2008-2009 Bulletin – PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University

EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM:
THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS
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SEMESTER V SEMESTER VI SEMESTER VII SEMESTER VIII
EAEE E3103 (3) CIEE E3255 (3) EAEE E3998 (2) EAEE E3999 (2)
Energy, minerals,and Environmental control and Undergraduate Undergraduate
material systems pollution reduction systems design project design project
CIEE E4252 (3) CIEE E3250 (3) EAEE E4003 (3) EAEE E4160 (3)
Environmental engineering Hydrosystems engineering Aquatic chemistry Solid and hazardous
waste management
REQUIRED
COURSES
ENME E3161 (4) SIEO W3600 (4) EAEE E3801 (2)
Fluid mechanics Introduction to Earth and environmental
or probability and statistics engineering lab, II
MECE E3100 (3)
Introduction to mechanics
of fluids
CHEE E3010 (4) EAEE E3800 (2)
Principles of chemical Earth and environmental
engineering thermodynamics engineering lab, I
or
MSAE E3111 (3) EAEE E3901 (3)
Thermodynamics, Environmental microbiology
kinetic theory, and
statistical mechanics
or
MECE E3301 (3)
Thermodynamics
TECHNICAL
ELECTIVES
NONTECHNICAL
ELECTIVES
TOTAL POINTS
3 points 6 points 9 points
3 points 3 points 3 points
15–17 18 16 17
EAEE E1100y A better planet by design
Lec.: 3. 3 pts. Professors Lall and Park.
Development of the infrastructure for providing
safe and reliable resources (energy, water, and
other materials, transportation services) to support
human societies while attaining environmental
objectives. Introduction of a typology of problems
by context and common frameworks for addressing
them through the application of appropriate
technology and policy. An interdisciplinary perspective
that focuses on the interaction between
human and natural systems is provided. Alternatives
for resource provision and forecasts of their
potential environmental impacts through a context
provided by real world applications and problems.
EAEE E2002x Alternative energy resources
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professors Walker and Lackner.
Unconventional, alternative energy resources.
Technological options and their role in the world
energy markets. Comparison of conventional and
unconventional, renewable and nonrenewable
energy resources and analysis of the consequences
of various technological choices and
constraints. Economic considerations, energy
availability, and the environmental consequences
of large-scale, widespread use of each particular
technology. Introduction to carbon dioxide capture
and carbon dioxide disposal as a means of sustaining
the fossil fuel option.
EAEE E3101y Earth resource production systems
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Yegulalp.
Technologies and equipment common to a wide
range of surface and subsurface engineering
activities: mine reclamation, hazardous waste
remediation, discovering and operating surface
and underground mines, detection and removal of
hidden underground objects, waste disposal,
dredging and harbor rehabilitation, and tunneling
for transportation or water distribution systems.
These methods and equipment are examined as
they apply across the spectrum from mining to
environmental engineering projects. The aim is to
provide a broad background for earth and environmental
engineers in careers involving minerals
and industrial, large-scale environmental projects.
EAEE E3103x Energy, minerals and materials
systems
Lect: 3.3 pts. Professors Lackner and Yegulalp.
Prerequisite: MSAE E3111 or MECE E3301 and
ENME E3161 or MECE E3100 or the equivalent.
Overview of energy resources, resource management
from extraction and processing to recycling
and final disposal of wastes. Resource availability
and resource processing in the context of the
global natural and anthropogenic material cycles;
thermodynamic and chemical conditions including
nonequilibrium effects that shape the resource
base; extractive technologies and their impact on
the environment and the biogeochemical cycles;
chemical extraction from mineral ores, and metallurgical
processes for extraction of metals. In
analogy to metallurgical processing, power generation
and the refining of fuels are treated as
extraction and refining processes. Large scale of
power generation and a discussion of its impact
on the global biogeochemical cycles.
SEAS 2008–2009