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  • 3.00 Credits

    To stabilize climate change, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a key option for deeply reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel-fired energy systems. This course offers a systematic view of CCS and then addresses technical, economic, and policy issues related to CCS and its applications.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Designing flexible and rigid pavements for highways and airports. Topics include pavement materials and common uses, soil stabilization, quality control of materials, pavement design procedures. Dual listed with CE 5510. Prerequisite: CE 3500 or 3600.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Basic characteristics of traffic, such as drivers, vehicles, volumes, speeds, delay, origins and destinations, intersection performance, capacity, termination and accidents; techniques for making traffic engineering investigations; traffic laws and ordinances, regulations, design and application of signal systems; curb parking control; enforcement and traffic administration; and public relations. Dual listed with CE 5530. Prerequisite CE 3500.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Criteria controlling geometric design of highways including design speed, design volume, vehicle requirements, and capacity design standards for different highway types; design of sight distance, alignment, grade; cross-section design; access control, frontage roads; intersection design elements; and design of intersections and interchanges. CE 5555 students are required to do an additional integrated design term project using design software. Students may not receive credit for both CE 4555 and CE 5555. Dual listed with CE 5555. Prerequisite: CE 3500.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Traffic modeling and simulation study development; definition, construction, calibration, validation of traffic simulation models; traffic flow dynamics in transportation networks; mathematical optimization of transportation networks; traffic simulation software. Dual listed with CE 5565. Prerequisite: CE 3500.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An independent research experience for undergraduate students enrolled in the Engineering Honors Program. Before registering for this class, students are responsible for discussing their interests with faculty, identifying a willing research mentor, obtaining approval by said mentor, and communicating the student/faculty partnership tot he appropriate staff in their home department. Must be in the Engineering Honors Program. Cross listed with ATSC/BE/CHE/COSC/ES/ESE/PETE 4580. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Site characterization and soil properties. Includes bearing capacity, stress distribution, settlement. Design of shallow and deep foundations. Prerequisite: CE 3600.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Covers the topic of engineered slopes for civil infrastructure. Topics include: engineering and geologic classification of landslides; field investigations; soil and rock strength properties for stability analysis; analytical and numerical methods for analysis of slope stability; design of engineered stabilization systems. Prerequisites: CE 3600.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Covers the topic of engineered slopes for civil infrastructure. Topics include: engineering and geologic classification of landslides; field investigations; soil and rock strength properties for stability analysis; analytical and numerical methods for analysis of slope stability; design of engineered stabilization systems. Prerequisites: CE 3600.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to help students understand a number of available geotechnical ground improvement, reinforcement and treatment techniques currently in use. Prerequisite: CE 3600.