| CEE1 | 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 w... |
| CEE100 | 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 cy... |
| CEE101A | 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; stre... |
| CEE101B | 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 turbulen... |
| CEE101C | 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, sl... |
| CEE101D | Computations in Civil and Environmental Engineering | 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. |
| CEE101E | 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 turbulen... |
| CEE101S | Science & Engineering Problem-Solving with MatLab. | 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 i... |
| CEE102A | 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 responsibi... |
| CEE102F | Food, Design and Sustainability | 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 entre... |
| CEE102W | Technical and Professional Communication | 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.... |
| CEE107A | Understand Energy | 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, stud... |
| CEE107D | 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. Int... |
| CEE107R | E^3: Extreme Energy Efficiency | 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 im... |
| CEE107S | Understand Energy - Essentials | 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 fun... |
| CEE108 | Explore Energy | 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... |
| CEE112A | 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,... |
| CEE112B | Industry Applications of Virtual Design & Construction | 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 Informat... |
| CEE114 | Frontier Technology: Understanding and Preparing for Technology in the Next Economy | The next wave of technological innovation and globalization will affect our countries, our societies, and ourselves. This interdisciplinary course provides an introduction to frontier technology, the intersection where radical forward thinking and re... |
| CEE118Y | Shaping the Future of the Bay Area | 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... |
| CEE118Z | Shaping the Future of the Bay Area | 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... |
| CEE120A | Building Modeling for Design & Construction | 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, organ... |
| CEE120B | Advanced Building Modeling Workshop | 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 pro... |
| CEE120C | Parametric Design and Optimization | 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 rapi... |
| CEE120S | Building Information Modeling Special Study | 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 co... |
| CEE121 | Global Korea: Understanding the Nexus of Innovation, Culture, and Media | 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'... |
| CEE122A | 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 g... |
| CEE122B | 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 122... |
| CEE124 | 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,... |
| CEE124S | Sustainable Urban Systems Seminar | 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;... |
| CEE124X | Shaping the Future of the Bay Area | 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. |
| CEE125 | Defining Smart Cities: Visions of Urbanism for the 21st Century | 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 e... |
| CEE126X | 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 justic... |
| CEE126Y | 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... |
| CEE126Z | 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. Thi... |
| CEE130 | Architectural Design: 3-D Modeling, Methodology, and Process | Preference to Architectural Design majors; others by consent of instructor. Projects investigate conceptual approaches to the design of key architectural elements, such as wall and roof. Functional and structural considerations. Focus is on construct... |
| CEE130B | Quest for an Inclusive Clean Energy Economy | 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 transportati... |
| CEE130R | Racial Equity in Energy | 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 institutio... |
| CEE131A | 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... |
| CEE131B | 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... |
| CEE131C | 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 a... |
| CEE131E | Team Urban Design Studio | 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 cre... |
| CEE131G | 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... |
| CEE132H | Responsive Structures | 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 progra... |
| CEE133H | 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... |
| CEE134B | Intermediate Arch Studio | This studio offers students experience in working with a real site and a real client program to develop a community facility. Students will develop site analysis, review a program for development and ultimately design their own solutions that meet cl... |
| CEE136 | Planning Calif: the Intersection of Climate, Land Use, Transportation & the Economy | 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... |
| CEE137B | Advanced Architecture Studio | 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... |
| CEE139 | Design Portfolio Methods | 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, yieldi... |
| CEE141A | Infrastructure Project Development | 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 proje... |
| CEE141B | Infrastructure Project Delivery | 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 m... |
| CEE141C | Global Infrastructure Projects Seminar | 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 deli... |
| CEE144 | 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 econ... |
| CEE145E | Equitable Infrastructure Solutions | 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... |
| CEE146S | Engineering Economics and Sustainability | 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 p... |
| CEE147 | Building Heaven and Hell | 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 fou... |
| CEE151 | Negotiation | Students learn to prepare for and conduct negotiations in a variety of arenas including getting a job, managing workplace conflict, negotiating transactions, and managing personal relationships. Interactive class. The internationally traveled instruc... |
| CEE154 | Data Analytics for Physical Systems | 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 c... |
| CEE155 | Introduction to Sensing Networks for CEE | 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 analys... |
| CEE156 | Building Systems Design & Analysis | 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. |
| CEE157 | Sustainable Finance and Investment Seminar | 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... |
| CEE161I | Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics: The Atmospheric Circulation | 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... |
| CEE162A | 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. |
| CEE162D | Introduction to Physical Oceanography | 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 ci... |
| CEE162E | Rivers, Streams, and Canals | 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 desig... |
| CEE162F | Coastal Processes | Formerly Coastal Engineering. Fluid dynamics and sediment transport processes that govern the physical behavior of the coastal ocean. Topics: waves, coastal sediment transport, tides, storm surge, sea-level rise, estuarine circulation, river plumes... |
| CEE162I | Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics: the Ocean Circulation | 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 curr... |
| CEE164H | Quantitative methods for marine ecology and conservation | 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... |
| CEE165C | Water Resources Management | 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... |
| CEE165H | Big Earth Hackathon Wildland Fire Challenge | Participate in Stanford's Big Earth Hackathon challenge on wildland fires by finding an innovative solution to wildland fire prediction, prevention, and/or evacuation. Students work in self-organized diverse teams of 2-4 students in weeks 1-8, with a... |
| CEE166A | Watershed Hydrologic Processes and Models | 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, sn... |
| CEE166B | Water Resources and Hazards | Sociotechnical systems associated with the human use of water as a resource and the hazards posed by too much or too little water. Physical, institutional, and regulatory infrastructure supporting potable and non-potable water use and conservation, i... |
| CEE170 | Aquatic and Organic Chemistry for Environmental Engineering | 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 s... |
| CEE171F | 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... |
| CEE171G | Environmental & Ecological Economics | 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... |
| CEE172 | 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 polluti... |
| CEE173 | 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 wat... |
| CEE173S | Electricity Economics | This course develops a foundation of economic principles for the electric utility on the topics of regulation, planning, and operation. A particular emphasis is given to emerging electricity sector topics such as renewable planning and integration, d... |
| CEE175A | California Coast: Science, Policy, and Law | 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 gene... |
| CEE175G | China's Environmental and Climate Governance | 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... |
| CEE175S | Environmental Entrepreneurship and Innovation | 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 environmenta... |
| CEE176A | 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 s... |
| CEE176B | 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything | 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, hydr... |
| CEE176C | 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... |
| CEE176G | Sustainability Design Thinking | 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 cons... |
| CEE177 | 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 lif... |
| CEE177E | 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 dise... |
| CEE177L | Smart Cities & Communities | 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... |
| CEE177Q | Data Analysis, Presentation, and Interpretation in Environmental Engineering | 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... |
| CEE178 | Introduction to Human Exposure Analysis | (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 comp... |
| CEE179A | Water Chemistry Laboratory | (Graduate students register for 273A.) Laboratory application of techniques for the analysis of natural and contaminated waters, emphasizing instrumental techniques |
| CEE179C | 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. |
| CEE179D | Providing Safe Water for the Developing and Developed World | 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 lea... |
| CEE179E | Wastewater Treatment: From Disposal to Resource Recovery | 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% des... |
| CEE179F | Frontiers of Anaerobic Treatment | 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 Me... |
| CEE17SC | River and Region: The Columbia River and the Shaping of the Pacific Northwest | 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... |
| CEE180 | 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... |
| CEE182 | 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 connectio... |
| CEE183 | 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 |
| CEE192 | Laboratory Characterization of Properties of Rocks and Geomaterials | 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... |
| CEE198 | Directed Reading or Special Studies in Civil Engineering | Written report or oral presentation required. Students must obtain a faculty sponsor. |
| CEE199 | Undergraduate Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering | Written report or oral presentation required. Students must obtain a faculty sponsor. |
| CEE199A | Special Projects in Architecture | Faculty-directed study or internship. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. |
| CEE199B | 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. |
| CEE199C | Independent Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering | 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... |
| CEE199H | 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. (Staff) |
| CEE199L | Independent Project in Civil and Environmental Engineering | Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor |
| CEE199S | 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. |
| CEE200 | 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. |
| CEE200A | 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. T... |
| CEE200B | 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. T... |
| CEE200C | 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. T... |
| CEE201D | Computations in Civil and Environmental Engineering | 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. |
| CEE201E | 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... |
| CEE201F | Software Development in Structural Engineering | TBA |
| CEE201S | Science & Engineering Problem-Solving with MatLab. | 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 i... |
| CEE202 | 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... |
| CEE202F | Food, Design and Sustainability | 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 entre... |
| CEE203 | 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... |
| CEE203A | Philosophies Behind Architecture: The Work of Antoni Gaudà as a Response to Modernity | The emergence of modern and contemporary Architecture in the West is intimately linked to the background culture that spread across the intellectual centers of Europe and the US between early nineteenth century and the Second World War. Catalan archi... |
| CEE204 | 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 imp... |
| CEE206 | 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 deve... |
| CEE207A | Understand Energy | 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, stud... |
| CEE207D | 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. Int... |
| CEE207R | E^3: Extreme Energy Efficiency | 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 im... |
| CEE207S | Understand Energy - Essentials | 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 fun... |
| CEE208 | Explore Energy | 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... |
| CEE208U | 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... |
| CEE209S | 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, curren... |
| CEE212B | Industry Applications of Virtual Design & Construction | 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 Informat... |
| CEE214 | Frontier Technology: Understanding and Preparing for Technology in the Next Economy | The next wave of technological innovation and globalization will affect our countries, our societies, and ourselves. This interdisciplinary course provides an introduction to frontier technology, the intersection where radical forward thinking and re... |
| CEE218Y | Shaping the Future of the Bay Area | 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... |
| CEE218Z | Shaping the Future of the Bay Area | 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... |
| CEE220A | Building Modeling for Design & Construction | 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, organ... |
| CEE220B | Advanced Building Modeling Workshop | 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 pro... |
| CEE220C | Parametric Design and Optimization | 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 rapi... |
| CEE220S | Building Information Modeling Special Study | 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 co... |
| CEE221 | Global Korea: Understanding the Nexus of Innovation, Culture, and Media | 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'... |
| CEE222A | 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 des... |
| CEE222B | 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... |
| CEE223 | 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 struc... |
| CEE224A | Design and Operation of Integrated Infrastructure Systems | In the next decade, countries will spend trillions of dollars on built infrastructure, the effect of which is to preserve our isolated infrastructure systems status quo. Regulatory bodies like Public Utility Commissions (PUC) have unintentionally ins... |
| CEE224B | 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 cra... |
| CEE224S | Sustainable Urban Systems Seminar | 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;... |
| CEE224X | Shaping the Future of the Bay Area | 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. |
| CEE225 | Defining Smart Cities: Visions of Urbanism for the 21st Century | 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 e... |
| CEE226 | 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,... |
| CEE226E | 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 buildin... |
| CEE227 | 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... |
| CEE228 | 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. |
| CEE229A | 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) s... |
| CEE229B | 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) s... |
| CEE234B | Intermediate Arch Studio | This studio offers students experience in working with a real site and a real client program to develop a community facility. Students will develop site analysis, review a program for development and ultimately design their own solutions that meet cl... |
| CEE236 | Planning Calif: the Intersection of Climate, Land Use, Transportation & the Economy | 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... |
| CEE237B | Advanced Architecture Studio | 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... |
| CEE239 | Design Portfolio Methods | 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, yieldi... |
| CEE240 | 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 c... |
| CEE241 | 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... |
| CEE241A | Infrastructure Project Development | 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 proje... |
| CEE241B | Infrastructure Project Delivery | 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 m... |
| CEE241C | Global Infrastructure Projects Seminar | 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 deli... |
| CEE241P | 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... |
| CEE242 | 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-wo... |
| CEE242R | 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 covere... |
| CEE243 | 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 a... |
| CEE244 | 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 struc... |
| CEE245E | Equitable Infrastructure Solutions | 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... |
| CEE246 | Venture Creation for the Real Economy | A project-based course where teams of 4 prepare for the fundraising and launch of an entrepreneurial venture in the 'real economy', i.e. startups targeted toward users in construction, manufacturing, health care, transportation, energy. Students acq... |
| CEE246A | Web3 Entrepreneurship: Future Models of Value Creation Connecting the Real and Digital Economy | In 2021, web3 and blockchain startup companies received over $30B of venture capital investment, typically raising money at abnormally high valuations. Today, web3 startup valuations remain elevated as compared to other innovative technologies. Which... |
| CEE246B | 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 a... |
| CEE246D | 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 wha... |
| CEE246P | 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 a... |
| CEE246S | 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 Projec... |
| CEE248 | 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. Gues... |
| CEE250 | 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 wi... |
| CEE251 | Negotiation | Students learn to prepare for and conduct negotiations in a variety of arenas including getting a job, managing workplace conflict, negotiating transactions, and managing personal relationships. Interactive class. The internationally traveled instruc... |
| CEE254 | Data Analytics for Physical Systems | 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 c... |
| CEE255 | Introduction to Sensing Networks for CEE | 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 analys... |
| CEE256 | Building Systems Design & Analysis | 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. |
| CEE257 | Sustainable Finance and Investment Seminar | 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... |
| CEE258 | 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... |
| CEE258C | 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 t... |
| CEE259A | 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 a... |
| CEE259B | 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 a... |
| CEE260A | Physical Hydrogeology | (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... |
| CEE260C | Contaminant Hydrogeology and Reactive Transport | 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 s... |
| CEE260D | Remote Sensing of Hydrology | 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 micro... |
| CEE261A | 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, si... |
| CEE261C | 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 atmospheri... |
| CEE261D | 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 optim... |
| CEE261I | Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics: The Atmospheric Circulation | 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... |
| CEE262A | 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 variat... |
| CEE262B | Transport and Mixing in Surface Water Flows | 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 l... |
| CEE262C | Coastal Ocean Modeling | 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/e... |
| CEE262D | Introduction to Physical Oceanography | 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 ci... |
| CEE262E | Rivers, Streams, and Canals | 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 desig... |
| CEE262F | Ocean Waves | 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... |
| CEE262H | Observational Methods in Coastal Oceanography | TBA |
| CEE262I | Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics: the Ocean Circulation | 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 curr... |
| CEE262J | Sediment Transport Physics and Modeling | Mechanics of sediment transport in rivers, estuaries and coastal oceans, with an emphasis on understanding the fundamental flow physics and subsequent transport of the underlying sediment. Topics include sediment dynamics in steady- and wave-driven b... |
| CEE263A | 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, includin... |
| CEE263B | 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... |
| CEE263C | Weather and Storms | 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 Niñ... |
| CEE263D | Air Pollution and Global Warming: History, Science, and Solutions | 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,... |
| CEE263G | Energy Policy in California and the West | 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... |
| CEE263H | Sustainable Energy Decisions | 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... |
| CEE263S | 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... |
| CEE264H | Quantitative methods for marine ecology and conservation | 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... |
| CEE265C | Water Resources Management | 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... |
| CEE265D | 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 an... |
| CEE265E | Adaptation to Sea Level Rise and Extreme Weather Events | Students are introduced to basic aspects of climate change in the context of sea level rise and the intensity and frequency of extreme-weather events, including floods, droughts and wildfires. Climate change adaptations are adjustments in behaviors,... |
| CEE265F | Environmental Governance and Climate Resilience | 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 a... |
| CEE265H | Big Earth Hackathon Wildland Fire Challenge | Participate in Stanford's Big Earth Hackathon challenge on wildland fires by finding an innovative solution to wildland fire prediction, prevention, and/or evacuation. Students work in self-organized diverse teams of 2-4 students in weeks 1-8, with a... |
| CEE265I | Poverty, Infrastructure and Climate | 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,... |
| CEE266A | Watershed Hydrologic Processes and Models | 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, sn... |
| CEE266B | Water Resources and Hazards | Sociotechnical systems associated with the human use of water as a resource and the hazards posed by too much or too little water. Physical, institutional, and regulatory infrastructure supporting potable and non-potable water use and conservation, i... |
| CEE266C | 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 relian... |
| CEE266E | California's Water Policy and Management: Toward A Sustainable Future | This seminar series focuses on the dramatic changes in recent decades in California water policy and management and how water researchers can help forge modern, collaborative solutions that will allow the state to adapt to an uncertain and challengin... |
| CEE266F | 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 developm... |
| CEE266G | Water Resources Systems Analysis | Water resources planners use computational systems engineering models to inform decisions about operations, infrastructure development, and policy. Systems models evaluate alternative decisions against performance metrics like water reliability, acce... |
| CEE267 | 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; geo... |
| CEE269A | Environmental Engineering Seminar | Presentations on current research in environmental engineering by Civil & Environmental Engineering faculty. |
| CEE269B | Environmental Engineering Seminar | Presentations on current research, practice and thinking in environmental engineering by visiting academics and practitioners. |
| CEE269C | Environmental Engineering Seminar | Presentations on current research, practice and thinking in environmental engineering by visiting academics and practitioners |
| CEE270 | 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 wa... |
| CEE270B | 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 t... |
| CEE270M | Aquatic and Organic Chemistry for Environmental Engineering | 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 s... |
| CEE270S | 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... |
| CEE271A | 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 treat... |
| CEE271B | 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,... |
| CEE271C | Electrochemical Water Treatment: Materials and Processes | 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 threaten... |
| CEE271D | 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... |
| CEE271G | Environmental & Ecological Economics | 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... |
| CEE271M | Transport Phenomena: Momentum, heat and mass transport | 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. |
| CEE272 | 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. I... |
| CEE272R | Modern Power Systems Engineering | Focus is on Power Engineering from a systems point of view. Topics covered may include modeling of generation, transmission and distribution systems, load flow analysis, transient and steady-state stability analysis. Special emphasis given to modern... |
| CEE272T | SmartGrids and Advanced Power Systems Seminar | 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 anal... |
| CEE273A | Water Chemistry Laboratory | (Graduate students register for 273A.) Laboratory application of techniques for the analysis of natural and contaminated waters, emphasizing instrumental techniques |
| CEE273B | 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... |
| CEE273M | 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 prese... |
| CEE273S | Electricity Economics | This course develops a foundation of economic principles for the electric utility on the topics of regulation, planning, and operation. A particular emphasis is given to emerging electricity sector topics such as renewable planning and integration, d... |
| CEE273T | 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 wat... |
| CEE274A | Environmental Microbiology I | 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, an... |
| CEE274B | Microbial Bioenergy Systems | 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... |
| CEE274D | 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 h... |
| CEE274P | 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,... |
| CEE274S | Hopkins Microbiology Course | (Formerly GES 274S.) 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... |
| CEE275A | California Coast: Science, Policy, and Law | 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 gene... |
| CEE275B | 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. Pre... |
| CEE275D | 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... |
| CEE275G | China's Environmental and Climate Governance | 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... |
| CEE275K | 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 operati... |
| CEE275P | 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 t... |
| CEE275S | Environmental Entrepreneurship and Innovation | 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 environmenta... |
| CEE276 | Introduction to Human Exposure Analysis | (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 comp... |
| CEE276B | 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything | 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, hydr... |
| CEE276G | Sustainability Design Thinking | 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 cons... |
| CEE277A | An Introduction to fuzzy set QCA | This course provides an introduction to the theory and practice of fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). It is designed for students with an interest in using fsQCA in their research. We will review the development of this analytical a... |
| CEE277F | 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. |
| CEE277L | Smart Cities & Communities | 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... |
| CEE277Q | Data Analysis, Presentation, and Interpretation in Environmental Engineering | 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... |
| CEE278A | 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 emissi... |
| CEE278C | 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, resu... |
| CEE279D | Providing Safe Water for the Developing and Developed World | 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 lea... |
| CEE279E | Wastewater Treatment: From Disposal to Resource Recovery | 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% des... |
| CEE279F | Frontiers of Anaerobic Treatment | 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 Me... |
| CEE280 | 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. Anal... |
| CEE281 | 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 equ... |
| CEE282 | 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... |
| CEE283 | 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. |
| CEE284 | 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:... |
| CEE285A | 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. |
| CEE285B | 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. P... |
| CEE285C | 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 reinfor... |
| CEE286 | 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 c... |
| CEE287 | 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 displaceme... |
| CEE288 | Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis | 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 vulnerabil... |
| CEE289 | 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 proba... |
| CEE290 | 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 de... |
| CEE291 | 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... |
| CEE292X | Battery Systems for Transportation and Grid Services | 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 selec... |
| CEE293 | 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... |
| CEE296 | 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 simulat... |
| CEE297M | 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... |
| CEE298 | Structural Engineering and Geomechanics Seminar | Recommended for all graduate students. Lectures on topics of current interest in professional practice and research. |
| CEE299 | 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. |
| CEE299C | Independent Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering | 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... |
| CEE299E | 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. |
| CEE299I | 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. Students wishing to enroll must email Prof Hildemann to request a permission code,... |
| CEE299L | Independent Project in Civil and Environmental Engineering | Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor |
| CEE300 | Thesis (Engineer Degree) | Research by Engineer candidates. |
| CEE301 | The Energy Seminar | Interdisciplinary exploration of current energy challenges and opportunities, with talks by faculty, visitors, and students. May be repeated for credit. |
| CEE305 | 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 theo... |
| CEE306 | 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... |
| CEE308 | Topics in Disaster Resilience Research | This seminar 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 rese... |
| CEE308D | CIVIC DESIGN | Planners, policymakers, courts, and designers are exhorted to 'involve the public' in decision-making, but how can this aspiration be made a reality? We will explore methods and case studies of how participatory design can be used for better communit... |
| CEE31 | 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... |
| CEE310 | 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 formu... |
| CEE314 | 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... |
| CEE315 | 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, p... |
| CEE316 | 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 lea... |
| CEE31A | 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 en... |
| CEE31B | Mad Skills: Graphics and Presentation | The course hones student ability to express architectural form and ideas through a variety of media, techniques, languages, and communication styles. Students will explore drawing and 3D techniques to show process and idea development as well as comm... |
| CEE31Q | 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, sha... |
| CEE322 | 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 inc... |
| CEE323A | 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 spea... |
| CEE323B | 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 spea... |
| CEE323C | Reinventing Disruptive Innovation for Civil Engineering | Reinventing Disruptive Innovation explores how we should approach early stage disruptive technologies for civil engineering. It takes into consideration fundamental market shifts in where technology is being developed and shift in funding. Today, $30... |
| CEE324 | 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 t... |
| CEE326 | 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 in... |
| CEE327 | 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 ro... |
| CEE329 | 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 g... |
| CEE329S | 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 g... |
| CEE32A | 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 emot... |
| CEE32B | 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 incorporate... |
| CEE32D | 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 c... |
| CEE32F | 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 exami... |
| CEE32G | Architecture Since 1900 | 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. |
| CEE32H | Responsive Structures | 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 progra... |
| CEE32Q | 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 in... |
| CEE32S | 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 technol... |
| CEE32T | 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... |
| CEE32U | 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... |
| CEE32V | 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 th... |
| CEE32W | Making Meaning: A Purposeful Life in Design | As designers, how do we lead a life with meaning? What is a fulfilling life in design and how do we develop personal and professional practices that support this aim? This experiential course will explore how to nourish a purposeful life amidst a c... |
| CEE32XSI | Sustainable Design and Practice in Native American Architecture | 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 influ... |
| CEE330 | Racial Equity in Energy | 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 institutio... |
| CEE330B | Quest for an Inclusive Clean Energy Economy | 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 transportati... |
| CEE33B | 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, structu... |
| CEE33C | Housing Visions | 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 learn... |
| CEE33D | 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 o... |
| CEE33E | A Global History of Architecture and Engineering | 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... |
| CEE33F | 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 r... |
| CEE341 | 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 constructiv... |
| CEE345 | 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 netw... |
| CEE34N | 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... |
| CEE350 | 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 o... |
| CEE362A | Uncertainty Quantification | 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 accoun... |
| CEE362G | Imaging with Incomplete Information | 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... |
| CEE363A | 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 i... |
| CEE363B | 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... |
| CEE363D | 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. Enroll... |
| CEE363E | Environmental Fluid Mechanics | Not offered Winter 2021-22. Please consider enrolling in CEE 363J: Topics in Coastal Physical Oceanography during Spring 2021-22. |
| CEE363F | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics | 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, ine... |
| CEE363G | 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. Da... |
| CEE363H | 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... |
| CEE363J | 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 jo... |
| CEE365A | Advanced Topics in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology | Students must obtain a faculty sponsor. |
| CEE365B | Advanced Topics in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology | Students must obtain a faculty sponsor. |
| CEE365C | Advanced Topics in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology | Students must obtain a faculty sponsor. |
| CEE365D | Advanced Topics in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology | Students must obtain a faculty sponsor. |
| CEE366A | 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... |
| CEE370A | 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 pre... |
| CEE370B | 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 pre... |
| CEE370C | 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 pre... |
| CEE370D | 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 pre... |
| CEE370M | 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. |
| CEE371C | 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 wi... |
| CEE371L | 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. |
| CEE371M | Transport Phenomena: Momentum, heat and mass transport | 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. |
| CEE372 | Sustainable Energy Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar | Graduate students will present their ongoing research to an audience of faculty and graduate students with a diversity of disciplinary perspectives regarding sustainable energy. |
| CEE374A | 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. |
| CEE374B | 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. |
| CEE374D | 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. |
| CEE374M | 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 natur... |
| CEE374S | Advanced Topics in Microbial Pollution | May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. |
| CEE374W | 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. |
| CEE374X | 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. |
| CEE374Z | 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... |
| CEE377 | 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. |
| CEE379 | 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 mechanic... |
| CEE380 | 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 an... |
| CEE381 | Advanced Engineering Informatics | No Description Set |
| CEE385 | 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 loss... |
| CEE398 | 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 re... |
| CEE399 | 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. |
| CEE40 | Approaching Palau: Preparation and Research Ideation and Development | 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. |
| CEE400 | Thesis (Ph.D. Degree) | For students who have successfully completed the department general qualifying examination. Research and dissertation for the Ph.D. degree. |
| CEE63 | Weather and Storms | 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 Niñ... |
| CEE64 | Air Pollution and Global Warming: History, Science, and Solutions | 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,... |
| CEE65SI | Transportation and the Future City | 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, technol... |
| CEE70 | Environmental Science and Technology | 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... |
| CEE73 | 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 r... |
| CEE74N | 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 populatio... |
| CEE801 | TGR Project (Engineer Degree) | No Description Set |
| CEE802 | TGR Dissertation (PhD degree) | No Description Set |
| CEE80N | 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, incre... |
| CEE83 | 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 r... |