CEE 370 – ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES

Fall Semester 2010

 

Course Descr: CEE 370

Environmental Engineering Principles. Credit 4 (3 credit lecture: 1 credit lab).  Introductory course in environmental engineering.  Focuses on the water environment, including design concepts and principles pertinent to water quality and pollution, water supply and treatment, and wastewater treatment.  Prerequisite: Math 331 & Chem 112. Corequisite: CEE 357

 

Schedule:

MWF 10:10        (plus one of 5 afternoon lab sections)

 

 

Textbook:

Davis, Mackenzie L., and Masten, Susan J., Principles of Environmental Engineering and Science. McGraw Hill, 2nd edition 2009  (Required)

 

 

References:

1.       Mihelcic, James R., Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering. J. Wiley & Sons Inc., 1999

 

2.       Nazaroff & Alvarez-Cohen, Environmental Engineering Science, John Wiley & Sons, Publ., 2001

 

3.       Masters, Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science, Prentice Hall, 2nd Edition, 1998.

 

4.       Davis & Cornwell, Introduction to Environmental Engineering, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1998

 

5.       Vesilind & Morgan, Introduction of Environmental Engineering, Thomson, 2004

 

6.       Rubin, Introduction to Engineering & the Environment, McGraw-Hill, 2001

 

 

Instructor:

David A. Reckhow, Professor of C.E.E.

 

16c Marston, 545-5392,  reckhow@ecs.umass.edu.

 

Office hours: M-F 8-9, or as posted

 

 

Course Objectives:

1. To introduce the student to the fundamental physical, chemical, and biological concepts important to the understanding and solution of environmental problems; especially as applied to water quality, drinking water supply and wastewater treatment

 

2. To introduce the student to significant environmental problems dealing with water, soil and air quality and pollution;

 

3. To provide students with an understanding of the environmental engineering profession and the environmental engineer’s role in improvement of public health and environmental quality

 

 

Course Outcomes:

1. An ability to apply concepts from physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics to analyze data and to formulate and solve environmental engineering problems, especially those related to water quality

 

2. Knowledge of the scope of the environmental engineering profession and the use and application of basic codes and regulations pertinent to environmental engineering.

 

3. An ability to communicate technical ideas through written, graphical and mathematical means

 

4. An awareness of the impact of civil and environmental engineering decisions on society and the environment.

 

5. An understanding of the responsibility of the civil engineer to contribute to society and to uphold the ethical standards of the profession

 

6. An appreciation of the value of learning and continuing professional development.

 

 

Course Outcome

1. Periodic homework problem sets on the principles covered in class lectures and reading assignments

Measures and

2. One 1-hour mid-semester examination and one 2-hour final examination to provide assessment of understanding of lecture material, reading assignments and problem sets.

Assessment:

3. Lab Writeups to provide assessment of understanding of laboratory exercises

4. Course and instructor evaluation to provide student feedback on the perceived quality of the course and effectiveness of the instructor.

 

Grading Criteria:  (attendance is required)

 

 

Mid-term of 1-hr length

20%

 

 

Final Exam

30%

 

 

Homework Assignments/Reports

20%

 

 

Class Participation

5%

 

 

Lab Participation and Writeups

25%

 

 

 

100%

 

                   Homework will be assigned, collected and most will be graded.  Late homeworks will not be accepted.  Working in groups for the purpose of solving homework problems is encouraged, however, you must ultimately submit your own personal solution to these problem sets.  All University policies regarding Academic Honesty will be adhered to.

                  Attendance:  You are being educated for a professional degree and to enter a profession.  You are expected to attend all classes and arrive on time.  Obtain prior clearance for planned absences and meet with the instructor after any emergency absences.  Poor attendance or excessive tardiness will negatively affect your grade.

                   Mid-term exam will be held on the evening of Thursday, October 28 at 7:30 PM.  To make up for the extra time used in the night exam, one of the regularly-scheduled lecture periods may be cancelled.  This will be announced in class.

 

Topic

Approximate # classes

Chapter from Textbook

I.                   Introduction

2

1

                      overview, laws

 

 

II.                Environmental Chemistry Principles

5

2

                      Thermodynamics, stoichiometry, equilibrium chemistry, oxidation/reduction, organic chemistry, photochemistry

 

 

III.             Environmental Biology

4

3

                      Microbial growth, Pathogens, Pathways

 

 

IV.             Material & Energy Balances

4

4

                      Mass balances, CMFR, plug flow, energy balances, mass transport, Stokes Law, Darcy’s Law

 

 

V.                Ecosystems

2

5

                      Ecosystems, Population dynamics, Biogeochmical cycles

 

 

VI.             Risk

1

6

                      Perception, Assessment, Management

 

 

VII.          Hydrology & Water Resources

4

7

                      Hydrologic cycle, Rivers, Lakes, Groundwater

 

 

VIII.       Water Quality Management

4

9

                      Water Pollutants, DO sag, Eutrophication, toxics

 

 

IX.             Water Treatment

2.5

10

                      Physico-chemical treatment, biological treatment

 

 

X.                Wastewater Treatment

2.5

11

                      Physico-chemical treatment, biological treatment

 

 

XI.             Air Quality & Pollution Control

3

12

                      Types of air pollutants, transport, control technologies

 

 

XII.          Solid Waste Engineering

2

13

                      Quantities, recycling, landfilling

 

 

XIII.       Hazardous Waste Management

2

14

                      Legislation, control technologies, site remediation

 

 

CEE 370 Website:  http://www.ecs.umass.edu/cee/reckhow/courses/370 /

 

 

 

Laboratory Exercises

 

Laboratory Teaching Assistants:

Boning Liu, with help from Diane Sheppard

 

Schedule

#

Name

Instruction

Experiment

Follow-up

1

Stream Flow

Sept 13-17

Sept 20-24

Sept 27-Oct 1

2

Fluid Properties & mass conservation

Sept 27-Oct 1

Oct 4-8

Oct 11-15

3

Open Channel Flow

Oct 11-15

Oct 18-22

Oct 25-29

4

Water Treatment

Oct 25-29

Nov 1-5

Nov 8-12

5

Wastewater Treatment

Nov 8-12

Nov 15-19

Nov 29-Dec 3

6

Environmental Kinetics

Nov 29-Dec 3

Dec 6-10

None

 

CEE 370 labs are taught every week in 5 sections  There will be one section each day of the week starting at 1:25 (Tu & Th) or 2:30 (M, W & F). The first meeting of each lab session (2nd week of classes) and every other meeting after that will begin with a classroom-style instructional session which is likely to last only an hour.  Depending on the week, this may be followed by some additional data collection concerning the previous lab.  The second lab meeting and every even numbered meeting after that will last the full 3 hours and will be held in Marston 10 (labs #1-3) or Marston 24 (labs 4-6).  Lab 1 and 5 will also involve a field component possibly including a short bus trip.