Sustainability, Engineering and the Environment

Basic knowledge of soil, water and air quality engineering:

• soil and water interaction
• water supply issues
• human activities and their interaction on soil
• air and water resources

Fundamentals of:

• soil erosion
• water quality
• climate change
• risk assessment

Basic knowledge of renewable energy sources

• solar
• photovoltaic
• wireless electricity
• thermal
• wind
• geothermal
• biofuels

Introduction to renewable materials engineering; nanomaterials, new material cycles.

Eco-product development, and product life cycle assessment; recycling technologies; reuse of products; design for disassembly, recycling, e-waste, and reverse manufacturing.

Consumption patterns; transportation; environmental communication;consumer awareness.

Optimized energy and resources management.

Sustainable methods:

• sustainability indicators
• life cycle assessment
• regulatory aspects of environmental management
• ecological planning

Suggested Reading Materials

Environmental Engineering: Fundamentals, Sustainability, Design, 2nd edition.
Mihelcic, J.R. and Zimmerman, J.B. (2014). John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ.

Visualizing the Environment (Canadian Edition).
Berg, L., Hager, M.C., Goodman, L. and Baydack, R. (2010). John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ. (Chapters 10, 1)

Handbook of Sustainable Engineering
Wimmer, W. and Kauffman, Joanne. First edition, Springer Publishing, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-4020-8939-8.