Lakshmi N. Reddi, Head
Professors Hossain, Mathews, Melhem, Najjar, Reddi, and Stokes; Associate Professors Bhandari, Peterman, Starrett, and Steward; Assistant Professors Dissanayake, Esmaeily, Peric, Rasheed, and Romanoschi; Emeriti: Professors Cooper, Hu, Russell, Smith, Snell, and Swartz.
E-mail: ce@engg.ksu.edu
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Civil engineering is the engineering of constructed facilities and systems. Because civil engineering is broad in scope, many civil engineers develop specialties within the broad field. The civil engineering department offers four options within the BS in civil engineering degree.
The objective of the civil engineering program is to prepare graduates for professional careers in civil engineering. A major goal is to provide civil engineering students with the best possible education toward that end within the guidelines provided by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) general criteria and the ABET program criteria for civil engineering. Within this framework, further goals are to instill in the students a sensitivity to the social and humanistic implications of technology, and to motivate them to make worthwhile contributions to the profession and to society.
The educational objectives of the civil engineering programs ensure that students will become technically competent for the practice of civil engineering, will become knowledgeable of the natural and social context of the practice of civil engineering, will become critical thinkers and effective communicators, and will become engineers with high standards of professional ethics.
The general option allows the student to pursue a BS in civil engineering degree in a broader general program or, if a specific career objective has been identified, to concentrate on one or more areas within the general option. The following areas of concentration are available:
Water resources—design and construction of reservoirs, canal systems, and dams for flood control, irrigation, power, and water supply.
Geotechnical—foundations for structures, earth embankments, retaining walls and bulkheads, and pavements for highways and airports.
Environmental—protection of public health and environmental quality through planning and designing facilities for water treatment and distribution; wastewater, solid, and hazardous wastes collection, treatment, and disposal; and air pollution control.
Transportation—planning, design, and construction of highways, railways, airports, and urban mass transit systems.
Structures—design and construction of a variety of buildings and bridges, as well as the structural framing of aircraft, ships, and space vehicles.
Students choosing the general option can fulfill the requirements for a BS in civil engineering by following the course curriculum as well as the following selection of courses:
| CE 411 | Route Location and Design | 3 |
| Option electives | 11-14 | |
| CE electives | 12 | |
| CE electives must be chosen from those listed below, and must include at least one course in four of the five areas: | ||
| Environmental | ||
| CE 565 | Water and Wastewater Engineering | 3 |
| Geotechnical | ||
| CE 528 | Foundation Engineering | 3 |
| Structural | ||
| CE 542 | Structural Engineering in Steel | 3 |
| CE 544 | Structural Engineering in Concrete | 3 |
| Transportation | ||
| CE 572 | Highway Engineering and Management | 3 |
| Water resources | ||
| CE 552 | Hydraulic Engineering | 3 |
This option allows students to obtain a BS in civil engineering while preparing more specifically for employment in the construction industry.
Students choosing the construction engineering option can fulfill the requirements for a BS in civil engineering by following the course curriculum listed for civil engineering as well as the following selection of courses:
| CE 528 | Foundation Engineering | 3 |
| CE 542 | Structural Engineering in Steel | 3 |
| CE 544 | Structural Engineering in Concrete | |
| CE 552 | Hydraulic Engineering | |
| or | ||
| CE 565 | Water and Wastewater Engineering | 3 |
| CE 572 | Highway Engineering, Planning, and Management | 3 |
| CE 641 | Civil Engineering Materials | 3 |
| CE 680 | Economics of Design and Construction | 3 |
| Construction option recommended electives | 8 | |
| CE 411 | Route Location and Design | 4 |
| ACCTG 231 | Accounting for Business Opererations | 3 |
| ACCTG 241 | Accounting for Investment and Finance | 3 |
| DEN 550 | Engineering Law | 3 |
| MANGT 420 | Management Concepts | 3 |
| Other option electives# | ||
| #Other construction option electives may be chosen from courses in math, science, engineering, or business as approved by student's advisor. | ||
This option allows students to obtain a BS in civil engineering while preparing more specifically for career opportunities with firms and governmental agencies actively engaged in environmental engineering practice.
Students choosing the environmental option can fulfill the requirements for a BS in civil engineering by following the course curriculum listed for civil engineering as well as the following selection of courses:
| BIOL 198 | Principles of Biology | 4 |
| CHM 531 | Organic Chemistry I | 3 |
| CE 528 | Foundation Engineering | 3 |
| CE 544 | Structural Engineering in Concrete | 3 |
| CE 552 | Hydraulic Engineering | 3 |
| CE 565 | Water and Wastewater Engineering | 3 |
| Option elective | 10 | |
This option allows students to obtain a BS in civil engineering while preparing more specifically for employment in the structural engineering area.
Students choosing the structural option can fulfill the requirements for a BS in civil engineering by following the course curriculum listed for civil engineering as well as the following selection of courses:
| CE 411 | Route Location and Design | 3 |
| CE 528 | Foundation Engineering | 3 |
| CE 542 | Structural Engineering in Steel | 3 |
| CE 544 | Structural Engineering in Concrete | 3 |
| CE 552 | Hydraulic Engineering | 3 |
| CE 572 | Highway Engineering, Planning, and Management | 3 |
| CE 732 | Advanced Structural Analysis I | 3 |
| Option elective | 8 | |
| Bachelor of science in civil engineering | ||
| 128 hours required for graduation | ||
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| Fall semester | ||
| MATH 220 | Analytic Geometry and Calculus I | 4 |
| CHM 210 | Chemistry I | 4 |
| ENGL 100 | Expository Writing I* | 3 |
| ECON 110 | Principles of Macroeconomics I | 3 |
| ME 212 | Engineering Graphics I | 2 |
| CE 101 | Introduction to Civil Engineering | 1 |
| CE 015 | Engineering Assembly | |
| DEN 015 | New Student Orientation Seminar | |
| 17 | ||
| Spring semester | ||
| MATH 221 | Analytic Geometry and Calculus II | 4 |
| CHM 230 | Chemistry II | 4 |
| CIS 209 | C Programming for Engineers | 3 |
| GEOL 100 | Earth in Action | 3 |
| Option elective*** | 3 | |
| CE 015 | Engineering Assembly | |
| 17 | ||
| Fall semester | ||
| MATH 222 | Analytic Geometry and Calculus III | 4 |
| PHYS 213 | Engineering Physics I | 5 |
| SPCH 105 | Public Speaking IA | 2 |
| CE 212 | Elementary Surveying Engineering | 3 |
| Option elective*** | 3 | |
| CE 015 | Engineering Assembly | |
| 17 | ||
| Spring semester | ||
| MATH 240 | Elementary Differential Equations | 4 |
| PHYS 214 | Engineering Physics II | 5 |
| STAT 490 | Statistics for Engineers | 1 |
| CE 333 | Statics | 3 |
| DEN 325 | Introduction to Personal/Professional Development | 1 |
| Option elective*** | 2 | |
| CE 015 | Engineering Assembly | |
| 16 | ||
| Fall semester | ||
| ME 512 | Dynamics | 3 |
| ME 513 | Thermodynamics I | 3 |
| CE 533 | Mechanics of Materials | 3 |
| CE 534 | Mechanics of Materials Lab | 1 |
| Option elective*** | 6 | |
| CE 015 | Engineering Assembly | |
| 16 | ||
| Spring semester | ||
| ENGL 415 | Written Communication for Engineers* | 3 |
| ME 571 | Fluid Mechanics | 3 |
| CE 522 | Soil Mechanics I | 3 |
| CE 537 | Introduction to Structural Analysis | 3 |
| CE 563 | Environmental Engineering Fundamentals | 3 |
| CE 015 | Engineering Assembly | |
| 15 | ||
| Fall semester | ||
| Civil engineering electives**** | 6 | |
| Option elective*** | 3 | |
| CE 550 | Water Resources Engineering I | 3 |
| General education humanities or social science elective** | 3 | |
| CE 015 | Engineering Assembly | |
| 15 | ||
| Spring semester | ||
| CE 585 | Civil Engineering Project | 3 |
| Civil engineering elective**** | 6 | |
| General education humanities or social science elective** | 6 | |
| CE 015 | Engineering Assembly | |
| 15 | ||
| *Students must complete the appropriate prerequisite credits for ENGL 415, but may apply only 3 hours of ENGL 415 prerequisite credits towards degree requirements. | ||
| **General education humanities and general education social sciences electives are to be selected from university general education courses that are also on the engineering humanities and social sciences elective list and need not be taken in the order listed in the curriculum. | ||
| ***Option electives are to be selected in consultation with the student's faculty advisor to satisfy the requirements of the option the student has chosen. One course from either the engineering materials or circuits, fields, and electronics engineering science group is required in the general option. | ||
| ****CE electives are to be selected from the list approved by the department to satisfy option requirements. | ||
CE 015. Engineering Assembly. (0) I, II.
CE 101. Introduction to Civil Engineering. (1) I. Introduction to careers in civil engineering (environmental, geotechnical, structures, transportation, and water resources). Overview of CE educational requirements. History of the CE profession. Engineering ethics. One hour rec. a week.
CE 212. Elementary Surveying Engineering. (3) I, II. Coordinates, directions, distances, and elevation. Transverses. Boundary surveys. Leveling. National rectangular coordinate systems. Property descriptions: public land subdivision and metes and bounds. Topographic surveys. Surveying, planning, and estimating. Two hours lec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: MATH 150.
CE 322. Soil and Foundation Construction. (3) II. The origin, distribution, and predictable variation of soil; soil testing and mechanics as applied to practical problems; soil investigations; foundation types, application, and construction; ground water, drainage, and dewatering; earth moving including stable cuts in embankments. Not open to engineering students. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. Pr. or conc.: GEOL 100.
CE 331. Strength of Materials A. (3) I, II. Behavior of materials subjected to tension, compression, shear, and bending; design of beams and columns. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: CE231.
CE 332. Strength of Materials A Laboratory. (1) I, II. Tests to determine the physical properties of various structural materials. Analysis and interpretation of test data. Three hours lab a week. Pr.: ENGL120 or 100 with grade of A or B, and one course in graphics. Pr. or conc.: CE 331.
CE 333. Statics. (3) I, II, S. Composition and resolution of forces; equilibrium of force systems; application of general laws of statics to engineering problems, including use of vector algebra, friction and force analyses of simple structures, cables, and machine elements; center of gravity; moments of inertia. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: MATH 221 and PHYS 213.
CE 411. Route Location and Design. (3) II. Highway location and the geometric design of highways considering the driver-vehicle-roadway system characteristics; curves and earthwork; and surveying pertaining to the alignment of highways. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: CE 212, MATH 221, and PHYS 213.
CE 499. Honors Research in Civil Engineering. (Var.) I, II. Individual research problem selected with approval of faculty advisor. Open to students in the College of Engineering honors program. A report is presented orally and in writing during the last semester.
CE 522. Soil Mechanics I. (3) I, II. Identification, classification, and engineering properties of soils; theory and application of consolidation, compressibility, and strength of soils; ground water retention and movement; slope stability and lateral earth pressures; stress distribution in soil. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: CE 533.
CE 528. Foundation Engineering. (3) I. Prediction of soil variation; soil investigations; stress distribution and bearing capacity; dewatering analysis and procedures; retaining structures and lateral earth pressures; shallow foundations, pile foundations; underpinning and grouting. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: CE 522. Pr. or conc.: CE 544.
CE 530. Statics and Dynamics. (3) I, II. A shortened combined course in (1) statics, including a study of force systems, free-body diagrams, and problems in equilibrium, friction, centroids, and moments of inertia, and (2) dynamics, including a study of the kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies using method of force-mass-acceleration. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: MATH 222 and PHYS 213.
CE 533. Mechanics of Materials. (3) I, II. Elementary theories of stress and strain, behavior of materials, and applications of these theories and their generalizations to the study of stress distribution, deformation, and instability in the simple structural forms that occur most frequently in engineering practice. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: CE 333 or 530. Pr. or conc.: MATH 222.
CE 534. Mechanics of Materials Laboratory. (1) I, II. Determination of selected mechanical properties of several engineering materials, including iron-carbon alloys, aluminum alloys, concrete, wood, and plastics; relationship between structure and mechanical properties of these materials; elementary problems in experimental stress analysis and structural behavior; test procedures, instrumentation, and interpretation of results. One hour lab instruction and two hours lab a week. Pr. or conc.: CE 533.
CE 537. Introduction to Structural Analysis. (3) I, II. Elastic analysis of determinate and indeterminate beams, frames, and trusses; construction of shear and moment diagrams and influence lines; calculation of deflections using conjugate beam and virtual work; solution of indeterminate structures by slope-deflection, moment distribution, and matrix stiffness method; with microcomputer applications. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: CE 533. Pr. or conc.: CE380.
CE 542. Structural Engineering in Steel. (3) II. Introduction to design of steel structures. Theoretical, experimental, and practical bases for proportioning members and their connections. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: CE 537.
CE 544. Structural Engineering in Concrete. (3) I. A study of the theories of reinforced concrete and of its characteristics as a construction material; design of reinforced concrete structures. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: CE 537.
CE 550. Water Resources Engineering. (3). I. Introduction to: suface water hydrology, design of water handling structures, flood protection, pipe flow hydraulics, pump selection, and flow in soils. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. BAE 530 equivalent credit. Pr.: STAT 490 and PHYS 213.
CE 552. Hydraulic Engineering. (3) II. Applications of the principles of fluid mechanics to control and use of water; reservoir, dam, and spillway design; enclosed conduit and open-channel design; hydraulic machinery and hydro-power development; principles of fluid measurement; laboratory-flow and velocity metering, hydraulic models, pipe losses, open-channel flow. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: ME 571. Pr. or conc.: CE 550.
CE 560. Activity Center Traffic Analysis. (3) Intersession. The planning and design of any activity center (shopping mall, business center, sports stadium) must consider vehicular access/egress and parking. If not properly planned and designed, the impact on the surrounding streets and the center can be chaotic. The course will cover techniques of determing parking needs, parking layout, internal and external circulation design, and design of access/egress and the adjacent street system to minimize the impact on the surrounding street network. A major design project will be required. Pr.: Junior standing.
CE 563. Environmental Engineering Fundamentals. (3) I, II. Basic physical, chemical, and biological concepts and their applications to the protection of the environment with emphasis on techniques used in water and wastewater treat-ment. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: CHM 230 and MATH 222.
CE 565. Water and Wastewater Engineering. (3) II. Design of municipal water and wastewater treatment systems. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: CE 550, CE 563, PHYS 214, and ME 571.
CE 572. Highway Engineering, Planning, and Management. (3) I. Applications of the principles of traffic engineering and capacity analysis techniques to analyze, design, and maintain street and highway systems. Fundamentals of transportation planning; site planning and design; traffic impact studies; fundamentals of pavement design and management. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: CE 411 and 522 or consent of instructor.
CE 585. Civil Engineering Project. (3) I, II. A comprehensive civil engineering project to be taken in the last semester of the BS program. Requires integration of skills acquired in civil engineering elective courses. Students must prepare and present written and oral design reports. One hour rec. and two three-hour labs a week. Pr.: ENGL 415 and 6 hours of CE electives. Pr. or conc.: Six additional credit hours of CE electives.
CE 625. Principles of Geoenvironmental Engineering. (3) II. Introduction to soil formation, structure, flow and mass transport in soils, mass transfer principles, waste containment and isolation, and physical, chemical, and biological remediation principles. Three hrs. rec. a week. Pr.: CE 522.
CE 641. Civil Engineering Materials I. (3) I. Properties and behavior of structural metals, timber, portland cement concrete, and bituminous concrete; standard specifications and methods of test; inspection and control; long-term protection and durability. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: CE 534 and ENGL 415. Pr. or conc.: either CE 528 or 542 or 544.
CE 654. Design of Groundwater Flow Systems. (3) I. Introduction to fundamental, mathematical, and physical concepts of groundwater flow; application of simple analytic models; introduction to field methods; application of computer modeling tools to address design with practical significance. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: ME 571.
CE 663. Unit Operations and Processes in Environmental Engineering. (2) II, in alternate years. A laboratory study of various physical, chemical, and biological operations and processes used in the professional practice of environmental engineering. Topics covered will be selected from reactor hydrodynamics, oxidation-reduction, coagulation-flocculation, chemical precipitation, ion exchange, adsorption processes, biological oxidation, anaerobic digestion, and the activated-sludge process. Six hours lab per week. Pr. or conc.: CE 565 and 552.
CE 680. Economics of Design and Construction. (3) II. Selection of alternative engineering design and construction solutions through study of unit cost determination, cost estimating, and financing procedures. Introduction to construction scheduling. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: Senior standing in engineering or graduate standing for nonengineering majors.
CE 690. Selected Topics in Civil Engineering. (Var.) I, II, S. Pr.: Approval of instructor.
CE 703. Responsibility in Engineering. (3) II. Course designed to help engineers, scientists, and technical managers to: understand fundamental “canons” of professional societies, establish or revitalize personal ethical standards using these canons, realize when situations are ethical dilemmas, and develop a process to solving dilemmas. Key activities are interviewing peers, analyzing current environment for potential challenges, developing an ethics workshop, and writing individual code of ethics. Pr.: Graduate standing or instructor approval.
CE 718. Engineering Photo Interpretation. (3) II. Photo interpretation techniques, types of aerial photographic film and their uses; application in land use studies, land surveying, site selection, rainfall runoff and stream flow, location of construction materials, and in the determination of soil properties; other applications. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: Senior standing and consent of instructor.
CE 723. Designing with Geosynthetics. (3) II, in alternate years. History of geosynthetics; overview of geosynthetic functions, applications, and properties; relationship between testing and applications. Designing with geotextiles, geogrids, geonets, geomembranes, geosynthetic clay liners, and geocomposites. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: CE 522.
CE 725. Seepage in Permeable Materials. (3) I. In alternate years. Analysis of seepage; groundwater movement in slopes, embankments, dams, and earth-supporting structures; construction of flow nets; dewatering systems; filter and drain design. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: CE 522 and 552.
CE 728. Advanced Geotechnical Design. (3) II. Advanced studies of soil investigations; design of retaining structures and reinforced earth walls, sheet piles, anchored bulkheads, underground conduits and tunnels; analysis and repair of failed structures. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: CE 528.
CE 732. Advanced Structural Analysis I. (3) I. Plane truss and frame analysis by direct stiffness method; equivalent nodal forces; thermal and settlement effects; stiffness by energy methods; analysis of space frames and trusses; grid structures; advanced topics. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: CE 537.
CE 741. Civil Engineering Materials II. (3) II. Advanced study of civil engineering materials including concrete, steel, and bituminous concrete. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: CE 641 and CHE 350.
CE 742. Advanced Steel Design. (3) II. Plastic design of steel structures; stability problems in plastic design; design of complex steel structures. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: CE 542.
CE 743. Advanced Reinforced Concrete Theory. (3) II. Advanced theories and methods of design and analysis of reinforced concrete structures. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: CE 544.
CE 745. Structural Dynamics. (3) I. Introduction to fundamental concepts in structural dynamics, free and forced vibration of single and multiple degrees of freedom systems with and without damping, numerical methods for linear and nonlinear dynamic analysis, and basics of the earthquake response and design of structures. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: MATH 240, ME 512, CE 537 or equiv.
CE 751. Hydraulics of Open Channels. (3) I. Properties of open-channel flow; types of open channels; conservation of mass, momentum, and energy; critical, uniform, and gradually varied flow; design of erodible channels; rapidly varied flow. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: CE 552.
CE 752. Advanced Hydrology. (3) I. Review of basic principles; point and regional rainfall and flood frequency analyses; hydrologic and hydraulic flood routing; drainage and flood control facilities design; hydrologic modeling and simulation; flood plain analysis and planning. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: CE 550.
CE 762. Water Treatment Processes. (3) II. Physical and chemical process principles and their application to water treatment plant design. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: CE 565.
CE 766. Wastewater Engineering: Biological Processes. (3) I. Biological process principles and their application to the design of wastewater treatment plants. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: CE 565.
CE 768. Geoenvironmental Engineering Design. (3) II. A team design project in geoenvironmental engineering focused on resolving interdisciplinary issues related to containment of pollutants and remediation of soil and groundwater. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: One of the following: AGRON 605, AGRON 746, BAE 690, CE 625, CE 654, CHE 531, or GEOL 611. Cross-listed with BAE 768 and CHE 768.
CE 771. Travel Demand Modeling. (3) II. Historical development and current status of techniques used in urban transportation planning and travel demand forecasting; trip generation, trip distribution, mode choice, and traffic assignment. Computer models and applications. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: CE 572.
CE 773. Hot Mix Asphalt Mixture Design and Construction. (3) II, in alternate years. An in-depth study of the properties of constituent materials for asphalt concrete mixtures. Marshall and Superpave methods for hot-mix asphalt design. Theory and practice of asphalt concrete mix for pavements, including specifications and construction methods for hot-mixes and surface treatments. Maintenance and rehabilitation of flexible pavements. Relationships of material engineering properties to pavement design and performance. One two-hour lec. and one three-hour lab session a week. Pr.: CE 641.
CE 774. Pavement Design. (3) I. On sufficient demand. Methods of evaluating the load-carrying capacity of soil subgrade, subbase, and base courses; critical analysis of the methods of design for flexible and rigid pavements; methods of increasing the load-carrying capacity of highway and airport pavements. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: CE 522.
CE 775. Traffic Engineering. (3) II. Traffic operations of roads, streets, and highways; traffic engineering studies; use of signs, signals, and pavement markings as traffic control devices; highway and intersection capacity, design, and operation of traffic signals; current microcomputer models and applications. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: CE 572.
CE 776. Pavement Performance and Management Systems. (3) I, in alternate years. Pavement management systems including pavement condition and structural evalu-ation, analysis, and optimization. Economic analysis and rehabilitation planning including computer applications. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: CE 572.
CE 777. Portland Cement Concrete Pavements. (3) II. Portland cement concrete mix design and production. Paving operations. Saw and seal operations. Subgrade preparation. Base selection. Drainage selection, design, and construction. Bonded and unbonded concrete overlays. Whitetopping and ultra-thin whitetopping. Concrete pavement restoration; quality assurance and quality control in concrete pavement construction. Three hours rec. a week. Pr.: CE 641.
CE 786. Land Development for Civil Engineers and Planners. (3) I. Engineering problems involved in site planning and design. The comprehensive planning process, zoning and subdivision regulations; design and location of streets and highways, water supply and sanitary facilities, drainage and public utilities. Two hours rec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: CE 572 or consent of instructor.
CE 790. Problems in Civil Engineering. (Var.) I, II, S. Pr.: Approval of instructor.