Application of fracture mechanics to fracture-safe design of metal structures; material behavior and analysis of components containing cracks. Topic 2: Biological Wastewater Treatment and Sludge Processing. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Subjects may include inhalation intake fractions for risk calculations and comparisons of sources of air pollution, transmission of airborne infectious disease, pharmacokinetic modeling, and case studies involving several important air pollutants. Bearing capacity, design of piers and pile foundations.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing, and a materials course. Topic 1: Air Pollution Chemistry. Five separate laboratories totaling 6,000 square feet are devoted to building energy and environments research on the J. J. Pickle Research Campus. Two lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. The independent inquiry flag, the quantitative reasoning flag, the ethics flag and one writing flag are carried by courses specifically required for the degree; these courses are identified below. Topic 4: Freight Transportation. Presentations and discussions on various topics in water resources engineering. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Application of engineering hydraulics to watershed management and urban infrastructure design; engineering hydrology; open-channel hydraulics; remotely sensed data analysis; hydraulic and hydrologic modeling tools; urban water quality and low impact design. Graduate students pursuing a thesis-option Master of Science degree or doctoral studies are exposed to the programs research activities. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Six hours of lecture and design laboratory a week for one semester, with appropriate field trips to operating facilities. Basic theory of probability and statistics with practical applications to civil engineering problems, including statistical inference and sampling. Practical methods of data analysis for evaluating project performance metrics. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Concepts, principles, theories, and models for infrastructure management, with emphasis on civil infrastructure systems. To provide a broad general background, at least one technical elective from each of three different areas of specialization must be included in each student's program. Legal and technological approaches to effective and sustainable control of hazardous wastes and contaminated sites, studied through problem evaluation and solution. Architectural Engineering 335, Materials and Methods of Building Construction Separation versus integration of transport policymaking and service delivery functions; emerging models for delivering programs and services, such as outsourcing, privatization, and state-owned enterprises; review of national and international experiences with innovative approaches and the benefits and costs associated with change. Independent research with a tenure track faculty member in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering. Much of the work of civil engineers is highly visible, such as roadways, bridges, airports, levees, buildings, bike paths, and city parks, while other parts are rarely seen but equally vital to the health of communities, such as the water and wastewater treatment, distribution, and collection systems or the energy infrastructure. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Topic 1: Advanced CAD Procedures. Cement chemistry, hydration, and microstructural formation; analytical techniques used in the investigation of cement and concrete. Evaluation of new theoretical approaches to air pollution control. Civil Engineering 393C and 397 (Topic: Experimental Methods in Cement Chemistry) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in civil engineering and consent of the supervising professor and the graduate adviser. Topics include determination and reporting of net income methods and financial position unique to engineering and construction firms, and theories underlying business financial statements, as well as the consideration of managerial accounting and financial management topics that cover the planning and controlling of business operations and how financial management impacts a company's overall business success. The facilities also include a multi-use dynamic/static (MUDS) testing setup that consists of a shaking table with a laminar box mounted on top of it. Topic 6: Value Management Processes I. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic. Prerequisite: Civil Engineering 341 or Environmental Engineering 312. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Includes statistical methods, driver and vehicle scheduling, algorithms, and survey sampling techniques.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Building information models in plan execution for a building construction project. The graduate program in structural engineering addresses the analysis and design of reinforced and prestressed concrete, timber, steel, masonry, and composite structural systems. These include two computational laboratories within the Ernest Cockrell Junior Building, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering. Comprehensive coverage of Portland cement concrete materials. Graduates of the civil engineering program should attain the following outcomes: Graduates of the civil engineering program should solve civil engineering problems within a greater societal context. In-depth study of communication, decision making, and the relationship between controls and behavior. Emphasis on finite volume methods as applied to fluid mechanics problems in civil and environmental engineering. Topic 5: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Development and application of limit equilibrium procedures, including effects of seepage, rapid drawdown, and seismic loading and reinforcement for stability analysis of natural and constructed slopes. Topic 8: Industrial Construction. Evaluation of condition, strength, serviceability, and ductility of existing structures; criteria for rehabilitation; retrofit techniques for change in function, loading, and seismic forces. 
Three lecture hours a week for one semester. C E 177K, 277K, 377K (Topic 7) and C E 177K (Topic: Independent Study) may not both be counted. Topic 50: Water Resources Development and Policies. Developments in the econometric and behavioral aspects of demand analysis and forecasting; supply-demand integration; dynamic models. Hence, students are affiliated to laboratories in their respective supervisor(s) area(s).
Six hours of lecture and laboratory a week for one semester.
Examples include the modeling of the dynamic response of structures; performance of structures in the offshore environment; structural response under extreme loads (wind, earthquake, hurricane, blast, etc. Basic concepts of water rights and international law pertaining to transboundary water use and protection; economic analysis and applications to transboundary water resources problems; international development goals and how these relate to water supply and use. 
The unsaturated soils laboratory includes pressure plate testing devices, hanging columns, infiltration column systems, and multiple calibration chambers. Concepts, frameworks, and models of intelligent infrastructure systems, with emphasis on the application of emerging technologies and advanced modeling techniques. Prerequisite: Engineering Mechanics 306. Groundwater flow and hydrogeologic modeling, sources of contamination, multiphase partitioning, advection-dispersion transport and modeling. Advanced work in theory and practice of communicating research and design results to a variety of audiences, in print, orally, and through multimedia. It includes a water flow control system and an in-flight data acquisition system capable of collecting data under accelerations in excess of 500 Gs. Examples include the modeling of the dynamic response of structures; performance of structures in the offshore environment; structural response under extreme loads (wind, earthquake, hurricane, blast, etc. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Topic 3: Pavement Management Systems.
Topic 4: Indoor Air Quality: Physics and Chemistry. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. The research activities take place in laboratories at the Center for Energy and Environmental Resources at the University of Texas J. J. Pickle Research Campus. Direct access to the main University computer facility is also available. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. Information systems design and management concepts and their implementation in construction projects. Architectural Engineering 362L, Structural Design in Wood Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
May be repeated for credit. Facilities include a clean room for metal or particulate analysis, four laboratories with temperature and humidity control, numerous hoods for the safe handling of hazardous chemicals and biological samples, and an instrumentation laboratory for characterization of analysis of environmental samples in air, water, and soil matrices. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. However, for the guidance of students with particular interests, technical electives in civil engineering are listed in areas of specialization. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Introduction to public transportation systems, including demand forecasting, operations, and design. Additional prerequisite: Civil Engineering 342 or consent of instructor. Cables, such as those used in cable-stayed bridges, can be tested in fatigue up to loads of three million pounds in the cable testing facility. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. Prerequisite: Chemistry 301, Civil Engineering 333T, and Engineering Mechanics 319. Relations among traffic variables; distribution functions; single lane and multilane traffic flow; characterization of traffic in cities; kinematic waves; yellow signal dilemma; merging; fuel consumption; emissions; and special topics. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of adviser. Selection of design storm; wave forces on structures; preliminary analysis of steel jacket platforms; joint design; fatigue considerations; foundation design; dynamic effects and responses. Development and application of linear and nonlinear finite element procedures for solution of geotechnical engineering problems related to embankments, excavations, static soil-structure interaction, and seepage. Civil Engineering 369L, Air Pollution Engineering
