CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (CE)

Professor Tom Novak, Interim Department Head
Office: 260 H. M. Comer Hall (MIB)

CE 260 Elementary Surveying. (2-3) Three hours.

Prerequisite: MATH 125.

Precise measurement of lengths, angles, areas, and elevations in geodetic systems; computation of construction control (highway alignment and land areas); theory of errors.

CE 262 Civil Engineering Materials. (2-3) Three hours.

Prerequisites: CH 101 and ESM 201.

Introduction to the engineering properties of soils, aggregate, concrete, and asphalt, including testing procedures and interpretation of results.

CE 331 Structural Analysis I. (4-0) Four hours.

Prerequisite: ESM 250.

Theory and principles of structural analysis of determinate and indeterminate structures.

CE 333 Structural Steel Design I. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 331.

Theory and design of structural steel members and their connections.

CE 340 Geotechnical Engineering I. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisites: ESM 250, and CE 262 or CE 411.

Static and dynamic interaction of soil and water; theories of stress distribution, consolidation, strength, and failures; stability of soil structures.

CE 342 Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory. (1-0) One hour.

Corequisite: CE 340.

The theory and practice of soil testing to perform strength, compressibility, and hydraulic conductivity tests on soil.

CE 401 Civil Engineering Design Project. (4-0) Four hours.

Prerequisite: Senior standing in civil engineering.

Students use design software to design projects in teams, prepare construction drawings, and deliver engineering reports.

CE 411 Rock Mechanics. (2-3) Three hours.

Prerequisite: ESM 250.

Theories of rock failure and ground movement; stability analysis and design of underground openings; rock testing methods.

CE 412 Mining Systems. (3-0) Three hours.

Introduction to the breadth of mining, including mining methods, unit operations, equipment, and health and safety for coal, metallic, and nonmetallic operations. Emphasis is on the design of surface coal mines.

CE 420 Environmental Engineering Science. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CH 101 or CHE 304 or B.S. degree in a compatible field.

Corequisites: CE 421 and ESM 311.

Introduction to the principles and applications of sanitary science and engineering related to the development, treatment, quality, and distribution of a public water supply.

CE 421 Environmental Chemistry Laboratory. (1-0) One hour.

Corequisite: CE 420 or B.S. degree in a compatible field.

Introduction to the basic principles and practices of chemistry as related by the civil engineer to water supply, treated water and wastewater analysis, and quality assessment.

CE 422 Solid Waste Management. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 420 or B.S. degree in a compatible field.

Engineering design and regulatory requirements for the collection, storage, recycling, treatment, and disposal of solid wastes not including hazardous wastes.

CE 423 Hazardous Waste Management. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 420 or B.S. degree in a compatible field.

Engineering and regulatory requirements for the handling, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste, emphasizing the protection of the public health and environment.

CE 424 Water and Wastewater Treatment. (3-0) Three hours.

Biological, physical, and chemical principles of water treatment and wastewater treatment systems and treated effluent disposal; water distribution systems; and wastewater and storm-flow collection systems.

CE 425 Air Pollution. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: ESM 311 or CHE 304.

Introduction to the source, characteristics, and effects of air pollution and to air pollution control technology and design.

CE 426 Underground Mining Systems and Ventilation. (3-0) Three hours.

Corequisite: ESM 311.

Design of underground materials-handling systems, including conveyor belts, face haulage, rail haulage, and hoisting; analysis and design of mine ventilation systems; legal concerns and safety.

CE 427 Water Supply Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 420.

Water supply purification and the general design of water supply treatment plants and systems.

CE 428 Environmental Aqueous Chemistry. Three hours.

Prerequisite: CH 132.

Introduction to chemical principles as they apply to environmental aqueous systems. Chemical kinetics, equilibria, precipitation, redox reactions, and microbiological/chemical interaction in environmental systems are among topics covered.

CE 429 Environmental Systems Analysis. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisites: MATH 238 and CE 420; or B.S. degree in a compatible field.

Systems modeling, systems optimization, and economics are applied to the analysis and solution of environmental engineering problems. Example applications are used extensively throughout the course.

CE 432 Advanced Structural Analysis. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 331.

Introduction to the matrix-displacement method of analysis for framed structures, including computer implementation of analysis. An introduction to finite-element analysis is also included.

CE 433 Reinforced Concrete Structures I. (3-0) Three hours.

Corequisite: CE 331.

Concrete materials; placement of concrete; and theory and design of reinforced beams, girders, slabs, columns, and footings.

CE 435 Bridge Design and Construction. (3-0) Three hours.

Corequisites: CE 333 and CE 433.

Introduction to bridge design and construction: site selection, bridge requirements, construction costs, design loads, and design of the bridge deck, superstructure, and substructure.

CE 436 Wood Structural Design. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 331.

Modern timber engineering: design of beams, columns, trusses, and floor systems.

CE 437 Reinforced Concrete Structures II. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 433.

Members subjected to combined loading: slabs, retaining walls, deep beams, and tanks. Also covers introduction to prestressed concrete theory and special topics.

CE 438 Structural Steel Design II. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 333.

Basic and elementary design procedures for steel structures such as plate girders, mill buildings, multi-story buildings, highway bridges, and light-gauge steel structures.

CE 439 Industrial/Commercial Timber Structures. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 331.

Design of wood buildings and bridges and experimental testing of structural components.

CE 442 Waste Containment Facilities. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 340.

Introduction to the fundamentals of soil behavior as they relate to environmental engineering. Topics include soil behavior, soil compaction, conduction phenomena, geosynthetics, and aspects of landfill design.

CE 444 Foundation Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 340.

Analysis and design of soil foundation systems.

CE 446 Slopes and Retaining Structures. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 340.

Introduction to fundamentals of lateral earth pressure theory, retaining wall design, and slope stability analysis; earthen dams, stability, seepage control, and load transfer.

CE 450 Highway Design. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 260.

Introduction to highway geometric design, drainage, traffic-control devices, pavements, economic analysis, and construction; includes an overview of other transportation modes. Writing proficiency is required for a passing grade in this course.

CE 451 Geometric Design of Roadways. (2-1) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 450.

Application of the principles of geometric design: alignment, vertical control, drainage, traffic control, interchanges, and intersections. Design projects will be prepared to illustrate standard techniques.

CE 452 Traffic Safety. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 450.

Introduction to traffic safety techniques: site identification, data gathering and analysis, accident reconstruction, safety treatment selection, resource prioritization, and design projects.

CE 455 Planning and Design of Airport Facilities. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: Senior status or permission of the instructor.

This is a design and planning course that includes the air transportation system, airport facilities planning, and airport facilities design.

CE 457 Pavement Design and Construction. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 340.

The thickness design of base, subbase, asphalt, and concrete layers for highway pavements, including both design and construction aspects.

CE 458 Traffic Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 450.

Vehicle operating characteristics, traffic flow, geometric design of road and intersections, and methods of traffic control.

CE 459 Pavement Rehabilitation. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 450.

This course covers tow areas concerning care of existing highway asphalt and concrete pavements. Major maintenance includes design, additional drainage, recycling, and slab repair. Routine maintenance includes distress surveys, pothole repair, and crack and joint sealing.

CE 467 Construction Methods and Estimating. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: Senior standing in civil engineering (i.e., fewer than 34 hours needed to graduate).

Applications to mass earthwork, utilities, foundations, building construction, roadways, dams, and heavy-steel and concrete structures.

CE 475 Hydrology. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 478.

Hydrologic cycle, rainfall-runoff relations, unit hydrograph, statistical hydrology, and hydrologic simulation. Includes a class project with application to flood control, water supply, and multipurpose projects.

CE 478 Water Resources Engineering. (2-3) Three hours.

Prerequisites: ESM 311 and GES 126.

Mechanics of steady and unsteady flow in closed and open conduits; hydrology; water supply and wastewater disposal.

CE 482 Geological Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: GEO 101 or permission of the instructor.

Methods of surface and subsurface exploration to determine geological and hydrological conditions; engineering properties of rocks in applied engineering practices.

CE 491 and CE 492 Special Problems (Area). Variable credit.

Prerequisite: Written permission of the instructor.

Credit is based on the amount of work undertaken. Analysis and/or design in any phase of civil engineering. The course is intended to take care of needs not covered by regularly offered courses.

ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE/ENTRY-LEVEL GRADUATE COURSES

CE 522 Solid Waste Management. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 420 or B.S. degree in a compatible field.

Engineering design and regulatory requirements for the collection, storage, recycling, treatment, and disposal of solid wastes, not including hazardous wastes.

CE 523 Hazardous Waste Management. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisites: CE 478 and CE 420; or B.S. degree in a compatible field.

Engineering and regulatory requirements for the handling, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste, emphasizing the protection of the public health and environment.

CE 524 Air Pollution. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CHE 304 or ESM 311 or B.S. degree in a compatible field.

Introduction to the source, characteristics, and effects of air pollution and to air-pollution control technology and design.

CE 527 Water Supply Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 420 or B.S. degree in a compatible field.

Water supply purification and distribution. General design of water supply systems and water treatment plants.

CE 528 Environmental Aqueous Chemistry. Three hours.

Prerequisite: CH 132.

Introduction to chemical principles as they apply to environmental aqueous systems. Chemical kinetics, equilibria, precipitation, redox reactions, and microbiological/chemical interaction in environmental systems are among topics covered.

CE 529 Environmental Systems Analysis. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisites: MATH 238 and CE 420; or B.S. degree in a compatible field.

Systems modeling, systems optimization, and economics are applied to the analysis and solution of environmental engineering problems. Example applications are used extensively throughout the course. Graduate students will complete a project.

CE 532 Advanced Structural Analysis I. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 331.

Finite-element methods and three-dimensional structures.

CE 533 Prestressed Concrete Structures. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 433.

Methods and materials for prestressing concrete members and structures. Analysis and design of determinate and indeterminate structures, including high-strength materials, relaxation, and time effects.

CE 535 Bridge Design and Construction. (3-0) Three hours.

Corequisite: CE 433.

Introduction to bridge design and construction including site selection, bridge requirements, construction costs, design loads, and design of the bridge deck, superstructure, and substructure.

CE 536 Wood Structural Design. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 331.

Modern timber engineering: design of beams, columns, trusses, and floor systems.

CE 537 Reinforced Concrete Structures II. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 433.

Members subjected to combined loading: slabs, retaining walls, deep beams, and tanks. Also covers introduction to prestressed concrete theory and special topics.

CE 538 Structural Steel Design II. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 333.

Basic and elementary design procedures for steel structures such as plate girders, mill buildings, multi-story buildings, highway bridges, and light-gauge steel structures.

CE 539 Industrial/Commercial Timber Structures. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 331.

Design of wood buildings and bridges and experimental testing of structural components.

CE 542 Waste Containment Facilities. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 340 or B.S. degree in a compatible field.

Introduction to the fundamentals of soil behavior as they relate to environmental engineering. Topics include soil behavior, soil compaction, conduction phenomena, geosynthetics, and aspects of landfill design.

CE 544 Foundation Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 340.

Analysis and design of soil foundation systems.

CE 545 Bituminous Materials and Mixtures. (2-3) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 262.

Consideration of major types of bituminous materials — asphalt cements, cutback asphalts, asphalt emulsions — leading to current practice for designing optimum pavement mixtures.

CE 546 Slopes and Retaining Structures. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 340 or B.S. degree or course in soil mechanics.

Introduction to fundamentals of lateral earth pressure theory, retaining wall design, and slope stability analysis; earthen dams, stability, seepage control, and load transfer.

CE 550 Highway Design and Construction. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 260.

Introduction to highways and transportation systems: geometric design, drainage, traffic-control devices, pavements, economic analysis, and construction. Introduction to rail, air, and water modes.

CE 551 Geometric Design of Roadways. (2-1) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 450.

Application of the principles of geometric design: alignment, vertical control, drainage, traffic control, interchanges, and intersections. Design projects are prepared to illustrate standard techniques.

CE 552 Traffic Safety. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 450 or CE 550.

Introduction to traffic safety techniques: overall safety programs, site identification, data gathering and analysis, accident reconstruction, safety treatment selection, resource prioritization, and design projects.

CE 555 Planning and Design of Airport Facilities. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 450.

This is a design and planning course that includes the air transportation system, airport facilities planning, and airport facilities design.

CE 557 Pavement Design and Construction. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 340.

The thickness design of base, subbase, asphalt, and concrete layers for highway pavements, including both design and construction aspects.

CE 558 Traffic Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 450.

Vehicle operating characteristics, traffic flow, geometric design of roads and intersections, and methods of traffic control.

CE 459 Pavement Rehabilitation. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 450.

This course covers tow areas concerning care of existing highway asphalt and concrete pavements. Major maintenance includes design, additional drainage, recycling, and slab repair. Routine maintenance includes distress surveys, pothole repair, and crack and joint sealing.

CE 570 Open Channel Hydraulics. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisites: CE 478 and MATH 238.

Basic concepts of fluid flow, energy and momentum principles, flow resistance in non-uniform sections, channel controls and transitions, and non-uniform flow computations.

CE 571 Groundwater Hydraulics. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 478 or B.S. degree in a compatible field.

Regional flow, well hydraulics, leaky aquifers, analysis of pumping tests, dispersion of pollutants, and well logging.

CE 573 Statistical Applications in Civil Engineering. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: MATH 238.

Applications of statistical and probabilistic methodologies for analysis and solution of practical civil engineering problems, including frequency and risk analysis, analyses of experimental data, and systems simulation and optimization.

CE 575 Hydrology. (3-0) Three hours.

Prerequisite: CE 478 or B.S. degree in a compatible field.

Hydrologic cycle, rainfall-runoff relations, unit hydrograph, statistical hydrology, and hydrologic simulation; relationship of hydrology to flood control, water supply, and multipurpose projects.

CE 591 and CE 592 Special Problems. One to three hours.

Prerequisite: Written permission of the instructor.

Independent study. Credit is based on the amount of work undertaken.