CEE

Courses

CEE 7010: Lake, Stream & Wetland Ecology

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Summer 2023, Summer 2021, Summer 2019, Summer 2018
Basic ecological principles. Food chains, trophic structure, biogeochemical cycles, and ecosystem dynamics. Water quality problems including nutrient enrichment, toxicity, and nonpoint source pollution. Watershed evaluation and management concepts, and TMDL applications.

CEE 7011: Hazardous Waste Manage

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018
Regulatory considerations, land disposal problems, groundwater contamination, health and safety, site clean-up, and treatment methods; RCRA, TSCA and other regulatory compliance aspects; health and safety requirements; land disposal options and design considerations; groundwater clean-up methodologies; treatment technologies and conceptual designs; remedial investigations and feasibility studies of hazardous waste sites; and case histories.

CEE 7018: Water Quality Modeling

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Summer 2020
Addresses water quality modeling and its applications through case studies; application of QUAL2K and WASP models which are widely used in environmental engineering.

CEE 7111: Intro Hydraulics & Hydrology

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021
Extension of fluid mechanics. Basic principles, mathematical concepts and solution methods, experimental data, and engineering judgment. Pressurized-flow systems, free surface flow, stream channel behavior and control, hydrologic data interpretation, hydrograph analysis and synthesis, Prerequisite: Undergraduate fluid mechanics (or its equivalent), proficiency in computers.

CEE 7211: Water Res Planning & Mgmt

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
Theoretical and practical approaches to water resource planning, analysis, design, economics and management: ground water and surface water supply, wetlands protection, water quality, water demand projections and reservoir operation. Prerequisite: CEE 7111 or its undergraduate equivalent.

CEE 7300: Design of Railway&Airport Infr

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Summer 2012
Design principles for infrastructure found in railway and airport facilities. Railway facilities built for passenger and freight service, track geometry and alignment design, drainage, and intermodal operations. Design of airport infrastructure and field systems, including runway, taxiway, and aprons. Prerequisite: Engineering Statiscs.

CEE 7303: Pavement Design & Dynamic Resp

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2018, Summer 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2012
Response of pavements subjected to both static and dynamic loads; design of rigid and flexible pavements; inspection and rehabilitation of pavement structures; design airport and port facility pavements. Prerequisite: CEE 8439 (with permission of instructor in the absence of this prerequisite).

CEE 7402: Forensic Engineering

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Summer 2023, Summer 2021, Summer 2019, Summer 2017
Forensic evaluation and analysis of structural failures. Case studies of bridge, building, dam and construction catastrophes. Investigation of various failure mechanisms.

CEE 7404: Masonry Design

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Summer 2022, Summer 2020, Summer 2018, Summer 2016
Design and behavior of masonry structural components with emphasis on design codes; ASD and SD design approaches; material properties; unreinforced and reinforced masonry; bearing walls, flexural walls, shear walls, beams, columns, pilasters; construction specifications; movements in masonry structures.

CEE 7405: Wood Design

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
Design and behavior of wood structural components with emphasis on design codes; ASD and LRFD design approaches; material properties; beams, tension members, compression members, combined loading; connections; structural panels; shear walls and diaphragms; engineered wood products.

CEE 7412: Modern Structural Analysis

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
Development of structural stiffness matrices for trusses, beams and frames; nonlinear analysis of frames; numerical solutions of plates; finite elements for plane stress and strain; solid elements; utilization of commercial computer software.

CEE 7502: Fundamentals Env Eng Processes

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021
Fundamental physical, chemical and biological principles and processes for water and wastewater treatment; chemical kinetics, reactor engineering, mass transfer and sedimentation. Prerequisites: CEE 3107 Mechanics III: Fluid Behavior or its equivalent and two semesters of undergraduate chemistry.

CEE 7511: Microbiology Enviro EGR

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2018
Introduction to microbiology and biochemistry; bacteria, fungi, algae, protozoa, and viruses; structure, function, synthesis, and degradation of lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates; nutritional requirements for microbial growth; waterborne disease; indicator organisms; microbial ecology; and microbiology of the nitrifiers, methanogens, and sulfur bacteria. Prerequisite: One year of undergraduate chemistry.

CEE 7513: Fate-Trans. Contaminants

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017
Physical, chemical, and biological processes governing the fate and transport of hazardous contaminants in natural and engineered systems: sorption, volatilization, biodegradation, hydrolysis, advection, and diffusion.

CEE 7514: Sustainable Manufacturing

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2008, Spring 2006
Preventive environmental management approaches versus end of pipe treatment; cleaner production development and implementation; cleaner production tools such as environmental impact assessment, life cycle analysis, environmental technology assessment, chemical assessment, environmental compliance audit, waste audit, energy audit, risk audit, and good house keeping. Sustainable development and environmental ethics as integral components of pollution prevention approach.

CEE 7520: Environmental Compliance Sys.

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2024, Fall 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2014
This course will cover environmental, health and safety, and hazardous materials handling laws and the resulting regulations with which industry must comply. Tools and techniques for designing and conducting defensible compliance audits and due diligence programs will be provided. Prerequisite: Undergraduate Chemistry.

CEE 7701: Aquatic Chem Environ EGR

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2017
Chemical kinetics; equilibrium analyses of water solutions incorporating solubility, ionization, acid-base, redox, and complexation considerations; use of graphical procedures to analyze complex mixtures; and, applications including pC-pH diagrams of the carbonate system, chemistry of iron and aluminum coagulants, alkalinity and acidity of natural waters, and metal complexation by organic ligands. Prerequisite: One year of undergraduate chemistry.

CEE 7829: Princ Sust Devel for Ind & Soc

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018
Investigation of problems with the present system of development and production, and evaluation of required steps to achieve sustainability will be conducted. Sustainability approaches such as green engineering and design, renewable energy systems, sustainable transportation, green building and low impact development techniques will be explored.

CEE 8102: Foundation Engineering

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Summer 2024, Summer 2022, Summer 2020, Summer 2018
Deep foundations, bulkheads, soil-structure interaction and advanced topics in soil behavior and stability. Prerequisite: Undergraduate Soil Mechanics

CEE 8103: Geosynthetics

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2017
Design of civil engineering structures, such as retaining walls and landfills, using geosynthetics for reinforcement, drainage, filtration, separation, and containment. Prerequisite: Undergraduate Soil Mechanics

CEE 8104: Geoenvironmental Engineering

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2018
Application of geotechnical engineering to the disposal of wastes, remediation of polluted environments, and sustainable construction.

CEE 8105: Advanced Geotechnical Engr.

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Summer 2021, Summer 2019, Summer 2017, Spring 2015
Practical design of below-grade support and special foundation work in urban and difficult sites.

CEE 8106: Embankments and Slopes

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018
Design of slopes and embankments, including slope stability, seepage, and design applications.

CEE 8107: Geoenvironmental Processes

Program
Credits 3
Processes governing flow and transport in soil and rock, measurement of transport properties, and design and evaluation of Geoenvironmental application. First Offering: Spring 2017 (will be offered odd spring).

CEE 8108: Geotechnical Earthquake Eng

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019
Plate tectonics and earthquakes faulting; strong ground motions; development of design ground motions; dynamic soil properties; evaluation and mitigation of soil liquefaction; seismic earth pressures; seismic slope stability; soil-structure interaction.

CEE 8111: Analysis & Design of Dams

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Summer 2023, Summer 2021, Summer 2019
Dam history; site investigation and loading; embankment, gravity, and arch dam design; hydraulic control structures and spillway design considerations; construction of dams; failure modes and risk analysis; dam performance monitoring.

CEE 8201: Urban Transportation Egr

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2023, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2015
Transportation problems as related to urban areas; transit and other mode characteristics and planning; transportation network analyses through generation; distribution and assignment.

CEE 8202: Transportation Plan & OP

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014
Transportation planning and operation based on recently developed capacity analyses of transportation facilities and networks.

CEE 8203: Traffic Engineering

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2022, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2015
Road user and vehicle characteristics, stream flow characteristics, freeway operations, speed studies, traffic control and management, and its technologies and applications.

CEE 8205: Highway Safety

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2013
Overview of highway safety including factors that contribute to highway crashes, techniques to improve the safety of the roads, geometric design elements, and accident reconstruction techniques.

CEE 8206: Construction Project Mngmnt

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Summer 2024, Summer 2022, Summer 2020, Summer 2018
Project organization, scheduling techniques; changes, delays and claims management; systematic design review (standards and specifications); cost control technique of value engineering; quality control/quality assurance and warranty techniques; innovative contracting: design-build variations and public-private partnerships; case studies and computer-based scheduling. Prerequisite: BSCE or consent of instructor.

CEE 8207: Des of Sustainable Transp Sys

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Summer 2023, Summer 2021, Summer 2019, Summer 2017
Environmental consequences and transportation systems; context sensitive solutions; national measures of sustainability in transportation; infrastructure asset management. Prerequisite: CEE 2211 or equivalent introduction undergraduate course in transportation engineering (or consent of instructor).

CEE 8208: Sustainable Pavement Systems

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2015
Pavement preservation, accelerated construction techniques, intelligent compaction, recycled and waste products in asphalt/concrete mixtures, energy translation from pavements, and the use of innovative materials in highway construction. Prerequisites: CEE 8439 (with permission of instructor in the absence of this prerequisite).

CEE 8209: Transportation Economics

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2024
In this course, we will dive into the economic forces driving transportation systems and explore pricing strategies, policy impacts, and sustainability challenges, gaining insights to navigate the complex world of transportation in a rapidly changing global landscape

CEE 8303: Urban Planning

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2014
Structure and history of urbanization in the United States. The current problems of cities and suburbs, and how they have evolved, will be the subjects of student projects. Will Philadelphia survive? Proposed solutions involving community activism, urban renewal, fiscal reform and new towns will be examined and evaluated. The design professional's role in the planning team is defined.

CEE 8305: Civil Engr Data Analytics

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Emphasizes the practical implementation of data analytics using Python and R. Uses real world civil engineering datasets in transportation and building energy consumption to cover data visualization, data cleaning, feature extraction, and statistical modeling, and introduces machine learning and clustering.

CEE 8402: Repair & Retrofit of Civil Str

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Summer 2020
Repair and retrofit of structures and structural members; repair of concrete, steel wood, and masonry structures due to deterioration and strength deficiencies; introduction to the use of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) materials for repair.

CEE 8420: Composites for Infrastructure

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2011
Constituent materials and manufacturing processes for composites; limit-state design philosophy; anisotropic laminate theory for composite plates, beams, and shells; applications in reinforced concrete, structural and geotechnical engineering.

CEE 8434: Structural Dynamics

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
Dynamic response of damped and undamped structural systems. Free vibration; forced vibration for harmonic and general loading. Single and multiple degree-of-freedom systems. Modal superposition method; matrix structural analysis approach to dynamic problems.

CEE 8435: Reinforced Concrete

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
Design and behavior of beams, columns and two-way slabs; shear and torsion; shear walls; strut and tie models.

CEE 8436: Prestressed Concrete

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2016
Prestressed and partial prestressed concrete; flexure, shear, serviceability; composite beams; continuity, primary and secondary moments; load balancing. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

CEE 8437: Structural Steel

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
Behavior of steel beams, columns, and frames; elastic and plastic analysis; composite design; load and resistance factor.

CEE 8438: Structural Connections

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Summer 2024, Summer 2022, Summer 2020, Summer 2018
Behavior of structural connections involving high strength bolts and welds; semi-rigid connections; LRFD and ASD.

CEE 8439: CE Materials

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Summer 2024, Summer 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2017
Fundamentals of material science with applications to structural and transportation materials. Durability, fracture, fatigue, corrosion, non-destructive tests and properties of masonry, concrete, asphalt, and wood will be taught with discussion of laboratory testing, specifications, and quality assurance (QA) data analysis. Prerequisites: Undergraduate mechanics of materials course.

CEE 8440: Adv. Cementitious Materials

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2012
Advanced concepts related to concrete and other cement-based materials; multi-scale characterization (from macro to nano) of structure and behavior of cement-based systems, role of concrete in sustainable design, concrete durability; modifications through admixtures, special concretes, alternative binders.

CEE 8442: Advanced Structural Mechanics

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014
Continuously supported rods and beams; stability analysis and the buckling of columns and frames; applied fracture mechanics.

CEE 8443: Advanced Structural Analysis

Program
Credits 3
Advanced structural theory and analysis. Beams, frames, and beam-columns; multistory structures; non-prismatic sections; curved members; thin plates and shells.

CEE 8449: Applied Finite Elements CEE

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2023
Discrete and Continuous System Models; Linear and Nonlinear Analyses in Solid and Structural Mechanics; Beams, Frames, and Plates; Time-Dependent Problems; Commercial Software Applications.

CEE 8460: Tall Building Design

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Summer 2023, Summer 2021, Summer 2019
Behavior of high-rise building structures and design of their foundations, lateral systems and gravity systems. Wind and seismic loading, wind tunnel considerations. Introduction to finite element modeling software (ETABS).
Prerequisite Courses

CEE 8461: Design of Bridge Superstructur

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2020
Addresses AASHTO LRFD Bridge specifications as it applies to superstructure design of steel, concrete, and timber bridges; introduction to inspection, repair, and load rating for superstructure elements.

CEE 8462: Design of Bridge Substructures

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2023, Fall 2021
Addresses AASHTO LRFD Bridge specifications as it applies to substructure design of steel, concrete, and timber bridges; mechanically stabilized abutments, open abutments, column and solid wall piers; structural design of spread footing and pile supported foundations; introduction to inspection, repair, and load rating for substructure elements.

CEE 8501: Surface Water Hydrology

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
Basic factors for hydraulic design and storage requirements; frequency and duration studies; runoff hydrographs; design storms and flood determinations; hydrologic and hydraulic routing; peak flow formulas; reservoir regulation; effects of land use and treatment; mathematical models including HEC-HMS. Prerequisite: CEE 7111 (or its equivalent).

CEE 8502: Watershed Modeling

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017
Continuation of CEE 8501 (Surface Water Hydrology). Use and application of hydrologic quality and quantity watershed models. Topics include GIS, Scale, accuracy and numerical and statistical methods.

CEE 8501 :C

CEE 8503: Open Channel Hydraulics

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
Free surface flow in canals, chutes, bends, gradual and abrupt transitions, stilling basins and energy dissipators, constrictions, bridge waterways, spillways; channel delivery; water-surface profiles in artificial and natural channels; unsteady flow, wave propagation and surges; design criteria and case histories; mathematical models including HEC-RAS. Prerequisite: CEE 7111 (or its equivalent).

CEE 8507: Environmental Fluids

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014
The principal concepts of fluid mechanics applied to environmental systems, such as rivers, lakes, estuaries and the atmosphere.
Prerequisite Courses

CEE 8508: Urban Hyd & Storm Water Mgmt

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018
Current engineering approaches to reduce adverse environmental effects of urbanization. Water quality and runoff quantity. Storm water management and best management practices. Prerequisite: CEE 7111 (or its equivalent).

CEE 8510: Groundwater Hydrology

Program
Credits 3
The occurrence and movement of water in the subsurface portion of the hydrologic cycle. Darcy's Law and flow equations for surficial aquifers, confined aquaifers, and the unsaturated zone. Pump tests for the determination of conductivity and storage. Seawater intrusion, sustainable yields, land subsidence, streamflow depletions and groundwater contamination.

CEE 8511: River Dynamics

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019
Changes in channels and floodplains through time based on the governing theories of fluvial geomorphology, river hydraulics, and sediment entrainment, transport, and deposition. Analysis of various aspects of channels numberically and using different software platforms.
Prerequisite Courses

CEE 8512: River Mechanics & Engineering

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Summer 2024, Summer 2022, Summer 2020, Summer 2018
Includes fluvial geomorphology, streambank stabilization, dam removal, in-stream habitat enhancement, sediment transport analysis, scour at bridges and culverts, design of scour countermeasures, design of naturally and structurally stable channel systems and design of energy dissipaters.
Prerequisite Courses

CEE 8551: Special Topics in Water Resour

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021
Explores contemporary topics within water resources engineering with a unique theme identified for each course offering. The chosen topic theme changes with each offering to emphasize pressing issues within the industry. Technical details of topic theme are placed in the context of case studies.

CEE 8601: Special Topics Engr

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020
Individual supervised study. Topic and scope must be submitted in writing to topic advisor for approval prior to registration. Requirements must be completed by the end of its semester of registration.

CEE 8602: CEE Special Topics - Grad

Program
Credits 1
Last Offered
Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Summer 2018
Individual supervised study. Topic and scope must be submitted in writing to topic advisor for approval prior to registration. Requirements must be completed by the end of its semester of registration.

CEE 8603: CEE Graduate Practicum

Program
Last Offered
Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023
Provides work experience for a graduate student who has been offered an opportunity to work in the civil engineering field in industry. Required for curricular practical training.

CEE 8707: Phys/Chem Treatment Proc

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018
Analysis and design of physical/chemical processes for treatment of contaminated air and water. Topics include adsorption, stripping, scrubbing, chemical oxidation, disinfection, coagulation and flocculation, filtration, water softening and ion exchange. Prerequisite: CEE 7502 and CEE 7701 (or their equivalents).

CEE 8708: Bio Treatment Processes

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017
Biological treatment processes including aerobic, anoxic, and anaerobic processes; suspended growth and fixed film microbial communities; biological nutrient removal processes. Prerequisite: CEE 7511 or its equivalent.
Prerequisite Courses

CEE 9030: CE Resrch/Investigation

Program
Credits 3
Last Offered
Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023
Topic and scope must be submitted in writing to topic advisor for approval prior to registration. The results of the course findings may provide the basis for the thesis option. The final written document at the completion of the semester will be submitted for approval as a thesis proposal or a term paper for grade. The thesis proposal must be agreed upon by both the student and the topic advisor and approved by the chairperson. Requirements must be completed by the end of its semester of registration and prior to CEE 9031 registration. Prerequisite: Consent of chairperson.