Courses Taught

EEE 300: Environmental and Ecological Systems Modeling

Course Description: This course will serve as an introduction to computation methods using Matlab for describing physical, chemical, and microbiological processes that occur in natural and engineered systems(i.e. rivers, lakes, water treatment plants, indoor air environments). There will be a strong emphasis on understanding and conceptualizing important processes, data analysis, algorithm development, and competency in the use of Matlab programming tools to perform model simulations.
Course Syllabus
Semesters Taught: Taught every spring semester.

EEE 360: Water Quality and Treatment Laboratory

Course Description: This course aims to teach students how to measure important water quality constituents related to wastewater and drinking water treatment and develop various chemical, physical, and biological processes used to treat these waters. The laboratory procedures will encompass traditional but also advanced techniques used by water utilities, industries, and regulatory agencies. The analytical techniques and biological assays used to assess chemical and biological constituents in water will encompass titrimetric, colorimetric, or plating methods. Other lab procedures will simulate various treatment processes including ion exchange, coagulation, lime softening, coagulation, chlorination, and pH adjustment.
Course Syllabus
Semesters Taught: Taught every other fall semester.

CCE 597: Environmental Analytical Chemistry

Course Description: This course will focus on evaluating how specific analytical techniques can be used to assess the composition of solutions and materials of environmental concern in both clean and complex matrices. A discussion of different analytical tools including (i) spectrophotometry, (ii) liquid chromatography, (iii) gas chromatography, and (iv) mass spectrometry will be provided. Additional material will cover the computational and statistical tools needed for assessing analytical data. Exposure to how to the analytical tools work and data processing will be introduced intermittently to compliment lecture topics. The class though will culminate in a literature review and presentation in which various analytical methods will be cross-compared to assess contaminants of concern in various types of environmental matrices.
Course Syllabus
Semesters Taught: Taught every other fall semester.