Principles of Environmental Engineering

Population, economic growth, industrialization, urbanization and energy-use, as causes of environmental pollution.

Mass and energy balance for environmental engineering systems under steady state and unsteady state conditions.

Physical and transport properties of homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures.

Contaminant partitioning and transport in air, water and solids.

Characteristics of particles, chemistry of solutions and gases, material balances, reaction kinetics, microbiology and ecology, as related to the environment.

Application of environmental principles (technical and non-technical) to:

• water resource management
• water and wastewater treatment
• air pollution control
• solid waste management
• environmental impact assessment
• environmental ethics

Thermal pollution, noise pollution, greenhouse effect, acid precipitation, ozone depletion, air toxics, and ground-level ozone and fine particulates (photochemical smog).

Sustainable development, life cycle analysis, and principles of environmental quality objectives, standards and guidelines.