CE 211 - CIVIL ENGINEERING GRAPHICS
Semester Hours: 2
Fundamental concepts in computer-aided graphics as they apply to civil engineering. Topics include lettering, sketching, manipulation of elements, rotation of views and input of data. Students will gain engineering practice through AutoCad laboratory exercises.
Prerequisite: EGR 101 with minimum grade of C-.
CE 271 - STATICS
Semester Hours: 3
Topics include: forces, resultant forces, moments, couples,equivalent forces systems, equilibrium, distributed loads, two force members, trusses, centroids, moments of inertia, shear and bending moment diagrams, static and kinematic friction. (Same as MAE 271).
Prerequisite: EGR 101, PH 111
Prerequisite with concurrency: MA 201.
CE 272 - DYNAMICS
Semester Hours: 3
Kinematics and kinetics of a particle and systems of particles with applications to central force motion, impact, relative motion, vibrations, and variable mass systems. Dynamics of rigid body in plane motion, relative motion in rotating coordinates, and gyroscopic motion. (Same as MAE 272).
Prerequisites: MA 201 and (CE 271 or MAE 271).
CE 284 - SURVEYING
Semester Hours: 2
Basic theory and practical field methods for engineering applications. Measurements and errors in surveying. Leveling, traversing, stadia, topographic surveys, mapping, and circular curves. 1.5 hour lecture and 2 hour lab.
Prerequisite with concurrency: CE 211.
Corequisite: CE 284L.
CE 321 - INTRO TO TRANSPORTATION ENG
Semester Hours: 3
Theory, design, and operation of various modes of transportation with emphasis on traffic flow.
Prerequisites: CE 284 and MA 171.
CE 370 - MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
Semester Hours: 3
Design and analysis of simple structures for predetermined strength and deformation requirements. Topics include: theory of stress-strain, Hooke's Law, analysis of stresses and deformations in bodies loaded by axial, torsional, bending, and combined loads, and analysis of statically indeterminate systems. Same as MAE 370.
Prerequisites: (CE 211 or MAE 211) and (CE 271 or MAE 271) and MA 244, corequisite CE 375.
CE 372 - SOIL MECHANICS & FOUNDATION
Semester Hours: 3
Index properties and characteristics of soils. Compaction shear, compressibility and permeability. Application to analysis and design of foundation elements. Laboratory included.
Prerequisites: (CE 370 or MAE 370)
Prerequisite with concurrency: MAE 310
Corequisite: CE 373.
CE 375 - MECHANICS OF MATERIALS LAB
Semester Hour: 1
Experimental verification of material properties and structural deformation under axial, torsional, and bending loads. Test procedures, use of instrumentation, interpretation of experimental results and comparison to theory. (Same as MAE 375). Corequisites: CE 370.
CE 380 - CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS
Semester Hours: 3
Performance properties and selection criteria of various materials used in the practice of civil engineering including aggregates, Portland cement, concrete, bituminous materials, and timber. Emphasis will be placed on standard methods of testing and characterization. Includes a weekly lab.
Prerequisites: CE 370 or MAE 370.
Corequisite: CE 380L.
CE 380L - CE MATERIALS LAB
Semester Hours: 0
Standard methods of testing and characterization of various materials used in the practice of civil engineering. Determination of civil engineering materials properties.
Corequisite: CE 380.
CE 381 - STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS I
Semester Hours: 3
Reactions, shears, moments in determinate structures. Influence lines, energy methods in computing deformations. Introduction to interdeterminate structures.
Prerequisites: (CE 272 or MAE 272) and (CE 370 or MAE 370).
CE 411 - INTRO GEOGRAPHICAL INFO SYS
Semester Hours: 3
Introduces vector, raster, and tabular concepts. Topics include spatial relationships, map features, attributes, relational database, layers of data, data ingesting, digitizing from maps, projections, output, and availability of public data sets. Same as CE 511.
CE 412 - ADVANCED CE GRAPHICS
Semester Hours: 3
Trending geospatial and graphics technologies including 3-D land development workflows, GPS data acquisition and processing of aerial, lidar, and topographical surveys, terrain modeling, earthwork, sanitary, drainage, and transportation design methodologies within the graphical CAD movement.
Prerequisite: CE 211.
CE 420 - URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
Semester Hours: 3
Planning of highways systems and terminals as part of a complete planning approach; public transportation system planning; transportation planning studies, projection analysis, plan formulation, and programming. Same as CE 520.
Prerequisite: CE 321.
CE 422 - TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DESIGN
Semester Hours: 3
Driver, pedestrian and vehicle characteristics. Principles of traffic flow for improved highway traffic service and safety. Design freeways, rural roads, urban streets, traffic signals, signs, channelization, and other traffic control measures.
Prerequisite: CE 321.
CE 441 - HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING DESIGN
Semester Hours: 3
Water-hammer analysis, open channel flow, hydraulic structures such as dams, spillways, stilling basins, flood control devices, locks, pipe-flow systems and water-supply facilities, and computational methods.
Prerequisite: MAE 310.
CE 449 - INTRO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGR
Semester Hours: 3
Engineering aspects of air, water, and thermal pollution. Hydrologic cycle, water sources and uses; industrial and other sources of primary and secondary pollutants. Transport process in environmental problems and their control. (Same as CE 549 and CHE 549)
Prerequisite: MAE 341.
Prerequisite with concurrency: MAE 310.
CE 452 - CREDIT EXPERIENTAL LEARNING
Semester Hours: 1-3
Students are engaged in research and creative projects as meaningful experiential learning opportunities. The course fosters cooperation between students and faculty in a research or creative endeavor, and enhances the students' education via active participation in a research, creative or scholarly project.
CE 456 - WATER QUALITY CONTROL PROC
Semester Hours: 3
Principles of public water-supply design. Source selection, collection, purification, and distribution for municipal use. Collection of waste waters, their treatment and disposal. (Same as CE 556).
Prerequisite: CE 449.
CE 457 - HYDROLOGY
Semester Hours: 3
Occurrence and movements of water over the earth's surface for engineering planning and design. Relationship of precipitation to stream-flow with frequency analysis, flood routing, and unit hydrograph theory. (Same as CE 557)
Prerequisite: MAE 310.
CE 458 - ENVIRONMENTAL ENGR DESIGN
Semester Hours: 3
Engineering design and project management of environmental quality/restoration systems. Students will complete a design project focusing on one of the following systems: sanitary landfill, municipal incinerator, or groundwater/site remediation. Lectures will address skills for technical presentations and proposal writing, as well as process design and decision making. (Same as CE 558)
Prerequisite with concurrency CE 449.
CE 459 - SEL TOP IN CIVIL ENGR
Semester Hours: 1-6
Special topics in Civil Engineering.
CE 471 - ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS
Semester Hours: 3
Continuum mechanics applied to soil behavior. Theoretical approaches to consolidation, shear strength, slope stability and soil stabilization. Prerequisite: CE 372.
CE 472 - SOIL DYNAMICS
Semester Hours: 3
Behavior of soils under dynamic, earthquake and blast loading. Analysis of foundation vibration and isolation.
Prerequisite: CE 372.
CE 473 - EARTH STRUCTURES ENGRG
Semester Hours: 3
Principles of earth structure design. Theories of earth pressures and the design of retaining wall systems including gravity, cantilever, mechanically stabilized earth, flexible sheet pile, and anchored wall systems. Methods of stability analyses for retaining walls, earth slopes, and embankment design. (Same as CE 573) Prerequisites: CE 372 and CE 373.
CE 474 - APP MECHANICS OF SOLIDS
Semester Hours: 3
Stresses and strains at a point, theories of failures, stress concentration factors, thick-walled cylinders, torsion of noncircular members, curved beams, unsymmetrical bending and shear center. (Same as CE 574 and MAE 474 or MAE 574)
Prerequisites: CE 370 or MAE 370.
CE 481 - STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
Semester Hours: 3
Reactions, shears, moments and deformations in complex structural systems. Statically interdeterminate systems, advanced geometric and energy methods.
Prerequisite: CE 381.
CE 483 - REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN
Semester Hours: 3
Theory and practice of reinforced concrete design. Theory and design of high strength concrete mixtures. Design of reinforced concrete beams, slabs, and columns using the ultimate strength design code of the American Concrete Institute. Same as CE 583.
Prerequisites: CE 380 and CE 381.
CE 484 - STEEL DESIGN
Semester Hours: 3
Principles of design of steel structures using ASD methods. Analysis and design of structural elements using beams, columns, connection details. (Same as CE 584).
Prerequisites: CE 381 and MA 244.
CE 485 - FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
Semester Hours: 3
Design of foundations with emphasis on reinforced concrete, footings, caissons, piles retaining walls, and mat foundations. Effect of bearing pressure on foundations. (Same as CE 585)
Prerequisites: CE 372 and CE 483.
CE 487 - BRIDGE DESIGN
Semester Hours: 3
Structural design of bridge components based on governing design codes, loadings, and structural analysis. Topics may include the introduction to Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) design philosophy, loads and analysis, reinforced concrete girders and deck slabs, steel girders, etc.(Same as CE 587)
Prerequisite: CE 483.with concurrency.
CE 498 - CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN I
Semester Hour: 1
Planning and analysis for a preliminary civil engineering design project. Topics include fundamentals of management, public policy, cost estimation, environmental impacts, soils analysis, and ethical considerations. Part 1 of a 2-part course.
Prerequisites: CE 321 and CE 399 or EGR 399
Prerequisites with concurrency: CE 372, CE 483.
CE 499 - CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN II
Semester Hours: 2
Analysis and design of a complete civil engineering project including establishment of design criteria, cost estimates, specifications, and plans. Topics include ethical considerations in engineering design and practice. Emphasis on developing written and oral communication skills.
Prerequisites: CE 498.
Corequisite: CE 499L.