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| The following list summarizes the environmental engineering and related courses offered by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. In addition to these courses, students can select courses offered by other departments to tailor their graduate programs according to their interests and areas of specialization. |
| CEE 310 | Fluid Mechanics, Semester I or II; 3 cr. Fluid statics, kinematics,
conservation of mass, energy and momentum, dimensional analysis, ideal
fluid and real fluid flows, applications to engineering problems. This
is not a graduate level course.
Prerequisites: Math 234 & EMA 202 or equiv Instructor: Hoopes. |
| CEE 311 | Hydroscience, Semester I or II; 3 cr. Introduction to the water
cycle, its relationship to the environment and human attempts to conserve,
control, and utilize water judiciously. Fundamentals of hydrology, hydraulics,
coastal engineering and water resources engineering. This is not a graduate
level course.
Prerequisites: CEE 310 Instructor: Hoopes, Joeres, Potter |
| CEE 315 | Hydrology, Semester I; 3 cr. Water cycle as related to air mass
properties and movement, precipitation, evaporation, snowmelt, infiltration,
streamflow, floods, and groundwater. Statistical hydrology, and hydrologic
simulations--including runoff prediction, streamflow and reservoir routing,
impoundment operation studies, and urban hydrology.
Prerequisites: Comp. Sci. 211 or 302, CEE 311, or cons inst. Instructor: Joeres, Potter |
| CEE 316 | Hydraulic Engineering, Semester I or II; 3 cr. Engineering approaches
to the measurement, control and conveyance of water flows with particular
emphasis on the analysis, design, characteristics, and selection of: hydraulic
models (hydraulic structures, rivers, hydraulic machinery, etc.); measurement
devices and instrumentation (velocity, discharge, pressure, temperature,
etc.); pipe systems (water supply and sewerage networks, surge tanks, water
hammer); pumps and turbines (axial, radial, mixed flow).
Prerequisites: CEE 311 Instructor: Hoopes |
| CEE 320 | Environmental Engineering, Semester I and II; 3 cr. Fundamental
sanitary aspects of environmental engineering. Role of the engineer in
the control of the environment; water supply and wastewater problems; solid
waste disposal; air pollution; and administration in environmental engineering.
This is not a graduate level course.
Prerequisites: 1 year College Chem Instructor: Harrington, Eykholt |
| CEE 322 | Environmental Engineering Processes, Semester II; 3 cr.
Theoretical and experimental analysis of physical, chemical, and biological
unit processes in environmental engineering. Flocculation/precipitation,
filtration, adsorption, activated sludge, anaerobic digestion, substrate
utilization kinetics.
Prerequisites: CEE 320 or consent of instructor Instructor: Noguera |
| CEE 326 | Design of Wastewater Treatment Plants, Semester I or II; 3 cr.
Unit operations in wastewater treatment; physical, chemical, and biological
processes for treatment of wastewater; sludge treatment and disposal; design
of a wastewater treatment plant; site visits to wastewater treatment plants.
Prerequisites: CEE 320 & 310 or consent of instructor Instructor: Berthouex. |
| CEE 330 | Soil Mechanics, Semester I or II; 4 cr. Basic principles of
soil mechanics and fundamentals of application in engineering practice;
soil composition and texture; classification; permeability and seepage;
consolidation; settlement; shear strength; lateral earth pressures; fundamentals
of retaining structures, shallow and deep foundations, slope stability;
sub-surface exploration. This is not a graduate level course.
Prerequisites: EMA 303 or 304 Instructor: Edil, Bosscher, Adams, Benson. |
| CEE 411 | Open Channel Hydraulics, Semester I or II; 3 cr. Analysis and
characteristics of flow in open channels (natural and artificial); channel
design considerations including uniform flow (rivers, sewers), flow measuring
devices (weirs, flumes), gradually varied flow (backwater and other flow
profiles, flood routing), rapidly varied flow (hydraulic jump, spillways),
and channel design problems (geometric considerations, scour, channel stabilization,
sediment transport).
Prerequisites: CEE 311 Instructor: |
| CEE 412 | Groundwater Hydraulics, Semester I or II; 3 cr. Engineering
fundamentals of groundwater flow. Mass and momentum conservation, diffusion,
and dispersion. Applications to wells, recharge, plumes, and convective
transport. Physical models and elementary numerical methods, including
flow nets. Some laboratory work.
Prerequisites: CEE 310 Instructor: Hoopes, Benson. |
| CEE 414 | Groundwater Hydraulics, Semester I or II; 3 cr. Engineering
fundamentals of groundwater flow. Mass and momentum conservation, diffusion,
and dispersion. Applications to wells, recharge, plumes, and convective
transport. Physical models and elementary numerical methods, including
flow nets. Some laboratory work.
Prerequisites: CEE 310 Instructor: Hoopes, Benson. |
| CEE 416 | Optimization and Simulation of Water Resources Systems, Semester
II; 3 cr. Basic concepts of systems analysis applied to water resources.
Introduction to optimization and simulation methodology. Development and
application of water quality management models. Use of stochastic and parametric
hydrologic models.
Prerequisites: CEE 311 or consent of instructor Instructor: Joeres. |
| CEE 423 | Air Pollution - Effects, Measurements, and Control, Semester
Irr; 3 cr. The influence of man-caused pollution on the atmosphere, globally
and locally. Evaluation of human health, economic, and aesthetic effects
of air pollution. Techniques for measurement of atmosphere pollutant
concentrations and determination of local and regional air quality. Detailed
presentation of air pollution sources and methods for their control. The
role of local, state and federal government in air pollution control.
Prerequisites: Instructor: |
| CEE 424 | Environmental Engineering Chemistry, Semester I; 3 cr. Basic
chemistry and chemical calculations applied to environmental engineering,
lab methods and interpretation of results for chemical and biological analyses
of water and wastewater.
Prerequisites: CHEM 103 Instructor: Eykholt |
| CEE 427 | Solid and Hazardous Wastes Engineering, Semester I; 3 cr. Basic
concepts in designing, evaluating, and operating solid wastes storage,
collection, and disposal systems; waste reduction, resource recovery, incineration
and land disposal methods; hazardous wastes engineering; legal, political,
and administrative considerations.
Prerequisites: CEE 320 or consent of instructor Instructor: Park |
| CEE 428 | Water Treatment Plant Design, Semester II; 3 cr. Preliminary
studies and design of water treatment processes and subordinate plant facilities;
project control of design project; unit operations in water treatment;
groundwater treatment; preliminary cost estimates; introduction of computer-aided
design concept; site visits to water treatment plants.
Prerequisites: CEE 320 or consent of instructor Instructor: Park |
| CEE 429 | Environmental Systems Optimization, Semester II; 3 cr. Design
and analysis of complex environmental systems to capture policy trade-offs
in managing water, land, air, and energy resources. Illustration
of models that describe decision variables and constraints to capture the
full range of alternative policy choices. Heuristic and formal solution
procedures to select best project alternatives.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor Instructor: Joeres |
| CEE 500 | Water Chemistry, Semester I; 3 cr. Elements of fresh and marine
water chemistry; acid-base, precipitation, complexation, oxidation-reduction,
adsorption, and biochemical reactions in natural waters and water treatment
processes.
Prerequisites: CHEM 103,104, 221, or equiv, or cons. Inst. Instructor: Anderson, Andren, Armstrong |
| CEE 501 | Water Analysis Intermediate, Semester I; 2 cr. Principles and
applications of chemical and instrumental methods for the chemical analysis
of water.
Prerequisites: CHEM 223 Instructor: Sonzogni |
| CEE 502 | Environmental Organic Chemistry, Semester II; 3 cr. Environmental
behavior of anthropogenic organic compounds. Physical-chemical properties
and compound specific reativities. Environmental processes controlling
transport and fate; air-water exchange, sorption, chemical and photochemical
reactions and transformations. Environmental fate modeling. For graduate
students in environmental science and engineering.
Prerequisites: CEE 500, CHEM 343 or equiv Instructor: Armstrong, Andren |
| CEE 503 | Water Analysis Intermediate Laboratory, Semester I; 1 cr. Application
of chemical and instrumental methods to the analysis of waters.
Prerequisites: CHEM 223 or con reg in CEE 501, cons. inst. Instructor: Sonzogni |
| CEE 510 | Water Motions in Small Lakes and Reservoirs, 2 cr. Dynamics
of water motions in small lakes and reservoirs, with applications to both
engineering problems, and to biological, chemical, and geological phenomena.
Seiching, waves, wind-driven currents, Langmuir circulations, mixed layers,
flushing, mixing and diffusion.
Prerequisites: CEE 310 or cons ints. Instructor: |
| CEE 512 | Air Sea Interaction, 2 cr. How the atmosphere interacts with
oceans, lakes, and reservoirs. Transfer of heat, water, and oxygen across
the interface; the depth and character of thermoclines; wind stress on
water; surface waves and their generation by the wind; large-scale air-sea
interaction.
Prerequisites: CEE 511 or Atm Ocn 322 or 501, or cons. inst. Instructor: |
| CEE 521 | Industrial Pollution Control, Semester II; 3 cr. Characteristics
and composition of industrial wastes, sampling and methods of analysis
of industrial wastes, and remedial measures for treatment, in-plant conservation,
material, reclamation, recycling and disposal.
Prerequisites: CEE 320 or cons. inst. Instructor: Berthouex |
| CEE 522 | Hazardous Waste Management, Semester II, 3 cr. Environmental
regulations, site and subsurface characterization, toxicology, process
fundamentals and contaminant pathways, air stripping, soil vapor extraction,
carbon adsorption, bioventing, in-situ bioremedicaiton, thermal destruction,
and quantitative risk assessment
Prerequisites: CEE 320 or cons. inst. . Instructor: Park, Anderson |
| CEE 530 | Seepage and Slopes, Semester I or II, 3 cr. Practical aspects
of seepage effects and ground water flow. Stability of natural and man-made
slopes under various loading conditions. Design and construction of earth
dams and embankments. Flow net and its use; wells; filters; total and effective
stress methods of slope analysis; selection of pertinent soil parameters.
Prerequisites: CEE 330 . Instructor: Edil, Bosscher, Benson |
| CEE 534 | Field Methods in Geological Engineering, Semester I, Alt Yrs;
3 cr. Methods of site investigations for the rational design of structures
in rocks and soil. Field reconnaissance, exploratory drilling, in situ
testing, during and post-excavation monitoring.
Prerequisites: CEE 330, GLE 474, or cons inst. Instructor: Bosscher |
| CEE 611 | Hydrodynamics, Semester I; 3 cr. General analytical relations
in three dimensions using vector analysis, steady two-dimensional incompressible
flow using potential theory and complex variables, introduction to real-fluid
theory.
Prerequisites: CEE 310, MATH 320, or cons. inst. Instructor: Hoopes |
| CEE 618 | Intermediate Fluid Mechanics, 1-3 cr. Given on demand.
Prerequisites: varies with topics. Instructor: Hoopes |
| CEE 624 | Cost Engineering for Water Pollution Control, Semester I; 3
cr. Use of forecasting, cost estimating and analysis, and optimization
methods for the design of sanitary engineering systems, with major emphasis
on water and waste-water treatment.
Prerequisites: CEE 425 or 426 or 427 or cons inst. Instructor: Berthouex |
| CEE 631 | Toxicants in the Environment: Sources, Distribution, Fate, and
Effects, Semester II; 3 cr. Nature, sources, distribution, and fate of
contaminants in air, water, soil, and food and potential for harmful exposure
Prerequisites: CHEM 343, 345 or equiv; or cons inst. Instructor: Harkin |
| CEE 633 | Waste Geotechnics, Semester I or II; 3 cr. The geotechnical
aspects of waste disposal and storage. Critical aspects of geotechnical
design, construction, and testing relevant to the performance of earthen
structures used for the storage and disposal of wastes or the remediation
of contaminated sites are discussed.
Prerequisites: CEE 320, 330 Instructor: Benson |
| CEE 635 | Remediation Geotechnics, Semester I or II; 3 cr. Geotechnical
practice for remediation of sites containing contaminated soil and groundwater
is discussed. Topics include non-invasive and invasive subsurface exploration
techniques, methods to monitor for the presence of contaminants in the
saturated and unsaturated zones, and geotechnically-oriented remedial action
technologies.
Prerequisites: CEE 320, 330 Instructor: Benson |
| CEE 700 | Chemistry of Natural Waters, Semester I; 3 cr. Application of
chemical principles to cycling of important elements in natural waters;
mineral weathering, cycles of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, silicon, sulfur,
and minor elements in natural waters; relationships of atmospheric chemistry
to natural waters.
Prerequisites: CEE 500 or cons inst. Instructor: Armstrong, Anderson, Andren |
| CEE 701 | Analytical Techniques of Water Analysis, Semester II; 1-3 cr.
Analytical techniques used in environmental chemistry research. Intended
for students majoring in water chemistry or closely related fields. Each
technique is taught as a 1 credit, 5 week module. Topics (vary from year
to year) include analysis of organic chemicals in environmental matrices,
analysis of trace metals, radiotracer techniques, in situ FTIR spectroscopy,
physical methods for characterization of particles and particle surfaces,
atomic force balance microscopy.
Prerequisites: CEE 501, cons inst. Instructor: Armstrong, Anderson |
| CEE 711 | Problems of Viscous Flow. 2 cr. Classical problems in laminar
flow, including derivation, properties, and exact solutions of Navier-Stokes
equation; very slow viscous flow; laminar boundary layer; Prandtl's boundary
layer equations; similarity solutions; Karman integral equations; viscous
density-stratified flow.
Prerequisites: Instructor: Monkmeyer |
| CEE 712 | Problems of Turbulent Flow. 2 cr. Transition from laminar to
turbulent flow; statistical parameters of turbulence; variance spectra,
instability theories, basic features of organized motion in turbulent states,
phenomenological theories; transport mechanisms of turbulence, energy transformations
in turbulent flow, applications to wall bounded (boundary layers), and
free (jet, wake, plume) flows, and to stratified fluids, similarity requirements
for modeling of turbulent flow.
Prerequisites: CEE 711 or cons. inst. Instructor: Hoopes |
| CEE 714 | Flow Through Porous Media, Semester Irr; 3 cr. Properties of
a porous medium; Darcy's Law; conservation of mass; potential flow-conformal
mapping; diffusion equation; application to problems in seepage, groundwater,
and hydraulics of wells.
Prerequisites: CEE 611 or cons inst Instructor: Hoopes |
| CEE 730 | Engineering Properties of Soils, Semester I or II; 3 cr. Determination
and interpretation of soil properties for engineering purposes; physio-chemical
properties of soil-water systems, permeability and capillarity, compression
characteristics of soils, measurement of soil properties in the triaxial
test, properties of frozen soils and permafrost.
Prerequisites: CEE 330 Instructor: Edil |
| CEE 731 | Properties of Geosynthetics, Semester Alt Yrs; 3 cr. Properties
and behavior of geosynthetics (plastics sheets and geotextiles used in
geotechnical and geo-environmental construction) are discussed and measured
in a laboratory setting. Students learn how to measure and quantify geomechanical
and hydraulic behavior of geosynthetics which are used in design.
Prerequisites: CEE 330, cons inst Instructor: Edil, Benson |
| CEE 732 |
Unsaturated Soil Geoengineering, 3 cr.
Engineering principles of unsaturated soils as they apply to
geotechnical and geoenvironmental systems.
Effect of soil water suction and stress on hydraulic conductivity,
shear strength, and compressibility of soils in the context
of geoengineering problems of flow and stability.
Prerequisites: CEE 330, cons inst Instructor: |
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Physicochemical Basis of Soil Behavior, (Crosslisted with GLE,
Soil Sci 733.) I or II; 3 cr. Applications of physiochemical, mineralogical
and environmental considerations to the engineering behavior of soils.
Soil composition, formation, fabric, pore fluid chemistry and interaction
of phases. The particulate nature of soils and the fabric-engineering property
(volume change, strength, deformation and conduction) relationships.
Prerequisities: Civ Engr 330 or cons Instructor: Edil, Eykholt |
| CEE 739a | Geotechnics of Unsaturated Soil, Semester Alt Yrs; 3 cr. Properties
of unsaturated soil as they relate to geotechnical and geoenvironmental
engineering design, methods to measure unsaturated soil properties, flow
and transport in unsaturated soils, solutions to Richards' equation, strength
and compressibility of unsaturated soils.
Prerequisites: cons inst Instructor: Benson |
| CEE 739b | Uncertainty in the Geological Environment, Semester Alt Yrs;
3 cr. Characterizing spatial variablity of geotechnical and geological
properties using geostatistics and random fields, simulation of heterogenous
geological media, risk-based design, geostatistical estimation.
Prerequisites: cons inst Instructor: Benson |
| CEE 790 | Master's Research or Thesis, Semester I, II, SS; 1-9 cr.
Prerequisites: Master’s candidates only Instructor: |
| CEE 811 | Theory of Water Waves, 3 cr. Formulation of the free surface
wave problem; small-amplitude wave theory; finite-amplitude wave theory;
shallow-water waves; effect of structures on waves; density-stratified
flow.
Prerequisites: CEE 611 or cons. inst. Instructor: Monkmeyer |
| CEE 821 | Environmental Engineering: Biological Treatment Processes, Semester
I; 4 cr. Advanced theory and applications of biological systems for the
treatment of wastes; lab techniques to assess treatability and to provide
design parameters.
Prerequisites: CEE 320 or equiv, cons inst. Instructor: Noguera |
| CEE 822 | Environmental Engineering: Physical/Chemical Treatment Processes,
Semester II; 4 cr. Advanced theory and applications of chemical and physical-chemical
processes for the treatment of water and wastewater; lab techniques to
assess design requirements and treatability.
Prerequisites: CEE 320 or equiv, cons inst. Instructor: Harrington |
| CEE 824 | Environmental Engineering: Field Evaluations, Semester SS; 3
cr. Advanced evaluation of water and wastewater treatability for the purpose
of designing water and wastewater treatment systems. Consideration to discharge
of end products to the environment and possible reuse schemes.
Prerequisites: Cons inst. Instructor: Berthouex, Park |
| CEE 890 | Pre-Dissertator's Research, Semester I, II, SS; 1-9 cr.
Prerequisites: Post-master’s, pre-dissertator students only Instructor: |
| CEE 908 | Water Chemistry Seminar, Semester I, II; 1 cr.
Prerequisites: Grad st. Instructor: Andren, Anderson |
| CEE 909 | Water Chemistry Research Seminar, Semester I, II; 1 cr.
Prerequisites: Grad st. Instructor: Armstrong |
| CEE 919 | Water Resources Seminar, Semester I, II, SS; 1 cr. Current research
and review of literature in fluid mechanics, hydraulics, hydrology and
water resources.
Prerequisites: Grad st. Instructor: Hoopes, Joeres, Potter |
| CEE 929 | Environmental Engineering Seminar, Semester I, II, SS; 1 cr.
Current research and literature on water, wastewater, water pollution control,
solid wastes engineering and management.
Prerequisites: Grad st. Instructor: Park, Berthouex, Eykholt |
| CEE 990 | Thesis, Semester I, II, SS; 1-12 cr. |
| CEE 999 | Advanced Independent Study, Semester I, II, SS; 1-9 cr. |
Date last updated: 07-Sep-2004