Civil Engineering

Bachelor of Science

Course Catalog

CEGR 105 INTRODUCTION TO CIVIL ENGINEERING—One hour lecture, one credit. This orientation course will introduce students to the concept of engineering design by exposure to several design problems from various areas of civil engineering including: structural, transportation and environmental engineering. Prerequisite: ORIE 104.

CEGR 201 COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING GRAPHICS AND DESIGN—Two hours lecture; three hours laboratory; 3 credits. Introduction to the computer aided engineering design processes. Computer structure, DOS and UNIX operating systems and editors. Graphical techniques. Computer-aided drafting and design (CADD). Design project with students working in teams and using CADD in presentations. Basic computer usage in solving engineering problems including computations and modeling. Spreadsheets and technical word-processing programs. Prerequisite: None.

CEGR 301 MECHANICS OF MATERIALS AND LAB—Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory; 4 credits. Introductory analysis of tension, compression and shear. Analysis of stress and strain, ties, shafts, beams and columns. Related laboratory experiments. Introduction to structural analysis and design. Prerequisites: CEGR 304, MATH 242, and PHYS 205.

CEGR 304 ENGINEERING MECHANICS—Four hours lecture; 4 credits. Resolution, composition, and equilibrium of forces. Analysis of force systems; center of gravity; and moments of inertia. Motion study; Newton’s Laws and work-energy, impulse-momentum, and power. Prerequisites: MATH 242 and PHYS 205.

CEGR 309 ENGINEERING GEOLOGY—Three hours lecture; 3 credits. The geology of the earth and how it relates to: the environment and the design and construction of engineering works. Practical applications related to the design and construction in the areas of dams, tunnels and other engineering structures. Prerequisite: CHEM 110.

CEGR 311 FLUID MECHANICS AND LAB—Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory; 4 credits. Laboratory studies of fluid properties; fluid fundamentals and description of fluids, aerohydrostatics, differential equations in environmental quality modeling, integral forms of fluid behavior; and dimensional analysis. Prerequisites: MATH 243 and MATH 340.

CEGR 314 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS I AND LAB—Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory; 4 credits. Structural forms; statically determinate structures; reactions, shear and bending moment for determinate beams and frames; truss analysis by joints and sections; influence lines. Computer programming assignments are incorporated into the course work. Prerequisites: CEGR 301, CEGR 304, and COSC 111.

CEGR 328 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING I AND LAB—Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory; 4 credits. Course includes applied environmental chemistry and biology; modeling of effects of discharges on receiving streams; water treatment and wastewater treatment. Computer programming assignments are incorporated into the course work. Prerequisites: CEGR 311, CHEM 110, COSC 111 and BIOL 101.

CEGR 332 HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING—Three hours lecture; 3 credits. Includes hydrology; open-channel flow; pipe flow; ground water flow; dams and reservoirs. Computer programming assignments are incorporated into the course work. Prerequisites: CEGR 311 and COSC 111.

CEGR 334 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS AND LAB—Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory; 4 credits. The application of the basic laws and phenomena on science to particulate matter. Basic physical and mechanical structural characteristics. Equilibrium and movement of water. Flow through porous media. Effective stress. Stress-strain relations. Prerequisites: CEGR 301 and CEGR 304.

CEGR 400 CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT—Three hours lecture; 3 credits. The systems approach to planning, design and operation of civil engineering infrastructure and service systems. Specific topics and analytic methods to include: linear programming; network analysis and related applications to project scheduling and implementation (i.e., PERT-CPM). Prerequisites: COSC 111, ECON 211 and IEGR 350.

CEGR 416 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING—Three hours lecture; 3 credits. Engineering and planning for transportation facilities with emphasis on ground transportation. Topics include: vehicle motion, vehicle flow models, human factors, geometric design, safety, capacity analysis and transportation planning. Prerequisite: IEGR 350

CEGR 436 ELEMENTARY STRUCTURAL DESIGN—Three hours lecture; 3 credits. Introduction to design principles. Safety factors. Steel and concrete properties. Design of steel and reinforced concrete beams and columns. Design of steel connections. Design of steel trusses. Prerequisites: CEGR 304, CEGR 301, and CEGR 314.

CEGR 450 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II—Three hours lecture; 3 credits. Deflection of statically determinate structures using virtual work and moment area methods; analysis of statically indeterminate structures; approximate methods, stiffness and flexibility matrices, solution by digital computer. Plastic method of analysis. Prerequisite: CEGR 314.

CEGR 451 DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES—Three hours lecture; 3 credits. Structural properties of concrete, building codes; design of beams, columns, slabs, footings, and retaining walls. Prerequisites: CEGR 314 and CEGR 436.

CEGR 452 DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES—Three hours lecture; 3 credits. Introduction to steel structures; design of tension members, beams and column connections, plate girders, continuous beams; introduction to computer-aided design. Prerequisites: CEGR 314 and CEGR 436.

CEGR 453 RELIABILITY BASED DESIGN IN CIVIL ENGINEERING—Three hours lecture; 3 credits. Systems reliability and reliability analysis. Includes measures of reliability, reliability index, reliability bounds and other related measurements. Prerequisite: MATH 331/IEGR 331.

CEGR 454 FOUNDATION ENGINEERING—Three hours lecture; 3 credits. Application of the principles of soil mechanics to the design of footings, retaining walls, pile foundations, bulkheads, cofferdams, bridge piers and abutments, and underpinnings. Prerequisite: CEGR 334.

CEGR 455 SEEPAGE, DRAINAGE, AND GROUNDWATER—Three hours lecture; 3 credits. Introduction to groundwater hydrology, well hydraulics, permeability, seepage, flow nets, filter criteria, dewatering, slope stabilization, practical applications. Prerequisite: CEGR 334.

CEGR 456 EARTH STRUCTURES AND SLOPES—Three hours lecture; 3 credits. Earth dams, embankments and natural slopes. Site investigation, soil properties and compaction. Slope stability analysis and landslide prevention. Earthquake effects. Case studies. Prerequisite: CEGR 334.

CEGR 457 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING—Three hours lecture; 3 credits. Analysis of consolidation, settlement, shear strength, seepage. Slope stability analysis. Theory and laboratory. Prerequisite: CEGR 334.

CEGR 458 BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT—Three hours lecture; 3 credits. Theory and application of biological methods for wastewater treatment. Principles of biological treatment; biological lagoons; trickling filter activated sludge process; anaerobic and aerobic digestion of sludge. Prerequisite: CEGR 328.

CEGR 459 WATER SUPPLY ENGINEERING—Three hours lecture; 3 credits. Quantity and quality aspects of water supply engineering are discussed. Topics include reservoir sizing, groundwater, distribution systems, treatment processes and chemistry of waters. Prerequisite: CEGR 328.

CEGR 467 CIVIL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS—Three hours lecture; 3 credits. Advanced topics in the systems approach to civil engineering management. Topics and methods to include: constrained optimization; marginal analysis; linear programming; sensitivity analysis; dynamic programming; multi objective optimization. Prerequisite: CEGR 400 or equivalent.

CEGR 490 SENIOR DESIGN PROPOSAL—1 credit. The first semester component of the Senior Design effort will be typically undertaken in the penultimate semester. During this phase, the student will carry out literature studies, establish contacts, collect data and define the scope and outline of the project, in consultation with the academic advisor and an external advisor in the industry, if appropriate. The effort will be commensurate with a one-credit course and at the end of the semester, the student will be responsible for the development and submission of a project proposal, which will be evaluated and graded.

CEGR 491 SENIOR PROJECT—2 credits. The second semester component will follow up on the approved proposal developed by the end of CEGR 490 and will focus on the actual execution of the proposed analysis and design. Students must address issues related to feasibility, development of alternatives, theoretical background, design issues, adherence to design standards and codes and other relevant issues as defined in the proposal. The design will culminate in the development of a Project Report and an open seminar where the student will have to make a technical presentation to an open audience of the faculty and students of the department. The quality of all components-content, presentation and final report will form the basis of the grade. Prerequisite: CEGR 490.

CEGR 498 TOPICS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING—Three hours lecture; 3 credits. In-depth study in areas of student/faculty interest. Approval of the faculty course director, faculty advisor and department chairman required.

IMPORTANT - The prerequisite requirements will be strictly enforced. Students must have the prescribed prerequisites before registering for a course.