Courses - Fall 2023
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, Aud
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).
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.
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.
Restricted to students in the College of Engineering.
ENCE302
Probability and Statistics for Civil and Environmental Engineers
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
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.
Restricted to students in the College of Engineering.
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, 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.
Restricted to students in the College of Engineering.
ENCE325
Introduction to Construction Project Management
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, 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, 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.
Restricted to students in the College of Engineering.
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.
Restricted to students in the College of Engineering.
ENCE411
Environmental Engineering Science
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: 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.
ENCE422
Project Cost Accounting and Economics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, 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, 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.
Restricted to students in the College of Engineering.
ENCE424
Communication for Project Managers
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.
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.
ENCE432
Ground Water Hydrology
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENCE305; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Concepts related to the development of the ground water resources, hydrology, hydrodynamics of flow through porous media, hydraulics of wells and basin-wide ground water development. Fundamentals of ground water pollution are introduced.
Restricted to students in the College of Engineering.
ENCE441
Foundation Design
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENCE340; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Critical review of classical lateral earth pressure theories, analysis of retaining walls and reinforced earth walls, subsurface explorations, bearing capacity and settlement of shallow foundations, design of deep foundations that includes both pile foundations and drilled shafts.
Restricted to students in the College of Engineering.
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.
ENCE454
Design of Concrete Structures
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENCE353; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Formerly: ENCE451.
Combined bending and compression, development and anchorage of reinforcement, deflections, design of slabs including one-way and two-way, design of footings, retaining walls, introduction to prestressed concrete, design of multi-story buildings.
ENCE465
Civil and Environmental Engineering Design I
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of the ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering Department.
Provides students an opportunity to develop their skills in project scoping and the development of design proposals. The fundamental concepts are taught using analytical and computational methods, which are necessary for designing and analyzing the sustainability of various engineering processes and technologies. The course provides the methods and skills for understanding the human-environment-infrastructure interactions needed to develop a design proposal.
ENCE470
Highway Engineering
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENCE302 and ENCE370; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department.
Highway location and design, highway engineering economics, traffic engineering, traffic measurement devices and technologies. Includes discussion of technological advances in traffic flow and capacity, such as signal systems, corridor control, automatic driver information, incident detection and autonomous vehicle operation.
Restricted to students in the College of Engineering.
ENCE489
Special Problems in Civil Engineering
Credits:
1 - 4
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
ENCE489L
Special Problems in Civil Engineering; Risk Analysis in Engineering and Economics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with ENCE620, ENRE648M, and ENSE698R. Credit only granted for ENCE489L, ENCE620, ENRE648M, or ENSE698R.
ENCE602
Project Procurement Management
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Fundamental concepts and techniques for project acquisition and procurement are presented. Students are introduced to the PMBOK Guide six-step procurement process and expected to develop an in-depth understanding of project evaluation, planning, financing, contracting, negotiation, and procurement execution. It will also cover emerging methods, principles, and practices in infrastructure project procurement, including Public-Private Partnerships, Carbon project procurement, and Clean Development Mechanism.
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
Prerequisite: ENCE302.
Credit only granted for: ENCE489L, ENCE620, ENRE648M, or ENSE698R.
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. It covers the topics: uncertainty, risk, knowledge and ignorance related definitions; natural and anthropogenic hazards and fundamental risk methods; system abstraction and associated complexities; analytical and empirical reliability and resilience estimation for components and systems; consequence, severity and loss analysis and accumulation including property and life; economic valuation; risk-cost-benefit tradeoffs and analysis; microeconomics and socioeconomics in risk analysis for informing decisions; risk management, acceptance, tolerance and finance; data needs and sources; expert-opinion elicitation; applications in engineering, sciences and economics.
Cross-listed with ENCE489L, ENRE648M, and ENSE698R. Credit only granted for ENCE489L, ENCE620, ENRE648M, or ENSE698R.
ENCE622
Construction Automation & Robotics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Covers advanced technologies leading to redesign and partial or full automation of selected construction processes utilizing industrial robotics. Lectures and presentations will cover topics such as basic robotic technology (robot kinematics and dynamics, industrial manipulators, mobility bases, end effectors, sensors, control systems, and robot task programming), design of automated construction processes, selection of means and methods for automated construction processes, robot ergonomics and safety, calculation of costs and benefits of construction robots in selected applications, engineering and economic feasibility of automation and robotics in the construction industry.
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.
ENCE650
Process Dynamics in Environmental Systems
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Formerly: ENCE636.
The fundamentals of heterogeneous equilibria, rates of environmental reactions, and flow and material transport or presented. Applications of these principles will be presented to small and large scale environmental problems involving liquid, gas, and solid phases. Both natural and engineered environmental systems will be examined.
ENCE651
Chemistry of Natural Waters
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Credit only granted for: ENCE633 or ENCE651.
Formerly: ENCE633.
Application of principles from chemical thermodynamics and kinetics to the study and interpretation of the chemical composition of natural waters is rationalized by considering metal ion solubility controls, pH, carbonate equilibria, adsorption reactions, redox reactions and the kinetics of oxygenation reactions which occur in natural water environments.
Cross-listed with MEES698W. Credit only granted for ENCE651 or MEES698W.
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).
ENCE664
Legal Aspects of Engineering Design and Construction
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Examines ways in which the legal system affects the design and construction process. Focuses on contract types and the relationships between the parties in different delivery systems. Covers basics of procurement protocols along with negotiating techniques and strategies. Topics include contract law, the relationships between the parties, tort and negligence law, and the statutory principles affecting construction.
Weekly video conference after 7:50 p.m.
ENCE665
Management of Project Teams
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Experience has shown that really excellent project managers are not only technically competent but that they have above average skills in human relations and communications. The course will prepare project managers to optimize the utilization of their most important resource: people. Relying primarily on a wide range of research and experience in the Project Team, this course will help guide project managers in building the other skills needed to be truly successful in the competitive Project Team.
ENCE666
Cost Engineering and Control
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Analytical techniques to estimate and control project costs, including site investigation, quantity takeoff, work analysis, and bid preparation. Systematic cost control as related to job production and historical data. Includes the fundamentals of different types of cost estimating, the appropriate use of each, and examination of popular software. This course is designed to help students develop the ability to utilize techniques of cost estimating, cost and schedule control and project management as they apply to engineering and construction work. Students will understand why it is crucial to understand the various types of cost estimating and the appropriate use of each, activity-based costing, conceptual estimating and budgeting, unit cost estimating, parametric estimating, detailed estimating, learning curves and progress functions.
ENCE670
Highway Traffic Characteristics and Measurements
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
The study of the fundamental traits and behavior patterns of road users and their vehicles in traffic. The basic characteristics of the pedestrian, the driver, the vehicle, traffic volume and speed, stream flow and intersection operation, parking, and accidents.
ENCE672
Regional Transportation Planning
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Factors involved and the components of the process for planning statewide and regional transportation systems, encompassing all modes. Transportation planning studies, statewide traffic models, investment models, programming and scheduling.
ENCE688J
Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering; Data Analysis in the Built Environment: An Introduction to R
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
ENCE688N
Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering; Railway Engineering
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
ENCE688O
Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
ENCE688T
Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering; Disaster Resilience Seminar
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
This seminar with address varied topics in identifying, analyzing, assessing, and managing engineered systems resilient to natural, anthropogenic, and other hazards. This seminar series comprises guest lectures and internal faculty and student presentations on topics related to disaster resilience. Examples are drawn from foundational concepts; hazard science; planning, engineering, and design; risk and resilience assessment; and implementation.
ENCE688U
Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering; Digital Twins for Transportation Systems
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
This project-oriented course will introduce the methodology of digital twins for transportation systems planning and monitoring. Students will work with traditional and emerging sources of data, will learn techniques for population synthesis, and the basics of discrete choice analysis for travel behavior modeling. Small demonstration projects will be developed using MATSim an open-source framework for implementing large-scale agent-based transport simulations.
ENCE688V
Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering; Smart Mobility and Connected Communities
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
In most recent years, advances in Information science, communication technology, and data analytics have brought significant changes to traditional mobility services. This has resulted in increasing interest from both technology vendors and public authorities in the transition of transportation towards so-called "Smart Mobility". The course will explore strategies to develop smart mobility within the context of integrating civil infrastructures, advanced technologies, and cyberinfrastructures. It will also help students gain a deep understanding of the nature of disruptive innovations in smart mobility and connected communities.
ENCE688W
Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering; Design of Timber Structures
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
This course will expose students to the design of timber structures covering the following topics: Analysis and design of solid and glue laminated timber members and structural systems including tension members, beams (flexural members), columns, beam-columns, floor diaphragms, shear walls, and connections. This course focuses on medium-rise wood buildings constructed of cross-laminated timber (CLT) members. Project based learning approach will be used. The current version of the National Design Specification (NDS) for Wood Construction with LRFD design method is used.
ENCE689
Seminar
Credits:
1 - 16
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Majors only. Other majors require permission of department.
ENCE713
Concrete Structures I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
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.
ENCE743
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Credit only granted for: ENCE642 or ENCE743.
Formerly: ENCE642.
Review of theory of vibration and wave propagation in elastic media. Field and laboratory methods for determining dynamic soil properties. Analysis and design of soil-foundation systems subjected to machinery generated vibrations and methods of foundation isolation. Earthquake causes, magnitude and intensity, seismic hazard evaluation, NEHRP site classification, site response analyses and ground motion amplification, liquefaction and response of earth structures.
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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