Courses - Spring 2025
ENCE100
Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
An overview of the department of Civil and Environment Engineering. Students are introduced to the undergraduate curriculum and will be exposed to other undergraduate and graduate students at various points in their program. The course blends panel presentations by seniors and graduate students, faculty and practitioners with a project and book review to be performed by the students.
ENCE200
Civil Engineering Graphics for Design and Construction
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENES100, MATH141, and ENES102; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Introduction to the basic principles and fundamentals of civil design, plan interpretation, and plan creation. Development of the knowledge and skills to analyze existing sites, environmental features, and characteristics used to develop a site properly. Introduction of the use of Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD) software in the context of civil and environmental engineering design and applications.
ENCE201
Engineering Information Processing
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: ENES220 and MATH241; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Corequisite: MATH246.
Credit only granted for: ENCE201 or ENCE203.
Exploration of algorithms for solving problems in several important areas of numerical computing: roots of equations; matrix algebra and the systems of linear equations; function approximation, numerical differentiation and integration; and ordinary differential equations. Issues of solution accuracy, robustness, and efficiency are also considered. Numerical techniques are presented in the context of engineering applications, and example problems are solved using a variety of computer-based tools (primarily MATLAB).
ENCE215
Engineering for Sustainability
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: CHEM135; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering Department.
Engineers have a key role to play in planning, designing, building, and ensuring a sustainable future. In this class, a problem-based approach is used to examine fundamentally-based analyses and approaches for engineering as sustainable society, with a focus on sustainable use of energy and materials, sustainable infrastructure solutions, atmospheric sustainability and sustainable water supply, and human population growth and resource consumption and its implications for sustainability.
ENCE300
Fundamentals of Engineering Materials
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENES220; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Behavior, physical, mechanical and chemical properties, design and performance of civil engineering materials, including aggregates, cement, concrete, asphalt binders and mixtures, plastics and geosynthetics, timber, metals and alloys. Modified and advanced highway materials (polymer and rubber modified mixtures, high performance concrete, composites, smart materials). Laboratory testing with hands-on experience on aggregates, Portland cement concrete, asphalt mixtures, timber and metals as per SUPERAVE, ACI design methods, and ASTM standards and specifications.
ENCE302
Probability and Statistics for Civil and Environmental Engineers
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: MATH246 and ENCE201; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Statistics is the science of data. Civil Engineers must often make decisions based on incomplete, variable or uncertain information. In addition, modern methods of design and analysis need to account for variability in natural, engineered and human systems. After successful completion of this class, a student should have facility and familiarity with established basic techniques for managing data, modeling variability and uncertainty, communicating about data and decisions, and supporting or defending a decision or judgment based on uncertain or incomplete data.
ENCE305
Fundamentals of Engineering Fluids
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENES220, PHYS260, and PHYS261; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: BIOE331, ENCE305, ENFP300, or ENME331.
The theoretical bases for fluid statics and dynamics, including the conservation of mass, energy and momentum. Modeling of hydraulic systems are introduced. Emphasis on pipe flow and open-channel hydraulics, with real-world applications.
ENCE310
Introduction to Environmental Engineering
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: PHYS260 and ENCE215; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Introduction to the physical, chemical and biological systems relating to the quality of water, land and air environments. Fundamental principles will be emphasized, current environmental pollution problems will be examined and methods of pollution abatement discussed.
ENCE320
Introduction to Project Management
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Restriction: Must be in a major in ENGR-A James Clark School of Engineering.
Credit only granted for: BMGT485, ENCE320, ENCE325, INST408O or INST453.
Principles and techniques of managing engineering projects from the initiation, through planning, execution, monitoring & control, then finally closeout.
ENCE325
Introduction to Construction Project Management
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must be in a major in ENGR-A. James Clark School of Engineering; or must be in a major in ARCH-School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation; or must be in the Construction Project Management minor. And permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: BMGT485, ENCE320, ENCE325, INST408O or INST453.
Learn the basic topics in sourcing, planning, financing, designing, contracting, constructing and operating buildings and other facilities in the built infrastructure. Topics include construction economics, design constructability reviews, construction process planning, contracts and procurement strategies, project scheduling and resource utilization, site layout planning, project cost and quality controls, temporary structures, environmental sustainability, project handover procedures, facility operation and management, IT-based tools for construction project and resource management.
ENCE340
Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENES220; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Introductory study of soils in civil engineering. Soil origin, phase relationships and classification schemes. Soil hydraulics: capillary, effective stress, permeability and seepage considerations. Basic stress distribution theories and soil consolidation-settlement analysis. Integration of shear strength evaluation with slope stability analysis. If time permits, topics such as applications in geoenvironmental engineering will be covered.
ENCE353
Introduction to Structural Analysis
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department; and (MATH246 and ENES220).
The basic tools of structural analysis and design. Design loads. Equilibrium of external and internal forces. Shear and moment diagrams in beams and frames. Truss analysis. Influence line diagrams. The slope-deflection method and method of consistent deformation. Matrix stiffness methods for beams, frames and trusses.
ENCE360
Analysis of Civil Engineering Systems
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENCE201 and MATH140; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Introduction to systems approach and systems analysis in civil and environmental engineering. Introduction to systems analysis tools that facilitate engineering management decision making including optimization and computer simulation. Introduction to linear and nonlinear mathematical optimization including linear and integer programming, elementary nonlinear programming and dynamic programming.
ENCE370
Introduction to Transportation Engineering and Planning
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENCE201, PHYS260, and PHYS261; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Engineering problems of transportation by highways, airways, pipelines, waterways, and railways. Transportation modes and technologies, vehicle dynamics, basic facility design, traffic stream models, capacity analysis, transportation planning, evaluation and choice, and network analysis.
ENCE402
Simulation and Design of Experiments for Engineers
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENCE302; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Review of statistics and hypothesis testing, sample design and design of experiments, generation of discrete and continuous distributions and their applications. Introduction of simulation languages and simulation of discrete and continuous engineering systems. Output analysis, model validation and sensitivity and reliability analysis.
ENCE411
Environmental Engineering Science
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENCE205 and ENCE310; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Introduces the analytical techniques available to assess performance of engineering processes as they relate to water, soil, and air treatment and quality. The basic principles of environmental management, economics of waste treatment, by-product reutilization, and energy cycles are introduced and discussed. Alternative technologies are introduced and evaluated mostly by assessing their potential to reduce waste, minimize energy use, and promote sustainability. Students' activities include, a weekly lab to provide hands-on experience with environmental quality measurements and treatment techniques; on-site visits to regional industries that undertake sustainable practices; and a final research project where experimental design and laboratory techniques are used to assess interactions between technologies and natural systems and their potential for reducing environmental impacts.
ENCE412
Environmental Engineering Unit Operations
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENCE305 and ENCE310; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Examination of unit operations and processes encountered in environmental engineering field. Fundamental principles learned from previous classes will be applied into the design and operation of unit operations and processes, particularly in the area of water and wastewater treatment. Similar processes will be applied to air pollution control, solid waste disposal and hazardous waste treatment.
ENCE421
Legal Aspects of Architectural and Engineering Practice
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must be in a major in ENGR-A. James Clark School of Engineering; or must be in the Construction Project Management minor; or must be in the Project Management Minor. And permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Learn the basic structure of the US legal system and court procedures and legal principles relevant to architectural and engineering design and construction contracts including principles of ethical, legal and professional conduct of engineers and architects.Topics include: contracts for design and construction, sales and warranties, torts and product liability, business agency and government agencies, professional liability of architects and engineers, labor laws, expert testimony, mediation and arbitration, tangible property including real estate, intellectual property including trademarks, patents and copyrights, insurance and sureties.
ENCE422
Project Cost Accounting and Economics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Restriction: Must be in a major in ENGR-A. James Clark School of Engineering; or must be in the Construction Project Management Minor; or must be in the Project Management Minor.
Learn: the fundamentals of accounting; project cost accounting principles as they apply to project management; project cost accounting; and the fundamentals of engineering economics.Topics include: project feasibility analysis; reading and analyzing financial statements; cash management; cash flow analysis; depreciation and taxes; and impact on profitability; the principles of activity based costing; net present value analysis; the framework for project performance measurement, cost performance indices, and earned value analysis.
ENCE423
Project Planning, Estimating & Scheduling
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must be in a major in ENGR-A. James Clark School of Engineering; or must be in the Construction Project Management Minor; or must be in the Project Management Minor. And permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Learn the fundamentals of project planning, estimating, and scheduling. Understand the concepts of planning; to reduce uncertainty, improve efficiency of the operation, to set and meet objectives, and to provide a basis for monitoring and controlling the work. Be introduced to: the concepts of resource definition, assignment and management, and; the basics of project estimating (pricing) methods including global pricing strategies, types of estimates, pricing processes, overhead and profit, and project financing.Learn the basics of project scheduling including; bar charts, network-based methodologies, and linear scheduling techniques. Emphasis is placed on Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling, a network based methodology. Be exposed to the use of scheduling software and will actually develop a CPM schedule for an actual construction project as part of a semester project.
ENCE424
Communication for Project Managers
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: Permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Restriction: Must be in a major in ENGR-A. James Clark School of Engineering; or must be in the Construction Project Management minor; or must be in the Project Management minor.
Jointly offered with: ENCE614.
Credit only granted for: ENCE424 or ENCE614.
Learn the fundamentals of communications for project managers. Emphasis is on interpersonal and group communications; through voice, electronic, and written messages; project cycle and reports and presentations during this cycle; and communications for employment.
ENCE426
Construction Documentation and BIM Applications in Engineering and Construction
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Restriction: Must be in a major in ENGR-A. James Clark School of Engineering; or must be in the Construction Project Management Minor; or must be in the Project Management Minor.
Learn the basics of construction documentation methods, with particular emphasis on Building Information Modeling (BIM). Topics include: the fundamentals of assembly, coordination, and maintenance of construction documents and implementation of BIM techniques in the design and construction processes, and; a review of Autodesk, Revit, and Navisworks and other leading BIM software. Lectures from project management faculty supplemented by guest lecturers from the construction industry.
ENCE431
Hydrologic Engineering
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENCE305; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
An introduction to basic principles of hydrologic science including the hydrologic cycle, rainfall, surface runoff and streamflow. Special emphasis is placed on hydrologic engineering design of stormwater management and flood control facilities. Design projects are used to illustrate design practices.
ENCE444
Experimental Methods in Geotechnical Structural Engineering
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENCE353 and ENCE340; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
In the geotechnical engineering part of the course, major soils testing and their interpretation including classification, compaction, strength, and compressibility will be undertaken. The structural engineering part of this course covers test planning, loading apparatus, instrumentation, data acquisition and data analysis, as well as basic aspects of structural testing techniques and shake-table test.
ENCE453
Computer-Aided Structural Analysis
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENCE353; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Computer-aided analysis of structural systems. Unified matrix formulation of stiffness and flexibility methods. Slope deflection method. Evaluation of truss, frame, and grid systems. Non-prismatic and curved elements. Error analysis and determination of ill-conditions. Introduction to finite element methods; formulation of simple two-dimensional elements. In laboratory, use and development of CAD software.
ENCE455
Design of Steel Structures
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENCE353; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Behavior and design of members subjected to fatigue, and combined bending and compression; plate girders, composite beams, open-web joists and connections. Methods of allowable stress design, and load and resistance factor design. Elements of plastic analysis and design. Framing systems and loads for industrial buildings and bridges.
ENCE467
Civil and Environmental Engineering Design II
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENCE465; and must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in ENCE302 and ENCE305.
Restriction: Permission of the ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering Department.
This experiential course provides structured and unstructured time for groupwork as part of the senior capstone design course sequence. The course builds on skills acquired throughout a student's academic career extending a project defined and scoped in ENCE465. The objective of this course is to provide students with hand's on experience similar to the experience encountered by new engineers working in professional engineering and construction practice. The course offers students an opportunity to develop the leadership and groupwork skills needed to meet professional expectations.
ENCE472
Transportation Engineering
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENCE302 and ENCE370; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Transportation engineering concepts including transportation systems analysis, airport systems, airline and airport operations, marine transportation and urban public transportation systems.
ENCE489
Special Problems in Civil Engineering
Credits:
1 - 4
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
ENCE489J
Special Problems in Civil Engineering; Green Global Challenge
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: PHYS161.
This course provides a unique opportunity to explore the grand engineering challenges facing our planet through the lens of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Students will engage on interdisciplinary teams to design solutions to address these challenges. The experience will culminate in submitting projects to and participation in the Green Challenge at t he Danish Technical University (DTU) in Denmark in June. Students from all engineering disciplines and students from other STEM disciplines, who are excited to explore interdisciplinary solutions to the world s chall enges are encouraged to apply.
This course provides a unique opportunity to explore the grand engineering challenges facing our planet through the lens of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Students will engage on interdisciplinary teams to design solutions to address these challenges. The experience will culminate in submitting projects to and participation in the Green Challenge at t he Danish Technical University (DTU) in Denmark in June. Students from all engineering disciplines and students from other STEM disciplines, who are excited to explore interdisciplinary solutions to the world s chall enges are encouraged to apply.
ENCE489T
Special Problems in Civil Engineering; Transportation Engineering, Economics, and Policy
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: BMGT230, ECON230, ECON321, ENCE302, or PLCY304; or permission of the instructors. Recommended: AREC326, ECON306 or ECON326.
Credit only granted for AREC466, ENCE489T, or ENCE689T.
The transportation system moves people and goods around the world, but transportation has downsides: harming local air quality, contributing to climate change, causing traffic accidents, and wasting people's time on congested roads. Mitigating these downsides will require new policies, new technologies, and new decisions by households and businesses. Focusing on the US transportation system, students will apply an integrated economics, policy, and engineering perspective to analyze transportation's most pressing challenges. Students are expected to have some background in one of the three disciplines--economics, engineering, or policy--but not all three. The beginning of the semester will include tutorials for students without much economics or engineering background.
Credit only granted for AREC466, ENCE489T, or ENCE689T.
The transportation system moves people and goods around the world, but transportation has downsides: harming local air quality, contributing to climate change, causing traffic accidents, and wasting people's time on congested roads. Mitigating these downsides will require new policies, new technologies, and new decisions by households and businesses. Focusing on the US transportation system, students will apply an integrated economics, policy, and engineering perspective to analyze transportation's most pressing challenges. Students are expected to have some background in one of the three disciplines--economics, engineering, or policy--but not all three. The beginning of the semester will include tutorials for students without much economics or engineering background.
ENCE604
Sustainabilty Fundamentals for Project Managers
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Addresses the fundamentals of sustainability for project managers including best practices of modern sustainable construction and project management. Commercial and residential buildings consume about 40 percent of the energy used in the United States. The course therefore emphasizes the application of the sustainable development goals to the built environment, including the practical operational aspects of sustainable facility project management and sustainable construction by contractors. The course also will cover the fundamental concepts of sustainable project development and the move towards economic prosperity, environmental protection, and social equity, taking all three dimensions into account to achieve sustainability. Project managers need to take responsibility for more sustainable development of organizations, facilities, and projects.
ENCE607
Mastering Agile Project Management
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Learn how and why Agile project management is the fastest growing and most successful project management philosophy today. Learn the mechanics of how to design and facilitate projects using pure Agile Scrum and Lean Kanban techniques; The tradeoffs of using hybrid techniques such as Lean Startup, Scaled Agile for the Enterprise, and Disciplined Agile Development. Then go beyond these frameworks to the science beneath with the essential principles to ensure you get the best benefits of Agile project management methods.
ENCE614
Communications for Project Managers
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Restriction: Must be enrolled in the A. James Clark School of Engineering or the School of Architecture.
Jointly offered with: ENCE424.
Credit only granted for: ENCE424 or ENCE614.
Learn the fundamentals of communications for project managers. Emphasis is on interpersonal and group communications; through voice, electronic, and written messages; project cycle and reports and presentations during this cycle; and communications for employment.
ENCE623
Introduction to Advanced Scheduling
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Prerequisite: ENCE423 or ENCE662.
Credit only granted for: ENCE623 or ENCE688S.
A Combination of lecture and hands-on use of software to develop advanced knowledge and skills necessary to master advanced scheduling techniques for project management and control will be used. No software purchase is necessary.
ENCE627
Project Risk Management
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg
Restriction: Must not have completed ENCE627.
Introduction to identifying, analyzing, assessing, and managing risks inherent to engineering projects. Includes: probability modeling, choice and value theory, schedule and cost risk, risk mitigation and transfer, and contract considerations of project risk. Examples are drawn from construction, software development, systems integration, and other large engineering projects; and cover probability basics, subjective probability, statistical data analysis, introduction to decision theory, Monte Carlo simulation, value of information, and risk-based decision making.
ENCE647
Slope Stability and Seepage
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Prerequisite: ENCE340.
Credit only granted for: ENCE489A, ENCE647, or ENCE688A.
Formerly: ENCE688A.
Theoretical and practical aspects of seepage effects, and groundwater flow, review of shear strength principles, flow through porous media, hydraulic conductivity, flow nets, determination of water pressure, seepage forces and quantity of seepage, laboratory and field tests for shear strength, infinite slopes, block analysis, method of slices, seismic analysis of slopes, effective and total stress analysis, computer program for slope stability analysis, slope stability problems in waste disposal, construction excavations, reinforced embankments, embankments on soft ground.
ENCE661
Project Cost Accounting and Finance
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
This course reviews the fundamentals of accounting; examines project cost accounting principles, applications, and impact on profitability; examines the principles of activity based costing; covers the elements involved in cash management; introduces the framework for how projects are financed and the potential impact financing has on the projects; and a framework for evaluating PC based systems and what resources are needed for an effective project cost system.
ENCE662
Introduction to Project Management
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Introduction to project management including: overview and concepts of project management (principles, body of knowledge, strategies); planning successful projects (defining, specifying, delivery options, scheduling, budgeting); implementing (organizing the team, work assignments, team building, effective leadership); executing (performance measurement, maintaining the schedule, adjustments/mid-course corrections, record keeping, status reporting, communications, managing conflict, time management); and closeout(performance measurement, maintaining the schedule, adjustments/mid-course corrections, record keeping, status reporting, communications, managing conflict, time management).
ENCE673
Urban Transportation
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
The contempory methodology of urban transportation planning. The urban transportation planning process, interdependence between the urban transportation system and the activity system, urban travel demand models, evaluation of urban transportation alternatives and their implementation.
ENCE674
Urban Transit Planning and Rail Transportation Engineering
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Basic engineering components of conventional and high speed railroads and of air cushion and other high speed new technology. The study of urban rail and bus transit. The characteristics of the vehicle, the supporting way, and the terminal requirements will be evaluated with respect to system performance, capacity, cost, and level of service.
ENCE677
OR Models for Transportation Systems Analysis
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Fundamental skills and concepts of the quantitative techniques of operations research including: mathematical modeling, linear programming, integer programming, network optimization (shortest paths, minimum spanning trees, minimum cost network flows, maximum flows), heuristics, and basics of probabilistic modeling. Emphasis on the application of these techniques to problems arising in transportation.
ENCE688E
Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering; Bioremediation
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
ENCE688F
Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering; Teaching and Learning Practicum
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
S-F
ENCE688M
Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering; Theory-Guided Machine Learning
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Prerequisite: An introductory course in Machine Learning/Data Science, probability or statistics will be beneficial.
ENCE688O
Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
ENCE688W
Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering; Design of Mass Timber Structures
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
This course will expose students to the design of mass timber structures covering the following topics: Analysis and design of lumber and mass timber (CLT and Glulam) structural members and structural systems including tension members, beams (flexural members), columns, beam-columns, floor diaphragms, shear walls, connections, and fire design. This course focuses on medium-rise wood buildings constructed ofmass timber structural members such as cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glulam members. Project based learning approach will be used. The current version of the National Design Specification (NDS) for Wood Construction is used.
ENCE688Y
Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering; Research Methods Seminar
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Intended for PhD and MSc students engaged in or contemplating dissertation or thesis research. It is strongly recommended for PhD candidates to develop their research topic and build strong research capability. The course provides a sound understanding of the enterprise of engineering research, from selecting a thesis topic, to the development of a research proposal, to planning and executing a research plan, to writing a dissertation and publishable articles. Students will review published research reports, conduct a literature survey, and write a preliminary research proposal. Students will carry out assignments involving design of small experiments, and learn how to statistically analyze data and report results. The course comprises lectures from PM faculty and guest lecturers.
See instructor for details pertaining to in-person class meetings.
See instructor for details pertaining to in-person class meetings.
ENCE689
Seminar
Credits:
1 - 16
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Majors only. Other majors require permission of department.
ENCE689T
Seminar; Transportation Engineering, Economics, and Policy
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Credit only granted for AREC466, ENCE489T, or ENCE689T.
The transportation system moves people and goods around the world, but transportation has downsides: harming local air quality, contributing to climate change, causing traffic accidents, and wasting people's time on congested roads. Mitigating these downsides will require new policies, new technologies, and new decisions by households and businesses. Focusing on the US transportation system, students will apply an integrated economics, policy, and engineering perspective to analyze transportation's most pressing challenges. Students are expected to have some background in one of the three disciplines--economics, engineering, or policy--but not all three. The beginning of the semester will include tutorials for students without much economics or engineering background.
The transportation system moves people and goods around the world, but transportation has downsides: harming local air quality, contributing to climate change, causing traffic accidents, and wasting people's time on congested roads. Mitigating these downsides will require new policies, new technologies, and new decisions by households and businesses. Focusing on the US transportation system, students will apply an integrated economics, policy, and engineering perspective to analyze transportation's most pressing challenges. Students are expected to have some background in one of the three disciplines--economics, engineering, or policy--but not all three. The beginning of the semester will include tutorials for students without much economics or engineering background.
ENCE713
Concrete Structures I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Formerly: ENCE753.
The behavior and strength of reinforced concrete members under combined loadings, including the effects of creep, shrinkage and temperature. Mechanisms of shear resistance and design procedures for bond, shear and diagonal tension. Elastic and ultimate strength analysis and design of slabs. Columns in multistory frames. Applications to reinforced concrete structures.
ENCE741
Earth Retaining Structures
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Introduction to types and uses of earth retaining structures, and lateral earth pressure concepts and theories. Analysis and design of retaining walls and shoring structures and their bracing systems. These include conventional retaining walls, mechanically stabilized earth walls, cantilever and anchored sheet piling, cellular cofferdams, braced cuts, soil nailing, and the design of tiebacks and anchors. Load and resistance factor design concept will be presented.
ENCE799
Master's Thesis Research
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
S-F
Majors only. Other majors require permission of department.
ENCE898
Pre-Candidacy Research
Credits:
1 - 8
Grad Meth:
Reg
ENCE899
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Credits:
6
Grad Meth:
S-F
Majors only. Other majors require permission of department.
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