Introduction to environmental engineering principles. Role of environmental engineers in the twenty-first century. Environmental measurements, environmental standards and impact assessment. Material mass balance. Drinking water, wastewater and stormwater treatment. Air quality parameters. Solid waste management. Sustainability. Environmental Impact Assessment.
Water quality, water and wastewater characteristics and Design 935 – physical, chemical and biological treatments (unit operations and processes). Solid waste characteristics and disposal, hazardous waste treatment. Stormwater management.
Chemical and biological treatment processes. Surface water quality modelling. Soil chemistry. Contaminant fate and transport in soil and groundwater. Contaminated sites remediation. Environmental responsibilities and sustainability considerations.
Drinking-water treatment, stormwater and agricultural runoffs, biological wastewater treatment, small-scale water treatment systems, nutrient removal, micropollutants, emerging contaminants, water quality standards.
Hydrologic processes, analysis of rainfall-runoff relationships. Statistical analysis of hydrological data. Groundwater movement.
Examines natural environmental processes and their relevance to engineering. Soil and water chemistry, equilibrium and organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and biological processes will be examined, focusing on the application of these in engineering design, practice and management.
The applications of design practice in environmental engineering with a number of design projects. Elements of water and wastewater engineering. Landfill design and air pollution control.
Design and application of stormwater runoff quantity and quality control systems for urban development including: bioretention, living roofs, swales, permeable/porous pavement, detention ponds, and constructed wetlands. An independent project couples technical design, safety, maintenance, construction, hydrologic and water quality modelling, and stakeholder engagement in an application of "Low Impact Design" from the site to the catchment scale.
Advanced systems engineering based decision making; complex problem framing including ontology analysis; cultural opportunity mapping; absolute sustainability analysis; risk threshold determination; temporal cumulative effects; and effective consultation. Independent research is undertaken to solve a complex engineering decision making problem.
A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The course will include the independent application of highly specialised knowledge and skills related to the study area.
A course on a topic in environmental engineering to be determined each year by the Head of Department.
Advanced water, wastewater, greywater, stormwater treatment technologies including advanced oxidation processes, photochemistry, electrochemistry, membrane treatment, and fundamentals of water reuse, applications, and case studies for potable reuse, industrial reuse, and aquifer recharge. Includes an individual research project.
Addresses emerging engineering solutions to challenges facing humankind including climate change, sustainability and resilience of our society, and persistent waste and pollution in the environment. Includes applications of systems modelling through a holistic thinking lens, sustainability innovations, risk assessment and impact in various technologies and processes, climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Chemistry and microbiology of water and wastewater treatment, flow models and reactors. Unit operations and process analysis and design. Treatment plant design and operation. Nutrient removal processes. Effluent and residues disposal.
Laboratory research methods (safety, sampling procedures, sample preservation, data analysis and report writing). Laboratory experiments exploring various physical, chemical and biological processes, such as sedimentation, chemical coagulation and precipitation, chlorination, reactor residence time distribution, activated carbon and anaerobic digestion.
Advanced specialist topics in modelling of lakes and rivers. Specific topics covered include response to different loadings applied to surface water systems, and modelling and Design 936 of organic matter, dissolved oxygen consumption, eutrophication, and toxic substances. The core taught skills are extended by an individual project in which independent research is undertaken to solve a challenging surface water quality engineering problem.
Focuses on modelling sorption, degradation kinetics, and leaching of chemicals in the soil environment. Topics include deriving sorption parameters, parent and metabolite fitting with statistical rigours, calculating degradation end-points, novel adsorbents for removing contaminants in soil and water. The core taught skills are extended by an individual project in which independent research is undertaken to solve an environmental issue.
Assessment and applications of sustainability principles in the design of products and/or infrastructures, including the use of sustainability tools. Provides an overview of life cycle assessment (LCA) based on ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 standards. Introduces LCA software to assist in analysing the data, interpreting the results and writing LCA reports.
Presents a range of water-sensitive and sustainable engineering solutions for the management of water, and explores their viability and effectiveness in the New Zealand context, both under current and future climate scenarios. Explores how population growth, climate change and economics put pressure on urban water systems, and the need for urban water systems design to be resilient to such pressures.
Students are required to submit a report on a topic assigned by the appropriate Head of Department.
Students are required to submit a report on a topic assigned by the appropriate Head of Department.
Students are required to submit a report on a topic assigned by the appropriate Head of Department.
Students are required to submit a report on a topic relevant to the specialisation, as assigned by the appropriate Head of Department.
Students are required to submit a thesis on a topic assigned by the appropriate Head of Department.