The following are the courses which are available in the Department of Civil Engineering, both undergraduate and graduate.

Civil Engineering (CE)
130. Construction Detailing. (3)
Basics of construction detailing and comprehension of working drawing sets.

132L. Construction Graphics and Methods. (3)
Principles and techniques of computer graphic applications used in the construction industry using AutoCAD® 2000.
Prerequisite: 130.

171. Construction Materials and Techniques. (3)
Plan reading, elementary construction techniques, materials and construction documents; primary emphasis is on the Uniform Building Code plan checking.
Prerequisite: 130.

202. Engineering Statics. (3)
Statics of particles and rigid bodies in two and three dimensions using vector algebra as an analytical tool; centroids; distributed loads; trusses, frames; friction.
Prerequisites: PHYC 160, MATH 163.

257. Cost Estimating. [Construction Engineering.] (3)
Using modern, professional estimating techniques and resources, students complete cost estimates on buildings based on The Construction Specifications Institute formatted budgets and quantity take-offs for materials, labor and equipment. Seven levels of construction estimating are surveyed and applied.
Prerequisite: 171.

277. Construction Scheduling. [Construction Project Management.] (3)
Introduction to construction processes and techniques for transforming contract documents and estimating into project schedules. Survey of scheduling techniques and software. Analysis of basic project tasks, controlling for time and work materials.
Prerequisite: 171.

279. Mechanical Electrical Systems Construction. (3)
Materials and equipment used in the electrical and mechanical systems of commercial building, and associated codes and costs, are surveyed and explored.

283. Transportation System Measurements. (3)
Principles of physical measurements and error theory applied to transportation systems, including layout and design. Design elements and standards, sight distance considerations and earthwork calculations applied to horizontal and vertical alignment design.
Prerequisite: MATH 162 or 180.

302. Mechanics of Materials. (3)
Stresses and strains in members subjected to tension, compression, torsion, shear and flexure. Combined and principal stresses; Mohr’s circle construction; buckling. Introduction to statically indeterminate members.
Prerequisite: 202. Pre- or corequisite: MATH 316.

304. Engineering Mechanics. (4)
Accelerated course combining fundamentals of statics and dynamics of rigid bodies. Principles of kinematics and kinetics for particles and rigid bodies using vector notation. Not intended for CE or ME students.
Prerequisites: PHYC 160, MATH 264.

305. Civil Engineering Materials. (4)
Lecture and laboratory studies of the physical, structural, mechanical and chemical properties of civil engineering materials including cementitious and bituminous materials, metals, wood and composites. Experimental determination of material properties.
Prerequisite: ENGL 219. Pre- or corequisite: 302. Three hours lecture.

308. Structural Analysis. (3)
Analysis of determinate and indeterminate structural systems. Determination of forces and displacements. Classical analysis methods, influence lines and introduction to matrix stiffness formulation.
Prerequisite: 302 and 305.

310. Structural Design I. (4)
Introduction to structural design, design philosophies and approaches, structural materials and loading. Behavior of structural members, connections and approaches to the design of steel and reinforced concrete elements and systems constructed using current codes. Introduction to timber structures.
Prerequisite: 308. Three lectures.

331. Fluid Mechanics. (4)
Fluid properties; fluids at rest; fluid flow principles, including continuity, energy and momentum; incompressible fluid flow; laboratory study of basic principles of fluid mechanics
Pre- or corequisites: ME 306, CE 202. Three lectures.

**335. [335.] Introduction to Water And Wastewater Treatment. (3)
Basic design concepts of water and wastewater treatment. Flow rates, characterization of water, materials balances, coagulation, flocculation, filtration, sedimentation, biological treatment and disinfection.
Prerequisites: 331L, CHEM 122L.

350. Engineering Economy. (3)
(Also offered as ME 350.) A study of methods and techniques used in determining comparative financial desirability of engineering
alternatives. Includes time value of money (interest), depreciation methods and modern techniques for analysis of management decisions.
Prerequisite: ECON 105 and MATH 163.

352. Computer Applications in Civil Engineering. (3)
Study of computer-aided design and other computer applications for surveying, site design, earthwork, roadway design, hydrology and other civil engineering topics.
Prerequisites: 283L, ME 160L.

354./554. Probability and Statistics for Civil Engineers. (3)
Introduction to probabilistic and statistical techniques, including descriptive measures, distributions, hypotheses testing, regression and analysis of variance, and their application to specific examples in the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of civil engineering facilities.
Prerequisite: MATH 316

360. Soil Mechanics. (4)
Fundamental properties of soils, classification systems, site investigation, permeability, consolidation, compaction and shear. Laboratory tests conducted to determine the properties of soils-related geotechnical engineering problems.
Prerequisite: 302. Three lectures.

370. Construction Methods and Equipment. (3)
Comprehensive study of the ownership and operating costs, production rates and operating characteristics of the major construction equipment types.
Prerequisite: 350. Restriction: junior or senior standing.

**372. Construction Contracting. (3)
Management principles as applied to the conduct and control of a construction contracting business; estimating methods, bidding, construction contracts, bonds, insurance, project planning and scheduling, cost accounting, labor law, labor relations and safety.
Restriction: junior or senior standing.

382. Transportation Engineering. (3)
Multimodal examination of the planning, design and operation of transportation facilities; social aspects and economic evaluation of transportation system improvements; transportation design project.
Prerequisite: 283L. Restriction: junior or senior standing.

409. Engineering Ethics. (1)
(Also offered as ECE, ME 409.) Topics in engineering practice, licensing, ethics and ethical problem-solving. Cases illustrating ethical issues facing practicing engineers. One lecture and one recitation per week for eight weeks.
Restriction: senior standing.

411./511. Reinforced Concrete Design. (3)
Structural mechanics of concrete beams, slabs, columns, walls and footings; checking and proportioning of members and connections in accordance with specifications for limit state concrete design.
Prerequisite: 310. Restriction: senior standing.

415. Civil Engineering Design Competition. (1 to a maximum of 3) Δ
Students will plan, design, construct, and test projects for competitions such as the American Society of Civil Engineering/American Institute of Steel Construction steel bridge competition and the American Concrete Institute’s concrete canoe competition. Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
Restriction: junior or senior standing.

424./524. Structural Design in Metals. (3)
Design of steel systems in accordance with LRFD design specifications.
Prerequisite: 310. Restriction: senior standing.

436./536. Biological Wastewater Treatment. (3)
Principles and design of wastewater treatment systems which are dependent on biological organisms. Processes covered include suspended culture and fixed culture systems, nutrient removal, hybrid systems, land application and on-site treatment systems. Emphasis will be placed on fundamental interaction between the organisms, wastes and receiving body of water.
Prerequisite: 335. Restriction: senior standing.

437L./537L. Aqueous Environmental Chemistry and Analysis. (3)
Summary of important concepts applicable to ecology, water and wastewater treatment. Topics include acid-base equilibria, alkalinity, hardness, nutrient cycles and forms, metals and organic compounds in water. Emphasis will be on analytical procedures commonly used.
Prerequisite: 335. Two lectures, 3 hrs. lab.

ENGINEERING
440./540. Design of Hydraulic Systems. (3)
Applications of the principles of fluid mechanics to the design and analysis of pipe systems. Topics include pipe network analysis, design and selection of hydraulic machinery and analysis of transient and compressible flow.
Prerequisite: 331.

441./541. Groundwater Engineering. (3)
Hydraulics of groundwater flow, well hydraulics, subsurface water quality and groundwater management.
Prerequisite: 442.

*442. Hydraulic Engineering and Hydrology. (3)
Design of water distribution systems and open channels; selection of pumps and turbines; hydraulics of wells; basic engineering hydrology including precipitation, infiltration, runoff, flood routing, statistical measures and water resources planning.
Prerequisite: 331 and MATH 162.

448./548. Fuzzy Logic and Applications. (3)
(Also offered as ECE 448.) Theory of fuzzy sets; foundations of fuzzy logic. Fuzzy logic is shown to contain evidence, possibility and probability logics; course emphasizes engineering applications; control, pattern recognition, damage assessment, decisions; hardware/software demonstrations.
Prerequisites: MATH 162.

*455. [**455.] Engineering Project Management. (3)
(Also offered as ME 455) Estimating, proposing, planning, scheduling, quality and cost control and reporting of an engineering project. Case studies of typical engineering projects. Small projects carried out by student teams.
Restriction: junior or senior standing.

462./562. Foundation Engineering I. (3)
Application of principles of soil mechanics to analysis and design of footings, piles, caissons, cofferdams and other substructures.
Prerequisite: 360L.

464./564. Rock Mechanics. (3)
Geologic considerations; physical properties and engineering classification of intact rock; in situ behavior of rock masses; effect of geologic discontinuities on physical properties; application of rock mechanics principles to specific foundation problems; reinforcement of rock masses; controlled blasting and blast-induced vibrations.
Prerequisite: 360.

466./566. Pavement Design. (3)
Pavement design principles, including a review of methods for soil testing and characterization, base selection, subgrade stabilization and surfacing material design. Procedures for new pavement design and existing pavement testing and evaluation will be covered.
Prerequisite: 360.

473./573. [*473.] Construction Law. (3)
Basic law concepts pertaining to the construction industry in New Mexico, including the Construction Industries Licensing Act, construction contracts, change orders, delay damages, contractor liability, dispute resolution, lien laws and the Miller Acts.
Prerequisite: 277. Restriction: junior or senior standing.

474./574. [*474.] Principles of Written Construction Documents. (3)
This course reviews written documents used throughout construction projects, describing how the documents relate to each other and to drawings. It provides detail on the theory, techniques and format for every aspect of construction documentation.
Prerequisite: ENGL 219.

475./575. Construction Safety. (3)
Basic safety and loss control concepts practices and skills to improve construction job site safety. The course will cover OSHA regulations and enforcement, job site accidents and losses associated with various types of accidents, documentation, record-keeping, development of safety policies and procedures, safe environments, employer and worker/ employee responsibilities, drug and alcohol abuse, crisis
management and other safety related topics.
Restriction: junior or senior standing.

477./577. Project Controls. [Advanced Planning and Estimating.] (3)
Time and cost budgeting is used for project control through management information and systems engineering. Topics to include cost integrated scheduling, earned value, probabilistic estimating and scheduling, crashing, trade-off analysis and forecasting.
Prerequisite: 277. Restriction: junior or senior standing.

482./582. Highway and Traffic Engineering. (3)
Principles of the geometric design and operation of streets and highways, including planning aspects, traffic design and control and highway safety. Application of these principles to actual situations.
Prerequisite: 382. Restriction: junior or senior standing.

483./583. Traffic Engineering Studies and Characteristics. (3)
Highway traffic speed, volume, capacity, accidents, origin-destination, and parking; the road users and vehicles in traffic; models and theories describing traffic flow.
Prerequisite: 382.

*491–*492. Civil Engineering Honors. (1-3, 1-3 to amaximum of 6)
Advanced studies in various areas of civil engineering.

493. Special Topics in Civil Engineering. (1-3 to a maximum of 6)
Prerequisite: 3.20 GPA.

494. Honors Seminar. (3 to a maximum of 6) Δ
Prerequisite: 3.20 GPA.

495. Construction Internship. (1)
Practical construction industry experience (both home office and field). Students spend designated period of time with owner or contractor. Evaluation by both instructor and industry sponsor, emphasizing student’s understanding of observed project management operations.
Restriction: junior or senior standing.

497L. Design Construction Integration. (3)
Comprehensive, creative construction management of a typical construction project, including estimating, scheduling, document preparation, constructibility site analysis and quality, safety, equipment and material plans. Both written and oral presentations are required.
Pre- or corequisite: 477. Restriction: senior standing.

499. Design of Civil Engineering Systems. (3)
Comprehensive, creative design of a typical civil engineering project, including cost analysis. Detailed study based on written proposals by student teams, both written and oral reports required. To be taken in the student’s last semester.
Prerequisites: 310 and 331 and 350 and 360. Restriction: senior standing.

501. Advanced Mechanics of Materials. (3)
(Also offered as ME 501.) State of stress and strain at a point, stress-strain relationships; topics in beam theory such as unsymmetrical bending, curved beams, and elastic foundations; torsion of noncircular cross-sections, energy principles.

502. Finite Element Methods in Solid Mechanics. (3)
Topics in finite element analysis with applications to problems in a two and three dimensional, solid continuum.

503. Composite Materials. (3)
Mechanical behavior of constituent materials, characteristics of the lamina and laminates, composite action and mechanics, fracture and failure theories, hygrothermal effects, testing and inspection techniques, design of composite structures.

506. Prestressed Concrete. (3)
Theoretical and practical aspects of behavior and design of prestressed concrete structures.

508. Analysis and Design of Plates and Shells. (3)
Behavior, analysis and design of discrete and continuous plates and shells. Membrane and bending behavior using elasticity and plastic yield line theories. Numerical methods of solution.

511./411. Reinforced Concrete Design. (3)
Structural mechanics of concrete beams, slabs, columns, walls and footings; checking and proportioning of members and connections in accordance with specifications for limit state concrete design.

518. Theory of Structural Stability. (3)
General concept of stability of elastic and inelastic systems: columns, beam-columns, frames, plates and torsional stability. Equilibrium, energy and dynamic methods, nonlinear systems, nonconservative problems, discretized mathematical models.

520. Introduction to Structural Dynamics. (3)
Basic theory of structural vibrations; structural response/ design to dynamic loads; approximate frequency methods for design; response spectra for design; viscous and tuned mass damping; lumped mass systems using matrix methods; periodic and transient response using normal mode method; continuous mass systems.

521. Earthquake Engineering. (3)
Nature of dynamic loading from earthquakes and bomb blasts; nature of dynamic resistance of structural elements and complete structures; criteria for design of blast and earthquake resistant structures; applications.

524./424. Structural Design in Metals. (3)
Design of steel systems in accordance with LRFD design specifications.

530. Legal Issues and Environmental Technology. (3)
This course discusses the legal and regulatory aspects associated with principal technologies in current use in environmental engineering. The regulatory programs to be addressed include those established under NEPA, CAA, CWA, SDWA, RCRA and CERCLA.

531. Physical-Chemical Water and Wastewater Treatment. (3)
Theory and design of common physical-chemical treatment processes including sedimentation, coagulation, flocculation, water softening, oxidation, disinfection, sludge handling and disposal, filtration and centrifugation.

532. Advanced Physical-Chemical Water and Wastewater. (3)
Principles and design practices of unit operations applicable for special problems. Processes covered will include absorption,
ion exchange, reverse osmosis, wet air oxidation, ammonia stripping among others. Emphasis will be on reuse of treated effluent and production of high quality water for special applications including drinking water and industrial water supply.

534. Environmental Engineering Chemistry. (3)
A comprehensive survey including acid-base and precipitation equilibria, complexation of metals, transformation occurring in the environment adsorption, ion exchange. The approach will be quantitative and aimed at developing the students ability to predict consequences of environmental manipulation, treatment processes and phenomena observed in the field.

536./436. Biological Wastewater Treatment. (3)
Principles and design of wastewater treatment systems which are dependent on biological organisms. Processes covered include suspended culture and fixed culture systems, nutrient removal, hybrid systems, land application and on-site treatment systems. Emphasis will be placed on fundamental interaction between the organisms, wastes and receiving body of water.

537L./437L. Aqueous Environmental Chemistry and Analysis. (3)
Summary of important concepts applicable to ecology, water and wastewater treatment. Topics include acid-base equilibria, alkalinity, hardness, nutrient cycles and forms, metals and organic compounds in water. Emphasis will be on analytical procedures commonly used. Two lectures, 3 hrs. lab.

539. Radioactive Waste Management (3)
(Also offered as CHNE 439./539.) Introduction to the nuclear fuel cycle emphasizing sources, characteristics and management of radioactive wastes. Types of radiation, radioactive decay calculations, shielding requirements. Radwaste management technologies and disposal options.

540./440. Design of Hydraulic Systems. (3)
Applications of the principles of fluid mechanics to the design and analysis of pipe systems. Topics include pipe network analysis, design and selection of hydraulic machinery and analysis of transient and compressible flow.

541./441. Groundwater Engineering. (3)
Hydraulics of groundwater flow, well hydraulics, subsurface water quality and groundwater management.

542. Intermediate Hydrology. (3)
Hydrometeorology, interception, depression storage, infiltration, hydrograph analysis, flood routing, urban hydrology, groundwater analysis and utilization.
Restriction: graduate standing.

543. Introduction to Groundwater and Contaminant Transport Modeling. (3)
Principles and applications of analytical and numerical modeling of groundwater flow and contaminant transport. Development of the flow and transport equations for saturated and unsaturated media. Presentation of finite difference, finite element and stochastic methods.

544. Water Resources Engineering. (3)
Analysis of river basin development. Legal and economic factors in water use and reuse. American experience in political organization for river basin control. Fundamentals of mathematical models for optimizing river basin development.

545. Open Channel Hydraulics. (3)
Open channel hydraulics; specific energy and specific force; steady and unsteady flow; gradually varied flow; rapidly varied flow; computation of water surface profiles.

546. Hydraulic Structures. (3)
Design of hydraulic structures such as spillways, stilling basins, concrete dams, canals, measuring devices, sediment excluders and other hydraulic devices.

547. GIS in Water Resources Engineering. (3)
Principles and operation of geographic information systems using Arc GIS, work with surface and subsurface digital representations of the environment considering hydrologic and transportation processes. Course project is required.
Restriction: graduate standing.

548./448. Fuzzy Logic and Applications. (3)
(Also offered as ECE 548) Theory of fuzzy sets; foundations of fuzzy logic. Fuzzy logic is shown to contain evidence, possibility and probability logics; course emphasizes engineering applications; control, pattern recognition, damage assessment, decisions; hardware/software demonstrations.

549. Vadose Zone Hydrology. (3)
Principles and applications of water, energy and solute transport in the near-surface environment. Topics covered include moisture characteristic curves, unsaturated hydraulic conductivity, Richards equation and numerical solutions. Processes studied include infiltration, redistribution, evapotranspiration and recharge.
Restriction: graduate standing.

ENGINEERING
551. Problems. (1-3 to a maximum of 6) Δ
Advanced reading, analysis, design or research.

554./354. Probability and Statistics for Civil Engineers. (3)
Introduction to probabilistic and statistical techniques, including descriptive measures, distributions, hypotheses testing, regression and analysis of variance, and their application to specific examples in the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of civil engineering facilities.

560. Advanced Soil Mechanics. (3)
Stress space and stress paths; in situ tests; shear strength and behavior of sands and clays; selection of strength parameters for analysis and design.

561L. Advanced Soil Mechanics Laboratory. (3)
Advanced soil testing procedures, laboratory study of the mechanical and physical properties of soil, stress path testing and cyclic testing. One lecture, 6 hrs. lab.

562./462. Foundation Engineering I. (3)
Application of principles of soil mechanics to analysis and design of footings, piles, caissons, cofferdams and other substructures.

563. Earth Structures. (3)
Analysis and design of earth dams, embankments and excavations; seepage, slope stability. Buried structures, conduits and culverts. Computer applications.

564./464. Rock Mechanics. (3)
Geologic considerations; physical properties and engineering classification of intact rock; in situ behavior of rock masses; effect of geologic discontinuities on physical properties; application of rock mechanics principles to specific foundation problems; reinforcement of rock masses; controlled blasting and blast-induced vibrations.

565. Soil Behavior. (3)
Understanding of the factors that determine and control the engineering properties of soils. Soil deposits, formation and composition; properties of the clay minerals, soil structure and fabric; and deformational behavior of soils under stresses.

566./466. Pavement Design. (3)
Pavement design principles, including a review of methods for soil testing and characterization, base selection, subgrade stabilization and surfacing material design. Procedures for new pavement design and existing pavement testing and evaluation will be covered.

567. Foundation Engineering II. (3)
Analytical and practical aspects of foundation design problems: soil improvement, foundations in difficult soils, reinforced earth walls, sheet pile walls, slurry walls, excavation and anchors.

568. Soil Dynamics. (3)
Behavior of soils subjected to loads, elastic and inelastic wave propagation in soils, ground motion, machine foundations, wave effects on structures, seismic studies, pile driving and dynamic soil testing.

572. Construction Project Management. (3)
Management principles as applied to the time and cost control of a construction project; planning and scheduling using CPM, least cost expediting, resource leveling, field cost accounting.

573./473. Construction Law. (3)
Basic law concepts pertaining to the construction industry in New Mexico, including the Construction Industries Licensing Act, construction contracts, change orders, delay damages, contractor liability, dispute resolution, lien laws and the Miller Acts.
Prerequisite: 277.

574./474. Principles of Written Construction Documents. (3)
This course reviews written documents used throughout construction projects, describing how the documents relate to each other and to drawings. It provides detail on the theory, techniques and format for every aspect of construction documentation.
Prerequisite: ENGL 219.

575./475. Construction Safety. (3)
Basic safety and loss control concepts practices and skills to improve construction job site safety. The course will cover OSHA regulations and enforcement, job site accidents and losses associated with various types of accidents, documentation, record-keeping, development of safety policies and procedures, safe environments, employer and worker/ employee responsibilities, drug and alcohol abuse, crisis management and other safety related topics.

577./477. Project Controls. [Advanced Planning and Estimating.] (3)
Time and cost budgeting is used for project control through management information and systems engineering. Topics to include cost integrated scheduling, earned value, probabilistic estimating and scheduling, crashing, trade-off analysis and forecasting.

578. [578./478.] Design of Temporary Support Structures. (3)
Design and construction of temporary support structures used in the construction industry, including concrete formwork, scaffolding, caissons, cofferdams and dewatering systems.

580. Highway Traffic Design. (3)
Basic principles and geometric design of roadways, roadsides, interchanges and intersections.

581. Urban Transportation Planning. (3)
Planning aspects of highway transportation including transportation goals, transportation forecasting techniques and models, selection between alternate solutions, financing improvements.

582./482. Highway and Traffic Engineering. (3)
Principles of the geometric design and operation of streets and highways, including planning aspects, traffic design and control and highway safety. Application of these principles to actual situations.

583./483. Traffic Engineering Studies and Characteristics. (3)
Highway traffic speed, volume, capacity, accidents, origin-destination and parking; the road users and vehicles in traffic; models and theories describing traffic flow.

584. Transportation of Hazardous Materials. (3)
Technical and policy issues associated with hazardous materials transportation. Examines the transportation regulatory environment and specific issues relating to accident analysis, routing, risk assessment and community preparedness and emergency response.

588. Master’s Project. (1-6)
Development of project concept, investigation of needs, initial data collection and assembly of written and field materials necessary to conduct a professional project. Exploration of alternative means to conduct the project. Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
Prerequisites: completion of 12 credit hours of 500 level course work. Restriction: CE majors.

598. Selected Topics. (1-3 to a maximum of 6) Δ
A course offered by Civil Engineering faculty which presents a detailed examination of developing sciences and technologies in a classroom setting. {Offered upon demand}

599. Master’s Thesis. (1-6, no limit) Δ
Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

650. Research. (1-6 to a maximum of 12) Δ
Restriction: CE majors only.

691. Graduate Seminar. (1 to a maximum of 4) Δ
Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

699. Dissertation. (3-12, no limit) Δ
Offered on a CR/NC basis only.