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Faculty of Engineering

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

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LIST OF GRADUATE MODULES CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Information is correct as @ 20 Jul 2016. CEE reserves the right to update in short notice.

ENVIRONMENTAL Note: ** Level-6 module, PhD and MEng

No Module Code

Module Title Area of Module

AY2016/2017

1 ESE5002 Physical and Process Principles Principle Semester 1

2 ESE5301 Environmental Biological Principles

Principle Semester 1

3 ESE5608 Heavy Metals in the Environment

Environmental Technology

Semester 1

4 ESE5003 Environmental Chemical Principles

Principle Semester 2

5 ESE5202 Air Pollution Control Technology

Air Semester 2

6 ESE5203 Aerosol Science and Technology

Air Semester 2

7 ESE5404 Biological Treatment Processes Water & Wastewater

Semester 2

8 ESE5406 Membrane Treatment Process Modelling

Environmental Technology

Semester 2

9 ESE5601 Environmental Risk Assessment

Environmental Management

Semester 2

10 ESE5901 Environmental Technology Environmental Technology

Semester 2

11 ESE6001** Environmental Fate of Organic Contaminant

Advanced Semester 2

12 ESE5001 Environmental Engineering Principles

Core Semester 1 & 2





ESE5001 Environmental Engineering Principles Asst. Prof Barry Kelly / Asst. Prof Alex Lee King Yin / Asst. Prof Olivier Lefebvre / Prof Ng How Yong / Prof Ong Say Leong / Assoc. Prof Yu Liya

Modular Credit: 4 Workload per Week: 3-0-0-1-6 Pre-requisite: ESE5003 Environmental Chemical Principles Preclusions: Nil

Learning Outcome This course is to allow M.Sc. students from non-environmental engineering background to gain basic knowledge in environmental science and engineering. Acquisition of this basic knowledge will prepare them for advanced courses in environmental science and engineering. This module provides a systematic introduction to water and air quality and their engineering control, quantitative overview of the properties of environmental contaminants, and the transport and transformation processes that govern their concentrations in air and water. Topics include environmental chemical equilibriums and kinetics, and elementary transport phenomena, introduction to water quality engineering, air quality engineering, and solid waste treatment and management. …. Back to top





ESE5002 Physical and Process Principles Assoc. Prof Bai Renbi

Modular Credit: 4 Workload per Week: 3-0-0-1-6 Pre-requisite: Graduate-student standing Preclusions: Nil

Brief Description This module introduces the principles that can be used in the analysis and modeling of various fundamental environmental engineering processes or systems, including material balance, mass transfer, reaction kinetics (rate and mechanism) and reaction engineering (reactor performance), as well as tracer study and its implications, etc. The module tries to explain or reveal the reasons that various physical processes are expected to function or behave in certain ways.

Learning Outcome 1. Be able to construct and solve material balance equations for simple and complex environmental

systems 2. Understand various mass transfer phenomena and be able to write basic mass transfer equations

by convection, diffusion and dispersion or their combinations 3. Be able to construct reaction rate expressions and determine the rate constants from experimental

data 4. Understand the fundamentals of reactors, including ideal reactor (PFR, CSTR), non-ideal reactor

and multiple reactor systems, as well as batch and continuous reactor systems 5. Be able to conduct tracer study, analyze residence-time distribution curves, estimate the flow

pattern in a reactor and predict its possible performance

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ESE5003 Environmental Chemical Principles Assoc. Prof Paul Chen Jia-Ping Paul

Modular Credit: 4 Workload per Week: 3-0-0-1-6 Pre-requisite: Graduate-student standing Preclusions: Nil

Brief Description This module is designed to provide students with the chemical basis for understanding our surroundings, the global environment. Emphasis will be on the composition of the natural environment, the processes that take place within it, and the kind of changes which come about as a result of human activities.

Learning Outcome The students, upon completion of this module, should have a comprehensive knowledge of the fundamentals of chemistry of components and contaminants in aquatic, atmospheric and terrestrial environments.

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ESE5202 Air Pollution Control Technology Assoc. Prof Balasubramanian Rajasekhar

Modular Credit: 4 Workload per Week: 3-0-0-1-6 Pre-requisite: EVE-4 standing or higher Preclusions: Nil

Brief Description This module presents an overview of air pollution control engineering. The principal industrial sources of atmospheric pollution and the technological conditions for the formation of solid and gaseous substances in emissions are clearly defined. The module provides a detailed discussion of sources, effects and fate of gaseous and particulate pollutants; air quality and emission standards; air pollution meteorology and plume models; control of gaseous and particulate pollutants; design of different kinds of air pollution control equipment; pollutant; legislation. Technical principles, basic processes, and equipment employed to limit and eliminate particulates, volatile organic compounds, sulfur oxides, and nitrogen oxides will be discussed in detail.

Learning Outcome At the end of the course, students are expected to

Develop a basic understanding of the mechanisms that lead to the formation and emission of air

pollutants. Develop a basic understanding of the chemical and physical processes that transform and

transport pollutants in the atmosphere. Develop insight into the fundamental principles of air pollution models and their applications. Develop a basic understanding of the major types of air pollution control technology used to

control air pollution emissions, including process operations, process design, and process limitations.

Be able to determine whether an air pollution problem exists, which emission sources should be controlled, and how much control is needed.

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ESE5203 Aerosol Science and Technology Assoc. Prof Yu Liya

Modular Credit: 4 Workload per Week: 3-0-0-1-6 Pre-requisite: ESE5002 Environmental Engineering (Physical Principles) or equivalent Preclusions: Nil

Brief Description In this module, basic principles of aerosol science and corresponding industrial applications will be covered. Topics include physical behaviours, thermodynamic properties, mechanisms and transport of particles, as well as relevant applications in measurements of nanoparticle and various industries.

Learning Outcome This course aims to equip students with fundamental knowledge of aerosol science and technology, dealing with behaviour of particles in fluid media, applicable to areas such as air pollution control, ultra-cleaning manufacturing processes, monitoring strategies, and advanced material synthesis.

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ESE5301 Environmental Biological Principles Assoc. Prof He Jianzhong

Modular Credit: 4 Workload per Week: Pre-requisite: Environmental Microbiological Principles or equivalent Preclusions: Nil

Brief Description This module provides students with a strong foundation in biological principles for environmental engineering, with primary focus on natural biological processes. After an overview of biological principles and classification, the module reviews metabolic adaptations to various natural environments, including extreme habitats. Aspects of genetic adaptation and tolerance to environmental contamination are covered, together with the manipulation of biological processes to degrade and stabilise contaminants. Emphasis is placed on biodegration of organic pollutants and their bioremediation. Aspects of organic waste stabilisation and remediation of inorganic wastes are included. Lastly, the use of macrophytes for phytoremediation of contaminated soils is examined. …. Back to top





ESE5404 Biological Treatment Processes Prof Ong Say Leong


Brief Description This module introduces the theories as well as practises of biological wastewater treatment processes. Students will learn to understand the fundamental principles of biological treatment systems. The applications of biological treatment systems will also be addressed. This course will facilitate students to acquire in-depth knowledge of biological treatment systems in wastewater treatment.

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ESE5406 Membrane Treatment Process Modelling

Assoc. Prof Bai Renbi

Modular Credit: 4 Workload per Week: Pre-requisite: Preclusions: Nil

Brief Description Membrane technology is an emerging field in water and wastewater engineering. This module offers students the fundamental principles and practical applications of membrane processes as an advanced measure for water and wastewater treatment. The topics covered in this module are membrane transport, concentration polarisation, and membrane fouling in relation to water and wastewater engineering. The module will also deal with fouling characterisation of feed water, membrane fouling modelling and methods for fouling prevention and mitigation. Applications of MF, UF, and RO membranes in various water and wastewater.

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ESE5601 Environmental Risk Assessment Asst. Prof Barry Kelly


Brief Description The objective of this module is to examine the fundamental principles governing toxic contaminant exposure and risk to humans and ecosystems. The course will cover necessary aspects of probability and statistics, physical and chemical behaviour of key priority pollutants, mass transfer and exposure pathways of the contaminants, human and environmental toxicology, and methodologies for risk assessment. The course will also involve several case studies of remediation technology applications with a focus on understanding how human and environmental risk is managed in a real life situation.

Learning Outcome Students will learn fundamental scientific principles and regulatory frameworks in which environmental chemistry and toxicology is conducted. Upon completion of this course, students will be well versed in key practices in the field of environmental risk assessment, including development of environmental monitoring programmes, standards & human consumption guidelines, environmental quality criteria, contaminated site assessment, effluent regulations and others.

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ESE5608 Heavy Metals in the Environment Assoc. Prof Chen Jia-Ping Modular Credit: 4 Workload per Week: 3-0-0-1-6 Pre-requisite: ESE5003 Environmental Chemical Principles Preclusions: Nil

Brief Description To be updated

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ESE5901 Environmental Technology Dr Pranav S Joshi

Modular Credit: 4 Workload per Week: 3-0-0-0-7 Pre-requisite: Nil Preclusions: Nil

Brief Description This module discusses the basic environmental technologies and their applications to air, water and waste for proper resource management and pollution control. The need for environmental and public health protection and resource conservation in environmentally sustainable economies is covered. The physical, biological and chemical methods for treating water, air or waste and the advanced technologies for converting waste streams into valuable resources are introduced. Examples will be used to illustrate the practical application of the methods and technologies discussed.

Learning Outcome Upon completion of this module, students should have a comprehensive knowledge on the technologies and systems for proper resource management and pollution control, to enable them to make sound decisions as environmental managers.

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ESE6001 Environmental Fate of Organic Contaminant

Asst. Prof Alex Lee King Yin

Modular Credit: 4 Workload per Week: 3-0-0-1-6 Pre-requisite: Graduate student standing Preclusions: Nil

Brief Description This module examines fundamental principles that govern transformation and fate of organic contaminants in natural and engineered systems. Thermodynamic principles and molecular properties are used throughout the module to develop predictive relationships for the solubility of organic contaminants, partitioning between environmental phases, sorption to solid surfaces, and transformation processes.

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