Graduate-level courses
ENE801: Dynamics of Environmental Processes
Description: Principles of mass balance,
reaction kinetics, mass transfer, reactor theory in
environmental engineering
Credits: 3
Offered: Spring of every year
Time and location: M W F 10:20 - 11:10 am;
1300 Engineering Building
Recommended background: Calculus through
differential equations; Fluid mechanics; Physical chemistry
Course contents and learning objectives: PDF
Required text:
Environmental Transport Processes by B. E. Logan, Wiley, 2nd ed., 2012
ISBN: 9781118230077 Call # TD193 .L64
Supplementary reading:
- Transport Modeling for Environmental Engineers and Scientists
by M. M. Clark. Wiley, 2nd ed., 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-26072-2; Call # TD193.C55 2009 - Surface Water Quality Modeling by S. C. Chapra. Waveland
Press, 2008
ISBN: 978-1-577-66605-9; Call # TD365.C48 1997 - Transport Phenomena by R. B. Bird, W. E. Stewart, E. N.
Lightfoot. Wiley, 2nd ed., 2001
ISBN: 978-0-470-11539-8; Call # QA929.B5 2002
ENE802: Physicochemical Processes in Environmental Engineering
Description: Physical and chemical
principles of air and water pollution control and
environmental contaminants in water, air and soils
Credits: 3
Offered: Fall of every year
Time and location: T Th 10:20 - 11:40 am;
2320 Engineering Building
Prerequisite coursework: CE 481
Environmental Engineering Chemistry (or equivalent) and CE 483
Unit Operations and Processes in Environmental Engineering (or
equivalent) or permission of the instructor
Recommended preliminary (or concurrent) coursework: ENE801
Dynamics of Environmental Systems
Course contents and learning objectives: PDF
Required text:
Water Quality Engineering: Physical/Chemical Treatment
Processes by M. Benjamin and D. Lawler. Wiley; 1st ed., 2013
ISBN: 978-1118169650; Call # TD430.B386 2013
Supplementary reading:
- Water Treatment Principles and Design by MWH. Wiley, 3rd
ed., 2012
ISBN: 978-0470405390; Call # TD430.W375 2012 - Physicochemical Processes: For Water Quality Control by W.
J. Weber Jr.. Wiley, 1st ed., 1972
ISBN: 978-0471924357; Call # TD430 .W42
ENE811: Membrane Processes
Description: Fundamental principles and
applications of membrane processes in environmental
engineering, emphasizing solid-liquid separations and
pressure-driven membrane processes
Credits: 3
Past offerings: Spring 2005, 2008, 2012, 2014
Future offerings: TBA
Recommended background: Calculus through
differential equations; Fluid mechanics; Physical chemistry
Course contents and learning objectives: PDF
Required text:
Basic Principles of Membrane Technology by M. Mulder.
Springer, 2nd ed., 1996
ISBN: 978-0792342489; Call # TP159.M4 M85 1996
Supplementary reading:
- Membrane Technology and Applications by R. Baker. Wiley,
3rd ed., 2012
ISBN: 978-0470743720; Call # TP159.M4 B35 2012 - Synthetic Polymeric Membranes: A Structural Perspective by
R. Kesting. Wiley, 2nd ed., 1985
ISBN: 978-0471807179; Call # TP159.M4 K4 1985 - Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics in Biophysics by A.
Katchalsky and P. F. Curran. Harvard University Press, 4th
ed., 1975
ISBN: 978-0674625501; Call # QC311 .K33 - Basic Principles of Membrane Transport by S. G. Schultz.
Cambridge University Press, 1980
ISBN: 978-0521297622; Call # QH509 .S38
ESP801: Physical, Chemical, and Biological Processes of the Environment
Description: Interdisciplinary concepts in
the natural sciences related to environmental problems.
Ecology and human health
Credits: 3
Offered: Fall of every year
Time and location M W F 12:40 - 1:30 pm; 115
Berkey Hall
Recommended preliminary (or concurrent) coursework: ESP800
Introduction to Environmental Science and Policy
Context: In 2016, ESP801 was redesigned to
provide students who have disciplinary training in social
sciences with a broad overview of environmental science from
the perspective of natural sciences and engineering. ESP801
includes four modules: Environmental Geosciences,
Biology/Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Environmental
Engineering that are taught by different MSU instructors (see
below). An environmental case study, a research proposal or a
similar interdisciplinary project serve as a crosscutting
theme for the course and a common point of reference for
learning in ESP801 and ESP802. As a counterpart course to
ESP801, ESP802 also is structured in a modular fashion but
focuses on social aspects of environmental problems. ESP801
and ESP802 build a foundation for an integrative experience in
the capstone ESP804 course where students, having taken ESP801
or ESP802, work on team-based projects that span the
social/natural science spectrum. The new curriculum design
reflects the objective of providing an interdisciplinary
preparation to a cohort of students from diverse background
pursuing an interest in environmental science and policy.
Instructors: A. Kendall (Environmental
Geosciences module), D. Kramer (Biology/Ecology module); H. Li
(Environmental Chemistry module); W. Liao (Environmental
Engineering module); V. Tarabara (coordinator)
Undergraduate-level courses
CE372: Risk Analysis in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Description: Applications of probability,
statistics, uncertainty and risk analysis to topics in civil
and environmental engineering, characterization of system
safety, and comparison tests for engineering quality control
and environmental analyses
Credits: 2
Time and location: M W 4:10 - 5:00 am; 2400
Engineering Building
Prerequisite coursework: (MTH 234 or
concurrently) or (LB 220 or concurrently) or (MTH 254H or
concurrently)
Required text:
Statistics for Engineers and Scientists by W. Navidi, McGraw-Hill Education, 5th ed., 2019
ISBN:
978-1259717604; Call # QA276.4 .N38 2008
Supplementary reading:
- Statistics for Environmental Engineers by L. C. Brown and
P. M. Berthouex. CRC Press, 2nd ed., 2002
ISBN: 978-1566705929; Call # TD153 .B47 2002 - Statistics for Experimenters: An Introduction to Design,
Data Analysis, and Model Building by G. E. P. Box, W. G.
Hunter, J. S. Hunter. Wiley-Interscience, 1978
ISBN: 978-0471093152; Call # QA279 .B68 - The Cartoon Guide to Statistics by L. Gonick and W. Smith.
HarperPerennial, 1993
ISBN: 978-0062731029; Call # QA276.12 .G67 1993