ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING ECOLOGY

Course Description

The objective of the course is to give the students general idea about ecology, ecosystems and biodiversity. This course includes the topics; natural resources and natural services, environment levels of organization ecosystem models, abiotic components, the biotic community, environment and pollution, habitats and niches, kinds of ecosystems, controls in the ecological systems, energy laws, solar radiation, the radiation at ground level, greenhouse gases and global warming, studying photosynthesis and food production, food chain, material cycles and physical conditions of existance, the hydrological cycle, biogeochemical cycles, nitrogen cycle, phosphorous cycle, sulfur cycle, carbon cycle, ozone and other atmospheric gases, population and community ecology, microbial ecology, development and evolution major ecosystem types of the world.

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING ECOLOGY

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Course outcomes

1. 01 Distinguish among highly developed countries, moderately developed countries, and less developed countries; among the following ecological levels: population, community, ecosystem, landscape, and biosphere; factors that affect population size; between nuclear energy and chemical energy; between energy conservation and energy efficiency; between municipal solid waste and nonmunicipal solid waste
2. 02 Describe factors that determine human impact on the environment; sustainable development; typical pyramids of numbers, biomass, and energy; the main steps in biogeochemical cycles: carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and hydrologic cycles; the four layers of Earth’s atmosphere; the eight aquatic ecosystems; global energy use; the processes that formed coal, oil, and natural gas; the nuclear fuel cycle; the relationship between nuclear power and greenhouse gas reduction; use of renewable energies; the composition of the atmosphere; the adverse health effects of specific air pollutants; climate change impact nonhuman life; the features of modern sanitary landfills; the various types of pesticides.
3. 03 Define environmental sustainability; ecology; energy relation to work and to heat; energy flow, trophic level, and food web; evolution; competition ; symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism; predation; keystone species; ecological succession; prevailing winds, polar easterlies, westerlies, and trade winds; plate tectonics; the nine major terrestrial biomes; population and population ecology; growth rate (r); energy density and energy efficiency; fossil fuel; resource recovery and fluidized-bed combustion; radioactive decay; biomass; stratospheric ozone thinning; forest decline; water pollution; primary and secondary sludge; persistent organic pollutant; hazardous waste.
4. 04 List the five stages in addressing environmental problems; the seven major classes of air pollutants; eight categories of water pollutants and state the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and discuss the implications of these laws as they relate to organisms.
5. 05 Summarize how energy flows through a food web; the effects of solar energy on Earth’s temperature; the important environmental factors that affect aquatic ecosystems; the environmental problems associated with using coal; the problems associated with pesticide use; persistence, bioaccumulation, and biological magnification.
6. 06 Write summary reactions for photosynthesis and cellular respiration, and contrast these two biological processes and give examples to contrast potential energy and kinetic energy; Give examples of effects of climate change on humans

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Peter H. Raven, Linda R. Berg, David M. Hassenzahl, "Environment", 7th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010.

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 Distinguish among highly developed countries, moderately developed countries, and less developed countries; among the following ecological levels: population, community, ecosystem, landscape, and biosphere; factors that affect population size; between nuclear energy and chemical energy; between energy conservation and energy efficiency; between municipal solid waste and nonmunicipal solid waste
2. L02 Describe factors that determine human impact on the environment; sustainable development; typical pyramids of numbers, biomass, and energy; the main steps in biogeochemical cycles: carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and hydrologic cycles; the four layers of Earth’s atmosphere; the eight aquatic ecosystems; global energy use; the processes that formed coal, oil, and natural gas; the nuclear fuel cycle; the relationship between nuclear power and greenhouse gas reduction; use of renewable energies; the composition of the atmosphere; the adverse health effects of specific air pollutants; climate change impact nonhuman life; the features of modern sanitary landfills; the various types of pesticides.
3. L03 Define environmental sustainability; ecology; energy relation to work and to heat; energy flow, trophic level, and food web; evolution; competition ; symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism; predation; keystone species; ecological succession; prevailing winds, polar easterlies, westerlies, and trade winds; plate tectonics; the nine major terrestrial biomes; population and population ecology; growth rate (r); energy density and energy efficiency; fossil fuel; resource recovery and fluidized-bed combustion; radioactive decay; biomass; stratospheric ozone thinning; forest decline; water pollution; primary and secondary sludge; persistent organic pollutant; hazardous waste.
4. L04 List the five stages in addressing environmental problems; the seven major classes of air pollutants; eight categories of water pollutants and state the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and discuss the implications of these laws as they relate to organisms.
5. L05 Summarize how energy flows through a food web; the effects of solar energy on Earth’s temperature; the important environmental factors that affect aquatic ecosystems; the environmental problems associated with using coal; the problems associated with pesticide use; persistence, bioaccumulation, and biological magnification.
6. L06 Write summary reactions for photosynthesis and cellular respiration, and contrast these two biological processes and give examples to contrast potential energy and kinetic energy; Give examples of effects of climate change on humans

Program Outcomes

1. P01 Apply data science principles and techniques to challenges in real life situations, and effectively communicate their solutions.
2. P02 Identify and implement data analysis methodologies based on theoretical ideas, ethical code, and in-depth knowledge of the underlying data.
3. P03 Analyze the guiding concepts and assessment procedures for information analysis in real-life applications.
4. P04 Design and apply relevant data analysis models to find obscure solutions to business-related problems.
5. P05 Utilize modern computing techniques to handle real-world problems characterized by massive amounts of data, such as parallel and distributed computing and machine learning.
6. P06 Configure and administer the software tools required to efficiently produce usable information from any size of structured and unstructured datasets.
7. P07 Administer or manage data science tools and techniques to organize and complete projects aimed at gaining useful insight from complex data.
8. P08 Think critically and imaginatively, conceiving real-world issues from several angles, and work well in a variety of teams to solve issues cooperatively.
9. P09 Be able to effectively integrate data‐based solutions into the user environment and help non-technical professionals in exploring, visualizing, and using these solutions
10. P10 Understand their obligations under professional and ethical standards in relation to matters like data ownership and citation, data security and sensitivity and the privacy implications of data analysis.

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