GRADUATE CERTIFICATE

A certificate requires the successful completion of four courses within a particular area; Hydrologic Modeling, Stormwater Management, Hydraulics, Surface Water Hydrology and Environmental Hydrology.

For a certificate in Hydraulics the following four courses must be completed:
•    CE 525 Engineering Hydrology


Close Engineering Hydrology Principles of hydrology and their application to engineering projects, including the hydrologic cycle, measurement and interpretation of hydrologic variables, stochastic hydrology, flood routing and computer simulations in hydrology.

•    CE 685 Advanced Hydraulics


Close Advanced Hydraulics Fundamentals of open channel flows; types of open channels and their properties; velocity distribution in open channels. Specific energy, momentum and specific force principles; critical flows; principles of uniform flow and its computation.  Gradually varied flow; channel transitions and controls. Rapidly varied flow; hydraulic jump and energy dissipaters.  Unsteady flows; waves and wave propagation; flood routing.  Applications of numerical methods in hydraulic engineering.

•    CE 526 Watershed Modeling


Close Watershed Modeling This course is intended to provide graduate students with the tools necessary to simulate the water quality of a complex watershed.  The course will focus on the development of models for examining the water quality and water quantity issues that are associated with watershed management.  Students will learn various modeling technologies from simplistic mass balance models to more complex dynamic models.  The models required for fully understanding the effects of both point and nonpoint sources of pollution on a natural waterway will be examined.  The students will also develop an understanding of how to design a monitoring program to collect the data that are appropriate for simulating a natural system.  Current state and federal guidelines and regulations will be discussed including the development of a wasteload allocation for a point source, a load allocation for a nonpoint source and a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for an impaired waterway. This course will not only provide the student with the tools necessary to simulate a watershed but also provide a keen insight into the watershed management process.  The final project will require the students to work in teams to analyze a specific watershed.

•    CE 741 Hydraulic Structures


Close Hydraulic Structures This course will focus on the design of hydraulic structures including small dams, spillways, weirs and culverts. These are complex structures, the design of which must account for the water forces, which act upon them as well as their impacts upstream and downstream. Structural topics will be covered along with backwater curves and downstream effects. Models such as the US Army HEC II and HEC RAS will be used to model the associated hydraulic impacts of these structures. Structural models will also be used were appropriate to assist in the design of the structures. Environmental and economic implications of hydraulic structures will also be addressed.

For a certificate in Surface Water Hydrology the following four courses must be completed:
•    CE 535 Stormwater Management


Close Stormwater Management This course will be of significant importance in urbanplanning and construction management.  The management of stormwater must be addressed for any modern development/construction project.  This course will focus on the development of the runoff hydrograph, the design of storm drains and detention ponds, watershed characteristics for the existing and developed areas and regulations by both state and federal agencies.

•    CE 526 Watershed Modeling


Close Watershed Modeling This course is intended to provide graduate students with the tools necessary to simulate the water quality of a complex watershed.  The course will focus on the development of models for examining the water quality and water quantity issues that are associated with watershed management.  Students will learn various modeling technologies from simplistic mass balance models to more complex dynamic models.  The models required for fully understanding the effects of both point and nonpoint sources of pollution on a natural waterway will be examined.  The students will also develop an understanding of how to design a monitoring program to collect the data that are appropriate for simulating a natural system.  Current state and federal guidelines and regulations will be discussed including the development of a wasteload allocation for a point source, a load allocation for a nonpoint source and a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for an impaired waterway. This course will not only provide the student with the tools necessary to simulate a watershed but also provide a keen insight into the watershed management process.  The final project will require the students to work in teams to analyze a specific watershed.

•    CE 527 Wetland Hydrology


Close Wetland Hydrology Over the past two decades, there has been a rise in wetland mitigation projects across the country.  The success of a wetland depends mainly on it hydrology.  Central to the course will be the principle of water budgeting. This course will outline the hydrologic principles involved in freshwater and coastal wetland engineering.  Dynamic and steady state mathematical modeling will be presented as techniques to estimate wetland hydrology.

•    CE 651 Drainage Design and Modeling


Close Drainage Design and Modeling Drainage design includes watershed analysis combined with hydrologic and hydraulic computations.  The basic laws of drainage design will be discussed including the environmental and economic implications. Regulations pertinent to the area will also be addressed.  Concepts of open channel, pressure and gravity flow will be discussed.  Mathematical and computer models will be used to educate the engineer in the techniques available in industry.  These models combined with the mathematical principals presented will aid the engineer in developing the best possible design for a particular region.

For a certificate in Environmental Hydrology the following four courses must be completed:
•    CE 684 Mixing Processes in Inland and Coastal Waters


Close Mixing Processes in Inland and Coastal Waters Development of advective-diffusion equations for conservative and non-conservative substances.  Fickian diffusion, turbulent diffusion, shear flow dispersion.  Description and specification of mixing processes in rivers, reservoirs and estuaries.  Methods and analyses of conservative dye tracer studies.  Monte Carlo simulations of diffusion processes, and numerical models for simulation of advection diffusion processes in rivers and estuaries.

•    EN 680 Modeling of Environmental Systems


Close Modeling of Environmental Systems Incorporation of fundamental reaction and transport phenomena into mass balances to describe the fate and transport of contaminants in lakes, rivers, estuaries, groundwater, the atmosphere, and in pollution-control processes. Several computer projects involving numerical solutions of models are required.

•    EN 686 Groundwater Hydrology and Pollution


Close Groundwater Hydrology and Pollution Fundamental concepts in groundwater hydrology and pollution, occurrence, and movement of groundwater; flow nets; well hydraulics; and numerical methods in groundwater hydraulics. Chemical properties of groundwater, sources, and effects of contamination; principles of mathematical modeling of containment transport in groundwater; and numerical methods in groundwater pollution.

•    CE 527 Wetland Hydrology


Close Wetland Hydrology Over the past two decades, there has been a rise in wetland mitigation projects across the country.  The success of a wetland depends mainly on it hydrology.  Central to the course will be the principle of water budgeting. This course will outline the hydrologic principles involved in freshwater and coastal wetland engineering.  Dynamic and steady state mathematical modeling will be presented as techniques to estimate wetland hydrology.