2013-2014 Graduate Catalog Downloadable PDF (10.71MB)

Course Descriptions/Civil Engineering 379668. Advanced EPC Project Development. (3-0). Credit 3. Examines the advanced project developmentprocess-business planning and pre-project planning for engineering, procurement and construction(EPC); a process approach is followed. Issues covered are project technical and economic feasibility;scope definition; project risks; preliminary budgeting; scheduling and parametric estimating; executionstrategies; negotiations; organizational design and development. Prerequisite: Graduate classification inengineering or approval of instructor.669. Design of Structures for Hazardous Environmental Loads. (3-0). Credit 3. Introduction to windand earthquake engineering with focus on studying the characteristics and effects of various types ofwindstorms and earthquakes; development of tools that can be used in specifying wind and earthquakeloads on structures. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.670. Behavior and Design of Composite Structures. (3-0). Credit 3. Design of composite structuralsystems comprising structural steel and reinforced concrete; composite slabs on steel beams; compositeslabs on formed metal deck; columns; moment frame systems; shear wall systems; braced frame systems;dual systems; introduction to retrofitting applications. Prerequisites: CVEN 444; CVEN 446 or equivalent;graduate classification.671. Behavior and Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures. (3-0). Credit 3. Introduction to the behaviorand design of prestressed concrete structural members for several limit states; including flexure,shear, torsion and deflection; exposure to composite beams; indeterminate systems; bridge design andconstruction. Prerequisites: CVEN 444; graduate classification in civil engineering or approval of instructor.672. Engineering and Urban Transportation Systems. (3-0). Credit 3. Characteristics of transportationengineering systems; transportation engineering data collection; modeling effects of engineering projectplanning, trip generation, trip distribution, mode choice and traffic assignment; use and interpretationof engineering modeling results; engineering project analysis. Prerequisite: Graduate classificationin engineering or urban and regional planning or approval of instructor.673. Transport Phenomena in Porous Media. (3-0). Credit 3. Transport phenomena in porous mediawith special emphasis on fundamentals and applications to various geo-environmental problems. Prerequisites:CVEN 311 and MATH 308 or approval of instructor.674. Groundwater Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. Groundwater hydrology, theory of groundwater movement,steady-state flow, potential flow, mechanics of well flow, multiple-phase flow, salt water intrusion,artificial recharge, groundwater contamination and models. Prerequisite: CVEN 311 or approval ofinstructor.675. Stochastic Hydrology. (3-0). Credit 3. Analysis, simulation and forecasting of hydro-climatic variables.Prerequisites: CVEN 421 and CVEN 463 or approval of instructor.677. Advanced Surface Transportation Systems. (3-0). Credit 3. Design and operational issues and systemsrelated to advanced traffic systems; advanced studies on traffic management systems, travelersinformation systems, public transportation systems and commercial vehicle operation. Prerequisite:Graduate classification in engineering or approval of instructor.679. Experimental Fluid Mechanics Modeling. (3-0). Credit 3. Dimensional analysis; modeling laws;measurement techniques and instrumentation; experimental control and data acquisition; samplingtheory and signal processing; applications to coastal, ocean, and hydraulic engineering models. Prerequisite:Approval of instructor.680. Advanced Computation Methods for Fluid Flow. (3-0). Credit 3. Unsteady three-dimensionalNavier-Stokes equations in general nonorthogonal curvilinear coordinates; algebraic and elliptic gridgeneration; turbulence modeling for complex flows; advanced numerical methods for unsteady incompressibleturbulent flows; large-eddy simulations; Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes simulation; chimeradomain decomposition and interactive zonal approach. Prerequisite: CVEN 688 or approval of instructor.681. Seminar. (0-2). Credit 1. Reports and discussion of current research and selected published technicalarticles.682. Environmental Remediation of Contaminated Sites. (3-0). Credit 3. Aspects of characterizationand design of plans for remediation of sites contaminated with hazardous wastes; review of federal andstate regulations; risk assessment; remedial technology screening and design of remedial plans. Prerequisites:CVEN 601, CVEN 619, CVEN 620.