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1010  Enginering Drawing (1)

2000  Sophomore Seminar (0.5)
   Selected presentations from individuals who deal with different aspects of the practice of civil and environmental engineering.

2110  Statics (3) Prerequisite: MATH 1210.Co-requisite: MATH 1220 and PHYCS 2210.
   Forces, moments and couples; resultants and static equilibrium of general force systems; statically equivalent force systems, center of gravity and center of pressure; friction; free body method of analysis; trusses and frames; internal forces (shearing forces and bending moments); tensile and compressive axial forces; applications to simple engineering problems.

2120  Graphical Communication (3)
   Drafting techniques, detailed construction drawings, and technical illustrations. Solution to three-dimensional problems. Introduction to computer-aided drawing (CAD) and geographical information systems (GIS).

2130  Engineering Economics (1.5)
   Engineering economic decisions, equivalence and interest formulas, worth analyses, rate of return analysis, depreciation, project cash flows, benefit-cost analysis, inflation.

2140  Strength of Materials (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 2110 and MATH 1220.
   Concept of stress, axial stress and strain, torsion, pure bending, transverse loading, transformations of stress and strain, design of beams and shafts for strength, deflection of beams, columns.

2150  Surveying and Global Positioning (3) Prerequisite: MATH 1210.
   Use of transit, level, total station, and other equipment in field surveying. Practical astronomy, calculation procedures, state plane coordinates, public-land division. Introduction to Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and remote sensing.

2160  Dynamics (2) Prerequisite: CVEEN 2110.Co-requisite: MATH 2250.
   Kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies, including position, velocity, acceleration, moving frames of reference, Newton's laws, conservation of energy and momentum, impact, and an introduction to vibrations.

3000  Junior Seminar (0.5) Prerequisite: CVEEN 2000.
   Selected presentations from individuals who deal with different aspects of the practice of civil and environmental engineering.

3210  Structural Analysis (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 2140 and MATH 1220. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS Course.
   Structural loads, influence lines, simple arches, basic cable theory, deflections, analysis of indeterminate structures, virtual work, force method, slope-deflection, moment distribution, matrix methods.

3220  Introduction to Concrete and Steel Design (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3210.
   Design of reinforced concrete beams, one-way slabs, T-beams, columns, and footings using ultimate strength theory and the ACI code. Design of structural elements in steel, design of tension and compression members, beams and beam columns, bolted and welded connections. Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) used.

3310  Geotechnical Engineering I (4) Prerequisite: CVEEN 2140 and CHEM 1220 and MATH 2250.
   An introduction to the fundamental geologic and engineering properties of soils and basic soil mechanics. Topics include geologic soil processes, phase relations, grain-size distribution, clay mineralogy, clay-water interaction, consistency limits, fabric and structure, classification, compaction, swelling, shrinkage, slaking, collapse, permeability, one- and two-dimensional flow, liquefaction, consolidation and settlement, and shear strength of cohesionless soils.

3320  Geotechnical Engineering II (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3310.
   An introduction to the fields of foundation engineering and geoenvironmental engineering. Topics include shear strength of cohesive and unsaturated soils, seepage forces, filters, lateral earth pressures and retaining walls, slope stability, shallow foundations, clay-water electrolyte systems, waste containment technology, compacted clay liners, geosynthetics for waste containment applications, and an introduction to in-situ treatment of contaminated soils and ground water.

3410  Hydraulics (4) Prerequisite: CVEEN 2140 and MATH 2250 and either CVEEN 2160 or ME EN 2410. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS Course.
   Hydrostatics, kinematics, energy and momentum principles, flow through pipes and networks, water hammer, pumps, open channel flow, sewer design, and hydraulic structures.

3420  Hydrology (4) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3410.
   Hydrologic cycle and its elements including precipitation, interception, infiltration, evapotranspiration, runoff; flood and drought analysis; unit-hydrographs, probability and frequency analysis, routing methods; ground water, hydrologic design procedures, watershed models.

3510  Civil Engineering Materials (4) Prerequisite: CVEEN 2140 and MATH 2250.
   Introduction to statistics. Fundamental behavior and properties of various civil engineering materials, including steel, portland cement concrete, and asphaltic concrete through laboratory testing.

3520  Transportation Engineering (4) Prerequisite: MATH 2250 and WRTG 2010 and one of CVEEN 2150 or MGEN 1400.
   Introduction to the design, analysis, and planning of road transportation systems. Highway surveys, location, and plans; geometric design; drainage systems. Fundamentals of traffic engineering; introduction to traffic flow theory; transportation planning, and traffic operations.

3610  Introduction to Environmental Engineering I (3) Prerequisite: CHEM 1220 and PHYCS 2210 and MATH 2250.
   Overview of the environmental engineering profession, environmental quality measurements, regulatory overview, water and wastewater quality, environmental chemistry, air quality, design of municipal water treatment systems.

3620  Introduction to Environmental Engineering II (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3610.
   Principles of waste management and minimization, design of municipal wastewater treatment plants, recent regulatory changes, basic design principles of sedimentation and flotation facilities, aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment systems, and chemical/physical/biological systems for nutrient removal. Principles of disinfection and microbiological quality requirements for treated wastewater.

4000  Senior Seminar (0.5) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3000.
   Selected presentations from individuals who deal with different aspects of the practice of civil and environmental engineering.

4110  Undergraduate Design Laboratory I (2) Prerequisite: CVEEN 2140.
   Team solutions to specific design problems (concrete canoe or steel bridge). Design teams will be formed for the initial design process. After preliminary designs are completed, a competitive evaluation of each design will be made. The entire class will further optimize the best design and prepare a technical paper on it, including entire construction specifications, shop drawings, and connection details for the project. Students may register for this course in consecutive years, but may take graduation credit only once. Membership in the University of Utah American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) student chapter is required.

4120  Undergraduate Design Laboratory II (1) Prerequisite: CVEEN 2140 and 4110.
   Students will construct the project (either steel bridge or concrete canoe) that was designed in Undergraduate Design I. After construction, the project will be tested. Following satisfactory performance, the project will be taken to the Rocky Mountain Regional Conference for competition against other universities. For those students who travel to the conference, some additional fees may be required. Students may register for this course in consecutive years, but may take graduation credit only once.

4890  Cooperative Education (1 to 2)
   Students must register for CVEEN 4890 each semester they officially participate in a full-time cooperative work experience.

4910  Senior Project Design (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3310 and 3410 and 3510 and 3520.Co-requisite: CVEEN 3220 and 3610.
   Comprehensive capstone design project.

4999  Honors Thesis/Project (3) Fulfills Upper-division Communication/Writing.
   Restricted to students in the Honors Program working on an Honors degree.

5210  Structural Theory II (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3210.
   Analysis of statically indeterminate structures, virtual work, moment methods, slope deflection, and moment distribution.

5220  Concrete Design II (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3220.
   Advanced topics in concrete design. Prestressed concrete design; design of two-way slabs, torsional resistance design; concrete structural systems; slender columns; seismic design considerations using the ACI code.

5230  Steel Design II (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3220.
   Advanced topics in steel design. Design of plate girders, torsional resistance design, steel structural system design, steel bridge design, seismic design considerations. Extensive use of the current AISC-LRFD design code.

5240  Reinforced Masonry/Timber Design (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3220.
   Reinforced masonry design, including properties and performance of masonry materials, design criteria and methods in reinforced masonry, and design examples including reinforced masonry walls, masonry columns and pilasters, and rectangular beams. Design of beams, columns, trusses, and diaphragms in wood. Design of glue-laminated beams. Design of wood connections. Use of timber design codes and uniform building code.

5250  Dynamics of Structures and Earthquake Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5210 and either CVEEN 2160 or ME EN 2410.
   Analysis of response of structures to dynamic loads with emphasis on dynamic loads due to earthquakes. Basic principles of seismic design of structures.

5260  Applied Probability and Statistics (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3510 and 3520 and MATH 2250.
   Overview of basic probability rules and axioms, probability distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, multi-variable problems, systems reliability. Examples and homework assignments emphasize Civil Engineering applications.

5270  Computer-Aided Structural Analysis (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5210.
   Analysis and design of structural systems under static and dynamic conditions. Use of the computer and computer graphics during the analysis/design process. History, overview, and techniques of geometric modeling on computers.

5280  Wind and Snow Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3220.
   Climatology and meteorology of the Earth's boundary layer. Basic aerodynamics, structural dynamics, and principles of stochastic loadings applicable to the wind engineering of structures. Wind tunnel modeling of buildings and bridges. Aeroelastic and other special problems. Snow climatology as it applies to snow loads on structures. Basis for building and resulting codes for roof snow load estimation in structural design. Combined wind/snow effects. Research and model studies for one-of-a-kind structures. Lateral loads due to dynamic effects such as snow avalanche impacts.

5310  Foundation Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3320.
   Geotechnical aspects of the analysis and design of foundations and retaining structures, including site subsurface exploration and testing, bearing capacity and settlement of shallow foundations, sheetpile walls and braced excavations, and deep foundations (piles).

5320  Waste Containment Systems (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3320.
   Waste generation and disposal; types and characterization of municipal and hazardous wastes, fate and transport of contaminants with respect to containment systems, methods of soil and site characterization at contaminated sites.

5330  Soil Dynamics (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3320 and one of CVEEN 2160 or ME EN 2410
   Stress-strain behavior of soil during transient and repeated loading. Theory of wave propagation and dynamics of lumped systems as applied to problems in soil dynamics. Liquefaction-induced failures. Design of foundations for machinery. Effects of earthquakes on foundations of structures. Response of soils to blast loadings.

5340  Advanced Geotechnical Testing (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3320.
   Advanced laboratory and field methods of geotechnical testing, including measurement of suction in the laboratory and the field, borehole shear test, cone penetration test, Ko-blade, one- and three-dimensional wetting-induced volume change tests, advanced triaxial testing. Meets with CVEEN 6340.

5350  Soil Improvement and Stabilization (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3320.
   Introduction to some of the methods commonly used to stabilize and improve the engineering properties of soils, including overexcavation/replacement, near-surface compaction, vibro-displacement, preloading, vertical drains, granular columns, dynamic compaction, admixture stabilization, grouting, ground anchors, and tensile reinforcement. Meets with CVEEN 6350.

5410  Water Resource Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3420.
   Flood and drought frequency analysis, reservoir and hydroplant design, operation and management of water resource systems, regional resource development, conjunctive use, planning of urban water supply, GIS applications.

5420  Open-Channel Flow (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3410.
   Open channel flow theory, flow resistance, uniform and gradually varied flow calculations. Control structures in open channel flow. Numerical methods.

5450  Snow Hydrology (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3420.
   Physical attributes and distribution of the Earth's seasonal snow water resourses. Climatology and meteorology of seasonal snowpacks. Classical and modern methods for establishing snow water equivalents (SWE). Research on future SWE measuring techniques, including aircraft and satellite methods. Techniques for forecasting snowmelt runoff.

5470  Surface Water Quality Prediction and Assessment (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5610.
   Fundamentals of surface water quality, water quality measurements, simple reactor models; development, calibration, and application of water quality models for dissolved oxygen, nutrient, and toxic substances concentrations.

5510  Highway Design (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3520.
   Design and layout of highway systems: horizontal and vertical alignment, phasing, design of intersections, earthwork optimization.

5530  Quantitative Methods in Transportation Operation (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3520 or URBPL 3250.
   Quantitative methods in transportation studies-operations research techniques, linear programming, forecasting, queueing theory. Flow optimization algorithms.

5540  Community Transportation (3) Cross listed as URBPL 5720. Prerequisite: CVEEN 3520 or instructor consent.
   A service-learning course that addresses real community traffic and transportation issues. Students work with neighborhood and community groups.

5555  Environmental Engineering Seminar (1) Cross listed as GG 5555, CHFEN 5555, MET E 5555, MG EN 5555.
   Provides students the opporunity to meet with and learn from environmental engineering practitioners and researchers during a series of informal lectures and discussions.

5560  Transportation Facility Planning (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3510 and 3520.
   Transportation systems planning and its application to real-world highway and public transport problems.

5570  Pavement Design (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3320 and 3510 and 3520.
   AASHTO pavement design method, PCA concrete pavement design method, TAI asphalt pavement design method, pavement analysis.

5600  Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3620.
   Refuse quantities and composition; design and operation of collection systems; resource recovery, pyrolysis, composting and incineration; sludge handling; hazardous waste problems and disposal.

5603  Biochemical Engineering (3) Cross listed as CHFEN 5103. Prerequisite: CVEEN 3610 or CHFEN 3553.
   Introductory course in biochemical engineering and bioprocessing. Cell biology, enzyme kinetics, bioreactors, bioseparations and bioprocessing in relation to the medical, pharmaceutical, environmental, and biochemical industries.

5604  Biochemical Engineering Laboratory (1) Cross listed as CHFEN 5104. Co-requisite: CHFEN 5603.
   Laboratory course demonstrating the principles of fermentation, filtration, centrifugation, chromatography, and other biochemical principles. Meets with CVEEN 5604.

5610  Water Chemistry and Laboratory Analysis (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3620.
   Fundamental principles of general, analytical, physical, and equilibrium chemistry applicable to water- and wastewater-treatment systems.

5620  Equilibrium Processes in Aquatic Systems (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5610.
   Quantitative description of important processes in aquatic environments including precipitation and dissolution of metal oxides and hydroxides, metal complexation, redox, and solid-solution interfacial reactions.

5630  Ecological Systems and Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3610.
   This course will give students an overview of biological processes as they relate to engineering. The class will begin with an overview of basic biology and move into aerobic and anaerobic processes, microbial biology, organismal biology, and ecology. Emhpasis will be given on the role of biology and ecology on the movement and biotransformation of environmental contaminants.

5640  Environmental Laboratory Analysis (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5610.
   This course presents fundamental principles and practical applications of modern environmental laboratory analysis with respect to atomic spectroscopy (AA), molecular spectroscopy (UV), gas chromatography (GC), and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). This course will emphasize techniques in trace (low concentration) analysis. Lectures and text readings cover basic concepts of environmental analysis and the fundamental analytical principles.The laboratory sessions will utilize modern analytical equipment; students will be required to perform experiments with each instrument.

5650  Biological Treatment (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3620.
   Principles of enzyme and biochemical kinetics, aerobic and anaerobic treatment, sludge disposal, stream analysis, process design and operation.

5680  Environmental Flow and Transport (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3410 and 3620.
   Mass transport of passive contaminants in rivers and streams.

5700  Nuclear Engineering I with Laboratory (4) Prerequisite: MATH 2250 and PHYCS 2210.
   Fundamentals of nuclear engineering and science; nuclear reactions, radioactive decay, neutron diffusion, kinetics, energy removal, shielding, health physics, and system design. Includes Laboratory.

5710  Applied Nuclear Engineering with Laboratory (4) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5700.
   Analysis, control, and design of nuclear systems; radioactive waste management, environmental restoration and disposal. Includes laboratory.

5810  Cost Engineering and Proposal Writing (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 2130.
   Quantity take-off; cost indexing; determination of construction, project, and indirect costs; development of bid proposals. Development of cost proposals for engineering project management services. Site visits. Survey of cost estimating/project management software tools.

5820  Project Scheduling (3)
   Critical path methods, resource balancing, influence of probability on time and cost (PERT), network techniques, case studies, computer applications.

5830  Project Management and Contract Administration (3)
   Construction management processes; basic time and cost methodologies for planning; scheduling and controlling the use of labor, equipment, and materials; financial and accounting systems used in the construction industry.

5840  Safety Issues in Transportation (3)
   Safety as it relates to geometrical design, roadside safety, safety management systems, safety analysis, traffic control devices, work zone safety, risk management, education and enforcement, railroad safety.

5850  Engineering Law and Total Quality Management (3)
   Synopsis of the law of contracts, bonds, uniform contract forms, and particular business problems. Principles and tools of total quality management (TQM) with applications to construction and partnering.

5920  Special Topics (1 to 4)

5930  Independent Study (1 to 5)

6210  Structural Theory II (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3210.
   Analysis of statically indeterminate structures, virtual work, moment methods, slope deflection, and moment distribution. Meets with CVEEN 5210.

6220  Concrete Design II (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3220.
   Advanced topics in concrete design. Prestressed concrete design; design of two-way slabs, torsional resistance design; concrete structural systems; slender columns; seismic design considerations using the ACI code. Meets with CVEEN 5220.

6230  Steel Design II (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3220.
   Advanced topics in steel design. Design of plate girders, torsional resistance design, steel structural system design, steel bridge design, seismic design considerations. Extensive use of the current AISC-LRFD design code. Meets with CVEEN 5230.

6240  Reinforced Masonry/Timber Design (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3220.
   Reinforced masonry design including properties and performance of masonry materials, design criteria and methods in reinforced masonry, and design examples, including reinforced masonry walls, masonry columns and pilasters, and rectangular beams. Design of beams, columns, trusses, and diaphragms in wood. Design of glue-laminated beams. Design of wood connections. Use of timber design codes and Uniform Building Code. Meets with CVEEN 5240.

6250  Dynamics of Structures and Earthquake Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5210 or 6210 and either CVEEN 2160 or ME EN 2410.
   Analysis of response of structures to dynamic loads with emphasis on dynamic loads due to earthquakes. Basic principles of seismic design of structures. Meets with CVEEN 5250.

6260  Applied Probability and Statistics (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3510 and 3520 and MATH 2250.
   Application of statistical concepts for interpretation of component and system failures, redundancy, maintainability, exponential failure laws, failure prediction techniques. Meets with CVEEN 5260.

6270  Computer-Aided Structural Analysis (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5210 or 6210.
   Analysis and design of structural systems under static and dynamic conditions. Use of the computer and computer graphics during the analysis/design process. History, overview, and techniques of geometric modeling on computers. Meets with CVEEN 5270.

6280  Wind and Snow Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3220.
   Climatology and meteorology of the Earth's boundary layer. Basic aerodynamics, structural dynamics, and principles of stochastic loadings applicable to the wind engineering of structures. Wind tunnel modeling of buildings and bridges. Aeroelastic and other special problems. Snow climatology as it applies to snow loads on structures. Basis for and resulting building codes for roof snow load estimation in structural design. Combined effects of wind and snow. Research and model studies for one-of-a-kind structures. Lateral loads due to dynamic effects such as snow avalanche impact. Meets with CVEEN 5280.

6310  Foundation Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3320.
   Geotechnical aspects of the analysis and design of foundations and retaining structures, including site subsurface exploration and testing, bearing capacity and settlement of shallow foundations, sheetpile walls and braced excavations, and deep foundations (piles). Meets with CVEEN 5310.

6320  Waste Containment Systems (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3320.
   Waste generation and disposal; types and characterization of municipal and hazardous wastes, fate and transport of contaminants with respect to containment systems, methods of soil and site characterization at contaminated sites. Meets with CVEEN 5320.

6330  Soil Dynamics (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3320 and one of CVEEN 2160 or ME EN 2410
   Stress-strain behavior of soil during transient and repeated loading. Theory of wave propagation and dynamics of lumped systems as applied to problems in soil dynamics. Liquefaction-induced failures. Design of foundations for machinery. Effects of earthquakes on foundations of structures. Response of soils to blast loadings. Meets with CVEEN 5330.

6340  Advanced Geotechnical Testing (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3320.
   Advanced laboratory and field methods of geotechnical testing, including measurement of suction in the laboratory and the field, borehole shear test, ko-blade, one- and three-dimensional wetting-induced volume change tests, advanced triaxial testing. Meets with CVEEN 5340.

6350  Soil Improvement and Stabilization (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3320.
   An introduction to some of the methods commonly used to stabilize and improve the engineering properties of soils, including overexcavation/replacement, near-surface compaction, vibrodisplacement, preloading, vertical drains, granular columns, dynamic compaction, admixture stabilization, grouting, ground anchors, and tensile reinforcement. Meets with CVEEN 5350.

6410  Water Resource Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3420.
   Flood and drought frequency analysis, reservoir and hydroplant design, operation and management of water resource systems, regional resource development, conjunctive use, planning of urban water supply, GIS applications. Meets with CVEEN 5410.

6420  Open-Channel Flow (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3410.
   Open channel flow theory, flow resistance, uniform and gradually varied flow calculations. Control structures in open channel flow. Numerical methods. Meets with CVEEN 5420.

6450  Snow Hydrology (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3420.
   Physical attributes and distribution of the Earth's seasonal snow water resourses. Climatology and meteorology of seasonal snowpacks. Classical and modern methods for establishing snow water equivalents (SWE). Research on future SWE measuring techniques, including aircraft and satellite methods. Techniques for forecasting snowmelt runoff. Meets with CVEEN 5450.

6470  Surface Water Quality Prediction and Assessment (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5610 or 6610.
   Fundamentals of surface water quality, water quality measurements, simple reactor models; development, calibration, and application of water quality models for dissolved oxygen, nutrient, and toxic substances concentrations. Meets with CVEEN 5470.

6510  Highway Design (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3520.
   Design and layout of highway systems: horizontal and vertical alignment, phasing, design of intersections, earthwork optimization. Meets with CVEEN 5510.

6530  Quantitative Methods in Transportation Operation (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3520 or URBPL 3250.
   Quantitative methods in transportation studies: operations research techniques, linear programming, forecasting, queuing theory, flow optimization algorithms.

6540  Community Transportation (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3520.
   A service-learning course that addresses real community traffic and transportation issues. Students work with neighborhood and community groups. Meets with CVEEN 5540.

6560  Transportation Facility Planning (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3510 and 3520.
   Transportation systems planning and its application to real-world highway and public transport problems. Meets with CVEEN 5560.

6570  Pavement Design (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3320 and 3510 and 3520.
   AASHTO pavement design method, PCA concrete pavement design method, TAI asphalt pavement design method, pavement analysis. Meets with CVEEN 5570.

6600  Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3620.
   Refuse quantities and composition; design and operation of collection systems; resource recovery, pyrolysis, composting and incineration; sludge handling; hazardous waste problems and disposal.

6603  Biochemical Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3610 or CHFEN 3553.
   Introductory course to biochemical engineering and bioprocessing. Cell biology, enzyme kinetics, bioreactors, bioseparations and bioprocessing in relation to the medical, pharmaceutical, environmental, and biochemical industries. Meets with CVEEN 5603.

6604  Biochemical Engineering Laboratory (1) Co-requisite: CVEEN 6603.
   Laboratory course demonstrating the principles of membrane systems, fermentation, tissue culture, biological waste treatment, biosorption, and other biochemical principles. Meets with CVEEN 5604.

6610  Water Chemistry and Laboratory Analysis (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3620.
   Fundamental principles of general, analytical, physical, and equilibrium chemistry applicable to water- and wastewater-treatment systems.

6620  Equilibrium Processes in Aquatic Systems (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5610 or 6610.
   Quantitative description of important processes in aquatic environments including precipitation and dissolution of metal oxides and hydroxides, metal complexation, redox, and solid-solution interfacial reactions.

6630  Ecological Systems and Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3610.
   This course will give students an overview of biological processes as related to engineering. The class will begin with an overview of basic biology and move into aerobic and anaerobic processes, microbial biology, organismal biology, and ecology. Emphasis will be given to the role of biology and ecology in the movement and biotransformation of environmental contaminants.

6640  Environmental Laboratory Analysis (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5610 or 6610.
   This course presents fundamental principles and practical applications of modern environmental laboratory analysis with respect to atomic spectroscopy (AA), molecular spectroscopy (UV), gas chromatography (GC), and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). This course will emphasize techniques in trace (low concentration) analysis. Lectures and text readings cover basic concepts of environmental analysis and the fundamental analytical principles. The laboratory sessions will utilize modern analytical equipment; students will be required to perform experiments with each instrument. Meets with CVEEN 5640.

6650  Biological Treatment (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3620.
   Principles of enzyme and biochemical kinetics, aerobic and anaerobic treatment, sludge disposal, stream analysis, process design and operation.

6660  System Dynamics and Environmental Policy (3) Cross listed as POL S 6323, GEOGR 6370, GG 6340.
   Environmental policy design requires an understanding of human interactions with environmental systems. It requires an accounting of the complexities of behavior, context and policy. These complexities often produce indirect and unanticipated consequences. They yield unexpected patterns and counter-intuitive results. Students from many academic fields learn user-friendly software (STELLA) to do environmental policy simulation without proficiency in advanced mathematics. Students use computer simulations to sort out environmental complexities; transform group perceptions into simulation models; apply principles of environmental management; test policy effects and define possible pathways for future policy change.

6661  Practicum in Environmental Systems Sustainability (3) Cross listed as GG 6341, GEOGR 6371, POL S 6324.
   Using actual clients and a systems thinking approach, multi-disciplinary student teams resolve real world problems in environmental sustainability. Student teams define system structures, feedback loops, counter-intuitive relationships and the unintended consequences of policy decisions. Students having completed 'System Dynamics and Environmental Policy' get to apply their experience in systems modeling in support of team efforts in full-scale, practical problem solving. Possible topics include: urban growth, drinking water, energy resources, air/water quality and environmental justice.

6680  Environmental Flow and Transport (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3410 and 3620.
   Mass transport of passive contaminants in rivers and streams. Meets with CVEEN 5680.

6700  Nuclear Engineering II with Laboratory (4) Prerequisite: MATH 2250 and PHYCS 2210.
   Fundamentals of nuclear engineering and science; nuclear reactions, radioactive decay, neutron diffusion, kinetics, energy removal, shielding, health physics, and system design. Physical and mathematical description of production, utilization, and loss of neutrons in nuclear reactors and other systems. Includes laboratory.

6710  Applied Nuclear Engineering II with Laboratory (4) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5700.
   Analysis, control, and design of nuclear systems; radioactive waste management, medical, radiation protection, environmental restoration and disposal. Includes laboratory. Meets with CVEEN 5710

6720  Nuclear Reactor Physics with Laboratory (4) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5700 and 5710.
   Contains neutron transport theory, multigroup diffusion, heterogeneous systems, kinetics reactivity changes, moderation age theory, and nuclear physics. Includes laboratory.

6730  Health Physics and Radiation Protection with Laboratory (4) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5700 and 5710.
   Covers topics in internal and external radiation dosimetry and protection including radiation quantities and units, legal guidelines and regulations, derivations of external dosimetry calculations, source and facility shielding, pathways and bioassays, and contamination control. Includes laboratory.

6740  Nuclear Environmental Engineering with Laboratory (4) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5700 and 5710.
   Introduces scientific and engineering aspects of the management of spent fuel, reprocessed high-level waste, uranium mill tailings, low-level wastes, and decommissioning wastes. Fundamental processes and governing equations of radiation and radionuclide transport. Design principles and evaluation methods for waste disposal systems. Shielding and dose calculations, interim storage, processing, and transportation technologies. Review of nuclear waste management regulation. Includes laboratory.

6750  Nuclear Chemical Engineering with Laboratory (4) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5700 and 5710.
   An overview of chemical and radiochemical dynamics. Principles of chemical and physical separation processes. Technologies for the production of nuclear fuel, moderator, and structural materials. Management of radioactive wastes and spent fuel, including chemical processing and disposal. Safety and nuclear safeguards. Chemistry of fission products and actinides. Includes laboratory.

6760  Linear Acceleration Physics with Laboratory (4) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5700 and 5710.
   Introduction to pulsed RF electron linear acceleration, waveguide and microwave theory, relativistic and scattering effects of high energy electrons, electron and photon dosimetry. Includes laboratory with L-band accelerator located at Little Mountain.

6810  Cost Engineering and Proposal Writing (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 2130.
   Quantity take-off; cost indexing; determination of construction, project, and indirect costs; development of bid proposals. Development of cost proposals for engineering-project management services. Site visits. Survey of cost estimating/project management software tools.

6820  Project Scheduling (3)
   Critical path methods, resource balancing, influence of probability on the time and cost (PERT), network techniques, case studies, computer applications. Meets with CVEEN 5820.

6830  Project Management and Contract Administration (3)
   Construction management processes; basic time and cost methodologies; scheduling and controlling the use of labor, equipment, and materials; financial and accounting systems used in the construction industry. Meets with CVEEN 5830.

6840  Safety Issues in Transportation (3)
   Safety as it relates to geometrical design, roadside safety, safety management systems, safety analysis, traffic control devices, work zone safety, risk management, education and enforcement, railroad safety. Meets CVEEN 5840.

6850  Engineering Law and Total Quality Management (3)
   Synopsis of the law of contracts, bonds, uniform contract forms, and particular business problems. Principles and tools of total quality management (TQM) with applications to construction and partnering. Meets with CVEEN 5850.

6920  Advanced Topics (1 to 6)

6930  Advanced Independent Study (1 to 5)

6960  Special Project: Master of Engineering (1 to 6)

6970  Thesis Research: Master's (1 to 9)

6980  Faculty Consultation (1 to 3)

7250  Structural Earthquake Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5250 or 6250.
   Principles of earthquake engineering as applied to structural analysis and design, earthquake response spectral principles in both the elastic and inelastic design spectra, single degree of freedom systems, multiple degree of freedom frame systems, modal equations and modal response contributions, spectral analysis and design of multi-story buildings.

7255  Advanced Dynamics of Structures (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5250 or 6250.
   Principles of structural dynamics in a finite element setting using the direct stiffness method, eigen value problem solved, normal mode method implemented, damping, damped response, direct numerical integration method, and the Guyan reduction method.

7270  Advanced Computer-Aided Structural Analysis (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5270 or 6270.
   Special topics in the analysis and design of structural systems using computers. Procedures for determining dynamic response, structural buckling, and P-Delta effects. Three dimensional and solid geometric modeling on the computer.

7310  Advanced Foundation Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3220 and 5310.
   An in-depth look into the geotechnical and structural aspects of foundation engineering. Topics covered include theories for ultimate bearing capacity, beams on elastic foundations, special footings, mat foundations, lateral earth pressures induced by surcharge loadings, excavation support, arching theory, finite element analyses of sheetpile walls and braced excavations, uplift piles, laterally loaded piles, pile groups, and drilled piers and caissons.

7330  Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5330 or 6330.
   Seismicity, influence of soil conditions on site response, seismic site response analysis, evaluation and modeling of dynamic soil properties, analysis of seismic soil-structure interaction, evaluation and mitigation of soil liquefaction and its consequences, seismic code provisions and practice, seismic earth pressures, seismic slope stability and deformation analysis, seismic safety of dams and embankments, seismic performance of pile foundations, and additional current topics.

7360  Advanced Soil Mechanics (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5310 or 6310.
   Advanced topics in soil mechanics.

7380  Numerical Modeling in Geotechnical Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5310 or 6310.
   Constitutive laws for geotechnical materials including inelastic hyperbolic and elastoplastic Cam-Clay; soil behavior and critical state soil mechanics; application of the finite element method to static analysis of earth structures. Finite difference methods for solutions to partial differential equations that apply to geotechnical engineering, including random walks, consolidation, fluid flow, and contaminant transport.

7460  Groundwater Modeling (4) Prerequisite: GG 5360.
   Introduction to the fundamentals of ground water; specifically the purpose and background of ground water modeling, development of equations describing ground water flow and solute transport, definition of boundary value problems, closed-form analytical models, finite difference flow simulation, model selection, limitations and misuse, MODFLOW and other ground water flow models.

7470  Systems Analysis Applications in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5410 or 6410.
   Optimization of water resources and environmental systems. Application of linear and dynamic programming methodologies to system operation and management. Specific applications to reservoirs, irrigation systems, waste water treatment, and storm water collection.

7540  Intelligent Transportation Systems (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5530 or 6530.
   The vehicle, the systems, the driver, information technology, ITS infrastructure.

7545  Transportation Modeling (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5530 or 6530.
   Transportation model study and development, definition, construction, calibration, validation, taxonomy of models, the modeling process.

7550  Infrastructure Management Systems (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5560 or 6560.
   Nondestructive evaluation of infrastructure. Database management system, geographic information system, optimization, performance prediction.

7560  Advanced Construction Materials (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3510.
   Recycled construction materials, latex modified concrete, polymerized asphalt.

7570  Advanced Pavement Analysis (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5570 or 6570.
   This course presents a mechanistic analysis of pavement structures and its application to advanced mechanistic-empirical pavement design procedures. Multilayered elastic and visco-elastic methods will be used to analyze asphalt pavements. Concrete slabs will be analyzed to compute stresses in rigid pavements. These mechanistic pavement analysis methods are applied to design pavement structures. Nondestructive structural evaluation methods of pavements, such as deflection, will be discussed. These methods will be applied to design pavement rehabilitation, such as overlays.

7600  Environmental Engineering Seminar (1)
   Guest lecturers on current environmental engineering topics. Presentation of graduate and faculty research.

7610  Advanced Bioprocess Systems (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5650 or 6650.
   Advanced bioprocess kinetics. Development and application of theory to aerobic and anaerobic systems and process modifications. Conventional and novel reactor systems. Advanced process design and system analysis.

7620  Physical and Chemical Treatment Processes for Water Quality Control (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 5610 or 6610.
   Theory and application of physical and chemical methods for treatment of water, wastewater, hazardous waste, and contaminated soil.

7650  Modeling Environmental Systems (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3620.
   Development and application of mathematical models for predicting environmental changes in natural and engineered systems. Detailed consideration of models for adsorption, biodegradation, mass transport, momentum transport, heat transport, chemical processes, and sedimentation processes.

7680  Design of Municipal Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 7610 and 7620.
   Basic parameters and elements of design; layout and design of water distribution and sewage systems, pumping stations, and water and wastewater treatment plants; cost and financing; existing plant expansions.

7690  Design of Industrial Water and Wastewater Systems (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 7610 and 7620.
   Industrial water needs and quality, industrial wastewater characterization and measurements. Pretreatment. Industrial wastewater treatment techniques, design and case histories; reuse of industrial effluents; problems and effects of industrial wastes.

7710  Advanced Nuclear Engineering Design (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 6720 and 6730 and 6740 and 6750.
   Practice in creative engineering design and problem solving emphasizing in-depth design of laboratory, pilot plan, and commercial-scale processes associated with radionuclides. Content tailored to individual interests.

7720  Topics in Advanced Nuclear Phenomena (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 6720 and 6730 and 6740 and 6750.
   Modeling and predicting advanced nuclear phenomena in nuclear engineering and health physics using advanced analytical and numerical methods.

7910  Advanced Analysis (1 to 6)

7920  Advanced Topics (1 to 6)

7930  Advanced Independent Study (1 to 5)

7970  Thesis Research: Ph.D. (1 to 9)

7980  Faculty Consultation (1 to 3)

7990  Continuing Registration: Ph.D. (0)