Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2020-2021 (archived)
Module ENGI3341: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 3
Department: Engineering
ENGI3341: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 3
| Type | Tied | Level | 3 | Credits | 20 | Availability | Available in 2020/21 | Module Cap | Location | Durham |
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| Tied to | H103 |
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| Tied to | H100 |
Prerequisites
- ENGI2201, ENGI2211, ENGI2221
Corequisites
Excluded Combination of Modules
- As specified in Programme Regulations
Aims
- This module is designed solely for students studying School of Engineering and Computing Sciences degree programmes.
- To introduce and explain sustainability in addition to examining sources of pollution
- To provide the fundamental scientific principles affecting pollutant fate
- To enable development and understanding of site investigation techniques
- To enable planning of a site investigation and write a Phase 1 report.
- To develop an appreciation of hydraulics of open channel/pipe flow.
Content
- Polluted Environments and Sustainability.
- Site Investigation.
- Civil Engineering Hydraulics
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge:
- Understand the role of engineer in achieving sustainable development;
- Obtain knowledge of composition of different waste streams;
- Understand how natural processes remediate polluted environments;
- Obtain and knowledge of soil and water treatment methods;
- Knowledge of site investigation techniques and their applications;
- Ability to recognise and analyse a range of flow conditions in open channels and pipes.
Subject-specific Skills:
- To critically analyse, evaluate and interpret environmental engineering data;
- To apply engineering principles to the solution of a specific and complex environmental engineering problem;
- The ability to devise a preliminary site investigation programme for a variety of engineering structures;
- To analyse flow discharge in open-channel flow problems;
- To predict energy and power with hydraulic system;
- The ability to design open channels to carry specified flows.
Key Skills:
- Numerical skills appropriate to an engineer.
- General problem solving skills that can be applied in a novel context.
- Capacity for self-learning in familiar and unfamiliar situations.
- Proficient use of IT relevant to the engineering profession.
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- Students are able to make use of staff Office Hours to discuss any aspect of the module with teaching staff on a one to one basis. These are sign-up sessions available for up to one hour per week.
- Coursework element is a summatively assessed written report in site investigation based on a field trip to a contaminated land site.
- All lecture courses contain mathematical problems to be solved in class with answers put on duo after the class. Polluted environments contains a formatively assessed debate in the final session where students debate sustainability issues.
- Polluted Environments and Sustainability and Civil Engineering Hydrauics lecture courses are assessed via a written examination which enables each student to demonstrate an ability to analyse, discuss and solve new problems.
- A formative laboratory program develops practical laboratory skills and supports the module’s lecture material.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total/Hours | |
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| Polluted Environments lectures | 18 | 2 per week | 1 hour | 18 | |
| Site Investigation lectures | 9 | 1 per week | 1 hour | 9 | |
| Civil Engineering Hydraulics lectures | 10 | 1 per week | 1 hour | 10 | |
| Field Trip | 1 | 5 hours | 5 | ■ | |
| Revision seminars | 2 | 1 hour | 2 | ||
| Laboratories | 3 | Typically 1 per week | 3 hours | 9 | ■ |
| Tutorial Hours | as required | weekly sign-up sessions | up to 1 hour | 8 | |
| Preparation and reading | 139 | ||||
| Total | 200 |
Summative Assessment
| Component: Examination | Component Weighting: 80% | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| Environmental Engineering 3 | 2 hours | 100% | none |
| Component: Continuous Assessment | Component Weighting: 20% | ||
| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| Report on site investigation field trip | 100% | none | |
Formative Assessment:
Problem Sheets, class debate and on-line DUO discussion forum for lecture courses.
■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University