WEEKLY SCHEDULES

To help with schedule planning, the following documents offer a visual lay out of which courses are offered at different times during the week:

• Undergraduate courses, Spring 2008
• Undergraduate courses, Fall 2008
• Graduate courses, Spring 2008
• Graduate courses, Fall 2008

UNDERGRADUATE CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING COURSES

Provides experience with use of equipment, instruments and fundamental techniques of plane surveying. Topics include: distance measurement, leveling, traversing, mapping, and calculation of areas and earth volumes. Crosslisted with BREG113. RESTRICTIONS: Requires knowledge of trigonometry.

An overview of civil engineering disciplines, including structural, environmental, geotechnical and transportation engineering. Addresses physical principles, numerical analysis and elementary design problems in each area. Emphasis on computer use, (text processing, spreadsheet, graphics). Team design project. Course Web Page

Introduction to computer aided drafting with applications from land surveying. Fundamental principals of land surveying and use of surveying instruments. Use of CAD software for drafting, design layout, two dimensional and isometric drafting, creation and modification of entities and attributes. Computer lab and field work.

Overview of environmental engineering discipline. Physical, chemical, biological interactions within the environment and associated engineering problems. Introduction to common processes for pollution control. Use of computer software for problem solving. Environmental engineering practice and ethics, and an introduction to proper design approach. Course Web Page

Analysis of force systems and equilibrium of rigid bodies in two and three dimensions. Determination of centers of gravity and of centroids. Analysis of statistically determinate trusses, simple frames and "machines." Introduction to the analysis of beams. COREQ: MATH243.

Stresses and displacements in axially loaded beams and in bars subjected to torsion. Analysis of stresses and deflections of laterally loaded beams. Study of stresses and strains in a plane. Mohr's circle for stresses. Failure theories. Design of structural members using strength criteria. PREREQ: CIEG211 COREQ: MATH302 or MATH351. Course webpage.

Experiments in the mechanics of materials and the strength of materials to complement the content of CIEG212. Emphasis on the behavior of civil engineering materials including steel, aluminum, concrete and timber. COREQ: CIEG212.

Error propagation, distance measurement, tacheometry and trigonometric leveling, traversing, route surveys, field astronomy, coordinate systems, and GPS. Crosslisted with BREG223. PREREQ: EGTE104 or BREG113.

Quantified descriptions of physical, chemical and biological processes of environmental importance. Introductory level analysis of pollution transport, treatment, containment, remediation. Process engineering approach to contaminant removal methods, including use of appropriate computer software. PREREQ: CHEM104 or CHEM120; MATH242. RESTRICTIONS: Open to majors only.

Stresses and displacements in axially loaded beams and in bars subjected to torsion. Analysis of stresses and deflections of laterally loaded beams. Study of stresses and strains in a plane. Mohr's circle for stresses. Failure theories. Design of structural members using strength criteria. PREREQ: CIEG211 COREQ: MATH302 or MATH351. Course webpage.

Basic concepts of structural design including methodologies, applicable limit states and design codes. Structural members and systems, fabrication issues, loads and load paths. Design of steel and concrete members subjected to tension, compression and bending. Additional topics including connections and combined axial compression and bending. PREREQ: CIEG301. Course Web Page

Incompressible fluid mechanics: fluid statics, control volume analysis of fluid flows, differential analysis of inviscid and viscous fluid flows and dimensional analysis. PREREQ: MATH302 or MATH351, and CIEG311 or MEEG211. Course Web Page

Experiments in fluid mechanics.

An intermediate-level development of the kinematics and dynamics of particles, systems of particles and rigid bodies. Vibrations of machines and structures. Emphasis on solution of engineering problems by force, energy and momentum methods of analysis. Applications to the dynamics of machines, structures and vehicles. PREREQ: PHYS207 and MATH243. Course Web Page

The role of chance and variability in engineering activities. Topics include set operations, probability, Bayes’ theorem, random variables, common probability distributions, data reduction, statistical estimation and inference, probability model selection, regression analyses and introduction to probability-based design and Monte-Carlo simulation. PREREQ: MATH242 and MATH243 or equivalents. Course Web Page

Soil properties, soil-water interaction, soil stresses, two-dimensional flow, soil compressibility, shear strength and lateral earth pressures. PREREQ: CIEG212. COREQ: CIEG323. Course Web Page

Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering. Topics include shallow foundation analysis and design, deep foundation analysis and design, earth retaining structure analysis and design and introduction to slope stability analysis. PREREQ: CIEG320 and CIEG323. Course Web Page

Demonstrates soil properties, soil-water interaction, soil stresses, two-dimensional flow, soil compressibility, shear strength and lateral earth pressures. PREREQ: CIEG212. COREQ: CIEG320.

Introduction to environmental engineering topics faced by consulting engineers and public works and regulatory agencies. Topics include water treatment, water quality management, wastewater treatment, air pollution control, solid waste management and hazardous waste management. PREREQ: CIEG305.

Unit operations and unit processes in environmental engineering, with an emphasis on biological processes. Introduction to contaminant transport processes in the subsurface. Utilizes collaborative, problem-based learning within a laboratory context. PREREQ: CIEG438.

Four components of transportation: vehicle, way, terminal and control; design and dynamic characteristics of vehicles; geometric design of highways and railroad tracks; operation and design of stations, airports and bus terminals; highway traffic flow analysis. RESTRICTIONS: Requires junior status in civil engineering.

Discussion of approximate solution procedures: finite difference method, weighted residual methods and variational methods. Development of approximate solutions using the finite element method. Application to one- and two-dimensional problems in applied mechanics. Discussion of numerical methods and computer programming techniques applicable to finite element analyses. PREREQ: CIEG381.

Design of building structural systems and elements. Topics include dead and live loading; earthquake and wind forces; load paths; and gravity and lateral load resisting systems. Approximate analysis of building frames and details regarding design elements for steel and concrete buildings. PREREQ: CIEG301 and CIEG302. Course Web Page

Provides practical insight into the art and science of bridge design. Various design methodologies in use today in the field of bridge design and evaluation are investigated. Bridges of steel, reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, wood and composite materials are included. PREREQ: CIEG302.

Provides practical insight into structural engineering by examining failures. Examples include bridge and building failures; infamous catastrophic collapses to little known examples of design criteria being violated to the structures detriment. The main objective is to learn sound engineering practices through the study of failures. PREREQ: CIEG301 and CIEG302.

Study of the micromechanical and thermomechanical response of composite materials. Execution and assessment of experiments conducted to investigate strength and stiffness characteristics of composite materials. Crosslisted with MSEG410.

Field investigation techniques; interpretation of data; theory and design of shallow and deep foundations, retaining walls, sheet pile walls, cofferdams braced excavations and geosynthetically reinforced soil. PREREQ: CIEG320/323.

Properties of soils and methods to determine them: water flow through inhomogeneous and anisotropic earth mass; predictions of pore-water pressures; stresses and settlement predictions; slope stability: type and causes of slope failures, effective and total stability analyses, design strength parameters and safety factors, construction considerations; design of earth dams; and predictions vs. field performance. Computer software used in problem solving. PREREQ: CIEG320/323.

Application, selection, design, construction and inspection of deep foundations. Examines driven piles, drilled shafts, augercast and micropiles. Development of cost comparisons, specifications, contract documents and bidding practices. Design issues address the geotechnical and structural considerations.

Design and construction principles of ground improvement methods to soil and rock engineering problems. Topics include: grouting, prefabricated vertical drains, stone columns, mechanically stabilized earth systems, soil nailing, soil mixing, vibro compaction, lightweight fill materials and geosynthetics.

Water quality modeling and criteria. Application to lakes, streams, and estuaries. Dissolved oxygen, BOD, nitrification. Eutrophication: carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and silica mass balances; chlorophyll, primary production and dissolved oxygen; Toxic chemicals: PCBs, PAHs, toxic metals: partitioning theory, organic carbon normalization; coupled water column-sediment models. PREREQ: MATH302. Course Web Page

Toxicological, risk assessment and regulatory aspects of hazardous waste management; characterization of hazardous wastes and materials; waste reduction strategies; storage and transportation methods; engineering processes for the chemical, physical and biological treatment of toxic and hazardous wastes; remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater at existing disposal sites. PREREQ: CIEG233.

Introduces the origins, characteristics and environmental and health effects of priority air pollutants and the equipment commonly used to control emissions of these pollutants from stationary sources. Emphasis placed on understanding the principles, operation and design of different control devices. PREREQ: CIEG233, CIEG305, and CHEG231 or equivalent.

Examines the problem of solid waste management in a throw-away society: landfills, incineration, composting, recycle and reuse options are described from regulatory, economic, and engineering perspectives. Includes design and operational aspects of common processes and landfills, management of hazardous wastes, and future alternatives. PREREQ: CIEG233 or CIEG331.

Principles and applications of analysis of solids, organic load, dissolved oxygen, disinfectants, nutrients, trace metals, trace organic compounds and microorganisms. Lecture and laboratory. PREREQ: CIEG233.

Sources and characteristics of water and wastewater; water quality criteria and monitoring; principles and application of physical, chemical, and biological processes for water purification and wastewater treatment. Design and operation of treatment systems to meet water quality and effluent standards. PREREQ: CIEG233.

Basics of water resources systems and analysis and introduction to hydraulics. Covers water resources systems, rainfall analysis and flood routing, pipe flow and hydraulic machinery, open channel flow and computer models. PREREQ: CIEG305 and CIEG306.

Engineering of watershed management practices to protect and restore quality and quantity of surface and ground waters. Complete water resources projects as part of a service based learning approach. Various projects include rain gardens, bicycle trail drainage, wet detention ponds, bioretention areas, wetlands, stream restoration, and bioengineering. Field oriented course.

Exercises related to transportation: design, control, measurement, calculation/simulation, reasoning, and communication. Topics may include geometric roadway design, traffic signal control, design of transportation terminals, traffic simulation and pedestrian flow, pavement design and maintenance, design justification, and contemporary issues involving transportation policies and technologies. PREREQ: CIEG351.

Theoretical concepts of general transportation demand, supply and flow analysis. Planning and design of multi-modal transportation facilities including streets and highways, railways and guideways, airports, and harbors and ports. Engineering, social and economic evaluation of alternative design schemes for simple case studies and existing transportation facilities. PREREQ: CIEG351.

Physical dimensions of roadways such as vertical and horizontal curvatures, superelevation rates, lane widths, cross sections, and grades. Topics include roadway functions, design controls and criteria, elements of design, local roads and streets, collector roads and streets, rural and urban arterials, freeways, intersections, and grade separations.

Characteristics of urban travel demand, travel demand forecasting models, urban transportation modes and their characteristics, urban transportation planning processes and issues, evaluation of plans, economic analysis, transportation financing, transportation policy and regulations, and urban transportation systems management. PREREQ: CIEG351.

Work with advisors from engineering firms and faculty on design projects requiring knowledge and skills acquired in previous courses. RESTRICTIONS: Requires senior status in engineering. Course Web Page

Toxicological and chemical background and technical basis necessary for understanding the models of water and sediment quality criteria for individual and mixtures of organic chemicals and metals that focus on bioavailability: narcosis models of toxicity, complexation models applied to both the water column and sediments. PREREQ: CHEM104 or CHEM103. RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor. Course Web Page

Problems of design in the ocean and coastal environment. Mechanics of wave motion, tides and storm surge, littoral processes, wave forces on structures and design of coastal structures. Includes observations of hydraulic model tests in the Ocean Engineering Laboratory. PREREQ: CIEG305.

Different methods, management and techniques of construction including earthmoving, heavy construction, building construction and construction management including planning and scheduling, contract administration and construction safety.

Development and application of models for fluid flow and contaminant transport in porous media. Derivation of governing equations, analytical and numerical solutions, and application to movement of groundwater and transport of contaminants at an actual field site. PREREQ: Previous coursework in fluid mechanics and partial differential equations, or permission of instructor. Course Web Page

GRADUATE CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING COURSES

Discussion of approximate solution procedures: finite difference method, weighted residual methods and variational methods. Development of approximate solutions using the finite element method. Application to one- and two-dimensional problems in applied mechanics. Discussion of numerical methods and computer programming techniques applicable to finite element analyses. PREREQ: CIEG381.

Behavior, analysis and design of prestressed concrete structures. Covers flexure, shear, axial load, bond anchorage design and construction considerations for pretensioned and post-tensioned concrete. PREREQ: CIEG302. Course Web Page

Topics include finite element analysis in linear elastostatics, linear steady state scalar “field” problems, analysis techniques for linear transient and dynamic analyses and matrix structural analysis. In each case, element formulations and solution algorithms are assessed, limitations and possible improvements presented and numerical methods examined. PREREQ: CIEG601.

Fundamentals of ocean and atmosphere remote sensing including space platforms, their orbits, instruments, data retrieval and image processing methods. Oceanographic and atmospheric applications of remote sensing and new developments in sensors and data analyses. Crosslisted with MAST606.

Provides practical insight into the art and science of bridge design. Various design methodologies in use today in the field of bridge design and evaluation are investigated. Bridges of steel, reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, wood and composite materials are included. PREREQ: CIEG302.

Study of the micromechanical and thermomechanical response of composite materials. Execution and assessment of experiments conducted to investigate strength and stiffness characteristics of composite materials. Crosslisted with MSEG610.

Design of structures (buildings, bridges, dams, foundation piles and offshore platforms) for dynamic loadings (severe wind force, ocean wave force, strong earthquake excitations, machine vibrations, and general impulse and time dependent forces and motions). Determination of realistic dynamic loadings and application of design concepts. PREREQ: CIEG311 and MATH302. Course Web Page

Covers unsymmetrical bending, shear center in thin-walled beams, torsion in thin walled structures, lateral-torsional buckling, curved beams, energy methods, principal stress and strain in three dimensions. Theory and applications.

Examines how material properties influence structural response and failure mechanisms under the influence of external loads. Includes plasticity; thermal stresses; fracture and damage mechanics; and buckling. Problem solving based on both analytical methods and computational mechanics. Crosslisted with MEEG619. PREREQ: MEEG610 or similar.

Behavior of cohesionless and cohesive soils; failure theories and lateral earth pressures; stresses within earth mass; steady-state flow through porous media; consolidation and time rate settlement; shear strength of cohesive soils. PREREQ: CIEG302/323.

Field investigation techniques; interpretation of data; theory and design of shallow and deep foundations, retaining walls, sheet pile walls, cofferdams braced excavations and geosynthetically reinforced soil.

Properties of soils and methods to determine them: water flow through inhomogeneous and anisotropic earth mass; predictions of pore-water pressures; stresses and settlement predictions; slope stability: type and causes of slope failures, effective and total stability analyses, design strength parameters and safety factors, construction considerations; design of earth dams; and predictions vs. field performance. Computer software used in problem solving. PREREQ: CIEG320/323.

Enhances knowledge of soil properties and behavior. Generally, the following tests are performed: Atterberg limits, sieve and hydrometer analysis, compaction, relative density, permeability, flow-net simulation, consolidation, specific gravity, direct shear, traxial (CU, CD, UU) tests simulating various loading paths, and liquifaction. PREREQ: CIEG320/323.

Measuring the shear strength of soils. Shear behavior of soil examined from a fundamental soil perspective. Review of methods of testing to define response; rationale for choosing shear strength and deformation parameters of soils for design applications.

Addresses the application, selection, design, construction and inspection of deep foundations. Examines driven piles, drilled shafts, augercast and micropiles. Includes development of cost comparisons, specifications, contract documents and bidding practices. Design issues address the geotechnical and structural considerations.

Design and construction principles of ground improvement methods to address soil and rock engineering problems. Topics include: grouting, prefabricated vertical drains, stone columns, mechanically stabilized earth systems, soil nailing, soil mixing, vibro compaction, lightweight fill materials and geosynthetics.

Water quality modeling and criteria. Application to lakes, streams, and estuaries. Dissolved oxygen, BOD, nitrification. Eutrophication: carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and silica mass balances; chlorophyll, primary production and dissolved oxygen; Toxic chemicals: PCBs, PAHs, toxic metals: partitioning theory, organic carbon normalization; coupled water column- sediment models. PREREQ: MATH302. Course Web Page

The principles and applications of aqueous chemistry to environmental systems. Includes a review of general chemistry, with emphasis on the structure of matter and stoichiometry; chemical thermodynamics; chemical kinetics; equilibrium reactions in homogeneous and heterogeneous solutions; applied electrochemistry and Redox reaction; and interfacial phenomena.

Toxicological, risk assessment and regulatory aspects of hazardous waste management, characterization of hazardous wastes and materials, waste reduction strategies, storage and transportation methods, engineering processes for the chemical, physical and biological treatment of toxic and hazardous wastes, remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater of existing disposal sites.

Physical aspects of environmental engineering: processes governing behavior of pollutants and natural substances in the environment, incl. settling, diffusion, particle aggregation, adsorption. Transport and transformation of substances in soils, surface and ground waters, and the atmosphere.

Sources and effects of atmospheric pollutants: meteorological and solar radiation phenomena and atmospheric chemistry. Emphasis on gas cleaning operations such as absorption, chemical conversion and particulate removal process design, among other control measures. RESTRICTIONS: Requires upper division or graduate standing in engineering.

Presents fundamental molecular biological concepts which pertain to cellular function in the environment and in engineered environmental treatment systems. Briefly reviews elementary organic chemical classifications. PREREQ: CIEG233.

Principles and applications of analysis of solids, organic load, dissolved oxygen, disinfectants, nutrients, trace metals, trace organic compounds and microorganisms. Lecture and laboratory. PREREQ: CIEG233.

Statistical and graphical tools useful for practicing environmental scientists and engineers. Modern computer based methods: tests of significance, maximum likelihood estimates; bootstrap based confidence limits; linear, nonlinear and errors-in-variables regression; censored (less/greater than) data; probability and box and whisker plots; analysis of variance.

Kinematics and dynamics of incompressible fluids with emphasis on coastal and ocean problems. governing equations, examples of solutions for viscous flows, potential flows, vorticity, flows on a rotating planet, density vary flows, boundary layers, turbulence. May be crosslisted with MAST691. PREREQ: CIEG305.

Engineering of watershed management practices to protect and restore quality and quantity of surface and ground waters. Complete water resources projects as part of a service based learning approach. Various projects include rain gardens, bicycle trail drainage, wet detention ponds, bioretention areas, wetlands, stream restoration, and bioengineering. Field oriented course.

Design and operation of urban transportation systems, characteristics of public transportation modes, vehicle design, right-of-way types and terminal facilities. Application of operations research techniques to analysis of scheduling, network optimization, capacity and evaluation of alternatives. May be crosslisted with ORES650. RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.

Theoretical concepts of general transportation demand, supply and flow analysis. Planning and design of multi-modal transportation facilities including streets and highways, railways and guideways, airports, and harbors and ports. Engineering, social and economic evaluation of alternative design schemes for case studies and existing transportation facilities. RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.

Physical dimensions of roadways such as vertical and horizontal curvatures, superelevation rates, lane widths, cross sections, and grades. Topics include roadway functions, design controls and criteria, elements of design, local roads and streets, collector roads and streets, rural and urban arterials, freeways, intersections, and grade separations.

Presents unified approach to management of civil infrastructure systems. Topics include analytical methods, development of data collection technologies, life cycle cost, prioritization, and optimization. Software tools for infrastructure management decision making introduced and critical infrastructure protection addressed. Types of infrastructure considered include pavements (roads and airports), bridges, drainage and sewer systems, water supply systems, and power supply facilities.

Toxicological and chemical background and technical basis necessary for understanding the models of water and sediment quality criteria for individual and mixtures of organic chemicals and metals that focus on bioavailability: narcosis models of toxicity, complexation models applied to both the water column and sediments. PREREQ: CHEM 104 (or 103) or permission of instructor. Course Web Page

Primary emphasis on linear water wave theory and its applications. Shoaling, refraction and diffraction of waves. Basic aspects of wave-structure and wave-bottom interaction. Introduction to basic wave propagation models. May be crosslisted with MAST648. PREREQ: CIEG305.

Description and usage of commercial Matrix Laboratory (Matlab) software for analyzing multi-dimensional engineering data sets and formulating numerical models of engineering processes.

Application of hydrodynamics to mixing and transport processes in the water environment. PREREQ: CIEG672.

Mechanics and mathematical modeling of sediment transport in unidirectional and oscillatory flow; sediment properties, initiation of sediment movement, bedload and suspended load transport rates, formation of bed forms and flow resistance, erosion and deposition in the vicinity of structures, and practical applications. PREREQ: CIEG305.

Coastal morphology, equilibrium beach profiles, onshore-offshore response, sediment transport relationships, sand budgets around inlets and along open coasts, modeling of shoreline response, analyses of beach problems and recommendations of remedial measures.

Concepts of amplitude and energy spectra, covariances and cross-spectra; linear response functions; use of the Fast Fourier Transform for ocean engineering applications including analysis of one-dimensional and directional spectra, probability of ocean waves and wave forces. RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.

The mechanics of waves and currents in the nearshore zone: wave breaking, surf zone dynamics, cross- and long-shore currents, turbulence and bottom boundary layers, infra-gravity and edge waves and nearshore modeling. PREREQ: CIEG672 and CIEG639.

Principles of finite difference, finite volume and finite element approaches for basic parabolic, hyperbolic and elliptic partial differential equations. Stability and conservation properties of basic schemes. Coastal engineering applications for surface waves, nearshore circulation, sediment transport and morphology. Introduction to popular models in each area. PREREQ: CIEG672 and CIEG639.

General principles of wave mechanics, kinematics and dynamics. Applications to surface gravity waves, acoustic waves, electromagnetic waves and large scale geophysical waves. Crosslisted with MAST693. PREREQ: MEEG690.

Development and application of models for fluid flow and contaminant transport in porous media. Derivation of governing equations, analytical and numerical solutions, and application to the movement of groundwater and transport of contaminants at an actual field site. PREREQ: CIEG305 and MATH302, or permission of instructor. Course Web Page

Review of elementary aspects of the finite element method. Application of the method to linear and nonlinear one-, two- and three-dimensional problems in applied mechanics. Basic and advanced numerical methods and computer programming techniques appropriate to finite element analyses (includes two to three computational laboratory classes). PREREQ: CIEG401.

Application of ultimate and elastic design procedures to continuous beams and frames, composite members, statically indeterminate trusses and arches. Projects and special topics focus attention to the basis and limitations of codes and specifications for steel structures. PREREQ: CIEG302.

Linear and nonlinear dynamic analysis of multiple degree of freedom systems subjected to earthquake, wind and impact loadings; the use of analysis results in design. Computer analysis of complex structural systems; distributed, consistent and lumped mass models; wave propagation; random excitations; and structural control. PREREQ: CIEG611.

Structural instability phenomena caused by static and dynamic loads. Stability analyses of structures by equilibrium, energy and dynamic methods. Conservative and non-conservative problems. Elastic and non-elastic buckling of beams, frames and arches caused by mechanical and thermal loads. Buckling of continuously supported beams, plates, and shells. Delamination buckling in composites. PREREQ: CIEG212 and MATH302.

Introduces constitutive laws and numerical methods used to characterize the stress-strain-time behavior of geomaterials. Correlation between laboratory experiments and numerical predictions. Finite element analyses of coupled stress-flow problems (e.g., consolidation), reinforced earth structures and slopes. Discussion of anisotropy, time effects and frictional interfaces. PREREQ: CIEG601. RESTRICTIONS: CIEG620 is highly recommended as a prerequisite.

Composition of wastes; physical, chemical and biological methods of wastewater treatment; treatment and disposal of sludges produced at wastewater treatment plants. PREREQ: CIEG636.

Study of processes governing the distribution and transformation of organic pollutants in natural and engineered environments. Equilibrium and kinetics of exchange among soil, water, sediment, air, and biota. Photolysis, hydrolysis, oxidation, and reduction reactions of organic chemicals involving naturally-occurring and man-made agents. Mechanisms and model prediction of different fate processes. PREREQ: CIEG632, CIEG634, CIEG636.

Graduate seminar covering current topics in structural, environmental, ocean and transportation engineering. Course Web Page

An independent investigation under supervision of a member of the civil engineering graduate faculty.

Naval hydrodynamics, behavior of submerged and floating bodies, and ship waves. Tsunamis and harbor response. PREREQ: CIEG672 and CIEG639.

Advanced design procedures of coastal structures. Includes statistics and spectra of random sea waves, random sea transformation in the nearshore, design of vertical and rubble mound breakwaters, harbor oscillations and tranquility, and hydraulic model tests.

Development of finite amplitude wave theories such as solitary, conoidal stokes and stream function. Application to coastal and ocean engineering problems. PREREQ: CIEG639, CIEG672.

Research and readings in preparation of dissertation topic and/or qualifying examinations for doctoral students before admission to candidacy but after completion of all required course work. RESTRICTIONS: Not open to students who have been admitted to candidacy.