CEE 370

Fall 2010

Detailed Schedule[1]

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Date

Day

L#

Lecture Topics

Homeworks

Reading

8 Sept

W

1

I. Introduction

·         Environmental Engineering Overview

·         Sources of Information

 

Chapter 1

10 Sept

F

2

·         Environmental Legislation & Regulation

#1 assigned

Hardin, 1968

13 Sept

M

3

II. Environmental Chemistry

·         Basics: Bonding & definitions

·         Units of concentration

 

Chapter 2

15 Sept

W

4

·         Reactions & stoichiometry

·         Equilibrium

 

 

17 Sept

F

5

·         Kinetics

·         Water, soil & air chemistry

 

 

20 Sept

M

6

·         Thermodynamics

·         Acids & Bases

 

 

22 Sept

W

7

·         Organic Nomenclature

 

 

24 Sept

F

8

III. Environmental Biology

·       Microbiology Basics

#1 due, #2 assigned

Chapter 3

27 Sept

M

9

·         Bacterial and microbial growth

 

 

29 Sept

W

10

·         Microbiology & Biochemical pathways

 

 

1 Oct

F

11

·         Molecular Biology

#2 due, #3 assigned

 

4 Oct

M

12

IV. Material & Energy Balance

·         Basic principles, PFR

 

Chapter 4

6 Oct

W

13

·         CMFRs

 

 

8 Oct

F

14

·       Reactors & reactor analysis

#3 due, #4 assigned

 

12 Oct

Tu

15

·       Reactors & reactor analysis (cont.)

Mon Sched

.

13 Oct

W

16

V. Ecosystems

·       Major biogeochemical cycles

 

Chapter 5

15 Oct

F

17

·         Growth & Population models

 

 

18 Oct

M

18

VI. Risk

·         Perception ,Assessment Mgmt

#5 assigned

Chapter 6

20 Oct

W

19

VII. Water Resources

·         Definitions

·         Hydrologic Cycle

#4 due

Chapter 7

22 Oct

F

20

·         Streams & rivers

·         Advection & Dispersion

 

 

25 Oct

M

21

·         Groundwater

 

 

27 Oct

W

22

·         Groundwater; Review for Exam

#5 due

 

28 Oct

Th

Mid-term EXAM  (7:30 PM)           LGRT 103

29 Oct

F

23

VIII. Water Quality Mgmt.

·         Water Pollutants

#6 assigned

Chapter 9 & section 5-6

1 Nov

M

24

·         Rivers

·         Oxygen demand, DO Sag

 

 

3 Nov

W

25

·         Lakes: eutrophication

 

 

5 Nov

F

26

·         Estuaries, Ocean

 

 

8 Nov

M

27

IX. Water Treatment

·         Overview disinfection

#6 due; #7 assigned

Chaper 10

12 Nov

F

28

·         Coagulation, filtration

 

 

15 Nov

M

29

·         Advanced treatment

 

 

17 Nov

W

30

X. Wastewater Treatment

·         Overview, primary treatment

 

Chapter 11

19 Nov

F

31

·         biological treatment I

#7 due

 

22 Nov

M

32

·         biological treatment II, sludge mgmt

 

 

24 Nov

W

33

XI. Air Quality & Pollution

·         types of air pollutants

 

Chapter 12

29 Nov

M

34

·         Atmospheric dispersion & models

 

 

1 Dec

W

35

·         Control technologies

#8 assigned

 

3 Dec

F

36

XII. Solid Waste Engineering

·         Nature of solid waste

 

Chapter 13

6 Dec

M

37

·         Waste reduction and disposal

 

 

8 Dec

W

38

XIII. Hazardous Waste Mgmt.

·         Definitions of hazardous waste

#8 due, #9 assigned

Chapter 14

10 Dec

F

39

·         Legislation and control

 

 

 

Final exam: Friday, December 17 at 8AM in Elab room 303


[1] Tentative, subject to change; last revised: December 4, 2010