ENGI46715: Environmental Engineering

• As specified in programme regulations.

• As specified in programme regulations.

• This module is designed solely for students studying Department of Engineering degree programmes.
• This module will give students the knowledge and skills appropriate for a career in environmental engineering, environmental management or further graduate study.

• Environmental economics.
• Environmental law and policy.
• Contaminant transport.
• Water pollution
• Wastewater treatment
• Water treatment
• Air quality control
• Geological storage of CO2
• Environmental impact assessment
• Uncertainty analysis.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• Understand the economic difficulties associated with sustainable development
• Understand the need to translate ecosystem services like carbon storage and water storage into cost benefit models
• Understand the strengths and limitations of law and policy with respect to environmental protection
• Develop simple mathematical models to describe reactive transport of contaminants in the environment
• Size and design key aspects of wastewater and potable water treatment plants
• Understand a range of air quality control issues
• Estimate the CO2 storage capacity of a geological formation
• Prepare an environmental impact assessment
• Propagate parametric uncertainty through environmental models.

Subject-specific Skills:

• Will have acquired intellectual and practical skills in order to apply environmental management principles and methodologies to the solution of familiar and unfamiliar problems.
• International and local perspective
• Cultural awareness
• Commercial awareness
• Environmental awareness
• Earth's natural resources
• Environmental monitoring and management
• The role of the professional in society.

Key Skills:

• Prepare, process, interpret and present data using appropriate qualitative and quantitative methods
• Solve numerical problems using computer or non-computer techniques
• Critical analysis
• Research capability
• Engage with the professional world
• Practical competency
• Independent learning
• Numeracy, IT and information skills
• Opportunity identification.

• The module content is delivered in lectures and is reinforced by self-learning sessions and formative problem sheets, equipping students with the required problem-solving capability.
• Students can make use of staff "office hours" to discuss any aspect of the module with teaching staff on a one-to-one basis. These are sign-up sessions available for one hour per week per lecture course.
• Students will be required to submit formative problem sheets throughout the academic year into the virtual learning environment to check their understanding as the course progresses.
• Students will be formed into study groups and will attend timetabled self-learning sessions (up to a maximum of two) during the Michalemas and Epiphany terms.
• A benchmark test will take place at the start of the academic year. This will be used to guage students understanding and direct them to further study as appropriate.
• A mock exam will take place in the Epiphany term. This will be used to provide students with an exam type experience in a formative setting and allow them to discuss their performance with a member of academic staff.
• A single examination covers all of the lecture material. Written timed examinations are appropriate because of the wide range of analytical, in-depth material covered in this module and allow students to demonstrate the ability to solve environmental engineering problems independently.

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