Undergraduate Catalog
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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Civil Engineering 


Levels

2000     3000     4000


Note: Details provided in the Civil Engineering course descriptions in this Catalog are subject to change.  Please contact the Department for the most current information. 

CEGR 2101. Civil Engineering Drawing. (2) Prerequisite: ENGR 1202.  Introduction to engineering drawing in the environmental, geotechnical, transportation, and structural sub-disciplines of civil engineering, including sketching, principles of mechanical drawing, and computer aided drawing (CAD).  CAD utilizes the MOSAIC computing environment.  One hour of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.  (Fall) 

CEGR 2102.  Engineering Economic Analysis.  (3) Prerequisite: ENGR 1201.  Economic analysis of engineering solutions; present and annual worth analysis; cost benefit analysis; internal rate of return analysis; bonds and cost estimating.  Three hours per week. (Fall) 

CEGR 2104.  Surveying and Site Design.  (3) Prerequisite: ENGR 1202.  Elements of plane surveying, including taping, use of level, transit, theodolite, and total station; topographical surveying and mapping; error adjustment; area and volume computations; introduction to photogrammetry; site development; computer applications.  One hour of lecture and 3 hours of field work for four weeks: three hours of lecture for 11 weeks. (Spring) 

CEGR 2154.  Design Project Lab.  (3) (O) Prerequisite: CEGR 2102.  Corequisite: ENGR 1202.  Problem definition, evaluation of design alternatives, design concepts, conceptual design.  Students work together in teams to find, present, and defend their solutions to real world civil engineering problems.  One hour of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week. (Spring) 

CEGR 3090. Special Topics in Civil Engineering. (1‑4) Prerequisite: Consent of CE Advisor. Examination of specific new areas emerging in the various fields of civil engineering based upon and synthesizing knowledge students have gained from the engineering science, mathematics, and physical science stems of the core curriculum. May be repeated for credit. (On demand

CEGR 3122. Structural Analysis.  (3) Prerequisites: MEGR 2144 and MATH 2171 and junior standing. Analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate beams, trusses and frames to include shear and moment diagrams, rough deflected shapes and deflections; influence lines and criteria for moving loads;  indeterminate analyses to include methods of consistent deflection, slope deflection, and moment distribution. (Fall)

CEGR 3141. Introduction to Environmental Engineering. (3) Prerequisite: MATH 2171, CHEM 1251, and junior standing.  Environmental engineering concepts, including stream pollution analysis, water and wastewater treatment processes; solid and hazardous waste management practices; pollution problems and controls; mass balance analyses, and review of pertinent legislation.  (Fall) 

CEGR 3143.  Hydraulics and Hydrology.  (3) Prerequisite: MEGR 2141 and junior standing.  Fluid properties, pressure, closed-conduit flow, pipe networks, pumps, open channel flow, weirs, orifices, flumes; precipitation, runoff, groundwater flow, stream flow; flow  measurement.  (Fall) 

CEGR 3153. Transportation Laboratory. (1) (W) Corequisite: CEGR 3161.  Design of transportation systems, including highways, airports, pipelines, and mass transit; route layout, geometric design and earthwork calculations; computer-aided system simulation and evaluation. One hour of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.  (Spring) 

CEGR 3155.  Environmental Laboratory.  (1) (W) Prerequisite: CHEM 1251L, Corequisite: CEGR 3141.  Laboratory problems in environmental engineering.  Emphasis on analysis and presentation of results as well as on the significance of results as they affect theory and/or practice. One hour of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. (Spring) 

CEGR 3161. Transportation Engineering I. (3) Prerequisite: MATH 2241; CEGR 2102, 2104, and junior standing. Analysis of transportation facilities; planning, location, and economic considerations, with special emphasis on land transportation.  (Fall) 

CEGR 3201.  Systems and Design I.  (3) Prerequisite: senior standing in Civil Engineering, CEGR 2154, and 3 of the following and the rest in progress: CEGR 3122, 3141, 3143, 3161, 3278.  Systems engineering techniques applied to civil engineering problems emphasizing methodological considerations and engineering projects carried out by small groups of students.  (Fall) 

CEGR 3202.  Systems and Design II.  (4) Prerequisite:  CEGR 3201.  Continuation of CEGR 3201.  Creatively investigate and produce alternative solutions for a comprehensive engineering project resulting in written and verbal class presentations.  One hour of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.  (Spring) 

CEGR 3212. Computer Applications in Civil Engineering. (3) Prerequisite: 3 of the following: CEGR 3122, 3141, 3143, 3161, 3278.  Application of computers and numerical methods to various types of civil engineering problems. Examinations in depth of selected civil engineering problems. (On demand

CEGR 3221. Structural Steel Design I. (3) Prerequisites: CEGR 3122 and CEGR 3255 or consent of CE Advisor. Analysis and design of structural steel components with emphasis on theories necessary for a thorough understanding of the design procedure. Design philosophies and types of steel structures. Columns, tension members and laterally supported beams are considered. General Flexural theory, including bending of unsymmetrical sections. Current AISC Specifications used. (Fall) 

CEGR 3225. Reinforced Concrete Design I. (3) Prerequisite: CEGR 3122 and CEGR 3255 or consent of CE Advisor.  Analysis and design of reinforced concrete components with emphasis on fundamental theories. Mechanics and behavior of reinforced concrete. Flexural members to include singly and doubly-reinforced beams of various cross sections (rectangular, T‑beams, joists, one‑way slabs, and others). Shear in beams and columns. Short columns to include uniaxial and biaxial bending. Construction of short column interaction diagrams. Introduction to footings. Current ACI Specifications. (Fall) 

CEGR 3232. Urban Engineering. (3) Prerequisite: Consent of CE Advisor. An examination of those societal problems of metropolitan regions most amenable to engineering solutions. Current urban literature will be reviewed in seminar, and selected topics amenable to engineering analysis will be studied. Written reports will be presented. (On demand) 

CEGR 3255.  Structural Materials Laboratory I.  (1) (W) Prerequisite: CEGR 3122.  Composition, properties, and testing of: wood, natural and artificial aggregates, bitumins, portland cement concrete, pozzolans, and structural metals. Data analysis, presentation, and report writing.  One hour of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.  (Spring) 

CEGR 3258. Geotechnical Laboratory. (1) (W)  Corequisite: CEGR 3278.  Tests to determine engineering properties of soils; consistency, permeability, shear strength, and consolidation.  Data analysis, presentation and report writing.  One hour of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.  (Spring)   

CEGR 3278. Geotechnical Engineering. (3) Prerequisite: MATH 2171, and MEGR 2144.  Soil origin, formation, composition, and classification; permeability; seepage; soil mechanics principles, including stresses, shear strength, and consolidation; foundations, retaining structures, and slope stability.  Integration of design and technical reporting.  (Fall) 

CEGR 3282. Professional Development. (1) Prerequisite: graduation date before next fall semester. A series of one‑hour lectures by faculty and invited speakers on basic concepts of professionalism and the nature and purpose of engineering ethics. Pass/No Credit grading. (Fall) 

CEGR 3695. Civil Engineering Cooperative Education Seminar. (1) Required of Co‑op students during semesters immediately following each work assignment for presentation of engineering reports on work done the prior semester. (Fall, Spring, Summer) 

CEGR 3890. Individualized Study. (1‑3) Prerequisite: Consent of CE Advisor. Supervised individual study within an area of a student's particular interest which is beyond the scope of existing courses. (On demand) 

CEGR 3990. Undergraduate Research in Civil Engineering. (1‑4) Prerequisite: Consent of CE Advisor. This course involves independent study of a theoretical and/or experimental problem in a specialized area of Civil Engineering. May be repeated for credit. (On demand) 

CEGR 4090. Special Topics in Civil Engineering. (1‑4) Consent of CE Advisor.  Study of specific new areas emerging in the various fields of civil engineering.  May be repeated for credit. (On demand) 

CEGR 4108. Finite Element Analysis and Applications. (3) Prerequisite: Consent of CE Advisor.  Finite element method and its application to engineering problems.  Application of displacement method to plane stress, plane strain, plate bending and axisymmetrical bodies.  Topics include but are not limited to dynamics, fluid mechanics, and structural mechanics. (Spring) 

CEGR 4121. Prestressed Concrete Design. (3) Prerequisites: CEGR 3225 and 4224 or consent of CE Advisor.  Analysis and design of prestressed components and systems, including materials and systems for prestressing, loss of prestress, flexural and shear design in accordance with current building codes, analysis of indeterminate prestressed systems, and control of camber, deflection and cracking. (On demand) 

CEGR 4123. Bridge Design. (3) Prerequisites: CEGR 3221 and 3225, or consent of CE Advisor.  Review of bridge design codes and loadings; superstructure and substructure design of short, intermediate, and long span bridges constructed of steel and concrete; earthquake design; segmental and cable-stayed bridges. (Spring) (Alternate years) 

CEGR 4124.  Masonry Design. (3) Prerequisites: CEGR 3225 or consent of CE Advisor.  Introduction of masonry materials and engineering and materials properties and testing procedures.  Design of reinforced and unreinforced masonry (clay and concrete) walls, beams, and columns for vertical, winde, and seismic loads.  Analysis and design of masonry structures (including torsion) and introduction to computer applications. (On demand) 

CEGR 4128. Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis. (3) Prerequisite: CEGR 3122 or consent of CE Advisor.  Derivation of the basic equations governing linear structural systems.  Application of stiffness and flexibility methods of trusses and frames.  Solution techniques utilizing digital computer. (On demand) 

CEGR 4141. Process Engineering. (3) Prerequisite: CEGR 3141 or consent of CE Advisor.  Applications of material and energy balance principles to the study of chemical, biological, and environmental engineering processes. Overview of applied biotechnology, engineering thermodynamics, and kinetics. (Fall) 

CEGR 4142.  Water/Wastewater Engineering.   (3) Prerequisite: CEGR 3141or consent of CE Advisor.  Analysis and design of water and wastewater treatment processes including physical, chemical and biological treatment.  Computer-aided design of treatment systems. (Spring) 

CEGR 4143. Solid Waste Management. (3) Prerequisite: CEGR 3141 or consent of CE Advisor.  Solid waste management, sources, generation rates, processing and handling, disposal, recycling, landfill closures, and remedial actions for abandoned waste sites.  (Spring) (Alternate years) 

CEGR 4144. Engineering Hydrology. (3) Prerequisite: Consent of CE Advisor.  A quantitative study of the various components of the water cycle, including precipitation, runoff, ground water flow, evaporation and transpiration, stream flow.  Hydrograph analysis, flood routing, frequency and duration, reservoir design, computer applications. (On demand) 

CEGR 4145.  Groundwater Resources Engineering.  (3) Prerequisite: CEGR 3141 or CEGR 3143 or consent of CE Advisor.  Overview of hydrological cycle.  Principles of groundwater flow and well hydraulics.  Regional groundwater flow and flow nets.  Water chemistry and contamination.  Applications of groundwater modeling.  (Fall) (Alternate years) 

CEGR 4146. Advanced Engineering Hydraulics. (3) Prerequisite:  CEGR 3143 or consent of CE Advisor.  Problems of liquids as applied in civil engineering; open channel flow; dams and spillways; water power; river flow and backwater curves; pipe networks, fire flow, sewage collection, groundwater, computer applications. (On demand) 

CEGR 4161. Advanced Traffic Engineering. (3)  Prerequisite: CEGR 3161 or consent of CE Advisor.  Analysis of basic characteristics of drivers, vehicles, and roadway that affect the performance of road systems.  Stream flow elements, volume, density, speed.  Techniques of traffic engineering measurements, investigations and data analysis, capacity analysis.  Intersections, accidents, parking. (Fall) 

CEGR 4162. Transportation Planning. (3) Prerequisite: CEGR 3161. Urban transportation; travel characteristics of urban transportation systems; analysis of transportation‑oriented studies; analytic methods of traffic generation, distribution, modal split, and assignment; traffic flow theory. (On demand) 

CEGR 4171. Urban Public Transportation. (3) Prerequisite:  CEGR 3161 or consent of CE Advisor.  Planning, design, and operation of bus, rail, and other public modes.  Relationship between particular modes and characteristics of urban areas.  Funding, security and other administrative issues.  (On demand) 

CEGR 4181. Human Factors in Traffic Engineering. (3) Prerequisite: CEGR 3161 or consent of CE Advisor. Study of the driver's and pedestrian's relationship with the traffic system, including roadway, vehicle, and environment. Consideration of the driving task, driver and pedestrian characteristics, performance and limitations with regard to traffic facility design and operation. (On demand) 

CEGR 4182. Transportation Environmental Assessment. (3) Prerequisites: Senior standing and consent of CE Advisor. A study of the environmental impact analysis and assessment procedures for transportation improvements. Route location decisions. Noise, air quality, socio-economic, and other impacts. (On demand)  

CEGR 4183. Traffic Engineering Studies. (3) Prerequisite: STAT 3128. Introduction to the traffic engineering studies most used by traffic engineers, including data collection techniques, statistical analysis procedures, report writing and presentation. One hour of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. (On demand) 

CEGR 4184. Highway Safety. (3) Prerequisite: CEGR 3161 and STAT 3128.  Engineering responses at the state and local levels to the problem of highway safety.  Extent of the highway safety problem, elements of traffic accidents, common accident countermeasures, collection and analysis of accident data, evaluation of safety-related projects and programs, and litigation issues. (On demand) 

CEGR 4185. Geometric Design of Highways. (3) Prerequisite: CEGR 3153 and CEGR 3161. Theory and practice of geometric design of highways including intersections, interchanges, parking and drainage facilities. Driver ability, vehicle performance, safety and economics are considered. Two hours of lecture and three laboratory hours per week. (On demand) 

CEGR 4222. Structural Steel Design II. (3) Prerequisite: CEGR 3221. Analysis and design of structural steel components and systems with emphasis on theories necessary for a thorough understanding of the design of complete structures. Compression members affected by local buckling, beams with lateral‑torsional buckling, continuous beams, and beam columns are covered. Welded and bolted connections. Current AISC Specifications used. (Spring) 

CEGR 4224. Advanced Structural Analysis. (3) Prerequisite: CEGR 3122. A continuation of  CEGR 3122. Methods to determine deflections in structural members, including moment area, conjugate beam, virtual work, and Castigliano’s theorem. Methods to analyze statically indeterminate structures, including approximate force, slope deflection, moment distribution, and matrix stiffness methods. Project to compare analysis techniques and introduce use of structural analysis computer programs. (Spring) 

CEGR 4226. Reinforced Concrete Design II. (3) Prerequisite: CEGR 3225. Analysis and design of reinforced concrete components and systems with emphasis on the fundamental theories necessary for a thorough understanding of concrete structures. Concentrically loaded slender columns, slender columns under compression plus bending. Wall footings and column footings. Analysis of continuous beams and frames. Total design project involving the analysis and design of a concrete structure. Current ACI Specifications used. (Spring) 

CEGR 4241. Chemical Processes in Water and Wastewater Treatment. (3) Prerequisites: CHEM 1251 and CEGR 3141, or consent of CE Advisor. Chemical principles involved in the treatment of water and wastewaters; principles of chemical equilibrium relevant to natural water systems; the nature and effect of chemical interactions of domestic and industrial waste effluents on natural water systems. (On demand) 

CEGR 4262. Traffic Engineering. (3) Prerequisite: CEGR 3161 or consent of CE Advisor. Operation and management of street and highway systems. Traffic control systems, traffic flow theory, and highway capacity. Evaluation of traffic engineering alternatives and the conduct of traffic engineering studies. (Spring) 

CEGR 4270. Earth Pressures and Retaining Structures. (3) Prerequisites: CEGR 3122 and 3278 or consent of CE Advisor.  Earth pressure theories, effects of wall friction and external loads (including earthquake); design of rigid retaining walls (including structural details); sheetpile wall design; soil reinforcement systems for retaining structures; computer applications. (On demand) 

CEGR 4271. Pavement Design. (3) Prerequisites: CEGR 3161 and 3278, or consent of CE Advisor. Pavement design concepts and considerations; engineering properties of pavement materials, including soils, bases, asphalt concrete, and portland cement concrete; design of flexible and rigid pavements including shoulders and drainage; computer applications for pavement analysis and design. (On demand) 

CEGR 4278. Geotechnical Engineering II. (3) Prerequisite: CEGR 3278 or consent of CE Advisor; corequisite: CEGR 3258. Design of shallow and deep foundations, including structural considerations; lateral earth pressure theories; design of rigid and flexible earth retaining structures; advanced aspects of slope stability analysis; and computer applications. (Spring)  

CEGR 4892. Individualized Study and Projects. (1‑6) Prerequisites: Consent of CE Advisor.  Individual investigation and exposition of results. May be repeated for credit. (On demand)


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