ASE 381 Civil Eng. Materials Lab - 3 lecture hours per week, (3+0)= 0 Units.

 Corequisite: ASE 371.

Introduction and lab safety, Measurement devices and concepts, Impact test on steel, Tension test on steel and aluminum .  Aggregates gradation, bulk unit weight and voids . Aggregates moisture conditions. Normal consistency and setting times of Portland cement . Slump test, air content test using the pressure method, unit weight test, and preparation of concrete cylinders and beams. Project: Design conventional and high performance concretes to meet specific requirements and limitations in the plastic and hardened concrete states. Microscopic inspection of concrete and metal samples. Nondestructive testing of concrete using the rebound hammer. Compression test on wood

ASE 371 Civil Eng. Materials - 3 lecture hours per week, (3+6)= 9 Units.

 Prerequisite: ASE 262.

Introduction, Mechanical and Non-Mechanical properties, Material Variability,  Concrete:  Aggregates, Properties, Test methods, Gradation. Cement: Types, Production, Hydration Process, Water cement ratio. Proportioning (Mix Design): Concrete proportioning, Mixing, handling, placing methods, Curing. Metals: Structure of metals, Metallic state, Lattice defects, Phase diagram , Mechanical Properties of Metals, Stress strain diagram, Yield criterion , Hardness. Steel: manufacture and composition d, Heat Treatment, Effects of alloys e. Corrosion: Electrochemical Process, Galvanic Cell, Corrosion Control. Asphalt: Types, Desirable properties, Mix design process.

ASE 361 Structural Analysis (I) - 4 lecture hours per week, (4+8)= 12 Units.

 Prerequisite: ASE 251.

Strain Energy Method: Determination of Static and Kinematic In-determinacies, Analysis of continuous beams, plane frames and indeterminate plane trusses by strain energy method (up to two degree of redundancy). Slope Deflection Method: Slope deflection equations, Equilibrium conditions, Analysis of continuous beams and rigid frames, Rigid frames with inclined members, Support settlements- symmetric frames with symmetric and skew-symmetric loadings. Moment Distribution Method: Stiffness and carry over factors, Distribution and carryover of moments, Analysis of continuous Beams- Plane rigid frames with and without sway, Support settlement , Symmetric frames with symmetric and skew-symmetric loadings. Flexibility Method: Primary structures, Compatibility conditions , Formation flexibility matrices, Analysis of indeterminate pin- jointed plane frames, continuous beams and rigid jointed plane frames by direct flexibility approach. Stiffness Method: Restrained structure,  Formation of stiffness matrices, Equilibrium condition, Analysis of Continuous Beams, Pin-jointed plane frames and rigid frames by direct stiffness method.

ASE 351 Sanitary - 2 lecture hours per week, (2+2)= 4 Units.

 Prerequisite: ASE 222.

Water supply system: supply and available sources of sanitary drinking water; consumption estimate; basic supply scheme; function, materials and execution of certain elements and cold-water installation set. Warm water conditioning: individual and central conditioning systems; size of basic equipment and elements, dimensioning of water pipe network; selection and types of systems for increased pressure, building-in positions, fire protection of the building by water usage, hydrant network, and automatic sprinkler systems. Sewage system: types of liquid waste and sewage systems; basic schemes; function, materials and execution of particular elements and complexes, sanitary objects and equipment types.

ASE 341 Lighting &  Acoustics - 3 lecture hours per week, (3+6)= 9 Units.

 Prerequisite: GES 151, GES 161,ASE222

First part Lighting : lighting, types, installing, calculation methodology, installation layout in plans and schemes, lighting basis in buildings, the natural lighting formation, characteristics, and the calculating methods, artificial lighting sources, its formation, characteristics and the calculating methods, the electric supplies in buildings.

Second part Acoustics : Sound introduction, sound insulation, nature of sound, physical characteristics and concepts, indoor sound, reflection and absorption, sound field, sound and vibration transmission in building structures, air sound, impact sound, structural sound, limiting sound transmission by building barriers

ASE 331 Architectural Expression  - 4 lecture hours per week, (4+0)= 4 Units.

 Prerequisite: ASE 232, ASE 211

Developing graphic language by which an architect explains buildings and other objects using a range of fundamental drawing skills and media. Exercises in freehand representational drawing using charcoal, graphite, and conte crayon with emphasis on line, proportion, values, and composition. Portfolio of drawings based on observation of the physical world, in particular the built world. Studies progress from geometric to non-geometric forms

ASE 321 Contemporary & Domestic Architecture - 2 lecture hours per week, (2+2)= 4 Units.

 Prerequisite: ASE 222.

Introductory lecture on contemporary architecture in the world, modern architecture conceptions which emerged after the industrial revelation and its philosophy, review of the important architectural theories up to present days, world architectural school conceptions (functionalism, symbolism, organique, behaviorism and contemporaneous), also review the architectural work of distinguished architects

ASE 311 Architectural  Design  ( III ) - 8 lecture hours per week, (8+8)= 16 Units.
 Prerequisite: ASE 212.
Students carry out the project assignments concerning their own apartment (housing) and are gradually introduced to more advanced housing issues. Studio sessions cover analysis of type of houses and apartments, furniture and human body and its positions in an apartment with necessary dimensions scheme of a plan organization, space orientation and links, also the session cover a daily quick architectural design exercise aims to develop students design skills.