MG 610 - The Application of Statistics

• Understand what kinds of statistical tools are available, and where and how they can be applied in a business and industrial environment
• Know what statistical tools require further independent study to satisfy the requirements of other courses as well as personal and career needs

• Experience in using or course(s) in basic statistical methods is strongly recommended
• Experience using Excel and software for statistical analysis would be helpful

• Introduction and graphical descriptive statistics management, work environment, culture and its impact on the application of statistics Statistical thinking - problems must be addressed in the context of a larger system and not as an exercise in mathematics
• Basic concepts descriptive statistics - graphical methods (1 class)
• Descriptive statistics - numerical methods central value, spread, and correlation (1 class)
• Interval estimates and sampling confidence intervals, approaches to sampling, and probability (1 class)
• Hypothesis testing, and making comparisons and inferences comparing a condition to a standard, comparing two conditions, risks and sample sizes (1 class)
• Statistical quality control variables control charts, attributes control charts, capability studies and indexes (1 class)
• Systematic collection and analysis of information for making decisions making multiple comparisons using the analysis of variance - ANOVA, Design of experiments - DOE (2 classes)
• The analysis of enumerated or counted data evaluating goodness of fit, and checking for independence (1 class)
• Studying and defining relationships between variables regression analysis and correlation analysis (1 class)
• Nonparametric methods and review sign tests, ranking tests, rank correlation, and review (1 class)
• Final Exam

MG 660 - Applied Organizational Behavior

• Know and understand organizational behavior and its impact on organizational performance, especially in today’s business environment 
• Identify and assimilate the theory/practice covered in this course with real world work situations 
• Describe the impact of perception, individual approaches to learning, ability and personality and their affect on performance 
• Examine how motivation and job satisfaction are affected by leadership/management practices, policies and job characteristics. Recognize the importance of roles, norms, status and cohesiveness within organizations 
• Recognize the importance of roles, norms, status and cohesiveness within organizations 
• Explain how individual performance in groups is affected by the presence of others, the cultural diversity of group membership, and the number of others with whom one works 
• Describe the formal forces and informal networks that influence communication in organizations 
• Distinguish between social influence, power and organizational politics, and their application in organizations 
• Explain how rising expectations about quality and ethical behavior have influenced the field of organizational behavior
• Describe how technology has led to the development of new organizational forms

• None

• Organizational commitment 
• Managing diversity and prejudice 
• Motivation in organizations 
• Motivating by meting needs; motivating by being fair; motivating by altering expectations; motivating by structuring jobs 
• Career dynamics 
• Organizational socialization and mentoring 
• Group dynamics; structural dynamics and individual performance 
• Teams and effective team performance 
• Communications in organizations 
• Types of communication - verbal and nonverbal, formal and informal and improvement techniques 
• Decision-making; factors affecting decision in organization Individual versus group decision-making Techniques for improving 
• Interpersonal behavior; dynamics of pro-social behavior, cooperation and conflict Managing organizational behavior 
• Influence, power and politics social influence, individual and group power 
• Organizational politics, power in action 
• Leadership approaches to identifying leadership effectiveness 
• Organizational culture; identifying organizational culture, its consequences and capacity to change
• Creativity and the process of innovation 
• Organizational structure and design; structures and dimensions of organizations; organizational design 

MG 670 - Marketing Management

• Gain an understanding of the concepts of business marketing and the marketing management process. The perspective is from the role of marketing in a total customer satisfaction driven organization

• Understanding the business management and serving customer needs 

• Defining marketing in the 21st century 
• Adapting marketing to the new economy 
• Building customer satisfaction, value and retention 
• Winning markets through market-oriented strategic planning 
• Gathering information and measuring market demand 
• Scanning the market environment 
• Analyzing consumer markets and buying behavior 
• Analyzing business markets and business buying behavior 
• Dealing with the competition 
• Identifying market segments and selecting market targets 
• Positioning the market offering through the product life cycle 
• Developing new market offerings 
• Designing and managing global marketing strategies 
• Setting the product and branding strategy 
• Designing and managing services 
• Designing and managing strategies and programs 
• Designing and managing value networks and marketing channels 
• Managing retailing, wholesaling and market logistics 
• Designing and managing integrated marketing communications 
• Managing advertising, sales promotion, P.R. and direct marketing 
• Managing the sales force 
• Managing the total marketing effort

MG 800 - Strategic Management

• Develop an analytic and systematic approach to strategic management using value chain analysis, SWOT analysis,”Five Forces” analysis and leading edge strategic thinking models. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the entire organization’s value adding activities and how they contribute to the firm’s success 
• Class discussions and preparation will allow students to demonstrate an understanding of the foundation courses and the theory that is contained in those courses and to apply the learning of elective courses and their work experience 
• This course will provide students numerous opportunities to demonstrate analytic, investigative and organization skills regarding case studies and the text’s material. Creative solutions with insights and innovative approaches are required for each topic in class and online discussions, written reports, and a research paper
• The research paper is intended to be a cumulative representation of the material and discussions for the entire course with a specific, focused topic. Each student (or team) will make a formal presentation on the subject of their final paper to the rest of the class during the regularly scheduled class meeting. The complete written narrative will be submitted in an electronic format using the MSOE Style Guide. The executive summary will be shared with classmates prior to the formal presentation

• Understanding of the principles of: 
  • Marketing and marketing management 
  • Finance and financial management 
  • Operations and operations management 
  • Sales and sales management 
  • Human resource management 
  • Total quality management 
  • Product development and technology management 
  • Research and development planning 
  • Business law 
  • Ethics 

• Introduction to Strategic Management 
• Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness 
• Review of Case Study Analysis and Research and Writing Guidelines 
• The External Environment: O, T, I, C 
• The Internal Environment: R, C, and Core Competencies 
• Business-Level Strategy 
• Competitive Rivalry and Competitive Dynamics 
• Corporate-Level Strategy 
• Acquisition and Restructuring Strategies 
• Cooperative Strategy 
• Corporate Governance 
• Organizational Structure and Controls 
• Strategic Leadership 
• Strategic Entrepreneurship 

MG 7005 - Sustainable Built Environment

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MG 7020 - Project Acquisitions and Business Development

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended 

MG 7040 - Construction Operations and Management Strategies

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MG 7045 - Lean Construction and Resource Management

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

MG 7050 - Construction Data and Information Management

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

AE 100 - Introduction to Architectural Engineering and Construction Management

• Describe the program options within the CAECM Department with an emphasis on architectural engineering with one of the three specialties (structural, mechanical, and electrical systems) and construction management
• Give examples of architectural engineering and construction management career opportunities
• Understand the professional responsibilities and ethical conduct expectations for registered professional engineers and certified construction managers
• Understand the building design process and the roles that both architectural engineers and construction managers play in the development and execution of building projects
• Have experience working as an effective team member
• Develop academic, personal, and interpersonal skills which will help the student succeed in college and create a sense of campus involvement
• Enhance skills in oral presentation, written expression, graphic communication and class participation with practice and feedback
• Raise awareness of the student conduct and ethics code

• None

• AE/CM Component (see first 10 bullet points)
• Course Introduction (2 hours)
• AE/CM Overview (1 hour)
• Introduction to Design Project (1 hour)
• Architectural Design Process (2 hours)
• Structural Engineering Design Specialty (4 hours)
• Mechanical Systems Design Specialty (5 hours)
• Electrical Systems Design Specialty (2 hours)
• Construction Management (2 hours)
• Course Review (1 hour)
• Design Project Presentations (4 hours)
• Assessment Administration (3 hours)
• Orientation Component (next 6 bullet points)
• Course Introduction (1 hour)
• Active Learning (4 hours)
• Student Resources (4 hours)
• Professionalism and Communication (3 hours)
• MSOE Policies and Ethics (1 hour)
• Presentation Skills (2 hours)

• Integrated AE/CM discussions as they relate directly to final design project

AE 200 - Statics

• Prepare free body diagrams and apply the equations of static equilibrium to particles and rigid bodies
• Analyze statically determinate trusses
• Calculate reactions and internal forces in statically determinate beams, demonstrate the variation of shear and moment with diagrams
• Calculate reactions and hinge forces for statically determinate frames
• Determine the location of an area’s centroid
• Solve problems involving friction

• Meaning of scalar and vector values
• Basic concepts of trigonometry and calculus

• Introduction to statics, scalar and vector values (1 class)
• Force systems, magnitude, direction, and component (3 class)
• Equilibrium of particles in 2-D and 3-D, free body diagrams (3 classes)
• Moment, couple (4 classes)
• Equilibrium of rigid bodies (7 classes)
• Areas, volumes, centroids, and distributed loads (3 classes)
• Trusses: zero force members, method of joints, method of sections (4 classes)
• Frames and machines (4 classes)
• Beams, reactions, shear and moment equations, and shear and moment diagrams (5 classes)
• Friction (3 classes)
• Tests (3 classes)

AE 201 - Strength of Materials

• Calculate stress and strain in components subject to axial, torsional, and flexural loadings including combined loadings
• Calculate stress and strain in composite beams
• Develop equations for the elastic curve of a beam
• Calculate stress and strain in thin-walled pressure vessels
• Identify principal stress magnitudes and directions, and demonstrate stress transformation with Mohr’s Circle
• Calculate elastic buckling loads for columns

• Integral and differential calculus
• Static analysis of beams, trusses, and frames

• Concepts of stress and strain
• Axial deformation including thermal deformation
• Multiaxial loading; shear strain; Hooke’s Law
• Torsion
• Flexural stress; composite sections
• Flexural deformation; elastic curve by integration
• Combined axial and flexural loads; biaxial bending
• Shear stress and shear flow in beams
• Combined shear and torsion
• Pressure vessels
• Stress transformations; Mohr’s circle; principal stresses
• Column stability

AE 213 - Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

• Calculate the pressure at any depth below the surface of a fluid (or fluids)
• Calculate the magnitude and the point of application of hydrostatic forces acting on submerged plane surfaces
• Apply the equations of static equilibrium to objects floating in a fluid (i.e. buoyancy problems)
• Analyze inviscid flow systems using Bernoulli’s equation
• Calculate frictional energy losses in pipe using the Darcy-Weisbach and Hazen-Williams equations
• Analyze piping systems including pumps/turbines, pipe friction and minor losses using the General Energy equation
• Determine the flow rate, head, and power requirements of centrifugal pumps at different operating point using (1) the affinity laws, and (2) manufacturer’s pump curves
• Analyze open channel flow problems using Manning’s equations
• Calculate the magnitude of forces acting on plane surfaces arising from fluid motion using Newton’s Law of Viscosity

• Thermodynamics (one quarter or one semester)
• College physics (one quarter or one semester)
• Calculus I

• Basic fluid properties/pressure (8 classes)
• Continuity equation (2 classes)
• Steady flow energy equation for incompressible fluids (4 classes)
• Bernoulli equation (2 classes)
• Reynolds number and computing frictional and minor losses (8 classes)
• Manning’s equation/open channel flows (2 classes)
• Flowmeters (1 class)
• Pumps (4 classes)
• Design case studies/design problems (7 classes)
• Midterm quizzes, tests, etc. (2 classes)

• Three hours of lab demonstrations per quarter

AE 225 - Specification and Contracts

• Describe the nature and responsibilities undertaken by parties to a contract
• Describe typical construction project delivery methods
• Understand the construction project process, such as how designers and constructors interact during the phases of construction
• Provide typical conditions of contracts as produced by AIA and AGC
• Organize, prepare, interpret, and write construction documents, especially specifications
• Understand the ethical behavior and administrative procedures required for efficient and effective construction contracting
• Understand the construction payment process, bidding and procurement practices, liens and contractors’ rights
• Understand the different types of construction contracts and their most appropriate use

• Building Construction Materials and Methods

• Project Delivery Methods (2 hours)
• Contract and Specification Basics (1/2 hour)
• Types of contracts (1/2 hour)
• Organization of Specifications and Drawings (3 hours)
• The Project Manual (1 hour)
• Ethics in Construction Contracting (1 hour)
• Types of Specifications (1/2 hour)
• Specification Writing (1/2 hour)
• Bidding Requirements (1 hour)
• General Conditions (4 hour)
• Supplementary Conditions (1 hour)
• Bonds, Guaranties and Warranties (1 hour)
• General Requirements (1 hour)
• Modifications and Dispute Resolution (1 hour)
• Specification Language and Resources (1 hour)
• Product Selection (1 hour)
• Issues of Real Property and Liability (1 hour)
• Green Specs and LEED Specs (1 hour)
• Building Information Modeling (1 hour)
• Understanding Construction Documents (2 hours)
• Course Review (2 hours)
• Assessment (5 hours)

AE 303 - Soil Mechanics and Foundations

• Understand site analysis parameters, identify and classify soil types
• Calculate soil properties, such as void ratio, water content and density
• Understand the tests required for soil analysis and classification
• Calculate bearing capacity and settlement
• Design isolated spread footings, combined footings, and wall footings
• Design anchor bolts and base plates
• Determine lateral earth pressures on walls
• Design cantilever retaining walls
• Understand design processes for deep foundations
• Understand requirements of building and design codes

• Understand stress, strain, and combined bending and axial load
• Knowledge of reinforced concrete design (i.e., flexure and shear)

• Introduction to soil types, physical properties of soils (3 classes)
• Capillarity, water table, stresses in soils (2 classes)
• Settlement and consolidation (2 classes)
• Bearing capacity of shallow foundations (3 classes)
• Statics of foundations; concentrically and eccentrically loaded foundations. Square and rectangular, combined footings (9 classes)
• Footing design: The interaction of service and ultimate loads for soil, concrete and steel interfaces and the principles of concrete design and analysis (5 classes)
• Anchor bolts, base plates analysis and design of the system (3 classes)
• Lateral earth pressures and retaining wall design (sizing) (3 classes)
• Retaining wall design (reinforced concrete design) (4 classes)
• Introduction to deep foundations (4 classes)
• Exams (2 classes)

AE 304 - Advanced Steel Design

• Develop a systems design approach
• Create entire building and framing situations which have open-ended design solutions
• Apply AISC specifications
• Develop design and solutions based on AISC design criteria, plus fabrication, erection and economic factors

• Behavior of structural members
• Structural analysis concepts
• Two and three dimensional structural frame computer software

• Introduction to LRFD and other specifications (2 classes)
• Tension members (4 classes)
• Compression members (3 classes)
• Beams, biaxal bending, continuous beams (3 classes)
• Beam columns (3 classes)
• Torsion (2 classes)
• Connections (7 classes)
• Composite design (3 classes)
• Exam (2 classes)

• Introduction to project, load assumptions, load path definitions, building codes (1 session)
• Deck design and selection (1 session)
• Joist selection and connection design (1 session)
• Truss design (1 session)
• Truss connections (1 session)
• Building column design (1 session)
• Overhead crane runway and runway column design (1 session)
• Connections of column to footings (1 session)
• Bracing design (1 session)

AE 401 - Advanced Concrete Design

• Understand the ACI requirements for the design of continuous reinforced concrete beams and slabs by the strength design method
• Understand the requirements for the design of reinforced concrete columns by the strength design method
• Have a knowledge of methods and design procedures for beams subjected to torsional loading, long columns, biaxially loaded columns, and the concepts of pre-stressed concrete and composite design

• Understand the ultimate strength design method
• Understand reinforced concrete analysis and design of beams and one way slabs for shear and bending
• Understand short column analysis for combined bending and axial load
• Understand statically indeterminate analysis
• Be able to use structural analysis software

• Review of the basics of reinforced concrete (1 classes)
• One way slab and Tee beam design (2 classes/1 lab)
• ACI moment coefficients. Torsion, shear and moment interaction in beams (6 classes/2 labs)
• Short Column design review, length effects on columns, magnifying column moments, biaxial bending (6 classes/2 labs)
• Composite Design (by AISC LRFD criteria) (6 classes/2 labs)
• Introduction to prestressed concrete design (7 classes/2 labs)
• Allow one lab for catch-up and/or job site tour and/or guest speaker
• Exams (2 classes)

• Problem sessions in the topical material. Labs (two-hour problem sessions) (10 sessions)

AE 407 - Wood and Masonry Design

• Describe the unique properties of wood and masonry materials and the effect the properties have on structural behavior
• Complete the design of lumber joists and glu-lam beams
• Complete the design of wood stud bearing walls
• Complete the design of simple connections in wood
• Complete the design of unreinforced and reinforced concrete masonry bearing walls
• Complete the design of masonry lintels
• Complete the design of simple unreinforced and reinforced masonry shear walls

• None

• Masonry materials, construction details, and design approaches (2 classes)
• Bearing walls (7 classes)
• Masonry lintels (1 class)
• Shear walls (4 classes)
• Exam (1 class)
• Stud bearing wall (3 classes)
• Exam (1 class)
• Wood mechanical properties and design values (3 classes)
• Sawn lumber beam design (3 classes)
• Sawn lumber column and stud wall design (4 classes)
• Glued laminated timber beam design (2 classes)
• Wood connections (3 classes)

• Students will work in small groups to design key structural elements of a low rise wood and masonry building. This will be done as homework assignments making up about half the final course grade

AE 411 - Building Systems Control

• Have a basic knowledge of HVAC system control theory
• Write a basic control specification for a variety of HVAC system types
• Discuss the operating characteristics and proper application of control systems components
• Design a basic control system using the proper interface devices between pneumatic, electric and electronic components
• Read, interpret and evaluate existing control diagrams

• Basic HVAC engineering design process
• Psychrometrics (thermodynamic properties of air)
• Bernoulli and Darly-Weisbach properties of air
• Physics of electricity. Ohms law; series and parallel connection, inductance, capacitance
• Basic electronic circuit theory, such as silicon controlled rectifiers and wheatstone bridge theory
• Basic understanding of HVAC system types, such as variable air volume and multizone systems, including operational and design characteristics

• Basic control and theory and terminology (3 classes)
• Elements of control systems (5 classes)
• Control of electric power (3 classes)
• Sub-system controls (3 classes)
• Equipment control (3 classes)
• Complete control systems (5 classes)
• Management and control systems (3 classes)
• Central plant control systems (3 classes)
• 2 indeterminate 1 hr. exams and 1 final exam (3 classes)

AE 412 - Energy Management Techniques

• Be familiar with energy management techniques efficient energy system design
• Be familiar with calculation procedures and analysis techniques for heating, ventilating and air conditioning
• Utilize practical methods for the design of energy recovery systems, efficient equipment selection and effective cost to savings analysis
• Understand practical methods of predicting energy consumption and mechanical system performance with the aid of computer programs

• HVAC system control theory
• Trane CDS engineering software
• Basic computer programming
• Ability to use computer spreadsheet programs
• HVAC engineering design techniques

• Energy management fundamentals (6 classes)
• Economic evaluation (1.5 classes)
• Energy estimating methods (3 classes)
• Part load performance for cooling equipment (1.5 classes)
• Energy efficient design (7 classes)
• Energy management sample problems and calculations (8 classes)
• Tests (3 classes)

AE 463 - Electrical Power Quality for Buildings

• Understand and be able to recognize power quality disturbances and typical problems associated with power quality disturbances
• Understand and be able to recognize harmonic distortion on electrical power systems
• Be capable of performing harmonic distortion analysis
• Design basic filters to reduce harmonic distortion
• Be familiar with:
• Uninterruptible power supplies
• Transient voltage suppressors
• Power line conditioners
• EMI attenuation techniques
• Harmonic mitigation techniques
• Grounding systems
• Power quality instrumentation
• Understand techniques involved in performing a site survey for power quality
• Understand basic electrical and electronic concepts, power quality instrumentation and associated analysis
• Understand the typical equipment that either causes or is susceptible to electrical power quality disturbances

• Advanced mathematics-including linear equations and complex numbers
• Building Electrical Power Distribution
• Building Illumination and Communications Design
• Basic power calculations from AE 3611  , AE 3631  , AE 3641  

• Introduction (3 classes)
• Linear/Nonlinear loads (1 class)
• Reactance/Power Factor (2 classes)
• Harmonics/Mitigation (5 classes)
• Sags/Swells/Interruptions (2 classes)
• Equipment Grounding/Safety (2 classes)
• Power Quality Standards (1 class)
• Transients and Transient Protection (1 class)
• Power Quality and Motors (2 classes)
• System Voltage Support (1 class)
• Power Conditioning and Reliability (2 classes)
• Site Analysis and Monitoring/Troubleshooting (3 classes)
• Project Presentations (2 classes)
• Hands on Laboratory (10 classes)
• Exams & Review (4 classes)

• Harmonic Analyzer
• Comparison-Linear & Nonlinear Loads
• Harmonic Analysis-1
• Harmonic Analysis-2
• Single Line Diagrams
• Motors & Drives
• We Energies

AE 466 - Project Management for Electrical Engineers

• Understand the meaning of contract documents such as Electrical Specifications and Drawings
• Understand the value of implementing a safety program in an electrical construction project environment
• Understand the following portions of the electrical construction process:
• Pre-Construction
• Planning for Construction
• Construction Scheduling
• Construction Operations
• Value Engineering
• Understand the following portions of the post electrical construction process:
• Payment
• Changes/Extra Work
• Claims & Disputes
• Project Closeout
• The student shall demonstrate course fundamentals by the completion of an Electrical Scheduling Project

• Experience in CM (CM 3011 , AE 225 )
• AE/Autocad proficiency (AE 1311 , AE 3641 )

• General Wiring (2 classes)
• Raceway & Box Sizing (2 classes)
• Outlets, Lighting and Heating (2 classes)
• Grounding and Bonding (3 classes)
• Over Current Protection (3 classes)
• Motor Circuit Wiring (3 classes)
• Transformers (2 classes)
• Emergency and Alternate Power (2 classes)
• Healthcare (2 classes)
• Presentations (3 classes)
• Exams & Review (3 classes)
• Industrial and Commercial (3 classes)

AE 490 - Independent Study

• None appended

• None 

• None appended

AE 1001 - Freshman Seminar I

• Describe the program options within the CAECM Department with an emphasis on architectural engineering with one of the three specialties (structural, mechanical, and electrical systems), civil engineering with one of the three specialties (structural, environmental/water resources, construction management) and construction management
• Give examples of architectural engineering, civil engineering, and construction management career opportunities
• Understand the professional responsibilities and ethical conduct expectations for registered professional engineers and certified construction managers
• Understand the building design process and the roles that both architectural engineers, civil engineers, and construction managers play in the development and execution of building projects
• Be proficient in the use of AutoCAD and REVIT software
• Have experience working as an effective team member
• Develop academic, personal, and interpersonal skills that will help the student succeed in college and create a sense of campus involvement
• Enhance skills in oral presentation, written expression, graphic communication and class participation with practice and feedback
• Raise awareness of the student conduct and ethics code

• None

• Introduction of CAECM Department and Programs
• Active Learning and Professionalism
• GE Hours and the Process for Submission
• The Architectural and Engineering Design Process
• Introduction of the Construction Management Program and Specialty
• Introduction of the Environmental/Water Resources Specialty
• Introduction of Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering
• Introduction of the Structural Specialty
• Introduction of the Electrical Specialty
• Introduction of the Mechanical Specialty
• Ethics for Engineers and Construction Managers
• MSOE Policies and Procedures

• AutoCAD menu structure, entity creation, saving drawings
• Creating circles and arcs, using object snaps, using layers
• Adding dimensions, dimensioning options, adding text, crosshatching
• Moving and copying entities, creating blocks
• Block attributes, prototype drawings, title blocks, use of viewports
• Getting started with REVIT
• Wall types, doors, windows, elevators
• Floors, floor to floor height, common walls
• Roof types, skylights
• Floor and ceiling systems

AE 1002 - Freshman Seminar II

• TBD 

• Autodesk Revit

• TBD

AE 1231 - Building Construction Materials

• Understand the unique origins, chemistry, properties, standards, construction industry applications and trade organizations specific to the materials used in the construction industry. Materials include aggregates, cement, concrete, masonry, wood, steel, aluminum, asphalt, polymers, plastics and composites
• Design and execute laboratory experiments that test the physical properties of construction materials as they relate to performance within industry
• Develop research and communication skills that will enable them to access technical information on materials, evaluate that information for quality, summarize findings concisely, and communicate those findings both in writing and orally
• Assemble a portfolio of information that has the potential to be a useful resource on materials throughout their academic career at MSOE and beyond

• One year of high school chemistry

• Course Introduction (1 hour)
• Materials Engineering Concepts (2 hours)
• Nature of Materials (3 hours)
• Aggregates (1 hour)
• Portland Cement (2 hours)
• Concrete (3 hours)
• Masonry (1 hour)
• Wood (2 hours)
• Steel (1 hour)
• Aluminum (1 hour)
• Asphalt (1 hour)
• Polymers and Plastics
• Composites (1 hour)
• Research Paper Requirements (3 hours)
• Final Paper Presentations (3 hours)
• Assessment (5 hours)

• Safety (1/2 hour)
• Density of Materials (1.5 hours)
• Tensile Testing (1.5 hours)
• Creep Testing (1/2 hour)
• Aggregate Testing (2 hours)
• Sieve Analysis (2 hours)
• Concrete Proportioning (2 hours)
• Concrete Mixing (2 hours)
• Concrete Compression Testing (5 hours)
• Wood Lab Design and Testing (3 hours)

AE 1301 - Architectural Engineering Graphics

• Demonstrate the ability to graphically communicate architectural engineering information by freehand
• Demonstrate competence in hand/mechanical drafting techniques, with proper line weights, attention to detail, and architectural lettering and dimensioning
• Prepare proper building plans, elevations, sections, isometric, axonometrics and perspectives drawings as they relate to architectural engineering projects
• Create basic CAD drawings with proper line weights, dimensioning techniques, and architectural symbols

• AE 1312  Introduction to Building Information Modeling

• Course outline, equipment requirements, line quality, lettering, and sketching techniques (3 classes)
• Development of different views in drawing (1 class)
• Orthographic projection of an architectural engineering project (2 classes)
• Isometric and axonometric views of project (3 classes)
• Building sections and plan (2 classes)
• Sketching (2 classes)
• Perspective drawing (2 classes)
• Final review includes portfolio of all work submitted, plus 20 sketches (1 class)
• Computer usage and AutoCAD to develop drawings (4 classes)
• Final project (test) incorporating all of the above items (1 class)

• Orthographic projection of a building (1 session)
• Isometric and axonometric views of assignment #1 (2 sessions)
• Building exterior elevation (1 session)
• Floor plan (1 session)
• Section (1 session)
• Perspective drawings (2 sessions)
• Final project-Part 1 and Part 2 timed in class drawings (2 sessions)
• Sketchbook, 20 drawings required (10 during weeks 1-5; 10 during weeks 6-10)

AE 1311 - Introduction to CAD

• None appended

• None

• None appended

AE 1312 - Introduction to Building Information Modeling I

• The student will be familiar with AutoCAD 2013 for Microsoft Windows and Revit Architecture 2013

• None

• MSOE network requirements
• AutoCAD menu structure, coordinate systems, entity creation, deleting and basic editing of entities, saving drawings, using limits, creating circles and arcs, using object snaps, using layers, adding dimensions, dimension options, creating blocks, block attributes, prototype drawings

AE 2001 - Building Information Modeling

• TBD

• Basic Autodesk Revit
• Basics of Drafting

• TBD

AE 2011 - Mechanics of Materials I

• Determine normal stress and strain, and axial displacement, due to axial loadings. This includes axially determinate and indeterminate structures and thermal loadings
• Apply Hooke’s Law to determine deformations in elastic materials subjected to biaxial loading
• Determine shear stress and strain, and twist angle, due to torsional loadings. This includes torsionally determinate and indeterminate structures
• Determine normal stresses in beams due to bending moment. This includes ordinary and composite beams, and biaxial bending moment
• Determine normal stresses in structures with combined axial force and bending moment

• Concepts and applications of static equilibrium

• Introduction, normal stress and shear stress, allowable stress, design concepts (4 classes)
• Axial loading: Normal strain, thermal strain, axial indeterminacy (5 classes)
• Multiaxial loading, Poisson effect, Hooke’s law (3 classes)
• Concepts of fatigue and stress concentration (1 class)
• Torsion: shear stress and strain, angle of twist, torsional indeterminacy (4 classes)
• Review shear and moment in beams (2 classes)
• Moment of inertia (2 classes)
• Bending: normal stress, composite beams (5 classes)
• Combined axial + bending, biaxial bending (2 classes)
• Tests (2 classes)

AE 2012 - Mechanics of Materials II

• Determine shear stress and shear flow in beams
• Calculate stress in pressure vessels
• Use transformation equations and Mohr’s Circle to determine principal stress and maximum shear stress
• Determine normal and shear stress in beams subjected to axial + bending + shear + torsional loading
• Calculate displacement due to bending and use this to analyze flexurally indeterminate beams
• Determine elastic buckling capacity of columns
• Apply concepts of work and strain energy to calculate displacement due to axial, and flexural loads in statically determinate structures

• Concepts and applications of static equilibrium

• Shear stress and shear flow in beams (4 classes)
• Pressure vessels, stress transformation, principal stresses, Mohr’s circle, failure theories (7 classes)
• Normal and shear stress due to combined loadings (3 classes)
• Beam deflections, statically indeterminate beams (4 classes)
• Elastic column stability (4 classes)
• Strain energy, work, and displacement (5 classes)
• Review (1 class)
• Tests (2 classes)

AE 2121 - Fundamentals of Thermodynamics

• Determine the thermodynamic properties of pure substances using the property tables, and for ideal gases, liquids, and solids using property relationships
• Apply the first law of thermodynamics to analyze open and closed systems typically encountered in buildings and HVAC systems
• Apply the second law of thermodynamics to calculate actual and reversible thermal efficiencies, COPs, and power requirements of systems operating on thermodynamic cycles
• Apply the second law of thermodynamics to analyze isentropic and non-isentropic processes
• Apply the first and second laws of thermodynamics to analyze the vapor compression (VC) refrigeration cycle and the individual processes that comprise the cycle
• Understand how heat exchangers work (heating and cooling coils); their energy and mass balances, and their effectiveness

• Calculus II: Basic integration, integration of areas

• Basic concepts (3 classes)
• Properties of pure substances (8 classes)
• Energy transfer by heat and work (3 classes)
• 1st Law of Thermodynamics (7 classes)
• 2nd Law of Thermodynamics (4 classes)
• Entropy (3 classes)
• Refrigeration cycles (4 classes)
• Heat exchangers (3 classes)
• General review/problem-solving sessions (3 classes)
• Exams. (2 classes)

• 1 lab hour to conduct necessary measurements on a heat exchanger and calculate its effectiveness (1 session)

AE 2130 - Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

• Calculate the pressure at any depth below the surface of a fluid (or fluids) 
• Calculate the magnitude and the point of application of hydrostatic forces acting on submerged plane surfaces 
• Apply the equations of static equilibrium to objects floating in a fluid (i.e. buoyancy problems) 
• Analyze inviscid flow systems using Bernoulli’s equation 
• Calculate frictional energy losses in pipe using the Darcy-Weisbach and Hazen-Williams equations 
• Analyze piping systems including pumps/turbines, pipe friction and minor losses using the General Energy equation 
• Determine the flow rate, head, and power requirements of centrifugal pumps at different operating point using (1) the affinity laws, and (2) manufacturer’s pump curves 
• Analyze open channel flow problems using Manning’s equations 
• Calculate the magnitude of forces acting on plane surfaces arising from fluid motion using Newton’s Law of Viscosity

• Thermodynamics (one quarter or one semester) 
• College physics (one quarter or one semester) 
• Calculus I

• Basic fluid properties/pressure 
• Continuity equation 
• Steady flow energy equation for incompressible fluids 
• Bernoulli equation 
• Reynolds number and computing frictional and minor losses 
• Manning’s equation/open channel flows 
• Flowmeters 
• Pumps 
• Design case studies/design problems

AE 2212 - Building Construction Methods

• Demonstrate working knowledge of how the CSI MasterFormat organizes information about building materials and components for site, concrete, masonry, metals and wood
• Demonstrate working knowledge of how material properties and applications affect construction activities
• Demonstrate working knowledge of building materials assembly to develop design details for the effective application of materials and components
• Demonstrate working knowledge of graphical techniques used to depict information on drawings
• Demonstrate working knowledge of common building construction means, methods, and processes
• Demonstrate the requirements for effective team leadership, teamwork, and collective effort
• Apply the concepts on how to think and analyze problems, not just what to think

• Types of cement and admixtures
• Properties of mixes and hydrated concrete
• Types and properties of masonry units
• Types and properties of mortar
• Standard steel shapes and properties
• Standard structural wood types and properties
• Working knowledge of architectural graphical standards

• Site Organization (1 lecture, 1 laboratory)
• Safety imperatives
• Logistical concerns
• General building construction sequence
• Plan reading
• Soils and Foundations (3 lectures)
• Equipment production formula
• OSHA sloping criteria
• USCS classification and properties
• Portland Cement Concrete (3 lectures, 1 laboratory)
• Cast-in-place and pre-cast
• Pre-tensioned and post-tensioned
• Forms and forming systems
• Reinforcement
• Placement methods
• Joints
• Finishing and curing
• Masonry (3 lectures, 1 laboratory)
• Types and sizes of units
• Properties of units and mortar
• Bonding
• Joints
• Laying methods
• Reinforcement
• Steel (4 lectures, 1 laboratory)
• Erection and fastening methods
• Typical erection sequence
• Wood (4 lectures, 1 laboratory)
• Erection and fastening methods
• Typical construction sequence

• Construction site organization
• Elevated concrete slab formwork
• Wood stud framework
• Masonry wall
• Steel framework

AE 3011 - Principles of Structural Analysis

• Understand key concepts and procedures required for future structural engineering courses or for informed interaction with structural engineers
• Determine load paths and compute loads on structural components
• Analyze beams and frames with internal hinges and solve for reactions
• Analyze statically determinate and indeterminate trusses, beams and frames using classical and computerized methods
• Determine reaction, shear and moment influence lines for simple beam systems

• Statics: analysis of trusses for internal forces, analysis of beams for reactions, shear and moment
• Mechanics of Materials: calculation of axial and flexural stresses and strains, concept of strain energy

• Introduction, statics and mechanics of materials review (1 session)
• Load types, tributary area and load path (2 sessions)
• Analysis of beams and frames with hinges (4 sessions)
• Analysis of statically determinate trusses using matrix solutions of equilibrium equations (1 session)
• Influence lines and pattern loading (2 sessions)
• Flexibility method for determinate trusses, beams and frames (6 sessions)
• Moment distribution (4 sessions)
• Flexibility method for indeterminate trusses, beams and frames (3 sessions)
• Introduction to computerized analysis (2 sessions)
• Other topics (or missed session due to Labor Day) (3 sessions)
• Examinations (2 sessions)

AE 3021 - Principles of Structural Steel and Concrete Design

• Be familiar with the material properties of steel and concrete
• Be familiar with the behavior and design of flexural members made with steel or
• Reinforced concrete
• Be familiar with the behavior and design of compression members made with steel or reinforced concrete
• Be introduced to connections of structural members

• Statics and strength of materials
• Shear and moment diagrams

• Introduction to material behavior (2 classes)
• Introduction to steel and reinforced concrete design, code philosophies and histories (2 classes)
• Design of steel and reinforced concrete beams for moment (12 classes)
• Design of steel and reinforced concrete beams for shear (3 classes)
• Design of steel and reinforced concrete beams for deflection (2 classes)
• Design of steel and reinforced concrete columns and beam-columns (10 classes)
• Composite steel/concrete beam design introduction (2 classes)
• Steel connection introductory overview (2 classes)
• Topic review and instructor discretionary topics (3 classes)
• Exams (2 classes)

AE 3023 - Advanced Structural Analysis

• Develop expressions for use in solving determinate and indeterminate structural engineering problems using matrix methods
• Analyze structural systems comprised of truss, beam and frame elements using matrix methods
• Generate solutions for two- and three- dimensional structural systems by means of structural software
• Evaluate solutions generated by structural software and compare to solutions produced by hand
• Apply building code provisions to develop appropriate loadings for structures
• Analyze an experimental specimen for force, strain and/or deformation
• Compare results obtained from experimental data to analytical solutions

• Statics: equilibrium of forces, section properties
• Mechanics of Materials: stresses, strains, material behavior, principal stresses, Mohr’s Circle, combined loading, deflection calculations and buckling of columns
• Structural Analysis: analysis of trusses and frames, using hand calculations when statically determinate

• Introduction to linear algebra and matrix operations (1 session)
• Matrix stiffness method for rods and trusses (6 sessions)
• Computerized analysis for rods and trusses (2 sessions)
• Matrix stiffness method for beams including hinges and element loads (8 sessions)
• Computerized analysis for beams (1 session)
• Matrix stiffness method for frames (3 sessions)
• Computerized analysis for 2-D and 3-D frames (3 sessions)
• Code provisions for wind and gravity loads (2 sessions)
• Introduction to material nonlinearity (2 sessions)
• Examinations (2 sessions)

• Introduction and laboratory safety (1 session)
• Tension experiment with strain gage rosette (1 session)
• Tension experiment with stress concentrations (1 session)
• Beam flexure experiment (1 session)
• Torsion-flexure-shear experiment (1 session)
• Column buckling experiment (1 session)
• Open web steel joist experiment (2 sessions)
• Plastic hinging experiment (1 session)
• In-class work session and/or make up session (1 session)

AE 3112 - Heat Transfer and Basic Principles of HVAC

• Analyze basic heating, ventilating, and air conditioning applications (HVAC)
• Develop sound solutions for basic HVAC systems
• Employ the fundamentals of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer required for heating, cooling, and ventilation applications
• Synthesize a building into modes of heat transfer through the building envelope, moist air properties (psychrometrics), air exchange (ventilation, infiltration, exfiltration), internal heat gains, and human comfort
• Explain and predict the cooling and heating loads

• Thermodynamics (one quarter)
• Fluids (one quarter)

• Introduction of fundamental concepts (2 classes)
• HVAC systems concepts (3 classes)
• Psychrometrics (5 classes)
• Human comfort (1 class)
• Heat transfer (2 classes)
• Heating load (1 class)
• Ventilation (Infiltration/Exfiltration) (3 classes)
• Solar radiation (6 classes)
• Cooling load (9 classes)
• Pumps/pipe design (2 classes)
• Fan/duct design (2 classes)
• Sustainability (1 class)
• Heat exchangers (1 class)
• Exams (2 classes)

AE 3121 - Principles of Fire Protection and Plumbing Design

• Describe fire chemistry and discuss the effects fires have had on buildings and human life
• Discuss principles of smoke, heat and flame detection and methods of signaling warning alarms to building occupants
• Discuss architectural and engineering building design elements and materials of construction as they relate to fire suppression systems for buildings
• Discuss design principles for fire suppression systems based on how people construct and use buildings related to fire chemistry
• Layout and design an example building automatic sprinkler system for a commercial building
• Apply fluid mechanics design methods, based on Hazen-Williams formulation and other general energy theories, to calculate fire suppression design problems based on example piping layouts
• Read and edit specification for fire suppression systems
• Discuss the importance of smoke control for life safety
• Discuss architectural and engineering design requirements of plumbing systems for buildings
• Discuss design principles for plumbing based on the importance of the health, safety and welfare of people using buildings and based on how people using plumbing systems is unpredictable
• Discuss the importance of water quality and methods to improve water quality
• Determine pipe sizes for an example building water supply, sanitary waste system and storm water removal system
• Discuss the importance of methods used for proper wastewater and storm water disposal
• Apply fluid mechanics design methods, based on Darcy-Weisbach, Manning, and Hazen-Williams formulations and other general energy theories and probability and statistical data, to calculate plumbing design problems based on example piping layouts
• Read and edit specification for various plumbing systems

• Basic Building Code Requirements (AE 100 )
• Basic Fluid Flow Principles (AE 213 )
• Architectural Graphics (AE 130 )
• Construction Materials (AE 1231 )

• Introduction to Fire Protection Section of Course (1 class)
• Fire Chemistry, History of Fire in Buildings (1.5 classes)
• Fire Classifications and Classification of Hazards (0.5 class)
• Manual Fire Extinguishing Equipment and Manual Hose Systems (0.5 class)
• Types of Construction and Use or Occupancy of Buildings (0.5 class)
• Planning for Fire Protection and Fire Safety Design (0.5 class)
• Fire Detection, Signaling and Fire Alarm Systems (2 classes)
• Types of Fire Suppression and Automatic Sprinkler Systems (2 classes)
• Fire Suppression System Water Supply and Pumps (1 class)
• Automatic Sprinklers, Sprinkler System Piping and Components (1 class)
• System Design Approaches (1.5 classes)
• Design Plans and Details (0.5 class)
• Piping System Layout, Sprinkler Spacing and Water Supply (1.5 classes)
• Writing/Reading Specifications for Fire Suppression Systems (0.5 class)
• Hydraulic Calculation Procedure (2 classes)
• Other Fire Suppression Systems (0.5 class)
• Smoke Controls (0.5 class)
• Introduction to Plumbing Section of Course (1 class)
• Plumbing History (1 class)
• Plumbing Codes and Standards (0.5 class)
• Water Chemistry and Water Quality (1 class)
• Domestic Water Distribution System (4.5 classes)
• Domestic Hot Water System and Equipment (1 class)
• Design Considerations for Water Distribution System (1 class)
• Plumbing Fixtures (1 class)
• Sanitary Waste and Vent Systems (5 classes)
• Sewage Treatment and Disposal (1 class)
• Storm Water Drainage System (1.5 classes)

AE 3131 - Building Mechanical System I

• Differentiate between building codes vs. standards and their impact on HVAC systems
• Illustrate HVAC system components and characteristics for basic HVAC systems
• Design duct systems and compile pressure drop calculations
• Design hydronic piping systems and compile pressure drop calculations

• Calculate building heat gains and losses
• Psychrometrics and HVAC system air side load processes
• Fan and pump laws
• Understanding of basic HVAC systems, configurations and operating characteristics
• Boyle’s law
• Dalton’s law
• Bernoulli formula
• Darcy’s formula

• Standards/Codes (3 classes)
• HVAC Systems (3 classes)
• HVAC Psychrometrics (3 classes)
• Duct Design (3 classes)
• Fans (2 classes)
• Hydronic Design (6 classes)
• Pumps (3 classes)
• Refrigeration/Cooling Equipment (3 classes)
• Heating equipment (2 classes)
• Heat Exchangers (2 classes)
• Exams (2 classes)

• Standards vs. Codes Analysis (2 classes)
• CAV vs.VAV Systems Analysis (2 classes)
• Pschrometric Lab (2 classes)
• Applied Ductwork Design Analysis (2 classes)
• Centrifugal Fan Lab (2 classes)
• Airflow Monitoring Lab (2 classes)
• Applied Hydronics Design Analysis (2 classes)
• Hydronics/Pump Lab (2 classes)
• Real-World Site Observations (4 classes)

AE 3132 - Building Mechanical System II

• Develop a building energy model for a real building using building simulation software (Trane Trace 700)
• Generate system design options for a real building distinguishing the advantages and disadvantages to system options
• Analyze cost impact based on system selection and design considerations
• Create a comprehensive set of mechanical design drawings

• HVAC Fundamentals
• Equipment performance and design

• Thermal Characteristics of Building (3 classes)
• Heat Losses (3 classes)
• Heat Gains (3 classes)
• Cooling Systems (3 classes)
• Heating Systems (3 classes)
• Duct Design (6 classes)
• Hydronic Design (6 classes)
• Systems Economics (2 classes)
• Noise Issues; Project Presentations (3 classes)

• Design the HVAC system from load calculations to equipment selection to calculation of annual energy consumption for a commercial building using simulation software (20 classes)

AE 3141 - Plumbing and Fire Suppression System Design

• Select appropriate plumbing fixtures to match the usage of a building
• Analyze a building’s water demand to size and select a water meter and backflow prevention devices
• Select water treatment equipment to improve water quality
• Analyze the hot water demands for a building and select appropriate water heating equipment
• Analyze the water pressure demands for a building and select appropriate pressure booster pumping equipment
• Layout and design a complex multi-tenant, multi-story building water supply, sanitary waste system and storm water removal system
• Apply fluid mechanics design methods, based on Darcy-Weisbach, Manning, and Hazen-Williams formulations and other general energy theories and probability and statistical data, to calculate pipe sizes for all plumbing systems design layouts
• Analyze characteristics of a building’s sanitary waste and to select interceptors to treat the waste prior to disposal
• Edit and write specification for a variety of plumbing system piping, specialties, fixtures and equipment
• Analyze a public water supply to determine if an adequate quantity of water and pressure is available for a fire suppression system and to select a booster fire pump when required
• Analyze a building and determine the appropriate type of fire suppression system including the area and density of protection
• Have sufficient knowledge of architectural and engineering building design elements to properly detect and suppress a fire hazard in an obstructed construction building
• Layout and design a complete building automatic sprinkler system for a complex, multi-hazard commercial building
• Apply fluid mechanics design methods, based on Hazen-Williams formulation and other general energy theories, to calculate actual fire suppression design flow rates and pipe sizes for a building layout
• Edit and write specification for fire suppression system piping, and components
• Survey existing piping and measure and sketch for use in analysis
• Analyze an existing pump’s flow and pressure characteristics
• Analyze flow through multiple orifices to determine the orifice size
• Analyze piping components in a path of flow to distinguish sources of pressure loss
• Predict flow through multiple paths of piping and analyze the energy input required to maintain a minimum pressure

• Basic Building Code Requirements (AE 100 )
• Basic Fluid Flow Principles (AE 213 )
• Specifications and Contracts (AE 225 )
• Architectural Graphics (AE 130 )

• Introduction to Plumbing Section of Course (1 class)
• Plumbing Codes and Standards (1 class)
• Selecting Appropriate Plumbing Fixtures (2 classes)
• Backflow Prevention Devices (1 class)
• Water Quality Analysis and Treatment Equipment Selection (2 classes)
• Water Supply Analysis for Pressure & Booster Pump Selection (1 class)
• Hot Water Demand Analysis & Water Heater Selection (2 classes)
• Domestic Water Distribution System Project (4 classes)
• Sanitary Waste and Vent Systems Project (4 classes)
• Sub-Sewer Drainage Analysis and Sump Pump Selection (2 classes)
• Storm Water Drainage System for Building and Property (3 classes)
• Writing Plumbing Specifications for System Selections (2 classes)
• Introduction to Fire Protection Section of Course (1 class)
• Water Supply Analysis for Pressure and Volume (2 classes)
• Fire Pump Selection to Boost or Create Pressure (2 classes)
• Sprinkler Head Flow Analysis (2 classes)
• Selection of Type of Fire Suppression for Bldg Occupancy (1 class)
• Dealing with Obstacles in Building Design (2 classes)
• Fire Suppression System Design Project (5 classes)
• Automatic Sprinklers, Sprinkler System Piping and Components (1 class)
• Automatic Sprinkler System Pipe Sizing Calculations (2 classes)
• Analysis of Water Flow in an Automatic Sprinkler System (2 classes)
• Predicting Flow Rates and Pressure in an Existing System (3 classes)
• Writing Fire Protection System Specifications for Project (2 classes)

• Domestic Water Distribution System Design Layout and Calculations
• Water Softener Equipment Selection
• Booster Pump Equipment Selection
• Water Heater Equipment Selection
• Sanitary Waste and Vent System Design Layout and Calculations
• Sump Pump Equipment Selection
• Storm Water System Design Layout and Calculations
• Preparation of Specifications for Plumbing System & Equipment
• Automatic Sprinkler System Layout and Calculations
• Automatic Sprinkler System Layout and Calculations
• Preparation of Specifications for Automatic Sprinkler System

AE 3201 - Principles of Structural Engineering

• Describe the material properties of steel and concrete and the common geometric properties of steel and reinforced concrete structural elements
• Describe the assumed mechanical behavior of flexural members and compressive elements made with steel or reinforced concrete
• Analyze framing plans to determine loadings on structural components
• Analyze statically determinate structural elements and systems to determine the internal forces and the displacements
• Analyze steel or reinforced concrtee elements to determine their flexural or compressive capacity
• Describe common connections of structural members

• Deformation and displacement of statically determinate systems

• Review of tributary load, load types, shear and moment diagrams
• Design approaches - ASD and LRFD
• Introduction to steel materials and shapes
• Introduction to AISC specifications for beams and columns
• Steel beam flexural and shear capacity including Lat-Tors buckling 
• Steel column capacity; buckling
• Introduction to bolted and welded connections
• Introduction to concrete and reinforcement materials and shapes
• Introduction to ACI specifications for beams and columns
• Moment-Curvature behavior of reinforced concrete beams, stress-strain relations
• Reinforced concrete beam flexural and shear capacity
• Estimating reinforced concrete beam deflections
• Introduction to detailing concrete reinforcement
• Reinforced concrete column capacity (axial load only)

AE 3211 - Structural Analysis

• Analyze statically determinate structures with complex loadings and geometry
• Analyze statically indeterminate structures using classical methods
• Distringuish the needed level of accuracy in an engineering model
• Compare results from computer software and hand calculations
• Interpret test results using theoretical concepts as supporting evidence
• Describe key components in mechanical test systems including load apparatus and data acquisition

• Static analysis of beams, frames and trusses
• Deformation and displacement of statically determinate systems
• Structural loadings and load paths

• Use of structural analysis software
• Forces in statically determinate beams and frames
• Forces in statically determinate trusses
• Displacements of determinate structures by the Virtual Work method
• Redundant Force Method for indeterminate structures
• Moment distribution for beams and non-sway frames
• Influence lines, pattern loading and moving loads

• Lab safety; introduction to equipment
• Strain and stress analysis: tension, stress concentration, bending, torsion
• Elastic buckling
• Development of plastic hinge
• Truss analysis and behavior

AE 3221 - Steel Design

• Analyze and design steel members subject to axial compression
• Analyze and design steem members subject to axial tension
• Analyze and design steel members subject to combined axial force and flexure
• Analyze and design composite steel-concrete members
• Calculate torsional moments acting on steel members and design members to resist torsional moments
• Calculate shear and moment in continous beam systems and design continous beams
• Calculate connection capacities based on a limit state analysis
• Apply AISC design criteria and understand fabrication, erection and economic factors

• Principles of structural engineering

• Introduction
• Tension members
• Compression members
• Flexural members
• Continuous beams
• Beam-columns
• Composite steel-concrete members
• Torsion
• Connection design

AE 3231 - Concrete Design

• Analyze cast-in-place, reinforced concrete buildings to determine the internal forces in members from external loads and member deflections
• Calculate the moment-curvature behavior of reinforced concrete sections subjected to flexure and apply the behavior for the design of reinforced concrete beams and one-way slabs for flexural strength
• Design reinforced concrete beams and one-way slabs for flexural, shear, and torsional strength, and detail for serviceablity and construction
• Design and detail reinforced concrete spread footings to support axial loads
• Design and detail reinforced concrete columns and walls for axial and flexural loads
• Calculatae the moment magnification in non-sway, reinforced concrete columns
• Integrate the behavior and design of individual members into the design of an overall structure
• Understand the fundamental principles underlying the reinforced concrete building code and what drives changes in the building code

• Principles of structural engineering

• Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures
• Moment-Curvature Behavior
• Nominal Flexural Capacity
• Design of Beams for Flexure and Deflection
• Development of Reinforcement
• Shear and Torsion Capacity
• Continuous Beam and Slab Design
• Spread Footing and Retaining Wall Design
• P-M Interaction Diagrams
• Design of Compression Members
• Design of Walls
• Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures

AE 3251 - Structural Systems Design

• Determine gravity and lateral loadings on building frames
• Analyze and design steel frames and/or systems subjected to gravity and lateral loads
• Analyze and design concrete frames and/or systems subjected to gravity and lateral loads
• Develop efficient building geometrics for concrete and steel framed systems
• Design efficient lateral force resisting systems
• Design multi-story columns
• Design foundtations for building systems

• Structural Analysis
• Steel Design

• Determination of loads
• Computerized design
• Open web steel joist and metal deck systems
• Precast concrete systems
• Diaphragm design
• Steel frame design
• Concrete frame design
• Foundation design

• Computerized modeling
• Steel frame project
• Concrete frame project
• Foundation design

AE 3301 - Principles of Building Mechanical Systems

• Classify and describe a complete air-conditioning and distribution system with its central equipment
• Compute and determine the psychrometric properties of moist air
• Analyze the physiological considerations for human comfort in buildings, and calculate its related indices
• Classify and estimate the indoor air contaminants, and use methods to control them
• Explain the three modes of heat transfer, and calculate their rates in specific applications
• Define outdoor and indoor design conditions, and calculate heat losses
• Calculate Infiltration rates through different components of the building envelop
• Calculate heating energy use of different heating application
• Apply the principles of fire chemistry to the effects fires have had on buildings and human life
• Discuss the principles of smoke, heat and flame detection and methods of signaling warning alarms to building occupants
• Relate architectural and engineering building design elements and materials of construction to fire suppression systems for buildings
• Cite design principles for fire suppression systems
• Apply fluid mechanics design methods to calculate fire suppression component size, based on Hazen-Williams formulation and other general energy theories, when given proposed piping layouts
• Explain architectural and engineering design requirements of plumbing systems for buildings
• Apply design principles for plumbing based on the importance of the health, safety and welfare of people using buildings and based on how people use plumbing systems
• Relate water quality and treatments to improve water quality
• Apply fluid mechanics design methods, based on Darcy-Weisbach, Manning, and Hazen-Williams formulations and other general energy theories and probability and statistical data, to calculate plumbing design problems based on example piping layouts

• Introduction to fluid mechanics
• Fluid properties
• Continuity and energy equations
• Internal flow
• Major and minor losses
• Principles of fans and pumps

• Introduction, general idea of air-conditioning and distribution systems 
• Psychrometrics
• Human Comfort 
• Heat Transfer 
• Heating Load 
• Infiltration 
• Introduction to Fire Protection Systems 
• System Design Approaches 
• Introduction to Plumbing 
• Design Considerations for Water Distribution Systems 

AE 3311 - Introduction to Building Information Modeling II

• Demonstrate skill in using advanced features of Revit Architecture 2012
• Demonstrate skill in using Revit Structure
• Demonstrate skill in using Revit MEP (mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems)

• Course Overview/Getting Started (2 classes)
• Floor Plans (4 classes)
• Roof, floor, and ceiling systems (2 classes)
• Revit Structure-Grids, columns, beams (2 classes)
• Revit Structure-Floor, bar joists, footings (2 classes)
• Water Closets, cabinets, furniture (2 classes)
• Mechanical Systems layout (2 classes)
• Electrical Systems layout (2 classes)
• Renderings (2 classes)
• Final project

AE 3321 - Architectural History

• Describe the development of architectural engineering concepts through history
• Describe the logic and innovation in the development of construction techniques
• Describe design philosophies (current and historical) and critically analyze an AE project

• None

• Introduction and the seven wonders of the ancient world (1 class)
• Egyptian architecture- Temple of Karnak, Pyramids (2 classes)
• Greek architecture- Athens, the Parthenon, Acropolis, theater and the five orders (column types) of architecture (3 classes)
• Roman architecture-Coliseum, Pantheon, Circus Maximus, the Forum Aqueducts and other engineering wonders (3 classes)
• Early Christian, Byzantine and the Pisa Cathedral (3 classes)
• Analysis of Romanesque architecture, Gothic Cathedrals and medieval castles (3 classes)
• Renaissance Baroque and Palladian architecture (3 classes)
• The plan for London and Sir Christopher Wren (1 class)
• The plan for Paris (1 class)
• Modern architecture 1850 (industrial age) to present-Sir Joseph Paxton, Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Alvar Aalto, Le Courbusier and other (5 classes)
• Current trends in architecture-Charles Moore, Phillip Johnson, Michael Graves, Frank Gehry and other (4 classes)
• Midterm test (1 class)

• Research paper/critical analysis of a related AE & BC topic

AE 3421 - Building Mechanical Systems I

• Compute and determine the solar angles, and calculate heat gains from solar radiation
• Define all heat gains in a given building, and calculate the total cooling load of a building
• Apply the basic principles of Fluid Mechanics, to calculate pressure losses in Ducts and Pipes
• Classify and analyze different types and methods of air distributions systems
• Analyze various types of fans and pumps, including VFD’s
• Analyze and characterize different HVAC equipment (compressors, cooling towers, condensers, evaporators, furnaces, boilers, domestic hot water systems, radiant heating unit ventilators, unit heaters unitary air conditioners, heat pumps, and room and packaged air conditioners
• Design heat exchangers
• Calculate energy consumption in buildings
• Examine and relate the ASHRAE Standards to HVAC calculations and design

• Psychrometrics
• Modes of Heat Transfer
• Fluid Mechanics

• Solar Radiation 
• Cooling Load Calculations 
• Duct Design and Fans 
• Piping Design and Pumps 
• Air Distribution Systems 
• Energy Calculations 
• Compressors 
• Cooling Towers, Condensers 
• Evaporators, COP, PLR 
• Furnaces, Boilers 
• Domestic Hot Water, Heat Pumps 
• Heat Exchanger Design and Selection 
• Radiant Heating 
• Unit Ventilators, Unit Heaters, Makeup Air Units
• ASHRAE Standards 
• Valves 
• Unitary Air Conditioners, Heat Pumps 
• Room and Packaged Air Conditioners 

• Photovoltaics
• Fan Curves
• VC Refrigeration Cycle
• Heating, Cooling and Humidification
• Compliance with ASHRAE Standards
• Field trips to explore large commercial building mechanical rooms

AE 3422 - Building Mechanical Systems II

• Identify the fundamental parts of building energy simulation structures and their hierarchies
• Define all heat gains and losses in a given building, and calculate the total cooling load and heating load of a building
• Apply the basic principles of Fluid Mechanics, to calculate pressure losses in Ducts and produce an impeccable duct design
• Analyze and characterize different cooling equipment systems
• Analyze and characterize different heating equipment systems
• Analyze and characterize different cooling equipment plants
• Analyze and characterize different heating equipment plants
• Examine and relate the ASHRAE Standards to HVAC calculations and design
• Examine and relate the utility rate structures to the building energy consumption and demand
• Design heat exchangers
• Calculate the life cycle cost of the HVAC systems
• Identify energy conservation, and renewable production, measures to reach Net-Zero-Energy Building Design

• HVAC primary and secondary equipment, load calculations, and compliance with standard

• Building energy simulation software structure 
• Cooling and Heating Loads fundamentals and calculations 
• Cooling systems 
• Heating Systems 
• Cooling and Heating plants 
• Utility (electricity and gas rate structures 
• Assigning cooling and heating systems to plants
• Economics; life cycle cost 
• Duct Design 
• Pipe Design 
• Fan Selection 
• Net-Zero-Energy Buildings
• Building Energy Simulations Labs

• Building Energy Simulation Modeling

AE 3451 - Building Systems Control

• Have a basic knowledge of MEP system control theory
• Be able to write a basic control specification for a variety of MEP system types
• Be able to discuss the operating characteristics and proper application of control systems components
• Be able to design a basic control system using the proper interface devices
• Be able to read, interpret and evaluate existing control diagrams
• Have a basic knowledge of controls systems and applications across multiple disciplines

• Basic MEP systems

• Basic control theory and terminology
• Elements of control systems
• Control enery sources and control devices
• Sub-system controls
• Equipment control
• Complete HVAC control systems
• Management and control systems
• Central plant control systems
• Electrical and Illumination control systems
• Communication and other low voltage control systems
• Building Automation System (BAS) structure
• Integration of non-HVAC control systems into a BAS

• Control Equipment Identification
• System Schematic Design
• Building Automation Systems
• HVAC Controls
• Lighting Controls
• Site Visit

AE 3521 - Plumbing Systems Design

• Integrate backflow prevention devices into water supply systems to protect potable water systems
• Adapt water treatment equipment into plumbing systems to improve water quality
• Analyze the hot water demands for a building and integrate appropriate water heating equipment
• Design a pumping system to maintain water temperature in a hot water system compared to losing temperature in a hydronic heating system
• Analyze water supply flow and pressure needs of a project and integrate water supply booster pumps into water supply systems
• Design sanitary and clear water pumping systems when needed to lift sanitary or storm waste to flow to gravity sewers
• Integrate wastewater interceptors into sanitary waste disposal systems
• Analyze pre-existing storm water flow from a building site, compare it to post-construction storm water flow, and to design a basin for retention or detention of the excess quantity difference
• Apply fluid mechanics principles, other general energy theories, and probablity and statistical data to enhance design methods for calculating pipe sizes for all plumbing systems design layouts
• Adapt and modify specification for a variety of plumbing system piping, specialties, fixtures and equipment

• Basic plumbing systems, water and drain sizing calculations

• Introduction to plumbing codes, standards and specifications
• Water supply and waste disposal system sizing review
• Plumbing fixture selection and specifications
• Backflow prevention device selections and specifications
• Water treatment equipment selection snd specifications
• Hot water demand analysis
• Water heater selections and specification
• Hot water maintenance circulating pump selection and specification
• Water supply analysis for pressure and booster pump selection
• Sub-sewer drainage analysis and sump pump selection
• Wastewater interceptors and grease traps selection and specification
• Water reuse system design
• Storm water drainage system for bulding and property

AE 3531 - Fire Suppression Systems Design

• TBD

• Basic fire protection systems, piping sizing calculations

• TBD 

AE 3601 - Principles of Electrical Engineering for Buildings

• Perform basic single and three phase power calculations, and understand relationships between Apparent Power, Real Power, Reactive Power and Power Factor
• Identify basic electrical power distribution systems
• Understand the role of system grounding and equipment grounding for safety and proper system operation
• Calculate basic short circuit levels available in low voltage distribution systems, based upon transformer sizes and impedances
• Calculate and select proper size conductors and conduits for various electrical loads
• select fuses or circuit breakers for various electrical loads, understanding the advantages and disadvantages of protecting with fuses and circuit breakers
• Draw a basic one-line of an electrical distribution system, indicating the proper sizes of all major components
• Draw a room in plan view, indicating circuits, conductors, and home runs to a supply panel
• Select lighting sources and luminaires appropriate to task, function, and space type
• Calculate illuminance and lighting power density in a typical application

• Electrical Current
• AC Steady-State Analysis
• DC Circuit Analysis

• Electrical design in buildings
• Codes and standards including the National Electrical Code
• Electrical power
• 3-phase power
• Short circuits
• Transformers
• Motors
• Conductors
• Voltage drop
• Overcurrent protection
• Coordination with other disciplines
• Lighting sources and equipment
• Lighting calculations
• Lighting controls

AE 3612 - Principles of Electrical Systems Design

• Perform basic single and three phase power calculations, and understand the relationships between Apparent Power, Real Power, Reactive Power and Power Factor
• Be familiar with basic electrical power distribution systems
• Understand the difference between a system ground and an equipment ground and be able to select correct size conductors for each
• Calculate basic short circuit levels available in low voltage distribution systems, based upon transformer sizes and impedances
• Calculate and select proper size conductors and conduits for various electrical loads
• Draw the wiring for light switches controlled from three or more locations
• Select fuses or circuit breakers for various electrical loads, understanding the advantages and disadvantages of protecting with fuses and circuit breakers
• Draw a basic 1-line of an electrical distribution system, indicating the proper sizes of all major components
• Draw a room in plan view, indicating circuits, conductors, and home runs to a supply panel

• Basic mathematics-pre-college level
• Basic power calculations from EE 2503  

• Electrical Power (3 classes)
• 3 Phase Power
• Voltage Drop (2 classes)
• Short circuits (1 class)
• Energy supplies (1 class)
• Transformers (1 class)
• Motors (1 class)
• Conductors
• Electrical Protection (3 classes)
• National Electrical Code (1 class)
• Electrical Design in Buildings (8 classes)
• Exams

AE 3621 - Basic Principles of Illumination and Communications

• Produce and interpret drawings for telecommunications, data, security, phone, fire alarm, sound & time systems
• Understand the basics of vision
• Properly apply types of lights, including incandescent, fluorescent, and HID lighting systems
• Properly select illumination requirements for a variety of buildings and spaces
• Calculate the illumination levels using the zonal cavity method
• Calculate the illumination levels using the point method
• Calculate the illumination levels using the Visual Basic method
• Properly select the proper number of fixtures per circuit

• Basic mathematics-pre-college level
• Basic wiring calculations from AE 3612  

• Low Voltage wiring (3 classes)
• Data (1 class)
• Security (1 class)
• Telephone (1 class)
• Fire Alarm (1 class)
• Sound (1 class)
• Time (1 class)
• Automation (1 class)
• Vision (1 class)
• Light measurement (3 classes)
• Illumination requirements (2 classes)
• Zonal Cavity (3 classes)
• Point Method (1 class)
• Visual Basic (1 class)
• Daylight (1 class)
• Comm 63 (1 class)
• Controls (1 class)
• Emergency lighting (1 class)
• Outdoor lighting (1 class)
• Design (10 classes)
• Exams & Review (3 classes)

AE 3622 - Building Electrical Systems I

• Calculate AC current, voltage, impedance and power using complex numbers
• Perform service and feeder calculations including demand factors
• Determine conduit and conductor size and grounding for various load types
• Understand building voltages and proper voltage system selection according to facility use and size
• Understand system grounding and ground fault protection
• Select overcurrent protection including molded case, insulated case, and power circuit breakers and fuses
• Perform ohmic and per unit short circuit calculations by hand
• Perform system studies using power system analysis software
• Understand motor operation, protection and control
• Specify major electrical equipment for a building service including switchgear, motor control centers, switchboards, transformers, and panelboards
• Specify major electrical equipment for an emergency distribution system including generators, automatic transfer switches, and ininterruptible power supplies
• Understand distribution system configurations such as radial and loop and their selection
• Design electrical power distribution for a large commercial building or campus center

• Basic electrical systems, power and lighting calculations

• Transformers
• Motors
• Generators
• Fuses
• Circuit Breakers
• Medium Voltage Equipment
• Grounding 
• Substations
• Short Circuit Calculations
• OCPD Coordination

AE 3631 - Building Electrical Power Distribution I

• Calculate Apparent Power, Real Power, Reactive Power, and Power Factor using complex numbers
• Calculate transformer current, voltage, apparent power, real power, reactive power, power factor
• Select properly sized conductors, conduits, circuit breakers, fuses, and ground conductors
• Calculate electrical and mechanical parameters for DC motors and AC induction motors
• Do basic design calculations for a commercial building, including service size, main and feeder breakers
• Draw and interpret basic 1-Line drawings

• Advanced mathematics-including linear equations and complex numbers
• Basic power calculations from AE 3612  

• Electrical Power and Phasors (3 classes)
• Transformers (4 classes)
• Building Electrical (2 classes)
• Fuses/Circuit Breakers (2 classes)
• Grounding (1 class)
• Motors (7 classes)
• Inverters (1 class)
• Design Project (4 classes)
• PLC’s (1 class)
• Hands On Laboratory (10 classes)
• Exams and Review (5 classes)

• Safety Introduction
• Single Phase Transformers
• 3 Phase Transformers
• DC Motors
• AC Induction Motors
• PLC’s

AE 3632 - Illumination Systems Design

• Be knowledgeable and able to select light sources specific to architectural design, space function, and task
• Be knowledgeable and able to select luminaires specific to architectural design, space function, and task
• Apply a wide range of lighting control strategies and select the appropriate technology based on user and space requirements
• Determine prescribed illumination levels by space type and according to industry standards
• Perform calculations to inform design decisions, employing both manual calculations and lighting design software
• Design lighting for a facility, document the design, and be able to visually and orally present and explain the core design concepts

• Basic lighting systems, lighting calculations

• Light and Physiology of Vision
• Light Sources
• Luminaires
• Light and Color
• Daylightinig
• Design Process
• Design Documentation
• Lighting Controls
• Lighting Metrics
• Photometric Calculations
• Lighting Calculation Software
• Exterior Lighting
• Building Codes and Emergency Illumination
• Energy Codes and LEED

AE 3636 - Communication Systems Design

• Understand the various low voltage systems and cabling which are regularly encountered in the design and building construction industry
• Become a resource to both design and construction professionals to properly coordinate and implement low voltage systems into a building
• Apply knowledge of codes and standards as they relate to the design of low voltage systems such as Fire Alarm, Telecommunications, and Nurse Call for the protection of human life and physical wellbeing
• Understand the process of designing and specifying low voltage and telecommunications systems, the infrastructure necessary to facilitate proper installation, and the coordination required with other disciplines of design

• Basic electrical systems, electrical power calculations

• Introduction of Low Voltage and Communication Systems
• Principles of Signal Transmission
• Network Cable and Bandwith
• Wireless Technologies
• Network Equipment
• Building Network Infrastructure and Topology Design
• Campus Network Infrastructure
• Mass Notification Systems
• Fire Alarm Systems
• Audio, Video, Multimedia Systems
• Healthcare Systems
• Building Automation Systems
• Integration of Systems

AE 3641 - Building Electrical Power Distribution II

• Specify unit substations, transformers and power distribution circuits
• Design large, medium voltage service entrances
• Design power system protection schemes utilizing fuses, circuit breakers, instrument transformers, and protective relays
• Perform per unit fault calculations to determine short-circuit duties
• Design basic motor control circuits and motor control centers
• Design electrical power distribution system for a large commercial building

• Advanced mathematics including linear equations and complex numbers
• Basic power calculations from AE 3611 , AE 3631  

• Electrical Protection (3 classes)
• Fuses (3 classes)
• Circuit Breakers (3 classes)
• Medium Voltage Switchgear (2 classes)
• Instrument transformers and relays (2 classes)
• Grounding (2 classes)
• Transformers (2 classes)
• Substations (2 classes)
• Short Circuit Calculations (2 classes)
• Coordination (2 classes)
• Design of Electrical Systems (2 classes)
• Motor Starters and Control (2 classes)
• Project Presentations (2 classes)
• Hands On Laboratory (10 classes)
• Exams and Review (2 classes)

• Calculate using PTW-32
• Observe MSOE Science Bldg Transformers
• Observe Miller Park Substations
• Course Project
• Observe 1000 North Water Street
• Observe St. Luke’s Hospital
• Observe Johnson Controls

AE 3651 - Building Illumination and Communications Design

• Identify requirements for all building low voltage control systems, including data, security, fire alarm, telephone, sound, time. Wiring methods will include both copper conductors and fiber optics
• Be familiar with basic physics of light
• Select proper lighting levels in a space for specified building uses
• Calculate lighting levels or lighting fixture requirements for specific rooms or locations using the Zonal Cavity Method, Visual Basic and Visual Advanced computer programs
• Understand the need for Emergency Lighting and Exit Signs. Be able to design such systems and comply with their special requirements
• Draw the wiring for light switches controlled from 3 or more locations
• Design lighting systems using 277V or 120V. Understand the advantages of each voltage
• Draw a room in plan view, indicating lighting circuits, conductors, and home runs to a supply panel

• Basic mathematics / pre-college level
• Basic power calculations from AE 3611  
• Basic lighting calculations from AE 3621  

• Introduction (1 class)
• Building Low Voltage Systems (8 classes)
• Guest Speaker: Light and Architecture (2 classes)
• Types of Lights (5 classes)
• Light Calculations (5 classes)
• Design (6 classes)
• Energy Efficiency (3 classes)
• Design Project (4 classes)
• Emergency Lights and Exit Signs (2 classes)
• Exams & Review (4 classes)

AE 3661 - Electrical Power Quality for Buildings

• Identify various power quality disturbances by their waveform signatures and explain typical techniques for mitigating the problem
• Explain the benefits associated with operating at a high power factor and make proper power factor capacitor selections
• Determine the IEEE-std-519 limits for harmonic current and voltage distortion for a given power system
• Perform harmonic current and voltage analysis
• Specify UPS, active harmonic filters and other power quality equipment
• Design a base harmonic filter
• Recommend proper TVSS ratings for various equipment or applications

• Basic electrical systems, power and illumination calculations

• Introduction to electrical power quality
• Power sources
• Power, power factor and efficiency
• Power frequency disturbances and power line conditioners
• Uninterruptible power supplies and standby generators
• Harmonics, harmonic analysis and harmonic mitigation techniques
• Grounding for safety and power quality
• Transients and Transient Voltage Sure Suppressors (TVSS)
• EMI disturbances and filters
• Power quality audits
• Power quality problem diagnosis

AE 4121 - Environmental Science in Building Construction

• Outline the major drivers of sustainable construction movement, including climate change, ozone depletion, degradation of soil, air, water and biological diversity, and resource depletion
• Explain the scientific concepts of sustainable construction
• Break down the economic benefits and costs of constructing high performance/green buildings
• Compile the environmental impacts of construction materials, activities and operations
• Differentiate the purpose of green building assessment tools including LEED and Green Globe and how they work
• Apply the LEED(TM) suite of standards to measure the degree of sustainability of new commercial building projects using the LEED(TM) credit and certification process applied to the following categories:
• Sustainable Sites category
• Energy and Atmosphere category
• Water Efficiency category
• Materials and Resources category
• Indoor Environmental Quality category
• Devise options to reduce the ecological impact of the construction process, including recycling of materials, erosion and sediment control measures, and protection of indoor air quality
• Compile the elements and benefits of building commissioning
• Calculate the life cycle costs of high performance/green building components
• Develop alternative technologies in area of student’s technical specialty to reduce environmental impacts (and increase LEED(TM) points) on the student’s senior design project (or other suitable project)

• None

• Drivers for sustainability (2 classes)
• Green building assessment and process (3 classes)
• Economic analysis of green buildings (2 classes)
• Sustainable sites (2 classes)
• Sustainability for the structural engineer (1 class)
• Energy and atmosphere (2 classes)
• Water quality and quantity parameters (3 classes)
• Materials and the environmental impact of materials consumption (3 classes)
• Indoor environmental quality (2 classes)
• Construction operations and building commissioning (3 classes)
• Presentations of final projects (2 classes)
• Global issues regarding sustainability (5 classes)

AE 4122 - Sustainable Design and Construction I

• TBD

• Basic construction materials
• Basic construction methods

• TBD

AE 4311 - Architectural Design

• Design various solutions to building problems
• Develop graphics that communicate their proposed solution
• Compile necessary research to complete a building design
• Summarize relevant building code requirements for their project
• Develop graphics and models that communicate their building design in a three dimensional format
• Prepare presentations that communicate their solutions to clients graphically and verbally
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of working drawings
• Demonstrate an ability to work in a team environment
• Develop a better understanding and working knowledge of CADD and BIM

• None

• Creative Thinking
• Three Dimensional Thought
• Design Methodology
• Problem Solving
• Site Considerations
• Building Plan Considerations
• Building Form Considerations
• Architectural Model Making
• Working Drawing Overview
• Technological Considerations
• Presentation Considerations
• Bubble Diagramming
• Building Type Research
• Zoning Issues and Building Code Issues

AE 4412 - Engineering and Building Investment Economics

• Determine the requirements necessary to finance a construction project from a lenders perspective
• Relate relevant historical real estate development precedents to current situations
• Describe and solve financial measuring tools such as rate of return, discounted cash flow, and debt service coverage
• Calculate basic compounding and discounting measures
• Demonstrate the concept of depreciation
• Describe various contractual relationships and corporate organizational structures
• Organize, formulate, and present independent research on your proposed development
• Prepare preliminary building design alternatives, with construction and development cost estimates
• Structure financial alternatives needed to enhance a project feasibility
• Summarize the various roles that government plays in the building process
• Apply engineering economics formulas
• Structure a financial analysis (case study) of a potential real estate development with an understanding of all the components that make up this analysis
• Use various quantitative real estate development tools necessary to evaluate alternatives, determine Life Cycle Cost (LCC) alternatives, and become a thoughtful decision maker
• Identify various sources for real estate financing and equity investments
• Differentiate and summarize various property types, local economic business cycles, architectural designs, construction variables, governmental roles, community interactions, and personal motivations that are integral in every real estate project
• Organize working in a multi-disciplined team approach

• None

• Fundamentals of real estate development (2 classes)
• Real estate development history (2 classes)
• Entrepreneurship (1 class)
• Current real estate topics-new urbanism (2 classes)
• Real estate development partners and organizational structures (2 classes)
• Engineering economics (3 classes)
• Current real estate development financial issues (2 classes)
• Building investment pro forma analysis/spread sheet formulation (3 classes)
• Site selection and analysis (1 class)
• Public sector roles/community issues (1 class)
• Pre-development analysis-preliminary design, construction estimates, preliminary financing, and market conditions (3 classes)
• Contract negotiation/development completion (2 classes)
• Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis and determinations (3 classes)
• Property management (1 class)
• Real estate development team presentations (3 classes)

AE 4712 - Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Design-Build Senior Project I

• Formulate the space requirements of a building based on client interviews and research
• Generate appropriate plans based on the required spatial relationships
• Identify appropriate LEED and sustainable design features
• Determine appropriate Building Code regulations that apply to their project
• Analyze budget constraints
• Research appropriate building type examples for their project
• Facilitate team organization and team building

• None

• Team Building
• Design Build Delivery System
• Programming
• Space analysis
• Research and Data Collection
• LEED
• Interviewing
• Building Code Review
• Conceptual Estimating
• Building Information Modeling (BIM)

• All topics will be covered throughout the fall quarter, the actual lecture sequence of topics will be based on individual assignments/design problems

AE 4721 - Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Design-Build Senior Project II

• Develop an entire design-build project from conceptualization to final design. Factors evaluated will be design, architectural and engineering systems and analysis, construction feasibility, selection of methods for construction, schedule, budget, logistics, and economics
• Reinforce students’ knowledge of their (a) specialty area(s) in Architectural Engineering or (b) Construction Management
• Develop presentation and communication skills
• Develop pseudo industry work relationships using the student and faculty team approach
• Reinforcement of team approach in a design-build project environment
• Explain usage of sustainable and energy conscious design and material selections (LEED)
• Develop an understanding of building codes
• Apply appropriate use of computer tools
• Individual specialty outcomes:
• Structural
• Determine structural systems compatible with architectural design and other engineering disciplines
• Identify structural loadings and other structural design criteria
• Explain lateral force resisting systems
• Knowledge of structural design evident in structural plans
• Knowledge of structural design evident in structural details
• Appropriate use and knowledge of structural analysis by hand
• Appropriate use and knowledge of structural analysis by computer programs
• Appropriate use and knowledge of structural design calculations
• Explain structural design and behavior issues in meetings and presentations
• Electrical
• Develop electrical power systems to be compatible with architectural design and other engineering disciplines
• Explain electrical lighting systems and daylighting considerations
• Explain building sustainability issues with respect to electrical design
• Explain emergency systems, egress lighting, exit signs, and fire alarm systems/pumps
• Explain auxiliary electrical systems, telephone, data, CATV, central clock, and PA/intercom systems
• Calculate building power requirements by hand
• Calculate power requirements and lighting levels by computer software
• Appropriate use and knowledge of electrical design calculations
• Summarize electrical power and lighting design issues in meetings and presentations
• HVAC
• Calculate building and occupant loads for heating and cooling
• Determine size and select HVAC equipment according to building and occupant loads for heating and cooling
• Explain sustainable and energy conscious design provided in architectural and engineering details
• Explain HVAC cost ramifications
• Explain HVAC engineering alternatives
• Knowledge of HVAC design evident in the details
• Demonstrate an awareness of clients’ program in the HVAC design
• Appropriate application of computer design
• Plumbing and Fire Protection
• Develop plumbing and fire protection systems that are compatible with architectural design requirements and other engineering disciplines
• Analyze and where appropriate, incorporate LEED qualified design principles into the plumbing systems design
• Develop appropriate plumbing and fire suppression systems drawings and specifications to indicate the impact of all of the buildings’ attributes on the systems design and utility connections to the building and property. Appropriate detailed drawings in selected areas to indicate knowledge of how a final contract document should represent the intended system design
• Knowledge of plumbing systems design principles, including site drainage, building water supply, wastewater disposal, and storm water systems is evident in the plumbing plans and details
• Knowledge of fire suppression systems design principles is evident in fire suppression plans and details
• Calculate and analyze the sizing of supply and drainage piping and the sizing and selection of equipment for plumbing system components
• Calculate and analyze the sizing of fire sprinkler piping and the sizing and selection of fire suppression components
• Demonstrate an ability to reflect on prerequisite course material and to research other resources and to apply that knowledge to resolve project design issues
• Explain plumbing and fire suppression system design options and circumstantial building design issues in a professional and intellectual manner
• Construction Management
• Formulate effective site mobilization and project safety
• Formulate project cash flow requirements
• Knowledge of construction scheduling evident
• Formulate complete line item and summary construction costs
• Devise Management Information Systems plan that is effective and project appropriate
• Appropriate application of computer tools
• Applications of value engineering and constructability principles is evident

• Completion of all lower level technical specialty course topics

• Site analysis
• Preliminary architectural drawing and presentations
• Architectural design development drawings
• Preliminary engineering (structural, environmental, electrical) systems analysis
• Code Review
• LEED Analysis
• Preliminary budget analysis
• Project scheduling
• Ongoing project management responsibilities
• Presentation to clients and other professionals

• See course topics-lab is integrated into design studio work

AE 4731 - Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Design-Build Senior Project III

• Develop an entire design-build project from conceptualization to final design. Factors evaluated will be design, architectural and engineering systems and analysis, construction feasibility, selection of methods for construction, schedule, budget, logistics, and economics
• Reinforce the students’ knowledge of their (a) specialty area(s) in Architectural Engineering or (b) Construction Management
• Continue to develop presentation and communication skills
• Develop pseudo industry work relationships using the student and faculty team approach
• Reinforcement of team approach in a design-build project environment
• Individual specialty outcomes:
• Structural
• Determine structural systems compatible with architectural design and other engineering disciplines
• Identify structural loadings and other structural design criteria
• Explain lateral force resisting systems
• Knowledge of structural design evident in structural plans
• Knowledge of structural design evident in structural details
• Appropriate use and knowledge of structural analysis by hand
• Appropriate use and knowledge of structural analysis by computer programs
• Appropriate use and knowledge of structural design calculations
• Explain structural design and behavior issues in meetings and presentations
• Electrical
• Develop electrical power systems to be compatible with architectural design and other engineering disciplines
• Explain electrical lighting systems and daylighting considerations
• Explain building sustainability issues with respect to electrical design
• Explain emergency systems, egress lighting, exit signs, and fire alarm systems/pumps
• Explain auxiliary electrical systems, telephone, data, CATV, central clock, and PA/intercom systems
• Calculate building power requirements by hand
• Calculate power requirements and lighting levels by computer software
• Appropriate use and knowledge of electrical design calculations
• Summarize electrical power and lighting design issues in meetings and presentations
• HVAC
• Calculate building and occupant loads for heating and cooling
• Determine size and select HVAC equipment according to building and occupant loads for heating and cooling
• Explain sustainable and energy conscious design provided in architectural and engineering details
• Explain HVAC cost ramifications
• Explain HVAC engineering alternatives
• Knowledge of HVAC design evident in the details
• Demonstrate an awareness of clients’ program in the HVAC design
• Appropriate application of computer design
• Plumbing and Fire Protection
• Develop plumbing and fire protection systems that are compatible with architectural design requirements and other engineering disciplines
• Analyze and where appropriate, incorporate LEED qualified design principles into the plumbing systems design
• Develop appropriate plumbing and fire suppression systems drawings and specifications to indicate the impact of all of the buildings’ attributes on the systems design and utility connections to the building and property. Appropriate detailed drawings in selected areas to indicate knowledge of how a final contract document should represent the intended system design
• Knowledge of plumbing systems design principles, including site drainage, building water supply, wastewater disposal, and storm water systems is evident in the plumbing plans and details
• Knowledge of fire suppression systems design principles is evident in fire suppression plans and details
• Calculate and analyze the sizing of supply and drainage piping and the sizing and selection of equipment for plumbing system components
• Calculate and analyze the sizing of fire sprinkler piping and the sizing and selection of fire suppression components
• Demonstrate an ability to reflect on prerequisite course material and to research other resources and to apply that knowledge to resolve project design issues
• Explain plumbing and fire suppression system design options and circumstantial building design issues in a professional and intellectual manner
• Construction Management
• Formulate effective site mobilization and project safety
• Formulate project cash flow requirements
• Knowledge of construction scheduling evident
• Formulate complete line item and summary construction costs
• Devise Management Information Systems plan that is effective and project appropriate
• Appropriate application of computer tools
• Applications of value engineering and constructability principles is evident

• Completion of all lower level technical specialty course topics

• Analysis and calculations for all engineering systems
• Continued constructability analysis and value engineering
• Life cycle cost analysis
• Construction quality control systems
• Project scheduling, estimating
• Ongoing project management
• Project startup procedures, students also make a presentation to industrialists in defense of their engineering design or CM project analysis

• See course topics-lab is integrated into design studio work

AE 4733 - AE Senior Project Working Drawings

• From schematic drawings, produce a final set of drawings that could be shown to a potential employer, which illustrates the student’s drawing ability, and knowledge of the application of building materials to commercial / industrial construction
• Develop a set of contract documents, including floor plans, site plan, elevations, building sections, details, schedules, and specifications
• Develop a team “plan of attack”
• Sketch any part of the required architectural drawings in freehand, plan, elevation, or isometric view
• Establish and maintain a log of hours, which reflects the amount of time required to produce a set of contract documents
• Utilize recognized construction industry communication forms, procedures and symbols
• Utilize building codes and standards as they relate to their design solution
• Understand drawings and their interrelationships with your design specialty, along with their relationship to the specifications

• Sketching ability
• Architectural graphics skills
• Properties and strength of materials
• Basic concepts of building systems-architectural, structural, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical

• Course overview and standards, assignment of projects and research
• Code and zoning analysis
• Steps to working drawings; project organization and scheduling; sheet organization; sheet layout, floor plans, elevations, building sections, details, schedules
• Development of details schedules and plans
• Check set
• Final coordination
• Final submittals include all working drawings, schedules, and sketches of architectural elements and details of log of hours

AE 5210 - Matrix Structural Analysis

• TBD 

• Structural Analysis

• TBD 

AE 5220 - AISC Steel Design

• Design plate girders for flexure and shear 
• Design steel frames for gravity and axial loads 
• Design bracing systems for steel structures 
• Design connections for steel structures 
• Understand advanced floor serviceability

• Steel Design

• Design of plate girders (2 classes) 
• Design of columns including slender element effects (2 classes) 
• Design of braced and moment frames, including design using the direct analysis method (2 classes) 
• Analysis of steel framed floors for occupant-induced vibrations (1 class) 
• Design of connections for steel structures, including partially-restrained connections (2 classes)

AE 5232 - Prestressed Concrete Design

• Design prestressed concrete beams for deflection, flexure, development, shear, and torsion
• Design prestressed concrete columns subjected to axial and flexural loads
• Determine prestressed connection capacities

• Reinforced concrete design

• Analysis Methods
• Loss of Prestress
• Flexure Design
• Shear and Torsion Design
• Compression Member Design
• Connection Design

AE 5234 - Foundation Design

• Design a spread footing subjected to axial load and moment 
• Design a base plate subjected to axial load and moment 
• Explain the design of deep foundations for axial and lateral loads

• Reinforced concrete design

• Live Load reduction
• Shallow foundation design
• Base plate design
• Anchorage to concrete
• Basement wall design
• Slab on ground design
• Deep foundation design
• Strut-and-tie method

AE 5240 - Masonry Design

• Be familiar with the material properties of masonry units and mortar 
• Understand the behavior and design of masonry flexural members 
• Understand the design of masonry walls for axial loads 
• Understand the design of masonry walls for out-of-plane bending 
• Understand the design of masonry walls for in-plane bending and shear 
• Be familiar with detailing of masonry walls 
• Understand design of anchorage in concrete and masonry

• Reinforced concrete design

• Introduction to course 
• Materials (CMU, mortar, grout, reinforcement) 
• Introduction to ACI 530 
• Reinforced Masonry Beams 
• Masonry with Axial Loads (columns, walls and pilasters, slender walls 
• Wall with In-Plan Bending and Shear (unreinforced and reinforced walls, distribution of force to walls, openings) 
• Detailing of Masonry (non-masonry lintels, moisture, veneers) 
• Anchorage design in Masonry and Concrete 
• Construction Issues

AE 5250 - Wood Design

• Be familiar with the material properties and manufacture of sawn and engineered wood products 
• Understand the design of sawn and engineered wood members for flexure, shear, axial and combined axial and flexural loads 
• Understand the selection of plywood for out-of-plane loading 
• Understand the design or horizontal wood diaphragms and vertical wood shear walls 
• Understand the design of bolted connections of wood members 
• Understand the design of nailed connections of wood members 
• Be familiar with other connections of wood members

• Principles of structural engineering

• Introduction to Course 
• Introduction to NDS Specification 
• Material Properties and Manufacture of Sawn and Engineered Wood Products 
• Sawn Beam Design

AE 5260 - Bridge Design

• Understand the different types of bridges and when their use is appropriate 
• Determine AASHTO loading requirements for bridges 
• Design basic steel girder bridges 
• Design basic reinforced concrete slab bridges

• Reinforced concrete design

• Short topics: Minneapolis I-35 collapse; Bridge types and economical spans; Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics; Hoan Bridge; Aesthetics in design; Arches; Suspension bridge types; Tacoma Narrows; Connecticut Turnpike at Mianus River 
• Basic structural analysis with moving loads 
• Loadings and load combinations 
• Girder bridges: general concepts 
• Two-span continuous composite rolled steel beam bridge design 
• Girder bridges: additional topics for precast concrete girders and steel plate girders 
• Multi-span reinforced concrete slab bridge design 
• Multi-cell box culvert design

AE 5262 - Modern Structural Systems

• Be able to determine the underlying factors in structural system selection with the Owner, Architect, and Engineers of other disciplines in mind 
• Have an understanding of the structural system selection process for low-, mid-, and high-rise buildings 
• Be introduced to spreadsheets, software and other resources available from various professional organizations 
• Have studied materials and materials selection that may be considered “unique” 
• Have made new contacts with experts in the building construction industry 
• Have gained an appreciation for the differences in firms and how other firms approach building design and troubleshooting

• Understanding of design methodologies for different structural materials (steel, concrete, wood, masonry)
• Basic understanding of structural analysis software

• Broad-based system selection comparing materials and construction processes 
• Open-web joists, joist girders, metal deck 
• Efficient framing and lateral resistance schemes for steel framed structures  
• Comparison between concrete floor systems 
• Considerations for masonry structures 
• Design considerations for parking structures 
• Other systems (wood, light gage steel) 
• Considerations when using structural software

AE 5402 - Building Mechanical System Design

• TBD

• Building mechanical systems

• TBD

AE 5404 - Building Electrical System Design

• TBD

• Building Electrical System Design

• TBD

AE 5450 - Building Control System Design

• TBD

• Building Control Systems

• TBD

AE 5460 - Commissioning

• TBD

• HVAC, plumbing

• TBD

AE 6210 - Applied Finite Elements

• Analyze structures using one dimensional finite elements 
• Analyze structures using approximations of two dimensional finite elements 
• Analyze diverse structures using finite element software

• Matrix structural analysis

• Stiffness matrices 
• Material model 
• Boundary conditions 
• Applied loading

AE 6212 - Structural Dynamics

• Analyze single degree of freedom systems for a variety of dynamic loadings 
• Analyze multi-degree of freedom systems for a variety of dynamic loadings 
• Calculate the response of simple structures to earthquake loading

• Matrix structural analysis

• Single degree of freedom (SDOF) systems 
• Equation of motion 
• Free vibration 
• Harmonic loads 
• Impulsive loads 
• Methods for numerical solution of equations of motion 
• Finite difference methods for linear and nonlinear systems 
• Earthquake response history and spectra 
• Multi-degree of freedom (MDOF) systems 
• Equation of motion 
• Other preliminary topics 
• Free vibration 
• Modal damping 
• Modal analysis for linear systems

AE 6214 - Lateral Loads on Structural Systems

• Determine wind loads on the main wind force resisting system 
• Determine wind loads on components and cladding 
• Determine earthquake loads on a structure

• Structural dynamics

• Earthquake loads 
• Response of MDOF systems 
• ASCE-7 Seismic analysis 
• Performance-based design 
• ASCE-7 Wind loads

AE 6216 - Structural Stability

• Determine column buckling behavior and torsional buckling capacity of beams 
• Determine plate buckling capacities 
• Model structural stability with the finite element method

• Finite element analysis

• Structural stability 
• Buckling behavior, torsional buckling 
• Plate buckling 
• Modeling 
• Post-buckling behavior

AE 6222 - AISI Steel Design

• Design cold-formed steel members for flexural and shear capacity 
• Design cold-formed steel columns and beam-columns 
• Design connections of cold-formed steel members

• Structural stability

• AISI Design of beams, columns, connections

AE 6224 - Connection Design

• Understand the basis for connection design as presented in the AISC Manual 
• Determine limit states for different types of connections 
• Determine connection efficiency for given loads 
• Determine suitability of connections for different situations 
• Understand analysis methods unique to connection design 
• Design simple shear, moment and partially restrained connections 
• Design light and heavy bracing connections 
• Understand how seismic loading affects the design of the connection

• Determinate and indeterminate structural analysis 
• Understanding of structural analysis software 
• Understanding of basic design for steel tension, compression, flexural and combined flexural/axial members 
• Understanding of design of simple connections (tension, shear, moment)

• Fastener types 
• Eccentric loading on fasteners 
• Prying action 
• Framing connections 
• Moment connections 
• Bracing connections 
• Partially restrained connections 
• Introduction to connection design for seismic loading  

AE 6230 - Reinforced Concrete Structure Design

• Be familiar will the ACI code provisions and engineering methods needed to design any of the common concrete floor systems: Pan joist, wide pan, flat slab and flat plate with conventional reinforcement

• Reinforced concrete design

• ACI code provisions for pan joist floors 
• Designing a pan joist floor for shear and moment 
• Wide pan code considerations 
• ACI code provisions for flat slab floors 
• The Direct Design and Equivalent Frame method 
• ACI code provisions for flat plate floors 
• Introduction to posttensioned floor design

AE 6410 - Data Driven Modeling

• TBD

• Building energy systems

• TBD

AE 6440 - Sustainable Built Environment

• No course learning outcomes appended

• None

• No course topics appended

AE 6460 - Life Cycle Assessment of Building Systems

• TBD

• Building systems

• TBD

AE 8000 - Research and Presentation

• Demonstrate knowledge on chosen research topic

• Architectural Engineering

• Determined by student and faculty advisor

AE 8900 - Capstone Project I

• Complete an independent research project

• None

• Determined by student and faculty advisor

AE 8910 - Capstone Project II

• Complete an independent research project

• None

• Determined by student and faculty advisor

AE 8920 - Capstone Project III

• Complete an independent research project

• None

• Determined by student and faculty advisor