Postgraduate Courses

Atmospheric boundary layer, lapse rate, stability classification, atmospheric turbulence, dispersion modeling, boundary layer wind-tunnel.

Water 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.

Innovative 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.

Principles 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.

Practical 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.

Principles, 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.

Procedures 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.

Theory 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.

Theory 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.

This 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.

Catalytic combustion, wet-air oxidation, catalytic oxidation, advanced oxidation, supercritical oxidation, selective adsorption, membrane separation.

This course introduces the concept and practices of pollution prevention and cleaner production. It will cover pollution prevention and cleaner production methods that aim at minimizing industrial pollution or reducing utilization of resources in the manufacture of products or provision of services. Material and energy audits, life-cycle assessment, environmental management systems, eco-design, green technology, industrial ecology and sustainable development will be studied.

This 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.

This 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.

Selected 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.

This 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.