Civil Engineering

CVEN 2200. Surveying. 2 Credit Hours (Lecture: 1 Hour, Lab: 3 Hours).

Introduction to the principles of measurements of distances, angles, and elevations; use of modern surveying equipment, area calculations, effects of observation errors; topographic mapping, traverse and area computations, and triangulation. Lab fee: $2.

CVEN 22325. DO NOT USE. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 2 Hours).

CVEN 2235. Civil Engineering Graphics. 2 Credit Hours (Lecture: 1 Hour, Lab: 3 Hours).

Introduction to technical drawing applied to civil engineering; design and drawing of various reinforced concrete structure members and connections; use of computer graphic tools, such as AUTOCAD for drawing geometric construction, isometric projection, sectional view, dimensioning, multi-view projections and plans. Lab fee: $2.

CVEN 2312. Intro to Civil Engineering. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Introduction to the disciplines of civil engineering practice through understanding of various sub-specializations within civil engineering discipline such as geotechnical, structural, transportation, water resources and environmental engineering; sustainable design approaches to civil engineering projects through critical thinking and environmental stewardship; and professional and ethical obligations of civil engineering profession. Prerequisite: ENGR 1211.

CVEN 3123. Strength of Materials lab. 1 Credit Hour (Lecture: 0 Hours, Lab: 3 Hours).

Application of theory of strength of materials by conducting laboratory experiments. Students will conduct series of experiments to measure the properties of materials such as young’s modulus and poison’s ratio, tensile strength, compressive strength, torsional shear stress, as well as compute stress concentration factors, principal stresses and strains, and deformation using deflection equations. Prerequisite: ENGR 2321; CVEN 3323 or concurrent registration Lab fee: $2.

CVEN 3245. Civil Engineering Lab I. 2 Credit Hours (Lecture: 1 Hour, Lab: 3 Hours).

This course covers topics on the design of experiments with a focus on the mechanical and physical properties of construction materials. It includes experiments and demonstrations of basic concepts of fluid mechanics using a fluid circuit system and flume. Topics encompass the measurement of hydraulic pressure, strains using mechanical gauges and electrical resistance strain gauges, sieve analysis of aggregates, and concrete mix design & asphalt mix design. The course further includes experiments on metals, aggregates, Portland cement, concrete, asphalt, asphalt mixtures, and wood. Prerequisite: CVEN 2312 or concurrent registration Lab Fee: $2.

CVEN 3301. Structural Analysis. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Introduction to the basic principles of structural analysis; various methods of analyses for beams, trusses, rigid frames, as well as statically indeterminate beams and trusses. Prerequisite: ENGR 2321.

CVEN 3320. Construction Planning and Management. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Importance of construction planning and management from awarding contract to completion; construction equipment and management techniques; scheduling, and control techniques in civil engineering; scheduling, progress monitoring, and recovery schedules, and use of tools for schedule optimization. Prerequisite: CVEN 2312.

CVEN 3323. Strength of Materials. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Basic concepts of the theory of strength of materials to engineering design and analysis. Topics include stresses and strains in members subjected to tension, compression, torsion, and shear; flexural and shearing stresses in beams, principal stresses and deflection of beams, column analysis. Prerequisite: ENGR 2321.

CVEN 3325. Contracts and Construction Engineering. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Legal aspect of construction industry, ownership, and contractor; contracts and contracting procedure; drawing and specifications used in contract, cost estimation and bidding; contract surety bonds, construction insurance; construction project management and administration; effective project time management; project cost management; prevailing labor market, labor laws, and labor relations; ethics and project safety aspect of construction engineering. Prerequisites: ENGL 1302; CVEN 2310; CVEN 2325.

CVEN 3346. Civil Engineering Lab II. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 2 Hours, Lab: 2 Hours).

This course introduces the cutting-edge realm of civil engineering software. The course topics include modules on using software such as AutoCAD and Autodesk Civil 3D for stormwater plan and corridor design, Autodesk Revit for Building Information Modeling (BIM), Robot Structural Analysis for the analysis and design of reinforced concrete and steel structural elements, Plaxis for foundation design, and pavement design software. Prerequisite: CVEN 2312.

CVEN 3423. Strength of Materials. 4 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 3 Hours).

Application of the theory of strength of materials to engineering design and analysis. Topics include stresses and strains in members subjected to tension, compression, torsion, and shear; flexural and shearing stresses in beams, principal stresses and deflection of beams, column analysis. Prerequisite:ENGR 2321 Lab fee: $2.

CVEN 3430. Civil Engineering Materials. 4 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 3 Hours).

Introductions to materials engineering; general properties and behavior of construction materials used in civil engineering particularly their mechanical and non-mechanical properties of cement, aggregate, concrete, metals, steel, aluminum, plastics, wood, and composites; environmental influences and construction material behavior; laboratory evaluation of civil engineering material properties through experiments; standard specifications for material properties, techniques for testing. Prerequisite: CVEN 2312 or concurrent enrollment Lab fee: $2.

CVEN 4086. Special Problems. 1-4 Credit Hours (Lecture: 1-4 Hours, Lab: 1-4 Hours).

Directed study of selected topics in Civil Engineering. May be repeated with approval of department head.

CVEN 4305. Reinforced Concrete Design. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Flexural analysis and design of reinforced concrete beams including singly and doubly reinforced rectangular beams and T-beams, shear and diagonal tension, serviceability, bond, anchorage and development length, short and slender columns, slabs, footings, and retaining walls, including computer software and a design project. Prerequisite: CVEN 3323.

CVEN 4306. Steel Design. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Fundamentals of analysis and design of steel structures; structural elements; simple and eccentric connections; includes a design project. Prerequisite: CVEN 3323.

CVEN 4325. Foundation Engineering. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Focuses on geotechnical design of shallow foundations, including spread footings, mats, driven piles, and drilled piers; coverage of bearing capacity, settlement, group effects, lateral load capacity of various foundation types; subsurface exploration, construction of deep foundations and analysis of pile behavior using wave equation and dynamic monitoring methods. Prerequisites: CVEN 2312 and ENVE 2311.

CVEN 4360. Highway Planning and Design. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

This course aims to help students understand the basic principles and techniques in highway planning and design. It includes highway planning process, design of the alignment of intersections, evaluation of earthwork requirements, and safety consideration. Upon completion students should be able to perform basic highway design. The course also covers the topics in highway design in the FE exam. Prerequisite: ENGR 3311.

CVEN 4450. Transportation Engineering. 4 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 3 Hours). [WI]

Introduction to highway engineering and traffic analysis; geometric design of highways, traffic flow and queuing theory, highway capacity and level of service analysis, traffic control and analysis at intersections, travel demand and traffic forecasting. Prerequisite: CVEN 2312 or concurrent enrollment Lab fee: $2.

CVEN 5084. Internship. 1-3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 1-3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Preapproved and supervised work experience consisti ng of a minimum of 240 hours (6 weeks) in a Civil Engineering related positi on with public or private industries. Each credit hour of coursework is equivalent to 80 hours (2 weeks) of work experience. May be repeated for a total of 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Graduate standing with approval of Program Coordinator.

CVEN 5088. Master's Thesis. 1-6 Credit Hours (Lecture: 1-6 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Required each semester in which a student is working and receiving direction on a master’s thesis. Minimum two semesters (6 hours) required for master’s thesis option.

CVEN 5098. Research Project. 1-3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 1-3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Graduate students conduct original research on a variety of topics in the Civil Engineering. Prerequisite: Graduate standing with approval of Program Coordinator.

CVEN 5301. Advanced Structural Analysis. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

The course covers advanced techniques on analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate structures using matrix method of analysis that form the basis of structural analysis soft ware. Finite element analysis is introduced for shell elements. The emphasis of this course is to learn analytical techniques to analyze complex structural systems and verify the results using soft ware tools. Prerequisite: Mastery in statics or undergraduate degree in civil engineering related field or department head approval.

CVEN 5304. Advanced Steel and Timber Design. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

The course covers topics on principles of the design of steel and wood structures using ASD/LRFD methods. Analysis and design of structural elements including steel beams, steel columns, and connections. Covers topics on types of wood, properties of wood, design criteria using structural lumber, glue laminated lumber and structural panels. Design bending and compression wood members, wood trusses and shear diaphragms. Emphasis is given to design steel and timber structures using building standards such as Steel Construction Manual, and National Design Specifications (NDS) for wood. Prerequisite: Mastery in solid mechanics or undergraduate degree in civil engineering related field or department head approval.

CVEN 5305. Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Theory and practice of reinforced concrete design. Theory and design of high strength concrete mixtures. Design of reinforced concrete beams, slabs and columns using the ultimate strength design code of the American Concrete Institute. Prerequisite: Mastery in solid mechanics or undergraduate degree in civil engineering related field or department head approval.

CVEN 5308. In-Situ Testing. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

The theoretical and practical aspects of in-situ tests in geotechnical engineering. Tests discussed include: Standard Penetration Test, Field Vane, Piezocone, Dilatometer, Pressure meter, and Borehole Shear. Emphasis on use of in-situ test results for determining engineering properties of soil for design. Prerequisite: Mastery in soil mechanics or undergraduate degree in civil engineering related field.

CVEN 5309. Design of Buried and Earth Structures. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

The course covers fundamental concepts for the analysis and design of most commonly used earth retaining structures, including reinforced concrete cantilever walls, sheet pile walls, mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls, geosynthetic-reinforced earth structures, and engineered earth slopes. Prerequisite: Mastery in soil mechanics or undergraduate degree in engineering related field or department head approval.

CVEN 5310. Water Resources Engineering. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Fundamentals of hydraulics applicable to open channel flow, natural streams and waterways; irrigation flow characteristics; hydrologic analysis; fluid measurement methods; introduction to hydraulic models including HEC-RAS; and economic aspects of water resources. Prerequisite: Mastery in fluid mechanics or undergraduate degree in civil engineering related field.

CVEN 5311. Soil Improvement & Remediation. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Engineered ground improvement; slurry trenches, dewatering systems; grouting; deep dynamic compaction, vibro compaction; stone columns; wick and vertical sand drains; deep mixing; composite foundation. Emphasizes basic principles and design methodology. Prerequisite: Mastery in soil mechanics or undergraduate degree in engineering related field or department head approval.

CVEN 5315. Bridge Design. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Course topics include general considerations for design and load capacity evaluation of highway bridges. Introduction to load and resistance factor design (LRFD) philosophy in designing bridges. Covers topics on AASHTO bridge loads, load distribution, design of bridge deck, analysis & design of prestressed concrete girders, design of composite steel bridges, design of abutments and substructures. Prerequisite: Mastery in solid mechanics or undergraduate degree in civil engineering related field or department head approval.

CVEN 5316. Pre-Stressed Concrete Design. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Analysis and design of prestressed concrete beams. Topics include flexural analysis, prestress bond, draping and debonding, allowable stresses, shear analysis and design, camber prediction, and prestress losses. Prerequisite: Mastery in solid mechanics or undergraduate degree in civil engineering related field.

CVEN 5318. Pavement Material & Management. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Principles and theoretical concepts of rigid and flexible pavements for highways and airfields; effects of traffic loads, natural forces, and material quality; Mechanistic-Empirical Design Guideline (MEPDG), current design practices (including bituminous mixture design and pavement foundation design), test methods of pavement materials; and pavement management systems. Prerequisite: Mastery in intermediate level probability & statistics or undergraduate degree in engineering related field or department head approval.

CVEN 5319. Unit Operations. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Physical operations in water and wastewater treatment are covered in this course. These include the design of lift stations and gravity sewers, screens, sedimentation tanks, clarifiers and holding basins. Prerequisite: Mastery in fluid mechanics or undergraduate degree in engineering related field or department head approval.

CVEN 5320. Chemical & Biological Processes in Water Treatment. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

This course examines the chemical and biological phenomena and processes that are related to water and wastewater treatment. Selection and design of the various secondary and tertiary treatment mechanisms are covered. Prerequisite: Mastery in intermediate level organic chemistry & environmental biotechnology; or undergraduate degree in engineering related field; or department head approval.

CVEN 5322. Surface Water Hydrology. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Advanced study of the hydrologic cycle, including rainfall-runoff mechanisms, hydrographs, reservoir and channel routing and the application of modeling software in watershed analysis. Prerequisite: Mastery in fluid mechanics or undergraduate degree in civil/environmental engineering related field.

CVEN 5323. Ground Water Hydrology. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Coverage of groundwater flow, well hydraulics, the exploration and management of groundwater resources, modeling of subsurface flow with software and the design of well fields. Prerequisite: Mastery in fluid mechanics or undergraduate degree in civil/environmental engineering related field.

CVEN 5324. Surface Water Quality Modeling. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Coverage of fate and transport of contaminants in surface water. The course includes modelling of occurrence and transport of dissolved oxygen, chemicals and other substances in surface water as well as the interphase movement of chemicals between water and sediments. Prerequisite: Mastery in fluid mechanics or undergraduate degree in civil/environmental engineering related field.

CVEN 5325. Advanced Foundation Engineering. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Design of foundations with emphasis on reinforced concrete, footings, caissons, piles, retaining walls, and mat foundations. Effect of bearing pressure on foundations. Prerequisite: Mastery in soil mechanics or undergraduate degree in civil/environmental engineering related field or department head approval.

CVEN 5360. Highway Planning & Design. 3 Credit Hours (Lecture: 3 Hours, Lab: 0 Hours).

Basic concepts in highway planning and design. It includes highway planning process, rigid pavement design, flexible pavement design, and box culvert design. Students will apply the knowledge of estimating and scheduling to heavy construction projects such as highways, bridges, approaches, pipelines, or related structures. Prerequisite: Mastery in intermediate level probability & statistics or undergraduate degree in engineering related field or department head approval.