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Top CE 199 SPECIAL TOPICS (1-4) 


Top CE 202 CIVIL ENGINEERING III: GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION AND GIS (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Introductory design principles presented with the use of GIS and geospatial information (remote sensing, GPS, surveying, and aerial photography) for civil engineering problem solving. Introduction to the integration of geospatial data and analysis for decision making and management for site selection, mitigation, change analysis, modeling and assessment. Standard software and custom programming used in course. Students participate in both individual and team projects and presentations. Projects from the area of civil engineering. PREREQS: CE 201 or ENGR 248

Top CE 299 SPECIAL TOPICS (1-4) 
Graded P/N.

Top CE 299H SPECIAL TOPICS (1-4) 
Graded P/N. PREREQS: Honors College approval required.

Top CE 311 FLUID MECHANICS I (4)  Offered in current or future terms Has Extra Fees
Fluid properties, fluid statics, fluid motion, conservation of mass, momentum and energy for incompressible fluids, dimensional analysis, civil engineering applications.

Top CE 313 HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING (4)  Offered in current or future terms Has Extra Fees
Analysis of large civil engineering fluid systems including conduit flow, multiple reservoirs, pipe networks, pumps, turbines, open channel flow, and hydraulic structures. PREREQS: CE 311 or CHE 331

Top CE 361 SURVEYING THEORY (4)  Offered in current or future terms Has Extra Fees
Use of surveying equipment, Gaussian error theory applied to measurements, calculations of position on spherical and plane surfaces, state plane coordinate systems, introduction to global positioning systems.

Top CE 365 HIGHWAY LOCATION AND DESIGN (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Curve problems in highway design, including circular, vertical, compound curves and spirals; earth distribution analysis; preliminary office studies; paper location procedures and field layout problems. PREREQS: CE 361 or CEM 263 or FE 308

Top CE 372 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING I (4)  Offered in current or future terms Has Extra Fees
Basic soil mechanics including the identification and classification of soil, compaction principles, seepage and interpretation of pump tests, volume change and shear strength. Lec/lab/rec. PREREQS: (ENGR 213 and CE 311) or (ENGR 213 and CEM 311)

Top CE 373 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING II (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Application of fundamental soil mechanics principles to analyses of slope stability, retaining structures, and foundation support. Lec/rec. PREREQS: CE 372 or FE 315

Top CE 381 STRUCTURAL THEORY I (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Analysis of statically determinate structures (beams, frames, trusses, arches, and cables). Approximate analysis, influence lines, deflections. PREREQS: ENGR 213

Top CE 382 STRUCTURAL THEORY II (4)  Offered in current or future terms Has Extra Fees
Analysis of statically determinate structures (beams, frames, trusses). Deflections. Energy methods, introduction to matrix methods. PREREQS: CE 381

Top CE 383 DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Introduction to design of steel members, connections and structural systems. Lec/lab. PREREQS: CE 382

Top CE 392 INTRODUCTION TO HIGHWAY ENGINEERING (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Highway engineering standards, geometric design, cross section and roadside design, highway surfaces, pavement design, highways and the environment, highway construction and maintenance. PREREQS: (ENGR 212 or ENGR 212H) and CE 361

Top CE 401 RESEARCH (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CE 403 THESIS (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

Top CE 405 READING AND CONFERENCE (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CE 406 PROJECTS (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CE 407 SEMINAR (1-3)  Offered in current or future terms
Understanding complexity and systems thinking. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CE 407H SEMINAR (1-3) 
Understanding complexity and systems thinking. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: Honors College approval required.

Top CE 408 WORKSHOP (1-3) 


Top CE 410 INTERNSHIP (1-12)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CE 411 OCEAN ENGINEERING (4) 
Introduction to linear wave theory and wave forces on piles. Guided design of wave gauge facility at Coos Bay, Oregon, that requires synthesizing fluid mechanics, structural design and foundation design. PREREQS: CE 313 or CEM 311

Top CE 412 HYDROLOGY (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Fundamentals of hydrology, the hydrologic cycle, precipitation, streamflow, hydrograph analysis and hydrologic measurements.

Top CE 413 GIS IN WATER RESOURCES (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Course presents Geographic Information System (GIS) technology for developing solutions to water resource problems: water quality, availability, flooding, the natural environment, and management of water resources. Typical GIS data models for hydrologic information are presented. Synthesis of geospatial and temporal water resources to support hydrologic analysis and modeling are covered. PREREQS: Senior or graduate standing in engineering or a previous introductory GIS course.

Top CE 415 COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Planning and design criteria of coastal infrastructure, including breakwaters, jetties, sea walls, groins, piers, submerged pipelines, harbor design, and tsunami defense. Use of laboratory models, numerical simulations, and field observations for design. PREREQS: CE 313

Top CE 417 HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING DESIGN (4) 
Theory, planning, analysis, and design of hydraulic structures. Application of basic principles detailed analysis and design. Engineering planning and design of water resource systems. PREREQS: CE 313

Top CE 418 CIVIL ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE (3)  Offered in current or future terms WIC Core Course
Engineering career paths; ethics and professionalism, project planning, execution and delivery; team building/management; marketing proposals; engineering overseas; dispute resolution; partnering; effective decision making; uncertainty and risk analysis; and current industry design and construction methods. (Writing Intensive Course) PREREQS: Civil and environmental engineering majors within three terms of graduation.

Top CE 419 CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN (4)  Offered in current or future terms
A capstone design project experience exposing students to problems and issues similar to those encountered in the practice of civil and environmental engineering. Students should have completed ALL other required courses in their degree program prior to registering for this course. Lec/lab/rec.

Top CE 420 ENGINEERING PLANNING (4)  Offered in current or future terms
The application of systems analysis to structuring, analyzing, and planning for civil engineering projects. Concept of the system and its environment; setting goals, objectives, and standards; evaluation criteria; solution generation and analysis; evaluation and optimization. Project management using precedence node diagramming; resource allocation and leveling; time-cost trade-off; and PERT.

Top CE 421 MANAGING DELIVERY OF CONSTRUCTED FACILITIES (4) 
Characteristics of the construction industry and introduction to the knowledge essential to understanding factors bearing on the successful delivery of constructed facilities.

Top CE 424 CONTRACTS AND SPECIFICATIONS (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Fundamentals of construction industry contracts, including technical specifications, and issues related to time, money, warranty, insurance, and changed conditions.

Top CE 427 TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION STRUCTURES (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Design and construction of temporary structures including formwork, shoring, and earth retaining structures. PREREQS: CE 321 and (FE 315 or CE 372) and (CEM 383 or CE 383)

Top CE 461 PHOTOGRAMMETRY (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Geometry of terrestrial and vertical photographs, flightline planning, stereoscopy and parallax, stereoscopic plotting instruments, analytical photogrammetry, orthophotography, introduction to photo interpretation, and aerial cameras. PREREQS: CE 361 or CEM 263 or FE 308

Top CE 463 CONTROL SURVEYING (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) theory, networks, and fieldwork; control specifications, methods and problems in obtaining large area measurements; precise leveling; network adjustments using least square techniques; field instrument adjustments. PREREQS: CE 361 or CEM 263 or FE 308

Top CE 465 OREGON LAND SURVEY LAW (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Introduction to U.S. public land survey; Oregon state statutes, common law decisions, and administrative rules dealing with boundary law; case studies; unwritten land transfers; original and resurvey platting laws; guarantees of title; deed descriptions. PREREQS: CE 361 or CEM 263 or FE 308

Top CE 469 PROPERTY SURVEYS (3) 
U.S. public land survey: restoration of corners, subdivision of sections; topographic mapping; subdivision and partition plats, resurvey plats, subdivision design; introduction to LIS/GIS; field astronomy. PREREQS: CE 361 or CEM 263 or FE 308

Top CE 471 FOUNDATIONS FOR STRUCTURES (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Criteria, theory, and practice of design and construction for foundations of structures; staged embankment construction and design of preload fills; case history analysis; use of in situ tests for geotechnical engineering. PREREQS: CE 373

Top CE 481 REINFORCED CONCRETE I (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Basic principles of reinforced concrete design; strength, stability, and serviceability criteria; design of reinforced concrete members for flexure and shear. Detailing, development length and splices. PREREQS: CE 383

Top CE 482 MASONRY DESIGN (3)  Offered in current or future terms
A critical examination in depth of masonry design topics. PREREQS: CE 481 and /or equivalent.

Top CE 486 PRESTRESSED CONCRETE (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Prestressed concrete analysis and design, systems of prestressing, materials, economics. PREREQS: CE 481

Top CE 491 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Introduction to transportation engineering systems characteristics, traffic estimation, comprehensive transportation planning, highway economics, driver and vehicle characteristics, highway operations and capacity, signalization and control. Introduction to intelligent transportation. PREREQS: CE 392 and ST 314

Top CE 492 PAVEMENT STRUCTURES (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Design and rehabilitation of pavement structures for streets, highways, and airports. PREREQS: CE 392

Top CE 501 RESEARCH (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CE 503 THESIS (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CE 505 READING AND CONFERENCE (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CE 506 PROJECTS (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CE 507 SEMINAR (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CE 508 WORKSHOP (1-3) 
Graded P/N.

Top CE 510 INTERNSHIP (1-12)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CE 511 OCEAN ENGINEERING (4) 
Introduction to linear wave theory and wave forces on piles. Guided design of wave gauge facility at Coos Bay, Oregon, that requires synthesizing fluid mechanics, structural design and foundation design. PREREQS: CE 313 or CEM 311

Top CE 512 HYDROLOGY (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Fundamentals of hydrology, the hydrologic cycle, precipitation, streamflow, hydrograph analysis and hydrologic measurements.

Top CE 513 GIS IN WATER RESOURCES (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Course presents Geographic Information System (GIS) technology for developing solutions to water resource problems: water quality, availability, flooding, the natural environment, and management of water resources. Typical GIS data models for hydrologic information are presented. Synthesis of geospatial and temporal water resources to support hydrologic analysis and modeling are covered. PREREQS: Senior or graduate standing in engineering or a previous introductory GIS course.

Top CE 514 GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Principles of groundwater flow and chemical transport in confined and unconfined aquifers, aquifer testing and well construction. Design of dewatering and contaminant recovery systems. CROSSLISTED as BEE 514 and GEO 514. PREREQS: MTH 252

Top CE 515 COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Planning and design criteria of coastal infrastructure, including breakwaters, jetties, sea walls, groins, piers, submerged pipelines, harbor design, and tsunami defense. Use of laboratory models, numerical simulations, and field observations for design. PREREQS: CE 313

Top CE 517 HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING DESIGN (4) 
Theory, planning, analysis, and design of hydraulic structures. Application of basic principles detailed analysis and design. Engineering planning and design of water resource systems. PREREQS: CE 313

Top CE 518 GROUNDWATER MODELING (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Application of numerical methods to the solution of water flow and solute transport through saturated and unsaturated porous media. Analysis of confined and unconfined aquifers. Computer solution of large-scale field problems including groundwater contamination and aquifer yield. PREREQS: CE 514

Top CE 520 ENGINEERING PLANNING (4)  Offered in current or future terms
The application of systems analysis to structuring, analyzing, and planning for civil engineering projects. Concept of the system and its environment; setting goals, objectives, and standards; evaluation criteria; solution generation and analysis; and evaluation and optimization. Project management using precedence node diagramming; resource allocation and leveling; time-cost trade-off; and PERT.

Top CE 521 MANAGING DELIVERY OF CONSTRUCTED FACILITIES (4) 
Characteristics of the construction industry and introduction to the knowledge essential to understanding factors bearing on the successful delivery of constructed facilities.

Top CE 524 CONTRACTS AND SPECIFICATIONS (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Fundamentals of construction industry contracts, including technical specifications, and issues related to time, money, warranty, insurance, and changed conditions.

Top CE 525 STOCHASTIC HYDROLOGY (3) 
Study the elements of randomness embedded in the hydrological processes with emphasis on time series analysis, stationarity, periodic/trend component, stochastic component, time series synthesis, ARMA model, spatial sampling and scale variability. CROSSLISTED as BEE 525.

Top CE 526 ADVANCED CONCRETE MATERIALS (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Cement hydration, supplementary cementing materials, micro to macro scale property development, mixture design and proportioning including material selection for sustainable design practices, durability aspects including freeze-thaw attack, corrosion of reinforcing steel, sulfate attack and alkali-silica reaction, recent advances in concrete technology. PREREQS: CE 321 or equivalent.

Top CE 527 TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION STRUCTURES (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Design and construction of temporary structures including formwork, shoring, and earth retaining structures. PREREQS: CE 321 and (FE 315 or CE 372) and (CEM 383 or CE 383)

Top CE 530 SELECTED TOPICS IN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND MECHANICS (3)  Offered in current or future terms
A critical, in-depth examination of topics selected by the instructor from among topics not covered in other structural analysis and mechanics courses. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credits on different topics. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 9 credits. PREREQS: CE 585

Top CE 531 STRUCTURAL MECHANICS (3) 
Theories of failure, multi-axial stress conditions, torsion, shear distortions, energy methods of analysis, beams on elastic foundations. Nonlinear and inelastic behavior. PREREQS: Graduate standing.

Top CE 532 FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Applications of the finite element method to structural analysis, fluid flow and elasticity problems. Use and development of large finite element computer programs. PREREQS: CE 585 or ME 520 and /or equivalent.

Top CE 533 STRUCTURAL STABILITY (3) 
Stability theory and applications, with emphasis on design of steel structures. PREREQS: CE 383 or equivalent.

Top CE 534 STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Analytical and numerical solutions for single, multi-degree of freedom and continuous vibrating systems. Behavior of structures, dynamic forces and support motions. Seismic response spectra analysis. PREREQS: CE 382 or equivalent.

Top CE 535 INTRODUCTION TO RANDOM VIBRATIONS (4) 
Introduction to probability theory and stochastic processes. Correlation and spectral density functions. Response of linear systems to random excitations. First excursion and fatigue failures. Applications in structural and mechanical system analysis and design. PREREQS: CE 534 or (ME 422 or ME 522) and /or equivalent.

Top CE 536 NONLINEAR DYNAMICS (4) 
Vibrations in conservative and dissipative nonlinear systems having finite degrees of freedom. Qualitative and quantitative methods; harmonic balance, multiple scales, averaging, perturbation. Forced and self-excited vibrations, limit cycles, subharmonic and superharmonic resonances; stability analysis. PREREQS: CE 534 and ME 522 and /or equivalent.

Top CE 537 ADVANCED TOPICS IN DYNAMICS (3) 
Advanced topics in linear and nonlinear dynamics, and random vibrations. Markov random processes and Fokker-Planck equation. Stationary and nonstationary excitations and responses. Approximate nonlinear analysis methods including perturbation, equivalent linearization, and closure techniques. Applications in structural and mechanical system analysis and design. PREREQS: CE 534

Top CE 543 APPLIED HYDROLOGY (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Advanced treatment of hydrology covering major components of the hydrological cycle with special emphasis on surface water; hydrologic analysis and design of water resource systems; runoff prediction; and simulation of surface water systems. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: BEE 512 and CE 412 or equivalent.

Top CE 545 SEDIMENT TRANSPORT (4) 
Principles of sediment erosion, transportation and deposition in rivers, reservoirs, and estuaries; measurement, analysis, and computational techniques. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: CE 313

Top CE 547 WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING I: PRINCIPLES OF FLUID MECHANICS (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Fluid mechanics for water resources engineers, classifications of fluid flows; fluid statics and dynamics, incompressible viscous flows; dimensional analysis; applications to fluid machinery, flow through porous media, fluid motion in rivers, lakes, oceans. PREREQS: Graduate standing.

Top CE 548 WATER QUALITY DYNAMICS (3) 
Mass balance, advection and diffusion in streams, lakes and estuaries; thermal pollution, heat balance, oxygen balance, and eutrophication; mathematical models; and numerical solutions.

Top CE 551 COMPUTER-AIDED SITE AND ROAD DESIGN (4) 
Site development and road design principles and application to a comprehensive design project using computer-based digital terrain model software tools. Lec/lab/rec. PREREQS: CE 392*

Top CE 555 ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION SUPPLY DEMAND MODEL (3) 
Methods for modeling transportation supply and demand; mathematical optimization; numerical and agent-based simulation; transportation network equilibrium; optimal network design; discrete choice models; pricing and investment dynamics in transportation systems; network economics models. PREREQS: CE 591 or with instructor's consent.

Top CE 561 PHOTOGRAMMETRY (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Geometry of terrestrial and vertical photographs, flightline planning, stereoscopy and parallax, stereoscopic plotting instruments, analytical photogrammetry, orthophotography, introduction to photo interpretation, and aerial cameras. PREREQS: CE 361 or CEM 263 or FE 308

Top CE 563 CONTROL SURVEYING (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) theory, networks, and fieldwork; control specifications, methods and problems in obtaining large area measurements; precise leveling; network adjustments using least square techniques; field instrument adjustments. PREREQS: CE 361 or CEM 263 or FE 308

Top CE 565 OREGON LAND SURVEY LAW (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Introduction to U.S. public land survey; Oregon state statutes, common law decisions, and administrative rules dealing with boundary law; case studies; unwritten land transfers; original and resurvey platting laws; guarantees of title; deed descriptions. PREREQS: CE 361 or CEM 263 or FE 308

Top CE 569 PROPERTY SURVEYS (3) 
U.S. public land survey: restoration of corners, subdivision of sections; topographic mapping; subdivision and partition plats, resurvey plats, subdivision design; introduction to LIS/GIS; field astronomy. PREREQS: CE 361 and CEM 263 or FE 308

Top CE 570 GEOTECHNICAL SPECIAL TOPICS (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CE 571 FOUNDATIONS FOR STRUCTURES (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Criteria, theory, and practice of design and construction for foundations of structures; staged embankment construction and design of preload fills; case history analysis; use of in situ tests for geotechnical engineering. PREREQS: CE 373

Top CE 572 IN-SITU AND LABORATORY TESTING OF SOILS (4) 
Geotechnical site characterization including in-situ testing, soil sampling, soil identification, and laboratory tests for classification, permeability, consolidation, and shear strength. PREREQS: CE 471

Top CE 573 EARTH STRUCTURES (4) 
Analysis of seepage and stability for slopes and earth dams. Use of finite element seepage analysis and computer slope stability methods are emphasized. Design and construction considerations for embankments, earth dams, and their foundations. PREREQS: CE 471

Top CE 574 ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF SOILS (5)  Offered in current or future terms
Advanced laboratory experimental methods for measurement of soil properties. Analysis of experimental data, and methods to display data for 2D and 3D experiments. Compositional and environmental factors affecting the stress-strain, volume change, compressibility, shear strength behavior of sand, clay, and compacted soils in 2D and 3D. Stress and strain invariants and modeling of failure criteria. PREREQS: CE 471

Top CE 575 EARTH RETENTION AND SUPPORT (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Practical application of earth pressure theories to retaining walls, bulkheads, culverts, and braced excavations. Use of geosynthetics for earth retention. PREREQS: CE 373

Top CE 576 SOIL AND SITE IMPROVEMENT (3) 
The application of soil reinforcement and treatment methods for improving the performance of soils in foundations, earth retention, and drainage systems. Classification of geosynthetics, functions, properties and tests, as well as ground treatment methods for improving the strength and volume change behavior of soils in situ. PREREQS: CE 373 or FE 316

Top CE 578 GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Characteristics of ground motions during earthquakes; dynamic soil properties and site response analysis; soil liquefaction and settlement under cyclic loading; seismic earth pressures; seismic slope stability. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: CE 471

Top CE 579 DEEP FOUNDATIONS (4) 
Installation of piles; construction and design of drilled piers; analyses of axially and laterally loaded piers, piles and pile groups; wave equation and dynamic monitoring for pile behavior. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: CE 471

Top CE 580 SELECTED TOPICS IN STRUCTURAL DESIGN (3)  Offered in current or future terms
A critical examination in depth of topics selected by the instructor from among topics not covered in other structural design courses. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 18 credits. PREREQS: CE 581 and CE 383 and (CE 481 or CE 581) and (CE 405 or CE 505 Building Design Forces)

Top CE 581 REINFORCED CONCRETE I (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Basic principles of reinforced concrete design; strength, serviceability criteria; design of reinforced concrete members for flexure and shear. Detailing, development length and splices.

Top CE 582 MASONRY DESIGN (3)  Offered in current or future terms
A critical examination in depth of topics selected by the instructor from among topics not covered in other structural design courses. PREREQS: CE 581 and /or equivalent.

Top CE 583 BRIDGE DESIGN (3)  Offered in current or future terms
AASHTO specifications for bridge design; load models; design for moving loads; design and analysis of bridge decks and simple and continuous bridge spans. PREREQS: CE 381 and CE 382 and (CE 481 or CE 581). It's recommended that students take CE 383 concurrently with CE 583.

Top CE 585 MATRIX STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Development of matrix methods for linear structural analysis. Force and displacement methods of analysis. Virtual work principles. Use of computer programs to analyze structures. Introduction to finite-element method. PREREQS: CE 382 or equivalent.

Top CE 586 PRESTRESSED CONCRETE (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Prestressed concrete analysis and design, systems of prestressing, materials, economics. PREREQS: CE 581

Top CE 588 PROBABILITY-BASED ANALYSIS AND DESIGN (4) 
Application of probability and statistics in the analysis and design of civil and mechanical engineering systems. Probabilistic modeling of loading and resistance. Probability-based design criteria including load and resistance factor design. PREREQS: ST 314 or equivalent.

Top CE 589 SEISMIC DESIGN (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Design of structures to resist the effects of earthquakes. Introduction to structural dynamics, dynamic analysis, seismic design philosophy, code requirements, and detailing for steel and reinforced concrete. PREREQS: CE 383 or CE 481 or equivalent.

Top CE 590 SELECTED TOPICS IN TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING (1-3) 
Selected topics on contemporary problems in transportation engineering; application of ongoing research from resident and visiting faculty. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 9 credits.

Top CE 591 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, PLANNING, AND POLICY (3)  Offered in current or future terms
The systems approach and its applications to transportation engineering and planning. The making of transportation plans and policies. Development of transportation models. Transportation system performance. Decision analysis. Evaluation of transportation projects. Environmental and social impacts of transportation.

Top CE 592 PAVEMENT STRUCTURES (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Design and rehabilitation of pavement structures for streets, highways, and airports. PREREQS: CE 392

Top CE 593 TRAFFIC FLOW ANALYSIS AND CONTROL (4)  Offered in current or future terms
Traffic operations and control systems; traffic flow theory and stream characteristics; capacity analysis; traffic models and simulation; accident and safety improvement. Offered alternate years.

Top CE 594 TRANSPORTATION FACILITY DESIGN (4) 
Location and design of highways, and other surface transportation terminals; design for safety, energy efficiency, and environmental quality. Offered alternate years. Lec/rec. PREREQS: CE 392

Top CE 595 TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND DESIGN (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Traffic operations and engineering; human and vehicular characteristics; traffic stream characteristics; highway capacity analysis; intersection operation, control and design. PREREQS: CE 491*

Top CE 596 PAVEMENT EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT (3) 
Advanced topics in pavement evaluation techniques and pavement management procedures. PREREQS: CE 492

Top CE 597 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION (3) 
Characteristics and nature of public transportation systems, including bus, light and heavy rail; financing policy considerations; planning transit service; managing and operating transit systems for small and large urban areas. Offered alternate years.

Top CE 598 AIRPORT PLANNING AND DESIGN (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Characteristics and nature of the air transport system. Airport financing, air traffic control. Analysis and design of airports and the airport planning processes. Airport appurtenances. Airport pavement design, environmental facilities and drainage. Offered alternate years.

Top CE 599 INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Introduction to intelligent transportation systems, including enabling surveillance, navigation, communication and computer technologies. Application of technologies for monitoring, analysis evaluation and prediction of transportation system performance. Intervention strategies, costs and benefits, safety, human factors, institutional issues and case studies. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: CE 491 is a corequisite for new graduate students.

Top CE 601 RESEARCH (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CE 603 THESIS (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CE 605 READING AND CONFERENCE (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CE 606 PROJECTS (1-16)  Offered in current or future terms
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

Top CE 607 OCEAN ENGINEERING SEMINAR (1) 
Presentations from on-campus and off-campus speakers discussing state of technology topics in ocean engineering research, development, and construction. Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 99 credits.

Top CE 630 OCEAN WAVE MECHANICS I (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Linear wave boundary value problem formulation and solution, water particle kinematics, shoaling, refraction, diffraction, and reflection. Linear long wave theory with applications to tides, seiching, and storm surge. CROSSLISTED as OC 630. Lec/lab.

Top CE 631 OCEAN WAVE MECHANICS II (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Second in the sequence of ocean wave mechanics, covers the following topics: introduction to long wave theory, wave superposition, wave height distribution, and the wind-wave spectrum, introduction to wave forces, and basic nonlinear properties of water waves. May include additional selected topic in wave mechanics. CROSSLISTED as OC 631. PREREQS: CE 630 or OC 630

Top CE 634 LONG WAVE MECHANICS (3) 
Theory of long waves. Depth-integrated Euler's equation and its jump conditions. Evolution equations and their solutions. Nonlinear shallow-water waves, the Korteweg-deVries equation and Boussinesq equation. Boundary-layer effects. Shallow-water waves on beaches. Applications of the fundamentals to problems of tsunamis. CROSSLISTED as OC 634. PREREQS: CE 630 and CE 631 and OC 670 or equivalent.

Top CE 635 APPLIED MODELING OF NEARSHORE PROCESSES (4) 
An introduction to numerical modeling of the nearshore ocean, providing hands-on experience with state-of-the-art numerical models for wave propagation, nearshore circulation, planform shoreline evolution and bathymetric profile evolution. The focus is on review of model requirements, detailed study of several specific models for several domains of interest, application to coastal phenomena, and the interpretation of model results. Offered alternate years.

Top CE 639 DYNAMICS OF OCEAN STRUCTURES (3) 
Dynamic response of fixed and compliant structures to wind, wave and current loading; Morison equation and diffraction theory for wave and current load modeling, time and frequency domain solution methods; application of spectral and time series analyses; system parameter identification; and stochastic analysis of fatigue and response to extreme loads. Offered alternate years.

Top CE 640 SELECTED TOPICS IN OCEAN AND COASTAL ENGINEERING (1-3) 
Selected topics on contemporary problems in ocean and coastal engineering; application of ongoing research from resident and visiting faculty. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credits on different topics. Offered alternate years. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 9 credits. PREREQS: CE 641

Top CE 642 RANDOM WAVE MECHANICS (3) 
Random wave theories, probability and statistics of random waves and wave forces, time series analyses of stochastic processes, ocean wave spectra. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: CE 641

Top CE 643 COASTAL ENGINEERING (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Coastal sediment transport including nearshore currents, longshore onshore-offshore transport, and shoreline configuration; equilibrium beach profile concept with application to shore protection; shoreline modeling; tidal inlet hydrodynamics and inlet stabilization; design criteria for soft structures. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: CE 641

Top CE 645 WAVE FORCES ON STRUCTURES (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Wave forces on small and large members, dimensional analyses and scaling of equations, identification and selection of force coefficients for Morison equation; compatibility of wave kinematics and force coefficients in Morison equation, diffraction and radiation of surface gravity waves by large floating bodies, wavemaker problem, and reciprocity relations. PREREQS: CE 641

Top CE 647 OCEAN AND COASTAL ENGINEERING MEASUREMENTS (3)  Offered in current or future terms
Hands-on experience in the conduct of field and laboratory observations, including waves, currents, wind, tides, tsunami, sediments, bathymetry, shore profiles, wave forces on structures, and structural response. Online data archival and retrieval systems. PREREQS: CE 641

Top CE 808 WORKSHOP (1-16) 
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.


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