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

EAEE E4004x Physical processing and
recovery of solids
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2008–2009.
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; scaling-up factors.
Laboratory demonstrations and a field trip
will be included.
EAEE E4005x Near-surface engineering
geophysics
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2008–2009.
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
Lect: 1.5. Lab: 2. 3 pts. Professor McGillis.
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
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Instructor to be announced.
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. In the field (nine
field days) students plan surveys; collect and
analyze geophysical data in teams; learn how
to integrate geophysical data with invasive data,
hydrological, geological, engineering, and contaminant
transport models; and develop a comprehensive
and justifiable model of the subsurface.
Geophysical methods include GPR (Ground
Penetrating Radar), conductivity, and magnetic
and seismic methods. Field applications include
infrastructure/environmental assessment, archeological
studies, and high resolution geology.
EAEE E4009x Geographic information
systems (GIS) for resource, environmental,
and infrastructure management
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Gorokhovich.
Prerequisite: The instructor’s permission. Basic
concepts of geomatics, spatial data representation
and organization, and analytical tools that
comprise GIS are introduced and applied to a
variety of problems including watershed protection,
environmental risk assessment, material
mass balance, flooding, asset management, and
emergency response to natural or man-made
hazards. Technical content includes geography
and map projections, spatial statistics, database
design and use, interpolation and visualization of
spatial surfaces and volumes from irregularly
spaced data, and decision analysis in an applied
setting. Taught in a laboratory setting using ArcGIS.
Access to New York City and other standard databases.
Term projects emphasize information synthesis
toward the solution of a specific problem.
EAEE E4011y Industrial ecology for
manufacturing
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2008–2009.
Prerequisite: EAEE E4001 or the instructor’s
permission. Application of industrial ecology to
Design for Environment (DFE) of processes and
products using environmental indices of resource
consumption and pollution loads. Introduction of
methodology for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of
manufactured products. Analysis of several DFE
and LCA case studies. Term project required on
use of DFE/LCA on a specific product/process:
(a) product design complete with materials and
process selection, energy consumption, and
waste loadings; (b) LCA of an existing industrial
or consumer product using a commercially established
method.
CHEE E4050x Industrial and environmental
electrochemistry
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Duby.
Prerequisite: CHEN E3010. A presentation of
the basic principle underlying electrochemical
processes. Thermodynamics, electrode kinetics,
and ionic mass transport. Examples of industrial
and environmental applications illustrated by
means of laboratory experiments: electroplating,
refining, and winning in aqueous solutions and
in molten salts; electrolytic treatment of wastes;
primary, secondary, and fuel cells.
ECIA W4100y Management and development
of water systems
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Lall and Dr. Arumugam.
Decision analytic framework for operating, managing,
and planning water systems, considering
changing climate, values, and needs. Public and
private sector models explored through U.S.-international
case studies on topics ranging from integrated
watershed management to the analysis
of specific projects for flood mitigation, water
and wastewater treatment, or distribution system
evaluation and improvement.
EAEE E4150y Air pollution prevention and control
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Fthenakis.
Adverse effects of air pollution, sources and
transport media, monitoring and modeling of air
quality, collection and treatment techniques, pollution
prevention through waste minimalization and
clean technologies, laws, regulations, standards,
and guidelines.
EAEE E4160y Solid and hazardous waste
management
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Somasundaran.
Generation, composition, collection, transport,
storage, and disposal of solid and hazardous
waste. Impact on the environment and public
health. Government regulations. Recycling and
resource recovery.
CIEE E4163x Environmental engineering:
wastewater
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Becker.
Prerequisites: Introductory chemistry (with lab)
and fluid mechanics. Fundamentals of water pollution
and wastewater characteristics. Chemistry,
microbiology, and reaction kinetics. Design of
primary, secondary, and advanced treatment systems.
Small community and residential systems.
EAEE E4200y Production of inorganic materials
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Duby.
Prerequisite: CHEN E3010 or the equivalent.
Production and recycling of inorganic materials in
aqueous and high-temperature systems. Industrial
and environmental applications of hydrometallurgy,
pyrometallurgy, and electrometallurgy. Reactor
systems for, e.g., leaching, precipitation, and
solvent extraction, bath and flash smelting reactors,
rotary kilns, and fluid bed reactors. Thermodynamic
and kinetic factors and material/energy
balances involved in the design and performance
of such reactors in typical applications.
EAEE E4241x Solids handling and transport
systems
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2008–2009.
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
Lect: 3. 3 pts. 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
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Gong.
Prerequisites: CHEM C1403, or the equivalent;
ENME E3161 or the equivalent. Engineering
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