Graduate Courses Offered
Graduate level courses in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department have course numbers above 5000
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Soil-water-plant relationships; evapotranspiration and water requirements; effective water use; irrigation scheduling; infiltration; irrigation systems planning, drainage systems and their design and the impact of irrigation on water quality
Credit(s): 3
This course explores irrigation principles and design constraints including soil and plant water relations. Design and evaluation of sprinkler and drip/micro irrigation systems including pump station and supply pipeline design. Offered fall semester of even years. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Introduction to principles of radiation, reflectance, infrared thermal, and other remote sensing measurements for vegetation, soil, water, and urban landscapes. Topics include vegetation index applications, water balance components, satellites and drone technologies, cloud-based data repositories, computational environments for remote sensing. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 0–3
This course explores the design and evaluation of surface irrigation and subsurface drainage systems, including irrigation canal and the design and operation of canal structures. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Soil water balance management and its influence on yield. Topics include farming decision making, plant hardiness and last freezing/planting dates, influence of weather, crop, soil, and irrigation system on seasonal consumptive water use and irrigation scheduling. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Field measurements in pressurized and surface irrigation systems for performance evaluation and determination of water application uniformity and efficiency. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 2
Assessment of irrigation and drainage projects, from a hydrological and operation & maintenance (O&M) perspectives. Simulation of command area water demands and water distribution. Irrigation project performance monitoring (Walk Thru surveys, conveyance hydraulic assessment, flowrate monitoring). Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Groundwater exploration; well drilling and testing; pumping plant design, operation, and testing; aquifer evaluations; siting of multiple well systems. Development of pumping strategies for water supply and environmental control systems. Introduction to conjunctive use.
Credit(s): 3
Analysis of structures using matrix methods. Application of software based on the stiffness method to practical analysis problems. Introduction of Finite Element method based on stiffness approach and mathematical derivation of simple finite elements, along with application to practical problems.
Credit(s): 3
This course provides students with a working knowledge of the structural design loads required for US building design. It presents minimum load requirements for buildings and other structures along with real-world applications, limitations, and practical background understanding for future working professionals. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Introduction to finite element methods and their application to the analysis and design of mechanical engineering systems.
Credit(s): 0–3
This course addresses the design of beams, columns, joints, walls, and diaphragms in both wood and masonry materials. Current design codes are utilized.
Credit(s): 3
Students study stress-strain relations for nonisotropic composites (such as fiber-reinforced plastic laminates), properties of composite materials and their uses, strength and life determination, and methods for design using composite materials.
Credit(s): 3
Structural steel design using load and resistance factor design (LRFD) method. Focuses on design of structural beams, columns, and connections utilizing steel design codes.
Credit(s): 3
Elasticity theory, stress and strain analysis, and yield criteria. Governing equilibrium, kinematic, and compatibility equations. Generalized Hooke's law. Classical solutions of flex and torsion problems. Energy methods. Introduction to finite difference, finite element, and boundary element methods. Computer applications.
Credit(s): 3
Evaluation of existing structural systems and techniques to improve their performance. Focuses on structures which are seismically deficient.
Credit(s): 3
Introduction to GIS concepts addressing data structures, spatial entities, and queries. Topics include location referencing methods, data collection techniques, current applications, and institutional and organizational issues.
Credit(s): 0–3
This course introduces students to various transportation datasets and analysis techniques used in transportation research, including statistics, machine learning, and computer programming. Students learn interdisciplinary research methods, including study design, ethics, data collection techniques, literature review, and dissemination of research. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
This course covers the fundamentals of vehicular traffic flow theory, including characteristics, measurement, and intersection signalization. Additional focus is on traffic control devices, roadway capacity, and level of service analysis. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Principles of highway location and planning, with full consideration of economic, environmental, and other impacts. Capacity analysis of intersections and highways, passing-lane design, and risk-cost based horizontal and vertical alignment design. Introduction to design software through coursework and term projects. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 0–3
This course examines travel demand forecasting, data collection, and survey analysis techniques. It also studies trip generation, distribution, mode choice, and route assignment models, focusing on transportation-land use interactions and the societal impacts of planning and policies on travel demand. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
This course focuses on traffic safety topics, including crash data, human factors, safety management, safety countermeasures, and societal impacts. Students also learn and apply data analysis skills to understand crash prediction methods, including safety performance functions and crash modification factors. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces students to principles and methods in the planning, design, and operation of active transportation modes (walking, bicycling, micromobility) and facilities. Topics covered include user characteristics, facility design, traffic operations, facility analysis, data, planning, and policy. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Applications of theories studied in soil mechanics. Design considerations for various foundation types, including shallow foundations, driven piles, drilled shafts, walls, soil anchorages, and mechanically-stabilized earth support systems. Field investigation techniques and computer applications.
Credit(s): 3
Covers wide variety of earthquake engineering topics, including seismology and earthquake source characterization, strong ground motion, seismic hazard analysis, wave propagation, soil dynamics, ground response, local site effects, liquefaction, seismic slope stability, soil improvement, vibrational analyses, and structural seismic design.
Credit(s): 3
This course teaches systems formulation of decision problems. Students learn solution by simulation and optimization, constrained and unconstrained optimization algorithms, case studies and applications to water supply, and quality and ecosystems management. Additional work is required for graduate students.
Credit(s): 3
Explores fundamentals of groundwater hydrology by focusing on theory related to aquifer systems and flow analysis, regional groundwater balance, well hydraulics, aquifer testing, capture zone analysis, unsaturated flow, saltwater intrusion, and basics of flow modeling.
Credit(s): 3
This course covers the principles and practices of hydrologic modeling for both groundwater and surface water systems, focusing on physically based, distributed models. Topics include groundwater flow, solute transport, and integrated surface-subsurface processes like evapotranspiration, infiltration, and runoff. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Explores river response, sediment transport, sediment and watershed yield, flow resistance, scour and erosion, and floodplain management.
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces students to modern tools, strategies, and challenges to manage river basins. It covers multiple and competing water supplies, hydropower generation, recreation, ecosystem, and other objectives. Students forecast water demands, model operations, assess policies, and communicate with diverse stakeholders. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Theory and applications of steady uniform and gradually varied flow under both subcritical and supercritical flow conditions. Solutions to multiple-network canal systems by solving systems of combined ordinary differential and algebraic equations. Method for defining natural channel systems and solving steady-state flows in them.
Credit(s): 0–3
Design of a variety of hydraulic structures is explored, both in the classroom and laboratory. Integrates student-developed, original computer programs; commercially available software; field trips; and hands-on laboratory design projects to further students' understanding of hydraulic structures.
Credit(s): 0–3
Includes design and operation of piping systems; economics; feasibility and impact of pipelines; pipe, pump, and valve selection; transient and cavitation analysis; and pipeline operation and filling.
Credit(s): 3
Inorganics of environmental concern discussed in terms of processes affecting their behavior in soil and water systems. Explores remediation of environmental systems contaminated with inorganic pollutants.
Credit(s): 2
Familiarizes students with various methods used for analysis of chemical parameters in environmental samples (water, soil, and air). Provides students with skills enabling them to make proper selection/evaluation of analytical procedure and evaluate data generated.
Credit(s): 0–3
Provides students with understanding of principles of aquatic chemistry, emphasizing chemical equilibria, acid-base reactions, complex formation, oxidation-reduction reactions, complex formation, and dissolution chemistry.
Credit(s): 3
The course is designed for engineers and non-engineers and covers appropriate safe water, sanitation, air pollution technologies, and public health principles, for developing nations. Social and educational approaches, and project management principles required for successful project implementation, are stressed.
Credit(s): 3
Students explore policy, planning, and design aspects of green stormwater infrastructure implementation for sustainable communities through lectures, discussions, field trips, homework, and a group design project. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Provides students with necessary skills and knowledge for working safely in areas associated with hazardous chemicals. Topics covered include: regulations, exposure routes, toxicology, chemical and physical hazards, personal protective equipment, sampling, monitoring, decontamination, and emergency response procedures.
Credit(s): 2
Engineering management of wastes present in the vadose zone, including extraction, containment, and biological, chemical, and physical destruction technologies for sustainable agriculture and environmental quality. Aspects include engineering characterization, problem definition, treatment, and monitoring. Analysis and design emphasized through problems, examinations, and report writing.
Credit(s): 2
Explores integrated nature of river basin planning and management through introduction of most commonly employed assessment modeling frameworks and tools for modeling physical, chemical, and ecological processes at the study site to watershed scales. Topics include: water resources system modeling; physical, chemical, and ecological processes modeling; impact assessment methods; and risk assessment.
Credit(s): 3
Explores pollution prevention and waste minimization concepts, focusing on implementation of these concepts in design of production processes and products. Discussion of pollution prevention/waste minimization concepts, energy and materials conservation, Life Cycle Analysis, materials and process audits, industrial process design for waste minimization and energy conservation, packaging, and ISO 14000.
Credit(s): 2
Provides hands-on approach to utilizing several of the most commonly applied modeling tools employed to estimate physical, chemical, and biological impacts of existing and proposed water resource systems. Focuses on utility and limitations of specific modeling approaches, while also stressing integrative multi-disciplinary nature of impact assessment frameworks.
Credit(s): 3
Provides students with understanding of methods used in analysis of environmental samples for organic contaminants. Examines various properties and processes determining the fate of organic contaminants in the environment. Taught first half of fall semester.
Credit(s): 3
Laboratory-based course designed to familiarize participants with federally-approved reference measurement techniques for ambient and source air pollutants. Also provides understanding of temporal and spatial pollutant behavior.
Credit(s): 0–2
Introduction to fundamentals of accident, hazard, and emergency management. Topics include legislation; chemical safety fundamentals; fire, explosion, and spill fundamentals; contaminant air transport fundamentals; hazard and risk assessment; dispersion applications; and hazard and risk management applications.
Credit(s): 3
This course covers fundamentals of bioreactor design and bioengineering to produce biological commodities. It emphasizes mathematical models of microbial and enzymatic processes in environmental and industrial biotechnology. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Focuses on production, management, and disposal of biosolids and wastewater generated in food processing and wastewater treatment. Emphasizes beneficial use of biosolids and wastewater for agricultural production, forest enhancement, and land reclamation.
Credit(s): 3
This course provides an introduction to air quality management. It explores the legislation, sources, behaviors, and effects of regulated and nonregulated air pollution, control techniques, and air dispersion modeling.
Credit(s): 3
Provides introduction to hazardous waste incineration principles. Topics include: thermodynamics, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, chemical kinetics, energy recovery, pollution control systems, and incinerator design principles.
Credit(s): 2
Physical, chemical, and biological principles associated with remediation of hazardous waste contaminated soil, water, sediments, and air. Topics include: source removal and source control, product recovery, chemical treatment methods, biological remediation concepts, in situ processes, ex situ processes, and integrated process design.
Credit(s): 3
Students learn fundamentals of precast and prestressed concrete, exploring the application of first principles to various problems. Topics include prestress losses, initial and long-term deflection, transfer and development length, and indeterminate structures, emphasizing flexure and shear design of prestressed beams. Additional work is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
A planned work experience in industry. Detailed program must have prior approval. Written report required.
Credit(s): 3
This course consists of a laboratory design or research project on problem selected by the student. It requires review of literature, preparation of a proposal describing the project, completion of the design or research project, and preparation of a report.
Credit(s): 1–3
Students set up, collect, and analyze multiple types of real-time sensor data on their “farm.” As a final project, students utilize the data they have collected and create a prescription map for the next cropping cycle.
Credit(s): 3
Soil-water-plant relationships; evapotranspiration and water requirements; effective water use; irrigation scheduling; infiltration; irrigation systems planning, drainage systems and their design and the impact of irrigation on water quality.
Credit(s): 3
This course explores irrigation principles and design constraints including soil and plant water relations. Design and evaluation of sprinkler and drip/micro irrigation systems including pump station and supply pipeline design. Offered fall semester of even years. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Introduction to principles of radiation, reflectance, infrared thermal, and other remote sensing measurements for vegetation, soil, water, and urban landscapes. Topics include vegetation index applications, water balance components, satellites and drone technologies, cloud-based data repositories, computational environments for remote sensing. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 0–3
This course explores the design and evaluation of surface irrigation and subsurface drainage systems, including irrigation canal and the design and operation of canal structures. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Soil water balance management and its influence on yield. Topics include farming decision making, plant hardiness and last freezing/planting dates, influence of weather, crop, soil, and irrigation system on seasonal consumptive water use and irrigation scheduling. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Field measurements in pressurized and surface irrigation systems for performance evaluation and determination of water application uniformity and efficiency. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 2
Assessme nt of irrigation and drainage projects, from a hydrological and operation & maintenance (O&M) perspectives. Simulation of command area water demands and water distribution. Irrigation project performance monitoring (Walk Thru surveys, conveyance hydraulic assessment, flowrate monitoring). Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Groundwater exploration; well drilling and testing; pumping plant design, operation, and testing; aquifer evaluations; siting of multiple well systems. Development of pumping strategies for water supply and environmental control systems. Introduction to conjunctive use.
Credit(s): 3
Advanced theory and applications of finite element methods to both static and dynamic solid mechanics problems.
Credit(s): 3
This course provides students with a working knowledge of the structural design loads required for US building design. It presents minimum load requirements for buildings and other structures along with real-world applications, limitations, and practical background understanding for future working professionals. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Elastic and inelastic buckling of columns; analysis of beam columns, thin-walled beams of open cross-section. Stability analysis of frame and plate structures. Large deflection theory. Historical notes on stability of structures. Computer applications.
Credit(s): 3
Introduction to optimization techniques for linear and nonlinear, univariable, and multivariable functions with or without constraints. Computer applications, and applications to structural design.
Credit(s): 3
Elements of probability theory and its application to structural engineering and mechanics. Statistical distribution of loads. Uncertainties in material parameters and their effects in design. Reliability-based safety analysis and computer applications.
Credit(s): 3
Experimental techniques used in research and design in structural engineering and mechanics. Structural models. Theory and practical applications. Development of principles used to design research projects.
Credit(s): 0–3
Second course in composite materials. Stress-strain states of laminated composite structures, including interlaminar stresses, failure criteria, and hygrothermal stresses.
Credit(s): 3
Elasticity theory, stress and strain analysis, and yield criteria. Governing equilibrium, kinematic, and compatibility equations. Generalized Hooke's law. Classical solutions of flex and torsion problems. Energy methods. Introduction to finite difference, finite element, and boundary element methods. Computer applications.
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces plate and shell theories, including development of bending and buckling of plates and shells through classical theory.
Credit(s): 3
Introduces hydroinformatics concepts and procedures including automated data collection, relational databases, data management software, metadata and semantics, data storage formats and standards, data transformations, web based data distribution, and automation of data manipulation tasks supporting hydrologic modeling and analysis.
Credit(s): 3
Provides students with a basic understanding of the facets of bridge design pertinent to a structural engineer. Focuses on analysis and design of a slab and prestressed concrete girder bridge.
Credit(s): 3
Development and solutions for equations of motion for single- and multi-degree of freedom systems. Dynamic analysis by Modal Superposition and Response Spectra. Design of structures for seismically active areas.
Credit(s): 3
Develops improved understanding of the behavior of reinforced concrete members. After students understand general behavior, codes are placed in proper perspective. Then students can design in situations not explicitly considered in current codes.
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces the analysis and design of prestressed concrete, including concepts for both pretensioning and post-tensioning: materials, types of prestresses, and prestress losses; design for flexure and shear; partial prestressing, serviceability, composite sections, slabs, indeterminate systems, and bridge design.
Credit(s): 3
Fundamentals of two-dimensional and three-dimensional rigid body dynamics, including Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Leavit Energy Methods. Equations of motion, mode shapes, and natural frequencies for continuous media and multi degree-of-freedom systems.
Credit(s): 3
Introduction to GIS concepts addressing data structures, spatial entities, and queries. Topics include location referencing methods, data collection techniques, current applications, and institutional and organizational issues.
Credit(s): 0–3
Analysis and design of flexible and rigid pavements for highways and runways, including the design of overlays. Equal emphasis on current practice and advanced concepts of pavement management.
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces students to various transportation datasets and analysis techniques used in transportation research, including statistics, machine learning, and computer programming. Students learn interdisciplinary research methods, including study design, ethics, data collection techniques, literature review, and dissemination of research. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Introduces systems approach to analysis of transportation services and infrastructure. Focuses on basic and advanced concepts, including operations research techniques, simulation, and artificial intelligence. Topics include facility sizing and location, financial and economic analysis of investment projects, and privatization.
Credit(s): 3
This course covers the fundamentals of vehicular traffic flow theory, including characteristics, measurement, and intersection signalization. Additional focus is on traffic control devices, roadway capacity, and level of service analysis. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Principles of highway location and planning, with full consideration of economic, environmental, and other impacts. Capacity analysis of intersections and highways, passing-lane design, and risk-cost based horizontal and vertical alignment design. Introduction to design software through coursework and term projects. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 0–3
This course examines travel demand forecasting, data collection, and survey analysis techniques. It also studies trip generation, distribution, mode choice, and route assignment models, focusing on transportation-land use interactions and the societal impacts of planning and policies on travel demand. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
This course discusses multidisciplinary theories and perspectives on travel behaviors and decisions, including built environment, socio-demographic, and psychological factors and influences. This course also addresses evolving travel behavior data collection and analysis methods used in both research and practice.
Credit(s): 3
This course focuses on traffic safety topics, including crash data, human factors, safety management, safety countermeasures, and societal impacts. Students also learn and apply data analysis skills to understand crash prediction methods, including safety performance functions and crash modification factors. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Principles of planning, design, and operation of transit systems in urban and rural areas. Determination of optimal route alignments, schedules, and station/stop spacings. Exploration of innovations in financing and pricing, including cost-cutting techniques.
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces students to principles and methods in the planning, design, and operation of active transportation modes (walking, bicycling, micromobility) and facilities. Topics covered include user characteristics, facility design, traffic operations, facility analysis, data, planning, and policy. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Traffic flow fundamentals, macroscopic and microscopic models of traffic flow, shock wave analysis, car following principles, queuing systems, and simulation.
Credit(s): 3
Analytical approaches and algorithms to the formulation and solution of the equilibrium assignment problem for transportation networks. Emphasis on user equilibrium, comparison with system optimal stochastic user equilibrium, origin-destination matrix estimation, and network design problems.
Credit(s): 3
Advanced slope stability and seepage analyses techniques applied to the design of earth dams, levees, and other earth embankments. Topics include: seepage analysis and the assessment of internal erosion, causes of slope instability, and components of dam/levee design and construction.
Credit(s): 3
Geotechnical aspects of environmental systems, with concentration on waste containment facilities.
Credit(s): 3
Analysis, design, and construction of deep foundations with emphasis on driver piles and drilled shafts.
Credit(s): 3
Theory, design, and construction methods for ground reinforcement, improvement, and treatment applications.
Credit(s): 3
This course covers in-situ investigations performed for collecting detailed site characterization data for direct and/or indirect use in geotechnical design. Various in-situ tests to obtain estimates of stratigraphy, density, strength, stress history, modulus, and permeability of geotechnical materials are covered.
Credit(s): 3
Applications of theories studied in soil mechanics. Design considerations for various foundation types, including shallow foundations, driven piles, drilled shafts, walls, soil anchorages, and mechanically-stabilized earth support systems. Field investigation techniques and computer applications.
Credit(s): 3
Theoretical soil behavior. Hydraulic conductivity, compression, and shearing properties.
Credit(s): 3
This class is an overview of Risk Assessment and Risk Informed Decision Making (RIDM) methods applied to the assessment of dams and levees. The course covers basic concepts of RIDM, procedures for applying RIDM to dams and levees, and uses of RIDM for asset management.
Credit(s): 3
Covers wide variety of earthquake engineering topics, including seismology and earthquake source characterization, strong ground motion, seismic hazard analysis, wave propagation, soil dynamics, ground response, local site effects, liquefaction, seismic slope stability, soil improvement, vibrational analyses, and structural seismic design.
Credit(s): 3
This course provides the theory and knowledge necessary to understand the complex interaction of properties and mechanisms that affect the shear strength behavior of soils, and how to make appropriate strength estimates for geotechnical analyses.
Credit(s): 3
Fundamentals of hydrologic cycle and hydrologic processes. Precipitation, infiltration, runoff generation, evaporation and transpiration, and snowmelt. Representation of hydrologic processes in hydrologic models.
Credit(s): 3
This course teaches systems formulation of decision problems. Students learn solution by simulation and optimization, constrained and unconstrained optimization algorithms, case studies and applications to water supply, and quality and ecosystems management. Additional work is required for graduate students.
Credit(s): 3
Explores fundamentals of groundwater hydrology by focusing on theory related to aquifer systems and flow analysis, regional groundwater balance, well hydraulics, aquifer testing, capture zone analysis, unsaturated flow, saltwater intrusion, and basics of flow modeling.
Credit(s): 3
A web broadcast graduate level course consisting of a diverse set of four-week modules offered by instructors at Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science (CUAHSI) member universities. Students do between 1 and 4 modules of their choosing from member university offerings, which vary year to year.
Credit(s): 1–4
This course covers the principles and practices of hydrologic modeling for both groundwater and surface water systems, focusing on physically based, distributed models. Topics include groundwater flow, solute transport, and integrated surface-subsurface processes like evapotranspiration, infiltration, and runoff. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Engineering design course covering a wide range of topics, including: surface and groundwater hydrology, statistical analysis, water law, hydroelectric power, water supply, irrigation, flood control, wastewater, drainage, dams and reservoirs, pipelines, open channels, and planning.
Credit(s): 3
Explores river response, sediment transport, sediment and watershed yield, flow resistance, scour and erosion, and floodplain management.
Credit(s): 3
In-depth exploration of physical, chemical, and biological processes related to fate and transport of contaminants in the subsurface, mathematical modeling, remediation technologies, and mitigation of contaminated sites using risk-based decision-making.
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces students to modern tools, strategies, and challenges to manage river basins. It covers multiple and competing water supplies, hydropower generation, recreation, ecosystem, and other objectives. Students forecast water demands, model operations, assess policies, and communicate with diverse stakeholders. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Theory and applications of steady uniform and gradually varied flow under both subcritical and supercritical flow conditions. Solutions to multiple-network canal systems by solving systems of combined ordinary differential and algebraic equations. Method for defining natural channel systems and solving steady-state flows in them.
Credit(s): 0–3
Engineering applications of approximation and interpolation, solution methods for ordinary differential equations, numerical solution of partial differential equations, nonparametric and parametric probability and regression estimation, and Monte Carlo and uncertainty analysis. (F)
Credit(s): 3
This course explores the derivation of the Navier-Stokes equations and solutions to unsteady free-surface flows with an emphasis on solving practical flow problems from industry and research perspectives using existing CFD software/solvers used in industry to model channels, rivers, and hydraulic structures.
Credit(s): 3
Explores design of a variety of hydraulic structures, both in the classroom and laboratory. Integrates student-developed, original computer programs; commercially available software; field trips; and hands-on laboratory design projects to further students' understanding of hydraulic structures.
Credit(s): 0–3
Includes design and operation of piping systems; economics; feasibility and impact of pipelines; pipe, pump, and valve selection; transient and cavitation analysis; and pipeline operation and filling.
Credit(s): 3
This course introduces applications of computer vision for visual sensing across environmental, civil, and agricultural domains. This course is for students who desire to work with real data and understand practical applications of both long-standing and cutting-edge computer vision techniques.
Credit(s): 3
Survey of mathematical methods used in fluid mechanics, including: potential flow solutions (complex variables), laminar flow and turbulent flow solutions, boundary layer theory, and introduction to dispersion in fluid.
Credit(s): 3
Focuses on different techniques for evaluating the performance, diagnosing the model structure, and assessing the uncertainty of hydrologic modeling systems. Examines mathematical and systems theory methods for examining the interrelation between model inputs and outputs.
Credit(s): 3
Inorganics of environmental concern discussed in terms of processes affecting their behavior in soil and water systems. Explores remediation of environmental systems contaminated with inorganic pollutants.
Credit(s): 2
Familiarizes students with various methods used for analysis of chemical parameters in environmental samples (water, soil, and air). Provides students with skills enabling them to make proper selection/evaluation of analytical procedure and evaluate data generated.
Credit(s): 0–3
Explores applied field sampling, as well as field and laboratory techniques used in the monitoring of environmental media. Includes theory and practice of field site monitoring and measurement of physical, chemical, and biological processes in the environment.
Credit(s): 3
Students learn fundamental principles used in analysis and simulation of environmental systems. Emphasis is on small particle dynamics, reaction kinetics, mass transfer, reactor analysis and design, transport phenomena, and development and solution of mathematical models to describe environmental systems.
Credit(s): 3
The course is designed for engineers and non-engineers and covers appropriate safe water, sanitation, air pollution technologies, and public health principles, for developing nations. Social and educational approaches, and project management principles required for successful project implementation, are stressed.
Credit(s): 3
Principles of physical and chemical environmental engineering processes, including sedimentation, filtration, gas transfer, aeration, absorption, ion exchange, membrane processes, coagulation, flocculation, precipitation, oxidation, reduction, and disinfection. Process modeling and analysis applications in treatment of water, wastewater, industrial wastes, vapor treatment, and soil remediation.
Credit(s): 3
Theory and design of biological processes used in environmental engineering. Stoichiometric, energetic, kinetic and molecular biological analysis of processes for treatment of contaminated water, soil and air; modeling and design of aerobic and anaerobic suspended growth and fixed-film processes for treatment of municipal and industrial waste streams; nutrient removal; bioenergy production, and bioremediation.
Credit(s): 3
Students explore policy, planning, and design aspects of green stormwater infrastructure implementation for sustainable communities through lectures, discussions, field trips, homework, and a group design project. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Data analysis and experimental design for environmental science and engineering. Graphical data analysis, parametric and nonparametric statistics, frequency distributions, hypothesis testing, propagation of variance, censored data, correlation and causation, parameter estimation, factorial experimental design and response surfaces, environmental monitoring and uncertainty, nonparametric estimation, time series, and kernel density estimation.
Credit(s): 3
Laboratory testing to demonstrate physical, chemical, and biological principles utilized in environmental engineering processes.
Credit(s): 0–2
Engineering management of wastes present in the vadose zone, including extraction, containment, and biological, chemical, and physical destruction technologies for sustainable agriculture and environmental quality. Aspects include engineering characterization, problem definition, treatment, and monitoring. Analysis and design emphasized through problems, examinations, and report writing.
Credit(s): 2
Explores integrated nature of river basin planning and management through introduction of most commonly employed assessment modeling frameworks and tools for modeling physical, chemical, and ecological processes at the study site to watershed scales. Topics include: water resources system modeling; physical, chemical, and ecological processes modeling; impact assessment methods; and risk assessment.
Credit(s): 3
Principles of microbial ecology applied to engineered and natural systems.
Credit(s): 0–2
Provides hands-on approach to utilizing several of the most commonly applied modeling tools employed to estimate physical, chemical, and biological impacts of existing and proposed water resource systems. Focuses on utility and limitations of specific modeling approaches, while also stressing integrative multi-disciplinary nature of impact assessment frameworks.
Credit(s): 3
Provides students with understanding of methods used in analysis of environmental samples for organic contaminants. Examines various properties and processes determining the fate of organic contaminants in the environment. Taught first half of fall semester.
Credit(s): 3
Development and application of mathematical models for conventional pollutants in surface water systems. Covers the fundamentals of completely mixed systems; topics associated with various surface water quality environments (e.g., streams, rivers, lakes, etc.); and dissolved oxygen, BOD, nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment, and temperature behavior in surface water systems.
Credit(s): 0–4
This course is a graduate seminar for faculty, student, and guest lecturer presentations.
Credit(s): 1
This course covers fundamentals of bioreactor design and bioengineering to produce biological commodities. It emphasizes mathematical models of microbial and enzymatic processes in environmental and industrial biotechnology. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
Focuses on production, management, and disposal of biosolids and wastewater generated in food processing and wastewater treatment. Emphasizes beneficial use of biosolids and wastewater for agricultural production, forest enhancement, and land reclamation.
Credit(s): 3
Focuses on application of modern instructional strategies to the transfer of technology and science to the public education setting. Part of a series of six courses.
Credit(s): 2
Provides students with training in the fundamentals of natural and anthropogenically impacted atmospheric chemistry, primarily focusing on tropospheric meteorology, kinetics, and photochemistry, including gas-phase, aqueous-phase, and aerosol-forming reactions.
Credit(s): 3
Students learn fundamentals of precast and prestressed concrete, exploring the application of first principles to various problems. Topics include prestress losses, initial and long-term deflection, transfer and development length, and indeterminate structures, emphasizing flexure and shear design of prestressed beams. Additional work is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course.
Credit(s): 3
This course consists of directed readings on advanced topics.
Credit(s): 1–3
Independent or group study of engineering problems not covered in regular course offerings.
Credit(s): 1–4
Intended for graduate students who are interested in practical training before graduation.
Credit(s): 3
This course is designed for students preparing a master’s degree thesis.
Credit(s): 1–6
This course provides graduate students with continued support and advisement. It is usually taken following completion of all coursework required for the degree.
Credit(s): 1–9
System analysis techniques applied to aquifer and stream/aquifer management. Development of economically, quantitatively, and environmentally optimal strategies for alternative water policies. Modeling techniques for managing aquifer systems under volumetric, economic, and environmental management goals.
Credit(s): 4
Analysis of stresses, deformation, and collapse in devices constructed of plastic material.
Credit(s): 3
Analysis of plate and shell structures by classical and numerical methods. Emphasis on numerical solutions.
Credit(s): 3
Constitutive modeling of reinforced concrete, metals, soils, and composite materials. Plasticity and endochronic theories. Finite element modeling and predictive analysis of two- and three-dimensional structures. Computer applications and implementations.
Credit(s): 3
Discussion of current research topics conducted by civil and other engineering faculty and staff at USU and elsewhere. Offered on either arranged or regular basis. Topics and times can be arranged with instructor and advisor.
Credit(s): 3
Seminar-style course designed to give PhD candidates insight and guidance for becoming effective engineering instructors.
Credit(s): 1
Seminar-style course designed to give PhD candidates insight and guidance into the expectations and approaches for becoming successful university faculty members.
Credit(s): 1
Seminar-style course designed to give PhD candidates insight and guidance into research methods in engineering.
Credit(s): 1
Fundamentals of demand and supply analysis. Theoretical aspects of travel demand modeling techniques. Modeling of performance characteristics and costs of transportation modes. Emphasis on theoretical aspects of discrete choice analysis and their applications in the modeling of transportation systems.
Credit(s): 3
Advanced studies of stress distribution in soil masses, shear strength, consolidation, constitutive modeling, and finite applications.
Credit(s): 3
The influence of clay mineralogy, clay chemistry, and soil origin on the engineering properties of soil.
Credit(s): 3
Advanced studies in the response of soil structures and foundations to dynamic loads.
Credit(s): 3
Stochastic description of hydrologic variability in time, space, and space-time. Markov processes, time series synthesis and forecasting, spectral analysis, spatial interpolation and random field simulation, data imputation, and parameter estimation for physical models. Lattice and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods, simulated annealing, and Gibbs processes. Applications to rainfall, streamflow, groundwater quality and quantity, and subsurface characterization.
Credit(s): 3
Topics of prominent current interest for advanced MS and PhD students. Can be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.
Credit(s): 3
Applications of advanced mathematical methods to analyze civil and environmental engineering problems, including analysis of dynamical systems, solutions to nonlinear and stochastic differential equations, Fourier analysis, and neural networks.
Credit(s): 3
Application of the finite element method of analysis to problems in fluid mechanics. Use of higher order element to two- and three-dimensional flows.
Credit(s): 3
This course consists of individual work on research problems for students enrolled in doctoral programs.
Credit(s): 1–10
This course provides graduate students with continued support and advisement. It is usually taken following completion of all coursework required for the degree.
Credit(s): 1–9