Catalog Description:Engineering planning and analysis associated with the handling, storage, treatment, transportation and disposal of hazardous waste
Pre-requisite(s):
ENV 3001
Designation:Elective
Contribution of course to meeting the Professional Component:
| Math & Science Topic | 0.0 credit hours |
| Engineering Topics | 3.0 credit hours |
| General Education Topics | 0.0 credit hours |
| Class Schedule: | Laboratory Schedule: | ||
| Number of sessions per week | 2 | Number of sessions per week | 0 |
| Duration of each session | 1 hr 50 mins | Duration of each session | N/A |
Course Objectives
· Provide knowledge regarding the engineering planning and analysis associated
with the handling, storage, treatment, transportation and disposal of hazardous
waste management
Topics:
· Hazardous waste regulations
· Knowledge of RCRA and HSWA
·
Ability to determine whether a waste is hazardous
· Hazardous waste storage
·
Knowledge of pertinent regulations
· Knowledge of minimization techniques
·
Hazardous waste transportation
· Knowledge of pertinent regulations
·
Knowledge of waste labeling and packaging
· Hazardous waste treatment
and disposal
· Knowledge of pertinent regulations
· Knowledge of treatment and disposal options
· Risk analysis
·
Knowledge of risk analysis process
· Ability to conduct simple risk analysis
·
Site remediation
· Knowledge of pertinent regulations
· Knowledge
of pollutant transport
· Knowledge of remediation technologies
Textbook(s):
· Hazardous Wastes: Sources, Pathways, Receptors, Richard J. Watts, John
Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, New York, 1998.
Reference(s):
· N/A
Relationship of the
course to Program Outcomes:
· Course addresses ABET criteria 3.1 calculus, differential equations,
analytical and numerical solutions and statistics.
· Course addresses
ABET criteria 3.3 stoichiometry, kinetics, equilibrium and gases.