printer friendly pageCEE 50N: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives on a Large Urban Estuary: San Francisco Bay (EARTHSYS 49N, ESS 49N)
This course will be focused around San Francisco Bay, the largest estuary on the Pacific coasts of both North and South America as a model ecosystem for understanding the critical importance and complexity of estuaries. Despite its uniquely urban and industrial character, the Bay is of immense ecological value and encompasses over 90% of California's remaining coastal wetlands. Students will be exposed to the basics of estuarine biogeochemistry, microbiology, ecology, hydrodynamics, pollution, and ecosystem management/restoration issues through lectures, interactive discussions, and field trips. Knowledge of introductory biology and chemistry is recommended.
Last offered: Spring 2014
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 Niño, la Niña, 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
Instructors:
Jacobson, M. (PI)
CEE 64: Air Pollution and Global Warming: History, Science, and Solutions (CEE 263D)
Survey of Survey of air pollution and global warming and their renewable energy solutions. Topics: evolution of the Earth's atmosphere, history of discovery of chemicals in the air, bases and particles in urban smog, visibility, indoor air pollution, acid rain, stratospheric and Antarctic ozone loss, the historic climate record, causes and effects of global warming, impacts of energy systems on pollution and climate, renewable energy solutions to air pollution and global warming. UG Reqs: GER: DBNatSci
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
CEE 70: Environmental Science and Technology (ENGR 90)
Introduction to environmental quality and the technical background necessary for understanding environmental issues, controlling environmental degradation, and preserving air and water quality. Material balance concepts for tracking substances in the environmental and engineering systems.
Terms: Win, Sum
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-AQR
Instructors:
Kopperud, R. (PI)
CEE 70N: Water, Public Health, and Engineering
Preference to frosh. Linkages between water, wastewater and public health, with an emphasis on engineering interventions. Topics include the history of water and wastewater infrastructure development in the U.S. and Europe; evolution of epidemiological approaches for water-related health challenges; biological and chemical contaminants in water and wastewater and their management; and current trends and challenges in access to water and sanitation around the world. Identifying ways in which freshwater contributes to human health; exposure routes for water- and sanitation-illness. Classifying illnesses by pathogen type and their geographic distribution. Identifying the health and economic consequences of water- and sanitation-related illnesses; costs and benefits of curative and preventative interventions. Interpreting data related to epidemiological and environmental concepts. No previous experience in engineering is required.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-AQR, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Davis, J. (PI)
CEE 73: Foundations of Water Science and Engineering
No water, no life. Water shapes the earth. Its utilization, management, and control are critical concerns of all human societies. This class introduces basic scientific and engineering concepts and applies them to aquatic systems. We explore how water properties and processes act to sustain the planet and how human actions modify (for both good and ill) our water world.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 3
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.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
Instructors:
Fischer, M. (PI)
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
Instructors:
Linder, C. (PI)
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, open channels, estuaries, and wind turbines. Prerequisites: E14,
PHYSICS 41 (formerly 53),
MATH 51.
Terms: Spr
| 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
Instructors:
Borja, R. (PI)
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