Course Descriptions CCE-Civil Construction Engineering
CCE 4001 Heavy Construction (3). Contractor’s organization, contracts, services, safety, planning and scheduling. Equipment and their economics. Special project applications, coffer-dams, dewatering, river diversions, tunnelling. Prerequisite: CES 3100. (F) CCE 5035 Construction Engineering Management (3). Course will cover construction organization, planning and implementation; impact and feasibility studies; contractual subjects; liability and performance; the responsibility of owner, contractor and engineer. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. CCE 5055 Computer Intergrated Construction Engineering (3). Course covers the discussion of available software related to construction Engineering topics; knowledge based expert systems and their relevance to construction engineering planning and management. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. ENV 3001 Introduction to Environmental Engineering (3). Introduction to environmental engineering problems; water and wastewater treatment, air pollution, noise, solid and hazardous wastes. Prerequisites: CHM 1046 and L, PHY 2049, MAC 2312 and permission of undergraduate advisor. Corequisite: ENV 3001L. (F,S) ENV 3001L Environmental Laboratory (1). A corequisite to ENV 3001. Practical applications of the theory learned in the course and experience in detecting and measuring some environmental problems. Prerequisites: CHM 1046 and CHM 1046L, PHY 2049, MAC 2312 and permission of undergraduate advisor. Corequisite: ENV 3001. (Lab fees assessed). (F,S) ENV 3949 Co-Op Work Experience (3). Supervised full-time work experience in engineering field. Limited to students admitted to the co-op program with consent of advisor. ENV 4101 Elements of Atmospheric Pollution (3). The air pollution problem, causes, sources, and effects. Historical development. Physical, political, and economic factors in its control. Prerequisites: CWR 3201 and CWR 3201L or EML 3126 and 3126L, ENV 3001 and ENV 3001L. ENV 4330 Hazardous Waste Assessment and Remediation (3). Gener-ation, transport, treatment and disposal of hazardous waste; risk assessment and treatment of contaminated media. Prerequisite: One year of General Chemistry. ENV 4351 Solid Waste Management (3). Sources, amounts and charac-teristics of solid wastes; municipal collection systems; method of disposal; energetic consideration in the recovery and recycle of wastes. Prerequisites: PHY 2049, and CHM 1046 and CHM 1046L. ENV 4401 Water Supply Engineering (3). Quantity, quality, treatment, and distribution of drinking water. Prerequisites: CWR 3201 and CWR 3201L, ENV 3001 and ENV 3001L. Corequisite: ENV 4401L. ENV 4401L Water Laboratory (1). Laboratory exercises in the physical, chemical, and bacteriological quality of potable water. Prerequisites: CWR 3201, ENV 3001 and ENV 3001L. Corequisite: ENV 4401. (Lab fees assessed). ENV 4513 Reactions in Environmental Engineering Systems (3). A practical basis for applying microbial and physicochemical principles to understand reactions occurring in natural and engineered systems including water/wastewater treatment processes. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. ENV 4551 Sewerage and Wastewater Treatment (3). Collection and transportation of wastewater, design of sanitary and storm sewers. Physical, chemical, and biological principles of wastewater treatment. Prerequisite: CWR 3201 and CWR 3201L, ENV 3001 and ENV 3001L. Corequisite: 4551L. ENV 4551L Wastewater Laboratory (1). Laboratory exercises in the physical, chemical, and bacteriological quality of raw and treated wastewaters. Prerequisites: CWR 3201 and CRW 3201L, ENV 3001 and ENV 3001L, Corequisite: ENV 4551. (Lab fees assessed). ENV 4560 Reactor Design (3). A theorectical and practical basis for reaction kinetics to understand multiphase reactions, analysis and design of batch and continuous flow reactors. ENV 4930 Special Topics in Environmental Engineering (1-4). A course designed to give groups of students an opportunity to pursue special studies not otherwise offered. ENV 4949 Co-Op Work Experience (3). Supervised full-time work experience in engineering field. Limited to students admitted to the co-op program with consent of advisor. Evaluation and reports required. CEG 4011 Geotechnical Engineering I (3). Engineering geology, soil properties; stresses in soils; failures; criterias; consolidation and settlement; compaction, soil improvement and slope stabilization. Prerequisite: CWR 3201 and L, EGM 3520, and L, CHM 1046 and PHY 2049. (F,SS) CEG 4011L Soil Testing Laboratory (1). Laboratory experiments to identify and test behavior of soils and rocks. Prerequisite: CWR 3201, CWR 3201L, EGM 3520L, EGM 3520. Corequisites: CEG 4011. (Lab fees assessed). (F,SS) CEG 4012 Geotechnical Engineering II (4). Principles of foundation analysis and design: site improvement for bearing and settlement, spread footings, mat foundations, retaining walls, cofferdams, piles, shafts, caissons, tunnels, and vibration control. Computer applications. Prerequisite: CES 4702, CEG 4011 and L. (S) CES 3100 Determinate Structural Analysis (3). To introduce the student to the basic concepts and principles of structural theory relating to statically determinate beams, arches, trusses and rigid frames, including deflection techniques. Prerequisite: EGM 3520 with a grade of "C" or better. (F,S,SS) CES 4101 Indeterminate Structural Analysis (3). To introduce the student to the basic concepts and principles of structural theory relating to statically indeterminate beams, trusses and rigid frames; including Slope Deflection, Moment Distribution, and Matrix Methods. Prerequisite: CES 3100 with a grade of ‘C’ or better. (S) CES 4605 Steel Design (3). The analysis and design of structural elements and connections for buildings, bridges, and specialized structures utilizing structural steel. Both elastic and plastic designs are considered. Prerequisite: CES 3100. (F,S,SS) CES 4702 Reinforced Concrete Design (3). The analysis and design of reinforced concrete beams, columns, slabs, retaining walls and footings; with emphasis corresponding to present ACI Building Code. Introduction to prestressed concrete is given. Prerequisite: CES 3100 with a grade of ‘C’ or better. (F,S,SS)
TTE 4201 Transportation and Traffic Engineering (3). Transporta-tion characteristics; transportation planning, traffic control devices, intersection design, network design, research. Prerequisites: STA 3033 and SUR 3101C. (F,S,SS) TTE 4804 Geometric Design of Highways (3). Parameters governing geometric design of highways; curve superelevation, widening of highway curves, intersection design; highway interchanges, use of AASHTO design guidelines. Prerequisite: TTE 4201. TTE 4930C Transportation Seminar (1-3). Oral presentations made by students, guests, and faculty members on current topics and research activities in traffic and transportation engineer-ing. Prerequisite: TTE 4201. CWR 3103 Water Resources Engineering (3). Hydrology, probability, ground and surface water studies. Closed conduit flow and hydraulic machinery. Prerequisites: CWR 3201 and STA 3033. (F,S) CWR 3201 Fluid Mechanics (3). A study of the properties of fluids and their behavior at rest and in motion. Continuity, momentum, and energy principles of fluid flow. Prerequisite: EGN 3321. Corequisite: CWR 3201L (F,S) CWR 3201L Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (1). Application of fluid mechanics principles in the laboratory. Experiments in surface water, groundwater and pipe flow. Corequisite: CWR 3201. (Lab fees assessed). (F,S) SUR 2101C Surveying (3). Computations and field procedures associated with the measurement of distances and angles using tape, level, transit, EDMs, and total station.Laboratory is included with field measurements. Prerequisite: EGN 1110C. (F,S) EGM 3520 Engineering Mechanics of Materials (3). Analysis of axial, torsional, bending, combined stresses, and strains. Plotting of shear, moment and deflection diagram with calculus applications and interpretations. Prerequisites: MAC 2313, MAP 2302 and EGN 3311 with a grade of ‘C’ or better. (F,S,SS) EGM 3520L Materials Testing Laboratory (1). Introduction to measurements of basic mechanical properties of materials. Experiments include axial tension, compression, torsion, flexure, and the response of simple structural elements. Prerequisites or Corequisites: EGM 3520, MAC 2312 and EGN 3311. (Lab fees assessed). (F,S) CGN 3949 Co-Op Work Experience (1-3). Supervised full-time work experience in engineering field. Limited to students admitted to the co-op program with consent of advisor. Evaluation and reports required. CGN 4321 GIS Applications in Civil and Environmental Engineering (3). Introduction to the basics of geographic information systems, their software and hardware, and their applications in civil and environmental engineering, landscape architecture, and other related fields. Prerequisites: CGS 2420 or CGS 2423, SUR 3101C and consent of instructor. (F) CGN 4802 Civil Engineering Senior Design Project (3). Compulsory course for all senior students, to experience the design of a practical project by utilizing knowledge learned from previous courses for presenting a solution. Done under the supervision of a faculty member and professional engineer. Prerequisite: EGN 1110C or demonstrate CAD proficiency. (F,S,SS) CGN 4930 Special Topics in Civil Engineering (1-4). A course designed to give groups of students an opportunity to pursue special studies not otherwise offered. CGN 4949 Co-Op Work Experience (1-3). Supervised full-time work experience in engineering field. Limited to students admitted to the co-op program with consent of advisor. Evaluation and report required. EGN 1110C Engineering Drawing (3). Introduction to elementary design concepts in engineering, principles of drawing, descriptive geometry, pictorials and perspectives and their computer graphics counterpart. (F,S,SS) EGN 2030 Ethics and Legal Aspects in Engineering (3). Codes of ethics, professional responsibilities and rights, law and engineering, contracts, torts, evidence. (F,S,SS) EGN 3311 Statics (3). Forces on particles, equilibrium of forces, moments, couples, centroids, section properties, and load analysis of structures. Prerequisites: MAC 2312 and PHY 2048. (F,S,SS) |
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