Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences

Henry J. Massman Chair:
Diogo Bolster

Associate Chair:
Kyle Bibby

Henry J. Massman Professor of Civil Engineering:
Peter C. Burns

Robert M. Moran Professor of Civil Engineering:
Ahsan Kareem

Wayne and Diane Murdy Professor of Engineering and Geosciences:
Harindra J. Fernando

Joseph and Nona Ahearn Professor in Computational Science and Engineering:
Joannes J. Westerink

Professors:
Kyle Bibby; Jeremy B. Fein; Robert L. Irvine (emeritus); Andrew Kennedy; Tracy L. Kijewski Correa; Yahya C. Kurama; Patricia A. Maurice (emerita); Clive R. Neal; Robert Nerenberg; David Richter; James I. Taylor (emeritus); Joshua Shrout; Stephen E. Silliman (emeritus); Alexandros Taflanidis

Associate Professors:
Melissa Berke; Kyle Doudrick; Alan Hamlet; Amy Hixon; Lloyd H. Ketchum Jr. (emeritus); Kapil Khandelwal; Jerry J. Marley (emeritus); Rev. James A. Rigert, C.S.C. (emeritus); Antonio Simonetti; Ashley Thrall

Assistant Professors:
Patrick Brewick; Paola Crippa

Professor of the Practice:
Luis Fargier-Gabaldon

Teaching Professors:
Brian Smith; Brad D. Weldon

Associate Teaching Professors:
Yazen Khasawneh; Stefanie Simonetti; Kevin Walsh

Program of Studies

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences offers programs of study leading to the degrees of bachelor of science in civil engineering, bachelor of science in environmental engineering, bachelor of science in environmental earth sciences, master of science in civil engineering, master of engineering in structural engineering, master of engineering in environmental engineering, master of science in environmental engineering, master of science in environmental earth sciences, and doctor of philosophy.

Program Goals

The Department of Civil and Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (CEEES) focuses on knowledge related to civil infrastructure, natural and man-made hazards, environment, energy, water, and planet systems. We emphasize a strong foundation in science and engineering with a focus in the areas of structural engineering, environmental engineering, environmental fluid dynamics, and geochemistry. Our professions develop the fundamental and applied technologies that impact people’s health, well-being, and ability to thrive through our work on infrastructure (buildings, bridges, tunnels, waterways, ports, roads, dams, offshore energy platforms, wind farms), clean water supply (water resources, water distribution and water treatment), sewage and waste disposal (wastewater treatment), protection from natural hazards (earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis, riverine floods, winds, waves, hurricanes), energy systems (offshore oil extraction, wind farms, hydro-electric, nuclear fuel reprocessing), safe and sustainable environments (pollutants in the atmosphere, groundwater, surface water, reactive transport of pollutants within these systems, biological and geochemical processes, the interplay of natural processes such as mineral-waterrock-bacteria interactions, and anthropogenic issues such as transport of toxic heavy metals and safe disposal of nuclear waste), and the larger geophysical and geochemical earth system. CEEES strives to provide a stimulating and unique interdisciplinary environment for learning and research by blending traditional disciplines of science and engineering. CEEES offers outstanding educational programs for those aspiring to contribute as leaders in the fields of Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Environmental Earth Sciences. CEEES educational objective is to provide students with the knowledge, skills, vision and ethical basis to contribute as leaders in design, construction and protection of our civil infrastructure, and understanding, management and remediation of the environment.

CEEES has very innovative undergraduate programs that synergize classroom teaching with research, field trips, lecture series and hands on experiences that expose students to the realities and professionals in their field. These programs are designed to be inspirational and lead to inquiry as well as lead to life-long connections in the field. All of our students experience in-depth fieldtrips and the majority of our students participate in research programs, thematic professional competitions, and professional lecture series. In addition, our students have a strong tradition of service in programs such as NDSEED, a student organization that proposes, designs, finances and builds bridges for poor communities in Central America, and Engineers Without Borders. The department has a long tradition of placing its graduates from both undergraduate and graduate programs into sectors that truly serve society from their most basic needs of clean water and shelter to the advanced energy and transportation systems that sustain a thriving economy and a high standard of living. Our alumni have a history of success and exemplary leadership in academia, consulting, national laboratories, construction, and industry.

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences offers their courses under the subject codes of: Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (CE), and Energy Studies (ENER). Courses associated with their academic programs may be found below. The scheduled classes for a given semester may be found at classearch.nd.edu.

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (CE)

CE 08999 Research Experience for High School Students (0 Credit Hours)

Research will be conducted in Environmental Engineering with Professor Kyle Doudrick. No coursework is required

CE 10110 Planet Earth (3 Credit Hours)

An introduction to the Earth, its processes, composition, evolution, and structure. The course introduces the student to mineralogy, petrology, structural geology, oceanography, surficial processes, geophysics, environmental geology, and planetology. Lecture and laboratory meetings.

Corequisites: CE 11110

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKST-Core Science & Technology

CE 10115 Build Break Perfect (3 Credit Hours)

Project based course that bridges the gap between theory and practice by exposing students to hands on experiences in civil and environmental engineering. Basic concepts in civil and environmental engineering and the interrelationships among engineering, science, mathematics, and society will be introduced through project based learning experiences that examine the engineering aspects of various systems.

CE 10300 Global Change, Water and Energy (3 Credit Hours)

This course examines the topic of global environmental change and the mechanisms by which global change occurs. Analysis will include the relationships between physical and ecological changes on Earth, and our current understanding of how climate evolves under natural and human influences. Topics covered include the global energy balance, structure and circulation of the atmosphere and oceans, climate variability, and implications of climate change for natural and human systems.

CE 10700 Sustainable Development in a Changing World (3 Credit Hours)

World population has doubled in the last 50 years, and sustainable development in the face of global change is the greatest challenge of our time. Through readings, lectures and class discussions by topic (water, energy, resources, waste, environment and related topics), this class provides an overview of the origin, scale and complexity of the challenge, and discusses how we can contribute, as engineers, scientists and professionals to help address it. We will learn the fundamental quantitative tools to measure and evaluate environmental and resources problems, which will be applied in class projects focusing on specific sustainability issues. The course will conclude by studying how environmental and resources policy decisions are made, and discuss the tradeoffs and ethical dilemmas involved.

Prerequisites: (PHYS 10310 (may be taken concurrently) or PHYS 10093 or PHYS 10111 or PHYS 11661 or PHYS 10411 or PHYS 20210) and (MATH 10550 or MATH 10091 or MATH 10350 or MATH 10850)

CE 11110 Planet Earth Laboratory (1 Credit Hour)

This is the laboratory portion of CE 10110.

Corequisites: CE 10110

CE 20110 Planet Earth (3 Credit Hours)

Corequisites: CE 21110

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKST-Core Science & Technology

Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Environmental Engineering or Environmental Earth Sciences.

CE 20111 Planet Earth (3 Credit Hours)

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKST-Core Science & Technology

CE 20150 Statics (3 Credit Hours)

The Introduction to systems of forces and couples; vector mechanics. Equilibrium of rigid bodies. Internal forces and moments, trusses and beams, distributed loads and properties of areas. Friction and virtual work.

Prerequisites: (EG 10111 or EG 10112) and (MATH 10560 or MATH 10092) and (PHYS 10310 or PHYS 10093)

CE 20230 Engineering Programming (1 Credit Hour)

Introduction to programming for engineers. This course will cover the fundamentals of programming in C and MATLAB, including basic structures, algorithm development, and implementation and debugging of programs. Assignments will illustrate the advantages of each programming environment. An emphasis will be placed on team-based learning; some assignments will require students to work together to write community programs.

Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Civil Engineering, Environmental Geosciences, Environmental Engineering or Environmental Earth Sciences.

CE 20300 Global Change, Water and Energy (3 Credit Hours)

This course examines global environmental change within Earth systems and how these evolve under natural and human influence. Topics covered encompass atmosphere, oceans, water, land and ecosystems and how natural and human-induced processes are reshaping Earth’s environments. Central to this discussion are water and air pollution, water management, freshwater availability and scarcity and impact of these issues on society. Sustainable energy is investigated and renewable energy sources that meet current needs and those of future generations are explored. This discussion includes energy production but also incorporates energy efficiency measures and responsible energy consumption. The course concludes with a discussion on the implications of climate change for Earth systems and human society.

CE 20305 Climate, Environment, & Society (3 Credit Hours)

This course will examine the scientific basis of climate change and its intersection with human society (including policy, economics, public health, energy, ecosystems, environmental engineering, and journalism). We will begin by developing a foundation in the physical science of Earth's climate, examining climate data and the record of climate variability through time, before considering ongoing and projected future climate change impacts (including water availability, weather patterns, agriculture). We will continue by assessing how humans shape the climate and how that climate in turn shapes society. Class session will be composed of lectures, short videos, TED-talk style presentations, in-class lab experiments, and data visualization exercises, and discussions. This multidisciplinary class will involve rigorous analytical reason and connection of methodologies and complex themes, but not necessarily mathematical problem sets.

CE 20310 General Meteorology (3 Credit Hours)

This course is a survey of the discipline of meteorology. It quantitatively and conceptually explores the relationships in the atmosphere that drive the weather around the globe. Topics will include: atmospheric composition, energy transfer, cloud formation and precipitation, atmospheric measurement, numerical weather prediction, and an introduction to forecasting.

CE 20320 Environmental Aquatic Chemistry (3 Credit Hours)

The fundamentals of water chemistry from both thermodynamic and kinetic standpoints. This course focuses primarily on natural water chemistry with an emphasis on the carbonate system. The course also includes introductions to metal and organic pollutants, as well as atmospheric chemistry as related to the water cycle.

Prerequisites: CHEM 10171 or CHEM 10097

CE 20520 Environmental Mineralogy (4 Credit Hours)

Explores the compositions and structures of rock forming minerals in the context of environmental systems. Case studies emphasize the role of mineralogy in the transport of heavy metals and radionuclides in the subsurface, geologic disposal of nuclear waste, and acid mine drainage. Various remediation strategies are examined and contrasted.

Prerequisites: (CE 10110 or CE 20110 or CE 20111 or SC 10100 or SC 20110)

Corequisites: CE 21520

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKST-Core Science & Technology

CE 20600 Computational Visualization and BIM of Engineering Systems (2 Credit Hours)

This is an introductory course that focuses on integrating Computer-Aided-Design (CAD) techniques into the engineering workflow. We will be exploring a range of technologies used in civil engineering as well as other design disciplines. A substantial portion of the class will be dedicated to learning core concepts of technical drawing as used in different programs. At the end of this course, students will be proficient in CAD programs like AutoCAD, Civil 3D and Revit. We will also introduce the use of Revit in BIM (Building Information Modeling), and explore how these technologies are rapidly changing the whole construction industry.

CE 20700 Sustainable Development in a Changing World (3 Credit Hours)

Prerequisites: (MATH 10550 or MATH 10091 or MATH 10350 or MATH 10850) and (PHYS 10310 or PHYS 10093 or PHYS 10111 or PHYS 11661 or PHYS 10411 or PHYS 20210)

CE 20900 Career Choices in Civil and Environmental Engineering (1 Credit Hour)

A seminar series featuring selected speakers who are employed in fields related to Civil and Environmental Engineering or are career development professionals. The presentations and open symposium format emphasizes career opportunities for Civil and Environmental Engineering graduates. Course assignments are focused on personal career development (resume, cover letter, interviewing, networking).

CE 21110 Planet Earth Laboratory (1 Credit Hour)

This is the laboratory portion of CE 20110.

Corequisites: CE 20110

CE 21520 Environmental Mineralogy Lab (0 Credit Hours)

Lab componet for CE 20520

Corequisites: CE 20520

CE 23600 Challenges and Innovations in Civil and Environmental Engineering (0.5 Credit Hours)

This course will focus on examining large scale civil and environmental engineering problems, the technological challenges encountered, and the resulting innovative solutions. The emphasis will be on the engineering systems and will include problems in structural, ocean, hydraulic, groundwater, soils and environmental engineering. Course format: 6-10 lectures per semester presented by senior project engineers, university faculty and researchers who are leaders in the field. Each lecture will be 75 minutes and consist of a 1 hour presentation with 15 minutes for discussion and questions. The lectures will be targeted to tie the problems discussed to concepts emphasized in the current curriculum. Course offered: Each spring and fall semester

Course may be repeated.

Enrollment limited to students in the Cvl Envmntl Engr Earth Sci department.

CE 27600 Special Studies (0-8 Credit Hours)

Individual or small group study under the direction of a faculty member in an undergraduate subject not concurrently covered by any University course.

CE 28600 Undergraduate Research (1-3 Credit Hours)

A research project at the undergraduate level under the supervision of a faculty member.

Course may be repeated.

CE 30110 Differential Equations for Engineers (3 Credit Hours)

This course is an introduction to differential equations, focusing on analysis and techniques encountered in engineering. Topics include first and second order linear equations and systems of differential equations. Mathematical modeling of dynamical systems, such as structural vibrations, predator-prey models, and fluid dynamics, will be addressed.

Prerequisites: (MATH 20550 or MATH 10093) and MATH 20580 (may be taken concurrently)

CE 30125 Computational Methods (3 Credit Hours)

Fundamentals of numerical methods and development of programming techniques to solve problems in civil and environmental engineering. This course requires significant computer use via a scientific program language such as Matlab and/or FORTRAN. Standard topics in numerical linear algebra, interpolation, discrete differentiation, discrete integration, and approximate solutions to ordinary differential equations are treated in a context-based approach. Applications are drawn from hydrology, environmental modeling, geotechnical engineering, modeling of material behavior, and structural analysis. Fall.

CE 30150 Modeling and Dynamics of Building Systems (3 Credit Hours)

Course provides a primer on structural dynamics for single and multi-degree-of-freedom systems with application to building systems, as well as an introduction to modeling of building systems within commercial software packages.

Prerequisites: CE 30200 or CE 34200

CE 30160 Civil Engineering Materials (3 Credit Hours)

A study of mechanical properties of civil engineering materials and how they relate to the atomic, microscopic, and macroscopic structure. Weekly laboratories are used to study materials such as steel, concrete, wood, and bituminous materials. Spring

Corequisites: CE 31160

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WRIT - Writing Intensive

CE 30161 Civil Engineering Materials - Updated (3 Credit Hours)

CE 30200 Introduction to Structural Engineering (3 Credit Hours)

Introduction to structural engineering; analysis of statically determinate structures; deflection analysis; analysis of indeterminate structures using classical and matrix methods; introduction to analysis software, structural design concepts and codes and standards. Fall.

Prerequisites: AME 20241

CE 30210 Structural Analysis (3 Credit Hours)

The fundamentals of matrix methods of analysis. Application to trusses and rigid frames. Introduction to the use of commercial analysis software. Advanced topics of analysis: plastic analysis, introduction to structural dynamics. The first course in the structures track. Spring.

Prerequisites: CE 30200 or CE 34200

CE 30267 Structural Wood Design (1 Credit Hour)

This course provides a foundation of wood design concepts for the aspiring wood builders and designers of tomorrow. Through hands-on design tasks projects and lectures students will get an in-depth knowledge of the engineering capabilities of wood and wood products. Students will be able to describe and apply design techniques for individual wood components including beams, columns, and connections, using engineered wood composites and conventional lumber products. The course additionally develops technical competencies essential for practicing engineers when conceptualizing systems for real-world projects include detailing for constructability and robustness. Contemporary issues, case studies and modern tools of practice (codes, standards, and potentially commercial software) are integrated throughout the course. This course is worth one credit hour.

CE 30300 Introduction to Environmental Engineering (3 Credit Hours)

An introduction to the fundamental concepts and principles to qualitatively and quantitatively assess complex natural and engineering systems relevant to environmental engineering. This course serves to assist students to identify, evaluate and solve problems involved in the control of water, air, and land pollution and challenges for environmental sustainability. The course introduces how fundamental science and engineering methodology is applied to solve real world environmental problems. This is the first course in the environmental engineering track. Fall.

Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Civil Engineering or Environmental Geosciences.

CE 30320 Physical-Chemical Water Treatment Processes (3 Credit Hours)

An introduction to the physical and chemical processes used for drinking water treatment, including principles and design. We will also discuss basic water chemistry, water quality, water sources, environmental policy, and current issues in the industry.

Prerequisites: CE 30300

CE 30338 Design Tools for Environmental Engineers (1 Credit Hour)

Students will be introduced to several programs used in environmental design such as Biowin, CAD, and GIS.

Prerequisites: CE 40341 (may be taken concurrently)

CE 30339 Laboratory and Field Methods for Environmental Engineering (3 Credit Hours)

The objectives of this course are to learn principles and methods for designing, building and testing systems to sense and quantify environmental processes. Measurements in the environment focus on monitoring natural ecosystems, sustainable environmental infrastructure, atmospheres and water bodies. Design and fabrication of sensing systems for monitoring heat, mass, chemicals, energy, and biota will be considered. Measurements of velocity, temperature, transport and concentration levels will be covered. The concentrations of hazards in the air, water, land and urban environment will also be explored. Group research sessions and fieldwork are an integral part of the course. The course will involve the class in the planning and execution of studies to sense environmental systems: such as the South Bend/Lake Michigan waterways and other terrestrial/aquatic systems; Green Roofs, Combined Sewage Overflow (CSO); terrestrial hazards; urban air-quality, and field method design/development/execution.

CE 30455 Environmental Hydrology (3 Credit Hours)

An Introduction to the hydrologic cycle and review of the main processes. This includes precipitation, evaporation and transpiration, runoff, infiltration and a brief introduction to ground water. Some concepts and tools commonly used by water resources managers will also be discussed. Transport of pollutants will be introduced. Finally, biological elements of the water cycle will be introduced. Laboratory techniques complement lecture topics.

CE 30460 Fluid Mechanics (3 Credit Hours)

A basic course in Fluid Mechanics.

Prerequisites: MATH 20580 or MATH 10094

CE 30500 Geomorphology for Engineers and Scientists (3 Credit Hours)

This course introduces students to principles and processes of landform evolution with emphasis on global-scale Earth processes, volcanic & tectonic geomorphology, weathering processes & soils and mass movement. Processes and landform evolution in fluvial, desert, glacial, coastal and karst environments are investigated, and the effects on human structures and developments are explored. The course concludes with a discussion on the impact of climate change on Earth's surface features.

CE 30510 Geotechnical Engineering (3.5 Credit Hours)

The objective of this course is to introduce and familiarize the student with the fundamentals of soil mechanics, including behavior of soils in compression and shear, and the principles of geotechnical engineering through lectures and laboratory experiments. Spring.

Prerequisites: AME 20241 or CE 20150

Corequisites: CE 31510

CE 30530 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (3 Credit Hours)

Physical, chemical and compositional properties of sediments are used to investigate formation, origin and occurrence of sedimentary rocks. Sedimentary environments from a physical, biological and tectonic perspective are explored. Stratigraphic relationships of layered rock successions are used to examine the distribution of strata in space and time. The course concludes with the application of sedimentologic, stratigraphic and tectonic principles to basin analysis in order to interpret the geologic history and evaluate the economic potential of sedimentary environments.

CE 30540 Petrology/Earth Materials (3 Credit Hours)

Origin and identification of igneous and metamorphic rocks within a plate tectonics framework. Geochemistry and petrography are used to investigate mineral equilibria, magma generation and crystallization, pressure and temperatures of deformation, and the interior of the earth.

Prerequisites: CE 20520

CE 30555 Living and Working on Our Moon: Science fiction or Science Fact? (3 Credit Hours)

Can humans live and work successfully on the Moon? This course will endeavor to address this question by informing the students of what we have learned about our nearest celestial neighbor during and since Apollo. This will include details about resources that could be used to build, maintain and grow any human field station that is set up, and would discuss the criteria for the location of such a station. The first series of classes will be the traditional lecture format to get the baseline data imparted to the students. The next segment of the course will be team discussions to address a series of questions where the class will divide into teams and work on a solution to a particular question as part of their homework. They will present their results in subsequent classes and will be graded on this. The final lecture will be a Capstone to tie together the results of the semesters work.

CE 30556 Sustainability and Resilience of Energy Systems and Supplies (3 Credit Hours)

Human living standards are directly correlated with energy availability and consumption. About 1 billion people in the world today have no access to electricity, at least another billion have unreliable electricity and often only enough to power a few light bulbs, and more than two billion people cook food over open fires. This technical-oriented but accessible-to-all course focuses on the history, evolution, and current deployment of energy systems worldwide. Emphases are on the utilization, limitations, and drawbacks of world energy supplies including fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables relative to sustainability and resilience. Case studies will include the electrical grid failure in Puerto Rico during and after hurricane Maria, the nuclear plant accidents at Fukushima (Japan) and Chernobyl (Ukraine), conflicts related to energy, and the changing energy mix of the local country/city where the course is taught.

CE 30560 Dynamic Earth and Natural Disasters (3 Credit Hours)

This course focuses on Earth processes involved in the formation and reshaping of the land surface and the oceans and how these relate to major natural hazards such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The plate tectonics framework of a dynamic Earth is central to the discussion as it relates to the occurrence of surface structures on a regional and global scale. Processes of rock deformation including faulting, fracturing and folding in the Earth’s crust are discussed. Topics covered in this course encompass compressional settings such as the Cascades and Alaska, extensional settings including the Basin and Range Province, transform settings such as the San Andreas Fault and hotspots including Hawai’i, Iceland and Yellowstone.

Prerequisites: CE 20110 or SC 20110 or CE 20111 or CE 10110 or SC 10100

CE 30610 Fundamentals of Construction Management (3 Credit Hours)

An introduction to construction management, including fundamentals of safety, quality estimating, scheduling, subcontracting, and delivery methods. In this course, students will explore risk management, negotiations, and claims in the context of construction. The course's main objective is to provide students with a broad understanding of the skills required for a career in construction in the context of today's complex large scale projects.

CE 30720 Resiliency of Engineering Systems (3 Credit Hours)

This course will discuss fundamental concepts needed to understand and engineer for mitigation and resilience against multi-hazard vulnerability of critical infrastructure, environment, energy, communities, and other complex and inter-connected engineering systems. It will include significant components in decision-making and public policy.

CE 31160 Materials Laboratory (1 Credit Hour)

The concurrent laboratory portion of CE 30160. Spring.

Corequisites: CE 30160

CE 31300 CE 31300 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering Laboratory (1 Credit Hour)

The laboratory component of the Intro to Environmental Engineering course. Fall.

CE 31510 Geotechnical Engineering Lab (0 Credit Hours)

The current laboratory portion of CE 30510.

Corequisites: CE 30510

Course may be repeated.

CE 31540 Petrology/Earth Materials Lab (1 Credit Hour)

Lab component of CE 30540

Corequisites: CE 30540

CE 33100 Geographic Information Systems (3 Credit Hours)

This course is aimed to provide a basic understanding of how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and satellite imagery can be used to visualize and analyze environmental data. Students will learn basic techniques for analyzing, manipulating and creating geospatial data in both pixel-based (satellite imagery and digital terrain models) and vector based (point, line and polygon representation of spatial data) formats. Students will also learn how acquire high resolution satellite imagery and other GIS data from online data servers.

Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering or Environmental Earth Sciences.

CE 33400 Environmental Fluid Dynamics Seminar (1 Credit Hour)

This weekly seminar series for senior undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing a greater understanding of fluid mechanics with particular relevance to motions in the environment (atmosphere, oceans and solid earth). Many of the lectures will be dedicated for invited speakers from other institutions and the rest will be given by Notre Dame Speakers. These seminars are expected to expose students and faculty to a wide swath of research problems as well as to state-of-the-art analytical, numerical and experimental tools.

Course may be repeated.

CE 33600 Challenges and Innovations in Civil and Environmental Engineering (0.5 Credit Hours)

Course may be repeated.

Enrollment limited to students in the Cvl Envmntl Engr Earth Sci department.

CE 34556 Sustainability and Resilience of Energy Systems and Supplies (3 Credit Hours)

CE 35506 Practicum in Field Environmental Geosciences: Galapagos Islands (2 Credit Hours)

The course will explore the complex interplay between geological and biological processes on the Galapagos islands, as well as the crucial role the islands played historically as Darwin developed his theory of evolution. The course will meet once each week for 1.5 hours with discussions of the geology, ecology, and evolutionary biology of the islands. There is an optional 8-day trip to the Galapagos Islands that complements the course, with a prior application and trip fees required. The field trip to the Galápagos is optional, it is not an alternate to class requirements, and it is not a means of earning extra credit in the course. Students who go on the trip will develop and conduct research projects while on the trip. Students who opt to take the course without going on the field trip will conduct research projects either using observations made by trip participants or using literature sources. All students will report results of the research during the second half of the semester course meetings.

CE 35610 Engineering for International Development I (1-3 Credit Hours)

Engineering for International Development I Engineering for International Development I partners students with community organizations to put their engineering skills into service, in this case Bridges2Prosperity, a nonprofit organization providing pedestrian bridges to communities worldwide who lack such basic infrastructure. Under the banner of the ND SEED (Notre Dame Students Empowering Engineering Development), up to a dozen students will be accepted each academic year for this course and will supervise all aspects of bridge design and construction, including fundraising and international study via site surveys over Fall Break and construction in May following the spring semester. To join this course in the fall of any academic year, students must apply and be accepted by ND SEED in the prior spring semester. Students are expected to participate in the course for a full academic year, through bridge construction in May. The project is also affiliated with the Center for Social Concerns International Summer Service Learning Program (ISSLP) and has additional curricular requirements through ISSLP.

Course may be repeated.

CE 37600 Special Studies (1-8 Credit Hours)

Individual or small group study under the direction of a faculty member in an undergraduate subject not concurrently covered by any University course.

CE 40256 Coastal Engineering (3 Credit Hours)

This course teaches the fundamentals of coastal engineering for upper level undergraduate and beginning graduate students. A background in engineering or science is required, and fluid mechanics and calculus experience will be helpful in some parts. Course topics include: 1. Mechanics of waves, tides, and surge, 2. Short term and long term wave climatology and statistics, 3. Sediment transport and coastal morphology, 4. Types and design of coastal engineering structures, 5. Wave, surge, and tsunami loads on near-coast structures 6. Long term coastal outlooks 7. Other topics to fit into the available time. Although both geophysical and engineering topics will be discussed, the focus will be more on the engineering side of the system.

CE 40270 Reinforced Concrete Design (4 Credit Hours)

Mechanics and behavior of reinforced concrete members and structures. Design of reinforced concrete members and structures, including continuous beams, slabs, columns, and frames. Strength and serviceability considerations for design. Building codes and specifications for reinforced concrete design. Includes a semester-long project on the design of a five-story, five-bay reinforced concrete frame building. The second or third course in the structures track.

Prerequisites: CE 30200 or CE 34200

CE 40275 Prestressed Concrete Design (3 Credit Hours)

Mechanics of prestressed concrete structural members. Design of prestressed concrete structural members and simple systems. Strength and serviceability considerations.

Prerequisites: CE 40270

Course may be repeated.

CE 40280 Structural Steel Design (4 Credit Hours)

Design of structural steel members/systems using basic fundamentals of mechanics, principles of steel behavior at element and system level. Course integrates current codes/standards and commercial software into semester-long project, providing for direct application of concepts to the design of a mid-rise structural steel residential/commercial building. The second or third course in the structures track.

Prerequisites: CE 30160 and (CE 20150 or AME 20221) and AME 20241 and (CE 30200 or CE 34200)

CE 40285 Bridge Engineering (3 Credit Hours)

Overview of bridge engineering, focusing on behavior, analysis, and design. Course will highlight standard forms for highway and long-span bridges, including girder, truss, arch, suspension, and cable-stay bridges. Fundamental techniques for analysis and design will be emphasized (e.g. influence lines, graphic states) and current design code will be introduced.

Enrollment limited to students in the Cvl Envmntl Engr Earth Sci department.

CE 40300 Geochemistry (3 Credit Hours)

An introduction to the use of chemical thermodynamics and chemical kinetics in modeling geochemical processes. Special emphasis is placed on water-rock interactions of environmental interest.

Prerequisites: (CE 10110 or CE 20110 or CE 20111 or SC 10100 or SC 20110) and (CHEM 10122 or CHEM 10171 or CHEM 10097 or CHEM 10181)

CE 40323 Advanced Physical-Chemical Water Treatment Processes (3 Credit Hours)

This course explores the fundamental principles and design considerations of advanced water treatment technologies used in drinking water production and water reuse applications. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of key treatment processes, including adsorption with activated carbon, membrane filtration (e.g., reverse osmosis), and advanced oxidation processes. Emphasis will be placed on the engineering aspects of these processes, their applications in real-world scenarios, and the challenges associated with implementation. By the end of the course, participants will be equipped with the knowledge to design and evaluate advanced treatment systems to meet stringent water quality standards.

CE 40330 Environmental Biotechnology (3 Credit Hours)

Environmental biotechnology is the application of biological processes to the solution of environmental problems. Applications include municipal and industrial wastewater treatment, drinking water treatment, remediation of soils and groundwaters, remediation of surface waters and sediments, and control of air contaminants.

Prerequisites: CE 40341

CE 40341 Biological Process Design (3 Credit Hours)

A study of the theory, design, and operation of facilities both for industrial and municipal treatment and disposal. Design of municipal wastewater treatment systems is emphasized. A significant project design component is included with a tutorial section. Fall.

CE 40350 Environmental Microbiology (3 Credit Hours)

Bacteria are everywhere. They survive in extreme environments that include the deepest ocean regions, hot springs (like Old Faithful), Antarctica, and Death Valley. These organisms span the gamut of utility as some bacteria are absolutely required to maintain our own health while other bacteria display pathogenicity where the smallest of doses can kill. Separate from these extremes, there are other bacteria being utilized everyday in various industries to generate chemicals, antibiotics, food products, and clean water. This course will address the fundamental processes used by all bacteria, the chemical reactions and molecular interactions mediated by bacteria to function and survive, and the diversity and specific characteristics of several specific bacterial genera and species.

CE 40355 Water, Disease, and Global Health (3 Credit Hours)

The main emphasis of the course will be to study the diseases important to both the developed and developing world. Basic principles of public health, epidemiology, infectious disease microbiology, immunology, and engineering application will be learned utilizing both local and global examples. Particular emphasis will be given to diseases transmitted by water. As a complement to environmental engineering design classes, this class will focus upon the disease agents removed in properly designed municipal water and waste systems.

Prerequisites: (CHEM 10122 or BIOS 10161)

CE 40358 Genomics and Bioinformatics in Environmental Microbiology (3 Credit Hours)

This course will cover emerging genomics and bioinformatics approaches in environmental microbiology. Topics covered will include microbial community characterization by 16S rRNA and shotgun metagenomic sequencing as well as pure-culture genomic methods such as transcriptomics and genome sequencing. The course will include lecture, literature review, and an in-depth project applying the covered methods.

Prerequisites: CE 40350

CE 40360 Geomicrobiology (3 Credit Hours)

This course explores current research involving the interaction between microbes and geologic systems, focusing on the ability of microbes to affect mass transport in fluid-rock systems. Readings concentrate on laboratory, field, and modeling studies of environmental and/or geologic interest.

CE 40381 Environmental Isotope Geochemistry (3 Credit Hours)

This course introduces students to principles of radiogenic and stable isotope geochemistry. Common radiogenic isotope methods are investigated including processes and equations of radioactive decay and the geochemical behavior of radiogenic isotopes in terrestrial systems. Isotope systematics of rocks, sediments, natural waters and the oceans and their significance as geologic and environmental tracers and as energy resources are explored. The course encompasses an investigation of the behavior of stable isotopes, their fractionation in terrestrial systems and stable isotope applications to environmental studies and renewable energy.

Prerequisites: (ENVG 20110 or SC 20110 or SC 10100 or CE 20110 or CE 20111) and (CE 20520 or ENVG 20200)

CE 40410 Advanced Fluid Dynamics (3 Credit Hours)

This course is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of fundamental principals and concepts of fluid mechanics for beginning graduate students and upper level undergraduate students. It will be a useful precursor to advance courses in turbulence, environmental fluid mechanics, stability theory, waves, oceanography and meteorology.

Prerequisites: CE 30460 or CE 34460

CE 40420 Air Quality and Reactive Transport (3 Credit Hours)

This course investigates air pollutants' fate from their emission sources, to their transport and chemical transformations in the atmosphere. The impacts of air pollutants on human health, air quality and climate are also discussed. Removal and control technologies to reduce air quality issues are examined.

CE 40450 Hydraulics (3 Credit Hours)

Theory, analysis and design of pipe flow, sewer flow, open channel flow, and reservoirs and pumping facilities for water distribution and wastewater collection. Student team design of water distribution and sewer collection systems is emphasized. Fall.

Prerequisites: AME 30031 or AME 30331 or AME 34331 or CE 34330 or CE 30460

CE 40460 Groundwater Hydrology (3 Credit Hours)

Lectures and laboratory cover the fundamentals of flow and transport in porous media. Methods of analysis for development of groundwater resources. Fall.

CE 40465 Mechanics of Environmental Motions (3 Credit Hours)

This course covers fluid dynamics framework of environmental fluid motions, in particular, the application of the equations of motion to predict them. A special emphasis will be made on the effects of earth's rotation and background density stratification, both of which give rise to intriguing natural phenomena. The modification of environmental motions by human influence will be described paying particular attention to engineering applications. Some necessary mathematical tools such as tensors will be covered to some extent.

Prerequisites: CE 30460 or CE 34460

CE 40610 Construction Management (3 Credit Hours)

Students cannot enroll who have a major in Civil Engineering or Environmental Engineering.

CE 40620 Transportation Engineering and Construction (3 Credit Hours)

The planning, design, operation, safety, and economics of transportation systems. Spring.

Prerequisites: CE 20600

CE 40631 Construction Alternative Project Delivery Methods (3 Credit Hours)

Project delivery is a comprehensive process including planning, design, and construction required to execute and complete a facility or other type of project. Alternative project delivery methods include Design Build (DB), Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC), Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), Public Private Partnerships (P3), and others. This course will focus on the various alternative project delivery methods application in the construction sector. Historical and current project delivery methods are explored. The course explores the latest project delivery techniques used to support achievement of project objectives, identifying constraints, and recognizing stakeholders. Procurement strategies, contractual arrangements, and compensation methods are also discussed in conjunction with risks, costs, and legal and ethical issues that need to be considered when determining which system is best for a particular project.

CE 40701 Principles of Practice (1 Credit Hour)

An integrated, multi-disciplinary civil engineering design experience. The course will include a review of the civil engineering design process, professional considerations and preliminary design aspects.

CE 40702 Senior Design (3 Credit Hours)

The second semester of an integrated civil engineering design experience. Student teams will work closely with industry professionals and faculty who act as consultants on a real-world design project to facilitate the student's understanding of the students' proposed final designs. This semester will culminate in a final design project including a report, drawings, and presentation.

Prerequisites: CE 40701

Enrollment limited to students in the Cvl Envmntl Engr Earth Sci department.

CE 40710 Capstone for Minor in Resiliency and Sustainability of Engineering Systems (1 Credit Hour)

In order to obtain hands-on experience with sustainability and resiliency issues focusing on implementation in a real-world setting, each student will complete a 1-credit capstone experience. Proposed by the student, each capstone experience will be approved by the Director of the Minor. Projects will vary among students, and it is expected that each experience will allow the student to pursue a topic of particular interest to him/her in much more depth than a single course might allow. Each experience will be accompanied by a Capstone Thesis Report. This report will be evaluated and graded by CEEES faculty with input from the student's internship advisor. Examples of suitable activities include: at least one semester or summer of undergraduate research in sustainability and resiliency; a senior level capstone design course involving multi-hazard mitigation with a defined project output relevant to the minor; a summer job or internship within a resiliency and sustainability related organization; independently undertaking a meaningful trip to investigate issues or technologies on resiliency and sustainability; a substantial and relevant experience on sustainable and resilient development shaped through either CSC 33902 - Social Concerns Seminar: Science Policy Ethics: Guiding Science through Regulation of Research and Funding or CSC 33985 - Social Concerns Seminar: Energy, Climate, and Social Change ; or summer internship within a U.S., Chilean, New Zealand or other country state government or research agency, immersed with law and policymakers, industry leaders, regulatory agencies, and/or environmental advocacy groups who discuss their efforts to resolve contemporary issues on sustainable and resilient development. The summer internship options may be paid experiences. The students will earn their capstone credit by submitting and presenting a Capstone Thesis Report on their internship activity after returning to campus.

Enrollment is limited to students with a minor in Rslncy Sustnblty of EG Sys..

CE 41450 Hydraulics Lab (0.5 Credit Hours)

Lab component for CE 40450, required for CE students

Corequisites: CE 40450

CE 43600 Challenges and Innovations in Civil and Environmental Engineering (0.5 Credit Hours)

Course may be repeated.

Enrollment limited to students in the Cvl Envmntl Engr Earth Sci department.

CE 45200 Geology Field Trip (1 Credit Hour)

Field trip during the fall/spring vacation; emphasis on regional field geology and field relationships. Classic localities are studied in order to demonstrate geological concepts.

CE 45340 Fall Geology Field Trip (1 Credit Hour)

Field trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan during Fall Break; emphasis on understanding the regional geology before, during, and after the formation of Proterozoic banded iron formations and the Marquette Mineral District. A wide range of sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rock types and geologic structures are studied, and the trip includes a structural geology field exercise. Prior to the trip, there will be lectures on the regional geology, and each student will prepare a presentation on one aspect of the geology that is seen in the field.

Course may be repeated.

Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Environmental Earth Sciences.

CE 45620 Engineering for International Development II (1-10 Credit Hours)

Engineering for International Development II partners students with community organizations to put their engineering skills into service, in this case students work with Engineering2Empower (E2E). E2E started as an organization committed to exploring new approaches and solutions to the Haitian urban housing problem. Through its work with various university and non-university partners, the organization has broadened its focus to seek holistic solutions to hazard mitigation in developing settings. Undergraduate students lead all facets of Research and Development for the organization through this course, focusing on prototype frame and panel design and construction/production for the housing solutions promoted, but also programming for Community Awareness and Engagement. Through partnerships with the Kellogg Institute, students have the opportunity, on a case by case basis, to travel to Haiti to directly implement their work.

Course may be repeated.

CE 45640 Engineering for International Development I (1 Credit Hour)

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Cvl Envmntl Eng Earth Sci.

CE 47600 Special Studies (0-10 Credit Hours)

Individual or small group study under the direction of a faculty member in an undergraduate subject not concurrently covered by any University course.

CE 47603 Special Studies: Concrete Canoe (0-3 Credit Hours)

Students taking this course will be competing in the American Society of Civil Engineers's Concrete Canoe Competition. Students will create a mix design for the canoe in the fall semester according to the specific yearly rules of the competition. In the spring semester, students first create the mold for the canoe. The students then cast and finish the canoe before bringing the finished canoe to the regional conference for competition. Students also develop safety guidelines, requirements and plans in accordance with the department and university stakeholders.

Course may be repeated.

CE 48600 Undergraduate Research (1-10 Credit Hours)

A research project at the undergraduate level under the supervision of a faculty member.

Course may be repeated.

Energy Studies (ENER)

ENER 20052 Concepts: Energy & Environment (3 Credit Hours)

A course developing the basic ideas of energy and power and their applications. The fossil fuels are considered, together with their limitations, particularly as related to global warming, pollution, and their non-renewable character. The advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power are studied and compared with alternative energy sources such as solar energy, wind, and geothermal and hydroelectric power. Various aspects of energy storage and energy conservation are also considered. This section may serve as a substitution for Energy and Society in the Energy Studies Minor.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKST-Core Science & Technology

ENER 20110 Creation, Ecology, Technology (3 Credit Hours)

Environmental degradation and climate change are among the most pressing scientific, economic, political, and social issues of our time. These problems seem to require technological solutions. But they also seem to be the result of the increasing technological sophistication of human societies. This means that the ecological crisis is inextricable from questions about the proper use of technology. This course will equip students to reflect on these interrelated challenges from a theological perspective. Drawing on scripture and other texts from the Jewish and Christian traditions (Genesis Rabbah, Augustine, Basil of Caesarea, Moses Maimonides, Thomas Aquinas, Julian of Norwich, and others), students will consider three distinct models of creation, the relationship between God and creation, and the place of human beings in creation. We will also reflect on the moral and theological significance of ecology and technology through some of the literary classics of the environmental movement (Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, Wendell Berry). Finally, we will explore how local communities might develop virtues and practices that would constitute a theologically-informed response to our "eco-technological" crisis. By the end of the course, students will have deepened their capacity for theological reflection and will understand how theology provides a compelling framework for moral formation and collective action in response to some of today's most urgent global challenges.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKDT-Core Devlopment. Theology

ENER 20111 Green Japan (3 Credit Hours)

Around 1600, Japan closed itself off for 250 years, neither importing food nor exporting people. It was, in short, an almost hermetic ecological system, and yet, instead of outstripping their natural resources, Japanese people managed to attain a level of well-being above that of most other people. Some scholars have acclaimed this era an "eco-utopia" while others point to problems with this view. This course explores the interplay between political, social, economic, and ecological forces asking whether Tokugawa Japan modeled resilience.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKHI - Core History

ENER 20202 The Business of Energy (3 Credit Hours)

The course focuses on issues and challenges faced by business entities comprising the largest and most important segment of our economy - energy. Large, integrated oil and gas producers will be highlighted as well as power generators and transmission companies (primarily regulated oil and gas utilities) and producers of alternative fuels. Energy efficiency and related smart grid initiatives will be explored. The course is a requirement for students choosing the Energy Studies Minor.

ENER 20333 Earth Focus (3 Credit Hours)

The Earth Focus course develops a narrative that pieces together the history of planet Earth over the last 4.5 billion years. Its violent beginnings, the changing orbital motions and seasons, the development of an atmosphere and oceans, all combined to produce a unique evolutionary history that formed a planet habitable by millions of life forms, including humans. The course introduces the science of natural climate change, including some drastic events that might leave you wondering how life could have survived. Understanding Earth's natural climate change is essential to analyzing and interpreting anthropogenic, i.e., human induced, climate change primarily brought about by the burning of fossil fuels over the last 150 years. The greenhouse effect will be used to explain how Earth has maintained its generally pleasant conditions,and climate models will be used to understand how small changes in CO2 levels can affect those conditions. With the ongoing consumption of fossil fuels, and the resulting addition of greenhouse gases into Earth's atmosphere, mankind is now conducting a unique experiment, one with potentially devastating consequences. Over the last century, the world has become highly industrialized and interconnected. The combustion of fossil fuels has played a major role in this process, and the consequences have become apparent with increasing pollution and climate issues. Earth is already beginning to react badly, e.g., a rise in ocean levels, weather extremes, ocean acidification, and extinction of species. How much the rising CO2 concentration and temperature will affect life on Earth is the question that scientists, politicians, economists, sociologists,as well as the rest of us, must consider in assessing what lies ahead. Decisions need to be made in the foreseeable future that will affect energy use, lifestyles, national economies, and international politics. Renewable and alternative energy sources such as wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, and nuclear are essential components of the energy discussion. A clear understanding of the science involved in the climate warming debate and potential solutions are necessary. It is up to each of us to examine the basic evidence and answer fundamental questions regarding what to do next. The goal of the course is to provide the history, science, and an understanding of the basic energy issues that face us in the 21st century with the goal of finding effective solutions. The focus will be on the facts and the underlying science,but it is also about the options and decisions that we, individually and as a society, must make regarding the very real implications of climate change.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKST-Core Science & Technology

ENER 20626 Theology and Ecology (3 Credit Hours)

We live and act in an ecological theater created by God that includes all other living organisms and their ecosystems within the biosphere. Urgent questions abound today about what our relationship is to the rest of the natural world. This course investigates the Christian understanding of God as Creator, creation, and our human relationship to God, one another, and the natural world. We will examine the theology of creation beginning with Scripture and the Creed and progressing through the Early Church, Medieval, and modern time period. We will also address theological anthropology in terms of our identity and mission regarding our ecological home. To this end, we will apply Pope Francis' notion of integral ecology to the specific case of the Great Lakes watershed in which we live, examining topics such as biodiversity and invasive species, water, agriculture, and energy. As ecological citizens and creatures of God, we will address the connection between liturgy and ecology. This course will have a special appeal to students interested in the intersection of theology and science, especially ecology and environmental studies.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKDT-Core Devlopment. Theology

ENER 30035 Ethics of Space Exploration (3 Credit Hours)

The aim of this course is to explore the ethical and political issues surrounding space exploration and consider how past and present realities constrain our future in space. We will first survey the present state of space exploration. This will include the privatization of space travel, military investment in the space industry, space policy and law, and the state of modern space science. Then, we will look to our future in space and consider questions such as: Does climate change justify/ necessitate colonizing other worlds? What are the ethics of terraforming? What types of extraterrestrial life are worthy of ethical consideration? Will space travel replicate or exacerbate existing structural oppression, and should we pursue ‘anti-colonial' space travel? Ultimately, students should be able to place space exploration in its social context and articulate a vision of space exploration that they believe best serves society.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKSP - Core 2nd Philosophy

ENER 30112 Germany and the Environment (3 Credit Hours)

Germany is globally recognized as a leader in the fields of renewable energy, sustainable development, and environmental protection. But how did this come about? In this course, we will examine the roles that culture and history play in shaping human attitudes towards the environment. Our case studies will range over two centuries, from damming projects in the Rhine valley at the start of the nineteenth century to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster at the end of the twentieth. We will study novels, films, and philosophical essays alongside works by leading environmental historians. Over the course of the semester, students will develop a richer understanding of German environmentalism that also includes an awareness of its dark sides, such as the role that nature conservancy played within Nazi ideology.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKAL - Core Art & Literature, WRIT - Writing Intensive

ENER 30131 Energy Systems for Decarbonization: Fossil Phase Out, Zero Carbon Buildout, and the Future of Energy (3 Credit Hours)

“Energy Systems for Decarbonization” is a lecture-based class primarily targeted at undergraduates. It is designed to introduce you to our energy system as it currently exists, then to the work we have ahead of us to transform it for justice and decarbonization to address climate change and other issues. Energy systems are crucial drivers of both social and environmental outcomes. Structural transformation of both supply and demand side energy systems is necessary for climate change mitigation, with a number of other major implications that will vary based on the transition approach. Transforming these systems in a way that centers justice and human dignity is possible, but not guaranteed. This course will cover both supply and demand-side energy systems, including fossil, nuclear, and renewable fuels, and buildings, transportation, industry, and infrastructure energy uses, with an emphasis on what exists today and what would need to happen for decarbonization to proceed. The course will also address policy and emphasize cobenefits and disbenefits of specific paths forward, for US and international contexts.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKST-Core Science & Technology

ENER 30202 International Conservation & Dev Pol (3 Credit Hours)

Conserving the earth’s rich biological heritage while enhancing the well-being of some of the world’s poorest people stands as a critical global challenge. This course examines this complex issue using the lens of political science and related fields such as political ecology, gender studies, and sustainability science. It will demonstrate how insights and approaches from these areas of scholarship can help understand and address the twin problems of biodiversity loss and poverty in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Examples will focus on forest and wildlife conservation and management. This course will be of interest to students from a wide range of natural and social science disciplines.

ENER 30408 Global Environmental Issues and Policy (3 Credit Hours)

Fracking, Water Wars, Deforestation of the Amazon, Droughts, Global Warming, Climate Change, Unsustainable Agriculture, Hurricanes, Pollution, Species Extinction, Invasive Species, Poaching, Overfishing, Depletion of Fossil Fuels, Overpopulation, Wastes, Ocean Acidification, Wildfires, Oil Spills, Overpopulation, Overconsumption, Land degradation - the list goes on! These complex environmental problems are occurring constantly and rapidly; their consequences are global in scope and transcend national boundaries; and they embody the complex relationship between humans and the natural environment. This course is about developing an interdisciplinary understanding of the relationship between humans (society) and the environment. We will examine the historical and contemporary environmental challenges of global concern, the underlying role of humans, and attempts by society to address, mitigate, and adapt to such complex problems through policies, institutions, and governance. We will pay attention to the roles of different state and non-state actors in environmental policy making. Overall, students will draw from both the social and natural sciences to develop a deeper understanding of how society - through consumption, culture, politics, power, ethics, values, economic growth, location, etc... contribute to, or solve, environmental problems.

ENER 30493 Policy Lab: Global Challenges to National Security of U.S. (1 Credit Hour)

This course explores the myriad of national security policy challenges facing the United States and the policy options to address these challenges. The course will explore security issues with Russia, China, Iran and North Korea as well as climate change, global health/pandemics, cyber threats/security and terrorism/extremism. The course will include lectures by policy experts and student engagement with these experts to explore policy options and their potential for success. Students will conduct research of primary source policy documents to develop a policy memorandum for the US National Security Council that will outline a policy challenge for the United States and recommend policy options for consideration.

ENER 30600 Engaging Religions: An Introduction to Religion and Global Affairs (3 Credit Hours)

In a religiously diverse and vastly troubled world, how do religious traditions motivate believers to work toward the common good? "Engaging Religions," the course title, refers to three things we will examine. First, it describes how religions are intrinsically engaging: they draw in adherents by fulfilling their material, intellectual, and spiritual needs. Second, it specifies what various secular institutions like governments and development organizations must do in pursuing the common good across our planet -- most of whose inhabitants are religious. Finally, it characterizes our work in this class: exploring how various religious traditions conceptualize and work toward the common good in a global context. We will read historians, social scientists, philosophers, and critical theorists on how to analyze and interpret the role of religion in contemporary life, while examining case studies of how religious practices, beliefs, and identities intersect with issues in global affairs such as inequality, armed conflict, and climate change. In doing so, we will engage how religious traditions from the East and West -- from Asian and Abrahamic "world" religions, to a variety of indigenous "local" religions -- complicate or complement modern Catholicism's emphasis on Integral Human Development.

ENER 30690 Environmental Education (3 Credit Hours)

This course is a survey of the field of environmental education. Students will: 1) gain an understanding of environmental literacy, 2) explore the foundations of environmental education, 3) learn the personal responsibilities of the environmental educator, 4) design environmental education curriculum, 5) foster pedagogical approaches for effective learning, and 6) develop skills for evaluation and assessment of environmental education curricula. Class members will have the opportunity to focus assignments to meet their personal aspirations for environmental education within their career goals.

ENER 30715 Sustainable Communities & Global Business (3 Credit Hours)

Effective, ethical business leadership in a global context requires the ability to understand and synthesize inputs from a variety of sources, to discern information from multiple, often conflicting perspectives, and to communicate complex data and information clearly and persuasively to diverse stakeholders. Through reading and writing, discussion, and engagement with classmates and outside experts including international faculty, students will examine the intersections of sustainability and global business, with a focus on the role of business decision making and action in the interrelated areas of sustainable environmental and social impact. The topic is more salient than ever, as communities around the globe ask whether the pandemic and related economic crisis will prompt a new vision for society that focuses on justice and sustainability, or will simply continue to exacerbate existing inequities. The course complements courses on campus that address sustainable development, but differs in its focus on mainstream companies in advanced economies, and their engagement with community stakeholders. Through written work, reading, and exploration of key concepts, the students will work toward their culminating assignment, a research paper that presents an informed perspective on a specific topic of their choosing within the course theme.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WRIT - Writing Intensive

ENER 30718 Political Theory and the Environment (3 Credit Hours)

In this course, we will examine the political, moral, and existential considerations associated with climate change and environmentalism, such as: collective responsibility, intergenerational obligation, the limitations of national sovereignty, wealth distribution, connections between politics and nature, and environmental justice. Students will also develop the skills to critically assess the discourse surrounding political responses to climate change. Readings will be drawn from canonical political thought as well as contemporary sources.

ENER 30725 Sustainability in Food, Beverage, & Agriculture (1.5 Credit Hours)

This course will use Food and Beverage and Agriculture industries to unpack a wide range of topics to provide a broader view and understanding of the sustainability challenges faced by the companies today, the innovative approaches to address sustainability as they work toward future sustainability goals, and how companies make short/mid/long term business decisions as they strive to make sustainability a part of the company's values and long-term strategy. A deep dive into the consumer evolving mindset toward sustainability will expose consumer motivations, needs, and "demands" the consumers place on the business and how business can effectively communicate their commitments, track the progress, and communicate back to the consumer to gain their trust.

ENER 30800 Climate, Economics, and Business Ethics (3 Credit Hours)

As an Integration course, students successfully completing the class will have fulfilled a University core curriculum requirement. Reflecting an integration of key considerations from the disciplines of Economics and Business Ethics, the course will allow students the opportunity to examine the complexities of climate change, public policy, environmental and social sustainability, and impacts on global economies and communities. Economics will provide the foundation of knowledge of labor market structure, market failures such as externalities, taxation, migration decisions, discrimination, and income inequality measures. The management approach will address business in practice, and organizational and societal dimensions of effective and ethical business. Topics will include climate change; resilience and its measures; climate change-driven migration around the world and its impacts on labor markets and the business environment; ethical frameworks for guiding business; stakeholder analysis; environmental justice and the disproportionate effects on communities by socio-economic status, race and gender; and regulation and international agreements. Students will participate in experiential activities in real-world contexts, examine indicators of societal resilience, present relevant data in a compelling way through individual and team projects, reflect understanding through assessments including quizzes and exams, and present a policy proposal, all reflective of an integrative approach.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKIN - Core Integration

ENER 30901 Policy Lab: Global Challenges to the National Security of the United States (1 Credit Hour)

ENER 30998 Our Global Environment: History and the Anthropocene (3 Credit Hours)

No one under 30 has ever lived through a month of global temperatures below the 20th-century average." Why bother with history if the future, because of climate change, will be nothing like the past? That's the central question of this course. Scientists now tell us that the relatively benign epoch of human flourishing designed the "Holocene" is over. The change is so great and so rapid that some scientists have even proposed a new epoch called the "Anthropocene" to designate this irreversible rupture with the previous 11,700 year when human beings first discovered agriculture, created cities, and developed writing systems?when most of what historians have called "history" occurred. To confront this dilemma, this course asks three questions: (1) What is the "Anthropocene" and what are scientists telling us about this epoch which began by most accounts in the mid-twentieth century with the Great Acceleration in economic activities and population growth? (2) What does history show us about how we arrived at this crisis? Historians have long been interested in political and economic questions about power, state structures, democracy, and development, but have they sufficiently considered the relationship between their own stories of modernity and the dilemmas we now face? (3) Were there political and economic formations in the past more conducive to environmentally sustainable communities and can historians now help by uncovering them? The readings combine scientific debates over the "Anthropocene" with historians' work on sustainable communities from Victorian England and early modern Japan. We end by reading the famous novelist and anthropologist Amitav Ghosh's The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKHI - Core History

ENER 33305 Decarbonizing Catholicism and the Common Good (3 Credit Hours)

How has the use of fossil fuels for heat, energy, and raw material shaped contemporary Christian ethics and social teachings? Has the Catholic pursuit of virtue and the common good driven climate change? Is there a need to “decarbonize” Christian concepts, cultures, and communities? While the concept of decarbonization is most commonly applied to technology, policy, and the economy, what would a “decarbonized” vision of human flourishing and the common good look like? In this course, we will generate responses to these questions by examining the extent to which fossil fuels have shaped Catholic concepts of moral virtue, human dignity, and the common good in the modern world, as well as how Catholic moral and social teachings can inform a just transformation of energy systems. In recent years, scholars from multiple disciplines have argued that there is a two-way influence between the material properties of things, like coal and oil, and human values and cultural ways of life. These dynamics are the object of our study in this course. In addition to engaging with developments in history, we will also explore emerging models of non-carbon intensive human flourishing and the common good as well as the virtues and practices needed to sustain them. Throughout the course, each student will conduct a case study of one moral virtue or Catholic social principle both to examine how it has been “carbonized” and to develop an argument about whether or how it should be “decarbonized.” This course in energy and environmental studies engages with perspectives drawn from history, environmental/climate studies, ethics, theological studies, philosophy, and cultural anthropology. There are no required prerequisites.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKCD-Core Cathol & Disciplines, WRIT - Writing Intensive

ENER 33317 Environmental Justice and Social Transformation (3 Credit Hours)

Environmental justice has emerged as one of the most significant frameworks shaping contemporary environmental policy and scholarship at local, national, and international scales. Less well known is that it originated and has been led at the grassroots level with social movements making connections between racial, gender, and economic justice, political empowerment, and vastly unequal exposure to environmental harms and hazards. In short, the meanings, values, strategies, and concepts that make up the environmental justice (EJ) framework have been driven by grassroots leaders and organizations with a transformative vision. This course in environmental humanities and social sciences examines this transformative approach to EJ as it has emerged in places as diverse as rural North Carolina, urban New York, Louisiana's "Cancer Alley," tropical forests around the world, and most recently transnational networks of grassroots leaders responding to climate change. Through interdisciplinary engagement with scholarship in environmental studies, religion, ethics, history, sociology, anthropology, and politics, as well as analysis of primary source documents, this course equips students to analyze the dynamic relationship between human cultures and environmental realities at local and global scales. In particular, it equips students to answer questions such as: To what extent has the EJ movement been shaped by religion and culture? How do transformative approaches to EJ differ from other approaches? How do diverse concepts of the sacred, nature, and justice factor into contemporary debates about environmental and climate action? What moral and political resources do EJ communities draw on to sustain their commitments? What commitments inform students' personal approach to EJ issues?

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKIN - Core Integration

ENER 37001 Energy Studies Minor Capstone Project (1 Credit Hour)

Available by permission only. Contact the professor for more information.

Enrollment is limited to students with a minor in Energy Studies.

ENER 37002 Puerto Rico: Road Map to a Renewable Future (1 Credit Hour)

This seminar will examine the future of renewable energy in Puerto Rico from political, economic, historical, cultural, ethical, and technical perspectives. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from community leaders in San Juan and the mountain town of Adjuntas during a required spring break immersion. Students must attend all pre/post-trip classes held on campus. Participation requires a selection process. No fees are required. See https://energy.nd.edu/minor/puerto-rico-experience/ for application and more information.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Energy Studies.

ENER 37003 Energy Studies Minor Capstone Seminar B (0.5 Credit Hours)

This is the first of two half-credit capstone seminars required to complete the Energy Studies Minor. Those new to the minor should take it as soon as their schedules allow. The capstone seminars involve sharing experiences and interests within a community of undergraduates passionate about energy topics. Vertical integration between 37003 and 37004 will allow those new to the minor to network with upperclassmen.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Energy Studies.

ENER 37004 Energy Studies Minor Capstone Seminar C (0.5 Credit Hours)

This is the second of two half-credit capstone seminars required to complete the Energy Studies Minor. This section is for upperclassmen who have completed an approved energy-related experience. The capstone seminars involve sharing experiences and interests within a community of undergraduates passionate about energy topics. Vertical integration between 37003 and 37004 will allow upperclassmen to mentor those new to the minor.

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Energy Studies.

ENER 40113 Climate and Environmental Justice (3 Credit Hours)

"Climate and Environmental Justice” is a lecture- and discussion-based class primarily targeted at undergraduates. It is designed to introduce you to the core and crucial concepts of climate justice and environmental justice, with a particular emphasis on existing legacy injustices and the injustices we are currently creating as environmental pollution, climate change, and human systems interact. We will discuss existing patterns of burden, inequality, poverty, and threats to human dignity, and discuss opportunities and mechanisms to repair and avoid injustice. In particular we will discuss environmental injustice as a widely experienced but largely localized experience of disproportionate burden (e.g., on the basis of race and class) associated with extraction, industrialization, and non-greenhouse gas environmental pollution, alongside climate injustice as a global and emergent phenomenon of severe and disproportionate impacts from climate change. We will address concepts of reparations and remediation, as well as governance and other strategies for enacting justice. We will also address links between climate and environmental justice with related movements focused on adaptation, energy, housing, transportation, health, and land. Our focus will be both domestic and international, with attention directed to power dynamics, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for corrective action. Climate change and the energy transition will be major themes given their deep relationship with both climate and environmental justice, particularly as processes of industrialization and deindustrialization associated with decarbonization proceed. Overall, the course will focus on patterns, drivers, and opportunities for corrective action associated with severe injustices associated with climate change and environmental burden.

Satisfies the following University Core Requirements: WKIN - Core Integration

ENER 40221 Measuring Sustainability: Life Cycle Assessment for Policy and Practice (3 Credit Hours)

“Life Cycle Assessment” is a lecture- and practicum-based class primarily targeted at graduate students. The class is designed as a once-per-week session where we will spend about half the time on lectures and the other half on hands-on activities to practice LCA. The class is designed to introduce you to Life Cycle Assessment as a method for evaluating environmental, and social impacts of products, policies, systems, and services, with a focus on International Standards Organization (ISO)-compliant LCA. We will primarily be using OpenLCA, with some exposure to alternative tools. This course will particularly focus on LCA practice in the context of policy development, with emphasis on LCA’s role as a decision support tool. We will address the implications of LCA and related methods being increasingly required in policy contexts (e.g., for prioritizing grant recipients and allocating tax subsidies). We will also address the challenges associated with disparities in the maturity of various life cycle methods, most notably social LCA in comparison to environmental LCA and life cycle costing. We will evaluate published LCAs in forms like Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements, and also investigate the use of life cycle thinking and LCA for Environmental Product Declarations. The course will also emphasize the role of LCA in the energy transition, particularly given LCA’s strong role in greenhouse gas accounting, and explore how both technological and climate dynamics pose challenges for LCA practice. This course is primarily a methods course, and we will work through case studies and examples together both in and out of class, with a topical emphasis on energy, buildings, and climate due to LCA’s particular relevance in those areas.

ENER 40403 Cities, States, & Global Governance (3 Credit Hours)

At a moment when global challenges - from climate change to inclusive development to public health threats - loom large, many nation-states seem unable to come together to address them. In what ways are the world's cities and subnational governments working on their own and in concert to meet these challenges? This course examines the distinctive roles and capacities of cities, provinces, and states in managing global policy issues and explores different modes of trans-local cooperation and coordination. We start by considering the global governance shortcomings of nation-states and exploring the multilevel character of key policy challenges. We next use case studies from different issue-areas to assess how action by subnational governments is contributing to but also complicating solutions. We conclude by discussing the limitations of subnational approaches to global challenges and considering the most appropriate policy roles and portfolios for subnational actors in the 21st century.

ENER 40405 Coloniality and Climate Change (3 Credit Hours)

Why is talking about climate change without reference to colonial pasts an incomplete conversation?

ENER 40530 Wind Turbine Performance, Control and Design (3 Credit Hours)

The course develops the fundamental concepts and theories that can be used to design an efficient wind turbine. To accomplish this task one must know the following; understand the properties of the wind resource from which the power is to be extracted, understand the blade design features and aerodynamics that yields an efficient rotor, know how to control the blade loading during gusting winds to reduce fatigue problems, and to be able to use active control to enhance turbine performance when operating below the rated wind speed. The control portion of the course will focus on various control strategies including passive control techniques as well as distributed active flow control devices and strategies. Students will have an opportunity to develop a conceptual design of a wind turbine for a specified wind distribution.