COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Lower-Division Undergraduate Courses
CENG 5. Introduction to Development Impact Analysis
Introduction to the decision-making concepts that determine the feasibility of a project. Aspects of project planning, evaluation, and implementation. Identification of impacts on the community and the environment. (4 units)
CENG 10. Surveying
Survey instruments: their use and care. Principles of topographic mapping, linear measurements, leveling, traverses, curves, boundary, and public surveys. Field laboratory. (4 units)
CENG 15. Computer Applications in Civil Engineering
Computer-based methods for technical problem solving. Introduction to some of the basic features in spreadsheet and math analysis programs to aid engineering solutions. Visual Basic programming in a spreadsheet environment. Graphical presentation of technical data. Autocad basics. Laboratory. (4 units)
CENG 20. Geology
Development and formation of geologic materials. Significance of structure, landform, erosion, deposition. Stream and shoreline processes. Surface water. Laboratory. (4 units)
CENG 41. Mechanics I: Statics
Resolution and composition of force systems and equilibrium of force systems acting on structures and mechanisms. Distributed forces. Friction. Moments of inertia. Prerequisite: PHYS 31. (4 units)
CENG 42. Mechanics II: Dynamics
Dynamics of a particle and dynamics of rigid bodies. Work and energy methods. Momentum methods. Kinetics of systems of particles. Prerequisite: CENG 41. (2 units)
CENG 43. Mechanics III: Strength of Materials
Analysis of stresses and strains in machines and structural members. Analysis of members subject to axial forces, torsion, bending, and combined loads. Stability of columns. Introduction to energy methods. Laboratory. Prerequisite: CENG 41. (5 units)
Upper-Division Undergraduate Courses
CENG 115. Civil Engineering Materials
Origin, manufacture, and processing of materials used in civil engineering construction, such as metals, wood, plastics, cement and concrete. Testing methods to determine physical and mechanical properties. Material deterioration and environmental considerations. Laboratory. Prerequisite: CHEM 11. (4 units)
CENG 118. Construction Engineering
Construction management. Equipment. Drawings and specifications, cost estimating, bidding. Contracts, bonds, financing, insurance. Labor. Project planning and scheduling. Prerequisite: Junior standing. (3 units)
CENG 119. Designing for Sustainable Construction
Design strategies for sustainable commercial and residential construction. Use of LEED criteria for assessing sustainable construcion. Team-based project planning, design, and construction. Economic evaluation of sustainable technologies. Overall project management. Prerequisite: Junior standing. (4 units)
CENG 121. Geotechnical Engineering
Origin, development, and properties of soils. Classification of soils and applications of engineering mechanics to soils as an engineering material. Water in soils. Soil-testing methods. Compaction, stabilization, consolidation, shear strength, and slope stability. Laboratory. Prerequisites: CENG 20 and 43. (4 units)
CENG 123. Environmental Reaction Engineering
Reaction stoichiometry and kinetics. Reactions of environmental significance. Dynamic and equilibrium system modeling. Reactor configurations and their effects on extent of reaction. Laboratory. Prerequisites: CHEM 11 or equivalent, AMTH 106, and junior standing. (4 units)
CENG 125. Municipal Engineering Design
Various aspects of civil engineering as applied in municipal (public works) design practice. Maps and plats; site layout and earthworks; drainage; streets and utilities. Design laboratory. Prerequisite: CENG 10. (4 units)
CENG 128. Engineering Economics
Time value of money. Economic analysis of engineering projects. Planning and capital budgeting. Rate-of-return analysis. Depreciation. Cash-flow analysis. (2 units)
CENG 132. Structural Analysis
Analysis of statically determinate beams, trusses, and frames. Influence lines for beams and trusses. Analysis of statically indeterminate structures. Modeling and analysis of structures using commercial software applications. Prerequisites: CENG 15 and 43. (4 units)
CENG 133. Timber Design
Timber structural systems. Design of structural members for tension, compression, bending, and shear. Design of shear walls and diaphragms. Connection and hardware design and specification. Timber design project required. May be taken for graduate credit. Prerequisite: CENG 132. (4 units)
CENG 134. Structural Steel Design I
An introduction to the construction of steel structures. Behavior and design of simple structural members including beams, columns, beam-columns and tension members. An introduction to detailing requirements and design. Prerequisite: CENG 132. (4 units)
CENG 135. Reinforced Concrete Design
Ultimate strength design of reinforced concrete members considering flexure, shear, and axial forces. Anchorage and development of reinforcing bars. Laboratory includes experiments to illustrate influence of design requirements on structural behavior. Prerequisite: CENG 132. (5 units)
CENG 136. Advanced Concrete Structures
Analysis and design of reinforced-concrete and frame-wall structures for gravity and lateral loads; use of strut and tie method for disturbed regions; and introduction to prestressed concrete. Prerequisite: CENG 135. (4 units)
CENG 137. Earthquake Engineering Design
Introduction to seismic sources, wave propagation, and effects on structures. Spectral representations of demands. Design according to current code provisions, and using simplified pushover methods. Prerequisite: CENG 132. (4 units)
CENG 138. Geotechnical Engineering Design
Foundation exploration; bearing capacity and settlement analysis; spread foundations; piles and caissons; earth-retaining structures; loads on underground conduits; subsurface construction. Prerequisites: CENG 121 and 135. (4 units)
CENG 139. Groundwater Hydrology
Groundwater occurrence, flow principles, flow to wells, and regional flow. Groundwater contamination, management, and modeling. Field methods. Field trips. Laboratory. Prerequisite: MECH 122. (3 units)
CENG 140. Water Resources Engineering
Concepts of various aspects of water resources. Analysis of various aspects of water resources: hydrologic cycle, evaporation, infiltration, precipitation, snow, flood frequency, and runoff. Impacts of development, land use and climate changes on water supply, and the importance of these changes to society. Laboratory. Prerequisite: MECH 122. (4 units)
CENG 141. Hydraulic Engineering
Principles of hydraulics; flow in pipes and pipe networks; water hammer and surge tanks; flow in open channels; hydraulic machinery. Prerequisite: MECH 122. (4 units)
CENG 142. Water Resources Design
Design of system components for water supply and flood control projects, including storage facilities, closed conduits, open channels, well fields, and pumping systems. Prerequisites: CENG 140 and 141. (4 units)
CENG 143. Environmental Engineering
Water and air quality. Water supply and pollution control; air pollution control. Management of solid wastes. Laboratory. Prerequisites: CHEM 11, MATH 12, and junior standing. (4 units)
CENG 144. Environmental Systems Design
Design of treatment and distribution systems for potable water. Design of collection and treatment systems for water pollution control and wastewater reclamation. Laboratory. Prerequisites: CENG 141 and 143. (4 units)
CENG 145. Transportation Engineering Design
Transportation systems analysis. Traffic flow. Highway geometric design, traffic control, transportation planning. Transportation policies and economics. Prerequisites: CENG 10 and junior standing. (4 units)
CENG 146. Practical Design of Cold- Formed Steel Frame Structural Systems
Introduction to the fundamentals of cold-formed steel frame construction. Review of current design and construction practice, specifications, standards, and codes. Practical design of members and connection detailing. Understanding evaluation reports. Prerequisite: CENG 133, 134, or 135. (4 units)
CENG 147. Pavement Design
Paving materials. Geometric and structural design of highways. Urban street layout and details. Layout and design of airport runways. Prerequisites: CENG 121 and 135. (4 units)
CENG 148. Structural Systems
Introduction to principles for choosing structural systems and performance criteria. Fire, sound and thermal requirements for buildings. Estimation of design loads. Approximate techniques for system design and evaluation. Horizontal and vertical subsystems. Prerequisite: CENG 132. (3 units)
CENG 149. Civil Systems Engineering
Introduction to engineering systems analysis and management technologies and their applications to civil engineering problems, such as transportation, assignment, critical path, and maximum flow problems. Topics include linear programming, nonlinear programming, probability and queuing theory, as well as relevant applications to civil engineering problems. Prerequisites: MATH 13 and junior standing. (4 units)
CENG 150. Traffic Engineering: Design and Operations
Basic characteristics of motor-vehicle traffic, highway and intersection capacity, applications of traffic control devices, traffic data studies, signal design, traffic safety, design of crash barriers. Prerequisite: CENG 145. (4 units)
CENG 151. Special Topics in Transportation Engineering
Advanced analysis and design concepts in transportation engineering. Traffic flow simulation and control in urban areas. Prerequisite: CENG 145. (4 units)
CENG 160. GIS in Water Resources
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology with applications in watershed analysis and hydrology. Obtaining and processing digital information for watersheds, mapping terrain, spatial analysis, computing river networks from digital elevation models, preparing data for hydrologic modeling for water supply and flood studies. Prerequisite: Junior standing. (3 units)
CENG 161. Sustainable Water Resources
Covers techniques related to analysis and design of water resource systems, from flood control projects to drinking water supply, as environmental constraints and societal values shift. Material includes sustainable and low-impact design techniques, climate change impacts on water, assessing sustainability, life-cycle economics, and current topics. Cross-listed with CENG 61. Prerequisites: None. (3 units)
CENG 162. Computational Water Resources
Use of professional applications software to design and evaluate facility components and systems for water resources engineering projects. Laboratory. Prerequisites: CENG 140 and 141. (3 units)
CENG 163. Solid Waste Management
Characterization of solid waste streams. Overview of collection, transport, processing, and disposal options. Waste stream reduction and resource recovery strategies. (4 units)
CENG 188. Co-op Education
Practical experience in a planned program designed to give students work experience related to their academic field of study and career objectives. Satisfactory completion of the assignment includes preparation of a summary report on co-op activities. P/NP grading. May be taken for graduate credit. (2 units)
CENG 189. Co-op Technical Report
Credit given for a technical report on a specific activity such as a design or a research project, etc., after completing the co-op assignment. Approval of department co-op advisor required. Letter grades based on content and presentation quality of report. May be taken for graduate credit. (2 units)
CENG 192A. Civil Engineering Design Methods
Introduction to problem-solving methodology for design of civil engineering systems and components. Applications of engineering techniques and procedures to civil engineering design. Preliminary design studies and evaluation of alternatives. Environmental impact assessment. Selection of a topic for Senior Design Project (CENG 193) and initial conceptual design. Prerequisite: Senior standing. (2 units)
CENG 192B. Technical Writing for Civil Engineers
Organization of engineering proposals and reports. General aspects of technical communications. Content and organization of written contract documents. Development of oral presentation skills and strategies. Prerequisites: ENGL 2 and concurrent enrollment in CENG 192A. (2 units)
CENG 192C. Development of Construction Drawings
Content and organization of construction drawings. Advanced CAD techniques. Role of drawings and written specifications. Prerequisites: MECH 10 and junior standing. (2 units)
CENG 193. Senior Design Project
Investigation of an approved civil engineering project. The design process—including problem formulation, analysis, preliminary design, final design, and plans—is completed. Formal public presentation of results. Prerequisites: CENG 192A and 192B. (4 units)
CENG 194. Senior Design Project II
Continuation of the senior project. Formal public presentation of the results. Prerequisite: CENG 193. (2 units)
CENG 197. Special Topics in Civil Engineering
Subjects of current interest. May be taken more than once if topics differ. (1-4 units)
CENG 198. Internship
Time off campus with an engineering organization. Different aspects of work in the assigned professional office. Oral and written reports. Prerequisites: Senior standing and approval of internship coordinator. (4 or 5 units)
CENG 199. Directed Research
Investigation of an approved engineering problem and preparation of a suitable project report. Conferences with faculty advisor are required. Prerequisite: Junior standing. (2-6 units)
Graduate Courses
CENG 205. Finite Element Methods I
Introduction to the finite element method. Force and stiffness methods. Matrix methods of analysis. Stiffness matrix formulation for axial and bending members. Local and global stiffness matrices. Transformation of stiffness matrices. (2 units)
CENG 206. Finite Element Methods II
Energy methods. Displacement functions for structural members. Derivation of load vectors. Analysis of plane stress and plane strain problems. Area coordinates. Constant strain triangle. Isoparametric elements. Prerequisite: CENG 205. (2 units)
CENG 207. Finite Element Methods III
Application of finite element method to dynamics of elastic and inelastic bodies. Mass matrices. Analysis of plates and shells. Development of computer code based on finite element theory. Prerequisite: CENG 206. (2 units)
CENG 211. Advanced Strength of Materials
Bending of beams with nonsymmetrical cross section. Curved beams. Shear center. Shear flow in open and closed sections. Torsion of open and closed section members. Energy theorems and their applications. Beams on elastic foundations. Beam analysis using Fourier series. Stress analysis of composite materials. (4 units)
CENG 218. Construction Engineering
Construction management. Equipment. Drawings and specifications, cost estimating, bidding. Contracts, bonds, financing, insurance. Labor. Project planning and scheduling. Cross-listed with CENG 118. Prerequisite: Junior standing. (3 units)
CENG 219. Designing for Sustainable Construction
Design strategies for sustainable commercial and residential construction.Use of LEED criteria for assessing sustainable construction. Team-based project planning, design, and construction. Economic evaluation of sustainable technologies. Overall project management. Prerequisite: Junior standing. (4 units)
CENG 220. Structural Dynamics
Analysis and behavior of simple linear oscillators. Natural mode shapes and frequencies for distributed and lumped mass systems. Introduction to nonlinear vibrations. (4 units)
CENG 221. Advanced Dynamics
Continuation of CENG 220. Distributed parameter systems. Nonlinear transient dynamics. Dynamic response in the frequency domain. Component mode methods. Prerequisite: CENG 220. (2 units)
CENG 222. Advanced Structural Analysis
Advanced methods for the analysis of statically indeterminate and non-conventional structural systems. Explicit modeling of cross-sections and joints in structural systems. Hands-on experience with modern commercial analysis software. (4 units)
CENG 223. Stability of Structures
Energy methods. Elastic stability of columns under axial loads and bending moments. Introduction to inelastic stability analysis of columns. Stability analysis of frames. Stability of flat plates and cylindrical shells. Lateral buckling of beams. (4 units)
CENG 226. Plastic Theory of Structures
Concepts of plastic behavior of structures. Collapse mechanisms for beams and frames. Applications of energy methods in solution procedures. (2 units)
CENG 228. Fracture Mechanics of Solids
Elastic and elastic-plastic fracture criteria. Stress intensity solutions. Metallurgical aspects of toughness. Design and alloy selection. Failure analysis techniques applied to actual engineering problems. (2 units)
CENG 231. Bridge Engineering
An introduction to modern bridge structural systems, bridge loading, bridge deck slab design, girders, and substructure. Prerequisite: CENG 132. (4 units)
CENG 232. Masonry Engineering
Design of unreinforced and reinforced masonry structures, including shear-wall and bearing-wall systems. (2 units)
CENG 233. Timber Engineering
Lateral design of timber structures including shear transfer around openings. Introduction to hybrid construction and structural performance requirements. Detailed design requirements for connections. Cross-listed with CENG 133. Prerequisite: CENG 132. (4 units)
CENG 234. Structural Steel Design II
Design of lateral systems, including new and innovative systems, and connections. Introduction to hybrid and composite design. Application of performance-based design requirements for steel structures. (4 units)
CENG 236. Advanced Concrete Structures
Analysis and design of reinforced-concrete and frame-wall structures for gravity and lateral loads; use of strut and tie method for disturbed regions; and introduction to prestressed concrete. Cross-listed with CENG 136. Prerequisite: CENG 135. (4 units)
CENG 237. Earthquake Engineering Design
Introduction to seismic sources, wave propagation, and effects on structures. Spectral representations of demands. Design according to current code provisions, and using simplified pushover methods. Cross-listed with CENG 137. Prerequisite: CENG 132. (4 units)
CENG 238. Geotechnical Engineering Design
Foundation exploration; bearing capacity and settlement analysis; spread foundations; piles and caissons; earth-retaining structures; loads on underground conduits; subsurface construction. Cross-listed with CENG 138. Prerequisites: CENG 121 and 135. (4 units)
CENG 239. Earthquake Engineering II
Continuation of CENG 237. Performance-based earthquake engineering. Use of advanced techniques for design of new buildings and rehabilitation of existing buildings to meet clearly delineated seismic performance expectations. Modeling of structural components and use of nonlinear analysis software for static and dynamic analyses. Prerequisite: CENG 137 or 237. (2 units)
CENG 240. Soil-Structure Interaction
Introduction of soil-structure analysis for evaluating seismic response. Dynamic interaction between the structure and its surrounding soil. Soil-structure interaction models. Prerequisite: CENG 138 or CENG 238. (2 units)
CENG 242. Water Resources Design
Design of system components for water supply and flood control projects, including storage facilities, closed conduits, open channels, well fields, and pumping systems. Cross-listed with CENG 142. Prerequisites: CENG 140 and 141. (4 units)
CENG 246. Practical Design of Cold- Formed Steel Frame Structural Systems
Introduction to the fundamentals of cold-formed steel frame construction. Review of current design and construction practice, specifications, standards, and codes. Practical design of members and connection detailing. Understanding evaluation reports. Cross-listed with CENG 146. Prerequisite: CENG 133, 134, or 135. (4 units)
CENG 247. Pavement Design
Paving materials. Geometric and structural design of highways. Urban street layout and details. Layout and design of airport runways. Cross-listed with CENG 147. Prerequisites: CENG 121 and 135. (4 units)
CENG 248. Structural Systems
Introduction to principles for choosing structural systems and performance criteria. Fire, sound and thermal requirements for buildings. Estimation of design loads. Approximate techniques for system design and evaluation. Horizontal and vertical subsystems. Cross-listed with CENG 148. Prerequisite: CENG 132. (3 units)
CENG 249. Civil Systems Engineering
Introduction to engineering systems analysis and management technologies and their applications to civil engineering problems, such as transportation, assignment, critical path, and maximum flow problems. Topics include linear programming, nonlinear programming, probability and queuing theory, as well as relevant applications to civil engineering problems. Cross-listed with CENG 149. (4 units)
CENG 250. Traffic Engineering: Design and Operations
Basic characteristics of motor-vehicle traffic, highway and intersection capacity, applications of traffic control devices, traffic data studies, signal design, traffic safety, design of crash barriers. Cross-listed with CENG 150. Prerequisite: CENG 145. (4 units)
CENG 251. Special Topics in Transportation Engineering
Advanced analysis and design concepts in transportation engineering. Traffic flow simulation and control in urban areas. Cross-listed with CENG 151. Prerequisite: CENG 145. (4 units)
CENG 256. Public Transportation
Evolution of mass transit in the United States. Characteristics of major components of mass transit: bus, light- and rapid-rail transit. Prominent systems of mass transit in selected major U.S. cities. Paratransit systems. Financing and administering of transit and paratransit systems. New technology applications in mass transit. Course requires students to get hands-on experience on one of the major transit systems in the Bay Area as a study case. (3 units)
CENG 260. GIS in Water Resources
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology with applications in watershed analysis and hydrology. Obtaining and processing digital information for watersheds, mapping terrain, spatial analysis, computing river networks from digital elevation models, preparing data for hydrologic modeling for water supply and flood studies. Cross-listed with CENG 160. (3 units)
CENG 261. Sustainable Water Resources
Covers techniques related to analysis and design of water resource systems, from flood control projects to drinking water supply, as environmental constraints and societal values shift. Material includes sustainable and low-impact design techniques, climate change impacts on water, assessing sustainability, life-cycle economics, and current topics. Cross-listed with CENG 161. Prerequisites: None. (3 units)
CENG 262. Computational Water Resources
Use of professional applications software to design and evaluate facility components and systems for water resources engineering projects. Laboratory. Cross-listed with CENG 162. Prerequisites: CENG 140 and 141. (3 units)
CENG 263. Solid Waste Management
Characterization of solid waste streams. Overview of collection, transport, processing, and disposal options. Waste stream reduction and resource recovery strategies. Cross-listed with CENG 163. (4 units)
CENG 293. Graduate Design Project
Design of an approved civil engineering system using new methods and/or materials. A formal design report is required. (3-7 units)
CENG 297. Directed Research
By special arrangement. (1-9 units)
CENG 299. Independent Study
Special/advanced topics. By special arrangement. (1-6 units)
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