Graduate Course List
- CE501 Advanced Topics in Transportation Engineering V 2-4 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 9 hours. Prereq C E 322; statistics course. Analysis, planning, design, and evaluation of transportation modes and systems. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (CE 571).
- CE506 Design and Construction of Water Wells 3 Analysis of geologic and engineering factors important in design, construction, and maintenance of water wells. Cooperative course taught by UI (Hydr 575), open to WSU students.
- CE507 Seepage and Earth Dams 3 Principles of earth-dam design, failures, considerations in construction; principles governing flow of water through soils. Cooperative course taught by UI (Geol E 535), open to WSU students.
- CE508 Air Pollution Control Engineering 3 Prereq graduate standing. Graduate-level counterpart of C E 408; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both C E 408 and 508.
- CE509 Numerical Modeling of Geomaterials 3 Prereq graduate-geotechnical engineering-related field, or by interview only. Modeling of the response of geomaterials to changes in imposed stresses or strains under both static and dynamic conditions.
- CE510 Advanced Geomaterial Characterization 3 Advanced mechanics of geomaterials; compressibility, concept of stress and strain; shear strength, stress/strain and time-dependent behavior; dynamic properties.
- CE511 Advanced Topics in Geotechnical Engineering V 2-4 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 9 hours. Prereq C E 317. Soil dynamics, geotechnical earthquake engineering, theoretical soil mechanics, numerical methods in soil mechanics, and geohydrology, engineering geology, cold regions geoengineering. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (CE 569).
- CE512 Dynamics of Structures 3 Equations of motion, free vibration, damping mechanisms, harmonic, impulse, and seismic loading; shock and seismic response spectra, time and frequency domain analysis, modal analysis, structural dynamics in building codes. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (CE 543).
- CE514 Advanced Mechanics of Materials 3 Elastic stress-strain relations, shear center, unsymmetrical bending, curved beams, elastic stability, elastically supported beams, energy methods, thin plates, shells. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (CE 510/ME 539).
- CE515 Environmental Measurements 3 (1-6) Graduate-level counterpart of C E 415; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both C E 415 and 515.
- CE516 Unsteady Closed-Conduit Flow 3 Prereq C E 351. Derivation of governing equations; finite difference methods; methods of characteristics; boundary conditions; computational procedures; transients caused by centrifugal pumps.
- CE517 Mechanics of Sediment Transport 3 Cohesive and non-cohesive sediments; initiation of sediment motion; sediment transport; suspended and bed load entrainment; models of sediment transport for alluvial and gravel bed streams, sediment-flow interaction; river morphology and ecological restoration.
- CE518 Hazardous Waste Engineering 3 or 4 Prereq graduate standing. Graduate-level counterpart of C E 418; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both C E 418 and 518.
- CE519 Hazardous Waste Treatment 3 Prereq C E 518. Graduate-level counterpart of C E 419; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both C E 419 and 519.
- CE521 (550) Fundamentals of Fluid Flow 3 Prereq C E 315 or M E 303. Fundamental equations of compressible viscous flow, Newtonian viscous-flow equations, laminar boundary layers, stability of laminar flows, incompressible turbulent flow.
- CE524 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering 3 Faulting and seismicity; site response analysis; influence of soil on ground shaking; soil liquefaction; probalistic seismic hazard assessment; seismic earth pressures; seismic slope stability. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (CE 566).
- CE525 Soil and Site Improvement 3 Graduate-level counterpart of C E 425; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both C E 425 and 525. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (CE 567).
- CE527 Advanced Soil Mechanics 3 Prereq C E 317. Effective stresses and lateral earth pressures; interrelationships of applied stresses, permeability, strain and shear strength of soils. Cooperative course taught by UI (CE 561), open to WSU students.
- CE528 Advanced Foundation Engineering 3 Prereq C E 317. Consolidation theories, bearing capacity, and settlements of foundations, pile group behavior, theory of subgrade reaction, materials foundations, laterally loaded piles. Cooperative course taught by UI (CE 562), open to WSU students.
- CE529 Soil Dynamics 3 Prereq graduate standing. Vibration theory; analysis of machine vibrations; wave propagation through soils; dynamic loading of soils; liquefaction. Cooperative course taught by UI (CE 565), open to WSU students.
- CE531 Probability and Statistical Models in Engineering 3 Engineering applications of probability and statistics; Monte Carlo simulation; model estimation and testing; probabilistic characterizations of loads and material properties; risk and reliability analyses. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (CE 541).
- CE532 Finite Elements 3 Theory of finite elements; applications to general engineering systems considered as assemblages of discrete elements. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (CE 546).
- CE533 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design 3 Prereq C E 433. Composite design; slab design; limit state design; footings; retaining walls; deep beams; brackets and corbels; torsion; seismic design; shear walls. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (CE 547).
- CE534 Prestressed Concrete and Reinforced Masonry Design 3 Graduate-level counterpart of C E 434; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both C E 434 and 534. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (CE 442).
- CE535 Advanced Finite Elements 3 Prereq graduate standing. Advanced topics in finite elements. Plate and shell analysis; nonlinear solution methods for finite strain/rotation and nonlinear materials.
- CE536 Nondestructive Testing of Structural Materials 3 Principles of nondestructive testing applied to wood-based materials, steel, concrete, and masonry. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (ForP 535).
- CE537 Advanced Topics in Structural Engineering 3 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 6 hours. Elastic stability, plates and shells, other relevant topics. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (CE 542).
- CE538 Earthquake Engineering 3 Prereq C E 512. Seismology, size of earthquakes, seismic ground motion, seismic risk, behavior of structures subjected to earthquake loading seismic response spectra, seismic design codes, lateral force-resisting systems, detailing for inelastic seismic response.
- CE539 Advanced Wood Engineering 3 Prereq CE 436 or equiv. Engineering properties of wood materials; theory and design of wood composites, connections and load-sharing systems; performance criteria and durability.
- CE540 Instrumental Analysis of Environmental Contaminants 3 (1-6) Prereq C E 415. Theory and methods of analysis of water and water suspensions for contaminants using electro-metic, spectrophotometric, and chromatographic techniques. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (CE 530).
- CE541 Environmental Engineering Unit Operations 3 Prereq C E 442; Math 315. Theory and design of physical and chemical unit operations of water and wastewater treatment systems. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (CE 531).
- CE542 Environmental Engineering Unit Processes 3 Prereq C E 541. Biochemical energetics and kinetics; biological waste treatment processes; nutrient removal; advanced wastewater treatment design. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (CE 534).
- CE543 Advanced Topics in Environmental Engineering Practice V 1-4 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 8 hours. Analysis and evaluation of air/water/soil pollution problems, new measurement methods, hazardous waste treatment, global climate change, and water/wastewater treatments.
- CE544 Wastewater Treatment System Design 3 (2-3) Prereq C E 542 or c//. Application of unit operations and processes to design of integrated treatment systems; critical review of designs. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (CE 532).
- CE545 Industrial Waste Problems 3 Prereq C E 542 or c//. Evaluation and feasible solutions of industrial waste problems. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (CE 551).
- CE546 Parameters for Synthesis of Wood Composition Materials 3 Same as MSE 546.
- CE547 Principles of Environmental Engineering 3 Prereq C E 315, 341; Math 315. Principles of chemistry, microbiology, thermodynamics, material and energy balances, and transport phenomena, for environmental engineers.
- CE548 Advanced Topics in Water Quality Engineering Systems V 2-4 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 6 hours. Analysis and evaluation of natural water systems for retention and transport of pollutants and their associated impacts.
- CE551 Open Channel Flow 3 Graduate-level counterpart of C E 451; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both C E 451 and 551.
- CE552 Advanced Topics in Hydraulic Engineering V 1-3 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 6 hours. Prereq C E 315. Cavitation, air entrainment, hydraulic machinery, similitude, mixing in rivers and estuaries, hydraulic design. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (Hydro 527).
- CE556 Numerical Modeling in Fluid Mechanics 3 Prereq C E 315. Fundamental concepts in development of numerical models for fluid flow with applications to steady and unsteady flows.
- CE560 Advanced Hydrology 3 Graduate-level counterpart of C E 460; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both C E 460 and 560.
- CE561 Water Resources Systems 3 Concepts in water development; coordination of development of other natural resources; systems approach and optimization techniques. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (CE 523).
- CE562 Water Resources Planning 3 Prereq C E 351. Design and feasibility studies in water supply, power, flood problems, navigation, irrigation, recreation. Cooperative course taught jointly by WSU and UI (CE 524).
- CE564 Applied Traffic Operations 3 Prereq C E 322 or instructor approval. Fundamentals of traffic operations needed to prepare a desing or evaluation of a signalized or unsignalized intersection.
- CE565 Transportation Planning 3 Prereq by permission only. Concepts and methods of transportation planning, including network modeling, travel demand forecasting, and systems evaluation of multi-modal transportation systems.
- CE566 Pavement Management and Rehabilitation 3 Prereq C E 322. Basics of pavement management systems development and implementation.
- CE567 Advanced Characterization of Highway Materials 3 Basic and advanced level of the fundamentals of material response to static and repeated loading; emphasis on the deformation and fatigue behavior of asphalt mixtures.
- CE569 Field Methods in Hydrogeology 2 (1-3) Same as Geol 569.
- CE571 Meterology 3 Graduate-level counterpart of C E 471; additional requirements. Credit not granted for both C E 471 and 571.
- CE572 Advanced Pavement Analysis 3 Prereq C E 473. Fundamentals of pavement-vehicle interaction and the mechanics of pavement response and damage.
- CE573 Air Pollution Abatement and Administration 2 Air quality management, criteria, and standards; administration of air pollution Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering control agencies; enforcement, inspection and surveillance. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (CE 552).
- CE576 Dynamics of Groundwater Contamination 3 Prereq C E 475. Fundamentals of groundwater flow, pollutant transport, modeling data analysis, well sifting/sampling and interaction of pollutants with sediments/soils.
- CE577 Advanced Groundwater Hydraulics 3 Prereq Geol 475, Math 315. Modeling of subsurface flow in saturated, unsaturated, and multifluid systems; analytic and numerical solutions techniques; review of statistical geohydrologic methods.
- CE579 Groundwater Geochemistry V 2-4 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 4 hours. Same as Geol 579.
- CE580 Graduate Seminar 1 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 2 hours. Lectures and reports on current developments in research and practice.
- CE581 Environmental Engineering Analysis 2 (1-3) Prereq C E 541. Theoretical and laboratory methods for development of design criteria for environmental systems. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (CE 534).
- CE583 Engineering Aspects of Environmental Chemistry V 2-4 Prereq C E 442. Chemical principles as applied to water supply and pollution control engineering. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (CE 553).
- CE584 Environmental Microbiology V 2 (1-3) or 3 (1-6) Prereq C E 583. Current techniques in environmental engineering and science used to assess the biological quality, structure, and function of ecosystems, and microbial diversity of air, terrestrial, and aquatic environments. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (CE 538).
- CE585 Aquatic System Restoration 3 (2-3) Prereq Chem 240 or CE 583; MBioS 101 or C E 581. Study of natural and damaged water systems with emphasis on water quality protection and restoration.
- CE586 Bioremediation of Hazardous Waste 3 Prereq C E 584. Applications of bioremediations to in situ subsurface treatment of hazardous waste; subsurface microbial degradation as related to microbial ecology.
- CE588 Atmospheric Turbulence and Air Pollution Modeling 3 Prereq C E 571. Physical aspects of atmospheric turbulence, theoretical developments in atmospheric diffusion, and applied computer modeling with regulatory and research models.
- CE589 Atmospheric Chemical and Physical Processes 3 Processes of removal of pollutants from the atmosphere; radical chain reactions, particle formation, model calculations.
- CE590 Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer of the Atmosphere 3 Prereq by interview only. Concepts of radiative transfer and molecular spectra in the troposphere and stratosphere with applications to trace gas measurements.
- CE600 Special Projects or Independent Study Variable credit. S, F grading.
- CE700 Master’s Research, Thesis and/or Examination Variable credit. S, F grading.
- CE702 Master’s Special Problems, Directed Study, and/or Examination Variable credit. S, F grading.
- CE800 Doctoral Research, Dissertation, and/or Examination Variable credit. S, F grading.
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