EA4527: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (2020-2021)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2020 09:20

Course Overview

This course will deal with various aspects related to:

Surface Waters: sources of water pollution and their impact on aqueous environment and public health, water quality and water supply, wastewater treatments;
Soil and Groundwater: groundwater flow, groundwaters contamination, contaminants' subsurface transport mechanisms, sustainable land-groundwater management;
Solid Wastes: sources of solid wastes, characterisation and treatment of solid waste, integrated solid waste management;
Air Pollution and Control: air pollutants and sources, air pollution meteorology, pollutant dispersion in the air, air pollution control.

Course Details

Study Type	Undergraduate	Level	4
Session	Second Sub Session	Credit Points	15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Dr Claudia Fernandez-Martin

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Engineering (EG)
One of EG3013 Fluid Mechanics A (Passed) or EG3018 Fluid Mechanics (Passed) or EM3018 Fluid Mechanics (Passed) or EM3019 Fluid Mechanics (Passed)
Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

EG4527 Environmental Engineering (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

The first part of the course provides an introduction to air pollution and control. It includes sources and effects of local and global air pollutants, and air pollution control technologies which includes modelling.

The second part of the course is concerned with water pollution and main aspects of public health engineering. The following topics are covered: water quality characteristics, water supply and distribution, sources of water pollution and modelling of their impacts on aqueous environment, and a comprehensive study of wastewater treatment technologies.

In the third part of the course, sustainable environmental management is introduced, including management of: groundwaters and solid wastes.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

2 timed online tests (50% each)

Resit

Re-sit of only the failed assessment component(s)

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome