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CE 326 - Principles of Environmental Engineering - Spring 2008

Description-

Introduction to environmental engineering principles and survey of environmental problems and applications.

Course Information/Syllabus - see revised syllabus

Instructional Objectives

Lecture Notes:

Lecture 1 - January 14, 2008 

Lecture 2 - January 18, 2008

Lecture 3 - January 25, 2008  handout   Note: class lecture will be posted on WebCT

Lecture 4  & Lecture 4a-  January 28, 2008    handout 1   handout 2  handout 3

Lecture 5  -  February 1, 2008  handout 1     handout 2

Lecture 6  -  February 4, 2008    handout 1   handout 2

Lecture 7 -  February 8, 2008

Lecture 8 - February 11, 2008

Water Quality and Drinking Water Treatment:

Lecture 9 - February 18, 2008  handout

Lecture 10 - February 22, 2008

Lecture 11 - February 29, 2008  handout

Lecture 12 - March 3, 2008

Lecture 13 - March 7, 2008  handout 1    handout 2

Lecture 14 - March 10, 2008

Lecture 15 - March 14, 2008   handout 1   handout 2

Lecture 16 & 17 - March 24 & 31, 2008 see WebCT for lecture video

Lecture 18 - April 4, 2008  see WebCT for lecture video

Lecture 19 - April 7, 2008  see WebCT for lecture video

Lecture 20 - April 11, 2008

Lecture 21 - April 14, 2008

Lecture 22 - April 18, 2008 see WebCT for lecture video (see also Design Equations)

Lecture 23 - April 21, 2008

Lecture 24 - April 25, 2008  Handout

Homework assignments:

Air Pollution Problems - Chapter 7: 2, 5, 7, 10, 15 due 1/28/2008

Solid Waste Homework - due 2/11/2008

Water Chemistry Problems Part 1 - due 2/25/08

Water Chemistry Problems Part 2 - due 3/3/08

Water Quality Management Problems - Chapter 5: 2, 6, 36, 42 due 4/7/08

Wastewater treatment problems - Chapter 6: 18, 26 due on Monday, April 21, 2008

Lab assignments:

Lab # 1 - Materials Balance Calculations  due 1/23/2008

Lab # 2 Field trip to the ISU Power Plant - meet at the plant at scheduled lab time - Power Plant Handout  write up due 1/30/2008

Lab # 3 Air Dispersion Lab  due 2-6-2008   slides

Lab # 4 - Resource Recovery Facility 2-6-2008

Lab # 5 - Chemical Concepts  meet in 112 Town at scheduled lab time.  Group project reports will be due 2/27/08  Data table for all groups.

Lab # 6 - Boone County Landfill (optional since using personal transportation -alternative assignment due if field trip not attended)

Lab # 7 -  Jar Tests  Results Data table - average of three groups

Lab # 8 - Field Trip to the Ames Water Treatment Plant - bring photo ID - no photography or cell phones allowed - write up due March 12, 2008  (alternate assignment for distance students)

Lab #9&10 - Water Treatment Plant Design - due April 2, 2008

log-probability paper

10 State Standards for rapid mix, slow mix & sedimentation

10 State Standards for filtration  

wash trough design

Lab #11 Biochemical Oxygen Demand and Suspended Solids Analysis -- revised

Results data file    Previous year's BOD data file

Lab #12 - Field trip to the Ames Water Pollution Control Facility (optional since using personal transportation -alternative assignment due if field trip not attended)

Labs 13&14  Wastewater Treatment - Activated Sludge Design - Due April 30, 2008

Problem Statement

Design Equations 

10 State Standards for Grit Removal

Ten State Standards for Primary and Secondary Treatment    

Hydraulic Profiles

Supplemental Information:

The link to the National Emissions Inventory

Latest Findings on Air Quality (from EPA website)

Drinking Water MCLs and MCLGs

Timeline of regulatory action     CCL     CCL nomination

Theoretical Oxygen Demand Values for Selected Organic Compounds

 

What you said you wanted to learn:

Fall 1999 -- Spring 2000  -- Fall 2000  -- Spring 2001  --  Spring '04

What you think the most serious environmental problem is:

Fall 1999 --  Spring 2000 --  Spring 2001 --  Spring '04

Sample Exam Problems

Exam 1        Exam 2         Exam 3

Links

Professor

Photos from Field Trips 

Power Plant       Boone County Landfill      

 
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