Development of students' critical thinking skills integrated with value judgment, societal preferences, economic feasibility, and human/environmental ethics in development of environmental engineering design solutions that conform to the basic laws of natural and mathematical sciences. Students will engage in a systems-based methodology of problem-framing, question-development, and multiple solution derivation.
Athena Title
Envir Engr Design Methodology
Prerequisite
(PHYS 1251 or PHYS 1211-1211L) and (ENVE 1110 or ENGR 1120 or ENGR 1120H or ENGR 1120E or ENGR 1140 or ENGR 1140H)
Pre or Corequisite
(MATH 2260 or MATH 2260E) and (ENGR 2120 or ENGR 2120H or ENGR 2120E) and ENVE 2610
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will frame an environmental issue and problem in a systems framework that is amenable to environmental engineering problem-solving.
Students will identify environmental constraints relevant to an environmental issue and problem.
Students will develop critical questions relevant to an environmental issue and problem.
Students will define societal constraints (economic, cultural, political) relevant to addressing and solving an environmental problem.
Students will understand the sophomore-level scientific and mathematical principles underpinning an environmental problem.
Students will think critically and creatively in the formulation of conceptual solutions for an environmental problem.
Students will communicate environmental engineering design solutions orally and in written reports.
Students will understand the importance to engage in life-long learning.
Topical Outline
1) Environmental systems and society
2) Environmental engineering ethics
3) Professional practice
4) Local, state, and federal regulations
5) Environmental policy
6) Problem-framing for environmental engineering
7) Question-development for environmental engineering
8) Constraints: Societal, environmental, regulatory, economic, cultural
9) Analysis versus synthesis
10) Environmental protection versus systems integration
11) Biotechnology
12) Engineering externalities and environmental engineering
solutions
13) Unintended consequences
14) Direct and indirect effects of engineering solutions and problem-solving
15) Solution development and evaluation
16) Environmental engineering and sustainability
17) Legacy issues of 20th–century engineering practices
Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes
Critical Thinking
The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.
