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| Environmental and Energy Engineering (School of Engineering) |
| ENVE-2110 Introduction to Environmental Engineering The application of basic principles and equations dealing with water, air, and solid and hazardous wastes; material and energy balances; and chemical and biochemical cycles. Topics include water resources, water quality and pollution, air quality and pollution, solid and hazardous wastes, and environmental legislation. Corequisite: MATH-2400. Fall term annually. 4 credit hours |
| ENVE-2940 Readings in Environmental Engineering 1 to 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-4110 Aqueous Geochemistry Fundamentals of aqueous chemistry as applied to the evolution of natural waters. The course covers principles of chemical equilibrium, activity models for solutes, pH as a master variable, concentration and Eh-pH diagrams, mineral solubility, aqueous complexes, ion exchange, and stable isotopes. The carbonate system, weathering reactions, and acid rain are examined in detail. Emphasis is on the chemical reactions that control surface and groundwater evolution in natural and engineered (treatment process) settings. Students learn theory, computation methods, and the use of computer programs for calculation of speciation and mass balance. (Cross listed as CHEM-4690 and ERTH-4690. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and either CHEM-4690 or ERTH-4690). Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Fall term annually. 4 credit hours |
| ENVE-4150, ENVE-4160 Environmental Engineering Laboratory I, II A two-term laboratory course on experimental analysis of the operations and processes of environmental engineering. Emphasis is placed on planning of experiments, data evaluation, and report writing. Fall and spring terms annually. 2 credit hours each |
| ENVE-4170 Environmental Process Design I The design of equipment, processes, and systems of interest in environmental engineering through application of scientific, technological, and economic principles. Health and safety issues are presented. Emphasis is placed on problem formulation and the conceptual, analytical, and decision aspects of open-ended design situations. The work integrates knowledge and skills gained in previous and concurrent courses. This course leads to ENVE-4180. Prerequisite: ENVE-2110 and senior standing. Fall term annually. 1 credit hour |
| ENVE-4180 Environmental Process Design II Basic tenets of design are continued. Professional development topics are presented including engineering ethics, among others. Included are field inspection trips to pollution-control facilities. This is a writing-intensive course. Prerequisite: ENVE-4170. Spring term annually. 2 credit hours |
| ENVE-4200 Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering Classification and characteristics of solid and hazardous wastes; appropriate waste management systems; design of collection and transfer systems; methods of destruction and disposal, including landfills; recycle methods; and salvage and conversion operations for resource recovery. Spring term annually. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-4210 Industrial Waste Treatment and Disposal Physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of industrial wastes. Application of unit operations and processes to the treatment of waste streams. Consideration of recovery and/or recycling of useful products. Offered on availability of faculty. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-4220 Environmental Law This course provides environmental engineers, researchers, managers, public officials, and corporate executives with a firm foundation in the environmental laws and regulations with which and under which they must work. Classroom lectures and discussions generate papers on selected environmental law topics. Offered on availability of faculty. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-4240 Bench Scale Design The design and operation of different laboratory experiments to provide experience for the environmental engineer in the practical application of chemical and biological theory. Design parameters are developed via bench scale testing. Topics can include biological treatment, phytoremediation, composting of solid waste and soil columns, and microbial respirometry. Spring term annually. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-4310 Applied Hydrology and Hydraulics Physical processes governing occurrence and distribution of precipitation, infiltration, evaporation, and surface water runoff. Groundwater hydrology, mechanics of flow, and well hydraulics. Statistical hydrology, unit hydrograph theory, and watershed modeling. Floodplain hydrology and open channel hydraulics. Urban hydrology, hydraulics and design of storm sewers, and design of detention structures for flood control. Design project using the Army Corps of Engineers Hydraulic Engineering Center HEC-1 flood hydrograph package. Prerequisite: CHME-4010. Spring term annually. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-4320 Environmental Chemodynamics The movement of chemicals in air, water, and soil is presented to demonstrate the relation of physiochemical principles in the behavior of chemicals in the environment. Topics include chemical and thermal equilibrium at environmental interfaces, transport fundamentals, and the fate and transport of chemicals in various environmental compartments. Prerequisites: ENVE-2110 or CHME-2010. Corequisite: CHME-4010. Spring term annually. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-4330 Atmospheric Pollution Fundamentals of atmospheric pollution with emphasis on emissions from major sources such as combustion. Principal pollutants discussed are: particles, trace metals, sulfur-, nitrogen-, and carbon oxides, oxidants, and hazardous organics; as well as the thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of their formation. Role of meteorology in pollutant emission, atmospheric transport, and atmospheric chemistry, source/receptor relationships, including modeling of these relationships using one or more computer models. Some aspects of engineering control of emissions. Prerequisites: ENGR-1500 and CHME-4010. Fall term annually. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-4340 Physicochemical Processes in Environmental Engineering Physical and chemical processes governing water quality in natural and engineered systems with applications to potable water treatment. Topics include reactor dynamics, coagulation and flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, gas transfer, adsorption and ion exchange, and membrane processes. A design project for which students develop a computer model of an environmental process is required. Prerequisite: CHME-4010. Spring term annually. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-4350 Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering The study of biochemical and biological processes common to environmental engineering. Introductory physiology, biochemistry and ecology of bacteria, yeasts, fungi. Laboratory work in microbial techniques. Development of reaction rate and mass balances on biological reactors for pollution control. Topics covered include biogeochemical cycling, thermodynamics of biodegradative processes, activated sludge, trickling filters, stabilization ponds, sludge treatment and digestion, bioremediation, hazardous waste treatment, biological metal cycling and biological solid waste treatment processes. Prerequisite: ENVE-4320. Fall term annually. 4 credit hours |
| ENVE-4940 Studies in Environmental Engineering 1 to 4 credit hours |
| ENVE-4960 Topics in Environmental Engineering 1 to 4 credit hours |
| ENVE-4980 Senior Project 1 to 4 credit hours |
| ENVE-6110 Seepage, Drainage, and Groundwater Introduction to groundwater hydrology, well hydraulics, permeability, seepage, flow nets, filter criteria, dewatering, slope stabilization, practical applications. (Cross listed as CIVL-6530. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and CIVL- 6530). Prerequisite: CIVL-2630 or permission of instructor. Spring term annually. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-6120 Biological Treatment Processes The study of chemical and biological processes common to environmental engineering. Development of reaction rate and mass balances on biological reactors for pollution control. Topics covered include activated sludge, trickling filters, stabilization ponds, sludge treatment and digestion, disinfections, chemical precipitation processes, biological aerosol formation and decay, and biological solid waste treatment processes. Prerequisites: ENVE-4350. Offered on availability of faculty. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-6130 Land Applications of Wastewater Treatment efficiency and design parameters for different methods of treatment of wastewaters by land application. Methods considered include irrigation, rapid infiltration, overland flow, septic-tank leach field systems, and deep well injection. Soil geology and groundwater flow maintenance, monitoring of systems, and public health considerations. Evaluation of sludge disposal. Offered on availability of faculty. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-6140 Stream Pollution Control Principles of limnology applied to the ecological conditions of streams and bodies of fresh water relative to capacity to stabilize organic materials. The economic aspects of water pollution; health aspects of bacterial pollution. Spring term alternate years. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-6150 Limnology Classification and identification of microscopic and macroscopic aquatic plant and animal life. Chemical analysis sufficient to relate the organisms to their environment. Measurement of the physical characteristics of a lake. Field and laboratory studies on different aquatic systems. Classes conducted at Darrin Fresh Water Institute on Lake George. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Offered on availability of faculty. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-6160 Environmental Impact Analysis Studies related to the evaluation of the impacts of major actions by state and federal agencies on the quality of human environment. Consideration is given to the preparation of impact statements. The impacts of various types of action are discussed; the adverse effects produced and alternatives to proposed action considered, and the tradeoffs between short-term uses and long-term productivity are evaluated. Case studies are presented and analyzed. Open to graduate students in science or engineering. Offered on availability of faculty. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-6170 Atmospheric Chemistry The course presents important thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of reactions in the atmospheric layer. Consideration is given to transport phenomena in determining atmospheric compositions and kinetics. Applications of principles to upper atmospheric and lower (air pollution) atmospheric cases are discussed. Prerequisites: CHEM-2250, CHEM-2260, CHEM-4400 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Offered on availability of faculty. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-6180 Air Pollution Meteorology Investigation of atmospheric processes of particular importance in dealing with the environmental problems of air pollution: atmospheric turbulence, temperature lapse rates, wind profiles, plume rise, plume dispersion relations, urban dispersion models, wet and dry atmospheric scavenging processes, and inadvertent climate and weather modification. Open to graduate students in science or engineering. Prerequisites: ENGR-2050, CHEM-4400, ENVE-4330 or permission of instructor. Offered on availability of faculty. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-6190 Public Health Occurrence and control of communicable diseases; principles of epidemiology and biostatistics and their application, emphasizing the relationship with environmental factors; food infections and food poisoning; use and impact of pesticides and other methods of pest control; air pollution sources and health effects. Organization of government health agencies. Offered on availability of faculty. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-6200 Hazardous Waste Management I This course concentrates on management issues and study of the fate and transport of hazardous materials in the environment. Management topics are broken down into three broad categories: regulatory issues, those necessary for daily operation of an industrial facility (industrial hygiene, storage, and transportation issues), and preliminary environmental site assessments. Fate and transport issues will be dealt with quantitatively. Prerequisites: permission of instructor. Fall term annually. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-6210 Hazardous Waste Management II A continuation of ENVE-6200. The principal topic discussed is the selection of remediation alternatives and waste minimization. Prerequisite: ENVE-6200. Spring term annually. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-6230 Mathematical Modeling of Environmental Engineering Systems Basic modeling approaches and techniques for the simulation of environmental engineering systems. Model development, system conceptualization and analysis, mathematical representation, solution and simulation, as well as model calibration and verification, are discussed. Problems such as simulation of biochemical reactors and behavior of toxic chemicals in groundwater are drawn from the literature. Ongoing research projects are discussed. Spring term alternate years. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-6240 Air Pollution Control The major approaches to air pollution control are discussed from three viewpoints: equipment for particle and gaseous emissions control, control of specific processes and pollutants, control strategies. Emphasis is on control devices for particles, sulfur oxides, and nitrogen oxides; absorption with chemical reaction; wet scrubber technology. Combination with other approaches to develop control strategies. Prerequisite: ENVE-4330. Offered on the availability of faculty. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-6250 Bench Scale Design The design and operation of different laboratory experiments to provide experience for the environmental engineer in the practical application of chemical and biological theory. Design parameters are developed via bench scale testing. Topics include biological treatment, ion exchange, test for total carbon in a solid waste and PARR bomb calorimeter, soil columns, and microbial respirometry. Offered on availability of faculty. 3 credit hours |
| ENVE-6910 Colloquium Series Seminars by distinguished guest speakers and graduate students on current problems in environmental and energy engineering. A broad range of subjects is covered. All undergraduates and graduates are strongly encouraged to attend as many lectures as possible. Fall and spring terms annually. 0 credit hours |
| ENVE-6940 Studies in Environmental Engineering 1 to 4 credit hours |
| ENVE-6960 Topics in Environmental Engineering 1 to 4 credit hours |
| ENVE-6980 Master’s Project Active participation in a master’s-level project under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a master’s project report. Grades of IP are assigned until the master’s project has been approved by the faculty adviser. If recommended by the adviser, the master’s project may be accepted by the Office of Graduate Education to be archived in the Library. Grades will then be listed as S. 1 to 9 credit hours |
| ENVE-6990 Master’s Thesis Active participation in research, under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a master’s thesis. Grades of IP are assigned until the thesis has been approved by the faculty adviser and accepted by the Office of Graduate Education to be archived in a standard format in the library. Grades will then be listed as S. 1 to 9 credit hours |
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ENVE-9990 Dissertation Active participation in research, under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a doctoral dissertation. Grades of IP are assigned until the dissertation has been publicly defended, approved by the doctoral committee, and accepted by the Office of Graduate Education to be archived in a standard format in the library. Grades will then be listed as S. 1 to 12 credit hours |
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