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CVE 3201 - Principles of Environmental Engineering

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
Environmental engineering encompasses the planning, design, and operation of systems for potable water and wastewater treatment and resource recovery, air pollution control, and solid and hazardous waste management. Topics include units of measurement for environmental contaminants, fundamental physical, chemical, and biological principles of importance to environmental engineering, environmental mass and energy balances, unit operations and processes for water and wastewater treatment and air pollution control, risk assessment, and sustainability. (prereq: CHM 1010 , CAE 2411 ) (quarter system prereq: CH 200, AE 2121)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Discuss historical developments of importance to the environmental engineering profession
  • Calculate pollutant concentrations and loadings in the common units used in environmental engineering
  • Solve environmental engineering problems requiring the application of basic physical, chemical, and biological principles
  • Perform mass balances on environmental systems
  • Identify contaminants of concern that are removed by environmental unit operations and processes
  • Design single components or processes of environmental systems including principles of sustainability using simple “rule-of-thumb” design criteria
  • Interpret process flow diagrams for simple environmental systems
  • Perform a basic risk assessment
  • Perform a life-cycle cost assessment
  • Design and conduct a solid waste characterization study
Prerequisites by Topic
  • None
Course Topics
  • Environmental measurements
  • Historical developments, laws, and regulations
  • Chemical processes
  • Biological processes
  • Mass and energy balances
  • Risk assessment
  • Municipal water treatment
  • Municipal wastewater treatment
  • Solid waste engineering
  • Air resources engineering
  • Sustainable engineering: LCCA, LEED v. Envision, case studies
Coordinator
Dr. Anne Alexander


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