Presentations by the graduate student of selected current literature and research. Visiting lecturers.

Research carried out and reported under supervision of student's adviser as partial fulfillment of requirements for Master's degree in civil engineering or Master's degree in environmental engineering. May not be taken by those taking CE-ENGIN 679 Engineering Report or CE-ENGIN 699 Master's Thesis.

A commonly cited definition of sustainable development, from the landmark United Nations "Our Common Future" Brundtland Report in 1987, is "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." To design engineered systems that uphold the principle of sustainability, the entire life cycle of an engineered system must be considered. Through this course, students will learn to critically assess sustainability in the context of civil infrastructure and technology systems.

Graduate level course on reading and analyzing current literature in the field of hydrology and water resources.

Chemical equilibrium principles of acids-bases, dissolution-precipitation, oxidation-reduction, and complexation applied to understanding the chemistry of surface waters, groundwaters, and water and wastewater treatment.

This course is intended to introduce students to the basics of flying and operating unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) multirotor aircraft safely and reliably. This course assumes no prior knowledge of UAV?s or prior flying experience. This course is primarily focused on guiding students as they develop practical flying skills, but will also cover basic information on multirotor function, diagnostics, and maintenance. Preflight procedures are a key part of flying safely and will be covered. Most class time will be dedicated to providing flying practice for students.

This course provides students with an understanding of the various topics required by the FAA to obtain Remote Pilot Certification. At the end of this course, students will be prepared to take their FAA Remote Pilot Written Test. Students will also have an understanding of current public policy and regulations related to UAS in the United States.

This course introduces students to applications of probability theory, statistics, and decision analysis to engineering problems. Emphasis is placed on probabilistic modeling and analysis of civil and environmental engineering problems, Bayesian statistics, risk analysis, and decision under uncertainty.

This course is designed to enhance the knowledge base and analytical skills of engineering graduate students whose major interests are in geotechnical engineering and civil infrastructure materials. It can also be a selective for graduate students from geology (geosciences) and soil sciences. Major topics include the fundamentals of clay mineralogy, the mechanical and engineering properties of clay minerals, and a suite of micro/nano characterization techniques for clay minerals and other fine-grained geomaterials.

Fundamentals of traffic flow, modeling traffic with varying levels of details, replicating real world transportation systems based on transportation simulation tools, input analysis, output analysis, car-following models, lane-changing models, gap-acceptance models, future directions of transportation simulation.