POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY 2005-2007

CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAM
CE 4710 Readings in Civil
Engineering variable credit (1-4)
Individually guided study in a subject
area related to the civil engineering curriculum.
Topic must arise from a regular
course and must extend and go beyond
what is covered in the traditional curriculum.
The student must have the prior
approval of the instructor with which
he/she is to work and a topic approved by
that instructor before registering for a
readings course. A readings course shall
require a written report on the subject of
the student’s readings before a grade is
given. A student may take this course
more than once.
CE 4812 Civil Engineering Design
Project I 1 1 ⁄2:0:1 1 ⁄2:2
The first semester of the two-semester
senior capstone design experience in civil
engineering. In the first semester, a project
involving integration of the civil engineering
subdisciplines will be described
and presented. Working groups will be
established. All groups may work on a
single project or several may be prescribed,
depending upon the semester.
Lectures will be devoted to particulars of
the project and will present specific
design applications that may not have
been included in other courses. During
the first semester, each group will be
expected to prepare and present a complete
professional proposal for design and
construction of the project, including a
detailed cost estimate. Prerequisites: CE
3144 and CE 3153 or equivalents. Corequisites:
CE 3223 and CE 4243 or
equivalents.
CE 4823 Civil Engineering Design
Project II 2:3:0:3
The second semester of the two-semester
senior capstone design experience in civil
engineering. Lecture sessions will be
used to present periodic topical material
of relevance to the project(s) assigned
and to allow student groups to present
progress reports on their work. Each
group will be expected to prepare a complete
design report addressing all
assigned aspects of the project, with functional
design drawings and specifications
and a refined construction cost estimate.
All projects will be verbally presented
and defended. Prerequisite: CE 4812.
Co-requisites: CE 4163 and CE 4413.
GRADUATE COURSES
CORE COURSES
CE 602 Materials Engineering
2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
Materials composition and production of
cemetitious materials; polymeric composites
and metals; mechanical properties
subject to short-term and long-term loads,
impact and fire; fatigue and fracture;
transport properties, chemical degradation
and long-term durability.
Prerequisite: graduate status.
CE 607 Instrumentation, Monitoring,
and Condition Assessment of Civil
Infrastructure 2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
A systematic approach to planning and
executing instrumentation, monitoring
and condition assessment programs;
strain measurements; civil engineering
sensors (static, dynamic, optical); environmental
measurements; mechatronic
sensors; signal conditioning, information
measurements and error analysis; business
aspects; advanced measurement systems.
CE 767 Environmental Impact
Assessment 2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
An examination of legal and technical
requirements in the preparation of environmental
impact statements.
Considerations include legal and technical
requirements, the procedure and the
interdisciplinary nature of the analysis.
Topics include overall impact evaluation,
categories of impacts, problem definition,
quantification of impact, methods used in
analysis, field evaluations, mitigations,
hearing procedures and management.
Practical examples and case studies are
used.
CE 784 Introduction to Urban
Systems Engineering 2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
A descriptive overview of the key infrastructure
systems and technologies that
must be managed, operated and maintained.
Systems treated include buildings
and structures, water supply, solid and
liquid waste handling and disposal, transportation,
power, communications and
information systems, health and hospitals,
police and fire protection. Course
treats the financial, political, administrative,
legal and institutional settings of
these systems and technologies. A portion
of the course features distinguished guest
lecturers who are experts in some of the
systems and technologies included.
CE 825 Project Management for
Construction 2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
Topics specific to the development and
coordination of large projects, including
organizational structures, management
functions, pricing and estimating project
costs, bidding and contracting, risk allocation,
scheduling, time and cost control,
labor relations, quality management and
project life-cycle activities. Also listed
under MG 825.
CE 828 Risk Analysis 2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
A thorough investigation of the ever-rising
importance of risk analysis in project
management. Analysis of qualitative and
quantitative risk. Techniques in probability
analysis, sensitivity analysis, simulation
of risk and utility theory.
Computational methods for calculating
risk. An exposure to the complexity of
real-world corporate and public problems
through case investigations.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
CE 798/799 Special Topics in
Infrastructure Systems and
Construction I/II 2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
Contemporary topics of interest, such as
methodologies and procedures for analysis
of existing infrastructure systems,
geographic information, data and management
systems, photogrammetric and
remote sensing techniques and utilization
and design of infrastructure facilities and
systems. Other topics include, but are not
limited to, intelligent buildings and other
modern constructed works, temporary
structures for construction and problems
in construction engineering, new
approaches in construction management
and integration and automation of construction
processes.
CE 826 Construction Cost Estimating
2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
Estimates and costs from the viewpoint
of contractor or construction engineer,
details of estimating with emphasis on
labor, material, equipment and overhead
costs. Also listed under MG 826.
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