Environmental Engineering (ENVE)
ENVE 199, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
Seminar course that includes invited speakers. Open to all students interested in learning about the Environmental Engineering undergraduate program and potential career opportunities.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENVE 299, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
Equivalent to: ENVE 299H
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENVE 299H, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ENVE 299
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENVE 321, ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS, 4 Credits
Application of engineering principles to the analysis of environmental problems. Topics include water, wastewater, solid wastes, and air pollution.
Prerequisite: MTH 256 with C or better or MTH 256H with C or better
ENVE 322, FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 4 Credits
Application of engineering principles to the analysis of environmental problems. Topics include water, wastewater, solid wastes, and air pollution.
Prerequisite: (CH 222 with C or better or CH 232 with C or better or CH 232H with C or better or CH 225H with C or better) and (MTH 256 [C] or MTH 256H [C])
ENVE 401, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENVE 403, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENVE 405, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENVE 406, SPECIAL PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENVE 407H, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ENVE 407
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENVE 410, OCCUPATIONAL INTERNSHIP, 1-12 Credits
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
ENVE 415, ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY, 3 Credits
Theoretical and empirical analysis of several unit operations, use of formal work processes, safety, teamwork, oral and written communication, and personal accountability.
Prerequisite: CBEE 414 with C or better
ENVE 421, DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES, 4 Credits
Characterization and treatment of drinking water sources including engineering principles for the selection and design of treatment processes.
Prerequisite: ENVE 322 with C or better
ENVE 422, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESSES, 4 Credits
Characterization and treatment of municipal and industrial wastewaters including engineering principles for the selection and design of treatment processes.
Prerequisite: ENVE 421 with C or better
ENVE 425, AIR POLLUTION CONTROL, 3 Credits
Study of air pollution sources, transport, and control, including engineering, chemical, meteorological, social, and economic aspects.
Prerequisite: ENVE 321 with C or better or ENVE 322 with C or better
ENVE 431, FATE AND TRANSPORT OF CHEMICALS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, 4 Credits
Fundamentals of organic chemistry and engineering principles applied to the movement and fate of xenobiotic compounds.
Prerequisite: (CH 123 with C or better or CH 233 with C or better or CH 233H with C or better) and (CH 440 [C] or CHE 331 [C] or CHE 331H [C]) and (ENVE 321 [C] or ENVE 322 [C]) and ENVE 421 [C]
ENVE 456, SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, 3 Credits
Sustainable water resources engineering principles, assessing the impact of engineering practices. Use of engineering analyses and sustainable principles to design projects and minimize their environmental impact.
ENVE 457, BIOREACTORS, 3 Credits
Design and analysis of bioreactors using suspension and immobilized microbial cultures.
Prerequisite: (CHE 333 with C or better or CHE 333H with C or better) and ENVE 322 [C]
ENVE 490, ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DESIGN, 4 Credits
Open-ended design of environmental processes including development of process flow diagrams, control strategies, process simulators, and financial analysis of processes.
ENVE 499, SPECIAL TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 1-4 Credits
A critical examination of topics selected by the instructor from among topics not covered in other environmental engineering courses.
This course is repeatable for 4 credits.
ENVE 501, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENVE 503, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
ENVE 505, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENVE 506, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENVE 507, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
One-credit seminar.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENVE 510, INTERNSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENVE 518, GROUNDWATER MODELING, 3 Credits
Explores implicit and explicit finite difference and iterative methods applied to boundary condition problems in transient and steady-state groundwater systems. Topics include groundwater and solute flows through porous media, aquifer dynamics, numerical methods, and mathematical model posedness, stability, and calibration.
ENVE 521, DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES, 4 Credits
Characterization and treatment of drinking water sources including engineering principles for the selection and design of treatment processes.
Recommended: ENVE 322
ENVE 522, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESSES, 4 Credits
Characterization and treatment of municipal and industrial wastewaters including engineering principles for the selection and design of treatment processes.
Recommended: ENVE 421
ENVE 525, AIR POLLUTION CONTROL, 3 Credits
Study of air pollution sources, transport, and control, including engineering, chemical, meteorological, social, and economic aspects.
ENVE 531, FATE AND TRANSPORT OF CHEMICALS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, 4 Credits
Fundamentals of organic chemistry and engineering principles applied to the movement and fate of xenobiotic compounds.
Recommended: (CH 123 or CH 233) and (CH 440 or CHE 331) and (ENVE 321 or ENVE 322) and ENVE 421
ENVE 532, AQUATIC CHEMISTRY: NATURAL AND ENGINEERED SYSTEMS, 4 Credits
Low temperature thermodynamic and selective kinetic treatments primarily of the inorganic chemistry groups, but also organic ligands and surface active groups, of natural and engineered waters; thermodynamic principles and computational techniques for prediction of equilibrium speciation; comparison of predictions to observations; computer laboratory.
Recommended: One year of college-level chemistry ((CH 121 and CH 122 and CH 123) or (CH 231 and CH 232 and CH 233)); a minimum of one year organic or physical chemistry; and concurrent enrollment in ENVE 536
ENVE 535, PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL TREATMENT PROCESSES, 4 Credits
Fundamental principles of physical and chemical processes relevant for the treatment of contaminants in environmental matrices (e.g. water, air and soil).
Prerequisite: ENVE 532 with C or better
Equivalent to: ENVE 538
ENVE 536, AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY, 2 Credits
Emphasizes laboratory investigation of acid/base equilibria, coordination chemistry, identification of organic compounds with GC-MS and LC-MS, and precipitation/dissolution chemistry.
Recommended: One year of college-level chemistry and ENVE 532
ENVE 541, MICROBIAL PROCESSES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, 4 Credits
Energetics kinetics and stoichiometry of microbial transformations of organic and inorganic compounds. Mathematical models of biodegradation.
ENVE 545, MICROBIAL METHODS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 3 Credits
Covers the principles of microbiological methods pertinent to environmental engineers with an emphasis on applications in drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment, and soil remediation. The course is targeted at engineering students that do not have much experience with culture-based and molecular-based techniques.
Prerequisite: ENVE 541 with C+ or better
ENVE 554, GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION, 4 Credits
Theory and practice of groundwater remediation. Environmental site assessments. Physical, chemical, and biological methods for in situ treatment of contaminated aquifers. Modeling of remediation technologies.
ENVE 556, SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, 3 Credits
Sustainable water resources engineering principles, assessing the impact of engineering practices. Use of engineering analyses and sustainable principles to design projects and minimize their environmental impact.
ENVE 599, SPECIAL TOPICS, 0-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENVE 601, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENVE 603, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
ENVE 699, SELECTED TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 1-4 Credits
A critical examination of topics selected by the instructors from among topics not covered in other environmental engineering courses.
Equivalent to: ENVE 611
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.