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CVE 3202 - Principles of Environmental Engineering

2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
Principles of 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,
Prereq: CHM 1020 
Note: None
This course meets the following Raider Core CLO Requirement: None
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
  • Describe the significance of major contaminants to human and environmental health
  • Design single environmental unit operations or processes using simple “rule-of-thumb” design criteria
  • Interpret process flow diagrams for simple environmental systems
  • Perform a basic risk assessment
  • As part of their development of an Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM), students will reflect on and connect course principles to prior learning and future design courses or professional applications
Prerequisites by Topic
  • Chemical equilibria
  • Acids, bases, and buffers
  • Oxidation-reduction reactions
  • Chemical kinetics
  • Intermolecular forces
  • Thermochemistry
  • Stoichiometry
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
Laboratory Topics
  • Water quality measurements
  • Alkalinity titration
  • Turbidity removal
  • Solids analysis
  • BOD/COD
  • Wastewater microbiology
  • Disinfection
  • Other interactive problem-solving sessions and/or tours that reinforce course topics
Coordinator
Dr. Anne Schwarzkopf


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