Why we do what we do

Welcome to the web pages for CE 330, Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering.  Bookmark this page (or the schedule page) and use it as a useful resource for the course. The site has the following major components:

• General Information: Instructor contact information and office hours, policies and expectations, information regarding assignments and grading, link to project information.

• Schedule: Course schedule, assignments, references and references/resources.

• Links: Links of general interest related to environmental engineering as well as links to resources specifically related to topics covered in this course.

What is Environmental Engineering?

Environmental Engineering is an interdisciplinary engineering profession focused on the protection of human health and the environment in which we live. Environmental engineers are concerned with providing safe public water supplies, disposal and recycling of wastes, and pollution control.

Course Objectives

Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering aims to: 1) familiarize you with a broad range of environmental engineering topics, and 2) develop your ability to apply fundamental mathematical, physical, biological, and chemical principles to solve a range of environmental engineering problems.

At the end of this course, you should:

1.       Be able to list the major environmental regulations and their objectives, and know where to find specific regulatory information;

2.       Be able to break down environmental systems into their key components in order to analyze them for specific purposes;

3.       Be capable of using a mass balance approach to analyze and solve environmental problems and know how to solve simple pollutant fate and          transport problems;

4.       Understand the general role hydrology and meteorology play in environmental engineering;

5.       Understand basic water chemistry;

6.       Be able to describe the fundamental components of water and wastewater treatment systems and quantifiably describe how they work;

7.       Explain how solid waste is managed;

8.       State the basic factors in hazardous waste management; and

9.       Be able to produce a concise, well written engineering report and know how to present results orally.

Fritz R. Fiedler