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CE 326 - Principles of Environmental Engineering - Summer 2008

Description-

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

Course Information/Syllabus

- Syllabus 

- List of Assignments with due dates

Instructional Objectives

Lecture Notes:

Lecture 1 - June 16, 2008  Lecture 1 video    In Class Notes

Lecture 2 - June 18, 2008  Lecture 2 video  In Class Notes

Lecture 3 - June 19, 2008  handout   Lecture 3 video  In Class Notes

Lecture 4  & Lecture 4a-  June 20, 2008    handout 1   handout 2  handout 3  Lecture 4 video  In Class Notes

Lecture 5  -  June 24, 2008  handout 1     handout 2  Lecture 5 video  In Class Notes

Lecture 6  -  June 25, 2008    handout 1   handout 2  Lecture 6 video  In Class Notes

Lecture 7 -  June 27, 2008  Lecture 7 video

Lecture 8 - June 30, 2008  Lecture 8 video

First Exam - July 2, 2008  Lecture 9 video

Water Quality and Drinking Water Treatment:

Lecture 9 - July 3, 2008  handout

Lecture 10 - July 8, 2008

Lecture 11 - July 9, 2008  handout

Lecture 12 - July 10, 2008

Lecture 13 - July 11, 2008  handout 1    handout 2

Lecture 14 - July 15, 2008

Lecture 15 - July 16, 2008   handout 1   handout 2

Lecture 16 & 17 - July 23-24, 2008

Lecture 18 - July 28, 2008 

Lecture 19 - July 29, 2008 

Lecture 20 - July 31, 2008

Lecture 21 - Aug 1, 2008

Lecture 22 - Aug 5, 2008 see WebCT for lecture video (see also Design Equations)

Lecture 23 - Aug 6, 2008

Lecture 24 - Aug 7, 2008  Handout

Exam 3 - Aug 8, 2008

Homework assignments:

Air Pollution Problems - Chapter 7: 2, 5, 7, 10, 15 

Water Chemistry Problems   Solutions from previous year's assignments: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Water Quality Management Problems - Chapter 5: 2, 6, 36, 42

Wastewater treatment problems - Chapter 6: 18, 26

Lab assignments:

Lab # 1 - Materials Balance Calculations  Lab #1 video  In Class Notes

Lab # 2 Field trip to the ISU Power Plant - meet at the plant at scheduled lab time - Power Plant Handout 

Lab # 3 Air Dispersion Lab     slides   In Class Notes

Lab # 4 - Resource Recovery Facility

Lab # 5 - Chemical Concepts  meet in 112 Town at scheduled lab time.  Data table for all groups.

Lab # 6 - Boone County Landfill

Lab # 7 -  Jar Tests  Results Data table - average of three groups  Video Part 1  Part 2

Lab #9&10 - Water Treatment Plant Design -

log-probability paper

10 State Standards for filtration  

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

Labs 13&14  Wastewater Treatment - Activated Sludge Design -

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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