Civil Engineering (CE)
College of Engineering
Preference in registration is given to declared
engineering majors. Please consult the current Schedule of Classes for
confirmed offerings each semester.
CE 123 Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (1) Introductory
course in engineering drawing employing the computer. Topics include
theory of projections, multiview representations, sectional views,
auxiliary views, and dimensioning. Restricted to majors.
CE 211 Surveying I (2) Basic principles of
plane surveying, including reference planes and surfaces, use of
instruments for distance and angular measurements, traverse adjustment,
heights, measurement theory, computer applications, and topographic
surveying. Pre: computer programming, MATH 231, and civil engineering
major.
CE 211L Surveying I Lab (1) Distance, angle,
and height measurements. Traverse design, measurements and computations.
Repeatable. Pre: 211 (or concurrent).
CE 270 Applied Mechanics I (3) Forces,
resultants, and equilibrium; analysis of trusses, frames, and machines;
centroids, moments of inertia; friction. Pre: grade of C or better in
PHYS 170, and MATH 231 (or concurrent).
CE 271 Applied Mechanics II (3) Dynamics of
particles and rigid bodies; force, acceleration, impulse-momentum,
work-energy. Pre: grade of C or better in 270, and MATH 232 (or
concurrent).
CE 305 Applied Probability and Statistics (3) Description
of sample data; correlation and repression; probability and statistical
distributions; estimations of population parameters; fittings
distributions to histograms; hypothesis testing. Pre: MATH 232.
CE 320 Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals (4) (3 Lec, 1
2-hr Lab) Compressible and incompressible fluid properties; fluid
statics; kinematics, energy and momentum considerations in steady flows;
application of steady flow concepts to various fluid processes. Pre: 271
or PHYS 310.
CE 330 Environmental Engineering (3) Parameters
and indices of environmental quality; transport and fate of contaminants
in the environment; water and air pollution control; solid waste
management. Pre: 320.
CE 350 Geotechnical Engineering (4) (3 Lec, 1 2-hr
Lab) Soil and site characterization; evaluation of seepage,
settlement, and soil strength; introduction to principles of retaining
wall, foundation, and slope design. Pre: 370 and 320, or consent.
CE 361 Fundamentals of Transportation (3) Transportation
modes: land, air, water, pipelines. Tourist, urban transportation.
Geometric design, human factors, vehicular flow models, capacity
analysis. Overview: traffic impact, air quality, parking studies. Pre:
271 or consent.
CE 370 Mechanics of Materials I (3) Elastic
stress-strain relation and behavior of members under flexural, torsional,
and axial loading. Repeatable. Pre: 271 and MATH 232.
CE 370L Mechanics of Materials Lab (1) Tension,
compression, and torsion of bars, and bending of beams. Repeatable. Pre:
370 (or concurrent).
CE 375 Construction Materials (3) Introduction
to the crystalline and molecular structures of materials. Properties of
wood and wood derivatives; metals, including alloys such as steel,
copper, and aluminum; stone; clay products; glass; plastics; composite
materials. Sealants, coatings, corrosion. Pre: 370.
CE 381 Structural Analysis (3) Analysis of
statically determinate plane and space trusses and frames; deflections;
introduction to matrix methods; computer applications. Pre: 370.
CE 405 Engineering Economics (3) Economic
analysis in engineering and management decision-making, interest,
depreciation, income tax, cost classification, break-even analysis,
economic comparisons of alternatives, benefit-cost analysis. Pre: ECON
120 or 130, and senior standing; or consent.
CE 412 Surveying II (3) (2 Lec, 1 3-hr Lab) Advanced
course in surveying; project design and specifications; measurements,
errors, and adjustments; land surveying; state plane coordinate systems;
modern instrumentation. Pre: 211 or consent.
CE 417 Computer Methods in Engineering Systems (3) Numerical
solutions of engineering problems using digital computers. Regression
analysis; numerical differentiation and integration; solutions of
algebraic, transcendental, and differential equations; and analysis of
large structural systems. Pre: computer programming and senior standing.
CE 421 Engineering Hydraulics (3) Analytical
and computer solutions of engineering hydraulics problems. Hydraulics of
closed conduits and open channels, well hydraulics, introduction to
coastal hydraulics. Pre: 320.
CE 422 Environmental Fluid Mechanics (3) Introduction
to basic concepts of pollutant transport phenomenon through theoretical
modeling, lab and field experiments and observations. Specific topics
include mass balance, jets and plumes, mixing and transport in rivers,
reservoirs, groundwater and estuaries; non point course pollution.
Repeatable. Pre: 320, and MATH 232 or equivalent; or consent. (Alt.
years)
CE 424 Applied Hydrology (3) Introduction to
occurrence, distribution, circulation of surface and groundwater through
precipitation, streamflow, evaporation, transpiration, infiltration.
Engineering applications. Pre: 320.
CE 426 Hydraulic Design (4) (3 Lec, 1 2-hr Lab) Basic
hydraulic structures design; feasibility studies; computer-aided optimal
design for water surface profiles, pipe network, and urban storm-water
drainage systems; optimal design of multipurpose reservoir systems. Pre:
421 and 424 (or concurrent).
CE 431 Water and Wastewater Engineering (3) Hydrologic
fundamentals of water demand and supply; water and wastewater
distribution; collection systems; quality characterization; analytical
methods for water quality management. Pre: 320 and 330.
CE 432 Water and Wastewater Treatment Design (3) Physical
operations; chemical and biological processes; design flow and process
loading rates; treatment plant design. Pre: 431.
CE 433L Water Quality Laboratory (3) Analysis
and characterization of typical water and wastewater samples for organic
and inorganic constituents such as alkalinity, hardness, solids,
biochemical oxygen demand, nitrogen and phosphorous species, coliform
bacteria, and trace organic chemicals. Relevance of these measurements
to water and wastewater regulations and engineering design. A-F grading
only. Repeatable. Pre: 330 and either CHEM 171 and 171L or CHEM 161,
161L and 162, and senior standing.
CE 441 Air Pollution Control Design (3) Operational
theory, design basis, and capital and operating costs of air pollution
control devices for stationary sources of particulates, gases, and
vapors. Overview of sources and effects of air pollution and current
regulations. Introduction to atmospheric dispersion modeling. A-F
grading only. Repeatable. Pre: 320, 330, and senior standing.
CE 450 Soils and Foundation Engineering (3) Analysis
and design of soil retaining systems, shallow and deep foundations. Pre:
350.
CE 451 Soil and Site Improvement (3) Methods
of improving engineering properties of soils and sites through use of
mechanical stabilization, soil admixtures, pre-consolidation, deep
densification, and earth reinforcement. Pre: 350.
CE 462 Traffic Engineering (3) Design/ analysis
of signalized, unsignalized intersections, urban networks. Traffic
impact studies; analysis steps and applications. Design/redesign
options. Parking studies: demand, alternative designs (lot layouts).
Pre: 361 or consent.
CE 464 Urban and Regional Transportation Planning
(3) Application of travel demand forecasting models to
transportation planning. Evaluation and decision-making, microcomputer
applications. Term projects. Pre: 361 or consent.
CE 465 Traffic Network Simulation (3) Introduction
to computer simulation; Monte Carlo techniques; application of traffic
simulation packages. Term project required. Pre: 361 or consent.
CE 466 Traffic Operations and Safety (3) Traffic
operations and control, in conformance with the manual of uniform
traffic control devices. Safety appurtenances and accident analysis.
Pre: 361.
CE 469 Photogrammetric Engineering (3) (2 Lec, 1
1-hr Lab) Fundamentals of metric photogrammetry, vertical and
oblique photo-graphs, flight planning, stereoscopy and parallax,
mosaics, orthophotography, photo interpretation, remote sensing. Pre:
consent. (Alt. years)
CE 471 Construction Methods (3) Methods of
construction, primarily buildings. Construction types: light and heavy
wood; steel; plain, reinforced, and prestressed concrete; masonry.
Foundations; associated details of frames, walls, roofs, floors,
openings, finishes. Disasters, failures, and their causes.
Industrialization of the building process. Pre: 375.
CE 472 Construction Management (3) Introductory
treatment of the management of construction. Construction supervision,
contract documents, estimating and bidding, organization, planning and
scheduling, administration, business methods, safety, and labor. Pre:
375 or consent.
CE 473 Construction Equipment and Methods (3) Methods
and equipment used on horizontal/heavy engineering projects. Available
equipment, their production, and how they are used to excavate, move,
process, and place the earth. Pre: senior standing or consent.
CE 474 Construction Estimating and Bidding (3) Estimating
science; techniques of estimating quantities and pricing of work for
construction contracting; classification of costs, analysis of plans and
specifications for estimating; computerized estimating; cash flow,
bidding strategy, preparation and submission. A- F grading only. Pre:
375 or consent.
CE 476 Construction Planning and Scheduling (3) To
teach the theory and the practice of planning, scheduling, and reporting
a construction project through the use of bar chart and CPM. The course
format to include lectures, text, outside speakers, site visits,
discussions, case study, and computers. Pre: 375 or consent.
CE 482 Indeterminate Structures (3) Analysis
of statically indeterminate beams, frames, trusses, arches, and space
structures by classical and matrix methods; computer applications. Pre:
381.
CE 483 Field Experience (1)
CE 485 Reinforced Concrete Design (3) Behavior
and design of reinforced concrete beams, columns, one-way slabs, and
footings. Pre: 381 or consent.
CE 486 Structural Steel Design (3) Basic
properties of steel; behavior and design of steel beams, columns, and
connections; introduction to rigid frames. Pre: 381. (Alt. years)
CE 488 Forensic Engineering (3) Introduction to
failure analysis, engineering safety and reliability, and professional
liability. Topics covered include professional licensing, liability
insurance, arbitration, and litigation. Junior standing. Pre: 375 or ME
331, and ME 371.
CE 489 Reinforced Masonry Design (3) Analysis
of reinforced masonry structural systems. Design of reinforced masonry
curtain, bearing, and sheer walls, columns, and beams. Advantage of
masonry design compared with other structural materials. Pre: 485 (or
concurrent). (Alt. years)
CE 490 Senior Design Project (4) Design problem
involving several areas of civil engineering and requiring a team
approach for a solution. Pre: completion of degree requirements in the
semester of registration.
CE 491 (Alpha) Special Topics in Civil Engineering
(3) Course will reflect special interests of visiting and/or
permanent faculty. Pre: junior or senior standing, and consent.
CE 492 (Alpha) Special Topics in Civil Engineering
(3) Course will reflect special interests of visiting and/or
permanent faculty. Pre: junior or senior standing, and consent.
CE 499 Special Problems (V) Individual
investigation in civil engineering topics as approved by instructor.
Pre: senior standing, and minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7 or minimum GPA
of 3.0 in engineering.
CE 500 Master’s Plan B/C Studies (1)
CE 602 Construction Scheduling and Claims (3) CPM
Networking, tracking progress, least cost schedules, resource leveling,
linear programming in schedule analysis, computer software; type of
contract claims, changes, delay claims, proof strategies, lost labor
productivity, breach of contract, contract interpretation, other. A-F
only. Pre: 472 or consent.
CE 604 Cost Engineering and Quality Control (3) Study
and applications of cost/ schedule control systems criteria, earned
value analysis, probabilistic cost estimating, construction risk
management, construction quality control, and operations research in
construction. Pre: 472 and 474; or consent.
CE 606 Analysis of Construction Operations (3) A
study for design of construction processes. Topics include line of
balance, queueing, delay models, and process simulation with CYCLONE.
Pre: 472 or consent. (Alt. years)
CE 610 Construction Productivity Improvement (3) Design
of productivity and safety improvement programs in a construction
company. Time-lapse techniques, crew balancing, work sampling, data
gathering and analysis, worker fatigue, quality circles, motivation and
project leadership, construction automation. Pre: 472 and one other
senior-level construction course, or consent.
CE 611 Precise Engineering Surveys (3) Horizontal
and vertical geodetic control networks; precise 3D positioning; special
applications. Pre: 211 and 411, or consent. (Alt. years)
CE 612 Ocean Mapping (3) Positioning and depth
measurement methods; instrumentation, data acquisition and analysis in
the marine environment. Pre: 611 or consent. (Alt. years)
CE 614 Negotiation/Alternative Dispute Resolution
(V) Theory and practice of negotiation and developing field or
alternative dispute resolution methods. Emphasis on mediation.
Repeatable once. A-F only. Pre: classified civil engineering graduate
student or consent. (Cross-listed as LAW 508)
CE 622 Fluid Mechanics (3) Theory of fluid
dynamics in differential form, covering equation of motion, vortex
generation, flow in rotating frame, potential theory, laminar flow, and
introduction to turbulence. Pre: 320 or equivalent.
CE 626 Surface Water Hydrology (3) Quantitative
studies of water cycle and relationships among principal hydrologic
elements: precipitation, runoff, infiltration, and evapotranspiration,
with emphasis on engineering and management of surface waters. Pre:
consent. (Alt. years)
CE 627 Groundwater Hydrology (3) Groundwater
occurrence, movement, quality, and resource evaluation, development, and
management. Emphasis on saltwater encroachment, well evaluation, aquifer
protection, recharge with wastewater, and Hawai‘i type hydrology. Pre:
424 or consent.
CE 628 Environmental Water Resources Planning and
Management (3) Planning and management of multi-objective water
resources systems with assessment of environmental impacts. Using EIA/EIS
for project alternatives evaluation for optimal balance in national
economic development and environmental quality. A-F only. Pre: consent.
CE 631 Water Quality Management (3) Evaluation
of major environmental factors affecting water quality, including urban,
industrial, and agricultural activities. Engineering aspects of analysis
are considered in relationship to control and management for water
quality improvement. Pre: consent. (Cross-listed as PH 774)
CE 634 Biological Treatment (3) Fundamentals of
applied microbiology and biochemical reactor engineering, operational
theory and design basis of aerobic, anoxic, and anaerobic treatment
processes. Applications for water, wastewater, air, solid wastes, and
soil. Repeatable. Pre: consent.
CE 635 Environmental Chemistry (3) Basic
concepts of chemistry as related to the environment, with more emphasis
on water. Topics include chemical kinetics, equilibrium, acid-base,
precipitation and dissolution redox reactions, sorption, organic
chemicals in the environment. Pre: consent. (Cross-listed as PH 689)
CE 636 Water Quality Biology (3) Fundamental
microbiology involved in environmental engineering processes and
research with special emphasis on mixed culture systems, biochemistry,
and microbiological aspects of water supply protection and wastewater
treatment. Pre: consent. (Cross-listed as PH 690)
CE 637 Sanitary Engineering Laboratory (3) (2 Lec,
1 3-hr Lab) Laboratory studies of chemical, physical, and biological
treatment of water and wastewater for development of design criteria and
system operation. Pre: 635 or consent.
CE 641 Marine Disposal of Wastewaters (3) Types
of wastes, their treatment and disposal; water quality standards;
oceanographic variables and related data collection; diffusion and
dispersion of effluent; ocean outfall design; ecological problems with
pollutants; engineering problems with outfalls. Pre: consent. (Alt.
years)
CE 642 Solid Wastes Management and Control (3) Organization
and operation of solid wastes systems and programs at federal, state,
and local government levels. Review laws, ordinances, and regulations as
well as relationship of solid wastes disposal to air and water pollution
control. Pre: consent. (Crosslisted as PH 685)
CE 644 Water Quality Modeling (3) Mathematical
formulation of pollutant transport and mixing in the water environment.
Kinetics formulation and parameter identification, model calibration and
verification. Design projects. Pre: 422 and 431, or consent.
CE 650 Seepage, Drainage, and Dewatering (3) Theory
of seepage, field and laboratory methods of measurement; graphical and
numerical methods; design of drainage structures; construction
dewatering. Pre: 350 and consent.
CE 651 Deep Foundations (3) Analysis and design
of deep foundations; driven piles and drilled shafts. Pre: 350 and 450,
or consent. (Alt. years)
CE 652 Experimental Soil Mechanics (3) Laboratory
investigations of soil behavior and evaluations of engineering
properties used for geotechnical analyses. Pre: 350 or consent. (Alt.
years)
CE 653 Advanced Soil Mechanics (3) Advanced
topics in soil strength and behavior and their application to design.
Pre: 350 and consent. (Alt. years)
CE 654 Geotech Seismic Engineering (3) Soil
and site response to dynamic loading, earthquake ground motions; stress
waves and soil shear moduli; soil liquefaction theory, evaluation,
analyses, and preventative design. Pre: 350 and 450, or consent. (Alt.
years)
CE 655 Slope and Earth Structures (3) Analytical
and numerical analysis of slopes and embankments; methods of
reinforcement and stabilization; seepage and dynamic considerations;
slope design; earth dams. Repeatable. Pre: 350 and 450, or consent.
(Alt. years)
CE 656 Marine Geotechnics (3) Principles of
geotechnical engineering applied to marine environments; marine geology;
surveying and sampling methods; seabed sediment types, properties, and
behavior; scour, erosion, and sediment transport; coastal and offshore
foundations; seafloor stability; dredging and waste disposal. Repeatable
two times. A-F only. Pre: 350 and 450 (or consent). (Alt. years)
CE 657 Designing with Geosynthetics (3) An
overview of geotechnical uses of geosynthetics, including product
descriptions, applications, design methods, and case studies. Pre: 350
and 450 or 451; or consent. (Alt. years)
CE 660 Transportation Evaluation and Logistics (3) Evaluation
of transportation alternatives. Efficiency and effectiveness analysis.
Logistics, network problems, exact and heuristic solution algorithms.
Computer applications on evaluations and logistics. Pre: 361 and either
462 or 464; or consent.
CE 662 Highway Capacity Analysis (3) Application
of manual and computer-based techniques to the estimation of capacity
and level of service. Recent research findings in capacity analysis are
reviewed. Pre: 361 and 462, or consent.
CE 664 Advanced Transportation Modeling (3) Microscopic
and macroscopic simulation models of traffic system operations; demand
forecasting models and advanced statistics in transportation modeling.
Pre: 464 and 465, or consent.
CE 671 Continuum Mechanics (3) Cartesian
tensors in mechanics; coordinate transformations; analysis of stress and
strain; principal values, invariants, equilibrium and compatibility
equations; constitutive relations; field equations. Problems in
elasticity. Pre: 370 or ME 371, or consent. (Cross-listed as ME 671)
CE 672 Project Management Systems (3) Project
Integration and PMIS; organizational power; conflict, strategic, and
life-cycle management in construction management; matrix structure
compared to projectized structure; project success; team building;
change and culture in construction organizations; competitive bidding.
Pre: consent.
CE 675 Theory of Vibrations (3) Principal modes
and natural frequencies of discrete and continuous elastic systems.
Approximate methods. Forced motions, damping effects, wave propagation.
Pre: consent.
CE 676 Structural Dynamics (3) Free
and forced vibrations of structures with single and multi-degrees of
freedom, analysis and design of structures to dynamic loads. Pre: 675.
(Alt. years)
CE 681 Theory of Modern Structural Analysis (3) Fundamentals
of modern structural analysis theory, with emphasis on frame structures.
Virtual work. Member stiffness/flexibility. Matrix formulation of
stiffness and flexibility methods. Computer modeling issues. Pre: 381 or
consent.
CE 682 Numerical Methods in Engineering (3) Numerical
methods commonly used to solve civil engineering problems: linear and
nonlinear equations, numerical integration, integration of ODEs,
eigensolvers. Emphasis on implementation. Pre: programming background
and graduate standing.
CE 683 Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design (3) Slender
columns; biaxial bending; combined shear and torsion. Building lateral
load resisting frame analysis and design-- shearwalls, rigid frames.
Floor system analysis and design--flat slabs, joist systems. Computer
applications. Repeatable. Pre: 485.
CE 684 Nonlinear Structural Analysis (3) Computational
methods and concepts in nonlinear structural analysis. Geometric and
material nonlinearities. Solution strategies. Program development.
Nonlinear structural behavior. Pre: 681 and 682, or consent.
CE 685 Advanced Structural Steel Design (3) Load
and resistance factored design (LRFD); steel building modeling and
analysis; moment-resisting frames; bracing systems; beam-columns; moment
connections; composite construction; and plate girders. Repeatable. Pre:
482 (or concurrent) or 486, or consent.
CE 686 Finite Elements in Structures (3) Finite
element method in structural engineering. Extension of structural
theory. Virtual work. One-, two-, and three-dimensional elements;
axisymmetric elements; plate bending. Application to linear problems.
Pre: 671 (or concurrent) and 681, or consent.
CE 687 Prestressed Concrete (3) Behavior of
prestressed concrete members, including prestress losses. Analysis and
design of prestressed beams, slabs, and composite sections. Anchorage
zone design; continuous systems. Pre: 485.
CE 688 Concrete Technology (3) Mixture
proportioning with and without pozzolanic materials, aggregate testing,
concrete testing, effects of admixtures, admixture side effects,
nondestructive testing, and durability issues. Repeatable. A-F only.
Pre: 375 and 485; or consent.
CE 691 (Alpha) Seminar in Civil Engineering I (1) (B)
structures/transportation; (C) water resources/environmental.
Discussions and reports on literature, research, developments, and
activities. Required of all graduate students. Pre: consent.
CE 696 Selected Topics in Civil Engineering (3) Highly
specialized topics in structures, soils, hydraulics, sanitary, water
resources, applied mechanics, transportation. Repeatable. Pre: consent.
CE 699 Directed Readings or Research (V) Pre:
consent.
CE 700 Thesis Research (V) Research
for master’s thesis.
CE 800 Dissertation Research (V) Research for
doctoral dissertation. Pre: candidacy for PhD in civil engineering.
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