Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kaufman Hall Room 135
Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia 23529-0241, USA
Tel) (757) 683-3753
Fax) (757) 683-5354

 

	
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Core Information
Course CEE 355W Environmental Engineering Analysis
Lecture 2 hours; Lab 2 hours; 3 credits
Writing Intensive Course (W)
Fall Semester, ODU Campus
Session Fall Session #1
Instructor Dr. Gary C. Schafran, Professor, CEE
KH 133B
Phone (757) 683-4673
Fax (757) 683-5354
e-mail <gschafra@odu.edu>
Office Hours M 10-12; R 3-4:30
TA Information Miss. Pinar Ozdural / <pozdu001@odu.edu>
Office: KH 243C
Office Hours: TBA

Course Description
   

The objectives of this class are to introduce students to the analytical, experimental, and process engineering techniques that are utilized to support environmental engineering decisions. Specifically, we will examine the principles behind analytical and experimental procedures, the importance of quality assurance and quality control, how and why to critically evaluate data and perform data validation, examine techniques to characterize the precision and accuracy of data, develop "optimal" sampling and analytical procedures for specific projects, how to conduct pilot-plant or bench-scale treatability studies, and examine the management of environmental data generated in the laboratory or field. When you finish this course you will have an understanding and the basic capabilities to serve as a process engineer in water and wastewater treatment evaluations.

Course Content
   

The class will consist of lectures, laboratory procedures, and fieldwork. Lecture material will typically be presented on Tuesdays and laboratory experiments will be conducted on Thursdays (note in the schedule there are some deviations from this plan); the schedule is provided on the attached page. There is no text for this class but many handouts that have been collected from many public sources of information (e.g. USEPA documents). I would recommend that you organize the handouts in a loose-leaf notebook.

Textbook and References
   

Required Textbook:

See Textbook information

References:
TBA

Grading Policy
Students will be expected to participate in all class activities and to complete all class assignments. Grading will be as follows:

  Grade Percent
Test 1 20
Test 2 20
Final 30
Laboratory Reports
and Problem Sets
30
TOTAL 100