ENE806 - Environmental Engineering Process Laboratory


Syllabus

Spring Semester 2009

Course Objectives: At the end of this course you should be able to plan/hypothesize, design, and execute laboratory experiments of medium complexity, collect and analyze data, write technical reports, and make presentations of your research outcome. 

  • You must choose at least one experiment from each category.
  • Key difference from previous years is that experiments must be performed individually and will be scored individually. Even though the reports are available as examples, starting Spring 2009, a journal article will be required for Exam I and a Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) article will be required for Exam II.
  • When some help from a second person is necessary because the set-up requires so, please consult Joseph Nguyen.
  • Some of the Experiments require you to use LabView. Here is a short LabView Introduction from one of your colleagues.
  • Set up for the following experiments is available. Right click and save to download the report from previous year(s).

A. Reactor Operation:

  1. Plug Flow Reactor (2007)
  2. CSTRs in Series (2007)
  3. Oxygen Uptake Rate (2007)
  4. Sand Filter Backwashing (2006)

B. Physicochemical Processes:

  1. Water Softening (2007a, 2007b)
  2. Color Removal by Coagulation/Flocculation (2007a, 2007b)
  3. Phosphorus Removal using Fluidiized Bed Recator (2006)
  4. Membrane Filtration (2006)
  5. Catalytic Conversion of Chlorinated Solvents

C. Biological Processes:

  1. Biofilms Development Kinetics
  2. Bacterial Removal Efficiency in Home Water Filtration Units
  3. Quartz Crystal Microbalance for DNA Sensor Development (2008)
  4. Temperature Effects on OUR in Activated Sludge (2007)
  5. Toxicity of Single Wall Nanotubes to Escherichia coli (2008)
  6. Anaerobic Digestion

Schedule

 

 
1 Lab Safety Training: Joseph Nguyen: At the class time, please come to 3578, Engineering Building (Teaching Lab). Joseph Nguyen will provide the basic laboratory safety training, show you the laboratory, supplies and equipment that are available for use in your experiments, and help you get the keys to the laboratory. In addition, you should read the labortaory reports (see above) to familiarize yourself with the experiments and expectations.
 1/12
2

Introduction and Scheduling of Experiments

- Expectations related to journal articles (Exams I and II)

1/14
3 Martin Luther King Day: No class 1/19
4 - 12 Work on the experiment of your choice 1/21, 26, 28, 2/2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18
13 Examination I: Submit a journal article on your first completed experiment 2/23
14 - 16 Work on the experiment of your choice 2/25, 3/2, 4
17 Spring Break 3/9
18 Spring Break 3/11
19 - 24 Work on the experiment of your choice 3/16, 18, 23, 25, 30, 4/1
25 Examination II: Submit a "Journal of Visualized Experiments" style article on your second completed experiment. 4/6
26 - 32 Work on the experiment of your choice 4/8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29
33

Final Examination: Written exam on all completed experiments.

3 PM to 5 PM

5/7

Syed A. Hashsham

Associate Professor
Email: hashsham@egr.msu.edu
Webpage
Phone: (517) 355 8241