For major requirements, see the School of Engineering section of this Catalog.
Courses in Applied Mechanics are listed under that heading, immediately following the Civil Engineering courses. Also see courses listed under Engineering.
222. Civil Engineering Materials
Second semester. Three credits. Two lectures. One 3-hour Laboratory. Prerequisite: CE 287 which may be taken concurrently. Accorsi, Frantz, Murtha-Smith
Engineering properties of steel, Portland cement concrete, bituminous cement concrete, and timber; laboratory measurement of properties; interpretation of results. Written reports.
222P. Civil Engineering Materials
Must be taken with another P course in Civil Engineering to equal one W course.
230. Mechanics of Materials and Structures Laboratory
Two credits. One hour lecture and one 2-hour Laboratory. Prerequisite: CE 234 and CE 236, which may be taken concurrently, and CE 222. Murtha-Smith, Davis
Laboratory experiments to complement, reinforce and develop concepts learned in Mechanics of Materials, Basic Structural Analysis and Basic Structural Design. Topics include tension, torsion, flexure and buckling. Written reports.
234. Basic Structural Analysis
Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 287. Accorsi, DeWolf, Epstein, Frantz, Leonard, Malla
Analysis of statistically determinate structures; influence lines; deflection of trusses, beams, and frames; introduction to indeterminate analysis using consistent deformation and moment distribution; computer programming.
236. Basic Structural Design
Second semester. Four credits. Three class periods and one 3-hour Laboratory. Prerequisite: CE 287. DeWolf, Epstein, Frantz, Murtha-Smith
Loads; design of principal components _ beams,
columns and simple connections _ of steel and reinforced concrete structures. Design projects.
237. Advanced Structural Analysis
First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 234. DeWolf, Epstein, Leonard, Malla
Approximate analysis techniques, analysis of indeterminate elastic structures using classical and matrix methods of analysis. Computer programming.
238. Reinforced Concrete Structures Design
First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 234 and 236. DeWolf, Epstein, Frantz
Design for flexure, shear, torsion, and axial loads; two-way slabs; serviceability considerations. Applications to buildings.
239. Steel Structures Design
Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 234 and 236. DeWolf, Frantz
Beam columns, composite members, plate girders, connections; introduction to plastic design. Applications to buildings. Written reports.
239P. Steel Structures Design
Must be taken with another P course in Civil Engineering to equal one W course.
240. Soil Mechanics and Foundations
First semester. Four credits. Three class periods and one 3-hour laboratory period. Prerequisite: CE 287 and CE 297, both of which may be taken concurrently. Demars
Fundamentals of soil behavior and its use as a construction material. Effective stress principle, seepage and flow nets, consolidation, shear strength, limit equilibrium analysis. Written reports.
240P. Soil Mechanics and Foundations
Must be taken with another P course in Civil Engineering to equal one W course.
241. Foundation Design
First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 240. Demars
Application of soil properties to design of foundations, retaining structures, excavation drainage, shallow footings, deep foundations, specifications, subsurface exploration.
242. Soils Engineering
Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 240.
Earth structures, slope stability, consolidation and settlement of soil, vertical drains, surcharging, pressures on buried pipes, and tunnels, numerical solutions.
242P. Soils Engineering
Must be taken with another P course in Civil Engineering to equal one W course.
251. Civil Engineering Systems
First semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores.
Application of statistical principles to the analysis of problems. Topics covered include normal, poisson, and binomial distributions, chi square, comparison of means and variances, least square and regression analysis.
254. Transportation Facilities Design
Second semester. Three credits. Recommended preparation: CE 271 or consent of instructor. Open to sophomores. Davis, Ferguson, Garrick
Design and horizontal and vertical curves, earthwork, runoff and simple drainage structures. Elements of traffic engineering and site development.
256. Advanced Civil Engineering Systems
Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 251, or consent of instructor. Davis
Optimization, decision and risk analysis, and simulation in design of civil engineering systems. Network analysis and project scheduling.
256P. Advanced Civil Engineering Systems
Must be taken with another P course in Civil Engineering to equal one W course.
260. Water Quality Engineering
(Also offered as ENVE 260.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 263 and CE 297 or CHEG 223. Abboud, Grasso, Smets
Physical, chemical, and biological principles for the treatment of aqueous phase contaminants; reactor dynamics and kinetics. Design projects.
262. Environmental Engineering Laboratory
(Formerly offered as CE 264.) (Also offered as ENVE 262.) Second semester. Three credits. Two class periods and one 3-hour laboratory period. Prerequisite: CE 263 and CE 297 or CHEG 223 (which may be taken concurrently). Abboud, Grasso, Smets
Aqueous analytical chemical techniques,
absorption, coagulation/flocculation, fluidization, gas stripping,
biokinetics, interpretation of analytical results, bench-scale design projects,
written and oral reports.
263. Environmental Engineering Fundamentals
(Also offered as ENVE 263.) Both semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CHEM 128 or 130 and MATH 211 (which may be taken concurrently). Open to sophomores. Grasso, Hoag, Nikolaidis, Smets
Concepts from aqueous chemistry, biology, and physics applied in a quantitative manner to environmental problems and solutions. Mass and energy balances, chemical reaction engineering. Quantitative and fundamental description of water and air pollution problems. Environmental regulations and policy, pollution prevention, risk assessment. Written and oral reports.
263P. Environmental Engineering Fundamentals
Must be taken with another P course in Civil Engineering to equal one W course.
265. Hydraulic Engineering
(Also offered as ENVE 265.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 297 or CHEG 223 and CHEG 224. Anagostou, Nikolaidis, Ogden
Design and analysis of water and wastewater transport systems, including pipelines, pumps, pipe networks, and open channel flow. Introduction to hydraulic structures and porous media hydraulics. Computer applications.
266. Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory
(Same as ENVE 266.) Second semester. Two credits. One class period. One 2-hour Laboratory. Prerequisite CE 297.
Tests and investigation of the flow of oils, water, and other fluids through orifices, nozzles, wires and pipes; calibration of measuring devices; experiments with turbines and pumps.
267. Engineering Hydrology
(Also offerred as ENVE 267.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 297 or CHEG 223 and CHEG 224. Anagnostou, Nikolaidis, Ogden
Hydrologic cycle: precipitation, interception, depression storage, infiltration, evaportranspiration, overland flow, snow hydrology, groundwater and streamflow processes. Stream hydrographs and flood routing. Hydrologic modeling and design. Computer applications. Design project.
267P. Engineering Hydrology
Must be taken with another P course in Civil Engineering to equal one W course.
268. Limnology
(Also offered as Biology: EEB 247 and ENVE 268.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: MATH 109 or 112 or 115 and an introductory course in CHEM (CHEM 122, 127, or 129); an introductory course in Biology is recommended.
Physical, chemical, and biotic interrelationships of freshwater habitats.
269. Selected Environmental Problems
Second semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores.
Ecological effects of pollution and despoilment. Organized and rational study of specific environmental problems, including social, economic, political and legislative aspects.
271. Elementary Surveying
First semester. Four credits. Three lecture periods and one 3-hour Laboratory. Prerequisite: MATH 107 or MATH 112 or 115, or consent of instructor. Open to sophomores. Ferguson
274. Photogrammetry
Second semester. Three credits. Two class periods. One 3-hour Laboratory. Prerequisite: CE 271. Offered in alternate years. Ferguson
The fundamentals of aerial photogrammetry, including: flight planning, the geometry of the aerial photograph, ground control, radial line plotting, tilt, stereoscopy and parallax, stereoscopic measurements, and topographic mapping.
275. Route Surveying
Second semester. Three credits. Two class periods. One 3-hour Laboratory. Prerequisite: CE 271. Offered in alternate years. Ferguson
Reconnaissance and route selection, simple, compound and reverse horizontal curves, spirals, vertical curves, earthwork, cross-sectioning, slope staking, and observations for the meridian.
276. Computer Aided Civil Engineering Design
Second semester. Three credits. One 3-hour class period. Prerequisite: CE 254, which may be taken concurrently, and CE 271. Ferguson
Design of Civil Engineering projects using computer software to analyze engineering problems and create design drawings.
279. Environmental Modeling
(Also offered as ENVE 279.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 263 and CHEG 223 or CE 297 or consent of instructor. Nikolaidis
Systematic approach for analyzing contamination problems. Systems theory and modeling will be used to assess the predominant processes that control the fate and mobility of pollutants in the environment. Assessments of lake eutrophication, conventional pollutants in rivers and estuaries and toxic chemicals in groundwater.
280W. Civil Engineering Projects
Either semester. Three credits. Two 3-hour laboratory periods. Prerequisite: Departmental consent required. This course can be taken no sooner than the semester in which the student completes the Professional Requirements for the B.S. degree.
Design of Civil Engineering Projects. Students working singly or in groups produce solutions to Civil Engineering design projects from first concepts through preliminary proposals, sketches, cost estimations, design, evaluation, oral presentation and written reports.
281. Engineering Economics
Second semester. One credit. Given as two 1-hour class periods weekly during first half of semester only. Prerequisite: Senior standing.
Costs of Civil Engineering projects; components of cost estimating; comparison of alternate designs; cost/benefit analysis; useful life and depreciation; basic methods of project financing.
291. Civil and Environmental Engineering Professional Issues Seminar
Either semester. No credits. One 1-hour period. Open to sophomores. May be repeated. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) grading.
Issues in the practice of Civil & Environmental Engineering: professional
ethics, law/contracts, insurance/liability, global/societal issues (e.g.,
sustainable development, product life cycle), construction management
and professional development.
294. Special Topics in Civil Engineering
Semester, credits, and hours by arrangement or as announced. Prerequisite and/or consent: Announced separately for each course. Course may be repeated for credit.
Classroom or laboratory courses as announced for each semester. For independent study see Civil Engineering 299.
299. Independent Study for Undergraduates
Either or both semesters by arrangement. Credits by arrangement, not to exceed 4 per semester. Open only with consent of supervising instructor. Course may be repeated for credit.
Designed for students who wish to extend their knowledge in some specialized area of civil engineering.
Applied Mechanics
211. Applied Mechanics I
Either semester. Three credits. Not open to students who have passed CE 213 or 214. Prerequisite: MATH 210, which may be taken concurrently, and ENGR 150 or CSE 110. Open to sophomores.
Fundamentals of statistics using vector methods. Resolution and composition of forces; equilibrium of force systems; analysis of forces acting on structures and machines; centroids; moment of inertia. Computer applications.
212. Applied Mechanics II
Either semester. Three credits. Not open to students who have passed CE 215. Prerequisite: CE 211, MATH 210. This course and CE 213 may not both be taken for credit. Open to sophomores.
Fundamentals of dynamics using vector methods. Rectilinear and curvilinear motion, translation, rotation, plane motion; work, energy and power; impulse and momentum. Computer applications.
287. Mechanics of Materials
Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite ENGR 150 or CSE 110, CE 211 or CE 214 and CE 215, which may be taken concurrently. Open to sophomores.
Simple and combined stress, torsion, flexure and deflection of beams, continuous and restrained beams, combined axial and bending loads, columns. Computer applications.
289. Intermediate Mechanics of Materials
Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 287. This course and ME 229 may not both be taken for credit.
Stresses and strains, curved beams, torsion of non-circular sections, flat plates, strain-energy, deflections. Impact and energy loads, repeated stress, mechanical properties of materials and theories of failure, influence of stress concentration.
297. Fluid Mechanics
Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: CE 212 or CE 215, which may be taken concurrently, and MATH 210 and 211. This course and ME 250 may not both be taken for credit.
Statics of fluids, analysis of fluid flow using principles of mass,
momentum and energy conservation from a differential and control volume
approach. Dimensional analysis. Application to pipe flow and open channel
flow.