CE263 Environmental Engineering Fundamentals Course Notes

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CE-263 Environmental Engineering
FundamentalsCourse Notes

• Dr. Nikolaos P. Nikolaidis
• Civil and Environmental EngineeringThe
  University of Connecticut - Storrs

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CE-263

• Instructor Dr. Nikolaos P. Nikolaidis
• Office FLC Rm 318
• e-mail nikos_at_engr.uconn.edu
• Homepage http//www.eng2.uconn.edu/cee/bio/Nikol
  aidis.html
• Office Hours TTh 100 - 200 PM or by
  appointment
• Lecture TTh 200 - 330 PM, FLC 212

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CE-263 Course Outline

• Date Reading Homework 9/2 Introduction
  Chapter 1 Engineering Decisions9/7 Chapter 1
  and Chapter 2 Engineering Calculations 19/9 Ch
  apter 3 Mass Balances9/14 Chapter
  3 29/16 Aquatic Chemistry and Geochemistry
  9/21 CE-291 Field Trip9/23 Chapter 4
  Reactions and Chapter 5 Reactors (3 hour
  class) 39/28 Review for Exam I9/30 Exam I

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CE-263 Course Outline

• Date Reading Homework 10/5 Chapter 7
  Ecosystems10/7 Chapter 7 410/12 Chapter
  8 Water Quality (3 hour class) 510/14 CE-291
  Field Trip10/19 Chapter 9 Water
  Treatment10/21 Chapter 9 610/26 Chapter
  10 Wastewater Treatment10/28 Chapter
  1011/2 Chapter 10 711/4 Review for Exam
  II11/9 Exam II

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CE-263 Course Outline

• Date Reading Homework 11/11 Chapter 11
  Air Pollution (3 hour class)11/16 CE-291 Field
  Trip11/18 Chapter 12 Air Quality
  Control 811/23 No Class- Fridays
  Schedule11/25 Thanksgiving11/30 Chapter 13
  Solid Wastes12/2 Chapter 13 912/7 Chapter
  14 Hazardous Waste12/9 Chapter
  14 1012/14 Review for Final
  Exam12/16-23 Final Exam

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Textbook

• A. Vesilind,
• Introduction to Environmental Engineering,
• PWS Publishing, 1997.

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Homework Policy and Grading

• Grading System If your overall grade is within
  the ranges below, then the respective letter
  grade will be Agt 90, 80ltBlt90, 70ltClt80,
  60ltDlt70. The letter grade ranges could change
  depending on the perfomance of the class.
  Assignments 20 Exam I 20 Exam II
  20Final Exam 30
• Project 10Assignments You will be assigned
  10 homework problems and one project. Homework
  Policy All homework assignments should be
  submitted. Failure to submit homework assignments
  and projects will result in a lower grade. You
  should work in groups and try to maximize your
  understanding of the material.

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CE-263 Course Design

• Chapters 1-7 Fundamental Principles
• Chapters 8-14 Environmental Applications
• Mode of Presentation Environmental
  Problems-Fundamental Concepts-Tools-Solution to
  Problems
• Fundamental Design Calculations (like the P.E.
  Exam)

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Emphasis on Problem Solving

• Review examples from textbook
• Solve problems in class
• Solve more problems at home

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CE-263 Class Motto

• 1. Team Work to Maximize Learning2. Keep Asking
  Questions3. Don't Leave Questions Unanswered
  e-mail nikos_at_eng2.uconn.edu
• or nikolaos.nikolaidis_at_uconn.edu

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Formal Engineering Education Requires the
Refinement of 4 Basic Skills

• Capacity for abstraction
• capacity for discovering patterns and meaning
• simplify reality so it can be understood
• disorganized information can be integrated to
  reveal new solutions

By R. Reich, Former Secretary of Labor of the
1st Clinton Administration
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Formal Engineering Education Requires the
Refinement of 4 Basic Skills

• System thinking
• see the big picture
• be inclusive broad system of forces, variable
  outcomes, unexpected relationships

By R. Reich, Former Secretary of Labor of the
1st Clinton Administration
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Formal Engineering Education Requires the
Refinement of 4 Basic Skills

• Experimentation
• children experiment through random and repetitive
  tests
• trial and error establish cause and effect
  relationships

By R. Reich, Former Secretary of Labor of the
1st Clinton Administration
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Formal Engineering Education Requires the
Refinement of 4 Basic Skills

• Collaboration
• team working to solve problems
• sophisticated version of childs play group
• communicating concepts

By R. Reich, Former Secretary of Labor of the
1st Clinton Administration