Postgraduate Courses
- JEVE 5260Air Pollution Meteorology[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)JEVE 526Exclusion(s)IBTM 5230 (prior to 2012-13), MECH 5260 (prior to 2012-13), MESF 526 (prior to 2011-12)BackgroundMECH 2210DescriptionAtmospheric boundary layer, lapse rate, stability classification, atmospheric turbulence, dispersion modeling, boundary layer wind-tunnel.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Explain the physical principles governing the atmosphere and its circulation.
- 2.Identify the science and engineering of air quality issues and the principles of air quality management.
- 3.Quantify the impact of air pollution from different emission sources using simple models.
- 4.Integrate the knowledge and utilize available web resources to explain the formation, maintenance and dissipation of air pollution episodes in Hong Kong and Southern China.
- JEVE 5320Water Quality and Assessment[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)JEVE 532Co-list withCBME 5320Exclusion(s)CBME 5320, CENG 5320DescriptionWater quality standards, chemical, physical and biological contaminants in water. General laboratory measurements and instrumental analysis based on optical, electrical and chromatography methods. Toxicity and BOD tests. Pathogenic micro-organisms and microbial examination of water. Environment sampling and quality control and assurance.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Identify and quantify the water pollutants of the conventional wastewaters such as municipal wastewater, industrial wastewater, clinical wastewater, etc.
- 2.Use the fundamental knowledge to design practical wastewater treatment processes for specific wastewater sources.
- 3.Quantify and evaluate the wastewater treatment processes' efficiencies via specific characterization techniques like Fourier Transform Infra-Red Spectroscopy for organic group detection, Inductively Coupled Plasma for metal ion quantification, UV-vis Spectroscopy for organic compounds analysis.
- 4.Conduct and design a quantitative and qualitative methodology for analyzing the water quality via a project-based case study.
- 5.Strengthen communication skills via written reports and oral presentations.
- JEVE 5410Risk Assessment and Contaminated Land Cleanup[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)JEVE 541Co-list withCIEM 5410Exclusion(s)CIEM 5410, CIVL 5450BackgroundCIVL 2410 or equivalentDescriptionInnovative technologies for land and groundwater remediation, site investigation, risk assessment, and local case studies on land decontamination such as Kai Tak Airport, Penny's Bay, North Tsing Yi will be included.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Describe the regulations for contaminated land management in Hong Kong.
- 2.Assess the potential risks associated with land contamination.
- 3.Evaluate and compare the applications of various remediation technologies.
- 4.Design cost-effective remediation technology to decontaminate a site.
- 5.Identify real applications from case studies.
- JEVE 5420Biological Waste Treatment and Management[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)JEVE 542Co-list withCIEM 5420Exclusion(s)CIEM 5420, CIVL 5420BackgroundCIVL 3420DescriptionPrinciples of secondary, biological treatment processes, including sewage sand filters, trickling filters, activated sludge plants, lagoons, ponds, rotating biological contactors, aerobic and anaerobic digesters, and biological nutrient removal. Management of waste treatment systems and works.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Define the fundamental and advanced knowledge of current solid wastes and wastewater treatment and disposal systems and their problems in Hong Kong and beyond.
- 2.Identify key problems of water and wastewater treatment processes, and propose fundamental engineering and management solution.
- 3.Professionally judge and assess the advantages and disadvantages of various sewage treatment technologies such as MEL, AGS, BABY, Anammox, etc.
- 4.Select the treatment processes/technologies for meeting a more stringent discharge requirement for water pollution control with focus of tertiary treatment.
- 5.Design basic treatment units and systems for municipal wastewater treatment.
- JEVE 5430Solid Waste Landfill Engineering Design[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)JEVE 543Exclusion(s)CIVL 5460BackgroundEnvironmental Engineering and Soil MechanicsDescriptionPractical aspects of solid waste collection methods and equipment, current available disposal techniques with emphasis on complete engineering design of landfill systems, and landfill leachate treatment will be included.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Define the current solid waste recycling, treatment and disposal systems and examine their problems in Hong Kong.
- 2.Identify the importance of an integrated solid waste management for sustainable development.
- 3.Assess the advantages and disadvantages of various thermal technologies such as waste-to-energy incineration.
- 4.Explain the design concepts and rules of a landfill based on fundamental principles of water and mass balance, hydrogeology, soil mechanics, and environmental engineering.
- JEVE 5460Design and Management of Physico/Chemical Processes of Environmental Engineering[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)JEVE 546Co-list withCIEM 5460Exclusion(s)CIEM 5460, CIVL 5410DescriptionPrinciples, design and management practices of physico/chemical treatment processes for removing contaminants from drinking water and municipal wastewaters; includes coagulation and flocculation, sedimentation, air flotation, centrifugation, filtration, membrane, air stripping, carbon adsorption, disinfection, chemical oxidation processes, operation management and residual management.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Describe the fundamental and advanced knowledge of physical-chemical processes in the environmental engineering field.
- 2.Identify problems and propose feasible engineering or management solutions during the operation of water and wastewater treatment processes.
- 3.Design the physical-chemical unit processes and integrate them to systems for water and wastewater treatment.
- 4.Analyze major factors impacting physical-chemical treatment systems and provide management strategies.
- JEVE 5470Industrial Wastewater Treatment[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)JEVE 547Exclusion(s)CIVL 5470BackgroundCIVL 3420DescriptionProcedures for industrial surveys, including waste sampling, waste characterization, treability studies, selection of treatment methods for achieving cost effective operation, case studies of selected types of industrial waste treatment.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Describe characteristics, biotreatability and environmental impacts of different types of industrial wastewaters.
- 2.Illustrate the principles of conventional and advanced technologies for industrial wastewater treatment.
- 3.Design basic treatment units and systems for industrial wastewater treatment.
- 4.Analyze major factors impacting industrial wastewater treatment systems and provide management strategies.
- JEVE 5480Wastewater Treatment and Reuse[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)JEVE 548Co-list withCIEM 5480Exclusion(s)CIEM 5480BackgroundCIVL 3420DescriptionTheory and conceptual design of key unit processes and unit operations in domestic wastewater treatment and reuse with emphasis on applications of compact and advanced treatment technologies.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Identify and evaluate the environmental problems through reviewing the key water pollution parameters of water and wastewater.
- 2.Select the sewage treatment levels and processes required to meet the discharge requirements and to protect the receiving water bodies.
- 3.Carry out the process design for municipal sewage treatment plant including primary, chemically enhanced primary, secondary and sludge treatment.
- 4.Evaluate the operational problems and identify practical solutions during the operation of the municipal sewage treatment plants.
- 5.Select the tertiary treatment processes required for meeting a more stringent discharge requirement for water pollution control.
- 6.Select the treatment processes and identify the key design parameters and monitoring requirements for wastewater reuse.
- JEVE 5490Modeling of Biological Treatment[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)JEVE 549BackgroundCIVL 4460, CIVL 5420, JEVE 5420, JEVE 5480 OR CIEM 5480DescriptionTheory and application of modeling of biological waste treatment processes with emphasis on hands-on practice of modeling applications in design and operation of biotreatment systems.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Define fundamentals of biological wastewater treatment and its mathematical model approaches and systems.
- 2.Select, calibrate and validate mathematical process models.
- 3.Apply mathematical process models for real WWTPs.
- 4.Execute mathematical model system through tutorials.
- 5.Evaluate hands-on projects on application of mathematical process model.
- JEVE 5510Municipal Hydraulic System Design and Management[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)JEVE 6000ACo-list withCIEM 5520Exclusion(s)CIEM 5520DescriptionThis course covers the design and management of municipal hydraulic systems involved in the conveyance of water supply and sewage, as well as in the disposal of storm water. Emphasis is placed on the theoretical and engineering aspects in the analysis, design, operation, and management of water distribution system, sewer system, pumping system, and storm drainage system.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Identify the engineering challenges in municipal hydraulic systems.
- 2.Apply the principles that underpin analysis, design and management of municipal hydraulic systems.
- 3.Integrate various approaches and tools to analyze, design and manage municipal hydraulic systems.
- JEVE 5760Advanced Physico-Chemical Treatment Processes[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)JEVE 576Co-list withCBME 5760Exclusion(s)CBME 5760, CENG 5760 (prior to 2017-18)DescriptionCatalytic combustion, wet-air oxidation, catalytic oxidation, advanced oxidation, supercritical oxidation, selective adsorption, membrane separation.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Identify and quantify the waste gas pollutants of the conventional industrial processes from different sources such as flue gas effluent, vehicular exhausts, power plant exhausts, etc.
- 2.Recognize the fundamental knowledge on the practical waste gas treatment process designs with specific pollutant sources.
- 3.Design and evaluate the conventional physio-chemical treatment processes, specifically targeting the pollutants such as volatile organic compounds, NOx, SOx, and particulates (PM2.5 and PM10).
- 4.Conduct and design a quantitative and qualitative methodology for solving practical problems in the waste gas treatment processes.
- 5.Develop communication skills, critical and logical thinking via a research project.
- JEVE 5820Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)JEVE 582Co-list withCBME 5820Exclusion(s)CBME 5820, CENG 5910, ENEG 5050DescriptionThis course attempts to highlight the basic issues on the relation between material/energy resources, the environment and sustainable development. Potential directions for technological changes on greater efficiency of energy utilization, exploitation of renewable energy, adoption of cleaner environmental practices and waste reduction that can lead to sustainable development will be explored. Management of energy and environment towards sustainability will be introduced.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Identify the relationship between energy, environment and sustainable development.
- 2.Conduct energy analysis on energy systems.
- 3.Relate the global demand for energy with the impact on the environment.
- 4.Relate global warming with greenhouse gases emission.
- 5.Explain how various forms of non-renewable and renewable energies are produced and evaluate their impacts on the environment and sustainable development.
- 6.Propose possible practices and enhancement of energy efficiency in industry and commerce, which can contribute to sustainable development.
- JEVE 5900Carbon Management for Sustainable Environment[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)JEVE 590DescriptionThis course focuses on quantification and management of GHG emissions. It includes organizational GHG inventories; measurement standards and protocols; carbon information management systems; low carbon solutions; carbon trading and offsetting.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Describe knowledge in climate change and global efforts.
- 2.Identify anthropogenic GHGs emissions and its quantification method.
- 3.Establish organizational GHG inventories with reference to international and regional standards, protocols, regulations and schemes.
- 4.Illustrate carbon management concepts and provide strategic business positioning for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
- JEVE 6000Topics in Environmental Engineering[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)JEVE 600DescriptionSelected important topics in environmental engineering field. The planned topics in the first three years are membrane technologies and water reclamation, sludge reduction and reuse, reactive air pollutant measurement and control.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Identify major issues and fundamental knowledge of specific topics in environmental engineering.
- 2.Analyze and evaluate theories and methods applicable to solve problems in various aspects of the special topics.
- JEVE 6980Independent Project[3-6 credits]Previous Course Code(s)JEVE 698DescriptionThis 3-6 credit project should be supervised by a faculty member who teaches a course in the program, subject to the approval of Program Director.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Develop independent learning and project management.
- 2.Develop critical thinking and analysis (problem conception and formulation, problem-solving, and knowledge application and extension to practice).
- 3.Develop effective written communication (logical organization of relevant content and information, and accurate use of language).
- 4.Develop effective oral communication (logical organization of relevant content and information, use of appropriate style, pacing and body language, proper handling of questions, and effective time management).