Summary of LAR Curriculum
CE 341: Introduction to Environmental Engineering
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Offered: |
Fall/Spring |
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Prereq: |
Chem 105 |
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Instructor: |
Jobson |
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Note: |
Split with Water / Required for all CE students |
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Concepts:
- Atmospheric Structure & Composition
- Temperature & Energy Balance
- Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming
- Geoengineering
- Criteria Air Pollutants & Photochemical Smog
- Pollution Control Devices
- Box Modeling and Plume Modeling
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CE 401: Climate Change Science & Engineering
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Offered: |
Spring |
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Prereq: |
Math 172, Phys 201, Chem 105 |
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Instructor: |
Mount/Lamb |
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Concepts:
- Earth's Climatic History
- Solar Effects
- Global Energy Balance
- Greenhouse Gases
- Anthropogenic Climate Change
- Climate Models- Evaluation and Constraints
- Projecting Climate
- Adaptation and Mitigation
- Sustainable Development and Waste Management
- Public Policy Options
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CE 402/502: Applied Meteorology
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Offered: |
Fall |
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Prereq: |
Math 172, Phys 201, or Comparable Courses |
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Instructor: |
Liu |
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Concepts:
- Atmospheric structure
- Thermodynamics
- Winds and dynamics
- Synoptic weather systems
- Boundary layer meteorology
- Weather and the built environment
- Weather and air quality
- Climatology and global change
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CE 403/503: Air Quality Management
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Offered: |
Spring |
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Prereq: |
CE 402/502, Chem 105 |
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Instructor: |
VanReken |
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Note: |
Fulfills Design Requirements |
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Concepts:
- Causes, Sources, & Effects of Air Pollution
- Regulatory Basis & Management Approaches
- Monitoring Air Quality
- Gaussian Plume Models
- Lagrangian Box Models
- Control of Pollutant Gases
- Particulate Control
- Mobile Sources
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CE 415/515: Environmental Measurements
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Offered: |
Fall |
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Prereq: |
CE 341, ENGL 402, Certification |
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Instructor: |
Jobson |
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Note: |
Split with Water / Fulfills Lab Requirement |
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Concepts:
- EPA Criteria Pollutants
- Theory of Air Pollution Measurements
- Labs with Several Instruments
- Flowmeters
- CO, SO2, NOx, Ozone
- PM2.5, PM10 (w/ TEOM)
- Met data
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CE 540: Instrumental Analysis of Environmental Contaminants
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Offered: |
Spring (odd-numbered years) |
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Prereq: |
CE 415/515 |
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Instructor: |
Jobson/Mount |
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Concepts:
- Fundamentals of Spectroscopy
- Spectrometer Designs
- General Principles of Chromatography
- Applications to Atmospheric Measurements
- Sampling System Design
- Principles of Mass Spectrometry
- Ionization Methods
- Mass Spec Designs
- TDL, DOAS, and LiF Systems
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CE 543: Special Topics in Atmospheric Science
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Offered: |
Spring |
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Prereq: |
Graduate standing and permission of instructor |
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Instructor: |
Varies |
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Note: |
Offered each year as an advanced topics course for senior grad students. |
CE 588: Atmospheric Turbulence and Air Pollution Modeling
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Offered: |
Spring (even-numbered years) |
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Prereq: |
CE 403/503 |
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Instructor: |
Lamb |
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Concepts:
- Boundary Layer Meteorology
- Structure & Stability
- Atmospheric Turbulence
- Boundary Layer Similarity Theory
- Atmospheric Conservation Equation Set
- Advanced Chemical Transport Modeling
- Mesoscale meteorological modeling
- Community Multi-scale Air Quality Model
- Numerical Methods
- Chemical mechanisms, cloud processes, deposition
- Model Sensitivity and Evaluation Analysis
- Model Applications
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CE 589: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physical Processes
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Offered: |
Fall (odd-numbered years) |
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Prereq: |
Graduate standing and permission of instructor |
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Instructor: |
Jobson |
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Concepts:
- Atmospheric Structure, Composition, and Pressure
- Transport and Simple Models
- Origin of the Atmosphere & Biogeochemical Cycles
- Solar Radiation & Photolysis Rates
- Gas Phase Chemistry & Reaction Kinetics
- Stratospheric Chemistry & the Ozone Hole
- Tropospheric Chemistry
- Acid Rain & Aqueous Chemistry
- Marine Boundary Layer & Halogen Chemistry
- Climate Change & Atmospheric Chemistry
- Field Research Instrumentation
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CE 590: Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere
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Offered: |
Fall (even-numbered years) |
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Prereq: |
Graduate standing and permission of instructor |
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Instructor: |
Mount |
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Concepts:
- Basic Properties of Radiation & the Atmosphere
- Molecular Physics
- The Radiative Transfer Equation
- Scattering Processes
- Radiation and Climate
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CE 591: Aerosol Dynamics & Chemistry
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Offered: |
Spring (even-numbered years) |
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Prereq: |
Graduate standing and permission of instructor |
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Instructor: |
VanReken |
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Concepts:
- Particle Size Distributions
- Aerosol Thermodynamics
- Particle Dynamics and Mass Transfer
- Aerosol Population Dynamics
- Inorganic Aerosol Chemistry
- Carbonaceous Aerosols
- Hygroscopic Properties & CCN Activity
- Optical Properties
- Aerosol Climate Effects
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