Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Graduate Programs

Master of Science in Engineering

Emphasis Areas:

Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Coastal Engineering
 Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Introduction

Jackson State University offers course work leading to the Master of Science in
Engineering through the Graduate Engineering Program. The Department offers the
following emphasis areas: 1) Civil engineering; 2) Environmental Engineering; and 3)
Coastal Engineering.. The Program offers a non-degree admission for engineers in the
Jackson area who are only interested in continuing engineering education or desire
preparation for the Professional Engineers (PE) Exam.

Admission Requirements

Admission is open to applicants with an undergraduate degree in engineering. Applicants

with an undergraduate degree in a closely related field may be considered. Engineering
applicants may be admitted to the Graduate School as Regular Graduate Students,
Qualifying Students, Conditional Students or Non-Degree Students. Admission
requirements for each of these categories are outlined in the JSU Graduate Catalog.
Applicants may have to satisfy undergraduate coursework prerequisites as determined by
their Department Chair Person and/or Advisor. Applicants must meet all other admission
requirements outlined in the JSU Graduate Catalog. In addition, international applicants
must submit all documentation as outlined in the Graduate Catalog.

Transfer of Graduate Credit

Engineering Graduate students may transfer up to 9 semester hours of Graduate credit

from another institution upon the recommendation of their advisor and approval by the
Department Chairperson.

Time Limit

All course work applied toward a Master of Science Degree in Engineering must be
completed within an 8-calendar year period from the date of first entering the graduate
program.
Degree Requirements

Thirty (30), or thirty-six (36), semester hours are required for the Master of Science
Degree in Engineering depending upon which of the following three options the student
selects with approval of his or her department chairperson and/or advisor:

Option 1-Twenty four (24) semester hours of coursework plus a 6-hour thesis
Option 2-Twenty seven (27) semester hours of coursework plus a 3-hour project
Option 3-Thirty six (36) semester hours of coursework

Option 1 requires a formal written thesis, formal presentation and oral exam.
Option 2 requires a written project report, formal presentation and oral exam.
Option 3 requires an oral exam

To remain in “good standing”, students must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point
average (GPA) of 3.0 (“B” average).

Civil Engineering Emphasis

Mission

To provide graduate learning opportunities in civil engineering for acquiring the

knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for practice and life-long professional
development; to contribute to the expansion of knowledge of civil engineering through
research programs; and to provide professional and community service to the state, the
nation, and the world.

Program Objectives

1. Provide the depth and breadth in civil engineering topics necessary for civil
engineering practice and development.
2. Provide graduate education in specialized civil engineering areas.
3. Contribute to the discovery of new knowledge and methods that enhance the
theory and practice of civil engineering; and engage in meaningful service
activities.
4. Provide an environment that promotes professional development, growth of the
intellect, character, and spirit of students, faculty, and staff.

Program Requirements

The students are required to select three courses among the list of core courses. The three
courses must be approved by the Department prior to the selection. The remaining
courses may be chosen from the list of electives or from the other core courses with the
approval of the student’s adviser.
Core Courses

Course Title Semester

Hours
Transportation Engineering Track
CIV 530 Advanced Pavement Analysis and Design 3
CIV 531 Traffic Engineering 3
CIV 532 Pavement Materials and Design 3
Structural Engineering Track
CIV 540 Advanced Structural Analysis 3
CIV 541 Structural Dynamics 3
CIV 542 Advanced Design of Concrete Structures 3
Water Resources Engineering Track
CIV 550 Engineering Hydrology 3
CIV 551 Advanced Fluid Mechanics 3
CIV 652 Hydraulic Engineering Design 3
Geotechnical Engineering Track
CIV 672 Advanced Geomechanics 3
CIV 673 Advanced Foundation Engineering 3
CIV 674 Soil Dynamics 3

Elective Courses

CIV 520 Advanced Engineering Analysis I. (3 Hours)

CIV 521 Advanced Engineering Analysis II. (3 Hours)
CIV 533 Evaluation, Maintenance, & Rehabilitation of Public Works Infrastructure (3
Hours)
CIV 534 Urban Transportation Engineering System Design (3 Hours)
CIV 535 Pavement Design (3 Hours)
CIV 536 Highway Engineering (3 Hours)
CIV 543 Advanced Mechanics of Materials (3 Hours)
CIV 544 Advanced Design of Steel Structures (3 Hours)
CIV 545 Design of Wood and Masonry Structures (3 Hours)
CIV 552 GIS Applications in Civil and Environmental Engineering (3 Hours)
CIV 553 Experimental Methods in Civil Engineering (3 Hours)
CIV 554 Water Resources Engineering Planning and Management (3 Hours)
CIV 556 Groundwater Engineering (3 Hours)
CIV 557 Computational Fluid Dynamics (3 Hours)
CIV 558 Sedimentation and River Engineering (3 Hours)
CIV 559 Environmental Hydraulics (3 Hours)
CIV 562 Hazardous Waste Engineering (3 Hours)
CIV 564 Surface Water (3 Hours)
CIV 565 Wetland Management for Environmental Engineering (3 Hours)
CIV 567 Environmental Remediation (3 Hours)
CIV 568 Land Disposal of Waste (3 Hours)
CIV 571 Principles of Geoenvironmental Engineering (3 Hours)
CIV 572 Applied Geotechnical Engineering Design (3 Hours)
CIV 578 Applied Geophysics (3 Hours)
CIV 631 Linear Theory of Ocean Waves. (3 Hours)
CIVL 631 Linear Theory of Ocean Waves’ Laboratory. (1 Hour)
CIV 632 Tides and Long Waves. (3 Hours)
CIV 633 Airport Planning and Design (3 Hours)
CIV 640 Finite Element Method (3 Hours)
CIV 642 Prestressed Concrete Design (3 Hours)
CIV 645 Plates and Shells (3 Hours)
CIV 650 Small Watershed Hydrology (3 Hours)
CIV 653 Advanced Design of Hydraulic Structures (3 Hours)
CIV 654 Water Resources Systems Engineering (3 Hours)
CIV 655 Stochastic Hydrology (3 Hours)
CIV 659 Advanced Topics in Water Resources Engineering (Variable 1-4 Hours)
CIV 663 Design of Environmental Engineering Facilities (3 Hours)
CIV 670 Rock Mechanics (3 Hours)
CIV 675 Earth Dams and Slopes (3 Hours)
CIV 676 Tunneling (3 Hours)
CIV 677 Design and Construction with Geosynthetics (3 Hours)
CIV 678 Soil Bioengineering (3 Hours)
CIV 679 Advanced Topics in Geotechnical Engineering (Variable 1-4)
CIV 680 Unsaturated Soil Mechanics (3 Hours)
CIV 695 Scientific Writing Seminar (1 Hour)
CIV 696 Seminar (1 Hour)
CIV 697 Internship (Variable 1-3 Hours)
CIV 698 Independent Study (Variable 1-4 Hours)
CIV 699 Thesis Research (Variable 1-6 Hours)

Description of Courses

CIV 520 Advanced Engineering Analysis I. (3 Hours) A comprehensive course to

familiarize engineering professionals with advanced applied mathematics as it relates to
solving practical engineering problems. The course of intensive study blends the
theoretical underpinnings of advanced applied mathematics with an understanding of how
these powerful tools can be used to solve practical engineering problems. The material
covered includes Ordinary Differential Equations; Linear Algebra, Vector Calculus;
Fourier Analysis and Partial Differential Equations.

CIV 521 Advanced Engineering Analysis II. (3 Hours) A comprehensive course to

familiarize engineering professions with advanced and applied mathematics as it relates
to solving practical engineering problems. The course of intensive study blends the
theoretical and advanced applied mathematics with an understanding of how these
powerful tools can be

CIV 530 Advanced Pavement Analysis and Design. (3 Hours) Development of models
for and analysis of pavement systems; use of transfer functions relating pavement
response to pavement performance; evaluation and application of current pavement
design practices and procedures; analysis of the effects of maintenance activities on
pavement performance; and economic evaluation of highway and airport pavements.
Prerequisite: CIV 475 or permission of Department.

CIV 531 Traffic Engineering. (3 Hours) Study of fundamentals of traffic engineering;

analysis of traffic stream characteristics; capacity of urban and rural highways; design
and analysis of traffic signals and intersection; traffic control; traffic impact studies; and
traffic accidents. Prerequisite: CIV 390 or permission of Department.

CIV 532 Pavement Materials and Design. (3 Hours) Properties and control testing of
bituminous materials, aggregates for bituminous mixtures, and analysis and design of
asphalt concrete and liquid asphalt cold mixtures; structural properties of bituminous
mixes; surface treatment design; and recycling of mixtures. Introduction to Superpave
mix design and applications. Prerequisite: CIV 390 or permission of Department.

CIV 533 Evaluation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation of Public Works

Infrastructure. (3 Hours) Evaluation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of deteriorated
infrastructure systems by considering live cycle costs and long-term performance.
Understanding rehabilitation alternatives using in the practical field and designing
rehabilitation based on the non-destructive testing methods and economical
considerations. Prerequisite: CIV 390 and CIV475. (Cross Reference: CIV 479)

CIV 534 Urban Transportation Engrg System Design (3 Hours) Advanced design of
highway systems, vehicle and driver characteristics, highway capacity, design of urban
streets and expressways. Design constraints. Individual and team design projects oriented
toward the solution of local urban transportation problems, societal and economical
considerations. Prerequisite: CIV 390, CIV 310 and CIVL 310 or permission of
Department. (Cross reference: CIV 470)

CIV 535 Pavement Design. (3 Hours ) Aggregate, binder systems. Theory and design of
pavement structures, rigid and flexible pavement designs, subgrade materials, pavement
management, nondestructive testing, pavement maintenance, design constraints,
infrastructure maintenance, major design project. Prerequisite: CIV 380 and CIV 390.
(Cross reference: CIV 475)

CIV 536 Highway Engineering. (3 Hours) Analysis of factors in developing a highway

transportation facilities; traffic estimates and assignment; problems of highway
geometrics and design standards; planning and location principles; intersection design
factors; street systems and terminal facilities; programming improvements; drainage
design; structural design of surface; concepts of highway management and finance; and
highway maintenance planning. Prerequisite: CIV 390 or permission of Department.

CIV 540 Advanced Structural Analysis. (3 Hours) A unified formulation of

displacement and force methods of analysis including the topological view of the
structure as an assemblage of members; matrix techniques of formulation; considerations
for automatic computations; and evaluation of truss, grid, and frame models for the
response of real structures. Prerequisite: CIV 320 or permission of Department.

CIV 541 Structural Dynamics. (3 Hours) Analysis of the dynamic response of

structures and structural components to transient loads and foundation excitation; single-
degree-of-freedom and multi-degree-of-freedom systems; response spectrum concepts;
simple inelastic structural systems; and introduction to systems with distributed mass and
flexibility. Prerequisite: CIV 320 or permission of Department.

CIV 542 Advanced Design of Concrete Structures. (3 Hours) Theory and design of
reinforced concrete continuous beams, slender columns, two-way-slabs, footings,
retaining walls, shear walls and multi-story buildings. Design for torsion and design
constraints. Framing systems and loads for buildings and bridges, design constraints and
a major design project. Prerequisite: CIV 420. (Cross reference: CIV 477)

CIV 543 Advanced Mechanics of Materials. (3 Hours) Study of beams under lateral
load; beams with combined lateral load and thrust; beams on elastic foundations;
applications of Fourier series and virtual work principles to beam-type structures; stress
and strain in three dimensions; applications to flexure of beams and plates; elements of
the engineering theory of plates; and torsion of thin-walled open sections. Prerequisite:
CIV 320 or permission of Department.

CIV 544 Advanced Design of Steel Structures. (3 Hours) Behavior and design of
members subjected to fatigue, dynamic, combined loading. Methods of allowable design
stress, and load resistance factor design. Design of continues beams, plate girders,
composite beams, open-web joists, connections, torsion and plastic analysis and design.
Framing systems and loads for industrial buildings and bridges, design constraints and a
major design project. Prerequisite: CIV 360. (Cross reference: CIV 476)

CIV 545 Design of Wood and Masonry Structures. (3 Hours) Engineering properties
and behavior of wood for analysis and design of wooden beams, walls and diaphragms.
Engineering properties and behavior of masonry for analysis and design of masonry
walls, columns and shear walls. Framing systems and loads for multi-story buildings,
design constraints and a major design project. Prerequisite: CIV 420. (Cross reference:
CIV 478)

CIV 550 Engineering Hydrology. (3 Hours) Principles and theory of surface water and
groundwater flow and quality; understanding and determination of water budget,
hydrologic cycle, Darcy’s law, and water resources management at the watershed scale.
Water quality parameters including data analysis and interpretation, laboratory tests, and
maintenance of water quality. Applications in engineering design, Perequisite: CIV 370 or
permission of Department.

CIV 551 Advanced Fluid Mechanics. (3 Hours) Kinematics of fluid flow; plane
irrotational and incompressible fluid flow; Navier-Stokes equations; two-dimensional
boundary layers in incompressible flow; dimensional analysis and dynamic similitude;
hydrodynamic stability; turbulence; real life problems; Engineering applications and
system approach. Prerequisite: CIV 330 or permission of Department.

CIV 552 GIS Applications in Civil and Environmental Engineering. (3 Hours) This
course introduces students to the basic concepts and skills necessary to engage applied
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with the field of Civil and Environmental
Engineering. Students will gain basic theoretical knowledge required for development
and successful use of GIS and practical training on use of a GIS software. This course
will consist of lecture sessions, lab exercises and GIS project. While the principles taught
will be general in nature, the students will be taught how to use the ArcView GIS
software program, and working through several exercises that emphasize its use in Civil
and Environmental Engineering. Selected topics include: GIS analysis procedures,
integration of survey control for data acquisition and rectification, hardware software
selection criteria, and error propagation analyses, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and
their use with GIS. Prerequisite: permission of the Department.

CIV 553 Experimental Methods in Civil Engineering. (3 Hours) Introduction to

experimental methods, instrumentation, data acquisition and data processing;
experimental aspects of static and dynamic testing in the various areas of civil
engineering; overview of laboratory work with several hands-on applications in the
laboratory. Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 554 Water Resources Engineering Planning and Management. (3 Hours)

Managing water resources; the planning process, systems analysis methods; institutional
framework for water resources engineering; comprehensive integration of engineering,
economic, environmental, legal and political considerations in water resources
development and management. Prerequisite: permission of the Department.

CIV 556 Groundwater Engineering. (3 Hours) Groundwater hydrology, theory of

groundwater movement, steady-state flow, potential flow, mechanics of well flow,
multiple-phase flow, salt water intrusion, artificial recharge, groundwater contamination
and models. Prerequisite: CIV 370 or permission of Department.

CIV 557 Computational Fluid Dynamics. (3 Hours) Finite-difference and finite-volume

methods and basic numerical concepts for the solution of dispersion, propagation and
equilibrium problems commonly encountered in real fluid flows; theoretical accuracy
analysis techniques. Prerequisites: CIV330 and knowledge of one programming
language.

CIV 559 Environmental Hydraulics. (3 Hours) The application of fluid mechanics

principles in the analysis of environmental flows. Topics include: Stratified flows,
turbulent jets and plumes, wastewater and thermal diffusers, cooling ponds and cooling
channels and the control of environmental problems. Prerequisites: CIV330 or permission
of Department.
CIV 562 Hazardous Waste Engineering. (3 Hours) Comprehensive study of the
complex, interdisciplinary engineering principles involved in hazardous waste handling,
collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal. Also covered are waste minimization,
site remediation, and regulations important for engineering applications. Design
constraints, engineering judgment, and ethical responsibility are covered. Contemporary
hazardous waste issues and urban issues are also addressed. Prerequisite: CHEM 241,
CHML 241, CIV 340, CIVL 340, or permission of Department. (Cross reference: CIV
468)

CIV 564 Surface Water. (3 Hours) Water quantity, water quality, regulation of, and
management of rivers, lakes, and wetlands. Applications in engineering design.
Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 565 Wetland Management for Environmental Engineering. (3 Hours) (3 Hours)

The physical, chemical, biological, and regulatory aspects of wetland ecosystems. The
impacts of engineered structures on wetland systems, and the factors involved with
developing specifications for wetland creation and restoration. Prerequisite: permission of
Department.

CIV 567 Environmental Remediation. (3 Hours) The course covers current engineering
solutions for the remediation of soils and waters contaminated by hazardous waste or
spills. The technologies to be covered include bioremediation, oxidation, soil vapor
extraction, soil washing, surfactant-enhanced remedy, thermal treatment, air stripping,
solidification/stabilization, electrokinetic decontamination, underground barriers,
permeable reactive treatment walls, and other newly-emerging technologies. The
engineering principles behind the remediation technologies are emphasized. Examples of
successful applications of the remediation technologies are discussed. Prerequisite:
permission of Department.

CIV 568 Land Disposal of Waste. (3 Hours) Theoretical, regulatory, and practical
aspects of the disposal of waste on lands. Decontamination and reclamation of lands
contaminated by industrial activities and spills of industrial chemicals. The usefulness
and environmental impact of the disposal of municipal and industrial wastes via land
treatment and land filling. (3 Hours) Design considerations and engineering problems
associated with the land disposal of septic tank effluent, municipal garbage, sewage
sludge,

CIV 571 Principles of Geoenvironmental Engineering. (3 Hours) Topics in

geoenvironmental engineering in an urban environment. landfill design and incineration
options. Stability of landfills, geotechnical characteristics of landfills, liner systems.
Waste characterization, minimization, collection, treatment, transport and disposal.
Leachate characteristics and potential groundwater contamination, design constraints.
Legal and ethical considerations. Prerequisite: permission of Department. (Cross
reference: CIV 471)
CIV 572 Applied Geotechnical Engineering Design. (3 Hours) Practical real life urban
projects and advanced laboratory experience in geotechnical engineering, construction
dewatering, construction issues, safety and economy, urban geotechnical engineering
issues, preparation of subsurface investigation and geotechnical engineering reports,
ethical considerations, oral presentation. Pre or co-requisite: CIV 430 or permission of
Department. (Cross reference: CIV 472)

CIV 578 Applied Geophysics. (3 Hours) Gravity and magnetic theory and methods.
Gravitational field of earth and gravity measurements applications to geological
engineering problems. Imaging subsurface features of earth using basic principles of
physics, namely elastic, electric, magnetic, and density properties of earth material.
Applications in engineering design. Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIVL 631 Linear Theory of Ocean Waves. (3 Hours) A systematic theoretical

development of the linear theory of simple harmonic ocean gravity waves, water particle
kinematics, shoaling, refraction, diffraction, and reflection.

CIVL 631 Linear Theory of Ocean Waves’ Laboratory. (1 Hour) Laboratory for
linear ocean wave theory generation and propagation of linear waves, measurement of
wave properties and observation of wave transformations in shallow water.
CIV 632 Tides and Long Waves. (3 Hours) A systematic development of the theory of
ocean tides, tidal forcing functions, near shore tidal transformations and tidal

CIV 633 Airport Planning and Design. (3 Hours) Basic principles of airport facilities
design to include aircraft operational characteristics, noise, site selection, land use
compatibility, operational area, ground access and egress, terminals, ground service
areas, airport capacity, and special types of airports. Prerequisite: CIV 390 or permission
of Department.

CIV 640 Finite Element Methods. (3 Hours) Theory and application of the finite
element method; stiffness matrices for triangular, quadrilateral, and isoparametric
elements; two- and three-dimensional elements; algorithms necessary for the assembly
and solutions; direct stress and plate bending problems for static, nonlinear buckling and
dynamic load conditions; displacement, hybrid, and mixed models together with their
origin in variational methods. Prerequisite: CIV 540 or permission of Department.

CIV 642 Prestressed Concrete Design. (3 Hours) Study of strength, behavior, and
design of prestressed reinforced concrete members and structures, with primary emphasis
on precast, prestressed construction; emphasis on the necessary coordination between
design and construction techniques in prestressing. Prerequisite: CIV 420 or permission
of Department.

CIV 645 Plates and Shells. (3 Hours) Classical bending theory of plates and shells;
emphasis on methods of solution including series expansions, finite element and finite
difference methods; application of theories to commonly encountered structures in
practice; and consideration of in plane loads, large deflections, buckling, and anisotropy.
Prerequisite: CIV 640 or permission of Department.

CIV 650 Small Watershed Hydrology. (3 Hours) The role of land conditions in dealing
with engineering problems of applied hydrology with emphasis on the small watershed,
limited data, and land management situations Gain a physically-based understanding of
hydrologic processes that define the functions of small watersheds; Effects of natural and
human disturbances on the components of the hydrologic cycle; Investigate special
characteristics of small watersheds; Approaches for dealing with limited data; Use the
understanding of applied hydrology to predict the impacts of various land use activities
on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems; Develop analytic tools to integrate land use and
catchments characteristics to predict catchments response and guide watershed
management. Topics include stream flow generation, hill slope hydrology, stream
channel hydraulics, hydrograph separation, evapotranspiration, hydrologic tracers,
riparian zone hydrology, and hyporheic zone hydrology. Applications in engineering
design. Prerequisite: CIV 550 or permission of Department.

CIV 652 Hydraulic Engineering Design. (3 Hours) Design of water supply and
transport systems; Design and analysis of structures for controlling and conveying water
in both the built and natural environment; Engineering applications of hydraulic and
hydrologic engineering; Analytic methods and computer models for the design and
evaluation of water resource projects such as flood control and river basin development;
Common models, and typical applications for water resource systems; Reservoir design,
flood routing; and design of water distribution and storm water management systems, and
sanitary sewers. Prerequisite: CIV 370 or permission of Department.

CIV 653 Advanced Design of Hydraulic Structures. (3 Hours) Analysis and

characteristics of flow in open channels (natural and artificial); channel design
considerations including uniform flow (rivers, sewers), flow measuring devices (weirs,
flumes), gradually varied flow (backwater and other flow profiles, flood routing), rapidly
varied flow (hydraulic jump, spillways), and channel design problems (geometric
considerations, scour, channel stabilization, sediment transport); analysis and design of
hydraulic structures such as dams, spillways etc. based on economic, environmental,
ethical, political, societal, health and safety considerations. Prerequisite: CIV 370 or
permission of Department. (Cross-Reference: CIV 466)

CIV 654 Water Resources Systems Engineering. (3 hours) Linear and non-linear
optimization models and simulation models for planning and management of water
systems; single- and multi-objective analysis and deterministic and stochastic techniques.
Prerequisites: CIV 554 or permission of Department.

CIV 655 Stochastic Hydrology. (3 Hours) Advanced applications of statistics and

probability to hydrology, time series analysis and synthesis, and artificial neural network
methods. A combination of theory and application to the field of hydrology,
environmental and water resources engineering, climatic modeling and other natural
resources modeling. Prerequisites: CIV 550, MATH 307 or permission of Department.
CIV 659 Advanced Topics in Water Resources Engineering. (Variable 1-3 Hours)
Course will focus on a variety of topics in the field of water resources engineering. May
be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 663 Design of Environmental Engineering Facilities. (3 Hours) Analysis and

design considerations and constraints for environmental engineering facilities such as
water and wastewater treatment plants, solid and hazardous waste landfills, and resources
recovery facilities. Design of municipal wastewater treatment plant including site
selection, plant layout, hydraulic profile, preliminary treatment processes (screening,
sedimentation, flow equalization, etc.), secondary treatment processes (activated sludge,
trickling filter), waste stabilization ponds/constructed wetland), and sludge treatment and
disposal (thickening, centrifugation, belt press, anaerobic digestion, thermal process and
land disposal). Completion of one major design project and two minor design projects.
Prerequisite: CIV 661 or permission of Department. (Cross reference: CIV 460)

CIV 670 Rock Mechanics. (3 Hours) Classification of rock masses, stress and strain in
rock, elastic and time-dependent behavior of rock, state of stress in rock masses, failure
mechanisms, construction applications, geological and engineering applications.
Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 672 Advanced Geomechanics. (3 Hours) Theoretical and quasi-theoretical

approaches for advanced soil mechanics including stress analysis, consolidation theory,
immediate settlement, and saturated and partially saturated soils; problem idealization;
introduction to rock mechanics; engineering judgment. Prerequisite: CIV 380 or
permission of Department.

CIV 673 Advanced Foundation Engineering. (3 Hours) Advanced topics in

foundations design, special cases of shallow foundations; horizontal load capacity of pile
foundations; battered piles, load calculation of pile groups. Drilled caissons; design and
construction of sheet piles including cantilever and anchored sheet piles; earth pressures
and stability of retaining structures; design of braced supports, cofferdams; design
examples. Prerequisite: CIV 430 or permission of Department.

CIV 674 Soil Dynamics. (3 Hours) Study of soil behavior under various dynamic
loadings including earthquakes. Laboratory & field techniques for determining dynamic
soil properties and liquefaction potential. Factors affecting liquefaction; dynamic soil-
structure interaction. Engineering design examples. Prerequisite: CIV 380 or permission
of Department.

CIV 675 Earth Dams and Slopes. (3 Hours) Stability of natural and man-made slopes
under various loading conditions, slope protection. Selection and measurement of
pertinent soil parameters. Engineering design and construction of earth dams and
embankments. Practical aspects of seepage effects and ground water flow. Flow net and
its use; wells; filters; total and effective stress methods of slope analysis. Prerequisite:
CIV 380 or permission of Department.
CIV 676 Tunneling. (3 Hours) Overview of tunneling practice in rocks and soft ground.
Underground construction techniques. Geological aspects and major technical problems
in tunneling. Various tunneling methods and selections. Design and support of tunnels in
soft ground and rock. Prerequisite: Permission of Department.

CIV 677 Design and Construction with Geosynthetics. (3 Hours) Properties and
behavior of geosynthetics including geotextiles, geogrids and other fabrics; applications
in geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering; quantify hydraulic behavior;
applications in remediatation, retaining structures, and foundations construction.
Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 678 Soil Bioengineering. (3 Hours) Engineering practices and ecological principles
for the assessment, design, construction and maintenance of living vegetation systems.
Slope stabilization against shallow mass movement and erosion through vegetated
reinforcement. Root reinforcement, erosion control, aesthetics and environmental factors
in engineering design are considered. Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 679 Advanced Topics in Geotechnical Engineering. (Variable 1-4 Hours) Course
will focus on a variety of topics in the field of geotechnical engineering. May be
repeated for credit. Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 680 Unsaturated Soil Mechanics. (3 Hours) Introduction of unsaturated soil,

stress-state variables, soil water suction and soil water characteristic curves, hydraulic
function curves, flow in unsaturated soil, shear strength and slope stability analysis,
lateral earth pressure and retaining structures design, and compressibility and volume
change analysis for unsaturated soils. Prerequisites: CIV 380 or Departmental
Permission.
CIV 695 Scientific Writing Seminar. (1 Hour) Exercises in scientific writing format
and style, with particular emphasis on writing abstracts and manuscripts for publication
in referred archival journals.

CIV 696 Seminar. (1 Hour) Presentation of papers, projects and reports by visiting
lecturers, graduate students, engineers, and community leaders.

CIV 697 Internship. (Variable 1-3 Hours) Supervised graduate internship and externship
in various areas. Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 698 Independent Study. (Variable 1-4 Hours) Intensive study of a special project
including research and literature review selected in accordance with student interests and
arranged in consultation with the adviser. Topics will vary. Student will make period
reports, and will prepare a scholarly paper at the end of semester. Prerequisite:
permission of Department.

CIV 699 Thesis Research. (Variable 1-6 Hours) Master’s thesis representing an
independent and original research. Prerequisite: permission of adviser.
Environmental Engineering Emphasis

Mission

To provide engineers and scientists with advanced graduate education in the broad areas
of environmental engineering

Program Objectives

1. Provide students an understanding of fundamental scientific and engineering

principles necessary to manage and solve environmental challenges in natural and
engineered systems;
2. Provide advanced course work and research programs in environmental
engineering; and
3. Enable students to develop increased professional competence in the broad areas
of environmental engineering

Core Courses

Course Title Semester

Hours
CIV 561 Chemistry for Environmental Engineering 3
CIV 562 Hazardous Waste Engineering 3
CIV 660 Physiochemical Processes in Water and 3
Wastewater
CIV 661 Biological Processes in Wastewater 3
Engineering

Elective Courses
CIV 520 Advanced Engineering Analysis I. (3 Hours)
CIV 521 Advanced Engineering Analysis II. (3 Hours)
CIV 550 Engineering Hydrology (3 Hours)
CIV 551 Advanced Fluid Mechanics (3 Hours)
CIV 552 GIS Applications in Civil and Environmental Engineering (3 Hours)
CIV 560 Environmental Engineering II (3 Hours)
CIV 563 Microbiology for Environmental Engineering (3 Hours)
CIV 564 Surface Water (3 Hours)
CIV 565 Wetland Management for Environmental Engineering (3 Hours)
CIV 566 Air Pollution and Control (3 Hours)
CIV 567 Environmental Remediation (3 hours)
CIV 568 Land Disposal of Waste (3 Hours)
CIV 569 Environmental Systems Modeling (3 Hours)
CIV 571 Principles of Geoenvironmental Engineering (3 Hours)
CIV 573 Environmental Geology for Engineers. (3 Hours)
CIV 574 Engineering Hydrogeology. (3 Hours)
CIV 575 Applied Geological Engineering. (3 Hours)
CIV 631 Linear Theory of Ocean Waves. (3 Hours)
CIV 631L Linear Theory of Ocean Waves’ Laboratory (1 Hour)
CIV 632 Tides and Long Waves. (3 Hours)
CIV 650 Small Watershed Hydrology (3 Hours)
CIV 652 Hydraulic Engineering Design (3 Hours)
CIV 653 Advanced Design of Hydraulic Structures (3 Hours)
CIV 663 Design of Environmental Engineering Facilities (3 Hours)
CIV 664 Limnology for Environmental Engineering (3 Hours)
CIV 665 Environmental Law (3 Hours)
CIV 666 Advanced Waste Treatment Processes in Environmental Engineering (3 Hours)
CIV 667 Biological Process Engineering (3 Hours)
CIV 668 Bioenvironmental Engineering (3 Hours)
CIV 669 Advanced Topics in Environmental Engineering (Variable1-4 Hours)
CIV 680 Unsaturated Soil Mechanics (3 Hours)
CIV 695 Scientific Writing Seminar (1 Hour)
CIV 696 Seminar (1 Hour)
CIV 697 Internship (Variable 1-3 Hours)
CIV 698 Independent Study (Variable 1-3 Hours)
CIV 699 Thesis Research (Variable 1-6 Hours)

Description of Courses

CIV 520 Advanced Engineering Analysis I. (3 Hours) A comprehensive course to

familiarize engineering professionals with advanced applied mathematics as it relates to
solving practical engineering problems. The course of intensive study blends the
theoretical underpinnings of advanced applied mathematics with an understanding of how
these powerful tools can be used to solve practical engineering problems. The material
covered includes Ordinary Differential Equations; Linear Algebra, Vector Calculus;
Fourier Analysis and Partial Differential Equations.

CIV 521 Advanced Engineering Analysis II. (3 Hours) A comprehensive course to

familiarize engineering professions with advanced applied mathematics as it relates to
solving practical engineering problems. The course of intensive study blends the
theoretical and advanced applied mathematics with an understanding of how these
powerful tools can be used to solve practical engineering problems. The material covered
includes Complex Analysis; Numerical Methods; Optimization; Graphs; and Probability
and Statistics.

CIV 550 Engineering Hydrology. (3 Hours) Principles and theory of surface water and
groundwater flow and quality; understanding and determination of water budget,
hydrologic cycle, Darcy’s law, and water resources management at the watershed scale.
Water quality parameters including data analysis and interpretation, laboratory tests, and
maintenance of water quality. Applications in engineering design, Perequisite: CIV 370 or
permission of Department.
CIV 551 Advanced Fluid Mechanics. (3 Hours) Kinematics of fluid flow; plane
irrotational and incompressible fluid flow; Navier-Stokes equations; two-dimensional
boundary layers in incompressible flow; dimensional analysis and dynamic similitude;
hydrodynamic stability; turbulence; real life problems; Engineering applications and
system approach. Prerequisite: CIV 330 or permission of Department.

CIV 552 GIS Applications in Civil and Environmental Engineering. (3 Hours) This
course introduces students to the basic concepts and skills necessary to engage applied
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with the field of Civil and Environmental
Engineering. Students will gain basic theoretical knowledge required for development
and successful use of GIS and practical training on use of a GIS software. This course
will consist of lecture sessions, lab exercises and GIS project. While the principles taught
will be general in nature, the students will be taught how to use the ArcView GIS
software program, and working through several exercises that emphasize its use in Civil
and Environmental Engineering. Selected topics include: GIS analysis procedures,
integration of survey control for data acquisition and rectification, hardware software
selection criteria, and error propagation analyses, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and
their use with GIS. Prerequisite: permission of the Department.

CIV 558 Sedimentation and River Engineering (3 hours). This course is developed for
graduate students who plan to specialize in water resources/ coastal engineering. Course
covers hydraulics of sediment transport, mechanics of morphology, sediment budget
concepts, mathematical modeling of sediment transport. (Cross Reference CIV 758)
Prerequisites: CIV465 or permission of Department.

CIV 560 Environmental Engineering II. (3 Hours) The physical, chemical, and
biological environmental engineering systems that are used to protect health and the
environment. Examples include drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment,
hazardous waste treatment, and air pollution control. Prerequisite: permission of
Department.

CIV 561 Chemistry for Environmental Engineering. (3 Hours) The principles of

physical, equilibrium, inorganic, and organic chemistry as they apply to drinking water
treatment, wastewater treatment, natural water quality, air quality, and air pollution
control. Applications in engineering design. Prerequisite: CIV 340, or CIV 560, or
permission of Department.

CIV 562 Hazardous Waste Engineering. (3 Hours) Comprehensive study of the

complex, interdisciplinary engineering principles involved in hazardous waste handling,
collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal. Also covered are waste minimization,
site remediation, and regulations important for engineering applications. Design
constraints, engineering judgment, and ethical responsibility are covered. Contemporary
hazardous waste issues and urban issues are also addressed. Prerequisite: CHEM 241,
CHML 241, CIV 340, CIVL 340, or permission of Department. (Cross reference: CIV
468)
CIV 563 Microbiology for Environmental Engineering. (3 Hours) The microbiological
principles that apply to wastewater treatment, drinking water protection, water quality,
and disease transmission. Applications in engineering design. Prerequisite: CIV 560 or
permission of Department.

CIV 564 Surface Water. (3 Hours) Water quantity, water quality, regulation of, and
management of rivers, lakes, and wetlands. Applications in engineering design.
Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 565 Wetland Management for Environmental Engineering. (3 Hours) (3 Hours)

The physical, chemical, biological, and regulatory aspects of wetland ecosystems. The
impacts of engineered structures on wetland systems, and the factors involved with
developing specifications for wetland creation and restoration. Prerequisite: permission of
Department.

CIV 566 Air Pollution and Control. (3 Hours) The sources of and engineering
principles to prevent or control air pollution and to design and operate processes. Topics
include the risks of air pollution to which the public is exposed, the principle and factor
underlying the generation of pollutants, physical principles describing how pollution
affects the atmosphere and human well-being, regulations which engineers will be
expected to understand and comply with. The engineering aspects including principles
governing pollutant production from stationary and mobile combustion systems,
modeling of the generation and transport of pollutants in the atmosphere, methods for
separation and removal of gases and particulates from a process gas stream. Prerequisite:
permission of Department.

CIV 567 Environmental Remediation. (3 Hours) The course covers current

engineering solutions for the remediation of soils and waters contaminated by hazardous
waste or spills. The technologies to be covered include bioremediation, oxidation, soil
vapor extraction, soil washing, surfactant-enhanced remedy, thermal treatment, air
stripping, solidification/stabilization, electro kinetic decontamination, underground
barriers, permeable reactive treatment walls, and other newly-emerging technologies. The
engineering principles behind the remediation technologies are emphasized. Examples of
successful applications of the remediation technologies are discussed. Prerequisite:
permission of Department.

CIV 568 Land Disposal of Waste. (3 Hours) Theoretical, regulatory, and practical
aspects of the disposal of waste on lands. Decontamination and reclamation of lands
contaminated by industrial activities and spills of industrial chemicals. The usefulness
and environmental impact of the disposal of municipal and industrial wastes via land
treatment and land filling. (3 Hours) Design considerations and engineering problems
associated with the land disposal of septic tank effluent, municipal garbage, sewage
sludge, sewage effluent, industrial and hazardous waste, and radioactive wastes.
Prerequisite: permission of Department.
CIV 569 Environmental Systems Modeling. (3 Hours) Mathematical modeling of
environmental systems, including rivers, lakes, estuaries, and air. Prerequisite: permission
of Department.

CIV 571 Principles of Geoenvironmental Engineering. (3 Hours) Topics in

geoenvironmental engineering in an urban environment. landfill design and incineration
options. Stability of landfills, geotechnical characteristics of landfills, liner systems.
Waste characterization, minimization, collection, treatment, transport and disposal.
Leachate characteristics and potential groundwater contamination, design constraints.
Legal and ethical considerations. Prerequisite: permission of Department. (Cross
reference: CIV 471)

CIV 573 Environmental Geology for Engineers. (3 Hours) Defines the role of
Environmental Geology in the engineering design of remedial activities dealing with a
wide range of geotechnical engineering problems. Fundamental concepts of
environmental unity and the rising human population will be addressed. Topics will range
from earthquakes to coastal processes with particular emphasis on landslides and water
problems. Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 574 Engineering Hydrogeology. (3 Hours) Defines the role of Hydrogeology in

the engineering design of activities dealing with the interaction of ground and surface
water. The course will address a wide range of topics including the role of water in
earthquakes and landslides, land subsidence, swelling clay foundations, geothermal
energy, engineered wetlands, cave and karst formation, contaminant transport, and water
resources with emphasis in engineering design. Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 575 Applied Geological Engineering. (3 Hours) Applications of geological

concepts including geomorphology and structural geology in solving geological
engineering problems. Study of engineering principles and properties of earth materials.
Exploration during engineering design and methods of site investigations. Applications of
instrumentation and equipment used for soil, rock, and water analyses. Prerequisite:
permission of Department.

CIV 631 Linear Theory of Ocean Waves. (3 Hours) A systematic theoretical

development of the linear theory of simple harmonic ocean gravity waves, water particle
kinematics, shoaling, refraction, diffraction, and reflection.

CIVL 631 Linear Theory of Ocean Waves’ Laboratory. (1 Hour) Laboratory for
linear ocean wave theory generation and propagation of linear waves, measurement of
wave properties and observation of wave transformations in shallow water.

CIV 632 Tides and Long Waves. (3 Hours) A systematic development of the theory of
ocean tides, tidal forcing functions, near shore tidal transformations and tidal propagation
in harbors and estuaries. An introduction to the response of harbors to long waves and
the study of the generation of long ocean waves.

CIV 650 Small Watershed Hydrology. (3 Hours) The role of land conditions in dealing
with engineering problems of applied hydrology with emphasis on the small watershed,
limited data, and land management situations Gain a physically-based understanding of
hydrologic processes that define the functions of small watersheds; Effects of natural and
human disturbances on the components of the hydrologic cycle; Investigate special
characteristics of small watersheds; Approaches for dealing with limited data; Use the
understanding of applied hydrology to predict the impacts of various land use activities
on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems; Develop analytic tools to integrate land use and
catchments characteristics to predict catchments response and guide watershed
management. Topics include stream flow generation, hill slope hydrology, stream
channel hydraulics, hydrograph separation, evapotranspiration, hydrologic tracers,
riparian zone hydrology, and hyporheic zone hydrology. Applications in engineering
design. Prerequisite: CIV 550 or permission of Department.

CIV 652 Hydraulic Engineering Design. (3 Hours) Design of water supply and
transport systems; Design and analysis of structures for controlling and conveying water
in both the built and natural environment; Engineering applications of hydraulic and
hydrologic engineering; Analytic methods and computer models for the design and
evaluation of water resource projects such as flood control and river basin development;
Common models, and typical applications for water resource systems; Reservoir design,
flood routing; and design of water distribution and storm water management systems, and
sanitary sewers. Prerequisite: CIV 370 or permission of Department.

CIV 653 Advanced Design of Hydraulic Structures. (3 Hours) Analysis and

characteristics of flow in open channels (natural and artificial); channel design
considerations including uniform flow (rivers, sewers), flow measuring devices (weirs,
flumes), gradually varied flow (backwater and other flow profiles, flood routing), rapidly
varied flow (hydraulic jump, spillways), and channel design problems (geometric
considerations, scour, channel stabilization, sediment transport); analysis and design of
hydraulic structures such as dams, spillways etc. based on economic, environmental,
ethical, political, societal, health and safety considerations. Prerequisite: CIV 370 or
permission of Department. (Cross-Reference: CIV 466)

CIV 660 Physiochemical Processes in Water and Wastewater Treatment. (3 Hours)

Fundamental principles, analysis, modeling, and design considerations of physical and
chemical processes for water and wastewater treatment processes and operations.
Drinking water treatment processes will be focused on while parallel wastewater
treatment schemes also being discussed. Relevant water quality characteristics, standards,
and regulations in engineering design will be reviewed. Prerequisite: CIV 561 or
permission of Department.

CIV 661 Biological Processes in Wastewater Treatment. (3 Hours) Theory and

applications of the biological processes available for the treatment of wastewaters.
Fundamentals of biological degradations and transformation of pollutants. Microbial
growth kinetics and modeling. Wastewater treatment processes, both aerobic and
anaerobic, including suspended growth biological processes and attached growth
processes. Emphasis on engineering design considerations and parameters. Prerequisite:
CIV 660.

CIV 663 Design of Environmental Engineering Facilities. (3 Hours) Analysis and

design considerations and constraints for environmental engineering facilities such as
water and wastewater treatment plants, solid and hazardous waste landfills, and resources
recovery facilities. Design of municipal wastewater treatment plant including site
selection, plant layout, hydraulic profile, preliminary treatment processes (screening,
sedimentation, flow equalization, etc.), secondary treatment processes (activated sludge,
trickling filter), waste stabilization ponds/constructed wetland), and sludge treatment and
disposal (thickening, centrifugation, belt press, anaerobic digestion, thermal process and
land disposal). Completion of one major design project and two minor design projects.
Prerequisite: CIV 661 or permission of Department. (Cross reference: CIV 460)

CIV 664 Limnology for Environmental Engineering. (3 Hours) The study of aquatic
ecosystems, with an emphasis on lakes. The physical characteristics of water and lakes;
the chemical characteristics of aquatic systems; the dominant plants and animals in lakes,
streams, and wetlands. The impacts of pollution, engineered structures, and man-made
alterations of lakes and streams. Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 665 Environmental Law. (3 Hours) The major federal statutes and regulations that
govern environmental protection. Included are the National Environmental Policy Act,
the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, Superfund, and others. Prerequisite: permission
of Department.

CIV 666 Advanced Waste Treatment Processes in Environmental Engineering. (3

Hours) An in-depth study of the biological processes used to treat wastewater, with an
emphasis on recently published information. Prerequisite: CIV 661 or permission of
Department.

CIV 667 Biological Process Engineering. (3 Hours) Applications of the principles of

microbial kinetics and heat transfer to the analysis and design of biological engineering
processes. Emphasis on applications in environmental engineering processes or projects.
Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 668 Bioenvironmental Engineering. (3 Hours) Engineering principles for the

design of systems for the biological treatment and utilization of organic by-products from
animal and crop production and from industrial processes such as and food and crop
processing industries. Design of best management practices to protect bioenvironmental
resources by minimizing non-point pollution (off-site movement of sediment, nutrients
and other constituents) and by minimizing nuisance odors associated with land applied
organic residues, inorganic fertilizers and pesticides. Economic utilization of beneficial
components of typical wastes. Prerequisite: permission of Department.
CIV 669 Advanced Topics in Environmental Engineering. (Variable 1-3 Hours)
Course will focus on a variety of topics in the field of environmental engineering. May be
repeated for credit. Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 680 Unsaturated Soil Mechanics. (3 Hours) Introduction of unsaturated soil,

stress-state variables, soil water suction and soil water characteristic curves, hydraulic
function curves, flow in unsaturated soil, shear strength and slope stability analysis,
lateral earth pressure and retaining structures design, and compressibility and volume
change analysis for unsaturated soils. Prerequisites: CIV 380 or Departmental
Permission.

CIV 695 Scientific Writing Seminar. (1 Hour) Exercises in scientific writing format
and style, with particular emphasis on writing abstracts and manuscripts for publication
in referred archival journals.

CIV 696 Seminar. (1 Hour) Presentation of papers, projects and reports by visiting
lecturers, graduate students, engineers, and community leaders.

CIV 697 Internship. (Variable 1-3 Hours) Supervised graduate internship and externship
in various areas. Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 698 Independent Study. (Variable 1-3 Hours) Intensive study of a special
engineering project including research and literature review selected in accordance with
student interests and arranged in consultation with the adviser. Topics will vary. Student
will make period reports, and will prepare a scholarly paper at the end of semester.
Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 699 Thesis Research. (Variable 1-6 Hours) Master’s thesis representing an
independent and original research. Prerequisite: permission of adviser.
Coastal Engineering Emphasis

Mission

To provide engineers with graduate education in the specialized field of coastal

engineering, including knowledge, skills and abilities to address coastal engineering
challenges arising from coastal natural disasters.

Program Objectives

1. Provide students an understanding of the fundamental coastal engineering

knowledge and principles necessary to address engineering challenges in a coastal
environment, especially those arising from coastal natural disasters.
2. Provide graduate course work and research programs in coastal engineering.
3. Enable students to achieve enhanced professional development and to appreciate
the technical and societal challenges existing in the practice of coastal
engineering.

Program Requirements

The students are required to select four courses among the list of seven core courses and
one of the four must be CIV 520. The other three core courses must be approved by the
Department prior to selection. The remaining courses may be chosen from the list of
electives or from the other core courses with approval of the student’s advisor.

Core Courses

Course Title Semester

Hours
CIV 520 Advanced Engineering Analysis I 3
CIV 538 Coastal Structures 3
CIV 539 Advanced Coastal Engineering Design 3
CIV 558 Sedimentation and River Engineering 3
CIV 631 Linear Theory of Ocean Waves Theory 3
CIV 636 Spectral Wave Analysis 3
CIV 637 Advanced Design for Breakwater 3
Rehabilitation

Elective Courses

CIV 521 Advanced Engineering Analysis II(3 hours)

CIV 530 Advanced Pavement Analysis and Design(3 hours)
CIV 531 Traffic Engineering(3 hours)
CIV 532 Pavement Materials and Design(3 hours)
CIV 533 Evaluation, Maintenance, & Rehabilitation of Public Works Infrastructure (3
hours)
CIV 534 Urban Transportation Engineering System Design (3 hours)
CIV 540 Advanced Structural Analysis(3 hours)
CIV 541 Structural Dynamics (3 hours)
CIV 542 Advanced Design of Concrete Structures(3 hours)
CIV 550 Engineering Hydrology(3 hours)
CIV 551 Advance Fluid Mechanics(3 hours)
CIV 552 GIS Applications(3 hours)
CIV 553 Env. Methods(3 hours)
CIV 554 Water Resources Engineering Planning and Management(3 hours)
CIV 556 Groundwater Engineering(3 hours)
CIV 557 Computational Fluid Dynamics(3 hours)
CIV 558 Sedimentation and River Engineering(3 hours)
CIV 559 Environmental Hydraulics(3 hours)
CIV 562 Hazardous Waste Engineering(3 hours)
CIV 564 Surface Water(3 hours)
CIV 632 Tides and Long Waves(3 hours)
CIV 633 Airport Planning and Design(3 hours)
CIV 640 Finite Element Method(3 hours)
CIV 650 Small Watershed Hydrology(3 hours)
CIV 652 Hydraulic Engineering Design(3 hours)
CIV 659 Advanced Topics in Water Resources Engineering(1-4 hrs)
CIV 670 Rock Mechanics(3 hours)
CIV 695 Scientific Writing Seminar(3 hours)
CIV 696 Seminar(3 hours)
CIV 697 Internship (1-3 hours)
CIV 698 Independent Study (1-4 hrs)
CIV 699 Thesis Research (1-6 hrs)

Description of Courses

CIV 520 Advanced Engineering Analysis I. (3 Hours) A comprehensive course to

familiarize engineering professionals with advanced applied mathematics as it relates to
solving practical engineering problems. The course of intensive study blends the
theoretical underpinnings of advanced applied mathematics with an understanding of how
these powerful tools can be used to solve practical engineering problems. The material
covered includes Ordinary Differential Equations; Linear Algebra, Vector Calculus;
Fourier Analysis and Partial Differential Equations.

CIV 521 Advanced Engineering Analysis II. (3 Hours) A comprehensive course to

familiarize engineering professions with advanced and applied mathematics as it relates
to solving practical engineering problems. The course of intensive study blends the
theoretical and advanced applied mathematics with an understanding of how these
powerful tools can be
CIV 530 Advanced Pavement Analysis and Design. (3 Hours) Development of models
for and analysis of pavement systems; use of transfer functions relating pavement
response to pavement performance; evaluation and application of current pavement
design practices and procedures; analysis of the effects of maintenance activities on
pavement performance; and economic evaluation of highway and airport pavements.
Prerequisite: CIV 475 or permission of Department.

CIV 531 Traffic Engineering. (3 Hours) Study of fundamentals of traffic engineering;

analysis of traffic stream characteristics; capacity of urban and rural highways; design
and analysis of traffic signals and intersection; traffic control; traffic impact studies; and
traffic accidents. Prerequisite: CIV 390 or permission of Department.

CIV 532 Pavement Materials and Design. (3 Hours) Properties and control testing of
bituminous materials, aggregates for bituminous mixtures, and analysis and design of
asphalt concrete and liquid asphalt cold mixtures; structural properties of bituminous
mixes; surface treatment design; and recycling of mixtures. Introduction to Superpave
mix design and applications. Prerequisite: CIV 390 or permission of Department.

CIV 533 Evaluation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation of Public Works

Infrastructure. (3 Hours) Evaluation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of deteriorated
infrastructure systems by considering live cycle costs and long-term performance.
Understanding rehabilitation alternatives using in the practical field and designing
rehabilitation based on the non-destructive testing methods and economical
considerations. Prerequisite: CIV 390 and CIV475. (Cross Reference: CIV 479)

CIV 534 Urban Transportation Engrg System Design (3 Hours) Advanced design of
highway systems, vehicle and driver characteristics, highway capacity, design of urban
streets and expressways. Design constraints. Individual and team design projects oriented
toward the solution of local urban transportation problems, societal and economical
considerations. Prerequisite: CIV 390, CIV 310 and CIVL 310 or permission of
Department. (Cross reference: CIV 470)

CIV 535 Pavement Design. (3 Hours ) Aggregate, binder systems. Theory and design of
pavement structures, rigid and flexible pavement designs, subgrade materials, pavement
management, nondestructive testing, pavement maintenance, design constraints,
infrastructure maintenance, major design project. Prerequisite: CIV 380 and CIV 390.
(Cross reference: CIV 475)

CIV 536 Highway Engineering. (3 Hours) Analysis of factors in developing a highway

transportation facilities; traffic estimates and assignment; problems of highway
geometrics and design standards; planning and location principles; intersection design
factors; street systems and terminal facilities; programming improvements; drainage
design; structural design of surface; concepts of highway management and finance; and
highway maintenance planning. Prerequisite: CIV 390 or permission of Department.
CIV 538 Coastal Structures (3 Hours) The types and functions of coastal structures will
be studied including, seawalls, groins, revetments, bulkheads, dikes, detached
breakwaters, reef breakwaters, storm surge barriers and others. A coastal structure will
be assigned to each student to provide the class a lecture to and prepare a term paper on
the coastal structure assigned. Determination of the design wave climate for coastal
structures is investigated as it pertains to the functional types of coastal structures. Invited
guest lecturers will appear as available.

CIV 539 Advanced Coastal Engineering Design (3 Hours)

This course provides a comprehensive advanced investigation of the coastal engineering
design process. It includes the Planning and Design Process, Site Characterization, Shore
Protection Projects, Beach Fill Design, Navigation Projects, Sediment Management at
Inlets and Environmental Enhancement. A design project will be assigned to each
student to provide the class a power point presentation and to prepare a term paper on the
design project assigned. Invited guest design professionals will appear and present
lectures as available.

CIV 540 Advanced Structural Analysis. (3 Hours) A unified formulation of

displacement and force methods of analysis including the topological view of the
structure as an assemblage of members; matrix techniques of formulation; considerations
for automatic computations; and evaluation of truss, grid, and frame models for the
response of real structures. Prerequisite: CIV 320 or permission of Department.

CIV 541 Structural Dynamics. (3 Hours) Analysis of the dynamic response of

structures and structural components to transient loads and foundation excitation; single-
degree-of-freedom and multi-degree-of-freedom systems; response spectrum concepts;
simple inelastic structural systems; and introduction to systems with distributed mass and
flexibility. Prerequisite: CIV 320 or permission of Department.

CIV 542 Advanced Design of Concrete Structures. (3 Hours) Theory and design of
reinforced concrete continuous beams, slender columns, two-way-slabs, footings,
retaining walls, shear walls and multi-story buildings. Design for torsion and design
constraints. Framing systems and loads for buildings and bridges, design constraints and
a major design project. Prerequisite: CIV 420. (Cross reference: CIV 477)

CIV 543 Advanced Mechanics of Materials. (3 Hours) Study of beams under lateral
load; beams with combined lateral load and thrust; beams on elastic foundations;
applications of Fourier series and virtual work principles to beam-type structures; stress
and strain in three dimensions; applications to flexure of beams and plates; elements of
the engineering theory of plates; and torsion of thin-walled open sections. Prerequisite:
CIV 320 or permission of Department.

CIV 544 Advanced Design of Steel Structures. (3 Hours) Behavior and design of
members subjected to fatigue, dynamic, combined loading. Methods of allowable design
stress, and load resistance factor design. Design of continues beams, plate girders,
composite beams, open-web joists, connections, torsion and plastic analysis and design.
Framing systems and loads for industrial buildings and bridges, design constraints and a
major design project. Prerequisite: CIV 360. (Cross reference: CIV 476)

CIV 545 Design of Wood and Masonry Structures. (3 Hours) Engineering properties
and behavior of wood for analysis and design of wooden beams, walls and diaphragms.
Engineering properties and behavior of masonry for analysis and design of masonry
walls, columns and shear walls. Framing systems and loads for multi-story buildings,
design constraints and a major design project. Prerequisite: CIV 420. (Cross reference:
CIV 478)

CIV 550 Engineering Hydrology. (3 Hours) Principles and theory of surface water and
groundwater flow and quality; understanding and determination of water budget,
hydrologic cycle, Darcy’s law, and water resources management at the watershed scale.
Water quality parameters including data analysis and interpretation, laboratory tests, and
maintenance of water quality. Applications in engineering design, Perequisite: CIV 370 or
permission of Department.

CIV 551 Advanced Fluid Mechanics. (3 Hours) Kinematics of fluid flow; plane
irrotational and incompressible fluid flow; Navier-Stokes equations; two-dimensional
boundary layers in incompressible flow; dimensional analysis and dynamic similitude;
hydrodynamic stability; turbulence; real life problems; Engineering applications and
system approach. Prerequisite: CIV 330 or permission of Department.

CIV 552 GIS Applications in Civil and Environmental Engineering. (3 Hours) This
course introduces students to the basic concepts and skills necessary to engage applied
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with the field of Civil and Environmental
Engineering. Students will gain basic theoretical knowledge required for development
and successful use of GIS and practical training on use of a GIS software. This course
will consist of lecture sessions, lab exercises and GIS project. While the principles taught
will be general in nature, the students will be taught how to use the ArcView GIS
software program, and working through several exercises that emphasize its use in Civil
and Environmental Engineering. Selected topics include: GIS analysis procedures,
integration of survey control for data acquisition and rectification, hardware software
selection criteria, and error propagation analyses, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and
their use with GIS. Prerequisite: permission of the Department.

CIV 553 Experimental Methods in Civil Engineering. (3 Hours) Introduction to

experimental methods, instrumentation, data acquisition and data processing;
experimental aspects of static and dynamic testing in the various areas of civil
engineering; overview of laboratory work with several hands-on applications in the
laboratory. Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 554 Water Resources Engineering Planning and Management. (3 Hours)

Managing water resources; the planning process, systems analysis methods; institutional
framework for water resources engineering; comprehensive integration of engineering,
economic, environmental, legal and political considerations in water resources
development and management. Prerequisite: permission of the Department.

CIV 556 Groundwater Engineering. (3 Hours) Groundwater hydrology, theory of

groundwater movement, steady-state flow, potential flow, mechanics of well flow,
multiple-phase flow, salt water intrusion, artificial recharge, groundwater contamination
and models. Prerequisite: CIV 370 or permission of Department.

CIV 557 Computational Fluid Dynamics. (3 Hours) Finite-difference and finite-volume

methods and basic numerical concepts for the solution of dispersion, propagation and
equilibrium problems commonly encountered in real fluid flows; theoretical accuracy
analysis techniques. Prerequisites: CIV330 and knowledge of one programming
language.

CIV 558 Sedimentation and River Engineering (3 hours). This course is developed for
graduate students who plan to specialize in water resources/ coastal engineering. Course
covers hydraulics of sediment transport, mechanics of morphology, sediment budget
concepts, mathematical modeling of sediment transport. Prerequisite: CIV 330 or
Permission of Department

CIV 559 Environmental Hydraulics. (3 Hours) The application of fluid mechanics

principles in the analysis of environmental flows. Topics include: Stratified flows,
turbulent jets and plumes, wastewater and thermal diffusers, cooling ponds and cooling
channels and the control of environmental problems. Prerequisites: CIV330 or permission
of Department.

CIV 562 Hazardous Waste Engineering. (3 Hours) Comprehensive study of the

complex, interdisciplinary engineering principles involved in hazardous waste handling,
collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal. Also covered are waste minimization,
site remediation, and regulations important for engineering applications. Design
constraints, engineering judgment, and ethical responsibility are covered. Contemporary
hazardous waste issues and urban issues are also addressed. Prerequisite: CHEM 241,
CHML 241, CIV 340, CIVL 340, or permission of Department. (Cross reference: CIV
468)

CIV 564 Surface Water. (3 Hours) Water quantity, water quality, regulation of, and
management of rivers, lakes, and wetlands. Applications in engineering design.
Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 565 Wetland Management for Environmental Engineering. (3 Hours) (3 Hours)

The physical, chemical, biological, and regulatory aspects of wetland ecosystems. The
impacts of engineered structures on wetland systems, and the factors involved with
developing specifications for wetland creation and restoration. Prerequisite: permission of
Department.
CIV 567 Environmental Remediation. (3 Hours) The course covers current engineering
solutions for the remediation of soils and waters contaminated by hazardous waste or
spills. The technologies to be covered include bioremediation, oxidation, soil vapor
extraction, soil washing, surfactant-enhanced remedy, thermal treatment, air stripping,
solidification/stabilization, electrokinetic decontamination, underground barriers,
permeable reactive treatment walls, and other newly-emerging technologies. The
engineering principles behind the remediation technologies are emphasized. Examples of
successful applications of the remediation technologies are discussed. Prerequisite:
permission of Department.

CIV 568 Land Disposal of Waste. (3 Hours) Theoretical, regulatory, and practical
aspects of the disposal of waste on lands. Decontamination and reclamation of lands
contaminated by industrial activities and spills of industrial chemicals. The usefulness
and environmental impact of the disposal of municipal and industrial wastes via land
treatment and land filling. (3 Hours) Design considerations and engineering problems
associated with the land disposal of septic tank effluent, municipal garbage, sewage
sludge,

CIV 571 Principles of Geoenvironmental Engineering. (3 Hours) Topics in

geoenvironmental engineering in an urban environment. landfill design and incineration
options. Stability of landfills, geotechnical characteristics of landfills, liner systems.
Waste characterization, minimization, collection, treatment, transport and disposal.
Leachate characteristics and potential groundwater contamination, design constraints.
Legal and ethical considerations. Prerequisite: permission of Department. (Cross
reference: CIV 471)

CIV 572 Applied Geotechnical Engineering Design. (3 Hours) Practical real life urban
projects and advanced laboratory experience in geotechnical engineering, construction
dewatering, construction issues, safety and economy, urban geotechnical engineering
issues, preparation of subsurface investigation and geotechnical engineering reports,
ethical considerations, oral presentation. Pre or co-requisite: CIV 430 or permission of
Department. (Cross reference: CIV 472)

CIV 578 Applied Geophysics. (3 Hours) Gravity and magnetic theory and methods.
Gravitational field of earth and gravity measurements applications to geological
engineering problems. Imaging subsurface features of earth using basic principles of
physics, namely elastic, electric, magnetic, and density properties of earth material.
Applications in engineering design. Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 631 Linear Theory of Ocean Waves (3 Hours): Governing equations in free
surface flow, deterministic and probabilistic wave theories, wave transformation, wave-
induced coastal currents. The formulation and solution of the governing boundary value
problem for small amplitude waves are developed and the kinematic and pressure fields
for short and long waves are explored. Prerequisite: CIV 330 or Permission of
Department
CIVL 631 Linear Theory of Ocean Waves’ Laboratory. (1 Hour) Laboratory for
linear ocean wave theory generation and propagation of linear waves, measurement of
wave properties and observation of wave transformations in shallow water.

CIV 632 Tides and Long Waves. (3 Hours) A systematic development of the theory of
ocean tides, tidal forcing functions, near shore tidal transformations and tidal

CIV 633 Airport Planning and Design. (3 Hours) Basic principles of airport facilities
design to include aircraft operational characteristics, noise, site selection, land use
compatibility, operational area, ground access and egress, terminals, ground service
areas, airport capacity, and special types of airports. Prerequisite: CIV 390 or permission
of Department.

CIV 636 Spectral Wave Analysis (3 Hours) Measurement techniques of ocean waves.
Introduction and basic concept of wave spectrum. Harmonic analysis and mathematical
formulation of wave spectrum. Maximum entropy and maximum likelyhood methods.
Idealized wave spectral models. Wave energy balance equation and its applications.
Nonlinear wave-wave interaction and diffraction. Wave hindcast and forecast modeling
in coastal waters. Prerequisite: CIV 330, CIV 631 or permission of the Department.

CIV 637 Advanced Design for Breakwater Rehabilitation, (3 Hours) Advanced

analysis and design considerations for breakwaters are investigated for the most complex
challenges. These challenges are associated with rehabilitation and/or reconstruction of
damaged breakwaters. Design considerations are explored from an analysis of
breakwater failures at Sines, Nawilliwilli, Kahului and others. Toe design, crest
elevation, crown design, core alternatives, runup, overtopping, design waves, head
design, constructability and functionality are explored. Prerequisite: Permission of
Department

CIV 640 Finite Element Methods. (3 Hours) Theory and application of the finite
element method; stiffness matrices for triangular, quadrilateral, and isoparametric
elements; two- and three-dimensional elements; algorithms necessary for the assembly
and solutions; direct stress and plate bending problems for static, nonlinear buckling and
dynamic load conditions; displacement, hybrid, and mixed models together with their
origin in variational methods. Prerequisite: CIV 540 or permission of Department.

CIV 642 Prestressed Concrete Design. (3 Hours) Study of strength, behavior, and
design of prestressed reinforced concrete members and structures, with primary emphasis
on precast, prestressed construction; emphasis on the necessary coordination between
design and construction techniques in prestressing. Prerequisite: CIV 420 or permission
of Department.

CIV 645 Plates and Shells. (3 Hours) Classical bending theory of plates and shells;
emphasis on methods of solution including series expansions, finite element and finite
difference methods; application of theories to commonly encountered structures in
practice; and consideration of in plane loads, large deflections, buckling, and anisotropy.
Prerequisite: CIV 640 or permission of Department.

CIV 650 Small Watershed Hydrology. (3 Hours) The role of land conditions in dealing
with engineering problems of applied hydrology with emphasis on the small watershed,
limited data, and land management situations Gain a physically-based understanding of
hydrologic processes that define the functions of small watersheds; Effects of natural and
human disturbances on the components of the hydrologic cycle; Investigate special
characteristics of small watersheds; Approaches for dealing with limited data; Use the
understanding of applied hydrology to predict the impacts of various land use activities
on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems; Develop analytic tools to integrate land use and
catchments characteristics to predict catchments response and guide watershed
management. Topics include stream flow generation, hill slope hydrology, stream
channel hydraulics, hydrograph separation, evapotranspiration, hydrologic tracers,
riparian zone hydrology, and hyporheic zone hydrology. Applications in engineering
design. Prerequisite: CIV 550 or permission of Department.

CIV 652 Hydraulic Engineering Design. (3 Hours) Design of water supply and
transport systems; Design and analysis of structures for controlling and conveying water
in both the built and natural environment; Engineering applications of hydraulic and
hydrologic engineering; Analytic methods and computer models for the design and
evaluation of water resource projects such as flood control and river basin development;
Common models, and typical applications for water resource systems; Reservoir design,
flood routing; and design of water distribution and storm water management systems, and
sanitary sewers. Prerequisite: CIV 370 or permission of Department.

CIV 653 Advanced Design of Hydraulic Structures. (3 Hours) Analysis and

characteristics of flow in open channels (natural and artificial); channel design
considerations including uniform flow (rivers, sewers), flow measuring devices (weirs,
flumes), gradually varied flow (backwater and other flow profiles, flood routing), rapidly
varied flow (hydraulic jump, spillways), and channel design problems (geometric
considerations, scour, channel stabilization, sediment transport); analysis and design of
hydraulic structures such as dams, spillways etc. based on economic, environmental,
ethical, political, societal, health and safety considerations. Prerequisite: CIV 370 or
permission of Department. (Cross-Reference: CIV 466)

CIV 654 Water Resources Systems Engineering. (3 hours) Linear and non-linear
optimization models and simulation models for planning and management of water
systems; single- and multi-objective analysis and deterministic and stochastic techniques.
Prerequisites: CIV 554 or permission of Department.

CIV 655 Stochastic Hydrology. (3 Hours) Advanced applications of statistics and

probability to hydrology, time series analysis and synthesis, and artificial neural network
methods. A combination of theory and application to the field of hydrology,
environmental and water resources engineering, climatic modeling and other natural
resources modeling. Prerequisites: CIV 550, MATH 307 or permission of Department.
CIV 659 Advanced Topics in Water Resources Engineering. (Variable 1-3 Hours)
Course will focus on a variety of topics in the field of water resources engineering. May
be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 663 Design of Environmental Engineering Facilities. (3 Hours) Analysis and

design considerations and constraints for environmental engineering facilities such as
water and wastewater treatment plants, solid and hazardous waste landfills, and resources
recovery facilities. Design of municipal wastewater treatment plant including site
selection, plant layout, hydraulic profile, preliminary treatment processes (screening,
sedimentation, flow equalization, etc.), secondary treatment processes (activated sludge,
trickling filter), waste stabilization ponds/constructed wetland), and sludge treatment and
disposal (thickening, centrifugation, belt press, anaerobic digestion, thermal process and
land disposal). Completion of one major design project and two minor design projects.
Prerequisite: CIV 661 or permission of Department. (Cross reference: CIV 460)

CIV 670 Rock Mechanics. (3 Hours) Classification of rock masses, stress and strain in
rock, elastic and time-dependent behavior of rock, state of stress in rock masses, failure
mechanisms, construction applications, geological and engineering applications.
Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 672 Advanced Geomechanics. (3 Hours) Theoretical and quasi-theoretical

approaches for advanced soil mechanics including stress analysis, consolidation theory,
immediate settlement, and saturated and partially saturated soils; problem idealization;
introduction to rock mechanics; engineering judgment. Prerequisite: CIV 380 or
permission of Department.

CIV 673 Advanced Foundation Engineering. (3 Hours) Advanced topics in

foundations design, special cases of shallow foundations; horizontal load capacity of pile
foundations; battered piles, load calculation of pile groups. Drilled caissons; design and
construction of sheet piles including cantilever and anchored sheet piles; earth pressures
and stability of retaining structures; design of braced supports, cofferdams; design
examples. Prerequisite: CIV 430 or permission of Department.

CIV 674 Soil Dynamics. (3 Hours) Study of soil behavior under various dynamic
loadings including earthquakes. Laboratory & field techniques for determining dynamic
soil properties and liquefaction potential. Factors affecting liquefaction; dynamic soil-
structure interaction. Engineering design examples. Prerequisite: CIV 380 or permission
of Department.

CIV 675 Earth Dams and Slopes. (3 Hours) Stability of natural and man-made slopes
under various loading conditions, slope protection. Selection and measurement of
pertinent soil parameters. Engineering design and construction of earth dams and
embankments. Practical aspects of seepage effects and ground water flow. Flow net and
its use; wells; filters; total and effective stress methods of slope analysis. Prerequisite:
CIV 380 or permission of Department.
CIV 676 Tunneling. (3 Hours) Overview of tunneling practice in rocks and soft ground.
Underground construction techniques. Geological aspects and major technical problems
in tunneling. Various tunneling methods and selections. Design and support of tunnels in
soft ground and rock. Prerequisite: Permission of Department.

CIV 677 Design and Construction with Geosynthetics. (3 Hours) Properties and
behavior of geosynthetics including geotextiles, geogrids and other fabrics; applications
in geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering; quantify hydraulic behavior;
applications in remediatation, retaining structures, and foundations construction.
Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 678 Soil Bioengineering. (3 Hours) Engineering practices and ecological principles
for the assessment, design, construction and maintenance of living vegetation systems.
Slope stabilization against shallow mass movement and erosion through vegetated
reinforcement. Root reinforcement, erosion control, aesthetics and environmental factors
in engineering design are considered. Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 679 Advanced Topics in Geotechnical Engineering. (Variable 1-4 Hours) Course
will focus on a variety of topics in the field of geotechnical engineering. May be
repeated for credit. Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 680 Unsaturated Soil Mechanics. (3 Hours) Introduction of unsaturated soil,

stress-state variables, soil water suction and soil water characteristic curves, hydraulic
function curves, flow in unsaturated soil, shear strength and slope stability analysis,
lateral earth pressure and retaining structures design, and compressibility and volume
change analysis for unsaturated soils. Prerequisites: CIV 380 or Departmental
Permission.
CIV 695 Scientific Writing Seminar. (1 Hour) Exercises in scientific writing format
and style, with particular emphasis on writing abstracts and manuscripts for publication
in referred archival journals.

CIV 696 Seminar. (1 Hour) Presentation of papers, projects and reports by visiting
lecturers, graduate students, engineers, and community leaders.

CIV 697 Internship. (Variable 1-3 Hours) Supervised graduate internship and externship
in various areas. Prerequisite: permission of Department.

CIV 698 Independent Study. (Variable 1-4 Hours) Intensive study of a special project
including research and literature review selected in accordance with student interests and
arranged in consultation with the adviser. Topics will vary. Student will make period
reports, and will prepare a scholarly paper at the end of semester. Prerequisite:
permission of Department.

CIV 699 Thesis Research. (Variable 1-6 Hours) Master’s thesis representing an
independent and original research. Prerequisite: permission of adviser.