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Civil Engineering (CE)
Introduction to the civil engineering discipline, subdisciplines, technology and problem solving; technical report writing; contemporary civil engineering topics; engineering ethics.
| 29600R | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 29 of 44 | Amy Rechenmacher | KAP163 | |  |
Basic concepts of environmental engineering including topics of water, land, energy, air, climate, resource management, human society and professional development.
Elements of statistical data exploration, interpretation and analysis.
| 29605R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Thursday | 37 of 44 | Roger Ghanem | GFS207 | | |
| 29606D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Monday | 45 of 46 | Roger Ghanem | MHP101 | | |
Statics of particles and rigid bodies; equivalent force systems; distributed forces; applications to trusses, frames, machines, beams, and cables; friction; moments of inertia.
- Prerequisite: PHYS 151
- Note: Register for one lecture and discussion listed immediately following that lecture
| 29608D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | Canceled | | | |  |
| 29610D | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | Canceled | | | | |
| 29611D | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Wednesday | Canceled | | | | |
Principles of environmental microbiology; waterborne pathogens; microorganisms and air pollution; microorganisms in soil; water pollution microbiology; bioremediation and biotechnology. Recommended preparation: CE 106 or CE 110.
| 29615D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:45pm | Tue, Thu | Canceled | | | | |
| 29619D | 001 | Lab | 3:30-5:20pm | Monday | Canceled | | | | |
Statics, kinematics and kinetics of systems of particles and rigid bodies; equivalent force systems; distributed forces and applications; moments of inertia, momentum, energy; vibrations; Eulers equations.
Deformations and deflections of elastic systems; statically indeterminate beams, arches, and frames; secondary stresses; computer analysis of simple structural systems.
Introduction to probabilistic concepts and to the formulation and solution of related problems in civil and environmental engineering.
| 29655D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | Canceled | | | | |
| 29653D | 001 | Discussion | 3:30-4:20pm | Thursday | Canceled | | | | |
| 29654D | 001 | Discussion | 5:00-5:50pm | Tuesday | Canceled | | | | |
Fundamentals and applications of microbiology in the context of natural and engineered environmental systems.
| 29616R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 5 of 20 | Adam Smith | THH106 | | |
| 29617R | 001 | Lab | 3:30-5:20pm | Monday | 5 of 20 | | BHE210 | | |
Water quality criteria and fundamentals of acceptability; processes employed in treatment of water and wastewater; water reclamation and reuse; sustainability in water and wastewater systems.
| 29670R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Thursday | 8 of 20 | Massoud Pirbazari | KAP137 | | |
| 29671R | 001 | Discussion | 6:00-6:50pm | Tuesday | 8 of 20 | | GFS217 | | |
Structural design processes for wood, steel, concrete, and masonry structural beams, columns, and connections; determination of structural loads; framing systems; and applications of structural mechanics to the design process.
| 29673R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 21 of 40 | Gregg Brandow | THH118 | | |
Response of single and multiple degree of freedom systems to dynamic excitation; structural modeling and approximate solutions; introduction to earthquake resistant design.
| 29674R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tuesday | 6 of 20 | Sami Masri | THH117 | | |
Introduction to the construction processes; estimating and bidding, construction administration, planning and scheduling, equipment and methods, labor relations, cost control systems, safety and ethics.
| 29677R | 001 | Lecture | 3:00-6:20pm | Monday | 17 of 55 | Henry Koffman | SOSB44 | | |
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED); green building strategies; carbon footprinting; calculating the embodied energy of building materials; cyclical processes in design and construction.
| 29607R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:40pm | Tuesday | 47 of 60 | Henry Koffman | OHE136 | | |
| 29612D | 014 | Lecture | 11:00-12:40pm | Tuesday | 7 of 15 | Henry Koffman | DEN@Viterbi | | |
Planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of facilities for air, water, rail and highway transit systems.
Design of pressurized and free surface hydraulic systems, piping networks, surge suppression, pumps, turbines, submarine outfalls, water wave interactions with marine structures, breakwater design.
| 29706R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 6 of 28 | Jj Lee | VKC108 | | |
Characteristics and properties of wood; beams, columns, trusses, connectors, and diaphragms. Properties of masonry, working stress and strength design, seismic design requirements. Prerequisite: CE 207 and CE 225.
| 29707D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | Canceled | | | | |
Site exploration and characterization; analysis and design of structural foundations, including spread footings, mats, piles and drilled shafts; retaining wall and braced excavation design.
| 29709R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 26 of 35 | Amy Rechenmacher | KAP147 | | |
Predesign studies, precipitation softening, coagulation and flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, sludge handling, chlorination, chloramination, ozonation; plant hydraulics, flow measurement, pumps, instrumentation and control, tertiary treatment. Prerequisite: CE-451.
| 29711D | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-9:10pm | Wednesday | Canceled | | | | |
Engineering design of unit operations and unit processes for municipal wastewater treatment, including preliminary, primary, secondary, tertiary, and advanced treatments; disinfection; sludge treatment; sidestream treatment.
Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
| 29715D | 001 | 2.0-8.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 30 | Carter Wellford | OFFICE | | |
Course content to be selected each semester from recent developments in civil engineering and related fields.
| Innovation in Engineering and Design for Global Grand Chanllenges I |
| 29716D | 001 | 2.0 | Lecture | 7:00-8:50pm | Monday | 24 of 30 | Burcin Becerik,
David Gerber,Brad Cracchiola | KDC241 | PDF (164760 KB) | |
Systems, processes, and constraints governing the initiation, direction, engineering, and delivery of major construction projects. Professional construction management, responsibilities, and practice.
| 29719R | 048 | Lecture | 5:00-8:20pm | Wednesday | 24 of 50 | Scotty Galloway | THH114 | |  |
Fundamental accounting principles, financial analysis and financial control, strategic management, and a review of alternative project delivery methods.
The basics of databases and database management systems as applied to engineering problems. Introduction to data mining concepts, techniques, and knowledge discovery in database principles.
| 29818R | 048 | Lecture | 5:00-6:40pm | Tuesday | 20 of 45 | Lucio Soibelman | GFS207 | | |
Methods engineering, work analysis and pricing for route construction. Grading, draining, paving, haul economy, plant-materials production, pipeline and bridge building.
| 29728R | 048 | Lecture | 5:00-6:40pm | Thursday | Canceled | | | | |
Analysis of stress and strain; constitutive equations for elastic materials; plane stress and strain; torsion; introduction to plates and shells; energy methods.
Principles of groundwater motion; acquifer characteristics, prospecting, practical engineering problems, well design, maintenance and rehabilitation; hydrodynamic dispersion, field testing essentials and procedures, groundwater quality, artificial recharge.
Engineering problems discussed on a physical basis with solutions via mathematical tools: Fourier series; Fourier and Laplace transforms; partial differential equations, wave and Laplace equations. Duplicates credit in CE 525b. Recommended preparation: undergraduate multivariable calculus and ordinary differential equations.
Earthquake source mechanisms; wave propagation, scattering, diffraction and amplification; empirical scaling of strong ground motion; seismic hazard analysis for earthquake resistant design codes and mapping. Duplicates credit in former CE 535a.
| 29767R | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-6:10pm | Thursday | Canceled | Mihailo Trifunac | | | |
Behavior of reinforced concrete members in terms of strength and deformation; relationship between behavior and building code requirements.
| 29768R | 048 | Lecture | 6:30-7:50pm | Mon, Wed | 12 of 30 | Bora Gencturk | KAP148 | | |
Applications and manufacturing of composites: anisotropic materials; laminated composite plates and shells; buckling and dynamics; strength and failure; intelaminar stresses; delamination; thermal properties; design considerations.
Fundamental principles and practices of cost estimating, budgeting, and cost control of construction projects. Case studies and software exercises based on project data.
| 29836D | 048 | Lecture | 5:00-8:20pm | Tuesday | Canceled | | | | |
Project controls principles including costs and schedules, cost engineering concepts, schedule development, status evaluation, progress monitoring and responses to variances and changes.
| 29837R | 048 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Thursday | 11 of 40 | Devang Dedhia | KAP144 | PDF (363177 KB) | |
Multidisciplinary and geographically distributed virtual project teams used to simulate engineering and construction problems for projects selected in collaboration with industry partners. Recommended preparation:CE-556, CE-566.
- Prerequisite: CE 470
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
| 29838D | 048 | Lecture | 2:00-3:40pm | Mon, Wed | Canceled | | | | |
Data-centric engineering paradigms, modeling and simulation technologies; applications for Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) projects or challenges.
Job site logistics, field management, means and methods as they pertain to the builder, with an emphasis on constructability, productivity and schedule impacts for building construction.
| 29841R | 048 | Lecture | 5:00-8:20pm | Tuesday | 9 of 30 | Daniel Mcauliffe | KAP166 | | |
Federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements affecting California transportation systems, including transportation planning and funding law; and government contracting, environmental and civil rights requirements.
Fundamentals of intelligent transportation systems, including automated vehicle technology and applications, communication systems, advanced transportation management systems, policy issues, transportation network services and smart cities.
| 29805R | 048 | Lecture | 6:30-9:50pm | Tuesday | 17 of 25 | Shahed Rowshan | KAP159 | | |
Conceptual engineering geometric design, installation, and calibration of vehicular storage and traffic controls; safe flow optimization of vehicles on various thoroughfares. Recommended preparation: CE 471.
Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
| 29815D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 3 of 20 | Burcin Becerik | OFFICE | | |
Credit on acceptance of Thesis. Graded Cr/NC.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student
| 29809D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 5 | Burcin Becerik | OFFICE | | |
Credit on acceptance of Thesis. Graded CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: CE 594a
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student
| 29810D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 5 | Burcin Becerik | OFFICE | | |
Analysis of policies relating to transportation alternatives; institutional environment and background; federal, state, regional, and local agency responsibilities and interactions.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the PPD department but may qualify for major credit in CE. To register, enroll in PPD 634.
Research leading to the Doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
| 29824D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 8 of 40 | Burcin Becerik | OFFICE | | |
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
| 29830D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 3 of 15 | Burcin Becerik | OFFICE | | |
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: CE 794A
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
| 29831R | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 4 of 15 | Burcin Becerik | OFFICE | | |
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: CE 794B
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
| 29832R | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 2 of 15 | Burcin Becerik | OFFICE | | |
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: CE 794C
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
| 29833R | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 2 of 15 | Burcin Becerik | OFFICE | | |
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: CE 794D
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
| 29834D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 15 | Burcin Becerik | OFFICE | | |