Courses
All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise specified.
501 Computational Methods in Environmental Engineering
This course provides an introduction to computational techniques that are applicable (but not exclusive) to environmental problems. The students are expected to attain hands-on experience with numerical and statistical programming tools and learn how to perform a series of analysis and visualization tasks. Moreover, cloud-based and massively parallel technologies will be introduced as well as fundamental computational concepts and abstractions. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 244.
509 Transportation Systems Analysis
Introduction to transportation systems analysis and modeling as applied to the urban transportation planning process, multiple transportation modes, and the larger metropolitan environment. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 310.
510 Public Transportation Systems
Relationship of public transportation to technological innovation; financing and regulation; supply, demand, and price considerations; performance evaluation; routing and scheduling; application of microcomputers; and project planning and design. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 310 or equivalent.
511 Traffic Engineering
Characteristics of traffic system components including drivers, vehicles, and roadways. Fundamental principles of traffic flow, operations, and controls. Traffic demand analysis and highway capacity analysis. Traffic engineering studies involving volume, speed, travel time, and delay. Techniques of field data collection and methodology of office analysis. Intersection design and analysis. Signalized intersection control involving signal phases and timing. Emphasizes both methodology and practice. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 310.
513 Pedestrians and Bicyclists
This course covers operations and safety topics related to bicycle and pedestrian transportation. Bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure treatments, complete streets, and the impacts of such designs and practices on operations and safety are studied. In addition, this course includes topics related to multimodal signal control and level of service as well as the connection between bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure with physical activity and overall health outcomes. Discussion on how bicycling and walking are accounted for in decision-making is also included. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 310.
515 Pavement Design
Design procedures for flexible highway pavement structures including AASHTO and the Asphalt Institute methods; determination of design parameters for mixed traffic, materials, and performance characterization; reliability of design. A design project, written engineering report, and oral presentation. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 310 and 320.
516 Transportation Design
Highway location and geometric design principles for streets and highways with emphasis on roadway safety. Includes state-of-the-art design policies and current research findings. AutoCAD and transportation design computer software used for class assignments and the class project. Students work in design teams on transportation design projects with an emphasis on creative design and problem solving through transportation systems management techniques. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 310.
517 Advanced Public Transportation and Mobility
Technologies are changing the ways that mobility is provided in cities and regions. This graduate course will address theory and empirical evidence related to public transit and multimodal mobility in cities. Topics will include modeling and design of transit networks, modeling and operation of on-demand services (including microtransit, ridesourcing, and vehicle sharing), and city-scale models of traffic in networks with cars and transit. The course will include emerging research and trends related to automated vehicles, modeling of multimodal networks, and the sustainability of multimodal systems. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 509 and 511.
518 Intelligent Transportation Systems
A review of intelligent transportation systems, technologies, and user services with an emphasis on the operation of advanced public transportation systems (APTS) and technologies including wire and wireless communication, sensors, automated vehicle location, information processing and other technological applications; user services including traffic signal priority control, en-route and pre-trip traveler information, electronic payment, and management and operations as they pertain to public transit and paratransit services in both large metropolitan areas and small urban and rural communities. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 310 or consent of instructor.
519 Transportation Sustainability
An overview of sustainable transportation planning practices and management strategies and policies; current transportation trends; environmental and energy policies; nonmotorized modes (mainly bicycles and pedestrians); public transportation; life-cycle assessment for transportation infrastructure; alternative fuel vehicles; vehicle emission estimation models; demand management strategies (including parking policies, pricing strategies). Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 310 or equivalent. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 310.
520 Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation I
Fundamentals of traffic flow including its characteristics and their relationships; mathematical models that describe traffic flow dynamics at multiple levels of detail; solutions and applications of these models that capture traffic flow phenomena such as congestion and queue dissipation. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 310 or 411 or 511.
521 Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation II
Applications of traffic flow theory involving traffic flow modeling at varying levels of details using manually-generated and commercially-available transportation simulation tools. Fundamentals involved in transportation simulation such as random number generation, input/output analysis, and macroscopic and microscopic traffic flow models. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 310 or 411 or 511.
522 Signalized Intersections and Systems
Traffic control at intersections with an emphasis on intersection signalization; warrants that justify the installation of signals; signal sequence, timing, and phasing; pre-timed and actuated signals; traffic detection and signal controllers; computer simulation and modeling; algorithms and tools for evaluating the effectiveness of signals. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 310 or 411 or 511.
523 Ground Improvement and Geoconstruction
Engineered ground improvement; slurry trenches, dewatering systems; grouting; deep dynamic compaction, vibro compaction; stone columns; wick and vertical sand drains. Emphasizes basic principles and design methodology. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 320.
524 Offshore Geotechnic
Introduction to geotechnical engineering in the marine environment. Topics include the coastal geomorphology, behavior of marine sediments, marine site investigations, offshore geohazards, hydrodynamic loading, design and installation of offshore foundations and anchors, pipeline/riser/cable geotechnics. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 320 and 421.
525 Geotechnical Site Investigations
Geotechnical engineering practice related to site characterization. Topics include: site investigation techniques; drilling; geoenvironmental issues; in situ testing; site instrumentation; soil and groundwater sampling; laboratory testing; and evaluation and interpretation of field and laboratory data for selection of soil properties for design. Written engineering reports. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 320. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 320.
526 Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering
The primary objective of this course is to give students an exposure to the computer modeling techniques used in geotechnical engineering. Topics include consolidation, seepage, slope stability and stress distribution. We will outline theories behind each analysis. The students will write simple computer programs for idealized conditions, and will be taught the usage of typical computer packages provided in the course for solving more complicated engineering problems. Selection of soil parameters for civil engineering design will also be discussed. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 320.
527 Earthquake Engineering
Seismic considerations for the design of civil engineering systems. Topics include geology of earthquakes, strong motion records, ground motion, site amplification, response spectra, seismic hazard, seismic design. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 320.
530 Offshore Structures
An introduction to the analysis and design of offshore structures with a strong emphasis on structures for renewable energy applications, especially offshore wind energy. Environmental condition modeling, loads analysis and design standards are covered as well. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 331.
533 Risk Analysis
This course introduces students to applications of probability theory, statistics, and decision analysis to engineering problems. Emphasis is placed on probabilistic modeling and analysis of civil and environmental engineering problems, Bayesian statistics, risk analysis, and decision under uncertainty.
535 Matrix Analysis of Structures
Development and use of flexibility and stiffness methods of matrix analysis for determinate and indeterminate structures. Use of computer programs for the analysis of simple structures. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 331.
536 Advanced Topics in Reinforced Concrete Design
Design of various types of reinforced concrete systems including one- and two-way slabs, continuous beams, building frames, and beam-column joints. Moment-curvature analysis of reinforced concrete sections, moment redistribution of continuous systems, and strut-and-tie modeling techniques. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 433.
540 Strength of Materials II
Stress-strain-temperature relations in elastic and plastic structural systems. Energy methods. Stress concentration and stress intensity factors. Role of linear fracture mechanics in design. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 241.
541 Structural Dynamics
Behavior of structures and structural components exposed to time dependent loadings. Vibrations of systems; descriptions of dynamic systems. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 331 and MATH 331.
542 Advanced Topics in Steel Design
Expands on the basic design methods of CE-ENGIN 434. Includes non-compact and slender beam girder design, composite steel and concrete member design, overall structure considerations, and other topics, some extending on previous class descriptions and others as entirely new concepts. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 434.
544 Unified Structural Design
This course introduces students to the design of structural systems such as arches, cable-supported structures, tall buildings and repetitively-framed buildings through readings, historical study, analysis and design exercises. At the end of the course students will be able to develop conceptual designs for structural systems that solve a wide variety of structural engineering problems and do so based on the historical context of great works of structural engineering. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 331.
547 Pipes and Pits: Drinking Water, Sanitation, and Development
Within the past three decades, more than 2.6 billion people have gained access to an improved water source and 2.1 billion have gained access to an improved sanitation facility. However, improved does not always mean people have safe, reliable, accessible, or equitable water and sanitation services. Waterborne diseases continue to cause an estimated 500,000 deaths each year. In this class, we explore the causes waterborne diseases in low-income settings, the role of engineered systems in their spread or prevention, and the systems that support the sustainability, reliability, safety, and continued access to these services. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 370.
549 Structural Stability
Linear and nonlinear buckling of columns, beam-columns, frames and plates. Role of linearization in formulation of stability problems. Adjacent equilibrium, kinetic, imperfection and energy criteria for stability analysis. Variational approaches for formulating and solving buckling problems. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 331 and MATH 331.
550 Introduction to Bridge Engineering
Discussion of basic concepts in the analysis and design of bridges using current American Association of Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) specifications. Presentation of common types of bridges, types of bridge loads, load distribution, design of bridge structural components. Techniques for bridge inspection and load rating. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 433 and 434 must be taken prior to or concurrently with this class.
560 Hydrology
A quantitative account of elements of the hydrologic cycle, including precipitation, evapotranspiration, snowmelt, infiltration, and surface runoff. Basic laws from such various disciplines as physics, chemistry, meteorology, astronomy, fluid mechanics, and thermodynamics combined into simple mathematical descriptions used in the hydrologic design process. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 357.
561 Open-Channel Flow & Coastal Hydraulics
One dimensional flow in open channels, including uniform flow, gradually and rapidly varied flow, and coastal waters. Analytical and finite difference solutions to the governing conservation equations. Applications include stable channel design, sediment transport, storm surge, tides, and estuaries. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 357.
562 Water Resources Engineering and Sustainability
This course will introduce concepts related to water sustainability, water resources engineering and applications of statistical and simulation modeling. Topics include water supply planning, water demand, flood risk management and analysis of integrated water resources systems. Linear regression and other modeling techniques will be applied. The primary evaluation events are group design projects, review papers and occasional announced and unannounced quizzes. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 270 and 357.
566 Climate Change for Engineers: Risk Assessment and Management
This course will introduce theory and methods for assessing and managing the risks posed by climate change for engineering design. The course content will cover quantitative analysis methods for developing climate scenarios, including stochastic simulation and hydrologic modeling and decision analysis methods for selecting among adaptation options under climate change uncertainty. While the content is fundamental in nature, the methods will be illustrated and implemented primarily for example water resources systems drawing from practice. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 270 and 357.
569 Water Supply and Wastewater Collection
Design of water supply and wastewater collection systems. Topics include water transmission mains, water distribution systems, pumping, storm sewers and sanitary sewer systems. Design projects, oral and written engineering reports. Ethics and professionalism. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 357 & 370.
570 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Engineers
Principles of geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis for engineering applications. Topics include data structures and manipulation, topology, and attribute information. Use of spatial data for mapping and spatial analysis to address real-world problems. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 244 and 270.
572 Environmental Engineering Analysis
With lab. Basic concepts of physical and chemical parameters used to measure water quality in natural aquatic systems and in treatment plants. Laboratory covers important water analysis techniques including gravimetric, volumetric, colorimetric, and alkalinity-acidity titration. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 370 or consent of instructor.
573 Environmental Engineering Microbiology
With lab. Microbiological and biochemical properties of microorganisms important in environmental engineering practice. General fundamentals of microbiology and their application to drinking water treatment and distribution, water pollution control, and natural systems. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 471.
575 Advanced Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
Introduction to municipal solid waste management and hazardous waste management. Relationship between the properties of wastes, the techniques and hardware used for waste handling and processing, and the ultimate disposal (containment) of waste and other residual materials. Remediation of contaminated areas. Design of systems for the management and disposal of solid and hazardous wastes subject to economic factors, safety, reliability, and ethical and social implications. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 471.
577 Surface Water Quality Modeling
Evaluation and control of water quality in streams, lakes, and estuaries. Mathematical analyses of patterns of water movement and their relationship to water quality. Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) allocation design. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 471.
579 Air Quality
The sources, fate, transport, and control of the major categories of air pollutants. Topics include sources and characteristics of air pollutants; atmospheric chemistry and physics; effects of air pollutants on human health and the environment; global climate change; atmospheric dispersion modeling; and design of systems for the control of gaseous and particulate air pollutants. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 471.
580 Drinking Water for All: A Community-Engaged Learning Class
Access to and the provision of safe drinking water is essential for human life, yet provision of such services is challenging, even within the USA. In this course, we examine the physical, technical, political, economic, and social factors that affect the provision of water in rural and disadvantaged communities. Interdisciplinary teams of students will work together over the semester to study, visit, and make recommendations as to how to address problems from a specific real-world nearby public water system. In addition to the community-based learning activities, students will hear from practitioners in the field, including learning about case studies of innovations and actions taken by entities including the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and environmental justice advocates to address the challenge of public supply.
590STA Machine Learning Foundations and Applications
This course it introduces the theory and applications of core concepts in machine learning from an engineering perspective. Key topics include: fundamentals of data analysis and regression, classification (support vector machines, decision trees), linear model selection and assessment, flexible functional forms, decision trees and ensemble methods, support vector machines, unsupervised learning (dimensionality reduction, clustering) and neural networks for structured data, images and sequences. Applications to various engineering disciplines will be highlighted, especially in transportation, environmental, structural and industrial engineering. Hands-on programming in Python (R will also be supported) throughout the course will enable students to analyze and train models on real-world datasets. Through this course, students will learn to develop and train models on data to solve challenging engineering problems. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 260 (or M&I-ENG 273), CE-ENGIN 244, and MATH 233.
605 Finite Element Analysis
Introduction to finite element method in engineering science. Derivation of element equations by physical, variational, and residual methods. Associated computer coding techniques and numerical methods. Applications. Prerequisites: programming ability, ordinary differential equations, basic matrix algebra. Same as M&I-ENG 605.
607 Freight and Logistics Systemsbr />The course objectives are for students to understand mathematical and analytical tools for planning and operating freight systems. The course will address aspects of transportation economics, environmental and sustainability issues, optimization, and algorithms related to logistics systems and terminals. Many aspects of the course will be treated in a way that is general to all modes. Some specific knowledge related to trucking, railroads, and maritime will be considered. Upon completing the course, students should be familiar with the main factors that determine the structure and drive the cost of operating one-to-one, many-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many systems. Students should be familiar with the concept of a logistic cost function and method of improving efficiency and optimizing these systems. Prerequisite: None (Calculus and Physics recommended).
608 Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation II
Fundamentals of traffic flow, modeling traffic with varying levels of details, replicating real world transportation systems based on transportation simulation tools, input analysis, output analysis, car-following models, lane-changing models, gap-acceptance models, future directions of transportation simulation. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 310 or 411 or 511.
610 Transportation Analysis and Planning
Advanced topics in transportation planning including application of the four-step planning process with transportation model analysis software, econometric model estimation and analysis, use of statistical software with transportation survey data, activity analysis, and various other transportation planning and economics topics. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 509.
611 Transportation Investment and Pricing Analysis
The application of economic principles to transportation investment and pricing analyses; emphasis on highway and public transportation in urban settings. Prerequisites: ECON 103, CE-ENGIN 310 or equivalents.
613 Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation I
Fundamentals of traffic flow including its characheristics and their relationships; Mathematical models that describe traffic flow dynamics at multiple levels of detail; Solutions and applications of these models that capture traffic flow phenomena such as congestion and queue dissipation. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 310 or 411 or 511 or equivalent. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 310 or 411 or 511.
612 Transportation Planning & Policy Analysis
An intensive survey of current issues in transportation planning and policy. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 310.
614 Advanced Concepts in Traffic Safety
Advanced topics in traffic safety including both motorized and nonmotorized modes with an emphasis on the science of safety. Includes safety management systems, human factors, data needs and limitations, identification of hazardous locations, diagnosis of problems, development of countermeasures, road safety audits/reviews, and crash reconstruction. Safety modeling using the Interactive Highway Safety Design Modules and other modeling platforms incorporated as applicable. Several traffic engineering software packages also used to demonstrate relationships between traffic safety and operational efficiency.
615 Probabilistic Methods in Structural Mechanics
Solution of problems in structural mechanics that contain sources of input or system uncertainty; reliability, random vibrations, homogenization, stochastic differential equations and other topics. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 331, CE-ENGIN 260 or M&I-ENGIN 273 or equivalent and Math 331 or equivalent.
616 Probabilistic Machine Learning
This course covers core concepts in machine learning (models and algorithms) from a probabilistic perspective. It is structured into five modules: foundations, linear methods, deep neural networks, nonparametric methods and unsupervised learning. Applications to various subdisciplines of engineering will be highlighted, especially in transportation, environmental, structural and industrial engineering. Hands-on programming in Python/R throughout the course will enable students to implement models on real-world datasets. Through this course, students will gain a thorough knowledge of the probabilistic modeling approach to machine learning and maste state-of-the-art practical aspects in order to solve challenging problems. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 244, 260, MATH 233, 235, and CE-ENGIN 450 (or 516).
617 Advanced Public Transportation and Mobility
Technologies are changing the ways that mobility is provided in cities and regions. This graduate course will address theory and empirical evidence related to public transit and multimodal mobility in cities. Topics will include modeling and design of transit networks, modeling and operation of on-demand services (including microtransit, ridesourcing, and vehicle sharing), and city-scale models of traffic in networks with cars and transit. The course will include emerging research and trends related to automated vehicles, modeling of multimodal networks, and the sustainability of multimodal systems. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 509 and 511.
618 Signalized Intersections & Systems
Traffic control at intersections with an emphasis on intersection signalization; warrants that justify the installation of signals; signal sequence, timing, and phasing; pre-timed and actuated signals; traffic detection and signal controllers; computer simulation and modeling; algorithms and tools for evaluating the effectiveness of signals. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 310 or 411 or 511.
619 Transportation Sustainability
An overview of sustainable transportation planning practices and management strategies and policies; current transportation trends; environmental and energy policies; non-motorized modes (mainly bicycles and pedestrians); public transportation; life-cycle assessment for transportation infrastructure; alternative fuel vehicles; vehicle emission estimation models; demand management strategies (including parking policies, pricing strategies). CE-ENGIN 310.
620 Soil Behavior
Fundamentals of soil behavior, soil mineralogy and structure, soil stresses, stress-strain-strength behavior of cohesionless and cohesive soils, consolidation behavior of saturated soils, and determination of consolidation and strength parameters in practice. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 320.
622 Geotechnical Materials Testing
Experimental investigation of the fundamental aspects of soil behavior including classification, index and engineering properties. Emphasizes experimental determination of the consolidation and stress-strain-strength characteristics of soils for design. Experiments include: classification and basic index tests, hydraulic conductivity, consolidation, triaxial tests and direct simple shear. Prerequisites: CE-ENGIN 320 and 620. Credit, 4.
623 Advanced Foundation and Earth Retention Systems
Geotechnical analysis and design related to shallow and deep foundations. Topics include: site investigations, bearing capacity theory, analysis and design of shallow spread footings, isolated pads and mat foundations; total stress and effective stress design of drilled shaft and driven pile foundations. Emphasis on the presentation of designs in a formal geotechnical report. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 620. Credit, 4.
625 In Situ Testing Techniques in Geotechnical Engineering
The theoretical and practical aspects of in situ tests in geotechnical engineering. Tests discussed include: Standard Penetration Test, Field Vane, Piezocone, Dilatometer, Pressuremeter, and Borehole Shear. Emphasis on use of in situ test results for determining engineering properties of soil for design. Prequisite: CE-ENGIN 320. Credit, 4.
627 Rock Mechanics
Stress-strain analysis and the application to fracture and deformation in rocks. applications in the design of underground openings, rock slopes, and foundations on weak or fractured rocks.
629 Clay Minerals and Micro/Nano Characterization
This course is designed to enhance the knowledge base and analytical skills of engineering graduate students whose major interests are in geotechnical engineering and civil infrastructure materials. It can also be a selective for graduate students from geology (geosciences) and soil sciences. Major topics include the fundamentals of clay mineralogy, the mechanical and engineering properties of clay minerals, and a suite of micro/nano characterization techniques for clay minerals and other fine-grained geomaterials. Some latest developments in micro/nano instrumentation such as nanocompression and nanoindentation and computation such as molecular dynamics will be introduced as well.
630 Advanced Solid Mechanics
Unified treatment of the analysis of solids. Consideration of continuity, mechanical energy, stress and strain. Application to elasticity, thermoelasticity, and plasticity. Same as M&I-ENGIN 630.
633 - Risk Analysis
This course introduces students to applications of probability theory, statistics, and decision analysis to engineering problems. Emphasis is placed on probabilistic modeling and analysis of civil and environmental engineering problems, Bayesian statistics, risk analysis, and decision under uncertainty.
634 Precast Prestressed Concrete Design
Analysis and design of precast prestressed concrete buildings. Topics include introduction to prestressed concrete, design of precast prestressed elements for moment, shear, torsion, and moment and axial force. The course will focus on design of elements in typical precast buildings including prestressed double tee beams, precast columns, precast spandrel beams, inverted tee beams, precast walls. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 433.
646 Seismic Structural Analysis
Principles of engineering seismology, including analysis and design of structures to resist earthquake motions. Co-requisite: CE-ENGIN 541.
650 Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS) FAA Remote Pilot Certification Prep
This course provides students with an understanding of the various topics required by the FAA to obtain Remote Pilot Certification. At the end of this course, students will be prepared to take their FAA Remote Pilot Written Test. Students will also have an understanding of current public policy and regulations related to UAS in the United States.
651 Piloting Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
This course is intended to introduce students to the basics of flying and operating unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) multirotor aircraft safely and reliably. This course assumes no prior knowledge of UAVs or prior flying experience. This course is primarily focused on guiding students as they develop practical flying skills, but will also cover basic information on multirotor function, diagnostics, and maintenance. Preflight procedures are a key part of flying safely and will be covered. Most class time will be dedicated to providing flying practice for students. Students will be introduced to principal concerns operating in the United States national airspace, but this course will not comprehensively cover material for the FAA part 107 written test that is required for commercial operation of UAVs.
652 Safety Management for Unoccupied Aerial Systems
This course is for students interested in becoming a professional Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS) Pilot and has an appreciation of the risk involved with flying drones in various types of airspace. It is one of four courses related to a UAS Piloting Graduate Certificate Program. This course covers topic areas such as: (1) The basic features of a Safety Management System for UAS Pilots and their organization; (2) Human factors for UAS Pilots; and (3) elements of Risk Management for UAS Pilots. This will teach students how to plan UAS operations and operate missions to ensure complete safety for everyone involved.
653 Applications in Unoccupied Aerial Systems
This Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS) capstone course will provide the essential aeronautical, business, legal knowledge and skills to achieve a successful foundation in UAS industry. Students that complete this application course will be prepared for successful careers as Remote Pilots in Command (PICs), observers, payload operators, and/or operational managers of governmental and private sector UAS applications. This course will incorporate educational objectives that were gained in the prior courses of the UAS Certificate program with that knowledge being effectively demonstrated in this course. Students will gain additional experience in UAS Technology, Mission Planning, Execution and Evaluation. More specifically, each student will be responsible for identifying a project or application for which UAS data collection would be appropriate, and to subsequently plan and execute the flight in a professional manner to collect the necessary data.
660 Subsurface Hydraulics
The transport of water through the unsaturated and saturated zone using rigorous mathematical theory, and analytical and numerical solutions. Topics include hydraulic properties of soils, infiltration, confined and unconfined aquifer flow, consolidations, and well hydraulics.
661 Subsurface Pollution
Transport of contaminants through the unsaturated and saturated zone using rigorous mathematical theory, and analytical and numerical solutions. Topics include the fate and transport of conservative and reactive contaminants in single or multiphase flow fields. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 660.
662 Water Resource Systems Analysis
Methods for designing and managing water resource systems, including optimization, uncertainty and reliability analysis, economic and pricing analysis, water demand and drought planning, and facility siting analysis. Applications to surface water, groundwater, water distribution, flood control, and water qualtiy control systems.
670 Transport Processes in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Transport of fluids and constituents in environmental systems. Advection, diffusion, dispersion, zero and first-order reaction kinetics and equilibrium partitioning processes. Mathematical models solved with analytical and numerical methods. Multi-scale application to surface and subsurface waters and the atmosphere. Credit, 4.
671 Environmental Biological Processes
Overview of microbiology fundamentals for environmental engineering, and examination of the biological processes used in water and wastewater treatment, bioremediation and biological air pollution control. Laboratory experiments illustrate important concepts in environmental biological processes. Credit, 4.
672 Physical and Chemical Treatment Processes
Lecture and lab. Fundamentals of physical and chemical processes used in environmental engineering. Applications include processes used in the treatment of drinking waters, industrial waters and wastewaters, municipal wastewaters, and hazardous waste remediation. Credit, 4.
677 Simulating Wind Turbines using OpenFAST
In this course you will learn how the OpenFAST framework is organized, how to manipulate the individual modules in OpenFAST (and FASTv8) to suit your simulation needs, and how to debug and postprocess simulation results to get the most out of the software. OpenFAST is a free and open-source code. Students will be expected to analyze FAST output data for their assignments. This course will use Matlab as the default data analysis and plotting program. Use of Matlab is not required and other software options such as Python or Excel are allowed. The support by instructors will be limited to questions related to using Matlab, and Matlab will be used in the lecture videos. OpenFAST can be run in a Windows or Linux/Mac OS. The instructors will be utilizing Windows in the lecture videos.
680 Water Chemistry
Chemical equilibrium principles of acids-bases, dissolution-precipitation, oxidation-reduction, and complexation applied to understanding the chemistry of surface waters, groundwaters, and water and wastewater treatment. Credit, 4.
681 Advanced Topics in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering
Graduate level course on reading and analyzing current literature in the field of hydrology and water resources. Credit, 1.
682 Advanced Topics in Environmental Engineering
Graduate level course on reading and analyzing current literature in the field of water quality, water and wastewater treatment, and aquatic systems modeling. Credit, 1.
684 Environmental Reaction Kinetics
Environmental Engineers are increasingly called upon to analyze the speed of pollutant conversion in chemical and biological systems. These may be engineered systems such as water and wastewater treatment plants, or natural systems, such as lakes and aquifers receiving industrial pollution. This course examines the rates and kinetics of a range of chemical and biological systems important to Environmental Engineers. These systems are limited to the aqueous phase at atmospheric pressure and near ambient temperature. The fundamentals of kinetic theory are briefly covered. Mathematic simulation of kinetic systems are analysis of kinetic data are examined. Several cases of importance in environmental engineering are exposed in detail. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 680.
689 Master’s Project
Research carried out and reported under supervision of student’s adviser as partial fulfillment of requirements for Master’s degree in civil engineering or Master’s degree in environmental engineering. May not be taken by those taking CE-ENGIN 679 Engineering Report or CE-ENGIN 699 Master’s Thesis. Credit, 1-6.
691, 692 Environmental Engineering Seminar
Presentation by the graduate student of selected current literature and research. Visiting lecturers. One class hour. Credit, 1.
693, 694 Geotechnical Engineering Seminar
Research presentation by graduate student and faculty. Visiting lecturers. Credit, 1.
694B, 693B Structural Engineering Seminar
Research presentation by graduate students and faculty. Visiting lecturers. Credit, 1.
695 Transportation Engineering Seminar
Visiting lecturers. Research presentations by graduate students and faculty. Discussion of current transportation topics. Credit, 1.
696 Independent Study
Credit, 1-6.
699 Master’s Thesis
Research carried out and reported under supervision of student’s research adviser as partial fulfillment of requirements for Master’s degree in civil engineering or Master’s degree in environmental engineering. May not be taken by those taking CE-ENGIN 679 Engineering Project or CE-ENGIN 689 Master’s Project. Credit, 1-6.
722 Numerical Methods in Geomechanics
Computer and numerical methods in soil mechanics, consolidation, seepage, slope stability, stress distribution, and finite element analysis. Credit, 4
724 Soil Dynamics
Dynamic behavior of soils with application to problems of seismic survey, measurement of dynamic soil properties, foundation vibration and performance under earthquake loading.
728 Geotechnical Instrumentation
Design, selection, and use of instrumentation for geotechnical engineering purposes. Laboratory and field instrumentation considered. Topics include: purpose of instrumentation, planning projects, procurement of instruments and services, measuring devices, and examples of applications. Lab demonstration.
770, 771 Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Design
Selection, evaluation, and design of environmental and water resources engineering systems. Corequisites: CE-ENGIN 671 and CE-ENGIN 672. Credit, 2.
772 Instrumental Methods in Environmental Analysis
Principles and techniques of instrumental chemical analysis, including molecular and atomic spectrophotometry, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and electro-analytical methods. Emphasis on solving analytical problems of trace pollutants in water and wastewater. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 572 or equivalent.
774 Processes at the Particle-Water Interface
An analysis of physical and chemical aspects of the behavior of particles in aquatic systems. Topics include surface chemistry, adsorption, nucleation, precipitation, dissolution, forces between interacting surfaces, and the hydrodynamics of particle transport and deposition. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 672. Corequisite: CE-ENGIN 680 or consent of instructor.
776 Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils and Ground Water
Application of biological processes as they are currently used to remediate convention-al, industrial, and hazardous wastes. Fun-damentals of microbial physiology and metabolism as applied to the major groups of hazardous chemicals. Theory and design of remediation technologies. Prerequisite: CE-ENGIN 671 or equivalent.
780 Mechanics of Materials
Advanced topics related to mechanical behavior of structural materials.
793D Transportation Doctoral Seminar
This seminar aims to provide an opportunity for PhD students to practice presenting in front of audiences and providing as well as receiving constructive feedback. The students will also have the opportunity to practice on reviewing papers in various research areas. These will include papers provided by the instructor but also research papers submitted by the students on their own work. It will also include guest lectures on effective presentation skills and alternative text editors. Credit, 1.
899 Doctoral Dissertation
Credit, 18.