Introduction to Pollution Protection of the Earth Systems

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Introduction to Pollution Protection of the
Earth Systems

• An ESSE 21 Proposal
• from
• Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PUPR)
• PI Edbertho Leal-Quiros, Ph.D.

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About ..

• Puerto Rico (PR)
• Polytechnic University of PR (PUPR)
• Our Proposal Introduction to Pollution
  Protection of the Earth Systems
• Questions

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About PR

• Commonwealth under United States
• Island in the northeastern Caribbean
• Size of Connecticut (3,600 sq. miles)
• Population 3.8 million (US citizens)
• 98 are Hispanics
• 30 of population live in San Juan (the capital)

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About PUPR

• Minority Hispanic Institution, located in San
  Juan
• Started as Land Surveying School in 1966
• Today The largest private Hispanic Engineering
  school in all of the US and PR
• Civil Eng. program largest in entire US

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About PUPR (Contd)

• Only engineering school in Metropolitan San Juan
• Graduates 2nd largest number of Hispanic
  Engineers (US territories)
• Fully Authorized by CHE
• Accredited by MSACS
• BS engineering programs all ABET accredited

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About PUPR (Contd)
UNDERGRADUATE
GRADUATE

• Civil
• Chemical
• Electrical
• Environmental
• Industrial
• Mechanical
• Science Math

• Engineering Mgmt.
• Civil
• Environmental Protection Mgmt.
• Manufacturing Eng.
• Electrical Eng.

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About our Proposal

• Environmental Protection Management Program
• Bilingual Graduate Course
• Introduction to Pollution Protection of the
  Earth System
• Fundamental Understanding Application of Earth
  System Global Change Science

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About our Proposal (Contd)

• Basic Earth System Components
• The Ocean
• The Land
• The Ground Water
• The Atmosphere
• The Air
• The Ecology
• And the Interrelation between them

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About our Proposal (Contd)

• Each Component will comprise of
• Study of Environmentally acceptable physical
  chemical properties
• Sources of contamination (mainly from human
  activities)
• Pollution control
• Protection of each component

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Questions ..

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Puerto Rico (PR)
http//welcome.topuertorico.org
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Polytechnic University of PR (PUPR)
http//www.pupr.edu