GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

570.210 (E,Q)

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATION AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING (3) Wilcock   Limit 25   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 Limit 25 Prereq: Second semester Chemistry Scientific principles underpinning environmental issues, with an emphasis on potential impacts of anthropological health.

Sec. 01

ThF  9-10:30

570.302 (E,N)

WATER & WASTEWATER TREATMENT (3) Ball  Limit 25  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 Limit 20 Pre/co-req: 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

570.353 (S)

HYDROLOGY (3) Hilpert Limit 20
Prereq: Differential equations, fluid mechanics. The occurrence, distribution, movement, and properties of the waters of the Earth. Topics include precipitation, infiltration, evaporation, transpiration, groundwater, and streamflow. Analyzes include the frequency of floods and droughts, time-series analyzes, flood routing, and hydrologic synthesis and simulation. 

Sec. 01

MTW 10

570.418 (E)

MULTIOBJECT PROGRAMMING Williams/Hobbs Limit 20 Prereq: 570.495 or Perm req’d. Public sector problems are typically characterized by a multiplicity of objectives and decision makers. This course presents a relatively new area of systems analysis which is useful for such problems: multiobjective programming or vector optimization theory. The fundamental concepts are developed and various methods are presented, including multiattribute value and utility theory.
Undergraduate level of 570.618

Sec. 01

M 3-5:30pm

570.421 (E)

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DESIGN II (3)  Wilcock  Limit 20
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

F 1:30-3:50 T 4:30-7pm

570.423 (N)

PRINCIPLES OF GEOMORPHOLOGY (4) Wolman Limit 20 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

570.432 (E,N)

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND RIVER MECHANICS (3) Wilcock Wilcox Prereq: Fluid mechanics Limit 30 Sediment entrainment, transport, and deposition; the interaction of flow and transport in shaping river channels. Review of boundary layer flow; physical properties of sediment; incipient, bed-load, and suspended- load motion; bed forms; hydraulic roughness; velocity and stress fields in open channels; scour and deposition of bed material; bank erosion; size, shape, planform, and migration of river channels. Techniques of laboratory, theoretical, and numerical modeling are developed and applied to problems of channel design, restoration, and maintenance.

Sec. 01

M 6-9pm

570.444 (E,N)
             

COLLOID CHEMISTRY (3) Shchukin Limit 20   Prereq:  General Chemistry and physics  Dispersed, i.e. microheterogeneous, state of matter and predominant influences of various surface phenomena in disperse systems are regarded as universal in nature and technology; these are rocks and soils, materials, suspensions, emulsions, foams and aerosols, and living tissues.  This course considers formation and general colloid-chemical properties of such systems, the principal role of high diversity, problems of stability, and ways to control them in industry and environment.  

Sec. 01

MW 2-3:30

570.446 (E,N)

BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT (3) Bouwer Limit 25 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  Limit 20
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) Stone Limit 22 15 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.

Sec. 01

M 1-5
 Th 12-1:30

570.459 (N)
             

ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY (3) Goldstein  Limit 20  Prereq:  Inorganic and Organic Chemistry.  A multi-disciplinary survey course that examines the origin and fate of organic matter in sediments and sedimentary environments. 

Sec. 01

WThF 11 MW 11:15-12:45

570.470 (S)
             

APPLIED ECONOMICS AND FINANCE (3) Hanke  Limit 20 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   Limit 20 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)
(W)

HAZARDOUS WASTE ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT (3) Alavi   Limit 20 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 6-8:40pm

570.492

DEPARTMENT SEMINAR (0.5) Hilpert Limit 20

Sec. 01

T 3-5
F 1:30-3

570.496 (E,Q)

MATHEMATICAL MODELS FOR MANAGING URBAN SYSTEMS (3) Hobbs  Limit 30   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 Hanke Limit 20 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 Limit 10 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

WTh 2-3:15 Th 12:15-3

570.613

SEMINAR: GEOMORPHOLOGY OF SOIL AND PLANTS Wilcock  Limit 10

Sec. 01

T 11-1

570.618

MULTIOBJECT PROGRAMMING Williams/ HobbsLimit 20 Prereq: 570.495 or Perm req’d. Public sector problems are typically characterized by a multiplicity of objectives and decision makers. This course presents a relatively new area of systems analysis which is useful for such problems: multiobjective programming or vector optimization theory. The fundamental concepts are developed and various methods are presented, including multiattribute value and utility theory.
Graduate level of 570.418

Sec. 01

M 3-5:30

570.641

DEPARTMENT SEMINAR Hilpert  Limit 20

Sec. 01

T 3-5
F 1:30-3

570.657

AIR POLLUTION Ellis   Limit 20 The course consists of an introduction to the fundamental concepts of air pollution.  Major topics of concern are aspects of atmospheric motion near the earth’s surface; basic thermodynamics of the atmosphere; atomospheric stability and turbulence; equations of mean motion in turbulent flow, mean flow in the surface boundary layer; mean flow, turbulence in the friction layer; diffusion in the atmosphere; statistical theory of turbulence; plume rise.  Emphasis is place upon the role and utility of such topics in a systems analysis context, e.g., development of large and mesoscale air pollution abatement strategies.  Comparisons of the fundamental concepts common to both air and water pollution are discussed.

Sec. 01

T 5-7:40pm

570.673

PUBLIC SYSTEMS SEMINAR Hobbs
Limit 20

Sec. 01

T 1-3

570.681

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR Bouwer Limit 50

Sec. 01

F 12-1:30

570.686

MULTISCALE FLOW AND TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA Hilpert Limit 30 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

ThF 9-10:30

500.602

SEMINAR: ENVIRONMENTAL AND APPLIED FLUID MECHANICS   Meneveau
Cross-listed with Mechanical Engineering, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and General Engineering

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