1994-1995 Undergraduate Catalog
1994-1995 Courses
Civil Engineering

CIEG 125  Introduction to Civil Engineering  2
   An overview of civil engineering disciplines, including
   structural, environmental, geotechnical and
   transportation engineering. Addresses physical
   principles, numerical analysis and elementary design
   problems in each area. Emphasis on computer use. (text
   processing, spreadsheet, graphics) Team design project.

CIEG 211  Statics  3
   Analysis of force systems and equilibrium of rigid bodies
   in two and three dimensions. Determination of centers of
   gravity and of centroids. Analysis of statistically
   determinate trusses, simple frames and "machines."
   Introduction to the analysis of beams.
   COREQ: MATH243.

CIEG 212  Strength of Materials  3
   Stresses and displacements in axially loaded beams and in
   bars subjected to torsion. Analysis of stresses and
   deflections of laterally loaded beams. Study of stresses
   and strains in a plane. Mohr's circle for stresses.
   Failure theories. Design of structural members using
   strength criteria.
   PREREQ: CIEG211.
   COREQ: MATH302.

CIEG 213  Materials Laboratory  1
   Experiments in mechanics of materials, complementing the
   content of CIEG212. Emphasis on behavior of steel,
   aluminum, concrete and timber in civil engineering
   systems.
   COREQ: CIEG212.

CIEG 223  Surveying  3
   Surveying instruments and their use, differential
   leveling, traverses, route surveying, triangulation and
   field astronomy. Also includes computer methods for area,
   cut/fill, grade elevations and other processing of survey
   data.
   PREREQ: MATHll5, MATH221 or MATH241.

CIEG 301  Analysis of Structures  4
   Design procedures and criteria. Moment, shear and axial
   force diagrams of statically determinate structures like
   beams, frames and arches. Displacement, stress and
   stability analyses of statically determinate and
   indeterminate structures, using differential equations
   and the slope deflection method. Energy methods.
   Introduction to matrix methods.
   PREREQ: CIEG212, MATH302.
   COREQ: MATH302.

CIEG 311  Dynamics  3
   An intermediate-level development of the kinematics and
   dynamics of particles, systems of particles and rigid
   bodies. Vibrations of machines and structures. Emphasis
   on solution of engineering problems by force, energy and
   momentum methods of analysis. Applications to the
   dynamics of machines, structures and vehicles.
   PREREQ: PHYS207 and MATH243.

CIEG 331  Introduction to Environmental Engineering  3
   Interactions within the environment and associated
   engineering problems. Discussion of air, water supply,
   wastewater treatment, solid wastes and their effect on
   the environment.
   PREREQ: CHEM103 and MATH242.

CIEG 351  Transportation Engineering  3
   Four components of transportation: vehicle, way, terminal
   and control; design and dynamic characteristics of
   vehicles; geometric design of highways and railroad
   tracks; operation and design of stations, airports and
   bus terminals; highway traffic flow analysis.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires Junior status in civil
   engineering.

CIEG 366  Independent Study  1-6

CIEG 381  Civil Engineering Analysis  3
   The study and application of automatic digital
   computation; the calculus of finite differences;
   matrices; iterative, numerical and relaxation procedures;
   and special applications to civil engineering problems.
   PREREQ: MATH302.

CIEG 401  Introduction to the Finite Element Method  3
   Discussion of approximate solution procedures: finite
   difference method, weighted residual methods and
   variational methods. Development of approximate solutions
   using the finite element method. Application to one- and
   two-dimensional problems in applied mechanics. Discussion
   of numerical methods and computer programming techniques
   applicable to finite element analyses.
   PREREQ: CIEG381.

CIEG 402  Steel Design  3
   Design of metal structures; connections, tension members,
   columns, and beams with and without lateral support.
   PREREQ: CIEG301.

CIEG 403  Concrete Design  3
   Reinforced concrete structures; ultimate strength design;
   and related topics.
   PREREQ: CIEG301.

CIEG 404  Prestressed Concrete Design  3
   Behavior, analysis and design of prestressed concrete
   structures. Covers flexure, shear, axial load, bond
   anchorage design and construction considerations for
   pretensioned and post-tensioned concrete.
   PREREQ: CIEG403.

CIEG 405  Matrix Structural Analysis  3
   Computer analysis of two- and three-dimensional
   frameworks using matrix methods. Straight, tapered,
   curved and beam on elastic foundation members; flexible
   supports, element and temperature loads, partially rigid
   connections and finite sized joints; material and
   geometric nonlinearities; stability analyses; and
   determination of ultimate load capacities.
   PREREQ: CIEG301.

CIEG 406  Structural Materials  3
   Specification, evaluation and testing of materials
   commonly used in structural engineering. Emphasis on
   concrete, concrete admixtures, epoxies, wood and metals.
   PREREQ: CIEG212, CIEG213, and MASC302.

CIEG 411  Structural Dynamics Design  3
   Design of structures (buildings, bridges, dams,
   foundation piles and offshore platforms) for dynamic
   loadings (severe wind force, ocean wave force, strong
   earthquake excitations, machine vibrations, and general
   impulse and time dependent forces and motions).
   Determination of realistic dynamic loadings and
   application of design concepts.
   PREREQ: CIEG311 and MATH302.

CIEG 415  Reliability Design in Civil Engineering  3
   Reliability analysis of civil engineering systems, using
   concepts and methods of probability and statistics to
   supplement the engineer's judgment when addressing
   uncertainty in design. Topics include elements of
   probability and statistics, measure of reliability, time
   to failure, reliability bounds, confidence of reliability
   and Monte Carlo simulation.

CIEG 416  Random Vibration  3
   Elementary characterization of random dynamic loads on
   structures using concepts of statistics and probability.
   Statistics of structural response and safety of
   structures.
   PREREQ: CIEG311 and MATH302.

CIEG 417  Advanced Structural Analyses  3
   Nonlinear vs. linear beam analyses. Nonlinear beam
   bending equations. Structures with composite cross-
   section. Structures subjected to mechanical and thermal
   loads. Superposition principle. Analysis of problems that
   partially separate from base. Generalized functions and
   their application for the analysis of structures. Method
   of initial parameters. Influence line method.
   PREREQ: CIEG212 and MATH302.

CIEG 418  Continuously Supported Structures  3
   Analytical properties of various elastic, viscoelastic
   and elasto-plastic foundation models for describing the
   base response. Embedded rods subjected to axial forces,
   torsion and temperature changes. Glued lap joints, long
   riveted joints and threaded connections. Continuously
   supported beams and plates. Analysis of mat foundations,
   concrete pavements for highways and airports, and
   railroad tracks. Problems in geophysics and composite
   materials.
   PREREQ: CIEG212 and MATH302.

CIEG 420  Soil Mechanics  4
   Soil properties, soil-water interaction, soil stresses,
   two-dimensional flow, soil compressibility, shear
   strength and lateral earth pressures.
   PREREQ: CIEG212 and MECH305.

CIEG 421  Foundations and Substructures  3
   Design of earth dams, embankments, retaining structures,
   cofferdams, footings, caissons and piles. Numerical
   methods, combining soil mechanics and structural
   analysis.
   PREREQ: CIEG420.

CIEG 422  Earth Structures Engineering  3
   Properties of soils and methods to determine them: water
   flow through inhomogeneous and anisotropic earth mass;
   predictions of pore-water pressures; stresses and
   settlement predictions; slope stability: type and causes
   of slope failures, effective and total stability
   analyses, design strength parameters and safety factors,
   construction considerations; design of earth dams; and
   predictions vs. field performance. Computer software used
   in problem solving.
   PREREQ: CIEG420.

CIEG 431  Water Supply Engineering  3
   Water quality criteria and monitoring, development of
   water resources, design of water collection and
   distribution systems, design of water treatment works,
   economics of water supply engineering, treatment of water
   works sludge and advanced water purification technology.
   PREREQ: CIEG331 and MECH305.

CIEG 432  Wastewater Engineering  3
   Source and character of wastes; design and operation of
   wastewater treatment facilities; ultimate disposal of
   wastewater residues and considerations of discharge
   criteria, and economic and regulatory aspects.
   PREREQ: CIEG331.

CIEG 433  Hazardous Waste Management  3
   Toxicological, risk assessment and regulatory aspects of
   hazardous waste management; characterization of hazardous
   wastes and materials; waste reduction strategies; storage
   and transportation methods; engineering processes for the
   chemical, physical and biological treatment of toxic and
   hazardous wastes; remediation of contaminated soil and
   groundwater at existing disposal sites.
   PREREQ: CIEG331.

CIEG 435  Industrial Wastes Management  3
   Covers industrial survey and treatment technologies for
   liquid, solid and gaseous wastes. Emphasis on the
   applications and design of physical-chemical and
   biological treatment processes. Particulate removal from
   industrial emission sources. Resource recovery and reuse
   presented as an important option for the management of
   industrial wastes.

CIEG 437  Water and Wastewater Quality  3
   Principles and applications of analysis of solids,
   organic load, dissolved oxygen, disinfectants, nutrients,
   trace metals, trace organic compounds and microorganisms.
   Lecture and laboratory.
   PREREQ: CIEG331.

CIEG 441  Hydrology  3
   The fundamentals of climatology, meteorology and
   hydrologic cycle; their relation to surface water and
   groundwater; rainfall runoff characteristics; frequency
   analysis; flood routing; flood plain hydroulics; and
   groundwater flow.
   COREQ: MECH305.

CIEG 442  Hydraulic Engineering  3
   Application of the principles of fluid mechanics to flow
   in pipelines, open channels, sediment transport,
   drainage, hydraulic structure and hydraulic models.
   PREREQ: MECH305.

CIEG 452  Transportation Facilities Design  3
   Theoretical concepts of general transportation demand,
   supply and flow analysis. Planning and design of multi-
   modal transportation facilities including streets and
   highways, railways and guideways, airports, and harbors
   and ports. Engineering, social and economic evaluation of
   alternative design schemes for simple case studies and
   existing transportation facilities.
   PREREQ: CIEG351.

CIEG 453  Traffic Engineering  3
   Essential elements of traffic engineering including road
   users characteristics,vehicle kinematics and roadway and
   geometric design; traffic engineering studies and
   analysis such as highway capacity concepts, statistical
   accident studies and origin-destination studies; other
   elements such as traffic control devices and signal
   systems coordination.
   PREREQ: CIEG351.

CIEG 454  Urban Transportation Planning  3
   Characteristics of urban travel demand, travel demand
   forecasting models, urban transportation modes and their
   characteristics, urban transportation planning processes
   and issues, evaluation of plans, economic analysis,
   transportation financing, transportation policy and
   regulations, and urban transportation systems management.
   PREREQ: CIEG351.

CIEG 459  Railroad Engineering  3
   Evolution and analysis of railroad track design and
   components, ballast and subgrade, rail axial forces,
   expansion joints, anchors, and track buckling and
   preventive measures. Response of tracks to moving loads,
   track transition problems and track tests. Review of
   track standards. Movies on maintenance and construction.
   PREREQ: CIEG212.

CIEG 461  Senior Design Project  3
   Work with advisors from engineering firms and faculty on
   design projects requiring knowledge and skills acquired
   in previous courses.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires Senior status in engineering.

CIEG 466  Independent Study  1-6

CIEG 471  Introduction to Coastal Engineering  3
   Problems of design in the ocean and coastal environment.
   Mechanics of wave motion, tides and storm surge, littoral
   processes, wave forces on structures and design of
   coastal structures. Includes observations of hydraulic
   model tests in the Ocean Engineering Laboratory.
   PREREQ: MECH305.

CIEG 482  Systems Design and Operation  3
   Methodology and technique for the evaluation and design
   of civil engineering systems. Modern probabilistic and
   optimization techniques applied to problems in mechanics,
   structures, transportation, water resources,
   environmental and ocean systems.

CIEG 486  Engineering Management  3
   Present worth concept; annual costs, rate of return and
   break-even studies; replacement analysis; depreciation,
   depletion and income tax. Criteria for public works
   investment including benefit-cost and marginal analysis
   and the handling of risk and uncertainty. Applications to
   engineering projects and problems.

CIEG 601  Introduction to the Finite Element Method  3
   Discussion of approximate solution procedures: finite
   difference method, weighted residual methods and
   variational methods. Development of approximate solutions
   using the finite element method. Application to one- and
   two-dimensional problems in applied mechanics. Discussion
   of numerical methods and computer programming techniques
   applicable to finite element analyses.
   PREREQ: CIEG381.

CIEG 604  Prestressed Concrete Design  3
   Behavior, analysis and design of prestressed concrete
   structures. Covers flexure, shear, axial load, bond
   anchorage design and construction considerations for
   pretensioned and post-tensioned concrete.
   PREREQ: CIEG403.

CIEG 605  Matrix Structural Analysis  3
   Computer analysis of two- and three-dimensional
   frameworks using matrix methods. Straight, tapered,
   curved and beam on elastic foundation members; flexible
   supports, element and temperature loads, partially rigid
   connections and finite sized joints; material and
   geometric nonlinearities; stability analyses; and
   determination of ultimate load capacities.
   PREREQ: CIEG301.

CIEG 606  Structural Materials  3
   Specification, evaluation and testing of materials
   commonly used in structural engineering. Emphasis on
   concrete, concrete admixtures, epoxies, wood and metals.
   PREREQ: CIEG212, CIEG213 and MASC302.

CIEG 611  Structural Dynamics Design  3
   Design of structures (buildings, bridges, dams,
   foundation piles and offshore platforms) for dynamic
   loadings (severe wind force, ocean wave force, strong
   earthquake excitations, machine vibrations, and general
   impulse and time dependent forces and motions).
   Determination of realistic dynamic loadings and
   application of design concepts.

CIEG 615  Reliability Design in Civil Engineering  3
   Reliability analysis of civil engineering systems using
   concepts and methods of probability and statistics to
   supplement the engineer's judgment when addressing
   uncertainty in design. Topics include elements of
   probability and statistics, measure of reliability, time
   to failure, reliability bounds, confidence of reliability
   and Monte Carlo simulation.

CIEG 616  Random Vibration  3
   Elementary characterization of random dynamic loads of
   structures using concepts of statistics and probability.
   Statistics of structural response and safety of
   structures. May be cross-listed with MEEG626.
   PREREQ: CIEG311 and MATH302.

CIEG 617  Advanced Structural Analyses  3
   Nonlinear vs. linear beam analyses. Nonlinear beam
   bending equations. Structures with composite cross-
   section. Structures subjected to mechanical and thermal
   loads. Superposition principle. Analysis of problems that
   partially separate from base. Generalized functions and
   their application for the analysis of structures. Method
   of initial parameters. Influence line method
   PREREQ: CIEG212 and MATH302.

CIEG 618  Continuously Supported Structures  3
   Analytical properties of various elastic, viscoelastic
   and elasto-plastic foundation models for describing the
   base response. Embedded rods subjected to axial forces,
   torsion and temperature changes. Glued lap joints, long
   riveted joints and threaded connections. Continuously
   supported beams and plates. Analysis of mat foundations,
   concrete pavements for highways and airports, and
   railroad tracks. Problems in geophysics and composite
   materials.
   PREREQ: CIEG212 and MATH302.

CIEG 620  Soil Mechanics II  3
   Behavior of cohesionless and cohesive soils; failure
   theories and lateral earth pressures; stresses within
   earth mass; steady-state flow through porous media;
   consolidation and time rate settlement; shear strength of
   cohesive soils.
   PREREQ: CIEG420.

CIEG 621  Foundation Engineering  3
   Field investigation techniques; interpretation of data;
   theory and design of shallow and deep foundations,
   retaining walls, sheet pile walls, cofferdams braced
   excavations and geosynthetically reinforced soil.
   PREREQ: CIEG421.

CIEG 622  Earth Structures Engineering  3
   Properties of soils and methods to determine them: water
   flow through inhomogeneous and anisotropic earth mass;
   predictions of pore-water pressures; stresses and
   settlement predictions; slope stability: type and causes
   of slope failures, effective and total stability
   analyses, design strength parameters and safety factors,
   construction considerations; design of earth dams; and
   predictions vs. field performance. Computer software used
   in problem solving.
   PREREQ: CIEG420.

CIEG 623  Soil Mechanics Lab  3
   Enhances knowledge of soil properties and behavior.
   Generally, the following tests are performed: Atterberg
   limits, sieve and hydrometer analysis, compaction,
   relative density, permeability, flow-net simulation,
   consolidation, specific gravity, direct shear, traxial
   (CU, CD, UU) tests simulating various loading paths, and
   liquifaction.
   PREREQ: CIEG420.

CIEG 624  Soil Dynamics  3
   Wave propagation in elastic media; dynamic soil
   properties; vibration of foundations; influence of soil
   type on ground motion characteristics; causes of soil
   failure during earthquake; soil-structure interaction;
   lateral earth pressures. Discussion of numerical methods
   used in dynamic analyses of porous media.
   PREREQ: CIEG420.

CIEG 631  Water Quality and Pollution Control  3
   Covers water and its impurities, water quality criteria
   and monitoring, transport and transformation of chemicals
   in the aquatic environment, stream sanitation, ecological
   aspects of impoundments and eutrophication processes,
   groundwater systems, decontamination of subsurface water
   systems, land application of wastewater and current
   topics in water pollution.

CIEG 632  Chemical Aspects of Environmental Engineering  3
   The principles and applications of aqueous chemistry to
   environmental systems. Includes a review of general
   chemistry, with emphasis on the structure of matter and
   stoichiometry; chemical thermodynamics; chemical
   kinetics; equilibrium reactions in homogeneous and
   heterogeneous solutions; applied electrochemistry and
   Redox reaction; and interfacial phenomena.

CIEG 634  Physical Aspects of Environmental Engineering  3
   Particle size characterization; particle diffusion,
   sedimentation and flocculation; surface tension;
   adsorption; and electrodouble layer theory.

CIEG 635  Air Pollution and Its Control  3
   Sources and effects of atmospheric pollutants:
   meteorological and solar radiation phenomena and
   atmospheric chemistry. Emphasis on gas cleaning
   operations such as absorption, chemical conversion and
   particulate removal process design, among other control
   measures. May be cross-listed with CHEG635.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires upper division or graduate
   standing in engineering.

CIEG 636  Biological Aspects of Environmental Engineering  3
   Presents fundamental molecular biological concepts which
   pertain to cellular function in the environment and in
   engineered environmental treatment systems. Briefly
   reviews elementary organic chemical classifications.
   PREREQ: CIEG331.

CIEG 637  Water and Wastewater Quality  3
   Principles and applications of analysis of solids,
   organic load, dissolved oxygen, disinfectants, nutrients,
   trace metals, trace organic compounds and microorganisms.
   Lecture and laboratory.
   PREREQ: CIEG331.

CIEG 639  Hydromechanics  3
   Kinematics and dynamics of incompressible fluids with
   emphasis on engineering problems in the hydraulic and
   hydrologic environment. Governing equations, solutions
   for laminar, creeping and porous media flows. Turbulence,
   boundary layers, potential flows, water waves, and
   stratified and rotating systems.
   PREREQ: MECH305.

CIEG 650  Urban Transportation Systems  3
   Design and operation of urban transportation systems,
   characteristics of public transportation modes, vehicle
   design, right-of-way types and terminal facilities.
   Application of operations research techniques to analysis
   of scheduling, network optimization, capacity and
   evaluation of alternatives. May be cross-listed with
   ORES650.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.

CIEG 652  Transportation Facilities Design  3
   Theoretical concepts of general transportation demand,
   supply and flow analysis. Planning and design of multi-
   modal transportation facilities including streets and
   highways, railways and guideways, airports, and harbors
   and ports. Engineering, social and economic evaluation of
   alternative design schemes for case studies and existing
   transportation facilities.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.

CIEG 654  Urban Transportation Planning  3
   Characteristics of urban travel demand, travel demand
   forecasting models, urban transportation modes and their
   characteristics, urban transportation planning processes
   and issues, evaluation of plans, economic analysis,
   transportation financing, transportation policy and
   regulations, and urban transportation systems management.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.

CIEG 659  Railroad Engineering  3
   Evolution and analysis of railroad track design and
   components, ballast and subgrade, rail axial forces,
   expansion joints, anchors, and track buckling and
   preventive measures. Response of tracks to moving loads,
   track transition problems and track tests. Review of
   track standards. Movies on maintenance and construction.
   PREREQ: CIEG212.

CIEG 671  Introduction to Ocean Engineering  3
   Acquaints the engineer with the problems of design in the
   ocean. Water waves and tides, wave forces on structures,
   corrosion and fouling, coastal structures and littoral
   processes.
   PREREQ: MECH305.

CIEG 672  Water Wave Mechanics  4
   Primary emphasis on linear water wave theory and its
   applications. Shoaling, refraction and diffraction of
   waves as well as wave forces. Finite amplitude waves.
   Laboratory experiments to verify the theoretical
   developments.
   PREREQ: MECH305.

CIEG 678  Transport and Mixing Processes  3
   Application of hydrodynamics to mixing and transport
   processes in the water environment.
   PREREQ: CIEG672.

CIEG 679  Sediment Transport Mechanics  3
   Mechanics and mathematical modelling of sediment
   transport in unidirectional and oscillatory flow;
   sediment properties, initiation of sediment movement,
   bedload and suspended load transport rates, formation of
   bed forms and flow resistance, erosion and deposition in
   the vicinity of structures, and practical applications.
   PREREQ: MECH305.

CIEG 680  Littoral Processes  3
   Coastal morphology, equilibrium beach profiles, onshore-
   offshore response, sediment transport relationships, sand
   budgets around inlets and along open coasts, modeling of
   shoreline response, analyses of beach problems and
   recommendations of remedial measures.

CIEG 681  Water Wave Spectra  3
   Concepts of amplitude and energy spectra, covariances and
   cross-spectra; linear response functions; use of the Fast
   Fourier Transform for ocean engineering applications
   including analysis of one-dimensional and directional
   spectra, probability of ocean waves and wave forces.
   RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.

CIEG 682  Nearshore Hydrodynamics  3
   The mechanics of waves and currents in the nearshore
   zone: wave breaking, surf zone dynamics, cross- and long-
   shore currents, turbulence and bottom boundary layers,
   infra-gravity and edge waves and nearshore modeling.
   PREREQ: CIEG672 and CIEG639.

CIEG 683  Probabilistic Engineering Analysis  3
   Operational techniques, derived distributions and
   expectations are used to develop random models to analyze
   and design in a random environment. Applications may span
   topics in mechanics, stream and reservoir flows and
   technologic decision making and management.

CIEG 691  Groundwater Hydrology  3
   A quantitative analysis of groundwater in the hydrologic
   cycle. Topics include groundwater movement, Darcy's law,
   mathematical formulation of groundwater problems,
   groundwater pollution, salt water intrusion, well
   hydraulics and unsaturated flow.

CIEG 801  Advanced Topics in Finite Element Analysis  3
   Review of elementary aspects of the finite element
   method. Application of the method to linear and nonlinear
   one-, two- and three-dimensional problems in applied
   mechanics. Basic and advanced numerical methods and
   computer programming techniques appropriate to finite
   element analyses (includes two to three computational
   laboratory classes).
   PREREQ: CIEG401.

CIEG 802  Advanced Steel Design  3
   Application of ultimate and elastic design procedures to
   continuous beams and frames, composite members,
   statically indeterminate trusses and arches. Projects and
   special topics focus attention to the basis and
   limitations of codes and specifications for steel
   structures.
   PREREQ: CIEG402.

CIEG 803  Advanced Concrete Design  3
   Application of ultimate strength design procedures to
   continuous beams and frames, composite members, slabs and
   arches. Projects and special topics focus attention to
   the basis and limitations of codes and specifications for
   concrete structures.
   PREREQ: CIEG403.

CIEG 811  Advanced Structural Dynamics Design  3
   Linear and nonlinear dynamic analysis of multiple degree
   of freedom systems subjected to earthquake, wind and
   impact loadings; the use of analysis results in design.
   Computer analysis of complex structural systems;
   distributed, consistent and lumped mass models; wave
   propagation; random excitations; and structural control.
   PREREQ: CIEG611.

CIEG 816  Analytical Structural Dynamics  3
   Derivation of dynamic differential equations for rods,
   beams and plates. Boundary and initial conditions.
   Vibration and impact problems. Analysis of dynamic
   problems using integral equations. Variational methods in
   structural dynamics. Hamilton's principle and Lagrange
   equations. Approximate methods of analysis. Wave
   propagation in beams and plates.
   PREREQ: CIEG411 or CIEG611.

CIEG 817  Stability of Structures  3
   Structural instability phenomena caused by static and
   dynamic loads. Stability analyses of structures by
   equilibrium, energy and dynamic methods. Conservative and
   non-conservative problems. Elastic and non-elastic
   buckling of beams, frames and arches caused by mechanical
   and thermal loads. Buckling of continuously supported
   beams, plates, and shells. Delamination buckling in
   composites.
   PREREQ: CIEG212 and MATH302.

CIEG 820  Inelastic Behavior of Geomaterials  3
   Introduces constitutive laws and numerical methods used
   to characterize the stress-strain-time behavior of
   geomaterials. Correlation between laboratory experiments
   and numerical predictions. Finite element analyses of
   coupled stress-flow problems (e.g., consolidation),
   reinforced earth structures and slopes. Discussion of
   anisotropy, time effects and frictional interfaces.
   PREREQ: CIEG420, CIEG601.
   RESTRICTIONS: CIEG620 is highly recommended as a Prereq.

CIEG 831  Theory of Water Treatment  3
   Application of physical, chemical and engineering
   techniques to water treatment processes: aeration,
   coagulation, sedimentation, filtration and disinfection.
   Advanced purification methods including adsorption and
   demineralization processes.
   PREREQ: CIEG632 and CIEG634.

CIEG 832  Theory of Wastewater Treatment  3
   Composition of wastes; physical, chemical and biological
   methods of wastewater treatment; treatment and disposal
   of sludges produced at wastewater treatment plants.
   PREREQ: CIEG636.

CIEG 833  Fate of Pollutants in the Environment  3
   Study of processes affecting the distribution of
   inorganic and organic pollutants in the environment.
   Equilibrium and kinetics of exchange among soil, water,
   sediment, air and biota. Photolysis, hydrolysis,
   oxidation, reduction and complexation of chemicals.
   Models used to describe fate of chemicals.
   PREREQ: CIEG632 and CIEG634.

CIEG 842  Design of Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems 3
   Presents design implementation and unit operation of
   water and wastewater treatment processes. Whenever
   possible, utilizes computer modelling and computer-aided
   design principles.
   COREQ: CIEG831 and CIEG832.

CIEG 865  Civil Engineering Seminar  1

CIEG 868  Research  1-6

CIEG 869  Master's Thesis  1-6
   An independent investigation under supervision of a
   member of the civil engineering graduate faculty.

CIEG 870  Offshore Design  3
   Naval hydrodynamics, behavior of submerged and floating
   bodies, and ship waves. Tsunamis and harbor response.
   PREREQ: CIEG672 and CIEG639.

CIEG 872  Advanced Water Wave Mechanics  3
   Development of finite amplitude wave theories such as
   solitary, conoidal stokes and stream function.
   Application to coastal and ocean engineering problems.
   PREREQ: CIEG639, CIEG672.

CIEG 891  Mechanics of Fluids in Porous Media  3
   Physical and mathematical description of flow through
   porous media; conservation of mass, energy and momentum;
   Darcy's law; general equations of single and multiphase
   flow, partially saturated flow, heat and mass transfer,
   hydrodynamic dispersion, deformation of porous media,
   elastic, plastic and viscous behavior of actual material
   and applications to engineering problems.

CIEG 964  Pre-Candidacy Study  3-12  PF
   Research and readings in preparation of dissertation
   topic and/or qualifying examinations for doctoral
   students before admission to candidacy but after
   completion of all required course work.
   RESTRICTIONS: Not open to students who have been admitted
   to candidacy.

CIEG 969  Doctoral Dissertation  1-12  PF