Civil Engineering
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CE 112 3
Credits
Elementary Surveying
Basic plane surveying; use of transit, level, theodolite and
total station. Traverses, public land system, circular curves, cross-sectioning
and earthwork. Course fee: $50. (Prerequisite: MATH 108.) (2 + 3)
Offered Spring
CE 326W 4
Credits
Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering
Fundamentals of geotechnical engineering including
identification and classification of soil, physical and mechanical properties
of soil, subsurface exploration and laboratory testing techniques, seepage,
compaction, stresses in soil, soil compressibility, shear strength of soil and
basic frozen ground considerations. Course fee: $50. (Prerequisites: ES 331,
341, CE 334, ENGL 111X, ENGL 211X or 213X, or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 3) Offered Spring
CE 331 3
Credits
Structural Analysis
Analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate structures
to include: beams, trusses and frames. Internal force resultants, shear and
moment diagrams, deflections, internal stresses. Influence lines and criteria
for moving loads. Indeterminate analysis to include methods of consistent
deflections, slope deflection and moment distribution. Introduction to matrix
methods. Course fee: $50. (Prerequisites: CE 334.) (2 + 3) Offered
Spring
CE 334 3
Credits
Properties of Materials
Properties of engineering materials. Bonding, crystal and
amorphous structures. Relationships between microstructure and engineering
properties. Modification of properties and environmental serviceability.
Concrete and asphalt mixes. Course fee: $50. (Co-requisite: ES 331.)
(2 + 3) Offered Fall
CE 344 3
Credits
Water Resources Engineering
Fundamentals of engineering hydrology and hydraulic
engineering. Precipitation, runoff, statistical methods, flood control, open
channels and groundwater. Course fee: $50. (Prerequisite: ES 341.)
(3 + 0) Offered Fall
CE 400 0
Credits
FE Exam
Complete the FE application and take the state of Alaska
Engineering-in-Training Exam in the same semester of course enrollment.
(Prerequisite: Senior standing in civil engineering.) Offered Fall, Spring
CE 402 3
Credits
Introduction to Transportation Engineering
Transportation systems, planning, design parameters, demand
and mode specific consideration. (Prerequisite: CE junior standing or
permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall
CE 403 3
Credits
Traffic Engineering
Analysis and design of highways, streets and intersections
for traffic consideration. (Prerequisite: CE 402.) (2 + 3) Offered
Fall
CE 404 3
Credits
Highway Engineering
Engineering considerations for highway design including
vertical and horizontal alignment, cross sections, drainage, pavements,
earthworks, signs and markings, intersection and interchange. (Prerequisite: CE
402.) (2 + 3) Offered Spring
CE 415 3
Credits
Advanced Surveying
Azimuth by astronomic methods. Route surveying, including
horizontal and vertical curves, spirals, cross-sectioning, and earthwork.
Reduction of electronic distance measurements. Alaska State Plane Coordinate
System, both old (NAD27) and new (NAD83). Course fee: $50. (Prerequisite: CE
112.) (2 + 3) Offered Fall
CE 416 1
Credit
Boundary Surveying
Surveying problems related to land subdivision with emphasis
on the legal aspects. Metes and bounds descriptions and platted subdivisions.
(Prerequisite: CE 112 or permission of instructor.) (1 + 0) Offered
As Demand Warrants
CE 422 3
Credits
Foundation Engineering
Bearing capacity of soils and effects of settlements on
structure. Design of footings and rafts, pile and pier foundations, retaining
walls and anchored bulkheads. Foundations on frozen soils and construction
problems in foundation engineering. (Prerequisites: CE 326, ES 301.)
(3 + 0) Offered Fall
CE 423 3
Credits
Introduction to Earthquake Engineering
Introduction to sources of earthquakes; source mechanism and
source parameters; attenuation relationships; earthquake response of single and
multi-degree of freedom systems; earthquake response spectra and
earthquake-induced liquefaction and densification of soil. (Prerequisite: CE
326. Next offered: 2007-08.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
CE 425 3
Credits
Advanced Soil Mechanics
Soil formation, identification and classification, physical
and mechanical properties of soil, seepage, drainage and frost action, subsoil
investigation, bearing capacity of soils, and lateral earth pressures and
stability of slopes. Course fee: $50. (Prerequisites: CE 326, ES 301.)
(2 + 3) Offered As Demand Warrants
CE 432 3
Credits
Steel Design
Design philosophies and current practice related to steel
design are covered. Describes how the understanding modes of failure are used in
to design structural members with an appropriate factor of safety to satisfy
strength and serviceability (performance). Tension members, fasteners, welds,
column buckling, beam behavior and beam-columns will be discussed. The current
AISC specifications are used. Course fee: $50. (Prerequisite: ES 331, CE 331.)
(2 + 3) Offered Fall
CE 433 3
Credits
Reinforced Concrete Design
Behavior of reinforced concrete members. Design philosophies
and current practice. Flexural members, to include: rectangular, T-beams and
one-way slabs. Crack control, anchorage, development lengths and deflections.
Axially loaded members. Laboratory experiments. Current ACI 318 Code used.
Course fee: $50. (Prerequisites: CE 331 and ES 331.) (2 + 3) Offered
Fall.
CE 434 3
Credits
Timber Design
Design loads. Building systems and loading path. Physical and
mechanical properties of wood. Design values and adjustment factors. Design of
axial members, beams and columns. Connection details. Design of wood frame
structures. Current National Design Specifications (NDS) for Wood Construction
used. Course fee: $50. (Prerequisites: CE 331 and ES 331.) (2 + 3)
Offered As Demand Warrants
CE 438W,O 3
Credits
Design of Engineered Systems
System design principles for large-scale constructed facilities.
Application of ethics, liability and legal principles to professional practice.
Emphasis on teamwork and leadership. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X; ENGL 211X or
ENGL 213X or permission of instructor; and COMM 131X or 141X; and last year of
civil engineering B.S. program.) (3 + 0) Offered Spring
CE 441 4
Credits
Environmental Engineering
Fundamentals of environmental engineering including theory
and application of water and wastewater, solid waste and air quality
engineering practice; emphasis on natural processes that influence pollutant
fate and how these processes are used in engineered systems for pollution
control. Course fee: $50. (Prerequisite: ES 341 or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 3) Offered Spring
CE 442 4
Credits
Environmental Engineering II
Advanced topics involving environmental, focusing on design
of pollution control and remediation systems. Presents an understanding of the
theories and principles for the design of engineering systems for environmental
protection, management and control. Includes air pollution control, water and
wastewater treatment, solid waste management, and hazardous and toxic waste
transport, treatment and disposal. Emphasis on practical application of
environmental engineering principles to real-world problems. Course fee: $50.
(Prerequisites: CE 441 and junior standing in civil engineering.)
(3 + 3) Offered Fall
CE 445 3
Credits
Engineering Hydrology
Design and analysis; extended coverage of hydrologic concepts
from CE 344. Precipitation, evaporation analysis; groundwater hydraulics;
runoff analysis and prediction; statistical hydrology; application of
simulation models. (Prerequisite: CE 344.) (2 + 3) Offered Spring
CE 470 1
Credit
Civil Engineering Internship
Supervised work experience in engineering organizations. Assignments
individually arranged with cooperating organizations and agencies. Course may
be repeated three times. Each repeat must be for a different type of project.
As part of the requirements for earning credit, the student must have a letter
of release of information from the company, prepare a written report and make
an oral presentation. Program must be approved in advance by the department.
(Prerequisites: Junior/senior standing, permission of department coordinator.)
(0 + 3) Offered Fall, Spring
CE 490 .5
Credit
CE 491 .5 Credit
Civil Engineering Seminar
CE 490-491, together, constitute the standard one-year
engineering seminar. The class is designed to provide the student with exposure
to the latest information available from researchers and practicing
professionals in industry. (Prerequisite: Junior/senior standing.)
(1 + 0) 490 Offered Fall, 491 Offered Spring
CE 603 3
Credits
Arctic Engineering
Application of engineering fundamentals to problems of advancing
civilization to polar regions. Logistics, foundations on frozen ground and ice
thermal aspects of structures, materials, transport, and communications, and
heating and ventilating. Course fee: $50. (Recommended: Senior standing or B.S.
degree in engineering; or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered
Fall, Spring
CE 605 3
Credits
Pavement Design
Current design techniques for flexible and rigid pavements.
Materials characterization, loading considerations, empirical design methods,
mechanistic design methods, rehabilitation. (Recommended: Graduate standing and
CE 402 or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2006-07.) (3 + 0)
Offered Alternate Spring
CE 617 3
Credits
Control Surveys
Geodetic surveying, where the shape of the earth must be considered.
Forward and inverse geodetic problems. Medium to long electronic distance
measurements. Heavy emphasis on Alaska State Plane Coordinate System (NAD 83)
and UTM Coordinate System. Adjustment of level nets. (Prerequisites: CE 415 or
other surveying experience acceptable to instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered
As Demand Warrants
CE 620 3
Credits
Civil Engineering Construction
Construction equipment, methods, planning and scheduling,
construction contracts, management and accounting, construction estimates, costs
and project control. (Recommended: ESM 450 or equivalent.) (3 + 0)
Offered As Demand Warrants
CE 622 3
Credits
Foundations and Retaining Structures
Advanced study of shallow and deep foundations, retaining
structures and buried pipes. (Prerequisites: CE 422 or permission of
instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
CE 625 3
Credits
Soil Stabilization
Soil and site improvement using deep and shallow compaction,
additives, pre-loading, vertical and horizontal drains, electro-osmosis and
soil reinforcement. (Prerequisites CE 425 or permission of instructor. Next
offered: 2006-07.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
CE 626 3
Credits
Thermal Geotechnics
Fundamentals of thermal regime of soils and rocks. Thermal
impact of structures on soils. Thawing of permafrost beneath roads, buildings
and around pipelines. Natural and artificial freezing of soils. Engineering
means to maintain thermal regime of soils. Thermal design considerations.
(Prerequisites: CE 326, CE 422 and CE 425 or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
CE 627 3
Credits
Earthquakes: Soil Dynamics, Geotechnical Engineering Issues
Fundamentals of geotechnical earthquake engineering: wave
propagation in soils; dynamic soil properties; influences of soils on ground
motion; determination of soil response under strong seismic motion; causes of
soil failures, soil liquefaction, soil settlement, soil-structure interaction
and slope stability; analysis and design of dams, earth structures and
foundation systems. (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
CE 628 3
Credits
Soil Behavior Under Load
Fundamentals of soil behavior under load; pore pressure
during monotonic loading; Ladd's "Simple Clay" model; densification and drained
cyclic loading of sand; undrained cycle loading of soil. (Prerequisite: CE
326.) (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
CE 630 3
Credits
Advanced Structural Mechanics
Shear and torsion, nonsymmetrical bending, shear center,
curved beams, introduction to composite material mechanics, application in
bridge engineering. (Prerequisites: MATH 302, ES 331. Recommended: Graduate
standing in engineering.) (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
CE 631 3
Credits
Advanced Structural Analysis
Derivation of the basic equations governing linear structural
systems. Application of stiffness and flexibility methods to trusses and
frames. Solution techniques utilizing digital computers. Planar structures and
space structures (trusses and frames) will be covered. Both exact and
approximate solution techniques will be reviewed. (Prerequisite: CE 331 or
permission of instructor. Next offered: 2006-07.) (3 + 0) Offered
Alternate Spring
CE 633 3
Credits
Theory of Elastic Stability
The theory and implementation of the buckling of slender
elements will be covered. Both lateral and local buckling concepts will be
discussed. Emphasis will be placed on developing the ability to evaluate if a
member is likely to buckle. The course will cover elastic and inelastic
buckling of columns. Other topics include lateral torsional buckling of beams,
potential buckling of beam-columns and rigid frame members and the buckling of
non standard shapes. (Prerequisites: CE 431 CE 432, or permission of
instructor. Recommended: MATH 302. Next offered: 2006-07.) (3 + 0)
Offered Alternate Spring
CE 634 3
Credits
Structural Dynamics
This course covers the theory of structural dynamics.
Subjects include equations of motion for un-damped single and multiple degree
of freedom systems. Free vibration and response to harmonic and periodic
excitations will be studied. Response to arbitrary, step and pulse type
excitations are studied in preparation for a study of earth quake type loading.
The basic concepts related to the interaction of a structure to an earthquake
event will be discussed. (Prerequisites: ES 209, ES 210, CE 331 or
permission of instructor. Recommended: MATH 302.) (3 + 0)
Offered As Demand Warrants
CE 635 3
Credits
Advanced Methods for Geo-Mechanics and Structures
This course covers both theoretical and approximate
formulations for axial, plane stress/strain, axisymations are discussed for
geo-mechanics (problems in ground water, seepage, swelling foundations,
dewatering, construction sequencing), hydraulics such as river modeling and
water surface flow and structures (frames, plates and shells.) (Prerequisites:
Graduate standing or permission of instructor, MATH 302 is strongly
recommended.) (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
CE 637 3
Credits
Earthquakes: Seismic Response of Structures
Fundamentals of structural earthquake engineering: strong
ground motion phenomena; dynamic analysis of structural systems for seismic
motion; response spectrum and time history methods, design of structural
systems for lateral forces; shearwalls and diaphragms; moment-resistive frames,
braced frames; current design criteria and design practice; connection details,
serviceability requirement; story drift, non-structural building elements;
soil-structure interaction. (Prerequisite: CE 432.) (3 + 0) Offered
As Demand Warrants
CE 640 3
Credits
Prestressed Concrete
Theory and practice of prestressed concrete design.
Pretensioning, posttensioning. Anchorage of steel. Materials, design
specification. Application in bridges, tanks and slabs. (Prerequisite: CE 331
and 433. Recommended: graduate standing.) (3 + 0) Offered As Demand
Warrants
CE 646 3
Credits
Structural Composites
The basics of structural composite theory. Basic design
procedures related to structural composite members and the structural analysis
of members made of various materials to create laminates or sandwich panels
will be covered. (Prerequisites: ES 331, CE 331 or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
CE 650 3
Credits
Bridge Engineering
Covers structural systems, loading and analysis by influence
lines. Slab and girder bridges considering composite design, prestressed and
concrete bridges and how these bridges are designed and rated using AASHTO
specifications. (Prerequisites: CE 432, CE 433 and CE 640 or permission by
instructor. (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
CE 661 3
Credits
Advanced Water Resources Engineering
Engineering hydraulics and hydrology with emphasis on using
standard computer models to solve water resource engineering problems.
(Recommended: Permission of instructor. Next offered: 2006-07.)
(3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
CE 662 3
Credits
Open Channel and River Engineering
Principles of open channel flow, transitions and controls,
unsteady flow, river engineering, stream channel mechanics and mechanics of
sedimentation. (Prerequisite: ES 341. Next offered: 2006-07.) (3 + 0)
Offered Alternate Spring
CE 663 3
Credits
Groundwater Dynamics
Fundamentals of geohydrology, hydraulics of flow through
porous media, well hydraulics, groundwater pollution and groundwater resources development.
(Prerequisite: ES 341.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
CE 676 3
Credits
Coastal Engineering
Review of deep and shallow water waves, littoral drift,
coastal structures, pollution problems and harbor seiches. (Prerequisite: ES
341.) (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
CE 681 3
Credits
Frozen Ground Engineering
Nature of frozen ground, thermal properties of frozen soils,
classification, physical and mechanical properties of frozen soils, subsurface
investigation of frozen ground, thaw settlement and thaw consolidation, slope
stability and principles of foundation design in frozen ground. (Prerequisite:
Training or experience in soil mechanics. Next offered: 2007-08.)
(3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
CE 682 3
Credits
Ice Engineering
In this course the factors governing design of marine
structures, which must contend with the presence of ice are discussed. Topics
include ice growth, ice structure, mechanical properties and their dependence
on temperature and structure, creep and fracture, mechanics of ice sheets,
forces on structures, and experimental methods. (Prerequisites: ES 331, MATH
202X, training or experience in soil mechanics. Next offered: 2006-07.)
(3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
CE 683 3
Credits
Arctic Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
The course is designed to present materials on aspects of
hydrology and hydraulics unique to engineering problems of the north. Although
the emphasis will be on Alaskan conditions, information from Canada and other
circumpolar countries will be included in the course. (Prerequisite: CE 344 or
equivalent.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
CE 684 3
Credits
Arctic Utility Distribution
Practices and considerations of utility distribution in
Arctic regions. Emphasis on proper design to include freeze protection, materials,
energy conservation and system selection. (Prerequisite: ES 341 or permission
of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
CE 685 3
Credits
Topics in Frozen Ground Engineering
Selected frozen ground foundation engineering problems will
be explored in depth including refrigerated foundations and pile foundations.
(Prerequisite: CE 681.) (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants