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Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)

CEE 1984 - Special Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
CEE 2804 - Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering (3 credits) 
Overview of the specialty areas within the civil engineering profession, professional engineer licensing, and engineering ethics. Includes recognizing contemporary issues in civil engineering, civil engineering work in the surrounding community, and the impact of civil engineering solutions on society. Emphasizes successful personal business practices for civil engineering professionals, to include the fundamentals of effective oral, written, and visual communication skills for the Civil Engineer. Introduction to engineering library resources. For Pathways Advanced Discourse credit, must complete combination of CEE 2804, CEE 3304, CEE 4804
Pathway Concept Area(s): 1A Discourse Advanced, 10 Ethical Reasoning 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 2814 - Geomatics (4 credits) 
Introduction to data measurement issues in the civil and environmental engineering sub disciplines. Collection techniques, analysis, errors, statistical description and visualization. Spatial measurements such as leveling, distance and angles, mapping and topographic surveys, the Global Positioning System, LiDAR, terrain models, earthwork methods, construction surveying, coordinate systems, and Geographic Information Systems. Non-CEE students are exempt from the CEE 2834 corerequisite.
Prerequisite(s): ENGE 1216 or ENGE 1414 
Corequisite(s): CEE 2834 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Lab, 4 Crd) 
CEE 2834 - Civil Engineering Drawings and Virtual Modeling (3 credits) 
Introduction to the use of Computer-Aided Drafting, Building Information Modeling and Geographic Information Systems software. Interpretation of civil engineering drawings. Creation of civil engineering plans and two- and three- dimensional visualizations. Professional collaboration tools. Basemap creation. Basic analysis tools utilizing Geographic Information Systems.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 2974 - Independent Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
CEE 2984 - Special Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
CEE 2994 - Undergraduate Research (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
CEE 3014 - Construction Management (3 credits) 
Introduction to the fundamental elements involved in managing construction projects. Project lifecycle, delivery methods and contracts, equipment and labor productivity, scheduling, and cost estimating and control. Pre: Junior standing
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 3104 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering (3 credits) 
Overall view of environmental engineering with emphasis on hazardous waste management, water treatment, wastewater treatment, air pollution and its control, solid waste management, groundwater pollution and environmental regulations.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1035 and CHEM 1045 and (MATH 1026 or MATH 1206 or MATH 1206H or MATH 1226 or MATH 2016 or MATH 2024) and (PHYS 2305 or PHYS 2205) 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 3274 - Introduction to Land Development Design (3 credits) 
An introduction to the land development design process including site selection and feasibility, environmental considerations, utility layout, grading, stormwater management and integrating planning with the design of infrastructure to support residential and commercial development.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 2814 and (CEE 2824 or CEE 2834) 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 3304 - Fluid Mechanics for Civil and Environmental Engineering (4 credits) 
Introductory course in fluid mechanics. Includes concepts and measurements of fluid properties; computing hydrostatic and hydrodynamic forces on hydraulic structures; computing fluid pressures, discharges, and velocities; and determining energy losses in pipe flows. Course includes conducting hydraulic laboratory experiments and demonstrations, analyzing and interpreting collected data, and preparing technical laboratory reports. Emphasizes the fundamentals of effective interpersonal, written, and visual communication skills for technical civil engineering reports. Design Lab/Studio. For Pathways Advanced Discourse credit, must complete combination of CEE 2804, CEE 3304, CEE 4804
Prerequisite(s): ESM 2104 and CEE 2804 
Pathway Concept Area(s): 1A Discourse Advanced, 10 Ethical Reasoning 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 2 Lab, 4 Crd) 
CEE 3314 - Water Resources Engineering (3 credits) 
Water resources engineering in civil and environmental engineering. Source water models, flow rates, municipal water supply, pipe networks, pump selection, groundwater pumping, open channel flow, stormwater hydrology.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3304 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 3404 - Introduction to Structural Engineering (3 credits) 
Introduction to structural engineering as an art and science and its fundamental tenets; description of structural systems, structural loads, and load paths; structural models, case studies of successful and unsuccessful structural designs; calculations of forces and deformation for simple determinate structures (trusses, beams and simple frames) and indeterminate structures using virtual work, use of stiffness methods in computer programs.
Prerequisite(s): ESM 2204 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 3514 - Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering (3 credits) 
Introduction to soil as an engineering material for construction and infrastructure support. Geological processes, soil classification, phase relations, geostatic and applied stresses, permeability, seepage effects, magnitude and time-rate of settlement, and shear strength. Application of geotechnical principles to civil and environmental engineering problems.
Prerequisite(s): ESM 2204 and GEOS 2104 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 3604 - Introduction to Transportation Engineering (3 credits) 
Planning, design and operation of transportation systems with emphasis in multimodal transportation techniques and unified system engineering theories to analyze large scale transportation problems. Discussion of Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (IVHS) and hands on experience in computer models in transportation operations and planning. Interactions between transportation infrastructure and environmental engineering planning. Junior standing required.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 3684 - Civil Engineering Materials (3 credits) 
Fundamental nature and performance of civil infrastructure materials, including metals, portland cement concrete, asphalt concrete, polymers, and wood. Material properties, variability, microstructure, mechanical behavior, and durability. Design of cementitious and asphalt mixtures, experimental design, non-destructive testing.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1045 and CHEM 1035 and ESM 2204 and GEOS 2104 and (CEE 2814 or CEM 2824) 
Corequisite(s): CEE 3784 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 3714 - Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory (1 credit) 
Introduction to geotechnical engineering laboratory and field tests. Sieve analysis, Atterberg limits, visual-manual classification, subsurface investigation, Proctor compaction, consolidation settlement, and shear strength. Data reduction and interpretation. Preparation of technical reports. Design Lab/Studio.
Prerequisite(s): ESM 2204 and GEOS 2104 
Corequisite(s): CEE 3514 
Instructional Contact Hours: (2 Lab, 1 Crd) 
CEE 3734 - Water Resources Engineering Laboratory (1 credit) 
Laboratory evaluation of hydraulic structures used in civil engineering, flow rate, variations of open channel flow, pumping systems and applications. Design Lab Studio.
Corequisite(s): CEE 3314 
Instructional Contact Hours: (2 Lab, 1 Crd) 
CEE 3784 - Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory (1 credit) 
Experimental methodologies and standards to measure engineering material properties of common civil infrastructure materials, including metals, polymers, wood, and portland cement concrete. Variability in experimental data. Technical reporting. Use of non-destructive techniques for civil infrastructure materials. Design lab studio.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1045 and CHEM 1035 and ESM 2204 and GEOS 2104 and (CEE 2814 or CEM 2824) 
Corequisite(s): CEE 3684 
Instructional Contact Hours: (2 Lab, 1 Crd) 
CEE 3804 - Computer Applications for Civil and Environmental Engineers (3 credits) 
Introduction to computer applications in civil and environmental engineering. Integration of quantitative analysis for design, data management, computer programming and problem solving skills with computer tools and techniques. Topics include systems analysis, numerical methods, optimization, data mining, computer programming and data queries. Analysis and interpretation of a global data set. Pre: Junior Standing.
Pathway Concept Area(s): 5A Quant & Comp Thnk Adv., 11 Intercultural&Global Aware. 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 3814 - Analytical Tools in Civil and Environmental Engineering (3 credits) 
Computer programming and data analysis for civil and environmental engineering projects. Acquiring, cleaning and pre-processing data sets. Probability distributions, hypothesis testing, and regression modeling. Time series and frequency analysis. Data visualization.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3804 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 3900 - Bridge Experience (0 credits) 
Application of academic knowledge and skills to in a work-based experience aligned with post-graduation goals using research-based learning processes. Satisfactory completion of work-based experience often in the form of internship, undergraduate research, co-op, or study abroad; self-evaluation; reflection; and showcase of learning. Pre: Departmental approval of 3900 plan.
Instructional Contact Hours: (0 Crd) 
CEE 3954 - Study Abroad (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
CEE 3984 - Special Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
CEE 4014 - Estimating, Production, and Cost Engineering (3 credits) 
Interpretation of plans and specifications, preparation of construction estimates, and cost control. Methods analysis, resource requirements, and resource costs in building systems, including system components, and in large-scale civil engineering works such as highways, bridges, and hydraulic structures.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3014 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
Course Crosslist: BC 4024 
CEE 4024 - Construction Control Techniques (3 credits) 
Techniques used to plan, schedule, and control the Construction Process. Emphasizes manual and computer-based approaches. Focuses on an analytical approach towards the construction process whereby good technical methodologies and solutions are converted to reality through construction practices.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3014 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4034 - Smart Sustainable Infrastructure (3 credits) 
Challenges and barriers to sustainable infrastructure. Effects of a changing planet and society on current infrastructure systems. Technology and data use for engineering. Infrastructure data interpretation. Data-driven engineering solutions. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4034 and CEE 5034.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3804 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4074 - Construction Engineering: Means and Methods (3 credits) 
Construction means, methods, and equipment used to transform a particular design concept into a completed usable structure or facility. Selection and optimization of individual units as well as the systems needed to produce the required work to the required quality on time and on budget.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3014 or CEM 2104 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4104 - Water and Wastewater Treatment Design (3 credits) 
Design of municipal water and wastewater treatment plants. Emphasis on characterization of water and wastewater and physical, chemical, and biological treatment methods. Sludge processing advanced treatment methods and treatment plant hydraulics are considered.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3104 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4114 - Fundamentals of Public Health Engineering (3 credits) 
Public health engineering principles for protection against biological and chemical health hazards. Emphasis on major communicable diseases that plague mankind, organisms that cause them, routes of transmission, and engineering methods of control. Appropriate control methods for rural areas and developing countries.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3104 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4134 - Environmental Sustainability - A Systems Approach (3 credits) 
Quantitative methods to evaluate environmental sustainability using a sytems approach. Sustainability assessment frameworks, oreintors and indicators, indicators of sustainable development, green-house gas emissions, renewable energy systems, whole-system design, economic systems and input-outpur techniques, system dynamics models, emergence and agent-based models. Class project requiring integration of environmental, economic and social systems using system dynamics and agent-based models. Senior Standing. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4134 and CEE 5114.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4144 - Air Resources Engineering (3 credits) 
Effects, regulation, sources, and control of air pollution. Application of engineering calculations and models to estimate emissions, predict pollutant concentrations, and design pollution control equipment. Senior standing required. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4144 and CEE 5264G.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3104 or ENGR 3124 or GEOS 3114 or ENSC 3634 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4254 - Land Development: Stakeholders, Policy, and Practice (3 credits) 
Municipal-level challenges for planning, management, and development of communities. Sustainable design principles with multi-dimensional value for a project. Financial terms and methods. Connection of design and construction phases. Technical communication with diverse stakeholders.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3274 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4264 - Sustainable Land Development (3 credits) 
An introduction to the modern techniques for developing land while maintaining a focus on long-term sustainability. Topics include site layout, stormwater impact, air quality and microclimate, living resources, LEED and EarthCraft development standards. Pre-requisite: Senior Standing required. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4264 and CEE 5264.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3274 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4274 - Land Development Design (3 credits) 
Overview of land development projects including construction practices, legal issues, and government policies. Feasibility study, engineering evaluation. Grading and roadway design, layout design of lots, buildings, streets, sewers, and stormwater control. Interactive graphics and automated drafting. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4274 and CEE 5274.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3274 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4284 - Advanced Land Development Design (3 credits) 
Advanced course in land development design focusing on site grading and parking, stormwater management, and erosion control. Reviews project design criteria and applicable municipal and state guidelines. Uses CAD software for design and deliverables. Senior/Graduate standing required.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3274 
Corequisite(s): CEE 4274 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4304 - Hydrology (3 credits) 
Precipitation, evaporation, consumptive use, infiltration; stream flow, flood routing; statistical analysis of hydrologic data, flood and drought forecasting, risk analysis, subsurface flow, well hydraulics, introduction to urban drainage design. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4304 and CEE 5334.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3304 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4314 - Groundwater Resources (3 credits) 
Fundamentals of groundwater hydrology; flow through porous media, both saturated and unsaturated; flow to wells in both confined and unconfined aquifers; seepage of groundwater to canals and field drains; analysis of aquifer test data to quantify flow and storage parameters; contaminants in groundwater, basic introduction to groundwater modeling.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3304 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4324 - Open Channel Flow (3 credits) 
Mechanics of open channel flow, including uniform flow, gradually varied flow, channel transitions, and unsteady flow. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4324 and CEE 5384.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3314 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4334 - Hydraulic Structures (3 credits) 
Hydraulic analysis and design of engineering structures for water control, including reservoirs, dams, spillways, spilling basins, drainage structures, and hydraulic models.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3314 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4344 - Water Resources Planning (3 credits) 
Analysis of the water resources planning process and the institutional framework for water resources management. Criteria and procedures for evaluating management alternatives are examined, with emphasis on assessment of economic and environmental impacts. Senior standing required.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4364 - Geospatial Analysis and Hydrologic Design (3 credits) 
Application of geospatial analysis and hydrologic modeling to problems of design using industry standard GIS tools and processes. Introduction to geospatial analysis, terrain analysis, flood frequency analysis, and hydraulic design for solving water resources engineering problems in practice. Evaluation of urbanization and climate change on watersheds and their impacts on populated areas. Design of flood risk maps. Team-based design project with report and presentation. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4364 and CEE 5244.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3314 or BSE 4344 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4384 - Coastal Engineering (3 credits) 
Basic wave mechanics principles, surf-zone processes, littoral and sediment processes, shoreline features, astronomical tides, coastal hazards, and functional design of coastal structures. Field trips. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4384 and CEE 5854.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3304 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4394 - Urban Water Sustainability (3 credits) 
Coupled socio-hydrologic feedback loops and implications for water systems resilience. Urban water transitions theory and the evolution of water systems through time. Water productivity and the soft path for water. Ecosystem services. Urban water system challenges, including climate change, urbanization, equity and environmental justice, and water security. Centralized and distributed drinking water, stormwater, and wastewater treatment systems. Statistical analysis of urban water systems. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4394 and CEE 5390.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4404 - Intermediate Structural Analysis (3 credits) 
Analysis of statically indeterminate 2D and 3D beam, truss and frame structures by the force and displacement methods. Computer implementation of force method. Influence lines and approximate methods of analysis.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3404 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4424 - Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures (3 credits) 
Behavior and design of reinforced concrete members based on ultimate strength. Uncertainty, load and resistance factors. Load paths in framing systems. Beams, columns and slabs in flexure and shear. Deflections and crack control. Design of reinforced concrete members. Columns under axial forces, shear and flexure. CEE 4424 duplicates material in CEE 3424, and both may not be taken for credit.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3404 and CEE 3684 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4434 - Introduction to Steel Design (3 credits) 
Design of steel members and connections following the American Institute of Steel Construction specification. Properties and mechanical behavior of structural steel. Effect of loads, structural safety, and serviceability on the design of members to resist tension, compression, and flexure. Braced and unbraced beams. Design of simple steel connections including tension connections, shear connections, and base plates. Serviceability checks. CEE 4434 duplicates material in CEE 3434, and both may not be taken for credit.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3404 
Corequisite(s): CEE 3684 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4444 - Topics in Structural Engineering Design (1 credit) 
Concepts of structural design for a multi-story building through a team-based project. Comparison of alternatives for structural systems to resist lateral forces and gravity loads. Development of design drawings. Oral and written communication. May be repeated one time with different content for a maximum of two credit hours.
Corequisite(s): CEE 4434 or CEE 4424 depending on topic. 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lab, 1 Crd) 
Repeatability: up to 2 credit hours 
CEE 4454 - Masonry Structural Design (3 credits) 
Masonry materials, material testing, material specifications. Structural behavior and design of masonry elements (walls, beams, and columns) and systems used in structures. Construction techniques and the details of masonry construction. Building codes relating to analysis and design of masonry structures.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3684 and CEE 4424 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4484 - Bridges and Their Builders (3 credits) 
History of bridges, bridge builders, and bridge construction; study of the physical principles underlying the capacity and stability of bridges; comparison of the load-carrying function of various forms of bridge structure; bridge failures, obsolescence, and future needs.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 4424 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4534 - Earth Pressures and Foundation Structures (3 credits) 
Earth pressure theories and their applications to the design of retaining structures, anchors, and excavation bracing. Bearing capacity and settlement of shallow foundations. Types and capacity of deep foundations.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3514 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4544 - Design of Earth Structures (3 credits) 
Application of geotechnical engineering principles in the design and construction of earth structures. Subsurface models, shear strength of soil, slope stability, earth fills, earth retention, ground improvement, sustainability considerations, geotechnical reporting. Team-based design project.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3514 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4554 - Natural Disaster Mitigation and Recovery (3 credits) 
Causes, mechanics, classifications, and forces associated with tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and landslides. Resistance evaluation for existing ground, facilities and structures. Hazard-resistant design of new facilities. Risk and reliability assessment and decision analysis. Strategies and designs for natural disaster risk mitigation. Emergency response for protection of life and property and restoration of lifelines. Includes an interdisciplinary team project. Prerequisite: Senior Standing Required
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4564 - Introduction to Coastal and Marine Geotechnics (3 credits) 
Geotechnical aspects of coastal and marine engineering. Introduction to the coastal zone as a working environment. In-situ geotechnical methods and complementary techniques for investigation. Survey strategies. Local field trips for demonstrating methods, practice and design. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4564 and CEE 5874.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3514 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4604 - Traffic Engineering (3 credits) 
Study of traffic and parking characteristics; application of traffic control devices; principles and techniques used to improve the efficiency and safety of traffic flow systems.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3604 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4610 - Mechanics of Composite Materials (3 credits) 
Introduction to the deformation, stress, and strength analysis of continuous-fiber-polymer-matrix laminated composites. Fabrication, micromechanics of stiffness and expansional coefficients, classical lamination theory (CLT). Environmentally induced stresses. Computerized implementation and design. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4610 and CEE 5610.
Prerequisite(s): ESM 2204 or AOE 2024 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
Course Crosslist: ESM 4044 
CEE 4614 - Concrete Materials (3 credits) 
Fundamental properties of portland cement concretes. Concrete mixture design procedures. Testing of fresh and hardened properties of concrete. Durability and degradation mechanisms. Condition assessments, forensic materials engineering, and repair strategies. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4614 and CEE 5664.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3684 or BC 2044 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4624 - Planning Transportation Facilities (3 credits) 
Transportation planning process; urban and regional studies, surveys, data analysis, model development and testing; transportation management, administration, finance, system evaluation, implementation, and integration. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4624 and CEE 5624.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3604 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4634 - Infrastructure Condition Assessment (3 credits) 
Infrastructure components and assessment needs; physical and chemical properties of construction materials; deterioration causes, assessment methods, nondestructive evaluation techniques, infrastructure management systems, performance models, service-life-cycle estimates.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3684 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4654 - Geometric Design of Highways (3 credits) 
Functional design of highways; curves, intersections, interchanges, drainage, and other features involved in highway safety and traffic efficiency.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3604 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4664 - Pavement Design (3 credits) 
Principles underlying methods for the design of various elements of flexible and rigid pavements for highways and airports; climate and traffic effects; pavement management systems.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3684 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4674 - Airport Planning and Design (3 credits) 
Airport planning and economic justification, site selection, configuration, development and design of terminal areas, demand forecasting, access, traffic control.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3604 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4684 - Transportation Safety (3 credits) 
Basic principles associated with transportation safety related to humans, vehicles and infrastructure as well as principles of design for safety and practices of empirical evaluation of safety. Principles and practices of accident investigation and injury epidemiology as well as safeguards and control practices.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3604 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4694 - Freight Operations (3 credits) 
Introduction to the operation of modal and intermodal freight facilities. Impact of goods movement on the multi-modal transportation system. Role of privately owned and operated goods movement on public sector transportation operations, management, and decision making. Communication of impacts.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3604 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4804 - Professional and Legal Issues in Civil Engineering (3 credits) 
An overview of civil engineering professional practice, including business etiquette, professional development, leadership, and lifelong learning. Emphasizes the importance of registration for civil engineers. Compares and contrasts common project delivery methods, processes, key players, and management topics for the design and construction industry. Incorporates analyses of legal and ethical aspects of civil engineering practice. Analyzes contemporary issues and public policies that impact the civil engineering profession, and the impacts of civil engineering solutions on society. Emphasizes effective written, oral, and visual professional communication for the civil engineering professional. For Pathways Advanced Discourse credit, must complete combination of CEE 2804, CEE 3304, CEE 4804
Prerequisite(s): CEE 2804 
Corequisite(s): CEE 3304 
Pathway Concept Area(s): 1A Discourse Advanced, 10 Ethical Reasoning 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4824 - Introduction to Forensic Engineering (3 credits) 
Basic processes in engineering failure investigations: response, data gathering, testing, modeling, and reporting. Origins of natural and man-made disasters, role of building codes and material specifications, standard of care, ethical standards and legal issues as related to forensic engineering. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4824 and CEE 5450.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3684 and ESM 2204 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4844 - Building Information Modeling and Integrated Practices (3 credits) 
Introduction to Building Information Modeling (BIM). Architectural modeling, custom parametric object creation, virtual structural modeling. Constructability and construction management analysis. Reality capturing technologies. Virtual reality and immersive virtual environments. Contemporary topics and new directions for BIM technologies. Pre: Senior Standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4854 - Machine Learning Applications in Civil and Environmental Engineering (3 credits) 
Solution of practical problems in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) using machine learning (ML). Fundamental concepts and challenges to using ML in CEE. Preparation of project data, creation, and training of supervised learning models. Evaluation of model performance. Introduction to unsupervised learning and deep learning.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 3814 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 4974 - Independent Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
CEE 4984 - Special Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
CEE 4994 - Undergraduate Research (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
CEE 4994H - Undergraduate Research (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
CEE 5004 - Adaptive Reuse and Redevelopment (3 credits) 
Principles and practices for adaptive reuse and redevelopment. Value capture and creation from obsolete and underperforming infrastructure systems and facilities. Life cycle cost considerations with a focus on end of useful life decisions. Strategies for circular economic thinking and triple bottom line metrics. Risk assessment and regulatory constraints for adaptive reuse, brownfield redevelopment, and changing societal and environmental demands. Construction technologies and project management for integrated design, modular construction, and future reuse and disassembly. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5014 - Facility Delivery & Financing (3 credits) 
Delivery and financing of constructed facilities with an emphasis upon civil infrastructure systems. Design of project delivery systems to encourage best value, innovation, and private sector participation. Public-private partnership strategies and factors that contribute to success or failure. Fundamentals of project feasibility, evaluation, and finance. Case studies of large-scale infrastructure projects. Pre-requisite: Graduate Standing required
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5020 - Infrastructure Policy (3 credits) 
Infrastructure policy and briefs. Policy implications for civil infrastructure. Community empowerment challenges of fair housing, climate change, urbanization, environmental justice. Communication in socio-technical infrastructure systems. Community engagement with policy makers. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5024 - Contract Administration and Claims Resolution (3 credits) 
This course provides students with a knowledge of the different types of contracts used in civil engineering construction. Contracts are viewed as documents which assign responsibilities and allocate risks and emphasis is placed on contract administration as the first step in reducing costs and easing the burden of dispute resolution. Techniques for quantifying and resolving claims are studied.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5034 - Smart Sustainable Infrastructure (3 credits) 
Challenges and barriers to sustainable infrastructure. Effects of a changing planet and society on infrastructure. Technology and data use for engineering. Infrastructure data interpretation. Data-driven engineering solutions. Merit and appropriateness of engineering solutions. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4034 and CEE 5034. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5054 - Project Control of Built Infrastructure (3 credits) 
Advanced construction project modeling for control of infrastructure development. Engineering control theory application to construction. Construction contract risk. Theories, tools, and methods to monitor and forecast performance. Performance deficit analysis. Performance problem solution design. Construction productivity. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5060 - Built Environment Information Modeling and Processing (3 credits) 
Introduction to technologies that enable virtual modeling and processing of the infrastructure project life cycle. Introduction to theory and application of Building and Civil Information Modeling (BIM and CIM), and their integrated practices for the architectural, engineering and construction industries. Pre: Graduate Standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5064 - Construction Project Dynamics (3 credits) 
Dynamic characteristics of built infrastructure projects. Modeling built infrastructure development behaviors with behavior-over-time-graphs. Modeling accumulations, feedback, information, and non-linear relations in built infrastructure development projects with stock and flow, causal loop diagrams, and system structure models. Formal simulation model development and application for system and operating policy design and testing. Managing performance deficits and rework. Subcontracting traps. Ripple effects and tipping points in projects. System dynamics modeling methodology. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5074 - Global Virtual Design and Construction (3 credits) 
Fundamental aspects of modern civil engineering project execution in virtual workspaces. Participation in team-based virtual design and construction project involving students from other domestic and international universities. Design of organizational and task model, integration with design and cost models, identification of interventions that improve scheduling. Strengthened ability to work collaboratively with individuals from different countries/cultures. Both theory and practice emphasized. Pre: Graduate Standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5080 - Infrastructure Asset Management (3 credits) 
Comprehensive systems approach to civil infrastructure system and strategic-level asset management with emphasis on municipal, highway, building, dam, and bridge infrastructure. Course will cover various aspects of strategic-level infrastructure asset management: systems thinking, needs assessment, information technology and GIS data management, risk and reliability engineering, multi-criteria decision making process, infrastructure sustainability and resiliency, and renewal engineering (repair, rehabilitation, and replacement). Graduate Standing required.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5084 - Information Technology for Infrastructure and Environment Systems (3 credits) 
With the acceleration of the process of global revolution in science, engineering and technology led by information technology, the human society is in a gradual transition from an industrial society into an information society. As a new productivity with the greatest potential at the present age, information technology has undergone great development. The incessant innovation in technology has also urged people to make better use of it and apply advanced information technology to their own industry. In recent years, Information Technology (IT) and Cyber Infrastructure has been transforming engineering and business practices in many sectors, resulting in efficiency gains and improved services for the client. The infrastructure industry has been slow to utilize information technology effectively and slower still to grasp the ways in which the multitude of design, calculation, specification, project management, asset management, sensor technology, database and data analysis software applications relate to each other. This course provides an overview of the range of Information Technology (IT) applications available to the civil and environmental professional throughout the life cycle of a project, from data collection and analysis through software, project management, environmental impact analysis, visualization, and infrastructure asset management. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5104 - Environmental Chemistry (3 credits) 
Applied, environmental aspects of physical, organic, and inorganic chemistry; including applications in sanitary engineering of the phenomena of precipitation, complexation, buffering capacity, and chemical equilibria. Review of the nomenclature and properties of organic compounds.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5114 - Advanced Environmental Sustainability - A Systems Approach (3 credits) 
Advanced quantitative methods to evaluate environmental sustainability using a systems approach. Sustainability assessment frameworks, indicators of sustainable development, green-house gas emissions, renewable energy systems, whole-system design, economic systems and input- output techniques, system dynamics models, emergence and agent-based models. Emerging sustainability topics. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4134 and CEE 5114. Pre: Graduate Standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5120 - Emerging Tools for Environmental Field Research (3 credits) 
Development and use of custom measurement tools using microcontrollers, low-cost sensors, and emerging technologies. Evaluation of the capabilities, limitations, and specifications of sensors. Design and execution of real-world environmental research with low-cost environmental sensing technologies. Acquisition interpretation of analog and digital data from an environmental sensor. Troubleshooting a circuit and instrument. Design, construction, and use of a prototype instrument. Experimental design for real-world field research. Propose, evaluate and optimize a prototype instrument. Pre: Graduate Standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5125 - Environmental Engineering Design (3 credits) 
5125: Design of wastewater treatment facilities for the reduction and elimination of organic and inorganic pollutants; 5126: Design of water treatment facilities for the production of potable waters from surface and groundwater systems. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5126 - Environmental Engineering Design (3 credits) 
5125: Design of wastewater treatment facilities for the reduction and elimination of organic and inorganic pollutants; 5126: Design of water treatment facilities for the production of potable waters from surface and groundwater systems.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5130 - Turbulence and Turbulent Flows (3 credits) 
Nature and origin of turbulence, turbulent transport of momentum and heat, the dynamics of turbulence, statistical description of turbulence and spectral analysis. Examples of turbulent flows, boundary layers.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
Course Crosslist: ESM 5554 
CEE 5140 - Pollutant Fate and Transport in the Environment (3 credits) 
Introduction to pollutant fate and transport in the environment. Dimensional analysis, derivation and solution of mass conservation equations and age conservation equations by superposition, separation of variables, and Laplace and Fourier transforms. Coupled transport and reaction. Application of models to real-world problems, parameter inference and statistical approaches for model evaluation. Pre: Graduate Standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5144 - Unit Operations and Processes Laboratory (3 credits) 
Applied science aspects of water and waste treatment; advanced research techniques in analysis and treatment of water and wastes.
Prerequisite(s): (CEE 5125 or CEE 5126) or (CEE 5125 or CEE 5126) 
Instructional Contact Hours: (1 Lec, 6 Lab, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5150 - Atmospheric Chemistry (3 credits) 
Fundamental physical and chemical systems in the atmosphere. Chemical reactions between atmospheric constituents. Chemical processes that form, transform, and remove pollutants in the atmosphere. Structure and composition of the atmosphere. Oxidation of natural and anthropogenic emissions. Aqueous and organic aerosol chemistry. Interactions between gases and particles. Human influence on atmospheric processes. Pre: Graduate Standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5160 - Atmospheric Modeling (3 credits) 
Dynamical meteorology, atmospheric physics, air-surface interactions, radiation, clouds, gas chemistry, and aerosols. Numerical techniques, fundamental equations and computational methods. Application and evaluation of atmospheric models. Weather prediction, air pollution, climate change. Pre: Graduate Standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5164 - Environmental Biotechnology (3 credits) 
Introduction to environmental biotechnologies for wastewater treatment. Fundamentals of environmental microbiology. Engineering principles for applying biotechnology to address environmental pollution control. Advanced biotechnologies, membrane bioreactors, and algal bioreactors. Sustainable environmental remediation and protection. Pre: Graduate Standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5174 - Applied Analytics for Environmental Science and Civil Engineering (3 credits) 
Programing in multiple languages. Control structures for curating and manipulating data, user defined functions, implementation of data analysis packages, generation of publication quality graphics. Probability distributions, parametric and nonparametric bootstrapping. Nonparametric confidence bounds and prediction intervals for simple, multiple and generalized linear regression. Multivariate techniques including cluster analysis, classification and regression trees, principal component analysis, correspondence analysis, redundancy analysis, canonical correspondence analysis. Application to environmental science and engineering datasets. Pre: Graduate Standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5184 - Techniques for Environmental Analysis (3 credits) 
An introductory course on techniques commonly utilized for analysis of environmental samples. Course will discuss gas and liquid chromatrography, mass spectrometry, and atomic absorption spectroscopy, focusing on analysis of complex environmental samples. Practical techniques and applications are emphasized, but sufficient theory is introduced to provide students with an understanding of the principles involved.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5194 - Environmental Engineering Microbiology (3 credits) 
Roles of microorganisms in wastewater treatment, anaerobic digestion of municipal sludges, stream self-purification, and degradation of water quality in drinking-water systems. Disinfection of wastewater and drinking water to remove viruses, bacteria, and protozoa that cause waterborne disease.
Instructional Contact Hours: (2 Lec, 3 Lab, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5204 - Gis Applications in Civil Engineering (3 credits) 
Examination of data structures used in geographic information systems. Map projections and coordinate systems used in mapping. Database creation, maintenance, and integrity. Applications of GIS methods for solving civil engineering problems in land management and related areas.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5234 - Topics in Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (3 credits) 
Contemporary advanced topics in the field of water resources and coastal engineering. Topics may include, but are not limited to, sustainable water systems, applied mechanics, modeling of water flows, data analytics, field methods, and professional development. May be repeated 2 times with different content for a maximum of 9 credit hours. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
Repeatability: up to 9 credit hours 
CEE 5244 - Advanced GIS in Hydrologic Analysis (3 credits) 
Advanced GIS course focusing on raster analysis with particular application to the issues associated with hydrologic analysis. Application and evaluation of algorithms for terrain analysis, watershed characterization, and hydrologic analysis and modeling as implemented in GIS. Digital elevation data sources and error assessment. Approaches to GIS/model integration and application. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4364 and CEE 5244.
Prerequisite(s): BSE 4344 or CEE 5204 or GEOG 4084 and BSE 3305 or CEE 4304 
Instructional Contact Hours: (2 Lec, 3 Lab, 3 Crd) 
Course Crosslist: BSE 5244 
CEE 5254 - Municipal Engineering (3 credits) 
Field of municipal engineering. Infrastructure, capital projects, financing, sustainability, disaster planning and response, and municipal plan review techniques. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5264 - Sustainable Land Development (3 credits) 
Contemporary techniques for developing land while maintaining a focus on long-term sustainability. Smart location and linkage, neighborhood pattern and design, conceptual design, stormwater strategies, green buildings and energy. Development standards such as Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) and Envision. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4264 and CEE 5264. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5264G - Advanced Air resources Engineering (3 credits) 
Effects, regulation, sources, and control of air pollution. Application of engineering calculations and models to estimate emissions, predict pollutant concentrations, and design pollution control equipment. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4144 and CEE 5264G.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5274 - Land Development Design Projects (3 credits) 
Analysis of land development projects. Land development industry,government policies and regulations, legal topics, engineering design, and construction practices. Site feasibility analysis, site planning, environmental compliance, conceptual layout, and ADA compliance. Design of major infrastructure systems. Use of computer aided drafting and design software. Design project. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4274 and CEE 5274. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5304 - Environmental Fluid Mechanics (3 credits) 
The first part of the course will be devoted to basic concepts and equations of fluid motion. The remainder of the course will be concerned with the theory of incompressible viscous and inviscid fluids. Selected applications will be drawn from environmental and water resources topics. Graduate standing required.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5314 - River Mechanics and Sediment Transport (3 credits) 
Sediment properties; critical stress; bed-form regimes in alluvial streams; depth-discharge relations for rivers; bed load and suspended load movement; river stability; flow in bends; river training. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5334 - Analysis of Water Resources Systems (3 credits) 
Introduction to quantitative hydrology. Diverse computational aspects within watersheds. Methods and models used to examine components of hydrologic cycle. Risk analysis and statistical probability in hydrology. Comprehensive models for watershed management and urban hydrology. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4304 and CEE 5334. Pre: Graduate Standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5364 - Compound Flood Hazard Modeling (3 credits) 
Concepts of flood types, flood processes, and compound flood hazards in urban settings and natural ecosystems. Statistical methods such as univariate and bivariate approaches for estimating flood frequency and return period events. Guidelines for developing hydrodynamic models considering synergistic pluvial, fluvial, and coastal flood drivers. Procedures for designing compound flood hazard scenarios and identifying suitable flood management strategies. Data visualization tools to assess compound flood hazards. Pre: Graduate standing
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5374 - Dynamics Groundwater (3 credits) 
The theory of dynamics of fluids in porous media; fluid and matrix properties; transport equations; boundary and initial value problems; flow of immiscible fluids; dispersion. Pre: Graduate Standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5384 - Advanced Open Channel Flow (3 credits) 
Advanced treatment of the mechanics of open channel flow, including uniform flow, gradually varied flow, channel transitions, and unsteady flow. Independent research project. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4324 and CEE 5384. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5390 - Advanced Urban Water Sustainability (3 credits) 
Climate change and the supply of freshwater. Coupled socio-hydrologic feedback loops (systems dynamics models) and implications for water systems resilience. Urban water transitions theory and the evolution of water systems through time. Water productivity. Stormwater capture and reuse, green stormwater infrastructure, and ecosystem services. Decentralized water and wastewater treatment systems. Emphasis is placed on the social (equity), environmental, and technological context in which urban water systems operate. Advanced statistical computing is used to quantitatively explore urban water systems challenges. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4394 and CEE 5390. Pre: Graduate Standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5400 - Design of Prestressed Concrete (3 credits) 
Principles of prestressing applied to single and multiple span concrete beams, beams with composite slabs, and two-way slabs. Design of individual elements of prestressed concrete for allowable stresses, flexural strength and shear that satisfy industry standards. Pre: Graduate Standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5404 - Structural Wind Engineering (3 credits) 
Wind loads and their effects on buildings and bridges. Application of wind load provisions in codes and standards. Bluff-body aerodynamics. Wind tunnel tests. Computational fluid dynamics and full-scale measurements to quantify wind loads. Application of limit states to design problems. Wind hazard, damage, and risk. Performance-based wind engineering. Damping systems. Pre: Graduate Standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5410 - Intermediate Reinforced Concrete Structures (3 credits) 
Behavior and design of reinforced concrete structures subjected to gravity and lateral loads. Moment-curvature relationships for reinforced concrete beams with and without confinement. Collapse mechanisms and redistribution in continuous members. Development length, slender columns, two-way floor systems, and combined shear and torsion. Pre: Graduate Standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5414 - Finite Element Analysis of Structures (3 credits) 
Formulation of the finite element method and application to skeletal, plate, and shell structures. Study of mesh layout and refinement, convergence characteristics, and solution accuracy. Tests of element quality. Use of commercial finite element codes such as ABAQUS.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5420 - Computer Methods of Structural Analysis (3 credits) 
Formulation of the matrix displacement method in a form suitable for program development. Application to trusses, continuous beams, grids, and frames. Incorporation of special features such as constraints, rigid ends, internal releases, and support settlements. Initiation and modification of existing programs on the personal computer. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5430 - Intermediate Design of Steel Buildings (3 credits) 
Design of major components in steel-framed buildings, including composite beams and slabs, beam-columns, and moment connections. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5440 - Instrumentation and Signal Processing for Civil Engineering Applications (3 credits) 
Fundamental operating principles and implementation guidelines for instrumentation in civil engineering. Measurements for strain and load, acceleration, temperature, pressure. Data acquisition and signal processing concepts, sampling, filtering, and frequency domain analysis. Statistics, uncertainty analysis, and experimental methods applied to sensor measurements. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5450 - Forensic Struct Engineering (3 credits) 
Cultural and technical basis for concepts of risk and failure, formal approaches to failure investigation, origins of natural and man-made disasters, the role of building codes, standard of care, ethical standards, community resiliency, and legal issues as related to forensic structural engineering. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4824 and CEE 5450. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5454 - Blast Resistant Design of Structures (3 credits) 
Explosion sources and blast waves. Computation of blast load parameters. Single degree of freedom dynamic analysis of blast loaded components. Material behavior at high strain rates. Protective design and detailing of concrete and steel structures and non-structural components. Retrofitting and hardening of existing structures. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5460 - Topics in Structural Mechanics (3 credits) 
Advanced topics in the field of structural mechanics with an emphasis on model development and evaluation. Topics may include, but are not to limited to, analytical and numerical solutions of structural mechanics problems, the use of energy methods for approximate solutions, dynamic behavior, and elastic stability. May be repeated 2 times with different content for a maximum of 9 credit hours. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
Repeatability: up to 9 credit hours 
CEE 5464 - Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (3 credits) 
Earthquake-induced vibration of single- and multi-degree-of-freedom systems; application to frames and to shear and torsional buildings; response spectrum analysis; building codes; static and dynamic lateral force procedures; seismic resistance of steel and concrete building frames. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5470 - Structural Design for Seismic Load Effects (3 credits) 
Analysis and design of steel and reinforced concrete structures for seismic load effects. Fundamental principles of earthquake engineering, as rooted in seismic hazard analysis, inelastic behavior, and dynamic response. Application of these principles to the design and detailing of reinforced concrete and structural steel buildings. Building code requirements for seismic loading and seismic resistant design.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 5464 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5474 - Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design (3 credits) 
Limit design concepts, yield-line methods, seismic considerations, and other advanced topics related to design of reinforced concrete structures. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5484 - Concrete Microstructure (3 credits) 
Modern cement production. Composition and hydration mechanisms of concrete and other cementitious composites. Micro- and nanostructural development of fresh and hardened concrete. Effects of chemical admixtures, mineral fillers, and supplementary cementitious materials. Application of advanced characterization techniques to cement and concrete microstructure. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5490 - Structural Mechanics (3 credits) 
Mechanics of civil materials and structural components. Fundamentals of elasticity. Bending of beams, beam-columns, and thin plates. Energy methods for boundary value problems. Stability conditions. Failure criteria, introductory fracture mechanics, and plasticity theories. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5500 - Numerical Methods in Geotechnics (3 credits) 
Numerical modeling of geotechnical systems. Numerical methods in geotechnics. Finite element method, formulation of boundary value problems, principles of coupled hydromechanical analysis. Structure and use of finite element software.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5504 - Risk Analysis Geotechnical Engineering (3 credits) 
Methods for risk analysis of complex systems. Basic concepts of probability and reliability applied to geotechnical engineering problems. Geostatistics concepts. Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis and performance based design. Computational tools and simulation methods. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5514 - Soil Behavior (3 credits) 
Behavior of soil examined from a fundamental soil perspective. Review of methods of testing to define response; rationale for choosing shear strength and deformation parameters for soils for design applications. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5524 - Advanced Soil Testing for Engineering Purposes (3 credits) 
Methods of testing and analysis of soil for engineering properties including compressibility; strength in triaxial, simple, and direct shear; permeability; and stability. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (1 Lec, 6 Lab, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5534 - Foundation Engineering I (3 credits) 
Behavior and design of retaining walls and shallow foundations. Earth pressures, bearing capacity, and settlement. Stress distribution and consolidation theories. Settlement of shallow foundations. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5544 - Foundation Engineering II (3 credits) 
Behavior and design of anchored bulkheads, excavation bracing, driven piles, drilled piers and buried structures. Effects of pile driving. Response of deep foundations to vertical and horizontal loads.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 5534 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5554 - Soil and Site Improvement (3 credits) 
Methods of soil and site improvement including design techniques for dewatering systems, grouting, reinforced earth, in-situ densification, stone columns, slurry trenches, and the use of geotextiles. Construction techniques for each system are described. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5564 - Seepage and Earth Structures (3 credits) 
Soil permeability and seepage through soils. Embankment design. Compaction, earth pressures and pressures in embankments. Slope stability analysis. Settlements and horizontal movements in embankments. Landslide stabilization.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 5514 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5584 - Geotechnical Aspects of Earthquake Engineering (3 credits) 
Causative mechanisms of earthquake, earthquake magnitudes, ground motion, effect of local soil conditions on motions. Response of soils to seismic loading, liquefaction phenomena and analysis of pore pressure development, laboratory and in-situ testing for seismic loading. Analysis and design of slopes, embankments, foundations, and earth retaining structures for seismic loading. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5594 - Geological Engineering (3 credits) 
Mechanical and hydraulic properties of rock masses; analysis and design of rock foundations, slopes, tunnels, and other forms of civil infrastructure; rock reinforcement. Pre: Graduate Standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 0 Lab, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5600 - Transportation Systems Analysis (3 credits) 
Transportation systems analysis, probabilistic analysis of transportation systems, demand modeling, optimizing transportation systems by mathematical programming to improve design and operation. Pre: Graduate standing
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5604 - Traffic Characteristics and Flow (3 credits) 
Driver, vehicle, and roadway characteristics; stochastic modeling of traffic processes including queueing theory, headway distributions, and gap acceptance; stream flow characteristics including car-following and multilane traffic models, roadway capacity and bottleneck analysis, network operations, and fuel consumption models. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (2 Lec, 3 Lab, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5610 - Advanced Mechanics of Composite Materials (3 credits) 
Introduction to the deformation, stress, and strength analysis of continuous-fiber-polymer-matrix laminated composites. Fabrication, micromechanics of stiffness and expansional coefficients, classical lamination theory. Environmentally induced stresses. Computerized implementation and design. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
Course Crosslist: ESM 5044G 
CEE 5614 - Analysis of Air Transportation Systems (3 credits) 
Planning, design and operation of aviation systems with computer aided design tools and computer simulation models. Airline airport operations and practices and their effect in airport planning and design. Air cargo facilities planning and modeling. State-of-the-art computer simulation models used in aviation environmental planning and airspace modeling. Graduate standing in CE required.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5624 - Transportation and Land Use (3 credits) 
Interaction between transportation and land use variables, including modeling requirements, impacts, and data needs within the context of good community planning and economic development; elements of transportation and land use that shape the quality of life in urban areas. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4624 and CEE 5624. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5634 - Analysis and Planning of Mass Transit Systems (3 credits) 
An overview of mass transit systems; transit system planning including demand and cost analysis and evaluation; transit system design including route design, scheduling, and fare policy; transit networks and marketing; para transit systems; future trends in mass transit. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5640 - Highway Transportation Safety (3 credits) 
Identification of highway safety problems and development of solutions. User characteristics and expectations, road audits, roadside hardware systems, safety enhancing treatments, standard traffic control devices, real-time information and control systems, work zone and railroad crossing treatments, older driver design concepts, traffic calming, designs for pedestrians and bikes, delineation and lighting principles, and advanced 3D/4D design concepts. Group and individual analyses of problems. Pre: Graduate standing in engineering is required.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5644 - Topics in Transportation Systems Engineering (3 credits) 
Contemporary advanced topics in the field of transportation systems engineering. Topics may include, but are not limited to, traffic characteristics and flow; public transportation systems; highway safety; freight operations and planning; data analytics; field methods; and professional development. May be repeated two times with different content for a maximum of 9 credit hours. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
Repeatability: up to 9 credit hours 
CEE 5650 - Freight Operations & Planning (3 credits) 
Introduction to the operation of modal and intermodal freight facilities and operation. Types of freight movement and handling equipment, freight planning methods, and research. Freight as a multi-modal transportation system. Role of privately owned and operated freight movement on public sector transportation operations and decision making. Communication of impacts of freight movement. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5654 - Critical Issues in Transportation (3 credits) 
Technological, societal, economic, political, environmental, health, and energy effects on planning, design, operation, and management of the transportation system. Modeling of complex interactions and causal relationships among current issues. Principles of optimization for design and operation of the five basic elements of transportation (vehicles, networks, terminals, controls, and system administration). Problem definition, objectives identification, model development, alternatives generation and evaluation, and reasoning process for transportation investment. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5664 - Advanced Concrete Materials (3 credits) 
Fundamental properties of portland cement concretes. Concrete mixture design procedures. Testing of fresh and hardened properties of concrete. Durability and degradation mechanisms. Condition assessments, forensic materials engineering, and repair strategies. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4614 and CEE 5664. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5694 - Traffic Signal System Operation and Control (3 credits) 
Traffic signal system control, with emphasis in arterial operation. Signal system design and operations, traffic simulation techniques, advanced traffic control strategies, and incorporation of surface street systems into Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Hands on experience in signal system software and hardware. Graduate standing required.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5704 - Drinking Water & Health (3 credits) 
Drinking water contamination and associated health outcomes. Programs to improve safe water access. Viral, bacterial, protozoal, and helminthic pathogens. Heavy metals, pesticides, and other contaminants. Drinking water treatment and supply in rural areas. Study designs for health outcome assessment. Field-based intervention trials. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
Course Crosslist: PHS 5704 
CEE 5714 - Surface Water Quality Modeling (3 credits) 
Use, analysis, and development of water quality models for lakes, rivers, and estuaries. Emphasis on model calibration, verification, and post-audit analysis. Lab portion will develop and apply a eutrophication model for an estuary using existing data.
Instructional Contact Hours: (2 Lec, 2 Lab, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5724 - Environmental Monitoring and Sampling (3 credits) 
Experimental design and sampling techniques for environmental analysis, including environmental monitoring techniques and statistical principles for planning monitoring locations and frequencies at environmental sites such as landfills, rivers, lakes, and the atmosphere. Development of monitoring strategy; examination of sampling techniques for various sample types.
Corequisite(s): CEE 5104 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5744 - Topics in Structural Steel Design (3 credits) 
Calculation of stresses in steel members. Overall-local buckling interaction. Design of singly symmetrical and unsymmetrical columns and topics on flexural design, design of plate girders, bracing design, and design of framing connections. Pre: Graduate standing
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5754 - Pavement and Bridge Infrastructure Management Systems (3 credits) 
Management concepts used in civil infrastructure; planning, design, construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation of bridge and highway systems. Prioritization, optimization, and decision-making techniques. Life-cycle-cost prediction. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5764 - Asphalt Technology (3 credits) 
Origin, types and properties of bituminous materials and their use in civil engineering. Asphalt rheology. Theory behind technological processes and procedures for hot-mix asphalt including design philosophy, performance, and durability. Modern construction with bituminous materials; special mixtures, recycling, and additives. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (2 Lec, 3 Lab, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5784 - Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure (3 credits) 
Advanced tools and approaches for supporting more sustainable transportation infrastructure investment decisions by balancing technical, economic, environmental, and social objectives. Selection of sustainable materials, systems and management approaches. Mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Cost and environmental life-cycle assessment methods and tools pertaining to transportation systems. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5794 - Environmental Engineering Principles (3 credits) 
Examines the basic physical, chemical, and microbiological principles that provide the foundation for environmental engineering. Illustrates how these principles are applied to solve a wide range of environmental problems. Pre: Graduate standing.
Corequisite(s): CEE 5104 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5804 - Engineering Ethics and the Public (3 credits) 
Moral obligations of engineers and scientists toward the publics they serve; responsible conduct of research; responsible conduct of practice; the responsibilities and risks of witnessing wrongdoing; the value of non-expert knowledge claims and the importance of listening to public stakeholders. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5834 - Asphalt & Pavement Modeling (3 credits) 
Characterization of asphaltic concrete microstructure. Relations to macroscopic properties. Pavement performance modeling. Pre: Graduate Standing
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5854 - Topics in Transportation Infrastructure Engineering (3 credits) 
Contemporary advanced topics in the field of transportation infrastructure engineering. Topics may include, but are not limited to, Concrete Microstructure, Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure, Asphalt and Pavement Modeling, Infrastructure Health Monitoring, Transportation Geotechnics, and Professional Development. May be repeated 2 times with different content for a maximum of 9 credit hours. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4384 and CEE 5854. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
Repeatability: up to 9 credit hours 
CEE 5854G - Advanced Coastal Engineering (3 credits) 
Basic wave mechanics principles, surf-zone processes, littoral and sediment processes, shoreline features, astronomical tides, coastal hazards, and functional design of coastal structures. Field trips. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5874 - Coastal and Marine Geotechnics (3 credits) 
Geotechnical aspects of coastal and marine engineering. The coastal zone as a working environment. Geotechnical properties of beach and seafloor sediments, methods and processes for subaqueous and coastal site investigations, complementary techniques for investigation. In-situ survey strategies, planning and management. Course credit will not be awarded for both CEE 4564 and CEE 5874. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5884 - Legal Aspects of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering (3 credits) 
Analysis of relevant federal and state law (commercial law, contracts law, environmental law) in application to the design and construction of civil and/or environmental engineering projects, as well as water and wastewater treatment and management. Professional liability, risk management and environmental regulatory compliance issues. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5894 - Final Examination (3 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 5904 - Project and Report (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
CEE 5944 - Seminar (1 credit) 
Review and discussion of current literature, research, and consulting activities by student, faculty, and guest speakers.
Instructional Contact Hours: (1 Lec, 1 Crd) 
CEE 5974 - Independent Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
CEE 5984 - Special Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
CEE 5994 - Research and Thesis (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
CEE 6104 - Advanced Environmental Chemistry (2 credits) 
Advanced theories and practices in environmental engineering with special emphasis on inorganic aspects of water chemistry; application of water chemistry fundamentals for the description of aquatic systems. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (2 Lec, 2 Crd) 
CEE 6414 - Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis for Solids and Stuctures (3 credits) 
Nonlinearities encountered in solid and structural mechanics. Finite element formulation of nonlinear truss and beam problems. Nonlinear solid mechanics and plasticity theory. Algorithmic implementation of elasto-plastic constitutive models. Implicit and explicit solution procedures for finite element analysis of nonlinear static and dynamic problems.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 5414 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 6424 - Advanced Prestressed Concrete (3 credits) 
Behavior and design of prestressed slabs, bridges, and precast building systems. Continuous prestressing; load-balancing method for slabs; torsion and shear; connections for precast members; partial prestressing. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 6434 - Advanced Steel Design (3 credits) 
Advanced topics of current interest in structural steel design research as given by recent publications and informal reports. In-depth study of selected projects. May be repeated. 12 credits of 5000-level courses in structures or solid mechanics required. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 6464 - Advanced Earthquake Engineering (3 credits) 
Characteristics of earthquake motions; seismic risk analysis; design inputs -- response spectra and spectral density function; multi-degree-of-freedom classically and non-classically damped linear and nonlinear structures; spatial variation of ground motion and multiple support excitations of large structures; structure-soil interaction analysis; floor response spectra, nonstructural components, and secondary systems; passive and active structural control -- base isolation, energy dissipation devices, active and semi-active devices; elevators and rotating machines.
Prerequisite(s): ESM 5464 or CEE 5464 or ESM 5304 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
Course Crosslist: ESM 6464 
CEE 6504 - Introduction to Constitutive Modeling of Soil (3 credits) 
Review of mathematical theory, continuum mechanics of solids, and the fundamentals of elasticity and plasticity as applied to earth materials. Elastic constitutive laws, with emphasis on non-linear elasticity models for geomaterials; geomechanical plastic constitutive laws; plasticity collapse theorems applied to analyzing geotechnical structures.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 5514 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 6514 - Dynamics of Soils and Foundations (3 credits) 
Principles of the dynamics of soils and foundations. Seismic waves. Non-linear dynamic soil behavior and vibrations. Dynamic-soil-structure interaction. Impedance functions and machine foundation design.
Prerequisite(s): CEE 5584 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
CEE 6984 - Special Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
CEE 7994 - Research and Dissertation (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course