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Courses Offered:
Civil and Environmental Engineering
- ECIV 520: Structural Analysis II. (3) (Prereq: ECIV 320) Advanced methods of structural analysis with emphasis on matrix methods. Development of the generalized matrix force and matrix displacement methods of static analysis, with applications to trusses and frames.
- ECIV 524: Structural Vibrations. (3) (Prereq: ECIV 210 and 320) Response of single- and multiple-degree of freedom structurally dynamic systems to impact, harmonic, wind, and seismic excitations.
- ECIV 542: Traffic Engineering. (3) (Prereq: ECIV 340 or instructor's approval) Capacity analysis of freeways and arterials. Traffic flow characteristics and basic relationships among traffic flow parameters. Signalized and unsignalized intersection control and signal timing design.
- ECIV 556: Air Pollution Control Engineering. (3) (Prereq: MATH 142, PHYS 211, CHEM 112, or consent of instructor) Introduction to the sources of air pollution and the engineering principles used for control and prevention.
- ECIV 557: Sustainable Construction for Engineers. (3) Prereq: CHEM 112 and ECIV 570 or consent of instructor) Instruction to sustainable engineering design alternatives and principles for construction and site development from preconstruction through design and the construction phase.
- ECIV 558: Environmental Engineering Process Modeling. (3) (Prereq: ECIV 350 or consent of instructor) Modeling fate and transport phenomena in environmental processes with applications in engineered unit operations and natural systems.
- ECIV 705: Deterministic Civil and Environmental Systems Engineering. (3) (Prereq: ECIV 405 or consent of instructor) Planning, design, and operation of large-scale, integrated civil and environmental engineering systems, with applications of mathematical programming and other search models.
- ECIV 720: Advanced Structural Mechanics and Analysis. (3) (Prereq: ECIV 520) Development of concepts and practical applications of the finite element method of structural analysis with emphasis on the displacement method approach. Initial strains, specified displacements, numerical integration, and isoparametric elements are included.
- ECIV 724: Dynamics of Structures. (3) (Prereq: ENGR 260, MATH 242) Lumped and continuous multidegree of freedom mechanical systems and structural assemblies. Steady-state, shock, and random excitation. Modal analysis, numerical methods. Introduction to wave propagation, earthquake engineering, and nonlinear vibrations.
- ECIV 725: Advanced Analysis and Design in Structural Metals. (3) (Prereq: ECIV 425) Analysis and behavior of metal structural components under general loading combinations. Buckling phenomena of thin-walled open sections in the elastic and inelastic regions, and correlation with design code criteria. Behavior and design of plate girders.
- ECIV 728: Prestressed Concrete Analysis and Design. (3) (Prereq: ECIV 427) Pre-stressing methods and materials; flexural analysis, shear and torsion, design of simple, composite and continuous beams. Deflections, slab design, and study of axially loaded members.
- ECIV 730: Advanced Soil Mechanics. (3) (Prereq: ECIV 530) Course covers the mechanical properties of soil; analysis of the field and laboratory tests to determine soil properties required for foundation analysis and design; consolidation theory; and settlement analysis.
- ECIV 731: Slope Stability, Retaining Systems, and Lateral Earth Pressure. (3) (Prereq: ECIV 530) Shear strength of soil and rock under effective stress. Slope stability analysis, tieback and reinforced earth systems. Computation of earth pressures for excavations and tunnels. Dewatering for construction.
- ECIV 734: Dynamics of Soils and Foundations. (3) (Prereq: ECIV 330) Properties of soils under dynamic loading. Harmonic and periodic motion. Free and forced vibrations. Vibrations of footings on an elastic half-space. Cyclic loadings and liquefaction, earthquake response of soils.
- ECIV 736: Ground Improvement Techniques. (3) (Prereq: ECIV 530) Application of soil mechanics principles to improving the engineering characteristics of soil and rock. Topics include mechanisms of soil densification, preconsolidation, grouting, ground freezing, reinforced earth, and soil nailing.
- ECIV 750: Principles of Environmental Engineering Process. (3) (Prereq: CHEM 112 and MATH 142) Basic physical, chemical, and biological processes applied to aqueous systems.
- ECIV 790: Selected Topics in Civil Engineering. (3-9) (Prereq: consent of instructor) Individual studies and/or investigations of special topics in the field of civil engineering.
- ECIV 790B: Selected Topics: Environmental Boundary Layer Theory
- ECIV 790G: Selected Topics: Composite Materials for Civil Engineering Applications
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