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Civil Engineering (CE)

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D class assignments for undergraduates available in KAP-214; 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	Syllabus	Info
29600R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Monday	35 of 36	Meida Chen	SAL127
29602R	001	Lab	8:00-8:50am	Friday	35 of 36		SAL127

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	9:00-9:50am	Tue, Thu	32 of 56	Roger Ghanem	SSL202
29604R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	19 of 30		SAL127
29606R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Thursday	13 of 30		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	25 of 40	Qiming Wang	KAP163	PDF (331316 KB)
29621R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	25 of 40		KAP144

CE 309: Fluid Mechanics (4.0 units)

Fluid statics; relative velocity field; total acceleration; divergence theorem; conservation of mass, energy, and momentum applied to engineering problems in laminar and turbulent flow.

Prerequisite: 1 from (MATH 226 or MATH 229)
Corequisite: CE 225

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29620R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	39 of 62	Thomas Petersen	SOSB4

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	4:00-5:50pm	Thursday	12 of 30	Massoud Pirbazari	KAP163
29627R	001	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Monday	12 of 30		ZHS360
29626R	001	Lab	11:00-12:50pm	Thursday	12 of 30		BHEB8

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29638R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	16 of 25	Sami Masri	MRF229	PDF (45676 KB)

CE 404: Business and Intellectual Property Law for Engineers (3.0 units)

An examination of legal issues confronting the professional engineer. Topics include the legal system, contracts, risk management, forms of doing business, capital formation and intellectual property rights. Upper division standing.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29634R	001	Lecture	11:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	Canceled

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
29635D	001	Lecture	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	20 of 20	Alan Croll	SGM601

CE 451: Water Resources and Coastal 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	31 of 42	Patrick Lynett	DMC203

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	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 30	Gregg Brandow	DRB146

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	16 of 20	Carter Wellford	KAP167
29656R	001	Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Monday	16 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	26 of 28	Henry Koffman	RTH109
29672D	014	Lecture	9:00-12:50pm	Monday	2 of 10	Henry Koffman	DEN@Viterbi

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	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 60	Navneet Agrawal	GFS118	PDF (417152 KB)

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	3 of 15	Henry Koffman	DEN@Viterbi
29665R	001	Lecture	1:30-3:20pm	Monday	20 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	6:00-9:20pm	Tuesday	12 of 37	Chun-Ching Wang	KAP163

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	36 of 40	Amy Rechenmacher	RTH109
29673R	001	Lab	3:30-5:20pm	Thursday	9 of 9		KAPB38
29820R	001	Lab	9:00-10:50am	Wednesday	9 of 9		KAPB38
29876R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Wednesday	9 of 9		KAPB38
29877R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	4 of 9		KAPB38
29878R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Friday	5 of 9		KAPB38

CE 470: Building Information Modeling: Project Visualization and Sim (4.0 units)

Building Information Modeling, current BIM technologies; coordination of design and construction; information management throughout building lifecycle; project visualization and simulation for integrated practice.

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
29679D	014	Lecture	12:30-3:50pm	Tuesday	5 of 10	Burcin Becerik	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (350225 KB)
29678D	001	Lecture	12:30-3:50pm	Tuesday	30 of 30	Burcin Becerik	RTH109	PDF (350225 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)
Note: Section designated for ENE students. Students should meet in same location as CE 480, section 29677.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29676R	001	Lecture	6:30-9:50pm	Monday	7 of 20	Sunny Wang	KAP134
29677R	001	Lecture	6:30-9:50pm	Monday	25 of 40	Gregg Brandow	KAP158

CE 486b: Innovation in Engineering and Design for Global Crises (3.0 units)

Engineering innovation to design products, services and technologies with a human-centered approach to help solve the needs of people affected by global crises.

Prerequisite: CE 486A

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29670R	001	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Monday	16 of 30	David Gerber,Daniel Druhora, Brad Cracchiola	KDC240

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	Amy Rechenmacher	OFFICE

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
29705R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Wednesday	12 of 30	Henry Koffman	OHE136
29706D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Wednesday	9 of 15	Henry Koffman	DEN@Viterbi

CE 502: Construction Accounting, Finance and Strategy (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	18 of 48	Ed Reynolds	KAP146	PDF (391355 KB)

CE 526: Engineering Mathematical Methods (4.0 units)

Engineering problems discussed on a physical basis with solutions via mathematical tools: Fourier series; Fourier and Laplace transforms; partial differential equations, wave and Laplace equations.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29709R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled			PDF (395814 KB)

CE 529: Finite Element Analysis (4.0 units)

Basic concepts; variational methods; isoparametric formulation; plane stress; plane strain; axisymmetric structures; plates and shells; structural dynamics; stability and buckling; computer applications; nonlinear analysis.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29710R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Monday	11 of 30	Carter Wellford	RTH109
29711D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Monday	6 of 15	Carter Wellford	DEN@Viterbi
29712R	048	Lab	5:30-6:20pm	Friday	11 of 30		RTH109
29713D	034	Lab	5:30-6:20pm	Friday	6 of 10		DEN@Viterbi

CE 533: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (4.0 units)

Fundamental and design-oriented understanding of the "state-of-the-practice" of geotechnical earthquake engineering, related to analysis and design of foundations, slopes and retaining walls.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29715R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Tuesday	8 of 30	Amy Rechenmacher	OHE100C
29725D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Tuesday	4 of 10	Amy Rechenmacher	DEN@Viterbi

CE 537: Advanced Reinforced Concrete (4.0 units)

Advanced beam flexural analysis; shear behavior of beams; beam-columns and interaction diagrams; torsion; structural wall design; analysis of D-regions; nonlinear behavior of RC systems.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29716R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	7 of 25	Bora Gencturk	RTH105
29717D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	3 of 10	Bora Gencturk	DEN@Viterbi

CE 538: Prestressed Concrete (2.0 units)

Introduction to the concept, principles and applications of prestressed concrete; covers the analysis and design of prestressed concrete structures.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29718R	048	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	4 of 20	Navid Nastar	KAP138

CE 540: Modeling and Analysis of Tall and Special Structures (2.0 units)

Integration of structural modeling with the analysis and design of tall and special structures to resist earthquake motion through inelastic response.

Prerequisite: CE 529 and CE 541

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29720R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	9 of 12	Farzad Naeim	WPH204

CE 541: Dynamics of Structures (4.0 units)

Forced vibrations of discrete and distributed systems; energy methods; analytical dynamics; computational techniques; approximate methods; random vibration concepts; nonstationary response; structural control; nonlinear system response.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29781R	048	Lecture	12:30-3:50pm	Monday	3 of 30	Sami Masri	RTH115	PDF (65836 KB)
29782D	034	Lecture	12:30-3:50pm	Monday	0 of 10	Sami Masri	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (65836 KB)

CE 547: Earthquake Engineering: Response of Structures (4.0 units)

Develop skills for using current knowledge about structural response in the design of earthquake resistant structures.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29761R	048	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Wednesday	Canceled

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	6:30-8:50pm	Monday	Canceled

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	25 of 40	Devang Dedhia	RTH105	PDF (344626 KB)
29614D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Thursday	5 of 18	Devang Dedhia	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (344626 KB)

CE 576: Invention and Technology Development (3.0 units)

This project-oriented course elaborates on the process of engaging creative thought, tools and techniques for invention, and issues involved in bringing inventions to the production phase.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29830R	048	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Thursday	19 of 22	Berok Khoshnevis	KAP137	PDF (825692 KB)

CE 578: Technology-Enabled Architecture, Engineering and Constructio (4.0 units)

Integration of architecture, engineering and construction practices through the development of a construction project.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29840R	048	Lecture	12:00-3:20pm	Monday	9 of 30	David Gerber	VHE206

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	Wednesday	12 of 20	Shahed Rowshan	KAP134	PDF (405249 KB)

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	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	6 of 25	Roxana Javid	DMC258	PDF (1072663 MB)

CE 585: Traffic Engineering and Control (3.0 units)

Conceptual engineering geometric design, installation, and calibration of vehicular storage and traffic controls; safe flow optimization of vehicles on various thoroughfares. Recommended preparation: CE 471.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29819R	048	Lecture	11:30-1:50pm	Tuesday	10 of 20	Roxana Javid	DRB146	PDF (957564 KB)

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
29815D	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	Canceled
29814D	048	Discussion	9:30-11:20am	Friday	Canceled

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	Felipe De Barros	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	Location	Syllabus
Structural Identification and Health Monitoring
29824R	048	4.0	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	6 of 16	Audrey Olivier	VHE206
Data Analytics in Civil Engineering
29845R	048	2.0	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	17 of 20	Roger Ghanem	WPH202
Transportation Systems Analysis
29871D	048	4.0	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	Canceled			PDF (152538 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	13 of 32	Felipe De Barros	OFFICE