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Course Descriptions/Civil Engineering 377641. Construction Engineering Systems. (3-2). Credit 4. Application of systems theory to project planningand control; probabilistic network diagramming, resource allocation, statistical bidding analysis,activity planning, financial management of construction projects and project control. Prerequisite:CVEN 473 or approval of instructor.643. Advanced Construction Methods. (3-0). Credit 3. Overview of materials used in construction industry;methods used to construct facilities with these materials; present practices that can affect productionduring construction and serviceability during operation of these facilities. Prerequisite: Graduateclassification.644. Project Risk Management. (3-0). Credit 3. Identifies causes of risks in projects; discusses probabilisticdescription of risks and formulation of risk models; Bayesian methods for revising probabilities;qualitative and quantitative risk assessment; setting contingencies on budgets and schedules; risk mitigationand risk management; handling technological risk; Utility theory and game theory in managementof risks. Prerequisites: ISEN 644; STAT 211, STAT 601 or equivalent.645. Geotechnical Site Investigation. (2-0). Credit 2. Soil sampling techniques to obtain disturbed andundisturbed samples; in situ field tests including standard penetration test, cone penetration test, vanetest, pressuremeter test and their use in practice; other recent advances in sampling, in situ testing andsite investigation both onshore and offshore. Prerequisites: CVEN 365; CVEN 435 or equivalent.646. Foundations on Expansive Soils. (3-0). Credit 3. Properties of partially saturated soils, analysis ofbeams and plates on foundations, slab-subgrade friction, design of slabs and drilled piers, soil improvementtechniques, risk analysis and foundation rehabilitation operations. Prerequisites: CVEN 365 andMATH 308 or approval of instructor.647. Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering. (2-2). Credit 3. Formulation and applicationof finite element and discrete element methods in solving geotechnical engineering problems related toseepage, diffusion, elasticity, plasticity, fracture and dynamic motion of soil masses, stability and convergenceproblems and use of existing computer programs in working applied problems. Prerequisite:Degree in engineering or approval of instructor.648. Advanced Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. Formulation andapplication of finite difference and finite element methods in geotechnical problems related to elasticity,plasticity, seepage, consolidation, dynamic response, and pile analysis; constitutive models of soilbehavior; and analysis of nonlinear systems. Prerequisites: MEMA 646 or equivalent; CVEN 651 orregistration therein.649. Physical and Engineering Properties of Soil. (3-3). Credit 4. Introduction to physico-chemicalproperties of soils; soil structure; soil classification; permeability; principle of effective stress; stressdeformationand strength characteristics; partly saturated soils; testing procedures. Prerequisites:CVEN 365 and CVEN 435 or approval of instructor.651. Geomechanics. (3-0). Credit 3. Fundamentals of mechanics of deformable bodies; theory and applicationof elasticity, plasticity, viscoelasticity and approximate rheological models to soil mechanicsproblems. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.652. Soil Dynamics. (3-0). Credit 3. Dynamic properties of soil; wave propagation in an elastic medium;analysis of dynamic soil-structure interaction and machine foundations; earthquake engineering;soil liquefaction; seismic design of foundations, dams, retaining walls and pipelines. Prerequisite:MATH 308.653. Bituminous Materials. (2-3). Credit 3. Production, specifications and tests of bituminous materials;design and evaluation of asphaltic concrete for construction and maintenance; inspection control ofstreet, parking and highway paving surfaces. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.654. Strategic Construction and Engineering Management. (3-0). Credit 3. Strategic and systems perspectivesapplied to construction and engineering management projects, organizations and industries;system dynamics methodology to model construction and engineering systems; understanding driversof performance; feedback and high leverage points for performance improvement. Prerequisite: Graduateclassification or approval of instructor. Cross-listed with ISEN 643.655. Structural Reliability. (3-0). Credit 3. Uncertainties in structural mechanics; probabilistic models forload and resistance variables, fundamentals of structural reliability theory, advanced first-order secondmoment methods and reliability of complex structural systems; applications to selected structures. Prerequisites:CVEN 345 and CVEN 421.