Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2001
Environmental Science and Engineering (ENVI)

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ENVI 201   INTRO-ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS              Credits 4.00  Fall 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
The chemical, physical, and biological components of the natural environment as
resources and their utilization and interaction in environmental control
technology.  Also offered as HEAL 201. Lecture (TTH 10:50am-12:05pm) and
laboratory (W 2-5pm) are required.
001 TBA - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM
ML 254 Ward, Calvin H.           Enr: 10 Max: NA

ENVI 401   INTRO ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY            Credits 4.00  Fall 01
Principles and significance of measurements used to assess environmental
quality.  Hands-on measurements of both classical titration, etc., and modern
instrumental methods of measuring pollutant concentrations. Lecture (MWF
1-1:50pm) and Lab (Thursdays 2:30-5:30pm).
Chem 101 and 102
001 ML 251 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM
TBA Tomson, Mason B.          Enr: 12 Max: 0

ENVI 403   PRINCIPLES OF ENVI ENGINEERING           Credits 3.00  Fall 01
Fundamental principles of water and wastewater treatment systems and their
application to the design and operation of treatment plants.
001 ML 251 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM      Hughes, Joseph            Enr: 24 Max: 0

ENVI 434   CHEMICAL TRANSPORT AND FATE IN THE ENVIR Credits 3.00  Fall 01
Principles of mass balance, chemical partitioning, transport, and
transformation in surface waters, ground waters, and the atmosphere.
Prereq- Basic Physics, Chemistry, Math.
001 ML 254 - MWF 02:00PM - 03:00PM      Wiesner, Mark             Enr: 26 Max: 0

ENVI 443   EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS                    Credits 3.00  Fall 01
This course emphasizes the science of the atmosphere.  Subjects studied
include: radiation; climate dynamics; energy balance models; structure and
stability; water cloud, and precipitation physics; atmosphere dynamics; storms
and special systems; and atmospheric electricity.
Prereq- Permission of instructor required.
001 SS 337 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM      Few, Arthur A.            Enr: 0 Max: NA

ENVI 490   SPECIAL STUDY AND RESEARCH               Credits   Fall 01
Open to environmental science or engineering majors with permission of
chairman.  Written thesis required.
001 TBA - TBA                           Hughes, Joseph            Enr: 2 Max: 0

ENVI 511   ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS        Credits 3.00  Fall 01
Study of the principal chemical and physical processes affecting trace gases
and particles in the atmosphere.  Overview of the atmospheric transport,
transformation and dispersion of air pollutants on the urban, regional and
global scale; atmospheric photochemistry and tropospheric ozone formation;
influence of meteorology on air pollution; stratospheric chemistry and global
climate change; interactions between gases and particles; characterization,
chemical composition and size distributions of atmospheric particles.
001 ML 254 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM      Fraser, Matthew           Enr: 5 Max: 0

ENVI 518   GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY                    Credits 3.00  Fall 01
Groundwater hydrology, hydrogeology, well mechanics, hydraulics.  Contaminant
transport in aquifer systems, numerical models, and groundwater remediation.
001 ML 251 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM      Bedient, Philip B.        Enr: 12 Max: 0

ENVI 534   TRANSPORT PHENOMENA & ENVIRONMENTAL MODE Credits 3.00  Fall 01
Principles of fluid flow, mass transport and transformation processes in
natural and engineered systems.  Applications of reactor engineering, chemical
and biological reaction kinetics to environmental systems modeling including
streams, lakes, estuaries and the atmosphere. Previous course work in fluid
mechanics and calculus through differential equations is strongly suggested.
001 ML 254 - MW 03:45PM - 05:00PM       Wiesner, Mark             Enr: 5 Max: 0

ENVI 590   M.E.E. AND M.E.S. SPECIAL STUDY AND RESE Credits   Fall 01
Independent investigation of a specific topic or problem in environmental
engineering under the direction of a selected faculty member.  Preparation of a
formal report and oral presentation of results are required.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 1 Max: 0

ENVI 601   SEMINAR                                  Credits 3.00  Fall 01
Continuing seminar on environmental research.
001 ML 251 - T 03:30PM - 04:30PM        Hughes, Joseph            Enr: 21 Max: 0

ENVI 630   CHARAC.TRANS.& TREATMENT OF PARTICLES IN Credits 3.00  Fall 01
Theory and methods for characterizing aquasols, colloid chemistry, particle
transport in porous media and simple flows, particle aggregation, aggregate and
deposit morphology, and other special topics.
001 TBA - TBA                           Wiesner, Mark             Enr: 0 Max: 0

ENVI 635   ADV TOP:WATER CHEMISTRY                  Credits   Fall 01
Formal lecture and assigned reading in topics such as redox kinetics and
thermodynamics, adsorption and desorption, and the associated mathematics.  An
advanced topics course.
001 TBA - TBA                           Tomson, Mason B.          Enr: 4 Max: 0

ENVI 640   ADV TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING  Credits 3.00  Fall 01
Topics include biodegradation of xenobiotic compounds, methods of study
biotransformation processes and design of bioremediation systems.
Prereq-Graduate standing
001 TBA - TBA                           Hughes, Joseph            Enr: 5 Max: NA

ENVI 651   M.S. RESEARCH AND THESIS                 Credits   Fall 01
No description
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 7 Max: 0

ENVI 800   PH.D. RESEARCH AND THESIS                Credits   Fall 01
No description
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 8 Max: 0