Global Arc

Independent Study in the student's area of interest. The work must be conducted under the supervision of a faculty member and must result in a final paper. Permission of advisor and instructor are required. Open to sophomores and juniors. Must fill out Independent Study form.

Independent research in the student's area of interest. The work must be conducted under the supervision of a faculty member, and must result in a final paper. Students must obtain prior approval of a faculty member to serve as research advisor, and Hand in to E-211 E-Quad the Independent Research Proposal Project form signed by your advisor and the dept representative. Open to sophomores and juniors.

How does innovation apply to issues of broad scale and scope affecting long term harmony between the built and natural environment? These significant topics have big impacts: from ongoing access to safe drinking water, to creating where we live and work, to climate concerns. Because of their nature and stakeholders, these issues pose special challenges and policy considerations. Class will explore: What distinguishes innovation for the built and natural environment? What roles do civil and environmental engineers play? Other disciplines? What frameworks and tools are useful? How do human, organizational and institutional factors matter?

This course is an opportunity to reimagine engineering as a liberatory and collective practice that challenges systems of domination, inequality and environmental exploitation in cities. Interdisciplinary readings and films on topics ranging from urban water systems to algorithmic policing will examine how social and environmental injustices in cities have been produced or reinforced through engineering designs while also exploring new frameworks for designing just cities. Students will put these frameworks into practice by participating in a conceptual design studio, focused on the radical redesign of urban infrastructures and technologies.

This course introduces the topics with basic definitions of measurement and monitoring, monitoring activities and entities, and with various available and emerging monitoring technologies. The fundamental criteria for applications on concrete, steel and composite materials are elaborated, and basics on data interpretation and analysis for both static and dynamic monitoring are presented. Finally, methods applicable to large spectrum of civil structures, such as bridges, buildings, geo-structures, and large structures are developed. Prerequisites: CEE 205 or CEE 312 or CEE 361, or permission from the lecturer

The course presents a methodology to understand/analyze complex structures based on a careful study of the flow of forces, structural shapes and structural systems. This methodology, which is especially useful in the conceptual design phase, is developed with tools such as Graphic Statics and Maxwell's Theorem. 2D shapes (beam grids or slabs) and 3D shapes (domes, vaults, cylinder, shells, cable nets) are studied. The learning is based on real structures (e.g. modern iconic footbridges to classic structures).

This course will address the sources, transport, chemical transformation, and sink of air pollution on local to global scales. Air pollutants to be studied include trace gas species as well as aerosol particles such as aqueous sulfates, organics, soot, nitrogen-containing particulates, and mineral particles. Concepts address in the class include chemical reactions important to photochemical smog, aerosol particles physics and chemistry (e.g nucleation , growth, deliquensence), acid precipitation , and multiphase chemistry in clouds.

Fundamentals of probabilistic risk analysis. Stochastic modeling of hazards. Estimation of extremes. Vulnerability modeling of natural and built environment. Evaluation of failure chances and consequences. Reliability analysis. Decision analysis and risk management. Case studies involving natural hazards, including earthquakes, extreme wind, rainfall flooding, storm surge, hurricanes, and climate change, and their induced damage and economic losses. Not open to freshmen. Prerequisites: Basic probability and statistics course.

This course will focus on the structural design of buildings and is open to students of engineering and of architecture who meet the prerequisites. The course will culminate in a major building design project incorporating knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work. Structural design is considered from concept development to the completion of detailed design while incorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints. Open to Seniors Only. Prerequisites: both CEE 312 and CEE 366, or permission from the instructor.

The design of bridges is considered from the conceptual phase up to the final design phase. The following issues are addressed in this course: types of bridges, design codes, computer modeling of bridges, seismic analysis and design, seismic retrofit design, inspection, maintenance and rehabilitation of bridges, movable bridges, bridge aerodynamics, organization of a typical engineering firm, marketing for engineering work. Several computer codes are used in this course. Prerequisite: CEE 366 or CEE 361, or instructor's permission.