Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2000
Environmental Science and Engineering (ENVI)

NOTE: Course web pages are available for some ENVI courses.

ENVI 406   INTRO TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW               Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Legal techniques used by societies to plan and regulate the use of
environmental resources.
001 TBA                                 Blackburn, James B.       Enr: 0 Max: NA

ENVI 411   AIR RESOURCE MANAGMENT                   Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Introductory principles necessary for understanding air quality and the sources
and control of air pollution.
001 TBA                                 Fraser, Matthew Paul      Enr: 0 Max: NA

ENVI 412   HYDR&WATERSHED ANALYSIS                  Credits 4.00  Spring 00
Fundamentals of the hydrologic cycle, hydrograph techniques, flood routing, and
open channel flow; hydrologic design; local watershed application and
laboratory.
Also offered as CIVI 464
001 TBA                                 Bedient, Philip B.        Enr: 0 Max: NA

ENVI 443   EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS                    Credits 3.00  Spring 00
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.
Also offered as SPAC 443
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max:

ENVI 490   SPEC STUDY&RES FOR U G                   Credits   Spring 00
Open to environmental science or engineering majors with permission of
chairman.  Written thesis required.
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

ENVI 512   HYDROLOGIC DESIGN LAB                    Credits   Spring 00
Use of hydrologic models for design and analysis of water resources systems.
001 TBA                                 Bedient, Philip B.        Enr: 0 Max: NA

ENVI 521   REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES                 Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Current remediation technologies for soil, water and air.  SVE/sparging,
surfactant/cosolvent technologies, reactive barriers, bioremediation,
phytoremediation, thermal technologies, soil washing, pump and treat, air
emission controls.  Selection criteria, costs, operating strategies and
engineering design.
Prereq- Envi 401, 518.
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: 15

ENVI 530   PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN ENVIRONME Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Introduction to colloid and surface chemistry, precipitation, mixing, particle
aggregation, settling, packed bed filtration, absorption, ion exchange, gas
transfer, membrane processes, chemical oxidation and disinfection operations
used in environmental pollution control and potable water treatment.
Prereq- ENVI 403 or equivalent and ENVI 534.
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

ENVI 536   BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES                     Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Theory and application of biochemical processes in environmental engineering.
Prereq- Envi 403 or permission of instructor.
001 TBA                                 Hughes, Joseph Blake      Enr: 0 Max: NA

ENVI 550   APPLIED WATER CHEMISTRY                  Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Theoretical basis for considering the chemistry of natural and waste water
systems.  Interfacial processes and parameter estimation methods in common use.
001 TBA                                 Tomson, Mason B.          Enr: 0 Max: NA

ENVI 590   M.E.E. AND M.E.S. SPECIAL STUDY AND RESE Credits   Spring 00
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                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

ENVI 602   SEMINAR                                  Credits 3.00  Spring 00
See Envi 601.
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

ENVI 634   GROUND WATER TRANSPORT                   Credits   Spring 00
Ground water transport and modeling theory, water quality models, analytical
and numerical techniques, computer applications.  Formal lecture and student
projects.  An advanced topics course.
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

ENVI 636   WATER CHEMISTRY                          Credits   Spring 00
See Envi 635.
001 TBA                                 Tomson, Mason B.          Enr: 0 Max: NA

ENVI 641   MICROBIAL REACTOR ANALY.                 Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Discussion and interpretation of current literature and research relevant to
the environmental sciences in a seminar setting.  Offered irregularly.
001 TBA                                 Hughes, Joseph Blake      Enr: 0 Max: NA

ENVI 652   M.S. RESEARCH AND THESIS                 Credits   Spring 00
No description
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

ENVI 800   PH.D. RESEARCH AND THESIS                Credits   Spring 00
No description
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA
Econ 594   WORKSHOP IN ECONOMETRICS                 Credits 3.00  Spring 00
NO DESCRIPTION
003 TBA - F 03:00PM - 05:00PM           Brown, Bryan W.           Enr: 0 Max: NA