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Seminar Course for Spring 2008

CE 500- 001 Environmental Remediation Technologies (3 credit hours)

A review of current and innovative remediation technologies used for the remediation of contaminated soil, sediment, water and air.   This course is designed to promote multi-disciplinary problem based learning of the contemporary issues of engineered solutions for environmental pollution.  Topics will include physical, chemical and biological processes, environmental impact, and social/political factors. Instructors: Dr. Yanna Liang and Dr. Samuel Ma.

CE 500- 002 Advanced Soil Testing

Review of basic laboratory tests on soils, hands-on training for performing advanced laboratory tests on soils such as: tri-axial compression, flexible wall permeability, one-dimensional consolidation, and California bearing ratio, understanding ASTM standards, sample preparation, data reduction and interpretation, and development of detailed laboratory tests reports. Instructor: Kumar

Tech Electives and Graduate Courses for Spring 2008

CE 363-3 Control/Construction Surveying. The surveying processes and theory of control surveying, geodesy, global positioning systems, geographic information systems, all types of construction surveying and related computations. Laboratory. Prerequisite 263.  Instructor: Frank

CE 419-3 Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment. Advanced concepts in the analysis and design of water and wastewater treatment plants. Topics include advanced physical, chemical and biological processes. Emphasis is on the treatment and disposal of sludges, design of facilities, advanced treatment principles, and toxics removal. Prerequisite: 418.  Instructor: Liang

CE 423-3 Geotechnical Engineering in Professional Practice. Application of principles of geotechnical engineering in a real-world setting; planning, managing and executing geotechnical projects; developing proposals and geotechnical project reports; interpreting and using recommendations developed by geotechnical engineers; total quality management, professional liability and risk management. Prerequisite: 421, or concurrent enrollment or consent of instructor. Instructor: Kumar

CE 447-3 Seismic Design of Structures. Basic seismology, earthquake characteristics and effects of earthquakes on structures, vibration and diaphragm theories, seismic provisions of the Uniform Building Code, general structural design, and seismic-resistant concrete and steel structures. Prerequisite: 442 and 444 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Hsaio

CE 461-3 Legal Aspects of Surveying. Topics covered include common and statute law; unwritten rights in land and their relationship to land surveys; survey standards; restoration of lost corners; multiple corners, rules of evidence and rights, duties, and liability of the surveyor. Not for graduate credit. Prerequisite: 362. Instructor: Frank

CE 465-3 Photogrammetry. Process and theory of applications of photogrammetry with respect to engineering and surveying including flight planning, mathematical principles of aerial photographs, ground control methods, control extensions, stereoscopy and parallax, basic instrumentation and remote sensing with related computations. Laboratory. Not for graduate credit. Prerequisite: 263. Instructor: Frank

CE 471-3 Groundwater Hydrology. Analysis of groundwater flow and the transport of pollution by subsurface flow; applications to the design of production wells and remediation of polluted areas; finite difference methods for subsurface analyses. Prerequisite: 370 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Bravo

CE 516-3 Water Quality Modeling. Water quality factors and control methods. Technical, economic, social and legal aspects concerned with implementation of various engineered systems for water quality management. Case studies. Prerequisite: 418. Instructor: DeVantier

CE 542-3 Nonlinear Structural Analysis. Analysis of the nonlinear response of framed structures subjected to static and dynamic loads. Structural idealizations. Response calculation by incremental and iterative techniques. Instability phenomena of snap-through and bifurcation. Post-buckling behavior. Approximate formulations. Detection of instability under dynamic loads. Prerequisite: 441 or 551 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Kassimali

ENGR 301i Humans and Their Environment (3 credits)

An introduction to the study of the relationship between humans, resource consumption, pollution and the resulting environment. The effects of current human pollution and resource consumption and pollution. Methods of minimizing resources consumption and human pollution through both technological controls and changes in human behavior. Prerequisite: high school chemistry or equivalent.  Instructor: Eichfeld.