Prerequisite: 314 or permission. Design of earth structures; dams, highway fills, cofferdams, etc. Embankment construction techniques, quality control, embankment analysis, instrumentation, foundation soil stabilization, seepage analysis and control. Design problem. Graduate students will perform more advanced analysis and design.

Prerequisite: 314 or permission. Site exploration criteria and planning. Conventional boring, sampling and in situ testing methods. Theory and application of geophysics and geophysical methods including seismic, electrical resistivity, gravity, magnetic and radioactive measurements. Air photo interpretation.

Prerequisite: One year of college chemistry. General, physical, organic, biochemistry, equilibrium, and colloid chemistry concepts applied to environmental engineering, Concepts are used in water and wastewater laboratory.

Prerequisite: 323. An introduction to the physical, chemical and biological processes utilized in the treatment of water and wastewater, with design parameters emphasized.

Prerequisite: 323. Analysis and simulation of the physical, chemical and biochemical processes affecting stream quality. Development of management strategies based upon the application of water quality modeling techniques to environmental systems.

Prerequisite: senior standing or permission of instructor. Hazardous and solid waste quantities, properties and sources are presented. Handling, processing, storage and disposal methods are discussed with non-technical constraints outlined.

Prerequisite: 341. Review of design principles; urban hydraulics, steam channel mechanics, sedimentation, coastal engineering.

Structural analysis using microcomputers; finite element software, interactive graphics; beam stiffness concepts and matrix formulation; simple and complex structural systems modeling; vibration analysis.

Prerequisite: 306. Basic concepts in structural optimization. Mathematical programming methods including unconstrained minimization, multidimensional minimization and constrained minimization.

Prerequisite: 202 or equivalent. Three-dimensional state of stress and strain analysis. Unsymmetric bending of straight and curved members with shear deformation. Beams on elastic foundations. Saint Venant’s torsional problems. Inelastic analysis of bending and torsional members. Introduction to energy method. Instability behavior of prismatic members.

Prerequisite: 361. Theory and techniques for development, analysis and evaluation of transportation system plans, Emphasis on understanding and using tools and professional methods available to solve transportation planning problems, especially in urban areas.

Prerequisite: 361. Study of modern design of geometrical and pavement features of highways. Design problem and computer use. Graduate students will produce a more complete design.

Prerequisite: 361. Theories of elasticity, of viscoelasticity and of layered systems as applied to pavements. Pavement materials characterization; pavement design, pavement restoration for rigid and flexible pavements.

Prerequisite: 361. Vehicle and urban travel characteristics, traffic flow theory, traffic studies, accidents and safety, traffic signs and marking, traffic signal planning, traffic control and transportation administration.

Prerequisite: 564, Autocad, or permission. Computer-aided geometric design of highways including survey data input, digital terrain modeling, cross-section templates, horizontal and vertical roadway design, earthwork computations, and advanced topics.

Prerequisites: 361, 380 or permission. Properties of aggregates, manufacture and properties of portland cement concrete, properties of asphaltic materials, design and testing of hot mix asphalt pavement mixes and of surface treatments. Laboratory preparation of specimens and determination of properties. Graduate student requirement: Graduate students will be required to perform an additional eight-hour asphalt laboratory (Abson recovery of asphalt from solution) and to prepare a paper on a highway materials topic.

Prerequisite: 314. Description of practices and techniques of underground construction. Selection of proper method for individual job. Design of underground openings, support systems and linings.

Prerequisite: 306. Approximate, rigorous dynamic analysis of one, two, multiple and infinite degrees of freedom structural systems. Elastoplastic, plastic analysis. Equivalent systems, dynamic hinge concept. Modal analysis. Transfer matrices. Fourier, Laplace transforms.

Prerequisite: 554 or equivalent. Buckling of bars, beam-columns and frames. Lateral buckling of beams. Double and tangent modulus theories. Energy methods. Compressed rings and curved bars. Torsional buckling. Buckling of plates and shells. Inelastic buckling.

Prerequisite: 202. Work and complementary work. Strain energy and complementary strain energy. Virtual work and Castigliano’s theorems. Variational methods. Applications. Formulation of boundary value problems in elasticity. Selected topics in energy methods and elasticity.

Prerequisite: 404. Basic concepts. Design of double-tee roof girder; shear; development length; column; piles; design of highway bridge girder; pretensioned, post-tensioned; continuous girders; corbels; volume-change forces; connections.

Prerequisite: 401. Floor systems; staggered truss system; braced frame design; unbraced frame design; drift indices; monocoque (tube and partial tube) systems; earthquake design; fire protection. Analysis by STRUDL.

Prerequisite: 554 or equivalent. Introductory development of finite element method as applied to various topics from continuum mechanics. Such areas as plane, axisymmetric and 3-D stress analysis; conduction, fluid mechanics; transient problems an geometric and material nonlinearity.

Prerequisite: 554 or equivalent. Constituent materials; manufacturing processes; panel properties by micro/macromechanics; simplified analysis of composite beams; columns; and applications to highway bridges; composites in concrete and wood structures.

Prerequisite: 314. In-depth examination of structure and fundamental physico-chemical and mechanical properties of engineering soils viewed as particulate matter.

Prerequisite: 314. Study of mechanics of behavior of soil as continuum. Principles of stress, strain, deformation, shear strength and pore water pressure as applied to mechanical behavior of soil masses.

Prerequisites: 518, 612. Theory and practice of static and dynamic in situ and laboratory soil testing. Testing procedures, applicability, limitations. General evaluation of geotechnical parameters for routine and special site conditions. One lecture, two laboratories per week.

Prerequisite: 313 or permission. Foundation bearing capacity and settlement analysis. Design of shallow and deep foundation systems. Pile driving and load test procedures and analysis. Theory and design of earth-retaining structures including retaining walls, tiebacks and bulkheads.

Prerequisite: 614 or permission. Soil-structure interaction theory and applications to under ground structures including conduits, tunnels and shafts. Advanced foundation construction methods and problems including dewatering, soil stabilization, underpinning and cofferdams. Slope stability analysis.

Prerequisites: 313 and 314. Admixture stabilization, precompression with vertical drains, blasting, vibrocompaction, injection and grouting, thermal methods, electro-osmosis, soil reinforcement, case studies.

Prerequisites: 313 and 314. Steady-state and transient flow through soils, consolidation, soilstructure interaction, piling, stress-deformation analysis of earth structures.

Prerequisite: 554 or permission. Mechanical nature of rocks; linear elasticity and application to rock problems; inelastic behavior of rocks, time dependence and effects of pore pressure, experimental characterization of rock properties; failure theory and crack propagation.

Prerequisite: 323. Application of both laboratory methods and theory to solution of sanitary engineering problems involving water pollution, stream regeneration, special industrial wastes, detergents and others.

Corequisite: 523. Provide the basic principles of chemical reaction engineering, microbiology, environmental regulations, and contaminant migration required for the understanding and solving environmental problems.

Prerequisites: 3150:151 and 3150:153 or permission. Quantitative treatment of variables that govern the chemistry of aquatic systems. Emphasis on carbonate in open-closed systems, metal complexation and solubility, and oxidation-reduction reactions.

Prerequisite or corequisite: 621. Theory, current research associated with physical/chemical processes, the impact on design-coagulation/flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, absorption processes emphasized.

Prerequisite or corequisite: 621. Theory, current research associated with biological processes, related physical/chemical processes, the impact on design-activated sludge, fixed film processes, gas transfer, sludge stabilization, sludge dewatering processes emphasized.

Prerequisite: 623. Design of water treatment plants for potable, industrial and commercial uses. Development of water sources, treatment methods and financing used to design best practical methods in terms of cost-benefits.

Prerequisite: 624. Application of theory and fundamentals to design of wastewater treatment plants. System design methods used for biological and chemical stabilization of wastewater to meet water quality criteria. Economic analyses made to determine best practical designs to be utilized.

Prerequisite: 426 or permission of instructor. Conduction of laboratory experiments related to the design and operation of water and wastewater treatment processes. Experimental design, data collection, analysis and report preparation.

Prerequisites: 3150:151 and 3150:153 or permission. Qualitative and quantitative treatment of variables that govern process chemistry and kinetics in water. Emphasis on ozone, hydrogen peroxide, and ultra-violet light (UV).

Prerequisite: 621 or permission. Provide a thorough understanding of site characterization, traditional soil remediation technologies, as well as present new and emerging remediation technologies.

Prerequisite: 621 or permission. Introduction to air pollution control philosophies, approaches, regulations, and modeling. Also contains an in-depth evaluation/design approach for the control of particular matter, SOx and NOx.

Prerequisite: 4500:310 or permission. Basic equations, Navier-Stokes equations. Analysis of potential flow, turbulence, hydraulic transients. Solution of typical fluid mechanics problems. Analysis of water hammer in pipe networks by method of characteristics.

Application of basic principles of fluid mechanics to flow in open channels. Criteria for analysis of uniform, gradually varied and rapidly varied flows. Study of movement and transportation of sediments. Design problems utilizing numerical techniques.

Discussion of water cycle such as precipitation, evaporation, stream flows, floods, infiltration. Methods of analysis and their application to studies of water demand, storage, transportation including mathematical modeling of urban runoff and statistical hydrology.

Characteristics of linear and nonlinear wave theories. Interaction of structures, waves; design analysis of shore, offshore structures. Movement, transportation of sediments in lake shore areas.

Prerequisite: 361, 466, or permission. Highway and parking facility design, transportation planning, highway capacity estimates, signal systems and optimization, incident detection and management, freeway ramp metering, and highway traffic safety.

Prerequisite: 361, 466, or permission. Highway and parking facility design, transportation planning, highway capacity estimates, signal systems and optimization, incident detection and management, freeway ramp metering, and highway traffic safety.

Prerequisite: 361 or permission. Theory and application of pressure tubes, loop detectors, and imaging sensing, microwave, infrared, ultrasonic, laser detectors, parameter estimation, reliability, and data mining and fusion.

Selected topics on principles governing mechanical behavior of materials with respect to elastic, plastic and creep responses, stress rupture, low and high cycle and thermal fatigue. Failure theories and fracture phenomena in brittle and ductile materials. Crack propagation and life prediction of engineering materials.

Prerequisite: 202. Plane stress, plane strain. Two-dimensional problems in rectangular, polar coordinates. Strain-energy methods. Stress, strain in three dimensions. Torsion. Bending. Thermal stresses.

Prerequisite: 682, 4600:622 or equivalent. Mathematical formulation of constitutive equations with focus on their use in structural analysis. Internal variables. Isotropic, kinematic hardening. Nonisothermal plasticity. Finite deformations. Anisotropy.

Prerequisite: 403. Slab systems. Equivalent frame properties. Limit analysis. Yield line theory. Lateral load systems. Shear walls. Footings. Biaxial column action.

Prerequisite: 401. Properties of steel, fasteners, bearing, friction joints, Gusset plates, bolts in tension, end plates, weld joints, cyclic loads, fatigue analysis, types of detail, torsion, stability design.

Prerequisite: 682. Electrohydraulic closed-loop test systems. Methods for specimen heating. Strain measurement techniques for room and elevated temperatures. Design of computer controlled experiments investigating deformation and failure under complex stress states.

Prerequisites: 454/554, 682. Fundamental theorems of limit analysis. The lower-bound and upper-bound solutions. Applications to frames, plates and plane stress and plane strain problems. Design considerations. Mathematical programming and computer implementation.

Prerequisite: 202. Introduction to fundamentals of deformation of materials: elasticity, plasticity and creep; Key deformation problems related to materials processing and failure by large strain deformation; Terminal "failure" analysis.

Prerequisite: permission. Advanced projects, reading, studies, or experimental in various areas of civil engineering.

Prerequisite: Permission of advisor. A relevant problem in civil engineering for students electing the non-thesis option. The final engineering report must be approved by the advisor and the advisory committee.

Prerequisite: Permission of advisor. (May be repeated.) Research on a suitable topic in civil engineering culminating in a master’s thesis.

Prerequisite: permission. Research and thesis on some suitable topic in civil engineering as approved by department. Defense of thesis is by final examination.

Prerequisite: 604. Earthquake fundamentals. Earthquake response of single-story and multistory buildings, as well as structural components. Modal analysis for earthquake response. Inelastic response of multistory structures. Earthquake codes. Stochastic approach.

Prerequisites: 682 and 3450:531. Navier and Levy solutions for rectangular plates. Approximate methods, including finite difference. Forces in middle plant. Large deflections. Differential geometry of a surface. Shells of revolution.

Prerequisite: 683. Formulation of constitutive relations for time dependent materials. Classical linear viscoelasticity. Internal variable representation of nonlinear, hereditary behavior. Creep and rate dependent plasticity. Continuum thermodynamics. Anisotropy.

Prerequisite: 609 and 702 or permission. Curved, plate, shell brick elements. Quasi-analytical elements. Quadrature formulas. Substructuring for static and dynamic analyses. Solution algorithms for linear and nonlinear static and dynamic analysis. Computer program formulation. Review of large-scale production programs.

Prerequisite: 610. Analysis of short-fiber composites and statistical behavior, bending, buckling and vibration of laminated plates and shells. Advanced topics involving stress concentration, residue stress, fatigue, fracture toughness, nonlinear and viscoelastic stress-strain formulations, solutions of nonlinear problems.

Prerequisite: 683 or 703. Impulsive and transient loading of structural elements (beams, plates, shells, etc.) in which inelastic deformation occurs. Topics include: longitudinal and transverse plastic wave propagation in thin rods, propagation of plastic hinges, rate-dependent viscoplastic waves, transverse impact on beams and plates, high-rate forming, blast loading, plate perforation, shock waves in solids.

Prerequisite: 614 or permission. Vibration and wave propagation theory relating to soils, soil structures and foundations. Dynamic behavior of soils. Design of foundations for dynamic loading impact, pulsating and blast loads.

Prerequisite: 621 or permission. Provide the fundamentals required for understanding and successfully implementing the biodegradation of hazardous compounds coupled with the design and operational techniques of bioremediation systems.

Discussion of parameters determining permeability of various soils. Analytical, numerical and experimental methods to determine two- or three-dimensional movement of groundwater. Unsteady flows.

(May be repeated for a total of 15 credits.) Prerequisite: approval of dissertation director. Preliminary investigations prior to the submission of a dissertation proposal to the interdisciplinary Doctoral Committee.

(May be taken more than once.) Prerequisite: acceptance of research proposal by the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Committee and approval of the dissertation director. Original research by the doctoral student.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. This course covers the basic BEM equations and formulations for the potential and elastostatics analyses, BEM program codes from textbook, NIST, and BEASY and their applications. Certain advanced topics and current research directions in BEM will be also discussed, including in particular, applications of BEM to MEMS and NEMS areas.

Prerequisite: 609 and 702 or consent of instructor. Curved, plate, and shell brick elements. Quasi-analytical elements. Quadrature formulas. Substructing for static and dynamic analyses. Solution algorithms for linear and nonlinear static and dynamic analysis. Computer program formulation and use of commercial software products.