570.210 (E,Q)

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATION AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING (3) Wilcock   Prereq: 110.108 or equivalent An introduction to the use of computers in developing mathematical models. A structured approach to problem definition, solution, and presentation using spreadsheets and mathematical software. Modeling topics include elementary data analysis and model fitting, numerical modeling, dimensional analysis, optimization, simulation, temporal and spatial models.

Sec. 01

MTW 1

570.239 (E,N)

CURRENT AND EMERGING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES (3) Roberts Prereq: 030.101, 030.102  Scientific principles underpinning environmental issues, with an emphasis on potential impacts of anthropogenic activities on human and ecological health. Cross-listed with Public Health Studies

Sec. 01

ThF 9-10:30

570.302 (E,N)

WATER & WASTEWATER TREATMENT (3) Ball  Prereq: 570.301 or Perm. Req'd. Theory and design of water and wastewater treatment processes including coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, adsorption, gas transfer, aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment processes, disinfection, and hydraulic profiles through treatment units.

Sec. 01

MTW 9

570.304 (E,N)

(W)

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING LAB (2) Stone   Pre/co-requisites: 570.301-302.  Introduction to laboratory measurements relevant to water supply and wastewater discharge, including pH and alkalinity, inorganic and organic contaminants in water, reactor analysis, bench testing for water treatment, and measurement and control of disinfection by-products.

Lec.

Sec.01

F 1

Th 1:30-5:15

570.309 (N)

MICROBIOLOGY (3) Ward Prereq: Biochemistry   Limit 35 Introduction to microbiology, with an emphasis on prokaryotic microorganisms and their roles in environmentally and medically important issues.  Aspects of microbial growth and nutrition, diversity, ecology, genetics and genomics will be covered.

Sec.01

MTW 11

570.328 (N)

GEOGRAPHY AND ECOLOGY OF PLANTS (3) Brush   Limit 15   Patterns of aquatic and terrestrial plant spe cies; historical changes in patterns using paleobotanical techniques; emphasis on biological and physical mechanisms controlling the patterns; the role of climate and man on plant distributions; several field trips; project required.

Sec. 01

ThF 10:30-12

570.406 (H,S)

(W)

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY (3) Schoenberger   Formerly listed as 570.632. Environmental history explores long-term interactions between social change and environmental transformation, or the ways in which societies modify landscapes and are themselves affected by geological, climatological and changing ecological conditions. This reading seminar considers classic and more recent contributions to this endeavor.

Cross-listed with Public Health Studies

Sec. 01

W 1-4

570.421 (E)

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DESIGN II (3) Bouwer/Alavi   Prereq: 570.302, 570.352, and 570.419. Engineering design process from problem definition to final design. Team projects include written/oral presentations. Students will form small teams that work with local companies or government agencies in executing the project.

Sec. 01

M T 4:30-7pm

570.423 (N)

PRINCIPLES OF GEOMORPHOLOGY (4) Wolman    Prereq: 270.220 The Dynamic Earth or perm. req’d   Analysis of the factors responsible for the form of the landscape. The concept of the cycle of erosion is discussed primarily in terms of the principles that govern the processes of erosion. Climate, conditions of soil formation, and the distribution of vegetation are considered as they relate to the development of landforms.

Sec. 01

Field Trip

MTW 10

F 1-5

570.426 (E,N)

GEOMORPHIC AND ECOLOGIC FOUNDATIONS OF STREAM RESTORATION  (3) Wilcock   Principles from hydrology, sedimentation engineering, geomorphology, and ecology applied to design and assessment of stream restoration. Watershed context, design alternatives, uncertainty, ecological response. Field trips, design exercises, and project assessment.

Sec. 01

M 6-8:30pm

570.441 (N)
(W)

ENVIRONMENTAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3) Stone Prereq: 570.443 and 030.449 or perm.req’d Advanced undergraduate/graduate course that explores the chemical transformations of elements of the periodic table. Thermodynamic, kinetic, and mechanistic tools needed to address the multiple chemical species and interfaces that are present in natural waters and water-based technological processes are emphasized. Ligand exchange, metal ion exchange, adsorption/desorption, precipitation/ dissolution, electron and group transfer reactions, and other concepts from coordination chemistry will be covered. Applications include elemental sources and sinks in ocean waters, reactive transport in porous media, weathering and soil genesis, nutrient and toxic element uptake by organisms, water treatment chemistry, and rational design of synthetic chemicals.

Sec. 01

MTW 12

570.446 (E,N)

BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT (3) Bouwer Prereq: 570.411 Fundamentals and application of aerobic and anaerobic biological unit processes for the treatment of municipal and industrial wastewater.

Sec. 01

MTW 9

570.448 (E)

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING II (3) O’Melia Prereq: 570.445 or Perm. Req’d  Fundamentals and applications of physical and chemical processes used in water and wastewater treatment.  Emphasis on coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, membranes systems, and advanced oxidation processes.

Sec. 01

ThF 9-10:30

570.452 (E,N)

(W)

EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND CHEMISTRY (4) Roberts Limit 15 per section    Prereq. 570.443 An advanced laboratory covering principles of modern analytical techniques and their applications to problems in environmental sciences. Topics include electrochemistry, spectrometry, gas and liquid chromatography. The course is directed to graduate students and advanced undergraduates in engineering and natural sciences.

Lec.

Sec. 01

Th 12-1:20

 M 1-5

570.470 (S)

APPLIED ECONOMICS AND FINANCE (3) Hanke   Perm. Req’d  This course focuses on the workings of equity markets. It includes an analytical review of valuation models and their application to data contained in financial statements. Research reports are required.

Sec. 01

TBA

570.487 (S)

FUTURES MARKET RESEARCH (3) Hanke   Perm. Req’d.  An investigation of some futures market problems and preparation of a research report. Research is focused on developing and testing hypotheses about price behavior in futures markets.

Sec. 01

TBA

570.491 (E)

HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT (3) Alavi   This course addresses traditional and innovative technologies, concepts, and principles applied to the management of hazardous waste and site remediation to protect human health and the environment.

Sec. 01

W 6-8:30pm

570.492

DEPARTMENT SEMINAR (0.5) Hilpert

Sec. 01

T 3-5,
F 1:30-3

570.496 (E,Q)

MATHEMATICAL MODELS FOR MANAGING URBAN SYSTEMS (3) Hobbs  The mathematical techniques learned in “Environmental Engineering Systems Design” (alternate prerequisite: a course in linear programming) are applied to realistic problems in environmental management. Examples of such problems include management of water resources and water quality; natural areas management and restoration; solid waste collection, disposal, and recycling; public health; air quality management; pollution prevention in energy and transportation systems; and cost allocation in environmental infrastructure development.

Sec. 01

ThF 10:30-12

360.528

APPLIED ECONOMIC INTERNSHIP (3) Hanke   Prereq: 180.101-102  Perm. Req’d.  Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory only  Course given in conjunction with private business/financial institutions, governmental entities/economic research institutes in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. Requirements include 120 hours of internship time and a research paper on an applied economics topic.

Cross-listed with Economics and Interdepartmental

Sec. 01

TBA

570.502

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

570.505

INDEPENDENT STUDY

570.607

ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY MODELING Hobbs   Prereq: 570.493 and 570.495 or equivalent Methods for optimizing operation and design of energy systems and for analyzing market impacts of energy and environmental policies are reviewed, emphasizing both theory and solution of actual models. Review of linear and nonlinear programming and complementarity methods for market simulation.

Sec. 01

Th 12:15-2:55 ThF 1:45-3

570.611

NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS Boland Prereq: 180.601 or 570.493 or Permission Development of the economic theory of depletable and renewable private and common property natural resources, including those which may be recyclable or storable. Course added 11/17/05

Sec. 01

M 1-3

570.613

SEMINAR: GEOMORPHOLOGY OF SOIL AND PLANTS Wilcock Course canceled 01/31/06

Sec. 01

T 11-1

570.618

MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING AND PLANNING Williams/Hobbs Prereq: 570.495 or Permission Req'd. This course presents a relatively new area of systems analysis for use towards public sector problems. Fundamentals concepts and various methods will be explored, including multiattribute value and utility theory. Course added 11/17/05

Sec. 01

M 3-5:30pm 2-4:30

570.641

DEPARTMENT SEMINAR Hilpert

Sec. 01

T 3-5,
F 1:30-3

570.673

PUBLIC SYSTEMS SEMINAR Hobbs

Sec. 01

T 1-3

570.676

STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING Ellis
Co-listed with 560.676

Sec. 01

W 1-4

570.681

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR Bouwer

Sec. 01

F 12-1:30

570.686

MULTISCALE FLOW AND TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA Hilpert   The scope of this course is to quantitatively describe flow and transport processes in porous media on a variety of length scales ranging from the molecular to the field scale. Phenomena investigated include single-phase and multiphase flow, solute transport, and chemotaxis. We will derive and/or motivate the governing dynamic equations and discuss mathematical and computational methods to solve these equations. This course addresses audiences from environmental and chemical engineering as well as the hydrological sciences. The course will give an introduction to the necessary mathematical and computational methods.

Sec. 01

W 11-1,
Th 10:30-12

360.605

SEMINAR: ENVIRONMENT AND APPLIED FLUID MECHANICS   Meneveau

Cross-listed with Mechanical Engineering, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Interdepartmental

Sec. 01

F 11

570.800

INDEPENDENT STUDY
Sec. 01 – Staff           Sec. 10 - Brush
Sec. 02 – Stone         Sec. 11 - Hilpert
Sec. 03 – Boland       Sec. 12 - Hanke
Sec. 04 – Wilcock     Sec. 13 – Staff
Sec. 05 – Wolman     Sec. 14 – Ball
Sec. 06 –  Alavi         Sec. 15 – Roberts
Sec. 07 – Bouwer      Sec. 16 – Hobbs
Sec. 08 – Ellis           Sec. 17 – Parlange
Sec. 09 – O’Melia     Sec. 18 – Schoenberger

570.801

RESEARCH
Sec. 01 – Staff         Sec. 11 – Hilpert
Sec. 02 – Stone       Sec. 12 - Hanke
Sec. 03 – Boland     Sec. 13 - Harvey
Sec. 04 – Wilcock   Sec. 14 - Ball
Sec. 05 – Wolman   Sec. 15 - Roberts
Sec. 06 – Alavi        Sec. 16 - Hobbs
Sec. 07 – Bouwer    Sec. 17 - Parlange
Sec. 08 – Ellis          Sec. 18 - Schoenberger
Sec. 09 – O’Melia    Sec. 19 - Ward
Sec. 10 - Brush