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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to major challenges facing civil engineering infrastructures and emerging solutions to these challenges. Innovative technologies and techniques will be presented. Topics will vary but may include sustainability, sensor technology, infrastructure security, and resiliency and design for natural disasters.
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3.00 Credits
Students will be introduced to fundamental numerical methods common to different areas of Civil Engineering in preparation for independent research and practice. The methods will be taught in a computationally-oriented environment based on MATLAB (with additional computational packages when applicable) with a strong emphasis on output data mining (post processing) and visualization. Actual application of the techniques will be taken from Environmental, Structural and Transportation Engineering areas. A semester-long project will enhance students¿ exposure to research in the chosen areas of specialization.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces engineering problem solving using geographic information systems (GIS). GIS has proven to be an effective tool in civil engineering applications that incluce a significant spatial component. The course addresses basic GIS concepts, and includes hands-on exercises using GIS software.
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3.00 Credits
This class provides an introductory survey to the engineering tools of industrial ecology including life cycle assessment, materials flows analysis, and green design. Particular case studies highlighting the power of these methodologies will be explored to demonstrate the importance of toxicity and benign alternatives, pollution prevention and source reduction, separations and disassembly, systems analysis, and biomimicry. Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
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3.00 Credits
Studies the tools required to formulate a prioritization procedure that leads to a realistic and rational way of establishing candidate projects for priority programming at both the network and project level infrastructure management systems. Topics include methods for obtaining distress measurements and pavement condition ratings for flexible and rigid pavements, and prioritizing procedures for establishing priority listings for rehabilitation and maintenance activities.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers basic properties of hydraulic cements and mineral aggregates and their interactions in concrete as well as properties of plastic and hardened concrete. Modifications through admixtures; concrete test methods and behavior under various loads and durability of concrete as well as performance of concrete are also covered. Production, handling, and placement problems; lightweight, heavyweight, and other special concretes topics are discussed.
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3.00 Credits
This course will cover the major types of bituminous materials: asphalt cements, cutback asphalts, asphalt emulsions, and tars. The influence of chemical composition upon physical properties, desirable aggregate characteristics for bituminous mixtures, and asphalt mixtures and construction techniques are also covered. Furthermore, characteristics of constitutive materials, mix design methodology (including current practices for determining optimum asphalt contents), test methods, behavior under various loads, durability, and performance are discussed.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers historical developments of pavement structures and different types of pavements. Additionally, it covers basic stresses, strains, and deflections in rigid and flexible pavements; traffic loading; and material characterization. Drainage design, pavement performance, and reliability concepts are discussed. Current design methodologies (i.e., empirical design methodologies) for both rigid and flexible pavements and design of overlays are covered, discussed and practiced. This course also discusses the influence of climatic and traffic loading on pavement performance and life-cycle cost analysis concepts.
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3.00 Credits
This is a geotechnical engineering course related to pavements. It intends to cover the topics related to geotechnical engineering in pavements such as stress-strain, shear strength, soil improvement techniques and pavement foundation. It also provides introduction to subsurface investigation, lateral earth pressure, shallow foundation and slope stability analysis.
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3.00 Credits
Topics include subsurface investigation, control of groundwater, analysis of sheeting and bracing systems, shallow foundations, pile foundations, retaining walls, bridge abutments, caissons and cofferdams.
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