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CWR-3540: WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING Prerequisites: CWR 3201, CWR 3201L and STA 3033 (or equivalent – see instructor)Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringFlorida International UniversityInstructor: Professor Fuentes, Ph.D., P.E., B.C.E.E.Home Page: myweb.fiu.edu/fuentes/Office Hours: TBDCourse Description & ObjectiveHydrologic and hydraulic engineering principles and methods are essential in the practice of the professions of civil engineering and environmental engineering. They are needed to estimate the quantity of water present in or conveyed by natural and engineered water systems (rivers, channels, etc.). Their application supports the design, analysis and management of water resources by communities within goals of sustainability. The main learning objective of this course is to provide basic knowledge to the future civil engineer or environmental engineer to support their solution of problems in water resources engineering. The course will consequently address the nature of water resources issues, hydrologic cycle, processes and measurements, surface hydrology, probability analysis, risk and design, and groundwater occurrence, flow and well hydraulics. Examples of relevant questions are: What is the average precipitation on an urban watershed after a rainfall event? What is the design runoff for a storm collector that drains a parking lot? What are hydrographs used for? What does the hydraulic conductivity of the ground relate to groundwater velocity? What do we need to know to design a well to extract groundwater for water supply? What are the principles and methods that are needed to answer all the previous questions? Example of Textbook & Materials (last) Mays, L. W., Ground and Surface Water Hydrology, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISBN: 978-0-470-16987-2, Hoboken, NJ, 2012. Selected Handouts and Examples (students must make or download their own copies). |
CWR 5535C: ADVANCED MODELING APPLICATIONS IN WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING
Prerequisites: Permission by Instructor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Florida International University
Instructor: Professor Fuentes, Ph.D., P.E., B.C.E.E
Home Page: myweb.fiu.edu/fuentes/.
Office Hours: TBD
Course Description & Objective
Models are crucial tools that are used by civil engineers and environmental engineers in support of design, analysis, operation and maintenance of systems (i.e., urban or engineered systems, such as water supply distribution networks, wastewater and storm water, and drainage basins). The main objective of this course is to provide civil engineering and environmental engineering graduate students with a concerted opportunity to apply computer models in engineering research, development and practice, in a context of assessment of scenarios (i.e., alternatives) and critical analysis. The students, working individually or in teams, upon instructor’s approval, will demonstrate their full understanding of the theory, operation and effective use of a model(s) in an application case to a system of their choice. Effective use means the selection of the system, including its characterization, the identification of required input data, the creative, resourceful and optimal design or simulation of that system, with assessment of operational scenarios, and cost estimation.
Textbook & Materials (last)
Various computational models. Students may also use, in consultation with the instructor materials and software, in support of their modeling application case(s).
Related web sites and journal articles.
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