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Civil Engineering (CE)

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D class assignments for undergraduates available in KAP-214; Phone: (213) 740-0587.
D class assignments for on-campus students are available online at myviterbi.usc.edu Prerequisite waivers for on-campus students are available online at myviterbi.usc.edu Directed research requests are available online at myviterbi.usc.edu Instructions for directed research may be found online at: cee.usc.edu/students/d-clearance-and-directed-research.htm To be enrolled in an off-campus course, you MUST also be enrolled in the Distance Education Network (DEN). For more information, call (213) 740-4488 or go to den.usc.edu. DEN courses are indicated by a location of DEN@Viterbi

CE 106: Introduction to Civil Engineering (2.0 units)

Introduction to the civil engineering discipline, subdisciplines, technology and problem solving; technical report writing; contemporary civil engineering topics; engineering ethics.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29600R	001	Lecture	9:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	3 of 35	Amy Rechenmacher	KAP158

CE 110: Introduction to Environmental Engineering (2.0 units)

Basic concepts of environmental engineering including topics of water, land, energy, air, climate, resource management, human society and professional development.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29604R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:20am	Tue, Thu	2 of 30	Amy Childress, Adam Smith, Kandis Leslie Abdul-Aziz, Felipe De Barros,Daniel McCurry, Kelly Sanders,Adam Simpson, Jiachen Zhang	DMC258

CE 119: Statistical Data Analysis in Engineering (2.0 units)

Data exploration and visualization, fundamentals of probability distributions and statistical inference (including notions of confidence interval, maximum likelihood, regression).

Prerequisite: CE 108 and 1 from (MATH 226 or MATH 229)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29605R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	32 of 48	Audrey Olivier	KAP156

CE 215: Statics and Dynamics (4.0 units)

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.

Prerequisite: PHYS 151

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29609R	001	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	36 of 48	Mihailo Trifunac	SGM601
29613R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	36 of 48		KAP156

CE 334L: Mechanical Behavior of Materials (4.0 units)

Basic material science, atomic bonding, crystalline structures, structural and mechanical behavior and characterization of metals, concrete, wood, composites and asphalt.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CE 225 or AME 204) and 1 from (CHEM 105A or CHEM 115A) and PHYS 152
Note: Register for lecture and one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29636R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	26 of 36	Bora Gencturk	KAP158
29638R	001	Lab	11:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	8 of 9		KAPB28
29640R	001	Lab	9:00-11:50am	Friday	1 of 9		KAPB28
29641R	001	Lab	11:00-1:50pm	Monday	9 of 9		KAPB28
29642R	001	Lab	11:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	8 of 9		KAPB28

CE 358L: Elementary Theory of Structures (4.0 units)

Deformations and deflections of elastic systems; statically indeterminate beams, arches, and frames; secondary stresses; computer analysis of simple structural systems.

Prerequisite: CE 225

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29644R	001	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	27 of 36	Mihailo Trifunac	WPH102
29648R	001	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Tue, Thu	27 of 36		GFS116
29646R	001	Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Wednesday	27 of 36		WPHB36

CE 408: Risk and Decision Analysis in Civil Engineering (2.0 units)

Introduction to probabilistic concepts and to the formulation and solution of related problems in civil and environmental engineering.

Corequisite: MATH 245

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29655R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Thursday	35 of 50	Roger Ghanem	GFS101

CE 410L: Introduction to Environmental Engineering Microbiology (4.0 units)

Fundamentals and applications of microbiology in the context of natural and engineered environmental systems.

Prerequisite: BISC 220 and 1 from (CHEM 105A or CHEM 115A)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29616R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:20am	Mon, Wed	11 of 21	Adam Smith	WPHB30
29617R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	11 of 21		BHEB8

CE 430: Sustainable Transportation (2.0 units)

Sustainability practices in building and maintaining transportation infrastructure; interrelations between innovation, policies and regulations for improving mobility services while reducing the environmental impact.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29625R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Friday	8 of 20	Eric Shen	RTH115

CE 450: Coastal Engineering and Design (4.0 units)

Fundamentals of wave motion and coastal wave transformation. Statistical analysis of oceanographic conditions. Basics of coastal infrastructure design and coastal planning.

Prerequisite: CE 309

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29620R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	10 of 30	Patrick Lynett	VHE210

CE 453: Water Quality Science and Engineering (4.0 units)

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.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CHEM 105A or CHEM 115A)
Corequisite: CE 309

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29670R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 20	Adam Simpson	ZHS360
29671R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	15 of 20		GFS210

CE 456: Structural Design I (4.0 units)

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.

Prerequisite: CE 225

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29673R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	30 of 40	Maria Mohammed	GFS207

CE 459: Introduction to Structural Dynamics (2.0 units)

Response of single and multiple degree of freedom systems to dynamic excitation; structural modeling and approximate solutions; introduction to earthquake resistant design.

Prerequisite: CE 458

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29674R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	5 of 20	Mihailo Trifunac	THH118

CE 460: Construction Engineering (4.0 units)

Introduction to the construction processes; estimating and bidding, construction administration, planning and scheduling, equipment and methods, labor relations, cost control systems, safety and ethics.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29677R	001	Lecture	12:00-3:20pm	Monday	17 of 36	Henry Koffman	DMC203

CE 469: Sustainable Design and Construction (2.0 units)

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29607R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:40pm	Tuesday	25 of 60	Henry Koffman	OHE100C
29612D	014	Lecture	12:00-1:40pm	Tuesday	2 of 15	Henry Koffman	DEN@Viterbi

CE 470: Building Information Modeling: Project Visualization and Sim (4.0 units)

Building Information Modeling, current BIM technologies; coordination of design and construction; information management throughout building lifecycle; project visualization and simulation for integrated practice.

Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Junior, Master Student, Senior

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29615D	001	Lecture	10:30-1:50pm	Monday	12 of 27	Burcin Becerik, Roxana Javid	RTH115
29618D	014	Lecture	10:30-1:50pm	Monday	3 of 10	Burcin Becerik, Roxana Javid	DEN@Viterbi

CE 471: Principles of Transportation Engineering (4.0 units)

Planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of facilities for air, water, rail and highway transit systems.

Prerequisite: 1 from (MATH 226 or MATH 227 or MATH 229)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29699R	001	Lecture	6:00-7:50pm	Tue, Thu	24 of 35	Ruolin Li	KAP163

CE 482: Subsurface Foundation Design (4.0 units)

Site exploration and characterization; analysis and design of structural foundations, including spread footings, mats, piles and drilled shafts; retaining wall and braced excavation design.

Prerequisite: CE 467

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29709R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	20 of 35	Amy Rechenmacher	DMC201

CE 485: Water and Wastewater Treatment Design (4.0 units)

Engineering design of unit operations and processes for water and wastewater treatment: coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection; primary, secondary, tertiary, advanced treatment; sludge treatment and processing.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CE 453 or CE 363)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29712R	001	Lecture	6:30-9:50pm	Wednesday	11 of 23	Wonho Song	KAP159

CE 490x: Directed Research (1.0-8.0 units, max 12)

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29715D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 30		OFFICE

CE 499: Special Topics (2.0-4.0 units, max 8)

Course content to be selected each semester from recent developments in civil engineering and related fields.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Construction Enterprise Risk Management
29606R	001	2.0	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	1 of 20	Tyler Sendelbach	SOSB47

CE 501: Architecture, Engineering and Construction Practices (4.0 units)

Systems, processes, and constraints governing the initiation, direction, engineering, and delivery of major construction projects. Professional construction management, responsibilities, and practice.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29719R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Tuesday	14 of 41	Sandra Ichiho, Kyle Hoffman	KAP156

CE 502: Construction Accounting, Finance and Strategy (4.0 units)

Fundamental accounting principles, financial analysis and financial control, strategic management and a review of alternative project delivery methods.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29724R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Monday	9 of 35	Ed Reynolds	RTH115
29725D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Monday	9 of 20	Ed Reynolds	DEN@Viterbi

CE 507: Mechanics of Solids I (4.0 units)

Fundamental theory of linear elasticity applicable to multiple branches of solid mechanics.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29732R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	14 of 40	Thomas Petersen	RTH105
29733D	034	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	8 of 17	Thomas Petersen	DEN@Viterbi

CE 521: Transportation Systems Analysis (4.0 units)

Economic and systems level aspects of transportation; traveler decision models; network performance; congestion pricing; resource allocation; revenue forecasting and project evaluation.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29801R	048	Lecture	11:00-12:40pm	Mon, Wed	8 of 20	Ketan Savla	MRF206

CE 523: Physiochemical Processes in Environmental Engineering (4.0 units)

Concepts and applications of physicochemical processes in engineered systems, including coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, adsorption and membrane processes.

Prerequisite: CE 453

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29736R	048	Lecture	11:00-12:50pm	Mon, Wed	7 of 30	Amy Childress	DMC260

CE 529: Finite Element Analysis (4.0 units)

Basic concepts; variational methods; isoparametric formulation; plane stress; plane strain; axisymmetric structures; plates and shells; structural dynamics; stability and buckling; computer applications; nonlinear analysis.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29743R	048	Lecture	6:40-10:00pm	Wednesday	9 of 30	Abdel-Salam Niazy	RTH105
29744D	034	Lecture	6:40-10:00pm	Wednesday	11 of 15	Abdel-Salam Niazy	DEN@Viterbi
29746R	048	Lab	TBA	Wednesday	9 of 30		OFFICE
29747D	034	Lab	TBA	TBA	11 of 15		DEN@Viterbi

CE 531: Quantifying Uncertainty in Civil & Environmental Engineering (2.0 units)

Introduction to uncertainty quantification; fundamentals of probability theory, forward propagation of uncertainties, probabilistic inference from data; civil and environmental engineering applications.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29800R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	14 of 30	Audrey Olivier	RTH217
29860D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	0 of 10		DEN@Viterbi

CE 538: Prestressed Concrete (2.0 units)

Introduction to the concept, principles and applications of prestressed concrete; covers the analysis and design of prestressed concrete structures.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29802R	048	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	1 of 25	Navid Nastar	GFS229

CE 539: Advanced Steel Structures (4.0 units)

Structural steel and its properties, the design of typical steel buildings and design and performance of steel buildings for earthquake loads.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29768R	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	12 of 25	Sifat Muin	OHE136
29769D	034	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	2 of 10		DEN@Viterbi

CE 543: Structural Instability and Failure (4.0 units)

Stability analysis of columns, frames, plates, circular rings and shells; Energy-based method; Dynamic analysis of structural stability; Elastic fracture mechanics; Small-strain plasticity.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29766R	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	2 of 20	Qiming Wang	THH205

CE 553: Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering (4.0 units)

Design of aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment processes for organic and inorganic pollutant removal and resource recovery from waste streams.

Prerequisite: CE 453

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29760R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	6 of 35	Adam Smith	WPH205

CE 564: Construction Planning and Preconstruction (4.0 units)

The steps and processes for the planning and pre-construction phases of a project using tools and technologies for budgeting, scheduling and planning.

Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29828D	034	Lecture	10:00-1:20pm	Wednesday	3 of 10	Roxana Javid	DEN@Viterbi
29829R	048	Lecture	10:00-1:20pm	Wednesday	8 of 35	Roxana Javid	RTH115

CE 569: Project Controls (4.0 units)

Project controls principles including costs and schedules, cost engineering concepts, schedule development, status evaluation, progress monitoring and responses to variances and changes.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29837D	048	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Thursday	Canceled

CE 573: Advanced Technologies in AEC Practices (4.0 units)

Data-centric engineering paradigms, modeling and simulation technologies; applications for Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) projects or challenges.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29840R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Wednesday	34 of 35	David Gerber	OHE122
29850D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Wednesday	6 of 12	David Gerber	DEN@Viterbi

CE 574: Construction Means and Methods (4.0 units)

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29841D	048	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Tuesday	30 of 30	Daniel Mcauliffe	RTH115
29842D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Tuesday	9 of 10	Daniel Mcauliffe	DEN@Viterbi

CE 577: Data Analytics for Surface Transportation (4.0 units)

Investigating, analyzing, and incorporating data sources, case studies, and statistical tools to explore surface transportation systems.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29807R	048	Lecture	9:00-12:20pm	Thursday	2 of 18	Roxana Javid	WPH200

CE 590: Directed Research (1.0-12.0 units)

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29815D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 20		OFFICE

CE 599: Special Topics (1.0-8.0 units, max 9)

Course content will be selected each semester to reflect current trends and developments in the field of civil engineering.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
Shallow Water Hydrodynamics
29803R	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 20	Patrick Lynett	KAP159
Seismic Design of Structures
29825R	048	4.0	Lecture	5:00-8:20pm	Tuesday	6 of 10	Farzad Naeim	GFS218

Crosslist CE 634: Institutional and Policy Issues in Transportation (4.0 units)

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
51239R	001	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Monday	5 of 40	Hasan Ikhrata	VPD116

CE 790: Research (1.0-12.0 units)

Research leading to the Doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29824D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	3 of 40		OFFICE