2009-2010 Bulletin – PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University

Prerequisite: ENME E3161 or the equivalent. Introduction
to runoff and drainage systems in an urban
setting, including hydrologic and hydraulic analyses,
flow and water quality monitoring, common regulatory
issues, and mathematical modeling. Applications
to problems of climate variation, land use
changes, infrastructure operation and receiving
water quality, developed using statistical packages,
public-domain models, and Geographical Information
Systems (GIS). Team projects that can lead to
publication of quality analyses in relevant fields of
interest. Emphasis on the unique technical, regulatory,
fiscal, policy, and other interdisciplinary
issues that pose a challenge to effective planning
and management of urban hydrologic systems.
EAEE E4361y Economics of Earth resource
industries
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Yegulalp.
Prerequisite: EAEE E3101 or the instructor’s
permission. Definition of terms. Survey of Earth
resource industries: resources, reserves, production,
global trade, consumption of mineral commodities
and fuels. Economics of recycling and
substitution. Methods of project evaluation: estimation
of operating costs and capital requirements,
project feasibility, risk assessment, and
environmental compliance. Cost estimation for
reclamation/remediation projects. Financing of
reclamation costs at abandoned minesites and
waste-disposal postclosure liability.
CHEE E4530y Corrosion of metals
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Duby.
Prerequisite: CHEN E3010 or the equivalent.
The theory of electrochemical corrosion, corrosion
tendency, rates, and passivity. Application to
various environments. Cathodic protection and
coatings. Corrosion testing.
EAEE E4550x Catalysis for emissions control
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professors Castaldi and Farrauto.
Prerequisites: ENME E3161 and MSAE E3111 or
the equivalent. Fundamentals of heterogeneous
catalysis, including modern catalytic preparation
techniques. Analysis and design of catalytic emissions
control systems. Introduction to current
industrial catalytic solutions for controlling
gaseous emissions. Introduction to future catalytically
enabled control technologies.
EACE E4560x Particle technology (section 1)
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Park.
Prerequisites: ENME E3161 and MSAE E3111 or
the equivalent. Introduction to engineering
processes involving particulates and powders.
The fundamentals of particle characterization,
multiphase flow behavior, particle formation, processing
and utilization of particles in various engineering
applications with examples in energy and
environment related technologies. Engineering of
functionalized particles and design of multiphase
reactors and processing units with emphasis on
fluidization technology. Particle technology is an
interdisciplinary field. Due to the complexity of
particulate systems, particle technology is often
treated as art rather than science. In this course,
the fundamental principles governing the key
aspects of particle science and technology will be
introduced, along with various industrial examples.
EAEE E4900x Applied transport and chemical
rate phenomena
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Lackner.
Introduction to fluid dynamics, heat and mass
transfer, and some applications in heterogeneous
reaction systems. Effect of velocity, temperature,
and concentration gradients and material properties
on fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, and rate
of chemical reactions; differential and overall balance;
engineering concepts and semi-empirical
correlations; application to chemical and materials
processing and environmental problems.
EAEE E4901y Environmental microbiology
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Chandran.
Basic microbiological principles; microbial metabolism;
identification and interactions of microbial
populations responsible for the biotransformation
of pollutants; mathematical modeling of microbially
mediated processes; biotechnology and engineering
applications using microbial systems for pollution
control.
EAEE E4950x Environmental biochemical
processes
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Chandran.
Prerequisites: EAEE E4901 or CIEE E4252 or
EAEE E4003 or the instructor’s approval.
Qualitative and quantitative considerations in
engineered environmental biochemical processes.
Characterization of multiple microbial reactions in
a community and techniques for determining
associated kinetic and stoichiometric parameters.
Engineering design of several bioreactor configurations
employed for biochemical waste treatment.
Mathematical modeling of engineered biological
reactors using state-of-the-art simulation packages.
EAEE E4980 Urban environmental technology
and policy
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2009–2010.
Progress of urban pollution engineering via contaminant
abatement technology, government policy,
and public action in urban polution. Pollutant
impact on modern urban environmental quality,
natural resources, and government, municipal,
and social planning and management programs.
Strong emphasis on current and twentieth-century
waste management in New York City.
EAEE E6132y Numerical methods in
geomechanics
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2009–2010.
Prerequisite: EAEE E3112 and CIEN E4241,
or the instructor’s permission. A detailed survey
of numerical methods used in geomechanics,
emphasizing the Finite Element Method (FEM).
Review of the behavior of geological materials.
Water and heat flow problems. FEM techniques
for solving nonlinear problems, and simulating
incremental excavation and loading on the surface
and underground.
EAEE E6150y Industrial catalysis
Lect: 3. 3pts. Professor Farrauto.
Prerequisite: EAEE E4550 or the equivalent, or
the instructor’s permission. Fundamental principles
of kinetics, characterization and preparation
of catalysts for production of petroleum products
for conventional transportation fuels, specialty
chemicals, polymers, food products, hydrogen
and fuel cells, and the application of catalysis in
biomass conversion to fuel. Update of the everchanging
demands and challenges in environmental
applications, focusing on advanced catalytic
applications as described in modern literature and
patents. All students are required to prepare and
present a literature review project to improve their
presentation skills related to the application of
catalysis.
EAEE E6151y Applied geophysics
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Not given in 2009–2010.
Potential field data, prospecting, wave equations.
Huygens’ principle, Green’s functions, Kirchoff
equation, WKB approximation, ray tracing. Wave
propagation, parameters. Computer applications.
Wavelet processing, filters and seismic data.
Stratified Earth model, seismic processing and
profiling. Radon transform and Fourier migration.
Multidimensional geological interpretation.
EAEE E6200y Theory and applications of
extreme value statistics in engineering and
Earth sciences
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Yegulalp.
Prerequisite: STAT G4107 or equivalent background
in probability and statistical inference, or
the instructor’s permission. Introduction of fundamental
concepts in extreme value statistics. The
exact and asymptotic theory of extremes. Development
of statistical methodology for estimating the
parameters of asymptotic extremal distributions
from experimental data. Examples of applications
of extreme value statistics to regional and global
earthquake forecasting, laboratory testing of rocks
and metals, fatigue failure, floods, droughts,
extreme wind velocities, and rainfalls.
EAEE E6208y Combustion chemistry and
processes
Lect: 3. 3 pts. Professor Castaldi.
Prerequisite: EAEE E4900 or the equivalent, or
the instructor’s permission. The fundamentals of
combustion phenomena and the intrinsic chemistry
of combustion processes. The theory of the
essential combustion processes such as ignition,
sustained reaction, stability, and flame quenching.
Processes that govern reactant consumption and
product formation, in particular by-products that
are formed that result in pollutant emissions and
the impacts and implications that combustion has
locally and globally on the environment. Detailed
examination of the entire range of combustion
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