28 courses with the subject CIVE, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Techniques for project decisions: benefit cost and present worth analysis, rate of return, capital budgeting, risk analysis, environmental impact, and depreciation.
Construction Materials.
Covers analysis of statically determinate structures: equilibrium, compatibility, boundary conditions, complimentary and virtual work, energy theorems, reactions, member forces and deflection of trusses, beams and frames, and influence lines. The laboratory portion will make use of structural analysis computer programs to construct analytical models of various structural systems. Calculate reactions and deflections of statically determinate and indeterminate structures and check reliability of results.
This course will provide a general overview of engineering design (20%) and then a specific treatment of the structural design process (80%). The key topics to be covered include the determination of system-level loads/demands, the estimation of element-level demands and demand envelops, and the sizing of beams and columns constructed of both reinforced concrete and structural steel.
Overview of geotechnical engineering; principles and practices. Exploration methods and soil profile preparation. Index properties used in engineering and agricultural classification systems. Description and modification of three phase particulate and void descriptions and modification. Laminar liquids flow as per dArcy’s law.
This course covers stress-strain and stability behavior of porous particulate soil. Effective stress and laminar flow are combined in one-dimensional consolidation. Stress distribution from applied loads and the resulting deformation are addressed in elastic and plastic equilibrium stages. Failure theory and measurement of strength properties are included, along with basic application to slopes, retaining structures, and both shallow and deep foundations.
Covers fundamentals of fluid flow, fluid properties, hydrostatic forces, kinematics of flow, the Bernoulli equation, linear momentum, dimensional analysis, Froude and Reynolds similarity and hydraulic models and an introduction to pipe flows and friction.
Applications of the principles of fluid mechanics to the design and analysis of hydraulic structures and systems. Principles of confined flow, pipe networks, open channel flow, channel design, hydraulic modeling, and introduction to unsteady flow.
Study of deformation, fracture and fatigue of structural materials used in infrastructure. Includes basic failure modes, yielding and plasticity, and fracture mechanics. Emphasis on analytical and predictive methods that designers use to avoid failure. Metals, ceramic and composites are considered, as is time-dependent behavior.
This course expounds on CIVE 302 (Structural Analysis I) by introducing problems for which statics alone cannot solve for the unknown reactions and forces. This course covers the analysis of statically indeterminate structures: force methods for trusses, beams and frames, slope-deflection and equilibrium methods, moment distribution, stiffness matrices of truss and beam elements, and stiffness matrix method of analysis.
Covers principles of design of reinforced concrete structural systems, including beams, slabs, columns, and footings.
Covers elastic and plastic design of structural steel members, including beams, columns, tension members, beam columns, and plate girders; design of welded and high-strength bolted connections; and design of steel trusses, bridges, and buildings.
Covers a variety of special topics in steel design including (i) plate girders, (ii) composite beams, (iii) frame analysis and design (i.e., summation of P concept and direct analysis method), (iv) special connection detailing (e.g., moment connections and gusset plates), (v) beam, column, and frame bracing, (vi) fatigue and fracture.
This course covers concepts for smart structures and systems. Students will learn high-level working knowledge of smart systems through applied examples and practice problem-solving by formulating engineering challenges as data-driven problems.
As the name suggests, this course is centered around the annual The Student Steel Bridge Competition (SSBC) supported by AISC and ASCE. In general, the competition (and therefore this course) is intended to introduce students to the complex and multifaceted process by which steel bridge superstructures are designed, detailed, and fabricated – progressing from specification review and conceptual design through final design/detailing and construction. SSBC is the single-best project available to undergraduate civil engineering students, as it simulates the critical thinking and decision making required to design and construct our nation’s bridge infrastructure.
This course will cover best practices for the geotechnical characterization of subsurface conditions required for successful planning, design, construction, and operation of civil infrastructure. The course provides historical, theoretical, experimental, and empirical development of different in situ tests in geotechnical engineering. Practical applications and limitation of field testing devices will be studied. Interpretation of test results and measurements for geotechnical site characterization will be discussed.
Overview of natural hazards in the form of landslides, earthquakes, windstorms, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, scour, subsidence, tornadoes, wildfires, etc. Covers processes and risk to civil infrastructure through case histories and post-disaster reconnaissance to improve our understanding of these hazards and how to help us mitigate the risk posed by these natural hazards.
Engineering properties of soils focused on soil shear strength and compressibility in determining the bearing capacity and settlement of shallow and deep foundations in sands, clays, and layered geotechnical profiles.
In this course, students will learn classical and modern lateral earth pressure theories, effects of wall friction and external loads (including earthquakes). Geotechnical design, including computer applications, of retaining structures including rigid and flexible retaining walls; Deadman anchors, sheet pile walls, mechanically stabilized soil reinforcement systems, and excavation bracing.
This course covers the improvement of soil properties to meet project requirements, including surface and in situ technologies: compaction, densification, precompression, stabilization with admixtures, grouting and dewatering.
Covers the relationship between precipitation and runoff, unit hydrographs, flood routing, and water supply principles and applications.
Covers geologic and hydrologic occurrence of groundwater, underground flow, and groundwater supply. Winter.
This course will introduce basic knowledge, mathematical models, and solution tools to various highway traffic problems. Topics that will be covered include components in highway systems (driver, vehicle, road, and intersection), probability and statistics for transportation engineers, queuing theory, traffic flow basics, highway capacity and level of service, traffic control, traffic safety, and emerging transportation technologies.
This course introduces topics and concepts of transportation planning and methods to analyze the impacts of transportation systems on society. The core of this course is travel demand modeling, which employs mathematical models (Don’t be scared by the name; You will learn how simple some of them are after taking this course) to predict the distribution of travel demand across time and space. The course will also cover methods and case studies on transportation system impact analysis, including benefit-cost analysis and equity impact analysis. Emerging topics such as planning for new transportation technologies, the use of artificial intelligence and big data analytics in transportation planning will also be discussed.
This course introduces topics, concepts, and models related to signalized intersections, including signal timing concepts, signal design, signal timing plans, uncoordinated timing, level of service and capacity analysis.
This course introduces topics and concepts of traffic flow theory and their applications, including models (single vehicle dynamics, car following models, lane-change models, etc.), data (sensing, data processing, model calibration and validation), and applications (microscopic traffic simulation, connected and automated vehicles).
Covers professional development and ethics. Requires preparation of a technical paper. It is anticipated that each student will attend a weekly one (1) hour seminar and work a minimum of two (2) hours per week on research in the development of their technical paper.
Requires developing and delivering a presentation on a technical paper. Students are expected to attend a minimum of 50% of the scheduled class meetings.
Source: Drexel University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
