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department Environmental Engineering (X) |
Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department.
Score: 11.577435 Details | Listing | Web page
Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department.
Score: 11.577435 Details | Listing | Web page
Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A design project requiring input from more than one engineering subdiscipline. The department will offer a number of projects from which the students may select. It will be possible for groups of students to work together on a project. Assessment will be based on a report and an oral presentation of the outcome of the project.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A design project requiring input from more than one engineering subdiscipline. The department will offer a number of projects from which the students may select. It will be possible for groups of students to work together on a project. Assessment will be based on a report and an oral presentation of the outcome of the project. Chemistry and microbiology of water and wastewater treatment, flow models and reactors. Unit operations and process analysis and design. Treatment plant design and operation. Nutrient removal processes. Effluent and residues disposal.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A design project requiring input from more than one engineering subdiscipline. The department will offer a number of projects from which the students may select. It will be possible for groups of students to work together on a project. Assessment will be based on a report and an oral presentation of the outcome of the project. Chemistry and microbiology of water and wastewater treatment, flow models and reactors. Unit operations and process analysis and design. Treatment plant design and operation. Nutrient removal processes. Effluent and residues disposal. Design and application of stormwater quantity and quality control approaches suitable for urban development. Includes device-specific design of systems such as detention ponds, constructed wetlands, and bioretention systems, green roofs and permeable/porous pavement, as well as integrated stormwater management planning known as Low Impact Development. Applies hydrologic principles and pollutant removal mechanisms to prevent or mitigate environmental impacts from urban stormwater runoff.
Score: 11.577435 Details | Listing | Web page
Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A design project requiring input from more than one engineering subdiscipline. The department will offer a number of projects from which the students may select. It will be possible for groups of students to work together on a project. Assessment will be based on a report and an oral presentation of the outcome of the project. Chemistry and microbiology of water and wastewater treatment, flow models and reactors. Unit operations and process analysis and design. Treatment plant design and operation. Nutrient removal processes. Effluent and residues disposal. Design and application of stormwater quantity and quality control approaches suitable for urban development. Includes device-specific design of systems such as detention ponds, constructed wetlands, and bioretention systems, green roofs and permeable/porous pavement, as well as integrated stormwater management planning known as Low Impact Development. Applies hydrologic principles and pollutant removal mechanisms to prevent or mitigate environmental impacts from urban stormwater runoff. Advanced courses on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Score: 11.577435 Details | Listing | Web page
Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A design project requiring input from more than one engineering subdiscipline. The department will offer a number of projects from which the students may select. It will be possible for groups of students to work together on a project. Assessment will be based on a report and an oral presentation of the outcome of the project. Chemistry and microbiology of water and wastewater treatment, flow models and reactors. Unit operations and process analysis and design. Treatment plant design and operation. Nutrient removal processes. Effluent and residues disposal. Design and application of stormwater quantity and quality control approaches suitable for urban development. Includes device-specific design of systems such as detention ponds, constructed wetlands, and bioretention systems, green roofs and permeable/porous pavement, as well as integrated stormwater management planning known as Low Impact Development. Applies hydrologic principles and pollutant removal mechanisms to prevent or mitigate environmental impacts from urban stormwater runoff. Advanced courses on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Advanced course on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A design project requiring input from more than one engineering subdiscipline. The department will offer a number of projects from which the students may select. It will be possible for groups of students to work together on a project. Assessment will be based on a report and an oral presentation of the outcome of the project. Chemistry and microbiology of water and wastewater treatment, flow models and reactors. Unit operations and process analysis and design. Treatment plant design and operation. Nutrient removal processes. Effluent and residues disposal. Design and application of stormwater quantity and quality control approaches suitable for urban development. Includes device-specific design of systems such as detention ponds, constructed wetlands, and bioretention systems, green roofs and permeable/porous pavement, as well as integrated stormwater management planning known as Low Impact Development. Applies hydrologic principles and pollutant removal mechanisms to prevent or mitigate environmental impacts from urban stormwater runoff. Advanced courses on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Advanced course on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department. Wide-ranging review of the issues and techniques required for the sustainable management of resources.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A design project requiring input from more than one engineering subdiscipline. The department will offer a number of projects from which the students may select. It will be possible for groups of students to work together on a project. Assessment will be based on a report and an oral presentation of the outcome of the project. Chemistry and microbiology of water and wastewater treatment, flow models and reactors. Unit operations and process analysis and design. Treatment plant design and operation. Nutrient removal processes. Effluent and residues disposal. Design and application of stormwater quantity and quality control approaches suitable for urban development. Includes device-specific design of systems such as detention ponds, constructed wetlands, and bioretention systems, green roofs and permeable/porous pavement, as well as integrated stormwater management planning known as Low Impact Development. Applies hydrologic principles and pollutant removal mechanisms to prevent or mitigate environmental impacts from urban stormwater runoff. Advanced courses on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Advanced course on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department. Wide-ranging review of the issues and techniques required for the sustainable management of resources. A review of topics in hazardous substance management including: substance classification, legislation and enforcement, storage and handling practices, occupational safety and health, emergency preparedness and response, risk evaluation and control.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A design project requiring input from more than one engineering subdiscipline. The department will offer a number of projects from which the students may select. It will be possible for groups of students to work together on a project. Assessment will be based on a report and an oral presentation of the outcome of the project. Chemistry and microbiology of water and wastewater treatment, flow models and reactors. Unit operations and process analysis and design. Treatment plant design and operation. Nutrient removal processes. Effluent and residues disposal. Design and application of stormwater quantity and quality control approaches suitable for urban development. Includes device-specific design of systems such as detention ponds, constructed wetlands, and bioretention systems, green roofs and permeable/porous pavement, as well as integrated stormwater management planning known as Low Impact Development. Applies hydrologic principles and pollutant removal mechanisms to prevent or mitigate environmental impacts from urban stormwater runoff. Advanced courses on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Advanced course on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department. Wide-ranging review of the issues and techniques required for the sustainable management of resources. A review of topics in hazardous substance management including: substance classification, legislation and enforcement, storage and handling practices, occupational safety and health, emergency preparedness and response, risk evaluation and control. Laboratory research methods (safety, sampling procedures, sample preservation, data analysis and report writing). Laboratory experiments exploring various physical, chemical and biological processes, such as sedimentation, chemical coagulation and precipitation, chlorination, reactor residence time distribution, activated carbon and anaerobic digestion.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A design project requiring input from more than one engineering subdiscipline. The department will offer a number of projects from which the students may select. It will be possible for groups of students to work together on a project. Assessment will be based on a report and an oral presentation of the outcome of the project. Chemistry and microbiology of water and wastewater treatment, flow models and reactors. Unit operations and process analysis and design. Treatment plant design and operation. Nutrient removal processes. Effluent and residues disposal. Design and application of stormwater quantity and quality control approaches suitable for urban development. Includes device-specific design of systems such as detention ponds, constructed wetlands, and bioretention systems, green roofs and permeable/porous pavement, as well as integrated stormwater management planning known as Low Impact Development. Applies hydrologic principles and pollutant removal mechanisms to prevent or mitigate environmental impacts from urban stormwater runoff. Advanced courses on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Advanced course on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department. Wide-ranging review of the issues and techniques required for the sustainable management of resources. A review of topics in hazardous substance management including: substance classification, legislation and enforcement, storage and handling practices, occupational safety and health, emergency preparedness and response, risk evaluation and control. Laboratory research methods (safety, sampling procedures, sample preservation, data analysis and report writing). Laboratory experiments exploring various physical, chemical and biological processes, such as sedimentation, chemical coagulation and precipitation, chlorination, reactor residence time distribution, activated carbon and anaerobic digestion. Aquifer properties, principles of seepage and groundwater flow, solution techniques for two-dimensional flows, groundwater quality, contaminant transport in saturated and unsaturated media, biochemical transformation processes, multiphase flow and use of groundwater models.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A design project requiring input from more than one engineering subdiscipline. The department will offer a number of projects from which the students may select. It will be possible for groups of students to work together on a project. Assessment will be based on a report and an oral presentation of the outcome of the project. Chemistry and microbiology of water and wastewater treatment, flow models and reactors. Unit operations and process analysis and design. Treatment plant design and operation. Nutrient removal processes. Effluent and residues disposal. Design and application of stormwater quantity and quality control approaches suitable for urban development. Includes device-specific design of systems such as detention ponds, constructed wetlands, and bioretention systems, green roofs and permeable/porous pavement, as well as integrated stormwater management planning known as Low Impact Development. Applies hydrologic principles and pollutant removal mechanisms to prevent or mitigate environmental impacts from urban stormwater runoff. Advanced courses on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Advanced course on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department. Wide-ranging review of the issues and techniques required for the sustainable management of resources. A review of topics in hazardous substance management including: substance classification, legislation and enforcement, storage and handling practices, occupational safety and health, emergency preparedness and response, risk evaluation and control. Laboratory research methods (safety, sampling procedures, sample preservation, data analysis and report writing). Laboratory experiments exploring various physical, chemical and biological processes, such as sedimentation, chemical coagulation and precipitation, chlorination, reactor residence time distribution, activated carbon and anaerobic digestion. Aquifer properties, principles of seepage and groundwater flow, solution techniques for two-dimensional flows, groundwater quality, contaminant transport in saturated and unsaturated media, biochemical transformation processes, multiphase flow and use of groundwater models. Mass balance and steady state solutions for point and distributed loadings applied to rivers and lakes, feed-forward and feedback systems of reactors, mass transport in incompletely mixed systems, simple time-variable solutions, nutrient dynamics in water bodies and exchange with sediments, and eutrophication and toxic-substance modelling.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A design project requiring input from more than one engineering subdiscipline. The department will offer a number of projects from which the students may select. It will be possible for groups of students to work together on a project. Assessment will be based on a report and an oral presentation of the outcome of the project. Chemistry and microbiology of water and wastewater treatment, flow models and reactors. Unit operations and process analysis and design. Treatment plant design and operation. Nutrient removal processes. Effluent and residues disposal. Design and application of stormwater quantity and quality control approaches suitable for urban development. Includes device-specific design of systems such as detention ponds, constructed wetlands, and bioretention systems, green roofs and permeable/porous pavement, as well as integrated stormwater management planning known as Low Impact Development. Applies hydrologic principles and pollutant removal mechanisms to prevent or mitigate environmental impacts from urban stormwater runoff. Advanced courses on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Advanced course on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department. Wide-ranging review of the issues and techniques required for the sustainable management of resources. A review of topics in hazardous substance management including: substance classification, legislation and enforcement, storage and handling practices, occupational safety and health, emergency preparedness and response, risk evaluation and control. Laboratory research methods (safety, sampling procedures, sample preservation, data analysis and report writing). Laboratory experiments exploring various physical, chemical and biological processes, such as sedimentation, chemical coagulation and precipitation, chlorination, reactor residence time distribution, activated carbon and anaerobic digestion. Aquifer properties, principles of seepage and groundwater flow, solution techniques for two-dimensional flows, groundwater quality, contaminant transport in saturated and unsaturated media, biochemical transformation processes, multiphase flow and use of groundwater models. Mass balance and steady state solutions for point and distributed loadings applied to rivers and lakes, feed-forward and feedback systems of reactors, mass transport in incompletely mixed systems, simple time-variable solutions, nutrient dynamics in water bodies and exchange with sediments, and eutrophication and toxic-substance modelling. An in-depth understanding of sustainability and engineering. The concept of sustainability engineering and engineering's relationship to global issues such as limitations on material and energy resources, pollution and global warming. Tools that engineers need to assist in resolving such problems, including design for environment, servicing, clean technologies and industrial ecology will be covered.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A design project requiring input from more than one engineering subdiscipline. The department will offer a number of projects from which the students may select. It will be possible for groups of students to work together on a project. Assessment will be based on a report and an oral presentation of the outcome of the project. Chemistry and microbiology of water and wastewater treatment, flow models and reactors. Unit operations and process analysis and design. Treatment plant design and operation. Nutrient removal processes. Effluent and residues disposal. Design and application of stormwater quantity and quality control approaches suitable for urban development. Includes device-specific design of systems such as detention ponds, constructed wetlands, and bioretention systems, green roofs and permeable/porous pavement, as well as integrated stormwater management planning known as Low Impact Development. Applies hydrologic principles and pollutant removal mechanisms to prevent or mitigate environmental impacts from urban stormwater runoff. Advanced courses on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Advanced course on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department. Wide-ranging review of the issues and techniques required for the sustainable management of resources. A review of topics in hazardous substance management including: substance classification, legislation and enforcement, storage and handling practices, occupational safety and health, emergency preparedness and response, risk evaluation and control. Laboratory research methods (safety, sampling procedures, sample preservation, data analysis and report writing). Laboratory experiments exploring various physical, chemical and biological processes, such as sedimentation, chemical coagulation and precipitation, chlorination, reactor residence time distribution, activated carbon and anaerobic digestion. Aquifer properties, principles of seepage and groundwater flow, solution techniques for two-dimensional flows, groundwater quality, contaminant transport in saturated and unsaturated media, biochemical transformation processes, multiphase flow and use of groundwater models. Mass balance and steady state solutions for point and distributed loadings applied to rivers and lakes, feed-forward and feedback systems of reactors, mass transport in incompletely mixed systems, simple time-variable solutions, nutrient dynamics in water bodies and exchange with sediments, and eutrophication and toxic-substance modelling. An in-depth understanding of sustainability and engineering. The concept of sustainability engineering and engineering's relationship to global issues such as limitations on material and energy resources, pollution and global warming. Tools that engineers need to assist in resolving such problems, including design for environment, servicing, clean technologies and industrial ecology will be covered. Pollution prevention and clean engineering. Resource, waste and energy auditing, resource management, cost/benefit analysis of sustainable technologies, technology and process assessment and design and management of sustainable technologies and processes.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A design project requiring input from more than one engineering subdiscipline. The department will offer a number of projects from which the students may select. It will be possible for groups of students to work together on a project. Assessment will be based on a report and an oral presentation of the outcome of the project. Chemistry and microbiology of water and wastewater treatment, flow models and reactors. Unit operations and process analysis and design. Treatment plant design and operation. Nutrient removal processes. Effluent and residues disposal. Design and application of stormwater quantity and quality control approaches suitable for urban development. Includes device-specific design of systems such as detention ponds, constructed wetlands, and bioretention systems, green roofs and permeable/porous pavement, as well as integrated stormwater management planning known as Low Impact Development. Applies hydrologic principles and pollutant removal mechanisms to prevent or mitigate environmental impacts from urban stormwater runoff. Advanced courses on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Advanced course on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department. Wide-ranging review of the issues and techniques required for the sustainable management of resources. A review of topics in hazardous substance management including: substance classification, legislation and enforcement, storage and handling practices, occupational safety and health, emergency preparedness and response, risk evaluation and control. Laboratory research methods (safety, sampling procedures, sample preservation, data analysis and report writing). Laboratory experiments exploring various physical, chemical and biological processes, such as sedimentation, chemical coagulation and precipitation, chlorination, reactor residence time distribution, activated carbon and anaerobic digestion. Aquifer properties, principles of seepage and groundwater flow, solution techniques for two-dimensional flows, groundwater quality, contaminant transport in saturated and unsaturated media, biochemical transformation processes, multiphase flow and use of groundwater models. Mass balance and steady state solutions for point and distributed loadings applied to rivers and lakes, feed-forward and feedback systems of reactors, mass transport in incompletely mixed systems, simple time-variable solutions, nutrient dynamics in water bodies and exchange with sediments, and eutrophication and toxic-substance modelling. An in-depth understanding of sustainability and engineering. The concept of sustainability engineering and engineering's relationship to global issues such as limitations on material and energy resources, pollution and global warming. Tools that engineers need to assist in resolving such problems, including design for environment, servicing, clean technologies and industrial ecology will be covered. Pollution prevention and clean engineering. Resource, waste and energy auditing, resource management, cost/benefit analysis of sustainable technologies, technology and process assessment and design and management of sustainable technologies and processes. The objectives of this course are to provide students with an understanding of sustainability, life cycle assessment, impact assessment and risk assessment and how these can be used to measure sustainability. The format will include discussions on sustainability, assessment methods and sustainability assessment, including scoping, sustainable levels, inventory, impact and risk assessment and mitigations measures.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A design project requiring input from more than one engineering subdiscipline. The department will offer a number of projects from which the students may select. It will be possible for groups of students to work together on a project. Assessment will be based on a report and an oral presentation of the outcome of the project. Chemistry and microbiology of water and wastewater treatment, flow models and reactors. Unit operations and process analysis and design. Treatment plant design and operation. Nutrient removal processes. Effluent and residues disposal. Design and application of stormwater quantity and quality control approaches suitable for urban development. Includes device-specific design of systems such as detention ponds, constructed wetlands, and bioretention systems, green roofs and permeable/porous pavement, as well as integrated stormwater management planning known as Low Impact Development. Applies hydrologic principles and pollutant removal mechanisms to prevent or mitigate environmental impacts from urban stormwater runoff. Advanced courses on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Advanced course on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department. Wide-ranging review of the issues and techniques required for the sustainable management of resources. A review of topics in hazardous substance management including: substance classification, legislation and enforcement, storage and handling practices, occupational safety and health, emergency preparedness and response, risk evaluation and control. Laboratory research methods (safety, sampling procedures, sample preservation, data analysis and report writing). Laboratory experiments exploring various physical, chemical and biological processes, such as sedimentation, chemical coagulation and precipitation, chlorination, reactor residence time distribution, activated carbon and anaerobic digestion. Aquifer properties, principles of seepage and groundwater flow, solution techniques for two-dimensional flows, groundwater quality, contaminant transport in saturated and unsaturated media, biochemical transformation processes, multiphase flow and use of groundwater models. Mass balance and steady state solutions for point and distributed loadings applied to rivers and lakes, feed-forward and feedback systems of reactors, mass transport in incompletely mixed systems, simple time-variable solutions, nutrient dynamics in water bodies and exchange with sediments, and eutrophication and toxic-substance modelling. An in-depth understanding of sustainability and engineering. The concept of sustainability engineering and engineering's relationship to global issues such as limitations on material and energy resources, pollution and global warming. Tools that engineers need to assist in resolving such problems, including design for environment, servicing, clean technologies and industrial ecology will be covered. Pollution prevention and clean engineering. Resource, waste and energy auditing, resource management, cost/benefit analysis of sustainable technologies, technology and process assessment and design and management of sustainable technologies and processes. The objectives of this course are to provide students with an understanding of sustainability, life cycle assessment, impact assessment and risk assessment and how these can be used to measure sustainability. The format will include discussions on sustainability, assessment methods and sustainability assessment, including scoping, sustainable levels, inventory, impact and risk assessment and mitigations measures. The principles of sustainable design, including design for environment, design for recycling, design for duration and design for reuse. Assessment of product design, appropriate product function, level of quality and life cycle. Students will be expected to provide input into effective, efficient and sustainable product design.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A design project requiring input from more than one engineering subdiscipline. The department will offer a number of projects from which the students may select. It will be possible for groups of students to work together on a project. Assessment will be based on a report and an oral presentation of the outcome of the project. Chemistry and microbiology of water and wastewater treatment, flow models and reactors. Unit operations and process analysis and design. Treatment plant design and operation. Nutrient removal processes. Effluent and residues disposal. Design and application of stormwater quantity and quality control approaches suitable for urban development. Includes device-specific design of systems such as detention ponds, constructed wetlands, and bioretention systems, green roofs and permeable/porous pavement, as well as integrated stormwater management planning known as Low Impact Development. Applies hydrologic principles and pollutant removal mechanisms to prevent or mitigate environmental impacts from urban stormwater runoff. Advanced courses on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Advanced course on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department. Wide-ranging review of the issues and techniques required for the sustainable management of resources. A review of topics in hazardous substance management including: substance classification, legislation and enforcement, storage and handling practices, occupational safety and health, emergency preparedness and response, risk evaluation and control. Laboratory research methods (safety, sampling procedures, sample preservation, data analysis and report writing). Laboratory experiments exploring various physical, chemical and biological processes, such as sedimentation, chemical coagulation and precipitation, chlorination, reactor residence time distribution, activated carbon and anaerobic digestion. Aquifer properties, principles of seepage and groundwater flow, solution techniques for two-dimensional flows, groundwater quality, contaminant transport in saturated and unsaturated media, biochemical transformation processes, multiphase flow and use of groundwater models. Mass balance and steady state solutions for point and distributed loadings applied to rivers and lakes, feed-forward and feedback systems of reactors, mass transport in incompletely mixed systems, simple time-variable solutions, nutrient dynamics in water bodies and exchange with sediments, and eutrophication and toxic-substance modelling. An in-depth understanding of sustainability and engineering. The concept of sustainability engineering and engineering's relationship to global issues such as limitations on material and energy resources, pollution and global warming. Tools that engineers need to assist in resolving such problems, including design for environment, servicing, clean technologies and industrial ecology will be covered. Pollution prevention and clean engineering. Resource, waste and energy auditing, resource management, cost/benefit analysis of sustainable technologies, technology and process assessment and design and management of sustainable technologies and processes. The objectives of this course are to provide students with an understanding of sustainability, life cycle assessment, impact assessment and risk assessment and how these can be used to measure sustainability. The format will include discussions on sustainability, assessment methods and sustainability assessment, including scoping, sustainable levels, inventory, impact and risk assessment and mitigations measures. The principles of sustainable design, including design for environment, design for recycling, design for duration and design for reuse. Assessment of product design, appropriate product function, level of quality and life cycle. Students will be expected to provide input into effective, efficient and sustainable product design. A variety of relevant and current topics relating to sustainability engineering, including the impact of information technologies, GM engineering, nanotechnologies and other new engineering initiatives on society and means of ensuring that those technologies encourage sustainability. Students will assess such issues and discuss the relevance to engineering, sustainability and future development of technology and society.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A design project requiring input from more than one engineering subdiscipline. The department will offer a number of projects from which the students may select. It will be possible for groups of students to work together on a project. Assessment will be based on a report and an oral presentation of the outcome of the project. Chemistry and microbiology of water and wastewater treatment, flow models and reactors. Unit operations and process analysis and design. Treatment plant design and operation. Nutrient removal processes. Effluent and residues disposal. Design and application of stormwater quantity and quality control approaches suitable for urban development. Includes device-specific design of systems such as detention ponds, constructed wetlands, and bioretention systems, green roofs and permeable/porous pavement, as well as integrated stormwater management planning known as Low Impact Development. Applies hydrologic principles and pollutant removal mechanisms to prevent or mitigate environmental impacts from urban stormwater runoff. Advanced courses on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Advanced course on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department. Wide-ranging review of the issues and techniques required for the sustainable management of resources. A review of topics in hazardous substance management including: substance classification, legislation and enforcement, storage and handling practices, occupational safety and health, emergency preparedness and response, risk evaluation and control. Laboratory research methods (safety, sampling procedures, sample preservation, data analysis and report writing). Laboratory experiments exploring various physical, chemical and biological processes, such as sedimentation, chemical coagulation and precipitation, chlorination, reactor residence time distribution, activated carbon and anaerobic digestion. Aquifer properties, principles of seepage and groundwater flow, solution techniques for two-dimensional flows, groundwater quality, contaminant transport in saturated and unsaturated media, biochemical transformation processes, multiphase flow and use of groundwater models. Mass balance and steady state solutions for point and distributed loadings applied to rivers and lakes, feed-forward and feedback systems of reactors, mass transport in incompletely mixed systems, simple time-variable solutions, nutrient dynamics in water bodies and exchange with sediments, and eutrophication and toxic-substance modelling. An in-depth understanding of sustainability and engineering. The concept of sustainability engineering and engineering's relationship to global issues such as limitations on material and energy resources, pollution and global warming. Tools that engineers need to assist in resolving such problems, including design for environment, servicing, clean technologies and industrial ecology will be covered. Pollution prevention and clean engineering. Resource, waste and energy auditing, resource management, cost/benefit analysis of sustainable technologies, technology and process assessment and design and management of sustainable technologies and processes. The objectives of this course are to provide students with an understanding of sustainability, life cycle assessment, impact assessment and risk assessment and how these can be used to measure sustainability. The format will include discussions on sustainability, assessment methods and sustainability assessment, including scoping, sustainable levels, inventory, impact and risk assessment and mitigations measures. The principles of sustainable design, including design for environment, design for recycling, design for duration and design for reuse. Assessment of product design, appropriate product function, level of quality and life cycle. Students will be expected to provide input into effective, efficient and sustainable product design. A variety of relevant and current topics relating to sustainability engineering, including the impact of information technologies, GM engineering, nanotechnologies and other new engineering initiatives on society and means of ensuring that those technologies encourage sustainability. Students will assess such issues and discuss the relevance to engineering, sustainability and future development of technology and society. A student is required to submit a report on a topic assigned by the appropriate Head of Department.
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Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics - physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management. Hydrologic processes. Analysis of atmospheric and surface waters. Design for atmospheric and surface waters. Occurrence of groundwater. Groundwater levels and environmental influence. Groundwater movement. Well hydraulics and design. Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management. The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control. Industrial waste sources, impacts, characteristics and management measures; environmental impact assessment; design of sampling and methods of risk assessment; cost-benefit analysis. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department. A design project requiring input from more than one engineering subdiscipline. The department will offer a number of projects from which the students may select. It will be possible for groups of students to work together on a project. Assessment will be based on a report and an oral presentation of the outcome of the project. Chemistry and microbiology of water and wastewater treatment, flow models and reactors. Unit operations and process analysis and design. Treatment plant design and operation. Nutrient removal processes. Effluent and residues disposal. Design and application of stormwater quantity and quality control approaches suitable for urban development. Includes device-specific design of systems such as detention ponds, constructed wetlands, and bioretention systems, green roofs and permeable/porous pavement, as well as integrated stormwater management planning known as Low Impact Development. Applies hydrologic principles and pollutant removal mechanisms to prevent or mitigate environmental impacts from urban stormwater runoff. Advanced courses on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Advanced course on topics to be determined each year by the Head of Department. Wide-ranging review of the issues and techniques required for the sustainable management of resources. A review of topics in hazardous substance management including: substance classification, legislation and enforcement, storage and handling practices, occupational safety and health, emergency preparedness and response, risk evaluation and control. Laboratory research methods (safety, sampling procedures, sample preservation, data analysis and report writing). Laboratory experiments exploring various physical, chemical and biological processes, such as sedimentation, chemical coagulation and precipitation, chlorination, reactor residence time distribution, activated carbon and anaerobic digestion. Aquifer properties, principles of seepage and groundwater flow, solution techniques for two-dimensional flows, groundwater quality, contaminant transport in saturated and unsaturated media, biochemical transformation processes, multiphase flow and use of groundwater models. Mass balance and steady state solutions for point and distributed loadings applied to rivers and lakes, feed-forward and feedback systems of reactors, mass transport in incompletely mixed systems, simple time-variable solutions, nutrient dynamics in water bodies and exchange with sediments, and eutrophication and toxic-substance modelling. An in-depth understanding of sustainability and engineering. The concept of sustainability engineering and engineering's relationship to global issues such as limitations on material and energy resources, pollution and global warming. Tools that engineers need to assist in resolving such problems, including design for environment, servicing, clean technologies and industrial ecology will be covered. Pollution prevention and clean engineering. Resource, waste and energy auditing, resource management, cost/benefit analysis of sustainable technologies, technology and process assessment and design and management of sustainable technologies and processes. The objectives of this course are to provide students with an understanding of sustainability, life cycle assessment, impact assessment and risk assessment and how these can be used to measure sustainability. The format will include discussions on sustainability, assessment methods and sustainability assessment, including scoping, sustainable levels, inventory, impact and risk assessment and mitigations measures. The principles of sustainable design, including design for environment, design for recycling, design for duration and design for reuse. Assessment of product design, appropriate product function, level of quality and life cycle. Students will be expected to provide input into effective, efficient and sustainable product design. A variety of relevant and current topics relating to sustainability engineering, including the impact of information technologies, GM engineering, nanotechnologies and other new engineering initiatives on society and means of ensuring that those technologies encourage sustainability. Students will assess such issues and discuss the relevance to engineering, sustainability and future development of technology and society. A student is required to submit a report on a topic assigned by the appropriate Head of Department. A student is required to submit a report on a topic assigned by the appropriate Head of Department.
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