Summer Online Courses
Online courses in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are structured to give students the same high-quality learning available in the classroom. All our online courses:
- Give students the flexibility to combine online and on-campus learning to best fit their scholastic needs
- Utilize modern technology and educational methods
- Integrate real-world, project-based learning taught by first-rate faculty working at the top of their fields
Students must have access to the Penn State online course management system and be able to complete other electronic tasks as determined by the course.
Available Courses
Summer Session I (May 13 – June 24)
CE 335: Engineering Mechanics of Soils
Soil compositions, classification, subsurface exploration, groundwater flow, stress analysis, compaction, soil behavior, consolidation, and shear strength. Instructor: Ming Xiao, mzx102@psu.edu
CE 340: Structural Analysis
Analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate trusses, beams, and frames; reactions; axial forces; shears; moments; deflections; introduction to influence lines. Instructor: Pinlei Chen, pzc216@psu.edu
CE 370: Introduction to Environmental Engineering
Nature and scope of environmental issues; air, water, land impacts; fundamentals and processes of pollution control, drinking water and wastewater treatment. Instructor: Nathaniel Warner, nrw6@psu.edu
Summer Session II (June 26 – August 9)
CE 321: Highway Engineering
Highway engineering principles; vehicle and driver characteristics; geometric and pavement design; traffic engineering; capacity and analysis and signal timing. Instructor: Ilgin Guler, sig123@psu.edu
CE 341: Design of Concrete Structures
Design of reinforced concrete beams, slabs, and columns with emphasis on ultimate-strength methods; pre-stressed concrete; buildings and bridge applications. Prerequisite: CE 340; Co- or Prerequisite: CE 336. Instructor: Shashidhara Marikunte, ssm16@psu.edu
CE 360: Fluid Mechanics
Mechanics of fluids; flow in conduits and around bodies; friction and energy loss; fluid measurements. Instructor: Alfonso Mejia, aim127@psu.edu
CE 476: Solid and Hazardous Wastes
This course covers three main topics: 1) municipal solid waste handling and disposal (including landfill-gas-to-energy, direct waste-to-energy, and recycling options); 2) the fate and transport of hazardous wastes in the environment; and 3) the design of appropriate technologies for the remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater. Prerequisite: CE 370. Instructor: Rachel Brennan, rab44@psu.edu
CE 584: Concrete Material and Properties
Study of concrete properties and associated variables, prediction models, testing, preventive measures, pozzolans, admixtures. Prerequisite: AE 321 or CE 336 or equivalent. Instructor: Shashidhara Marikunte, ssm16@psu.edu
Registration
For more information on how to register for any of these courses, please follow these registration instructions.
