printer friendly pageCEE 174B: Wastewater Treatment: From Disposal to Resource Recovery
This course builds upon
CEE 174A, covering basic hydraulics and the fundamental processes used to treat wastewater. In addition to understanding the details behind the fundamental processes, students will learn to feel comfortable developing initial design criteria (30% designs) for fundamental processes. Students should also develop a feel for the typical values of water treatment parameters and the equipment involved. After covering conventional processes, the class addresses newer processes used to meet emerging treatment objectives, including nutrient removal, composting of biosolids and recycling of wastewater for beneficial uses, including potable reuse. Pre-requisites:
CEE 174A.
Terms: Win
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Units: 3
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Mitch, W. (PI)
CEE 175A: California Coast: Science, Policy, and Law (CEE 275A, EARTHSYS 175, EARTHSYS 275)
Same as
LAW 514. Interdisciplinary. The legal, science, and policy dimensions of managing California's coastal resources. Coastal land use and marine resource decision making. The physics, chemistry, and biology of the coastal zone, tools for exploring data from the coastal ocean, and the institutional framework that shapes public and private decision making. Field work: how experts from different disciplines work to resolve coastal policy questions. Primarily for graduate students; upper-level undergraduates may enroll with permission of instructor. Students will be expected to participate in at least three mandatory field trips.
Terms: alternate years, given next year
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Units: 3-4
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
CEE 175S: Environmental Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEE 275S)
Our current infrastructure for provision of critical services-clean water, energy, transportation, environmental protection; requires substantial upgrades. Water and wastewater facilities are nearing the end of their design lives and current "best practices" are capital and energy intensive. Continued reliance on our current primary energy sources -- fossil fuels; is likely to result in a substantially altered climate. Changes are clearly needed. the seminar series will address a range of issues relevant to innovation and entrepreneurship in the provision of environmental services. What are important needs? What lessons from the IT revolution can we apply? What constraints, what opportunities, are unique to this sector, a sector where utilities are important players, where the risks and rewards can differ substantially from those in the private sector IT world.
Terms: Sum
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Units: 1
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Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit
Instructors:
Ong, C. (PI)
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Robertson, A. (PI)
CEE 176A: Energy Efficient Buildings
Analysis and design. Thermal analysis of building envelope, heating and cooling requirements, HVAC, and building integrated PV systems. Emphasis is on residential passive solar design and solar water heating. Lab.
Terms: Win
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Units: 3-4
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Masters, G. (PI)
CEE 176B: Electric Power: Renewables and Efficiency
Renewable and efficient electric power systems emphasizing analysis and sizing of photovoltaic arrays and wind turbines. Basic electric power generation, transmission and distribution, distributed generation, combined heat and power, fuel cells. End use demand, including lighting and motors. Lab.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 3-4
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Masters, G. (PI)
CEE 176C: Energy Storage Integration - Vehicles, Renewables, and the Grid
This course will describe the background on existing energy storage solutions being used on the electric grid and in vehicles with a primary focus on batteries and electrochemical storage. It will discuss the operating characteristics, cost and efficiency of these technologies and how tradeoff decisions can be made. The course will describe the system-level integration of new storage technologies, including chargers, inverters, battery management systems and controls, into the existing vehicle and grid infrastructure. Specific focus will be given to the integration of electric vehicle charging combined with demand-side management, scheduled renewable energy absorption and local grid balancing. This course may be taken for 3 units; or 4 units if taken with the optional laboratory session.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3-4
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Straubel, J. (PI)
CEE 176F: Energy Systems Field Trips: China Energy Systems (CEE 276F)
Energy resources and policies in use and under development in China. 12-day field trip to China during Spring Break 2012. One unit for seminar and readings; one unit for field trip. Tuesday section is required for all students, Thursday section is also required for students attending the field trip. Prerequisite: consent of instructor for field trip.
Terms: Win
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Units: 1-2
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Knapp, K. (PI)
CEE 176S: Instrumental Analysis of Microconstituents in the Environment (CEE 276S)
Current research, practice, and thinking in environmental engineering and science. Featuring presentations by invited faculty, researchers and professionals to share their insight and perspectives on environmental issues. Students will prepare brief summaries of seminar presentations and associated readings. For 2-unit option, students will also prepare and give a short presentation on a relevant environmental topic.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
CEE 177: Aquatic Chemistry and Biology
Introduction to chemical and biological processes in the aqueous environment. Basic aqueous equilibria; the structure, behavior, and fate of major classes of chemicals that dissolve in water; redox reactions; the biochemistry of aquatic microbial life; and biogeochemical processes that govern the fate of nutrients and metals in the environment and in engineered systems. Prerequisite:
CHEM 31.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 4
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Criddle, C. (PI)
CEE 177K: Environmental Information Engineering (CEE 277K)
The role of information technology (IT) in enabling mankind to understand its impact on the planet and balance that with improving the quality of life of a rapidly growing population. After surveying the field, the course will examine the specific impacts that IT may have, by reference to case studies from energy, transportation, water and urban design fields. While some specific information technologies will be examined, this will be from a business perspective - detailed technical knowledge of IT not required.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 2-3
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
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