CEVE 101
Fundamentals of Civil and
Environmental Engineering
Dr. Philip B. Bedient (bedient@rice.edu)
(ML 113, Ext. 4953)
CEVE 101 is a required
course (3 credits) for new CEE students, in both B.S. and B.A. degree programs.
It is designed to introduce students to the faculty and to engineering
fundamentals, computational methods, and presentation skills. Engineering math,
statistics, fluids, and hydrologic
engineering are covered, along with water quality and treatment, air
quality, structural engineering, infrastructure, soil mechanics, and
engineering economics. All topics are covered in enough detail to introduce
concepts and computational exercises.
Textbook
Ð ÒEngineering Fundamentals,Ó by S. Moenveni, Thomson Pub, 2005.
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Week |
Date |
Topic |
Lecturer |
Section
|
|
1 |
M,
8/28 |
Introduction
to Civil and Environmental Engineering (3) |
Dunstan |
1 |
|
|
W,
8/30 |
Energy
and the EnvÕment |
Cohan |
1 |
|
|
F,
9/1 |
Overview
of Envi Engineering |
Dunstan |
1 |
|
2 |
M,
9/4 |
Labor Day No Class
|
|
|
|
|
W,
9/6 |
Eng
Mathematics and Data (18) |
Bedient |
2 |
|
|
F,
9/8 |
Excel and data
presentation (14) |
Ò |
3 |
|
3 |
M,
9/11 |
Introduction to Meteorology |
Ò |
4 |
|
|
W,
9/13 |
Introduction
to Fluids / Pressure (HO-4) |
Ò |
5 |
|
|
F,
9/15 |
Fluid
Flow Systems (10) |
Ò |
5 |
|
4 |
M,
9/18 |
Intro
to Hydrology (HO-6) |
Ò |
6 |
|
|
W,
9/20 |
Hydrologic
Water Balance |
Ò |
6 |
|
|
F,
9/22 |
Quiz
1 (Eng Math & Excel) |
Ò |
|
|
5 |
M,
9/25 |
Hydrologic
Engineering |
Bedient |
6 |
|
|
W,
9/27 |
Hurricanes/severe storms
(HO-7, web) |
Ò |
7 |
|
|
F, 9/29
|
Basin
and River Systems |
Ò |
7 |
|
6 |
M,
10/2 |
Water
quality in lakes and streams |
Ò |
8 |
|
|
W,
10/4 |
Exam
Review |
Ò |
|
|
|
F,
10/6 |
Exam
1 (Closed Book) |
In Class |
|
|
7 |
M,
10/9 |
Water
quality transport |
Bedient |
9 |
|
|
W,
10/11 |
Water
quality parameters |
Tomson |
9 |
|
|
F,
10/13 |
Water
chemistry |
Tomson |
9 |
|
8 |
10/16-17 |
BREAK
PERIOD |
|
|
|
|
W,
10/18 |
Drinking
water issues |
Qilin Li |
10 |
|
|
F,
10/20 |
Water
treatment- Basic Principles |
Qilin Li |
10 |
|
9 |
M,
10/23 |
Statistical
Analysis of Data (19) |
Bedient |
11 |
|
|
W,
10/25 |
Frequency
Analysis (19) |
Ò |
11 |
|
|
F,
10/27 |
Presentation
of Extreme Data |
Ò |
11 |
|
10 |
M,
10/30 |
Texas
Bays and Estuaries |
Blackburn |
12 |
|
|
W,
11/1 |
Legal
Issues in Engineering |
Blackburn |
12 |
|
|
F,
11/3 |
EXAM
2 |
In Class |
|
|
11 |
M,
11/6 |
Introduction
to Structural Engineering and Mechanics |
Nagarajaiah |
13 |
|
|
W,
11/8 |
Structural
Engineering- Principles & Case study |
Nagarajaiah |
13 |
|
|
F,
11/10 |
Infrastructure
Engineering |
Duenas-Osorio |
13 |
|
12 |
M,
11/13 |
Soil
Mechanics- Introduction |
Cibor |
14 |
|
|
W,
11/15 |
Soil
Mechanics- Principles |
Cibor |
14 |
|
|
F,
11/17 |
Air
Quality- Introduction |
Fraser |
15 |
|
13 |
M,
11/20 |
Air
Quality- Processes |
Fraser |
15 |
|
|
W,
11/22 |
Air
Quality- Modeling |
Cohan |
16 |
|
|
F,
11/24 |
No
Class
Thanksgiving
|
|
|
|
14 |
M,
11/27 |
Intro
- Engineering Economics (20) |
Durrani |
17 |
|
|
W,
11/29 |
Eng
Economics Ð Case Study |
TBA |
17 |
|
|
F, 12/1
|
Review
for Exam 3 |
|
|
|
15 |
M,
12/4 |
Project
Presentations |
Class Groups |
18 |
|
|
W,
12/6 |
Project
Presentations |
Ò |
18 |
|
|
F,
12/8 |
Project
Presentations |
Ò |
18 |
|
|
|
EXAM
3 Take Home |
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