ESE411/511 Water & Wastewater Treatment (3 credits)

This course will cover two general fields in environmental engineering: water supply engineering and wastewater engineering which are an important part of Environmental Engineering. The lectures will introduce water supply and use; water treatment; and wastewater treatment. From water distribution (pressurized flow) to wastewater collection (gravity flow), we need to consider changes in community size and demand requirements. Water treatment is to produce reliable portable water using different water sources with consideration of human health. Wastewater treatment includes the used water entering a wastewater treatment plant and treatment processes to produce suitable effluent for safe disposal to the environment. At the completion of this course students will be able to understand the issues associated with water supply and wastewater collection and design process and specify their design and operation parameters for water and wastewater treatment. Prerequisite: Ese 301 Introduction to Environmental & Sustainable Engineering. Students who have received credit for IESE411 cannot receive credit for this course.

ESE 502 Environmental Analytical Chemistry (3 credits)

This course aims to provide a basic conceptual understanding of environmental sampling, a broad range of modern analytical equipment, and data analysis strategies relevant to environmental analysis. A central theme of the course is the analyses of organic compounds and inorganic trace elements in solutions and on surfaces. The course deals with general analytical chemistry principles. Techniques such as ion chromatography (IC), liquid chromatography (LC), gas chromatography (GC), inductively coupled plasma (ICP), ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis), mass spectrometry (MS), etc. and how these techniques can be used to solve various environmental chemical problems are discussed in this course. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.