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Civil Engineering (CE)

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D class assignments for undergraduates available in KAP214; phone (213) 740-0587.
D class assignments for on-campus students are available online at myviterbi.usc.edu Prerequisite waivers for on-campus students are available online at myviterbi.usc.edu Directed research requests are available online at myviterbi.usc.edu Instructions for directed research may be found online at: cee.usc.edu/students/d-clearance-and-directed-research.htm To be enrolled in an off-campus course, you MUST also be enrolled in the Distance Education Network (DEN). For more information, call (213) 740-4488 or go to den.usc.edu. DEN courses are indicated by a location of DEN@Viterbi

CE 108: Introduction to Computer Methods in Civil Engineering (2.0 units)

Computer programming, organization of problems for computational solution, flow charts, programming; numerical methods, analysis and solution of civil engineering problems.

Note: Register for one lecture and one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
29605R	001	Lecture	4:00-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 30	Hung Wong	RTH115	PDF (9653 KB)
29609R	001	Lecture	11:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	24 of 30	Hung Wong	RTH109	PDF (9653 KB)
29604R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	29 of 30		SAL127
29606R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Tuesday	10 of 30		SAL127

CE 207: Introduction to Design of Structural Systems (2.0 units)

Structural materials, components and systems; gravity and lateral forces; structural performance and failures; introduction to structural plans and analysis; computer applications, case studies, design project. Prerequisite: CE 205. Corequisite: CE 106L and CE 225.

Prerequisite: CE 205
Corequisite: (CE 106 and CE 225)
Note: Register for lecture and one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
29610R	001	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Monday	27 of 40	Navid Nastar	KAP163	PDF (124951 KB)
29611R	001	Lab	6:00-7:20pm	Thursday	6 of 20		SAL127
29612D	001	Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Tuesday	21 of 21		SAL109

CE 225: Mechanics of Deformable Bodies (3.0 units)

Analysis of stress and strain; axial, flexural, and torsional behavior of slender bars; elastic deflections; combined stresses; introduction to elastic stability and energy methods.

Prerequisite: CE 205
Note: Register for lecture and one discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29619R	001	Lecture	9:00-9:50am	MWF	22 of 30	Vincent Lee	KAP145	Word (98946 KB)
29621R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	22 of 30		KAP147

CE 235: Dynamics (3.0 units)

Elements of vector algebra; dynamics of particles, systems of particles and rigid bodies; kinematics; momentum relations, energy methods; vibrations; Euler's equations of motion. Prerequisite: CE 205. Duplicates credit in CE 325.

Prerequisite: CE 205

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29626R	001	Lecture	11:00-11:50am	MWF	22 of 40	Amy Rechenmacher	KAP158
29627D	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	Canceled
29701R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Thursday	22 of 25		KAP164

CE 402: Computer Methods in Engineering (3.0 units)

Fundamentals of analog and digital computers; simulation of nonlinear physical systems; numerical analysis and solution of engineering problems.

Prerequisite: (CE 108 and MATH 245)
Note: Register for lecture and lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29638R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	22 of 40	Sami Masri	VPD106
29643R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Monday	22 of 40		KAP140

CE 450: Basic Coastal Engineering (3.0 units)

Mechanics of wave motion; wave refraction, diffraction and reflection; wave forecasting; shore processes; planning of coastal engineering projects; design of seawalls, breakwaters and offshore installations.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29685R	001	Lecture	3:30-6:10pm	Thursday	5 of 25	Patrick Lynett	VHE206

CE 451: Water Resources Engineering (3.0 units)

Discussion of broad perspectives on control and utilization of water, quantitative hydrology, ground water, probability concept, economic study, hydraulic structures, multi-purpose water resources projects.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CE 309 or ENE 410)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29649R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:40am	Mon, Wed	37 of 50	Jj Lee	KAP146	Word (39424 KB)
29650R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	36 of 50		VPD105

CE 457: Reinforced Concrete Design (3.0 units)

Strength and deformation of reinforced concrete; beams in flexure and shear; bond and development of bars; deflections; columns; slabs; footings; introduction to prestressed concrete.

Prerequisite: (CE 207 and CE 225)
Corequisite: CE 358

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29652R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	28 of 50	Hung Wong	KAP140	PDF (9431 KB)

CE 458: Theory of Structures II (3.0 units)

Matrix algebra; stiffness method; force method; computer analysis of planar structures.

Prerequisite: CE 108 and CE 358
Note: Register for lecture and lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29655R	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	12 of 25	Carter Wellford	KAP113	PDF (48793 KB)
29656R	001	Lab	12:30-1:50pm	Monday	12 of 30		SAL109

CE 460: Construction Engineering (3.0 units)

Introduction to the construction processes; estimating and bidding, construction administration, planning and scheduling, equipment and methods, labor relations, cost control systems, and safety.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29662R	001	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tuesday	75 of 80	Henry Koffman	GFS116

CE 462: Construction Methods and Equipment (3.0 units)

Current procedures in selected fields of construction; organization and planning; equipment economics; machinery.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29664D	014	Lecture	3:30-6:10pm	Tuesday	5 of 10	Henry Koffman	DEN@Viterbi
29665R	001	Lecture	3:30-6:10pm	Tuesday	13 of 28	Henry Koffman	OHE120
29676D	034	Lecture	3:30-6:10pm	Tuesday	Canceled	Henry Koffman

CE 463L: Water Chemistry and Analysis (3.0 units)

Chemistry of water purification technology and water pollution control. Chemical processes in natural and engineering aquatic environments; physical/chemical and biological characterization of water and wastewater.

Prerequisite: CE 453 and 1 from (CHEM 105B or CHEM 115B)
Note: Register for lecture and one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29668R	001	Lecture	6:30-8:40pm	Thursday	12 of 24	Massoud Pirbazari	KAP134
29792R	001	Discussion	5:00-6:20pm	Monday	12 of 24		KAP145
29669R	001	Lab	1:30-3:30pm	Monday	5 of 8		PCE308
29670R	001	Lab	2:30-4:30pm	Tuesday	7 of 8		PCE308
29791R	001	Lab	2:30-4:30pm	Wednesday	Canceled

CE 465: Water Supply and Sewerage System Design (3.0 units)

Design of water supply systems, storm drains, sanitary sewers, and lift stations.

Prerequisite: CE 453

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29618R	001	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Tuesday	23 of 37	Chun-Ching Wang	KAP140

CE 466: Design of Free-Surface Hydraulic Systems (3.0 units)

Hydrological and hydraulic design for uniform and non-uniform flows, channel transition, sedimentation controls, design discharge for tributary watersheds, flood routing, flood detention, computer aided design.

Prerequisite: CE 309

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29674R	001	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Wednesday	15 of 28	Jj Lee	KAP140	Word (31232 KB)

CE 467L: Geotechnical Engineering (4.0 units)

Fundamentals of geotechnical engineering; soil classification, seepage, stress-strain behavior, shear strength, consolidation, design of retaining structures and foundations, and slope stability. Soil testing. Duplicates credit in CE 464 and CE 468.

Prerequisite: CE 225
Note: Register for lecture and one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29675R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	37 of 40	Amy Rechenmacher	RTH105
29671D	001	Lab	12:30-2:20pm	Tuesday	10 of 10		KAPB38
29673R	001	Lab	3:30-5:20pm	Thursday	9 of 9		KAPB38
29820R	001	Lab	9:00-10:50am	Wednesday	3 of 9		KAPB38
29876R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Wednesday	8 of 9		KAPB38
29877R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	7 of 9		KAPB38

CE 470: Building Information Modeling and Integrated Practice (3.0 units)

Building Information Modeling, current BIM technologies; coordination of design and construction; information management throughout building life cycle; project delivery systems and technologies for integrated practice.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29678D	001	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	29 of 29	Burcin Becerik	RTH109

CE 480: Structural Systems Design (3.0 units)

Evaluate, design and analyze buildings. Organize and perform calculations for vertical loads, wind loads, and seismic loads on building projects.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CE 456 or CE 457 or CE 478) and (CE 358 and CE 467 and CE 473 and CE 482)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29677R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:15pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 40	Gregg Brandow	KAP140

CE 485: Wastewater Treatment Design (3.0 units)

Process kinetics, mass balance, reactor design, pretreament, clarification, chemical treatment, biological treatment (aerobic and anaerobic), disinfection, sludge treatment, nitrogen and phosphorus removal, carbon adsorption.

Prerequisite: (CE 451 and CE 463 and CE 473)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29681R	001	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Monday	17 of 28	Wonho Song	KAP158	PDF (120792 KB)

CE 490x: Directed Research (1.0-8.0 units, max 12)

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29684D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 15	Carter Wellford	OFFICE

CE 501: Functions of the Constructor (3.0 units)

Systems, processes, and constraints governing the initiation, direction, engineering, and delivery of major construction projects. Professional construction management, responsibilities, and practice.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29784D	034	Lecture	3:30-6:10pm	Wednesday	8 of 10	David Ashley	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (843897 KB)
29787R	048	Lecture	3:30-6:10pm	Wednesday	37 of 48	David Ashley	OHE100D	PDF (843897 KB)

CE 502: Construction Accounting and Finance (3.0 units)

Cost control, finance, and engineering economy for construction operations.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29788R	048	Lecture	3:30-6:10pm	Monday	31 of 48	Ed Reynolds	KAP146	PDF (729893 KB)

CE 510: Groundwater Management (3.0 units)

Groundwater hydrology, aquifer testing technology, groundwater quality and contamination, geophysical method, well design and development, basin water balance, computer modeling, legal aspects, groundwater management system.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29789R	048	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Wednesday	9 of 20	Iraj Nasseri	KAP134	Word (43008 KB)

CE 529b: Finite Element Analysis (3.0 units)

Basic concepts; stiffness method; variational methods; displacement method; isoparametric formulation; plane stress and strain; plates and shells; dynamics; stability; nonlinear analysis, heat transfer; computer applications.

Prerequisite: CE 529A

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29705R	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Carter Wellford	OHE100C	PDF (42092 KB)
29706D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 10	Carter Wellford	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (42092 KB)

CE 539: Advanced Steel Structures (3.0 units)

Design of tubular members and plate girders; design for torsional and seismic loads; general flexural theory; introduction to plastic design; connections.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29721R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	26 of 50	Gregg Brandow	OHE100D
29722D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 10	Gregg Brandow	DEN@Viterbi

CE 541b: Dynamics of Structures (3.0 units)

Continuous system response; approximate methods; introduction to structural control; random vibration concepts; responses of continuous systems to random excitation; nonlinear systems (geometric theory), (approximate methods).

Prerequisite: CE 541A

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29801R	048	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Monday	Canceled	Sami Masri		PDF (64316 KB)

CE 543: Stability of Structures (3.0 units)

Critical loads of columns, beams, thin-wall bars, plates, shells; stability of frames and trusses; effect of inelastic behavior of materials; effect of dynamic loading.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29803R	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tuesday	14 of 30	Qiming Wang	OHE100C
29804D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tuesday	1 of 10	Qiming Wang	DEN@Viterbi

CE 547: Earthquake Engineering: Response of Structures (3.0 units)

Solutions of seismic structural response: vibrational vs. wave methods, spectral superposition, probabilistic response estimation, nonlinear response; soil-structure interaction; identification and structural health monitoring; experimental methods. Duplicates credit in former CE-535b.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29761R	048	Lecture	3:30-6:10pm	Wednesday	5 of 24	Mihailo Trifunac	KAP138

CE 553: Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering (3.0 units)

Fundamentals and design of aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment processes with a focus on removing organic and inorganic pollutants and recovering resources. Prerequisite: CE 453.

Prerequisite: CE 453

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29760R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	29 of 30	Adam Smith	VKC260

CE 556: Project Controls-Budgeting and Estimating (3.0 units)

Fundamental principles and practices of cost estimating, budgeting, and cost control of construction projects. Case studies and software exercises based on project data.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
29601R	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Wednesday	19 of 35	Scotty Galloway	RTH109
29602D	034	Lecture	TBA	TBA	16 of 20	Scotty Galloway	DEN@Viterbi
29603D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Wednesday	1 of 10	Scotty Galloway	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (319896 KB)

CE 557: Advanced Building Estimating (3.0 units)

Processes in compiling a bid for construction of non-residential building.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29739R	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tuesday	35 of 35	John Cowles	RTH115
29740D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tuesday	4 of 10	John Cowles	DEN@Viterbi

CE 559: Strategic Planning in Construction Engineering (3.0 units)

Elements and techniques of strategic planning for construction engineering. Fundamentals of engineering as a service sector enterprise. Assessment of markets (including international issues), competitors, and technology. Aspects of overseas engineering business. Management of technology and the role of R&D. Emphasis on concepts. Recommended preparation: CE 502

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29744R	048	Lecture	7:00-9:40pm	Thursday	15 of 35	David Crain	OHE136	Word (74240 KB)
29746D	034	Lecture	7:00-9:40pm	Thursday	5 of 25	David Crain	DEN@Viterbi	Word (74240 KB)

CE 561: Uncertainty Quantification (3.0 units)

Methods of quantifying uncertainty in civil engineering and related fields. Basic uncertainty modeling; advanced topics such as reliability analysis, Bayesian updating, random processes, random fields.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29838R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	11 of 20	Roger Ghanem	VHE214

Crosslist CE 562: Aquatic Chemistry (3.0 units)

Quantitative prediction of chemical speciation in aquatic systems, including acid-base chemistry, precipitation/dissolution, complexation, and oxidation/reduction. Applications to water treatment.

Prerequisite: CE 453
Crosslist: This course is offered by the ENE department but may qualify for major credit in CE. To register, enroll in ENE 562.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31416R	048	Lecture	6:30-7:45pm	Mon, Wed	16 of 30	Daniel McCurry	KAP156

CE 565: Wave Propagation in Solids (3.0 units)

Elastic waves in infinite and semi-infinite regions; plates and bars; steady-state and transient scattering; dynamic stress concentration; viscoelastic and plastic bodies.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29620R	048	Lecture	3:30-6:10pm	Thursday	0 of 25	Vincent Lee	KAP145	Word (29363 KB)

CE 566: Project Controls - Planning and Scheduling (3.0 units)

Fundamental principles and practices of planning, CPM scheduling, and resource management. Development of project schedules using CPM theory applied to current and emerging software applications.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
29613D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	3 of 10	Devang Dedhia	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (618958 KB)
29614R	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	33 of 33	Devang Dedhia	RTH115	PDF (618958 KB)
29615D	034	Lecture	TBA	TBA	16 of 20	Devang Dedhia	DEN@Viterbi

CE 570: Building Information Modeling for Collaborative Construction (3.0 units)

Multidisciplinary and geographically distributed virtual project teams used to simulate engineering and construction problems for projects selected in collaboration with industry partners. Recommended preparation:CE-556, CE-566.

Prerequisite: CE 470
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29850R	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Monday	15 of 25	David Gerber	VPD LL101

CE 583: Design of Transportation Facilities (3.0 units)

Planning, design, staging, construction, test, and maintenance of the public works and facilities for land, water, and air transportation. Recommended preparation: CE 471 and CE 457; Probability and statistics on the level of CE 408.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29816R	048	Lecture	5:00-7:40pm	Friday	19 of 25	Amir Elsharief	KAP113	PDF (296455 KB)

CE 588: Railroad Engineering (3.0 units)

Railroad infrastructure including passenger and freight operations, track alignment (horizontal and vertical) design, basic components and terminology used in rail design and an understanding of this mode of transportation. Recommended preparation: CE-471 or equivalent.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29817R	048	Lecture	3:30-6:10pm	Wednesday	7 of 20	Genaro Mejia	KAP134	PDF (358291 KB)

CE 590: Directed Research (1.0-12.0 units)

Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29769D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	6 of 25	Burcin Becerik	OFFICE

CE 599: Special Topics (2.0-4.0 units, max 9)

Course content will be selected each semester to reflect current trends and developments in the field of civil engineering.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Project Risk Management
29608R	048	3.0	Lecture	3:30-6:10pm	Thursday	Canceled	David Ashley		PDF (878913 KB)
Sustainability in the Built Environment
29641R	676	2.0	Lecture	5:00-8:10pm	Tuesday	Canceled	Lucio Soibelman
Short Course on Data Management
29680D	034	2.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	16 of 16	Lucio Soibelman	DEN@Viterbi
Modeling Transportation Network Supply and Demand
29827R	048	3.0	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	6 of 25	Fatemeh Ranaiefar	KAP141	PDF (194962 KB)
Seismic Protective Systems
29830R	048	3.0	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Wednesday	13 of 30	Marios Panagiotou	GFS207	PDF (373709 KB)

CE 603: System Identification (4.0 units)

Methods for building linear and nonlinear dynamical models from input and output time series data; theoretical models, algorithms, and toolbox implementation.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 482 or AME 451)
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29840R	048	Lecture	3:30-5:10pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled	Ketan Savla		PDF (156502 KB)

Crosslist CE 633: Urban Transportation Planning and Management (4.0 units)

Background applications of established urban travel forecasting procedures; land use; trip-generation, trip-distribution, modal-choice, trip- assignment; evaluation; criticisms.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the PPD department but may qualify for major credit in CE. To register, enroll in PPD 633.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
51272R	001	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Thursday	29 of 35	Rajeev Seetharam	KDC236

Crosslist CE 638: Stochastic Optimization (3.0 units)

Stochastic linear and integer programming, multi-stage stochastic programming, application, models and algorithms. Recommended preparation: A first graduate course in optimization and the ability to program in a high level language are essential.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the ISE department but may qualify for major credit in CE. To register, enroll in ISE 638.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31632D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	7 of 25	Suvrajeet Sen	KAP159	PDF (116048 KB)

CE 790: Research (1.0-12.0 units)

Research leading to the Doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29770D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	15 of 32	Burcin Becerik	OFFICE