Civil Engineering Courses

CIEG 501. Water Treatment and Water Resources. 3 crs. Water resources systems planning in relation to demographic, chemical, and biological factors. Modern advances in water treatment processes.

CIEG 502. Wastewater Treatment. 3 crs. Point source treatment requirements and consideration of the theory, design, and specification of wastewater treatment alternatives.

CIEG 503. Advanced Design of Steel Structures. 3 crs. Analysis and design of such various structural systems as long-span and multistory, including floor systems, walls, and roofs.

CIEG 505. Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering A. 4 crs. Fundamentals of process analysis and unit operations and processes used for the treatment of water and wastewater.

CIEG 506. Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering B. 2 crs. Expounds fundamental concepts and processes of importance in water resources engineering.

CIEG 511. Chemistry of Water and Wastewater. 3 crs. Physical and chemical properties of water and wastewater; kinetic equilibrium in water and sewage; organic and inorganic constituents in water, including routine examination of water.

CIEG 513. Matrix-Computer Structural Analysis. 3 crs. Matrix formulation of structural analysis for planar and space networks of bars using the stiffness and flexibility methods. Computer-aided structural analysis with special purpose programs and available structural software such as STRUDL, ADINA, etc. Prereqs.: CIEG 420 and CIEG 349. Review of fundamental structural concepts, flexibility and stiffness methods, and application to linear analysis problems using the digital computer.

CIEG 514. Finite Element Analysis. 3 crs. Finite element static structural analysis of continua by the stiffness method. Consideration of problems in plane stress and plane strain, plates and shells, and three-dimensional stress, including interaction with linear bar elements. Applications using special purpose programs and available structural software e.g. STRUDL, ADINA, etc. Prereq.: CIEG 513 Matrix Structural Analysis Theoretical and conceptual bases for finite elements in structural mechanics, element relationships and system solutions, and techniques for various structures.

CIEG 515. Prestressed Concrete. 3 crs. Theory and methods of prestressed concrete structures, including recent developments, material behavior, fundamental theory, specifications, and applications.

CIEG 516. Properties of Air Pollutants. 3 crs. Examination of the physical, chemical, and biological properties of dusts, droplets, and gases in the atmosphere, including air pollutant sampling and analysis.

CIEG 520. Advanced Mechanics of Materials. 3 crs. Analysis of equations of equilibrium; motion and compatibility; advanced problems with bars, beams, membranes, and other elastic bodies; and theories of strength and failure.

CIEG 524. Analysis of Plate and Shell Structures. 3 crs. Examination of differential geometry and fundamental theories of the bending and buckling of plates and shells, and application of theories to the design of structural plates, slabs, shell roofs, and pressure vessels.

CIEG 527, 528. Hydromechanics I, II. 3 crs. ea. Essential aspects of theoretical hydromechanics, applications, including unsteady flow.

CIEG 529. Air Pollution Control Engineering. 3 crs. Selection and design of air pollution abatement programs, including alternate process methods and process materials.

CIEG 531. Environmental Health Engineering. 3 crs. Detailed study of emerging problems surrounding water, and wastewater and air in man’s environment, occupational health hazards, and environmental planning. CIEG 533. Advanced Reinforced Concrete. 3 crs. Properties of materials, ultimate strength design, two-way state systems, torsion, slender columns, biaxial bending yield-line theory, composite construction.

CIEG 535. Elastic/Inelastic Stability of Structures. 3 crs. Examination of the behavior of beam-columns; elastic buckling of bars and frames, rings, and arches; stiffness matrix, including axial force effects; inelastic buckling; and torsional buckling.