Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
Graduate Courses
| CE 571* | Physical
Principles of Environmental Engineering. Mass balances, equation of motion for
small particles, small particle interactions, particle collision/fast coagulation,
partitioning, adsorption isotherms, fluid mechanics, diffusion, interphase mass
transport and resistance models, elementary/non-elementary reactions, residence
time distributions.
(Ducoste, Spring) | | | |
| CE 573* | Biological
Principles of Environmental Engineering. Concepts in environmental microbiology
including cell structure and function, phylogeny, survey of environmentally relevant
microbial groups, metabolism under different redox conditions, catabolism of macromolecules,
methods in microbial ecology. Relationships to engineering processes and systems
will be emphasized.
(de los Reyes, Fall, currently offered as CE 596K) |
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| CE 574* | Chemical
Principles of Environmental Engineering. Inorganic and organic environmental chemistry
including acid-base equilibria, precipitation, complexation, redox reactions,
and natural organic matter. The role of these factors in controlling the fate
of contaminants in engineered treatment systems and natural environments.
(Barlaz, Fall) | | | |
| CE 576* | Engineering
Principles of Air Pollution Control. Introduction to air pollution control fundamentals
and design. Fundamentals including physics, chemistry and thermodynamics of pollutant
formation, prevention and control. Design including gas treatment and process
and feedstock modification. Addressed pollutants include sulfur dioxide, nitrogen
oxides, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, hydrocarbons and air toxins.
Investigation of current research.
(Frey, Fall, corequisite ST 511 or 515
or equivalent course) | | | |
| CE 577* | Engineering
Principles of Solid Waste Management. Refuse generation, collection, transportation,
recycling and resource recovery, life cycle analysis, burial and decomposition
in landfills, incineration and waste regulation will be discussed. The course
includes both engineering design and policy alternatives.
(Barlaz, Spring)
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| CE 579* | Principles
of Air Quality Engineering. Introduction to: risk assessment, health effects,
and regulation of air pollutants; air pollution statistics; estimation of emissions;
air quality meteorology; dispersion modeling for non-reactive pollutants; chemistry
and models for tropospheric ozone formation; aqueous-phase chemistry, including
the "acid rain" problem; integrated assessment of air quality problems;
and the fundamentals and practical aspects of commonly used air quality models.
(Frey, Spring) | | | |
| CE 580 | Flow
in Open Channels. Theory and applications of flow in open channels, including
dimensional analysis, momentum-energy principle, gradually varied flow, high-velocity
flow, energy dissipators, spillways, waves, channel transitions and model studies.
(irregular) | | | |
| CE 583 | Engineering
Aspects of Coastal Processes. Coastal environment, engineering aspects of the
mechanics of sediment movement, littoral drift, beach profiles, beach stability,
meteorological effects, tidal inlets, inlet stability, shoaling, deltas, beach
nourishment, mixing processes, pollution of coastal waters, interaction between
shore processes and man-made structures, case studies.
(Fisher, Spring) |
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| CE 584 | Hydraulics
of Ground Water. Introduction to ground water hydraulics and hydrology, including
fundamentals of ground water flow, well design, and use of numerical models.
(Borden, Fall) | | | |
| CE 586 | Engineering
Hydrology. Study of hydrologic principles underlying procedures for surface water
modeling; applications of common hydrologic models to actual watersheds.
(Malcom, Spring) | | | |
| CE 588* | Water
Resources Engineering. Modeling, design and analysis of water resources systems,
including reservoir management, water distribution systems, watershed management,
and groundwater management. Applications of mathematical and computing models,
standard procedures and state-of-the-art tools to address a variety of water resources
engineering problems.
(Ranjithan, Fall) | | | |
| CE 596B | Environmental
Engineering Laboratory. Experimental studies of unit operations in environmental
engineering; experimental techniques for the assessment of water and wastewater
quality.
(Knappe, Fall) | | | |
| CE 771* | Physical-Chemical
Water Treatment Processes. Physical-chemical treatment processes for the treatment
of water, including sedimentation, flotation, filtration, coagulation, oxidation,
disinfection, precipitation, adsorption, and membrane treatment processes. Current
issues in drinking water quality and treatment are discussed.
(Knappe, Spring,
prerequisite CE 574, corequisite CE 571) | | | |
| CE 772* | Environmental
Exposure and Risk Analysis. Course covers the identification, transport, and fate
of hazardous substances in the environment; quantification of human exposures
to such substances; dose-response analysis; and uncertainty and variability analysis.
The general risk assessment framework, study design aspects for exposure assessment,
and quantitative methods for estimating the consequences and probablity of adverse
health outcomes are emphasized.
(Frey, Spring, odd years, prerequisite ST
511 or 515 or equivalent) | | | |
| CE 773* | Hazardous
Waste Management and Treatment. Recent advances in reuse, recovery, minimization
and treatment of hazardous wastes as well as legislation and regulation of hazardous
waste management and treatment.
(Chao, irregular, prerequisites CE 571 and
CE 572) | | | |
| CE 774* | Environmental
Bioprocess Technology. Principles of microbiological, biochemical, and biophysical
processes used in environmental waste treatment and remediation processes, with
particular emphasis on water quality control processes.
(de los Reyes, Spring,
prerequisites CE 573 and CE 574) | | | |
| CE 775 | Modeling
and Analysis of Environmental Systems. Mathematical models describing movement
and fate of pollutant discharges and other substances in natural systems. Role
of models in planning and management of environmental systems. Mathematical programming
models are used to examine alternative management strategies, including direct
regulation, charges, and transferable discharge permits with respect to multiple
objectives, such as cost, equity, and certainty of outcome. Emphasis is on surface
and groundwater applications, with some attention to atmospheric application.
(Overton/Brill, Fall) | | | |
| CE 776 | Advanced
Water Management Systems Methods of modeling water resources systems are examined.
Multiobjective methods and methods for generating alternative solutions are discussed
in detail.
(Ranjithan/Brill, alternate Spring, prerequisite CE 775) |
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| CE 784 | Ground
Water Contaminant Transport. Introduction to the physical, chemical, and biological
processes which control transport and disposition of pollutants in the subsurface.
(Borden, Spring, prerequisites CE 574 and CE 584) | | | |
| CE 785 | Urban
Stormwater Management. Studies of stormwater management in urban areas emphasizing
quantitative problems in flooding, sedimentation and water quality. Review and
extension of design concepts involving channels and impoundments. Survey of hydrographic
formation techniques and examination of common hydrologic models. Case studies
of urbanizing watersheds.
(Malcom, Fall) | In addition
to these courses in Civil Engineering, students may take related elective courses
offered by other departments. Representative lists of courses are shown in the
description of each area of specialization.
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