Spring 2005 Course Schedule
On-site Master of Engineering Program Spring Course Schedule
Course # |
Course Name |
Instructor |
Meeting Time |
CE 320 |
Earth Dam Engineering |
Dr. Stanley Bemben, P.E., William Hover, P.E. and Peter Baril, P.E. |
Monday 5PM |
CE 370 |
Transportation Planning |
Kari Edison Watkins, P.E. |
Thursday 6PM |
Course Descriptions:
Offered at Fuss & O'Neill - Manchester, CT Clark Building
CE 320 Earth Dam Engineering
Dr. Stanley Bemben, P.E. William Hover, P.E. and Peter Baril, P.E.
Engineering design and analysis of seepage, stability with static and earthquake loadings and spillway capacity; visual inspections; rehabilitation; decommissioning; instrumentation; and operations, maintenance and emergency action planning; all pertinent to common types of earth dams in the northeastern U.S. Case histories from the instructors' experiences will be featured.
Text: None required; recommended text is Design of Small Dams, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior, third edition, 1987, (U.S. Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents: $80.50).
CE 370 Transportation Planning
Kari Edison Watkins, P.E.
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the issues and topics of transportation planning. Discussions will include the interaction between transportation and land use, the 4-step transportation modeling process, the history and future of transportation planning and the impact of transportation on the environment. Class assignments and projects will reinforce these topics and also give students experience with travel data collection, traffic impact studies, transportation planning software and public presentation.
Text: Modeling Transport, 3rd Edition, J. de D. Ortuzar and L.G. Willumsen, 2001, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 0471861103
