ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Course Description

The objective of this course is provide knowledge on environmental impacts and environmental impact assessment. The course content includes history and basics of environmental impact assessment; framework and legal considerations for impact assessment; predictions of impacts on air, soil and water quality, noise level, and the biological environment; methods of impact analysis; public participation in the environmental impact assessment process; environmental impact assessment reports. Examples of previously used environmental impact assessment reports of various engineering projects are studied as cases studies in the lectures. The course uses lecture notes and discussions for the theoretical information and a term project practicing on how to conduct an environmental impact assessment on an imaginary project learning to use the theory in practice.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

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Course outcomes

1. 01 Learn the theory and the practice about Solar Energy.
2. 02 Learn the usage of the methods for research, design and development in the analysis of the energy transformation at applications of solar energy.
3. 03 Plan and size the grid-connected PV systems.
4. 04 Plan and size the off-grid PV systems.
5. 05 Learn the types and technologies of solar cells

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 S.A. Kalogirou, Solar Energy Enginering Processes and Systems, Elsevier 2009.
2. 02 Antonio Luque and Steven Hegedus, Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, Wiley 2011
3. 03 Planning and Installing Photovoltaic Systems 2nd Ed, Earthscan 2010.

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 To define Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
2. L02 To describe environmental impacts
3. L03 To list the environmental impacts of energy systems
4. L04 To imagine a project, asses its impacts and report a technial summary of an environmental impacts assessment

Program Outcomes

1. P01 Becoming aware of sufficient theoretical knowledge in basic engineering and agricultural science
2. P02 Having sufficient theoretical knowledge in basic agricultural production especially in pomology, viticulture, olericulture, floriculture and agronomy, and their breeding
3. P03 Being well equiped with practical experiences in agriculture
4. P04 Finding the source of environmental, biotic, abiotic, technical and economical problems in agricultural crops which reduce yield and quality, and create solutions to related problems
5. P05 Defining, classifying and naming cultivated crop plants and knowing how to manage them
6. P06 Breeding of horticultural and field crops, developing new cultivars and producing propagation materials of new developed varieties
7. P07 Applying up-to-date methods and techniques for preserving genetic resources and environment for sustainable use in agricultural commodities
8. P08 Evaluating, asseying and analyzing the changes in cultivation of horticultural and agronomic crops in respect to irrigation, fertilization, defining pests and diseases and after postharvest handling
9. P09 Establishing and managing orchards, vineyards and field crop productions and greenhouse operations
10. P10 Obtaining data in horticulture and field crops along with researching, considering, recording, consulting and expert abilities, project writing and applying
11. P11 Identifying different roles in enchancing individual abilities and skills beside taking responsibilities, participations in team works under any given conditions
12. P12 Easily accessing to appropriate information and thinking analytically in their interested area and subjects. They can do accurate timing and planning in agricultural productions in year round. They think analytically, prepare questionaries, have an exploratory and creative vision and use the obtained knowledge for the benefit of farmers and societies
13. P13 Having ability to transfer information and also able to easily communicate with the people in the field at different levels. They have self - confidence and self- improvement skills as well

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