Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
E4130 Engineering
Gateway; (949) 824-5333
Masanobu Shinozuka, Department Chair
Faculty
Alfredo H.-S. Ang (Emeritus): Structural and earthquake engineering, risk and reliability engineering
Constantinos V. Chrysikopoulos: Subsurface solute transport, nonaqueous phase liquid dissolution in porous media, mathematical modeling
James S. Famiglietti: Hydrologic and climate system modeling, remote sensing in hydrology, soil moisture variability and scaling
Maria Q. Feng: Structural engineering and intelligent control of structural systems
Gary L. Guymon (Emeritus): Water resources, groundwater, modeling uncertainty
Medhat A. Haroun (Emeritus): Numerical and experimental modeling of the seismic behavior of structural systems for the design and retrofit of liquid storage tanks, bridge-supporting elements, and buildings
Tara C. Hutchinson: Structural and earthquake engineering, foundation design and analysis
R. (Jay) Jayakrishnan: Transportation systems analysis
Michael G. McNally: Travel behavior, transportation systems analysis
Ayman S. Mosallam: Advanced composites and hybrid systems, seismic repair and rehabilitation of structures, blast mitigation and diagnostic/prognostic techniques for infrastructure security
Gerard C. Pardoen (Emeritus): Structural analysis, experimental structural dynamics
Wilfred W. Recker: Transportation systems modeling, traffic control, and urban systems analysis
Amelia C. Regan: Logistics, freight and fleet management, intermodal transportation systems
Stephen G. Ritchie: Transportation engineering, advanced traffic management and control systems, development and application of emerging technologies in transportation
Brett F. Sanders: Environmental hydrodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, coastal water quality
Jean-Daniel M. Saphores: Environmental, natural resource, and transportation economics and policy; water resource planning and management
Jan Scherfig (Emeritus): Water reclamation, waste treatment processes, environmental engineering
Robin Shepherd (Emeritus): Structural dynamics, earthquake-resistant design
Masanobu Shinozuka: Continuum mechanics, structural dynamics, system reliability, risk assessment, remote sensing and GIS for disaster assessment
Soroosh Sorooshian: Hydrology, hydrometeorology and hydroclimate modeling, remote sensing, water sources management
Lizhi Sun: Mechanics and materials, composites, micro- and nano-mechanics, elastography.
Roberto Villaverde (Emeritus): Structural dynamics and earthquake engineering
Jann N. Yang: Structural control, earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, fatigue, reliability and maintainability
Affiliated Faculty
Xiaogang Gao: Hydroclimatology, hydrology, fluid dynamics, engineering mathematics
Kuo-lin Hsu: Remote sensing of precipitation, hydologic systems modeling, stochastic hydrology, water resources systems planning
Bisher Imam: Watershed processes, applications of remote sensing and GIS in hydrology and water resources
Sandra Irani: Optimization for transportation/logistics systems; online algorithms for dynamic and stochastic network optimization
Ann G. Sardo: Structural analysis, earthquake engineering, seismic bridge design
Affiliated faculty are from the Schools of Physical Sciences and Social Ecology, the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, and The Henry Samueli School of Engineering.
Civil Engineering is described as the art of sustainably harnessing the great powers of nature for the use and convenience of human beings. The success of this endeavor is evident all around us. The inhospitable arid plain which greeted the early settlers in Southern California has been transformed into a thriving regional community largely by the application of civil engineering.
The goal of the Civil Engineering curriculum is to prepare graduates for a career in practice, research, or teaching. At the undergraduate level a common core of fundamental subjects is provided, and students are required to specialize in their senior year. Specializations are offered in General Civil Engineering, Environmental Hydrology and Water Resource Engineering, Structural Engineering, and Transportation Systems Engineering. Concentrations are offered in Computer Applications, Engineering Management, Infrastructure Planning, and Mathematical Methods. Graduate opportunities are in three major thrust areas: structural analysis, design, and reliability; transportation systems engineering; and water resources and environmental engineering.
The career opportunities in civil engineering are varied as in any other discipline. Graduates may look forward to long-term careers in major corporations, public bodies, the military, private consulting firms, or to being self-employed in private practice. History has shown a civil engineering education to be a good ground for many administrative and managerial positions.
Environmental Engineering involves designing environmental protection or remediation strategies for multiple resources—water, air, and soil, often with combinations of physical, chemical, and biological treatment methods in the context of a complex regulatory framework.
The goal of the Environmental Engineering curriculum is to prepare graduates with a strong basic science background, particularly in chemistry and biology, and to provide students with a broad exposure to several environmental engineering science disciplines. Courses relating to transport processes, water quality control, air quality control, and process design are included in the core.
Career opportunities in environmental engineering are diverse. Graduates generally find careers related to pollution control and the remediation of air, water, and soil environments.
Undergraduate Major in Civil Engineering
Program Educational Objectives: Graduates of the program will (1) be knowledgeable of the historical context, the state-of-the-art, and emerging issues in the field of civil engineering and its role in contemporary society; (2) demonstrate critical reasoning and requisite quantitative skills to identify, formulate, and resolve civil engineering problems, and to create designs that reflect economic, environmental, and social sensitivities; (3) display a systems viewpoint, critical thinking, effective communication and interpersonal skills, a spirit of curiosity, and conduct reflecting a professional and ethical manner; (4) exhibit a commitment to lifelong learning and professional development, involvement in professional activity and public service, and achievement of professional licensure; (5) reflect a broad intellectual training for success in multidisciplinary professional practice, in civil engineering or diverse related careers, and toward achieving leadership roles in industry, government, and academia. (Program educational objectives are those aspects of engineering that help shape the curriculum; achievement of these objectives is a shared responsibility between the student and UCI.)
The curriculum provides the opportunity to obtain a firm foundation in engineering science and to develop the techniques of analysis and design, which are basic for the successful practitioner. Emphasis is placed on developing problem-solving skills.
ADMISSIONS
High School Students: See page 197.
Transfer Students. Preference will be given to junior-level applicants with the highest grades overall, and who have satisfactorily completed the following required courses: one year of calculus and either one year of calculus-based physics (mechanics, electricity, and magnetism with laboratory), plus one semester of chemistry (with laboratory) or one year of chemistry (with laboratory) plus one semester of engineering physics (mechanics with laboratory); and three additional approved courses for the major.
Students are encouraged to complete as many of the lower-division degree requirements as possible prior to transfer. Students who enroll at UCI in need of completing lower-division course work may find that it will take longer than two years to complete their degrees. For further information, contact The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at (949) 824-4334.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
University Requirements: See pages 59-64.
School Requirements: See page 197.
Major Requirements:
Mathematics and Basic Science Courses: Mathematics 2A-B, 2D, 2J, 3D, and 2E; Chemistry 1A and 1LA; Physics 7A-B and 7LA-LB; and either Option 1 or 2.
Option 1: Physics 7D and 7LD. Students must complete one course from the following: Physics 7E, Chemistry 1B and 1LB, Biological Sciences 94, Earth System Science 15, 25, 51, 53, 55, or others as approved by a faculty advisor, or
Option 2: Chemistry 1B-C and 1LB.
Additional mathematics and basic science course work may be required depending on the student's applied program.
Engineering Topics Courses: Students must complete a minimum of 24 units of engineering design. Engineering CEE10 or EECS10 or EECS12, CEE11, CEE20, CEE30 or MAE30, CEE80 or MAE80, CEE81A-B, CEE110, CEE111, CEE121, CEE130, CEE130L, CEE150, CEE150L, CEE151A-B-C, CEE161, CEE170 or MAE130A, CEE171, and CEE181A-B-C.
Technical Electives: Students must select one of the areas of specialization or concentration and complete the associated requirements, as shown below. Students select, with the approval of a faculty advisor, any additional engineering topics courses needed to satisfy school and departmental requirements.
Engineering Professional Topics Courses: Social Ecology E8, Economics 20A-B.
(The nominal Civil Engineering program will require 190 units of courses depending on specialization or concentration to satisfy all university and major requirements. Because each student comes to UCI with a different level of preparation, the actual number of units will vary.)
Specialization in General Civil Engineering: Requires four courses from CEE122 or CEE123; CEE152, CEE153, CEE155, or CEE156; CEE162 or CEE168; CEE172, CEE176, or CEE178; or CEE55 or courses from an approved list.
Specialization in Environmental Hydrology and Water Resources: Requires four courses from CEE162, CEE163, CEE172, CEE173, CEE176, CEE178, or courses from an approved list.
Specialization in Structural Engineering: Requires CEE153 and three courses from CEE152, CEE155, CEE156, and MAE157, or courses from an approved list.
Specialization in Transportation Systems Engineering: Requires CEE122 and CEE123, and two courses from CEE124, EECS70A, MAE140, MAE170, MAE171, or courses from an approved list.
The Department does not control the scheduling of most courses associated with the following concentrations. Students considering these options should be aware that some of these courses may not be available on a regular basis.
Concentration in Computer Applications: Requires at least five courses or 20 units selected from ICS 6A or Mathematics 6A, ICS 21, ICS 22, ICS 23, ICS 52, EECS40, and selected ICS, EECS, and other courses from an approved list.
Concentration in Engineering Management: Requires Management 5 and five other courses selected from CEE112, E190, E192, E193, Management 160, 181, 183, 185, 188, and other courses from an approved list. Prospective students must first be admitted to The Paul Merage School of Business undergraduate minor in Management.
Concentration in Infrastructure Planning: Requires at least six courses selected from CEE112, CEE123, Environmental Analysis and Design E105U, E107U, E141U, E148U, E151U, E155U, E159U, and other courses from an approved list.
Concentration in Mathematical Methods: Requires Mathematics 13 and 140A, and four other courses selected from Mathematics 6A, Mathematics 7, MAE 140, CEE185 or MAE185 or Mathematics 105A and 105LA, Mathematics 105B and 105LB, 107, 112A-B-C, 118A-B-C, 130A-B-C, 131A-B-C, and other courses from an approved list.
In addition, students must aggregate a minimum of 24 design units. Design unit values are indicated at the end of each course description. The faculty advisors and the Student Affairs Office can provide necessary guidance for satisfying the design requirements.
At most an aggregate total of 6 units of 199 or H199 courses may be used to satisfy degree requirements.
PROGRAM OF STUDY
Sample Program of Study — Civil Engineering
FALL
Freshman
Mathematics
2A
Physics 7A, 7LA
CEE10 or EECS10 or EECS12
Breadth
WINTER
Mathematics
2B
Physics 7B, 7LB
Chemistry 1A, 1LA
Breadth
SPRING
Mathematics
2D
Physics 7D, 7LD or Chemistry 1B, 1LB
CEE81A
Breadth
FALL
Sophomore
Mathematics
2J
Science Elective or Chemistry 1C
CEE30 or MAE30
Breadth
WINTER
Mathematics
3D
CEE81B
CEE80 or MAE80
Breadth
SPRING
Mathematics
2E
CEE20
CEE11
Breadth
FALL
Junior
CEE150, 150L
CEE170
or MAE130A
CEE121
Breadth
WINTER
CEE151A
CEE171
CEE130,
130L
Breadth
SPRING
CEE151B
CEE161
CEE110
Breadth
The following sample plans of study are provided for the senior year only; the first three years are common to all specializations.
Senior-Year Sample Programs of Study — Civil Engineering
FALL
Senior: General Civil Engineering Specialization
CEE181A
CEE151C
Spec.
Elective
Breadth
WINTER
CEE181B
CEE111
Spec.
Elective
CEE162
SPRING
CEE181C
Spec.
Elective
Spec. Elective
Breadth
FALL
Senior: Environmental Hydrology and Water Resources Specialization
CEE181A
Spec.
Elective
Breadth
WINTER
CEE181B
CEE111
Spec.
Elective
Breadth
SPRING
CEE181C
Spec.
Elective
Spec. Elective
Breadth
FALL
Senior: Structural Engineering Specialization
CEE181A
CEE151C
CEE153
Breadth
WINTER
CEE181B
CEE111
Spec.
Elective
Breadth
SPRING
CEE181C
Spec.
Elective
Spec. Elective
Breadth
FALL
Senior: Transportation Systems Engineering
CEE181A
CEE151C
Spec.
Elective
Breadth
WINTER
CEE181B
CEE111
CEE122
Breadth
SPRING
CEE181C
CEE123
Spec.
Elective
Breadth
Students must obtain approval for their program of study and must see their faculty advisor at least once each year.
The sample program of study chart shown is typical for the accredited major in Civil Engineering. Students should keep in mind that this program is based upon a rigid set of prerequisites, beginning with adequate preparation in high school mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Therefore, the course sequence should not be changed except for the most compelling reasons. (Students who select the Environmental Engineering specialization within the Civil Engineering major should follow the Civil Engineering sample program.) Students must have their programs approved by their faculty advisor. Civil Engineering majors must consult at least once every year with the academic counselors in the Student Affairs Office and with their faculty advisors.
Undergraduate Major in Environmental Engineering
Program Educational Objectives: Graduates of the program will (1) be knowledgeable of the historical context, the state-of-the-art, and emerging issues in the field of environmental engineering and its role in contemporary society; (2) demonstrate critical reasoning and requisite quantitative skills to identify, formulate, and resolve environmental engineering problems, and to create designs that reflect legal, social, ecological, and economic sensitivities; (3) display a systems viewpoint, critical thinking, effective communication and interpersonal skills, a spirit of curiosity, and conduct reflecting a professional and ethical manner; (4) exhibit a commitment to lifelong learning and professional development in industry, government, and/or academia; (5) recognize the multidisciplinary nature of environmental engineering and the limitations of disciplinary perspectives in the context of environmental analysis, design, engineering, policy, and management. (Program educational objectives are those aspects of engineering that help shape the curriculum; achievement of these objectives is a shared responsibility between the student and UCI.)
The curriculum includes a core of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology, as well as engineering mechanics and methods courses. Students may select from a variety of environmental engineering courses to fulfill the remaining portion of the program and to focus their environmental engineering training in one or more of the following areas: water supply and resources, waste water management, or atmospheric systems and air pollution control. Design experiences are integrated into environmental engineering courses, and seniors enroll in a capstone design course.
ADMISSIONS
High School Students: See page 197.
Transfer Students. Preference will be given to junior-level applicants with the highest grades overall, and who have satisfactorily completed the following required courses: one year of calculus, one semester in calculus-based physics (mechanics with laboratory), one year of general chemistry (with laboratory), and two additional approved courses for the major.
Students are encouraged to complete as many of the lower-division degree requirements as possible prior to transfer. Students who enroll at UCI in need of completing lower-division course work may find that it will take longer than two years to complete their degrees. For further information, contact The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at (949) 824-4334.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
University Requirements: See pages 59-64.
School Requirements: See page 197.
Major Requirements:
Mathematics and Basic Science Courses: Mathematics 2A-B, 2D, 2J, 3D, and 2E, Physics 7A-B and 7LA-LB, Chemistry 1A-B-C and 1LB-LC, Chemistry 51A and 51LA. With approval of a faculty advisor, students select 4 units of Earth System Science and 4 units of Biological Sciences, and 4 additional units of either Earth System Science or Biological Sciences. Additional mathematics and basic science course work may be required depending on the student applied program.
Engineering Topics Courses: Students must complete a minimum of 19 units of engineering design.
Core Courses: Engineering CEE10 or EECS10 or EECS12 or MAE10, CEE11, CEE20, CEE81A-B or MAE52, CEE30 or MAE30, CEE80 or MAE80, CBEMS40A-B or MAE91, CEE110, CEE150 and 150L or MAE150, CEE170 or MAE130A or CBEMS120A, CEE162, CEE168, CEE181A-B-C or MAE 189A-B-C or CBEMS145.
Engineering Elective Courses: Students must take two courses each from two of the following three groups and one course from the remaining groups.
Water Supply and Resources: CEE171, CEE172, CEE173, CEE176, CEE178, Earth System Science 132.
Waste Water Management: CEE161, CEE163, CEE165.
Atmospheric Systems and Air Pollution Control: MAE110, MAE115, MAE162, MAE164, Earth System Science 112.
All additional engineering topics courses needed to satisfy school and major requirements must be approved by the faculty advisor. Environmental Engineering is an inherently interdisciplinary program. Students interested in pursuing a dual degree with Environmental Engineering may be able to substitute appropriate course work for required courses stated above. Please consult with an Engineering academic or faculty advisor.
Engineering Professional Topics Courses: Social Ecology E8, Economics 20A-B.
(The nominal Environmental Engineering program requires 193 units of courses to satisfy all university and major requirements. Because each student comes to UCI with a different level of preparation, the actual number of units will vary.)
At most an aggregate total of 6 units of 199 or H199 courses may be used to satisfy degree requirements.
PROGRAM OF STUDY
The sample program of study chart shown is typical for the major in Environmental Engineering. Students should keep in mind that this program is based upon a sequence of prerequisites, beginning with adequate preparation in high school mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Students who are not adequately prepared, or who wish to make changes in the sequence for other reasons, must have their programs approved by their faculty advisor. Environmental Engineering majors must consult at least once every year with the academic counselors in the Student Affairs Office and with their faculty advisors.
Sample Program of Study — Environmental Engineering
FALL
Freshman
Mathematics
2A
Physics 7A, 7LA
CEE10 or EECS10 or EECS12
Breadth
WINTER
Mathematics
2B
Physics 7B, 7LB
Chemistry 1A
Breadth
SPRING
Mathematics
2D
Chemistry 1B, 1LB
CEE81A
Breadth
FALL
Sophomore
Mathematics
2J
Chemistry 1C, 1LC
CEE30 or MAE30
Breadth
WINTER
Mathematics
3D
Chemistry 51A, 51LA
CEE80 or MAE80
CEE81B
SPRING
Mathematics
2E
CEE11
MAE91
CEE20
FALL
Junior
CEE150, 150L
CEE170
Science
Elective
Breadth
WINTER
Science Elective
CEE162
Engineering
Elective
Breadth
SPRING
CEE110
Engineering
Elective
Science Elective
Breadth
FALL
Senior
CEE181A
Engineering
Elective
Breadth
Breadth
WINTER
CEE181B
CEE168
Engineering Elective
Breadth
SPRING
CEE181C
Engineering
Elective
Breadth
Breadth
Students must obtain approval for their program of study and must see their faculty advisor at least once each year.
Graduate Study in Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering addresses the technology of constructed environments and, as such, embraces a wide range of intellectual endeavors. The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering focuses its graduate study and research program on three areas: structural and geotechnical engineering, including aspects of soil mechanics, structural dynamics, earthquake engineering, and reliability and risk assessment; transportation systems engineering, including traffic operations and management, advanced information technology applications, travel behavior, and transportation systems analysis; and water resources and environmental engineering, including hydrology, water resources, contamination management, and pollution control technologies.
The Department offers the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering.
Students may also pursue M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering through The Henry Samueli School of Engineering graduate concentration in Environmental Engineering.
MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE
The M.S. degree reflects achievement of an advanced level of competence for the professional practice of civil engineering. Two plans are available to those working toward the M.S. degree: a thesis option and a course work option. Opportunities are available for part-time study toward the M.S. degree.
Plan I: Thesis Option
The thesis option requires completion of 36 units of study (eight of which can be taken for study in conjunction with the thesis research topic); the completion of an original research project; the writing of the thesis describing it; and presentation of the thesis research findings in a public seminar. Of the 36 units, a minimum of 20 units must be in nonresearch, graduate-level courses.
Plan II: Course Work Option
The course work option requires the completion of 36 units of study, at least 30 of which must be in nonresearch graduate-level courses. The remaining six units may be earned as graduate-level course work, individual research, or upper-division undergraduate units.
Concurrent Master's Degree Program with Planning, Policy, and Design
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and the Department of Planning, Policy, and Design (PPD) in the School of Social Ecology offer a concurrent degree program that allows students to earn both a master's in Civil Engineering (M.S.) and a master's in Urban and Regional Planning (M.U.R.P.) in two years (instead of in more than three years). The concurrent degree program requires 72 units of study and is organized around two tracks: (1) transportation systems, and (2) environmental hydrology and water resources. The program core comprises 15 graduate courses for the transportation systems track, and 13 graduate and two undergraduate courses for the environmental hydrology and water resources track.
Students choose between a thesis option and a comprehensive examination option. The thesis option requires completion of 72 units of study (eight of which may be taken in conjunction with the thesis research); completion of an original research project and the writing of a thesis to describe it; completion of required core courses; and completion of enough units of approved electives to meet the total requirement of 72 units. The comprehensive examination option also requires completion of 72 units of study as well as a professional report, which represents a substantial piece of planning practice, as the capstone event. These units of study include core courses and enough units of approved electives to meet the total requirement of 72 units, with no redundancy of core courses in either CEE or PPD. Electives may include as many as eight units of independent study or approved undergraduate courses.
Undergraduates seeking admission to the concurrent master's degree program should have a strong record of course work in disciplines related to civil engineering and urban planning, and they must meet the requirements for admission in both departments. For more information about these requirements, see http://www.eng.uci.edu/cee/grad/requirements, and http://www.seweb.uci.edu/ppd/admissions.uci.
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE
The Ph.D. degree indicates attainment of an original and significant research contribution to the state-of-the-art in the candidate's field, and an ability to communicate advanced engineering concepts. The doctoral program is tailored to the individual needs and background of the student. The detailed program of study for each Ph.D. student is formulated in consultation with a faculty advisor who takes into consideration the objectives and preparation of the candidate. The program of study must be approved by the faculty advisor and the Graduate Advisor of the Department.
There are no specific course requirements. Within this flexible framework, the School maintains specific guidelines that outline the milestones of a typical doctoral program. All doctoral students should consult the Civil Engineering program's guidelines for details, but there are several milestones to be passed: admission to the Ph.D. program by the faculty; early assessment of the student's research potential (this includes a preliminary examination), research preparation, formal advancement to candidacy by passing the qualifying examination in the third year (second year for students who entered with a master's degree), completion of a significant research investigation, and the submission and oral defense of an acceptable dissertation. There is no foreign language requirement. Ph.D. students have to meet departmental research requirements as a research assistant or equivalent, with or without salary. The degree is granted upon the recommendation of the Doctoral Committee and the Dean of Graduate Studies. For at least the final two years of the doctoral program it is expected that the student will be a full-time resident in the School. The normal time for completion of the Ph.D. is five years (four years for students who entered with a master's degree). The maximum time permitted is seven years.
THE INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION STUDIES
The Institute of Transportation Studies at Irvine (ITS) is part of a multicampus research unit of the University of California. Several faculty studying transportation systems engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering participate in the Institute. Students choosing to focus their studies in transportation will find strong interdisciplinary opportunities between the Department and ITS. See the Office of Research section of the Catalogue for additional information.
THE URBAN WATER RESEARCH CENTER
The Urban Water Research Center focuses on five integrating water issues in urban areas: (1) supply, demand, and distribution; (2) water quality; (3) urban ecology; (4) water reuse; and (5) institutions and public policy. In each of these areas the Center enables the issues to be addressed in an integrated way from the biological and earth, economical, engineering public policy, and public health points of view. The Center is the collaborative effort of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Department of Earth System Science, and the School of Social Ecology.
