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CE-263 Environmental Engineering
FundamentalsCourse Notes
  • Dr. Nikolaos P. Nikolaidis
  • Civil and Environmental EngineeringThe
    University of Connecticut - Storrs

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CE-263
  • Instructor Dr. Nikolaos P. Nikolaidis
  • Office FLC Rm 318
  • e-mail nikos_at_engr.uconn.edu
  • Homepage http//www.eng2.uconn.edu/cee/bio/Nikol
    aidis.html
  • Office Hours TTh 100 - 200 PM or by
    appointment
  • Lecture TTh 200 - 330 PM, FLC 212

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CE-263 Course Outline
  • Date Reading Homework 9/2 Introduction
    Chapter 1 Engineering Decisions9/7 Chapter 1
    and Chapter 2 Engineering Calculations 19/9 Ch
    apter 3 Mass Balances9/14 Chapter
    3 29/16 Aquatic Chemistry and Geochemistry
    9/21 CE-291 Field Trip9/23 Chapter 4
    Reactions and Chapter 5 Reactors (3 hour
    class) 39/28 Review for Exam I9/30 Exam I

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CE-263 Course Outline
  • Date Reading Homework 10/5 Chapter 7
    Ecosystems10/7 Chapter 7 410/12 Chapter
    8 Water Quality (3 hour class) 510/14 CE-291
    Field Trip10/19 Chapter 9 Water
    Treatment10/21 Chapter 9 610/26 Chapter
    10 Wastewater Treatment10/28 Chapter
    1011/2 Chapter 10 711/4 Review for Exam
    II11/9 Exam II

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CE-263 Course Outline
  • Date Reading Homework 11/11 Chapter 11
    Air Pollution (3 hour class)11/16 CE-291 Field
    Trip11/18 Chapter 12 Air Quality
    Control 811/23 No Class- Fridays
    Schedule11/25 Thanksgiving11/30 Chapter 13
    Solid Wastes12/2 Chapter 13 912/7 Chapter
    14 Hazardous Waste12/9 Chapter
    14 1012/14 Review for Final
    Exam12/16-23 Final Exam

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Textbook
  • A. Vesilind,
  • Introduction to Environmental Engineering,
  • PWS Publishing, 1997.

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Homework Policy and Grading
  • Grading System If your overall grade is within
    the ranges below, then the respective letter
    grade will be Agt 90, 80ltBlt90, 70ltClt80,
    60ltDlt70. The letter grade ranges could change
    depending on the perfomance of the class.
    Assignments 20 Exam I 20 Exam II
    20Final Exam 30
  • Project 10Assignments You will be assigned
    10 homework problems and one project. Homework
    Policy All homework assignments should be
    submitted. Failure to submit homework assignments
    and projects will result in a lower grade. You
    should work in groups and try to maximize your
    understanding of the material.

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CE-263 Course Design
  • Chapters 1-7 Fundamental Principles
  • Chapters 8-14 Environmental Applications
  • Mode of Presentation Environmental
    Problems-Fundamental Concepts-Tools-Solution to
    Problems
  • Fundamental Design Calculations (like the P.E.
    Exam)

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Emphasis on Problem Solving
  • Review examples from textbook
  • Solve problems in class
  • Solve more problems at home

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CE-263 Class Motto
  • 1. Team Work to Maximize Learning2. Keep Asking
    Questions3. Don't Leave Questions Unanswered
    e-mail nikos_at_eng2.uconn.edu
  • or nikolaos.nikolaidis_at_uconn.edu

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Formal Engineering Education Requires the
Refinement of 4 Basic Skills
  • Capacity for abstraction
  • capacity for discovering patterns and meaning
  • simplify reality so it can be understood
  • disorganized information can be integrated to
    reveal new solutions

By R. Reich, Former Secretary of Labor of the
1st Clinton Administration
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Formal Engineering Education Requires the
Refinement of 4 Basic Skills
  • System thinking
  • see the big picture
  • be inclusive broad system of forces, variable
    outcomes, unexpected relationships

By R. Reich, Former Secretary of Labor of the
1st Clinton Administration
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Formal Engineering Education Requires the
Refinement of 4 Basic Skills
  • Experimentation
  • children experiment through random and repetitive
    tests
  • trial and error establish cause and effect
    relationships

By R. Reich, Former Secretary of Labor of the
1st Clinton Administration
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Formal Engineering Education Requires the
Refinement of 4 Basic Skills
  • Collaboration
  • team working to solve problems
  • sophisticated version of childs play group
  • communicating concepts

By R. Reich, Former Secretary of Labor of the
1st Clinton Administration
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