ENERGY PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

CIVENGR 324

A systematic introduction to the application of the first and second laws of thermodynamics to systems relevant to environmental engineering. Energy balances used to solve environmental engineering problems in flowing and non-flowing systems. Examines the relationship between energy, heat and work using theoretical and practical models. Chemical reactions as well as gas and fluid mixing from a thermodynamics perspective. Performance limits imposed by the second law of thermodynamics on devices used in power generation, fluid flow, refrigeration, and air conditioning.

CIVENGR 823

Engineering design project applied to environmental engineering solutions involving environmental chemistry, environmental quality, physical-chemical treatment processes, biological treatment processes, solid and hazardous waste engineering, energy, resource recovery, economic analysis, hydrology, and/or hydraulics and applied fluid mechanics.

CIVENGR 820

Principles of hydraulics and fluid mechanics applied to environmental engineering systems that convey, control, and measure the flow of liquids, solid-liquid slurries, and gases.

CIVENGR 722

Principles of general, physical, equilibrium, colloid and biochemistry applied to environmental engineering processes such as evaluating environmental quality and treating water, air and soil to meet environmental standards.

CIVENGR 721

Biological principles important to diagnosing and controlling pollution through environmental engineering applications such as fate and transport of contaminants in the environment, eutrophication, water treatment for human consumption, biological waste treatment for pollution control and bioenergy generation.