Civil and Environmental Engineering Courses (CEE) 1

Civil and CEE:2240 Digital Drafting with AutoCAD 3 s.h.

Basic principles of 2D and 3D computer-aided drafting; use

Environmental
of AutoCAD software to draw plans, elevations, and sections
for objects and interior spaces. Prerequisites: ARTS:1510 and
ARTS:1520 and (CERM:2010 or DSGN:2500 or DRAW:2310

Engineering Courses or INTM:2710 or MTLS:2910 or PHTO:2600 or PNTG:2410 or

PRNT:2610 or SCLP:2810 or TDSN:2210). Same as TDSN:2240.

(CEE) CEE:3001 Leadership Skills for Engineers

Survey of leadership ideas and principles as applied to
1 s.h.

situations commonly encountered in civil engineering

practice, especially as they relate to challenges that beginning
CEE Courses engineers face; speakers in selected engineering professions
This is a list of courses with the subject code CEE. For more provide context and examples; exercises on leadership
information, see Civil and Environmental Engineering (College principles. Requirements: junior standing in civil and
of Engineering) in the catalog. environmental engineering.

CEE:1010 Introduction to Careers in Environmental CEE:3002 Technical Communication in Civil and

Engineering 0 s.h. Environmental Engineering 1 s.h.
Past, present, and future roles of environmental engineers Development of communication skills through writing and oral
in society; introduction to the discipline's historical roots presentations; impact of engineering solutions in a global,
and early visionary leaders in sanitation engineering and economic, environmental, and societal context; writings and
public health; growth during the environmental movement, presentations on current or historical engineering solutions;
and current role of environmental engineers in modern exposure to professionals with significant experiences to
society as stewards for clean air, water, and energy; range of share in these areas. Requirements: junior standing.
career opportunities available to environmental engineering CEE:3003 Project Management Skills 1 s.h.
majors, particularly in the emerging role of ambassadors for Review and extension of civil and environmental engineering
sustainable development. project management skills in preparation for capstone
CEE:1030 Introduction to Earth Science 3-4 s.h. senior design course; project scheduling, cost estimating,
Relationships between plate tectonics, geologic time, and contract types, construction phasing; review for Fundamentals
the rock cycle with volcanoes and igneous, sedimentary, of Engineering Exam (FE) and practice tests in four
metamorphic rocks; fossils; radioactive isotopes; landscape subdisciplinary areas. Requirements: senior standing.
evolution; mountain building; natural resources; their impacts CEE:3142 Quality Control 3 s.h.
on civilization. GE: Natural Sciences with Lab; Natural Basic techniques of statistical quality control; application
Sciences without Lab. Same as EES:1030. of control charts for process control variables; design of
CEE:1031 Introduction to Earth Science inspection plans and industrial experimentation; modern
Laboratory 1 s.h. management aspects of quality assurance systems. Offered
Laboratory component of EES:1030. Requirements: fall semesters. Prerequisites: STAT:2020 or BAIS:9100
completion of 3 s.h. in EES:1030 or CEE:1030. GE: Natural or (STAT:3100 and STAT:3101 and STAT:3200). Same as
Sciences Lab only. Same as EES:1031. ISE:3600, STAT:3620.

CEE:2010 Civil and Environmental Engineering CEE:3155 Principles of Environmental Engineering 4 s.h.
Professional Practice and Ethics 1 s.h. Water supply and treatment processes; wastewater treatment
Introduction to the Civil and Environmental Engineering processes; processes for air pollution control, groundwater
department, its curriculum, and the profession; explore the remediation; solid and hazardous waste management.
fields of civil and environmental engineering and provide Prerequisites: CHEM:1110.
a primer on the steps necessary to become a licensed CEE:3328 Fluvial Geomorphology 3 s.h.
professional engineer; introduce professional ethics, Hydrologic principles, stream channel processes, and fluvial
engineering work products, and project lifecycle. geomorphology within drainage basin systems; spatial
CEE:2015 Civil Engineering Tools 2 s.h. and temporal variations in water distribution, analysis of
Tools and methods used in civil engineering career: AutoCAD, hydrological data, flow mechanisms, sediment transport,
programming, project estimating, heavy equipment forecasting procedures, hydrograph construction, modeling.
productivity estimation, and earthwork estimation. Requirements: EES:3020 or another 3000-level geology or
hydraulics course. Same as EES:3380.
CEE:2050 Severe and Unusual Weather 3 s.h.
Basic weather concepts behind severe weather phenomena CEE:3371 Principles of Hydraulics and Hydrology 3 s.h.
and essential safety information; how weather events cause Hydraulics of pressure conduits and open channels,
billions of dollars in damage and thousands of casualties; dimensional analysis, flow measurements, hydraulic
winter storms can impact half of the nation, paralyzing the machinery, laboratory. Prerequisites: ENGR:2510.
transportation network with icy roads and wind driven snow; CEE:3430 Water Treatment 4 s.h.
tornadoes can strike within minutes tearing apart homes; Physical, chemical, and biological processes and operations
hurricanes can destroy entire communities with strong winds, to remove and treat chemical and pathogenic pollutants and
heavy rain, and deadly storm surge; how understanding protect human and environmental health; relevant to drinking
severe weather and knowing what to do before, during, and water, municipal wastewater, water reuse, stormwater,
after an event can significantly reduce injury, deaths, and industrial process water, agricultural wastewater; modern
property damage. Same as CBE:2050. technologies and appropriate designs for the developing
world; theory and applications; hands-on laboratory.
Prerequisites: CEE:3155 and ENGR:2510.
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CEE:3530 Geomechanics 4 s.h. CEE:4104 Groundwater Modeling 3 s.h.

Identification and classification of earth materials; hydraulic Groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling;
and mechanical properties of soils; soil improvement; numerical methods, applications of groundwater modeling to
laboratory testing. Prerequisites: ENGR:2750. water supply, groundwater resources evaluation, remediation
CEE:3533 Principles of Structural Engineering 4 s.h. design using software; GMS (MODFLOW, MODPATH, and
Fundamental principles of structural analysis applied MT3D). Prerequisites: MATH:1860 and EES:4630. Same as
to statically determinate and indeterminate structures, EES:4660.
continuous beams, trusses, and frames; external and internal CEE:4107 Sustainable Systems 3 s.h.
equilibrium, compatibility of deformation, influence lines, New and emerging concepts in sustainable systems design
virtual work; parallel use of classical and matrix formulation; and assessment. Same as CBE:4410.
slope deflection, flexibility and stiffness methods; use of CEE:4118 Statistical Methods in Water and the
computers. Prerequisites: ENGR:2750. Environment 3 s.h.
CEE:3586 Civil Engineering Materials 3 s.h. Basic methods required for data analysis and interpretation
Structure, strength and failure, durability, deformation, of processes related to water and the environment; emphasis
practice, and processing for primary construction materials on formulating questions, choosing appropriate statistical
systems, including steel, aluminum, concrete, asphalt, fiber- tools for a given problem, drawing appropriate conclusions
reinforced composites, masonry, timber. Prerequisites: from analyses; concepts related to statistical inference
ENGR:2750. and common probabilistic models, linear regression, non-
CEE:3763 Principles of Transportation parametric statistics; how to perform these analyses
Engineering 3 s.h. using R programming language; introduction to statistical
History of transportation modes, new transport technologies, methods through use of hands-on analyses with real data.
traffic operations and control, economic evaluation of Prerequisites: STAT:2020 and MATH:2560.
transport alternatives, transportation planning, roadway CEE:4119 Hydrology 3 s.h.
design and construction, route location, preventive Overview of fundamental processes in water cycle, including
maintenance strategies. Requirements: sophomore standing. precipitation, evaporation, infiltration, and runoff; quantitative
CEE:3783 Surveying and Remote Sensing 3 s.h. approaches for predicting streamflow and design discharges;
Engineering surveying measurements, methods, applications to flood hazard assessment and stormwater
computations. Prerequisites: ENGR:1100. management. Prerequisites: ENGR:2510.

CEE:3790 Resilient Infrastructure and Emergency CEE:4135 Health Monitoring of Structural and
Response 3 s.h. Mechanical Systems 3 s.h.
Concepts of resilient cities with specific emphasis on role of Measurements, structural modeling, structural analysis,
infrastructure and built environment; risk analysis, hazard stiffness method, trusses and frames, structural testing,
mitigation and emergency response to various threats; modal analysis. Prerequisites: ENGR:2750. Same as
resiliency through good design. BME:4135, ME:4235.

CEE:3996 Civil and Environmental Engineering: CEE:4150 Environmental Chemistry 3 s.h.

Engineering Project 1 s.h. Principles of general, physical, organic chemistry applied
Support for student learning associated with an engineering in water and air systems; emphasis on qualitative and
project; students work as a team to design and fabricate a quantitative understanding of chemical kinetics and
product; student projects are often associated with a contest equilibrium; acid-base reactions, complex formation,
or competitions (e.g., steel bridge, concrete canoe). precipitation, dissolution, and oxidation-reduction reactions;
organic nomenclature. Prerequisites: CHEM:1120. Same as
CEE:3997 Engineering Service Project 1-3 s.h. CBE:4420.
Provides support of student learning associated with a variety
of international engineering service projects facilitated by CEE:4157 Environmental Engineering Design 3 s.h.
the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Application of physical, chemical, and biological operations
service projects are usually designed and built as part of and processes to the design of water and wastewater
an Engineers Without Borders USA and/or a Bridges to treatment systems; applications in solid and hazardous waste
Prosperity (Continental Crossings) approved program; active treatment. Prerequisites: CEE:3155.
involvement by students in these organizations required. CEE:4158 Solid and Hazardous Wastes 3 s.h.
CEE:3998 Individual Investigations: Civil Sources, characteristics, collection, disposal of solid and
Engineering arr. hazardous wastes; environmental impacts of hazardous waste
Individual projects for civil engineering undergraduate management; resource recovery systems. Requirements: for
students: laboratory study, engineering design project, OEH:4920—OEH:4240. Same as OEH:4920.
analysis and simulation of an engineering system, computer CEE:4159 Air Pollution Control Technology 3 s.h.
software development, research. Sources, environmental and health impacts, regulations,
CEE:4102 Groundwater 3 s.h. modeling of air pollution; processes and alternative strategies
Groundwater quality and quantity; Darcy's Law, 2D flow for control; global climate considerations. Same as CBE:4459,
equation, unsaturated zone, contaminant transport, redox IGPI:4159.
reactions, drinking water quality, bioremediation; laboratories CEE:4160 Introduction to Bridge Engineering 3 s.h.
in permeameter testing, porous media grain size analysis, Bridge engineering and design; history of the bridge; factors
pump testing, monitoring well installation. that affect bridge design; bridges according to use (e.g., road,
rail, pedestrian and bicycle) and type (e.g., suspension, cable
stay, truss); how sustainability concepts may impact bridge
design; substantial design exercise. Prerequisites: CEE:3533.
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CEE:4162 Structural Systems for Buildings 3 s.h. CEE:4385 Water Scarcity in Rural India 3 s.h.
Detailed analysis and design of gravity and lateral force Scientific, engineering, economic, and social aspects
resisting systems for buildings; roof, floor, and bearing wall contributing to water scarcity in rural India; experiential
gravity systems; steel braced frames, steel and concrete learning using instruments and analysis of water
moment frames, and masonry and timber shear walls lateral enhancement projects.
systems; introduction to tall building structures. Prerequisites: CEE:4506 Design of Concrete Structures 3 s.h.
CEE:3533. Fundamental analysis and design of reinforced concrete
CEE:4164 Design of Wood Structures 3 s.h. members and structures, flexure, shear, bond, continuity,
Framing layout and analysis of wood frame structures for beams, one-way slab system; columns. Prerequisites:
gravity and lateral loads; design of structural members CEE:3533.
for bending, axial load, and shear, including joists, beams, CEE:4511 Scientific Computing and Machine
columns, engineered lumber, bearing walls, shear walls, and Learning 3 s.h.
diaphragms; introduction to connection design. Prerequisites: Numerical methods in scientific computing; root problems and
CEE:3533. optimization; linear algebraic equations; eigenvalue problems;
CEE:4176 Transportation Research Methods and numerical differentiation and integration; interpolation and
Analysis 3 s.h. curve-fitting; initial value and boundary value problems;
Methods for measuring current and future transportation machine learning in regression, classification, and clustering
demand based on changes in population, preferences, built problems; Python programming and packages. Prerequisites:
environment, and changing policy objectives; survey design MATH:2560. Same as ME:4111.
and analysis; basics of travel demand modeling. Same as CEE:4512 Engineering Design Optimization 3 s.h.
URP:4262. Engineering design projects involving modeling, formulation,
CEE:4180 Fundamentals of Atmospheric Science 3 s.h. and analysis using optimization concepts and principles;
Review of fundamental principles in atmospheric sciences linear and nonlinear models, optimality conditions, numerical
needed for study of interdisciplinary topics involving methods. Prerequisites: ENGR:2110 and MATH:2550.
the Earth's atmosphere; understanding weather and Requirements: junior standing. Same as ME:4112.
climate processes to address problems in engineering; CEE:4515 Computer-Aided Engineering 3 s.h.
hydrometeorology of rainfall and its measurement by remote Computational engineering modeling and simulation,
sensing; impact of climate anomalies and climate change on geometric modeling, grid generation, finite-element and
water resources; exchange of water, energy, and chemicals finite-volume methods, uncertainty analysis, optimization,
at the land-atmosphere boundary; forecasting of atmospheric engineering applications. Prerequisites: ENGR:2750.
chemistry and air quality. Prerequisites: ENGR:2510. Corequisites: ME:3052. Same as ME:4110.
CEE:4187 Statistics for Experimenters 3 s.h. CEE:4532 Fundamentals of Vibrations 3 s.h.
Application of statistical techniques to evaluate data derived Vibration of linear discrete and continuous mechanical
from experimental samples designs; use of spreadsheets, and structural systems; harmonic, periodic, and arbitrary
statistical software; design and analysis of experiments; excitation; modal analysis; applications. Prerequisites:
regression analysis; model building; practical applications. ENGR:2750. Same as ME:4153.
Same as OEH:4540.
CEE:4533 Finite Element I 3 s.h.
CEE:4317 Remote Sensing 3 s.h. One- and two-dimensional boundary value problems;
Fundamentals of electromagnetic waves, atmospheric heat flow, fluid flow, torsion of bars; trusses and frames;
radiative transfer, passive remote sensing, weather radar, isoparametric mapping; higher order elements; elasticity
hydrologic application of remote sensing. problems; use of commercial software. Prerequisites:
CEE:4370 Open Channel Flow and Sediment ENGR:2750. Same as IGPI:4115.
Transport 3 s.h. CEE:4535 Design of Steel Structures 3 s.h.
In-depth analysis of governing flow equations; steady uniform Concepts and procedures in steel design; LRFD (load and
flow in channels of different resistance and cross section; flow resistance factor design) methodology for beams/columns;
control sections; specific energy considerations; analysis and analysis and design of indeterminate structures. Prerequisites:
computation of gradually varied profiles and spatially varied CEE:3533.
flow effected by lateral outflow and inflow; unsteady flow;
flood routing. Prerequisites: CEE:3371. CEE:4539 Foundations of Structures 3 s.h.
Application of soil mechanics to analysis of structural
CEE:4371 Water Resources Engineering 3 s.h. foundations; slope stability analysis; bearing capacity and
Planning and economics of varied water resources projects; settlement of shallow and deep foundations; retaining
stochastic basis for design; flood damage mitigation, structures, braced cuts, reinforced earth structures; usage
reservoirs, river morphology, economic analysis of of computational models; subsurface exploration methods.
water projects, urban water requirements, water supply, Prerequisites: CEE:3530.
hydroelectric power systems, river navigation; contemporary
civil-engineering problems and issues associated with water CEE:4560 Pavement Engineering 3 s.h.
infrastructure development. Corequisites: CEE:3371. Fundamental design principles; characterization and testing
of asphalt and concrete paving materials; stresses and stain
CEE:4374 Water Resource Design 3 s.h. development within pavement structure; basic principles
Prerequisites to storm water management systems design, of mechanistic-empirical pavement design procedures.
including design flows and rates; analysis and design of Prerequisites: CEE:3763.
storm sewers, detention basins, street and highway drainage
facilities, culverts, dams, spillways, measures for energy
dissipation; review of wastewater transfer systems and
design. Prerequisites: CEE:3371.
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CEE:4730 Transportation Infrastructure Construction CEE:5099 Civil and Environmental Engineering

and Management 3 s.h. Graduate Seminar 0 s.h.
Analytical methods for developing transportation Presentation and discussion of current topics, case studies,
infrastructure construction and management systems; and research in civil and environmental engineering by
e-construction, transportation infrastructure condition students, faculty, and invited speakers.
evaluation, performance modeling, maintenance and CEE:5110 Managing and Sharing Your Research
rehabilitation optimization, asset management, development Data 1 s.h.
of transportation infrastructure construction and management Overview of essential practices in managing the data
system; application of information technology and you collect and generate during research. Topics include
mobile computing to solving transportation infrastructure file organization; documenting your work and lab
construction and management problems. Prerequisites: notebooks; optimizing spreadsheet data and cleanup tools;
CEE:3763. reproducibility; funder and publisher requirements; and
CEE:4762 Design of Transportation Systems 3 s.h. conclude with how and where to share and publish data, from
Overview of different modes within transportation systems; choosing a repository to creating a data record, including
concepts of sustainability and livability in transportation licensing, ownership, preservation of access, reuse, and
system design; derivation of standards for geometric design of citation. Applicable for any student currently doing research,
highways; roundabout design; cross-sectional and longitudinal or planning to do so. Same as OEH:5110.
geometric design of highways. Prerequisites: CEE:3763. CEE:5115 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 3 s.h.
CEE:4763 Traffic Engineering 3 s.h. Principal chemical and physical processes affecting
Design of traffic control devices; evaluation and analysis of atmospheric trace gas and pollutant cycles; emphasis on
intersections and transportation networks using appropriate atmospheric photochemistry, aerosol science, major sources,
computer software. Prerequisites: CEE:3763. and removal processes. Corequisites: CBE:3120. Same as
CEE:4850 Project Design and Management in Civil CBE:5425.
Engineering 3 s.h. CEE:5137 Composite Materials 3 s.h.
Design of civil engineering systems, individual and team Mechanical behavior of composite materials and their
design projects oriented toward the solution of local problems, engineering applications; composite constituents (fibers,
project management, construction management, contracts, particles, matrices) and their properties and behavior;
budgeting, bidding. Corequisites: CEE:3003. Requirements: macromechanical behavior of composite laminae;
final semester. micromechanical predictions of composite overall properties;
CEE:5083 Introduction to Comp Flow in Pipes and classical lamination theory; composite beams and plates.
Channels 3 s.h. Prerequisites: ENGR:2750. Same as ME:5167.
General review of numerical methods in hydraulics (finite- CEE:5151 Building Future Leaders in Sustainable
difference, finite-element, and method of characteristics); Development 3 s.h.
stability and accuracy of numerical schemes; steady free Focus on competencies needed to translate training and
surface flows; flow transients in pipelines and channels. research into action for social good; topics include ethics,
CEE:5095 Career Paths in Sustainable Water cultural competency, collaboration and team science, use-
Development 0 s.h. inspired design, and engagement. Same as SDG:5100.
Introduction to different career paths in the food, energy, CEE:5156 Physical and Chemical Environmental
and water (FEW) sector; speakers from a variety of different Processes 3 s.h.
careers—including researchers, professors, entrepreneurs, Theory of physical and chemical operations and processes
consultants, and civic, professional, and global engineers— in water and wastewater treatment, including fundamental
discuss their own career paths as well as current opportunities aspects of process dynamics; lectures, laboratory.
in their fields; students prepare individual development Prerequisites: CEE:4150. Corequisites: CEE:3155.
plans that identify their preferred career (i.e., training) path, CEE:5179 Continuum Mechanics arr.
a plan of study (i.e., path coursework), mentors, and their Mechanics of continuous media; kinematics of deformation,
preferred research area. Requirements: graduate standing in concepts of stress and strain; conservation laws of mass,
sustainable water development program. momentum and energy; constitutive theories; boundary
CEE:5096 Water, Energy, and Food Nexus and initial value problems. Prerequisites: ENGR:2750 or
Seminar 0 s.h. ENGR:2510. Same as ME:5179.
Invited presentations on research, policy, economics, and CEE:5225 Communicating Data Through Stories 3 s.h.
social drivers of water, energy, and food in the 21st century. How to communicate science effectively and responsively
CEE:5097 Coaching Seminar on Communicating Water with multiple audiences from peers and professors to potential
Science 0 s.h. employers, policymakers, and the lay public; focus on
Presentation of student research on water, energy, and food speaking about science clearly and vividly in ways that
in the 21st century; students receive live, immediate feedback can engage varied audiences, especially those outside the
from their peers and faculty coaches on best practices to student's own field; connecting and finding common ground
improve their oral communication skills. with an audience, defining goals, identifying main points,
CEE:5098 Graduate Seminar in Structures, Materials, speaking without jargon, explaining meaning and context,
Mechanics, and Transportation 0 s.h. using storytelling techniques and multimedia elements. Same
Presentation and discussion of recent advances and research as GRAD:5225, SDG:5225.
in structures, mechanics, materials, and transportation
engineering by guest lecturers, faculty, and students.
Requirements: graduate standing.
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CEE:5236 Optimization of Structural Systems 3 s.h. CEE:5390 PCBs in the Environment 3 s.h.
Advanced topics; optimization of structural topology, Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as potent carcinogens
shape, and material; finite dimensional dynamic response and linked to metabolic syndrome, autism, learning
optimization, sensitivity analysis, distributed parameter disabilities, hearing loss, and neurological disorders;
systems; projects. Same as BME:5720. how these compounds become to be such ubiquitous
CEE:5310 Informatics for Sustainable Systems 3 s.h. environmental pollutants; what the impact of their presence
Introduction to fundamental and advanced environmental is; how sites are remediated and exposures reduced; in-
informatics concepts and procedures including automated depth examination through literature review, laboratory
data collection, data management, data transformations, experiments, computational modeling, final written reports,
and processing to support modeling and analysis; scientific and presentations. Recommendations: laboratory experience.
visualization of environmental data to support management CEE:5410 Politics and Economics of the Food, Energy,
of food, energy, and water (FEW) resources; sustainability in Water Nexus 3 s.h.
FEW systems. Same as IGPI:5311, URP:5310. Focus on the relationships between food, energy, and
CEE:5350 Watershed Hydrology and Ecosystem water resources; current and future political and economic
Processes 3 s.h. frameworks that shape the food, energy, and water nexus.
Introduction to hydrologic and ecosystem processes within CEE:5440 Foundations of Environmental Chemistry and
a watershed; description of water, energy, and nutrient Microbiology 3 s.h.
cycling in watersheds; focus on hydrologic and water- Investigation of chemical and biological processes at the
quality issues in agricultural Midwest; watershed modeling food-energy-water nexus; example topic areas include
techniques, ecosystem goods and services, and selected case biogeochemical cycling of nutrients, biomass conversion,
studies in watershed and ecosystem management problems. resource recovery from wastewater, removing pollutants
Requirements: graduate standing. from drinking water sources, water reuse, engineered natural
CEE:5355 Advanced Hydrology 3 s.h. treatment systems, pollutant transformation and control,
Expanding on core principles of hydraulics and hydrology, treatment of process waters. Requirements: undergraduate
explore advanced distributed hydrologic modeling techniques senior standing or graduate standing.
used in early warning systems. Topics include probabilistic CEE:5460 Water Quality and Flow 3 s.h.
forecasting, spatial forecast verification, data assimilation, Laboratory and field experiments to promote student learning
and data-driven simulation. Emphasis is placed on scientific of flow-dependent movement and associated environmental
computing using C++, Python, R, and MATLAB for practical transformation of surface water and groundwater pollutants;
learning. Prerequisites: CEE:3371. exploration of water quality and flow fundamentals needed to
CEE:5369 Intermediate Mechanics of Fluids 3 s.h. design and numerically model treatment reactors for small-
Basic concepts and definitions; pressure distribution in a community wastewater, urban storm water, and agricultural
fluid; governing equations and boundary conditions; integral runoff; emphasis on engineered solutions that couple water
and differential analysis; dimensional analysis and similarity; quality and flow considerations as potential mitigations for
experimental analysis; laminar and turbulent internal and adverse effects on natural water cycle caused by floods and
external flows; potential flows; engineering applications. other natural and human-influenced phenomena.
Prerequisites: ENGR:2510. Same as ME:5160. CEE:5513 Mathematical Methods in Engineering 3 s.h.
CEE:5372 Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics and Linear ordinary differential equations, series solutions of
Heat Transfer 3 s.h. differential equations, special functions, Laplace transforms,
Hands-on experience in methodology of conducting Fourier series, matrices, linear systems, eigenvalue problems,
experiments in fluid mechanics and heat transfer from design second-order partial differential equations. Prerequisites:
to data acquisition and processing; essential theoretical MATH:2550 and MATH:2560. Same as CBE:5140, ME:5113.
elements, experimental methodologies, data acquisition CEE:5540 Intermediate Mechanics of Deformable
systems, uncertainty analysis; wide variety of instruments Bodies 3 s.h.
for fundamental and applied experimentation; work in small Application of equilibrium analyses, strain-displacement
groups; design, implement, test, and report an experiment in relations, and constitutive relationships to practical
area of interest. Same as ME:5162. structural systems and elementary plane elasticity problems.
CEE:5380 Fluid Flows in Environmental Systems 3 s.h. Prerequisites: ENGR:2750. Same as ME:5150.
Introduction to environmental fluid flows and transport CEE:5549 Fracture Mechanics 3 s.h.
processes with focus on application and developing a Three-dimensional stress states, definition and criteria for
language of environmental fluid mechanics; topics include failure, nominal and local yield phenomena, linear elastic
physical and mathematical description of conservation and elastic plastic fracture mechanics, plane stress and
and transport laws, statistical techniques for analyzing plane strain fracture toughness, J-Integral, crack opening
environmental flow data, scaling and similarity, stratification, displacement, environmental assisted cracking, fatigue crack
turbulent flux measurement and modeling, environmental growth, fail safe, and damage tolerant design. Prerequisites:
boundary conditions; application to surface waters and the ENGR:2750. Corequisites: ME:3052. Same as ME:5159.
planetary boundary layer; applied project involving collection CEE:5678 Application Simulation to
and analysis of environmental flow data. Transportation 3 s.h.
Transportation system management and traffic engineering;
application of real-time simulation and visualization.
Prerequisites: CEE:3763 or CEE:4763. Same as URP:5678.
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CEE:5875 Perspectives in Biotechnology 1 s.h. CEE:6255 Environmental Biotechnology and

Topics related to careers in biotechnology with an emphasis Bioremediation 3 s.h.
on preparing graduate students for careers outside of Concepts in molecular microbial ecology and bioremediation;
academia; discussions led by a series of guest speakers microbial diversity and genetics, evolution of biodegradation
from leading biotech industries; understanding the societal pathways, application of quantitative PCR, high-throughput
impact of basic research; participation in round-table amplicon and metagenomic and transcriptomic sequencing,
discussions; and presentation of student research findings. proteomics, stable isotopes; bioremediation research and
Requirements: graduate standing and good academic practice.
standing in a participating department supported by the CEE:6299 Advanced Topics in Water and the
Predoctoral Training Program in Biotechnology. Same as Environment 1-3 s.h.
BMB:5875, CBE:5875, CHEM:5875, MICR:5875, PHAR:5875. Advanced topics or areas of study not formally offered in other
CEE:5990 Structural Engineering Practicum A 2 s.h. civil and environmental courses; topics include environmental
Students select a design project and develop two or more engineering and science, hydraulics, hydrology, water
alternative design concepts in consultation with a three- resources, and sustainable water development.
member advisory committee consisting of at least one faculty CEE:6310 Analytical Methods in Mechanical
member and one design professional; entire design process Systems 3 s.h.
documented in a written report. Prerequisites: CEE:4506 and Vector and function spaces; functionals and operators in
CEE:4535. Hilbert spaces; calculus of variations and functional analysis
CEE:5991 Structural Engineering Practicum B 1 s.h. with application to mechanics; Ritz and Galerkin methods.
Detailed design development of one of the concepts Prerequisites: ME:5113. Same as ME:6214.
developed in CEE:5990; students perform detailed design CEE:6376 Viscous Flow 3 s.h.
calculations using applicable structural analysis and design Equations of viscous flow; classical analytical and numerical
software, produce professional quality structural plans solutions; flow regimes and approximations; laminar boundary
including connection details, and defend design to a three- layers—equations, solution methods, applications; stability
member advisory committee. Prerequisites: CEE:5990. theory and transition; incompressible turbulent flow—mean-
CEE:5998 Individual Investigations: Civil and flow and Reynolds-stress equations, modeling, turbulent
Environmental Engineering arr. boundary layers and free shear flows. Requirements: for
Individual projects for civil and environmental engineering ME:6260—ME:5160; for CEE:6376—CEE:5369. Same as
graduate students: laboratory study, engineering design ME:6260.
project, analysis and simulation of an engineering system, CEE:6520 Watershed Sedimentation 3 s.h.
computer software development, research. Requirements: Exploration of rich and complex field of sediment transport,
graduate standing. geomorphology, and contaminant transport; associated
CEE:5999 Research: Civil and Environmental physical, chemical, and biological processes with associated
Engineering MS Thesis arr. mathematical modeling; investigation of current topics not
Experimental and/or analytical investigation of an approved covered elsewhere, including physical processes affecting
topic for partial fulfillment of requirements for the MS with stability/mobility, transport, and fate of soil/sediments;
thesis in civil and environmental engineering. Requirements: lack of general understanding in development of fine-scale
graduate standing. sedimentary structure in different systems, particularly
CEE:6225 Communicating Science 3 s.h. contamination and contamination release; suspension effects
Writing and speaking about environmental engineering and on turbulent flows. Prerequisites: CEE:4370.
science research; key principles of writing with clarity and CEE:6532 Finite Element II 3 s.h.
cohesion, and practice applying these principles on a piece Computer implementation; plate and shell elements;
of research writing that students are currently working on; mixed and hybrid formulations; nonlinear analysis; recent
review best practices for presenting research to peers and at development; introduction to boundary element method.
conferences; students are required to share their work with Prerequisites: CEE:4533. Same as IGPI:6216, ME:6215.
peers through writing and presentations. Recommendations: CEE:6599 Advanced Topics in Infrastructure
graduate standing in earth and environmental sciences; MS Systems 1-3 s.h.
students must be thesis option. Advanced topics or areas of study not formally offered in other
CEE:6250 Environmental Biotechnology 3 s.h. structures and transportation courses; topics may include one
Environmental biotechnology utilizes microorganisms to or more areas (e.g., structural dynamics, advanced structural
improve sustainability of human society; basic concepts and systems, earthquake engineering, sustainable systems).
quantitative tools needed for microbiological processes to CEE:7250 Advanced Fracture Mechanics 3 s.h.
behave in ways that are understandable, predictable, and Fracture of modern engineering materials; linear-elastic
unified; application of these fundamental principles to a fracture; computational methods; functionally graded
variety of modern applications. Prerequisites: CEE:5440. materials; elastic-plastic fracture; multiscale fracture and
CEE:6253 Environmental Organic Chemistry 3 s.h. fatigue crack initiation. Prerequisites: ME:5113 and (ME:5159
Environmental factors that govern processes that determine or CEE:4533). Same as ME:7250.
fate of organic chemicals in natural and engineered systems; CEE:7999 Research: Civil and Environmental
knowledge of chemical fate applied toward quantitatively Engineering PhD Dissertation arr.
assessing environmental behavior of organic chemicals; Experimental and/or analytical investigation of an approved
holistic view on physical-chemical properties of organic topic for partial fulfillment of requirements for the PhD in civil
compounds, including aspects of gas-solid partitioning, and environmental engineering.
bioaccumulation, and transformations in the atmosphere.