Course Synopsis

Environmental sampling techniques; sample clean up, prepation and separation will be discussed. Various analytical procedures using the latest techniques and instrumentations will be highlighted.

This course deals with topics related to the wastewater and toxic waste management and treatment. Discussion begins with the environmental and human health effects due to discharges of untreated industrial wastewater and improper disposal hazardous waste from industry will be presented. Detailed discussion on the processes that can modify the physical and chemical properties of the waste, reduce waste volume, immobilize or detoxify toxic component will be given. The method for controlling the emission of air pollutants adopted by industry will also be discussed.

The methods and scientific techniques for measuring water, air, noise, solid and toxic waste pollution are explained. Data collection considerations for statistical analyses are discussed. Method for studying environmentally related planning and social problems using quantitave and qualitative measurements are also explained. data management using information technology, such as databases and geographic information system, are also introduced.

Topics to be discussed are world trade and consumer environmental awareness, impact of organization's activities, products and services on the environement, green management, environment, green management, environmental management and environmental management system(EMS); environmental performance of organizations via "reviews" and "audits" , integration of structured EMS with overall management activity; international environmental management standards, tariffs and trade barriers; core elements of an EMS based on dynamic cyclical process of "plan, implement, check and review", application of EMS and introduction to ISO 9000, ISO 14000 and ISO 14001.

This course discusses topics related to principle ecosystem, which includes energy low, biogeochemical cycle, ecosystem dynamic and development, biotic interaction , population and species diversity, and ecosystem control. This course also discusses the management of natural resources, urban environment, effects of pollution by man.

This course discusses various issues elated to environmental pollution problems and ways of solving each of the problem. Topics to be discussed include water pollution and control, air pollution and control, noise pollution and control, domestic solid wastes and hazardous wastes pollution and control, domestic solid wastes and hazardous wastes pollution and control.

Environemental epidemiology is concern with the adverse health effects provoked by exposure to environmental factors (biological/chemical/physical) that occurs naturally or be introduced by human activities such as agricultural, manufacturing, etc. In this course, we will learn the basic concepts and terminologies used in epidemiology, measures of morbidity and mortality, measures of risk, statistical issues encountered in health data, types of environmental and human exposure and methods of assessment, and review of basic study designs for epidemiologic Research.

This course discusses the basic principles of toxicology and illustrates how these principles are used to make reasonable judgement about the potential health hazards and the risks associated with chemical exposures. There will be an in-dept discussion of risk assessment process which includes: the basic steps of risk assessment, estimation of cancer and non cancer risk, dose-response relationship, differences between deterministic and probabilistic risk assessment, issues associated with estimating risk from chemical mixtures, risk perception, risk communication, and examples of application of risk assessment.

The topics discussed will cover concept of land and township developments, types of project development, process of agricultural and forest lands conversion to township development, landfill and industry. The discussion will take into account soil quality, environmental management, degradation of environmental quality, remediation of polluted soil and environmental impact assessment. Related case studies will be introduced.

Topics to be discussed are radiation and energy balance of water on soil and vegetative surfaces and the effects of wind ; temperature, humidity, lysimeter and other measurement techniques. Prediction of evapotranspiration from aerodynamic, energy balance, and empirical approaches will also be discussed.

Scientific principles as applied to water and water problems. Discussion will also include hydrology, flow through porous media, water in soil-plant-atmospehere continuum, water quality, flow through pipes and open channels and representative water-resource problems.

The topics to be discussed are water quality parameters and salinity control in relation to soil and plant factors; soil reclamation and wastewater disposal and their effects on receiving waters. Localized and regional river basin problems in relation to salinity control and water quality will also be discussed.

Discussion topics include application of fundamental principle to quantify hydrologic processes occuring in watersheds; analysis and evaluation of surface water resources; evaluation of hydrologic impacts of management activities on watersheds; the use of hydrologic models which include water quality, erosion and sendimentation models.

Topics to be discussed in this course are modeling the effects of management practices and watershed changes on water yield, soil erosion, river water quality and sedimentation. Evaluation of watershed models will also be discussed.