68 / FIELDS OF INSTRUCTION ECI 5235-Open Channel Hydraulics (3) Prereq: ECI 4214 or consent of instructor. Classification of flow. Normal depth. Specific energy and critical depth. Gradually varied flow. Transitions. ECI 5265-Hydraulics Machinery (2) Prereq: ECI 4214 or con- sent of instructor. Selection and operation of hydraulic mo- tors, pumps and transmissions. Specific speed. Cavitation. Surge tanks. ECI 5325-Foundation Design (3) Prereq: CES 4705, ECI 4305 or consent of instructor. Investigations, bearing capacity, and the analysis and design of shallow footings, walls, and deep piled foundations. ECI 5335--nsitu Measurement of Soil Properties (3) Prereq: ECI 4305, 4314 or consent of instructor. Methods of soil ex- ploration; techniques of soil sampling and insitu testing. ECI 5335L-Lab for Insitu Measurement of Soil Properties (1) Prereq: ECI 4314, 4305. Field performance of institu soil test- ing and sampling. ECI 5355-Earth and Rockfill Dams (2) Prereq: ECI 4305..De- sign requirements, construction techniques, compaction control, soil testing and sampling, foundation preparation, and field instrumentation. ECI 5575-Remote Sensing Methods and Engineering Appli- cations (3) Prereq: TTE 4104. Introduction into remote sen- sing and imaging systems including photographic and digital processing methods for image analysis. Emphasis on use of LANDSAT imagery and aerial photography for engineering applications. ECI 5625-Groundwater Flow I (3) Prereq: ECI 4214 or con- sent of instructor. Porous media flow. Darcy's law. Conserva- tion of mass. LaPlace equation. Flownets. Well hydraulics. ECI 6045-Computer Applications in Geotechnical Engi- neering (2) Prereq: ECI 4041, 6316 or consent of instructor. Application of computer solutions to geotechnical engineer- ing problems. ECI6046-Computer Applications in Construction Engineer- ing and Management (3) Prereq: COP 3212, ECI 5147, or con- sent of instructor. Application of computer solutions to con- struction engineering/civil engineering management prob- lems; includes the use of micro-computers. ECI 6153-Civil Engineering Practice I (2) Prereq: graduate status. Advanced, civil engineering management skills and procedures in support of design and construction practices above the project level. ECI 6154-Civil Engineering Operations I (2) Prereq: gradu- ate status. Advanced construction engineering and manage- ment procedures at the project level to support quantitative decision making. ECI 6155-Civil Engineering Practice II (2) Prereq: ECI 4145 or consent of instructor. Advanced construction engineering management and productivity topics above the project level. ECI 6158-Civil Engineering Operations II (2) Prereq: ECI 4145 or consent of instructor. Advanced construction engi- neering techniques and management coordination pro- cedures for civil engineering projects. ECI 6223-Numerical Models in Hydraulics (3) Prereq: ECI .4214 or consent of instructor. Application of numerical methods to hydraulic engineering problems; dispersion, porous media flow, river and estuarine mechanics, thermal diffusion. ECI 6227-Diffusive and Dispersive Transport (2) Prereq: ECI 4214 or consent of instructor. Introduction to diffusive and dispersive transport processes in flowing water. Fick's law. ECI 6228-Hydraulic Laboratory and Field Practice (3) Pre- req: ECI 4214 or consent of instructor. Hydraulic model laws and their use in undistorted and distorted models with mov- able or fixed beds. Instrumentation. Data acquisition system. ECI 6233-Sediment Transport II (2) Prereq: ECI 6237 or con- sent of instructor. Review of fundamental laws of scour in- itiation and sediment transport. River morphology. Movable bed hydraulic models. ECI 6234-Hydraulics of Stratified Flow (2) Prereq: ECI 5235 or consent of instructor. Uniform and nonuniform flow in multilayered systems. Oscillatory motion and interfacial mix- ing. ECI 6237-Sediment Transport I (2) Prereq: ECI 5235 or con- sent of instructor. Sediment properties. Scour initiation. In- fluence of slope. Stable channels. Bed forms. Transport as bed load and suspended transport. ECI 6238-Transient Flow in Channels and Pipes (3) Prereq: ECI 5235 or consent of instructor. Water hammers in singular pipes and systems. Governing differential equations. Nu- merical methods. Unsteady open channel flow equations. ECI 6316-Advanced Soil Mechanics (3) Prereq: ECI 4305, 4374, or consent of instructor. Nature and origin of soil. Stresses within a soil body. Stress-strain behavior and shear strength of dry, saturated no flow, and saturated transient flow soils. ECI 6317-Theoretical Soil Mechanics (2) Prereq: consent of instructor. Nature of soil-water systems; analysis of stress, strains, equations of states; theological behavior of soils, fail- ure in soil media. ECI 6346-Soil Dynamics (2) Dynamic principles; lumped systems; elastic half-space theory; soil behavior under dy- namic loading; foundation design problems; earthquakes. ECI 6416-Properties, Design and Control of Concrete (3) Prereq: ECI 3403. Portland cement and aggregate properties relating to design, control, and performance of concrete. Concrete forming and construction methods. Laboratory testing and analysis. ECI 6426-Bituminous Materials (3) Prereq: TTE 4104. Analy- sis of strength and deformation mechanism for asphalt con- crete, properties, and their effect on flexible pavement per- formance. Pavement construction and quality assurance methods, testing and evaluation of asphalts and mixture. ECI 6436-Experimental Determination of Soil Properties (3) Prereq: ECI 4305 or consent of instructor. Factors influencing stress-deformation response, elastic-plastic constitutive rela- tionships, failure criteria, centrifugal modeling, stress path effects. H. ECI 6576-Air Photo Interpretation: Terrain Analysis (3) Pre- req: ECI 4314 or consent of instructor. Interpretive tech- niques used to identify landforms, soils, rocks, and potential engineering problems from aerial photography. Analysis for site selection and planning of soil exploration programs. ECI 6605-Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology (2) Prereq: ECI 4305. Behavior of rock subjected to stress. Appli- cation of rock mechanics and geology to the planning, de- sign and construction of engineering structures. ECI 6610-Groundwater Problems in Geotechnical Engi- neering (2) Prereq: ECI 4305, 4314 or consent of instructor. Darcy's law, coefficient of permeability, flow nets; seepage forces. Engineering applications-dewatering systems, slope stability, filter design, earth dams, drainage. ECI 6616-Groundwater Flow II (3) Prereq: ECI 5625 or con- sent of instructor. Analytical and computer modeling of groundwater flow problems by means of finite difference, finite element, and boundary element methods. ECI 6633-Evaluation of Groundwater Quality (2) Prereq: ECI 5625 or 6616, or consent of instructor. Characteristics of flow in saturated and unsaturated zones; solute convection and dispersion; effects of chemical reactions, and adsorp- tion; management of groundwater quality. ECI 6645-Advanced Geotechnical Engineering I (4) Prereq: ECI 6376 or consent of instructor. Application of soil me- chanics to the design and analysis of settlement, slope stabil- ity, and bearing capacity problems. ECI 6646-Advanced Geotechnical Engineering 11 (4) Prereq: ECI 6376 or consent of instructor. Application of soil me- chanics to the design and analysis of bearing capacity and earth pressure problems. ECI 6905--Special Problems in Civil Engineering (1-6; max: 10) Studies in areas not covered by other graduate courses. ECI 6910-Supervised Research (1-5; max: 5) S/U. ECI 6940-Supervised Teaching (1-5; max: 5) S/U. ECI 6971-Research for Master's Thesis (1-15) S/U. ECI 6974-Master of Engineering or Engineer Degree Report (1-6) Individual work culminating in a professional practice- oriented report suitable for the requirements of the Master of Engineering or Engineer degree. Two credits only are ap- plicable toward the requirements of each degree. S/U. ECI 7979-Advanced Research (1-9) Research for doctoral students before admission to candidacy. Designed for stu- dents with a master's degree in the field of study or for stu- dents who have been accepted for a doctoral program. Not open to students who have been admitted to candidacy. S/U.