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CEE 5470 - Sedimentation Engineering
3 credits
Explores river response, sediment transport, sediment and watershed yield, flow resistance, scour and erosion, and floodplain management.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3500 and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing
Cross-listed as: CEE 6470 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 5500 - Open Channel Hydraulics with an Emphasis on Gradually Varied Flow
3 credits
Theory and applications of steady uniform and gradually varied flow under both subcritical and supercritical flow conditions. Solutions to multiple-network canal systems by solving systems of combined ordinary differential and algebraic equations. Method for defining natural channel systems and solving steady-state flows in them.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3500 , CEE 3510 , and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing
Cross-listed as: CEE 6500 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 5540 - Hydraulic Structures Design
3 credits
Design of a variety of hydraulic structures is explored, both in the classroom and laboratory. Integrates student-developed, original computer programs; commercially available software; field trips; and hands-on laboratory design projects to further students’ understanding of hydraulic structures.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3500 and CEE 3510 Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing
Cross-listed as: CEE 6540 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 5550 - Hydraulics of Closed Conduits
3 credits
Includes design and operation of piping systems; economics; feasibility and impact of pipelines; pipe, pump, and valve selection; transient and cavitation analysis; and pipeline operation and filling.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3500 and CEE 3510 and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing
Cross-listed as: CEE 6550
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 5600 - Environmental Chemistry of Inorganic Contaminants
2 credits
Inorganics of environmental concern discussed in terms of processes affecting their behavior in soil and water systems. Explores remediation of environmental systems contaminated with inorganic pollutants.
Cross-listed as: CEE 6600
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring, even years
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CEE 5610 - Environmental Quality Analysis
3 credits
Familiarizes students with various methods used for analysis of chemical parameters in environmental samples (water, soil, and air). Provides students with skills enabling them to make proper selection/evaluation of analytical procedure and evaluate data generated.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CHEM 1210 and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing
Cross-listed as: , ,
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 5620 - Aquatic Chemistry
3 credits
Provides students with understanding of principles of aquatic chemistry, emphasizing chemical equilibria, acid-base reactions, complex formation, oxidation-reduction reactions, complex formation, and dissolution chemistry.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CHEM 1210 or equivalent and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing
Cross-listed as: PSC 5620 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 5635 - Environmental Engineering in Developing Nations
3 credits
The course is designed for engineers and non-engineers and covers appropriate safe water, sanitation, air pollution technologies, and public health principles, for developing nations. Social and educational approaches, and project management principles required for successful project implementation, are stressed.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program and have Graduate Standing.
Corequisite: CEE 6635
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 5670 - Hazardous Chemicals Handling and Safety
2 credits
Provides students with necessary skills and knowledge for working safely in areas associated with hazardous chemicals. Topics covered include: regulations, exposure routes, toxicology, chemical and physical hazards, personal protective equipment, sampling, monitoring, decontamination, and emergency response procedures.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CHEM 1210 and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing
Cross-listed as: PUBH 5670
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 5680 - Soil-Based Waste Management
2 credits
Engineering management of wastes present in the vadose zone, including extraction, containment, and biological, chemical, and physical destruction technologies for sustainable agriculture and environmental quality. Aspects include engineering characterization, problem definition, treatment, and monitoring. Analysis and design emphasized through problems, examinations, and report writing.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program and have Graduate Standing.
Cross-listed as: CEE 6680 and BENG 5680 /BENG 6680 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 5690 - Natural Systems Engineering
3 credits
Explores integrated nature of river basin planning and management through introduction of most commonly employed assessment modeling frameworks and tools for modeling physical, chemical, and ecological processes at the study site to watershed scales. Topics include: water resources system modeling; physical, chemical, and ecological processes modeling; impact assessment methods; and risk assessment.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3610 /PUBH 3610 , CEE 3500 , CEE 3510 , CEE 3640 , and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing
Cross-listed as: CEE 6690 .
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CEE 5710 - Pollution Prevention and Industrial Ecology
2 credits
Explores pollution prevention and waste minimization concepts, focusing on implementation of these concepts in design of production processes and products. Discussion of pollution prevention/waste minimization concepts, energy and materials conservation, Life Cycle Analysis, materials and process audits, industrial process design for waste minimization and energy conservation, packaging, and ISO 14000.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program and have Graduate Standing.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 5720 - Natural Systems Modeling
3 credits
Provides hands-on approach to utilizing several of the most commonly applied modeling tools employed to estimate physical, chemical, and biological impacts of existing and proposed water resource systems. Focuses on utility and limitations of specific modeling approaches, while also stressing integrative multi-disciplinary nature of impact assessment frameworks.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 5690 /CEE 6690 and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing
Cross-listed as: CEE 6720 .
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CEE 5730 - Environmental Chemistry of Organic Contaminants
3 credits
Provides students with understanding of methods used in analysis of environmental samples for organic contaminants. Examines various properties and processes determining the fate of organic contaminants in the environment. Taught first half of fall semester.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Grades of C- or better in CHEM 1210 and CHEM 1215 and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing
Cross-listed as: CEE 6730 /PUBH 6730 and PUBH 5730
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 5750 - Air Quality Measurements
2 credits
Laboratory-based course designed to familiarize participants with federally-approved reference measurement techniques for ambient and source air pollutants. Also provides understanding of temporal and spatial pollutant behavior.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 5760 - Hydraulic Structures Field Course
1 credit
Week-long course, with one day of in-class lectures and four days of field trips. Introduces students to field applications of hydraulic structures design. Field trips may involve backpacking to remote areas.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have graduate standing.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Summer
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Spring
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CEE 5790 - Accident and Emergency Management
3 credits
Introduction to fundamentals of accident, hazard, and emergency management. Topics include legislation; chemical safety fundamentals; fire, explosion, and spill fundamentals; contaminant air transport fundamentals; hazard and risk assessment; dispersion applications; and hazard and risk management applications.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CHEM 1220 and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing
Cross-listed as: PUBH 5790 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 5810 - Biochemical Engineering
3 credits
Fundamentals of bioreactor design and bioengineering to produce biological commodities. Emphasizes mathematical models of microbial and enzymatic processes in environmental and industrial biotechnology.
Prerequisite/Restriction: BENG 3200 and BENG 3670 /CEE 3670 ; or BENG 3670 /CEE 3670 , CEE 3610 /PUBH 3610 , and CEE 3640 Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing
Cross-listed as: CEE 6810 and BENG 5810 /BENG 6810 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 5830 - Management and Utilization of Biological Solids and Wastewater
3 credits
Focuses on production, management, and disposal of biosolids and wastewater generated in food processing and wastewater treatment. Emphasizes beneficial use of biosolids and wastewater for agricultural production, forest enhancement, and land reclamation.
Prerequisite/Restriction: BENG 3670 /CEE 3670 and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing
Cross-listed as: CEE 6830 and BENG 5830 /BENG 6830 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 5860 - Air Quality Management
3 credits
Introduction to air quality management. Explores the legislation, sources, behaviors, and effects of regulated and nonregulated air pollution, control techniques, and air dispersion modeling.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3610 , CEE 3500 , BENG 2400 , and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 5870 - Hazardous Waste Incineration
2 credits
Provides introduction to hazardous waste incineration principles. Topics include: thermodynamics, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, chemical kinetics, energy recovery, pollution control systems, and incinerator design principles.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3780 and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program and have Graduate Standing
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 5880 - Remediation Engineering
3 credits
Physical, chemical, and biological principles associated with remediation of hazardous waste contaminated soil, water, sediments, and air. Topics include: source removal and source control, product recovery, chemical treatment methods, biological remediation concepts, in situ processes, ex situ processes, and integrated process design.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3780 , CEE 3610 /PUBH 3610 , and student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 5900 - Cooperative Practice
3 credits
A planned work experience in industry. Detailed program must have prior approval. Written report required.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Student must be in the Professional Engineering Program or have Graduate Standing.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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CEE 6000 - Irrigation and Drainage of Agricultural Lands
3 credits
Soil-water-plant relationships; evapotranspiration and water requirements; effective water use; irrigation scheduling; infiltration; irrigation systems planning, drainage systems and their design and the impact of irrigation on water quality.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3430 , CEE 3500
Cross-listed as: CEE 5000 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6001 - Field Irrigation Systems Design and Evaluation
3 credits
Evaluation, design and management of surface, sprinkle, and drip irrigation systems including system automation and maintenance.
Cross-listed as: CEE 5001
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6003 - Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces
4 credits
Basic principles of radiation and remote sensing. Techniques for ground-based measurements of reflected and emitted radiation, as well as ancillary data collection to support airborne and satellite remote sensing studies in agriculture, geography, and hydrology.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MATH 1100 or MATH 1210 ; and PHYS 2110 or PHYS 2210
Cross-listed as: CEE 5003 and PSC 6003 /PSC 5003
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6005 - Irrigation Conveyance and Control Systems
3 credits
Design, evaluation, and operation of irrigation distribution systems. Measurement and monitoring of flows and water levels, and canal and pipeline automation. Simulation of system hydraulics.
Cross-listed as: CEE 5005 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6007 - Field Evaluation of Agricultural Irrigation Systems
2 credits
Field measurements in pressurized and surface irrigation systems for performance evaluation and determination of water application uniformity and efficiency.
Cross-listed as: CEE 5007 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Summer
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CEE 6008 - Management of Irrigation Systems
3 credits
Organizing, administering, and financing irrigation and drainage projects. Operation and maintenance of irrigation distribution systems. Simulation of command area water demands.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3430 and CEE 3500
Cross-listed as: CEE 5008
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6009 - Groundwater Systems Engineering I
3 credits
Groundwater exploration; well drilling and testing; pumping plant design, operation, and testing; aquifer evaluations; siting of multiple well systems. Development of pumping strategies for water supply and environmental control systems. Introduction to conjunctive use.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 6000 /CEE 5000
Cross-listed as: CEE 5009 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6010 - Finite Element Methods in Solid Mechanics II
3 credits
Advanced theory and applications of finite element methods to both static and dynamic solid mechanics problems.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 5010
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6020 - Structural Stability
3 credits
Elastic and inelastic buckling of columns; analysis of beam columns, thin-walled beams of open cross-section. Stability analysis of frame and plate structures. Large deflection theory. Historical notes on stability of structures. Computer applications.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6030 - Structural Optimization
3 credits
Introduction to optimization techniques for linear and nonlinear, univariable, and multivariable functions with or without constraints. Computer applications, and applications to structural design.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Instructor permission
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6040 - Structural Reliability
3 credits
Elements of probability theory and its application to structural engineering and mechanics. Statistical distribution of loads. Uncertainties in material parameters and their effects in design. Reliability-based safety analysis and computer applications.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Instructor permission
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6050 - Experimental Methods in Structural Engineering
3 credits
Experimental techniques used in research and design in structural engineering and mechanics. Structural models. Theory and practical applications. Development of principles used to design research projects.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Instructor permission
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6070 - Mechanics of Composite Materials II
3 credits
Second course in composite materials. Stress-strain states of laminated composite structures, including interlaminar stresses, failure criteria, and hygrothermal stresses.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 5060
Cross-listed as: MAE 6070
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6080 - Numerical Methods in Elasticity
3 credits
Elasticity theory, stress and strain analysis, and yield criteria. Governing equilibrium, kinematic, and compatibility equations. Generalized Hooke’s law. Classical solutions of flex and torsion problems. Energy methods. Introduction to finite difference, finite element, and boundary element methods. Computer applications.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3020
Cross-listed as: CEE 5080 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6090 - Theory if Plates and Shells
3 credits
Introduction to plate and shell theories. Development of bending and buckling of plates and shells through classical theory.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 3040
Cross-listed as: MAE 6090 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6110 - Hydroinformatics
3 credits
Introduces hydroinformatics concepts and procedures including automated data collection, relational databases, data management software, metadata and semantics, data storage formats and standards, data transformations, web based data distribution, and automation of data manipulation tasks supporting hydrologic modeling and analysis.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Graduate student standing or instructor permission
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6120 - Bridge Engineering
3 credits
Provides students with a basic understanding of the facets of bridge design pertinent to a structural engineer. Focuses on analysis and design of a slab and prestressed concrete girder bridge.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6130 - Structural Dynamics and Seismic Design
3 credits
Development and solutions for equations of motion for single- and multi-degree of freedom systems. Dynamic analysis by Modal Superposition and Response Spectra. Design of structures for seismically active areas.
Cross-listed as: MAE 6130 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6140 - Advanced Reinforced Concrete
3 credits
Develops improved understanding of the behavior of reinforced concrete members. After students understand general behavior, codes are placed in proper perspective. Then students can design in situations not explicitly considered in current codes.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6180 - Dynamics and Vibrations
3 credits
Fundamentals of two-dimensional and three-dimensional rigid body dynamics, including Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Leavit Energy Methods. Equations of motion, mode shapes, and natural frequencies for continuous media and multi degree-of-freedom systems.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MAE 5300 or CEE 6130 /MAE 6130
Cross-listed as: MAE 6180 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6190 - Geographic Information Systems for Civil Engineers
3 credits
Introduction to GIS concepts addressing data structures, spatial entities, and queries. Topics include location referencing methods, data collection techniques, current applications, and institutional and organizational issues.
Cross-listed as: CEE 5190 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6200 - Pavement Design
3 credits
Analysis and design of flexible and rigid pavements for highways and runways, including the design of overlays. Equal emphasis on current practice and advanced concepts of pavement management.
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CEE 6210 - Transportation Systems Analysis
3 credits
Introduces systems approach to analysis of transportation services and infrastructure. Focuses on basic and advanced concepts, including operations research techniques, simulation, and artificial intelligence. Topics include facility sizing and location, financial and economic analysis of investment projects, and privatization.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3030 or equivalent
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6220 - Traffic Engineering
3 credits
Topics covered include characteristics, measurements, and analysis of volume, speed, density, and travel time; capacity and level of service analysis; signalization and traffic control devices.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3210
Cross-listed as: CEE 5220 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6230 - Geometric Design of Highways
3 credits
Principles of highway location and planning, with full consideration of economic, environmental, and other impacts. Capacity analysis of intersections and highways, passing-lane design, and risk-cost based horizontal and vertical alignment design. Introduction to design software through coursework and term projects.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3210
Cross-listed as: CEE 5230 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6240 - Urban and Regional Transportation Planning
3 credits
Examination of travel demand forecasting, data collection, and survey data analysis techniques. Focuses on transportation-land use interactions and impact of market-based policies on travel demand. Theories and applications of traditional and advanced trip distribution, mode choice, and route assignment models.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3210 and admitted to the Professional Program
Cross-listed as: CEE 5240 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6250 - Transportation Safety
3 credits
Statistical analysis of transportation data, including safety and risk assessment. Regression and multivariate analysis, such as discriminant analysis, canonical correlation, and factor analysis. In-depth study of selected methodologies for analyzing transportation safety and designing counter measures.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3210 or equivalent
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6260 - Public Transportation
3 credits
Principles of planning, design, and operation of transit systems in urban and rural areas. Determination of optimal route alignments, schedules, and station/stop spacings. Exploration of innovations in financing and pricing, including cost-cutting techniques.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6270 - Traffic Operations Analysis
3 credits
Traffic flow fundamentals, macroscopic and microscopic models of traffic flow, shock wave analysis, car following principles, queuing systems, and simulation.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6290 - Transportation Network Analysis
3 credits
Analytical approaches and algorithms to the formulation and solution of the equilibrium assignment problem for transportation networks. Emphasis on user equilibrium, comparison with system optimal stochastic user equilibrium, origin-destination matrix estimation, and network design problems.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6300 - Earth Structures
3 credits
Design and construction of earth and rock fill dams, embankments, excavations, and retaining structures.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 4300 , CEE 5350 /CEE 6350
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6310 - Environmental Geotechniques
3 credits
Geotechnical aspects of environmental systems, with concentration on waste containment facilities.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 4300
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6320 - Deep Foundations
3 credits
Analysis, design, and construction of deep foundations with emphasis on driver piles and drilled shafts.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 4300 , CEE 5350 /CEE 6350
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6330 - Ground Reinforcement, Improvement and Treatment
3 credits
Theory, design, and construction methods for ground reinforcement, improvement, and treatment applications.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 4300 , CEE 5350 /CEE 6350
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6340 - Laboratory and Field Methods in Geotechnical Engineering
3 credits
Subsurface investigation, field testing and instrumentation, and laboratory testing.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 4300 , CEE 5350 /CEE 6350
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6350 - Foundation Analysis and Design
3 credits
Applications of theories studied in soil mechanics. Design considerations for various foundation types, including shallow foundations, driven piles, drilled shafts, walls, soil anchorages, and mechanically-stabilized earth support systems. Field investigation techniques and computer applications.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 4300
Cross-listed as: CEE 5350 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6360 - Geotechnical Principles
3 credits
Theoretical soil behavior. Hydraulic conductivity, compression, and shearing properties.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 4300 , CEE 5350 /CEE 6350
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6370 - Buried Structures
3 credits
Analysis of structural performance of buried structures (pipes, tanks, silos, etc.) using principles of mechanics of materials and finite element methods.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 4300 , CEE 5350 /CEE 6350
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6380 - Earthquake Engineering
3 credits
Covers wide variety of earthquake engineering topics, including seismology and earthquake source characterization, strong ground motion, seismic hazard analysis, wave propagation, soil dynamics, ground response, local site effects, liquefaction, seismic slope stability, soil improvement, vibrational analyses, and structural seismic design.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 4300
Cross-listed as: CEE 5380 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6400 - Physical Hydrology
3 credits
Fundamentals of hydrologic cycle and hydrologic processes. Precipitation, infiltration, runoff generation, evaporation and transpiration, and snowmelt. Representation of hydrologic processes in hydrologic models.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3430
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6410 - Water Resource Systems Analysis
3 credits
Systems formulation of decision problems. Solution by simulation and optimization, constrained and unconstrained optimization algorithms, case studies and applications to water supply, and quality and ecosystems management.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6430 - Groundwater Engineering
3 credits
Explores fundamentals of groundwater hydrology by focusing on theory related to aquifer systems and flow analysis, regional groundwater balance, well hydraulics, aquifer testing, capture zone analysis, unsaturated flow, saltwater intrusion, and basics of flow modeling.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3430 or a similar hydrology course
Cross-listed as: CEE 5430 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6440 - Geographic Information Systems in Water Resources
3 credits
Principles and operation of geographic information systems. Spatial hydrologic modeling done by developing a digital representation of the environment in the GIS, then adding functions simulating hydrologic processes. Includes term project on use of GIS in water resources.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6450 - Hydrologic Modeling
3 credits
Conceptual and numerical flow models and groundwater yield concepts (mining, sage, sustained). Simulation of management strategies to achieve such yields, including aquifer groundwater flow, watershed runoff from precipitation, and river flow in rivers. Hydrologic model classification, boundary conditions, and calibration.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3430
Cross-listed as: CEE 5450
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6460 - Water Resources Engineering
3 credits
Engineering design course covering a wide range of topics, including: surface and groundwater hydrology, statistical analysis, water law, hydroelectric power, water supply, irrigation, flood control, wastewater, drainage, dams and reservoirs, pipelines, open channels, and planning.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3430 , CEE 3500 , and CEE 4200
Cross-listed as: CEE 5460 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6470 - Sedimentation Engineering
3 credits
Explores river response, sediment transport, sediment and watershed yield, flow resistance, scour and erosion, and floodplain management.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3500
Cross-listed as: CEE 5470 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6480 - Groundwater Contamination: Modeling, Monitoring and Management
3 credits
In-depth exploration of physical, chemical, and biological processes related to fate and transport of contaminants in the subsurface, mathematical modeling, remediation technologies, and mitigation of contaminated sites using risk-based decision-making.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 5430 /CEE 6430 or equivalent
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6490 - Integrated River Basin/Watershed Planning and Management
3 credits
Reviews fundamental building blocks of water resource institutions, emphasizing creation of institutions which are sensitive to a particular culture, economic, and political environment. Addresses institutional mission and regulatory roles, public participation, property and water rights, and elements of production.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6500 - Open Channel Hydraulics with an Emphasis on Gradually Varied Flow
3 credits
Theory and applications of steady uniform and gradually varied flow under both subcritical and supercritical flow conditions. Solutions to multiple-network canal systems by solving systems of combined ordinary differential and algebraic equations. Method for defining natural channel systems and solving steady-state flows in them.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3500 , CEE 3510
Cross-listed as: CEE 5500 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6510 - Numerical Methods for Civil Engineers
3 credits
Engineering applications of approximation and interpolation, solution methods for ordinary differential equations, numerical solution of partial differential equations, nonparametric and parametric probability and regression estimation, and Monte Carlo and uncertainty analysis.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6530 - Unsteady Flows in Open Channels and Numerical Solutions of St.Venant Equations
3 credits
Derivation and physical meaning of the St. Venant equations, types of water waves, solutions to unsteady free surface flows based on the characteristics, and direct and iterative implicit methods of solution. Emphasizes solving unsteady flow problems in channel systems.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 6500
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6540 - Hydraulic Structures Design
3 credits
Explores design of a variety of hydraulic structures, both in the classroom and laboratory. Integrates student-developed, original computer programs; commercially available software; field trips; and hands-on laboratory design projects to further students’ understanding of hydraulic structures.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3500 and CEE 3510
Cross-listed as: CEE 5540 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6550 - Hydraulics of Closed Conduits
3 credits
Includes design and operation of piping systems; economics; feasibility and impact of pipelines; pipe, pump, and valve selection; transient and cavitation analysis; and pipeline operation and filling.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3500 and CEE 3510
Cross-listed as: CEE 5550 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6580 - Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
3 credits
Survey of mathematical methods used in fluid mechanics, including: potential flow solutions (complex variables), laminar flow and turbulent flow solutions, boundary layer theory, and introduction to dispersion in fluid.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6590 - Evaluation of Hydrologic Modeling Systems
3 credits
Focuses on different techniques for evaluating the performance, diagnosing the model structure, and assessing the uncertainty of hydrologic modeling systems. Examines mathematical and systems theory methods for examining the interrelation between model inputs and outputs.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 6400
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6600 - Environmental Chemistry of Inorganic Contaminants
2 credits
Inorganics of environmental concern discussed in terms of processes affecting their behavior in soil and water systems. Explores remediation of environmental systems contaminated with inorganic pollutants.
Cross-listed as: CEE 5600
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring, even years
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CEE 6610 - Environmental Quality Analysis
3 credits
Familiarizes students with various methods used for analysis of chemical parameters in environmental samples (water, soil, and air). Provides students with skills enabling them to make proper selection/evaluation of analytical procedure and evaluate data generated.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CHEM 1210
Cross-listed as: , ,
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6620 - Field Sampling and Analysis of Environmental Systems
3 credits
Explores applied field sampling, as well as field and laboratory techniques used in the monitoring of environmental media. Includes theory and practice of field site monitoring and measurement of physical, chemical, and biological processes in the environment.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Instructor permission
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6630 - Process Dynamics in Environmental Engineering Systems
3 credits
Fundamental principles used in analysis and simulation of environmental systems. Emphasizes small particle dynamics, reaction kinetics, mass transfer, reactor analysis and design, transport phenomena, and development and solution of mathematical models to describe natural and engineered environmental systems including both analytical and numerical methods.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3500 , CEE 3510
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6635 - Environmental Engineering in Developing Nations
3 credits
The course is designed for engineers and non-engineers and covers appropriate safe water, sanitation, air pollution technologies, and public health principles, for developing nations. Social and educational approaches, and project management principles required for successful project implementation, are stressed.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Acceptance into an Engineering graduate program or instructor permission
Cross-listed as: CEE 5635
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6640 - Physical and Chemical Environmental Process Engineering
3 credits
Principles of physical and chemical environmental engineering processes, including sedimentation, filtration, gas transfer, aeration, absorption, ion exchange, membrane processes, coagulation, flocculation, precipitation, oxidation, reduction, and disinfection. Process modeling and analysis applications in treatment of water, wastewater, industrial wastes, vapor treatment, and soil remediation.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 5610 /CEE 6610 and CEE 6630
Corequisite: CEE 6650 and CEE 6670 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6650 - Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering
3 credits
Theory and design of biological processes used in environmental engineering. Stoichiometric, energetic, kinetic and molecular biological analysis of processes for treatment of contaminated water, soil and air; modeling and design of aerobic and anaerobic suspended growth and fixed-film processes for treatment of municipal and industrial waste streams; nutrient removal; bioenergy production, and bioremediation.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 6630
Corequisite: CEE 6640 and CEE 6670
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6660 - Environmental and Hydrologic Data Analysis and Experimentation
3 credits
Data analysis and experimental design for environmental science and engineering. Graphical data analysis, parametric and nonparametric statistics, frequency distributions, hypothesis testing, propagation of variance, censored data, correlation and causation, parameter estimation, factorial experimental design and response surfaces, environmental monitoring and uncertainty, nonparametric estimation, time series, and kernel density estimation.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6670 - Environmental Process Laboratory
2 credits
Laboratory testing to demonstrate physical, chemical, and biological principles utilized in environmental engineering processes.
Corequisite: CEE 6640 , CEE 6650 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6680 - Soil-Based Waste Management
2 credits
Engineering management of wastes present in the vadose zone, including extraction, containment, and biological, chemical, and physical destruction technologies for sustainable agriculture and environmental quality. Aspects include engineering characterization, problem definition, treatment, and monitoring. Analysis and design emphasized through problems, examinations, and report writing.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to Professional Engineering Program
Cross-listed as: CEE 5680 and BENG 6680 /BENG 5680 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6690 - Natural Systems Engineering
3 credits
Explores integrated nature of river basin planning and management through introduction of most commonly employed assessment modeling frameworks and tools for modeling physical, chemical, and ecological processes at the study site to watershed scales. Topics include: water resources system modeling; physical, chemical, and ecological processes modeling; impact assessment methods; and risk assessment.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 3610 /PUBH 3610 , CEE 3500 , CEE 3510 , CEE 3640 ; or instructor permission
Cross-listed as: CEE 5690 .
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CEE 6710 - Environmental Engineering Microbial Ecology
2 credits
Principles of microbial ecology applied to engineered and natural systems.
Prerequisite/Restriction: BIOL 3300 , CEE 3610 /PUBH 3610
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6720 - Natural Systems Modeling
3 credits
Provides hands-on approach to utilizing several of the most commonly applied modeling tools employed to estimate physical, chemical, and biological impacts of existing and proposed water resource systems. Focuses on utility and limitations of specific modeling approaches, while also stressing integrative multi-disciplinary nature of impact assessment frameworks.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 6690 /CEE 5690 or instructor permission
Cross-listed as: CEE 5720 .
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CEE 6730 - Environmental Chemistry of Organic Contaminants
3 credits
Provides students with understanding of methods used in analysis of environmental samples for organic contaminants. Examines various properties and processes determining the fate of organic contaminants in the environment. Taught first half of fall semester.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Grades of C- or better in CHEM 1210 and CHEM 1215
Cross-listed as: CEE 5730 /PUBH 5730 and PUBH 6730
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6740 - Surface Water Quality Modeling
3 credits
Development and application of mathematical models for conventional pollutants in surface water systems. Covers the fundamentals of completely mixed systems; topics associated with various surface water quality environments (e.g., streams, rivers, lakes, etc.); and dissolved oxygen, BOD, nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment, and temperature behavior in surface water systems.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MATH 1220 , CHEM 1210 or CHEM 1110 , PHYS 2210 or PHYS 2010 , and graduate status
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
Effective Term
Fall
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CEE 6800 - Division of Environmental Engineering Seminar
1 credit
Environmental engineering graduate seminar for faculty, student, and guest lecturer research presentations.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
Effective Term
Fall 2016
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CEE 6830 - Management and Utilization of Biological Solids and Wastewater
3 credits
Focuses on production, management, and disposal of biosolids and wastewater generated in food processing and wastewater treatment. Emphasizes beneficial use of biosolids and wastewater for agricultural production, forest enhancement, and land reclamation.
Prerequisite/Restriction: BENG 3670 /CEE 3670
Cross-listed as: CEE 5830 and BENG 6830 /BENG 5830 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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CEE 6840 - Application of Technology Transfer for Teachers
2 credits
Focuses on application of modern instructional strategies to the transfer of technology and science to the public education setting. Part of a series of six courses.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Participation in an In*Step Science Program in the public schools
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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CEE 6850 - Atmospheric and Air Pollution Chemistry
3 credits
Provides students with training in the fundamentals of natural and anthropogenically impacted atmospheric chemistry, primarily focusing on tropospheric meteorology, kinetics, and photochemistry, including gas-phase, aqueous-phase, and aerosol-forming reactions.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CEE 5680 /CEE 6680 or upper-level chemistry or instructor permission
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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CEE 6900 - Directed Reading
1-3 credits
Prerequisite/Restriction: Instructor permission
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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CEE 6930 - Special Problems
1-4 credits
Independent or group study of engineering problems not covered in regular course offerings.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Instructor permission
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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