CE 181 GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COPMUTER SCIENCE
SPRING 2003
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Catalog Description:
Soil and waste stability in design of land fills; municipal, industrial
and hazardous waste control systems, clay covers and liners, geosynthetic
liners, vertical barrier systems and cutoff walls; hazardous waste detection,
sampling, and analysis techniques; soil remediation techniques; fate of
pollutants; groundwater remediation techniques; safety issues.
Prerequisites: A grade of C- or better in CE 171A, or graduate standing.
Number of Units: 3
This course focuses on remediation technologies and containment of hazardous waste. The course covers analysis and simulation of soil vapor extractio (SVE), soil washing, and pump and treat systems. An overview of landfill gas generation, cover systems, liner systems, leachate generation is also given in this course. In order to cover this subject effectively, the course starts with equilibrium and partitioning of chemicals in soil systems. The distribution of chemicals between air, water and solid phase are examined throughly.
This course will be useful to graduating seniors, practicing engineers and geologists who are interested in pursuing a career in the area of soil and groundwater systems pollution problems.
Successful Student Characteristics
- Completes assignments promptly.
- Prepares for the class at a rate of about 3 hours for every hour of lecture. I recommend that each student to keep a ledger of time needed for preparation. By quiz time, your ledger should indicate zero balance. That is, in general you need to devote approximately 9 hours a week.
- Ability to ask for help early on before it is hard to recover.
- Ability to work independently and in teams.
- Flexibility in dealing with technology problems.
More information is available on Dr. Mahmood's homepage. You may contact the instructor via e-mail at mahmoodr@ecs.csus.edu.