Santa Clara University

Department of Civil Engineering

Professor Emeritus: E. John Finnemore, P.E.
Wilmot J. Nicholson Family Professor: Sukhmander Singh, P.E., G.E.
Professors: Mark Aschheim, P.E.
Associate Professors: Steven C. Chiesa, P.E. (Chair), Reynaud L. Serrette (Associate Chair), Edwin Maurer, P.E.
Assistant Professors: Rachel He

OVERVIEW

The Department of Civil Engineering offers graduate programs in the areas of structural engineering and general civil engineering. The focus of the educational effort is on modeling, analysis, and practical methods used to design structures and other civil engineering-related infrastructure systems. As such, many of the courses offered are beneficial to practicing engineers interested in advancing their knowledge and enhancing their technical skills.

DEGREE PROGRAM

The civil engineering graduate program at Santa Clara University is designed to accommodate the needs of students interested in advanced study in the areas of structural engineering and general civil engineering. An individual may pursue the degree of master of science (M.S.) as either a full-time or part-time student through a customized balance of coursework, design projects, and directed research. Program participants are also required to supplement their more technical work with coursework on project management, professional ethics, and related topics addressed in the graduate engineering core curriculum.

Master of Science in Civil Engineering

To be considered for admission to the graduate program in civil engineering, an applicant must meet the following requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)-accredited four-year program or its equivalent
• An overall grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.75 (based on a 4.0 maximum scale)
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE)-general test
• For students whose native language is not English, Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing Systems (IELTS) exam scores are required before applications are processed
• In very rare cases, applicants not meeting the above requirements may be given conditional acceptance into the M.S. program. A formal acceptance may then be given upon the successful completion of a defined course of studies

Applicants who have taken graduate-level courses at other institutions may qualify to transfer a maximum of 9 quarter units of approved credit to their graduate program at Santa Clara University.

Upon acceptance or conditional acceptance to the graduate program in civil engineering, a student will be required to select a graduate advisor (full-time faculty member) from within the Department of Civil Engineering. The student’s advisor will be responsible for approving the student’s course of study. Any changes to a student’s initial course of study must have the written approval of the student’s advisor.

To qualify for the degree of Master of Science in Civil Engineering, the students must complete a minimum of 45 quarter units, including elective and required core courses, within the School of Engineering. The required and elective course offerings for both the structural engineering and general civil engineering programs of study are provided below.

The following course requirements must be met:

	Structural Engineering Focus			General Civil Engineering  Focus
	Option # 1	Option # 2	Option # 3
Required Technical Coursework	CENG 222	CENG 222	CENG 222	CENG 237 (If no prior Earthquake Engineering Course)  CENG 249  CENG 260  (12 Units)
	CENG 233	CENG 233	CENG 233
	CENG 234	CENG 234	CENG 234
	CENG 236	CENG 236	CENG 236
	CENG 237	CENG 237	CENG 237
	CENG 239	CENG 239	CENG 239
	(22 Units)	(22 Units)	(22 Units)
Elective  Technical  Coursework	6 Units from:	4 Units from:	9 Units from:	9 Units from:  CENG 218  CENG 219  CENG 242  CENG 247  CENG 250  CENG 251  CENG 256  CENG 261  CENG 262  CENG 263
	CENG 205	CENG 205	CENG 205
	CENG 206	CENG 206	CENG 206
	CENG 218	CENG 218	CENG 218
	CENG 231	CENG 231	CENG 231
	CENG 238	CENG 238	CENG 238
	CENG 240	CENG 240	CENG 240
	CENG 246	CENG 246	CENG 246
Applied Mathematics	AMTH 214	AMTH 214	AMTH 214	AMTH 210
	AMTH 220	AMTH 220	AMTH 220	AMTH 214
	AMTH 221	AMTH 221	AMTH 221	AMTH 245
			AMTH 245
Design  Project or  Directed  Research	Up to 5 units  for a  Design Project  (This would involve  the application of a  new technique or  method in the  analysis or design  of a structure,  system, or  element. Students  will be required to  show how the new  technique or  method improves,  extends, or aids  current design  methods)	Up to 7 units  of Directed  Research  (This would  involve  research with  a faculty  member or  under the  supervision of  a faculty  member and  requires at  least one  publication-  conference or  journal)		Up to 5 units for  a Design Project  or a Directed  Research Report  in the area of  Sustainable  Design
Project  Management  and  Communications			4 Units from:
	EMGT 255	EMGT 255	EMGT 255	EMGT 255
	EMGT 330	EMGT 330	EMGT 265	EMGT 265
			EMGT 271	EMGT 271
			EMGT 330	EMGT 330
Graduate Core	A total of 6 Units from pre-approved courses in three different categories.  These courses can also be used to simultaneously satisfy other listed  program requirements as well.

Upon the approval of the student’s advisor, alternative elective courses may be taken. Courses used to satisfy the 45-unit minimum total for the Master of Science in Civil Engineering degree cannot be used to satisfy any previous undergraduate degree program requirement. This includes cross-listed undergraduate courses at Santa Clara University and/or their equivalent courses at other institutions. Where required courses in the SCU graduate civil engineering programs have been completed prior to graduate-level matriculation at SCU, additional elective courses may be required to satisfy the minimum unit total requirement as necessary.

LABORATORIES

The Civil Engineering Laboratories contain equipment and facilities to support research and teaching in materials engineering, structural engineering, stress analysis, soil mechanics, geology, transportation engineering and surveying, environmental quality, and hydraulics.

The Computer Analysis and Simulation Laboratory maintains Windows-based personal computers that are used extensively in course assignments, design projects and research. Commercial software packages in all the major areas of civil engineering are available on the systems, with full documentation available to students.

The Concrete Testing Laboratory contains facilities for mixing, casting, curing, and testing concrete cylinders and constructing reinforced concrete test specimens.

The Environmental Laboratory is equipped with the instrumentation needed for basic chemical and biological characterization of water, wastewater, and air samples. Several pilot-scale treatment systems are also available.

The Geology Laboratory is equipped with extensive rock and mineral samples, as well as topographic, geologic, and soil maps.

The Hydraulics Laboratory is shared with the Mechanical Engineering Department. The laboratory contains a tilting flume that can be fitted with various open-channel fixtures.

The Soil Mechanics Laboratory contains equipment for testing soils in shear, consolidation, and compaction, and for conducting other physical and chemical tests. Field testing and sampling equipment is also available. A complete cyclic triaxial testing system with computer control is used for both research and instructional purposes.

The Structures and Materials Testing Laboratory is equipped with three universal testing machines and a closed-loop MTS hydraulic system. These machines/systems are used for testing a variety of construction materials and assemblies under both psuedo-static and dynamic loading. Complementing this equipment are a series of digital and analog instruments, and high-speed data acquisition and control systems.

The Surveying Laboratory has a wide variety of equipment, such as self-leveling levels, transits, theodolites, and electronic distance-measuring devices available for instructional purposes.

The Traffic Laboratory has electronic volume counters that are used in studies to classify vehicles and measure their speeds in user-specified ranges and periods of time. This equipment is used for instructional and research purposes.

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. Prerequisites: 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. Prerequisites: 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. Prerequisites: 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)