The following directory lists the graduate courses which the University expects to offer, although the University in no way guarantees that all such courses will be offered in any given academic year, and reserves the right to alter the list if conditions warrant. Click on the links below for a list of courses in that subject area. You may then click “View Classes” to see scheduled classes for individual courses.
5020. Independent Graduate Study in Environmental Engineering
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Special problems in environmental engineering as arranged by the student with a supervisory instructor of his or her choice.
View Classes »5090. Advanced Topics in Environmental Engineering
1.00 - 3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Classroom or laboratory courses as announced for each semester.
View Classes »5094. Seminar in Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Zero credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Registered
Extended discussions on presentations contributed by staff, students and outside speakers. A certificate of completion will be issued from the Environmental Engineering Program.
View Classes »5110. Brownfield Redevelopment
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Interdisciplinary study of the process of investigating, cleaning up and putting back into use abandoned sites with suspected contamination, also known as brownfields. Legal, environmental, financial and social aspects are discussed. Service learning component working with communities on local brownfield sites.
View Classes »5210. Environmental Engineering Chemistry - I
Quantitative treatment of chemical behavior in environmental systems. Thermodynamics and kinetics of acid/base, complexation, precipitation/dissolution, sorption and redox reactions; degradation and partitioning of organic contaminants; software for speciation and partitioning computation.
View Classes »5211. Environmental Organic Chemistry
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Environmental organic chemistry: ideal and regular solution thermodynamics; linear free energy relations; estimation of vapor pressure, solubility, and partitioning behavior, abiotic organic compound transformations; chemical fate modeling.
View Classes »5221. Transport and Transformation of Air Pollutants
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Transport and deposition of gaseous and aerosol pollutants; chemical formation and reactions of oxidants and acidic compounds.
View Classes »5240. Biodegradation and Bioremediation
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Biochemical basis of the transformation of key organic and inorganic pollutants; quantitative description of kinetics and thermodynamics of pollutant transformation; impact of physiochemical and ecological factors on biotransformation.
View Classes »5252. Environmental Remediation
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Regulatory framework. Soil clean-up criteria. Risk analysis. In situ and ex situ Treatment technologies: chemical oxidation, chemical reduction, pump-and-treat, permeable reactive barriers, solidification, stabilization, thermal processes, bioremediation.
View Classes »5310. Environmental Transport Phenomena
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Development and solutions of partial differential equations describing diffusion, advection, and sources/sinks common to transport of mass, energy, and momentum. Mass sources/sinks used to describe sorption and chemical reaction. Extension to dispersion and turbulent mixing. Applications to predicting the movement of environmental contaminants.
View Classes »5311. Environmental Biochemical Processes
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Major biochemical reactions; stoichiometric and kinetic description; suspended and attached growth modeling; engineered biotreatment systems for contaminant removal from aqueous, gaseous, and solid streams; process design.
View Classes »5320. Quantitative Methods for Engineers
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Topics on data analysis: random variables and probability distributions, parameter estimation and hypothesis testing, simple and multiple regression; Monte Carlo simulation; autoregression and models for time series; analytical solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations; Fourier series; numerical solutions of ordinary differential equations; solution of partial differential equations with finite differences; basics of modeling.
View Classes »5330. Probabilistic Methods in Engineering Systems
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Common probabilistic models used in engineering and physical science design, prediction, and operation problems; derived distributions, multivariate stochastic models, and estimation of model parameters; analysis of data, model building and hypothesis testing; uncertainty analysis.
View Classes »5331. Predictive Analytics for Scientists and Engineers
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Topics include exploratory data analysis, clustering, dimensionality reduction, classification and regression models, text mining, geospatial data processing and more. Individual in-depth data analysis projects. Some background in programming and statistics desired.
View Classes »5530. Environmental Site Investigations
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Technical and Regulatory Framework for the investigation of potentially contaminated sites; basic geochemistry and hydrogeology principles; design of soil and groundwater investigations; human and ecological risk assessment; data analysis; principles of hazardous waste management at contaminated sites.
View Classes »5540. Design of Groundwater Systems
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Not open for credit to students who have passed ENVE 4540.
Grading Basis: Graded
Design of groundwater engineering systems used for water supply and/or preservation/improvement of water quality. Steady and transient flow, pumping tests, well hydraulics, and well-field design. Unsaturated zone hydrology, design and evaluation of landfills. Heterogeneity in natural systems, parameter estimation and inverse methods. Application of basic geostatistics in the design of groundwater systems.
View Classes »5810. Hydrometeorology
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Global dynamics of aquatic distribution and circulation. Hydrologic cycle, atmospheric circulation, precipitation, interception, storage, infiltration, overland flow, distributed hydrologic modeling, and stream routing.
View Classes »5811. Hydroclimatology
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Focuses on the physical principles underlying the spatial and temporal variability of hydrological processes. Topics include atmospheric physics and dynamics controlling the water/energy budgets; global water cycle, its dynamics, and causes of variability/changes; occurrence of drought and flood; climate teleconnections and their hydrological application; hydrological impact of global changes; quantitative methods in hydroclimatic analysis.
View Classes »5812. Ecohydrology
Focuses on the interactions between ecological processes and the water cycle, emphasizing the hydrological mechanisms underlying various terrestrial ecological patterns and the ecological properties controlling the hydrologic and climatic regimes. Topics include conceptual understanding of hydrological cycle over vegetated land, quantifying and modeling flux exchanges in the soil-vegetation-atmosphere continuum, case studies on the hydrological impact of land use land cover changes, ecosystem response to environmental changes, and vegetation-climate feedback at the regional and global scales.
View Classes »5820. Unsaturated Flow and Transport
Modern approaches to water flow and solute transport in partially-saturated porous media including media characterization (review); unsaturated flow in porous media (governing equations, hydraulic functions, numerical and analytical solution methods); solute transport in unsaturated media (convection dispersion, transfer functions, solutions); modeling and observational scales; coupled water flow and solute transport (model applications); special topics (preferential flow, effects of spatial variability, stochastic aspects of flow and transport, gas exchange and transport measurement methods).
View Classes »5821. Vadose Zone Hydrology
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Theoretical and experimental elements of primary physical and hydrological properties of porous media and processes occurring in partially-saturated soils. Practical experience in measurement and interpretation of hydrological information and methods of analysis for vadose-zone related environmental problems.
View Classes »5830. Groundwater Flow Modeling
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Basics of modeling with Finite Difference and Finite Element Methods. Modeling flow in saturated and unsaturated zones. Model calibration and validation. Parameter estimation. Treatment of heterogeneity. Basic geostatistics. Modeling surface-groundwater interactions. Application to field sites.
View Classes »5850. Sustainable and Resilient Water Governance and Management
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Overview and assessment of water institutions and management approaches that contribute (or not) to sustainable and resilient water resources under changing climate conditions, demographic and economic shifts. Course requirements include translating scientific information for water managers or writing a publishable co-authored research paper.
View Classes »6810. Advanced Fluid Mechanics I
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Dimensional analysis; vector analysis, circulation and vorticity; irrotational motion and velocity potential; two-dimensional flow and stream function; complex variable theory; conformal mapping; airfoils; sources and sinks; free streamline flow; water waves; three-dimensional flow.
View Classes »6920. Doctoral Teaching Practicum
Offered by special arrangement. Practical experience in classroom teaching with mentoring from a member of the graduate faculty.
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