Graduate Level 500 Courses
Statistical Methods in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Prerequisite: MTH 331 or equivalent
Concepts of the conduct of research in an empirical setting. Statistical modeling tools and techniques for handling empirical data. Dedicated software package will be used in class.
Advanced Structural Analysis
Prerequisite: CEN 306 or equivalent
Advanced classical methods of structural analysis. Structures subjected to mechanical and thermal loads. Superposition principle. Generalized functions and their application for the analysis of structures. Influence line method. Introduction to plate and shell theory.
Environmental Water Chemistry
Prerequisite: CEN 412 or equivalent
Chemical principles and applications of those principles to the analysis and understanding of aqueous environmental chemistry in natural waters and wastewaters. The chemistry of ionic equilibria, redox reactions, precipitation/ dissolution, acid-base concepts, buffer capacity, complexation, hydrolysis and biological reactions. Applying basic principles of aqueous chemistry for quantifying complex, environmental systems. Specific examples of air-water-soil interactions and consequent effects. Heterogeneous equilibria with more than one solid phase. Kinetics and thermodynamics of some important ionic and biological reactions. Laboratory experiments.
Structural Experimental Techniques
Study of experimental techniques used to evaluate engineering properties of materials. Experimental methods to determine stress, strain, displacement and acceleration in various structural materials. Types of structural behavior, structural modeling, dimensional analysis and similitude requirements. Theory and laboratory applications of state-of-the-art sensors.
Advanced Analysis and Design of Reinforced Concrete
Prerequisite: CEN 307 or equivalent
Application of ultimate strength design procedures to continuous beams and frames. Analysis of biaxial bending and buckling behavior of compression members. Serviceability behavior and theories for deflection and cracking of one-dimensional and twodimensional elements. Design of multistory structures, two way slabs, joints in buildings, and miscellaneous topics.
Prestressed Concrete Analysis and Design
Prerequisite: CEN 307 or equivalent
Behavior, analysis and design of prestressed concrete structures. Covers flexure, shear, axial load, torsion, bond anchorage design and construction considerations for pretensioned and post-tensioned concrete. Deflections, slab design, and study of axially loaded members.
Advanced Steel Design
Prerequisite: CEN 408 or equivalent
Application of ultimate and elastic design procedures to continuous beams and frames, composite members, statically indeterminate trusses and arches. Plastic analysis and design of steel members. Fatigue and fracture of steel.
Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis
Prerequisite: CEN 306 or equivalent
Fundamental matrix algebra including inversion of matrices. Stiffness matrices for spring assemblages, trusses, beams, and two and three dimensional frames. Introduction to flexibility method. Computer programs are used by students to solve matrix equations.
Design of Structural Systems
Prerequisite: CEN 308
Introduction to the behavior of various two and three dimensional load carrying structural systems and also some means by which the students can compare alternate structural systems. Design concepts, design assumptions, and methods of analysis are stressed. The selection of the optimum system for a particular structure is also discussed. For students interested in a career in structural engineering.
Special Topics in Geotechnical Engineering
Prerequisite: CEN 323 or equivalent
Selected topics of special interest in geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering. Topics will include geotechnical aspects of landfill design, design principals and uses of geo-synthetics for drainage systems, separation, and soil reinforcement, slope stability analysis, and various other techniques for soil stabilization and site improvement.
Structural Dynamics
Prerequisite: EGR 242 and CEN 306, or equivalent
Behavior of structures and structural components exposed to time dependent loadings. Vibrations of systems; descriptions of dynamic systems. Single degree of freedom and multiple degree of freedom systems. Base excitation caused by earthquake motions.
Advanced Soil Mechanics
Behavior of cohesionless and cohesive soils; limit analysis; failure theories and lateral earth pressures; stresses within earth mass; steadystate flow through porous media; consolidation and time rate settlement; shear strength of cohesive soils.
Surface Water Hydrology
Prerequisite: CEN 311 or equivalent
Advanced analysis and methods in surface water hydrology. Linear and nonlinear hydrograph methods. Kinematic wave and other hydraulic routing techniques. Advanced techniques for evaporation, infiltration, and snow melt.
Open Channel Flow Hydraulics
Prerequisite: CEN 311 or equivalent
Energy and momentum concepts, frictional resistance in open channels. Rapidly and gradually varied flow in open channels; unsteady flow in open channels; channel and culvert design.
Water Resources Planning & Management
Prerequisite: CEN 443 or equivalent
Relationship of hydrology and hydraulics with the ultimate goal of designing a project. Concepts of precipitation, runoff, hydrograph analysis, frequency analysis, flood routing, hydrologic synthesis, and simulation techniques for large basins as well as urban and small watersheds. Also included are backwater curves, submerged weirs, and water hammer.
Reaction Processes in Environmental Engineering
Prerequisite: CEN 531 or equivalent
Theory and application of adsorption, ion exchange, reverse osmosis, air stripping and chemical oxidation in water and wastewater treatment. Modeling engineered treatment processes.
Advanced Processes in Environmental Engineering
Prerequisite: CEN 531 or equivalent
Advanced concentrated study of a selected topic in environmental engineering such as non-point source pollution control, water reuse systems, new concepts in treatment technology, toxic substance control, etc. The instructor and student select topic. Courses may include specialized laboratory research, literature review, and specialty conference attendance.
Hazardous Waste Management
Prerequisite: CEN 514 or equivalent
Regulations for collection, transportation, disposal and storage of hazardous wastes. Containment systems, monitoring, types of liners, new and available technologies to eliminate or recover the hazardous components of the wastes.
Geo-Environmental Engineering
Prerequisite: CEN 433 or equivalent
Principles of interaction of soil and rock with various environmental cycles. Physical and chemical properties of soil. Environmental site characterization: drilling technology, geotechnical and geophysical methods, monitoring well design and construction, groundwater, soil and gas sampling procedures, sensor technologies. Contaminant transport, detection and containment. Principles of containment facilities: landfills, leachate collection, cut-off walls, permeable barriers, stability analysis. Soil and groundwater restoration stabilization, bioremediation, washing, electrotechnologies, soil vapor technologies.
Pavement Design
Prerequisite: CEN 309 or equivalent
Pavement types; pavement system components; stresses in the pavement structure. Design factors and criteria, pavement stabilization, structural design of flexible and rigid pavements for highways and airports, pavement maintenance and overlay design.
Pavement Materials
Bituminous and nonbituminous materials and mix-design, asphalt binder, bituminous mixtures, conventional and superpave mix-design methods, surface and subgrade soils, mineral aggregates, Portland cement concretes, material characterization and testing, fracture, fatigue, and permanent deformation, pavement materials and additives, and pavement recycling.
Pavement Management
Prerequisite: CEN 309 or equivalent
Pavement performance concepts. Criteria for pavement evaluation. Measurement of pavement distress and structural capacity. Analysis and interpretation of pavement evaluation data. Correlation of data with performance ratings. Formulation and evaluation of maintenance and rehabilitation alternatives.
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Prerequisite: CEN 334or equivalent
Application of advanced technology to the vehicle and the roadway to solve traffic congestion, safety, and air quality problems.
Masters Thesis
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, Thesis Option, and approval of the student’s Graduate Committee
Thesis research on an experimental or theoretical project in civil and environmental engineering under a faculty advisor. A formal thesis must be submitted to fulfill the course requirements.
Masters Project
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, Project Option, and approval of the student’s Graduate Committee
Project research in conjunction with industry or government under a faculty advisor. A formal report must be submitted to fulfill the course requirements.
Independent Study
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and Graduate Committee
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline’s course offerings. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
