Courses
CEE 502Environmental Engineering Fundamentals ISecond course in a two-part series focuses on surface and subsurface processes in environmental engineering. Topics addressed include the evapotranspiration and energy & water resources fluxes, physical hydrology of the surface and subsurface, and chemistry of water and pollution, which are discussed and analyzed through the use of governing equations and concepts of environmental engineering.
CEE 507Independent Study IUnder the direction of a faculty member, each student carries out independent study. Prior to course registration, students must complete a departmental Graduate Independent Study form that describes the work being undertaken, and have the form approved by the supervising faculty member and the Director of Graduate Studies.
CEE 508Independent Study IIUnder the direction of a faculty member, each student carries out independent study. Prior to course registration, students must complete a departmental Graduate Independent Study form that describes the work being undertaken, and have the form approved by the supervising faculty member and the Director of Graduate Studies. Usually taken in the Spring semester.
CEE 509Directed ResearchUnder the direction of a faculty member, each student carries out research and presents the results. Directed research is normally taken during the first year of study. The total grading of the course will be 25% poster presentation and 75% submitted work.
CEE 510Research SeminarThis seminar is a continuation of CEE 509. Each student carries out research, writes a report and presents the research results. Doctoral candidates must complete this course one semester prior to taking the general examination. The total grading of the course will be 25% oral presentation and 75% submitted work.
CEE 512Design of Large-scale Structures:BridgesThe design of bridges is considered from the conceptual phase up to the final design phase. The following issues are addressed in this course: types of bridges, design codes, computer modeling of bridges, seismic analysis and design, seismic retrofit design, inspection, maintenance and rehabilitation of bridges, movable bridges, bridge aerodynamics, organization of a typical engineering firm, marketing for engineering work. Several computer codes are used in this course.
CEE 514Earthquake EngineeringAnalysis of forces and deformations in structures under dynamic loads. Idealization as discrete parameter systems. Single and multiple degrees of freedom. Response analysis under free vibration, harmonic, periodic, impulsive, and general dynamic loads. Time and frequency domains. Distributed parameter systems. Earthquake phenomena from the engineering point of view. Faulting and seismic waves. Measurement of strong ground motion. Influence of geology. The concept of response spectra, structural response to earthquakes, and design criteria.
CEE 523Mechanics of Dissipative MediaThe development of constitutive equations for nonlinear, anisotropic viscoelastic, and plastic media. It gives analysis of plastic yielding, fatigue under cyclic loading, and failure. The course examines limit-analysis techniques; elastoplastic rate equations; finite deformation of plastic bodies; uniqueness and stability of incremental solutions; and loss of ellipticity, bifurcation phenomena, and emergence of shear bands. Poromechanics will be discussed.
CEE 525Applied Numerical MethodsCourse introduces students to a broad spectrum of numerical methods for the analysis of typical mathematics, physics, or engineering problems. Topics covered include: error analysis, interpolation and polynomial approximation, numerical differentiation and integration, ordinary differential equations, and partial differential equations.
ENV 531/CEE 583/GEO 531Topics in Energy and the EnvironmentCourse explores science, technology and business of oil & gas extraction, highlighting historical role of global politics and environmental expectations; examine the history of oil & gas production; review current techniques to quantify discovered resources and maximize production. Drilling & production operations are reviewed in the context of achieving maximum recovery providing a basis for examining definitions of reserves and resources under a variety of economics models. Review of the industry's evolution, response to demand for secure, ever-increasing supplies, and running safe & environmentally responsible operations.
CEE 588/AOS 588/GEO 588Boundary Layer MeteorologyBasic dynamics of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL) and how it interacts with other environmental and geophysical flows. Topics covered include: mean, turbulence, & higher order flow equations; similarity theories; surface exchanges and their impact on the stability of the atmosphere; different ABL flow regimes (convective, neutral, and stable); role of the ABL in the hydrologic cycle; the fundamentals of scalar (pollutant, water vapor, etc) transport; modeling and measurement approaches for the ABL; and the role of the ABL in large-scale atmospheric flows and how it is represented in coarse atmospheric models.
CEE 588/AOS 588/GEO 588Boundary Layer MeteorologyBasic dynamics of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL) and how it interacts with other environmental and geophysical flows. Topics covered include: mean, turbulence, & higher order flow equations; similarity theories; surface exchanges and their impact on the stability of the atmosphere; different ABL flow regimes (convective, neutral, and stable); role of the ABL in the hydrologic cycle; the fundamentals of scalar (pollutant, water vapor, etc) transport; modeling and measurement approaches for the ABL; and the role of the ABL in large-scale atmospheric flows and how it is represented in coarse atmospheric models.
CEE 599Topics- Enviro Eng'ing & Water ResourcesStatistical analyses & models of hydrologic time series at diff. time scales. Autocorrelation function, power spectrum & crosscorrelation of daily, monthly, & annual series of rainfall & streamflow. Autoregressive models for monthly & annual data. The Hurst effect & long-term memory effects. Synthetic streamflow series & storage-yield-reliability analysis. Point process models of environ. data at a site. The Poisson process. Marked Poisson Processes. Shot noise models. Rectangular pulses models. Application to rainfall, soil moisture, & other environ. variables. Modeling of spatial environmental processes. Multidimensional Poisson Processes.
CEE 599BTopics-Enviro Eng'ing & Water ResourcesThis course will focus on ground-based and satellite observations of aerosol particles and their impacts on climate through modeling studies. Course material will include satellite and ground-based measurements of aerosol particles, mathematical formulation of transport, and numerical models of aerosol distribution. We will also study how aerosols impact climate change through direct and indirect effects including cloud-aerosol interactions.