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CIVI   207 INTRO TO CIVIL & ARCH DESIGN             Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
Introduction to historical and contemporary structures through
multi-media presentations, computer-based visualizations, field trips
and hands-on experiments with materials of construction and physical
models of structures.
Also offered as Arch 207.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM AH*117   Wittenberg, Gordon             *CURRENT ENR: 0

CIVI   211 ENGINEERING MECHANICS                    Credits 3.00  Fall 99
See Mech 211.
Also offered as Mech 211.
001 MWF     11:00AM-11:50AM RL*201   TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0
002 MWF     09:00AM-09:50AM RL*231   Ambrose, Catherine             *CURRENT ENR: 0
003 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM RL*201   TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

CIVI   251 PLANE SURVEYING                          Credits 2.00  Fall 99
Fundamental surveying principles and techniques.
001 M       01:00PM-01:50PM RL*201   Hanks, Milton                  *CURRENT ENR: 8
001 M       02:00PM-05:00PM RL*201   Hanks, Milton                  *CURRENT ENR: 8

CIVI   305 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II                   Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Force and displacement methods of analysis of indeterminate structures;
influence lines; energy methods. Introduction to stiffness method of
analysis of structures. Prereq- CIVI 304.
001 MWF     11:00AM-11:50AM RL*231   Nagarajaiah, Satish            *CURRENT ENR: 8

CIVI   320 ETHICAL DECISION MAKING FOR ENGINEERS    Credits 3.00  Fall 99
A review of ethical issues encountered in the conduct of work as a
professional engineer.  Impact of personal and cultural value systems on
the effectiveness of individual engineers, project teams, and technical
organizations employed in diverse business environments.
Also offered as Engi 302.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:15PM RL*202   Moore, Pat                     *CURRENT ENR: 5

CIVI   363 APPLIED FLUID MECHANICS                  Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Fluid properties, fluid statics and incompressible fluid steady flow.
Energy and momentum equations with many applications.  Similitude and
dimensional analysis.  Viscous fluid flow in pipes and pipe networks.
Laboratory demonstrations.
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 10

CIVI   400 MECHANICS OF SOLIDS II                   Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Continuation of Civi 300.  Additional topics include curved beams,
beams on elastic foundations, torsion of non-circular sections, energy
methods, and failure modes.  Intended for undergraduates.  Does not
count toward graduate degree requirements in Civil Engineering.
Prereq- Civi 300.
001 MWF     09:00AM-09:50AM RL*201   Nordgren, Ronald               *CURRENT ENR: 50

CIVI   470 BASIC SOIL MECHANICS                     Credits 4.00  Fall 99
Introduction to geotechnical engineering, formation of soil, properties
and behavior, soil classifications, water flow through soil,
consolidation and settlement, strength characteristics, soil
stabilization, lateral earth pressure, slope stability, design of
retaining walls and shallow foundations..
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM RL*231   Dakoulas, Panos                *CURRENT ENR: 6
001 T       02:30PM-05:30PM TBA      Dakoulas, Panos                *CURRENT ENR: 6

CIVI   499 SPECIAL PROBLEMS                         Credits 1.00  Fall 99
Study of selected topics including individual investigations, special
lectures, and seminars.  Offered upon mutual agreement of faculty and
student.
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

CIVI   513 THEORY OF ELASTICITY                     Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Advanced topics in the linear and nonlinear theory of elasticity.
Also offered as Mech 513.
001 TTH     02:30PM-03:50PM PL*120   Wang, C. C.                    *CURRENT ENR: 0

CIVI   521 STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS I                    Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Dynamics of force-excited discrete linear systems with applications to
design.
Prereq- permission of instructor for undergraduates not in the Civil
Engineering Basic Program.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM RL*201   Veletsos, Anestis              *CURRENT ENR: 0

CIVI   526 STRUCTURAL STABILITY                     Credits 3.00  Fall 99
General analysis of stress and infinitesimal strain, linear elastic and
thermo-elastic stress-strain relations.  Formulation and solution of
boundary value problems, including torsion and flexure of cylinders,
plane problems, flexure of plates, and selected three-dimensional
problems.  Approximate solutions by energy methods and the finite
element method.  Intended for graduate students, others by permission of
instructor.
001 TBA     TBA                      Nordgren, Ronald               *CURRENT ENR: 2

CIVI   527 COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN STRUCTURAL MECH Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Introduction to differential and integral formulations, variational
principles, weighted residuals, and principle of virtual work.  Simple
boundary, initial, and eigenvalue problems.  Finite element method and
finite difference methods for structural mechanics.  Study of
nonlinearities.  Computational methods for geometric and material
nonlinear analysis.  Applications to static and dynamic problems.
Programming and use of computer software  Prereq- Permission of
instructor
001 MW      02:00PM-03:15PM RL*231   Nagarajaiah, Satish            *CURRENT ENR: 1

CIVI   530 CONCRETE BUILDING DESIGN                 Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Design of reinforced concrete building structures and floor slab
systems.  Case histories will be discussed.
Prereq- Civi 403.
001 TTH     08:00AM-09:15AM RL*201   Haque, M.                      *CURRENT ENR: 4

CIVI   531 REINFORCED CONCRETE MEMBERS              Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Moment-curvature relationship for beams and columns, biaxally loaded
columns, interaction diagrams, shear and torsion in members,
monolithic connections, behavior under earthquake loading, extensive
use of computers.
Prereq- Civi 403.
001 TBA     TBA             TBA      Durrani, Ahmad                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

CIVI   678 ADVANCED STOCHASTIC MECHANICS            Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Nonlinear random vibrations, Statistical Linearization, ARMA filters
modeling, Monte Carlo Simulation, Wiener-Volterra series, time-variant
structural reliability, and Stochastic Finite Elements are presented
from a perspective of usefulness to aerospace, civil, marine, and
mechanical applications.
Prereq- Civi 512, Civi/Mech 523.
Also offered as Mech 678.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM RL*231   Spanos, Pol                    *CURRENT ENR: 0

CIVI   699 SPECIAL PROBLEMS                         Credits 1.00  Fall 99
Study of selected topics including individual investigations under the
direction of a member of the civil engineering faculty.  Offered upon
mutual agreement of faculty and student.
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

CIVI   800 RESEARCH AND THESIS                      Credits 1.00  Fall 99
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 7

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