Environmental Engineering & Science
Graduate Courses
The EEES Department offers graduate courses in three areas:

Environmental Engineering & Science
Environmental Science & Policy
Geology

One Chemistry course is offered as well.

Environmental Engineering & Science

EE&S 401,601 Environmental Engineering 3(3,0) Introduction to the field of Environmental engineering.
Topics include environmental phenomena, impact of pollutants in the aquatic environment, solid-waste management, air pollution control, radiological
health, and simple water and wastewater treatment systems. Preq: Junior standing in engineering or consent of instructor. Coreq: C E 341, CH E 311, M E 308 or consent of instructor.

EE&S 402,602 Water and Waste Water Treatment Systems 3(3,0) Study of fundamental principles, rational design considerations, and operational
procedures of the unit operations and processes employed in water and waste water treatment.
Both physiochemical and biological treatment techniques are discussed. Introduction to the integration of unit operations and processes into
water and waste treatment systems. Preq: EE&S 401; and C E 341, CH E 311, M E 308, or equivalent; or consent of instructor.

EE&S 410,610 Environmental Radiation Protection 3(3,0) Fundamental principles of radiological health and radiation safety.
Topics include radiation fundamentals, basic concepts of environmental radiation protection, internal and external
dosimetry, environmental dose calculations, and radiation protection standards. Offered fall semester only. Preq: Consent of instructor.

EE&S 411,611 Ionizing Radiation Detection and Measurement 3(2,3) Laboratory exercises in ionizing radiation detection and measurements.
Topics include nuclear electronics; counting statistics; radiation interactions; basic gas, scintillation, and semiconductor detectors; gamma-ray spectroscopy;
health physics survey instrumentation; and thermoluminescent dosimetry. Offered spring semester only. Preq: EE&S 410 or consent of instructor.

EE&S 430,630 Air Pollution Engineering 3(3,0) Introductory course in air pollution and its control.
Topics include air pollutants and effects, sources, dispersion models, engineering controls, and air-quality legislation. Preq: Senior standing in engineering or physical sciences.

EE&S (B E, FOR) 451/651 Newman Seminar and Lecture Series in Natural Resources Engineering 1(0,2) See B E 651.

EE&S 480,680 Environmental Risk Assessment 3(3,0) Quantitative estimation of the human health risk posed by the release of a contaminant to the environment.
Topics include methods for analyzing emission rate, environmental transport, exposure, and health effects; methods of uncertainty analysis; and the role of risk assessment in environmental regulation and environmental decision making.
Preq: EE&S 401 or consent of instructor.

EE&S (B E, I E) 484,684 Municipal Solid Waste Management 3(3,0)
Introduction to the problems, regulations, collection, handling, recycling, and disposal of municipal solid wastes in the urban and rural sectors. Emphasis is on integrated waste management systems with resource recovery, composting, incineration, landfill disposals, and their costs. Preq: Senior standing in engineering or science or consent of instructor.

EE&S 485,685 Hazardous Waste Management 3(3,0)
Introduction to problems, regulations, treatment, and ultimate disposal of hazardous and toxic materials. Spill cleanup, groundwater transport, land
disposal, incineration, and treatment technologies are discussed. Offered spring semester only. Preq: EN SP 200 or EE&S 401 or consent of instructor; two semesters of general chemistry.

EE&S 486,686 Pollution Prevention and Industrial Ecology 3(3,0)
Topics include pollution prevention technology, the role of pollution prevention within a corporation, source reduction and recycling, pollution prevention assessments, treatment to reduce disposal, life-cycle assessment, design for environment, industrial ecology. Emphasis is on case studies. Preq: Senior standing in College of Engineering and Science.

EE&S 490,690 Special Projects 1-3(1-3,0)
Studies or laboratory investigations on special topics in the environmental engineering and science field. Arranged on a project basis with a maximum of individual student effort and a minimum of staff guidance. May be repeated for a maximum of three credits. Preq: Consent of instructor.

EE&S 701 Special Problems 1-6(1-6,0)
Environmental engineering problems selected to meet the interests and experience of students and instructor. Formal report is required. Restricted to MEngr students. To be taken Pass/Fail only.

EE&S 802 Environmental Engineering Principles 3(3,0)
Fundamental principles required for simulation and modeling of environmental engineering phenomena; mass transfer, reactor kinetics, simulation techniques, and applications to various natural and engineered systems. Offered fall semester only.

EE&S 803 Physicochemical Operations in Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems 3(3,0)
Principles of physicochemical operations used in water and wastewater treatment including sedimentation, filtration, mixing, gas transfer, adsorption, ion exchange, coagulation, precipitation, disinfection, and oxidation. Offered spring semester only. Preq: EE&S 802, 843.

EE&S 804 Biochemical Operations in Wastewater Treatment Systems 3(3,0) Principles of biochemical operations used in wastewater treatment; modeling of ideal biochemical reactors and design criteria for aerated lagoons, activated sludge, trickling filters, rotating biological contactors, nitrification, denitrification, and digestion. Offered spring semester only. Preq: EE&S 802, 851.

EE&S 805 Laboratory in Water and Wastewater Treatment Operations 3(0,6) Laboratory exercises in selected water and wastewater treatment operations including sedimentation, filtration, adsorption, coagulation, softening, aeration, activated sludge, aerobic digestion, and anaerobic digestion. Offered spring semester only. Coreq: EE&S 803 or 804.

EE&S 806 Process and Facility Design for Environmental Control Systems 2-4(2-4,0)
Integration of unit operations into complex systems for treatment of industrial/domestic water and wastewater, contaminated groundwater or air,
landfill leachate, and toxic liquid wastes. Student teams design an integrated system for either water/wastewater or a hazardous/toxic waste. Offered fall semester only. Preq: EE&S 803, 804.

EE&S (GEOL) 808 Groundwater Modeling 3(3,0) See GEOL 808.

EE&S (GEOL) 809 Subsurface Remediation Modeling 3(3,0) See GEOL 809.

EE&S (GEOL) 810 Analytical Methods for Hydrogeology 3(3,0) See GEOL 810.

EE&S 812 Environmental Nuclear Engineering 3(3,0)
Environmental aspects of nuclear technology emphasizing nuclear reactors and the nuclear fuel cycle; environmental transport of radioactive materials; radioactive effluents from nuclear power plants; nuclear power plant safety;
environmental aspects of fuel cycle activities; waste management. Offered fall semester only. Preq: EE&S 610, consent of instructor.

EE&S 813 Environmental Radiation Protection Laboratory 1(0,3)
Continuation of EE&S 611; advanced experiments in radiation detection, radiation protection, health physics, and environmental monitoring. Offered fall semester only. Preq: EE&S 611 and consent of instructor.

EE&S (CH E) 814 Applied Numerical Methods in Process Simulation 3(3,0) See CH E 814.

EE&S 815 Actinide Chemistry 3(3,0)
Chemical and physical aspects of actinide metals and compounds (including properties, structure and bonding, reactions, kinetics, thermodynamics), coordination and solution chemistry, behavior and speciation in the environment, separation and purification, chemistry of the nuclear fuel cycle and waste treatment, and related topics; fundamental concepts, history, and recent developments. Preq: CH 402, MTHSC 208, PHYS 221, or consent of instructor.

EE&S 820 Environmental Systems Analysis 3(3,0) Analysis of a systems view of environmental problems, with particular emphasis on conflicting objectives such as economic and environmental concerns. Example problems span traditional environmental engineering processes, natural resources, proactive environmental management, and sustainability. Preq: MTHSC 311 or consent of instructor.

EE&S 832 Air Pollution Meteorology 3(3,0)
Applications of meteorology to air pollution; micrometeorology; plume rise modeling; atmospheric diffusion; deposition and washout of pollutants; air chemistry; applications of diffusion modeling to air quality planning. Preq: Consent
of instructor.

EE&S 833 Air Pollution Control Systems 3(3,0)
Principles and design of air pollution control equipment including mechanical collectors, electrostatic precipitators, baghouse filters, wet scrubbers, adsorbers, and incinerators. Offered spring semester only. Preq: EE&S 430 or consent
of instructor.

EE&S 834 Particles in the Atmosphere 3(3,0)
Chemical and physical behavior of atmospheric particles and their interaction with other particles, gases and light; generation, measurement methods, and control strategies of atmospheric particles. Preq: EE&S 630, MTHSC 208, or consent of instructor.

EE&S 837 Biodegradation and Bioremediation 3(3,0)
Basic principles of biodegradation for major classes of organic contaminants including halogenated aliphatics and aromatics, fuel hydrocarbons, pesticides, and nitrated energetic compounds; biotransformations of metals; biodegradation
principles applied to the development of bioremediation technologies including intrinsic, in situ, and on-site engineered approaches. Preq: EE&S 851.

EE&S 843 Environmental Engineering Chemistry I 3(3,0)
Principles of chemical kinetics and thermodynamics applied to fundamental understanding of aqueous environmental samples including natural waters, wastewaters, and treated waters; factors controlling chemical concentrations, acid-base equilibria, solubility equilibria, complex formation, electrochemistry, adsorption phenomena. Offered fall semester only. Preq: CH 102 or equivalent.

EE&S 844 Environmental Engineering Chemistry Laboratory I 3(2,3)
Laboratory experience in basic analytical methods used in water quality studies; experimental design, sampling, wetchemical analytical techniques, data collection
and analysis, data interpretation, and data quality techniques. Offered fall semester only. Preq: Two semesters of general chemistry.

EE&S 845 Environmental Engineering Chemistry II 3(3,0)
Application of parameters that describe the equilibrium distribution and exchange rates for environmentally significant organic compounds to the modeling of processes in engineered and natural systems, including environmental parameter
estimation techniques, structure-activity relationships, and integration of environmental processes to model contaminant distribution and residence time in environmental systems. Offered spring semester only. Preq: Two semesters of general chemistry, EE&S 843 or equivalent.

EE&S 847 Advanced Environmental Chemistry 3(3,0)
Advanced principles and methods in environmental engineering chemistry with applications to both natural and treatment systems; current investigative and study techniques; nature, fluxes, and controlling processes of chemical species and radionuclides in environmental systems. Preq: EE&S 843 or equivalent.

EE&S 849 Environmental Engineering Chemistry Laboratory II 2(0,6)
Theory and applications of instrumental methods of analysis as applied to measurements for environmental control; spectroscopy and spectrophotometric techniques; electrochemical analyses; chromatographic methods of analysis; light scattering and electrophoretic measurements. Offered fall semester only.

EE&S 850 Stream and Estuarine Analysis 3(3,0)
Physical, chemical, and biological processes and relationships which exist in streams and estuaries; estuarine environment; free-flowing streams; mechanisms describing transport of conservative and nonconservative materials through estuarine systems; the estuary as a resource and techniques for its management. Offered fall semester only.

EE&S 851 Biological Principles of Environmental Engineering 3(3,0)
Basic principles of biology and biochemistry as applied to problems of environmental control and wastewater treatment; kinetic and energetic aspects. Offered fall semester only.

EE&S 852 Subsurface and Wetland Hydraulics 3(3,0)
Hydraulics of subsurface water including hydraulic head and gradient concepts, Darcy’s Law, saturated/unsaturated flow, flow in aquifers and aquitards, flow to wells, and interactions with surface water in wetlands including discharge and
development of seepage faces. Mathematics is at the level of elementary ordinary and partial differential equations. Preq: Differential equations, fluid mechanics or EE&S 802 or consent of instructor.

EE&S 855 Surface and Subsurface Transport 3(3,0)
Quantitative analysis of reactive transport and biodegradation in ground water and surface water; applications of the advection-dispersion equation with reaction terms including classical chemical reactions, radioactive decay, and reactions
mediated by microbes. Preq: C E 340 and MTHSC 208 or equivalent.

EE&S 856 Pollution of the Aquatic Environment 3(3,0)
Effects of domestic and industrial water pollution on the physical, chemical, and
biological characteristics of natural waters; associated environmental determinants of human disease, toxicology, and epidemiology of chronic disease. Offered fall semester only.

EE&S 861 Environmental Engineering and Science Seminar 1(1,0)
Current advances and research developments in various areas of environmental
engineering and science. Off-campus speakers, students, and faculty participate. To be taken Pass/Fail only.

EE&S 880 Environmental Risk Assessment 3(3,0)
Methodology of quantitative risk assessment including identification and quantification of the source term, calculation of environmental transport, and estimation of health effects. Applications involve various classes of contaminants in atmospheric and aquatic environmental pathways. Offered spring semester only. Preq: MTHSC 208, graduate standing in engineering or science.

EE&S 881 Special Problems 1-4
Problems selected to meet interests and experiences of student and instructor.

EE&S 883 Selected Topics in Environmental Engineering 1-4(1-4,0)
Topics in environmental engineering not covered in other courses. Topics vary to keep pace with current developments. May be taken concurrently with EE&S 884, which (if offered) would be a different topic.

EE&S 884 Selected Topics in Environmental Engineering 1-4(1-4,0)
Topics in environmental engineering not covered in other courses. Topics vary to keep pace with current developments. May be taken concurrently with EE&S 883, which (if offered) would be a different topic.

EE&S 891 Master’s Thesis Research 1-12

EE&S 961 Environmental Engineering and Science Doctoral Student Seminar 1(1,0) Current advances and research developments in various areas of environmental engineering and science. Doctoral students are required to enroll each semester that the course is offered and present one seminar per year. To be taken Pass/Fail only.

EE&S 991 Doctoral Dissertation Research 1-12

Environmental Science & Policy

EN SP 472,672 Environmental Planning and Control 2(2,0)
Application of planning and control to effective environmental quality improvement.
Water supply and treatment, wastewater treatment and disposal, solid waste disposal, air pollution abatement, and land use and zoning are considered from the standpoint of control. Not intended for graduate students in engineering.
Preq: Consent of instructor.

Geology

GEOL 403,603 Invertebrate Paleontology 3 credits (F-even years)...Life of past geologic ages, as shown by fossilized remains of ancient animals, with emphasis on the invertebrates. Prerequisite: GEOL 101 or consent of instructor.

GEOL 405,605 Geomorphology 3 credits (S)...Surface features of the Earth - their form, nature, origin, development, and the rates and patterns of changes they are undergoing. Laboratory studies emphasize a process approach to terrain analysis stressing complex interactions of geologic, climatic and tectonic forces. Prerequisite: GEOL 101, 102 or consent of instructor.

GEOL 408,608 Geohydrology 3 credits (F)...Hydrologic cycle, aquifer characteristics, theory of groundwater movement, mechanics of well flow, experimental methods, and subsurface mapping. Prerequisites: GEOL 101, 102.

GEOL 413,613 Stratigraphy 3 credits (S)...Analysis of stratified rocks as the repository of earth history and the conceptual framework used to synthesize the world geologic record as a coherent whole; traditional litho-stratigraphy, modern seismic stratigraphy, biostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy and current stratigraphic issues. Prerequisite: GEOL 314 or consent of instructor.

GEOL 415,615 Analysis of Geological Processes 3 credits (F)...Introduction to methods for analyzing geological processes. Mathematical methods will be introduced to solve problems related to stream flow, reaction kinetics, radioactive decay, heat flow, diffusion, fluid flow through geologic media and related processes. Prerequisite: MTHSC 206 or consent of instructor.

GEOL 421,621 GIS Applications in Geology 3 credits (S)...Introduction to Geographic Information Systems with applications to current geological and hydrological problems. Topics will cover the use of Global Positioning Systems, spatial analysis and image analysis. Hands-on training with GIS software and techniques will be covered in the lab.  Prerequisite: Graduate standing and strong computer skills.

GEOL 451,651 Selected Topics in Hydrogeology 1-4 credits (F,S,SS)...Selected topics in hydrogeology with emphasis on new developments in the field. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits, but only if different topics are covered. Prerequisite: GEOL 300 or 408/608, or consent of instructor.

GEOL 459,659 Biogeochemistry 3(3,0) Examines how biology directs mass and energy transfer between the lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. The scale of examination ranges from molecular to global. Topics include element cycling, mineral-microbe/plant interface, biomineralization, and biogeochemical applications to bioremediation, ecology, environmental toxicology, and biotechnology, Preq: CH 102 or GEOL 318 or consent of instructor.

GEOL 790 Selected Topics in Earth Sciences 1-6(0-6,0-18) One or more earth science topics. Lecture and laboratory emphasize the incorporation of new or updated subject matter into classroom instruction. Restricted to elementary and secondary school teachers. May be repeated for credit, but only if different topics are covered.

GEOL 800 Groundwater Geochemistry 3(2,3) Lectures and project-oriented field work focusing on processes controlling natural impurities in groundwater and the occurrence of inorganic, organic, and radioactive contaminants; solution equilibria, chemical weathering, oxidation-reduction, utilization of radioactive isotopes as tracers and studies of contamination plumes. Preq: CH 102 or equivalent.

GEOL 801 Field Geophysical Techniques 3 credits (S-odd years) ...Project oriented field study of basic geophysical methods used for shallow geological investigations and for environmental site characterization. Techniques/interpretation include seismic, electrical and electromagnetic sounding, ground-penetrating radar, magnetics, gravity, self-potentials, and borehole geophysics. Emphasis is on basic principles and physical understanding of the geophysical methods with applications in mind. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Instructor: Dr. Moysey

GEOL 803 Geostatistics 3 credits (F-odd years)...Numerical and statistical treatment of geological data emphasizing the analysis of spatially and temporally distributed variables and unique aspects of geological variables. Topics include methods of sampling geological data, quantitative procedures for reducing the dimensionality of geological data sets, and techniques for presentation and interpretation of results. Prerequisite: EX ST 301 or MTHSC 301.

GEOL 805 Advanced Stratigraphy 3 credits (F-even years)...Classification, distribution, chronologic succession and correlation of sedimentary rocks; interpretation of features of strata in terms of their origin, depositional environment, paleogeography and relation to organic evolution; Atlantic Coastal Plain stratigraphy. Prerequisite: GEOL 413/613 or consent of instructor.

GEOL 806 Aquifer Characterization 3 credits (F-even years)...Characterization of aquifers from the microscopic scale to the regional scale. Geological origin of aquifers and modification by diagenetic and deformational processes. Application of subsurface geological techniques to data acquisition and interpretation. Prediction of fluid occurrence and flow by integrating results of subsurface analysis.

GEOL 807 Tectonics 3(3,0) Deformation processes and features of the Earth's crust at the regional to global scale; characteristic structures of active rift, transform and convergent margins; origin of mountain belts and sedimentary basins within a plate-tectonic framework. Preq: GEOL 302 or consent of instructor.

GEOL (EE&S) 808 Groundwater Modeling 3 credits (F)...Mathematical and computer modeling of groundwater flow and nonreactive solute transport through geological formations; conceptual flow models for geologic systems; formulation of governing mass and energy conservation equations; application of analytical, numerical and stochastic models to real-world problems. Prerequisite: GEOL 415/615 or consent of instructor.

GEOL (EE&S) 809 Subsurface Remediation Modeling 3 credits (S)...Lectures and computer exercises involving subsurface remediation methods, including groundwater extraction, soil vapor extraction, steam flooding and a variety of other techniques; modeling flow of multiphase and multicomponent mixtures in porous medium. Prerequisite: GEOL/EE&S 808 or consent of instructor.

GEOL (EE&S) 810 Analytical Methods for Hydrogeology 3 credits (F-odd years)...Analytical mathematical methods for modeling subsurface fluid flow and transport processes including saturated water flow, unsaturated gas zone flow, chemical transport, and heat transfer, emphasizing the derivation and solution of governing equations for modeling subsurface flow and transport. Prerequisite: GEOL/EE&S 808 or a graduate groundwater course or consent of instructor.

GEOL 811 Rock Physics 3 credits (S-even years)...Experimental and theoretical rock physics taught at an advanced level. Electrical, fluid-transport, and seismic properties are covered in detail. Special emphasis is placed on the rock/solution interface and how that interface affects electrical, fluid transport, and seismic properties. Other topics such as magnetic, mechanical and thermal responses are discussed briefly. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

GEOL 813 Environmental Geochemistry 3 credits (S-odd years)...Inorganic geochemistry, specifically the distribution of trace elements in rocks, regolith, water. Topics include micronutrients and concepts of essentiality; health problems related to natural occurrence of toxic elements; environmental pollution arising from non-ferrous metal mining, coal mining and coal use, gasoline additives; urban and regional geochemistry. Prerequisite: GEOL 318 or consent of instructor.

GEOL 814 Environmental Sedimentology 3 credits (F-odd years)...Environmental-based applications of sedimentology to developing an understanding of heterogeneity and scale, fluid flow and saturation, sediment-fluid interactions, and modeling approaches; field and laboratory methods; case studies; implications to environmental sustainability. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

GEOL 816 Aquifer Systems 3 credits (S-odd years)...Hydrogeologic characteristics of selected major aquifer systems in the US and elsewhere; conceptual models for the controls of recharge, discharge, and flow through aquifers in different geologic settings; development of numeric models to simulate natural and stressed aquifers. Prerequisite: GEOL 408/608; GEOL/EE&S 808 or consent of instructor.

GEOL 818 Hydrogeology of Fractured Aquifers 3 credits (S-even years)... Processes and characteristics of fluid flow through naturally and artificially fractured subsurface formations; principles of flow in dual porosity materials, characterizing fractures and fractured aquifers, mechanics of fracture formation, methods of inducing fractures from wells; case studies and applications. Prerequisite: GEOL408/608; GEOL/EE&S 808 or consent of instructor.

GEOL 850 Selected Topics in Environmental Geology 1-4 credits (F,S)...Selected topics in environmental geology emphasizing subsurface contamination. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits, but only if different topics are covered. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

GEOL 851 Geology Seminar 1 credit (F,S)...Students review current topics in geology and make oral presentations.

GEOL 875 Hydrogeology Summer Field Camp 6 credits (SS)...Groundwater geology field techniques including examination of surface exposures, analysis of cores and geophysical well logs, subsurface mapping, aquifer performance tests and groundwater remediation. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Instructor: Dr. Murdoch

GEOL 891 Master’s Thesis Research (F,S,SS)...Credit to be arranged.
Chemistry

CH 413,613 Chemistry of Aqueous Systems Investigation of sources and sinks of components in natural waters including major ions, carbonate system, and dissolved gases. Emphasis is on chemical equilibria. Effects of human activities on composition of natural waters.