Civil Engineering

Principles of waste geotechnics, including the design of landfill liners/covers, fate of pollutant transport in groundwater, transport processes, modeling techniques for flow and transport, waste settlement, and groundwater remediation technologies such as the biodegradation of waste. Prerequisites: CIEG-434.

Involves the introduction to traffic impact analysis, and use of traffic simulation models for evaluating traffic operation on highway networks, including traffic impact studies and signal warrant analyses. This course provides theoretical and practical applications of traffic operations and analysis. Prerequisites: CIEG-351; CIEG-416; CIEG-465.

Material is not ordinarily available in regular structural engineering course offerings or new courses on a trial basis. Prerequisites: CIEG-314.

Combines fundamental microbiology into engineered systems; includes design of wastewater treatment systems and modeling of biological reactions.

Theory, analysis and engineering design of physical and chemical systems in environmental pollution control. Topics include mechanisms involved in physical/chemical destruction of pollutants, clarification, softening, coagulation and others.

Covers the fundamental physical and chemical concepts necessary to design environmental systems; focus is on the design of water treatment systems and recent advances in water treatment plant design.

Command, controls and communications in modern multimodal transportation; infrastructure/highway and vehicle automation, advanced traffic management, vehicle control and safety systems; information data, and sensory requirements; practical application. Prerequisites: CIEG-351; CIEG-416; CIEG-465.

This course is mainly oriented towards transportation engineering students interested in learning the fundamentals traffic engineering studies. The course is structured on the basic objective for students to be able to understand Traffic Flow Modeling, Transportation Networks Modeling and Traffic Assignment, Detection and Forecasting, Traffic Control and Optimization. This course includes details of macroscopic and microscopic models. Prerequisites: CIEG-351; CIEG-416; CIEG-465.

An investigation conducted independently by a student and guided by the instructor that makes an original and creative contribution to the structural engineering discipline. Prerequisites: CIEG 555

Application of chemical equilibrium and kinetics to aquatic systems. Focus is on chemical principles as applied to natural systems, water treatment and wastewater treatment processes. Topics include thermodynamics, kinetics, redox reactions, acid/base chemistry, titrations and buffers, adsorption and complexation.

This course covers the theory and application of traditional structural analysis for trusses, beams, frames, cables, and arches as either determinate or indeterminate systems. Topics covered will include matrix methods including the direct stiffness method, and flexibility and stiffness method with introduction to computer-based techniques.

An introduction to the Finite Element method in the study of the static response of structures and of continua. This course also provides hands on experience using finite element software. It includes applications to field problems; analytical methods emphasized, and digital computer application

This course teaches the fundamentals for the analysis of materials and structures in engineering with a specific focus on aircraft and space structures. ... The Solid Mechanics module covers general material relating to the analysis of stresses, strains, deformation, and strength in solid materials and simple components.

This course deals with the theory and design of thin shell structures, using the membrane and bending theories for of shells of revolution and translation, and their application to analysis of domes, hyperbolic, paraboloid, elliptic and cylindrical shells. The course also introduces the finite element method for plate bending.

An introductory course about the application of emerging technologies for the protection of civil engineering structures and fundamental concepts for analysis and design. Prerequisites: CIEG-314

Solution of linear elastostatic problems using special techniques. Field equations of linear elastostatics; uniqueness of solution; Betti/Rayleigh reciprocity relation; solution of two-dimensional problems using stress functions; stress concentration at holes and inclusions; complex variables and transform methods in elasticity; stress singularity at cracks and corners; stresses and strains in composites; three-dimensional problems.

This course will cover the theory of structural response to dynamic loads. Students will learn to compute the dynamic response of structural components (like beams, walls, and columns) and structural systems under dynamic loads such as blast and earthquake excitations.

Introduction to research conducted independently by a student and supervised by the instructor that makes a fundamental contribution to the transportation engineering discipline. Students are required to prepare reports. Prerequisites: Graduate status or approval of instructor.

Independent research on advanced topics in environmental engineering. Student must prepare literature review of topic. Focus is on reviewing, analyzing and presenting research.

Introduction of an investigation conducted independently by a student and guided by the instructor that makes an original and creative contribution to the structural engineering discipline

Course is designed for individual students who seekdeeper knowledge of hydrology and hydraulics, through research, the use of software, and publication of research in journals

An introduction to physical and applied hydrology and explores the components of the hydrologic cycle including processes of precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, infiltration, ground-water flow, surface runoff and streamflow.

All Master candidates must complete an approved research project that demonstrates his or her ability to conduct original, independent research that constitutes a distinct contribution to knowledge in the principal field of study.

This course covers elements of management related to construction projects; responsibilities of construction managers, on-site representatives, engineers and inspectors; concept of developing the project team approach. The student will gain knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of a project manager, including technical and management skills and an overview of the phases in a construction project. The student will develop knowledge and skills in safety, interpersonal communication, negotiation and conflict resolution, construction documents, construction planning, estimating and cost control,scheduling, resource control, quality control and continuous improvement. Students will also be introduced to construction project management software program(s) used in the industry. Prerequisites:CIEG-354, CIEG 351 or approval of instructor.

An introduction to advanced traffic and transportation engineering. It involves the collection and use of traffic engineering data and introduces students to traffic operations and safety. Students use software for capacity analysis and signal optimization. Students are required to prepare reports. Prerequisites: CIEG-351; CIEG-416; CIEG-465.

This course covers: 1) the elastoplastic response of soils highlighting issues such as the influence of structure, time, environment, drainage, and stress history on their anisotropic behavior, 2) critical state soil mechanics, 3) stress�dilatancy, stress paths, 4) 2D water flow, 5) 2D consolidation, and 6) slope stability. Prerequisites: CIEG-434.

This course covers: 1) geotechnical site investigation methods and in-situ tests to estimate soil engineering properties, 2) discussion on concepts of factors of safety, margin of safety, reliability, and load and resistance factor design, 3) parameter selection, analysis, and design of shallow and deep foundations, and 4) analysis and design of earth retaining structures. Prerequisites: CIEG-433.

The aim of this course is to develop students' knowledge and understanding of the role and conduct of quantitative and qualitative research methods in planning [and urban design]. Intellectual and methodological debates will be discussed in order to assist students to develop informed opinions and a critical appreciation for other's research. The imperative for ethical research practice will be presented. The course equips students with the skills to review and conduct methodologically sound research as a part of their professional work.

The purpose of this course is for the design and performance of research leading to a Ph.D. See note on page 577 related to dissertation hours.

Involves an individually-supervised study or independent design or research in specialized topics not covered in regular geotechnical engineering courses or of particular interest to the student. The student must review pertinent literature, prepare a project outline, carry out an approved plan, and submit a research paper/formal final report. Prerequisites: CIEG-434.

A continuation of CIEG 614. Involves an individually-supervised study or independent design or research in specialized topics not covered in regular geotechnical engineering courses or of particular interest to the student. The student must review pertinent literature, prepare a project outline, carry out an approved plan, and submit a research paper/formal final report. Prerequisites: CIEG-434.

Principles of linear and nonlinear programming and metaheuristic algorithms. Fundamentals of machine learning-assisted optimum design considering uncertainty.

Introduction to research conducted independently by a student and supervised by the instructor that makes a fundamental contribution to the transportation engineering discipline. Students are required to prepare reports. Prerequisites: Graduate status or approval of instructor.

An introduction to urban transit operations and planning. This course includes transit operations, service scheduling and capacity analysis. This also includes Transit systems planning and modeling. This course includes best-practice of urban transit systems and planning. Prerequisites: Graduate status or approval of instructor

This course is mainly oriented towards transportation engineering students interested in learning the fundamentals of econometric and machine learning studies. The course is structured on the basic objective for students to be able to conduct several literature reviews, data collection, analysis, modeling, forecasting, and report writing. To facilitate this, the course will introduce students to count data modeling, econometric modeling, machine learning modeling, and coding in Gauss and Python. Prerequisites: Graduate status or approval of instructor.

Introduction to an investigation conducted independently by a student and guided by the instructor that makes an original and creative contribution to the earthquake engineering discipline. Prerequisites: CIEG-314

This course provides in-depth coverage of the physical, chemical, and biological processes used for pollution control. Specific topics included in this course are as follows:�unit analysis of physical, chemical, and biological processes, environmental hydraulics, water quality modeling, and water and waste treatment theory, analysis, and design.

Reinforced concrete structures design, framing system, preliminary/final design, load estimate, one-way slabs, beams, axially loaded columns and isolated foundation, reinforcement details, CAD drawings, and final report. Restricted to undergraduate students in civil and environmental engineering.

Structural behavior and failure modes of prestressed concrete structures; design in prestressed concrete, including long-span structures, bridges, and precast systems

Structural behavior of metal structures and composite girders. Conception, analysis, and design of low-rise and high-rise buildings by elastic and inelastic methods. Earthquake considerations and special topics.

Vibration of continuous systems: membranes, beam plates, and shells; approximate methods of vibration analysis; methods of integral transform; analysis of nonlinear systems; wave propagation.

Theoretical and practical aspects of seepage effects, and groundwater flow, review of shear strength principles, flow through porous media, hydraulic conductivity, flow nets, determination of water pressure, seepage forces and quantity of seepage, laboratory and field tests for shear strength, infinite slopes, block analysis, method of slices, seismic analysis of slopes, effective and total stress analysis, computer programs for slope stability analysis, slope stability problems in waste disposal, construction excavations, reinforced embankments, embankments on soft ground. Prerequisites: CIEG-434

Types and uses of earth retaining structures and lateral earth pressure concepts and theories; analysis and design of retaining walls and shoring structures and their bracing systems, including conventional retaining walls, mechanically stabilized earth walls, cantilever and anchored sheet piling, cellular cofferdams, braced cuts, soil nailing, and the design of tiebacks and anchors; load and resistance factor design concept. Prerequisites: CIEG-434.

Theory of vibration and wave propagation in elastic media. Field and laboratory methods for determining dynamic soil properties. Analysis and design of soil-foundation systems subjected to machinery-generated vibrations and methods of foundation isolation. Earthquake causes, magnitude and intensity, seismic hazard evaluation, NEHRP site classification, site response analyses and ground motion amplification, liquefaction, and response of earth structures. Prerequisites: CIEG-434