This course applies principles from environmental biotechnology, microbial ecology, and environmental microbiology to educate cadets how to treat wastewaters and sludges. The course explores the design of longstanding wastewater treatment technologies and approaches, while introducing cadets to emerging applications of biochemical wastewater treatment and resource recovery. Modeling approaches for designing wastewater treatment works using biochemical reactors are also introduced. A comprehensive, multi-step laboratory project serves as the culminating course project.
This course provides cadets with the opportunity to apply the principles of microbiology to the protection and improvement of the environment. This course builds on the concepts learned in EV396, Environmental Biological Systems, and directly applies those concepts to the treatment of wastewater, removal of nutrients from wastewater, anaerobic digestion, bioremediation, industrial waste treatment, and emerging applications of biological treatment and modeling. A comprehensive, multi-step design project serves as the design experience for this course.
This course provides cadets with the opportunity to apply the principles of microbiology to the protection and improvement of the environment. This course builds on the concepts learned in EV396, Environmental Biological Systems, and directly applies those concepts to the treatment of wastewater, removal of nutrients from wastewater, anaerobic digestion, bioremediation, industrial waste treatment, and emerging applications of biological treatment and modeling. A comprehensive, multi-step design project serves as the design experience for this course.
This course provides cadets with the opportunity to study the engineering science and design aspects of wastewater treatment (water pollution control) facilities. Building on the processes and scientific principles studied in the prerequisite sequence courses, the cadets gain a more thorough understanding of the physical, chemical, and biological treatment processes employed in modern wastewater treatment facilities. A team developed, comprehensive, multi-step design project serves as the capstone design experience of the environmental engineering sequence. The design projects include both oral and written products.
Lessons
40 @ 55 min (2.500 Att/wk)
Labs
0 @ 0 min
Special requirements
Three in-class demonstration labs; comprehensive design project and presentation, approximately four problem sets. Compensatory time is provided for the design project and presentation.
This course provides cadets with the opportunity to study the engineering science and design aspects of wastewater treatment (water pollution control) facilities. Building on the processes and scientific principles studied in the prerequisite sequence courses, the cadets gain a more thorough understanding of the physical, chemical, and biological treatment processes employed in modern wastewater treatment facilities. A team developed, comprehensive, multi-step design project serves as the capstone design experience of the environmental engineering sequence. The design projects include both oral and written products.
Lessons
40 @ 55 min (2.500 Att/wk)
Labs
0 @ 0 min
Special requirements
Three in-class demonstration labs; comprehensive design project and presentation, approximately four problem sets. Compensatory time is provided for the design project and presentation.
This course provides the student with the opportunity to design pollution control facilities with emphasis on nutrient removal, natural treatment systems, and processing the by-product solids. The designs include determining the quantity of material to be treated, the physical setting of the facility, detailed process design and assessing the overall impact of facilities on the environment. This course serves as the capstone design course for environmental engineering sequence students.
