C E 388 – Sustainable Engineering & International Development
Course description: Multi- disciplinary approach to sustainable engineering and international development, sustainable development, appropriate design and engineering, feasibility analysis, cybersecurity, international aid, business development, philosophy and politics of technology, and ethics in engineering. Engineering based projects from problem formulation through implementation.
C E 372 – Engineering Hydrology and Hydraulics
Course description: The hydrologic cycle: precipitation, infiltration, surface runoff, evapotranspiration, groundwater, and streamflow. Water balance, direct runoff, hydrograph analysis, unit hydrograph, flood routing, flood frequency analysis and urban hydrology. Hydraulic principles, open channel flow (uniform, critical, and gradually varied), pressure flow in pipes/closed conduits. Applied hydraulics and hydrology with design applications in water storage structures, channels, culverts, water distribution systems, pumping, and storm-water drainage and management systems: storm sewers and detention ponds.
C E 574X – Integrated Assessment Modeling and Science-Policy Integration for Global Environmental Change
Course description: Overview of conceptual insights and quantitative analysis of global climate change with a focus on physical models and policy implications. State-of-the-art Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) within a context of water sustainability with implications to the energy, food, and environmental sectors. Water resources related environmental management and problem-solving under global change. Climate modeling and impacts of climate change on water, energy, and food systems. Application of Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) in understanding the water-energy-food nexus. National and international climate policy.