100 Level
CIVE 102 03(2-3-0). Introduction: Civil/Environmental Engineering. (Fall)
Civil engineering profession, computer applications and programming related to civil engineering; introduction to surveying.
CIVE 103 03(2-2-0). Engineering Graphics and Computing. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 102.
Introduction to the profession and academia; principles of civil engineering design; graphical, oral, and written communication; team projects.
CIVE 106 02(2-0-0). Introduction to Engineering Computer Graphics. (Fall) Prerequisite: MATH 125.
Creation and production of engineering drawings using AutoCad, including layering, annotated and three-dimensional drawings.
200 Level
CIVE 202 03(2-2-0). Numerical Modeling & Risk Analysis. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 103, MATH 160 or concurrent registration.
Civil engineering systems, simulation and optimization techniques, statistical tools and their use in civil engineering, risk analysis.
CIVE 203 03(2-2-0). Engineering Systems and Decision Analysis. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 202.
Civil engineering infrastructure systems, numerical and decision analysis techniques, statistical and risk analysis, project management.
CIVE 260 03(3-0-0). Engineering Mechanics - Statics. (Fall) (Spring) Prerequisite: Math 160, PH 141 or concurrent registration.
Forces using vector notation; static equilibrium of rigid bodies; friction, virtual work, centroids, and moments of inertia.
CIVE 261 03(3-0-0). Engineering Mechanics - Dynamics. (Fall) (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 260.
Kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies; concepts of work-energy and impulse-momentum; computer applications; vector notation.
CIVE 262 04(3-2-0). Engineering Mechanics. (Fall)
Prerequisite: MATH 161, PH 141. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Forces, static equilibrium, mass center, moments of inertia, kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies.
300 Level
[+ Alternate year offering (odd); * Alternate year offering (even)]
CIVE 300 04(3-3-0). Fluid Mechanics. (Fall) (Spring)
Prerequisite: CIVE 261, MATH 340 or concurrent registration, MECH 237 or concurrent registration or MECH 337 or concurrent registration. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Fluid properties; statics, kinematics, and dynamics of fluid motion including viscous and gravitational effects.
CIVE 302 03(2-3-0). Evaluation of Civil Engineering Materials. (Fall) Prerequisite: CHEM 111, CIVE 203, CIVE 360. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Behavior and properties of construction materials, instrumentation, use of statistical tools, material standards, material selection, quality control.
CIVE 303 03(3-0-0). Infrastructure and Transportation Systems. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 203.
Principles of infrastructure systems, transportation systems, applications of spatial data and GIS, project management and engineering economy.
CIVE 322 03(3-0-0). Basic Hydrology. (Fall) (Spring)
Prerequisite: CIVE 300 or CBE 331 or WR 416, CIVE 202 or STAT 301 or STAT 315. Credit not allowed for both CIVE 322 and ENVE 322.
Hydrologic cycle, soil moisture, groundwater, runoff processes, water contamination, applications in water resources and environmental engineering.
CIVE 350 03(2-3-0). Soil Engineering for Nonengineers. (Fall) (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 359. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Concepts of soil mechanics and soil behavior, elementary application to compaction, seepage, earth pressure, foundations, and slopes.
CIVE 359 03(3-0-0). Basics of Statics and Strength of Materials. (Fall) (Spring) Prerequisite: MATH 125, MATH 141 or MATH 155 or MATH 160, PH 110 or PH 121 or PH 141.
Forces and their components; static equilibrium; friction; section properties; stresses and deformations of elastic solids, combined stresses.
CIVE 360 03(3-0-0). Mechanics of Solids. (Fall) (Spring)
Prerequisite: CIVE 260 or CIVE 262.
Stresses and deformations in structural members and machine elements, combined stresses, stress transformation.
CIVE 363 01(0-3-0). Material Properties. (Fall) (Spring)
Prerequisite: CIVE 360.
Mechanical properties of metals, woods, and plastics; testing techniques and standards.
CIVE 367 03(3-0-0). Structural Analysis. (Fall) (Spring)
Prerequisite: CIVE 360.
Determination of actions in and deformations of determinate and indeterminate structures.
CIVE 370 03(2-2-0). Introductory Structural Engineering. (Fall) (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 359, CON 432. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Behavior, design basics and construction concerns for structural members and systems of steel, reinforced or prestressed concrete, or masonry.
CIVE 377 03(2-2-0). Geographic Information Systems in Agriculture. (Fall) Prerequisite: Three credits in SOCR or CS. Credit allowed for only one of the following: CIVE 377 or SOCR 377 or SOCR 577. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Introduction to geographic information systems and global positioning systems with applications to agriculture.
CIVE 390 01(0-3-0). Civil Engineering Student Projects Workshop. (Fall) (Spring)
400 Level
[+ Alternate year offering (odd); * Alternate year offering (even)]
CIVE 401 03(3-0-0). Hydraulic Engineering. (Spring)
Prerequisite: CIVE 300.
Basic principles of fluid mechanics applied to practical problems in hydraulic engineering.
CIVE 402 03(2-2-0). Senior Design Principles. (Fall)
Prerequisite: CIVE 303 (CIVE majors only) or CIVE 322/ENVE 322 (ENVE majors only). Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Design of civil engineering systems, nontechnical and economic design considerations, project organization, design project development and presentation.
CIVE 403 03(2-2-0). Senior Project Design. (Spring)
Prerequisite: CIVE 402. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Design of civil engineering systems, nontechnical and economic design considerations; project organization, design project development and presentation.
CIVE 413 03(3-0-0). Environmental River Mechanics. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 300 or WR 416.
Fluvial geomorphology, river hydraulics, sediment transport, and river response with special emphasis on environmental aspects.
CIVE 423 03(3-0-0). Groundwater Engineering. (Spring)
Prerequisite: CIVE 300 or CBE 331 or WR 416.
Development of groundwater resources; origin, movement, distribution of water below ground surface.
CIVE 425 03(2-3-0). Soil and Water Engineering. (Spring) Prerequisite: CBE 331 or CIVE 300 or SOCR 240. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Control of the soil-water-plant medium for optimum plant growth and environmental protection.
CIVE 438 04(4-0-0). Pollution Control Engineering. (Fall) (Spring) Prerequisite: CHEM 113, CIVE 300 or CBE 331 or MECH 342. Credit not allowed for both CIVE 438 and ENVE 438.
Environmental engineering approaches to designing water supply, wastewater removal, and pollution control systems.
CIVE 439 03(2-3-0). Environmental Engineering Chemical Concepts. (Fall) Prerequisite: CHEM 113, MATH 340. Credit not allowed for both CIVE 439 and CBE 439. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Application of chemical principles to environmental engineering problems.
CIVE 440 03(3-0-0). Nonpoint Source Pollution. (Fall)
Prerequisite: CIVE 300 or CIVE 322/ENVE 322 or SOCR 240 or WR 416.
Principles, processes, impacts, and control of nonpoint source pollution of surface and groundwater.
EV 441 01(0-3-0). Water and Wastewater Characterization. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 440 or concurrent registration or CIVE 438/EV 438 or concurrent registration.
Physical, chemical and biological methods for the characterization of waters and wastewaters.
CIVE 450 04(3-3-0). Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 360. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Soil behavior, stress-strain and strength properties, application to earth pressure, slope and foundation problems.
CIVE 466 03(2-3-0). Design and Behavior of Steel Structures. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 367. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Loads acting on a structure; behavior and design of steel members, connections, and systems.
CIVE 467 03(3-3-0). Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 367. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Design and behavior of reinforced concrete structural members.
CIVE 495 Var [1-3]. Independent Study.
CIVE 496 Var. Group Study.
500 Level
[+ Alternate year offering (odd); * Alternate year offering (even)]
CIVE 502 03(3-0-0). Fluid Mechanics. (Fall)
Prerequisite: CIVE 300.
Fundamental physical concepts of fluid mechanics; ideal and viscous fluid flows; boundary-layer concepts.
CIVE 504 03(2-3-0). Wind Engineering. (Fall)
Prerequisite: CIVE 300. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Influence of wind on humanity. Applications to structures, air pollution, wind energy, agricultural aerodynamics, snow movement, human comfort.
CIVE 510 03(3-0-0). Applied Hydraulic System Design. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 401.
Operational management systems, data collection, real-time control, management modeling, rehabilitation and retrofit, maintenance.
CIVE 512 03(3-0-0). Irrigation Design and Management. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 322/ENVE 322 or CIVE 425.
Irrigation performance criteria. Design, management and evaluation of surface, sprinkler and trickle irrigation. Selection of irrigation systems.
CIVE 514 03(3-0-0). Hydraulic Structures/Systems. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 401.
Analysis and design of hydraulic structures which make up components of water resource systems.
CIVE 516 03(3-0-0). Water Control and Measurement. (Spring)
Flow regulation and measurement in gravity flow irrigation systems for efficient and equitable water distribution among users.
CIVE 517 03(3-0-0). Surface Irrigation Systems. (Fall)
Prerequisite: CIVE 425.
Design and evaluation of surface irrigation systems. Water measurements, conveyance and control structures, land forming.
CIVE 518 03(3-0-0). Sprinkler and Trickle Irrigation Systems. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 425, CIVE 300.
Basic principles, design, and evaluation of pressurized irrigation systems.
CIVE 520 03(3-0-0). Physical Hydrology. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 322/ENVE 322.
Hydrologic, atmospheric processes in the water cycle; linear systems, hydrologic response; geomorphologic description of hydrologic processes, response.
*CIVE 521 03(2-3-0). Hydrometry. (Fall)
Prerequisite: CIVE 322/ENVE 322. Must register for lecture and laboratory. Principles, methods, instruments, and equipment for measuring water quantity and water quality variables in nature.
Techniques associated with data collection and field reconnaissance in the context of hydraulics and river mechanics.
CIVE 522 03(3-0-0). Engineering Hydrology. (Spring)
Prerequisite: CIVE 520.
Hydrologic design under uncertainty; conventional and remote sensing; design flows and storms; river routing; reservoir design; watershed models.
+CIVE 524 04(3-0-1). Modeling Watershed Hydrology. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 322/ENVE 322 or WR 416, STAT 315 or STAT 340. Credit not allowed for both CIVE 524 and WR 524. Must register for lecture and recitation.
Development and application of watershed models: structure, calibration, evaluation, sensitivity analysis, simulation.
CIVE525 03(3-0-0). Water Engineering for International Development.(Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 401 or CIVE 425 or CIVE 438/ENVE 438.
Planning and design of small-scale and low-cost drinking water, wastewater, and irrigation systems for rural communities in developing countries.
CIVE 531 03(3-0-0). Groundwater Hydrology. (Fall)
Prerequisite: CIVE 300 or CBE 331 or MECH 342.
Groundwater occurrence, distribution, movement, exploration and recharge, well hydraulics and design, interaction of ground and surface water.
CIVE 535 03(2-3-0). Biomolecular Tools for Engineers. (Fall) Prerequisite: MIP 300 or BMS 300. Credit not allowed for both CIVE 535 and BIOM 535.
Theoretical and practical aspects of biomolecular laboratory techniques--PCR, cloning, FISH, and community profiling--in an engineering context.
CIVE 536 01(1-0-0). Wastewater Treatment. (Fall)
Prerequisite: CIVE 540/CBE 540.
Application of environmental biotechnology to wastewater treatment engineering and design.
CIVE 537 03(3-0-0). Residuals Management. (Spring)
Prerequisite: CIVE 300.
Planning and design for processing and disposal of residuals including solid wastes, sludges, hazardous wastes.
CIVE 538 03(3-0-0). Aqueous Chemistry. (Spring)
Prerequisite: CHEM 113, MATH 340.
Principles of solution chemistry applied to aquatic systems.
+CIVE 539 03(2-3-0). Water and Wastewater Analysis. (Fall) Prerequisite: CHEM 113, MATH 340. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Chemical and biological methods of assessing water quality; significance of chemicals in aquatic systems.
CIVE 540 02(2-0-0).Fundamentals of Environmental Biotechnology. (Spring) Credit not allowed for both CIVE 540 and CBE 540.
Fundamentals of environmental biotechnology: environmental microbiology, microbial kinetics, basic reactor design.
CIVE 541 04(3-3-0). Environmental Unit Operations-Treatment-Design. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 439/CBE 439. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Reactor theory, filtration, adsorption, ion exchange, gas transfer, oxidation, membranes, biological reactors, disinfection.
+CIVE 542 03(3-0-0). Water Quality Modeling. (Spring)
Prerequisite: Two semesters of chemistry, one course in hydrology or water quality.
Chemical, physical, and biological processes defining surface water quality, construction and application of computer models for lakes and streams.
CIVE 544 03(3-0-0). Water Resources Planning and Management. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 322/ENVE 322.
Management and planning of natural and constructed water systems. Integrated management and case studies of water use and environmental resources.
CIVE 545 03(3-0-0). Management and Monitoring of Water Quality. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 322/ENVE 322 or WR 418.
Management activities, information needs, data analysis protocols, network design, case studies.
CIVE 546 03(2-2-0). Water Resource Systems Analysis. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 322/ENVE 322 or concurrent registration; ENGR 510/MATH 510 or concurrent registration.
Applications of systems analysis and optimization techniques in water resources planning and management.
CIVE 547 03(3-0-0). Statistics for Environmental Monitoring. (Spring) Prerequisite: STAT 301. Credit not allowed for both CIVE 547 and STAT 547.
Applications of statistics in environmental pollution studies involving air, water, or soil monitoring; sampling designs; trend analysis; censored data.
CIVE 548 03(3-0-0). Irrigation Management for Water Quality. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 425.
Environmental impacts of irrigation; reduced environmental impact by improved design and management of irrigation; sustainability.
CIVE 549 03(3-0-0). Drainage and Wetlands Engineering. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 425.
Drainage and wetlands design for agricultural and natural resource applications. Water table modification for nonpoint sources pollution control.
CIVE 550 03(3-0-0). Foundation Engineering. (Fall)
Prerequisite: CIVE 450.
Mechanics and methodology of foundation engineering; selection and design of foundation systems on soft, firm, and expansive soils; special problems.
+CIVE 553 03(3-0-0). Slope Stability and Retaining Structures. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 450.
Slope stability theory and application, retaining walls, sheet-pile walls, braced excavations, geosynthetic uses.
*CIVE 556 03(3-0-0). Seepage and Earth Dams. (Spring)
Prerequisite: CIVE 450.
Hydraulic conductivity measurements; seepate analysis and control; earth dam and embankment design; computer applications.
CIVE 558 03(3-0-0). Containment Systems for Waste Disposal (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 450.
Basic principles governing the design of containment systems used in waste disposal applications.
CIVE 560 03(3-0-0). Advanced Mechanics of Materials. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 360.
Analysis of stress and strain failure theory; selected topics in solid mechanics, plate analysis; introduction to elastic stability.
CIVE 562 03(3-0-0). Fundamentals of Vibrations. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 261, CIVE 360
Free and forced vibrations of single, two, and multiple degree of freedom systems. Closed-form and numerical solutions.
CIVE 565 03(3-0-0). Finite Element Method. (Spring)
Prerequisite: MATH 340.
Theory and application in elasticity, porous flow, heat conduction and other engineering problems.
CIVE 566 03(3-0-0). Intermediate Structural Analysis. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 367.
Work and energy concepts, curved members and arches, matrix analysis of linear systems, numerical techniques.
CIVE 567 03(3-0-0). Advanced Concrete Design. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 467.
Behavior of reinforced and prestressed concrete members. Development of design methods. Behavior and design of slabs, shearwalls, and buildings.
CIVE 569 03(3-0-0). Intermediate Design of Wood Structures. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 367, CON 432.
Characteristics of structural products and their consideration in design; behavior of glulam members, wood trusses, and other wood structural systems.
*CIVE 572 03(2-2-0). Analysis of Urban Water Systems. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 300 and CIVE 401. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Behavior and interaction of urban water distribution and collection systems; how system state and driving variables affect system performance.
+CIVE 573 03(2-2-0). Urban Stormwater Management. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 322/ENVE 322 and CIVE 401. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Effects of urbanization on watershed hydrology and receiving waters; control practices to mitigate effects using mathematical models.
CIVE 575 03(2-2-0). Expert System Applications in Engineering. (Fall) Prerequisite: MATH 340.
Construction of expert systems and decision aids for practical applications in typical engineering domains.
CIVE 576 03(2-2-0). Engineering Applications of GIS and GPS. (Fall) Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Integration of GPS and GIS in the planning and decision making process, application to case study.
CIVE 577 03(2-2-0). GIS in Civil and Environmental Engineering. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 300, CIVE 322/ENVE 322.
GIS technology for spatial design/analysis; applications in facilities management, urban infrastructure, water resources, environmental engineering.
CIVE 578 03(3-0-0). Infrastructure Engineering and Management. (Spring) Prerequisite: Ten credits of engineering, economics, public administration, or planning courses.
Infrastructure program planning, management, and engineering. Problems, tools of analysis, solution strategies. Use of decision support systems.
CIVE 580 03(3-0-0). Transportation Infrastructure and Hazards. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 261; CIVE 303; CIVE 367.
Interactive relationship between transportation infrastructure, traffic, and natural environment; natural hazard impacts on transportation and hazard reduction practices.
CIVE 581A1 03(3-0-0). Structural Reliability: Theory/Application. (Spring) Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in CIVE 562.
Theory of structural reliability as it relates to analysis, design, construction, and mantenance of structural and mechanical systems.
CIVE 584 Var. Supervised College Teaching. (Fall) (Spring) (Summer).
CIVE 592A-L 01(0-0-1). Seminar.
A) Fluid mechanics and wind engineering. E) Geotechnical engineering. G) Environmental engineering. L) Space engineering.
600 Level
[+ Alternate year offering (odd); * Alternate year offering (even)]
CIVE 603 03(3-0-0). Wind Effects on Structures. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 504.
Analysis of wind effects on buildings and structures; deterministic and probabilistic methods; aerodynamic loading and response; codes and standards.
CIVE 604 03(3-0-0). Fluid Turbulence and Modeling. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 502 or CIVE 504.
Engineering concepts for transport of pollutants, toxic and flammable species, sand, and snow. Fluid modeling, numerical and analytical approaches.
CIVE 610 03(3-0-0). Special Topics in Hydraulics. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 502.
Advanced topics in hydraulics, hydromechanics, environmental hydraulics, and computational hydraulics.
CIVE 612 04(4-0-0). Open Channel Flow. (Spring)
Prerequisite: CIVE 502.
Steady, uniform, and non-uniform flow; backwater curves; flow through bridge piers, transitions, and culverts; spatially varied and unsteady flow.
CIVE 613 03(3-0-0). Stream Rehabilitation Design. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 401.
Analysis and design of streams and channels in harmony with the environment.
CIVE 617 02(0-0-2). Irrigation Field Trip. (Summer)
Prerequisite: CIVE 300 or SOCR 370.
Site visitations to observe various irrigation methods, practices and water diversions in Colorado.
CIVE 622 03(3-0-0). Risk Analysis of Water/Environmental Systems. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 322/ENVE 322; STAT 315.
Risk and uncertainty analysis applied to hydrology, hydraulics, groundwater, water resources, and environmental engineering systems.
CIVE 623 03(3-0-0). Water Quality Hydrology. (Spring)
Prerequisite: CIVE 322/ENVE 322.
Effects and dispersion of natural, municipal, industrial, toxic, and other water pollutants on natural and impounded waters.
*CIVE 624 03(3-0-0). Control of Floods and Droughts. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 522.
Flood and drought characteristics, impacts; structural, nonstructural flood control measures; drought prediction, drought control, drought response.
CIVE 631 03(3-0-0). Solutions to Groundwater Problems. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 531, MATH 340.
Numerical flow models; finite difference and finite element methods; parameter identification, stochastic modeling and advanced analytical solutions.
CIVE 633 03(3-0-0). Groundwater Contaminant Transport Modeling. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 300, MATH 340; concurrent registration in CIVE 423 or CIVE 531.
Numerical modeling, transport, control and cleanup, applied to complex groundwater contamination problems found in the field.
CIVE 635 03(3-0-0). Quantitative Hydrogeology. (Fall)
Prerequisite: CIVE 300, MATH 340, concurrent registration in CIVE 423 or CIVE 531.
Geostatistics; modeling fracture flow; saltwater intrusion, heat transfer; conjunctive use, optimal groundwater management; solution nonlinear problems.
CIVE 638 03(3-0-0). Groundwater Quality and Contaminant Transport. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 531.
Analysis of hydrochemical data. Advection with and without mixing. Retardation of reactive solutes. Design of groundwater quality investigations.
*CIVE 639 03(3-0-0). Technology Assessment and Social Forecasting. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 544 or SOC 500. Credit not allowed for both CIVE 639 and SOC 639.
Interrelationship between technology and society emphasizing procedures for evaluating impacts and forecasting alternatives.
CIVE 645 03(2-2-0). Computer-Aided Water Management and Control. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 546 or CIVE 577. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Real-time management and control of water resource systems; applications of computer control concepts to improve system performance.
+CIVE 654 03(2-3-0). Experimental Soil Mechanics (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 450. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Experimental design; data acquisition; soil fabric; isotropic/K0 consoldation; swelling; stiffness; shear wave velocity; triaxial; hollow cylinder; partial saturation.
*CIVE 655 04(3-3-0). Advanced Soil Mechanics. (Fall)
Prerequisite: CIVE 450.
Advanced topics in shear strength and consolidation of soils; stress paths; anisotropy; submergence; partial and radial drainage; numerical methods.
CIVE 658 03(3-0-0). Remediation Systems. (Spring)
Applications in geoenvironmental engineering practice involving design of in situ containment and remediation systems.
CIVE 662 03(3-0-0). Foundations of Solid Mechanics. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 560, MATH 531.
Analysis of stress and strain in solids emphasizing linear elasticity and plasticity; introductions to creep, viscoelasticity, and finite deformations.
CIVE 667 03(3-0-0). Advanced Structural Analysis. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 566.
Analysis program development, application of finite element analysis, computer-assisted analysis, introduction to nonlinear analysis.
+CIVE 669 03(3-0-0). Advanced Design of Metal Structures. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 466.
Behavior of steel, aluminum, and cold formed members. Development of elastic and inelastic code provisions. LRFD design methods, building systems.
CIVE 680A1 03(3-0-0). Emerging Concepts-Transport and Remediation. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 423 or CIVE 531; MATH 340 or MATH 345.
Emerging developments in fields of subsurface contaminant transportation and remediation.
CIVE 684 Var. Supervised College Teaching. (Fall) (Spring) (Summer).
CIVE 693 Var. Seminar I. (Fall) (Spring) (Summer) Credit not allowed for both CIVE 693 and CBE 693.
CIVE 695A-J Var. Independent Study.
A) Fluid mechanics and wind engineering. B) Hydraulics. C) Hydrology and water resources. D) Mechanics. E) Geotechnical engineering. F) Structures. G) Environmental engineering. H) Water resource planning and management. I) Groundwater. J) Bioresource and agricultural engineering.
CIVE 696A-J Var. Group Study.
A) Fluid mechanics and wind engineering. B) Hydraulics. C) Hydrology and water resources. D) Mechanics. E) Geotechnical engineering. F) Structures. G) Environmental engineering. H) Water resource planning and management. I) Groundwater. J) Bioresource and agricultural engineering.
CIVE 699A-J Var. Thesis.
A) Fluid mechanics and wind engineering. B) Hydraulics. C) Hydrology and water resources. D) Mechanics. E) Geotechnical engineering. F) Structures. G) Environmental engineering. H) Water resource planning and management. I) Groundwater. J) Bioresource and agricultural engineering.
700 Level
[+ Alternate year offering (odd); * Alternate year offering (even)]
+CIVE 703 03(3-0-0). Special Topics in Fluid Mechanics. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 502.
Advanced topics in fluid mechanics; associated experimental and numerical techniques.
CIVE 716 03(3-0-0). Erosion and Sedimentation. (Fall)
Prerequisite: CIVE 502.
Sediment properties; resistance to flow; incipient motion and bedforms; sediment transport, reservoir sedimentation.
CIVE 717 03(3-0-0). River Mechanics. (Spring)
Prerequisite: CIVE 716.
Characteristics of rivers, mechanics of sediment and water discharge emphasizing alluvial systems, channel stabilization, control, response.
+CIVE 721 03(3-0-0). Stochastic Water and Environmental Systems . (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 622.
Stochastic analysis of water and environmental systems. Simulation, forecasting, spatial analysis, modeling changes, stochastic differential equations.
CIVE 722 03(3-0-0). Large Scale Hydrology. (Fall)
Prerequisite: CIVE 520.
Global and regional scale hydrologic processes; land/atmosphere interaction; scaling in hydrology, geomorphoclimatic structure of hydrologic response.
CIVE 724 03(3-0-0). River Basin Morphology. (Spring)
Prerequisite: Written consent of instructor.
Analysis of river basin properties including their connections to statistical theories and erosion processes and their hydrologic implications.
CIVE 733 03(3-0-0). Flow in Porous Media. (Spring)
Prerequisite: CIVE 300; CIVE 531 or SOCR 470.
Mechanics of single and two-phase fluids in soils and porous rocks with application to infiltration, drainage, and petroleum production.
*CIVE 742 03(2-3-0). Advanced Topics in Environmental Engineering. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 540.
Selected topics from current environmental engineering research including molecular methods, water/wastewater treatment, hazardous waster remediation.
*CIVE 751 03(3-0-0). Soil Dynamics. (Spring)
Prerequisite: CIVE 450.
Soil behavior under dynamic loading; stress wave propagation; foundation response to vibratory and transient loading; elements of earthquake effects.
+CIVE 754 03(3-0-0). Special Topics in Geotechnical Engineering. (Spring) Prerequisite: CIVE 655, written consent of instructor.
Advanced topics in geotechnical engineering including cold regions problems, expansive/collapsing soils, computer applications.
*CIVE 766 03(3-0-0). Plate, Shell, and Bridge Structures. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 560.
Classical plate, shell, and membrane theory. Finite difference, element, and strip methods. Application to layered systems, domes, and bridges.
+CIVE 767 03(3-0-0). Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. (Fall) Prerequisite: CIVE 562, CIVE 667.
Analysis, behavior, and design of structural systems subjected to dynamic loads, including earthquakes, wind, and ocean waves.
CIVE 793 Var. Seminar II. (Fall) (Spring) (Summer)
CIVE 799A-J Var. Dissertation.
A) Fluid mechanics and wind engineering. B) Hydraulics. C) Hydrology and water resources. D) Mechanics. E) Geotechnical engineering. F) Structures. G) Environmental engineering. H) Water resource planning and management. I) Groundwater. J) Bioresource and agricultural engineering.
