2008-2009 Bulletin – PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University

(GSAPP) that explores solutions to problems of
urban density. Engineering and GSAPP students
will engage in a joint project that addresses habitability
and sustainability issues in an urban environment
and also provides community service.
Emphasis will be on the integration of science,
engineering, and design within a social context.
Interdisciplinary approaches and communication
will be stressed. The studio can be used as a
replacement for the capstone design project in
CEEM water resources/environmental engineering
concentration, or the undergraduate design
project in Earth and Environmental Engineering.
CIEN E4332x Finite element analysis, I
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Betti.
Prerequisites: mechanics of solids, structural
analysis, elementary computer programming, linear
algebra. Matrix methods of structural analysis:
displacement method and flexibility methods.
Principle of stationary potential energy. Rayleigh-
Ritz approximation. Finite element approximation.
Displacement-based elements for structural
mechanics. Isoparametric formulation.
CIEN E6131x Managing risk in global civil
infrastructure systems
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Chiara.
Prerequisites: IEOR E4003 or CIEN E4133, or the
equivalent. Examination of the fundamentals of
infrastructure planning and management with a
focus on the application of rational methods to
support decision-making about infrastructure
systems. Institutional environment and issues;
decision-making under certainty and uncertainty;
capital planning and financing; evaluation of system
condition and performance; group decision
processes. Elements of decision and finance theory.
CIEN E6132y Advanced systems and technologies
in civil engineering and construction
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2008–2009.
Prerequisite: CIEN E4129 or the equivalent.
Systems and technologies that support programming,
design, and construction of capital projects,
and methods for analyzing their effectiveness in
improving value and performance. Decision support
systems for capital programming and decisionmaking.
Information technologies for visualization
and project management, including Web-based
applications. Emerging construction technologies
such as automation and robotics.
CIEN E6133y Advanced risk management in
global construction financing and insurance
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Chiara.
Prerequisite: CIEN E6131. Flexible risk management,
flexibility theory, risk transfer and risk
mitigation strategies, prenegotiation risk analysis,
quantitative risk characterization of construction
contracts. Pricing “ad-hoc” insurance contracts
and governmental guarantees for pre/during/post
construction. Game theory in negotiation and renegotiation
of PPP contracts. Incomplete contracts
and public ownership.
CIEN E6246y Advanced soil mechanics
Lect: 2.5. 3 pts. Not given in 2008–2009.
Prerequisite: CIEN E3141. Stress-dilatancy of
sand; failure criteria; critical state soil mechanics;
limit analysis; finite element method and case
histories of consolidation analysis.
CIEN E6248x Experimental soil mechanics
Lect: 2.5. 3 pts. Professor Ling.
Prerequisite: CIEN E3141. Advanced soil testing,
including triaxial and plane strain compression
tests; small-strain measurement. Model testing;
application (of test results) to design.
CIEN E6333y Finite element analysis, II
Lect: 2.5. 3 pts. Not given in 2008–2009.
Prerequisite: CIEN E4332 or the instructor’s
permission. Galerkin finite element formulation.
Convergence requirements. Element and mesh
instabilities. Stress calculation. Finite elements
in heat flow and dynamics. Nonlinear problems.
Introduction to boundary element method.
CIEN E9101x and y, and s Civil engineering
research
1 to 4 pts. By conference. The faculty.
Advanced study in a specialized field under the
supervision of a member of the department staff.
Before registering, the student must submit an
outline of the proposed work for approval of the
supervisor and the department chair.
CIEN E9120x and y, and s Independent
studies in flight sciences
3 pts. By conference. Professor Vaicaitis.
Prerequisite: the instructor’s permission. This
course is geared toward students interested in
flight sciences and flight structures. Topics related
to aerodynamics, propulsion, noise, structural
dynamics, aeroelasticity, and structures may be
selected for supervised study. A term paper will
be required.
CIEN E9130x and y, and s Independent
studies in construction
3 pts. By conference. Professor Wilson.
Prerequisite: department chair’s and instructor’s
permission. Independent study of engineering and
construction industry problems. Topics related to
capital planning and financing, project management,
contracting strategies and risk allocation,
dispute mitigation and resolution, and infrastructure
assessment and management may be selected
for supervised study. A term paper is required.
CIEN E9165x and y, and s Independent
studies in environmental engineering
4 pts. By conference. The faculty.
Prerequisite: CIEN E4252 or the equivalent.
Emphasizes a one-on-one study approach to
specific environmental engineering problems.
Students develop papers or work on design problems
pertaining to the treatment of solid and liquid
waste, contaminant migration, and monitoring and
sampling programs for remediation design.
CIEN E9201x and y, and s Civil engineering
reports
1 to 4 pts. By conference. The faculty.
A project on some civil engineering subject
approved by the chairman.
CIEN E9800x and y, and s Doctoral research
instruction
3, 6, 9, or 12 pts. The staff.
A candidate for the Eng.Sc.D. degree in civil
“engineering must register for 12 points of doctoral
research instruction. Registration in CIEN E9800
may not be used to satisfy the minimum residence
requirement for the degree.
CIEN E9900x and y, and s Doctoral dissertation
The staff.
A candidate for the doctorate may be required
to register for this course every term after the
student’s course work has been completed and
until the dissertation has been accepted.
COURSES IN ENGINEERING
MECHANICS
See also Civil Engineering.
ENME-MECE E3105x or y Mechanics
Lect: 4. 4 pts. Instructor to be announced.
Prerequisites: PHYS C1402 and MATH V1101-
V1102 and V1201. Elements of statics; dynamics
of a particle and systems of particles; dynamics
of rigid bodies.
ENME E3106x Dynamics and vibrations
Lect: 2. 3 pts. Professor Smyth.
Prerequisite: MATH E1210. Corequisite: ENME
E3105. Kinematics of rigid bodies; momentum
and energy methods; vibrations of discrete and
continuous systems; eigen-value problems; natural
frequencies and modes. Basics of computer
simulation of dynamic problems using MATLAB
or Mathematica.
ENME E3113x Mechanics of solids
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Chen.
Stress, stress resultants, equilibrium.
Deformation. Material behavior in two dimensions.
Thermal stresses. Problems in flexure and
torsion, pressure vessels. Buckling.
ENME E3114y Experimental mechanics of
materials
Lect: 2. Lab: 3. 4 pts. Professor Chen.
Prerequisite: ENME E3113. Material behavior and
constitutive relations. Mechanical properties of
metals and cement composites. Cement hydration.
Modern construction materials. Experimental
investigation of material properties and behavior
of structural elements, including fracture, fatigue,
bending, torsion, and buckling.
ENME E3161x Fluid mechanics
Lect: 3. Lab: 3. 4 pts. Professor Culligan.
Prerequisites: ENME E3105 and ordinary differ-
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SEAS 2008–2009