Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Two Options
• Thesis 30 Credits (24 course, 6 thesis)
• Non-Thesis 32 Credits (27 course, 2 non-thesis
  research, 3 independent study or course work)
• General Areas of Research
• Structures (Drs. Fick, Hansen, and Surovek)
• Geotechnical (Drs. Bang and Roberts)
• Environmental (Drs. Mott and Stone)
• Water Resources (Drs. Fontaine and Kenner)
• Transportation (Dr. Fazio)

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Structures
Pin tool Used to Stir Material

• Structural Analysis of friction stir welded
  members
• Pervious Concrete Pavement for stormwater runoff
  management

Weld Cross Section Showing Defects
800 gallons of water soaked through 100 square
feet of this pervious concrete parking lot in 2
minutes.
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Geotechnical Research

• Full Depth Reclamation of Existing Asphalt for
  Production of Quality Base Material
• Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Materials
  Testing of Resilient and Dynamic Modulus
• Evaluation of Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) Concrete
  Pavement in South Dakota Conditions
• Recycled Plastic Deep Foundation System for
  Lightly Loaded Structures in Expansive Shale

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Geotechnical Research

• Review and Refinement of SDDOTs LRFD Deep
  Foundation Design Method
• Reliability-Based Design Software for Deep
  Foundation Systems
• Microbial Dust Control
• Suction Piles and Suction Anchorsfor Off-shore
  Structures
• Performance of Wind Turbine Foundations

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Environmental

• Uranium occurrence and distribution from
  abandoned mine sites in NW South Dakota
• Mercury in South Dakota Fish
• Degradation of antimicrobial agents Tylosin and
  Chlortetracycline during swine manure treatment

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Water Resources

• Ecohydraulics 2D and 3D hydraulic modeling for
  characterization of fisheries habitat
• Watershed Assessment monitoring biological,
  physical and chemical parameters, with
  hydrological and hydraulic modeling to simulate
  land use responses
• Automation and Hydraulic Modeling of Irrigation
  Systems for improved system operation and
  efficiency

Implementation projects within the Belle Fourche
Irrigation District include from left to
right (1) automation of check structures, (2)
canal lining, and (3) development of a canal
operational model using EPA SWMM.
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Water Resources

• Stormwater Quality Management monitoring and
  modeling
• Hydrologic Response Following Forest Fires

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Transportation

• TRAFFIC SIMULATION
• Boise, Idaho

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