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C OLLEGE OF E NGINEERING
ECE5213 PROJECT MAN-
AGEMENT TECHNIQUES
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
or permission of department chair.
The wide range of management
techniques in civil infrastructure
projects. Focus on construction
scheduling, budgeting, cash flow,
and quality management. Current
software used throughout. Actual
civil infrastructure projects used
include highway, airport, water
and wastewater facilities.
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit
ECE5233 ADVANCED
CONSTRUCTION
TECHNIQUES AND
METHODS
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
or permission of department chair.
An in-depth evaluation of current
and emerging construction techniques
and methods that are
designed to improve the constructability,
performance and lifecycle
costs of civil infrastructure
projects. New materials, design
approaches and construction techniques
are investigated by examination
of specific experiences in
the construction industry.
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit
ECE5253 RISK
MANAGEMENT
AND PERSONNEL
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
or permission of department chair.
The many risks and liabilities
associated with construction,
including safety and insurance
issues. A detailed analysis of the
human factor in construction,
including allocation and utilization
of personnel, recruitment and
training. Labor relations and related
contractual issues are evaluated.
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit
ECE5323 ENVIRONMENTAL
CLEANUP
Prerequisite: ECE4343 or equivalent;
Graduate standing or permission
of department chair.
Remediation management at contaminated
sites involving remedial
investigation/feasibility study
process. Remedial investigation
focuses on data collection and site
characterization. Feasibility study
emphasizes data analysis and
decision making on applicable
remedial technologies. Discussion
of subsurface transport and fate
of contaminants. Lect. 3 hrs.
3 hours credit
ECE5343 ADVANCED
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING
Prerequisite: ECE4343 or equivalent;
Graduate standing or permission
of department chair.
Recent advances in the design of
unit operations in water and
wastewater treatment plants. New
developments in natural systems
for waste management and treatment
practices. Microcomputer
applications. Lect. 3 hrs.
3 hours credit
ECE5363 SURFACE WATER
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite: ECE4343 or equivalent;
Graduate standing or permission
of department chair.
Management models in the causeeffect
analysis of water quality in
surface water bodies such as
lakes, estuaries, bays, harbors,
streams and rivers. Waste load
allocation management strategies
to reduce waste inputs to surface
water bodies. Water quality modeling
and control in the transport
and fate analysis of contaminates
in surface water. Lect. 3 hrs.
3 hours credit
ECE5423
GEOENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
or permission of department chair.
Waste containment facilities
design, construction and operation;
including linear systems and
geosynthetics, interaction of soil
with chemicals, and transport of
chemicals and water in soils.
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit
ECE5433 GROUND
IMPROVEMENT METHODS
FOR FOUNDATIONS
Prerequisites: ECE3424;
Graduate standing or permission
of department chair. Practical and
innovative design methods for
ground improvement related to
soft ground, deep foundations,
slope stability, seismic activity,
and geosynthetics. Combines
investigation of case histories,
current projects, design methodology,
and geotechnical engineering
theory. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit
ECE5713 ANALYSIS AND
DESIGN OF PRESTRESSED
CONCRETE
Prerequisite: ECE4743 or equivalent;
Graduate standing or permission
of department chair. Use
of prestressed concrete in infrastructure
applications: prestressing
principles, analysis and design of
pre- and post-tensioned systems,
losses, flexure, shear, bond, camber
and deflection, continuous
prestressing, columns, and circular
prestressing. Use of advanced
composite materials such as prestressing
strands to solve infrastructure
problems. ACI and PCI
prestressed concrete design
manual discussed. Lect. 3 hrs.
3 hours credit
ECE5723 ADVANCED
ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
OF STRUCTURES
Prerequisite: ECE4733 or equivalent;
Graduate standing or permission
of department chair. A
unified presentation of the entire
field of structural analysis, including
introduction to the analysis of
indeterminate structures, force
method analysis and applications,
displacement method analysis and
applications, analysis of shear
walls, plastic analysis of continuous
beams and frames, and concrete,
steel and wood design topics.
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit
ECE5743 INTRODUCTION
TO STRUCTURAL
DYNAMICS
Prerequisite: ECE4733 or equivalent;
Graduate standing or permission
of department chair.
Practical analysis and design of
real structures; basic theory and
numerical analysis of one- and
two-degree elastic systems,
lumped-mass multi-degree systems;
distributed mass and load,
approximate design approach,
earthquake analysis, and earthquake
design. Lect. 3 hrs.
3 hours credit
ECE5763 ADVANCED
COMPOSITE MATERIALS
AND THEIR USES
IN STRUCTURES
Prerequisite: ECE3723 or equivalent;
Graduate standing or permission
of department chair.
Definitions, mechanical properties
and durability of advanced composite
materials. Protruded sections
and fiber reinforced plastic
(FRP) bars. Concrete structures
reinforced and/or prestressed with
FRP bars; behavior and strength
in bending and shear. Repairs and
rehabilitation of structures. New
applications and design concepts.
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit
ECE5923 SPECIAL TOPICS
IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
or permission of department chair.
Topic or topics of current interest
in the field of civil engineering.
Course content subject to change
each time the course is offered.
Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit
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