CEE 2120 A (CRN: 91700)
Civil & Environmental Engr: Environmental Systems (A)
3 credit hours
About CEE 2120 A
Systems thinking and the systems approach as applied to environmental systems; sustainability, mass and energy balances, kinetics, ecosystem health and the public welfare, environmental risk, green engineering, water and wastewater treatment, air resources engineering, solid-waste management. Prerequisites: CHEM 1400; MATH 1212 or MATH 1234.
Notes
Prereqs enforced by the system: CHEM 1400; MATH 1212 or MATH 1234
Section Description
This course covers the fundamental science and engineering principles as applicable to environmental systems. Topics include: environmental systems and sustainability, systems thinking, mass and energy balances, water chemistry, risk assessment, water resources, water & wastewater engineering, waste management, and air quality engineering. Prerequisites: CHEM 031; MATH 019 or MATH 021.
Section Expectation
At the completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Describe and discuss contemporary environmental engineering and science issues in quantitative terms recognizing the multiple dimensions and complexity of environmental systems;
2. Apply material and energy balance concepts to engineered and natural systems and evaluate their sustainability using an evidence-based approach.
3. Apply the principles of chemical equilibria, reaction kinetics, and fate and transport phenomena related to environmental systems to solve engineering problems;
4. Apply probability and risk concepts to water and air quality engineering, waste management, pollution prevention and sustainability assessment;
5. Evaluate energy conservation measures in water and wastewater treatment systems design;
6. Analyze and interpret data obtained from textbook case studies to evaluate the design and operation of water and wastewater unit operations;
7. Recognize how sustainability impacts their own lives and how their actions impact system sustainability.
8. Understand the non-technical factors that affect environmental management decisions to explain sustainability in the context of ecological, economic and societal perspectives.
9. Think critically about sustainability across a diversity of cultural values and multiple scales of relevance (local to global).
Evaluation
Homework: 10%
Active Learning Participation: 20%
Viewpoint paper: 15%
Quizzes/Exams: 40%
Final project: 15%
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