Course Description
Operation of instrumentation used to measure physical variables which determine environmental quality. The engineering design and application of measuring systems for airborne particulates, gaseous atmospheric contaminants, solar and environmental radiation, and noise will be emphasized.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will each prepare and present a research term paper on a current environmental-assessment or pollution-abatement technology and will conduct additionally assigned laboratory studies.
Athena Title
Instrument for Environ Quality
Prerequisite
MATH 2700 and (PHYS 1212-1212L or PHYS 1252)
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
To identify and numerically characterize the positive (e.g., federal standards) and negative (e.g., environmental pollutants) attributes of atmospheric environmental quality and to develop student competencies for designing and implementing the required engineering measuring and abatement systems for pollution control and remediation. The student will attain fundamental understanding of underlying principles of environmental quality assessment and be technically competent as an environmental engineer to apply this knowledge for measure and abatement of atmospheric pollution, while having also acquired sound precepts facilitating rational decision-making about societal issues balancing environmental quality versus economic vitality.
Topical Outline
1) Noise measurement and control 2) Measurements and optimal utilization of solar and environmental radiation 3) Measurement and management of atmospheric air-quality parameters 4) Selected air-pollution abatement technologies