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An introductory civil engineering course to provide a computer
background to computer applications in using operating systems,
editors, spread sheets, data base software packages, and rule based
program packages. The computer activities are incorporated into
introductory civil engineering lecture and laboratory exercises
involving structural engineering, environmental engineering,
construction project management, geotechnical engineering, surveying,
planning and transportation.
Course is offered A, B, C, and D Terms. Class size is limited.
NOTE: The "X" designation denotes an experimental course. The
likelihood of this course being offered again is uncertain.
NOTE: CE 2000,
CE 2001,
CE 2002 and
CE 3003 comprise the
usual introductory civil engineering sequence.
The first three courses, taken in sequence, provide the fundamentals
for a wide variety of analytical applications and are most appropriate
for students who intend to enter the civil engineering area. The last
course, CE 3003, contains additional material which is important for
those concerned with analysis, design, construction and
experimentation dealing with structural systems. Background in
mathematics, basic sciences and CS 1001 is highly recommended for this
sequence of courses.
IPI; Cat. I
This course is a study of the basic principles of analysis of
structural members aimed at developing an appreciation of the role of
analysis in designing and evaluating the strength of simple
structures.
Topics covered include: functions of structures, design and analysis
of hinged frames, equilibrium, external loadings and internal
resistance of materials, axial strain energy, ICES, and design for
axial loads.
See note above.
IPI; Cat. I
This course is a continuation of CE 2000. It includes an introduction
to analytical methods with applications, emphasizing the interrelation
of material behavior, structural theory and design procedures.
Topics covered include: the design process, analysis of structural
components, combined loadings, forces and distortions of trusses,
concepts of elastic strain energy for axial and flexural members,
introduction to matrix methods, and computer applications.
See note above.
Cat. I
This course aims to develop basic understanding of classical and
modern structural analysis. Topics covered include: evaluation of
engineering practice and the future role of the civil engineer, case
studies of civil engineering works, failure sections and design,
effect of loadings on behavior of structures, frames, arches, and
other structural systems analyzed by elastic energy and moment
distribution.
See note above.
Cat. I
This course introduces students to the principles of systems analysis
as applied to the planning, design and management of complex civil
engineering projects. It will be useful to students in all areas of
civil engineering as well as those in such interdisciplinary areas as
environmental studies. The course provides a fundamental perspective
for dealing with engineering and societal problems which will prove
useful in future course and project work. It emphasizes quantitative,
analytic approaches to decision making. Specific topics include: the
systems approach, modeling, optimization, simulation and decision
analyses. Case studies from various areas of civil engineering are
utilized.
Knowledge of elementary calculus is assumed.
Cat. I
The objective of this course is to blend the theoretical and practical
aspects of plane surveying through the use and care of the instruments
involved in making engineering field measurements.
The major topics studied are the classification of errors incurred in
observed field data and the needed corrections to be applied,
traversing, differential leveling, stadia and mapping, geometrics of
circular transportation curves, and earthwork computations. The use of
the computer by ICES COGO is introduced where applicable.
Surveying is a basic course recommended for all civil engineering
students.
A knowledge of geometry and trigonometry is assumed.
Cat. I
The objective of this course is to introduce the student to the
planning and design of highways, railroads, airports and water
ports. The intent is to provide students who are minoring or will be
enrolled in only one course in transportation with a combined
treatment of the several modes of transportation. The course also
serves as a forerunner for students majoring in transportation and
urban design.
Recommended background: CE 2020.
Cat. I
This is an introductory course in the area of environmental
engineering. The course provides basic knowledge for other courses in
the environmental engineering area. The course should also be of
interest to students who require an overall understanding of
environmental problems.
Topics covered include: environmental impact of population and energy
growth, water resources, water supply, water pollution, air pollution,
solid and hazardous management.
Recommended background: CH 1010 and
CH 1020.
Cat. I
This course examines the principles and procedures of planning the
growth and development of urban areas and the use and protection of
the natural environment. Such planning involves conscious procedures
of analysis, formulation of alternative solutions, rational assessment
and deliberate choice in accordance with evaluative criteria. The
planning process is considered in applications of varying scope (from
comprehensive to project planning) and varying temporal perspective
(long-range to short-range futures).
This course is oriented toward physical-spatial planning within the
context of economic, political and other societal factors. It
introduces a variety of topics of concern to engineers such as the
uses and misuses of land, natural resource constraints, layout of
streets and siting of community facilities, schematic site design,
housing and neighborhood dynamics, demographic and economic factors,
and the fiscal structure of municipalities.
The course is intended not only for majors in environmental management
and civil engineering, but also for students preparing for the IQP in
areas of urban or environmental concern.
Cat. I
The basic topics covered in CE 2000,
CE 2001 and
CE 2002 will be
further developed in this course. The analysis and design of
structural components are viewed as an interrelated process.
Topics include: advanced mechanics, codes and standards, provisions
for design, selected topics in analysis and design of structural
systems. An understanding of topics presented in course
CE 2002 is presumed.
Cat. I
This course covers the theory and practice related to the design of
structural steel and other metal components. Topics assigned include
beams, columns, constraints, and their relationship to structural
design utilizing current specifications. Also included are computer
applications for automated design and analysis.
Recommended background: an understanding of topics presented in CE
2002, CE 3041 and
CE 3026.
Cat. I
This is one of the key courses that culminate the analysis-synthesis
chain of structural engineering. Its objective is to induce competence
in synthesis of reinforced concrete structural systems with particular
attention to modes of failure of concrete structures and the role of
the design codes. Ultimate strength method will be used.
Topics covered include: properties of concrete and reinforced steel,
philosophy of ultimate strength, bending theories and design,
deflections control, design for shear, development length provision
and methods of selecting rebars, examples of design for beams, slabs,
columns, walls and other structural components.
Recommended background: an understanding of the topics presented in
CE 2002, CE 3041 and
CE 3026.
Cat. I
This course provides an overview of construction management and should
be one of the earlier courses in the studentęs program. The course
considers the interrelated roles of human relations, management
control systems, finance information systems, engineering and
construction methods in modern construction management. The subject is
viewed within the engineering environment.
Topics include: construction management principles, the construction
industry, the construction manager, business ownership and
organization, contracts, accounting, computer methods of scheduling
construction projects and resource allocation.
Acquaintance with an area of engineering where construction management
principles can be utilized is assumed.
Cat. II
In this course, the principles and field procedures required for the
design of vertical and horizontal control networks for large building
and construction projects are covered in the lectures and field
conferences.
The several topics covered include: triangulation and trilateration
systems, planning and estimating from topographic maps, state and
local grid coordinate systems, instrument theory and selection,
hydrographic survey, case studies and team assignments.
A knowledge of elementary surveying is assumed.
This course will be offered in 1995-96 and in alternate years
thereafter.
Cat. I
Materials utilized in civil engineering construction including
properties, stress-strain characteristics and manufacture are covered
in this course. Laboratory and field methods of testing civil
engineering materials, such as steel, aluminum, masonry, wood,
plastics and others are studied.
Topics covered include: manufacture, selection, structural and
nonstructural uses, stress-strain characteristics, and design of
concrete mixes; experimental methods for the determination of
load-deformation relationships in tension, compression and flexural
behavior of reinforced concrete, timber and metal structural elements
utilizing the structures laboratory.
Recommended background: an understanding of the topics presented in CE
2000 and CE 2001 is presumed.
This course covers basic applications of AutoCAD for use as a civil
engineering tool. Fundamental 2-D drawings, as well as block and
attribute customization methods are presented. Isometric and 3-D
drawing methods also will be presented.
Course is offered C and D Terms. Class size is limited.
NOTE: The "X" designation denotes an experimental course. The
likelihood of this course being offered again is uncertain.
Cat. I
This is an introductory course dealing with the science and technology
of earth materials with an emphasis on fundamental concepts of
particulate mechanics. The topics which are discussed include fluid
flow through porous media, deformation and shear characteristics of
soil, consolidation, lateral earth pressure, and slope stability.
A thorough understanding of the basic principles of mechanics of
deformable bodies as discussed in CE 2000 and
CE 2001 is required.
Cat. I
Foundation engineering is a study of the applications of the
principles of soil mechanics and structural theory to the analysis,
design and construction of foundations for engineering works with the
emphasis on the soil engineering aspects of soil-structure
interaction. Subsurface exploration techniques, design of rigid and
flexible retaining structures, and design of shallow and deep
foundations are considered. Although the course deals mainly with
aspects of the design of buildings and bridges, certain parts of the
course (design of temporary trench bracing, for example) are very
relevant to construction engineering.
An understanding of the material presented in CE 3041
is required and knowledge of material presented in
CE 3008 is helpful.
Cat. I
The purpose of this course is to design the horizontal and vertical
alignment of highways in conformance with the topography, speed
limitations, available stopping and passing sight distances, and to
blend the proposed layout with the adjacent landscape; to analyze and
design asphaltic and Portland cement concrete pavements based on
traffic loads and volumes, and weather and soil conditions.
This course covers material needed by those students who plan to
become federal, state, city, town and/or highway design engineers.
Recommended background: Surveying (CE 2020) and Transportation
Engineering (CE 2050).
Cat. I
The objective of this course is to analyze the methods used for
promoting the safe and orderly flow of traffic on streets and
highways. The fundamental characteristics of traffic will be
discussed. Existing methods for analyzing traffic parameters and
evaluating traffic operations will be presented. Methods of timing
traffic signal systems and conducting highway capacity analysis will
be examined. This course is desirable for students majoring in
transportation and urban design.
Recommended background: CE 2020 and
CE 2050.
Cat. I
This course provides an in-depth coverage of processes used in water
treatment. Topics covered include: elements of water chemistry, water
quantity requirements, impurities in natural waters, drinking water
standards, aeration, softening, coagulation, flocculation,
sedimentation, filtration, disinfection, taste and odor control, iron
and manganese removal and corrosion control.
Recommended background includes CH 1010,
CH 1020,
CE 2062, and ES 3004.
Cat. I
This course provides an in-depth coverage of processes used in
wastewater treatment. Topics covered include: water quality standards,
wastewater characteristics, biochemical oxygen demand, sources and
effects of pollution, oxygen sag curve and physical, chemical and
biological wastewater treatment processes.
Recommended background includes CH 10l0, CH 1020,
BB 2002,
mathematics through ordinary differential equations,
CE 2062, and
ES 3004.
Cat. I
The purpose of the course is to provide a basic background for
designing hydraulic systems used in water supply and wastewater
transport systems. It is a basic course for students in the sanitary
engineering and water resources area. Other students may also find it
quite useful.
The topics include: open channel flow, pipe flow, pumps, sewer design
and water supply network design.
Recommended background is an understanding of the topics presented in
ES 3004.
Cat. I
This course should enable the student to accomplish structural
engineering analysis and design by means of efficient generalized
methods of combining matrix theory and high-speed electronic digital
computers. Utilization of computers in this manner should allow the
student to perform analysis of complex structural systems faster and
perhaps more easily than in conventional methods.
Topics covered include: matrix algebra, coordinate systems, the
stiffness displacement method, computer-aided structural analysis of
determinate trusses, indeterminate trusses, beams and frames with no
sidesway, frames with single freedom of drift and frames with
multi-freedom of drift. Solution of complex structural systems include
large indeterminate trusses, multi-storied buildings, aqueducts,
towers, box girders, gabled frames and bridges.
Recommended background: an understanding of the topics presented in CE
2002, CE 3003, and
CS 1001.
Cat. I
This course is devoted to the synthesis of prestressed concrete
structural systems both single and composite. The course is attuned to
the nature of prestressed concrete that makes it particularly suited
to the modern concept of modularizing and prefabricating of buildings
which has contributed to shortening the construction time.
Topics covered include: concepts of formulating analysis and design
theories of prestressed structures including Freyssinet, roving
pressure center and load-balancing concepts. Analysis of pretensioned
and posttensioned structures for bending and shear, deflection and
camber, Magnel's design procedures, losses of prestress, composite
structures, materials and prestressing hardware. Significant design
and analysis examples will include beam and heavy girders, slabs and
prestressed bridges.
Recommended background includes: an understanding of the topics
presented in CE 2002,
CE 3003, and
CE 3026.
Cat. I
The objective of this course is to introduce the student to the
complex tasks of estimating and controlling cost of construction. The
course presents estimation theory and the various methods of
estimating costs of construction projects and of controlling
cost. Methods are adapted to the goals of estimating from preliminary
feasibility estimates to quantity take-off for accurate
estimates. Productivity of labor and equipment and bidding strategies
are covered and cost control procedures are presented. Numerous
professional level estimating problems and procedures will be treated
and discussed with practicing engineers whenever possible.
Topics covered include: principles of construction estimating;
analysis of costs covering supervision, labor, equipment, materials,
job and company overhead and profits; preliminary estimating methods;
measurements and quantity take-offs; productivity of labor and
equipment; student problems involving complete construction project
estimates and bids.
Recommended background: an understanding of the topics presented in
CE 2020 or CE 3024,
CE 3026, and
CE 3020.
Cat. I
This course is concerned with the legal aspects of civil
engineering. The course presents the purpose, principles, and practice
of contracts, specifications, drawings, labor and regulatory laws in
the construction industry. Responsibility and rights of the owner, the
construction manager, the consulting engineer, the contractor and
their employees with regards to contracts, law and professional
practice are treated. Building codes and safety laws are of prime
consideration.
Topics include: the building team, construction contracts, contract
performance, liabilities, mechanics liens, insurance, bonds,
workmanęs compensation, property rights, land laws, safety laws,
arbitration, specifications, drawings and codes.
Recommended background: an understanding of the topics presented in
CE 3020 and CE 3026.
Cat. I
Engineering practice is viewed in this course as consisting of two
main necessary activities complementing each other: decision making
and information processing. Examples of the interrelationship of such
activities are evident in analysis and design of construction
management or other civil engineering work which has become
increasingly dependent on information systems. The course introduces
the student to the methods of engineering information systems. Several
computer-based construction management systems are applied to the
solution of practical construction management problems.
Topics covered include: methods of acquisition, processing, filing,
retrieval and display of engineering information. Computer-aided
design, problem-oriented languages, construction scheduling systems,
cost control systems, accounting systems, estimating systems, bidding
games, construction personnel management and construction management
simulation systems.
Recommended background: CE 3020.
Cat. I
The objective of this course is to establish an understanding of the
decision making process by which building development is
accomplished. The materials emphasize the interactive people and
organizations, time frame, financial aspects of building
development. Case studies are used to illustrate the decision-making
and development process.
A basic understanding of finance is helpful, but not a requirement for
this course. Other recommended background includes CE 4021.
Cat. I
The standard laboratory soil testing procedures generally encountered
in civil engineering are introduced in this course. It further
includes a limited discussion of soil behavior primarily based on the
effect of soil's physical and chemical properties on laboratory
test results. The tests which are performed include: grain size
analysis, Atterberg limits, specific gravity, permeability,
compaction, compression and consolidation, and direct and triaxial
shear. The student's results of the various tests are integrated
within an engineering problem.
An understanding of the material presented in
CE 3041 is presumed.
Cat. I
This course provides in-depth study of the geotechnical principles
applied to design earth structures including earth dams, waste
containment facilities, soil slopes, highway cuts and enbankments, and
slurry trenches. It includes fundamentals of analysis of flow through
porous media by graphical and digital techniques, slope stability, use
of geosynthetics, soil stabilization and the design of preloads and
drain installations.
A knowledge of basic soil mechanics as presented in CE 3041 is
required.
Cat. I
The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with the
laboratory studies that are required in obtaining the design
parameters for water and wastewater treatment systems. The topics
include laboratory studies dealing with physical, chemical and
biological treatment systems. Graduate students may also find this
course useful.
Recommended background: an understanding of the topics presented in
CE 3060, CE 3061,
ES 3004,
BB 2002,
CH 1010, and
CH 1020.
Cat. I
Purpose of this course is to provide a quantitative description of the
rainfall-runoff process for use in design of water resources
projects. Topics include precipitation, evaporation, transpiration,
infiltration, fundamentals of groundwater flow, streamflow
hydrographs, streamflow routing and probability concepts. Applications
in design of water supply, flood control and drainage projects are
stressed.
Recommended background is an understanding of the topics presented in
ES 3004 and elementary statistics.
Cat. I
The purpose of this course is to provide an understanding of how land
use controls may be used to effectively shape our physical, social,
and economic development. The quality of our environment depends upon
the development which is permitted to take place and the controls
which direct that development. Through this course, the student will
learn the principles, methods, and techniques which a planner may use
to plan the uses and development of land. In particular, the use and
limits of zoning, special permits, hammerhead lots, subdivision
control, comprehensive permits, and other tools with which a developer
or planner board member should be familiar will be examined in
detail.
This is a senior or graduate-level course in the transportation and
urban design area of civil engineering, as well as for students in the
environmental management program. A working knowledge of material
covered in Introduction to Planning (CE 2070) and Environmental
Analysis (CE 2074) is recommended.