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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 7018 - Water Quality Modeling
Description:
Addresses water quality modeling and its applications through case studies; application of QUAL2K and WASP models which are widely used in environmental engineering.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Summer 2020
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 7111 - Intro Hydraulics & Hydrology
Description:
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.
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 7300 - Design of Railway&Airport Infr
Description:
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.
Prerequisites:
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Summer 2012
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 7303 - Pavement Design & Dynamic Resp
Description:
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).
Prerequisites:
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2018, Summer 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2012
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 7402 - Forensic Engineering
Description:
Forensic evaluation and analysis of structural failures. Case studies of bridge, building, dam and construction catastrophes. Investigation of various failure mechanisms.
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2025, Summer 2022, Summer 2020, Summer 2018
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 7405 - Wood Design
Description:
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 7412 - Modern Structural Analysis
Description:
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 7502 - Fundamentals Env Eng Processes
Description:
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.
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2018
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 7513 - Fate-Trans. Contaminants
Description:
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.
Prerequisites:
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 7514 - Sustainable Manufacturing
Description:
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2025, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2008
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 7520 - Environmental Compliance Sys.
Description:
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2024, Fall 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2014
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 7701 - Aquatic Chem Environ EGR
Description:
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2019
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 7829 - Princ Sust Devel for Ind & Soc
Description:
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8102 - Foundation Engineering
Description:
Deep foundations, bulkheads, soil-structure interaction and advanced topics in soil behavior and stability. Prerequisite: Undergraduate Soil Mechanics
Design of civil engineering structures, such as retaining walls and landfills, using geosynthetics for reinforcement, drainage, filtration, separation, and containment. Prerequisite: Undergraduate Soil Mechanics
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2019
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8104 - Geoenvironmental Engineering
Description:
Application of geotechnical engineering to the disposal of wastes, remediation of polluted environments, and sustainable construction.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2018
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8105 - Advanced Geotechnical Engr.
Description:
Practical design of below-grade support and special foundation work in urban and difficult sites.
Design of slopes and embankments, including slope stability, seepage, and design applications.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8107 - Geoenvironmental Processes
Description:
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).
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2017
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8108 - Geotechnical Earthquake Eng
Description:
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8111 - Analysis & Design of Dams
Description:
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.
Transportation problems as related to urban areas; transit and other mode characteristics and planning; transportation network analyses through generation; distribution and assignment.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2023, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2015
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8202 - Transportation Plan & OP
Description:
Transportation planning and operation based on recently developed capacity analyses of transportation facilities and networks.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8203 - Traffic Engineering
Description:
Road user and vehicle characteristics, stream flow characteristics, freeway operations, speed studies, traffic control and management, and its technologies and applications.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2019, Spring 2017
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8205 - Highway Safety
Description:
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2013
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8206 - Construction Project Mngmnt
Description:
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.
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).
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).
Prerequisites:
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2015
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8209 - Transportation Economics
Description:
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
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2024
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8210 - Public Transportation Systems
Description:
The course focuses on contemporary trends in public transportation systems. It covers a broad range of topics including public transportation agency models, modes and contracting sustainability in transit, mass transit funding and fares, and big-data cybersecurity in transit.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2025
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8303 - Urban Planning
Description:
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2014
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8305 - Civil Engr Data Analytics
Description:
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8402 - Repair & Retrofit of Civil Str
Description:
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Summer 2020
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8420 - Composites for Infrastructure
Description:
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2011
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8434 - Structural Dynamics
Description:
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8435 - Reinforced Concrete
Description:
Design and behavior of beams, columns and two-way slabs; shear and torsion; shear walls; strut and tie models.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8436 - Prestressed Concrete
Description:
Prestressed and partial prestressed concrete; flexure, shear, serviceability; composite beams; continuity, primary and secondary moments; load balancing. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Prerequisites:
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2016
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8437 - Structural Steel
Description:
Behavior of steel beams, columns, and frames; elastic and plastic analysis; composite design; load and resistance factor.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8438 - Structural Connections
Description:
Behavior of structural connections involving high strength bolts and welds; semi-rigid connections; LRFD and ASD.
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Summer 2024, Summer 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2017
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8440 - Adv. Cementitious Materials
Description:
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2012
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8442 - Advanced Structural Mechanics
Description:
Continuously supported rods and beams; stability analysis and the buckling of columns and frames; applied fracture mechanics.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8443 - Advanced Structural Analysis
Description:
Advanced structural theory and analysis. Beams, frames, and beam-columns; multistory structures; non-prismatic sections; curved members; thin plates and shells.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2009, Fall 2007, Fall 2005, Spring 2004
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8449 - Numerical Structural Mechanics
Description:
Discrete and Continuous System Models; Linear and Nonlinear Analyses in Solid and Structural Mechanics; Beams, Frames, and Plates; Time-Dependent Problems; Commercial Software Applications.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2025, Spring 2023
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8460 - Tall Building Design
Description:
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).
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2020
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8462 - Design of Bridge Substructures
Description:
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2023, Fall 2021
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8501 - Surface Water Hydrology
Description:
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).
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8502 - Watershed Modeling
Description:
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.
Prerequisites:
CEE 8501 (min. grade: C)
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8503 - Open Channel Hydraulics
Description:
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).
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8507 - Environmental Fluids
Description:
The principal concepts of fluid mechanics applied to environmental systems, such as rivers, lakes, estuaries and the atmosphere.
Prerequisites:
CEE 8503
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2014
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8508 - Urban Hyd & Storm Water Mgmt
Description:
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).
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8510 - Groundwater Hydrology
Description:
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.
Prerequisites:
CEE 7111
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8511 - River Dynamics
Description:
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.
Prerequisites:
CEE 8503
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8512 - River Mechanics & Engineering
Description:
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.
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.
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2023
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8602 - CEE Special Topics - Grad
Description:
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.
Credit Hours:
1
Last Offered:
Summer 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Summer 2018
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8603 - CEE Graduate Practicum
Description:
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.
Credit Hours:
0
Last Offered:
Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8707 - Phys/Chem Treatment Proc
Description:
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).
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 8708 - Bio Treatment Processes
Description:
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.
Prerequisites:
CEE 7511
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 9030 - CE Resrch/Investigation
Description:
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.
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 9031 - Thesis I
Description:
Prerequisites:
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 9032 - Thesis II
Description:
Prerequisites:
Credit Hours:
3
Last Offered:
Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 9080 - Thesis Continuation
Description:
Credit Hours:
0
Last Offered:
Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024
CRSE Attributes:
NONE
CEE 9801 - CEE Graduate Practicum
Description:
Provides work experience for a graduate student who has been offered an opportunity to work in the civil or environmental engineering field in industry. Required for curricular practical training. Permission of Graduate Advisor.
