Environmental Engineering Classes
Environmental Engineering Classes
ENVE 101
Environmental Engineering Seminar
1 credit
1 class hour
Seminars by faculty, and guest speakers from industry, consulting, and government provide a brief overview of environmental engineering topics, including air pollution, water quality, and solid and hazardous waste.
ENVE 201
Introduction to Environmental Science and Engineering
3 credit
3 class hour
Prerequisites: CHEM 122 & 122L; BIOL 111 & 111L; MATH 132
The fundamentals of physics, chemistry, biology, and geology applied to problem solving in science and engineering. A study of environmental phenomena and strategies to control pollution of water, air, and land. Definition of basics for water quality engineering, water treatment, wastewater treatment, solid and hazardous waste management, radioactive waste management, and air pollution. Environmental impact statements and environmental ethics.
ENVE 301
Applied Principles of Environmental Engineering
3 credit
3 class hours
Prerequisites: ENVE 201
Application of chemical and biological principles to the study of the natural environment and engineered systems related to pollution of air, water, and soil. Topics include: atmospheric chemistry, biokinetics, carbonate cycle, corrosion, complexation (coordination chemistry), redox reactions, and precipitation. Principles will be tied to specific environmental engineering applications.
ENVE 302
Environmental Law and Regulations
2 credit
2 class hours
Prerequisite: ENVE 201
An overview of the major federal and state environmental statutes and regulations. Statutory/regulatory scheme and its application to current environmental problems. Specific regulations pertaining to air, water, toxic substances and pesticides, and solid and hazardous wastes, as well as related regulatory programs. Historical and philosophical basis of environmental regulation.
ENVE 303
Water Treatment Process Design
3 credit
3 class hours
Prerequisites: ENVE 201 or consent of instructor
Physical‐chemical processes encountered in the design, analysis, and operation of municipal and industrial water treatment systems. Concepts of mass balance and chemical reactor theory applied to water quality improvements. Specific topics include flocculation/coagulation, softening, sedimentation, filtration, stabilization, disinfection, ion exchange, carbon adsorption, and gas transfer. A team design project will be required as partial fulfillment of course requirements.
ENVE 304
Wastewater Treatment Process Design
3 credit
3 class hours
Prerequisites: BIOL 343; ES 216, 350; or consent of instructor Corequisite: ES 350
Physical‐chemical‐biological processes encountered in the design, analysis, and operation of municipal and industrial wastewater treatment systems. Microbial kinetics of carbon and nutrient removal. Aerobic and anaerobic biological processes occurring in suspended growth and fixed‐film reactors. Processing, management, and disposal of biosolid residuals. Specific topics include collection, pretreatment, sedimentation, trickling filters, activated sludge aerobic and anaerobic digestion. A team design project will be required as partial fulfillment of course requirements.
ENVE 406
Environmental Engineering Unit Operations
3 credit
2 class, 3 lab hours
Corerequisites: ENVE 303 or 304 or consent of instructor
Laboratory and field studies of unit operations and processes in environmental engineering. A student‐designed feature will be integrated into all of the studies. Potential topics include reactor mixing and hydraulics, coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, carbon adsorption, chemical oxidation, air stripping, etc. Emphasis on planning of studies, preparation of work plans, data collection and analysis, report writing, and technical presentation.
ENVE 411
Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering
4 credits
4 class hours
Prerequisites: ES 350 or consent of instructor
A study of solid waste management functions: generation, transport, storage, treatment and recovery, and disposal. Emphasis on design of treatment and recovery unit operations and processes for both municipal and industrial wastes. Site selection criteria and engineering considerations for land disposal alternatives. Special consideration of hazardous waste management: treatment, storage, disposal. Uncontrolled hazardous waste sites: risk assessment and remediation design. Projects on waste management will be developed by teams as partial fulfillment of course requirements.
ENVE 413
Fundamentals of Air Pollution Engineering
4 credits
3 class, 3 lab hours
Prerequisites: ES 216 and 350; or consent of instructor
Sources, behavior, and fate of gaseous and particulate air pollutants. Principles of meteorology and atmospheric diffusion in relation to modeling pollutant transport and dispersion. Design of air pollution control equipment for removal of gases and particles from air streams. Unit operations examined include cyclones, electrostatic precipitators, fabric filters, wet scrubbers, incinerators, biofiltration, adsorbers, and absorbers. In the laboratory section, students will develop an air permit, and complete projects using dispersion modeling and air pollution engineering software. Shares lecture with ENVE 513, with additional expectations for graduation credit.
ENVE 421
Green Engineering
3 credit
3 class hours
Prerequisite: junior standing
Evaluating the full range of environmental effects associated with products and services from raw materials acquisition and manufacturing to use and disposal. Industrial processes, potential waste minimization procedures, relevant regulations as well as life‐cycle analysis. Shares lecture with ENVE 521, with additional expectations for graduate credit.
ENVE 480
Environmental Engineering Senior Design
3 credits
Prerequisite: Senior standing and consent of instructor
Design of equipment, unit processes, and systems in environmental engineering through application of scientific, technological, and economic principles. Emphasis is placed upon problem formulation and the conceptual, analytical, and decision aspects of open‐ended design situations. Course integrates knowledge and skills gained in previous and concurrent courses. Students work as a team in a local, regional or national design competition. A team project report is required. Instructors may also require interim reports, an individual final report, and a final presentation.
ENVE 490
Senior Design Thesis I
1 credit
Prerequisite: Senior standing or consent of instructor
Normally offered fall semester.
An open‐ended design of equipment, unit processes, and/or systems in environmental engineering through application of scientific, technological, and economic principles. The investigative component of the Senior Design Thesis focuses on identifying feasible design topics of interest to the student. Working with a faculty advisor, a thesis topic will be selected and the thesis scope and objectives defined. A preliminary thesis outline and literature review will be completed in accordance with the semester timeline schedule posted by the department. The investigative component integrates knowledge and skills gained in previous and concurrent courses.
ENVE 491
Special Topics in Environmental Engineering
3 credit
3 class hours
Prerequisite: Senior standing or consent of instructor
ENVE 492
Senior Design Thesis II
2 credits
Prerequisite: ENVE 490 with a grade of C or higher. This course shall be taken with ENVE 490 in sequential semesters.
Normally offered spring semester.
An open‐ended design of equipment, unit processes, and/or systems in environmental engineering through application of scientific, technological, and economic principles. The design component of the Senior Design Thesis is a continuation in content of the investigative component completed in the previous semester. This course focuses on the design and economic analysis of the selected topic outlined in the deliverable for ENVE 490. An oral presentation and completed Senior Design Thesis including, but not limited to, introduction, scope, and objectives, literature review, selection criteria, design and technical analysis, and economic analysis shall be completed in accordance with the schedule posted by the department. This capstone design component course integrates knowledge and skills gained in previous and concurrent courses.
CEE 501
Physicochemical and Biological Processes
3 credit
3 class hours
Fundamentals of physical, chemical, and microbial processes in natural and engineered remedial systems. Phase interactions, chemical transformations, transport phenomena, and separation processes in the natural and engineered systems. Characteristics of microorganisms, microbial ecology, biokinetics, and nutrient requirements. The role of microorganisms in treatment processes and the monitoring and enhancement of in‐situ activity.
CEE 503
Environmental Risk Assessment
3 credit
3 class hours
Multidisciplinary approaches required to develop credible risk analysis within the U.S. regulatory and social framework. Philosophical contexts, regulatory framework, and economic implications. Components of risk and performance assessments, including source term, contaminant transport, exposure, and consequences. Computer models and case studies.
CEE 510
Advanced Water Chemistry
3 credit
3 class hours
Advanced study of physical and organic chemistry as applicable to natural water bodies and water and wastewater treatment. Chemical cycles, equilibrium chemistry, chemical thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, precipitation and dissolution, oxidation and reduction, colloidal and surface chemistry, complexation phenomena, electroneutrality, mass balances, and transport and fate of chemical species. Relevance of these topics to water quality control are discussed.
CEE 511
Water Quality Management and Control
3 credit
3 class hours
Prerequisite: MATH 335 or consent of instructor
Fundamentals of water quality, including water bodies and their natural setting, water uses and waste input, and water quality cause‐effect relationships. Water quality parameters, criteria, and standards; principles of water quality systems analysis, both in the formulation and application of water quality models; engineering controls and socio‐economic concepts of water quality management and control, including cost/benefit analysis and management modeling.
CEE 512
Industrial Water and Wastewater Treatment
3 credit
3 class hours
Prerequisites: ENVE 303, 304, 501; or consent of instructor
Advanced study of treatment unit operations and processes within industry‐specific water and wastewater situations. Process design, specifications, and costing of physical, chemical, or biological technology to meet a particular treatment objective. Subject ma er is developed through references to current practice, critique of completed designs, design exercises, and field trips.
CEE 513
Air Resources Engineering
4 credits
3 class, 3 lab hours
Prerequisites: ES 216 and 350; or consent of instructor
Sources, behavior, and fate of gaseous and particulate air pollutants. Principles of meteorology and atmospheric diffusion in relation to modeling pollutant transport and dispersion. Design of air pollution control equipment for removal of gases and particles from air streams. Unit operations examined include cyclones, electrostatic precipitators, fabric filters, wet scrubbers, incinerators, biofiltration, adsorbers, and absorbers. In the laboratory section, students will develop an air permit, and complete projects using dispersion modeling and air pollution engineering software. Graduate students complete an additional project and a classroom presentation. Shares lecture with ENVE 413, with additional expectations for graduate credit.
CEE 520
Hazardous Waste Site Remediation
3 credit
3 class hours
Prerequisites: ENVE 411, 501; or consent of instructor
Design and specification of various physical, chemical, thermal, and biological technologies commonly used in the cleanup of hazardous waste sites. Special emphasis on innovative and emerging technologies for site remediation. Proper sampling and monitoring procedures. Emergency technology in hazardous waste management.
CEE 521
Green Engineering
3 credits
3 class hours
Evaluating the full range of environmental effects associated with products and services from raw materials acquisition and manufacturing to use and disposal. Industrial processes, potential waste minimization procedures, relevant regulations as well as life‐cycle analysis. Shares lecture with ENVE 421, with additional expectations for graduate credit.
CEE 522
Geotechnical Waste Containment Design
3 credits
3 class hours
Prerequisite: ME 420 or consent of instructor
Design procedures consisting of waste disposal methods, various containment systems, and associated remediation techniques. Waste characterization and soil‐waste interactions, contaminant transport in low permeability soils, geosynthetics and soil materials use in waste containment, remedial issues of solidification and stabilization and barrier design, and landfill‐ and surface impoundment‐related design, including liners, leachate and gas collection and removal, final covers, static and seismic slope stability, and settlement analysis. Geotechnical problem definition, application of field and laboratory test data, use of computer models for analysis and design.
CEE 523
Open Channel Hydraulics
3 credit
3 class hours
Prerequisite: ES 216 or consent of instructor
Analysis and characteristics of flow in natural and artificial open channel systems using energy, continuity, and momentum equations as applied to steady‐state uniform, gradually varied, and rapidly varied flow profiles with emphasis on design of hydraulic structures. The students will use their knowledge of fluid mechanics, calculus, numerical analysis, and computer science to solve practical open channel flow problems. A variety of hydraulic conveyance and structures are covered, including rigid and flexible boundary channels, culverts, sluice gates, fumes, weirs, spillways, stilling basins, and bridges. Shares lecture with CE 423, with additional expectations for graduate credit.
CEE 551
Graduate Seminar
1 credit each semester
Seminar presentations by faculty, graduate students, and guest speakers on their interests and current research topics. Graded on S/U basis.
CEE 571
Special Topics in Environmental Engineering
2–4 credits
2–4 class hours
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor Offered on sufficient demand
Special topics in environmental engineering.
CEE 581
Directed Study
Credits to be arranged
Independent design project conducted by the student under the direction of the student’s advisor. A written final report and oral presentation are required.
CEE 590
Independent Study
Credit to be arranged
Independent research organized and conducted by the student under the direction of the student’s advisor. A written final report is required.
CEE 591
Thesis (Master’s Program)
Credits to be arranged