CEE 31B:
Graphic Skills and Presentation
The course hones student ability to express architectural form and ideas through a variety of mediums, techniques, languages and communication styles. Students will explore drawing and 3D techniques to show process and idea development as well as communication of those ideas to others. Emphasis will be placed on analog techniques of representation and modeling, material investigations, visual and verbal presentation skills, graphic design, and the significance of "the hand" in creation. As part of the course, students will have the opportunity to tour local workshops and engage with architectural craftspeople to build and expand skill sets. Historic and current precedents will be studied through model making, drawing, and a variety of presentation methods. Open to all level of students, but designed for Architectural Design majors who have taken CEE 31 or CEE 31Q the class will demonstrate how technique and craft can communicate concept, why iteration and intention are concomitant, and where the foundation of a personal design language begins.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
CEE 32R:
American Architecture (AMSTUD 143A, ARTHIST 143A, ARTHIST 343A)
A historically based understanding of what defines American architecture. What makes American architecture American, beginning with indigenous structures of pre-Columbian America. Materials, structure, and form in the changing American context. How these ideas are being transformed in today's globalized world.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
CEE 33B:
Japanese Modern Architecture
This seminar will examine Japanese architecture and theory since 1900. Through a combination of case studies, readings, and chronological overview, students will develop an in-depth understanding of the aesthetic, expression of construction, structural dynamics, material choices, and philosophical viewpoints that impact Japanese modern and contemporary architectural design. Through lectures, class discussions, a series of weekly writing assignments, and a longer paper and presentation, students will develop the tools to analyze and understand Japanese design of today.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
CEE 33F:
Honors Thesis Development
This course is designed for and required of those considering writing an Honors Thesis in their senior year. The course will guide students in developing their ideas into a clear, cogent and approvable proposal. Further, it will teach the basics of research including how to read an academic paper, how to write a literature review and how to develop a coherent and successful methodology. The course will meet weekly at a time convenient to all in Y2E2 267.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 2
CEE 34N:
Wind Energy Explained
Transformation of the energy economy depends on developing reliable and robust sources of alternative and renewable energy. This seminar introduces the theory, design, and application of wind energy technologies. The study of wind energy spans across a wide range of fields. To successfully deploy wind energy and other alternative technologies, we will need to converge across many knowledge domains, including civil, environmental, electrical, and mechanical engineering in addition to social science and public policy, among many others. Through this interdisciplinary course, we will learn about modern wind energy and its origins. We will explore the many facets of wind energy, including the characteristics of regional wind; aerodynamics, mechanics, and structural dynamics of wind turbine design; wind turbine control and integration with electrical systems; and environmental and economic aspects and impacts. Although this seminar seeks to explain wind energy, the topics covered can be applied to many other problems in engineering. This course will provide an introduction on how to find solutions to multi-disciplinary problems. True innovation lies on the border between fields. In this course, we will explore how to make these solutions a reality.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA
CEE 41Q:
Clean Water Now! Urban Water Conflicts
Why do some people have access to as much safe, clean water as they need, while others do not? You will explore answers to this question by learning about, discussing and debating urban water conflicts including the Flint water crisis, the drought in South Africa, intermittent water supply in Mumbai, and arsenic contamination in Bangladesh. In this course, you will explore the technical, economic, institutional, social, policy, and legal aspects of urban water using these and more water conflicts as case studies. You will attend lectures, and participate in discussions, laboratory modules, and field work. In lectures, you will learn about the link between water and human and ecosystem health, drinking water and wastewater treatment methods, as well as policies and guidelines (local, national, and global from the World Health Organization) on water and wastewater, and the role of various stakeholders including institutions and the public, in the outcome of water conflicts. You will dive into details of conflicts over water through case studies using discussion and debate. You will have the opportunity to measure water contaminants in a laboratory module. You will sample a local stream and measure concentrations of Escherichia coli and enterococci bacteria in the water. A field trip to a local wastewater treatment plant will allow you to see how a plant operates. By the end of this course, you will have a greater appreciation of the importance of institutions, stakeholders and human behavior in the outcome of water conflicts, and the complexity of the coupled human-ecosystem-urban water system.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-AQR, WAY-SI
CEE 64:
Air Pollution and Global Warming: History, Science, and Solutions (CEE 263D)
Survey of Survey of air pollution and global warming and their renewable energy solutions. Topics: evolution of the Earth's atmosphere, history of discovery of chemicals in the air, bases and particles in urban smog, visibility, indoor air pollution, acid rain, stratospheric and Antarctic ozone loss, the historic climate record, causes and effects of global warming, impacts of energy systems on pollution and climate, renewable energy solutions to air pollution and global warming. UG Reqs: GER: DBNatSci
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
CEE 70:
Environmental Science and Technology (ENGR 90)
Introduction to environmental quality and the technical background necessary for understanding environmental issues, controlling environmental degradation, and preserving air and water quality. Material balance concepts for tracking substances in the environmental and engineering systems.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-AQR
CEE 80N:
Engineering the Built Environment: An Introduction to Structural Engineering
In this seminar, students will be introduced to the history of modern bridges, buildings and other large-scale structures. Classes will include presentations on transformations in structural design inspired by the development of new materials, increased understanding of hazardous overloads and awareness of environmental impacts. Basic principles of structural engineering and how to calculate material efficiency and structural safety of structural forms will be taught using case studies. The course will include a field trip to a Bay Area large-scale structure, hands-on experience building a structure, computational modeling of bridges, and a paper and presentation on a structure or structural form of interest to the student. The goal of this course is for students to develop an understanding and appreciation of modern structures, influences that have led to new forms, and the impact of structural design on society and the environment. Students from all backgrounds are welcome.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-AQR
CEE 101A:
Mechanics of Materials
Introduction to beam and column theory. Normal stress and strain in beams under various loading conditions; shear stress and shear flow; deflections of determinate and indeterminate beams; analysis of column buckling; structural loads in design; strength and serviceability criteria. Lab experiments. Prerequisites: ENGR 14.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
CEE 102A:
Legal / Ethical Principles in Design, Construction, Project Delivery
Introduction to the key legal principles affecting design, construction and the delivery of infrastructure projects. The course begins with an introduction to the structure of law, including principles of contract, negligence, professional responsibility, intellectual property, land use and environmental law, then draws on these concepts to examine current and developing means of project delivery. Limited class size. Enrollment preference given to undergraduates majoring in CE and EnvSE. Undergraduates wishing to have CEE 102A count as their Technology in Society (TiS) class must take it for a letter grade.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 107R:
E^3: Extreme Energy Efficiency (CEE 207R)
Be part of a unique course about extreme energy efficiency and integrative design! We will meet once a week throughout the quarter. E^3 will focus on efficiency techniques' design, performance, integration, barrier-busting, profitable business-led implementation, and implications for energy supply, competitive success, environment, development, security, etc. Examples will span very diverse sectors, applications, issues, and disciplines, covering different energy themes throughout the quarter: buildings, transportation, industry, and implementation and implications, including renewable energy synergy and integration. The course will be composed of keynote lectures, exercises, and interactive puzzlers, synthesizing integrative design principles. Exercises will illuminate real-world design challenges RMI has faced, in which students will explore clean-sheet solutions that meet end-use demands and optimize whole-system resource efficiency, seeking expanding rather than diminishing returns to investments, i.e. making big savings cheaper than small ones. Students will work closely and interactively with the instructors Amory Lovins, cofounder and Chief Scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), Dr. Joel Swisher, former RMI managing director and Stanford instructor in CEE, more recently director of the Institute for Energy Studies at Western Washington University, and Dr. Holmes Hummel, founder of Clean Energy Works. All backgrounds and disciplines, undergraduate and graduate, are welcome to enroll. There is no application this year. Solid technical grounding and acquaintance with basic economics and business concepts will be helpful. Prerequisite - completion of one of the following courses or their equivalent is required: CEE 107A/207A/ Earthsys 103, CEE 107S/ CEE 207S, CEE 176A, CEE 176B. Course details are available at the website: https://energy.stanford.edu/extreme-energy-efficiency
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 3-5
CEE 108:
Explore Energy (CEE 208, ENERGY 108, ENERGY 208)
The Explore Energy seminar series is a weekly residential education experience open to all Stanford students and hosted by the Explore Energy House. Course content features current topics that affect the pace of energy transitions at multiple scales and in multiple sectors. Consistent with Stanford's interest in fostering community and inclusion, this course will facilitate cross-house exchanges with residents in Stanford's academic theme houses that have intersections with energy, catalyzing new connections with common interests. Each quarter will include some sessions that feature Stanford itself as a living laboratory for energy transitions that can be catalyzed by technology, policy, and social systems. Stanford alumni with a range of disciplinary backgrounds will be among the presenters each quarter, supporting exploration of both educational and career development paths. Optional daytime field trips complement this evening seminar series.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 6 units total)
CEE 120B:
Advanced Building Modeling Workshop (CEE 220B)
This course builds upon the Building Information Model concepts introduced in 120A/220A and illustrates how BIM modeling tools are used to design, analyze, and model building systems including structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection. Course covers the physical principles, design criteria, and design strategies for each system and explores processes and tools for modeling those systems and analyzing their performance.nTopics include: building envelopes, access systems, structural systems modeling and analysis, mechanical / HVAC systems, plumbing and fire protection systems, electrical systems, and systems integration/coordination.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-4
CEE 121:
Global Korea: Understanding the Nexus of Innovation, Culture, and Media (CEE 221)
Description: South Korea is quickly emerging as a global powerhouse and center of innovation culture, media, and lifestyle. Recent global phenomena including k-pop, the Academy Award winning movie 'Parasite', BTS, and the Netflix Series 'Squid Game' have demonstrated the growing appeal for South Korean cultural innovation and lifestyle around the world. Further propelled by technology giants like LG, Samsung, and others, South Korean culture is becoming a global sensation. This seminar course, taught jointly at Stanford University and the Stanford Center at the Incheon Global Campus in South Korea, will explore these topics through invited speakers and vibrant discussion. For more information, visit https://korea.stanford.edu/events/lecture-classes
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
CEE 122A:
Computer Integrated Architecture/Engineering/Construction (A/E/C)
Undergraduates serve as apprentices to graduate students in the AEC global project teams in CEE 222A. Apprentices participate in all activities of the AEC team, including the goals, objectives, constraints, tasks, and process of a crossdisciplinary global AEC teamwork in the concept development phase of a comprehensive building project. Prerequisite: consent of instructor based on interview with Instructor in Autumn Quarter.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2
CEE 124:
Sustainable Development Studio
(Graduate students register for 224A.) Project-based. Sustainable design, development, use and evolution of buildings; connections of building systems to broader resource systems. Areas include architecture, structure, materials, energy, water, air, landscape, and food. Projects use a cradle-to-cradle approach focusing on technical and biological nutrient cycles and information and knowledge generation and organization. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
CEE 126Y:
Hard Earth: Stanford Graduate-Student Talks Exploring Tough Environmental Dilemmas
Environmental disasters are striking with alarming frequency. Many, including wildfires and ecosystem collapse, are hitting California. The winter 2019 Hard Earth series will feature biweekly talks by Stanford graduate students whose research probes how people are coping with, adapting to, and changing their lives in the face of environmental catastrophe. Their talks will focus on events close to home in California. Students who choose to enroll in the entire quarterly series as a 1-unit class will, in the weeks between the talks, discuss what's happening in California in the context of the rest of the world.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
CEE 130B:
Quest for an Inclusive Clean Energy Economy (CEE 330B, EARTHSYS 130B, EARTHSYS 330B)
Building bridges across the clean energy divide involves addressing barriers to participation. These barriers affect the pace of investment, especially for distributed energy solutions such as building energy upgrades, on-site solar, and transportation electrification. This course will explore innovative business models that are responsive to calls for equity and inclusion, and it will give special attention to California's ongoing clean energy finance rulemaking in the utility sector to open the clean energy economy for all.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: WAY-EDP
CEE 131G:
Fabrication in Architectural Design
Design course focused on architectural fabrication processes. Students build individual design projects using wood and metalworking process. This is a lab-based course operating out of the Product Realization Lab (PRL), with one lecture and one lab session per week. Lectures focus on design development as well as the theory and practice of fabrication processes. Structured labs take students' skills from paper-based modeling to full-scale construction processes using actual materials. Prior PRL/Room 036 experience is desirable but not required. Prerequisites: CEE 31, CEE 31Q (required), E 14 (recommended).
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 4
CEE 132B:
SA+E Colloquium B
Weekly discussion forum for SA+E majors to address a range of architecture, engineering, design, and sustainability topics.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
CEE 133A:
Studio 1: Architecture - Space, Light, and Movement (CEE 233A)
This introductory architectural design course in the studio core sequence leads students through a series of spatial design exercises. Students will explore the fundamental principles of architectural design through drawing, model making, analysis, craft, organizational systems, narrative, movement, light, form, and scale. Students will also explore architecture on campus, taking their personal experience as a point of departure for the design investigations.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 5
CEE 133B:
Studio 2: Architecture - Architectonics and Urbanism (CEE 233B)
Building on CEE 133A, this core studio teaches conceptual and spatial thinking skills through a series of model-based investigations. Students will develop architectural proposals through process-driven assignments, examining space-making at multiple scales. Students will explore a range of tectonic vocabularies and will be able to link material choices to conceptual intent and building performance while integrating fundamental sustainable design principles.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 5
CEE 133C:
Studio 3: Integrated Architecture and Engineering (CEE 233C)
Building on the core studio sequence of CEE 133A and 133B, this integrator studio asks students to develop a design for a building that incorporates sustainable systems and structural engineering. Students will study site dynamics, programmatic relationships, materiality, and scale. CEE faculty will collaborate to aid in the synthesis of structures, sustainable strategies, and metrics to support and enhance the design and its narrative.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 5
CEE 136:
Planning Calif: the Intersection of Climate, Land Use, Transportation & the Economy (CEE 236, PUBLPOL 130, PUBLPOL 230, URBANST 130)
Cities and urban areas have always been transformed by major external changes like pandemics and public health crises. California is both in the midst of its greatest economic recession since the Great Depression and experiencing a pandemic that has the potential to reshape many aspects of life. Planning for cities and regions, however, is a long game that requires follow-through on decisions made sometimes over many decades. How do we balance the shocks to our assumptions from the current Covid world with the need to plan long-term for issues like affordable housing and equitable cities, and perhaps most fundamentally, prepare our cities and communities for the inevitability of climate change and climate impact? nnnnThis course takes an interdisciplinary view of the key contemporary planning topics in California. It does so from looking at the intersection of climate laws, land use changes, the need for housing, travel patterns and the availability of high quality jobs and employment. This course will give you an understanding of the roles of key levels of government, from the state to the region/metropolitan scale, to the city and county, down to the neighborhood and parcel level. it will give students insight into leading themes and issues of the day in California such as the future of downtowns, the role of high speed rail, the impact of telework, automation in the construction of housing, drawing from examples in San Jose and San Francisco, the Central Valley, the state legislature, Southern California. Within each of these topics we will look at the impact of decisions on equity as well as climate and the economy. nnnnThe instructors are Kristy Wang, formerly SPUR¿s Community Planning Policy Director, and Egon Terplan, Senior Advisor for Economic Development and Transportation in the California Governor¿s Office, formerly SPUR¿s Regional Planning Director. (Affiliations for identification purposes only)
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 141B:
Infrastructure Project Delivery (CEE 241B)
Infrastructure is critical to the economy, global competitiveness and quality of life. Topics include transportation, social infrastructure, energy, water and communications sectors. Analysis of how projects are designed, constructed, operated, and maintained. Focus is on public works projects globally, alternative project delivery approaches and organizational strategies. Case studies include three real infrastructure megaprojects managed by the Instructor while in Industry. Nine integrated guest lecturers from Industry supplement specific functional areas of expertise. Student teams prepare competing design/build/finance/operate/maintain (DBFOM) proposals for a large infrastructure project.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 145E:
Equitable Infrastructure Solutions (CEE 245E)
The built environment enables access to economic and social mobility, however access to such systems is not uniform across communities. This creates infrastructure inequity. Climate change threatens to exacerbate existing inequities in interdependent infrastructure systems such as energy, transportation, air, and water/wastewater to name a few. The engineer of tomorrow must understand the inequities in the system and the policies that produced them in order to develop robust and innovative approaches to design and manage future systems. This course will introduce students to the prominent theories of equity and environmental justice with a focus on implementation for infrastructure. Students will learn the limitations of decontextualized technical engineering solutions and their impacts on society. Upon completion of the course, students will understand how to abstract and develop models that incorporate elements of equity and justice in civil engineering systems. This course is designed to prepare next generation engineers for careers in which they will participate in projects that directly affect historically marginalized communities.Who can take the course: It is going to be a graduate course, so students should have completed an engineering degree OR are in their final year of their degreePrerequisites: There are no pre-requisites, however familiarity with engineered systems is expected
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 156:
Building Systems Design & Analysis (CEE 256)
HVAC, lighting, and envelope systems for commercial and institutional buildings, with a focus on energy efficient design. Knowledge and skills required in the development of low-energy buildings that provide high quality environment for occupants.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
CEE 162D:
Introduction to Physical Oceanography (CEE 262D, EARTHSYS 164, ESS 148)
An introduction to what causes the motions in the oceans. Topics include: the physical environment of the ocean; properties of sea water; atmosphere-ocean interactions; conservation of heat, salt, mass, and momentum, geostrophic flows, wind-driven circulation patterns; the Gulf Stream; equatorial dynamics and El Nino; and tides. By the end of the course, students will have physical intuition for why ocean currents look the way they do and a basic mathematical framework for quantifying the motions. Prerequisite: PHYSICS 41
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci
CEE 162F:
Coastal Processes
Dynamics of flow, wave and sediment transport processes governing the physical behavior of the coastal ocean. Analysis of the governing physics and application of statistical methods to understand and predict waves, tides, storm surge, sea-level rise, sediment transport, coastal morphology, and estuarine circulation. The course will introduce students to coding methods to analyze real tide and wave datasets with statistical methods, predict the evolution and breaking of waves on a beach, and develop a model of coastal morphology. Prerequisite: PHYSICS 41
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 3
CEE 164:
Quantitative Methods for Marine Ecology and Conservation (BIO 143, BIO 243, CEE 264H, EARTHSYS 143H, EARTHSYS 243H, OCEANS 143)
NOTE: This course will be taught in-person on main campus, in hybrid format with Zoom options. The goal of this course is to learn the foundations of ecological modeling with a specific (but not exclusive) focus on marine conservation and sustainable exploitation of renewable resources. Students will be introduced to a range of methods - from basic to advanced - to characterize population structure, conduct demographic analyses, estimate extinction risk, identify temporal trends and spatial patterns, quantify the effect of environmental determinants and anthropogenic pressures on the dynamics of marine populations, describe the potential for adaptation to climate change. This course will emphasize learning by doing, and will rely heavily on practical computer laboratories, in R and/or Phyton, based on data from our own research activities or peer reviewed publications. Students with a background knowledge of statistics, programming and calculus will be most welcome. Formally BIOHOPK 143H and 243H.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-AQR, WAY-FR
CEE 166B:
Hydrologic Processes, Water Resources and Hazards (CEE 266B)
Sociotechnical systems associated with the human use of water as a resource and the hazards posed by too much or too little water. Relevant watershed hydrologic processes; the physical, institutional, and regulatory infrastructure supporting potable and non-potable water use and conservation. Depending on student interest, this might include: irrigation, hydroelectric power generation, rural and urban water supply systems, storm water management, flood-damage prevention and mitigation, drought mitigation, or riverine ecosystem renaturalization. Emphasis is on engineering design. Prerequisite: CEE 101B or equivalent.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
CEE 173S:
Electricity Economics (CEE 273S)
This course develops a foundation of economic principles for the electric utility on the topics of regulation, planning, and operation. Topics covered in regulation include cost of capital, calculation of the revenue requirement, and rate design. Topics covered in planning include generation costs (fixed and variable), reliability, marginal costs, and cost-effectiveness. Topics covered in operations include least-cost dispatch and energy markets. The course is geared toward emerging electricity sector topics including renewable energy, distributed energy resources, energy storage, and clean firm resources. The course also covers the history of the U.S. electricity sector and its evolution to the current technical and regulatory structure with the goal that economic principles can be used to achieve a system that is both economically efficient and environmentally sustainable.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 176G:
Sustainability Design Thinking (CEE 276G)
Application design thinking to make sustainability compelling, impactful and realizable. Analysis of contextual, functional and human-centered design thinking techniques to promote sustainable design of products and environments by holistically considering space, form, environment, energy, economics, and health. Includes Studio project work in prototyping, modeling, testing, and realizing sustainable design ideas. Prerequisite: Enrollment limited and by Permission Number only. Email instructor for application form.
Terms: Win, Sum
| Units: 3
CEE 179E:
Wastewater Treatment: From Disposal to Resource Recovery (CEE 279E)
This course covers basic hydraulics and the fundamental processes used to treat wastewater. In addition to understanding the details behind the fundamental processes, students will learn to feel comfortable developing initial design criteria (30% designs) for fundamental processes. Students should also develop a feel for the typical values of water treatment parameters and the equipment involved. After covering conventional processes, the class addresses newer processes used to meet emerging treatment objectives, including nutrient removal, composting of biosolids and recycling of wastewater for beneficial uses, including potable reuse.n(Note this course was formerly CEE 174B)
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 182:
Structural Design
Students will learn the principles of structural engineering design including how to design structural components of reinforced concrete (e.g., beams, columns, and slabs) and steel (e.g., beams, columns, tension and compression members, and connections) for various structural systems. Skills will be gained through problem sets and a design project. (Note: this course replaces the combination of CEE 181 and CEE 182 taught separately in previous years). Pre-requisite: CEE 180.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
CEE 198:
Directed Reading or Special Studies in Civil Engineering
Written report or oral presentation required. Students must obtain a faculty sponsor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-4
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Armeni, I. (PI);
Baker, J. (PI);
Billington, S. (PI);
Boehm, A. (PI);
Borja, R. (PI);
Boslough, A. (PI);
Criddle, C. (PI);
Davis, J. (PI);
Deierlein, G. (PI);
Fischer, M. (PI);
Fletcher, S. (PI);
Freyberg, D. (PI);
Fringer, O. (PI);
Fruchter, R. (PI);
Gorle, C. (PI);
Hildemann, L. (PI);
Jacobson, M. (PI);
Jain, R. (PI);
Kiremidjian, A. (PI);
Kitanidis, P. (PI);
Koseff, J. (PI);
Law, K. (PI);
Leckie, J. (PI);
Lepech, M. (PI);
Linder, C. (PI);
Luthy, R. (PI);
Mauter, M. (PI);
Miranda, E. (PI);
Mitch, W. (PI);
Monismith, S. (PI);
Noh, H. (PI);
Ouellette, N. (PI);
Rajagopal, R. (PI);
Spormann, A. (PI);
Tarpeh, W. (PI)
CEE 199:
Undergraduate Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Written report or oral presentation required. Students must obtain a faculty sponsor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-4
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Armeni, I. (PI);
Baker, J. (PI);
Billington, S. (PI);
Boehm, A. (PI);
Borja, R. (PI);
Boslough, A. (PI);
Criddle, C. (PI);
Davis, J. (PI);
Deierlein, G. (PI);
Douglas, K. (PI);
Fischer, M. (PI);
Fletcher, S. (PI);
Fong, D. (PI);
Freyberg, D. (PI);
Fringer, O. (PI);
Fruchter, R. (PI);
Gorle, C. (PI);
Gragg, D. (PI);
Hildemann, L. (PI);
Jacobson, M. (PI);
Jain, R. (PI);
Katz, G. (PI);
Kiremidjian, A. (PI);
Kitanidis, P. (PI);
Koseff, J. (PI);
Larimer, A. (PI);
Law, K. (PI);
Leckie, J. (PI);
Lepech, M. (PI);
Levitt, R. (PI);
Linder, C. (PI);
Luthy, R. (PI);
Masters, G. (PI);
Mauter, M. (PI);
Miranda, E. (PI);
Mitch, W. (PI);
Monismith, S. (PI);
Monk, A. (PI);
Noh, H. (PI);
Osman, K. (PI);
Ouellette, N. (PI);
Rajagopal, R. (PI);
Simpson, B. (PI);
Spormann, A. (PI);
Tarpeh, W. (PI);
Tuttle, G. (GP)
CEE 199A:
Special Projects in Architecture
Faculty-directed study or internship. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-4
| Repeatable
for credit
CEE 199B:
Directed Studies in Architecture
Projects may include studio-mentoring activities, directed reading and writing on topics in the history and theory of architectural design, or investigations into design methodologies.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-4
| Repeatable
for credit
CEE 199C:
Independent Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE 299C)
Enrollment restricted to CEE students enrolling in classes via SCPD. Directed study of a topic in civil and environmental engineering, under the supervision of a CEE professor. Students enrolling must email Profs. Lepech and Hildemann, cc'ing their research supervisor, to indicate with which CEE faculty member they will be working.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
CEE 199H:
Undergraduate Honors Thesis
For students who have declared the Civil Engineering B.S. honors major and have obtained approval of a topic for research under the guidance of a CEE faculty adviser. Letter grade only. Written thesis or oral presentation required.n (Staff)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 2-3
| Repeatable
5 times
(up to 10 units total)
Instructors: ;
Armeni, I. (PI);
Baker, J. (PI);
Barton, J. (PI);
Billington, S. (PI);
Boehm, A. (PI);
Borja, R. (PI);
Criddle, C. (PI);
Davis, J. (PI);
Deierlein, G. (PI);
Fischer, M. (PI);
Fletcher, S. (PI);
Freyberg, D. (PI);
Fringer, O. (PI);
Fruchter, R. (PI);
Gorle, C. (PI);
Hildemann, L. (PI);
Jacobson, M. (PI);
Jain, R. (PI);
Kiremidjian, A. (PI);
Kitanidis, P. (PI);
Koseff, J. (PI);
Law, K. (PI);
Leckie, J. (PI);
Lepech, M. (PI);
Linder, C. (PI);
Luthy, R. (PI);
Mauter, M. (PI);
Miranda, E. (PI);
Mitch, W. (PI);
Monismith, S. (PI);
Noh, H. (PI);
Ouellette, N. (PI);
Rajagopal, R. (PI);
Spormann, A. (PI);
Tarpeh, W. (PI)
CEE 199L:
Independent Project in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-4
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Armeni, I. (PI);
Baker, J. (PI);
Billington, S. (PI);
Boehm, A. (PI);
Borja, R. (PI);
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CEE 200B:
Teaching of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Required of CEE Ph.D. students. Strategies for effective teaching and introduction to engineering pedagogy. Topics: problem solving techniques and learning styles, individual and group instruction, the role of TAs, balancing other demands, grading. Teaching exercises. Register for quarter of teaching assistantship. May be repeated for credit. 200A. Aut, 200B. Win, 200C. Spr
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
CEE 202:
Construction Law and Claims
Concepts include the preparation and analysis of construction claims, cost overrun and schedule delay analysis, general legal principles, contracts, integrated project delivery, public private partnerships and the resolution of construction disputes through ADR and litigation. Requires attendance of the ten weeks of Monday classes and the first five weeks of Wednesday classes.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
CEE 207R:
E^3: Extreme Energy Efficiency (CEE 107R)
Be part of a unique course about extreme energy efficiency and integrative design! We will meet once a week throughout the quarter. E^3 will focus on efficiency techniques' design, performance, integration, barrier-busting, profitable business-led implementation, and implications for energy supply, competitive success, environment, development, security, etc. Examples will span very diverse sectors, applications, issues, and disciplines, covering different energy themes throughout the quarter: buildings, transportation, industry, and implementation and implications, including renewable energy synergy and integration. The course will be composed of keynote lectures, exercises, and interactive puzzlers, synthesizing integrative design principles. Exercises will illuminate real-world design challenges RMI has faced, in which students will explore clean-sheet solutions that meet end-use demands and optimize whole-system resource efficiency, seeking expanding rather than diminishing returns to investments, i.e. making big savings cheaper than small ones. Students will work closely and interactively with the instructors Amory Lovins, cofounder and Chief Scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), Dr. Joel Swisher, former RMI managing director and Stanford instructor in CEE, more recently director of the Institute for Energy Studies at Western Washington University, and Dr. Holmes Hummel, founder of Clean Energy Works. All backgrounds and disciplines, undergraduate and graduate, are welcome to enroll. There is no application this year. Solid technical grounding and acquaintance with basic economics and business concepts will be helpful. Prerequisite - completion of one of the following courses or their equivalent is required: CEE 107A/207A/ Earthsys 103, CEE 107S/ CEE 207S, CEE 176A, CEE 176B. Course details are available at the website: https://energy.stanford.edu/extreme-energy-efficiency
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 3-5
CEE 208:
Explore Energy (CEE 108, ENERGY 108, ENERGY 208)
The Explore Energy seminar series is a weekly residential education experience open to all Stanford students and hosted by the Explore Energy House. Course content features current topics that affect the pace of energy transitions at multiple scales and in multiple sectors. Consistent with Stanford's interest in fostering community and inclusion, this course will facilitate cross-house exchanges with residents in Stanford's academic theme houses that have intersections with energy, catalyzing new connections with common interests. Each quarter will include some sessions that feature Stanford itself as a living laboratory for energy transitions that can be catalyzed by technology, policy, and social systems. Stanford alumni with a range of disciplinary backgrounds will be among the presenters each quarter, supporting exploration of both educational and career development paths. Optional daytime field trips complement this evening seminar series.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 6 units total)
CEE 213:
Human-Centered Sustainability: Startups and Investment
This course is designed for both undergrad and graduate students eager to explore how entrepreneurship can be utilized to promote sustainability and enduring positive change. Throughout this class, students have the invaluable opportunity to learn about the human-centered approach of startup making and generating the funding thesis from a teaching team of a design-thinking researcher, seasoned venture capitalists, and accomplished entrepreneurs, gaining insights into their strategies for creating lasting impacts. Focusing on sustainability topics such as food, carbon, climate, and ocean technology, the course provides candid perspectives from investors and entrepreneurs, offering you a deep understanding of the startup and venture capital ecosystem from those at the forefront of the field. Engage in meaningful discussions, foster real-world perspectives, and refine your investment thesis based on needfinding and design thinking methodologies. Working in small teams, you will either get to present your startup business model or the investment thesis you design throughout the course, presenting your sustainability and impact criteria. The course is meticulously designed to offer a comprehensive understanding of sustainable entrepreneurship and impact investing, equipping you with the dynamic landscape of this evolving field. Lunch is provided.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 3 units total)
CEE 216:
Entrepreneurship through the Lens of Venture Capital
We cover the fundamentals for building a successful company. While every startup is unique, many face similar challenges when it comes to topics like company/team formation, customer acquisition, and scaling a business. With guest lectures from experienced venture capital investors and seasoned entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley, we proceed through the stages of growth and challenges experienced by startups. Seminar course with final group project.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
CEE 218Y:
Shaping the Future of the Bay Area (EPS 118Y, EPS 218Y, ESS 118Y, ESS 218Y, GEOPHYS 118Y, GEOPHYS 218Y, POLISCI 118Y, PUBLPOL 118Y, PUBLPOL 218Y)
(Formerly GEOLSCI 118Y and 218Y) The complex urban problems affecting quality of life in the Bay Area, from housing affordability and transportation congestion to economic vitality and social justice, are already perceived by many to be intractable, and will likely be exacerbated by climate change and other emerging environmental and technological forces. Reforming urban systems to improve the equity, resilience and sustainability of communities will require new collaborative methods of assessment, goal setting, and problem solving across governments, markets, and communities. It will also require academic institutions to develop new models of co-production of knowledge across research, education, and practice. This XYZ course series is designed to immerse students in co-production for social change. The course sequence covers scientific research and ethical reasoning, skillsets in data-driven and qualitative analysis, and practical experience working with local partners on urban challenges that can empower students to drive responsible systems change in their future careers. The Autumn (X) and Winter (Y) courses are focused on basic and advanced skills, respectively, and completion is a prerequisite for participation in the Spring (Z) practicum quarter, which engages teams in real-world projects with Bay Area local governments or community groups. X and Y are composed of four weekly pedagogical components: (A) lectures; (B) writing prompts linked with small group discussion; (C) lab and self-guided tutorials on the R programming language; and (D) R data analysis assignments. Open to undergraduate and graduate students in any major. For more information, visit http://bay.stanford.edu/education. Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center. Change of Department Name: Earth and Planetary Science (Formerly Geologic Sciences).
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 10 units total)
CEE 220B:
Advanced Building Modeling Workshop (CEE 120B)
This course builds upon the Building Information Model concepts introduced in 120A/220A and illustrates how BIM modeling tools are used to design, analyze, and model building systems including structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection. Course covers the physical principles, design criteria, and design strategies for each system and explores processes and tools for modeling those systems and analyzing their performance.nTopics include: building envelopes, access systems, structural systems modeling and analysis, mechanical / HVAC systems, plumbing and fire protection systems, electrical systems, and systems integration/coordination.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-4
CEE 221:
Global Korea: Understanding the Nexus of Innovation, Culture, and Media (CEE 121)
Description: South Korea is quickly emerging as a global powerhouse and center of innovation culture, media, and lifestyle. Recent global phenomena including k-pop, the Academy Award winning movie 'Parasite', BTS, and the Netflix Series 'Squid Game' have demonstrated the growing appeal for South Korean cultural innovation and lifestyle around the world. Further propelled by technology giants like LG, Samsung, and others, South Korean culture is becoming a global sensation. This seminar course, taught jointly at Stanford University and the Stanford Center at the Incheon Global Campus in South Korea, will explore these topics through invited speakers and vibrant discussion. For more information, visit https://korea.stanford.edu/events/lecture-classes
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
CEE 222A:
Computer Integrated Architecture/Engineering/Construction (AEC) Global Teamwork
AEC students engage in a crossdisciplinary, collaborative, geographically distributed, and multicultural project-based teamwork. AEC teams exercise their domain knowledge and information technologies in a multidisciplinary context focusing on the design and construction concept development phase of a comprehensive building project. Prerequisite: interview with Instructor in Autumn Quarter.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 223:
Materials for Sustainable Built Environments
In this course, students will learn about new and traditional construction materials for use in sustainable building and infrastructure projects. Materials will include cement-based materials, fiber-reinforced polymer composites, and timber for structural and non-structural applications including facades, insulation, and paving. Material properties, their performance over time and their impact on people and the environment will be discussed and students will complete a design project in teams. Pre-requisites: CEE 101A or equivalent. Knowledge of structural design with reinforced concrete and steel recommended.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 224A:
Sustainable Development Studio
Project-based. Sustainable design, development, use and evolution of buildings; connections of building systems to broader resource systems. Areas include architecture, structure, materials, energy, water, air, landscape, and food. Projects use a cradle-to-cradle approach focusing on technical and biological nutrient cycles and information and knowledge generation and organization. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
for credit
CEE 224B:
Sustainable Development Studio
Project-based. Sustainable design, development, use and evolution of buildings; connections of building systems to broader resource systems. Areas include architecture, structure, materials, energy, water, air, landscape, and food. Projects use a cradle-to-cradle approach focusing on technical and biological nutrient cycles and information and knowledge generation and organization. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-5
CEE 227:
Global Project Finance
Public and private sources of finance for large, complex, capital-intensive projects in developed and developing countries. Benefits and disadvantages, major participants, risk sharing, and challenges of project finance in emerging markets. Financial, economic, political, cultural, and technological elements that affect project structures, processes, and outcomes. Case studies. Limited enrollment.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-5
CEE 229A:
Reinventing the Design & Construction of Buildings
Challenge to students from all departments -- Making buildings is still painfully laborious and expensive. Can you radically rethink how buildings are designed and constructed? This project-based course balances theory, research, design. We will 1) study why/how Architecture and Construction industry are lagging behind other industries, 2) work with leading professionals to analyze roadblocks preventing them from building cheaper, faster, better, and 3) develop solutions to tackle these problems and advance the industry. You will consider questions such as: Why does it take 6-9 months to build a single family home? Can AI accelerate the architectural design process? How can designers leverage data/IoT? Which new materials offer significant savings and can be adopted for global solutions? Where can the supply chain be optimized? How can we design new technologies that tradesmen and luddites will use? The course is two terms (Winter CEE 229A, Spring CEE 229B).
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-3
CEE 233A:
Studio 1: Architecture - Space, Light, and Movement (CEE 133A)
This introductory architectural design course in the studio core sequence leads students through a series of spatial design exercises. Students will explore the fundamental principles of architectural design through drawing, model making, analysis, craft, organizational systems, narrative, movement, light, form, and scale. Students will also explore architecture on campus, taking their personal experience as a point of departure for the design investigations.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 5
CEE 233B:
Studio 2: Architecture - Architectonics and Urbanism (CEE 133B)
Building on CEE 133A, this core studio teaches conceptual and spatial thinking skills through a series of model-based investigations. Students will develop architectural proposals through process-driven assignments, examining space-making at multiple scales. Students will explore a range of tectonic vocabularies and will be able to link material choices to conceptual intent and building performance while integrating fundamental sustainable design principles.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 5
CEE 233C:
Studio 3: Integrated Architecture and Engineering (CEE 133C)
Building on the core studio sequence of CEE 133A and 133B, this integrator studio asks students to develop a design for a building that incorporates sustainable systems and structural engineering. Students will study site dynamics, programmatic relationships, materiality, and scale. CEE faculty will collaborate to aid in the synthesis of structures, sustainable strategies, and metrics to support and enhance the design and its narrative.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 5
CEE 236:
Planning Calif: the Intersection of Climate, Land Use, Transportation & the Economy (CEE 136, PUBLPOL 130, PUBLPOL 230, URBANST 130)
Cities and urban areas have always been transformed by major external changes like pandemics and public health crises. California is both in the midst of its greatest economic recession since the Great Depression and experiencing a pandemic that has the potential to reshape many aspects of life. Planning for cities and regions, however, is a long game that requires follow-through on decisions made sometimes over many decades. How do we balance the shocks to our assumptions from the current Covid world with the need to plan long-term for issues like affordable housing and equitable cities, and perhaps most fundamentally, prepare our cities and communities for the inevitability of climate change and climate impact? nnnnThis course takes an interdisciplinary view of the key contemporary planning topics in California. It does so from looking at the intersection of climate laws, land use changes, the need for housing, travel patterns and the availability of high quality jobs and employment. This course will give you an understanding of the roles of key levels of government, from the state to the region/metropolitan scale, to the city and county, down to the neighborhood and parcel level. it will give students insight into leading themes and issues of the day in California such as the future of downtowns, the role of high speed rail, the impact of telework, automation in the construction of housing, drawing from examples in San Jose and San Francisco, the Central Valley, the state legislature, Southern California. Within each of these topics we will look at the impact of decisions on equity as well as climate and the economy. nnnnThe instructors are Kristy Wang, formerly SPUR¿s Community Planning Policy Director, and Egon Terplan, Senior Advisor for Economic Development and Transportation in the California Governor¿s Office, formerly SPUR¿s Regional Planning Director. (Affiliations for identification purposes only)
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 241B:
Infrastructure Project Delivery (CEE 141B)
Infrastructure is critical to the economy, global competitiveness and quality of life. Topics include transportation, social infrastructure, energy, water and communications sectors. Analysis of how projects are designed, constructed, operated, and maintained. Focus is on public works projects globally, alternative project delivery approaches and organizational strategies. Case studies include three real infrastructure megaprojects managed by the Instructor while in Industry. Nine integrated guest lecturers from Industry supplement specific functional areas of expertise. Student teams prepare competing design/build/finance/operate/maintain (DBFOM) proposals for a large infrastructure project.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 241P:
Integrated Management of Fabrication and Construction
Application of the fundamental fabrication and construction management concepts covered in CEE 241T to an actual project; integrated software environments; integration of scope, schedule, and cost information for scheduling, estimating, and progress control; scope management with BIM; off-site fabrication vs. on-site construction and supply chain coordination; group project; project permitting, potential for a joint project with CEE 242P. Prerequisites: CEE 210, CEE 241T.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
CEE 242R:
Project Risk Analysis
Teaches principles and methods for quantitative modeling and mitigation of risks in project planning, design, construction and operation, using new MS Excel capabilities and standardized probability distributions. Several case studies will be covered, including ongoing work with PG&E to roll up operational risks.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 245E:
Equitable Infrastructure Solutions (CEE 145E)
The built environment enables access to economic and social mobility, however access to such systems is not uniform across communities. This creates infrastructure inequity. Climate change threatens to exacerbate existing inequities in interdependent infrastructure systems such as energy, transportation, air, and water/wastewater to name a few. The engineer of tomorrow must understand the inequities in the system and the policies that produced them in order to develop robust and innovative approaches to design and manage future systems. This course will introduce students to the prominent theories of equity and environmental justice with a focus on implementation for infrastructure. Students will learn the limitations of decontextualized technical engineering solutions and their impacts on society. Upon completion of the course, students will understand how to abstract and develop models that incorporate elements of equity and justice in civil engineering systems. This course is designed to prepare next generation engineers for careers in which they will participate in projects that directly affect historically marginalized communities.Who can take the course: It is going to be a graduate course, so students should have completed an engineering degree OR are in their final year of their degreePrerequisites: There are no pre-requisites, however familiarity with engineered systems is expected
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 246:
Venture Creation for the Real Economy (MS&E 273)
CEE 246 is a unique course geared toward developing entrepreneurial businesses (both start-ups and internal ventures). This team, project-based class teaches students how to exploit emerging materials science, engineering and IT technologies to radically apply innovation to the real economy e.g., new products and services that produce real economic value for society as well as for the entrepreneurs. Areas of focus include: Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure, Digital Cities and Communities, Clean Energy, Transportation and Logistics, Advanced Manufacturing, Digital Health Care, Web3.0, and Education. With one-on-one support from seasoned industry mentors and influential guest speakers, the course guides students through the three key elements of new venture creation: identifying opportunities, developing business plans, and determining funding sources. The class culminates with business presentations to industry experts, VCs and other investors. The goal is to equip students with the knowledge and network to create impactful business ideas, many of which have been launched from this class. To apply for this limited enrollment course, students must submit an application. Please visit the course website for additional information: https://cee.stanford.edu/venture-creation
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 3-4
CEE 246P:
Opportunities in PropTech and ConTech Seminar
PropTech and ConTech have disrupted the way we buy, sell, rent, manage, build and design residential/commercial properties, and construction projects in general. Real Estate and Construction industries were lagging behind the adoption of technology and innovation. Weekly speakers from Entrepreneurs and Founders to VC's of PropTech and ConTech companies will share their experiences in the sector and give insights of current trends and opportunities. Entrepreneurs from companies in different stages (pre-seed, seed, Series A, and beyond) will talk about their experiences, challenges, lessons learned and future opportunities. Venture Capital speakers will explain how they source, evaluate, perform due diligence and invest in companies.Please email: nelsonkoen@gmail.com the year and program you are enrolled in and reason for your interest in taking this course.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
CEE 247C:
Computer Vision for the Built Environment
The course is an introduction to Visual Machine Perception technology - and specifically Computer Vision and Machine Learning (CV-ML) - for the built environment. It will explore fundamentals in this technology both in research and products, in tight reference to design, construction, and operation/management. It will consider the current and potential impact of this technology on achieving sustainability goals, such as related to reuse, circularity, and performance-based lifecycle, as well as the organizational considerations behind development and adoption.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 250:
Product Management Fundamentals for the Real Economy
This course teaches students how to apply product management skills to create products and services for the "real economy." Students will learn the basics of product management and the product lifecycle and design a product in a team setting. They will also learn iterative product development with an eye towards applying those skills towards products that produce real economic value for society as well as the entrepreneurs. This course includes instruction from seasoned industry veterans and guest speakers. Students will be guided through identifying an opportunity, designing a solution, launching a product, and building a roadmap. The content is tailored to students interested in developing real products and delivering solutions within startups, established companies, non-profits, governments, and non-governmental organizations. The goal is to teach students the fundamentals of product management and equip them with the knowledge to make meaningful progress on some of the biggest challenges facing society. This course requires an application due to limited enrollment. Application Link: https://forms.gle/m91m8ufu5PNDoXoR7 Application Deadline: Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 9PM PST
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 256:
Building Systems Design & Analysis (CEE 156)
HVAC, lighting, and envelope systems for commercial and institutional buildings, with a focus on energy efficient design. Knowledge and skills required in the development of low-energy buildings that provide high quality environment for occupants.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
CEE 259B:
Construction Problems
Group-selected problems in construction techniques, equipment, or management; preparation of oral and written reports. Guest specialists from the construction industry. See 299 for individual studies. Prerequisites: graduate standing in CEM program and consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
CEE 260C:
Contaminant Hydrogeology and Reactive Transport (ESS 221)
Decades of industrial activity have released vast quantities of contaminants to groundwater, threatening water resources, ecosystems and human health. What processes control the fate and transport of contaminants in the subsurface? What remediation strategies are effective and what are the tradeoffs among them? How are these processes represented in models used for regulatory and decision-making purposes? This course will address these and related issues by focusing on the conceptual and quantitative treatment of advective-dispersive transport with reacting solutes, including modern methods of contaminant transport simulation. Some Matlab programming / program modification required. Prerequisite: Physical Hydrogeology ESS 220 / CEE 260A (Gorelick) or equivalent and college-level course work in chemistry.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 260D:
Remote Sensing of Hydrology (ESS 224)
This class discusses the methods available for remote sensing of the components of the terrestrial hydrologic cycle and how to use them. Topics include the hydrologic cycle, relevant sensor types and the electromagnetic spectrum, active/passive microwave remote sensing (snow, soil moisture, canopy water content, rainfall), thermal sensing of evapotranspiration, gravity and hyperspectral methods, as well as an introduction to data assimilation and calibration/validation approaches for hydrologic variables. Pre-requisite: programming experience. Please complete problem set 0 to ensure pre-requisite programming knowledge is sufficient for success in the course
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 261D:
Data Assimilation
Dynamic systems and state-space representation. Kalman Filter (KF). KF for large systems, like the Ensemble KF, the Compressed State KF, and others. Other approaches to data assimilation. Estimation of filter hyperparameters and testing the optimality for optimality. Computational issues and practical challenges. Examples from Hydrology, Meteorology, and Hydrodynamics that involve many state variables.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 262B:
Transport and Mixing in Surface Water Flows (OCEANS 262B)
Application of fluid mechanics to problems of pollutant transport and mixing in the water environment. Mathematical models of advection, diffusion, and dispersion. Application of theory to problems of transport and mixing in rivers, estuaries, and lakes and reservoirs. Recommended: 262A and CME 102 (formerly ENGR 155A), or equivalents.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
CEE 263D:
Air Pollution and Global Warming: History, Science, and Solutions (CEE 64)
Survey of Survey of air pollution and global warming and their renewable energy solutions. Topics: evolution of the Earth's atmosphere, history of discovery of chemicals in the air, bases and particles in urban smog, visibility, indoor air pollution, acid rain, stratospheric and Antarctic ozone loss, the historic climate record, causes and effects of global warming, impacts of energy systems on pollution and climate, renewable energy solutions to air pollution and global warming. UG Reqs: GER: DBNatSci
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 263S:
Atmosphere/Energy Seminar
Interdisciplinary seminar with talks by researchers and practitioners in the fields of atmospheric science and renewable energy engineering. Addresses the causes of climate, air pollution, and weather problems and methods of addressing these problems through renewable and efficient energy systems. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
(up to 99 units total)
CEE 264H:
Quantitative Methods for Marine Ecology and Conservation (BIO 143, BIO 243, CEE 164, EARTHSYS 143H, EARTHSYS 243H, OCEANS 143)
NOTE: This course will be taught in-person on main campus, in hybrid format with Zoom options. The goal of this course is to learn the foundations of ecological modeling with a specific (but not exclusive) focus on marine conservation and sustainable exploitation of renewable resources. Students will be introduced to a range of methods - from basic to advanced - to characterize population structure, conduct demographic analyses, estimate extinction risk, identify temporal trends and spatial patterns, quantify the effect of environmental determinants and anthropogenic pressures on the dynamics of marine populations, describe the potential for adaptation to climate change. This course will emphasize learning by doing, and will rely heavily on practical computer laboratories, in R and/or Phyton, based on data from our own research activities or peer reviewed publications. Students with a background knowledge of statistics, programming and calculus will be most welcome. Formally BIOHOPK 143H and 243H.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
CEE 265D:
Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries
Economic, social, political, and technical aspects of sustainable water supply and sanitation service provision in developing countries. Service pricing, alternative institutional structures including privatization, and the role of consumer demand and community participation in the planning process. Environmental and public health considerations, and strategies for serving low-income households.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-3
CEE 265F:
Environmental Governance and Climate Resilience (POLISCI 227B, PUBLPOL 265F, SUSTAIN 248)
Adaptation to climate change will not only require new infrastructure and policies, but it will also challenge our local, state and national governments to collaborate across jurisdictional lines in ways that include many different types of private and nonprofit organizations and individual actors. The course explores what it means for communities to be resilient and how they can reach that goal in an equitable and effective way. Using wildfires in California as a case study, the course assesses specific strategies, such as controlled burns and building codes, and a range of planning and policy measures that can be used to enhance climate resilience. In addition, it considers how climate change and development of forested exurban areas (among other factors) have influenced the size and severity of wildfires. The course also examines the obstacles communities face in selecting and implementing adaptation measures (e.g., resource constraints, incentives to develop in forested areas, inadequate policy enforcement, and weak inter-agency coordination). Officials from various Bay Area organizations contribute to aspects of the course; and students will present final papers to local government offcials. Limited enrollment. Students will be asked to prepare application essays on the first day of class. Course is intended for seniors and graduate students.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 266B:
Hydrologic Processes, Water Resources and Hazards (CEE 166B)
Sociotechnical systems associated with the human use of water as a resource and the hazards posed by too much or too little water. Relevant watershed hydrologic processes; the physical, institutional, and regulatory infrastructure supporting potable and non-potable water use and conservation. Depending on student interest, this might include: irrigation, hydroelectric power generation, rural and urban water supply systems, storm water management, flood-damage prevention and mitigation, drought mitigation, or riverine ecosystem renaturalization. Emphasis is on engineering design. Prerequisite: CEE 101B or equivalent.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
CEE 266F:
Stochastic Hydrology
Hydrological processes like precipitation, streamflow, and groundwater flow are highly variable over time and across locations. Quantifying the uncertainty in hydrological models and simulating future conditions is critical for informing the development and management of civil infrastructure systems. This course introduces students to statistical methods used in hydrology for data analysis, risk and uncertainty analysis, and simulation. Topics include: flood and drought frequency, time series analysis, rainfall-runoff modeling, and lake water quality. Methods include: applied probability theory, extreme value theory, parameter estimation, regression, time series analysis, transfer functions, Bayesian methods. Prerequisites: CEE 266A or equivalent and a class in probability and/or statistics.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 269B:
Environmental Engineering Seminar
Presentations on current research, practice and thinking in environmental engineering by visiting academics and practitioners.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
CEE 271A:
Physical and Chemical Treatment Processes
Physical and chemical unit operations for water treatment, emphasizing process combinations for drinking water supply. Application of the principles of chemistry, rate processes, fluid dynamics, and process engineering to define and solve water treatment problems by flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection, oxidation, aeration, and adsorption. Investigative paper on water supply and treatment. Prerequisites: CEE 101B (or CEE 162A); CEE 270. Recommended: 273.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 271B:
Environmental Biotechnology
Stoichiometry, kinetics, and thermodynamics of microbial processes for the transformation of environmental contaminants. Design of dispersed growth and biofilm-based processes. Applications include treatment of municipal and industrial waste waters, detoxification of hazardous chemicals, and groundwater remediation. Prerequisites: 270; 177 or 274A or equivalents.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
CEE 272:
Coastal Contaminants
Coastal pollution and its effects on ecosystems and human health. The sources, fate, and transport of human pathogens and nutrients. Background on coastal ecosystems and coastal transport phenomena including tides, waves, and cross shelf transport. Introduction to time series analysis with MATLAB. Undergraduates require consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
CEE 272T:
SmartGrids and Advanced Power Systems Seminar (EE 292T)
A series of seminar and lectures focused on power engineering. Renowned researchers from universities and national labs will deliver bi-weekly seminars on the state of the art of power system engineering. Seminar topics may include: power system analysis and simulation, control and stability, new market mechanisms, computation challenges and solutions, detection and estimation, and the role of communications in the grid. The instructors will cover relevant background materials in the in-between weeks. The seminars are planned to continue throughout the next academic year, so the course may be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 4 units total)
CEE 273B:
The Business of Water
Freshwater is our most crucial natural resource, but it is facing mounting pressures from climate change and other factors. While public agencies traditionally dominated water management, private water companies are playing an increasingly important (and sometime controversial) role. In many cases, private companies are making critical contributions to meeting societal water needs (e.g., by developing new technologies and finding new ways to reduce water use). In other cases, however, the involvement of private companies has proven controversial (e.g., when private companies have taken over public water supply systems in developing countries such as Bolivia). This course will look at established and emerging businesses in the water sector and the legal, economic, and social issues generated by the private sector's involvement. These businesses include water technology companies (e.g., companies commercializing new desalination or water recycling technologies), venture capitalists, water funds (that directly buy and sell water rights), consulting firms, innovative agricultural companies, and large corporations (that increasingly are adopting corporate stewardship programs). The course will begin with two weeks of introduction to water and the private water sector. After that, each class will focus on a different water company. Company executives will attend each class session and discuss their business with the class. In most classes, we will examine (1) the viability and efficacy of the company's business plan, (2) the legal and/or social issues arising from the business' work, and (3) how the business might contribute to improved water management and policy. Each student will be expected to write (1) two short reflection papers on businesses that visit the class, and (2) a 10- to15-page paper at the conclusion of the class on an idea that the student has for a new water company, on an existing water company of the student's choice, or on a legal or policy initiative that can improve the role that business plays in improving water management (either in a particular sector or more generally). This course is open to graduate students from around the campus. Elements used in grading: Attendance, Class Participation, Written Assignments, Final Paper. Cross-listed with Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE 273B).
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-2
CEE 273M:
Desalination for a Circular Water Economy
This course explores the technological innovations required to support a circular water economy in which nontraditional water is treated to fit-for-purpose standards and reused locally. The first part of this course reviews the key constituents present in nontraditional source waters and the state-of-the-art pretreatment, desalination, and concentrate disposal technologies for their removal. Attention is given to the thermodynamic and operational barriers to improving the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of current technologies. The second part of this course identifies opportunities for next generation autonomous, precise, resilient, process-intensified, modular, and electrically powered desalination alternatives to lower the cost and energy intensity of water reuse. Over the duration of the course, students will form teams to perform an in-depth review of a single nontraditional source water treatment train, research the state-of-technology relative to that required for reuse, and perform a quantitative estimate of life cycle capex and opex costs.Course Structure: This course combines a lecture-based introduction to critical material with extensive in-class discussion of daily readings from the peer reviewed literature. As such, it is designed for graduate students across the university with comfort reading the academic literature, a solid knowledge of physicochemical processes, and a basic understanding of traditional water treatment technologies. Assessment elements will include class participation, in class presentations, and a final project report. Enrollment limited to 20.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 273S:
Electricity Economics (CEE 173S)
This course develops a foundation of economic principles for the electric utility on the topics of regulation, planning, and operation. Topics covered in regulation include cost of capital, calculation of the revenue requirement, and rate design. Topics covered in planning include generation costs (fixed and variable), reliability, marginal costs, and cost-effectiveness. Topics covered in operations include least-cost dispatch and energy markets. The course is geared toward emerging electricity sector topics including renewable energy, distributed energy resources, energy storage, and clean firm resources. The course also covers the history of the U.S. electricity sector and its evolution to the current technical and regulatory structure with the goal that economic principles can be used to achieve a system that is both economically efficient and environmentally sustainable.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 276G:
Sustainability Design Thinking (CEE 176G)
Application design thinking to make sustainability compelling, impactful and realizable. Analysis of contextual, functional and human-centered design thinking techniques to promote sustainable design of products and environments by holistically considering space, form, environment, energy, economics, and health. Includes Studio project work in prototyping, modeling, testing, and realizing sustainable design ideas. Prerequisite: Enrollment limited and by Permission Number only. Email instructor for application form.
Terms: Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 3
CEE 277F:
Advanced Field Methods in Water, Health and Development
Field methods for assessing household stored water quality, hand contamination, behaviors, and knowledge related to water, sanitation and health. Limited enrollment. Instructor consent required.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-10
CEE 278A:
Air Pollution Fundamentals
The sources and health effects of gaseous and particulate air pollutants. The influence of meteorology on pollution: temperature profiles, stability classes, inversion layers, turbulence. Atmospheric diffusion equations, downwind dispersion of emissions from point and line sources. Removal of air pollutants via settling, diffusion, coagulation, precipitation, Mechanisms for ozone formation, in the troposphere versus in the stratosphere. Effects of airborne particle size and composition on light scattering/absorption, and on visual range. Prerequisites: MATH 51 or equivalent. Recommended: 101B, CHEM 31A, or equivalents.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 3
CEE 279E:
Wastewater Treatment: From Disposal to Resource Recovery (CEE 179E)
This course covers basic hydraulics and the fundamental processes used to treat wastewater. In addition to understanding the details behind the fundamental processes, students will learn to feel comfortable developing initial design criteria (30% designs) for fundamental processes. Students should also develop a feel for the typical values of water treatment parameters and the equipment involved. After covering conventional processes, the class addresses newer processes used to meet emerging treatment objectives, including nutrient removal, composting of biosolids and recycling of wastewater for beneficial uses, including potable reuse.n(Note this course was formerly CEE 174B)
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 281:
Mechanics and Finite Elements
Fluid conduction and solid deformation; conservation laws: balance of mass and balance of momentum; generalized Darcy's law and Hooke's law in 3D; the use of tensors in mechanics; finite element formulation of boundary-value problems; variational equations and Galerkin approximations; basic shape functions, numerical integration, and assembly operations.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 282:
Nonlinear Structural Analysis
Introduction to methods of geometric and material nonlinear analysis, emphasizing modeling approaches for framed structures. Large-displacement analysis, concentrated and distributed plasticity models, and nonlinear solution methods. Applications to frame stability and performance-based seismic design. Assignments emphasize computer implementation and applications. Prerequisites: 280 and an advanced course in structural behavior (e.g., 285A, 285B or equivalent).
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
CEE 283:
Structural Dynamics
Vibrations and dynamic response of simple structures under time dependent loads; dynamic analysis of single and multiple degrees of freedom systems; support motion; response spectra.
Terms: Win, Sum
| Units: 3-4
CEE 285B:
Advanced Structural Steel Behavior and Design
Advanced topics in structural steel design. Topics include composite floor systems; bolted and welded connections; beam-column connections; innovative lateral load resisting systems. As part of this course students design a 15-story steel building. Prerequisite: basic course in structural steel design CEE182 or equivalent.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
CEE 288:
Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis (GEOPHYS 289)
Introduction to principles and procedures behind probabilistic seismic hazard and risk analysis. Engineering seismology topics include earthquake source characterization and ground motion characterization. Risk topics include fragility and vulnerability functions, ground motion selection, and an introduction to performance-based earthquake engineering. Integrative calculations to quantify hazard and risk. Prerequisite: CEE 203 or equivalent.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
CEE 289:
Random Vibrations
Introduction to random processes. Correlation and power spectral density functions. Stochastic dynamic analysis of multi-degree-of-freedom structures subjected to stationary and non-stationary random excitations. Crossing rates, first-excursion probability, and distributions of peaks and extremes. Applications in earthquake, wind, and ocean engineering. Prerequisite: 203 or equivalent.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
CEE 293:
Foundations and Earth Structures
Types, characteristics, analysis, and design of shallow and deep foundations; rigid and flexible retaining walls; braced excavations; settlement of footings in sands and clays; slope stability analysis by method of slices including search algorithms for the critical slip surface. Prerequisite: 101C or equivalent.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-3
CEE 298:
Structural Engineering and Mechanics Seminar
Recommended for all graduate students. Lectures on topics of current interest in professional practice and research.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 3 units total)
CEE 299:
Independent Study in Civil Engineering for CEE-MS Students
Directed study for CEE-MS students on subjects of mutual interest to students and faculty. Student must obtain faculty sponsor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Armeni, I. (PI);
Baker, J. (PI);
Bennon, M. (PI);
Billington, S. (PI);
Boehm, A. (PI);
Borja, R. (PI);
Cain, B. (PI);
Criddle, C. (PI);
Davis, J. (PI);
Deierlein, G. (PI);
Douglas, K. (PI);
Fischer, M. (PI);
Fletcher, S. (PI);
Fong, D. (PI);
Freyberg, D. (PI);
Fringer, O. (PI);
Fruchter, R. (PI);
Gorle, C. (PI);
Gragg, D. (PI);
Groves, R. (PI);
Hildemann, L. (PI);
Hummel, H. (PI);
Jacobson, M. (PI);
Jain, R. (PI);
Katz, G. (PI);
Kiremidjian, A. (PI);
Kitanidis, P. (PI);
Koen, N. (PI);
Kolderup, E. (PI);
Koseff, J. (PI);
Law, K. (PI);
Leckie, J. (PI);
Lepech, M. (PI);
Levitt, R. (PI);
Linder, C. (PI);
Luthy, R. (PI);
Masters, G. (PI);
Mauter, M. (PI);
McCann, M. (PI);
Miranda, E. (PI);
Mitch, W. (PI);
Monismith, S. (PI);
Monk, A. (PI);
Noh, H. (PI);
Osman, K. (PI);
Ouellette, N. (PI);
Rajagopal, R. (PI);
Sedar, B. (PI);
Simpson, B. (PI);
Spormann, A. (PI);
Tarpeh, W. (PI);
Tucker, A. (PI);
Wood, E. (PI);
Tuttle, G. (GP)
CEE 299C:
Independent Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE 199C)
Enrollment restricted to CEE students enrolling in classes via SCPD. Directed study of a topic in civil and environmental engineering, under the supervision of a CEE professor. Students enrolling must email Profs. Lepech and Hildemann, cc'ing their research supervisor, to indicate with which CEE faculty member they will be working.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
CEE 299I:
Independent Study in CEE for Grad Students
CEE 299I - Independent Study in CEE for Graduate Students. Directed study of a topic in civil and environmental engineering, under the supervision of a CEE professor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
4 times
(up to 20 units total)
CEE 299L:
Independent Project in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-4
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Armeni, I. (PI);
Baker, J. (PI);
Bennon, M. (PI);
Billington, S. (PI);
Boehm, A. (PI);
Borja, R. (PI);
Criddle, C. (PI);
Davis, J. (PI);
Deierlein, G. (PI);
Douglas, K. (PI);
Fischer, M. (PI);
Fletcher, S. (PI);
Fong, D. (PI);
Freyberg, D. (PI);
Fringer, O. (PI);
Fruchter, R. (PI);
Gorle, C. (PI);
Gragg, D. (PI);
Groves, R. (PI);
Hildemann, L. (PI);
Jacobson, M. (PI);
Jain, R. (PI);
Katz, G. (PI);
Kiremidjian, A. (PI);
Kitanidis, P. (PI);
Koen, N. (PI);
Kolderup, E. (PI);
Koseff, J. (PI);
Law, K. (PI);
Leckie, J. (PI);
Lepech, M. (PI);
Levitt, R. (PI);
Linder, C. (PI);
Luthy, R. (PI);
Masters, G. (PI);
Mauter, M. (PI);
McCann, M. (PI);
Miranda, E. (PI);
Mitch, W. (PI);
Monismith, S. (PI);
Noh, H. (PI);
Ouellette, N. (PI);
Rajagopal, R. (PI);
Sedar, B. (PI);
Simpson, B. (PI);
Spormann, A. (PI);
Swisher, J. (PI);
Tarpeh, W. (PI);
Tucker, A. (PI);
Tuttle, G. (GP)
CEE 300:
Thesis (Engineer Degree)
Research by Engineer candidates.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-15
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Armeni, I. (PI);
Baker, J. (PI);
Billington, S. (PI);
Boehm, A. (PI);
Borja, R. (PI);
Criddle, C. (PI);
Davis, J. (PI);
Deierlein, G. (PI);
Fischer, M. (PI);
Fletcher, S. (PI);
Freyberg, D. (PI);
Fringer, O. (PI);
Fruchter, R. (PI);
Gorle, C. (PI);
Hildemann, L. (PI);
Jacobson, M. (PI);
Jain, R. (PI);
Kiremidjian, A. (PI);
Kitanidis, P. (PI);
Koseff, J. (PI);
Law, K. (PI);
Leckie, J. (PI);
Lepech, M. (PI);
Linder, C. (PI);
Luthy, R. (PI);
Mauter, M. (PI);
Miranda, E. (PI);
Mitch, W. (PI);
Monismith, S. (PI);
Noh, H. (PI);
Ouellette, N. (PI);
Rajagopal, R. (PI);
Simpson, B. (PI);
Spormann, A. (PI);
Tarpeh, W. (PI)
CEE 301:
The Stanford Energy Seminar (ENERGY 301, MS&E 494)
Interdisciplinary exploration of current energy challenges and opportunities in the context of development, equity and sustainability objectives. Talks are presented by faculty, visitors, and students and include relevant technology, policy, and systems perspectives. More information about the seminar can be found on the website https://energyseminar.stanford.edu/May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
CEE 321:
Design and Operation of Integrated Infrastructure Systems
Urban infrastructure systems are more flexible and resilient when designed, interconnected, and operated as an integrated whole. These systems include Energy, Transportation, Communication, Water, Air, Ecosystem and Geophysical systems. The class introduces basics of current infrastructure systems and explores in greater depth how these systems can be integrated in design and in operations. Students taking this course will develop a framework for understanding integrated infrastructure design from multiple engineering and civic perspectives. Specific topics include: - Boundaries and boundary conditions between built and natural infrastructure systems - quantifying and normalizing materials and energy flows between built and natural urban systems - basis of physical, economic, and legal control of infrastructure systems. When appropriate, students will be able to develop new metrics to evaluate single system and integrated system performance.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 323B:
Infrastructure Finance and Governance
Presentation and discussion of early stage or more mature research on a variety of topics related to financing, governance and sustainability of civil infrastructure projects by researchers associated with the Global Projects Center and visiting speakers. To obtain one unit of credit, students must attend and participate in all seminars, with up to two excused absences. Seminar meets weekly during Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
CEE 327:
Construction Robotics
Advances in technologies, such as sensing, positioning, and computing, combined with Building Information Models (BIM) enable the use of robots in unstructured environments like construction. Class sessions contrast the development of construction robots with manufacturing robots, showcase the application of construction robots to at least ten tasks, such as drilling, painting, layout, bricklaying, etc., and introduce the Robotics Evaluation Framework (REF). The small-group class project carried out with industry partners applies the REF to compare the health and safety, quality, schedule, and cost performance of robotic and traditional construction methods.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 329:
Artificial Intelligence Applications in the AEC Industry
Through weekly lectures given by prominent researchers, practicing professionals, and entrepreneurs, this class will examine important industry problems and critically assess corresponding AI directions in both academia and industry. Students will gain an understanding of how AI can be used to provide solutions in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry and asses the technology, feasibility, and corresponding implementation effort. Students are expected to participate actively in the lectures and discussions, submit triweekly reflection writings, and present their own evaluation of existing solutions. Enrollment limited to 12 students.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-3
CEE 330B:
Quest for an Inclusive Clean Energy Economy (CEE 130B, EARTHSYS 130B, EARTHSYS 330B)
Building bridges across the clean energy divide involves addressing barriers to participation. These barriers affect the pace of investment, especially for distributed energy solutions such as building energy upgrades, on-site solar, and transportation electrification. This course will explore innovative business models that are responsive to calls for equity and inclusion, and it will give special attention to California's ongoing clean energy finance rulemaking in the utility sector to open the clean energy economy for all.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
CEE 341:
Virtual Design and Construction
Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) starts by understanding the client's objectives for building performance and the translation of these objectives into measurable project and production objectives. Based on a culture of proactive and constructive engagement, three mutually supportive strategies are essential to achieve these objectives: (1) the knowledge of the many disciplines contributing to the design and construction of a buildable, usable, operable, and sustainable building needs to be orchestrated concurrently, (2) the information supporting the project team must be integrated and be accessible seamlessly, and (3) the workflow carried out by the project team must enable the creation of integrated knowledge and information and lead to decisions that stick. This course will teach all the essential elements of VDC. This is an online course. Prerequisite: 100 or consent of instructor. Recommended: CEE 240, CEE 241.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 362A:
Uncertainty Quantification (ME 470)
Uncertainty is an unavoidable component of engineering practice and decision making. Representing a lack of knowledge, uncertainty stymies our attempts to draw scientific conclusions, and to confidently design engineering solutions. Failing to account for uncertainty can lead to false discoveries, while inaccurate assessment of uncertainties can lead to overbuilt engineering designs. Overcoming these issues requires identifying, quantifying, and managing uncertainties through a combination of technical skills and an appropriate mindset. This class will introduce modern techniques for quantifying and propagating uncertainty and current challenges. Emphasis will be on applying techniques in genuine applications, through assignments, case studies, and student-defined projects. Prerequisite: Basic probability and statistics at the level of CME 106 or equivalent.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
CEE 363D:
Topics in Fundamental Turbulence
A seminar-style class exploring the fundamental nature of turbulence via the primary literature, including both classical and contemporary papers. Students will be expected to present papers and lead discussions over the course of the quarter. Enrollment is limited and requires the consent of the instructor. Prior graduate coursework in fluid mechanics and turbulence is expected.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2
CEE 363H:
Topics in Stratified Turbulence
An exploration of classical and current papers dealing with the behavior of turbulence in stratified environments. This is a seminar-style class where each student will be expected to make presentations and lead discussions during the course of the quarter. Enrollment is limited and is based on the consent of the instructor. Prerequisites -- graduate coursework in turbulence and stratified flows.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2
CEE 365B:
Advanced Topics in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology
Students must obtain a faculty sponsor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-6
| Repeatable
for credit
CEE 370B:
Environmental Research
Introductory research experience for first-year Ph.D. students in the Environmental Engineering and Science program. 15-18 hours/week on research over three quarters. 370A requires written literature survey on a research topic; 370B requires oral presentation on experimental techniques and research progress; 370C requires written or oral presentation of preliminary doctoral research proposal. Students must obtain a faculty sponsor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5-6
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Boehm, A. (PI);
Criddle, C. (PI);
Davis, J. (PI);
Freyberg, D. (PI);
Hildemann, L. (PI);
Kitanidis, P. (PI);
Leckie, J. (PI);
Luthy, R. (PI);
Mitch, W. (PI);
Monismith, S. (PI);
Reinhard, M. (PI);
Spormann, A. (PI);
Tabazadeh, A. (PI)
CEE 371L:
Helminthic Disease Monitoring and Control.
Assessment will be based upon weekly written and/or oral reports, with a final written critical review due at the end of the quarter.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
CEE 374B:
Introduction to Physiology of Microbes in Biofilms
Diversification of biofilm populations, control of gene expression in biofilm environments, and evolution of novel genetic traits in biofilms.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-6
CEE 374M:
Advanced Topics in Watershed Systems Modeling
Basic principles of watershed systems analysis is required for water resources evaluation, watershed-scale water quality issues, and watershed-scale pollutant transport problems. The dynamics of watershed-scale processes and the human impact on natural systems, and for developing remediation strategies are studied, including terrain analysis and surface and subsurface characterization procedures and analysis.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 4
CEE 374S:
Advanced Topics in Microbial Pollution
May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
CEE 374W:
Advanced Topics in Water, Health and Development
Advanced topics in water, health and development. Emphasis on low-and-middle-income countries. Class content varies according to interests of students. Instructor consent required.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-18
| Repeatable
25 times
(up to 50 units total)
CEE 374X:
Advanced Topics in Multivariate Statistical Analysis
Analysis of experimental and non-experimental data using multivariate modeling approaches. May be repeated for credit. Permission of instructor required for enrollment.
Terms: Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-6
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 18 units total)
CEE 377:
Research Proposal Writing in Environmental Engineering and Science
For first- and second-year post-master's students preparing for thesis defense. Students develop progress reports and agency-style research proposals, and present a proposal in oral form. Prerequisite: consent of thesis adviser.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-3
Instructors: ;
Barton, J. (PI);
Billington, S. (PI);
Boehm, A. (PI);
Borja, R. (PI);
Criddle, C. (PI);
Davis, J. (PI);
Freyberg, D. (PI);
Fruchter, R. (PI);
Jacobson, M. (PI);
Katz, G. (PI);
Kiremidjian, A. (PI);
Kitanidis, P. (PI);
Luthy, R. (PI);
McCann, M. (PI);
Miranda, E. (PI);
Mitch, W. (PI);
Monismith, S. (PI);
Spormann, A. (PI)
CEE 381:
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-4
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Boehm, A. (PI);
Borja, R. (PI);
Criddle, C. (PI);
Fischer, M. (PI);
Freyberg, D. (PI);
Kiremidjian, A. (PI);
Kitanidis, P. (PI);
Law, K. (PI);
Luthy, R. (PI);
McCann, M. (PI);
Mitch, W. (PI);
Monismith, S. (PI);
Spormann, A. (PI)
CEE 398:
Report on Civil Engineering Training
On-the-job training under the guidance of experienced, on-site supervisors; meets the requirements for Curricular Practical Training for students on F-1 visas. Students submit a concise report detailing work activities, problems worked on, and key results. Prerequisite: qualified offer of employment and consent of adviser as per I-Center procedures. Please email jill.filice@stanford.edu for instructions/guidance on enrolling in this course.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Armeni, I. (PI);
Baker, J. (PI);
Billington, S. (PI);
Boehm, A. (PI);
Borja, R. (PI);
Criddle, C. (PI);
Davis, J. (PI);
Deierlein, G. (PI);
Fischer, M. (PI);
Fletcher, S. (PI);
Freyberg, D. (PI);
Fringer, O. (PI);
Fruchter, R. (PI);
Gorle, C. (PI);
Gragg, D. (PI);
Hildemann, L. (PI);
Jacobson, M. (PI);
Jain, R. (PI);
Kiremidjian, A. (PI);
Kitanidis, P. (PI);
Koseff, J. (PI);
Law, K. (PI);
Leckie, J. (PI);
Lepech, M. (PI);
Linder, C. (PI);
Luthy, R. (PI);
Mauter, M. (PI);
Miranda, E. (PI);
Mitch, W. (PI);
Monismith, S. (PI);
Noh, H. (PI);
Osman, K. (PI);
Ouellette, N. (PI);
Rajagopal, R. (PI);
Simpson, B. (PI);
Spormann, A. (PI);
Tarpeh, W. (PI)
CEE 399:
Advanced Engineering Problems
Individual graduate work under the direction of a faculty member on a subject of mutual interest. For Engineer Degree students and Pre- and Post-Quals Doctoral students. Student must have faculty sponsor. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-10
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Armeni, I. (PI);
Baker, J. (PI);
Billington, S. (PI);
Boehm, A. (PI);
Borja, R. (PI);
Criddle, C. (PI);
Davis, J. (PI);
Deierlein, G. (PI);
Fischer, M. (PI);
Fletcher, S. (PI);
Freyberg, D. (PI);
Fringer, O. (PI);
Fruchter, R. (PI);
Gorle, C. (PI);
Hildemann, L. (PI);
Jacobson, M. (PI);
Jain, R. (PI);
Kiremidjian, A. (PI);
Kitanidis, P. (PI);
Koseff, J. (PI);
Law, K. (PI);
Leckie, J. (PI);
Lepech, M. (PI);
Linder, C. (PI);
Luthy, R. (PI);
Mauter, M. (PI);
Miranda, E. (PI);
Mitch, W. (PI);
Monismith, S. (PI);
Noh, H. (PI);
Osman, K. (PI);
Ouellette, N. (PI);
Plambeck, E. (PI);
Rajagopal, R. (PI);
Simpson, B. (PI);
Spormann, A. (PI);
Tarpeh, W. (PI)
CEE 400:
Thesis (Ph.D. Degree)
For students who have successfully completed the department general qualifying examination. Research and dissertation for the Ph.D. degree.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-15
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Armeni, I. (PI);
Baker, J. (PI);
Billington, S. (PI);
Boehm, A. (PI);
Borja, R. (PI);
Criddle, C. (PI);
Davis, J. (PI);
Deierlein, G. (PI);
Fischer, M. (PI);
Fletcher, S. (PI);
Freyberg, D. (PI);
Fringer, O. (PI);
Fruchter, R. (PI);
Gorle, C. (PI);
Hildemann, L. (PI);
Jacobson, M. (PI);
Jain, R. (PI);
Kiremidjian, A. (PI);
Kitanidis, P. (PI);
Koseff, J. (PI);
Law, K. (PI);
Leckie, J. (PI);
Lepech, M. (PI);
Linder, C. (PI);
Luthy, R. (PI);
Mauter, M. (PI);
Miranda, E. (PI);
Mitch, W. (PI);
Monismith, S. (PI);
Noh, H. (PI);
Osman, K. (PI);
Ouellette, N. (PI);
Rajagopal, R. (PI);
Simpson, B. (PI);
Spormann, A. (PI);
Tarpeh, W. (PI)
CEE 801:
TGR Project (Engineer Degree)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 0
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Armeni, I. (PI);
Baker, J. (PI);
Billington, S. (PI);
Boehm, A. (PI);
Borja, R. (PI);
Criddle, C. (PI);
Davis, J. (PI);
Deierlein, G. (PI);
Fischer, M. (PI);
Fletcher, S. (PI);
Freyberg, D. (PI);
Fringer, O. (PI);
Fruchter, R. (PI);
Gorle, C. (PI);
Hildemann, L. (PI);
Jacobson, M. (PI);
Jain, R. (PI);
Kiremidjian, A. (PI);
Kitanidis, P. (PI);
Koseff, J. (PI);
Law, K. (PI);
Leckie, J. (PI);
Lepech, M. (PI);
Linder, C. (PI);
Luthy, R. (PI);
Mauter, M. (PI);
Miranda, E. (PI);
Mitch, W. (PI);
Monismith, S. (PI);
Noh, H. (PI);
Osman, K. (PI);
Ouellette, N. (PI);
Rajagopal, R. (PI);
Simpson, B. (PI);
Spormann, A. (PI);
Tarpeh, W. (PI)
CEE 802:
TGR Dissertation (PhD degree)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 0
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Armeni, I. (PI);
Baker, J. (PI);
Billington, S. (PI);
Boehm, A. (PI);
Borja, R. (PI);
Criddle, C. (PI);
Davis, J. (PI);
Deierlein, G. (PI);
Fischer, M. (PI);
Fletcher, S. (PI);
Freyberg, D. (PI);
Fringer, O. (PI);
Fruchter, R. (PI);
Gorle, C. (PI);
Hildemann, L. (PI);
Jacobson, M. (PI);
Jain, R. (PI);
Kiremidjian, A. (PI);
Kitanidis, P. (PI);
Koseff, J. (PI);
Law, K. (PI);
Leckie, J. (PI);
Lepech, M. (PI);
Linder, C. (PI);
Luthy, R. (PI);
Mauter, M. (PI);
Miranda, E. (PI);
Mitch, W. (PI);
Monismith, S. (PI);
Noh, H. (PI);
Osman, K. (PI);
Ouellette, N. (PI);
Rajagopal, R. (PI);
Simpson, B. (PI);
Spormann, A. (PI);
Tarpeh, W. (PI)
