Dams and Levees
Overview: The Dams and Levees Emphasis includes fundamental and applied research topics involving hydrology, hydraulic, structural, and geotechnical engineering and risk assessments to support the planning, assessment, design, removal, and construction services of these structures.
Core Courses
Fall
- CEE 5540CEE 5540/6540 Hydraulic Structure Design
- CEE 6800CEE 6800 CEE Seminar
Spring
- CEE 5930CEE 5930/6300 Earth Structures
- CEE 6800CEE 6800 CEE Seminar
Note that with approval from the graduate committee, required courses can be waived if the student has successfully completed an equivalent course at Utah State University or elsewhere.
Electives
Hydraulics
- CEE 6430CEE 6430 Groundwater Engineering
- CEE 6460CEE 6460 Water Resources Engineering
- CEE 6470CEE 6470 Sedimentation Engineering
- NEW! Computational Fluid Dynamics†
- CEE 6500CEE 6500 Open Channel Hydraulics*
- CEE 6550CEE 6550 Closed Conduits
*please consider taking CEE 6500 Fall Senior Year as it is a prerequisite for many other water classes
†offered every-other year
Hydrology
- CEE 6400CEE 6400 Physical Hydrology
- CEE 6450CEE 6450 Hydrologic Modeling
- CEE 6930CEE 6930 Hydrologic Field Methods
GIS
- CEE 6190CEE 6190 GIS for Civil Engineers
- CEE 6440CEE 6440 GIS in Water Resources
Structures
- CEE 5010CEE 5010 Matrix Analysis/Finite Element
- CEE 5070CEE 5070 Reinforced Steel Design
- CEE 5100CEE 5100 Infrastructure Evaluation and Renewal
- CEE 5380CEE 5380 Earthquake Engineering
- CEE 6140CEE 6140 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design
- CEE 6150 Prestressed of Concrete Analysis and Design
Geotechnical
- Required
- NEW! - Risk Informed Decision Making
- Electives
- CEE 5350CEE 5350/6350 Foundation Analysis and Design
- CEE 6330CEE 6330 Ground Improvement
- CEE 6330CEE 6330 Geotechnical Lab and Field Methods
- CEE 6360CEE 6360 Geotechnical Principles
- CEE 6380CEE 6380 Earthquake Engineering
- CEE 6930CEE 6930 Shear Strength of Soils