Overview
Civil infrastructure systems involves the design, analysis and management of infrastructure that supports human activities, such as electric power, oil and gas, water and wastewater, communications, transportation and the buildings that make up urban and rural communities. These networks deliver essential services, provide shelter and support social interactions and economic development. They are society’s lifelines.
The field of civil infrastructure systems builds on and extends traditional civil engineering areas. Rather than focus on individual structural components or structures, civil infrastructure systems emphasizes how different structures behave together as a system that serves a community’s needs. Problems in this field typically involve a great deal of uncertainty, multiple and competing objectives, and sometimes numerous and conflicting constituencies. They are often spatial and dynamic. The technical aspects of infrastructure engineering must be understood in the social, economic, political and cultural context in which they exist. Technical aspects must also be considered over a long time horizon that includes not just design and construction, but also maintenance, operations, performance in natural disasters and other extreme events and destruction.
The transportation engineering program offers opportunities for study and research in the planning, design, operation, maintenance and management of transportation facilities and services. We emphasize a systems approach to understanding the interactions among transportation demand, mobility, socio-economic activities, environment, energy, and the quality of life. A variety of techniques and data are used including mathematical modeling and simulation, as well as many of the software tools currently used in the practice. Students take courses in travel demand forecasting; traffic engineering and modeling; logistics and freight transportation, intermodal urban transportation systems, asset management and rail systems.
Courses
Core Courses:
Modeling Infrastructure Systems (3 of the 4 listed)
Physical Infrastructure Systems
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- CIEG 601 – Introduction to Finite Element Method*
- Two classes from Physical Infrastructure Systems suggested electives.
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Transportation Systems (3 of the 4 listed)
Suggested electives include:
Students pursuing any of the three topic areas of the Transportation Engineering and Civil Infrastructure Systems master’s degrees may choose from any of the four categories of electives listed below. Electives are categorized into groups for informational purposes only.
Physical Infrastructure Systems
- CIEG 601 – Introduction to Finite Element Method*
- CIEG 608 – Introduction to Bridge Design
- CIEG 611 – Structural Dynamics Design
- CIEG 612 – Advanced Mechanics of Materials
- CIEG 614 – Railroad Geotechnical Engineering
- CIEG 617 – Railroad Safety and Derailment Engineering
- CIEG 618 – Introduction to Railroad Engineering*
- CIEG 621 – Foundation Engineering
- CIEG 642 – Advanced Data Analysis
- CIEG 652 – Transportation Facilities Planning & Design
- CIEG 653 – Roadway Geometric Design**
- CIEG 654 – Urban Transportation Planning**
- CIEG 655 – Civil Infrastructure Systems
- CIEG 658 – Pavement Analysis & Design
- CIEG 662 – Transportation Sustainability** (inactive)
- CIEG 663 – Traffic Engineering & Modeling**
- CIEG 686 – Engineering Project Management
- UAPP 611 – Regional Watershed Management
Modeling and Tools
- BUAD 621 – Decision Analytics and Visualization*
- CIEG 642 – Advance Data Analysis
- CIEG 675 – MATLAB for Engineering Analysis
- GEOG 670 – Geographic Information Systems**
- GEOG 671 – Advanced Geographic Information Systems
- MAST 663 – Decision Tools for Policy Analysis
- STAT 601 – Probability Theory for Operations Research
- STAT 602 – Mathematical Statistics
- STAT 608 – Statistical Research Methods*
- STAT 609 – Regression and Experimental Design
- STAT 611 – Regression Analysis*
- UAPP 691 – Quantitative Analysis in Public and Nonprofit Sectors**
Social Science and Policy Analysis
- DISA 650 – Overview of Disaster Science and Management
- DISA 670 – Issues in Disaster Response
- ECON 811 – Microeconomic Theory I
- ECON 812 – Macroeconomic Theory I
- MAST 672 – Benefit Cost Analysis
- UAPP 701 – Public Policy
- UAPP 707 – Public Policy Analysis
Transportation
- CIEG 617 – Railroad Safety and Derailment Engineering
- CIEG 618 – Introduction to Railroad Engineering
- CIEG 621 – Foundation Engineering
- CIEG 641 – Risk Analysis
- CIEG 642 – Advance Data Analysis
- CIEG 646 – Convex Optimization
- CIEG 647 – Network Optimization
- CIEG 655 – Civil Infrastructure Systems
- CIEG 657 – Contemporary Topics in Transportation
- CIEG 658 – Pavement Analysis & Design
- CIEG 659 – Optimization in Design and Construction
- CIEG 686 – Engineering Project Management
- ECON 811 – Microeconomic Theory I
- ECON 812 – Macroeconomic Theory I
- GEOG 670 – Geographic Information Systems
- GEOG 671 – Advanced Geographic Information Systems
- MAST 663 – Decision Tools for Policy Analysis
- MAST 672 – Cost Benefit Analysis
- STAT 601 – Probability Theory for Operations Research
- STAT 602 – Mathematical Statistics
- STAT 608 – Statistical Research Methods
- STAT 609 – Regression and Experimental Design
- UAPP 701 – Public Policy
- UAPP 707 – Public Policy Analysis
Note: *Online, **Evening
Additional Courses
Students without any computer programming or Computer Science background should take CISC 106, CISC 181 or CISC 220. The College of Engineering also periodically offers courses in technical writing for graduate students. Students should strongly consider these courses when announcements are posted.
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