CEE 446

CEE 446 - Air Quality Engineering

Fall 2021

TitleRubricSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
Air Quality EngineeringCEE446D29752LCD41300 - 1420 M W  2310 Newmark Civil Engineering Bldg Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis
Air Quality EngineeringCEE446ONL50455ONL41300 - 1420 M W    Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis

Official Description

Description and application of chemical and physical principles related to air pollutants, aerosol mechanics, attenuation of light in the atmosphere, air quality regulation, generation of air pollutants, methods to remove gaseous and particulate pollutants from gas streams, and atmospheric dispersion. Course Information: 4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: CEE 330; credit or concurrent registration in TAM 335.

Subject Area

  • Civil and Environmental Engineering

Course Description

This course provides a description and application of chemical and physical principles related to air pollutants, aerosol mechanics, attenuation of light in the atmosphere, air quality regulation, generation of air pollutants, methods to remove gaseous and particulate pollutants from gas streams, and atmospheric dispersion.

Course Topics:

  • Background Information
  • Sources of Industrial Air Pollution
  • General Methods to Control the Generation and Emission of Contaminants into the Atmosphere
  • Particulate Contaminant Control
  • Gaseous Contaminant Control
  • Meteorological Considerations
  • Dispersion of Air Contaminants

Credit Hours

4 hours (counts toward a certificate in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering)

Prerequisites

Environmental engineering and introductory fluid mechanics courses.

Last updated

4/15/2014