Module ENGI46715: Environmental Engineering

Department: Engineering

ENGI46715: Environmental Engineering

Prerequisites

• <If other modules, please enter module code using 'Right Click, Insert module_code' or enter module title>

Corequisites

• As specified in programme regulations.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• As specified in programme regulations.

Aims

• This module is designed solely for students studying Department of Engineering degree programmes.
• This module will give students the knowledge and skills appropriate for a career in environmental engineering, environmental management or further graduate study.

Content

• Environmental economics.
• Environmental law and policy.
• Contaminant transport.
• Water pollution
• Wastewater treatment
• Water treatment
• Air quality control
• Geological storage of CO2
• Environmental impact assessment
• Uncertainty analysis.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the economic difficulties associated with sustainable development
• Understand the need to translate ecosystem services like carbon storage and water storage into cost benefit models
• Understand the strengths and limitations of law and policy with respect to environmental protection
• Develop simple mathematical models to describe reactive transport of contaminants in the environment
• Size and design key aspects of wastewater and potable water treatment plants
• Understand a range of air quality control issues
• Estimate the CO2 storage capacity of a geological formation
• Prepare an environmental impact assessment
• Propagate parametric uncertainty through environmental models.

• Will have acquired intellectual and practical skills in order to apply environmental management principles and methodologies to the solution of familiar and unfamiliar problems.
• International and local perspective
• Cultural awareness
• Commercial awareness
• Environmental awareness
• Earth's natural resources
• Environmental monitoring and management
• The role of the professional in society.

• Prepare, process, interpret and present data using appropriate qualitative and quantitative methods
• Solve numerical problems using computer or non-computer techniques
• Critical analysis
• Research capability
• Engage with the professional world
• Practical competency
• Independent learning
• Numeracy, IT and information skills
• Opportunity identification.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The module content is delivered in lectures and is reinforced by self-learning sessions and formative problem sheets, equipping students with the required problem-solving capability.
• Students can 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 one hour per week per lecture course.
• Students will be required to submit formative problem sheets throughout the academic year into the virtual learning environment to check their understanding as the course progresses.
• Students will be formed into study groups and will attend timetabled self-learning sessions (up to a maximum of two) during the Michalemas and Epiphany terms.
• A benchmark test will take place at the start of the academic year. This will be used to guage students understanding and direct them to further study as appropriate.
• A mock exam will take place in the Epiphany term. This will be used to provide students with an exam type experience in a formative setting and allow them to discuss their performance with a member of academic staff.
• A single examination covers all of the lecture material. Written timed examinations are appropriate because of the wide range of analytical, in-depth material covered in this module and allow students to demonstrate the ability to solve environmental engineering problems independently.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Formative assessment is provided by means of formative problem sheets, benchmark test and mock examinations.

■ 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