigation of slope stability and a choice between alternative methods of foundation design.

CEG 4701 Environmental Geotechnics (3). Prerequisite: CDG 3011. This course covers the geotechnical aspects of waste containment and storage. Aspects of design, construction, and performance of earthen structures for storing or disposing waste of remediation contaminated sites.

CEG 4801. Geotechnical Design (3). Prerequisites: CEG 3011 and 3011L. This course covers geotechnical investigation, analysis, and design of different geotechnical structures, including earth retaining structures, slopes and embankments, earthwork with geosynthetics, as well as shallow foundations.

CES 3100. Structural Analysis (4). Prerequisite: EGM 3512. Corequisites: EGN 2212 and EGN 3331. This course covers loads, load paths, as well as advanced topics on shear and bending moment, including frames and superposition. Additional topics include influence lines, deflection of determinate structures, as well as indeterminate analysis methods including flexibility, slope-deflection, moment distribution, and stiffness methods.

CES 4101. 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, as well as computer modeling and analysis of structures using commercial FE codes.

CES 4605. Steel Design (3). Prerequisites: CES 3100 and EGN 3331. The course covers the design of tension, compression, and flexural steel members. The course also covers the design of bolted and welded connections for steel members, according to AISC specifications.

CES 4702. Concrete Design (3). Prerequisites: CES 3100 and EGN 3331. This course covers design of reinforced concrete structures using the current ACI specifications and building codes. Topics include flexural design of reinforced concrete beams, flanged beams, and one-way slabs. The course also presents column design, shear reinforcement design, bond and anchorage, and control of deflections and cracks.

CES 4704. 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 4711. Prestressed Concrete (3). Prerequisites: CES 3100 and EGN 3331. This course covers the behavior and design of prestressed concrete structures. Topics include the design of prestressed concrete beams for flexure and shear, design of slabs, prestressing losses, serviceability of prestressed concrete members, and precast members.

CES 4800. Timber Design (3). Prerequisites: CES 3100 and EGN 3331. This course covers the design of basic timber structures including beams, columns, walls, and diaphragms – all using NDS specifications.

CES 4830. Masonry Design (3). Prerequisites: CES 3100; EGN 3331. This course covers the design of basic reinforced masonry structures including walls, columns, and foundations. SBC and code applications are used.

CGN 2327L. Civil Engineering Graphic Lab (1). Prerequisite: EGN 2123. This is the lab section for the Computer Graphics for Engineers general course. This lab provides hands-on experience in utilizing the latest version of AutoCAD and MicroStation for technical drawing typical of the design projects in civil and environmental engineering.

CGN 3949r. Cooperative Work Experience (0). (S/U grade only). Field work in an approved civil-engineering agency program for integration of theory and professional practice.

CGN 4800. Pre-senior Design and Professional Issues (2). Prerequisites: CGN 2327L and senior standing. This course covers the following topics: engineering and professional ethics; professional practice issues relevant to the design and construction of engineering projects; project planning and scheduling; design under engineering and societal constraints; importance of licensure and continuing education; as well as oral and written communication issues. Inter- or multidisciplinary teams prepare formal proposals addressing engineering challenges; the full design of these proposals is completed during the following semester in the CGN 4802, Senior Design Project course.

CGN 4802. Senior Design Project (3). Prerequisites: CGN 2327L or equivalent, CGN 4800, senior standing, completion of all basic and core courses, completion of at least one 4000-level course in each proficiency area, and instructor permission. This course is a capstone senior-level design course integrating the knowledge and skills gained in undergraduate studies in civil and environmental engineering. The course involves the completion of a team-based interdisciplinary design project covering several sub-disciplines in civil or environmental engineering. Industry and professional participation.

CGN 4906r. Honors Work in Civil and Environmental Engineering (1–6). Prerequisite: Admission to the honors program. Faculty-directed independent research to be conducted by students in the honors program. Research is conducted on a topic agreed upon by the student and a faculty mentor and relevant to civil and/or environmental engineering. Variable credit is given consistent with the nature and scope of the research project to be conducted. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.

CGN 4930r. Special Topics (1–3). This course covers topics in civil and environmental engineering, with an emphasis on recent developments. Topics and credit may vary. May be repeated to a maximum of twelve (12) semester hours.

CWR 3201. Hydraulics (3). Prerequisites: EGM 3512, EGN 2212, and MAP 3305. This course covers fundamental concepts of fluid properties, hydrostatics, kinematics, ideal flow viscous effects, transport phenomena; drag, laminar, and turbulent flow in pipes and channels; and dimensional analysis.

CWR 3201L. Hydraulics Laboratory (1). Prerequisites: EGM 3512, EGN 2212, and MAP 3305. Corequisite: CWR 3201. This lab engages students in hydraulics experiments and demonstrations, followed by formal technical reports in which students report the experimental results.

CWR 4101. Engineering Hydrology (3). Prerequisites: CWR 3201, CWR 3201L, and EGN 2212 or their equivalents. This course covers the processes of the hydrologic cycle, hydrologic analyses for the planning and design of water management systems, and the use of application program packages.

CWR 4120. 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 circulation, unsaturated flow, recharge, stream-aquifer interaction, well hydraulics, slug test analyses, and contaminant transport processes.

CWR 4202. Hydraulic Engineering I (3). Prerequisites: CWR 3201, CWR 3201L, and EGN 2212 or their equivalents. This course covers principles of hydrology and hydraulics as they apply to the design of water supply, urban drainage, flood control, and hydraulic energy-conversion systems. Students use computer-aided design to devise hydraulics systems.

CWR 4203. Hydraulic Engineering II (3). Prerequisite: CWR 4202. This course covers methods for analyzing a broad range of unsteady flow conditions and for designing facilities to cope with resulting problems. Based on these methods, students learn to apply computer programs to practical water distribution and open-channel systems.

CWR 4306. Urban Stormwater Runoff (3). Prerequisite: CWR 3201, or instructor permission. Corequisite: ENV 4001. The course is intended to provide an understanding of (1) storm events, stormwater runoff, and effects of urbanization on stormwater quantity and quality; (2) methods of analysis; and (3) planning and design procedures for stormwater facilities.

CWR 4540. Water Resources Engineering (3). Prerequisites: CWR 4202 and EGN 2212. This course offers a systems approach to complex water resources problems as well as a systems analysis of water resources operations, design, and planning.

CWR 4822. Coastal and Estuarine Hydraulics (3). Prerequisites: CWR 3201 and MAC 2313. This course covers 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.

EGM 3512. Engineering Mechanics (4). Prerequisites: MAC 2312 and PHY 2048. This course covers statics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies. Topics include free-body diagrams, couples, resultants, equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies in two and three dimensions, and forces in trusses, frames, and machines. Other topics include centroids, centers of mass, internal shear forces and bending moments in beams, shear and moment diagrams, friction, area moments of inertia, parallel axis theorem, work/energy, as well as impulse and momentum methods.

EGN 2212. Engineering Statistics & Computation (3). Prerequisite: MAC 2311. This course covers engineering problem formulation, algorithm development and programming, measurement and computational-error assessment, as well as application of statistical and numerical modeling tools for data analysis. Mathcad software is used.

EGN 3331. Strength of Materials (3). Prerequisite: EGM 3512. This course covers axial, torsional, and flexural stresses and strains, as well as normal and shear stress. Topics include Mohr's circle, transformation of stress, safety factors, and engineering applications.

EGN 3331L. Strength of Materials Laboratory (1). Prerequisite: EGM 3512. Corequisite: EGN 3331. This lab covers column buckling experiments as well as the use of nondestructive techniques to determine strains and stresses in tensile members, torsional members, flexural members, and thin-walled vessels.

EES 2205C. Environmental Engineering Chemistry (4). Prerequisites: CHM 1045 and CHM 1045L. This course covers applications of fundamental principles from general, organic, and biological chemistry to major environmental processes. Emphasis is placed on organic/inorganic pollutants in water, soil, and air; chemistry of treatment processes; and toxicological chemistry.

EES 3040. Introduction to Environmental Engineering Science (3). Prerequisites: CHM 1045 and CHM 1045L. This course covers applications of environmental sciences to fundamentals of environmental engineering. Emphasis is on water and air pollution, their sources and treatment, solid and hazardous waste management, and contemporary environmental engineering issues.

EES 3040L. Introduction to Environmental Engineering Science Laboratory (1). Prerequisites: CHM 1045 and CHM 1045L. Corequisite: EES 3040. This course covers the use of field and laboratory instruments for measuring air and water quality indicators. Includes site visits.

ENV 4001. Environmental Engineering (3). Prerequisites: CHM 1045, CWR 3201, EES 3040, and EES 3040L. This course covers the design of water and wastewater treatment plants, wastewater collection systems, air and water pollution control, as well as solid waste management and contemporary environmental issues.

ENV 4022. Remediation Engineering (3). Prerequisite: ENV 4001 or equivalent. This course reviews various innovative remediation technologies used for cleanup of contaminated soil and groundwater at a site such as air sparging, soil vapor extraction, reactive walls, reactive zones, stabilization technologies, as well as hydraulic and pneumatic fracturing pump-and-treat systems.

ENV 4031 Applied Environmental Engineering Microbiology (3). Prerequisite: ENV 4001 or equivalent. This course surveys environmentally important microbes and their roles in the environmental restoration processes. Major topics include basics of microbiology, stoichiometry and bacterial energetics; bioremediation and other environmental microbiology applications; as well as detoxification of hazardous chemicals.

ENV 4041. Environmental Systems Analysis (3). Prerequisites: EES 3040, EES 3040L, and MAP 3305. This course covers systems analysis techniques applied to the solution of environmental problems, with particular emphasis on linear and dynamic programming.

ENV 4053. Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment (3). Prerequisites: CWR 3201 or equivalent, EES 3040, and MAP 3305. This course covers the processes of pollutant transport and transformation in and between air, water, and soil or sediments. Topics include advection, dispersion, diffusion, sorption, degradation, and phase-change processes.

ENV 4341. Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering (3). Prerequisites: EES 3040, EES 3040L, and ENV 4001. This course covers definitions and characteristics of solid and hazardous wastes. Topics include history, growth, and magnitude of the problem; legislative, regulatory, and technical aspects of waste generation, storage, collection, transportation, processing, transformation, and disposal; design of waste minimization and recycling programs; and case studies of waste management.

ENV 4405. Water Reuse Engineering (3). Prerequisites: CHM 1045, CHM 1045L, and EES 3040. This course covers sources of water for reuse, treatment processes and systems, monitoring and control instrumentation, health and social aspects, and design of facilities/systems.

ENV 4500. Environmental Unit Processes and Operations (3). Prerequisite: CWR 3201 and ENV 4001. The course covers the operational and design features of the physical, chemical, thermal, and biological treatments used in engineering for water and wastewater treatment and the management of solid and hazardous waste.

ENV 4561. Design of Water Quality Management Facilities (3). Prerequisites: CWR 3201, EES 3040, and EES 3040L. This course covers analysis of operations, processes, and systems used in the design of facilities for maintaining water supply quality, wastewater control, and aquatic pollution control. Topics include design of small and decentralized wastewater management systems.

ENV 4611. Environmental Impact Analysis (3). Prerequisites: EES 3040 and EES 3040L. Topics in this course include analysis of various measures of environmental quality, impact of human activity on water, land, and air resources, and benefit-cost analysis in environmental-impact assessment.

TTE 3004. Transportation Engineering (3). Prerequisites: CEG 2202, EGN 2212, and junior standing. This course is an introductory study of transportation engineering in the United States with special emphasis on highway and traffic engineering, planning and design, construction, operation, management, and safety.

TTE 4201. Traffic Engineering (3). Prerequisite: TTE 3004. This course covers nature, characteristics, and theories of traffic problems. Topics include traffic survey procedures, origin-destination studies, as well as an introduction to theory and design of automatic control of traffic systems.

TTE 4250. Traffic Operations (3). Prerequisites: EGN 2212 and TTE 3004. This course covers operation of transportation systems, monitoring, regulation, and control traffic.

TTE 4271. Intelligent Transportation Systems (3). Prerequisite: TTE 3004. This course covers advanced traffic management systems (ATMS), advanced traveler information systems , advanced vehicle control systems, commercial vehicle operations, rural ITS, human factors, institutional issues, architecture and standards, as well as simulation and modeling.

TTE 4804. Highway Geometric Design (3). Prerequisites: CEG 2202 and TTE 3004. This course covers principles and procedures for the geometric design of highways and streets, consideration of traffic, land use, and aesthetic factors.

TTE 4830. Hot Mix Asphalt Mixture Design (3). Prerequisite: CCE 3101. The course covers aggregate properties and tests, tests of asphalt and asphalt concrete mixes, fundamental engineering characteristics of hot-mix asphalt concrete, mix design methods for asphalt concrete, as well as Superpave-mix design methodology and production and placement of hot-mix asphalt.

Graduate Courses

CCE 5035.Construction Planning and Scheduling (3).

CCE 5036.Project Controls in Construction (3).

CEG 5015.Advanced Soil Mechanics (3).

CEG 5115.Foundation Engineering (3).

CEG 5127.Highway and Airport Pavement Design (3).

CEG 5705.Environmental Geotechnics (3).

CES 5105.Advanced Mechanics of Materials (3).

CES 5106.Advanced Structural Analysis (3).

CES 5144.Matrix Methods for Structural Analysis (3).

CES 5209.Structural Dynamics (3).

CES 5218.Fundamentals of Structural Stability Theory (3).

CES 5325.Bridge Engineering (3).

CES 5585.Earthquake/Wind Engineering (3).

CES 5606.Advanced Steel Design (3).

CES 5706. Advanced Concrete Design (3).

CES 5715.Prestressed Concrete (3).

CES 5845.Composites in Civil Engineering (3).

CES 6116.Finite Elements in Structures (3).

CGN 5310.Engineering Data Systems (3).

CGN 5905r.Directed Individual Study (1–6). (S/U grade only.)

CGN 5910r.Supervised Research (1–5). (S/U grade only.)

CGN 5930r.Special Topics in Civil Engineering (1–6).

CGN 5935Civil Engineering Seminar (0). (S/U grade only.)

CGN 6942.Supervised Teaching (3). (S/U grade only.)

CWR 5125.Groundwater Hydrology (3).

CWR 5205.Hydraulic Engineering II (3).

CWR 5305.Urban Stormwater Runoff (3).

CWR 5635.Water Resources Planning and Management (3).

CWR 5824.Coastal and Estuarine Hydraulics (3).

ENV 5028.Remediation Engineering (3).

ENV 5030.Applied Environmental Engineering Microbiology (3).

ENV 5045.Environmental Systems Analysis (3).

ENV 5055.Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment (3).

ENV 5105.Air Pollution Control (3).

ENV 5407.Water Reuse Engineering (3).

ENV 5504.Environmental Engineering Processes and Operations (3).

ENV 5565.Design of Water Quality Management Facilities (3).

ENV 5615.Environmental Impact Analysis (3).

TTE 5205.Traffic Engineering (3).

TTE 5206.Advanced Traffic Flow Analysis (3).

TTE 5256.Traffic Operations (3).

TTE 5270.Intelligent Transportation Systems (3).

TTE 5805.Highway Geometric Design (3).

For listings relating to graduate course work for thesis, dissertation, master's and doctoral examinations and defense, consult the Graduate Bulletin.