Course Descriptions
CIE 220 Engineering Surveying(3 credits)
This course provides students with the basis of engineering surveying. It covers distances and angles measurement, leveling, principles of stadia, traverse and topographic survey and computations. Applications in highway curves, construction surveys and land surveys. Also, it trains students to perform field practice of distance measurement, difference of elevation, horizontal and vertical angles using tapes, automatic levels and total stations. This will provide students with surveying data analysis using commercial software.
Co-requisite: MEE 210
CIE 290 Construction Materials (3 credits)
This course introduces the mechanical behaviors of materials, it covers the properties of all commonly used civil engineering materials: metals, concrete, masonry, timber, asphalt, and polymer composites. It emphasizes fundamental materials science, production and processing, engineering properties, chemical durability, and practical applications. Materials sustainability and latest development in innovative materials and technology are also covered.
Prerequisite: CHE 205
CIE 290L Construction MaterialsLab(1credit)
This laboratory consists of a series of experiments to test various properties of commonly used civil engineering materials including metals, concrete, aggregates, timber, and polymer composites.
Co-requisite: MEE 322 - CIE 290
CIE 330 Geology for civil engineer(3 credits)
This course covers the basic of earth science, internal and external globe structure, metallic and non-metallic minerals types and identification, soil and rock types and compositions, geotechnical risks, earthquake causes and effects, hydrology, geological maps interpretation and geological map of Lebanon.
Prerequisite: CHE 205
CIE 334 Soil mechanics(3 credits)
This course provides students with soil types and classification, phase relationships, soil permeability, seepage, soil consolidation, effective stresses in soil, shear strength, shear plane and basics of slope stability analysis.
Prerequisite: MEE 322 – CIE 330
CIE 334L Soil mechanics Lab (1 credit)
Students will perform experiments to study behavior and properties of soils: soil classification, shear strength, compaction... Application to slope stability, liquefaction and seepage.
Co-requisite: CIE 334
CIE 340 Structural Analysis I(3 credits)
This course covers the analysis of statically determinate frames, stress and strain transformation (failure theory), buckling, deflection calculation of statically determinate structure by various methods, influence lines and moving loads, combined stresses and introduction to statically indeterminate structures.
Prerequisite: MEE 322
CIE 350 Reinforced Concrete I(3 credits)
This course provides students with behavior of reinforced concrete and ultimate strength design method, analysis and design of short column, slender column, beam, solid and ribbed one-way slab, T-beam and doubly-reinforced beam including development length and splicing of reinforcement bar.
Prerequisite: MEE 322
Co-requisite: CIE 340
CIE 360 Transportation Engineering(3 credits0
This course provides an introduction to traffic engineering studies: vehicle flow, road capacity, level-of-service and highway design. The highway design elements will focus on the basic design of horizontal and vertical alignments, super elevation, and cross-section design.
Prerequisite: CIE 290 – CIE 220 – MAT 225
CIE 380 Construction Management(3 credits)
This course introduces the student to the profession of construction management. It focuses on the role of the construction manager and the fundamental concepts and terminology employed in planning, developing and constructing projects. Students are trained to prepare the documents used in design and construction, including design and construction agreements, drawings and specifications, general and special conditions and others used for procurement and construction administration.
Prerequisite: MEE 210
CIE 410 Precast and Pre-stressed Concrete Design(3 credits)
This course presents the fundamentals of pre-stressed concrete design and analysis for conventional and lateral loading. It provides students with the difference between pre-stressed and reinforced concrete, advantages of this sophisticated method, analysis and design of concrete elements: beams, slabs and circular elements, losses types and calculation in pre-stressed cable and deflection control.
Prerequisite: CIE 450
CIE 420 Hydraulics(3 credits)
This course covers the basic concepts of hydraulics in civil engineering. It offers the design of water supply and distribution systems, methods of flow measurement, closed conduit flow, open channel flow and capacity of needed hydraulic machinery. The course includes a design project in which students, working in groups, develop hydraulic design projects.
Prerequisite: MEE 280
CIE 430 Geotechnical Engineering(3 credits)
This course provides students with an introduction to geotechnical structures and foundation engineering, including bearing capacity and settlement of shallow foundations, soil lateral pressure, retaining wall, shoring systems, introduction to anchors reinforcement and deep foundation.
Prerequisite: CIE 334
CIE 440 Structural Analysis II
This course covers the analysis of statically indeterminate beams and frames with various methods, indeterminate analysis of trusses, cables and arch structures analysis and introduction to stiffness method.
Prerequisite: CIE 340
CIE 450 Reinforced Concrete II(3 credits)
This course covers the design of reinforced concrete elements against torsion, analysis and design of different footing types, cantilever retaining wall and different types of two ways slab with or without supporting beams.
Prerequisite: CIE 350
Co-requisite: CIE 440
CIE 460 CIE Design Lab(1 credit)
This course provides student with concrete design using professional software. Design of beams, columns, footings and slabs: concrete sections, reinforcement details, reinforcement layout.
Prerequisite: MEE 210
Co-requisite: CIE 450
CIE 470 Steel Design(3 credits)
This course considers the structural design principles and techniques of steel structure. It covers the design methods of steel structure: design tension and compression members, design of beams for bending and shear, behavior and design of frames and design of bolted and welded connections for steel structure.
Prerequisite: CIE 340 – CIE 290
CIE 497 Practical Training (3 credits)
Students in their junior year are required to work on part time or full time basis in order to experiment with and practice what they learned in class. A student presents a formal report by the end of this training period then he/she makes a public presentation exposing his/her experience.
Prerequisite: Consent of Advisor
CIE 498 Capstone Project Proposal(1 credit)
Students are prepared in this course seminar to deal efficiently and effectively with the fundamentals of systematic research. Graduating students will learn to brainstorm the different available research opportunities and prepare a formal outline that shall constitute the structure for their graduation senior project. Topics include design philosophies, problem conceptualization, problem definition, project planning and budgeting, written and oral communication skills, teamwork, development of specifications, and effective utilization of available resources.
Prerequisite: Consent of Advisor
CIE 499 Capstone Project(3 credits)
Students will utilize the blue prints prepared in CIE 498 to realize the physical design. In this course, the hardware will be completed, tested for specifications and a prototype could be finalized. The final report shall include all necessary steps to describe the whole process including software development. A formal oral presentation is required under the supervision of a formal judging committee formed from the faculty members.
Prerequisite: CIE 498
Technical Electives
CIE 500 Special Topics in Civil Engineering(3 credits)
This course presents advanced topics and special research areas in civil engineering, which may vary each time the course is offered.
Prerequisite: Consent of Advisor
CIE 505 Independent Study in Civil Engineering(1-3 credits)
Students are trained to be independent in their quest to research contemporary subjects in Civil Engineering. With the supervision of a faculty member, students are responsible to deliver a research project related to any of the Civil Engineering topics. A formal report and oral presentation shall be scheduled to fulfill requirements of the course.
Prerequisite: Consent of Advisor
CIE 510 Bridges (3 credits)
This courses covers the types of bridges, methods of construction, loads distribution, design of bridge decks, design of concrete bridge beams and box girder, design of pier, design of bearings and expansion joints and an overview on bridge footings.
Prerequisite: CIE 410 – CIE 440 – CIE 470 (or Consent of Advisor)
CIE 530 Plates and shells(3 credits)
This course provides students with the plate’s theory; Kirchhoff theory. The course covers the analysis and design of different types of shell roofs as dome with or without skylight, umbrella, long and short cylindrical roof, hyperbolic paraboloid roof and folded plates.
Prerequisite: CIE 450 – CIE 470 (or Consent of Advisor)
CIE 545 Wind and Earthquake Engineering( 3 credits)
This course covers an introduction to free and forced vibration systems. Students will be provided with a comprehensive examination of Wind and Earthquake Engineering principles and related practices. Topics covered include: calculation of lateral forces from seismic events and wind, lateral force-resisting systems, diaphragms and center of rigidity, response spectrum and time-history, ductility, concrete and steel frame structures, braced frames, shear walls, dual systems, story drift and detailing requirements.
Prerequisite: CIE 450 – PHY 260 (or Consent of Advisor)
CIE 545L Wind and Earthquake Engineering Lab(1 credit)
This course provides student with concrete design under earthquake lateral loads using professional software. Design of beams, columns, footings, slabs under gravity and lateral loads: Concrete section, reinforcement details and reinforcement layout.
Prerequisite: CIE 460 (or Consent of Advisor)
Co-requisite: CIE 545
CIE 547 Special works(3 credits)
This course provides students with the design of special structures in civil engineering as water tanks, concrete open canals and concrete pipes. This course will cover an introduction to tunnel and dam structures.
Prerequisite: CIE 450 (or Consent of Advisor)
CIE 547L Special work lab(1 credit)
This course provides student with concrete and steel design using professional software. Analysis of unusual concrete structure and steel structure with commercial software. Results visualization and assessment for the different elements.
Co-requisite: CIE 547 (or Consent of Advisor)
CIE 548 Advanced geotechnical works(3 credits)
This course provides advanced topics in geotechnical engineering as deep foundations design for axial and lateral loading, advanced methods for slope stability analysis, soil improvement, dewatering systems, and design of anchored shoring systems: sheet pile and cut braced systems.
Prerequisite: CIE 430 (or Consent of Advisor)
CIE 548L Advanced geotechnical works Lab(1 credit)
Geotechnical analysis and design using commercial software including design of foundations, retaining systems and analysis of slope stability. Results visualizations and assessment.
Co-requisite: CIE 548 (or Consent of Advisor)
CIE 550 Environmental Engineering (3 credits)
Students in this course will review and assess the following topics: planning and control of the environment, wastewater treatment and disposal, solid waste management, air pollution, radiation protection, housing and residential environment.
Prerequisite: Consent of Advisor
CIE560 Advanced Transportation Engineering(3 credits)
This course covers the travel patterns in urban areas, data requirements for planning and data collection techniques, the fundamentals of traffic flow theory and analysis, traffic control and analysis of intersections, travel demand and forecasting, airport and harbor design concepts.
Prerequisite: CIE 360 (or Consent of Advisor)
CIE 565 Civil engineering measurement(3 credits)
This course provides students with the quantity takeoff for construction projects and cost engineering for construction organizations. It covers the quantity estimation methods for concrete and steel structures and finishing works. The quantity estimation will be followed with cost indices, unit price proposals and cost estimation. The course includes a project in which student computes the amount of required materials and estimates the total cost of a civil engineering structure.
Prerequisite: CIE 450 – CIE 470 (or Consent of Advisor)
CIE 570 Advanced steel constructions(3 credits)
This course provides advanced topics in steel design including torsion design, eccentrically loaded element, inclined beam design, steel-concrete composite beam design, composite column design, built-up girder and bearing design. The course includes a project in which students design a steel structure.
Prerequisite: CIE 470 (or Consent of Advisor)
CIE 580 Electrical, Mechanical, and Sanitary Systems in buildings(3 credits)
This course provides the civil engineer students with electrical requirements (lighting, security system) and distribution in buildings, the design basis of cooling, heating and ventilation, the source, volume and design of water supply system and the wastewater system distribution.
Prerequisite: Consent of Advisor