CEE 1:
Introduction to Environmental Systems Engineering
Field trips visiting environmental systems installations in Northern California, including coastal, freshwater, and urban infrastructure. Requirements: Several campus meetings, and field trips. Enrollment limited; priority given to undergraduates who have declared Environmental Systems Engineering major, and undeclared Fr/Sophs.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 1
CEE 10:
Approaching CEE: Sustainability in Practice
This seminar series will feature guest speakers that do sustainability-focused work or research in each of CEE's four undergraduate degree program areas (Atmosphere/Energy, Civil Engineering, Environmental Systems Engineering, and Sustainable Architecture+Engineering). The seminar series is intended for current CEE majors and minors as well as students that are considering a CEE major or minor. The series will help students see the interconnectedness of the department's different focus areas while simultaneously building interest in the CEE major.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
CEE 11Q:
Sustainability Design Thinking
How can we create high-impact solutions to our planet's most pressing sustainability challenges? And can we use Design Thinking to come up with creative, feasible, and impactful ideas that will promote sustainability in peoples' lives? This seminar and design studio introduces techniques for applying the Design Thinking methodology (pioneered at Stanford's d.School) to create design ideas that are compelling, effective, and realizable. You'll have opportunities to explore and experience how the design thinking methodology can be applied to solve real-world sustainability challenges through a series of design projects where you will exercise and apply design thinking skills to design and propose solutions that promote sustainable behaviors and practices. You will apply contextual, functional and human-centered design thinking techniques to create design ideas that promote sustainability by holistically considering space, form, environment, energy, economics, human behavior, and health. Working independently and in small teams, you will propose designs that meet the needs of real users and illustrate your strategies for approaching the challenges and opportunities you uncover ? developing project ideas that demonstrate how you've used the design thinking process to make a measurable impact on improving sustainable behaviors and practices.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 17SC:
River and Region: The Columbia River and the Shaping of the Pacific Northwest (EARTHSYS 16SC, HISTORY 29SC, POLISCI 14SC)
This seminar will explore the crucial role of the Columbia River in the past, present, and future of the Pacific Northwest. Topics will include the lives and legacies of the indigenous peoples that Lewis and Clark encountered more than two centuries ago; the historic fisheries that attracted thousands of Chinese and, later, Scandinavian workers; the New Deal¿s epic dam-building initiatives beginning in the 1930s; the impact of the Manhattan Project¿s plutonium bomb development at Hanford Atomic Works in WWII; and the twenty-first-century server farms dotted across the Columbia Plateau. We plan to visit with local water managers, farmers, ranchers, loggers, Native American fishermen, and energy administrators, as well as elected officials and environmental activists, to examine the hydrologic, meteorologic, and geologic bases of the river¿s water and energy resources, and the practical, social, environmental, economic, and political issues surrounding their development in the Pacific Northwest region.The Columbia River and its watershed provide a revealing lens on a host of issues. A transnational, multi-state river with the largest residual populations of anadromous salmonids in the continental US, it is a major source of renewable hydroelectric power. (The Grand Coulee dam powerhouse is the largest-capacity hydropower facility in the US; nearly 50% of Oregon¿s electricity generation flows from hydropower; in Washington State it¿s nearly two-thirds, the highest in the nation.) The river provides a major bulk commodity transportation link from the interior West to the sea via an elaborate system of locks. It irrigates nearly 700,000 acres of sprawling wheat ranches and fruit farms in the federally administered Columbia Basin Project. We will look at all these issues with respect to rapid climate change, ecosystem impacts, economics, and public policy.We will begin with classroom briefings on campus, in preparation for the two-week field portion of the seminar. We plan to then travel widely throughout the Columbia basin, visiting water and energy facilities across the watershed, e.g., hydro, solar, wind, and natural gas power plants; dams and reservoirs with their powerhouses, fish passage facilities, navigation locks, and flood-mitigation systems; tribal organizations; irrigation projects; the Hanford Nuclear Reservation; and offices of regulatory agencies. We hope to meet with relevant policy experts and public officials, along with several of the stakeholders in the basin.Over the summer students will be responsible for assigned readings from several sources, including monographs, online materials, and recent news articles. During the trip, students will work in small groups to analyze and assess one aspect of the river¿s utilization, and the challenges to responsible management going forward. The seminar will culminate in presentations to an audience of Stanford alumni in Portland, Oregon.
Last offered: Summer 2023
| Units: 2
CEE 31:
Accessing Architecture Through Drawing
Preference to Architectural Design and CEE majors; others by consent of instructor. Drawing architecture to probe the intricacies and subtleties that characterize contemporary buildings. How to dissect buildings and appreciate the formal elements of a building, including scale, shape, proportion, colors and materials, and the problem solving reflected in the design. Students construct conventional architectural drawings, such as plans, elevations, and perspectives. Limited enrollment.
Last offered: Winter 2023
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-CE
CEE 31A:
Drawing for Architects
If you took CEE31Q during the past year and are planning to take CEE130 at some point, this class is for you! This 5-week course (Fun! Limited homework! Focused on in-class experiences and discussions) will provide Architectural Design majors with enhanced drawing and design skills that may not have been introduced in CEE 31Q during the pandemic year. Topics covered will include scale, hand-drafting, model-building, free-hand drawing and composition. It may be used as a Depth Elective in the Architectural Design Major.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
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 31Q:
Accessing Architecture Through Drawing
Preference to sophomores. Drawing architecture provides a deeper understanding of the intricacies and subtleties that characterize contemporary buildings. How to dissect buildings and appreciate the formal elements of a building, including scale, shape, proportion, colors and materials, and the problem solving reflected in the design. Students construct conventional architectural drawings, such as plans, elevations, and perspectives. Limited enrollment.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-CE
CEE 32A:
Psychology of Architecture
This course argues that architecture often neglects the interdisciplinary investigation of our internal psychological experience and the way it impacts our creation of space. How does our inner life influence external design? How are we impacted emotionally, physically, psychologically by the spaces we inhabit day to day? How might we intentionally imbue personal and public spaces with specific emotions? This seminar serves as a call to action for students interested in approaching architecture with a holistic understanding of the emotional impact of space. Sample topics addressed will include: conscious vs. unconscious design; the ego of architecture; psycho-spatial perspectives; ideas of home; integral/holistic architecture; phenomenology of inner and outer spaces; exploring archetypal architecture; and translating emotion through environment.
Last offered: Winter 2022
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
CEE 32B:
Design Theory
This seminar focuses on the key themes, histories, and methods of architectural theory -- a form of architectural practice that establishes the aims and philosophies of architecture. Architectural theory is primarily written, but it also incorporates drawing, photography, film, and other media. One of the distinctive features of modern and contemporary architecture is its pronounced use of theory to articulate its aims. One might argue that modern architecture is modern because of its incorporation of theory. This course focuses on those early-modern, modern, and late-modern writings that have been and remain entangled with contemporary architectural thought and design practice. Rather than examine the development of modern architectural theory chronologically, it is explored architectural through thematic topics. These themes enable the student to understand how certain architectural theoretical concepts endure, are transformed, and can be furthered through his/her own explorations.CEE 32B is a crosslisting of ARTHIST 217B/417B.
Last offered: Spring 2023
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
CEE 32D:
Construction: The Writing of Architecture
This seminar focuses on the construction of architectural writing. The class will analyze this idea through four topics: formal analysis, manifesto, translation, and preservation. The seminar is divided into two-week modules with each of these four concepts functioning as organizing principles. The first week of each module will involve familiarizing the seminar with both the terms and rhetorical tactics of the given theme by reading and analyzing specific texts and completing a short written analysis (1-2 pages). The second week will expand upon this foundation and involve further analysis in addition to each student writing a short paper (3-4 pages) drawing on the examples discussed and their own experiences in the discipline. The goal of the seminar is for each student to be able to analyze how an architectural writing is constructed and to develop his/her skills in the construction of his/her own writing.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
CEE 32F:
Light, Color, and Space
This course explores color and light as a medium for spatial perception. Through the introduction of color theory, color mixing, and light analyses, students will learn to see and use light and color fields as a way to shape experience. We will examine the work of a range of architects and artist who use light and color to expand the field of perception (i.e. Rothko, Turrell, Eliasson, Holl, Aalto).
Last offered: Winter 2022
| Units: 3
CEE 32G:
Architecture Since 1900 (ARTHIST 142)
Art 142 is an introduction to the history of architecture since 1900 and how it has shaped and been shaped by its cultural contexts. The class also investigates the essential relationship between built form and theory during this period.
Last offered: Winter 2023
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
CEE 32H:
Responsive Structures (CEE 132H)
This Design Build seminar investigates the use of metal as a structural, spatial and organizational medium. We will examine the physical properties of post-formable plywood, and develop a structural system and design which respond to site and programmatic conditions. The process includes model building, prototyping, development of joinery, and culminates in the full scale installation of the developed design on campus. This course may be repeated for credit (up to three times). Class meeting days/times are as follows:Session 1: May 20, Friday, 5pm-8pmSaturday, May 21, 9am-5pmSession 2: Sunday, May 22, 10am-5pm
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 6 units total)
CEE 32P:
Place: Making Space Now (ARTHIST 32P)
This seminar argues that architeccts are ultimately "placemakers," and questions what that means in the contemporary world. Part I investigates the meaning of the word "place." Additional background for understanding contemporary place making will include a critique of the history of modern place-making through an examination of modern form. Part II examines two traditional notions of place by scale: from "home" to "the city." What elements give these conceptions of space a sense of place? To answer this question, themes such as memory, mapping, and boundary, among others, will be investigated. part III presents challenges to the traditional notions of place discussed in Part II. Topics addressed include: What does it mean to be "out of place"? What sense of place does a nomad have, and how is this represented? What are the "non-places" and how can architects design for these spaces? Part IV addresses the need to re-conceptualize contemporary space. The role of digital and cyber technologies, the construction of locality in a global world, and the in-between places that result from a world in flux are topics discussed in this section of the seminar. Learning goals: Specific goals include clsoe reading of texts, understanding of philosophical thinking and writing, argument under uncertainty, and developed concepts of place, space and architecture.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 32Q:
Place: Making Space Now
This seminar argues that architeccts are ultimately "placemakers," and questions what that means in the contemporary world. Part I investigates the meaning of the word "place." Additional background for understanding contemporary place making will include a critique of the history of modern place-making through an examination of modern form. Part II examines two traditional notions of place by scale: from "home" to "the city." What elements give these conceptions of space a sense of place? To answer this question, themes such as memory, mapping, and boundary, among others, will be investigated. part III presents challenges to the traditional notions of place discussed in Part II. Topics addressed include: What does it mean to be "out of place"? What sense of place does a nomad have, and how is this represented? What are the "non-places" and how can architects design for these spaces? Part IV addresses the need to re-conceptualize contemporary space. The role of digital and cyber technologies, the construction of locality in a global world, and the in-between places that result from a world in flux are topics discussed in this section of the seminar. Learning goals: Specific goals include clsoe reading of texts, understanding of philosophical thinking and writing, argument under uncertainty, and developed concepts of place, space and architecture.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
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 32S:
The Situated Workplace and Public Life
The modern workplace has undergone fundamental change and continues to evolve. The context of work in many industries is today being shaped substantially by changing workforce demographics, the pervasiveness of mobile and embedded information technologies, hyper-connected work models on a global scale, evolving notions of health and well being, etc. Our public realm is changing too. People are moving to cities in greater numbers than ever before posing both challenges and opportunities related to new levels of density, sustainable resource management, resilient infrastructures, as well as new forms of civic engagement at neighborhood levels, to name but a few. These changes at an urban scale impact how and where public life happens and how it interacts with new modalities at work.This course will combine research, conceptual explorations, studio design work, seminars and guest lectures to explore the impact of the changing workplace on the morphology of the city by examining these bi-coastal seats of innovation. As the creative workplace continues to evolve, how will it engage the public realm within both well-established urban frameworks such as San Francisco and Boston, and emerging suburban contexts, such as Silicon Valley?The course will join graduate students from the Northeastern University School of Architecture with students from the Stanford University Architectural Design program. Students will reside primarily at their prospective universities and will travel selectively for site research, team charettes and project reviews. Project sites on both coasts will be utilized for research and studio work. This is an opportunity for students from two top universities, both situated in the epicenters of workplace change, to explore and conduct valuable research on an issue that is changing their urban environments.
Last offered: Winter 2016
| Units: 4
CEE 32T:
Making and Remaking the Architect: Edward Durell Stone and Stanford
How does an architect establish a career? How is an architect remembered? What makes a building significant and how should it be preserved, if at all? Fundamental questions about the practice and production of architecture will be examined in this seminar that focuses on the work of Edward Durell Stone (1902-78) and specifically on his work at Stanford and in Palo Alto. By 1955, Stone was so well established that he founded an office in Palo Alto to design the Stanford Medical Center (currently slated for destruction) and several other significant local public buildings, such as the Palo Alto Civic Center. Through site visits to his buildings, research in the Stanford archives, and interviews with architects who worked in his office (among other strategies), students will question how architecture produced in the immediate post-WWII period is thought about historically and how and when it should be preserved.
Last offered: Spring 2016
| Units: 4
CEE 32U:
California Modernism: The Web of Apprenticeship
This course will study at the development of Modernism in pre and post WWII California. The class will investigate responses to climatic, technological, and cultural changes that were specific to the state but have now become an idealized tread. We will look at architects and landscape architects who apprenticed with significant design leaders and track how their involvement and explore resulted in changes in building technologies, and influenced the next generation of design thinking and experimentation. The investigations will occur through research, drawings and models, as well as site visits.
Last offered: Spring 2017
| Units: 4
CEE 32V:
Architectural Design Lecture Series Course
This seminar is a companion to the Spring Architecture and Landscape Architecture Lecture Series. Students will converse with lecturers before the lectures, attend the lecture, and prepare short documents (written, graphic, exploratory) for two of the lectures. The five course meeting dates will correspond with the five lecture dates: April 3, April 17, May 1, May 15, and May 29. The meeting times are 4:30 - 5:30 for the seminar and 6:30 - 7:45 for the lecture
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
CEE 32XSI:
Sustainable Design and Practice in Native American Architecture (ARTSTUDI 32XSI, NATIVEAM 32SI)
This lecture series highlights and celebrates Native American design practices, both in architectural design and in materials use. As practicing Indigenous architects and designers, the guest speakers aim to share how Indigineity and Nativeness influence the built environment. Equally important is the future, what is the place and responsibility of Native design as we combat climate change and as Native tribes fight to preserve land and heritage?
Last offered: Winter 2023
| Units: 1
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 33C:
Housing Visions (URBANST 103C)
This course provides an introduction to American Housing practices, spanning from the Industrial Age to the present. Students will examine a range of projects that have aspired to a range of social, economic and/or environmental visions. While learning about housing typologies, students will also evaluate the ethical role that housing plays within society. The course focuses on the tactical potentials of housing, whether it is to provide a strong community, solve crisis situations, integrate social services, or encourage socio-economic mixture. Students will learn housing design principles and organizational strategies, and the impact of design on the urban environment. They will discuss themes of shared spaces and defensible spaces; and how design can accommodate the evolving demographics and culture of this country. For example, how can housing design address the changing relationship between living and working? What is the role of housing and ownership in economic mobility? These issues will be discussed within the context the changing composition of the American population and economy. n nThis course will be primarily discussion-based, using slideshows, readings and field trips as a departure points for student-generated conversations. Each student will be asked to lead a class discussion based on his/her research topic. Students will evaluate projects, identifying which aspects of the initial housing visions were realized, which did not, and why. Eventually, students might identify factors that lead to ¿successful¿ projects, and/or formulate new approaches that can strengthen or redefine the progressive role of housing: one inclusive of the complex social, economic, and ethical dimensions of design.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
CEE 33D:
A World Built by Women
Preference to Architectural Design majors. As we stare down statistics that depict whole industries, political bodies, and rooms of-influence as dominated by primarily cis-gendered white men, we choose not to lose faith, but dare to ask, 'how would our world look, feel, and function if it were built by women?' This course is meant not as an historical survey of the objective accomplishments of female architects but as a future-facing call-to-action to envision a world built by women and gender-expansive people. What might our built environments look and feel like with bold, creative women at the helm? How might we celebrate and honor more diverse and brilliant perspectives in architecture across a broad gender spectrum? How might we demand greater space for women in architecture to lead an industry into its next era? And how might we support a rising generation of young women poised to build the world they want to see? Combining topical discussions, case studies, personal reflections, charrette exercises, and a culminating design/build experience at Girls Garage, this course will inspire students of all genders to draw from the lessons of women in architecture and imagine a built environment that represents us all.
Last offered: Winter 2023
| Units: 3
CEE 33E:
A Global History of Architecture and Engineering (ARTHIST 133E)
An introduction to the history of architecture and engineering, and to basic concepts about how we construct the built environment. This course asks one simple question: what does it mean to "make place" during different moments in history? The class will attempt to answer this question through a series of case studies from around the world and from 3,500 BCE to the present. These buildings and sites will be examined through a global perspective that emphasizes the analysis of form, structure, and theory in their cultural contexts. The class will also establish connections, contrasts, and influences among different architectural movements and cultures.
Last offered: Autumn 2022
| Units: 5
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 33Q:
Studio 1: Architecture - Space, Light, and Movement
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. We build models exploring spatial arrangements and configurations, learn to draw plans, develop craftsmanship building models, visit buildings around campus, and design a house for a visiting scholar. Most importantly we learn to engage and foster creativity. Many of the best architects and designers maintain a child-like sense of wonder. We all have it, but sometimes this may get de-emphasized as one moves along in their journey of education. We work together to spark and engage that curiosity to design dynamic spaces that relate to the human body. The course is 5 units and requires a significant amount of time. That said it is fun and engaging experience.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
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 40:
Approaching Palau: Preparation and Research Ideation and Development (ESS 40)
This class is a seminar designed to prepare students participating in the 2022 Palau Seminar for possible research activities. Enrollment by approval of the instructors.
Last offered: Spring 2022
| Units: 1
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 63:
Weather and Storms (CEE 263C)
Daily and severe weather and global climate. Topics: structure and composition of the atmosphere, fog and cloud formation, rainfall, local winds, wind energy, global circulation, jet streams, high and low pressure systems, inversions, el Ni¿o, la Ni¿a, atmosphere/ocean interactions, fronts, cyclones, thunderstorms, lightning, tornadoes, hurricanes, pollutant transport, global climate and atmospheric optics.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
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 65SI:
Transportation and the Future City (URBANST 65SI)
What should a 'city of the future' look like? This weekly speaker series will provide a broad overview to the fields of transportation engineering and city planning and how they intersect with the overarching issues of sustainability, energy, technology, equity, and climate change. Guest speakers from the transportation industry will introduce the week's topic, dive into relevant applications and case studies, and discuss their professional backgrounds and/or organizations.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
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 73:
Water: An Introduction
Lake Tahoe's waters are so clear you can follow a diver 70 feet below your boat. A Lake Erie summer often means that nearshore waters have a green surface scum obscuring everything below. California, suffering from drought, is seriously considering reclamation and direct potable reuse of sewage -- aka toilet to tap. Can we (or should we) do this? Why is Tahoe clear, Erie green? This class introduces students to the fundamental tools and science used to understand and manage both natural and human-engineered water systems. Each student will use these tools to explore a water topic of their choosing.
Last offered: Summer 2019
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA
CEE 74N:
Grand Challenges in Environmental Engineering
In 2019, the U.S. National Academies of Science assembled a team of leading scientists and engineers to identify the most pressing environmental challenges of the 21st century. From sustainably supplying food, water, and energy to a growing population to curbing climate change and adapting to its impacts, this report highlights the essential role that environmental engineers will play in preparing humanity to face a new and uncertain future. This Introductory Seminar will engage students in classroom lectures, small group problem solving, large group discussion, on-site field trips, and an independent research report to explore the key scientific questions and technical innovations needed to address environmental grand challenges. At the end of the course, students will be literate in pressing environmental issues, master the basic principles of environmental engineering, and understand the role of environmental engineers in the broader science, policy, and political ecosystem of scholars and practitioners dedicated to addressing environmental grand challenges. Students from all backgrounds and interest areas are welcome.
| Units: 3
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 83:
Seismic Design Workshop
Introduction to seismic design for undergraduate students. Structural design concepts are introduced based on physical and mathematical principles. General overview of mechanics of materials, structural analysis, structural systems and earthquake resistant design. The class is intended to prepare students for the EERI Seismic Design Competition, where students design, analyze and fabricate a tall balsa wood structure. Hands on workshops focus on numerical simulation using structural analysis software, model fabrication, and experimental testing. All majors are welcome. Pre-requisite: Physics 41, recommended: ENGR 14.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
CEE 100:
Managing Sustainable Building Projects
Managing the life cycle of buildings from the owner, designer, and contractor perspectives emphasizing sustainability goals; methods to define, communicate, coordinate, and manage multidisciplinary project objectives including scope, quality, life cycle cost and value, schedule, safety, energy, and social concerns; roles, responsibilities, and risks for project participants; virtual design and construction methods for product, organization, and process modeling; lifecycle assessment methods; individual writing assignment related to a real world project. Fulfills WIM requirement for CEE majors. Co-taught with ARCH 542/741 Managing Sustainable Design and Decarbonization Projects at Howard University.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
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 101B:
Mechanics of Fluids
Physical properties of fluids and their effect on flow behavior; equations of motion for incompressible ideal flow, including the special case of hydrostatics; continuity, energy, and momentum principles; control volume analysis; laminar and turbulent flows; internal and external flows in specific engineering applications including pipes and open channels; elements of boundary-layer theory. Laboratory exercises to illustrate key principles. Prerequisites: E14, Physics 41, Math 51, or CME 100.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
CEE 101C:
Geotechnical Engineering
Introduction to the principles of soil mechanics. Soil classification, shear strength and stress-strain behavior of soils, consolidation theory, analysis and design of earth retaining structures, introduction to shallow and deep foundation design, slope stability. Lab projects. Prerequisite: ENGR 14. Recommended: 101A.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
CEE 101D:
Computations in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE 201D)
Computational and visualization methods in the design and analysis of civil and environmental engineering systems. Focus is on applications of MATLAB. How to develop a more lucid and better organized programming style.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
CEE 101E:
Introduction to Mechanics of Fluids
Physical properties of fluids and their effect on flow behavior; equations of motion for incompressible ideal flow, including the special case of hydrostatics; continuity, energy, and momentum principles; control volume analysis; laminar and turbulent flows; internal and external flows in specific engineering applications including pipes and open channels; elements of boundary-layer theory. Prerequisites: E14, Physics 41, Math 51, or CME 100.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
CEE 101S:
Science & Engineering Problem-Solving with MatLab. (CEE 201S)
Introduction to the application of MATLAB as a powerful tool to solve a variety of science and engineering problems. Exposure to computational and visualization tools available through MATLAB to analyze, solve, and visualize some common problems of interest in science and engineering. Prequisite: Calculus. Note: students enrolling in CEE 201S must seek the consent of instructor.
Last offered: Summer 2019
| Units: 3
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 102F:
Food, Design and Sustainability (CEE 202F)
There are significant environmental impacts throughout the traditional food production cycle - farming, transportation, consumption. The areas of waste in this cycle are also areas of design opportunity and are a great source of inspiration for entrepreneurs and designers. The goal of this course is to expose students to the landscape of food innovation focused on increasing the sustainability of this cycle. Each week, we'll have a guest speaker from the world of food innovation share their stories with you. Then, you'll get a chance to ask them questions about their company, their journey, and their vision for the future of food sustainability. Lunch will be provided.
Last offered: Spring 2023
| Units: 1
CEE 102W:
Technical and Professional Communication (ENGR 102W)
Effective communication skills will help you advance quickly. Learn the best technical and professional techniques in writing and speaking. Group workshops and individual conferences with instructors. Designed for undergraduates going into industry. Allowed to fulfill WIM for Atmosphere/Energy, Engineering Physics, and Environmental Systems Engineering majors only.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 107A:
Understand Energy (CEE 207A, EARTHSYS 103, ENERGY 107A, ENERGY 207A)
NOTE: This course will be taught in-person on main campus, lectures are recorded and available asynchronously. Energy is the number one contributor to climate change and has significant consequences for our society, political system, economy, and environment. Energy is also a fundamental driver of human development and opportunity. In taking this course, students will not only understand the fundamentals of each energy resource - including significance and potential, conversion processes and technologies, drivers and barriers, policy and regulation, and social, economic, and environmental impacts - students will also be able to put this in the context of the broader energy system. Both depletable and renewable energy resources are covered, including oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, biomass and biofuel, hydroelectric, wind, solar thermal and photovoltaics (PV), geothermal, and ocean energy, with cross-cutting topics including electricity, storage, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), sustainability, green buildings, energy efficiency, transportation, and the developing world. The 4 unit course includes lecture and in-class discussion, readings and videos, homework assignments, one on-campus field trip during lecture time and two off-campus field trips with brief report assignments. Off-campus field trips to wind farms, solar farms, nuclear power plants, natural gas power plants, hydroelectric dams, etc. Enroll for 5 units to also attend the Workshop, an interactive discussion section on cross-cutting topics that meets once per week for 80 minutes (Mondays, 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM). Open to all: pre-majors and majors, with any background! Website: https://understand-energy-course.stanford.edu/ CEE 107S/207S Understand Energy: Essentials is a shorter (3 unit) version of this course, offered summer quarter. Students should not take both for credit. Prerequisites: Algebra.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-SI
CEE 107D:
Scaling Integrative Design for Radical Energy Efficiency
Integrative design optimizes buildings, vehicles, factories, and equipment as whole systems. This makes the energy efficiency resource severalfold bigger and cheaper, often with increasing returns, helping to enable profitable climate protection. Integrative design is proven and shows immense value, yet is rarely taught or practiced. This seminar explores how more than a dozen diverse scaling vectors can be harnessed to change integrative design rapidly from rare to common, and thus transform the human prospect and pathways to a host of climate solutions. Prerequisites: CEE 107H/207H, CEE 107R/207R, or by permission of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-3
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 107S:
Understand Energy - Essentials (CEE 207S)
Energy is the number one contributor to climate change and has significant consequences for our society, political system, economy, and environment. Energy is also a fundamental driver of human development and opportunity. Students will learn the fundamentals of each energy resource -- including significance and potential, drivers and barriers, policy and regulation, and social, economic, and environmental impacts -- and will be able to put this in the context of the broader energy system. Both depletable and renewable energy resources are covered, including oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, biomass and biofuel, hydroelectric, wind, solar thermal and photovoltaics (PV), geothermal, and ocean energy, with cross-cutting topics including electricity, storage, hydrogen, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), sustainability, green buildings, energy efficiency, transportation, and the developing world. The course is 3 units, which includes lecture, readings and videos, and homework assignments. This is a course for all: pre-majors and majors, with any background - no prior energy knowledge necessary. For a course that covers all of this plus goes more in-depth, check out CEE 107A/207A - ENERGY 107A/207A - EarthSys 103 Understand Energy offered in the autumn and spring quarters (students should not take both for credit). Website: https://understand-energy-course.stanford.edu/ Prerequisites: Algebra.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
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 112A:
Industry Applications of Virtual Design & Construction
Building upon the concept of VDC Scorecard, CEE 112A/212A investigates in the management of Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) programs and projects in the building industry. Interacting with experts and professionals in real estate, architecture, engineering, construction and technology providers, students will learn from the industry applications of Building Information Modeling and its relationship with Integrated Project Delivery, Sustainable Design and Construction. Students will conduct case studies to evaluate the maturity of VDC planning, adoption, technology and performance in practice. Students taking 3 or 4 units will be paired up with independent research or case study projects on the industry applications of VDC. No prerequisite. See CEE112B/212B in the Winter Quarter and CEE 112C/212C in the Spring Quarter.
Last offered: Spring 2018
| Units: 2-4
CEE 112B:
Industry Applications of Virtual Design & Construction (CEE 212B)
CEE 112B/212B is a practicum on the Industry Applications on Virtual Design and Construction (VDC). Students will gain insights and develop skills that are essential for academic research, internships or industry practice in VDC and Building Information Modeling (BIM). Students can choose between one of the two project topics: [1] Industrialized Construction with Virtual Parts (No Prerequisite) or [2] Industry Benchmarking & Applications of the VDC Management Scorecard (Suggested Prerequisite: CEE 112A/212A).
Last offered: Spring 2018
| Units: 2-4
CEE 114:
Frontier Technology: Understanding and Preparing for Technology in the Next Economy (CEE 214, MED 114, MED 214, PSYC 114)
The next wave of technological innovation and globalization will affect our countries, our societies, and ourselves. This interdisciplinary course provides an introduction to emerging, frontier technologies. Topics covered include artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing and advanced robotics, smart cities and urban mobility, telecommunications with 5G/6G, and other key emerging technologies in society. These technologies have vast potential to address the largest global challenges of the 21st century, ushering in a new era of progress and change.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 1
CEE 120A:
Building Modeling for Design & Construction (CEE 220A)
The foundational Building Information Modeling course introduces techniques for creating, managing, and applying of building information models in the building design and construction process. The course covers processes and tools for creating, organizing, and working with 2D and 3D computer representations of building components and geometries to produce models used in architectural design, construction planning and documentation, rendering and visualization, simulation, and analysis.
Terms: Aut, Sum
| Units: 3
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 120C:
Parametric Design and Optimization (CEE 220C)
This course explores tools and techniques for computational design and parametric modeling as a foundation for design optimization. Class sessions will introduce several parametric design modeling platforms and scripting environments that enable rapid generation of 3D models and enable rapid evaluation of parametrically-driven design alternatives.nnTopics to be featured include:n-Principles of parametric design vs. direct modelingn-Design exploration using parametric modeling platforms (Revit/FormIt, Rhino)n-Visual scripting languages and environments (Dynamo, Grasshopper, DesignScript)n-Single- and multi-dimensional optimization techniques and guidance strategies.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-4
CEE 120S:
Building Information Modeling Special Study (CEE 220S)
Special studies of Building Information Modeling strategies and techniques focused on creating, managing, and applying models in the building design and construction process. Processes and tools for creating, organizing, and working with 2D and 3D computer representations of building components to produce models used in design, construction planning, visualization, and analysis.Contact glkatz@stanford.edu for more information.
Last offered: Autumn 2019
| Units: 2-4
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 8 units total)
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 122B:
Computer Integrated A/E/C
Undergraduates serve as apprentices to graduate students in the AEC global project teams in CEE 222B. Project activity focuses on modeling, simulation, life-cycle cost, and cost benefit analysis in the project development phase. Prerequisite: CEE 122A.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
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 124S:
Sustainable Urban Systems Seminar (CEE 224S)
The Sustainable Urban Systems (SUS) Seminar Series will feature speakers from academia, practice, industry, and government who are on the forefront of research and innovation in sustainable urban systems. The SUS Seminar will be open to the public; students will have the option of obtaining 1 unit of course credit based on attendance and completion of writing assignments.
Last offered: Spring 2019
| Units: 1
CEE 124X:
Shaping the Future of the Bay Area (CEE 224X)
Note to students: please be advised that the course number for this course has been changed to: CEE 218X, which is offered Autumn 2019-20. If you are interested in taking this course, please enroll in CEE 218X instead for Autumn 2019-20.
Last offered: Autumn 2019
| Units: 3-5
CEE 125:
Defining Smart Cities: Visions of Urbanism for the 21st Century (CEE 225, URBANST 174)
Technological innovations have and will disrupt all domains of urban life, from housing to healthcare to city management to transportation. This seminar is aimed at future technologists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and urban planners to define and evaluate the smartness of a city through three lenses: technology, equity, and policy. Through readings, seminar discussions, guest speakers, and a final project, we will explore how a smart city can leverage technology for a higher quality of life, less inequality in access to services, and tighter human communities. You will come away with a framework for understanding how to maximize the social good of emerging technologies. Course material is appropriate for students from all disciplines. Students who enroll in the course for 4 units will participate in an off-campus field component during Spring Break.
Last offered: Autumn 2017
| Units: 3-4
CEE 126X:
Hard Earth: Environmental Justice
Environmental policies often have disparate impacts on marginalized people. The fall 2019 Hard Earth series will feature biweekly talks by Stanford graduate students who are investigating pressing questions at the intersection of environmental justice and health, energy, and climate change. On the alternate weeks, students who have enrolled to take the full Hard Earth series as a one-unit course (CEE 126XYZ | EARTH 126XYZ) meet for a deeper discussion about the prior week¿s presentation. There will be one culminating talk by a non-student sustainability expert. Learn more about Hard Earth here: https://roblesustainability.stanford.edu/initiatives/hard-earth.
Last offered: Autumn 2019
| Units: 1
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 126Z:
Hard Earth: The Interconnected Impacts of Global Climate Change
The COVID crisis makes one thing clear: society is ill-equipped to deal with disasters that do not respect borders and can cripple social and economic systems. Climate change, though radically different from a virus, similarly is a global threat. This class will feature virtual biweekly talks by four graduate students whose research probes a changing climate's already-occurring impacts on livelihoods, jobs, food, and social safety nets around the world. In the weeks in between the talks, we will hold a group discussion to explore how we can, as a global society, re-imagine our response to disaster.
Terms: Spr
| 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 130R:
Racial Equity in Energy (AFRICAAM 131, CEE 330)
The built environment and the energy systems that meet its requirements is a product of decisions forged in a context of historical inequity produced by cultural, political, and economic forces expressed through decisions at individual and institutional levels. This interdisciplinary course will examine the imprint of systemic racial inequity in the U.S. that has produced a clean energy divide and a heritage of environmental injustice. Drawing on current events, students will also explore contemporary strategies that center equity in the quest for rapid technology transitions in the energy sector to address climate change, public health, national security, and community resilience. Prerequisites: By permission of the instructor. Preferable to have completed Understand Energy ( CEE 107A/207A/ EarthSys 103/ CEE 107S/207S) or a similar course at another institution if a graduate student.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-3
CEE 131A:
Professional Practice: Mixed-Use Design in an Urban Setting
The delivery of a successful building design program involves unique collaboration between architect and client. This course will endeavor to teach the skills necessary for a designer to identify, evaluate, conceptualize and fully document a complex mixed-use urban design. Students will complete the course with a detailed knowledge of the consultants, engineers and other professionals needed for a complete program. Course deliverables will include three short assignments and a final project consisting of basic schematic drawings for the selected project.nnGuest presenters will cover topics of interest. Lectures, discussions, in-class studio-work and an oral presentation.nPre-requisite: CEE 130
Last offered: Spring 2018
| Units: 4
CEE 131B:
Financial Management of Sustainable Urban Systems
Focus is on financial management of sustainable urban systems. The course will study different kinds of financial services available, the management of financial resources, and relationships to financial service providers. The course will also study how financial services and relationships to financial service providers can be used to accomplish construction management, energy, and architecture work in sustainable urban systems. The learning outcome is an understanding of how financial services can be used in development of sustainable urban systems. nnThe course work is structured so that there are three modules: 1) general knowledge of financial management, 2) in-depth application in construction management, energy, or architecture, and 3) comparison of similarities and differences in-between the in-depth applications. Students will focus on one of the in-depth applications in a group work, and present the result of this application to students that make other applications. A key learning aspect is the understanding of how finance is used in construction management, energy, and architecture work. Students should be able to show the value, financial viability, and risk management of sustainable urban system development in construction management, energy, and architecture. Students should be able to finance construction management, energy, and architecture work. nnReadings include applications of finance and management to construction management, energy, or architecture. Guest speakers include developers, financial managers at construction firms, managers at energy firms, construction managers.
Last offered: Winter 2016
| Units: 3
CEE 131C:
How Buildings are Made -- Materiality and Construction Methods
This course will provide an introduction to the materials and methods used in building construction. A combination of in-class lectures, reading assignments, and building site visits will provide students with an awareness of construction materials and their use within building systems. All relevant building types and construction materials will be explored, including wood, steel, concrete and masonry. Building foundations and basic structural systems will be explained. Building envelope elements will be considered, with an analysis of various glass and glazing materials, cladding types, and roofing systems. Interior Floor, wall and ceiling finishes will be discussed. New and emerging building trends will also be examined, wuch as prefabricated and modular construction. Guest presenters, drawn from Bay Area consulting firms, will cover several topics of interest. Students will have an opportunity to experience real world material applications at local construction sites, and gain a thorough understanding of the construction process.
Last offered: Spring 2023
| Units: 4
CEE 131D:
Urban Design Studio (URBANST 171)
The practical application of urban design theory. Projects focus on designing neighborhood and downtown regions to balance livability, revitalization, population growth, and historic preservation.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
CEE 131E:
Team Urban Design Studio (URBANST 183)
This new class offers an exciting variation on the 'individual project' studio format. Students work as a team to propose a single consensus solution to a real-world design challenge. This collaborative studio experience more closely reflects the creative process in the design and planning professions where a group of individuals works together to brainstorm, shape, develop, and illustrate a community design solution. There are a number of benefits to this team-oriented approach: it is a more nurturing environment for students that do not have design backgrounds, it allows for more peer-to-peer learning, and it takes best advantage of varied student skill sets. But perhaps the greatest benefit is that a team of students working together on a common project will be able to develop a more comprehensive solution than any one student working alone. This means that the class "deliverable" at the end of quarter could be detailed enough to be of significant value to a stakeholder or client group from the larger community. This studio class, working under the guidance of an experienced instructor, functions like a design firm in providing professional-grade deliverables to real-world community design "clients'.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
CEE 131F:
Building Envelope Design & Construction
This course investigates the building envelope: the walls, roof, floors, and foundation. More than just an assembly of materials to form an enclosure, the building envelope determines the thermal comfort, energy consumption (and production), structural expression, qualities of light and material experience of a space. These parameters will be explored through the observation, documentation, and analysis of building envelopes, with a focus on sustainability.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
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 132A:
SA+E Colloquium A
Weekly discussion forum for SA+E majors to address a range of architecture, engineering, design, and sustainability topics.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
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 132C:
SA+E Colloquium C
Weekly discussion forum for SA+E majors to address a range of architecture, engineering, design, and sustainability topics.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
CEE 132E:
SA+E Externship
The SA+E Externship course is designed to reduce the barrier for SA+E students to get their first job in a professional environment by providing low risk hiring opportunities for architecture firms of various sizes. Students will be matched with offices in a curated experience pairing student's interests with appropriate firms whose work and size align with the student's declared focus. In the externship students will work in a local office (San Francisco, Palo Alto, or San Jose) and work one day a week (8 hrs per day unless otherwise agreed upon) for the term. This duration will give them an experience of the ebbs and flows of what an architecture office is like. Depending on the office needs and the student's skill level tasks may include shadowing, meeting notes, model building, drafting, 3d modeling, assistance with presentation materials, job site visits, material library organization, etc. At the completion of the program students will have an office and experience to put on their resume, have gained a broader perspective of the industry, and be able to hone their focus more on the type and size of office, as well as the work type that they are interested in.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-2
CEE 132H:
Responsive Structures (CEE 32H)
This Design Build seminar investigates the use of metal as a structural, spatial and organizational medium. We will examine the physical properties of post-formable plywood, and develop a structural system and design which respond to site and programmatic conditions. The process includes model building, prototyping, development of joinery, and culminates in the full scale installation of the developed design on campus. This course may be repeated for credit (up to three times). Class meeting days/times are as follows:Session 1: May 20, Friday, 5pm-8pmSaturday, May 21, 9am-5pmSession 2: Sunday, May 22, 10am-5pm
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 6 units total)
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 133D:
Studio 4: Integrated Architecture and Engineering (CEE 233D)
This second integrator studio asks students to incorporate sustainable systems and structural engineering into the design of a building. Students will synthesize site design and engineering principles into a coherent design vision while developing their model making and analytical/technical drawing skills. Students will deepen their understanding of design practices for a sustainable future.
| Units: 5
CEE 133F:
Studio 6: Integrated Design Capstone (CEE 233F)
This final integrated design studio requires the advanced design of a building, with students collaborating with a range of engineering disciplines (structural, mechanical, earth systems). The building designs will address structures, construction methods, space, sequence, form, and sustainable practices. Leveraging the talents of various disciplines, the project team will create a thorough and complete collaborative design proposal.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
CEE 133H:
Painting: Architecture in the Environment
This five-week course engages students in deconstructing architectural structures in relation to the environment by way of observational painting with acrylics. Through on location painting and studio sessions, students build creative capacities and develop critical thinking skills as we focus on the fundamentals of painting, discuss precedents from art and architectural history, and engage in constructive group critiques. Color theory, as it relates to value and applies to light on form and material, is examined and put into practice as students mix paint and explore a variety of techniques. Volume is a major component as we apply principles of proportion, perspective, and depth to convincingly articulate spatial relationships. Composition and design principles are investigated throughout the painting process, from preparatory graphite sketches through project completion. Active painting is enhanced by focused exercises, demonstrations, slide lectures, readings, and museum visits, all which facilitate a deeper understanding of architecture via painting. (Note: this course meets for only 5 weeks: Jan 8 - Feb 7, 2019)
Last offered: Winter 2020
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
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 137B:
Advanced Architecture Studio (CEE 237B)
This course will focus on the topic of interdisciplinary collaboration and its role in the development of design concepts. Specifically, the integration of structural with architectural considerations to produce a unified urban, spatial, tectonic and structural proposition will be our field of investigation. This course is an architecture studio course where class time will be spent primarily in individual or group desk critiques and pin-up sessions. May be repeat for credit. Total completions allowed: 3. Additionally, there will be lectures, case study presentations and a field trip. Prerequisites: required: CEE 31 (or 31Q) Drawing, CEE 120A and CEE 130 Design.
Last offered: Spring 2023
| Units: 6
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 18 units total)
CEE 139:
Design Portfolio Methods (CEE 239)
The portfolio is an essential creative tool used to communicate academic work, design philosophies, and professional intent. This course will explore elements of graphic design, presentation, communication, binding, printing, and construction, yielding a final portfolio (physical and digital) for professional, academic or personal purposes. Limited enrollment. Prerequisites: two Art, Design, or Architecture studio courses, or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 4
CEE 141A:
Infrastructure Project Development (CEE 241A)
Infrastructure is critical to the economy, global competitiveness and quality of life. Topics include energy, transportation, water, public facilities, and communications sectors. Analysis of the condition of the nation's infrastructure and how projects are planned and financed. Focus is on public works in the U.S. The role of public and private sectors through a step-by-step study of the project development process. Case studies of real infrastructure projects. Industry guest speakers. Student teams prepare project environmental impact statements.
Terms: Aut
| 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 141C:
Global Infrastructure Projects Seminar (CEE 241C)
Nine current global infrastructure projects presented by top project executives or company leaders from industry. Water, transportation, energy and communication projects are featured. Course provides comparisons of project development, win and delivery approaches for mega-projects around the world. Alternative project delivery methods, the role of public and private sector, different project management and construction strategies, and lessons learned. The course also includes field trips to local mega-projects. Grade (one unit) is based on attending all 9 lectures and at least 2 field trips.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-2
CEE 144:
Design and Innovation for the Circular Economy
The last 150 years of our industrial evolution have been material and energy intensive. The linear model of production and consumption manufactures goods from raw materials, wells and uses them, and then discards the products as waste. Circular economy provides a framework for systems-level redesign. It builds on schools of thought including regenerative design, performance economy industrial ecology, blue economy, biomimicry, and cradle to cradle. This course introduces the concepts of the circular economy and applies them to case studies of consumer products, household goods, and fixed assets.n nStudents will conduct independent projects on circular economy. Students may work alone or in small teams under the guidance of the teaching team and various collaborators worldwide. Class is limited to 14 students. All disciplines are welcome. This class fulfills the Writing & Rhetoric 2 requirement. Prerequisite: PWR 1.
Last offered: Spring 2019
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
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 146S:
Engineering Economics and Sustainability (ENGR 60)
Engineering Economics is a subset of the field of economics that draws upon the logic of economics, but adds that analytical power of mathematics and statistics. The concepts developed in this course are broadly applicable to many professional and personal decisions, including making purchasing decisions, deciding between project alternatives, evaluating different processes, and balancing environmental and social costs against economic costs. The concepts taught in this course will be increasingly valuable as students climb the carrier ladder in private industry, a non-governmental organization, a public agency, or in founding their own startup. Eventually, the ability to make informed decisions that are based in fundamental analysis of alternatives is a part of every career. As such, this course is recommended for engineering and non-engineering students alike. This course is taught exclusively online in every quarter it is offered. (Prerequisites: MATH 19 or 20 or approved equivalent.)
Terms: Aut, Spr, Sum
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-AQR
CEE 147:
Building Heaven and Hell (CLASSICS 147R, RELIGST 147)
How did early Greeks, Romans, Jews, and Christians imagine space? How did they construct heaven and hell and the afterlife through their written texts? Can we take written images of the earthly and heavenly Jerusalem and her temple, such as those found in Ezekiel, the Book of Revelation and the Apocalypse of Paul and transform them into three-dimensional space? Can we visualize Homer's Hades or Dante's Inferno? We are going to try! We will meet in the architecture studio and build out of foam board and hot glue. A number of themes will emerge through the course: the interpretive move in rendering a once real space as a literary icon, the relationship between text and imagined space, the connection between space and ritual, and how to construct an image of a society from whom it imagines in hell. Learn more about the course here: https://youtu.be/J9q8CCQ9NkA
Last offered: Winter 2023
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
CEE 151:
Negotiation (CEE 251)
Students learn to negotiate in a variety of arenas including getting a job, workplace negotiations, transactional transactions, and managing personal relationships. The class is interactive and case based; students will do weekly negotiations out of class. The instructor has worked as a professional negotiator in over 75 countries including work in political and ethnic conflict, land use and construction mediation, corporate mergers and acquisitions, and capital raising in the technology sector. He has taught this popular class at Stanford for over 20 years. An application is required in order to get into the class. Students should enroll on Axess and complete the application on Canvas by April 1st. Application instructions will be available on Axess or through the class website on Canvas. There will be a class fee in order to access the cases and other materials for the course.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 154:
Data Analytics for Physical Systems (CEE 254)
This course introduces practical applications of data analytics and machine learning from understanding sensor data to extracting information and decision making in the context of sensed physical systems. Many civil engineering applications involve complex physical systems, such as buildings, transportation, and infrastructure systems, which are integral to urban systems and human activities. Emerging data science techniques and rapidly growing data about these systems have enabled us to better understand them and make informed decisions. In this course, students will work with real-world data to learn about challenges in analyzing data, applications of statistical analysis and machine learning techniques using MATLAB, and limitations of the outcomes in domain-specific contexts. Topics include data visualization, noise cleansing, frequency domain analysis, forward and inverse modeling, feature extraction, machine learning, and error analysis. Prerequisites: CS106A, CME 100/Math51, Stats110/101, or equivalent.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
CEE 155:
Introduction to Sensing Networks for CEE (CEE 255)
Introduce the design and implementation of sensor networks for monitoring the built and natural environment. Emphasis on the integration of modern sensor and communication technologies, signal processing and statistical models for network data analysis and interpretation to create practical deployments to enable sustainable systems, in areas such as energy, weather, transportation and buildings. Students will be involved in a practical project that may involve deploying a small sensor system, data models and analysis and signal processing. Limited enrollment.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
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 157:
Sustainable Finance and Investment Seminar (CEE 257)
The course aims to equip the Stanford community with the knowledge and networks required to undertake significant future work on sustainable finance and investment. The course will be given in a seminar format, which explores multiple disciplines of sustainable finance with talks by researchers associated with the Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy's Sustainable Finance Initiative and visiting speakers. The course features three highly interactive modules: (1) risk and opportunities of sustainable finance, (2) business and financial innovation toward sustainability, and (3) sustainability assessment and advanced data technologies. The contents covered by this course include but are not limited to systems and theories in sustainable finance and investment such as active ownership, carbon markets and policies, climate finance, environmental disclosure and reporting, divestment, engagement, environmental, social, and governance (ESG), green banks, green bonds, green benchmarks and indices, impact investing, public-private partnerships, responsible investment, stranded assets, and green taxonomies. Seminar meets weekly during the Autumn Quarter.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
CEE 161I:
Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics: The Atmospheric Circulation (CEE 261I, EARTHSYS 146A, ESS 246A)
Introduction to the physics governing the circulation of the atmosphere and ocean and their control on climate with emphasis on the atmospheric circulation. Topics include the global energy balance, the greenhouse effect, the vertical and meridional structure of the atmosphere, dry and moist convection, the equations of motion for the atmosphere and ocean, including the effects of rotation, and the poleward transport of heat by the large-scale atmospheric circulation and storm systems. Prerequisites: MATH 51 or CME100 and PHYSICS 41.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
CEE 162A:
Mechanics of Fluids
Course content is the same as CEE 101B but without the Tuesday lecture and lab component. Permission of the instructor is required first to enroll in CEE 162A. Prerequisites: E14, Physics 41 and Math 51.
Last offered: Autumn 2019
| Units: 3
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 162E:
Rivers, Streams, and Canals (CEE 262E)
Introduction to the movement of water through natural and engineered channels, streams, and rivers. Basic equations and theory (mass, momentum, and energy equations) for steady and unsteady descriptions of the flow. Application of theory to the design of flood- control and canal systems. Flow controls such as weirs and sluice gates; gradually varied flow; Saint-Venant equations and flood waves; and method of characteristics. Laboratory demonstrations involving experiments with controls such as weirs and gates, gradually varied flow, and waves will be integrated into the class material. Prerequisite: CEE 101B or CEE 162A.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
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 162I:
Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics: the Ocean Circulation (CEE 262I, EARTHSYS 146B, ESS 246B)
Introduction to the physics governing the circulation of the atmosphere and ocean and their control on climate with emphasis on the large-scale ocean circulation. This course will give an overview of the structure and dynamics of the major ocean current systems that contribute to the meridional overturning circulation, the transport of heat, salt, and biogeochemical tracers, and the regulation of climate. Topics include the tropical ocean circulation, the wind-driven gyres and western boundary currents, the thermohaline circulation, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, water mass formation, atmosphere-ocean coupling, and climate variability. Prerequisites: MATH 51 or CME100; and PHYSICS 41; and a course that introduces the equations of fluid motion (e.g. ESS 246A, ESS 148, or CEE 101B).
Last offered: Winter 2023
| 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 165C:
Water Resources Management (CEE 265C)
Water resources management is studied in the context of increasing population, economic growth, and the effect of climate change on the available water resources. The class examines the question of how to achieve the optimal equilibrium between water supply and water demand, under specific local and regional physical environmental, social and economic constraints. Basic water management principles are reviewed in the context of sustainable development, increasing water scarcity in many parts of the world, and hydrologic uncertainty including that associated with climate change. Specific topics include the management of operations and water quality in reservoirs, river basins, and groundwater systems; non-conventional water sources such as treated wastewater and desalination; demand management options; and the institutional and legal framework of water management.
Last offered: Summer 2019
| Units: 3
CEE 165H:
Big Earth Hackathon Wildland Fire Challenge (CEE 265H)
Come and tackle a problem in sustainability by participating in Stanford's Big Earth Hackathon challenge on wildland fires and finding an innovative solution to wildland fire prediction, mitigation, and/or equity and fairness. Students work in self-organized diverse teams of 1-4 students in weeks 1-8, with a final presentation of the work on Friday May 31. The teams will spend the first few weeks designing their specific team problem/scope/goals under one or more of the three primary areas of focus. Guidance in the design and solution processes will be provided by faculty, industry and/or community leaders. Workshops in data analysis, programming, GIS, and fundamental issues related to wildfires will be provided at the start of the quarter to give students tools and insights to define and tackle problems.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 166A:
Watershed Hydrologic Processes and Models (CEE 266A)
Introduction to the occurrence and movement of water in the terrestrial environment at the scale of watersheds. Development of conceptual and quantitative understanding of hydrologic processes, including precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, snowmelt, infiltration, subsurface flow, surface runoff, and streamflow. Emphasis is on observation and measurement, data analysis, conceptual understanding, quantitative models, and prediction. Prerequisite: CEE 101B or CEE 101E, or equivalent.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
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 170:
Aquatic and Organic Chemistry for Environmental Engineering (CEE 270M)
This course provides a solid foundation in the most important aspects of general, aquatic and organic chemistry. Nearly all of aspects environmental engineering apply the chemistry concepts discussed in this course. Given that each of the chemistry subjects to be addressed are standalone classes, this class highlights only the most relevant material to environmental engineering. The class focuses on developing general background skills needed for subsequent classes in environmental engineering focusing on their applications, although certain applications will be discussed for illustration.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
CEE 171F:
New Indicators of Well-Being and Sustainability
Explore new ways to better measure human development, comprehensive wealth and sustainability beyond standard economic indicators such as income and GDP. Examine how new indicators shape global, national and local policy worldwide. Well-being topics include health, happiness, trust, inequality and governance. Sustainability topics include sustainable development, environmental performance indicators, material flow analysis and decoupling, and inclusive wealth indicators. Students will build their own indicator of well-being and sustainability for a term paper.
Last offered: Summer 2018
| Units: 3
CEE 171G:
Environmental & Ecological Economics (CEE 271G)
Ideas, tools and policy solutions in environmental and ecological economics covering a wide range of topics: biodiversity and ecosystems management, energy and climate change mitigation, environmental health and environmental justice, new indicators of well-being and sustainability beyond GDP and growth and sustainable urban systems.
Last offered: Summer 2019
| Units: 3
CEE 172:
Air Quality Management
Quantitative introduction to the engineering methods used to study and seek solutions to current air quality problems. Topics: global atmospheric changes, urban sources of air pollution, indoor air quality problems, design and efficiencies of pollution control devices, and engineering strategies for managing air quality. Prerequisites: 70, MATH 51.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
CEE 173:
Urban Water
This course explores both quantitatively and qualitatively - technical, economic, institutional, social, policy, and legal aspects of urban water. The course will include lectures and discussions covering the following themes (1) history of urban water (2) journey of urban water including human health and ecosystem health impacts (3) sanitation (4) global urban water conflicts (5) disease prevention and pandemic response (6) practical and technical aspects of water quality analysis (7) economics of water (8) technology and water (9) seeds of hope. Lectures will provide foundational information on drinking water, wastewater treatment processes, contaminants, role of various stakeholders in the outcome of water conflicts as well as policies and guidelines (local national and WHO). Discussion sessions will include case studies of nuanced water conflicts that students will dive deep into using engaging conversation and debate. Technical classes will include water quality analysis on contaminants that students will work through during in-class discussions and homework assignments.
Last offered: Spring 2021
| Units: 3
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 175A:
California Coast: Science, Policy, and Law (CEE 275A)
This interdisciplinary course integrates the legal, scientific, and policy dimensions of how we characterize and manage resource use and allocation along the California coast. We will use this geographic setting as the vehicle for exploring more generally how agencies, legislatures, and courts resolve resource-use conflicts and the role that scientific information and uncertainty play in the process. Our focus will be on the land-sea interface as we explore contemporary coastal land-use and marine resource decision-making, including coastal pollution, public health, ecosystem management; public access; private development; local community and state infrastructure; natural systems and significant threats; resource extraction; and conservation, mitigation and restoration. Students will learn the fundamental physics, chemistry, and biology of the coastal zone, tools for exploring data collected in the coastal ocean, and the institutional framework that shapes public and private decisions affecting coastal resources. There will be 3 to 4 written assignments addressing policy and science issues during the quarter, as well as a take-home final assignment. Special Instructions: In-class work and discussion is often done in interdisciplinary teams of students from the School of Law, the School of Engineering, the School of Humanities and Sciences, and the Doerr School of Sustainability. Students are expected to participate in class discussion and field trips. Elements used in grading: Participation, including class session and field trip attendance, writing and quantitative assignments. Cross-listed with Civil & Environmental Engineering ( CEE 175A/275A) and Law ( LAW 2510). Open to graduate students and to advanced undergraduates with instructor permission. Enrollment limited.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
CEE 175G:
China's Environmental and Climate Governance (CEE 275G)
Over three decades of extraordinary economic development in China came at the tremendous expense of the environment. Despite having one of the world's most comprehensive environmental laws and regulations, China was among the most polluted globally until recent years. The Eighteenth Party Congress in November 2012 was a watershed event in China's environmental and ecological landscape. However, strong central directives to clean up the environment and curb carbon emissions have yielded mixed results. From the angle of environmental governance, this course examines how domestic actors and institutions affect policy making and implementation in China from the late twentieth century until today. It draws upon analytical frameworks from the disciplines of the social sciences to explain policy outputs and outcomes.
Last offered: Spring 2023
| Units: 3
CEE 175S:
Environmental Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEE 275S)
Our current infrastructure for provision of critical services-clean water, energy, transportation, environmental protection; requires substantial upgrades. As a complement to the scientific and engineering innovations taking place in the environmental field, this course emphasizes the analysis of economic factors and value propositions that align value chain stakeholder interests.
Last offered: Summer 2019
| Units: 3
CEE 176A:
Energy Efficient Buildings
Quantitative evaluation of technologies and techniques for reducing energy demand of residential-scale buildings. Heating and cooling load calculations, financial analysis, passive-solar design techniques, water heating systems, photovoltaic system sizing for net-zero-energy all-electric homes.
Terms: Aut, Sum
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
CEE 176B:
100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything (CEE 276B)
This course discusses elements of a transition to 100% clean, renewable energy in the electricity, transportation, heating/cooling, and industrial sectors for towns, cities, states, countries, and companies. It examines wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, tidal, and wave characteristics and resources; electricity, heat, cold and hydrogen storage; transmission and distribution; matching power demand with supply on the grid: efficiency; replacing fossil with electric appliances and machines in the buildings and industry; energy, health, and climate costs and savings; land requirements; feedbacks of renewables to the atmosphere; and 100% clean, renewable energy roadmaps to guide transitions.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-AQR
CEE 176C:
Energy Storage Integration - Vehicles, Renewables, and the Grid
The course will describe the background on existing energy storage solutions being on the electric grid and in vehicles with a primary focus on batteries and electrochemical storage. It will discuss the operating characteristics, cost, and efficiency of these technologies and how tradeoff decisions can be made. The course will describe the system-level integration of new storage technologies, including chargers, inverters, battery management systems and control, into the existing vehicle and grid infrastructure. Specific focus will be given to the integration of electric vehicle charging combined with demand-side management, scheduled renewable energy absorption, and local grid balancing.
Terms: Spr, Sum
| 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 177:
Aquatic Chemistry and Biology
Introduction to chemical and biological processes in the aqueous environment. Basic aqueous equilibria; the structure, behavior, and fate of major classes of chemicals that dissolve in water; redox reactions; the biochemistry of aquatic microbial life; and biogeochemical processes that govern the fate of nutrients and metals in the environment and in engineered systems. Prerequisite: CHEM 31.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-SMA
CEE 177E:
Water & the Environment: Current Challenges and Solutions
Water-related challenges are raising major concerns worldwide. These challenges are found at both ends of the pipe: the need to supply usable water of adequate quality for a rapidly growing human population, and the need to prevent pollution and diseases from wastewater discharge. In this hybrid virtual and in person, comprehensive, and interdisciplinary course, top researchers from Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev partner with experts from Yale University, Northwestern University (USA), and Stanford to discuss pressing water issues and present innovative solutions and technologies for treating wastewater and ensuring safe reuse, mitigating water shortage globally, and reversing pollution of surface and subsurface water. The course provides a thorough introduction discovering the newest technologies being developed at the forefront of research: Recovering nutrients from wastewater for use as fertilizers in agriculture, desalination of brackish groundwater, soil aquifer treatment (SAT), recirculated vertical flow constructed wetland (RVFCW), and more. We will review these technologies from an engineering perspective as well as the physical, chemical and biological processes involved. We will also see (via video) these technologies in use in several systems in Israel.
Last offered: Spring 2022
| Units: 2
CEE 177L:
Smart Cities & Communities (CEE 277L)
A city is comprised of people and a complex system of systems connected by data. A nexus of forces IoT, open data, analytics, AI, and systems of engagement present new opportunities to increase the efficiency of urban systems, improve the efficacy of public services, and assure the resiliency of the community. Systems studied include: water, energy, transportation, buildings, food production, and social services. The roles of policy and behavior change as well as the risks of smart cities will be discussed. How cities are applying innovation to address the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19 will also be explored.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
CEE 177Q:
Data Analysis, Presentation, and Interpretation in Environmental Engineering (CEE 277Q)
This class is designed for students interested in pursuing research-based careers. It covers practical aspects of data analysis, presentation, interpretation relevant to the field of environmental engineering. Learning objectives include identifying and refining research questions, choosing appropriate data analysis methods, and applying principles of effective visual and written presentation of proposed research and research findings. Additional topics to be covered include preparing a constructive review, research ethics, and navigating the publication process.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 178:
Introduction to Human Exposure Analysis (CEE 276)
(Graduate students register for 276.) Scientific and engineering issues involved in quantifying human exposure to toxic chemicals in the environment. Pollutant behavior, inhalation exposure, dermal exposure, and assessment tools. Overview of the complexities, uncertainties, and physical, chemical, and biological issues relevant to risk assessment. Lab projects. Recommended: MATH 51. Apply at first class for admission.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-AQR, WAY-SMA
CEE 179A:
Water Chemistry Laboratory (CEE 273A)
(Graduate students register for 273A.) Laboratory application of techniques for the analysis of natural and contaminated waters, emphasizing instrumental techniques
Last offered: Winter 2019
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA
CEE 179C:
Environmental Engineering Design
Application of engineering fundamentals including environmental engineering, hydrology, and engineering economy to a design problem. Enrollment limited; preference to seniors in Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Last offered: Spring 2019
| Units: 5
CEE 179D:
Providing Safe Water for the Developing and Developed World (CEE 279D)
This course will cover basic hydraulics and the fundamental processes used to provide and control water, and will introduce the basics of engineering design. 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. The course should enable students to work competently in environmental engineering firms or on non-profit projects in the developing world such as Engineers without Borders. Pre-requisite: Chem31B/M. (Note this course was formerly CEE 174A)
Last offered: Autumn 2022
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA
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 179F:
Frontiers of Anaerobic Treatment (CEE 279F)
This seminar will present the latest findings on the operation and performance of ground-breaking anaerobic treatment processes for domestic wastewater. Specifically, this seminar will examine the performance of the Staged Anaerobic Fluidized-bed Membrane Bioreactor (SAF-MBR) using results from ongoing operations at the Codiga Resource Recover Center and from previous and parallel research efforts. The seminars will incorporate a description of the fundamentals of anaerobic treatment processes, a discussion of how the SAF-MBR process is different from typical anaerobic processes, and insights from operations along with implications for system design. Course work will include explorations of the costs, benefits, and market potential of this technology.
Last offered: Autumn 2017
| Units: 1
CEE 180:
Structural Analysis
Analysis of beams, trusses, frames; method of indeterminate analysis by consistent displacement, least work, superposition equations, moment distribution. Introduction to matrix methods and computer methods of structural analysis. Prerequisite: 101A and ENGR 14.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
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 183:
Integrated Civil Engineering Design Project
Studio format. Integrative capstone project designed for civil engineering majors, involving schematic design, and taking into account sustainable engineering issues. Prerequisites: Senior standing in the CE major or instructor permission
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
CEE 192:
Laboratory Characterization of Properties of Rocks and Geomaterials (EPS 230, GEOPHYS 162, GEOPHYS 259)
(Formerly GEOLSCI 230) Lectures and laboratory experiments. Properties of rocks and geomaterials and how they relate to chemo-mechanical processes in crustal settings, reservoirs, and man-made materials. Focus is on properties such as porosity, permeability, acoustic wave velocity, and electrical resistivity. Students may investigate a scientific problem to support their own research (4 units). Prerequisites: Physics 41 (or equivalent) and CME 100. Change of Department Name: Earth and Planetary Science (Formerly Geologic Sciences).
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
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);
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);
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);
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 199S:
Undergraduate Summer Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Investigation of a research topic in civil and environmental engineering. For students admitted to the Stanford Summer Session program. Written report or oral presentation required. Students must obtain a faculty or research staff sponsor.
Last offered: Summer 2019
| Units: 1-6
CEE 200:
Seminar on Teaching for TAs
Required of CEE Ph.D. students; advisable for any student who hopes to TA in CEE. Introduction to effective teaching practices for TAs. Limited enrollment; preference given to CEE graduate students.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
CEE 200A:
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: 200A. Aut; 200B. Win; 200C. Spr
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
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 200C:
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: Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
CEE 201D:
Computations in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE 101D)
Computational and visualization methods in the design and analysis of civil and environmental engineering systems. Focus is on applications of MATLAB. How to develop a more lucid and better organized programming style.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
CEE 201E:
Nonlinear Dynamics
Most real-world systems are to some degree nonlinear, and the addition of nonlinearity can lead to qualitatively different kinds of behavior as compared with linear systems. This course provides an introduction to the analysis of nonlinear dynamical systems, with examples drawn from across the sciences and engineering. In addition to formal analysis, the course will emphasize qualitative and geometric thinking. Topics will include one-dimensional systems; bifurcations; phase-plane analysis; nonlinear oscillators; and chaos, fractals, and strange attractors. Prerequisites: Differential equations at the level of CME 102 and linear algebra at the level of CME 104; some programming experience.
Last offered: Spring 2023
| Units: 3
CEE 201F:
Software Development in Structural Engineering
TBA
Last offered: Winter 2023
| Units: 2
CEE 201S:
Science & Engineering Problem-Solving with MatLab. (CEE 101S)
Introduction to the application of MATLAB as a powerful tool to solve a variety of science and engineering problems. Exposure to computational and visualization tools available through MATLAB to analyze, solve, and visualize some common problems of interest in science and engineering. Prequisite: Calculus. Note: students enrolling in CEE 201S must seek the consent of instructor.
Last offered: Summer 2019
| Units: 3
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 202F:
Food, Design and Sustainability (CEE 102F)
There are significant environmental impacts throughout the traditional food production cycle - farming, transportation, consumption. The areas of waste in this cycle are also areas of design opportunity and are a great source of inspiration for entrepreneurs and designers. The goal of this course is to expose students to the landscape of food innovation focused on increasing the sustainability of this cycle. Each week, we'll have a guest speaker from the world of food innovation share their stories with you. Then, you'll get a chance to ask them questions about their company, their journey, and their vision for the future of food sustainability. Lunch will be provided.
Last offered: Winter 2023
| Units: 1
CEE 203:
Probabilistic Models in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Introduction to probability modeling and statistical analysis in civil engineering. Emphasis is on the practical issues of model selection, interpretation, and calibration. Application of common probability models used in civil engineering including Poisson processes and extreme value distributions. Parameter estimation. Linear regression.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
CEE 204:
Structural Reliability
Procedures for evaluating the safety of structural components and systems. First-and second-order estimates of failure probabilities of engineered systems. Sensitivity of failure probabilities to assumed parameter values. Measures of the relative importance of random variables. Reliability of systems with multiple failure modes. Reliability updating. Simulation methods and variance reduction techniques. Prerequisite: 203 or equivalent. This course will not be offered AY 23-24.
Last offered: Winter 2021
| Units: 3-4
CEE 206:
Decision Analysis for Civil and Environmental Engineers
Current challenges in selecting an appropriate site, alternate design, or retrofit strategy based on environmental, economic, and social factors can be best addressed through applications of decision science. Basics of decision theory, including development of decision trees with discrete and continuous random variables, expected value decision making, utility theory value of information, and elementary multi-attribute decision making will be covered in the class. Examples will cover many areas of civil and environmental engineering problems. Prerequisite: CEE 203 or equivalent. (Note: This course will be offered in Fall of 2020).
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
CEE 207A:
Understand Energy (CEE 107A, EARTHSYS 103, ENERGY 107A, ENERGY 207A)
NOTE: This course will be taught in-person on main campus, lectures are recorded and available asynchronously. Energy is the number one contributor to climate change and has significant consequences for our society, political system, economy, and environment. Energy is also a fundamental driver of human development and opportunity. In taking this course, students will not only understand the fundamentals of each energy resource - including significance and potential, conversion processes and technologies, drivers and barriers, policy and regulation, and social, economic, and environmental impacts - students will also be able to put this in the context of the broader energy system. Both depletable and renewable energy resources are covered, including oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, biomass and biofuel, hydroelectric, wind, solar thermal and photovoltaics (PV), geothermal, and ocean energy, with cross-cutting topics including electricity, storage, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), sustainability, green buildings, energy efficiency, transportation, and the developing world. The 4 unit course includes lecture and in-class discussion, readings and videos, homework assignments, one on-campus field trip during lecture time and two off-campus field trips with brief report assignments. Off-campus field trips to wind farms, solar farms, nuclear power plants, natural gas power plants, hydroelectric dams, etc. Enroll for 5 units to also attend the Workshop, an interactive discussion section on cross-cutting topics that meets once per week for 80 minutes (Mondays, 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM). Open to all: pre-majors and majors, with any background! Website: https://understand-energy-course.stanford.edu/ CEE 107S/207S Understand Energy: Essentials is a shorter (3 unit) version of this course, offered summer quarter. Students should not take both for credit. Prerequisites: Algebra.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 3-5
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 207S:
Understand Energy - Essentials (CEE 107S)
Energy is the number one contributor to climate change and has significant consequences for our society, political system, economy, and environment. Energy is also a fundamental driver of human development and opportunity. Students will learn the fundamentals of each energy resource -- including significance and potential, drivers and barriers, policy and regulation, and social, economic, and environmental impacts -- and will be able to put this in the context of the broader energy system. Both depletable and renewable energy resources are covered, including oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, biomass and biofuel, hydroelectric, wind, solar thermal and photovoltaics (PV), geothermal, and ocean energy, with cross-cutting topics including electricity, storage, hydrogen, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), sustainability, green buildings, energy efficiency, transportation, and the developing world. The course is 3 units, which includes lecture, readings and videos, and homework assignments. This is a course for all: pre-majors and majors, with any background - no prior energy knowledge necessary. For a course that covers all of this plus goes more in-depth, check out CEE 107A/207A - ENERGY 107A/207A - EarthSys 103 Understand Energy offered in the autumn and spring quarters (students should not take both for credit). Website: https://understand-energy-course.stanford.edu/ Prerequisites: Algebra.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
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 208U:
Policy Practicum: Buildings in the Energy Transition: Resilient, Clean and Just
Clients: Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) as well as legislative and California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) decision makers. Buildings play a central role in protecting us from extreme climate events and in governing our consumption of energy via the natural gas and electric system. It is in our buildings, especially our homes, that climate resilience and climate mitigation meet. But at present, these conversations -- about the policy pathways to greater climate resilience and options for faster building decarbonization -- are largely conducted separately. The goal of Buildings in the Energy Transition is to develop policy analyses that optimize for affordability, resilience and mitigation, incorporating energy modelling, public health and energy regulatory perspectives. We will conduct our work from the perspective of and informed by the needs of our client, APEN, an environmental justice organization that is actively involved in resilience and decarbonization policy. In this course, students will learn the basics of key policy areas related to buildings including resilience to heat and smoke, building electrification, net energy metering (NEM), and customer bill affordability programs. Lectures will focus on technical, economic and legal aspects of the challenge. In addition, students will work in groups on legal and regulatory analysis aimed at supporting better decision making on buildings policy in both California and the Northeast. Students will work in partnership with postdocs and legal fellows on their group projects and may have the opportunity to present the results of their work to both APEN and CPUC staff. The course is intended for students interested in multi-disciplinary approaches to public policy problems. No background in either energy law or energy modelling is required. Students will engage in weekly lecture and discussion of building resilience and decarbonization science and policy, including student presentations and guest lectures by scientists, practitioners and policymakers. Students will also meet additionally once per week with Professors Sivas and Wara in working sessions to discuss progress on team projects. Elements used in grading: Attendance, Performance, Class Participation, Written Assignments, Final Paper. CONSENT APPLICATION: To apply for this course, students must complete and submit a Consent Application Form available at https://law.stanford.edu/education/courses/consent-of-instructor-forms/. See Consent Application Form for instructions and submission deadline. This course is cross-listed with Environment and Resources (ENVRES TBA).
| Units: 3
CEE 209S:
Disaster Resilience Seminar
This seminar will present topics associated with quantifying, communicating and improving the resilience of urban areas to disasters. Speakers from a range of disciplines will present current research, application, and thinking on innovations, current best practices and the future of disaster resilience. Guest speakers, supplemental reading, and group discussion will be utilized to teach about the complex nature of natural disasters, the impacts on different regions, and the multi-disciplinary/multi-cultural ways of thinking to prepare communities.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
CEE 212B:
Industry Applications of Virtual Design & Construction (CEE 112B)
CEE 112B/212B is a practicum on the Industry Applications on Virtual Design and Construction (VDC). Students will gain insights and develop skills that are essential for academic research, internships or industry practice in VDC and Building Information Modeling (BIM). Students can choose between one of the two project topics: [1] Industrialized Construction with Virtual Parts (No Prerequisite) or [2] Industry Benchmarking & Applications of the VDC Management Scorecard (Suggested Prerequisite: CEE 112A/212A).
Last offered: Spring 2018
| Units: 2-4
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 214:
Frontier Technology: Understanding and Preparing for Technology in the Next Economy (CEE 114, MED 114, MED 214, PSYC 114)
The next wave of technological innovation and globalization will affect our countries, our societies, and ourselves. This interdisciplinary course provides an introduction to emerging, frontier technologies. Topics covered include artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing and advanced robotics, smart cities and urban mobility, telecommunications with 5G/6G, and other key emerging technologies in society. These technologies have vast potential to address the largest global challenges of the 21st century, ushering in a new era of progress and change.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 1
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 218Z:
Shaping the Future of the Bay Area (EPS 118Z, EPS 218Z, ESS 118Z, ESS 218Z, GEOPHYS 118Z, GEOPHYS 218Z, POLISCI 118Z, PUBLPOL 118Z, PUBLPOL 218Z)
(Formerly GEOLSCI 118Z and 218Z) Students are placed in small interdisciplinary teams (engineers and non-engineers, undergraduate and graduate level) to work on complex design, engineering, and policy problems presented by external partners in a real urban setting. Multiple projects are offered and may span both Winter and Spring quarters; students are welcome to participate in one or both quarters. Students are expected to interact professionally with government and community stakeholders, conduct independent team work outside of class sessions, and submit deliverables over a series of milestones. Prerequisite: the Autumn (X) skills course or approval of instructors. For information about the projects and application process, visit http://bay.stanford.edu. Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center. Change of Department Name: Earth and Planetary Science (Formerly Geologic Sciences).
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 10 units total)
CEE 219:
Geothermal Energy Development & its Role in Decarbonizing the Electrical Grid
This course offers a comprehensive overview of geothermal development and its crucial role in decarbonizing the electrical grid via a series of industry guest lectures and a hands-on feasibility final project. Through the course, you will explore the stages of geothermal project development, including resource assessment, drilling, power plant design, grid interconnection, and financing. You will also dive into geothermal leasing, permitting, regulatory frameworks, and geothermal energy integration into electricity markets.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
CEE 220A:
Building Modeling for Design & Construction (CEE 120A)
The foundational Building Information Modeling course introduces techniques for creating, managing, and applying of building information models in the building design and construction process. The course covers processes and tools for creating, organizing, and working with 2D and 3D computer representations of building components and geometries to produce models used in architectural design, construction planning and documentation, rendering and visualization, simulation, and analysis.
Terms: Aut, Sum
| Units: 3
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 220C:
Parametric Design and Optimization (CEE 120C)
This course explores tools and techniques for computational design and parametric modeling as a foundation for design optimization. Class sessions will introduce several parametric design modeling platforms and scripting environments that enable rapid generation of 3D models and enable rapid evaluation of parametrically-driven design alternatives.nnTopics to be featured include:n-Principles of parametric design vs. direct modelingn-Design exploration using parametric modeling platforms (Revit/FormIt, Rhino)n-Visual scripting languages and environments (Dynamo, Grasshopper, DesignScript)n-Single- and multi-dimensional optimization techniques and guidance strategies.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-4
CEE 220S:
Building Information Modeling Special Study (CEE 120S)
Special studies of Building Information Modeling strategies and techniques focused on creating, managing, and applying models in the building design and construction process. Processes and tools for creating, organizing, and working with 2D and 3D computer representations of building components to produce models used in design, construction planning, visualization, and analysis.Contact glkatz@stanford.edu for more information.
Last offered: Autumn 2019
| Units: 2-4
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 8 units total)
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 222B:
Computer Integrated Architecture/Engineering/Construction (AEC) Global Teamwork
Global AEC student teams continue their project activity focusing on the most challenging concept developed in 222A and chosen jointly with their client. Comprehensive team project focusing on design and construction, including: project development and documentation; detailing, 3D and 4D modeling, simulation, sustainable concepts, cost benefit analysis, and life-cycle cost analysis; and final project presentation of product and process. Prerequisite: CEE 222A.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
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 224S:
Sustainable Urban Systems Seminar (CEE 124S)
The Sustainable Urban Systems (SUS) Seminar Series will feature speakers from academia, practice, industry, and government who are on the forefront of research and innovation in sustainable urban systems. The SUS Seminar will be open to the public; students will have the option of obtaining 1 unit of course credit based on attendance and completion of writing assignments.
Last offered: Spring 2019
| Units: 1
CEE 224X:
Shaping the Future of the Bay Area (CEE 124X)
Note to students: please be advised that the course number for this course has been changed to: CEE 218X, which is offered Autumn 2019-20. If you are interested in taking this course, please enroll in CEE 218X instead for Autumn 2019-20.
Last offered: Autumn 2019
| Units: 3-5
CEE 225:
Defining Smart Cities: Visions of Urbanism for the 21st Century (CEE 125, URBANST 174)
Technological innovations have and will disrupt all domains of urban life, from housing to healthcare to city management to transportation. This seminar is aimed at future technologists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and urban planners to define and evaluate the smartness of a city through three lenses: technology, equity, and policy. Through readings, seminar discussions, guest speakers, and a final project, we will explore how a smart city can leverage technology for a higher quality of life, less inequality in access to services, and tighter human communities. You will come away with a framework for understanding how to maximize the social good of emerging technologies. Course material is appropriate for students from all disciplines. Students who enroll in the course for 4 units will participate in an off-campus field component during Spring Break.
Last offered: Autumn 2017
| Units: 3-4
CEE 226:
Life Cycle Assessment for Complex Systems
Life cycle modeling of products, industrial processes, and infrastructure/building systems; material and energy balances for large interdependent systems; environmental accounting; and life cycle costing. These methods, based on ISO 14000 standards, are used to examine emerging technologies, such as biobased products, building materials, building integrated photovoltaics, and alternative design strategies, such as remanufacturing, dematerialization, LEED, and Design for Environment: DfE. Student teams complete a life cycle assessment of a product or system chosen from industry.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
CEE 226E:
Techniques and Methods for Decarbonized and Energy Efficient Building Design
This class explores innovative methods for designing, developing, and financing zero carbon and zero energy buildings. At this pivotal moment, as building codes in California and around the world move towards decarbonization and all electric buildings, this class will ideally position students to enter the field of the built environment with the tools to tackle the quickly changing industry. Students will learn best practices to reduce energy and integrate solar PV generation and battery energy storage in commercial buildings in pursuit of Net Zero Energy and Net Zero Carbon buildings. The class is taught by Peter Rumsey, a widely recognized global leader in energy efficiency and sustainable building design. Lectures include presentations and panels featuring foremost experts and practitioners in the field of green buildings. Optional site visits to the Bay Area's most notable decarbonized and green buildings. CEE 176A and CEE 156/256 or similar courses are recommended prerequisites. All students participate in a group-based, term project focused on the design of a Net Zero Carbon building. Topics covered in this course include: understanding the importance of building envelopes in a successful design, designing a heating system without natural gas, calculating building energy use, optimizing daylighting and electrical lighting, reducing plug load power use, quantifying embodied and lifetime operating carbon emissions from buildings, sizing photovoltaic and battery storage systems, and financing energy efficiency, PV, and battery systems.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-3
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 228:
Methods in Urban Systems
Introduction to quantitative tools and methods for solving problems in urban systems, including geographic information science (GIS), modeling, data analysis, and programming methodologies.
Last offered: Autumn 2017
| Units: 3
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 229B:
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).
Last offered: Spring 2019
| 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 233D:
Studio 4: Integrated Architecture and Engineering (CEE 133D)
This second integrator studio asks students to incorporate sustainable systems and structural engineering into the design of a building. Students will synthesize site design and engineering principles into a coherent design vision while developing their model making and analytical/technical drawing skills. Students will deepen their understanding of design practices for a sustainable future.
| Units: 5
CEE 233F:
Studio 6: Integrated Design Capstone (CEE 133F)
This final integrated design studio requires the advanced design of a building, with students collaborating with a range of engineering disciplines (structural, mechanical, earth systems). The building designs will address structures, construction methods, space, sequence, form, and sustainable practices. Leveraging the talents of various disciplines, the project team will create a thorough and complete collaborative design proposal.
Terms: Spr
| 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 237B:
Advanced Architecture Studio (CEE 137B)
This course will focus on the topic of interdisciplinary collaboration and its role in the development of design concepts. Specifically, the integration of structural with architectural considerations to produce a unified urban, spatial, tectonic and structural proposition will be our field of investigation. This course is an architecture studio course where class time will be spent primarily in individual or group desk critiques and pin-up sessions. May be repeat for credit. Total completions allowed: 3. Additionally, there will be lectures, case study presentations and a field trip. Prerequisites: required: CEE 31 (or 31Q) Drawing, CEE 120A and CEE 130 Design.
Last offered: Spring 2023
| Units: 6
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 18 units total)
CEE 239:
Design Portfolio Methods (CEE 139)
The portfolio is an essential creative tool used to communicate academic work, design philosophies, and professional intent. This course will explore elements of graphic design, presentation, communication, binding, printing, and construction, yielding a final portfolio (physical and digital) for professional, academic or personal purposes. Limited enrollment. Prerequisites: two Art, Design, or Architecture studio courses, or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 4
CEE 240:
Project Assessment and Budgeting
Course objectives: 1) learn the processes of determining the quantities of permanent materials required and the associated construction quantities; 2) learn the capabilities of construction equipment; 3) be introduced to the make-up of construction crews; 4) design concrete form systems; 5) utilize the historic productivity of a crew to estimate the cost of construction; 6) write construction logic to create a critical path project schedule; 7) distribute the cost of construction over schedule activities to generate a cash flow curve and monthly payment schedule for the project.Construction engineering: A construction project that has reached final design must be quantified, a delivery schedule developed, it's final total price determined and the month by month demand for cash payments established. Each student will perform these activities to satisfy a "Course Project" requirement utilizing actual project design drawings obtained from the companies of the Guest Lectures and others. Guest Lecturers from: Disney Construction, Pankow Construction, Granite Construction, Stacy & Witbeck Incorporated.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
CEE 241:
Managing Fabrication and Construction
Methods to manage the physical production of construction projects; design, analysis, and optimization of the fabricate-assemble process including performance metrics. Project management techniques and production system design including: push versus pull methods; master scheduling and look-ahead scheduling; scope, cost, and schedule control; earned value analysis; critical path method; location-based scheduling; 4D modeling; workflow; trade coordination; methods to understand uncertainty and reduce process variability; and supply chain systems including made-to-stock, engineered-to-order, and made-to-order. Prerequisite: 100 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
CEE 241A:
Infrastructure Project Development (CEE 141A)
Infrastructure is critical to the economy, global competitiveness and quality of life. Topics include energy, transportation, water, public facilities, and communications sectors. Analysis of the condition of the nation's infrastructure and how projects are planned and financed. Focus is on public works in the U.S. The role of public and private sectors through a step-by-step study of the project development process. Case studies of real infrastructure projects. Industry guest speakers. Student teams prepare project environmental impact statements.
Terms: Aut
| 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 241C:
Global Infrastructure Projects Seminar (CEE 141C)
Nine current global infrastructure projects presented by top project executives or company leaders from industry. Water, transportation, energy and communication projects are featured. Course provides comparisons of project development, win and delivery approaches for mega-projects around the world. Alternative project delivery methods, the role of public and private sector, different project management and construction strategies, and lessons learned. The course also includes field trips to local mega-projects. Grade (one unit) is based on attending all 9 lectures and at least 2 field trips.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-2
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 242:
Organization Design for Projects and Companies
Introduction to organizational behavior and organizational design for construction projects and companies. Class incorporates readings, individual, small group and large group case study assignments. Students use computer simulation to design real-world project organizations.
Last offered: Winter 2023
| 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 243:
Intro to Urban Sys Engrg
This course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary domain of urban systems engineering. It will provide you with a high-level understanding of the motivation for studying sustainable cities and urban systems, systems-based modeling approaches and the social actor theories embedded in the urban sustainability decision making process. Coursework will be comprised of three group mini-projects corresponding to course modules.
Last offered: Spring 2023
| Units: 3
CEE 244:
Accounting, Finance & Valuation for Engineers & Constructors
Concepts of financial accounting and economics emphasizing the construction industry. Financial statements, accounting concepts, project accounting methods, and the nature of project costs. Case study of major construction contractor. Ownership structure, working capital, and the sources and uses of funds.
Terms: Sum
| 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 246B:
Real Estate Development and Finance
Introduction to the Real Estate Development Process from conception, feasibility analysis, due diligence, entitlements, planning, financing, market analysis, contract negotiation, construction, marketing, asset management and disposition. Pro-forma and Financial modeling in Real Estate. Financing options for different types of Real Estate projects and products. Redevelopment projects. Affordable Housing. The class will combine lectures, case studies, field work (Group Project) and guest speakers. Recommended knowledge of spreadsheets. Instructor consent required to enroll in the class. Please email: nelsonkoen@gmail.com the year and program you are enrolled in and reason for your interest in taking this course.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 246D:
Climate and Sustainability Fellows Seminar
The challenges associated with climate change and sustainability are seemingly ubiquitous throughout the broader entrepreneurship, venture, and innovation ecosystem today. But is entrepreneurship for climate and sustainability really unique? In what ways is it different from other forms of entrepreneurship? This seminar course, only open to members of the current Mayfield Fellows (https://stvp.stanford.edu/mayfield-fellows-program), Accel Leaders (https://stvp.stanford.edu/alp), Threshold Ventures Fellows (https://stvp.stanford.edu/tvf), and Xfund Fellows (https://stvp.stanford.edu/peak-fellows) cohorts, offers a deep dive into issues that are specific to climate and sustainability-focused entrepreneurship. The course will be led by STVP faculty and practitioners, and will invite prominent venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and innovators for weekly discussion and thought leadership sessions. Members of the current fellows cohorts should express initial interest in joining this fellows seminar here - https://forms.gle/j7tRGcEWAVasCYRv8. Instructor permission required to enroll.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 1
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 246S:
Real Estate Finance Seminar or Real Estate Career Development Seminar
Real Estate Development and Finance presented by industry guest speakers. Executives from different Real Estate companies will give an overview of their business and projects. (Residential, Retail, Commercial, Mixed Used, REITs, Redevelopment Projects, Affordable Housing, public and private real estate companies, real estate funds, etc.). Short Real Estate Case Studies will be given as homework. Two optional field trips. Instructor consent required to enroll in the class. Please email: nelsonkoen@gmail.com the year and program you are enrolled in and reason for your interest in taking this course. Please note that for Spring 2024 the classroom is Y2E2 -111.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
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 248:
Introduction to Real Estate Development
This course will offer students an introduction to Real Estate Development. Senior Principals from Sares Regis, a regional commercial and residential real estate development company, will cover topics on all aspects of the development process. Guest speakers from the fields of architecture and engineering, finance and marketing will participate in some of the classes. They will offer the students a window into the world of how houses, apartments, office buildings and public facilities are conceived of, brought through the design and approval process, financed, marketed and then sold and/or rented. Throughout the quarter, the students will work on a group case study assignment about one local project that is currently being built or was recently completed. This assignment will be due in the form of a presentation during the final exam period. No prior knowledge of real estate is required. Class enrollment is limited to 30. Undergraduates must apply by submitting a one-page essay explaining their interest in taking the class to mradyk@srgnc.com, at least 10 days prior to the start of the quarter.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
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 251:
Negotiation (CEE 151)
Students learn to negotiate in a variety of arenas including getting a job, workplace negotiations, transactional transactions, and managing personal relationships. The class is interactive and case based; students will do weekly negotiations out of class. The instructor has worked as a professional negotiator in over 75 countries including work in political and ethnic conflict, land use and construction mediation, corporate mergers and acquisitions, and capital raising in the technology sector. He has taught this popular class at Stanford for over 20 years. An application is required in order to get into the class. Students should enroll on Axess and complete the application on Canvas by April 1st. Application instructions will be available on Axess or through the class website on Canvas. There will be a class fee in order to access the cases and other materials for the course.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 252:
Silicon Valley and the U.S. Government
Silicon Valley collaborations with the U.S. government have led to some of the most important technologies in our society. Driven by visionary leaders, these collaborations have overcome not only technological and business, but also regulatory, challenges to achieve exceptional innovation. The results of these innovations have addressed national issues and societal challenges. As government and industry collaboration is more important than ever to accelerate private sector innovation and shape the future of technology, join this seminar and hear the personal accounts of technology experts, business executives, and public service leaders who have paved the way.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 1
CEE 254:
Data Analytics for Physical Systems (CEE 154)
This course introduces practical applications of data analytics and machine learning from understanding sensor data to extracting information and decision making in the context of sensed physical systems. Many civil engineering applications involve complex physical systems, such as buildings, transportation, and infrastructure systems, which are integral to urban systems and human activities. Emerging data science techniques and rapidly growing data about these systems have enabled us to better understand them and make informed decisions. In this course, students will work with real-world data to learn about challenges in analyzing data, applications of statistical analysis and machine learning techniques using MATLAB, and limitations of the outcomes in domain-specific contexts. Topics include data visualization, noise cleansing, frequency domain analysis, forward and inverse modeling, feature extraction, machine learning, and error analysis. Prerequisites: CS106A, CME 100/Math51, Stats110/101, or equivalent.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
CEE 255:
Introduction to Sensing Networks for CEE (CEE 155)
Introduce the design and implementation of sensor networks for monitoring the built and natural environment. Emphasis on the integration of modern sensor and communication technologies, signal processing and statistical models for network data analysis and interpretation to create practical deployments to enable sustainable systems, in areas such as energy, weather, transportation and buildings. Students will be involved in a practical project that may involve deploying a small sensor system, data models and analysis and signal processing. Limited enrollment.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
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 257:
Sustainable Finance and Investment Seminar (CEE 157)
The course aims to equip the Stanford community with the knowledge and networks required to undertake significant future work on sustainable finance and investment. The course will be given in a seminar format, which explores multiple disciplines of sustainable finance with talks by researchers associated with the Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy's Sustainable Finance Initiative and visiting speakers. The course features three highly interactive modules: (1) risk and opportunities of sustainable finance, (2) business and financial innovation toward sustainability, and (3) sustainability assessment and advanced data technologies. The contents covered by this course include but are not limited to systems and theories in sustainable finance and investment such as active ownership, carbon markets and policies, climate finance, environmental disclosure and reporting, divestment, engagement, environmental, social, and governance (ESG), green banks, green bonds, green benchmarks and indices, impact investing, public-private partnerships, responsible investment, stranded assets, and green taxonomies. Seminar meets weekly during the Autumn Quarter.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
CEE 258:
Donald R. Watson Seminar in Construction Engineering and Management
A series of ten presentations by key leaders from a range of top companies in the construction industry. Following each presentation there are focused 1-1 discussions with speakers and their associated company team members regarding career options in various segments of the industry.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
CEE 258C:
Donald R. Watson Seminar in Construction Engineering and Management
Presentations from construction industry leaders. Discussions with speakers from various segments of industry regarding career options. During Autumn 2020, this course will be offered 'remote + in-person' and 'synchronous.' Students interested in taking CEE 258C must submit an online application found here; https://forms.gle/dLADjwGeYNu7ppcp7. Students interested in taking CEE 258C without an in-person component should enroll in CEE 258.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
CEE 259A:
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: Aut
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
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 260A:
Physical Hydrogeology (ESS 220)
(Formerly GES 230.) Theory of underground water occurrence and flow, analysis of field data and aquifer tests, geologic groundwater environments, solution of field problems, and groundwater modeling. Introduction to groundwater contaminant transport and unsaturated flow. Lab. Prerequisite: elementary calculus.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
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 260G:
Imaging with Incomplete Information (CME 262, GEOPHYS 260G)
Statistical and computational methods for inferring images from incomplete data. Bayesian inference methods are used to combine data and quantify uncertainty in the estimate. Fast linear algebra tools are used to solve problems with many pixels and many observations. Applications from several fields but mainly in earth sciences. Prerequisites: Linear algebra and probability theory.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
CEE 261A:
Physics of Wind
An introduction to the Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL), including measurements and simulations of ABL flows. Wind and flow, turbulent transport, buoyancy and virtual potential temperature, the diurnal cycle. Derivation of the governing equations, simplifications and assumptions. Turbulence kinetic energy and its budget, ABL stability, the Richardson number and the Obukhov length. Analysis of boundary layer turbulence. Overview of field and wind tunnel measurement techniques, and of computational models from meso- to micro-scale. a Discussion of micro-scale applications, including pedestrian wind comfort, pollutant dispersion and wind loading, and an introduction to uncertainty quantification for ABL flows. Prerequisites: Knowledge of fluid mechanics.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 261C:
Wind Engineering for Sustainable Cities
An introduction to structural and environmental wind engineering for the design of sustainable buildings and cities, covering the physics and analysis of wind loading, urban flow and dispersion, and natural ventilation. Topics include: the atmospheric boundary layer and design wind speeds; bluff body aerodynamics; calculating design wind loads from building codes, wind tunnel experiments or computational fluid dynamics; analyzing pedestrian wind comfort and pollutant dispersion; and the design and analysis of natural ventilation systems using envelope models, scale modeling, full-scale measurements, and computational fluid dynamics. Measurement and simulation data of the flow on Stanford¿s Engineering Quad and in the Y2E2 building will be used throughout the course to illustrate the different concepts and methods.
Last offered: Spring 2023
| 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 261I:
Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics: The Atmospheric Circulation (CEE 161I, EARTHSYS 146A, ESS 246A)
Introduction to the physics governing the circulation of the atmosphere and ocean and their control on climate with emphasis on the atmospheric circulation. Topics include the global energy balance, the greenhouse effect, the vertical and meridional structure of the atmosphere, dry and moist convection, the equations of motion for the atmosphere and ocean, including the effects of rotation, and the poleward transport of heat by the large-scale atmospheric circulation and storm systems. Prerequisites: MATH 51 or CME100 and PHYSICS 41.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
CEE 262A:
Hydrodynamics
The flow of incompressible viscous fluid; emphasis is on developing an understanding of fluid dynamics that can be applied to environmental flows. Topics: kinematics of fluid flow; equations of mass and momentum conservation (including density variations); some exact solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations; appropriate analysis of fluid flows including Stokes flows, potential flows, and laminar boundary layers; and an introduction to the effects of rotation and stratification through scaling analysis of fluid flows. Prerequisites: 101B or consent of instructor; and some knowledge of vector calculus and differential equations.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
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 262C:
Coastal Ocean Modeling (OCEANS 262C)
Introduction to numerical methods for modeling flows in the coastal ocean and estuaries that are influenced by river flows, tides, winds and gravity waves. Topics include stability and accuracy analysis, curvilinear and unstructured grids, implicit/explicit methods, transport and diffusion, shallow water equations, nonhydrostatic equations, Navier-Stokes solvers, turbulence modeling, and wave modeling. Prerequisites: CEE 262A, CME 206, or equivalent. (Note: this course will not to be offered AY 2023-24)
Last offered: Spring 2023
| Units: 3
CEE 262D:
Introduction to Physical Oceanography (CEE 162D, 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
| Units: 3
CEE 262E:
Rivers, Streams, and Canals (CEE 162E)
Introduction to the movement of water through natural and engineered channels, streams, and rivers. Basic equations and theory (mass, momentum, and energy equations) for steady and unsteady descriptions of the flow. Application of theory to the design of flood- control and canal systems. Flow controls such as weirs and sluice gates; gradually varied flow; Saint-Venant equations and flood waves; and method of characteristics. Laboratory demonstrations involving experiments with controls such as weirs and gates, gradually varied flow, and waves will be integrated into the class material. Prerequisite: CEE 101B or CEE 162A.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 262F:
Ocean Waves (OCEANS 262F)
The fluid mechanics of surface gravity waves in the ocean of relevance to engineers and oceanographers. Topics include irrotational waves, wave dispersion, wave spectra, effects of bathymetry (shoaling), mass transport, effects of viscosity, and mean currents driven by radiation stresses. Prerequisite: CEE 262A or a graduate class in fluid mechanics.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 262H:
Observational Methods in Coastal Oceanography
TBA
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 262I:
Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics: the Ocean Circulation (CEE 162I, EARTHSYS 146B, ESS 246B)
Introduction to the physics governing the circulation of the atmosphere and ocean and their control on climate with emphasis on the large-scale ocean circulation. This course will give an overview of the structure and dynamics of the major ocean current systems that contribute to the meridional overturning circulation, the transport of heat, salt, and biogeochemical tracers, and the regulation of climate. Topics include the tropical ocean circulation, the wind-driven gyres and western boundary currents, the thermohaline circulation, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, water mass formation, atmosphere-ocean coupling, and climate variability. Prerequisites: MATH 51 or CME100; and PHYSICS 41; and a course that introduces the equations of fluid motion (e.g. ESS 246A, ESS 148, or CEE 101B).
Last offered: Winter 2023
| Units: 3
CEE 263A:
Air Pollution Modeling
The numerical modeling of urban, regional, and global air pollution focusing on gas chemistry and radiative transfer. Stratospheric, free-tropospheric, and urban chemistry. Methods for solving stiff systems of chemical ordinary differential, including the multistep implicit-explicit method, Gear's method with sparse-matrix techniques, and the family method. Numerical methods of solving radiative transfer, coagulation, condensation, and chemical equilibrium problems. Project involves developing a basic chemical ordinary differential equation solver. Prerequisite: CS 106A or equivalent.
Last offered: Spring 2018
| Units: 3-4
CEE 263B:
Numerical Weather Prediction
Numerical weather prediction. Continuity equations for air and water vapor, the thermodynamic energy equation, and momentum equations derived for the atmosphere. Numerical methods of solving partial differential equations, including finite-difference, finite-element, semi-Lagrangian, and pseudospectral methods. Time-stepping schemes: the forward-Euler, backward-Euler, Crank-Nicolson, Heun, Matsuno, leapfrog, and Adams-Bashforth schemes. Boundary-layer turbulence parameterizations, soil moisture, and cloud modeling. Project developing a basic weather prediction model. Prerequisite: CS 106A or equivalent.
Last offered: Spring 2017
| Units: 3-4
CEE 263C:
Weather and Storms (CEE 63)
Daily and severe weather and global climate. Topics: structure and composition of the atmosphere, fog and cloud formation, rainfall, local winds, wind energy, global circulation, jet streams, high and low pressure systems, inversions, el Ni¿o, la Ni¿a, atmosphere/ocean interactions, fronts, cyclones, thunderstorms, lightning, tornadoes, hurricanes, pollutant transport, global climate and atmospheric optics.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
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 263G:
Energy Policy in California and the West (ENERGY 73, POLISCI 73, PUBLPOL 73)
This seminar provides an in-depth analysis of the role of California state agencies and Western energy organizations in driving energy policy development, technology innovation, and market structures, in California, the West and internationally. The course covers three areas: 1) roles and responsibilities of key state agencies and Western energy organizations; 2) current and evolving energy and climate policies; and 3) development of the 21st century electricity system in California and the West. The seminar will also provide students a guideline of what to expect in professional working environment.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
CEE 263H:
Sustainable Energy Decisions (ENERGY 263)
This course provides students from various backgrounds with knowledge of the principles and quantitative methods of decision analysis and policy analysis to tackle interdisciplinary questions in the context of sustainable energy systems. We consider engineering analysis, decision analysis and economic analysis in the formulation of answers to address energy system problems. We will use methods such as life-cycle assessment, benefit-cost and cost-effectiveness analysis, microeconomics, distributional metrics, risk analysis methods, sensitivity and uncertainty analysis, multi-attribute utility theory, and simulation and optimization. The integration of uncertainty into formal methods is a fundamental component of the course.
Last offered: Winter 2023
| 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 265C:
Water Resources Management (CEE 165C)
Water resources management is studied in the context of increasing population, economic growth, and the effect of climate change on the available water resources. The class examines the question of how to achieve the optimal equilibrium between water supply and water demand, under specific local and regional physical environmental, social and economic constraints. Basic water management principles are reviewed in the context of sustainable development, increasing water scarcity in many parts of the world, and hydrologic uncertainty including that associated with climate change. Specific topics include the management of operations and water quality in reservoirs, river basins, and groundwater systems; non-conventional water sources such as treated wastewater and desalination; demand management options; and the institutional and legal framework of water management.
Last offered: Summer 2019
| Units: 3
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 265H:
Big Earth Hackathon Wildland Fire Challenge (CEE 165H)
Come and tackle a problem in sustainability by participating in Stanford's Big Earth Hackathon challenge on wildland fires and finding an innovative solution to wildland fire prediction, mitigation, and/or equity and fairness. Students work in self-organized diverse teams of 1-4 students in weeks 1-8, with a final presentation of the work on Friday May 31. The teams will spend the first few weeks designing their specific team problem/scope/goals under one or more of the three primary areas of focus. Guidance in the design and solution processes will be provided by faculty, industry and/or community leaders. Workshops in data analysis, programming, GIS, and fundamental issues related to wildfires will be provided at the start of the quarter to give students tools and insights to define and tackle problems.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 265I:
Poverty, Infrastructure and Climate (ESS 264)
Lack of access to physical infrastructure such as roads, water supply and electricity is a key element of how 'poverty' is often defined. At the same time, the causal pathways that link infrastructure and economic development are not well understood, and are likely being re-shaped by a changing climate. Students in this course will contribute to a new initiative on poverty, infrastructure and climate change by (1) reviewing and synthesizing literature from relevant scholarly communities, (2) co-creating a conceptual causal model of the ways in which infrastructure (particularly roads and water assets) contributes to poverty alleviation, and (3) contributing to the design of applied research effort on these topics in sub-Saharan Africa. Students who opt for the 3-unit enrollment will have an additional supervised project that could take the form of a review paper, research proposal, or analysis of secondary data. There are no formal pre-requisites for the class; students from all schools and departments are welcome. Enrollment requires permission of the instructors. Interested students are invited to submit an application at https://tiny.cc/EPIC-Stanford.
Last offered: Spring 2023
| Units: 2-3
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 6 units total)
CEE 266A:
Watershed Hydrologic Processes and Models (CEE 166A)
Introduction to the occurrence and movement of water in the terrestrial environment at the scale of watersheds. Development of conceptual and quantitative understanding of hydrologic processes, including precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, snowmelt, infiltration, subsurface flow, surface runoff, and streamflow. Emphasis is on observation and measurement, data analysis, conceptual understanding, quantitative models, and prediction. Prerequisite: CEE 101B or CEE 101E, or equivalent.
Terms: Aut
| 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 266C:
Dams, Reservoirs, and their Sustainability
An investigation of dams and reservoirs and their short- and long-term costs, benefits, and impacts. Dam safety, operating rules and reoperation in response to change, fish passage and habitat, reservoir sediment management, dam removal. Heavy reliance on case studies, technical literature, and discussion. Enrollment limited. Graduate status or permission of the instructor. Prerequisite: CEE 266A, 266B, or equivalents.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
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 267:
Applied Data Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification
Probabilistic and statistical methods with emphasis on basic concepts and tools, illustrated with applications from environmental and water studies. Topics: exploratory data analysis; probability theory; classical statistics; Bayesian statistics; geostatistics; and inverse problems.
Last offered: Winter 2020
| Units: 3
CEE 269A:
Environmental Engineering Seminar
Presentations on current research, practice and thinking in environmental engineering by visiting academics and practitioners.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
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 269C:
Environmental Engineering Seminar
Presentations on current research, practice and thinking in environmental engineering by visiting academics and practitioners
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
CEE 270:
Movement and Fate of Organic Contaminants in Waters
Transport of chemical constituents in surface and groundwater including advection, dispersion, sorption, interphase mass transfer, and transformation; impacts on water quality. Emphasis is on physicochemical processes and the behavior of hazardous waste contaminants. Prerequisites: undergraduate chemistry and calculus. Recommended: 101B.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
CEE 270B:
Environmental Organic Reaction Chemistry
With over 70,000 chemicals now in production worldwide, predicting their fate in the environment is a difficult task. The course focuses on developing two key skillls. First, students should develop the ability to derive mass balance equations used to quantify the fate of chemicals in the environment. With so many chemicals having been introduced in the past ~60 years, many of the key parameters needed for mass balance models have not been measured experimentally. The class builds on CEE 270, which developed methods of predicting equilibrium partitioning coefficients. For many situations involving reactions of target contaminants, equilibrium is not attained. The course develops methods of predicting the reactivity of chemicals based upon their chemical structures both qualitatively and quantitatively. natural reaction processes covered include acid-base speciation, nucleophilic substitution, oxidation/reduction reactions, and photochemical reactions. Key treatment ractions (ozone, UV treatment and advanced oxidation) are also covered. Prerequisites: CEE 270, Chem 31B/M.
Last offered: Spring 2023
| Units: 2-3
CEE 270F:
Fundamentals of Applied Research Design
This course supports early-stage PhD students training in applied fields to develop original research questions and rigorous study designs. After a brief introduction to epistemology and its relationship to research design, the course interrogates the idea of rigor in research and how it is operationalized across four different study designs. Students also learn principles of measurement theory and how to identify valid and reliable indicators for constructs of interest. Finally, the course covers the practice of identifying testable implications as a means of validating research claims. Assignments include drafting short proposals for original research and reviewing proposals written by peers.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 270M:
Aquatic and Organic Chemistry for Environmental Engineering (CEE 170)
This course provides a solid foundation in the most important aspects of general, aquatic and organic chemistry. Nearly all of aspects environmental engineering apply the chemistry concepts discussed in this course. Given that each of the chemistry subjects to be addressed are standalone classes, this class highlights only the most relevant material to environmental engineering. The class focuses on developing general background skills needed for subsequent classes in environmental engineering focusing on their applications, although certain applications will be discussed for illustration.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
CEE 270S:
Environmental Disasters
Mining and critical review of scientific literature for environmental impacts, especially chemical contamination caused by natural and anthropogenic disasters. Focus is on the development of research review skills, critical thinking and discussion of findings.
Last offered: Summer 2018
| Units: 2
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 271C:
Electrochemical Water Treatment: Materials and Processes (CHEMENG 175X, CHEMENG 475)
Humans generate teraliters of wastewater every day, of which 80% is discharged without treatment. While societies struggle to manage waste, natural environmental cycles reuse any 'waste' product as starting material elsewhere. Polluted water threatens aquatic ecosystems and exacerbates water scarcity, which a majority of people globally will experience by 2030. Discharging wastewater is an unaffordable luxury for a world facing climate change and resource scarcity. Reframing waste streams as sources of raw materials motivates the design of selective materials and processes capable of converting water pollutants into valuable products. Electrochemical separations exhibit several benefits for wastewater treatment, including their modularity, substitution of chemical inputs with electricity, and fine-tune control over interfacial phenomena. In this course, students will learn the fundamental principles and design rules for electrochemical materials and processes for next-generation water treatment. Assignments will focus on critically reviewing electrochemical water treatment literature, evaluating applications for removing pollutants and creating products from aqueous streams, and contrasting various approaches to address water pollution. Throughout the course, students will build towards final projects proposing novel materials or processes for electrochemical water treatment.
Last offered: Spring 2022
| Units: 3
CEE 271D:
Introduction to Wastewater Treatment Process Modeling
The course will present a structured protocol for simulator application comprising project definition, data collection and reconciliation, model set-up, calibration and validation, and simulation and result interpretation. This course will include a series of guided simulation exercises evaluating resource consumption (e.g., electrical energy, natural gas, chemicals) and resource recovery (e.g., biogas, struvite, biosolids, recycled water) from a variety of treatment plant configurations. Coursework will consist of guided simulation exercises, an end-of-the-quarter project evaluating an assigned plant configuration, and presenting model results to the class. Enrollment will be limited, with preference to CEE graduate students.
Last offered: Spring 2019
| Units: 2
CEE 271G:
Environmental & Ecological Economics (CEE 171G)
Ideas, tools and policy solutions in environmental and ecological economics covering a wide range of topics: biodiversity and ecosystems management, energy and climate change mitigation, environmental health and environmental justice, new indicators of well-being and sustainability beyond GDP and growth and sustainable urban systems.
Last offered: Summer 2019
| Units: 3
CEE 271M:
Transport Phenomena: Momentum, heat and mass transport (CEE 371M)
Heat, mass and momentum transfer theory from the viewpoint of basic transport equations. Steady and unsteady state; laminar and turbulent flow; boundary layer theory. Prerequisites: fluid mechanics, ordinary differential equations.
Last offered: Winter 2016
| Units: 3
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 272M:
Sustainable Mobility Seminar
This seminar course will introduce critical aspects of sustainable mobility and future mobility systems including energy systems, infrastructure, economics and policy, safety and co-design. In seminar talks by researchers and industry experts, we will introduce students to the technology behind the different aspects of sustainable mobility: the benefits, and unique challenges required to build solutions in the multidisciplinary world of transportation. Students will develop an understanding of the interactions of technology, business and policy through the lens of equity, decarbonization, safety and resilience.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
CEE 272R:
Engineering Future Electricity Systems (ENERGY 272R)
The electricity grid is undergoing a dramatic transformation due to the urgency to decarbonize, improve resilience against climate-induced extreme weather events, and provide affordable reliable access to at-risk communities.This fast-paced course aims to build a systematic understanding of the future electric power grid. Students will learn how to model, simulate, and optimize grid components, with an emphasis on new technologies such as storage, clean energy sources, and electric vehicles. The course is organized in five sections: loads, distribution, transmission, storage, and generation, and within these modules, students will explore the roles of a variety of grid ecosystem participants (e.g. system operators, utilities, aggregators, technology vendors, and consumers). Students will be exposed to grid modeling, optimization, data science, and economics at an introductory level that allows them to perform basic assessments and develop proof of concept ideas in Python. After this course, much of the current literature and technology developments in the electric grid should be readily accessible for those interested in furthering their learning.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
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 273A:
Water Chemistry Laboratory (CEE 179A)
(Graduate students register for 273A.) Laboratory application of techniques for the analysis of natural and contaminated waters, emphasizing instrumental techniques
Last offered: Winter 2019
| Units: 3
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 273T:
Modern Modeling Techniques for Water and Wastewater Systems
This course examines emerging modeling techniques for describing, optimizing, and controlling water and wastewater systems. We will focus on modern approaches for high fidelity representation of the physical, chemical, and biological processes in water treatment and distribution systems. We will cover physics-based, data driven, and hybrid physics-based / data-driven modeling approaches. We also emphasize the translation of theory to engineering by inviting guest lecturers to discuss how research and industry professionals develop and use these models. Homework will involve practicing the application of commercial modeling tools to representative problems. At the conclusion of the class, students will have gained familiarity with current and emerging modeling software used by the water industry and will have developed contacts at innovative digital firms in the water industry.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
CEE 274A:
Environmental Microbiology I (BIO 273A, CHEMENG 174, CHEMENG 274)
Basics of microbiology and biochemistry. The biochemical and biophysical principles of biochemical reactions, energetics, and mechanisms of energy conservation. Diversity of microbial catabolism, flow of organic matter in nature: the carbon cycle, and biogeochemical cycles. Bacterial physiology, phylogeny, and the ecology of microbes in soil and marine sediments, bacterial adhesion, and biofilm formation. Microbes in the degradation of pollutants. Prerequisites: CHEM 33,CHEM 121 (formerly CHEM 35), and BIOSCI 83, CHEMENG 181, or equivalents.
Last offered: Autumn 2022
| Units: 3
CEE 274B:
Microbial Bioenergy Systems (BIO 273B, CHEMENG 456)
Introduction to microbial metabolic pathways and to the pathway logic with a special focus on microbial bioenergy systems. The first part of the course emphasizes the metabolic and biochemical principles of pathways, whereas the second part is more specifically directed toward using this knowledge to understand existing systems and to design innovative microbial bioenergy systems for biofuel, biorefinery, and environmental applications. There also is an emphasis on the implications of rerouting of energy and reducing equivalents for the fitness and ecology of the organism. Prerequisites: CHEMENG 174 or 181 and organic chemistry, or equivalents.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 274D:
Pathogens and Disinfection
Introduction to epidemiology, major pathogens and infectious diseases, the immune system, movement and survival of pathogens in the environment, transfer of virulence and antibiotic resistance genes, and pathogen control, with an emphasis on public health engineering measures (disinfection). Prerequisite: 274A.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 274P:
Environmental Health Microbiology Lab
Microbiology skills including culture-, microscope-, and molecular-based detection techniques. Focus is on standard and EPA-approved methods to enumerate and isolate organisms used to assess risk of enteric illnesses, such as coliforms, enterococci, and coliphage, in drinking and recreational waters including lakes, streams, and coastal waters. Student project to assess the microbial water quality of a natural water. Limited enrollment; priority to CEE graduate students. An application form must be filed and approved before admission to the class.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 3-4
CEE 274S:
Hopkins Microbiology Course (BIO 274S, ESS 253S, OCEANS 274)
Four-week, intensive. The interplay between molecular, physiological, ecological, evolutionary, and geochemical processes that constitute, cause, and maintain microbial diversity. How to isolate key microorganisms driving marine biological and geochemical diversity, interpret culture-independent molecular characterization of microbial species, and predict causes and consequences. Laboratory component: what constitutes physiological and metabolic microbial diversity; how evolutionary and ecological processes diversify individual cells into physiologically heterogeneous populations; and the principles of interactions between individuals, their population, and other biological entities in a dynamically changing microbial ecosystem. Prerequisites: CEE 274A and CEE 274B, or equivalents. Formerly BIOHOPK 274H.
Last offered: Summer 2023
| Units: 3-12
| Repeatable
for credit
CEE 275A:
California Coast: Science, Policy, and Law (CEE 175A)
This interdisciplinary course integrates the legal, scientific, and policy dimensions of how we characterize and manage resource use and allocation along the California coast. We will use this geographic setting as the vehicle for exploring more generally how agencies, legislatures, and courts resolve resource-use conflicts and the role that scientific information and uncertainty play in the process. Our focus will be on the land-sea interface as we explore contemporary coastal land-use and marine resource decision-making, including coastal pollution, public health, ecosystem management; public access; private development; local community and state infrastructure; natural systems and significant threats; resource extraction; and conservation, mitigation and restoration. Students will learn the fundamental physics, chemistry, and biology of the coastal zone, tools for exploring data collected in the coastal ocean, and the institutional framework that shapes public and private decisions affecting coastal resources. There will be 3 to 4 written assignments addressing policy and science issues during the quarter, as well as a take-home final assignment. Special Instructions: In-class work and discussion is often done in interdisciplinary teams of students from the School of Law, the School of Engineering, the School of Humanities and Sciences, and the Doerr School of Sustainability. Students are expected to participate in class discussion and field trips. Elements used in grading: Participation, including class session and field trip attendance, writing and quantitative assignments. Cross-listed with Civil & Environmental Engineering ( CEE 175A/275A) and Law ( LAW 2510). Open to graduate students and to advanced undergraduates with instructor permission. Enrollment limited.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
CEE 275B:
Process Design for Environmental Biotechnology
Use of microbial bioreactors for degradation of contaminants and recovery of clean water, clean energy and/or green materials. Student teams design, operate, and analyze bioreactors and learn to write consulting style reports. Limited enrollment. Prerequisites: 271B
Last offered: Spring 2019
| Units: 3
CEE 275D:
Environmental Policy Analysis
Environmental policy formation is a complex process involving a large number of actors making value laden interpretations of scientifically complex phenomena. This course explores the origins of this complexity and its implications for the future of environmental decision making and policy-directed environmental engineering. We will begin by asking what good environmental policy looks like, including how we set policy for groups of individuals with diverse preferences, how we value preferences across space and time, and how we account for the deep uncertainty that permeates environmental systems. We then turn to how environmental policies are actually developed, exploring the technical, cognitive, organizational, and systemic barriers to implementing ¿good¿ policy. Finally, will explore the role of scientific evidence in shaping environmental policy and the mechanisms by which policy shapes engineering and science research. Students will gain familiarity with the existing theories, methods, and strategies used to set environmental policy; critically examine the embedded assumptions and inherent shortcomings of these approaches; and practice their thoughtful and ethical application to timely environmental challenges. Course Structure: This course combines a lecture-based introduction to critical material with extensive in-class discussion of daily readings from the policy analysis canon. As such, it is designed for PhD and Masters students across the university with an interest in exploring the effective role of science in setting public policy and comfort in reading primary literature. Upper level undergraduates are welcome with instructor consent. Assessment elements will include class participation, responses on 4 to 5 written assignments, and a take-home final. Occasional Friday recitation sessions will provide guidance on the application of policy analysis methods,
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
CEE 275G:
China's Environmental and Climate Governance (CEE 175G)
Over three decades of extraordinary economic development in China came at the tremendous expense of the environment. Despite having one of the world's most comprehensive environmental laws and regulations, China was among the most polluted globally until recent years. The Eighteenth Party Congress in November 2012 was a watershed event in China's environmental and ecological landscape. However, strong central directives to clean up the environment and curb carbon emissions have yielded mixed results. From the angle of environmental governance, this course examines how domestic actors and institutions affect policy making and implementation in China from the late twentieth century until today. It draws upon analytical frameworks from the disciplines of the social sciences to explain policy outputs and outcomes.
Last offered: Spring 2023
| Units: 3
CEE 275K:
The Practice of Environmental Consulting
Class consists of eight interactive two-hour seminars with discussions, and will cover the evolution of the environmental consulting business, strategic choices and alternative business models for private and public firms, a review of the key operational issues in managing firm, organizational strategies, knowledge management and innovation, and ethical issues in providing professional services. Case studies will be used to illustrate key concepts. Selected reading materials drawn from the technical and business literature on the consulting business. Student groups will prepare and present an abbreviated business plan for an environmental based business. Enrollment limited to CEE MS and PHD students.
Last offered: Winter 2019
| Units: 2
CEE 275P:
Persuasive Communication for Environmental Scientists, Practitioners, and Entrepreneurs
Achieving environmental goals depends not only on innovative ideas and great science but also persuasive communication. What makes communication persuasive? The ability of the communicator to create value for his or her audience. This course will teach students how to: 1) focus on their audience and 2) create value for their audience using research-proven communication techniques. Students will master these techniques through oral and written exercises so that, after taking this course, they will speak and write more persuasively.
Last offered: Summer 2018
| Units: 2
CEE 275S:
Environmental Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEE 175S)
Our current infrastructure for provision of critical services-clean water, energy, transportation, environmental protection; requires substantial upgrades. As a complement to the scientific and engineering innovations taking place in the environmental field, this course emphasizes the analysis of economic factors and value propositions that align value chain stakeholder interests.
Last offered: Summer 2019
| Units: 3
CEE 276:
Introduction to Human Exposure Analysis (CEE 178)
(Graduate students register for 276.) Scientific and engineering issues involved in quantifying human exposure to toxic chemicals in the environment. Pollutant behavior, inhalation exposure, dermal exposure, and assessment tools. Overview of the complexities, uncertainties, and physical, chemical, and biological issues relevant to risk assessment. Lab projects. Recommended: MATH 51. Apply at first class for admission.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 276B:
100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything (CEE 176B)
This course discusses elements of a transition to 100% clean, renewable energy in the electricity, transportation, heating/cooling, and industrial sectors for towns, cities, states, countries, and companies. It examines wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, tidal, and wave characteristics and resources; electricity, heat, cold and hydrogen storage; transmission and distribution; matching power demand with supply on the grid: efficiency; replacing fossil with electric appliances and machines in the buildings and industry; energy, health, and climate costs and savings; land requirements; feedbacks of renewables to the atmosphere; and 100% clean, renewable energy roadmaps to guide transitions.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
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 277L:
Smart Cities & Communities (CEE 177L)
A city is comprised of people and a complex system of systems connected by data. A nexus of forces IoT, open data, analytics, AI, and systems of engagement present new opportunities to increase the efficiency of urban systems, improve the efficacy of public services, and assure the resiliency of the community. Systems studied include: water, energy, transportation, buildings, food production, and social services. The roles of policy and behavior change as well as the risks of smart cities will be discussed. How cities are applying innovation to address the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19 will also be explored.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
CEE 277Q:
Data Analysis, Presentation, and Interpretation in Environmental Engineering (CEE 177Q)
This class is designed for students interested in pursuing research-based careers. It covers practical aspects of data analysis, presentation, interpretation relevant to the field of environmental engineering. Learning objectives include identifying and refining research questions, choosing appropriate data analysis methods, and applying principles of effective visual and written presentation of proposed research and research findings. Additional topics to be covered include preparing a constructive review, research ethics, and navigating the publication process.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
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 278C:
Indoor Air Quality
Factors affecting the levels of air pollutants in the built indoor environment. The influence of ventilation, office equipment, floor coverings, furnishings, cleaning practices, and human activities on air quality including carbon dioxide, VOCs, resuspended dust, and airborne molds and fungi. Limited enrollment, preference to CEE students. Prerequisites: Math 21 and CEE 70, or equivalents.
Last offered: Spring 2020
| Units: 2-3
CEE 279D:
Providing Safe Water for the Developing and Developed World (CEE 179D)
This course will cover basic hydraulics and the fundamental processes used to provide and control water, and will introduce the basics of engineering design. 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. The course should enable students to work competently in environmental engineering firms or on non-profit projects in the developing world such as Engineers without Borders. Pre-requisite: Chem31B/M. (Note this course was formerly CEE 174A)
Last offered: Autumn 2022
| 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 279F:
Frontiers of Anaerobic Treatment (CEE 179F)
This seminar will present the latest findings on the operation and performance of ground-breaking anaerobic treatment processes for domestic wastewater. Specifically, this seminar will examine the performance of the Staged Anaerobic Fluidized-bed Membrane Bioreactor (SAF-MBR) using results from ongoing operations at the Codiga Resource Recover Center and from previous and parallel research efforts. The seminars will incorporate a description of the fundamentals of anaerobic treatment processes, a discussion of how the SAF-MBR process is different from typical anaerobic processes, and insights from operations along with implications for system design. Course work will include explorations of the costs, benefits, and market potential of this technology.
Last offered: Autumn 2017
| Units: 1
CEE 279X:
Case Studies in Water Supply and Management in California and the West
This seminar will entail group discussions of issues related to sustainable water management in California and the West. After two weeks of background reading, the class will divide into small groups to prepare an in-depth case study discussion and 2-page fact-sheet of a current issue in water supply or management. The topics will be chosen by the groups. Possible topics are the future of desalination, direct potable reuse, ecosystem flows, managed recharge, agriculture and water subsidies, political tensions and water entitlements. Open to graduate students.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
CEE 280:
Advanced Structural Analysis
Theoretical development and computer implementation of direct stiffness method of structural analysis; virtual work principles; computation of element stiffness matrices and load vectors; direct assembly procedures; equation solution techniques. Analysis of two- and three-dimensional truss and frame structures, thermal loads, and substructuring and condensation techniques for large systems. Practical modeling techniques and programming assignments. Introduction to nonlinear analysis concepts. Prerequisites: elementary structural analysis and matrix algebra.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
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 284:
Finite Element Methods in Structural Dynamics
Computational methods for structural dynamics analysis of discrete and continuous systems in free and forced vibration; finite element formulation; modal analysis; numerical methods; introduction to nonlinear dynamics; advanced topics. Prerequisites: 280, 283.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
CEE 284F:
Fire Engineering Design for Buildings
Principles of fire engineering design aspects for buildings, from fire and smoke development to heat transfer, egress and the thermo-mechanical response of structural systems. A key focus is on characterizing pre and post-flashover fires in buildings and the design and behavior structural steel and reinforced concrete members to resist fire thermal loads. Prerequisite (or corequisite): CEE 280 Advanced Structural Analysis and undergraduate course in design of steel structures.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
CEE 284W:
The Dynamics of Wind Turbines
Introduction to the dynamic response of wind energy systems, such as wind energy technology, aerodynamics, and structural and electrical aspects. Pre-requisites: CEE 280, CEE 282, CEE 283
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 285A:
Advanced Structural Concrete Behavior and Design
Behavior and design of reinforced and prestressed concrete for building and bridge design. Topics will include flexural behavior, prestressed concrete design, and two-way slab design & analysis, among others.
Terms: Aut
| 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 285C:
Strut-and-Tie-Modeling for Structural Concrete
This course presents the concepts and application of strut-and-tie modeling (STM) for structural concrete elements. Students will identify regions within structures where STM can be used for design, apply the methodology to locate and detail reinforcement, and check the capacity of their model. Applications of the method will be illustrated for deep beams, corbels, post-tensioned anchorage zones, torsion resistance, and bridge components. Various strut-and-tie models will be evaluated based on efficiency, economy, and performance.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 2
CEE 286:
Structural Monitoring
Introduction to structural monitoring systems that enable us to understand the states of structures and excitations. Theoretical background on linear time-invariant systems, time-series modeling, frequency analysis, and features extractions in the context of structural systems. Damage diagnosis algorithms and excitation characterization using both physics- and data-based methods for civil structures. Emphasis on the underlying physical interpretations and their practical usage. Prerequisites: CEE 203/CEE 254, CEE 283, CS 106A/X or equivalent
Last offered: Winter 2023
| Units: 3-4
CEE 287:
Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction
Evaluation, design, and construction of structures in seismic regions. Factors influencing earthquake ground motions, design spectra, design of linear and nonlinear single- and multiple-degree-of-freedom-system structures, force-based and displacement-based design methods, capacity design, detailing and construction of steel and reinforced concrete structures, introduction to performance-based design, seismic isolation, and energy dissipation. Prerequisites: 283 and either 285A or 285B.
Terms: Spr
| 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 290:
Structural Performance and Failures
Basic concepts in the definition of satisfactory structural performance; key elements in structural performance; types of failures, ranging from reduced serviceability to total collapse; failure sources and their root cause allocation, emphasizing design/construction process failures; failure prevention mechanisms; illustration with real life examples.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
CEE 291:
Solid Mechanics
Vector and tensor algebra; vector and tensor analysis; kinetics, basic physical quantities, global and local balance laws, representative material models of 1D and 3D continua at small strains; thermodynamics of general internal variable formulations of inelasticity; integration algorithms for inelastic 1D and 3D materials; basic solution techniques for boundary value problems in 1D and 3D.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
CEE 292X:
Battery Systems for Transportation and Grid Services (EE 292X)
Driven by high-capacity battery systems, electrification is transforming mobility solutions and the grid that powers them. This course provides an introduction to battery systems for transportation and grid services: cell technologies, topology selection, thermal and aging management, safety monitoring, AC and DC charging, and operation control/optimization. Invited experts introduce students to the state of the heart of each topic. The course is aimed at mezzanine and graduate levels students who wish to design battery systems, model them from data, integrate them into applications, or just learn about them. It can be taken for 1 unit (Credit/no Credit) for attending seminars, or for 3 units (letter grade only) for also doing an optional project. Prerequisites: No prerequisites needed for taking the course for 1 unit. Relevant background in selected project area is recommended, for example, CEE 272R for grid applications; EE 253 for AC or DC charging and battery controller design; CEE 322, CS 229 or EE 104 for data-based projects.
Last offered: Autumn 2019
| Units: 1-3
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 296:
Regional Seismic Risk Analysis and Risk Management
This course is aimed at students who are interested in rigorous modeling of earthquake impacts at regional scale and data-driven design of risk management strategies. The first half of the course will focus on building computational tools for simulation of earthquake shaking, damage to buildings and infrastructure, and the resulting social and economic losses. The second half of the course will explore how impact modeling relates to disaster recovery policy, infrastructure investment planning, and other aspects of disaster risk management. The class will include guest speakers from government institutions, private sector, and academia who work at the intersection of risk modeling and planning/policy. The students will also conduct a regional seismic risk analysis tailored to a specific risk management objective, as part of a final project. Prerequisited: CEE 288.
Last offered: Spring 2022
| Units: 3
CEE 297M:
Managing Critical Infrastructure
Safe and effective performance of infrastructure systems is critical to our economy, quality of life and safety. This course will present topics associated with risk analysis and management of critical civil infrastructure systems, tolerable risk and community resilience. Methods of risk analysis including systems analysis, reliability analysis, expert elicitation and systems analysis for spatially distributed infrastructure systems will be presented. Aspects of seismic and flood risk analysis will also be discussed. Case histories and lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina, Tohoku earthquake, among others will be presented. The evolution of change in the risk management of civil infrastructure systems; how they are analyzed, designed and operated is discussed. Guest speakers. Student presentations. (Prerequisite: CEE 203 or equivalent)
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
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 299E:
Graduate Summer Research in CEE
Investigation of a research topic in civil and environmental engineering. For students admitted to the Stanford Summer Session program. Written report or oral presentation required. Students must obtain a faculty or research staff sponsor.
Last offered: Summer 2019
| Units: 1-6
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 305:
Damage and Failure Mechanics of Structural Systems
Examine the mechanics and failure mechanisms of structural deterioration mechanisms and hazards. Overview of fracture mechanics concepts as a general basis for analyzing brittle failure modes in steel and concrete structures. Analysis and design theory for corrosion, fatigue, fire and other damage mechanisms in steel and concrete structures. New methods for mitigation of these failure modes and hazards will be introduced, including new construction materials, structural designs and protection methods.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
CEE 306:
Computational Fracture Mechanics
Review of solid mechanics at small strains; energy principles of mechanics; introduction to fracture mechanics; constrained problems; advanced finite element concepts like mixed, assumed, and enhanced strain methods; computational fracture strategies like cohesive finite elements, embedded and extended finite element methods, and phase field approaches to fracture. Prerequisite: CEE 281, CEE 291, or equivalent.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
CEE 308:
Topics in Disaster Resilience Research (GEOPHYS 308)
This course is formatted as a journal club. This course will explore past and current research on disaster risk and resilience, towards the development of new frontiers in resilience engineering science research. Designed for graduate students engaged in the topic of risk and resilience research, the course will be organized around weekly readings and discussions.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
CEE 310:
Computational Solid Mechanics
Review of tensor algebra and analysis; kinematics of solids at finite deformation; basic mechanical principles; formulation and algorithmic implementation of finite elasticity, finite viscoelasticity, and finite plasticity; discrete variational formulation and non-linear finite element implementation in a C++ environment. Prerequisite: CEE 281, CEE 291, or equivalent
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
CEE 314:
Computational Poromechanics
Continuum and finite element formulations of steady-state and transient fluid conduction problems; elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic systems; time integration - stability, accuracy, high-frequency numerical damping; coupled solid deformation/fluid flow; thermodynamically consistent effective stress; mixed finite element formulation; inf-sup condition; stabilized mixed finite elements; unsaturated flow in geomechanics. Computing assignments. Prerequisite: CEE 281 or equivalent.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 315:
Plasticity Modeling and Computation
Rate-independent elastoplasticity; classical plasticity models for metals and cohesive-frictional materials; cap plasticity models for porous materials; return-mapping algorithm; shear bands, faults, and other discontinuities; Lagrange multipliers, penalty, and augmented Lagrangian methods for frictional contact; extended finite element and strong discontinuity methods; rate-dependent viscoplasticity; Duvaut-Lions and Perzyna models; creep and stress relaxation. Prerequisite: CEE 281 or equivalent.
Last offered: Spring 2023
| Units: 3
CEE 316:
Geometric deep learning for data-driven solid mechanics
This course focuses on a geometric learning approach to derive, test, and validate a wide range of artificial intelligence enabled models for engineering (meta-materials, composites, alloys) and natural materials (soil, rock, clay). Students will learn how to incorporate a wide range of data stored in graphs, manifold and point sets to train neural networks to design optimal experiments, embed high-dimensional data, enforce mechanics and physical principles, denoise data with geometry, and enable model-free simulations and discover causality of mechanisms that leads to the failures of materials. Prerequisite: Linear algebra and CEE291
Last offered: Winter 2023
| Units: 3
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 322:
Data Analytics for Urban Systems
This course focuses on how to utilize statistical visualization and methods to perform exploratory, confirmatory and predictive analysis of data obtained from civil engineering systems, in domains such as energy and transportation. Topics covered include identifying what and if questions can be answered given a dataset, models of behavior, prediction of time-series and data cleansing. We will review basic methods for Exploratory Data Analysis, Confirmatory Data Analysis and Predictive Data Analysis and study models relevant to CEE applications. The material is presented via case studies and reviewed in weekly statistical lab assignments in R.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
CEE 323A:
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: Aut
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
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 323D:
Institutional Investors and Sustainable Capitalism Seminar
Pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, and other beneficial institutional investors control more than $100 trillion in investable assets. These funds may be beneficial in nature, they exist to secure a promised social benefit, but they are also the base of our modern capitalist system. They are responsible for funding industries that Stanford students will seek to work in (or with), such as venture capital, hedge funds, private equity, or other professional investors. As such, if we are to unlock financial capital to fund meaningful solutions to societies problems, such as climate change, these investors must allocate capital to these projects. But few people understand why these organizations exist, how they operate or invest, and what the implications of their decisions are for society and the planet. This course aims to equip the Stanford community with a deep understanding of beneficial institutional investors. The course will be given in a seminar format and be broken down into three modules: 1) Why beneficial investors exist; 2) How they invest their capital; and 3) How their investing affects the sustainability of modern capitalism.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
CEE 324:
Industrialized Construction
Holistic examination of Industrialized Construction as an interlinked set of business, management, engineering, fabrication, logistics, and assembly methods as a concept for reliably producing sustainable high-performance facilities. Learning about the Industrialized Construction framework through readings, lectures, case studies and discussions (including successful and failed industry implementations in Sweden, Germany, Japan, and North America), and a group project. Mandatory attendance to class sessions. Limited to 20 students; prerequisites: CEE100 or equivalent.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-2
CEE 326:
Autonomous Vehicles Studio
Autonomous vehicles have been a fast-growing area of interest for research, development, and commercialization. This interdisciplinary research-based class explores the design and development of autonomous vehicles. Research teams will study the interaction of the human driver and autonomous driving system, particularly in dangerous situations of autonomous systems failures. Collaborate with national and international experts. Independent and team projects will contribute to ongoing research. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-3
| Repeatable
for credit
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 327S:
Construction Robotics Seminar
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: Spr
| Units: 1
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 329S:
Seminar on 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 actively prepare for and participate in all lectures and corresponding discussions.
Last offered: Spring 2019
| Units: 1
CEE 330:
Racial Equity in Energy (AFRICAAM 131, CEE 130R)
The built environment and the energy systems that meet its requirements is a product of decisions forged in a context of historical inequity produced by cultural, political, and economic forces expressed through decisions at individual and institutional levels. This interdisciplinary course will examine the imprint of systemic racial inequity in the U.S. that has produced a clean energy divide and a heritage of environmental injustice. Drawing on current events, students will also explore contemporary strategies that center equity in the quest for rapid technology transitions in the energy sector to address climate change, public health, national security, and community resilience. Prerequisites: By permission of the instructor. Preferable to have completed Understand Energy ( CEE 107A/207A/ EarthSys 103/ CEE 107S/207S) or a similar course at another institution if a graduate student.
Terms: Aut
| 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 342:
Designing for Gradient Spaces
The course delves into designing for gradient spaces. Gradient spaces are physical spaces that blend from the 100% physical (real reality) to the 100% digital (virtual reality) and anything in between. Through a series of lectures, discussions, and hands-on projects, students will explore what it means to design in such spaces on three core levels; from design thinking, to architectural design, and technological design (e.g., mixed reality applications). It will consider the above from the perspective of occupants of these spaces that have different physical and digital needs and preferences. The goal of the course is to create cross-disciplinary interactions to connect physical space design and digital application design, towards the creation of physical and digital experiences that are suitable and centered to users. While students will be exposed to all three levels of design, they are expected to focus only on one for their final project.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 345:
Network Analysis for Urban Systems
The objectives of this course are to: 1) introduce you to the mathematical theory of networks and common metrics of networks; 2) develop an understanding of how to utilize network models to study urban systems; 3) provide an opportunity to apply network models to analyze a real urban system. Students are expected to have a strong background in calculus and linear algebra before taking this course and should be comfortable with the calculation and manipulation of matrices. Experience in a numerical scripting language (preferably Python, R or Matlab) is necessary for the final project. Coursework will consist of graded problem sets pertaining to both theory of networks and applications to urban systems. There will be a final project where students will be required to apply network based methods to the analysis of real data of an urban system. (subject to change)
Last offered: Spring 2020
| Units: 3
CEE 350:
Engineering Writing, Reviewing and Presentations
This class will cover key skills for future professors including how to write journal articles suitable for Environmental Science & Technology, 2) how to review articles for such journals, and how to deliver an effective presentation. The class is organized to provide criticism between peers on these topics.
Last offered: Spring 2019
| 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 363A:
Mechanics of Stratified Flows
The effects of density stratification on flows in the natural environment. Basic properties of linear internal waves in layered and continuous stratification. Flows established by internal waves. Internal hydraulics and gravity currents. Turbulence in stratified fluids. Prerequisites: 262A,B, CME 204.
Last offered: Spring 2019
| Units: 3
CEE 363B:
Chaos and Turbulence
An overview of the statistical analysis of unsteady flows, with a focus on chaos and turbulence. Topics will include random variables and statistical analysis; self-similarity, scaling, and symmetries; the turbulent energy cascade and the Kolmogorov similarity hypotheses; intermittency, refined similarity, and multifractal analysis; mixing and transport in chaotic and turbulent flows; and an overview of the effects of additional conservation laws on flow statistics. Prerequisites: CEE 262A or ME 351A, or permission of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 363C:
Ocean Modeling
Advanced topics in ocean modeling including methods for shallow water, primitive, and nonhydrostatic equations on Cartesian, curvilinear, and unstructured, finite-volume grid systems. Topics include accuracy and stability analyses, free-surface methods, nonhydrostatic solvers, turbulence modeling, wave modeling, vertical coordinate systems, and advanced Eulerian and Lagrangian advection techniques. Prerequisites: Fluid mechanics at the level of CEE262A or ME351A, linear algebra at the level of CME 200, and numerical methods at the level of CME 206, which can be taken concurrently.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
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 363E:
Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Not offered Winter 2021-22. Please consider enrolling in CEE 363J: Topics in Coastal Physical Oceanography during Spring 2021-22.
Last offered: Winter 2022
| Units: 3
CEE 363F:
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (ESS 363F)
The fundamental dynamics of rotating stratified fluids. Topics include inertia-gravity waves, geostrophic and cyclogeostrophic balance, vorticity and potential vorticity dynamics, quasi-geostrophic motions, planetary and topographic Rossby waves, inertial, symmetric, barotropic, and baroclinic instability, Ekman layers, and the frictional spin-down of geostrophic flows. Prerequisites: CEE 262A or a graduate class in fluid mechanics. Recommended math background: vector calculus, ordinary differential equations, and partial differential equations. **Students who wish to enroll in the course should send an email to the instructor to express their interest in the class and to request an enrollment code.
Last offered: Spring 2023
| Units: 3
CEE 363G:
Field Techniques in Coastal Oceanography
This course focuses on the design and implementation of coastal oceanographic field studies from implementation through analysis. A wide range of field instrumentation and techniques, including AUVs and scientific diving is covered. Field studies. Data collection and analysis under instructor guidance.
Last offered: Spring 2015
| Units: 3
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 363J:
Topics in Coastal Physical Oceanography
In this course some important phenomena in coastal physical oceanography will be considered. Our approach will involve a rapid review of the fundamental physics and governing equations and a deep dive into some important topics through student-led journal club sessions. Journal club discussions will include both seminal work in coastal physical oceanography and recent state of the field understanding of important phenomena. Topics discussed will include river plumes, coastal trapped waves, horizontal dispersion, and wind and wave driven shelf circulation. One learning outcome will be for students to gain experience critically reading and evaluating peer-reviewed literature. Prerequisite: CEE262A or equivalent
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
CEE 363W:
Topics in wave-turbulence interactions
An exploration of classical and current papers dealing with the behavior of turbulence in the presence of surface waves. 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 fluid mechanics and surface water wave theory.
Last offered: Spring 2023
| Units: 1-2
CEE 365A:
Advanced Topics in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology
Students must obtain a faculty sponsor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-6
| Repeatable
for credit
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 365C:
Advanced Topics in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology
Students must obtain a faculty sponsor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-6
| Repeatable
for credit
CEE 365D:
Advanced Topics in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology
Students must obtain a faculty sponsor.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 2-6
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Barton, J. (PI);
Billington, S. (PI);
Boehm, A. (PI);
Borja, R. (PI);
Criddle, C. (PI);
Deierlein, G. (PI);
Fischer, M. (PI);
Freyberg, D. (PI);
Fringer, O. (PI);
Hildemann, L. (PI);
Jacobson, M. (PI);
Katz, G. (PI);
Kiremidjian, A. (PI);
Kitanidis, P. (PI);
Koseff, J. (PI);
Law, K. (PI);
Luthy, R. (PI);
McCann, M. (PI);
Miranda, E. (PI);
Monismith, S. (PI);
Spormann, A. (PI)
CEE 366A:
Addressing deep uncertainty in systems models for sustainability
Policymakers rely on quantitative systems models to inform decision-making about environmental policy design, infrastructure development, and resource allocation. However, many rapid, transformational changes in the climate and socioeconomic systems are difficult to predict and quantify in models. Therefore, reliance on traditional model-based decision analysis can leave policymakers vulnerable to unforeseen risks. In this class, students will learn quantitative methods for addressing deep uncertainties using systems modeling, enabling them to identify potential vulnerabilities and design decision policies that are robust and resilient to a wide range of uncertain futures. Drawing on tools in simulation, optimization, and machine learning, specific methods include: exploratory modeling, scenario discovery, robust decision making, and adaptation pathways. We will demonstrate these approaches in a range of sustainability domains such as water resources, agriculture, and energy systems. Students will complete Python-based modeling assignments, read contemporary journal articles, and develop a research proposal. Prerequisites: Prior coursework in applied optimization (e.g. CEE 266G or MS&E 211); and prior coursework in decision or policy analysis (e.g. CEE 275D or MS&E 250A or MS&E 252); and proficiency in Python programming at the level of CME 193
Last offered: Winter 2023
| Units: 3
CEE 370A:
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: Aut
| Units: 5-6
| 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 370C:
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: Spr
| Units: 5-6
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Boehm, A. (PI);
Borja, R. (PI);
Criddle, C. (PI);
Davis, J. (PI);
Freyberg, D. (PI);
Kiremidjian, A. (PI);
Kitanidis, P. (PI);
Leckie, J. (PI);
Luthy, R. (PI);
McCann, M. (PI);
Mitch, W. (PI);
Monismith, S. (PI);
Spormann, A. (PI)
CEE 370D:
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: Sum
| Units: 3-6
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
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);
Freyberg, D. (PI);
Fringer, O. (PI);
Hildemann, L. (PI);
Jacobson, M. (PI);
Katz, G. (PI);
Kiremidjian, A. (PI);
Kitanidis, P. (PI);
Koseff, J. (PI);
Law, K. (PI);
Luthy, R. (PI);
McCann, M. (PI);
Miranda, E. (PI);
Monismith, S. (PI);
Spormann, A. (PI)
CEE 370M:
Independent Study in Environmental Chemistry Research
Environmental chemistry laboratory research. Summer Quarter only. For doctoral students in the Mitch research group. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
8 times
(up to 24 units total)
CEE 371C:
SARS-CoV-2 in the Environment
Two years ago, the general public did not know about coronaviruses, and no one knew of SARS-CoV-2. Today, the world has changed as a result of the global pandemic caused by this virus, and every 3 year old can say "coronavirus". In this course, we will explore how research filled critical knowledge gaps related to environmental fate and transport of viruses allowed us to better understand the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and inform public health policies on masking and social distancing. We will also discuss the flow of scientific discoveries and knowledge from laboratory to the public during the pandemic and how typical outlets for dissemination of science were or were not effective during the crisis. This course will involve substantial reading of the peer-reviewed and popular literature, and lively discussions and debate. Course likely will be offered remote synchronous
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
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 371M:
Transport Phenomena: Momentum, heat and mass transport (CEE 271M)
Heat, mass and momentum transfer theory from the viewpoint of basic transport equations. Steady and unsteady state; laminar and turbulent flow; boundary layer theory. Prerequisites: fluid mechanics, ordinary differential equations.
Last offered: Winter 2016
| Units: 3
CEE 372:
Sustainable Energy Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar (ENERGY 309, MS&E 495)
Graduate students will present their ongoing research to an audience of faculty and graduate students with a diversity of disciplinary perspectives regarding sustainable energy.
Last offered: Winter 2023
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
6 times
(up to 6 units total)
CEE 374A:
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: Aut
| Units: 1-6
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 374D:
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: Sum
| 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 374Z:
Urban Water Conflicts
Students in this course will review and discuss current literature on urban water conflicts using a case-study approach. We will consider the technical, economic, social, policy, and law aspects of the conflicts. Each student will take responsibility for leading 1-2 class sessions (depending on the final number of students enrolled in the course), and will write a description of the case study as well as a short proposal describing novel research on urban water conflicts. Course enrollment is capped. Permission to enroll must be obtained from the instructor through an application process.
Last offered: Autumn 2018
| Units: 3
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 379:
Introduction to PHD Studies in Civil and Environmental Engineering
This seminar course will cover important topics for students considering a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Sessions will include presentations and discussions on career development, exploring research and adviser options, and the mechanics of PhD studies, including General Qualifying Exam requirements for all CEE PHD Students. In addition, CEE faculty will give presentations on their research. This seminar is required for CEE students considering a PHD or preparing to sit for the General Qualifying Exam in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Students may only receive credit for one of CEE 379 or CEE 379C.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 1
CEE 380:
Optimization in Structural Engineering
This course introduces optimization methods and their applications in structural engineering. Application examples, including solution methods in structural analysis, formulation of Euler-Lagrange equations, solution methods, limit state analysis and design, optimum design of structures for weight minimization, shape and topology optimization, and others, are discussed.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
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 385:
Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering
Synthesis and application of approaches to performance-based design and assessment that recently have been developed or are under development. Emphasis is on quantitative decision making based on life-cycle considerations that incorporate direct losses, downtime losses, and collapse, and the associated uncertainties. Hazard analysis, response simulation, damage and loss estimation, collapse prediction. Case studies. Prerequisites: 282, 287, and 288.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
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)
