Civil and Environmental Engineering
Chair
Professors
- Jasbir S. Arora, M. Asghar Bhatti, A. Allen Bradley, Greg Carmichael, William E. Eichinger, Keri Hornbuckle, Witold F. Krajewski, Hosin David Lee, Wilfrid A. Nixon, A. Jacob Odgaard, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Thanos Papanicolaou, Gene F. Parkin, Michelle Scherer, Jerald L. Schnoor, Colby C. Swan, Peter Thorne, Richard L. Valentine, Larry J. Weber
Professors emeriti
- Dan E. Branson, Forrest M. Holly Jr., Subhash C. Jain, Wayne L. Paulson, Han-Chin Wu
Adjunct professors
- Konstantine P. Georgakakos, Tatsuaki Nakato
Associate professors
- George Constantinescu, Paul Hanley, Anton Kruger, Tim Mattes, Salam Rahmatalla, James W. Stoner, Frank Weirich, Y.K. Zhang
Adjunct associate professors
- Shauna Hallmark, Louis A. Licht, John Nestler
Assistant professors
- Nandita Basu, David Cwiertny, Craig Just, Gabrielle Villarini
Adjunct assistant professors
- Ken Lloyd, Marcela Politano, Doug Schnoebelen, Nathan Young
Lecturer
Adjunct lecturers
- Jon Bailey, Don Guckert, Michael Valde
Undergraduate major: civil engineering (B.S.E.)
Graduate degrees: M.S. in civil and environmental engineering; Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering
Web site: http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/cee/
Civil engineering is one of the three largest fields of engineering. It traditionally has been concerned with infrastructure facilities that are both large in scale and essential to modern life. Civil and environmental engineering projects include transportation systems and their components, such as bridges, highways, public transit systems, railways, harbors, airports, seaports, and even spaceports; large-scale structures and office buildings that provide enclosed working and living space; environmental and hydraulic systems that provide clean water and air, including filtration plants and distribution systems for municipal and industrial water supplies, wastewater treatment plants, dams, levees, and irrigation systems.
Growth areas of civil and environmental engineering include water sustainability, infrastructure development, construction management, computer-aided design, hazardous waste management, and engineered environmental systems. In the future, civil and environmental engineers will be called upon to design structures for earth and outer space, prevent erosion and sedimentation of our rivers, predict effects of global climate change on the environment, provide modern and efficient transportation systems, and ensure the quality of our air and our surface waters and groundwaters.
In planning and design, civil and environmental engineers work with other engineers, architects, landscape architects, planners, economists, financiers, sociologists, lawyers, and other specialists as members of the design team. Some civil engineers work in engineering offices; others may be called upon to construct or supervise outdoor projects they have designed. These field assignments, many of which are in remote and fascinating parts of the world, are particularly appealing to many civil and environmental engineers. There also is significant potential for entrepreneurial work by civil and environmental engineers as they start their own companies.
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Undergraduate Program
- Major in civil engineering (Bachelor of Science in Engineering)
The undergraduate program in civil engineering provides a well-rounded, superior engineering education that:
- provides students with appropriate proficiency in the civil engineering subdisciplines of structures and materials, water-resources engineering, transportation systems, and environmental engineering;
- ensures that students are knowledgeable about the importance, procedures, and benefits of professional licensure and continuing education;
- offers design experiences that include projects in the curriculum that are offered by and guided in part by the professional community; and
- provides research opportunities to undergraduate students through the department's connections with on-campus research entities including IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering, the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, the Public Policy Center, the Center for Computer Aided Design, the Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing, and the Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination.
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Bachelor of Science in Engineering
The Bachelor of Science in Engineering requires a minimum of 128 s.h. Students majoring in civil engineering choose one of two subtracks: civil, which provides breadth in the discipline; or environmental, which provides for a concentration.
All engineering students complete the B.S.E. core requirements, which include 010:003 (RHET:1030) Rhetoric; 059:005 (ENGR:1100) Engineering Problem Solving I and 059:006 (ENGR:1300) Engineering Problem Solving II; and courses in chemistry, engineering mathematics and fundamentals, and physics. They must earn a grade of C-minus or higher in the core requirements 22M:031 (MATH:1550) Engineering Mathematics I: Single Variable Calculus and 22M:032 (MATH:1560) Engineering Mathematics II: Multivariable Calculus.
They also complete the curriculum designed for their major program, which covers four major stems: mathematics and basic sciences, engineering topics, an elective focus area, and the general education component (15 s.h. of humanities and social science courses). For information about the curriculum stems, see Bachelor of Science in Engineering in the Catalog.
Subtrack requirements are the same for the first semester of the first year but are different beginning with the second semester.
Students must select elective focus area courses according to guidelines established by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. See "Elective Focus Area" after the following curriculum list.
The following study plan includes the B.S.E. core requirements and the curriculum for the civil engineering major. Some courses in the curriculum are prerequisites for others. Students must complete a course's prerequisites before they may register for the course. Those who take courses in the order below satisfy the prerequisite requirements automatically.
FIRST YEAR
First Semester
Civil Subtrack
FIRST YEAR
Second Semester
SECOND YEAR
First Semester
Second Semester
THIRD YEAR
First Semester
Second Semester
FOURTH YEAR
First Semester
Two of these:
Second Semester
Environmental Subtrack
FIRST YEAR
Second Semester
SECOND YEAR
First Semester
Second Semester
THIRD YEAR
First Semester
Second Semester
FOURTH YEAR
First Semester
Two of these:
Second Semester
Elective Focus Area
Civil engineering students may choose from several standard elective focus areas developed by the department, a focus area offered jointly with another engineering department, or an individual focus area tailored to the student's interests.
Standard elective focus areas are offered in environmental engineering; hydraulics and water resources; structures, mechanics, and materials; transportation; urban and regional planning; and in the broad field of civil engineering. Elective focus areas offered jointly with other engineering departments cut across programs (e.g., computer-aided engineering, design and optimization, environmental processes).
Civil engineering students must take one general education component course related to their elective focus area.
For more detailed information about elective focus areas, see Bachelor of Science in Engineering in the Catalog. For a list of standard elective focus area options and guidelines for tailored elective focus areas in civil engineering, see the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering web site.
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Joint B.S.E./M.S.
The College of Engineering offers a joint (fast-track) Bachelor of Science in Engineering/Master of Science for civil engineering undergraduate students who intend to earn an M.S. in civil and environmental engineering. B.S.E./M.S. students may attend the departmental graduate seminar and work on a master's thesis or research project while they are still undergraduates. They may count a limited amount of course work toward both degrees. Once students complete the requirements for the bachelor's degree, they are granted the B.S.E., and they normally complete the M.S. one year later.
To be admitted to the joint degree program, students must have completed at least 80 s.h. and must have a cumulative g.p.a. of at least 3.25. They must submit an application form to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, along with a letter stating their proposed area of specialization and the name of a department faculty member willing to be their primary M.S. advisor. They also must identify a faculty sponsor who can guide them from at least the second semester of their senior year until they complete the M.S.
Applications are due by March 1.
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Graduate Programs
- Master of Science in civil and environmental engineering (with or without thesis)
- Doctor of Philosophy in civil and environmental engineering
Graduate study in civil and environmental engineering prepares students for professional careers and further study. The principal concentration areas are environmental engineering and science; global and regional environmental research; hydraulics, hydrology, and water resources; structures, mechanics, and materials; and transportation and infrastructure systems.
The department also participates in an interdisciplinary doctoral program offered by the Graduate College; see Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences in the Catalog.
Research and Study Areas
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE
The environmental engineering and science curriculum provides a comprehensive base of course work and research in the areas of air- and water-quality management, environmental chemistry and microbiology, natural systems modeling, and processes for water supply, pollution control, and solid and hazardous waste management. Interdisciplinary specialization and study are conducted with programs including IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering, the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, the Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination, the Hazardous Substances Research Center, the Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing; the Departments of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Geography, Geoscience, Microbiology, Occupational and Environmental Health; and the Urban and Regional Planning Program. New areas of interdisciplinary focus include groundwater contamination, biotechnology, global climate change, and hazardous substances.
GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
The department has an active interdisciplinary research program in the environmental areas of air pollution, water pollution, groundwater remediation, global atmospheric change, and hazardous waste management. Particular emphasis is placed on the microbiology, chemistry, and physics of local, regional, and global air, soil, and water quality problems. Research includes sophisticated environmental quality analysis, high-speed computing, and detailed sensitivity analysis. The Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering and the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research also collaborate in these endeavors.
HYDRAULICS, HYDROLOGY, AND WATER RESOURCES
The hydraulics, hydrology, and water resources curriculum is associated with IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering, a world-renowned research institute. Senior staff members of the institute are professors in the program; they devote about half of their time to teaching.
IIHR offers unique opportunities for students to participate actively in the research, analysis, and design aspects of real-world problems. Considerable attention is given to the use of computers in mathematical modeling and in data acquisition and processing. IIHR high-speed computer facilities and advanced graphics and communication software complement the hydrology, hydraulics, and water resources curriculum.
STRUCTURES, MECHANICS, AND MATERIALS
The structures, mechanics, and materials curriculum is designed for students who wish to gain knowledge and skill in the mechanics of solids and structures that they can apply to civil infrastructure systems and other fields. The program concentrates on developing appropriate methodologies for tackling broad, complex issues related to civil infrastructure systems, and on educating engineers in the implementation and application of methodologies to actual engineering projects. Faculty members have expertise in structural engineering, design optimization, solid mechanics, and computational methods.
TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS
The transportation and infrastructure systems curriculum aims at graduating students interested in developing specialized knowledge and skills applicable to diverse set of issues associated with transportation. Faculty members have expertise in traffic engineering, infrastructure management systems, pavement engineering, advanced construction materials, dynamic load and pavement simulation, optimal design, winter highway maintenance, real-time simulation, human factors, intelligent sensors, nondestructive testing, transportation planning, and travel demand modeling.
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Master of Science
The Master of Science program in civil and environmental engineering requires a minimum of 30 s.h. of graduate credit, with or without thesis. The program enables students to concentrate in one or more areas of their choice. Graduates are placed in advanced technical positions in industry, consulting firms, or government, or they may continue their graduate study. Current and projected demand for M.S. graduates is excellent.
Students who choose the thesis program earn up to 6 s.h. for the thesis. Nonthesis students in the environmental engineering and science curriculum earn an additional 3 s.h.
With the approval of their advisor, students develop a study plan that satisfies the requirements of their chosen curriculum.
All M.S. students must have a g.p.a. of at least 3.00, pass an oral examination, and in some program options, a written examination.
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Doctor of Philosophy
The Doctor of Philosophy program in civil and environmental engineering requires a minimum of 72 s.h. of graduate credit; the semester-hour requirements for some curriculum areas are higher. The doctoral degree is granted primarily on the basis of achievement rather than on a prescribed course of study. Students usually need at least three years of full-time graduate study to complete the degree. One year is devoted to the preparation of a dissertation that contributes to knowledge in the field. In some specialty areas, a qualifying examination may be required.
All doctoral students are required to pass a written and oral comprehensive examination before being formally admitted to candidacy for the degree. This examination usually is taken after all required course work has been completed.
The program culminates in a final examination, in which candidates must successfully defend their dissertation.
Ph.D. students must maintain a g.p.a. of at least 3.00 throughout the program.
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Admission
Applicants must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate College; see the Manual of Rules and Regulations of the Graduate College or the Graduate College section of the Catalog.
Each of the program's curricula is flexible; students may be admitted from all disciplines of engineering as well as from the mathematical and basic sciences.
Applicants to the M.S. program should have a cumulative undergraduate g.p.a. of at least 3.00. Ph.D. applicants should have a graduate g.p.a. of at least 3.00. Applicants whose grade-point average is slightly lower should contact the department.
Applicants should have a combined verbal and quantitative score of at least 301 on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test. Lower scores are considered with other evidence of academic promise (recommendation letters, grade-point average). GRE General Test scores also are used in financial aid decisions.
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Financial Support
A significant number of research assistantships are available on a variety of research projects, as are a limited number of teaching assistantships. Selection of recipients usually is based on scholastic achievement and research interest.
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Facilities and Laboratories
Undergraduate Core
The first-year engineering course 059:005 (ENGR:1100) Engineering Problem Solving I includes an introduction to the college's Computer Systems Support (CSS). Students in the course use computer-aided design tools on engineering work stations. All civil engineering courses require knowledge of personal computers and contain significant computer content.
For information about laboratories affiliated with core courses coordinated by other engineering departments, see the Catalog section for each of the departments.
Required and Elective Undergraduate Laboratories
053:015 (CEE:2015) Civil and Environmental Engineering Practice (2 s.h.), 053:063 (CEE:3763) Principles of Transportation Engineering (3 s.h.), and 053:084 (CEE:3084) Project Design and Management in Civil Engineering (3 s.h.): use of a state-of-the-art laboratory for computer-aided design and drawing.
053:030 (CEE:3530) Soil Mechanics (3 s.h.): equipped for determining the classification, seepage characteristics, stress-strain properties, and strength of soils.
053:055 (CEE:3155) Principles of Environmental Engineering (4 s.h.): conducted at the University Water Treatment Plant and Iowa City Wastewater Plant for demonstrations of unit operations and processes of water and wastewater treatment, and applications in environmental chemistry and microbiology.
053:071 (CEE:3371) Principles of Hydraulics and Hydrology (3 s.h.): hydraulics of pressure conduits and open channels, dimensional analysis, flow measurements, hydraulic machinery, with laboratory.
053:153 (CEE:4153) Environmental Chemistry Laboratory (3 s.h.): experiments to demonstrate fundamental principles of aquatic chemistry and chemical analyses for characterization of water and wastewater quality, conducted in the Environmental Engineering Laboratories.
053:154 (CEE:5154) Environmental Microbiology (3 s.h.): typical microorganisms isolated and their physiology and metabolic characteristics studied in the Environmental Engineering Laboratories.
053:156 (CEE:5156) Physical-Chemical Process Fundamentals (3 s.h.) and 053:151 (CEE:4151) Biological Treatment Processes (3 s.h.): unit operations, processes studied in bench scale experiments; use of typical process analytical parameters; experiments conducted in the Environmental Engineering Laboratories, University Water Plant, and Iowa City Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Graduate Laboratories
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE LABORATORIES
The Environmental Engineering and Science Laboratories provide state-of-the-art facilities, equipment, and expertise to support both undergraduate and graduate-level instruction and research. The laboratories support research in contaminant fate and transport in various media (air, water, soil, plants, and microbes), drinking water disinfection and distribution, wastewater treatment, geochemical-contaminant interactions, bioremediation, and phytoremediation. They also provide resources for analytical chemistry, electrochemistry, molecular biology, microscopy, computer modeling, and simulated environments on the bench- and pilot-scale levels.
The Environmental Engineering and Science Laboratories are affiliated with the University's Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination and its Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, and with the UI Environmental Health Sciences Research Center, an affiliate of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
HYDRAULICS, HYDROLOGY, AND WATER RESOURCES
The teaching and research functions of the department are closely connected to the research activities of IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering. The institute houses some of the most modern research facilities in the world, including a 330-foot towing tank, several hydraulic flumes and wind tunnels, an array of field instrumentation for hydrologic experiments, extensive laboratory space for hydraulic modeling, a special low-temperature flow facility for investigation of ice phenomena, state-of-the-art instrumentation for flow measurement and visualization, and comprehensive computational facilities.
Research related to ecohydraulics and the environment takes place at the Lucille A. Carver Mississippi Riverside Environmental Research Station. Located on the Mississippi River near Muscatine, Iowa, the station provides engineers and biological scientists with an ideal facility in which to examine the multifaceted ecohydraulic processes of the upper Mississippi. The 500-square-foot facility is equipped with water-quality laboratories and a seminar room and is operated by IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering.
STRUCTURES, MECHANICS, AND MATERIALS
Facilities for computations, materials testing, geotechnical experiments, and small-scale structural testing are available for research and teaching. Faculty, staff, and students in structures, mechanics, and materials (SMM) have access to the computing resources of Engineering Computer Services and the Center for Computer-Aided Design (CCAD). Both centers continuously update their computing facilities to maintain pace with the rapidly changing field.
A wide range of experimental facilities is available for testing structural materials such as Portland cement concrete, asphalt, metals, timber, and composites. These facilities include several loading frames (purely uniaxial, purely torsional, and axial-torsional) that are available with computer-based control and data collection systems. Facilities for creep testing, triaxial soil testing, and high-cycle fatigue testing are also available. The laboratories have a variety of ovens and other facilities for preparation and treatment of test specimens.
Four well-equipped physical testing laboratories are dedicated to SMM teaching and research: the Civil Materials Laboratory, Soil Mechanics Laboratory, Plasticity Laboratory, and the Asphalt Laboratory. The Civil Materials Laboratory currently has a small-scale single-degree-of-freedom shaker table. Faculty, staff, and students have access to a small-scale six-degree-of-freedom shaker table through CCAD and a 12-camera Vicon motion-capture system.
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS
The department's Asphalt Laboratory is equipped with a set of SuperPave testing equipment and new Interlaken Simple Performance Testing Equipment, which measures dynamic modulus and dynamic creep of asphalt mixtures. The laboratory's Wirtgen asphalt foaming equipment can be used for mix design of cold in-place recycled asphalt using foamed asphalt; equipment for Marshall mix design, indirect tensile strength test, and volumetric analysis of asphalt mixtures is also available. The laboratory is one of the department's group of laboratories for materials testing the strength behavior of other materials.
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Courses
Special Topics
| 053:000 (CEE:0000) Cooperative Education Training Assignment: Civil Engineering | 0 s.h. |
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Civil engineering students participating in the Cooperative Education Program register in this course during work assignment periods; registration provides a record of participation in the program on the student's permanent record card. Requirements: admission to the Cooperative Education Program.
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| 053:002 (CEE:0002) Half-time Cooperative Education Training Assignment: Civil and Environmental Engineering | 0 s.h. |
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Registration for work assignment periods; for students participating in the Cooperative Education Program.
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| 053:015 (CEE:2015) Civil and Environmental Engineering Practice | 2 s.h. |
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Concepts of the built environment and the natural environment; infrastructure life cycle; engineering communication (plans, engineering drawings and information systems, computer‑aided drafting); field trip to major city.
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| 053:020 (CEE:2000) CEE Sophomore Seminar | 0 s.h. |
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Introduction to civil and environmental engineering curriculum and profession; presentations by senior undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty; laboratory visits. Requirements: sophomore standing.
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| 053:084 (CEE:3084) Project Design and Management in Civil Engineering | 3 s.h. |
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Design of civil engineering systems, individual and team design projects oriented toward the solution of local problems, project management, construction management, contracts, budgeting, bidding. Requirements: 053:033 (CEE:3533), 053:050 (CEE:2150), 053:063 (CEE:3763), 053:071 (CEE:3371), and senior standing.
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| 053:091 (CEE:3000) Professional Seminar: Civil Engineering | 0 s.h. |
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Professional aspects of civil engineering presented through lectures and discussions by guest speakers, field trips, films, panel discussions. Requirements: junior standing.
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| 053:098 (CEE:3998) Individual Investigations: Civil Engineering | arr. |
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Individual projects for civil engineering undergraduate students: laboratory study, engineering design project, analysis and simulation of an engineering system, computer software development, research.
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| 053:101 (CEE:5701) International Business and Infrastructure | 3 s.h. |
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Differences between international and domestic businesses; how differences in infrastructure in the international environment influence business operations; effects of infrastructure on international commerce and business practices; case studies, site visits.
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| 053:111 (CEE:4511) Numerical Calculations | 3 s.h. |
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Development of algorithms for functional approximations, numerical differentiation and integration; solution of algebraic and differential equations, with emphasis on digital computations; initial and boundary value problems. Prerequisites: 22M:034 (MATH:2560).
Same as 058:111 (ME:4111). | | |
| 053:116 (CEE:4116) Computer-Aided Design for Civil and Environmental Engineering | 3 s.h. |
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Introduction to engineering design process and graphical communications tools used by civil engineers; fundamentals of engineering drawing, descriptive geometry, multiview projection, graphical analysis, coordinate systems, database manipulation, building information modeling (BIM); AutoCAD. Prerequisites: 053:015 (CEE:2015). Requirements: civil and environmental engineering major.
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| 053:126 (CEE:4788) International Perspectives: Xicotepec | 3 s.h. |
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Introduction to providing service to a community in a less developed country; student projects intended to improve community life in Xicotepec. Requirements: P3 standing.
Same as 046:126 (PHAR:8788), 152:126 (GHS:4126). | | |
| 053:129 (CEE:3129) Information Systems for Resource Management | 3 s.h. |
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Understanding and managing natural and engineered resources requiring data‑reach foundation; management of data; complex data‑driven technologies integrated into data and information systems (DIS); hands‑on opportunity to develop or use capabilities of DIS for study or research area of interest (science, engineering, industrial operation); wind power generation, an emerging field in Iowa, used as a case study for illustrating key DIS components, links, and functionalities.
Same as 056:129 (IE:3129), 058:129 (ME:3129), 055:129 (ECE:3129), 044:140 (GEOG:3129). | | |
| 053:168 (CEE:4568) Civil Infrastructure | 3 s.h. |
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Analytical methods for developing Infrastructure Management Systems (IMS); evaluation of infrastructure condition, performance modeling, rehabilitation optimization, development of the IMS; basic concepts of information technology applied in solving civil infrastructure management problems. Prerequisites: 053:015 (CEE:2015).
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| 053:187 (CEE:4187) Statistics for Experimenters | 3 s.h. |
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Application of statistical techniques to evaluate data derived from experimental samples designs; use of spreadsheets, statistical software; design and analysis of experiments; regression analysis; model building; practical applications.
Same as 175:182 (OEH:4540). | | |
| 053:210 (CEE:5210) Developing Professional Service Business | 2-3 s.h. |
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Use of professional skills and functional knowledge in creating a specialized service business.
Same as 06T:210 (ENTR:9000). | | |
| 053:214 (CEE:6310) Analytical Methods in Mechanical Systems | 3 s.h. |
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Vector and function spaces; functionals and operators in Hilbert spaces; calculus of variations and functional analysis with application to mechanics; Ritz and Galerkin methods. Prerequisites: 058:113 (ME:5113).
Same as 058:214 (ME:6214). | | |
| 053:297 (CEE:7197) Teaching Undergraduate Science and Engineering | arr. |
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Basic skills to be a successful undergraduate instructor; teaching of technical subjects and solving problems; emphasis on practical applications of lesson material and class demonstrations; techniques for teaching effective classes; opportunity for students to teach; intended for graduating Ph.D. students with a career interest in a university environment.
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Structures, Mechanics, and Transportation
| 053:030 (CEE:3530) Soil Mechanics | 3 s.h. |
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Identification and classification of earth materials; hydraulic and mechanical properties of soils; soil improvement; laboratory testing. Prerequisites: 057:019 (ENGR:2750).
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| 053:033 (CEE:3533) Principles of Structural Engineering | 3 s.h. |
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Fundamental principles of structural analysis applied to statically determinate and indeterminate structures, continuous beams, trusses, and frames; external and internal equilibrium, compatibility of deformation, influence lines, virtual work; parallel use of classical and matrix formulation; slope deflection, flexibility and stiffness methods; use of computers. Prerequisites: 057:019 (ENGR:2750).
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| 053:063 (CEE:3763) Principles of Transportation Engineering | 3 s.h. |
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History of transportation modes, new transport technologies, traffic operations and control, economic evaluation of transport alternatives, transportation planning, roadway design and construction, route location, preventive maintenance strategies. Corequisites: 053:015 (CEE:2015).
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| 053:086 (CEE:3586) Civil Engineering Materials | 3 s.h. |
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Structure, strength and failure, durability, deformation, practice, and processing for primary construction materials systems, including steel, aluminum, concrete, asphalt, fiber‑reinforced composites, masonry, timber. Corequisites: 053:030 (CEE:3530) and 057:019 (ENGR:2750).
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| 053:131 (CEE:4131) Impacts of Technological Singularity | 3 s.h. |
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Technological singularity—what it is, its current standing, impacts, implications; bio‑, nano‑, and information technologies; how new technologies affect sustainability; ethical issues raised by technologies.
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| 053:133 (CEE:4533) Finite Element I | 3 s.h. |
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One‑ and two‑dimensional boundary value problems; heat flow, fluid flow, torsion of bars; trusses and frames; isoparametric mapping; higher order elements; elasticity problems; use of commercial software. Prerequisites: 057:019 (ENGR:2750).
Same as 058:115 (ME:4115). | | |
| 053:134 (CEE:4535) Design of Steel Structures | 3 s.h. |
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Concepts and procedures in steel design; LRFD (load and resistance factor design) methodology for beams/columns; analysis and design of indeterminate structures. Prerequisites: 053:033 (CEE:3533).
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| 053:136 (CEE:3136) Design of Concrete Structures | 3 s.h. |
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Fundamental analysis and design of reinforced concrete members and structures, flexure, shear, bond, continuity, beams, one‑way slab system; columns. Prerequisites: 053:033 (CEE:3533).
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| 053:137 (CEE:5137) Composite Materials | 3 s.h. |
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Mechanical behavior of composite materials and their engineering applications; composite constituents (fibers, particles, matrices) and their properties and behavior; macromechanical behavior of composite laminae; micromechanical predictions of composite overall properties; classical lamination theory; composite beams and plates. Prerequisites: 22M:025 (MATH:1850) and 057:019 (ENGR:2750).
Same as 058:167 (ME:5167). | | |
| 053:139 (CEE:4539) Foundations of Structures | 3 s.h. |
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Application of soil mechanics to analysis of structural foundations; slope stability analysis; bearing capacity and settlement of shallow and deep foundations; retaining structures, braced cuts, reinforced earth structures; usage of computational models; subsurface exploration methods. Prerequisites: 053:030 (CEE:3530).
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| 053:149 (CEE:5549) Fracture Mechanics | 3 s.h. |
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3‑D stress states, definition and criteria for failure, nominal and local yield phenomena, linear elastic and elastic plastic fracture mechanics, plane stress and plane strain fracture toughness, J‑Integral, crack opening displacement, environmental assisted cracking, fatigue crack growth, fail safe, and damage tolerant design. Prerequisites: 051:085 (BME:4910) or 058:055 (ME:4055) or 058:150 (ME:5150).
Same as 058:159 (ME:5159). | | |
| 053:160 (CEE:4160) Introduction to Bridge Engineering | 3 s.h. |
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Bridge engineering and design; history of the bridge; factors 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: 053:033 (CEE:3533).
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| 053:162 (CEE:4762) Design of Transportation Systems | 3 s.h. |
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Application of CAD/CAE tools to transportation systems design; review of CAD tools, derivation of standards for geometric design, roadway design software, cross‑sectional and longitudinal geometric design of highways, applications to visualization and animation. Prerequisites: 053:063 (CEE:3763).
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| 053:164 (CEE:4764) Winter Highway Maintenance | 3 s.h. |
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Aspects of winter highway maintenance; current and innovative practices and the theory that underpins them.
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| 053:167 (CEE:4167) Public Transit Operations and Planning | 3 s.h. |
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Bus, light and heavy rail, and paratransit modes; transit operations, planning, modeling and optimization, transit agency economics, transit finance, and evolving transportation policy; skills essential to planners and engineers who intend to work for a either planning agency, transportation provider, or a transportation or planning consulting firm; individual and group projects involving transit operations. Requirements: undergraduate or graduate standing in engineering, or graduate standing in urban and regional planning.
Same as 102:195 (URP:4195). | | |
| 053:176 (CEE:4176) Transportation Demand Analysis | 3 s.h. |
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City planning procedures and traffic engineering techniques applied to transportation problems; trip generation, distribution, assignment, mode choice models; travel surveys, data collection techniques; arterial flow, intersection performance, parking; transit system analysis.
Same as 102:162 (URP:4262). | | |
| 053:194 (CEE:5094) Graduate Seminar: Transportation | 0 s.h. |
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Recent advances and research in transportation engineering. Requirements: senior or graduate standing.
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| 053:233 (CEE:6532) Finite Element II | 3 s.h. |
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Computer implementation; plate and shell elements; mixed and hybrid formulations; nonlinear analysis; recent development; introduction to boundary element method. Prerequisites: 053:133 (CEE:4533).
Same as 058:215 (ME:6215). | | |
| 053:234 (CEE:6534) Applied Optimal Design | 3 s.h. |
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Optimal design problem formulation; optimality conditions; linear, quadratic, convex, and nonlinear programming; Lagrangian duality; numerical algorithms for unconstrained and constrained design problems, design sensitivity analysis, engineering applications. Prerequisites: 053:113 (CEE:5513).
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| 053:236 (CEE:5236) Optimization of Structural Systems | 3 s.h. |
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Advanced topics; optimization of structural topology, shape, and material; finite dimensional dynamic response optimization, sensitivity analysis, distributed parameter systems; projects.
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| 053:243 (CEE:4543) Computational Inelasticity | 3 s.h. |
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Computational techniques and implementations for elastic, hyperelastic, elasto‑plastic, visco‑elastic, and visco‑plastic material models; development of sound numerical integration algorithms from rate constitutive equations. Prerequisites: 053:241.
Same as 058:251 (ME:4251). | | |
| 053:247 (CEE:6547) Advanced Continuum Mechanics | 3 s.h. |
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Continuum mechanics of fluids and solids, balance laws, invariance restrictions, continuum thermodynamics, constraint theory, mixtures, materials with microstructure. Prerequisites: 058:262 (ME:6262).
Same as 058:252 (ME:6252). | | |
Environmental Engineering and Science
| 053:003 (CEE:1030) Introduction to Earth Science | 3-4 s.h. |
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Relationships between plate tectonics, geologic time, and the rock cycle with volcanoes and igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic rocks; fossils; radioactive isotopes; landscape evolution; mountain building; natural resources; their impacts on civilization.
GE: Natural Sciences with Lab; Natural Sciences without Lab. Same as 012:003 (GEOS:1030). | | |
| 053:050 (CEE:2150) Natural Environmental Systems | 3-4 s.h. |
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Environmental chemistry and biology of air, water, and soil quality, air and water pollution, limnology, global atmospheric change, fate and transport of pollutants; hazardous substances, risk analysis, standard setting. Prerequisites: 004:011 (CHEM:1110).
Same as 152:050 (GHS:2150). | | |
| 053:055 (CEE:3155) Principles of Environmental Engineering | 4 s.h. |
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Water supply and treatment processes; wastewater treatment processes; processes for air pollution control, groundwater remediation; solid and hazardous waste management. Prerequisites: 053:050 (CEE:2150).
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| 053:102 (CEE:4102) Groundwater | 3 s.h. |
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Groundwater quality and quantity; Darcy's Law, 2‑D flow equation, unsaturated zone, contaminant transport, redox reactions, drinking water quality, bioremediation; laboratories in permeameter testing, porous media grain size analysis, pump testing, monitoring well installation.
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| 053:141 (CEE:4141) Design for the Developing World | 3 s.h. |
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Experience working on interdisciplinary teams to solve problems of the developing world; technologies for improving water and sanitation, energy, housing, and health; community building strategies, participatory methods, other techniques essential to good design; service‑learning component.
Same as 152:141 (GHS:4141). | | |
| 053:147 (CEE:4147) Decentralized Wastewater Treatment | 3 s.h. |
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Established and innovative technologies used in decentralized wastewater treatment; lagoons, constructed wetlands, sand filters, and other ecological technologies appropriate for small wastewater flows; need for more sustainable treatment of small wastewater flows; Iowa's approximately 739 unsewered communities throughout the state, high‑growth areas surrounding Des Moines and Cedar Rapids‑Iowa City corridor with small developments in need of wastewater treatment, developing countries. Prerequisites: 053:050 (CEE:2150), 053:055 (CEE:3155), and 053:071 (CEE:3371).
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| 053:152 (CEE:5152) Environmental Chemistry I | 3 s.h. |
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Principles of general, physical, organic chemistry applied in water and air systems; emphasis on qualitative and quantitative understanding of chemical kinetics and equilibrium; acid‑base reactions, complex formation, precipitation, dissolution, and oxidation‑reduction reactions; organic nomenclature. Prerequisites: 004:012 (CHEM:1120).
Same as 052:231 (CBE:5152). | | |
| 053:153 (CEE:4153) Environmental Chemistry Laboratory | 3 s.h. |
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Laboratory experiments to demonstrate important concepts in environmental chemistry and to familiarize students with procedures used to characterize water and wastewater and evaluate certain treatment processes. Prerequisites: 004:012 (CHEM:1120). Corequisites: 053:152 (CEE:5152).
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| 053:154 (CEE:5154) Environmental Microbiology | 3 s.h. |
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Fundamentals of microbiology and microbial ecology with application in water quality and biodegradation of priority pollutants; lectures and laboratory. Corequisites: 053:152 (CEE:5152).
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| 053:159 (CEE:4159) Air Pollution Control Technology | 3 s.h. |
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Sources, environmental and health impacts, regulations, modeling of air pollution; processes and alternative strategies for control; global climate considerations. Prerequisites: 053:050 (CEE:2150).
Same as 052:235 (CBE:4459). | | |
| 053:161 (CEE:5115) Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics | 3 s.h. |
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Principal chemical and physical processes affecting atmospheric trace gas and pollutant cycles; emphasis on atmospheric photochemistry, aerosol science, major sources and removal processes. Corequisites: 052:105 (CBE:3120).
Same as 052:236 (CBE:5425). | | |
| 053:180 (CEE:4180) Fundamentals of Atmospheric Science | 3 s.h. |
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Review of fundamental principles in atmospheric sciences needed for study of interdisciplinary topics involving the Earth's atmosphere; understanding weather and climate processes to address problems in engineering; hydrometeorology of rainfall and its measurement by remote sensing; impact of climate anomalies and climate change on water resources; exchange of water, energy, and chemicals at the land‑atmosphere boundary; forecasting of atmospheric chemistry and air quality. Prerequisites: 057:020 (ENGR:2510).
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| 053:253 (CEE:6253) Environmental Chemistry II | 3 s.h. |
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Solid‑liquid interface problems, heterogenous equilibria, environmental organic chemistry, modeling chemical equilibrium and kinetics, redox chemistry, atmospheric chemistry. Prerequisites: 053:152 (CEE:5152).
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Hydraulics, Hydrology, and Water Resources
| 053:071 (CEE:3371) Principles of Hydraulics and Hydrology | 3 s.h. |
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Hydraulics of pressure conduits and open channels, dimensional analysis, flow measurements, hydraulic machinery, laboratory. Prerequisites: 057:020 (ENGR:2510).
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| 053:103 (CEE:4103) Water Quality | 3 s.h. |
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Sources, availability, uses, characteristics, criteria, best management practices for surface waters; protection of waters impaired by eutrophication, soil erosion and sedimentation; pathogenic organisms, habitat destruction, wastewater discharges, contaminated sediments, atmospheric deposition, watershed development, invasive species, irrigation return flows, stormwater discharges, nonpoint sources, agricultural runoff; laboratory component, measurement of water quality characteristics in the field.
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| 053:117 (CEE:4317) Remote Sensing | 3 s.h. |
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Fundamentals of electromagnetic waves, atmospheric radiative transfer, passive remote sensing, weather radar, hydrologic application of remote sensing.
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| 053:118 (CEE:4118) Probabilistic Methods in Hydroscience | 3 s.h. |
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Common probabilistic models used in hydrology, hydraulics, and water resources; derived distributions; multivariate models and estimation of model parameters; analysis of data and model building; uncertainty analysis. Prerequisites: 22M:034 (MATH:2560) and 22S:039 (STAT:2020).
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| 053:119 (CEE:4119) Hydrology | 3 s.h. |
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Overview of fundamental processes in water cycle, including precipitation, evaporation, infiltration, and runoff; quantitative approaches for predicting streamflow and design discharges; applications to flood hazard assessment and stormwater management. Prerequisites: 057:020 (ENGR:2510).
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| 053:120 (CEE:4120) Water Resources Sustainability | 3 s.h. |
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Effect of human impact on hydrologic ecosystems (aquifers, watersheds, coastal zones, lakes, and wetlands); quantitative measures of impact and mitigation/attenuation efforts; key questions addressed (What does water resources sustainability mean? How can it be measured? How can it be implemented?); worldwide case studies that illustrate the detrimental effects of unsustainable resource utilization and the benefits of implementing sustainable resource management strategies.
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| 053:128 (CEE:3328) Fluvial Geomorphology | 3 s.h. |
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Hydrologic principles, stream channel processes, and fluvial geomorphology within drainage basin systems; spatial and temporal variations in water distribution, analysis of hydrological data, flow mechanisms, sediment transport, forecasting procedures, hydrograph construction, modeling. Requirements: 012:102 (GEOS:3020) or another 100‑level geology or hydraulics course.
Same as 012:138 (GEOS:3380). | | |
| 053:169 (CEE:5369) Intermediate Mechanics of Fluids | 3 s.h. |
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Basic concepts and definitions; pressure distribution in a fluid; governing equations and boundary conditions; integral and differential analysis; dimensional analysis and similarity; experimental analysis; laminar and turbulent internal and external flows; potential flows; engineering applications. Prerequisites: 057:020 (ENGR:2510) and 058:040 (ME:3040).
Same as 058:160 (ME:5160). | | |
| 053:170 (CEE:4370) Flow in Open Channels | 3 s.h. |
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In‑depth analysis of governing flow equations; steady uniform flow in channels of different resistance and cross section; flow control sections; specific energy considerations; analysis and computation of gradually varied profiles and spatially varied flow effected by lateral outflow and inflow; unsteady flow; flood routing. Prerequisites: 053:071 (CEE:3371).
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| 053:171 (CEE:4371) Water Resources Engineering | 3 s.h. |
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Planning and economics of varied water resources projects; stochastic basis for design; flood damage mitigation, reservoirs, river morphology, economic analysis of water projects, urban water requirements, water supply, hydroelectric power systems, river navigation; contemporary civil‑engineering problems and issues associated with water infrastructure development. Prerequisites: 053:174 (CEE:4374).
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| 053:172 (CEE:5372) Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer | 3 s.h. |
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Review of theory; importance of experiments; modeling and scaling laws; experimental environment and facilities; measurements at full scale and on scaled models; use of wind and water tunnels, towing tanks, and hydraulic flumes; instruments for measuring pressure, temperature, velocity, turbulence; error analysis; data acquisition and processing; laboratory demonstrations, hands‑on experiments; project.
Same as 058:162 (ME:5162). | | |
| 053:173 (CEE:4373) Alluvial Channel Hydraulics | 3 s.h. |
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Laws governing fall velocity, applications to particle‑size analysis; incipient motion, bed forms, bed load, suspended load, natural river processes; theory and practice of movable‑bed model experiments. Prerequisites: 053:170 (CEE:4370).
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| 053:174 (CEE:4374) Water Resource Design | 3 s.h. |
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Prerequisites to storm water management systems design, including design flows and rates; analysis and design of storm sewers, detention basins, street and highway drainage facilities, culverts, dams, spillways, measures for energy dissipation; review of wastewater transfer systems and design. Prerequisites: 22S:039 (STAT:2020) and 053:071 (CEE:3371).
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| 053:178 (CEE:4378) Hydrometeorology | 3 s.h. |
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Atmospheric thermodynamics; precipitation processes; evaporation; infiltration; surface runoff; hydrographs, runoff relations; runoff hydrography; storage problems; frequency, intensity, duration studies of storms, floods, droughts; hydrometeorological observations and network design; watershed modeling; urban hydrology climate.
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| 053:183 (CEE:5083) Introduction to Comp Flow in Pipes and Channels | 3 s.h. |
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General review of numerical methods in hydraulics (finite‑difference, finite‑element, and method of characteristics); stability and accuracy of numerical schemes; steady free surface flows; flow transients in pipelines and channels. Prerequisites: 053:169 (CEE:5369).
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| 053:184 (CEE:5184) The Fate and Transport of Contaminated Sediments | 3 s.h. |
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Rich and complex field of sediment and contaminant transportation; involves physical, chemical, biological processes as well as mathematical modeling of these processes; recently investigated topics not covered elsewhere; physical processes affecting stability/mobility, transport, and fate of contaminants in sediments; lack of general understanding of development of fine‑scale sedimentary structure in different systems, particularly contamination and contamination release; issue of suspension effects on turbulent flows; flow dynamics. Prerequisites: 053:030 (CEE:3530), 053:170 (CEE:4370), and 053:173 (CEE:4373).
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| 053:185 (CEE:4385) International Perspectives in Water Sciences and Management | 3 s.h. |
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Internationalization and water, with focus on a country or a world region; intensive, in‑depth exposure to complex issues that affect planning and execution of water projects in large‑scale watersheds.
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| 053:216 (CEE:5216) Coherent Structures in Environmental Hydraulics | 3 s.h. |
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Introduction to coherent structures and their role in explaining the physics of several important categories of environmental flows; focus on examples related to hydraulics, river engineering, stratified flows, and geosciences; turbulence modeling using eddy resolving techniques that can capture the dynamics of coherent structures; no prior experience in coding or numerical methods is expected. Prerequisites: 053:169 (CEE:5369). Requirements: M.S. or Ph.D. standing.
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| 053:220 (CEE:6520) Watershed Sedimentation | 3 s.h. |
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Exploration of rich and complex field of sediment transport, geomorphology, and contaminant transport; associated physical, chemical, and biological processes with associated mathematical modeling; investigation of current topics not covered elsewhere, including physical processes affecting stability/mobility, transport, and fate of soil/sediments; lack of general understanding in development of fine‑scale sedimentary structure in different systems, particularly contamination and contamination release; suspension effects on turbulent flows. Prerequisites: 053:170 (CEE:4370) and 053:173 (CEE:4373).
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| 053:272 (CEE:6372) Environmental Dispersion Processes | 3 s.h. |
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Review of classical diffusion theories; longitudinal dispersion, transverse and vertical mixing in free‑surface turbulent shear flow; application to natural channels; selected topics including stream‑tube models, mixing and dispersion of heated effluents. Corequisites: 053:169 (CEE:5369).
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Graduate Seminars, Advanced Topics, Research
| 053:190 (CEE:5090) Readings in Civil and Environmental Engineering | arr. |
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For graduate nonmajors who want to earn credit in undergraduate civil and environmental engineering courses. Requirements: nonengineering graduate standing.
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| 053:191 (CEE:5091) Graduate Seminar: Structure, Mechanics, Materials | 0 s.h. |
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Presentation and discussions of recent advances and research in structures, mechanics, and materials engineering by guest lecturers, faculty, students. Requirements: senior or graduate standing.
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| 053:192 (CEE:5092) Graduate Seminar: Environmental Engineering Seminar | 0 s.h. |
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Presentation and discussion of current topics, case studies, and research in environmental science and engineering by students, guest lecturers, faculty. Requirements: senior or graduate standing.
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| 053:193 (CEE:5093) Graduate Seminar: Hydraulics, Hydrology, and Water Resources | 0 s.h. |
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Presentation and discussions of recent advances and research in hydraulics, hydrology, and water resources by guest lecturers, faculty, students. Requirements: senior or graduate standing.
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| 053:195 (CEE:4995) Contemporary Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering | arr. |
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New topics or areas of study not formally offered in other civil and environmental courses; ice engineering, chaos and strange attractors, remote sensing, nonlinear dynamics of hydrologic processes, advanced water and wastewater treatment processes, hazardous waste control, global climate change, damage mechanics; based on faculty/student interest.
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| 053:198 (CEE:5998) Individual Investigations: Civil and Environmental Engineering | arr. |
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Individual projects for civil and environmental engineering graduate students: laboratory study, engineering design project, analysis and simulation of an engineering system, computer software development, research. Requirements: graduate standing.
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| 053:199 (CEE:5999) Research: Civil and Environmental Engineering M.S. Thesis | arr. |
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Experimental and/or analytical investigation of an approved topic for partial fulfillment of requirements for the M.S. with thesis in civil and environmental engineering. Requirements: graduate standing.
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| 053:215 (CEE:6315) Hydrogeology Seminar | 3 s.h. |
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Innovative experimental and modeling studies in hydrogeology; experimental need, design, mathematical formulation, assumptions, data collection techniques; data analysis and its importance to groundwater modeling. Prerequisites: 012:166 (GEOS:4630).
Same as 012:210 (GEOS:6100). | | |
| 053:299 (CEE:7999) Research: Civil and Environmental Engineering Ph.D. Dissertation | arr. |
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Experimental and/or analytical investigation of an approved topic for partial fulfillment of requirements for the Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering.
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