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CIEN E4128y Civil engineering management
3 pts. Available only on CVN.
Principles of engineering management with a
strong emphasis on planning of infrastructure
systems. The course stresses leadership,
creativity, and management analysis. Program
planning with optimization under financial and
environmental constraints; project planning and
scheduling using deterministic and stochastic
network theories; production rate development
and control using statistical, heuristic, simulation,
and queuing theory approaches. Students
prepare and formally present term projects.
CIEN E4129x or y Managing engineering and
construction processes
3 pts. Lect: 3. Instructor to be announced.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Civil
Engineering, or instructor’s permission.
Introduction to the principles, methods and tools
necessary to manage design and construction
processes. Elements of planning, estimating,
scheduling, bidding and contractual relationships.
Valuation of project cash flows. Critical path
method. Survey of construction procedures. Cost
control and effectiveness. Field supervision.
CIEN E4130x Design of construction systems
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Tirolo.
Prerequisite: CIEN E3125 or the equivalent, or
the instructor’s permission. Introduction to the
design of systems that support construction
activities and operations. Determination of
design loads during construction. Design of
excavation support systems, earth retaining
systems, temporary supports and underpinning,
concrete formwork and shoring systems. Cranes
and erection systems. Tunneling systems.
Instrumentation and monitoring. Students
prepare and present term projects.
CIEN E4131x or y Principles of construction
techniques
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Hart.
Prerequisite: CIEN 4129 or equivalent.
Current methods of construction, cost-effective
designs, maintenance, safe work environment.
Design functions, constructability, site and
environmental issues.
CIEN E4132x or y Prevention and resolution
of construction disputes
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Nikain.
Prerequisite: CIEN E 4129 or equivalent.
Contractual relationships in the engineering and
construction industry and the actions that result
in disputes. Emphasis on procedures required to
prevent disputes and resolve them quickly and
cost-effectively. Case studies requiring oral and
written presentations.
CIEN E4133x or y Capital facility planning and
financing
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Chang.
Prerequisite: CIEN E4129 or equivalent. Planning
and financing of capital facilities with a strong
emphasis upon civil infrastructure systems.
Project feasibility and evaluation. Design of
project delivery systems to encourage best
value, innovation and private sector participation.
Fundamentals of engineering economy and
project finance. Elements of life cycle cost
estimation and decision analysis. Environmental,
institutional, social and political factors. Case
studies from transportation, water supply and
wastewater treatment.
CIEN E4134y Construction industry law
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professors Quintas and Rubin.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or the
instructor’s permission. Practical focus upon
legal concepts applicable to the construction
industry. Provides sufficient understanding to
manage legal aspects, instead of being managed
by them. Topics include contractual relationships,
contract performance, contract flexibility and
change orders, liability and negligence, dispute
avoidance/resolution, surety bonds, insurance
and site safety.
CIEN E4135y Strategic management global
design and construction
3 pts. Lect: 3. Instructor to be announced.
Core concepts of strategic planning,
management and analysis within the construction
industry. Industry analysis, strategic planning
models and industry trends. Strategies for
information technology, emerging markets and
globalization. Case studies to demonstrate key
concepts in real-world environments.
CIEN E4136y Global entrepreneurship in civil
engineering
3 pts. Lect: 3. Instructor to be announced.
Capstone practicum where teams develop
strategies and business plans for a new
enterprise in the engineering and construction
industry. Identification of attractive market
segments and locations; development of an
entry strategy; acquisition of financing, bonding
and insurance; organizational design; plans for
recruiting and retaining personnel; personnel
compensation/incentives. Invited industry
speakers.
CIEE E4163x Environmental engineering:
wastewater
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Becker.
Prerequisites: Introductory chemistry (with
laboratory) and fluid mechanics. Fundamentals
of water pollution and wastewater characteristics.
Chemistry, microbiology, and reaction kinetics.
Design of primary, secondary, and advanced
treatment systems. Small community and
residential systems.
CIEN E4210x Investigation of structural/
construction failures
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Ratay.
Prerequisite: CIEN E3125 or equivalent. Review
of significant failures, civil/structural engineering
design and construction practices, ethical
standards and the legal positions as necessary
background to forensic engineering. Discussion
of standard-of-care. Study of the process of
engineering evaluation of structural defects
and failures in construction and in service.
Examination of the roles, activities, conduct
and ethics of the forensic consultant and expert
witness. Students are assigned projects of actual
cases of nonperformance or failure of steel,
concrete, masonry, geotechnical, and temporary
structures, in order to perform, discuss, and
report their own investigations under the
guidance of the instructor.
CIEN E4212y Structural assessment
and failure
3 pts. Lect: 3. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Prerequisites: ENME E3113 and CIEN E3121.
Laboratory and field test methods in assessment
of structures for rehabilitation and to determine
causes of failure; ASTM and other applicable
standards; case histories of failures and
rehabilitation in wood, steel, masonry, and
concrete structures.
CIEN E4213x Elastic and inelastic buckling of
structures
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Laufs.
Stability of framed structures in the elastic and
inelastic ranges. Lateral buckling of beams.
Torsional buckling of compression members.
Buckling of plates of plate-stiffener combinations.
Linear stability analysis of cylindrical shells and
discussion of its limitations. Discussion of the
semiempirical nature of the elastoplastic relations
used in the case of plates and shells.
CIEN E4226y Advanced design of steel
structures
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Woelke.
Prerequisite: CIEN E3125 or equivalent. Review
of loads and structural design approaches.
Material considerations in structural steel
design. Behavior and design of rolled steel,
welded, cold-formed light-gauge, and composite
concrete/steel members. Design of multistory
buildings and space structures.
CIEN E4232y Advanced design of concrete
structures
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Panayotidi.
Prerequisite: CIEN E3125 or equivalent. Design
of concrete slabs, deep beams, walls, and
other plane structures; introduction to design of
prestressed concrete structures.
CIEE E4233x Design of large-scale bridges
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Zoli.
Prerequisites: CIEN E3121 or equivalent, and
CIEN E3127 or equivalent. Design of large-scale
and complex bridges with emphasis on cablesupported
structures. Static and dynamic loads,
component design of towers, superstructures
and cables; conceptual design of major bridge
types including arches, cable stayed bridges and
suspension bridges.
CIEN E4234y Design of large-scale building
structures
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Tomasetti.
Prerequisites: CIEN E3121 and E3127. Modern
challenges in the design of large-scale building
structures will be studied. Tall buildings, large
convention centers, and major sports stadiums
present major opportunities for creative solutions
engineering 2011–2012