Courses - Spring 2027
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.
ENCE202
Engineering Drawings and Design for Civil and Environmental Engineers
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in ENES100, ENES102, and MATH141.
Restriction: Permission of the ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering Department.
Credit only granted for: ENCE202 or ENCE200.
Formerly: ENCE200.
Provides students with the knowledge and skills to read, interpret, and create civil engineering drawings using computer-aided drafting. Emphasis is placed on engineering calculations related to slopes, inverts, and contours. In addition, students will develop core skills in data visualization, basic programming logic, and professional communication. The course integrates teamwork exercises and real-world scenarios to enhance students' understanding of constructability and design communication. By the end of the course, students will create a complete engineering drawing package.
ENCE203
Data Models and Numerical Computing for Civil Engineers
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- or better in ENES220 and MATH241.
Restriction: Permission of the ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering Departmen.
Credit only granted for: ENCE201 or ENCE203.
Formerly: ENCE201.
Introduces students to numerical methods and scientific computing with a focus on civil engineering applications. Through hands-on programming with Python, students will learn to model and analyze civil infrastructure systems. Topics include numerical solutions to linear and nonlinear equations, matrix operations, function approximation, numerical differentiation and integration, and the solution of ordinary differential equations. The course also explores the management and processing of real-world data for modern civil systems.
ENCE205
Biology for Civil and Environmental Engineers
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: MATH140 or equivalent.
Restriction: Must be in the Civil Engineering program; or permission of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department.
Credit only granted for: BIOE120 or ENCE205.
Introduction to the functions and interactions of biological systems in civil and environmental engineering systems in the context of societal issues. The course includes an introduction to biotechnological principles from a quantitative perspective, modern experimental techniques in biotechnology and methods of data analysis. Roles for civil and environmental engineers in society seen from a biotechnological perspective, and the role of biotechnology in civil and environmental engineering will be elucidated. The role of biotechnology in other engineering disciplines will also be discussed.
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.
ENCE303
Probability and Statistics for Civil and Environmental Engineers
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- or better in ENCE203 and MATH243.
Restriction: Permission of the ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering Department.
Credit only granted for: ENCE303 or ENCE302.
Formerly: ENCE302.
This course introduces students to the principles of probability, statistics, and simulation as they relate to variability and uncertainty in engineering. Students will explore key topics such as probability distributions, parameter estimation, hypothesis testing, and Monte Carlo simulations. The course emphasizes applying these concepts to real-world engineering decisions, where students will evaluate uncertainties, simulate outcomes, and formulate informed decisions.
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.
ENCE312
Engineering Economics and Project Management
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in ENCE202; and must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in ENCE303.
Restriction: Permission of the ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering Department.
Provides students with an understanding of engineering economics and project management in the context of civil engineering projects. Through project-based learning, students will explore the financial and managerial aspects of project delivery, from initial concept to project completion. Topics include cash flow analysis, time value of money, economic decision-making, project scheduling, cost estimation, and risk management. By the end of the course, students will develop the skills to analyze, plan, and manage civil engineering projects, balancing economic viability with technical performance, quality, and safety. The course emphasizes real-world application, integrating industry standards and regulatory requirements.
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.
ENCE365
Materials in Civil Infrastructure
Credits:
4
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in ENES220; and must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in ENCE303.
Restriction: Permission of the ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering Department.
Credit only granted for: ENCE300 or ENCE365.
Formerly: ENCE300.
This project-based course introduces students to the behavior, design, and performance of materials used in civil infrastructure. Through experimental labs and real-world case studies, students gain hands-on experience testing the mechanical and physical properties of key civil engineering materials, such as concrete, asphalt, aggregates, and stabilized materials. Students will design experiments, collect and analyze data, and apply statistical tools (e.g., regression, ANOVA). Working in teams, students will deliver technical reports and assess sustainability considerations, contributing to solutions for infrastructure challenges in buildings, pavements, foundations, and bridges.
ENCE367
Civil Engineering Systems Optimization
Credits:
4
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in MATH243; and must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in ENCE303.
Restriction: Permission of the ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering Department.
Credit only granted for: ENCE367 or ENCE360.
Formerly: ENCE360.
This project-based course introduces undergraduate civil engineering students to systems analysis, modeling, optimization, and the quantitative techniques used in problem-solving and decision-making. The following major topics are covered: deterministic modeling and optimization, linear programming, Integer programming, and network problems.
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.
ENCE401
Statistical and Machine Learning Models for Natural Hazards Prediction
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENCE203 or experience with a programming language (e.g., Python, R, MATLAB); ENCE303 or another course that provides the relevant probability/statistics required content; and permission of the ENGR-Civil and Environmental Engineering department.
Jointly offered with: ENCE601.
Credit only granted for: ENCE401, ENCE489X, ENCE601, or ENCE689X.
Formerly: ENCE489X.
Infrastructure and other engineered systems are exposed to a variety of natural hazards, such as precipitation, high winds, storm surge, and earthquake-induced ground shaking. Assessment of the risks involves the development of models to predict hazard severity. While these models may involve a range of techniques, this course centers on prediction models that involve statistical and machine-learning approaches. Specifically, this course will focus on the practical application of statistical and machine learning regression models, including data processing, model specification, model development, and model assessment within the context of natural hazard predictions. Models selected for consideration in this course are informed by present-day practices for multiple types of natural hazards.
ENCE402
Simulation and Design of Experiments for Engineers
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENCE303; 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.
ENCE410
Risk Analysis in Engineering and Economics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in ENCE303 or equivalent; and permission of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department.
Jointly offered with: ENCE620.
Credit only granted for: ENCE410, ENCE620, ENCE489L, ENRE648M or ENSE698R.
Formerly: ENCE489L.
Covers quantitative risk analysis and management using probability theory and statistics starting with system definition, hazard and scenario identification, likelihood estimation and consequence assessment, and finishes with economic valuation and microeconomics for informing decision making. Students will learn uncertainty, risk; natural and anthropogenic hazards and fundamental risk methods; analytical and empirical reliability and resilience estimation for components and systems; consequence, severity and loss analysis and accumulation including property and life; risk-cost-benefit tradeoffs and analysis; microeconomics and socioeconomics in risk analysis for informing decisions; and expert-opinion elicitation; among other.
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.
ENCE451
Design of Timber Structures
Credits:
4
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENCE353 or another course that provides the relevant structure analysis required content; and permission of the ENGR-Civil and Environmental Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: ENCE689W or ENCE451.
Mass timber refers to a family of engineered wood products of large section size that provide the construction industry with a sustainable and viable alternative to steel and concrete. This course introduces students to the design of mass timber structures, a cutting-edge and eco-friendly building technology. Topics include the analysis and design of dimensional lumber and mass timber components such as Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) and Glued Laminated Timber (Glulam). Specific focus areas include: Tension members; Beams (flexural members); Columns; Floor diaphragms; Shear walls; Connections; Fire-resistance design and acoustic considerations in the design. The course adopts a project-based learning approach to foster practical understanding and application.
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.
ENCE471
Green Global Challenge
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: PHYS161 or equivalent; and permission of the ENGR-Civil and Environmental Engineering Department.
Recommended: ENES232 or background in thermodynamics.
Credit only granted for: ENCE489J or ENCE471.
Formerly: ENCE489J.
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 in interdisciplinary teams to design solutions to address these challenges. The experience will culminate in submitting projects to and participating in the Green Challenge at the 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 challenges are encouraged to apply.
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.
ENCE482
Innovations in Materials and Technologies for Future Civil Infrastructure
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in ENCE300; and permission of the ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Jointly offered with: ENCE682.
Credit only granted for: ENCE482 or ENCE682.
The future of civil infrastructure depends on novel materials that are stronger, smarter, and more sustainable, as well as new construction technologies that are faster, more reliable, and less labor-intensive. This course explores the latest breakthroughs in civil engineering materials and technologies. Students will explore how cutting-edge materials and construction technologies are transforming the civil engineering practice. Through lectures, assignments, hands-on demonstrations, and projects, students gain the skills to innovate, design, and implement next-generation materials and technologies that help to tackle the urgent challenges in sustainable and digital civil infrastructure.
ENCE489
Special Problems in Civil Engineering
Credits:
1 - 4
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
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.
ENCE489W
Special Problems in Civil Engineering; Design of Mass Timber
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
ENCE601
Statistical and Machine Learning Models for Natural Hazards Prediction
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Restriction: Permission of the ENGR-Civil department.
Jointly offered with: ENCE401.
Credit only granted for: ENCE401, ENCE489X, ENCE601, or ENCE689X.
Formerly: ENCE689X.
Additional information: Students must have prior coursework similar to the content offered in undergraduate courses ENCE203 and ENCE303.
Infrastructure and other engineered systems are exposed to a variety of natural hazards, such as precipitation, high winds, storm surge, and earthquake-induced ground shaking. Assessment of the risks involves the development of models to predict hazard severity. While these models may involve a range of techniques, this course centers on prediction models that involve statistical and machine-learning approaches. Specifically, this course will focus on the practical application of statistical and machine learning regression models, including data processing, model specification, model development, and model assessment within the context of natural hazard predictions. Models selected for consideration in this course are informed by present-day practices for multiple types of natural hazards.
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.
ENCE620
Risk Analysis in Engineering and Economics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Restriction: Permission of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department.
Jointly offered with: ENCE410.
Credit only granted for: ENCE410, ENCE620, ENCE489L, ENRE648M or ENSE698R.
Formerly: ENRE648M and ENSE698R.
Additional information: Students must have prior coursework similar to the content offered in undergraduate course ENCE303.
Covers quantitative risk analysis and management using probability theory and statistics starting with system definition, hazard and scenario identification, likelihood estimation and consequence assessment, and finishes with economic valuation and microeconomics for informing decision making. Students will learn uncertainty, risk; natural and anthropogenic hazards and fundamental risk methods; analytical and empirical reliability and resilience estimation for components and systems; consequence, severity and loss analysis and accumulation including property and life; risk-cost-benefit tradeoffs and analysis; microeconomics and socioeconomics in risk analysis for informing decisions; and expert-opinion elicitation; among others.
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.
ENCE655
Environmental Behavior of Organic Pollutants
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: ENCE651.
Introduction to the scientific data needed and methods currently available to assess the environmental risk of organic chemicals. Applications of principles from chemical thermodynamics will be used to study phase-transfer processes of organic pollutants in the environment (solid/water, solid/air, water/air). Physical-chemical properties of organic pollutants will be used to estimate partitioning.
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.
ENCE675
Airport Planning and Design
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
The planning and design of airports including site selection, runway configuration, geometric and structural design of the landing area, and terminal facilities. Methods of financing airports, estimates of aeronautical demand, air traffic control, and airport lighting are also studied.
ENCE682
Innovations in Materials and Technologies for Future Civil Infrastructure
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Restriction: Permission of the ENGR-Civil and Environmental Engineering department.
Jointly offered with: ENCE482.
Credit only granted for: ENCE482 or ENCE682.
Additional information: Students must have prior coursework similar to the content offered in undergraduate course ENCE300.
The future of civil infrastructure depends on novel materials that are stronger, smarter, and more sustainable, as well as new construction technologies that are faster, more reliable, and less labor-intensive. This course explores the latest breakthroughs in civil engineering materials and technologies. Students will explore how cutting-edge materials and construction technologies are transforming the civil engineering practice. Through lectures, assignments, hands-on demonstrations, and projects, students gain the skills to innovate, design, and implement next-generation materials and technologies that help to tackle the urgent challenges in sustainable and digital civil infrastructure.
ENCE688W
Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
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.
ENCE689W
Seminar; Design of Mass Timber
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
ENCE715
Earthquake Engineering
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Formerly: ENCE755.
Review of SDOF and MDOF structural dynamics; characteristics of earthquakes; philosophies of seismic design; elastic and inelastic response spectra; design for ductility; principles of capacity design; design of structural systems requiring special performance criteria.
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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