2011-2012 Bulletin – PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University

theory and practical aspects of data processing
and inversion. Examination of geophysical
case studies for engineering and environmental
purposes.
CIEE E3250y Hydrosystems engineering
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Lall.
Prerequisites: CHEN E3110 or ENME E3161
or equivalent, SIEO W3600 or equivalent,
or instructor’s permission. A quantitative
introduction to hydrologic and hydraulic
systems, with a focus on integrated
modeling and analysis of the water cycle and
associated mass transport for water resources
and environmental engineering. Coverage
of unit hydrologic processes such as
precipitation, evaporation, infiltration, runoff
generation, open channel and pipe flow,
subsurface flow and well hydraulics in the
context of example watersheds and specific
integrative problems such as risk-based
design for flood control, provision of water,
and assessment of environmental impact
or potential for non-point source pollution.
Spatial hydrologic analysis using GIS and
watershed models.
CIEE E3255y Environmental control and
pollution reduction systems
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Castaldi.
Prerequisite: ENME E3161 or MECE E3100.
Review of engineered systems for prevention
and control of pollution. Fundamentals of
material and energy balances and reaction
kinetics. Analysis of engineered systems to
address environmental problems including solid
and hazardous waste, air, water, soil and noise
pollution. Life cycle assessments and emerging
technologies.
EAEE E3800y Earth and environmental
engineering laboratory, I
2 pts. Lect: 1. Lab: 3. Professors Castaldi and Duby.
Prerequisite: CHEE E3010. Corequisite: EAEE
E3255. Experiments on fundamental aspects
of Earth and environmental engineering with
emphasis on the applications of chemistry,
biology and thermodynamics to environmental
processes: energy generation, analysis and
purification of water, environmental biology,
and biochemical treatment of wastes. Students
will learn the laboratory procedures and
use analytical equipment firsthand, hence
demonstrating experimentally the theoretical
concepts learned in class.
EAEE E3801x Earth and environmental
engineering laboratory, II
2 pts. Lect: 1. Lab: 3. Professors Castaldi and Duby.
Prerequisite: EAEE E3800. Corequisite: EAEE
E4003. A continuation of EAEE E3800, with
emphasis on the principles underlying water
analysis for inorganic, organic, and bacterial
contaminants. Lab required.
EAEE E3900x and y–S3900 Undergraduate
research in Earth and environmental
engineering
0–3 pts. Directed study. Members of the faculty.
This course may be repeated for credit, but
no more than 3 points of this course may be
counted towards the satisfaction of the B. S.
degree requirements. Candidates for the B.S.
degree may conduct an investigation in Earth
and Environmental Engineering, or carry out a
special project under the supervision of EAEE
faculty. Credit for the course is contingent on
the submission of an acceptable thesis or final
report. This course cannot substitute for the
Undergraduate design project (EAEE E3999 or
EAEE E3999).
EAEE E3901y Environmental microbiology
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Chandran.
Prerequisite: CHEM C1404 or equivalent.
Fundamentals of microbiology, genetics and
molecular biology, principles of microbial
nutrition, energetics and kinetics, application
of novel and state-of-the-art techniques in
monitoring the structure and function of microbial
communities in the environment, engineered
processes for biochemical waste treatment and
bioremediation, microorganisms and public
health, global microbial elemental cycles.
EAEE E3998x-E3999y Undergraduate design
project
2 pts. (each semester). Lect: 1. Lab: 2.
Professors Lall and Park.
Prerequisite: senior standing. Students must
enroll for both 3998x and 3999y during their
senior year. Selection of an actual problem in
Earth and environmental engineering, and design
of an engineering solution including technical,
economic, environmental, ethical, health and
safety, social issues. Use of software for design,
visualization, economic analysis, and report
preparation. Students may work in teams.
Presentation of results in a formal report and
public presentation.
EAEE E4001x Industrial ecology of earth
resources
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Kaufman.
Industrial ecology examines how to reconfigure
industrial activities so as to minimize the adverse
environmental and material resource effects on the
planet. Engineering applications of methodology
of industrial ecology in the analysis of current
processes and products and the selection or
design of environmentally superior alternatives.
Home assignments of illustrative quantitative
problems.
EAEE E4003x Introduction to aquatic
chemistry
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Duby.
Prerequisite: CHEE E3010. Principles of
physical chemistry applied to equilibria and
kinetics of aqueous solutions in contact with
minerals and anthropogenic residues. The
scientific background for addressing problems
of aqueous pollution, water treatment, and
sustainable production of materials with minimum
environmental impact. Hydrolysis, oxidationreduction,
complex formation, dissolution and
precipitation, predominance diagrams; examples
of natural water systems, processes for water
treatment and for the production of inorganic
materials from minerals.
EAEE E4004x Physical processing and
recovery of solids
3 pts. Lect: 3. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Generalized treatment of processes for solids
separation. Applications to materials processing
and handling; mining; solid waste, recycling, and
resource recovery; construction materials and
debris; scrap materials, yard and park wastes.
Economic considerations and context. Relevant
materials properties and bulk materials analyses.
Process system flow-sheets and analysis. Solid/
solid, solid/liquid, and solid/gas separation
process. Liberation, concentration, and auxiliary
processes. Design of separation machines: types
and intensities of force involved; scalling-up
factors. Laboratory demonstrations and a field
trip will be included.
EAEE E4005x Near-surface engineering
geophysics
3 pts. Lect: 3. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Geophysical methods as applicable to
engineering problems. Principles of geophysics
and noninvasive imaging techniques (inversion
technology) and benefits and pitfalls of
geophysics vs. direct imaging methods.
Discussion of theory of each method. Discussion
of data acquisition, processing and interpretation
for each method. Treatment of several case
studies. Class-wide planning and execution of
small-scale geophysical survey.
EAEE E4006y Field methods for
environmental engineering
3 pts. Lect: 1.5. Lab: 2. Professor McGillis.
Prerequisite: ENME E3161 or equivalent or
instructor’s permission Principles and methods
for designing, building and testing systems
to sense the environment. Monitoring the
atmosphere, water bodies and boundary
interfaces between the two. Sensor systems for
monitoring heat and mass flows, chemicals, and
biota. Measurements of velocity, temperature,
flux and concentration in the field. The class
will involve planning and execution of a study to
sense a local environmental system.
EAEE E4007y Environmental geophysics field
studies
3 pts. Lect: 3. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Application of geophysical methods to
noninvasive assessment of the near surface.
First part consists of series of two-hour lectures
of physics and math involved in instrumental
methods and data acquisition and processing.
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