This distance education course will be offered online (asynchronous) for convenience.

InstructorTyler Smith, Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering tsmith@clarkson.edu

Topics to be covered• Fundamentalsoffluidmechanics(review).• Pressurizedconduitflow(headloss,pipelines,branchingpipelines,pipenetworks).

• Hydraulicmachinery(pumps,turbines).• Openchannelflow(uniform,critical,graduallyvariedandrapidlyvariedflows;channeldesign).

• Hydraulicstructures(weirs,flumes,gates).• Engineeringhydrology(waterresourcesprobabilityandstatistics,hydrologiccycle,precipitation-andrunoff-baseddesign).

• Groundwaterhydrology(principles,steady-statewellhydraulics).

PrerequisitesFluid Mechanics (ES330)orinstructorconsent

Thisisarequiredcourseforthecivilengineeringandenvironmentalengineeringdegreeprogramsandcanbeappliedtotheengineeringscienceminordegreeprogram.

Explore the fundamental concepts of water resources engineering and their application toward designing a sustainable future.Thiscoursewillteachstudentstoapplyfundamentalconceptsoffluidmechanicstowarddesigningsystemstocontrolthequantity,timinganddistributionofwatertomeethumanandenvironmentalneeds.Waterresourcesystemsincludedomestic,commercialandindustrialwatersupply,wastewatertreatment,irrigation,drainage,floodcontrol,salinitycontrol,sedimentcontrol,pollutionabatementandhydropower-generationsystems.Implicationsofengineeringdecisionsandtheirfeasibilityfromethical,financial,politicalandsocialviewpointswillalsobediscussed.

Questions? Contact the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at cee@clarkson.edu.

CE330 Summer Session I: May 25 – June 27, 2020

UNDERGRADUATE

Water Resources Engineering I