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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 107L: Introduction to Civil Engineering Graphics (2.0 units)

Graphic communication and drawing; Free-hand sketching; Use of CAD software; Drawing in 2-D, including lettering, dimensioning, and detailing; Drawing and modeling in 3-D.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29600R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Monday	9 of 30	Hung Wong	GFS107
29601D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	Canceled
29602R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Monday	9 of 30		SAL126

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29608R	001	Lecture	3:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	11 of 30	Hung Wong	GFS223
29609R	001	Lecture	11:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	37 of 40	Hung Wong, Lucio Soibelman	SLH200
29604R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	27 of 36		SAL127
29606R	001	Lab	9:00-10:50am	Tuesday	21 of 36		SAL127

CE 225: Mechanics of Deformable Bodies (4.0 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 215
Note: Register for lecture and one discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29619R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	36 of 40	Vincent Lee	THH116	PDF (363617 KB)
29621R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	36 of 40		KAP158

CE 363L: Water Chemistry and Analysis (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: ENE 200 and 1 from (CHEM 105B or CHEM 115B)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29625R	001	Lecture	4:00-6:00pm	Thursday	16 of 30	Massoud Pirbazari	KAP148
29627R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	13 of 16		GFS202
29626R	001	Lab	4:00-5:30pm	Tuesday	16 of 30		BHE210

CE 402: Computer Methods in Engineering (2.0 units)

Application of computer-oriented numerical analysis methods and tools to a broad spectrum of practical science and engineering problems. Use of Python, R and computer algebra.

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	3:30-5:20pm	Monday	5 of 25	Sami Masri	GFS213

CE 408: Risk and Decision Analysis in Civil Engineering (2.0 units)

Introduction to probabilistic concepts and to the formulation and solution of related problems in civil and environmental engineering.

Corequisite: MATH 245

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29640R	001	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tuesday	28 of 31	Roger Ghanem	RTH109

CE 412: Construction Contracts and Law (2.0 units)

Legal aspects of property development and construction: land use, construction practices and specifications, architecture and engineering contracts, agency, subcontracting, professional registration, liability, insurance, liens, bonds.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29635R	001	Lecture	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	22 of 25	Alan Croll	KAP165

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	Canceled

CE 451: Water Resources Engineering (4.0 units)

Control and utilization of inland and coastal water, quantitative hydrology, groundwater, probability concepts, extreme events, coastal hydrodynamics, wave-structures interactions, multiple purposes water projects , economic study.

Prerequisite: CE 309

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29649R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	20 of 42	Jj Lee	THH106

CE 457: Structural Design II (4.0 units)

Design of structural systems in wood, steel, concrete and masonry, and the performance of structural systems for wind and seismic forces.

Prerequisite: CE 358 and CE 456

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29652R	001	Lecture	2:00-4:30pm	Tue, Thu	20 of 50	Gregg Brandow	RTH109

CE 458: Computational Structural Analysis (4.0 units)

Computerized structural analysis; displacement method; force method; large scale structural systems; static analyses; structural dynamics of systems; earthquake engineering; nonlinear analysis; elastic stability and buckling.

Prerequisite: CE 358
Note: Register for lecture and lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29655R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	11 of 20	Carter Wellford	KAP166	PDF (48872 KB)
29656R	001	Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Monday	11 of 20		SAL109

CE 460: Construction Engineering (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29662R	001	Lecture	9:00-12:50pm	Monday	29 of 37	Henry Koffman	DRB146

CE 461: Construction Estimating (4.0 units)

Fundamental principles and practices of advanced building cost estimating using Revit Models and industry standard databases.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29663R	001	Lecture	5:00-8:50pm	Tuesday	13 of 60	John Cowles	GFS118

CE 462: Construction Methods and Equipment (2.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29664D	014	Lecture	1:30-3:20pm	Monday	5 of 15	Henry Koffman	DEN@Viterbi
29665R	001	Lecture	1:30-3:20pm	Monday	23 of 28	Henry Koffman	OHE120

CE 465: Water Supply and Sewerage System Design (4.0 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	6:00-9:30pm	Tuesday	12 of 37	Chun-Ching Wang	KAP148

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	12 of 40	Amy Rechenmacher	RTH109
29671R	001	Lab	12:30-2:20pm	Tuesday	8 of 9		KAPB38
29673R	001	Lab	3:30-5:20pm	Thursday	0 of 9		KAPB38
29820R	001	Lab	9:00-10:50am	Wednesday	1 of 9		KAPB38
29876R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Wednesday	3 of 9		KAPB38
29877R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	0 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	3:30-6:10pm	Monday	27 of 27	Burcin Becerik	RTH115
29679D	014	Lecture	3:30-6:10pm	Monday	3 of 10	Burcin Becerik	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (183300 KB)

CE 480: Civil and Environmental Engineering Capstone Design (4.0 units)

Civil and Environmental Engineering capstone design project incorporating all disciplines of Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering.

Prerequisite: CE 408 and 1 from (CE 456 or CE 457 or CE 476 or CE 485)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29677R	001	Lecture	6:30-9:50pm	Monday	22 of 40	Gregg Brandow	KAP156

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	0 of 15	Carter Wellford	OFFICE

CE 499: Special Topics (2.0-4.0 units, max 8)

Course content to be selected each semester from recent developments in civil engineering and related fields.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Innovation in Engineering and Design for Global Grand Challenges II
29716D	001	4.0	Lecture	6:30-9:50pm	Monday	22 of 25	David Gerber,Burcin Becerik, Brad Cracchiola	GFS207	PDF (166585 KB)

CE 501: Construction Practices (4.0 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	6:00-9:40pm	Wednesday	7 of 10	Scotty Galloway	DEN@Viterbi
29787R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Wednesday	17 of 48	Scotty Galloway	OHE100C

CE 502: Construction Business (4.0 units)

Fundamental accounting principles, financial analysis and financial control, strategic management, and a review of alternative project delivery methods.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29788R	048	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Monday	16 of 48	Ed Reynolds	KAP158

CE 520a: Ocean and Coastal Engineering (3.0 units)

Linear and nonlinear wave theories with engineering applications;wind waves; wave spectra; wave interactions with marine structures; ship mooring, harbor resonance; sediment transport; diffusion processes.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CE 309 or ENE 410)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29736R	048	Lecture	3:30-5:50pm	Monday	3 of 20	Jj Lee	GFS109

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	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	1 of 20	Abdel-Salam Niazy	OHE120	PDF (185514 KB)
29706D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	2 of 10	Abdel-Salam Niazy	DEN@Viterbi

CE 534: Design of Earth Structures (3.0 units)

This course is designed to provide a thorough understanding of the analytical and design principles underlying the construction of a broad range of earth structures.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29715R	048	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Thursday	11 of 25	Amy Rechenmacher	KAP165

CE 538: Prestressed Concrete (3.0 units)

Fundamental principles of prestressing by pre- and post-tensioning; elastic and time dependent losses; stress analysis and design of prestressed and precast concrete structures.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29718R	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Thursday	16 of 20	Navid Nastar	KAP167

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	6:40-9:20pm	Wednesday	18 of 30	Negin Tauberg	OHE120	PDF (52764 KB)
29722D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Wednesday	2 of 10	Negin Tauberg	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (52764 KB)

CE 542: Theory of Plates (3.0 units)

Theory of plate bending; rectangular and circular plates; anisotropic plates; energy methods; numerical methods; large deformations; sandwich plates.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CE 428 or CE 507)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29802D	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	Canceled	Abdel-Salam Niazy		PDF (528046 KB)
29805D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	Canceled	Abdel-Salam Niazy

CE 543: Structural Instability and Failure (4.0 units)

Stability analysis of columns, frames, plates, circular rings and shells; Energy-based method; Dynamic analysis of structural stability; Elastic fracture mechanics; Small-strain plasticity.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29803R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Tuesday	7 of 27	Qiming Wang	RTH115	PDF (426776 KB)
29804D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Tuesday	2 of 10	Qiming Wang	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (426776 KB)

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	3 of 24	Mihailo Trifunac	GFS109

CE 552: Managing and Financing Public Engineering Works (3.0 units)

Tools for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of public engineering works, taking into account the political and policy context. Graduate standing. Recommended preparation: microeconomic theory

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29762R	048	Lecture	6:30-9:00pm	Monday	Canceled	Patrick Harder		PDF (191388 KB)

CE 553: Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering (4.0 units)

Design of aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment processes for organic and inorganic pollutant removal and resource recovery from waste streams.

Prerequisite: CE 453

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29760D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	30 of 32	Adam Smith	RTH109

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	Canceled	Roger Ghanem

CE 569: Project Controls (4.0 units)

Project controls principles including costs and schedules, cost engineering concepts, schedule development, status evaluation, progress monitoring and responses to variances and changes.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29613R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Thursday	10 of 27	Devang Dedhia	RTH115	PDF (350640 KB)
29614D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Thursday	3 of 10	Devang Dedhia	DEN@Viterbi

CE 573: Advanced Technologies in AEC Practices (4.0 units)

Data-centric engineering paradigms, modeling and simulation technologies; applications for Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) projects or challenges.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29840R	048	Lecture	12:00-3:20pm	Monday	15 of 27	David Gerber	RTH115

CE 582: Transportation System Security and Emergency Management (4.0 units)

Multimodal transportation resilience with emphasis on transit systems. Principles of emergency management, preparedness, vulnerability assessment, countermeasures. Related topics in policy and economics.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29818R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Tuesday	19 of 20	Shahed Rowshan	KAP145

CE 583: Design of Transportation Facilities (4.0 units)

Planning, design, staging, construction, test and maintenance of the public works and facilities for land, water, and air transportation.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29816R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	5 of 25	Roxana Javid	VKC203

CE 586: Modeling Transportation Network Supply and Demand (4.0 units)

Theories and applications of transportation network demand and supply models and simulation techniques. Hands-on opportunities to work with simulation software to solve problems.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29815R	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Friday	24 of 25	Fatemeh Ranaiefar	RTH109
29814R	048	Discussion	9:00-10:50am	Friday	24 of 25	Fatemeh Ranaiefar	SAL127

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	2 of 25	Burcin Becerik	OFFICE

CE 594a: Master's Thesis (2.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of Thesis. Graded Cr/NC.

Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29870D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 5	Burcin Becerik	OFFICE

CE 599: Special Topics (1.0-8.0 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	Syllabus
Transportation Planning and Engineering
29819D	048	4.0	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Thursday	Canceled	Rajeev Seetharam, Jim Moore	PDF (134480 KB)
Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Colloquium
29824D	048	1.0	Lecture	4:00-5:00pm	Thursday	13 of 25	Burcin Becerik

Crosslist CE 633: Methods and Modeling Tools for Transportation Planning (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
51272D	001	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Thursday	20 of 30	Hsi-Hwa Hu	VPDLL101	PDF (824258 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	10 of 32	Burcin Becerik	OFFICE