The physical, chemical, and biological aspects of environmental engineering will be studied. Material balances based on transport and transformations in natural and engineered systems will be used to develop methods for predicting the behavior of such systems. An overview of engineered solutions to public health problems will be given. Students are expected to have some background in chemistry, physics, fluid mechanics and engineering mathematics. Course Text Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering , James Mihelcic et al, Course information and rules 1.
Class meetings are a mixture of lecture and interactive learning using computer based exercises.
The instructor will discuss new concepts and demonstrate their application to engineering problems. If quizzes are causing you problems then you probably should seek help. Engineers must be able to communicate their ideas otherwise they are useless. All tests will be closed book and closed notes. You can expect test problems to more difficult than homework problems.