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

EAEE E4241x Solids handling and transport
systems
3 pts. Lect: 3. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Analysis and design of transportation systems
for bulk solids in tunnels, mines, and large
excavations. Design of hoisting, cable transport,
rail and trackless haulage systems, conveyor
belts, selection of loaders, excavators,
off-highway trucks, and draglines for large
excavations.
CHEE E4252x Introduction to surface and
colloid chemistry
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Somasundaran.
Prerequisite: Elementary physical chemistry.
Thermodynamics of surfaces, properties
of surfactant solutions and surface films,
electrostatic and electrokinetic phenomena at
interfaces, adsorption; interfacial mass transfer
and modern experimental techniques.
CIEE E4252y Environmental engineering
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Chandran.
Prerequisites: CHEM C1403, or equivalent;
ENME E3161 or equivalent. Engineering aspects
of problems involving human interaction with
the natural environment. Review of fundamental
principles that underlie the discipline of
environmental engineering, i.e., constituent
transport and transformation processes in
environmental media such as water, air, and
ecosystems. Engineering applications for
addressing environmental problems such
as water quality and treatment, air pollution
emissions, and hazardous waste remediation.
Presented in the context of current issues
facing the practicing engineers and government
agencies, including legal and regulatory
framework, environmental impact assessments,
and natural resource management.
CIEE E4257y Groundwater contaminant
transport and remediation
3 pts. Lect: 3.
Prerequisite: CIEE E3250 or equivalent. Sources
and types of groundwater contamination.
Groundwater hydrology. Groundwater
contaminant rate and transport. Flow and
transport in the unsaturated zone. Nonaqueous
phase liquids and multiphase flow. Physical
and numerical models for contaminant
transport. Characterization and assessment of
contaminated sites. Groundwater remediation
alternatives. Regulations.
EAEE E4257y Environmental data analysis
and modeling
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Yegulalp.
Prerequisite: SIEO W3600 or SIEO W4250 or
equivalent. Statistical methods for the analysis
of the space and time structure in environmental
data. Application to problems of climate
variation and change; hydrology; air, water and
soil pollution dynamics; disease propagation;
ecological change; and resource assessment.
Applications are developed using the ArcView
Geographical Information System (GIS),
integrated with currently available statistical
packages. Team projects that lead to publicationquality
analyses of data in various environmental
fields of interest. An interdisciplinary perspective
is emphasized in this applications-oriented class.
EAEE E4350x Planning and management of
urban hydrologic systems
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Rangarajan.
Prerequisite: ENME E3161 or equivalent.
Introduction to runoff and drainage systems in an
urban setting, including hydrologic and hydraulic
analyses, flow and water quality monitoring,
common regulatory issues, and mathematical
modeling. Applications to problems of climate
variation, land use changes, infrastructure
operation and receiving water quality, developed
using statistical packages, public-domain models,
and Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
Team projects that can lead to publication quality
analyses in relevant fields of interest. Emphasis
on the unique technical, regulatory, fiscal, policy,
and other interdisciplinary issues that pose a
challenge to effective planning and management
of urban hydrologic systems.
EAEE E4361y Economics of earth resource
industries
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Yegulalp.
Prerequisite: EAEE E3101 or instructor’s
permission. Definition of terms. Survey of
Earth resource industries: resources, reserves,
production, global trade, consumption of mineral
commodities and fuels. Economics of recycling
and substitution. Methods of project evaluation:
estimation of operating costs and capital
requirements, project feasibility, risk assessment,
and environmental compliance. Cost estimation
for reclamation/remediation projects. Financing
of reclamation costs at abandoned mine sites
and waste-disposal post-closure liability.
CHEE E4530y Corrosion of metals
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Duby.
Prerequisite: CHEN E3010 or equivalent. The
theory of electrochemical corrosion, corrosion
tendency, rates, and passivity. Application to
various environments. Cathodic protection and
coatings. Corrosion testing.
EAEE E4550x Catalysis for emissions control
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Farrauto.
Prerequisites: ENME E3161 and MSAE E3111
or equivalent. Fundamentals of heterogeneous
catalysis including modern catalytic preparation
techniques. Analysis and design of catalytic
emissions control systems. Introduction to
current industrial catalytic solutions for controlling
gaseous emissions. Introduction to future
catalytically enabled control technologies.
EACE E4560y Particle technology
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Park.
Prerequisites: ENME E3161 and MSAE E3111
or equivalent. Introduction to engineering
processes involving particulates and powders.
The fundamentals of particle characterization,
multiphase flow behavior, particle formation,
processing and utilization of particles in various
engineering applications with examples in
energy and environment related technologies.
Engineering of functionalized particles and
design of multiphase reactors and processing
units with emphasis on fluidization technology.
Particle technology is an interdisciplinary field.
Due to the complexity of particulate systems,
particle technology is often treated as art rather
than science. In this course, the fundamental
principles governing the key aspects of particle
science and technology are introduced along
with various industrial examples.
EAEE E4900x Applied transport and chemical
rate phenomena
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Chen.
Introduction to fluid dynamics, heat and mass
transfer, and some applications in heterogeneous
reaction systems. Effect of velocity, temperature,
and concentration gradients and material
properties on fluid flow, heat and mass transfer
and rate of chemical reactions; differential and
overall balance; engineering concepts and semiempirical
correlations; application to chemical
and materials processing and environmental
problems.
EAEE E4901y Environmental microbiology
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Chandran.
Basic microbiological principles; microbial
metabolism; identification and interactions
of microbial populations responsible for the
biotransformation of pollutants; mathematical
modeling of microbially mediated processes;
biotechnology and engineering applications using
microbial systems for pollution control.
EAEE E4950x Environmental biochemical
processes
3 pts. Lect: 3. Professor Chandran.
Prerequisite: EAEE 4901 or CIEE E4252 or
EAEE E4003 or instructor’s approval. Qualitative
and quantitative considerations in engineered
environmental biochemical processes.
Characterization of multiple microbial reactions
in a community and techniques for determining
associated kinetic and stoichiometric parameters.
Engineering design of several bioreactor
configurations employed for biochemical waste
treatment. Mathematical modeling of engineered
biological reactors using state-of-the-art simulation
packages.
EAEE E4980 Urban environmental technology
and policy
3 pts. Lect: 3. Not offered in 2011–2012.
Progress of urban pollution engineering via
contaminant abatement technology, government
policy, and public action in urban pollution.
Pollutant impact on modern urban environmental
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