EWES Program Elective Courses
Sustainable Management of Water Resources and Water Quality
- CEE 433 Water Technology and Policy
- CEE 434 Environmental Systems Analysis, I
- CEE 437 Water Quality Engineering
- CEE 440 Fate and Cleanup of Environmental Pollutants
- CEE 441 Air Pollution Sources, Transport and Control
- CEE 442 Principles of Environmental Engineering, Physical
- CEE 443 Principles of Environmental Engineering, Chemical
- CEE 444 Principles of Environmental Engineering, Biological
- CEE 449 Environmental Engineering Lab
- CEE 450 Surface Water Hydrology
- CEE 452 Hydraulic Analysis and Design
- CEE 453 Urban Hydrology and Hydraulics
- CEE 457 Groundwater
- CEE 534 Surface Water Quality Modeling
- CEE 535 Environmental Systems Analysis II
- CEE 537 Water Quality Control Processes I
- CEE 538 Water Quality Control Processes II
- CEE 550 Hydroclimatology
- CEE 551 Open-Channel Hydraulics
- CEE 552 River Basin Management
- CEE 555 Mixing in Environmental Flows
- CEE 557 Groundwater Modeling
Design and construction of energy- and water-efficient infrastructure
- CEE 401 Concrete Materials
- CEE 420 Construction Productivity
- CEE 421 Construction Planning
- CEE 422 Construction Cost Analysis
- CEE 525 Construction Case Studies
- CEE 527 Construction Conflict Resolution
- CEE 528 Construction Data Modeling
- CEE 503 Construction Materials Deterioration
- CEE 570 Finite Element Methods
- MSE 489 Materials Selection for Sustainability
- ARCH 441 Heat and Moisture in Buildings
- ARCH 580 Advanced Sustainability Principles
Geologic and Geotechnical Systems: Energy Resources, Extraction and Carbon Sequestration
- CEE 457 Groundwater
- CEE 483 Soil Mechanics and Behavior
- CEE 484 Applied Soil Mechanics
- CEE 585 Deep Foundations
- CEE 586 Rock Mechanics and Behavior
- CEE 588 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- GEOL 440 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
- GEOL 540 Petroleum Geology
- GEOL 570 Hydrogeology
Climate Change and Mitigation
- ATMS 420 Atmospheric Chemistry
- ATMS 421 Earth System Modeling
- ATMS 447 Climate Change Assessment
- ATMS 511 Atmospheric Radiation
- ESE 482 Challenges of Sustainability
Energy and Water in Transportation Systems
- CEE 401 Concrete Materials
- CEE 405 Asphalt Materials I
- CEE 406 Pavement Design I
- CEE 407 Airport Design
- CEE 408 Railroad Transportation Engineering
- CEE 409 Railroad Track Engineering
- CEE 410 Railway Signaling and Control
- CEE 411 Railroad Project Design and Construction
- CEE 416 Traffic Capacity Analysis
- CEE 417 Urban Transportation Planning
- CEE 418 Public Transportation
- CEE 491 Decision and Risk Analysis
- CEE 506 Pavement Design II
- CEE 508 Pavement Evaluation and Rehabilitation
- CEE 512 Logistics Systems Analysis
- CEE 515 Traffic Flow Theory
- CEE 517 Traffic Signal Systems
Energy Production and Conversion
- ABE 436 Renewable Energy Systems
- ABE 488 Bioprocessing Biomass for Fuel
- NPRE 402 Nuclear Power Engineering
- NPRE 470 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Sources
- NPRE 475 Wind Power Systems
- ME 400 Energy Conversion Systems
- ME 420 Intermediate Heat Transfer
- ME 502 Thermal Systems
- ME 520 Heat Conduction
- ME 521 Convective Heat Transfer
- ME 522 Thermal Radiation
Systems Analysis of the Energy-Water Nexus
- CEE 433 Water Technology and Policy
- CEE 434 Environmental Systems Analysis, I
- CEE 535 Environmental Systems Analysis II
- CEE 491 Decision and Risk Analysis
- CEE 512 Logistics Systems Analysis
- GE 424 State Space Design for Control
- IE 410 Stochastic Processes & Applications
- IE 411 Optimization of Large Systems
- STAT 420 Methods of Applied Statistics
- CS 412 Intro Data Mining
- CS 440 Artificial Intelligence
- CS 446 Machine Learning
- ECE 486 Control Systems
- ECE 490 Introduction to Optimization
- GE 531 Genetic Algorithm Methods
- GE 530 Multiattribute Decision Making
- IE 510 Applied Nonlinear Programming
- IE 511 Integer Programming
- IE 598 Monte Carlo Simulation Methods
- ECE 515 Control System Theory & Design
- ECE 517 Nonlinear & Adaptive Control
- ECE 528 Analysis of Nonlinear Systems
- ECE 553 Optimum Control Systems
- ECE 555 Control of Stochastic Systems
Areas of Study and Research
Construction Engineering Management
Construction engineers manage and direct construction operations. They analyze the labor, materials, and equipment for each job to determine the proper quantity of each and ensure availability at the appropriate time and place.
Civil engineers are often responsible for specifying, designing and manufacturing the materials with which they build their structures. Studies in construction materials are intended to make structural, transportation and foundation engineers aware of the fundamental properties of the materials they use.
Energy-Water-Environment Sustainability
Interdisciplinary program
The program in Energy-Water-Environment Sustainability (EWES) is a cross-cutting program focused on providing and supporting sustainable solutions for the exploration, production, delivery and use of energy, and their intersection with water and the natural and built environment. The program focuses on integrating scientific principles, engineered processes, and systems analyses to address diverse challenges related to society's growing energy needs and their nexus with water and the environment.
Environmental Engineering and Science
Environmental engineers help solve problems of air, land and water contamination. They design, construct and operate systems that purify water for drinking, industrial use and recreation. They develop and implement air-purification devices and protocols for solid and hazardous waste management.
Geotechnical engineers use soil, rock and geosynthetics as engineering materials. They design earth- and rock-filled dams, tunnels, landfills and foundations for structures of all types.
Societal Risk and Hazard Mitigation
Interdisciplinary program
The Societal Risk Management (SRHM) program is a cross-disciplinary program that focuses on the development of a secure and safe society. The program concentrates on risk determination, risk evaluation and risk management for natural and human-made hazards, and disaster response and recovery.
Structural engineers design economical structures that resist forces induced by wind, earthquakes, blasts and heavy traffic. The tools of the structural engineer include physical testing, mathematical modeling and computer simulation.
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Systems
Interdisciplinary program
The interdisciplinary program Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Systems (SRIS) addresses emerging approaches to infrastructure systems focusing on resiliency and sustainability of inter-connected infrastructure, for example, structural, geotechnical, and water interactions in urban environments. The program aims to prepare new generations of civil engineers who are ready to address pressing societal issues while developing needed infrastructure.
Transportation engineers use technological and scientific principles to improve movement of people, goods and services by land, air and water. They plan, design, build, operate and maintain railway, highway, airport, marine, pedestrian and industrial facilities for safety, efficiency, economy, resilience and sustainability.
Water Resources Engineering and Science
Water resource engineers help solve complex water challenges, including providing society with safe and reliable water supplies, managing impacts of floods and drought, and enhancing environmental quality. They plan, design, manage and operate surface water and groundwater systems that are sustainable and adaptable to changing climate and human activity.