Course objectives:
Introduce students to environmental problems and environmental engineering tools:
1. To teach practical application of fundamental concepts of mass and energy balance and transfer to environmental problems
2. To develop understanding of environmental processes and the application of mathematics of growth
3. To develop understanding of air and water pollution and control
4. To instil methodology of risk assessment
5. To instil principles of waste management
Course content (syllabus):
WEEK 1. Introduction to environmental engineering
WEEK 2. Mass Transfer and balance
WEEK 3. Energy Transfer and balance
WEEK 4. Introduction to Environmental chemistry
WEEK 5. Environmental Chemistry
WEEK 6. Mathematics of Growth
WEEK 7. Air pollution
WEEK 8. Partial exam
WEEK 9. Water pollution
WEEK 10. Water quality control
WEEK 11. Global atmospheric change
WEEK 12. Risk assessment
WEEK 13. Solid waste management
WEEK 14. Waste Recovery
WEEK 15. Partial exam.
Format of instruction: lectures, seminars and workshops, exercises, laboratory
Student responsibilities: Attendance and participation in lectures (75% min), seminares (75%) and lab (100%). Written laboratory reports. Teamwork: seminar project and presentations.
Monitoring student work: Class attendance, Experimental work, Preliminary exam, Report, Seminar paper, Practical work, Written exam
Learning outcomes at the level of the programme to which the course contributes:
- Compile and apply advanced knowledge of natural and technical sciences, particularly chemical engineering and environmental engineering in solving scientific, professional and general social problems.
- Solve engineering problems using the scientific method combining expert knowledge from chemistry, environmental, and chemical engineering as well as material science and engineering.
- Correlate expert knowledge from chemistry, chemical engineering and material engineering with awareness of influence on society, economy and environment.
- Utilise advanced laboratory procedures and instruments for synthesis of new products, create sustainable processes, and solve problems of water, air and soil pollution.
- Independently organise and plan timelines, apply a general methodology for project planning and management in a business environment
- Demonstrate independence and reliability in independent work, as well as effectiveness, reliability and adaptability in team work
- Outline results of independent and teamwork in a written and oral form to non-experts and experts in a clear and coherent way.
Expected learning outcomes at the level of the course (3 to 10 learning outcomes):
1. Achieve understanding of environmental problems and sources
2. Identify and evaluate impacts of pollutants on water, air and soil
3. Assess environmental changes by mathematics of growth
4. Apply methodology of environmental and health risk assessment
5. Correlate sources and available technologies for pollution minimization and control
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