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    CE 4210 Syllabus Spring 2021 v2

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    This document is a course syllabus for CE 4210: Operations Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut for Spring 2021. It provides information on class meetings, the instructor and teaching assistant, a course description and objectives, required and optional textbooks, grading policies, and a schedule of topics and assignments. The course introduces operations research tools like linear programming, integer programming, network analysis, and activity scheduling and applies them to civil engineering problems. Students will complete homework assignments, a midterm exam, and a final project modeling a real-world civil engineering problem.

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    This document is a course syllabus for CE 4210: Operations Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut for Spring 2021. It provides information on class meetings, the instructor and teaching assistant, a course description and objectives, required and optional textbooks, grading policies, and a schedule of topics and assignments. The course introduces operations research tools like linear programming, integer programming, network analysis, and activity scheduling and applies them to civil engineering problems. Students will complete homework assignments, a midterm exam, and a final project modeling a real-world civil engineering problem.

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    CE 4210

    Spring 2021

    UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
    CE 4210: OPERATIONS RESEARCH IN CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
    SPRING 2021 COURSE SYLLABUS
    COURSE DAY/TIME: Tu/Th 9:30 – 10:45 AM CLASSROOM: UTEB 175 and Blackboard
    Collaborate (“Virtual Classroom”) and/or Posted
    Videos.

    INSTRUCTOR: Nicholas E. Lownes, Ph.D., P.E.


    Office: CAST 318
    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: (860) 486-2717
    Office hours: Tuesdays 1:00 – 2:30 PM & by appointment (email to set up time)

    TEACHING ASSISTANT: Sruthi Mantri Email: [email protected]


    Office hours: Mon: 2 – 4PM, Wed: 9 – 11AM
    Office location: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/meet/srm18002

    COURSE DESCRIPTION: Prerequisites: CE 2251, MATH 2110Q. Topics include modeling civil and environmental
    engineering problems; linear programming models and solution methods, integer programming models and
    solution methods, network flow models, critical path method for scheduling and managing engineering tasks and
    multi-criteria decision making.

    COURSE OBJECTIVE: This course can be used to meet the professional requirements for the BS in Civil Engineering.
    The purpose of the course is to introduce students to operations research tools such as linear programming,
    integer programming, network analysis, and activity scheduling to problems and situations that are encountered
    in the design and construction of civil engineering projects.

    WEBSITES:

    HuskyCT: http://lms.uconn.edu

    OPTIONAL TEXT:
    Taylor, B.W. Introduction to Management Science, 11th Edition, Pearson, 2018. ISBN 978-0134730660

    COMMUNICATIONS: HuskyCT will be the center for communications for this course. Please check your email
    and the message board at HuskyCT regularly, as I will regularly post announcements.

    GRADE SCALE

    A ≥ 93% C- 70 – 72.9
    A- 90 – 92.9 D+ 67 – 69.9
    B+ 87 – 89.9 D 63 – 66.9
    B 83 – 86.9 D- 60 – 62.9
    B- 80 – 82.9 F <60%
    C+ 77 – 79.9
    C 73 – 76.9

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    ELEMENTS OF COURSE AND CONTRIBUTION TO FINAL GRADE:

    Homework will be assigned and collected in 10 sets during the labs indicated on the
    syllabus. No late homework will be accepted. Lab/Homework assignments will be
    Labs/Homework posted on HuskyCT. It is expected that homework is typed or neatly written and
    35% includes a discussion of the results from the lab portion and the homework
    assignment elements. Assignments will be submitted electronically. Your lowest
    lab/homework grade will be dropped.

    There will be one mid-term examination covering material through Lab 5. It will be
    Mid-term Exam a take-home exam with extended time given to all students. Students are free to use
    30 % any resources to respond to the exam questions. Responses to the exam should be
    structured as a lab report similar to the template posted on HuskyCT.
    The Final Project will be a real-world application of operations research to a civil
    Final Project
    engineering problem. The final project should be constructed similar to a lab report
    30 %
    with further amplification to be posted on HuskyCT.
    Class
    Participation Participation in class activities & quizzes from the first half of the semester.
    5%

    UConn Final Exam Policy: Final exam week for Spring 2021 takes place from Monday May 3rd through
    Saturday, May 8th. Students are required to be available for their exam during the stated time. If you have a
    conflict with this time you must visit the Office of Student Services and Advocacy to discuss the possibility of
    rescheduling this exam. Please note that vacations, previously purchased tickets or reservations, graduations,
    social events, misreading the exam schedule and over-sleeping are not viable excuses for missing a final exam. If
    you think that your situation warrants permission to reschedule, please contact the Office of Student Services
    and Advocacy with any questions. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

    CE 4210 SPRING 2021 SCHEDULE


    Please Note: All classes will be broadcast remotely on Blackboard Collaborate Ultra even when
    the session is being presented in person after the first two weeks of the semester. I will record all
    sessions so that you can review them afterwards if desired.

    CLASS DATE TOPIC DUE


    1 Jan 19 Introduction to ORMS
    2 Jan 21 Lab 1: Intro to GAMS
    3 Jan 26 Linear Programming (LP)
    4 Jan 28 Lab 2: Solving an LP in GAMS Lab 1
    5 Feb 2 LP – Simplex Method
    6 Feb 4 Lab 3: Pavement Mix Problem Lab 2
    7 Feb 9 Sensitivity Analysis
    8 Feb 11 Lab 4: Sensitivity Analysis Lab 3
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    9 Feb 16 Integer Programming (IP): Branch & Bound


    10 Feb 18 Lab 4 Continued
    11 Feb 23 Mixed Integer Programming (MIP)
    12 Feb 25 Lab 5: Crew Scheduling Lab 4
    13 Mar 2 Review
    14 Mar 4 Mid-term take home exam Lab 5
    15 Mar 9 Network Flow Problems – SP & MCF
    16 Mar 11 Network Flow Problems – SP & MCF
    17 Mar 16 Transportation & Assignment Problems
    18 Mar 18 Lab 6: Network models in GAMS
    19 Mar 23 Facility Location
    20 Mar 25 Lab 7: Supply Chain Logistics Lab 6
    21 Mar 30 Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP)
    22 Apr 1 Lab 8: TSP Lab 7
    23 Apr 6 Project Management - CPM
    24 Apr 8 Lab 9: CPM activity (no GAMS) Lab 8
    Apr 13 Spring Recess
    Apr 15 Spring Recess
    25 Apr 20 Project Management – CPM & PERT
    26 Apr 22 Lab 10: PERT and project crashing Lab 9
    27 Apr 27 Probabilistic Activity times
    28 Apr 29 Exam review Lab 10
    TBD FINAL EXAM

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