Architectural Engineering (A E)

A E 097 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

A E 124S ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING ORIENTATION ( 1) Introduction to architectural engineering; lectures and discussions with special reference to the relation of architectural engineering to the building industry.

A E 197 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

A E 202 INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING CONCEPTS ( 3) Introduction to profession of architectural engineering, building envelope systems, sustainable design, fire protection systems, and engineering economics.

A E 210 INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS ( 3) Qualitative study of architectural structural systems; historical development of structures; insights of structural analysis and synthesis; comparative structural types. This course is intended for Architecture students. Prerequisite: algebra, trigonometry

A E 211 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS ( 3) Qualitative study of humans in macro- and micro-architectural environmental systems. This course is intended for Architecture students.

A E 221 ARCHITECTURAL BUILDING MATERIALS ( 3) The structural and architectural use of building materials; commercial standardization, classification, and description as encountered in the building trades. Concurrent: A E 222

A E 222 WORKING DRAWINGS ( 3) Materials and methods of construction used in residences, and preparation of working drawings for a small building. Prerequisite: EDSGN 130 or EDSGN 100 Concurrent: A E 221

A E 297 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

A E 308 INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS ( 4) Algebraic and graphical methods of analysis of determinate members, deflections; introduction to indeterminate analysis methods. Course includes practicums. Prerequisite: E MCH 211 , E MCH 213

A E 309 ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS ( 3) Acoustical design for good hearing conditions and noise control; construction details, materials, acoustical properties of room shapes; sound absorption, transmission. Course includes practicums. Prerequisite: A E 221 , A E 222 , PHYS 213

A E 310 FUNDAMENTALS OF HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING ( 3) Fundamental principles and engineering procedures for the design of heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems, including energy utilization and constraints. Prerequisite: M E 201 ; Prerequisite or concurrent: A E 202

A E 311 FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRICAL AND ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS FOR BUILDING ( 3) Fundamental principles, systems, and planning concepts for electrical and illumination systems in modern buildings. Prerequisite: or concurrent: E E 211 , PHYS 212

A E 372 INTRODUCTION TO THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ( 3) Introduction to the building industry; owner, designer responsibilities; documents, bidding procedures; design-construct contracts; project management; insurance, labor relations. Prerequisite: sixth-semester standing in Architectural Engineering

A E 397 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

A E 398 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

A E 401 DESIGN OF STEEL AND WOOD STRUCTURES FOR BUILDINGS ( 3) Application of principles of engineering mechanics to layout, analysis, design, and detailing of structural elements in steel and wood of simple buildings. Prerequisite: A E 221 , A E 222 , A E 308

A E 402 DESIGN OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES FOR BUILDINGS ( 3) Application of principles of engineering mechanics to layout, analysis, design, and detailing of structural elements in concrete of simple buildings. Prerequisite: A E 221 , A E 222 , A E 308

A E 403 ADVANCED STEEL DESIGN FOR BUILDINGS ( 3) Continuation of A.E. 401. Advanced analysis, design, and detail of the structural elements in wood and steel. Prerequisite: A E 401 , A E 430

A E 404 BUILDING STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS IN STEEL AND CONCRETE ( 3) Basic analysis, design, and detailing of steel and concrete structural elements for buildings, emphasizing systems design and comparisons. A E 404 is not permitted for AE Structural Option students or for Architecture students. Prerequisite: A E 221 , A E 222 , A E 308

A E 421 ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS I ( 3) Qualitative and quantitative analysis and design of architectural structures, force flow; structure configurations; measurement and experiments; design studio critique. Prerequisite: A E 210 , 3 credits in mathematics

A E 422 ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS II ( 3) Continuation of A E 421, with emphasis on structural configuration and construction assemblies. Prerequisite: A E 421

A E 424 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS I ( 3) Fundamental principles and applications of environmental systems in buildings. This course is intended for Architecture students. Prerequisite: A E 211

A E 430 INDETERMINATE STRUCTURES ( 3) Classical methods of analysis for beams, frames, arches, and secondary stresses as applied to buildings; introduction to modern methods. Prerequisite: A E 308

A E 431 ADVANCED CONCRETE DESIGN FOR BUILDINGS ( 3) Continuation of A.E. 402. Advanced analysis, design, and detail of concrete masonry, prestressed and reinforced concrete. Prerequisite: A E 402 , A E 430

A E 432 DESIGN OF MASONRY STRUCTURES ( 3) Analysis and design of unreinforced and reinforced masonry: non-bearing walls, bearing walls, shear walls, masonry building systems. Prerequisite: A E 402 or C E 341

A E 439 MODERN STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS ( 3) Analysis and design of building structures of unusual types. Prerequisite: A E 401 , A E 402 , A E 430

A E 441W INTEGRATION OF ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS ( 3) Analysis and synthesis of systems--structural, mechanical, electrical, sanitary, construction--considering interrelationship in performance, economics of total systems, computer programs. Prerequisite: A E 309 , A E 310 , A E 311 , A E 401 , A E 402

A E 444 MICRO CADD APPLICATIONS FOR BUILDINGS ( 3) Application of microcomputer based CADD systems to architectural engineering problems including graphics, system customization, and AI programming techniques. Prerequisite: A E 222 ; CMPSC 201 or CMPSC 202

A E 454 ADVANCED HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING ( 3) Engineering design and performance analysis procedures for complex commercial building systems, including energy conservation techniques; design project. Prerequisite: A E 310

A E 455 ADVANCED HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM DESIGN ( 3) Design of several different systems for a course project building; control strategy; economic comparisons using life-cycle cost techniques. Prerequisite: A E 454

A E 456 SOLAR ENERGY BUILDING SYSTEM DESIGN ( 3) Solar radiation, collectors, and thermal storage; design and analysis of a heating system using system-simulation computer program. Prerequisite: seventh-semester standing in Engineering

A E 457 HVAC CONTROL SYSTEMS ( 3) Theory of automatic control. HVAC control applications. Control system components, control loops, development and documentation of control logic, control commissioning. Prerequisite: A E 454

A E 458 ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS AND NOISE CONTROL ( 3) Advanced consideration of noise control in buildings; ventilating system noise and vibration; acoustic design variables. Prerequisite: A E 309

A E 461 ARCHITECTURAL ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS & DESIGN ( 3) Lighting units & photometry; lighting equipment; design criteria, calculation methods; the design process; energy codes. Prerequisite: A E 311

A E 464 ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS & DESIGN ( 3) Flux transfer theory; advanced lighting and control systems; emergency lighting; daylighting; visual performance issues; psychological aspects of lighting. Prerequisite: A E 461

A E 466 COMPUTER AIDED LIGHTING DESIGN ( 3) Design and analysis for outdoor area; floodlighting; and interior applications, including design criteria; economic analysis; modeling algorithms; and visualization. Prerequisite: A E 444 , A E 461

A E 467 ADVANCED BUILDING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DESIGN ( 3) Design of electrical systems for commercial and industrial facilities emphasizing design practice and integration with codes and standards. Prerequisite: A E 311 , E E 211

A E 470 RESIDENTIAL BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ( 3) Managerial aspects; architectural and code considerations; cost estimating, design, and construction of structural, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical systems. Prerequisite: A E 372 or C E 331 ; seventh-semester standing in Architectural Engineering or Civil Engineering

A E 471 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ASSEMBLIES ( 3) Performance characteristics and special problems associated with assembly- erection procedures for building construction materials and components; case studies of failures. Prerequisite: A E 221 , A E 222

A E 472 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT ( 3) Construction organization and contracts; preconstruction services; estimating; scheduling; cash flow; site planning and preparation; building construction sequences; construction business presentations; value engineering. Prerequisite: seventh-semester standing in Architectural Engineering

A E 473 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL ( 3) Building construction project planning; construction cost, schedule, quality and safety control systems; project cost accounting; change management; construction company management. Prerequisite: A E 472

A E 474 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATING ( 3) Construction estimating and cost engineering fundamentals; quantity take off; pricing, bid preparation; estimating, cost accounting by computer. Prerequisite: A E 372

A E 475 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING I ( 3) Project planning, supervision, inspection of architectural and structural operations in major buildings; mobilization, coordination of trades; offsite testing and fabrication. Prerequisite: A E 401 or A E 402

A E 476 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING II ( 3) Construction of mechanical and electrical systems in major buildings; fire protection, sound control, elevatoring; trade coordination; manufacturers' developments; computer application. Prerequisite: A E 309 , A E 475

A E 477 SENIOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ( 3) Investigation of current or completed major construction project; studies of industry management problems; formal project presentation, critique. Prerequisite: A E 475 , A E 476

A E 481W COMPREHENSIVE ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING SENIOR PROJECT I ( 4) Building project selection and preparation of overall plan; preliminary investigation of building design and construction issues; creation of individual Capstone Project Electronic Portfolio (CPEP) and project proposal required. Prerequisite: ARCH 441 , fifth-year architectural engineering standing in major area of emphasis

A E 482 COMPREHENSIVE ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING SENIOR PROJECT II ( 4) Continuation of A E 481W. Engineering analysis of building systems; emphasis on analysis and design of building structural, mechanical, lighting/electrical, and construction related systems. Final written report, web-based project portfolio and verbal presentation are required. Prerequisite: A E 481W

A E 486 PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING PRACTICE ( 3) A study of the influences which affect the practice of architectural engineering, particularly codes, ethics, legal considerations, and contract documents. Prerequisite: seventh-semester standing

A E 496 INDEPENDENT STUDIES ( 1 -18)

A E 497 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

A E 498 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

A E 520 ROOM AND BUILDING ACOUSTICS ( 4) Sound propagation in enclosurers. Transmission through partitions. Design of spaces for optimum listening and industrial buildings for low noise. Prerequisite: A E 458 , ACS 402

A E 534 ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STEEL CONNECTIONS ( 3) Connection analysis and design for steel buildings with an emphasis on the AISC Specification. Prerequisite: A E 401 and A E 430

A E 536 STABILITY OF BUILDING STRUCTURES ( 3) Elastic and inelastic buckling of beams, beam-columns, frames; applications to design of multi-story buildings. Prerequisite: A E 403 or C E 545

A E 537 BUILDING PERFORMANCE FAILURES AND FORENSIC TECHNIQUES ( 3) This course provides a background in identification, evaluation, and analysis of a broad set of architectural and structural performance failures. Prerequisite: A E 401 , A E 402 , A E 430

A E 538 EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT DESIGN OF BUILDINGS ( 3) Introductory engineering seismology, basic principles of structural dynamics, application of earthquake design provisions of model building codes to design of buildings. Prerequisite: A E 403 , A E 430 , A E 431

A E 541 COMPUTER INTEGRATED CONSTRUCTION ( 3) Design/development of information systems to support facility management, design construction, operations; information architectures, product/process models, advanced computer tools. Prerequisite: A E 570

A E 542 (C E) BUILDING ENCLOSURE SCIENCE AND DESIGN ( 3) The building enclosure: nature, importance, loadings; building science: control of heat, moisture, air, hygrothermal analysis; design: walls, windows, roofs, joints.

A E 545 ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR ( 1 - 6) Current literature and special problems in architectural engineering; presentation of technical papers.

A E 552 AIR QUALITY IN BUILDINGS ( 3) Indoor air pollutants, their sources and health effects; transport of pollutants; modelling of pollutant concentration in buildings. Prerequisite: A E 454 , A E 455 , M E 410

A E 553 BUILDING ENERGY ANALYSIS ( 3) Fundamentals of building energy dynamics and the simulation of energy flows in a building; validation of programs; practical applications. Prerequisite: A E 454 , A E 455 and M E 410

A E 554 BUILDING THERMAL SYSTEMS DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION ( 3) A study of building thermal comfort systems emphasizing analytical peak and off-peak design performance modeling, simulation, optimization and economics. Prerequisite: A E 454

A E 555 BUILDING AUTOMATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS ( 3) Advanced techniques in the theoretical analysis and practical design of the automatic comfort controls used in building thermal systems. Prerequisite: A E 554

A E 556 SOLAR ENGINEERING OF THERMAL PROCESSES ( 3) Advanced quantitative methods of predicting transient active and passive solar process performance with an emphasis on building solar applications. Prerequisite: M E 410

A E 557 CENTRALIZED COOLING PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS ( 3) Central cooling plant and distribution components and systems; thermal, hydraulic, and economic modeling for planning and design. Prerequisite: A E 454 ; or M E 411 , M E 410

A E 558 CENTRALIZED HEATING PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS ( 3) Description and analysis of central heating plant and distribution components and systems; thermal and economic modeling for planning and design. Prerequisite: A E 454 ; or M E 411 and M E 410

A E 559 COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS IN BUILDING DESIGN ( 3) Theory and applications of building environmental modeling with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Prerequisite: A E 454 , M E 410

A E 561 SCIENCE OF LIGHT SOURCES ( 3) In-depth scientific principles of light generation in modem electric light sources, and the resultant characteristics that influence their use for buildings. Prerequisite: A E 461

A E 562 LUMINOUS FLUX TRANSFER ( 3) Radiative transfer applied to lighting analysis; methods for computing direct and interreflected illumination; nearfield photometry. Prerequisite: A E 461 , CMPSC 201 or CMPSC 202

A E 563 LUMINAIRE OPTICS ( 3) Optical design of reflectors and refractors for lighting systems; manufacturing methods. Prerequisite: A E 464

A E 564 LIGHTING DESIGN FOR VISUAL APPEARANCE ( 3) Color; the impact of light on materials, architectural spaces, and human perception. Prerequisite: A E 461

A E 565 DAYLIGHTING ( 3) Design concepts, solar position, sky luminance distribution models, integration of daylighting and electric lighting controls, physical modeling, computer analysis techniques. Prerequisite: A E 461

A E 569 RESEARCH TOPICS IN ILLUMINATION ENGINEERING ( 3) Seminar on prior and current research in illumination engineering which define current recommendations and design practice. Prerequisite: or concurrent: A E 461

A E 570 PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION ( 3) Applications of production management tools to capital facility projects; theory of production systems in construction; development of production control manual. Prerequisite: A E 475 , A E 476 or C E 432

A E 571 INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING ( 3) Evaluation of international project environments and participants, modeling and planning international projects. Prerequisite: A E 570

A E 572 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY PLANNING ( 3) Methods employed by owners and developers to initiate capital facility projects; defining project objectives, constraints, participants, financing, and delivery methods. Prerequisite: A E 475 , A E 476 or C E 432

A E 573 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION ( 3) Analysis tools and principles for design of effective construction organizations' strategy and structure in various markets. Prerequisite: A E 372 , A E 475

A E 580 ARCHITECTURE DESIGN, STRUCTURAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ( 3) Structural and environmental systems consultation with appropriate faculty to review and determine proper technical responses for the undergraduate fifth- year project. Prerequisite: A E 424 Concurrent: ARCH 530

A E 590 COLLOQUIUM ( 1 - 3) Continuing seminars which consist of a series of individual lectures by faculty, students, or outside speakers.

A E 594 RESEARCH TOPICS ( 1 -18) Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small group basis.

A E 596 INDIVIDUAL STUDIES ( 1 - 9) Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.

A E 597 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

A E 598 SPECIAL TOPICS ( 1 - 9)

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Effective Date: Current

Review Date: 06/20/2008

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