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ID Title Credits Offered
CIVL-2030 Introduction to Transportation Engineering 4 Fall
  Introduction to the planning, design, and analysis of transportation problems. Studies of costs of providing transportation, level of service offered to travelers, and demand for transportation services. Evaluation of various service strategies and the policy implications of each alternative. Various modes of travel and their physical facilities. Prerequisite: MATH-2400. Corequisite: ENGR-2600.
CIVL-2040 Professional Practice 3 Fall Alternate Years
  Contract essentials; types of contracts for construction and for engineering services. Bidding procedure, surety bonds, insurance, litigation. Standard contract documents, the compilation of specifications. Engineering ethical principles and codes.
CIVL-2130 Surveying 3 Fall Alternate Years
  The organization, planning, instrumentation, and execution of surveys for engineering projects including precise control systems for both horizontal and vertical control, astronomic observations for the establishment of precise directions, terrestrial and photogrammetric mapping, statewide plane coordinate systems, and the legal aspects of boundary surveys.
CIVL-2630 Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering 4 credit h Fall
  The application of the basic laws and phenomena of science to particulate matter, specifically soils. Basic physical and mechanical structural characteristics of soil. Equilibrium and movement of water. Flow through porous media. Effective stress. Stress-strain-time relations. Basic laboratory work as related to practice. Prerequisite: ENGR-2530.
CIVL-2670 Introduction to Structural Engineering 4 Fall
  Introduction to the elastic behavior of structural components. Analysis of statically determinate systems. Deflection calculations by virtual work and elastic load methods. Analysis of simple statically indeterminate structures. Influence lines. Interaction of structural components. Typical structural engineering loads. Prerequisite: ENGR-2530 or equivalent.
CIVL-2940 Readings in Civil Engineering 1 to 3 NA
 
CIVL-4010 Foundation Engineering 3 Fall
  Subsurface investigation. The application of the principles of soil mechanics to the design of footings, retaining walls, pile foundations, bulkheads, cofferdams, bridge piers and abutments, and underpinnings. Prerequisites: ENGR-2530 and CIVL-2630 or equivalent.
CIVL-4020 Computer-Aided Design in Civil Engineering 3 Fall
  The course introduces concepts in computer automation in civil engineering analysis and design. Topics include geometric modeling, optimization, symbolic computations and numerical techniques for civil engineering problems. Various software tools involved in computer-aided design process are introduced. Application to civil engineering problems is emphasized. Prerequisites: ENGR-2530, CSCI- 1100, and ENGR-1200 or equivalent.
CIVL-4070 Steel Design 3 Fall
  Analysis and design of metal structures. Structural materials and loads. Design of beams, columns, bolted and welded connections. Composite construction. Prerequisite: CIVL-2670.
CIVL-4080 Concrete Design 3 Spring
  Analysis and design of reinforced concrete structures using ultimate strength methods. Design for flexure and shear, column design, development of reinforcing bars. Footing design. Prerequisite: CIVL-2670.
CIVL-4120 Civil Engineering Instrumentation and Sensors 4 Fall
  Various experimental techniques for the collection and analysis of laboratory and field data. Theory and application of electrical resistance strain gages and other data gathering equipment are introduced. Students are also introduced to the concepts involved with the interfacing of personal computers to machines for data acquisition and control. Prerequisite: ENGR-2530 and ENGR- 2600.
CIVL-4140 Geoenvironmental Engineering 3 Fall
  The application of geotechnical engineering to the environmental area. Deals with waste disposal, waste containment systems, waste stabilization and landfills. Emphasis on design of such facilities. Includes related topics necessary for design, e.g., geosynthetics, groundwater, contaminant transport and slurry walls. Some field trips are possible. (Students cannot receive credit for both this course and CIVL-6550.)
CIVL-4150 Experimental Soil Mechanics 3 Spring
  Second course in geotechnical engineering, emphasizing experimental aspects of soil behavior. Laboratory experiments to measure the following soil properties: consolidation, compressibility, shear strength, permeability, various moduli, and bearing capacity. Theory, practical applications of theory, and laboratory. Prerequisite: CIVL-2630 or equivalent.
CIVL-4240 Introduction to Finite Elements 3 Fall and Spring
  An introductory course in use of the Finite Element Method (FEM) to solve one- and two-dimensional problems in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and elasticity. The methods are developed using weighted residuals. Algorithms for the construction and solution of the governing equations are also covered. Students will be exposed to the use of commercial finite element software. (Cross listed as MANE-4240. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE-4240.) Prerequisites: ENGR- 2250 or ENGR-2530 or ECSE-4160 and senior standing.
CIVL-4270 Construction Management 3 Spring
  Application of engineering principles to planning construction operations. Network scheduling (CPM, PERT), resource allocation. Cost engineering and control. Prerequisite: senior standing.
CIVL-4440 Structural Analysis 3 Fall
  Computer analysis of structures. Advanced topics in the behavior of structural components. Bending of plates, buckling of columns and frames. Beam-columns. Torsion in structural members. Inelastic behavior and limit analysis of structures. Prerequisite: CIVL- 2670.
CIVL-4570 Analytical Methods in Infrastructure Engineering 3 Spring
  Analysis methods and software used to manage highway and transit systems, pipeline systems, building campuses, and other large networks of civil engineering structures. Topics include: performance evaluation and forecasting, life-cycle cost analysis, capital programming and budget allocation, optimization, databases and management systems, information and knowledge modeling, expert systems, decision analysis techniques, and uncertainty in decision making Prerequisite: CIVL-4580 or equivalent professional experience.
CIVL-4580 Infrastructure Engineering 3 Fall
  Principles and fundamental analytical methods required for the preservation of the civil engineering infrastructure. Included are determination of condition of existing structures, deterioration models, data analysis and management, project- and system-level analysis. Methodologies are synthesized in the form of modern infrastructure management systems. Emphasis is placed on pavements and bridges.
CIVL-4620 Mass Transit Systems 3 Spring Odd Years
  The basic concepts of planning, design, and operation of urban mass transit systems. Topics include travel demand, network configurations, communication and control systems, power systems, vehicle technology, guideway and vehicle support and guidance technology, routing and scheduling, operating practice, marketing and financing of transit service, interface design, and implementation. These topics are discussed with relation to bus transit systems, guided transit systems, and several new systems. Several case studies examined. Prerequisite: CIVL-2030.
CIVL-4640 Transportation Facility Design and Planning 3 Spring Odd Years
  Approaches to the planning, design, and engineering of airports, rail yards, and marine terminals. Special attention is paid to the operational requirements of each mode of transportation and the impact these have on facility design. Innovative designs are encouraged through a series of design projects. Prerequisite: CIVL-2030.
CIVL-4660 Traffic Engineering 3 Fall
  Basic characteristics of traffic, including driver, vehicle, volume, speed delay, capacity, and accidents; traffic surveys, administration, laws and ordinances; traffic regulation and control, signs, markings, signals, and signal systems. Prerequisite: CIVL- 2030.
CIVL-4670 Highway Engineering 3 Spring Even Years
  Principles of geometric design of highways, intersections, interchanges, and terminals. Practical issues of vertical and horizontal curvature, highway evaluation, driver and vehicle dynamics, and traffic safety are also addressed. Computer-aided design and modeling. Prerequisite: CIVL- 2030.
CIVL-4920 Civil Engineering Capstone Design 3 Spring
  Open-ended design project in which students work in teams. Oral presentations and written reports cover alternates considered, design assumptions, cost, safety, and feasibility. This is a writing-intensive course. Prerequisites: senior status and CIVL-4070 and CIVL-4080, or CIVL- 4010 and CIVL-4150, or CIVL-2030 and CIVL-4660 or CIVL-4640 or ENVE-2110 and either ENVE-4200, ENVE-4350, ENVE-4310 or ENVE-4340.
CIVL-4940 Readings in Civil Engineering 1 to 3 NA
 
CIVL-4960 Topics in Civil Engineering 3 NA
 
CIVL-6170 Mechanics of Solids 3 Spring
  Introduction to Cartesian tensors, infinitesimal strain kinematics, equations of motion. Models of material behavior: isothermal linear isotropic and anisotropic elasticity, thermoelasticity, linear viscoelasticity and rate-independent plasticity. General principles in elasticity: minimum potential and complementary energy, reciprocal theorem. Formulation of linear elastic boundary value problems, methods of solutions for 2-D and 3-D elasticity problems. Correspondence principle of linear viscoelasticity, applications to simple structural components. Use of symbolic computations in the solution of BVP. (Cross listed as MANE-6170. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE-6170.)
CIVL-6180 Mechanics of Composite Materials 3 Fall
  Micromechanics of elastic heterogeneous solids. Plasticity of composite materials. Thermoelastic and thermoplastic behavior. Mechanics of distributed damage. Mechanical behavior. (Cross listed as MANE-6180. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE-6180.) Prerequisite: one graduate course in mechanics of solids.
CIVL-6200 Plates and Shells 3 Annually
  Preliminaries on linear, three-dimensional elasticity theory. Reduction of the elasticity theory to theories of plates and shells. Anisotropy. Nonlinear theories. Applications. (Cross listed as MANE-6200. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE-6200.)
CIVL-6210 Structural Stability 3 Annually
  Concepts of stability pertaining to structural and mechanical systems. Static and dynamic theories of stability. Configurations include bars, plates, shells, and structural complexes. (Cross listed as MANE-6210. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE-6210.)
CIVL-6230 Transportation Economics 3 Fall Even Years
  Economic concepts, drawn from micro- and macro-economic theory, as they apply to transportation. Location theory, demand analysis, cost analysis, pricing, regulation, pertinent current problem areas, cost/benefit analysis. Prerequisites: CIVL-2030, ECON- 2010, and DSES-4140 or their equivalents.
CIVL-6240 Intelligent Transportation Systems 3 Fall Even Years
  This course covers concepts and models applicable to intelligent transportation systems (ITS). ITS uses information system technology to create seamless multi-modal transportation systems with enhanced performance and productivity. Term projects focus on assessment and evaluation of candidate ITS treatments for site-specific locations based on network models that capture real-time phenomena. Simulation and other modeling techniques are employed heavily. Prerequisites: CIVL-2030 and CIVL- 4660.
CIVL-6250 Transportation Systems Planning 3 Spring Even Years
  The analysis and planning of transportation systems. Study of the basic interaction between transportation supply and demand. Modeling these relationships for a variety of transportation problems. Role of transportation systems analysis in the social, environmental, and political framework of policy decision making. Prerequisite: CIVL-2030.
CIVL-6260 Transportation Algorithms 3 Spring
  Quantitative techniques applied in transportation analysis. Included are shortest path algorithms, equilibrium traffic assignment, routing and scheduling heuristics, demand forecasting techniques. Computer applications stressed. GIS-based packages employed. Prerequisites: CIVL-2030, MATH-2400.
CIVL-6270 Traffic Control Systems 3 Spring Odd Years
  Detailed exploration of advanced traffic control systems with emphasis on design and analysis. Topics include control system functions, hardware and software technology; isolated, arterial, and network applications. Several sessions focus on state-of-the-art software packages including CORSIM, TRANSYT-7F, HCS, VISSIM, and Sim Traffic. An ITS perspective maintained and stressed. Prerequisite: CIVL-4660.
CIVL-6280 Infrastructure Asset Management Systems 3 Fall Alternate Years
  Engineering methods and decision processes for managing engineered facilities and related assets. Topics include: engineering asset types; integrated asset management; traditional infrastructure management systems; development and implementation issues; key issues during design, construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation phases of ownership; strategic planning and budgeting decision processes; analysis of tradeoffs, economic consequences of decisions; and benchmarking of system performance. Prerequisite: CIVL-4570.
CIVL-6310 Advanced Concrete Structures 3 Fall
  Advanced analysis and design of reinforced concrete structures. Design of deep beams, slender columns, two-way floor systems. Deflection computations. Design for torsion. Prestressed concrete fundamentals. Prerequisite: CIVL- 4080 or equivalent.
CIVL-6320 Advanced Steel Design 3 Spring
  Advanced analysis and design of complex metal structures. Flexible, semi-rigid, and rigid connections. Plate girders, torsional design. Effects of semi-rigid connections on structural stability. Prerequisite: CIVL-4070 or equivalent.
CIVL-6450 Structural Dynamics 3 Fall
  Analysis of elastic and inelastic single and multiple degreeof- freedom structural systems under time-dependent loads including harmonic, impulse, earthquake, and other general dynamic loads. Development of equations of motion. Analytical and numerical evaluation of free and forced vibration response. Identification of dynamic system properties. Modal analysis. Vibration isolation and force transmissibility. Dynamic measurement sensors. Shock loading spectrum. Frequency-domain analysis. Prerequisite: CIVL-2670.
CIVL-6460 Advanced Structural Dynamics 3 Spring Alternate Years
  Stochastic response of lumped parameter and continuous systems to random excitation, wave propagation, power spectral densities, covariance and cross covariance functions, transfer functions, application of procedure to wind and earthquake engineering. Review of current literature. Prerequisite: CIVL-6450.
CIVL-6480 Designing with Geosynthetics 3 Spring Alternate Years
  Civil Engineering applications of geosynthetics including geotextiles, geogrids, geonets, geomembranes, geosynthetic clay liners, geopipe and geocomposites. Designing by function, including separation, reinforcement, filtration, drainage, liquid barrier, and combined functions. Applications in the areas of landfills, groundwater drains, geotextile reinforced walls and slopes, roadways, and other civil engineered type structures. Prerequisite: CIVL-2630 or equivalent.
CIVL-6490 Earthquake Engineering 3 Spring Alternate Years
  Seismology concepts including plate tectonics, fault mechanisms, quantification of earthquake size, and wave propagation. Dynamic sensors for earthquake ground motion measurement. Estimation of ground motion parameters using attenuation relationships. Linear and nonlinear dynamic analyses for evaluation of the seismic response of structures. Code-based approach to the seismic analysis and design of structural systems. Seismic design considerations for various construction materials. Base isolation and energy dissipation systems for seismic protection of structures. Prerequisite: CIVL-6450.
CIVL-6510 Advanced Soil Mechnics 3 Fall
  An intensive study of the fundamentals of soil mechanics at the graduate level. Transmission of stresses between particles. Soils in which the pore water is either stationary or flowing under the steady conditions. Soils in which pore pressures are influenced bye applied loads, and hence the pore water flowing under transient conditions. Prerequisite: CIVL-4150.
CIVL-6520 Advanced Foundations and Earth Structures 3 Spring
  The applications of the principles of soil mechanics to the design of foundations, at the graduate level. Subsurface investigation. Design of footings, retaining walls, pile foundations, flexible retaining structures, anchor tie-backs, bridge piers, abutments, embankments and natural slopes. Slope stability analysis and landslide prevention. Earthquake effects. Case studies. Prerequisites: CIVL- 4010, CIVL-4150.
CIVL-6530 Seepage, Drainage, and Groundwater 3 Spring Alternate Years
  Introduction to groundwater hydrology, well hydraulics, permeability, seepage, flow nets, filter criteria, dewatering, slope stabilization, practical applications. Prerequisite: CIVL-2630 or equivalent.
CIVL-6540 Dynamics of Soil and Soil-Foundation Systems 3 Spring
  Basics of dynamic response of soil and soil-foundation systems, including applications to earthquake engineering and machine foundations. Systems studies include shallow and deep foundations, buried structures, earth structures, slopes, and earthquake site response. Prerequisite: CIVL- 6450.
CIVL-6550 Advanced Geoenvironmental Engineering 3 Fall
  An intensive study of the application of geotechnical engineering to the environmental area. Deals with waste disposal, waste containment systems, waste stabilization and landfills. Emphasis on design of such facilities. Includes related topics necessary for design, e.g., geosynthetics, groundwater, contaminant transport, and slurry walls. Some field trips are possible. This course meets concurrently with CIVL-4140. CIVL-6550 students are required to do a term paper and/or project, read additional professional papers and publications, and do additional laboratory experiments. (Students cannot receive credit for both this course and CIVL- 4140.)
CIVL-6660 Fundamentals of Finite Elements 3 Fall
  Graduate-level course on the fundamental concepts and technologies underlying finite element methods for the numerical solution of continuum problems. The course emphasizes the construction of integral weak forms for elliptic partial differential equations and the construction of the elemental level matrices using multi-dimensional shape functions, element level mappings and numerical integration. The basic convergence properties of the finite element method will be given. This course serves as preparation for students working on finite element methods. (Cross listed as MANE-6660. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE-6660.) Prerequisite: differential equations.
CIVL-6670 Nonlinear Finite Element Methods 3 Fall Odd Years
  The formulations and solution strategies for finite element analysis of nonlinear problems are developed. Topics include the sources of nonlinear behavior (geometric, constitutive, boundary condition), derivation of the governing discrete equations for nonlinear systems such as large displacement, nonlinear elasticity, rate independent and dependent plasticity and other nonlinear constitutive laws, solution strategies for nonlinear problems (e.g., incrementation, iteration), and computational procedures for large systems of nonlinear algebraic equations. (Cross listed as MANE-6670. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE-6670.) Prerequisite: CIVL-6660 or MANE-6660.
CIVL-6680 Finite Element Programming 3 Spring Odd Years
  Examines the implementation of finite element methods. Consideration is first given to the techniques used in classic finite element programs. Attention then focuses on development of a general geometry-based code which effectively supports higher order adaptive technique. Technical areas covered include: effective construction of element matrices for p-version finite elements, ordering of unknowns, automatic mesh generation, adaptive mesh improvement, program and database structures. Implementation of automated adaptive techniques on parallel computers is also covered. (Cross listed as MANE- 6680. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE-6680.) Prerequisite: CIVL-6660, MANE- 6660, CSCI-6860 or MATH-6860.
CIVL-6690 Advanced Finite Element Formulations 3 Spring Even Years
  This course focuses on generalized weighted residual methods and multifield variational principles for constructing approximate solutions to sets of governing differential equations and associated boundary conditions. Topics include hybrid and mixed methods, boundary element formulations, p-version finite elements, global/local procedures, and penalty methods. Problem areas include solid mechanics (nearly incompressible solids, plates, and shells), fluid mechanics including compressible flows, and heat transfer. (Cross listed as MANE-6690. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE-6690.) Prerequisite: CIVL-6660 or MANE-6660.
CIVL-6700 Finite Element Methods in Structural Dynamics 3 Fall Odd Years
  Solutions to the free vibration and transient dynamic responses of two- and three-dimensional structures by the finite element method are considered. The governing finite element matrix equations are derived and numerical aspects of solving these time-dependent equations considered. Topics include the formulation of the eigenvalue problem, algorithms for eigenvalue extraction, time integration methods including stability and accuracy analysis, and finite elements in time. Modal analysis and direct time integration techniques are compared for a variety of twoand three-dimensional problems. (Cross listed as MANE- 6700. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and MANE-6700.) Prerequisite: CIVL-6660 or MANE- 6660.
CIVL-6780 Numerical Modeling of Failure Processes in Materials 3 Spring Even Years
  State-of-the-art in computational modeling of failure processes in materials. Topics include numerical modeling of discrete defects, distributed damage and multiscale computational techniques including multiple scale perturbation techniques, boundary layer techniques, and various global-local approaches. (Cross listed as MANE-6780.) Prerequisite: CIVL-6660 or MANE-6660.
CIVL-6900 Civil Engineering Graduate Seminar Spring
  Civil engineering graduate students present seminars about their research to an audience composed of students and faculty and participate in discussions about the research of others. The course consists of one-hour weekly meetings. The faculty member in charge of the course helps the students develop their presentation skills. This course is required to be taken once by masters students and twice by Ph.D. students.
CIVL-6910 Colloquium Series Fall and Spring
  Seminars by distinguished guest speakers. All undergraduates and graduates are strongly encouraged to attend as many lectures as possible.
CIVL-6940 Readings in Civil Engineering 1 to 3 NA
 
CIVL-6960 Topics in Civil Engineering 3 NA
 
CIVL-6970 Professional Project NA
  Active participation in a semester-long project, under the supervision of a faculty adviser. A Professional Project often serves as a culminating experience for a Professional Master's program but, with departmental or school approval, can be used to fulfill other program requirements. With approval, students may register for more than one Professional Project. Professional Projects must result in documentation established by each department or school, but are not submitted to the Graduate School and are not archived in the library. Grades of A,B,C, or F are assigned by the faculty adviser at the end of the semester. If not completed on time, a formal Incomplete grade may be assigned by the faculty adviser, listing the work remaining to be completed and the time limit for completing this work.
CIVL-6980 Master's Project 1 to 9 NA
  Active participation in a masters-level project under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a masters project report. Grades of IP are assigned until the masters project has been approved by the faculty adviser. If recommended by the adviser, the Masters Project may be accepted by the Office of Graduate Education to be archived in the Library. Grades will then be listed as S.
CIVL-6990 Master's Thesis 1 to 9 NA
  Active participation in research, under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a masters thesis. Grades of IP are assigned until the thesis has been approved by the faculty adviser and accepted by the Office of Graduate Education to be archived in a standard format in the library. Grades will then be listed as S.
CIVL-9990 Dissertation Variable NA
  Active participation in research, under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a doctoral dissertation. Grades of IP are assigned until the dissertation has been publicly defended, approved by the doctoral committee, and accepted by the Office of Graduate Education to be archived in a standard format in the library. Grades will then be listed as S.
ENVE-2110 Introduction to Environmental Engineering 4 Fall
  The application of basic principles and equations dealing with water, air, and solid and hazardous wastes; material and energy balances; and chemical and biochemical cycles. Topics include water resources, water quality and pollution, air quality and pollution, solid and hazardous wastes, and environmental legislation. Corequisite: MATH-2400.
ENVE-2940 Readings in Environmental Engineering 1 to 3 NA
 
ENVE-4110 Aqueous Geochemistry 4 Fall
  Fundamentals of aqueous chemistry as applied to the evolution of natural waters. The course covers principles of chemical equilibrium, activity models for solutes, pH as a master variable, concentration and Eh-pH diagrams, mineral solubility, aqueous complexes, ion exchange, and stable isotopes. The carbonate system, weathering reactions, and acid rain are examined in detail. Emphasis is on the chemical reactions that control surface and groundwater evolution in natural and engineered (treatment process) settings. Students learn theory, computation methods, and the use of computer programs for calculation of speciation and mass balance. (Cross listed as CHEM-4690 and ERTH-4690. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and either CHEM-4690 or ERTH-4690). Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
ENVE-4150, ENVE Environmental Engineering Laboratory I, II 4 Fall
  A laboratory course on experimental analysis of the operations and processes of environmental engineering. Emphasis is placed on planning of experiments, data evaluation, and report writing. Prerequisite: ENVE-2110 or permission of instructor.
ENVE-4170 Environmental Process Design I 1 Fall
  The design of equipment, processes, and systems of interest in environmental engineering through application of scientific, technological, and economic principles. Health and safety issues are presented. Emphasis is placed on problem formulation and the conceptual, analytical, and decision aspects of open-ended design situations. The work integrates knowledge and skills gained in previous and concurrent courses. This course leads to ENVE-4180. Prerequisite: ENVE-2110 and senior standing.
ENVE-4180 Environmental Process Design II 2 Spring
  Basic tenets of design are continued. Professional development topics are presented including engineering ethics, among others. Included are field inspection trips to pollution- control facilities. This is a writing-intensive course. Prerequisite: ENVE-4170.
ENVE-4200 Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering 3 Spring
  Classification and characteristics of solid and hazardous wastes; appropriate waste management systems; design of collection and transfer systems; methods of destruction and disposal, including landfills; recycle methods; and salvage and conversion operations for resource recovery.
ENVE-4210 Industrial Waste Treatment and Disposal 3 Offered by Individual Arrangement
  Physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of industrial wastes. Application of unit operations and processes to the treatment of waste streams. Consideration of recovery and/or recycling of useful products.
ENVE-4220 Environmental Law 3 Offered by Individual Arrangement
  This course provides environmental engineers, researchers, managers, public officials, and corporate executives with a firm foundation in the environmental laws and regulations with which and under which they must work. Classroom lectures and discussions generate papers on selected environmental law topics.
ENVE-4240 Bench Scale Design 3 Spring
  The design and operation of different laboratory experiments to provide experience for the environmental engineer in the practical application of chemical and biological theory. Design parameters are developed via bench scale testing. Topics can include biological treatment, phytoremediation, composting of solid waste and soil columns, and microbial respirometry.
ENVE-4310 Applied Hydrology and Hydraulics 3 Spring
  Physical processes governing occurrence and distribution of precipitation, infiltration, evaporation, and surface water runoff. Groundwater hydrology, mechanics of flow, and well hydraulics. Statistical hydrology, unit hydrograph theory, and watershed modeling. Floodplain hydrology and open channel hydraulics. Urban hydrology, hydraulics and design of storm sewers, and design of detention structures for flood control. Design project using the Army Corps of Engineers Hydraulic Engineering Center HEC-1 flood hydrograph package. Prerequisite: CHME-4010.
ENVE-4320 Environmental Chemodynamics 3 Spring
  The movement of chemicals in air, water, and soil is presented to demonstrate the relation of physiochemical principles in the behavior of chemicals in the environment. Topics include chemical and thermal equilibrium at environmental interfaces, transport fundamentals, and the fate and transport of chemicals in various environmental compartments. Prerequisites: ENVE-2110 or CHME-2010. Corequisite: CHME-4010.
ENVE-4330 Atmospheric Pollution 3 Fall
  Fundamentals of atmospheric pollution with emphasis on emissions from major sources such as combustion. Principal pollutants discussed are: particles, trace metals, sulfur-, nitrogen-, and carbon oxides, oxidants, and hazardous organics; as well as the thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of their formation. Role of meteorology in pollutant emission, atmospheric transport, and atmospheric chemistry, source/receptor relationships, including modeling of these relationships using one or more computer models. Some aspects of engineering control of emissions. Prerequisites: CHEM-1300 and CHME-4010.
ENVE-4340 Physicochemical Processes in Environmental Engineering 3 Spring
  Physical and chemical processes governing water quality in natural and engineered systems with applications to potable water treatment. Topics include reactor dynamics, coagulation and flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, gas transfer, adsorption and ion exchange, and membrane processes. A design project for which students develop a computer model of an environmental process is required. Prerequisite: CHME-4010.
ENVE-4350 Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering 4 Fall
  The study of biochemical and biological processes common to environmental engineering. Introductory physiology, biochemistry and ecology of bacteria, yeasts, fungi. Laboratory work in microbial techniques. Development of reaction rate and mass balances on biological reactors for pollution control. Topics covered include biogeochemical cycling, thermodynamics of biodegradative processes, activated sludge, trickling filters, stabilization ponds, sludge treatment and digestion, bioremediation, hazardous waste treatment, biological metal cycling and biological solid waste treatment processes. Prerequisite: ENVE-4320.
ENVE-4940 Studies in Environmental Engineering 1 to 4 NA
 
ENVE-4960 Topics in Environmental Engineering 1 to 4 NA
 
ENVE-4980 Senior Project 1 to 4 NA
 
ENVE-6110 Seepage, Drainage, and Groundwater 3 Spring
  Introduction to groundwater hydrology, well hydraulics, permeability, seepage, flow nets, filter criteria, dewatering, slope stabilization, practical applications. (Cross listed as CIVL-6530. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and CIVL- 6530). Prerequisite: CIVL-2630 or permission of instructor.
ENVE-6130 Land Applications of Wastewater 3 Offered by Individual Arrangement
  Treatment efficiency and design parameters for different methods of treatment of wastewaters by land application. Methods considered include irrigation, rapid infiltration, overland flow, septic-tank leach field systems, and deep well injection. Soil geology and groundwater flow maintenance, monitoring of systems, and public health considerations. Evaluation of sludge disposal.
ENVE-6140 Stream Pollution Control 3 Spring Alternate Years
  Principles of limnology applied to the ecological conditions of streams and bodies of fresh water relative to capacity to stabilize organic materials. The economic aspects of water pollution; health aspects of bacterial pollution.
ENVE-6150 Limnology 3 Offered by Individual Arrangement
  Classification and identification of microscopic and macroscopic aquatic plant and animal life. Chemical analysis sufficient to relate the organisms to their environment. Measurement of the physical characteristics of a lake. Field and laboratory studies on different aquatic systems. Classes conducted at Darrin Fresh Water Institute on Lake George. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
ENVE-6160 Environmental Impact Analysis 3 Offered by Individual Arrangement
  Studies related to the evaluation of the impacts of major actions by state and federal agencies on the quality of human environment. Consideration is given to the preparation of impact statements. The impacts of various types of action are discussed; the adverse effects produced and alternatives to proposed action considered, and the tradeoffs between short-term uses and long-term productivity are evaluated. Case studies are presented and analyzed. Open to graduate students in science or engineering.
ENVE-6170 Atmospheric Chemistry 3 Offered by Individual Arrangement
  The course presents important thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of reactions in the atmospheric layer. Consideration is given to transport phenomena in determining atmospheric compositions and kinetics. Applications of principles to upper atmospheric and lower (air pollution) atmospheric cases are discussed. Prerequisites: CHEM-2250, CHEM-2260, or equivalent or permission of instructor.
ENVE-6180 Air Pollution Meteorology 3 Offered by Individual Arrangement
  Investigation of atmospheric processes of particular importance in dealing with the environmental problems of air pollution: atmospheric turbulence, temperature lapse rates, wind profiles, plume rise, plume dispersion relations, urban dispersion models, wet and dry atmospheric scavenging processes, and inadvertent climate and weather modification. Open to graduate students in science or engineering. Prerequisites: ENGR-2050, ENVE- 4330 or permission of instructor.
ENVE-6190 Public Health 3 Offered by Individual Arrangement
  Occurrence and control of communicable diseases; principles of epidemiology and biostatistics and their application, emphasizing the relationship with environmental factors; food infections and food poisoning; use and impact of pesticides and other methods of pest control; air pollution sources and health effects. Organization of government health agencies.
ENVE-6200 Hazardous Waste Management I 3 Fall
  This course concentrates on management issues and study of the fate and transport of hazardous materials in the environment. Management topics are broken down into three broad categories: regulatory issues, those necessary for daily operation of an industrial facility (industrial hygiene, storage, and transportation issues), and preliminary environmental site assessments. Fate and transport issues will be dealt with quantitatively. Prerequisites: permission of instructor.
ENVE-6210 Hazardous Waste Management II 3 Spring
  A continuation of ENVE-6200. The principal topic discussed is the selection of remediation alternatives and waste minimization. Prerequisite: ENVE-6200.
ENVE-6230 Mathematical Modeling of Environmental Engineering Systems 3 Spring Alternate Years
  Basic modeling approaches and techniques for the simulation of environmental engineering systems. Model development, system conceptualization and analysis, mathematical representation, solution and simulation, as well as model calibration and verification, are discussed. Problems such as simulation of biochemical reactors and behavior of toxic chemicals in groundwater are drawn from the literature. Ongoing research projects are discussed.
ENVE-6240 Air Pollution Control 3 Offered by Individual Arrangement
  The major approaches to air pollution control are discussed from three viewpoints: equipment for particle and gaseous emissions control, control of specific processes and pollutants, control strategies. Emphasis is on control devices for particles, sulfur oxides, and nitrogen oxides; absorption with chemical reaction; wet scrubber technology. Combination with other approaches to develop control strategies. Prerequisite: ENVE-4330.
ENVE-6250 Bench Scale Design 3 Offered by Individual Arrangement
  The design and operation of different laboratory experiments to provide experience for the environmental engineer in the practical application of chemical and biological theory. Design parameters are developed via bench scale testing. Topics include biological treatment, ion exchange, test for total carbon in a solid waste and PARR bomb calorimeter, soil columns, and microbial respirometry.
ENVE-6300 Bioremediation of Hazardous and Toxic Compounds 3 Spring
  Lecture course stresses multidisciplinary approaches to the use of microbial system for biotransformation and biodegradation of toxic and hazardous material. Topics include biodegradability, enzymatic transformations, microbial ecology, and properties of organic and inorganic compounds, in situ and ex situ engineering techniques. Real world design examples and projects are introduced. Permission of instructor is required. ENVE-4350 or equivalent is recommended as a pre-requisite.
ENVE-6910 Colloquium Series 0 Fall and Spring
  Seminars by distinguished guest speakers and graduate students on current problems in environmental and energy engineering. A broad range of subjects is covered. All undergraduates and graduates are strongly encouraged to attend as many lectures as possible.
ENVE-6940 Studies in Environmental Engineering 1 to 4 NA
 
ENVE-6960 Topics in Environmental Engineering 1 to 4 NA
 
ENVE-6970 Professional Project NA
  Active participation in a semester-long project, under the supervision of a faculty adviser. A Professional Project often serves as a culminating experience for a Professional Master's program but, with departmental or school approval, can be used to fulfill other program requirements. With approval, students may register for more than one Professional Project. Professional Projects must result in documentation established by each department or school, but are not submitted to the Graduate School and are not archived in the library. Grades of A,B,C, or F are assigned by the faculty adviser at the end of the semester. If not completed on time, a formal Incomplete grade may be assigned by the faculty adviser, listing the work remaining to be completed and the time limit for completing this work.
ENVE-6980 Master's Project 1 to 9 NA
  Active participation in a masters-level project under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a masters project report. Grades of IP are assigned until the masters project has been approved by the faculty adviser. If recommended by the adviser, the masters project may be accepted by the Office of Graduate Education to be archived in the Library. Grades will then be listed as S.
ENVE-6990 Master's Thesis 1 to 9 NA
  Active participation in research, under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a masters thesis. Grades of IP are assigned until the thesis has been approved by the faculty adviser and accepted by the Office of Graduate Education to be archived in a standard format in the library. Grades will then be listed as S.
ENVE-9990 Dissertation 1 to 12 NA
  Active participation in research, under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a doctoral dissertation. Grades of IP are assigned until the dissertation has been publicly defended, approved by the doctoral committee, and accepted by the Office of Graduate Education to be archived in a standard format in the library. Grades will then be listed as S.