EWRE Courses

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CE-ENGIN 525 Environmental Geotechnology (3 credits). Geotechnical Engineering related to environmental issues. Topics include: site investigation techniques for environmental drilling; site instrumentation procedures; groundwater sampling methods; methods of evaluating in situ and laboratory hydraulic conductivity for use in design; design of containment facilities; and current methods for addressing subsurface environmental problems. Written engineering reports.

CE-ENGIN 560 Hydrology (3 credits). A quantitative account of elements of the hydrologic cycle, including precipitation, evapotranspiration, snowmelt, infiltration, and surface runoff. Basic laws from such various disciplines as physics, chemistry, meteorology, astronomy, fluid mechanics, and thermodynamics, combined into simple mathematical descriptions used in the hydrologic design process.

CE-ENGIN 561 Open-Channel Flow (3 credits). A rigorous mathematical study of flow in open channels, including uniform, gradually varied, rapidly varied, tidal, and flood flows. Analytical and numerical solutions to the governing conservation equations will be developed with the aid of the computer, and stable channel design addressed.

CE-ENGIN 572 Environmental Engineering Analysis (3 credits). With lab. Basic concepts of physical and chemical parameters used to measure water quality in natural aquatic systems and in treatment plants. Laboratory covers important water analysis methods including gravimetric, volumetric, colorimetric, and alkalinity-acidity titration.

CE-ENGIN 573 Environmental Engineering Microbiology (3 credits). With lab. Microbiological and biochemical properties of microorganisms important in environmental engineering practice. General fundamentals of environmental microbiology and their application to drinking water treatment and distribution, water pollution control, and natural systems.

CE-ENGIN 575 Advanced Solid and Hazardous Waste Management (3 credits). Introduction to municipal solid waste management and hazardous waste management. The relationship between the properties of wastes, the techniques and hardware used for waste handling and processing and the ultimate disposal (containment) of waste and other residual materials will be emphasized. Remediation of contaminated areas is also covered. The design of systems for the management and disposal of solid and hazardous wastes subject to economic factors, safety, reliability and ethical and social implications will be examined.

CE-ENGIN 577 Surface Water Quality Modeling (3 credits). Evaluation and control of water quality in streams, lakes, and estuaries. Mathematical analyses of patterns of water movement and their relationship to water quality. Wasteload allocation design.

CE-ENGIN 579 Air Quality (3 credits). The sources, fate, transport, and control of the major categories of air pollutants. Topics include: sources and characteristics of air pollutants; atmospheric chemistry and physics; effects of air pollutants on human health and the environment; global climate change; atmospheric dispersion modeling; and design of systems for the control of gaseous and particulate air pollutants.

CE-ENGIN 597G GIS for Engineers (3 credits). Principles of geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis for engineering application. Topics include data structures and manipulation, topology, and attribute information. Use of spatial data for mapping and spatial analysis to address real world problems.

CE-ENGIN 660 Subsurface Hydraulics (3 credits). The transport of water through the unsaturated and saturated zone using rigorous mathematical theory, analytical and numerical solutions. Topics include hydraulic properties of soils, infiltration, confined and unconfined aquifer flow, consolidations, and well hydraulics.

CE-ENGIN 661 Subsurface Pollution (3 credits). Transport of contaminants through the unsaturated and saturated zone using rigorous mathematical theory, analytical and numerical solutions. Topics include the fate and transport of conservative and reactive contaminants in single or multiphase flow fields.

CE-ENGIN 662 Water Resource Systems Analysis (3 credits). Methods for designing and managing water resource systems. Methods include optimization, uncertainty and reliability analysis, economic and pricing analysis, water demand and drought planning, facility siting analysis. Applications to surface water, groundwater, water distribution, flood control and water quality control systems.

CE-ENGIN 668 Professional Engineering Practice Concepts (2 credits). Discussion of the concerns and challenges of a professional engineer including project management, writing and presentation skills, negotiations, finance, ethics, organizational structure, and risk and liability.