Course Index: Civil and Environmental Engineering

CIVILENG 2120 3 credits Civil Engineering Computer Applications: Engineering problem solution using spreadsheets, MathCAD, and Civil 3D. Spreadsheet and MathCAD applications including graphing, curve fitting, interpolation, modeling, solving linear and non-linear equations, matrix methods, simultaneous equations, etc. Civil 3D applications include creation of topographic maps and determination of earthwork volumes. (Fall, Spring); Components: Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: MATH 2640; C: CIVILENG 2630
CIVILENG 2630 3 credits Elements of Surveying: General use and care of surveying instruments; elevation determination, horizontal positioning, coordinate systems, topographic and construction surveys, introduction to boundary surveys, horizontal and vertical curves. (Fall, Spring); Components: Laboratory, Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: GENENG 1320 or INDUSTDY 1230; C: MATH 2530 or 2640
CIVILENG 2950 2 credits Civil and Environmental Engineering Cooperative Education: Work experience in industry under the direction and jurisdiction of the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science. Credits do not fulfill any graduation requirements. (Fall, Spring, Summer); Components: Field Studies; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: Sophomore standing and a cumulative GPA of 2.50
CIVILENG 2960 2 credits Civil Engineering Cooperative Education: Work experience in industry under the direction and jurisdiction of the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science. Credits do not fulfill any graduation requirements. (Fall, Spring, Summer); Components: Field Studies; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: Sophomore standing and a cumulative GPA of 2.50
CIVILENG 2970 1 credit Civil Engineering Internship: Work experience in industry under the direction of the Cooperative Education Office of the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science. Note: This program is separate and distinct from the Cooperative Education Program and is principally designed to cover the summer vacation period. Credits do not fulfill any graduation requirements. Department consent required. (Summer); Components: Field Studies
CIVILENG 3020 3 credits Construction Engineering: Contracts, specifications, legal aspects and associated liabilities of construction documents, site management and planning, introduction to project scheduling and cost estimating, CPM, earthwork calculations and cross sections. (Fall, Spring); Components: Laboratory, Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: (CIVILENG 2120 or COMPUTER 1830) and CIVILENG 2630
CIVILENG 3030 3 credits Construction Materials: Fundamentals of engineering materials; analysis of aggregate and blending techniques; influences of aggregate mineralogy; analytical instrumentation and testing; introduction to portland cement chemistry; theory and design of portland cement concrete mixtures; bituminous materials and mixes; influences of mix properties on pavement durability. Construction material design projects. (Fall, Spring); Components: Laboratory, Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 2120; C: GENENG 2340
CIVILENG 3100 4 credits Structural Mechanics: Design loads; stability and determinacy of trusses, beams and frames; member forces and deflection of statically determinate trusses; shear and moment diagrams, slopes and deflections of statically determinate beams and frames; influence lines and moving loads; force methods of indeterminate trusses, beams and frames; displacement methods of indeterminate beams and frames; approximate methods of indeterminate structures; computers in structural analysis. (Fall, Spring); Components: Laboratory, Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: GENENG 2340 and CIVILENG 2120
CIVILENG 3150 3 credits Reinforced Concrete Design: Design of reinforced concrete flexural members with consideration of shear, torsion deflection and excessive cracking. Design of short compression members. Computer analysis of statically indeterminate structures; introduction to pre-stressed concrete and composite construction. (Fall, Spring); Components: Discussion, Laboratory, Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 3100 and CIVILENG 3030
CIVILENG 3300 4 credits Fluid Mechanics: Fluid properties, statics, ideal and real fluid flow, energy, continuity and momentum equations, laminar and turbulent flow in closed conduits, free surface flow. (Fall, Spring); Components: Laboratory, Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 2120; C: MATH 2840
CIVILENG 3340 4 credits Environmental Engineering: Water, air and soil chemistry; toxicity and risk; watershed analysis; mass balance analysis; groundwater hydrology; water and wastewater treatment; surface water quality; solid and hazardous waste management; air pollution control. (Fall, Spring); Components: Laboratory, Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CHEMSTRY 1450 and CIVILENG 2120 or COMPUTER 1830
CIVILENG 3530 3 credits Transportation Engineering: Introductory overview of transportation systems with emphasis on the highway mode of transportation. Topics include fundamentals of transportation economics, land-use and transportation interaction, elements of transportation planning, traffic operations, concepts of highway locations and geometric design and introduction to flexible and rigid pavement systems. (Fall, Spring); Components: Laboratory, Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 2120 and CIVILENG 2630
CIVILENG 3730 3 credits Geotechnical Engineering I: Exploration and classification of soils; index properties; effective stress; shear strength; water in soils; earth pressure; introduction to foundation design. (Fall, Spring); Components: Laboratory, Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: GENENG 2340 and CIVILENG 2120
CIVILENG 3950 2 credits Civil and Environmental Engineering Cooperative Education: Work experience in industry under the direction and jurisdiction of the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science. Credits do not fulfill any graduation requirements. (Fall, Spring, Summer); Components: Field Studies; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: Junior standing
CIVILENG 3960 2 credits Civil and Environmental Engineering Cooperative Education: Work experience in industry under the direction and jurisdiction of the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science. Credits do not fulfill any graduation requirements. (Fall, Spring, Summer); Components: Field Studies; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: Junior standing
CIVILENG 3970 1 credit Civil and Environmental Engineering Internship: Work experience in industry under the direction of the Cooperative Education Office of the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science. Note: This program is separate and distinct from the Cooperative Education Program and is principally designed to cover the summer vacation period. Credits do not fulfill any graduation requirement. (Fall, Spring, Summer); Components: Field Studies
CIVILENG 4020 3 credits Construction Estimates and Costs: Methods of estimating, extending and pricing; use of blue prints, specifications and commercial cost sheets to bid a complete project; scheduling and pricing of labor. (Spring); Components: Laboratory, Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 3020 or INDUSTDY 2540
CIVILENG 4030 2 credits Construction Equipment: Excavation methods and equipment; equipment costs; engineering fundamentals; analysis and design of equipment systems; drilling and blasting; material production and safety as they pertain to both heavy construction and surface mining methods. (Fall); Components: Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 3020 or INDUSTDY 2540
CIVILENG 4040 3 credits Construction and Professional Management: Construction management decision making; engineering economic comparisons, scheduling, bidding techniques, introduction to labor agreements, safety and QA/QC. (Spring); Components: Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 3020 or INDUSTDY 2540; C: MATH 4030
CIVILENG 4100 3 credits Computer Analysis of Structures: Finite element theory and application with beam, truss and place elements. Introduction to engineering programming with Visual Basic and MATLAB, optimization, reliability, numerical integration, and eigen analysis for structural problems. (Fall); Components: Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 3100

CIVILENG 4160 3 credits Foundation Design: Bearing capacities and lateral earth pressures, design and computer application of shallow foundations, piles and caissons, retaining structures. (Fall); Components: Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 3730; C: CIVILENG 3150
CIVILENG 4230 3 credits Steel Design: Behavior and properties of structural steel, proportioning of members and connections, AISC-LRFD specifications. Integrated design project. (Spring); Components: Discussion, Laboratory, Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 3100
CIVILENG 4250 3 credits Wood Structures: Anisotropic properties of wood; wood connectors; solid wood members; beams, columns and beam columns; plywood; glulam beams and arches; integrated design project. (Spring); Components: Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 3100
CIVILENG 4300 3 credits Hydrology: Hydrologic cycle and data collection; rainfall-runoff relationships and models; statistical analysis of streamflow and precipitation measurements; runoff estimation using Rational, TR55 and USGS Regression methods and computer models; hydrograph analysis; detention pond and outlet structure design; culvert design and analysis; water surface profile analysis. (Spring); Components: Laboratory, Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 3300 and MATH 4030 or MATH 1830 and CIVILENG 3340
CIVILENG 4310 3 credits Groundwater Hydrology: The occurrence, movement and properties of groundwater. Principles of groundwater flow. Well hydraulics, saturated and unsaturated flow systems. Physical and chemical processes affecting behavior and transport of groundwater contaminants. Field methods of groundwater investigations. Groundwater modeling. Design of groundwater monitoring and remediation systems. (Fall); Components: Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 3300 or AGSCI 4350 or AGINDUS 3950 and GEOLOGY 3130 and CIVILENG 3340
CIVILENG 4330 3 credits Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering: Waste minimization; toxicology and risk; physico-chemical and biological process design; composting; solid waste landfill design; life cycle analysis; recycling; regulatory framework. (Spring); Components: Laboratory, Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 3340
CIVILENG 4400 3 credits Municipal Hydraulics: Population estimates, municipal water and wastewater quantities and requirements; design and analysis of municipal water distribution systems, storage reservoirs and pumping stations; design of stormwater and wastewater collection systems. Municipal open channel flow applications. (Fall); Components: Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 3300 and CIVILENG 3340
CIVILENG 4410 3 credits Wastewater and Drinking Water Treatment: Determination of sewage flowrates; water and wastewater characteristics; design of facilities for wastewater and drinking water treatment; residuals processing and management; advanced wastewater treatment and effluent disposal. (Spring); Components: Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 3340
CIVILENG 4440 3 credits Stormwater, Wetlands and Watershed Management: Function, quality and distribution of wetlands; wetland delineation, permitting, mitigation and construction. Urban stormwater quality and management; regulatory framework. Best management practices to treat and manage stormwater. Computer modeling of environmental systems and waste load allocation. (Fall); Components: Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 3340 and CIVILENG 4300
CIVILENG 4500 3 credits Highway Engineering: Comprehensive design of contemporary highway projects. Emphasis on improving utilization of existing facilities and creating efficient new facilities through transportation system management techniques. Consideration of geometric and intersection design and standards; earthwork computations; design of parking facilities; design of highway surface and subsurface drainage systems; environmental, mobility and community impacts as measures of effectiveness. (Fall); Components: Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 3530
CIVILENG 4520 3 credits Pavement Design and Analysis: Design methodologies for highway pavement structures; theoretical and applied aspects of flexible and rigid pavement design; soil conditions, base, sub-base and pavement materials; frost action; economic considerations. (Spring); Components: Laboratory, Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 3030, CIVILENG 3530 and CIVILENG 3730
CIVILENG 4550 3 credits Traffic Engineering: Elements of traffic engineering including road user, vehicle and roadway system; traffic flow theory; traffic studies and data collection; traffic control devices; principles of intersection signalization; capacity and level of service analysis for freeways, rural highways and intersections using state-of-the-art software for traffic operations and management. (Fall); Components: Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 3530; C: MATH 4030
CIVILENG 4560 2 credits Pavement Maintenance and Rehab: Evaluation of pavement distresses and the maintenance techniques used for their repair. Survey and evaluation methods, maintenance equipment and procedures, rehabilitation techniques and identification of the most cost-effective option. Maintenance management software will be used to evaluate options. Guest speakers will be used for selected topics. (Spring); Components: Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 3530 and CIVILENG 3030
CIVILENG 4630 3 credits Geographic Information Systems: Basic GIS concepts in cartography and digital mapping, geodetic data and control, map projections and coordinates, databases, topology, spatial queries/analysis, digital orthophotography, digital elevation models and applications. Use of state-of-the-art software and World Wide Web components for GIS. (Fall); Components: Laboratory, Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 2120 and CIVILENG 2630
CIVILENG 4640 3 credits Land Development and Planning: Comparison of common land development practices to low impact conservation subdivisions. Analysis of impacts of land development in terms of economic development, comprehensive planning (e.g. Smart Growth), environmental impacts and sustainability. Design of a subdivision, oral presentations, analysis of zoning and other ordinances. (Spring); Components: Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 4300
CIVILENG 4730 3 credits Geotechnical Engineering II: Review elements of soil mechanics; water in soil; slope stability; lateral earth pressures; sheet pile walls; geotextile applications; computer applications. (Spring); Components: Lecture; Prereqs/Coreqs: P: CIVILENG 3730
CIVILENG 4930 3 credits Civil and Environmental Engineering Design Project: Open-ended comprehensive design in student's area of specialization. Discussion and experience in project management, work as a team, written reports and presentations, computer aided design and ethics. (Fall, Spring); Components: Laboratory, Lecture
CIVILENG 4980 1 - 4 credits Current Topics in Engineering: In-depth study of a current topic of interest to the engineering profession. The topic to be covered will be identified in the course title. (Fall, Spring); Components: Lecture
CIVILENG 4990 1 - 3 credits Independent Study: Advanced study in area of specialization selected by student and approved by faculty member. (Fall, Spring, Summer); Components: Independent Study