Civil & Environmental Engineering Graduate Courses

CEG 5115 Foundation Engineering (3 credits) Design of shallow foundations, cantilevered and anchored retaining walls, piling, drilled piers and special foundations. Computer applications to geotechnical engineering are covered.

CEG 6065 Soil Dynamics (3 credits) Fundamentals of vibrations, wave propagation, design of foundations, retaining walls and slopes to resist vibrations, liquefaction of soils.

CEG 6415 Seepage and Subsurface Drainage (3 credits) Design of underdrains, wells, soil filters, fabric filters, and dewatering systems with special emphasis on case studies.

CES 5209 Structural Dynamics (3 credits) Behavior of structural components and systems when subjected to periodic dynamic loads.

CES 5715C Prestressed Concrete (3 credits) Fundamental principles of prestressing; calculation of losses; stress analysis and design of simple beams for flexure and shear. Examples of pressures applications.

CES 6103 Experimental Stress Analysis (3 credits) This course will provide the tools of research necessary to design experiments and/or instrumentation schemes for directed studies. It is intended for structural and geotechnical engineering graduates conducting master's or doctoral research.

CES 6118 Applied Finite Elements (3 credits) The course focuses on applying the finite element method to types of problems encountered in various fields of engineering. In the course, underlying theories are presented, enough hand calculations are done to ensure an understanding of the methods, and then the students solve problems using the ANSYS finite element program. The course is ideally suited for engineers wanting an understanding of the finite element method as applied to their jobs, graduate students wishing to apply the finite element method to their research problems, and the student wanting a preparation for the Department's computational mechanics course sequence.

CES 6326 Design of Concrete Bridges (3 credits) Bridge Classification, AASHTO loads and load combinations, load distribution, design of typical superstructures and substructures for concrete and prestressed bridges.

CES 6586 Design of Structures to Resist Natural Hazards (3 credits) Study of natural hazards (wind, earthquakes & ocean waves) and their interaction with structures. Use of exact and approximate methods of analysis, computer modeling, and design provisions for structures to resist the aforementioned loads.

CES 6609 Advanced Steel Design (3 credits) Advanced topics in steel design. Topics covered include connection design, torsion of wide range sections, and optimum structural design.

CES 6706 Advanced Concrete Design (3 credits) Advanced topics in concrete designs. Topics include torsion two way floor systems, composite construction, slabs on grade, and deep beams.

CES 6841 Infrastructure I: Repair/Rehab of Structures (3 credits) This course focuses on the repair of structures using fiber reinforced polymers.

CES 6835 Design of Masonry Structures (3 credits) This course provides an overview of the design of masonry structures using concrete masonry units. It covers both working stress and strength design of typical elements such as walls and lintels and simple structures.

CGN 6720 Electrochemical Diagnostic Techniques (3 credits) Fundamentals and applications of electrochemical diagnostic techniques. Focus on electrochemical impedance spectroscopy to evaluate reaction rates in corrosion and interfacial phenomena of materials. Includes research project.

CGN 6906 Independent Study (1-, 1, 9 credits) Independent study in which students must have a contract with an instructor.

CGN 6915 Directed Research (1-9 credits) Course consists of directed research on topics selected by student and professor. The topics vary. The course allows students to develop research skills and independent work disciplines.

CGN 6933 Special Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering (1‐4 credits) Topics to be chosen by students and instructor permitting newly developing subdisciplinary special interests to be explored.

ENV 6002 Physical Chemical Principles (3 credits) Investigates how chemical properties, physical processes, and environmental characteristics all influence the fate and transport of chemicals in natural and engineered systems. Includes theory, practical examples, and laboratory experiments.

ENV 6105 Air Pollution (3 credits) A graduate level survey of air pollution fundamentals, including physics/chemistry of air pollution, sources and emissions estimation, Gaussian dispersion models, exposures and effects, measurement/monitoring, and management/control.

ENV 6519 Physical and Chemical Processes in Environmental Engineering (3 credits) Theory and design of processes used in advanced water and wastewater treatment, including membrane processes, absorption, electrodialysis, ozonation, irradiation.

ENV 6564 Environmental Engineering Design (3 credits) An engineering design experience for Environmental Engineering graduate students. Students will work in teams on real world design projects in water or wastewater treatment. Prereq: Physical/Chemical Principles and Biological Principles of Environmental. Eng.

ENV 6666 Aquatic Chemistry (3 credits) An introduction to the form, structure, and chemical activities of the important processes essential to treatment of domestic and industrial wastewater.

ENV 6667 Environmental Biotechnology (3 credits) Study of principles and applications of environmental biotechnology pertaining primarily to biological wastewater treatment and bioremediation. Under principles, we will review the basics of microbiology and cover topics such as electron and oxygen equivalents, stoichiometry, energetics and kinetics of microbial growth, substrate degradation kinetics, suspended- and attached-growth systems, bioreactor concepts for completely-mixed and plug flow systems. Under applications, we will cover treatment processes relevant to environmental engineering, such as lagoons and ponds, activated sludge, biological nutrient removal, membrane bioreactors, trickling filters and rotating biological contactors, fluidized bed reactors, and anaerobic digestion.

CGN 6933 Green Engineering for Sustainability (3 credits) This course will provide a foundation for green engineering design. Concerns regarding population growth, global warming, resource scarcity, globalization, and environmental degradation have led to an increasing awareness that current engineering design and policy strategies can be engaged more effectively to advance the goal of sustainability. Approaching sustainability from a design perspective requires the need for a fundamental conceptual shift from the current paradigms of product toward a more sustainable system based on efficient and effective use of benign materials and energy.

CGN 6933 Sustainable Development Engineering (3 credits) Study of applying appropriate and sustainable engineering solutions and technology to control environmental pollutants found in a developing world setting and smaller communities in North America. Concepts of sustainable development are covered. Topics are drawn from several areas of engineering, including water supply, water treatment, water storage, wastewater treatment, materials, solid waste management, construction, and watersheds.

CGN 6933 Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities (3 credits) Develops core understanding of green design, sustainability principles and infrastructure management. Using the US Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system as a framework, students will learn integrated approaches for smart management of resources and components (e.g., water, energy, sites, transportation, habitat, materials and indoor quality) in the built environment.

CGN 6933 Seminar in Environmental & Water Resources Engineering (1 credit). Students will develop a breadth of exposure to topics in environmental and water resources engineering and become familiar with up-to-date approaches to solving environmental and water resources problems.

CGN 6933 Environmental Modeling (3 credits) This course will provide a graduate-level introduction to environmental fate and transport modeling with applications primarily to air pollution modeling.

CGN 6933 Air Quality for Environmental & Transportation Engineers (3 credits) Sources and control of air pollutants for environmental and transportation engineering students. Topics include sources and effects of air pollutants, air pollution legislation, control particulate air pollutants, control of gases and vapors, generation and control of pollutants in internal combustion engines, mobile source emission estimates, atmospheric dispersion, travel demand management and other strategies to control mobile sources.

CGN 6933 Vadose Zone Hydrology (3 credits) The course provides fundamental understanding of flow and transport processes occurring in porous media and soil environments, with emphasis on water and energy exchanges at the land surface. We study the physics of variable saturated flow and the role of land and vegetative covers in root zone water budget, water and energy relations in soils, and aquifer recharge. Public domain models (e.g. HYDRUS 1D) will be introduced for numerical simulations of soil hydrologic processes. Pre-requisites: CWR 4202 or COI.

CGN 6933 Groundwater Hydraulics (3 credits) The course provides an understanding of the significance of groundwater occurrence and flow in the hydrologic cycle. We cover principles of groundwater hydraulics with emphasis on engineering applications in groundwater source development, subsurface drainage, and aquifer characterization. Pre-requisites: CWR 4202 or COI.

CWR 6235 Free Surface Flow (3 credits) Fundamental and applied aspects of free surface flow, including river hydraulics, canal flow, and open channel design.

CWR 6239 Waves and Beach Protection (3 credits) A study of the fundamentals of shoreline dynamics including distribution of wave energy, motion of beach sand, stable configurations and protective measures.

CWR 6305 Urban Hydrology (3 credits) A study of the quantity and quality problems and solution techniques associated with urban runoff.

CWR 6534 Coast and Estuary Modeling (3 credits) Digital modeling of coastal and estuary systems, currents, tide heights, sediment transport, erosion, date collection, temperature distribution, sources and sinks. Special emphasis on Florida regions.

CWR 6535 Hydrologic Models (3 credits) A study of the theoretical principles of hydrologic modeling and an examination of various numerical hydrologic models available. Students will be required to develop and apply computer models.

CWR 6538 Advanced Hydrologic Models (3 credits) Present the theoretical and applied concepts of advanced hydrologic modeling and especially integrated surface water/ground water modeling and to examine various numerical hydrologic models used in engineering proactive.

CWR 6820 Coastal Waves And Structures (3 credits) Fundamentals of wave motion and the mutual interaction of waves and structures. A design project is included.

EES 6107 Biological Principles of Environmental Engineering (3 credits) This course improves the student's knowledge and problem solving skills with respect to the Biological Principles used by Environmental Engineers to design biological processes. Students will learn about microbial physiology and metabolism, and current methods used to understand bioprocesses.

CGN 6933 Advanced Structural Mechanics (3 credits)

CGN 6933 Advanced Computational Solid Mechanics (3 credits)

CGN 6933 Advanced Computational Fluid Mechanics (3 credits)

CGN 6933 Continuum Mechanics (3 credits)

CGN 6933 Advanced Engineering Mathematics II (3 credits)

CGN 6933 Structural Life Prediction (3 credits) Learn a rational approach for predicting durability of structures, focusing on systems with steel in contact with cementitious materials (e.g. reinforced concrete, post-tensioned tendons) in service environments prone to corrosion damage. Familiarize with diagnostic, repair and rehabilitation techniques. Apply methodologies developed by Federal and other agencies tailored to Florida's service conditions. Develop expertise on advanced diagnostic and corrosion forecasting techniques by conducting a personalized research/application project.

CGN 6933 Material Infrastructure Durability (3 credits)

CGN 6933 Airport Management (3 credits)

CGN 6933 Advanced Geometric Design of Highways (3 credits)

CGN 6933 Access Management (3 credits)

CGN 6933 GIS in Transportation (3 credits)

CGN 6933 Computer Applications in Traffic Engineering (3 credits)

CGN 6933 Traffic Flow Theory (3 credits)

CGN 6933 Transportation Data Collection and Analysis (3 credits) Transportation systems data, Methods of data collection, Travel surveys, Survey Design, Sampling methods, Stated preference methods, Emerging data collection methods (GPS, etc.), Statistical analysis of transportation data (descriptive statistics, sampling and sample statistics), Hypothesis testing and statistical inference.

CGN 6933 Asphalt and Asphalt Mixes (3 credits) This course covers the production method and basic properties of bituminous materials, pavement related performance indices and corresponding test methods of asphalt binders, modification of asphalt, asphalt surface treatment for pavement maintenance and rehabilitation, design of dense-graded, open-graded, and gap-graded asphalt mixtures, asphalt pavement designs, types of distresses in asphalt pavement, tests of asphalt mixtures in the laboratory and in the field, and asphalt pavement performance models.

CGN 6933 Infrastructure systems Management (3 credits) This course introduces the general concept of infrastructure management system, statistical methods for data collection and performance modeling, integrated treatment of analytical methods for the management of infrastructure systems over their life. The focus is on modeling and optimization methods and their application to inspection, performance prediction and maintenance decision making for the management of transportation infrastructure systems.

TTE 5205 Traffic Systems Engineering (3 credits) Traffics models, intersection analysis, capacity analysis, data methods collection, parking studies, volume and speed studies, freeway management, and advanced technologies.

TTE 5501 Transportation Planning and Economics (3 credits) Fundamentals of urban transportation planning: trip generation, trip distribution, modal split, traffic assignment. Introduction to environmental impact analysis, evaluation and choice of transportation alternatives.

CGN 6933 Transportation Network Analysis (3 credits)

TTE 5620 Air Transportation (3 credits) This course is for graduate students in the College of Engineering who are interested in air transportation. It covers topics such as, airport management, air traffic flow management, air transport economics, etc.

TTE 6270 Intelligent Transportation Systems (3 credits) ITS architecture design and evaluation, simulation and modeling, advanced traffics management systems, traveler information systems, vehicle control systems, commercial vehicle operations, public transportation systems, and telecommunications.

TTE 6315 Transportation Safety ( 3 credits) Transportation safety studies, accident data analysis, traffic safety control devices, special population regiment safety, highway conflict studies, accident reconstruction, and tort and liability issues.

TTE 6505 Discrete Choice Models of Travel Behavior (3 credits) Theories of travel behavior; multinominal logit and nested logit models of mode choices, destination choice, and car ownership. Theory and application to travel forecasting.

TTE 6507 Travel Demand Modeling (3 credits) Statistical modeling of travel demand forecasting; emphasis on trip generation and trip chaining.

TTE 6651 Public Transportation (3 credits) Planning, design and operation of public transportation systems; costs and productivity of transit; impacts of transit on travel behavior and urban form; ridership forecasting; public transportation policy analysis.

TTE 6655 Transportation and Land Use (3 credits) Relationships between transportation and land use, coordinated transportation and land use planning, theory of urban development, urban sprawl, integrated transportation and land use models, transportation friendly urban design, and accessibility.

TTE 6835 Pavement Design (3 credits) Analysis of flexible and rigid pavements, equivalent single wheel loads, pavement material and their properties, pavement evaluation, reliability, flexible and rigid pavement design, overlay design, pavement lifecycle cost analysis.

TTE 6837 Pavement Management Systems (3 credits) Review of flexible and rigid pavement design, overlay design; pavement evaluation, pavement network delineation, condition prediction models, pavement maintenance and rehabilitation, pavement management techniques, life‐cycle analysis.

TTE 6930 Graduate Transportation Seminar (1 credit) Seminars, presentations, and discussions of contemporary transportation issues.

CGN6941 Graduate Instruction Methods (3 credits) Special course to be used primarily for the training of graduate teaching assistants.

CGN 6971 Thesis: Master's ( 1-9 credits) Thesis/Specialist project hours.

CGN 7915 Directed Research (1-, 1, 9 credits) Course consists of directed research on topics selected by student and professor. The topics vary. The course allows students to develop research skills and independent work disciplines.

CGN 7980 Dissertation Doctoral (2-, 1, 9 credits) Research and writing of a dissertation.

EMA 5326 Corrosion Control (3 credits) Provide understanding of corrosion fundamentals. Introduce design for corrosion detection, protection, and control. Acquire research project experience.