ENGI3341: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 3

• ENGI2201, ENGI2211, ENGI2221

• As specified in Programme Regulations

• As specified in Programme Regulations

• This module is designed solely for students studying in the Department of Engineering degree programmes.
• The overall aim is to introduce students to environmental engineering and highlight opportunities where they can be address sustainable development.
• The module emphasises the need for engineers to understand the holistic nature of sustainability and introduces the students to the UNs Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
• A fundamental understanding of the scientific principles and techniques affecting sustainable terrestrial ecosystems including global biogeochemical cycles, pollutant fate, site investigation and hydraulic theory in provided.

• Polluted Environments and Sustainability.
• Site Investigation.
• Civil Engineering Hydraulics
• Academic advisor meetings

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• Understand the role of engineer in achieving sustainable development (e.g. UNs SDGs)
• Obtain knowledge about the chemical composition and complexity of different waste streams
• Understand how elements are involved in global biogeochemical processes
• Understand how these natural physical, chemical and biological processes control air, water and soil quality and how these affect human health
• Understand how these physical chemical and biological processes can be used to remediate polluted environments
• Obtain a broad knowledge of soil and water treatment methods for both inorganic and organic contamination
• Understand the need to work with and listen to other stakeholders in site development
• Obtain knowledge of site investigation techniques and their applications
• Obtain a knowledge of planning of a site investigation and writing a Phase 1 report
• Develop and solve a range of different mathematical models for understanding civil engineering hydraulics
• Develop Airy wave theory and solve basic coastal engineering problems.

Subject-specific Skills:

• To critically analyse, evaluate and interpret environmental engineering data
• To evaluate how environmental engineering challenges intersect with other global challenges
• To apply environmental engineering principles to the solution of specific and complex problems
• To appreciate the importance of using both quantitative and qualitative data
• The ability to devise a preliminary site investigation programme for a variety of engineering structures
• To predict pressure, energy and power within hydraulic systems
• The ability to design open channels and pipes to carry specified flows
• The ability to design basic coastal defence systems.

Key Skills:

• Numerical skills appropriate to an engineer.
• General problem solving skills that can be applied in a novel context.
• Capacity for self-learning in familiar and unfamiliar situations.
• Proficient use of IT relevant to the engineering profession.
• Critical analysis and numeracy
• Opportunity identification.

• Students are able to make use of staff Office Hours to discuss any aspect of the module with teaching staff on a one to one basis. These are sign-up sessions available for up to one hour per week.
• Coursework element is a summatively assessed written report in site investigation based on a field trip to a contaminated land site.
• All lecture courses contain mathematical problems to be solved in class. Polluted environments contains a formatively assessed debate in the final session where students debate sustainability issues.
• Polluted Environments and Sustainability and Civil Engineering Hydrauics lecture courses are assessed via a written examination which enables each student to demonstrate an ability to analyse, discuss and solve new problems.
• A formative laboratory program develops practical laboratory skills and supports the module's lecture material.

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