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Courses Taught
The following is a comprehensive list of courses developed and taught at USC.
- CE 309 - Fluid Mechanics: Fluid statics; relative velocity field; total acceleration; divergence theorem; conservation of mass, energy, and momentum applied to engineering problems in laminar and turbulent flow.
- CE 450 - Basic Coastal Engineering: Mechanics of wave motion; wave refraction, diffraction and reflection; wave forecasting; shore processes; planning of coastal engineering projects; design of seawalls, breakwaters and fixed offshore installations; offshore pipelines; dredging; control of oil spills in estuaries and at sea.
- CE 499 (Special Topics) - Extreme Coastal Hazards: Coastal oceanography; Predicting waves from extreme events such as tsunami and tropical cyclones; Analysis of various meteorological and ocean data, including wind, temperature, waves, surges, and long term sea level changes; Determination of normal and extreme conditions; Modeling water levels and waves; Propagation of uncertainty through a hazard analysis; Vulnerability and risk.
- CE 516 - Geohydrology: Principles of groundwater motion; acquifer characteristics, prospecting, practical engineering problems, well design, maintenance and rehabilitation; hydrodynamic dispersion, field testing essentials and procedures, groundwater quality, artificial recharge.
- CE 520 - Ocean and Coastal Engineering: Introduction to coastal engineering. Basic wave kinematics and dynamics, long wave theory, tsunamis, effects of climate change and coastal reliance.
- CE 599 (Special Topics) - Metocean Modeling and Data Analysis: Analysis of various meteorological and ocean data, including wind, temperature, waves, surges, and long term sea level changes; Determination of normal and extreme conditions; Modeling water levels and waves; Propagation of uncertainty through a hazard analysis.
- CE 599 (Special Topics) - Shallow Water Hydrodynamics: Mechanics of wave motion; linear and nonlinear long wave theories; small parameter perturbation approaches for approximate equation models; wave evolution in variable depths; nearshore waves and circulations; nearshore instabilities; long wave and coastal numerical modeling.
- ENE 410 - Environmental Fluid Mechanics: Fluid Statics; equations of motion; continuity, momentum, energy principles; dimensional analysis; mixing, dispersion in environments and between environments; ground water flow; manifold diffusers; hydraulic transients.
- ENE 512 - Environmental Fluid Mechanics: Application of the fundamentals on the physical laws governing fluid flow and analyzing transport of contaminant in the environment and the risks involved.