EnEg4111

Basic Environmental Engineering

College of Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering

Course Outline
1st Semester 2023/2024
EnEg4111/ Basic Environmental Engineering Course Outline

Table of Contents
1. Course Information................................................................................. 3
2. Instructor Information ............................................................................. 3
3. Course Overview.................................................................................... 3
4. Course Objectives .................................................................................. 4
5. Course Learning Outcomes ................................................................... 4
6. Course Schedule and Instructional Method ........................................... 6
7. Assessment Tasks ................................................................................. 6
Feedback on Assessments ........................................................................... 6
8. Learning Resources ............................................................................... 6
Textbooks .................................................................................................. 6
References................................................................................................. 6
Online Resources ...................................................................................... 7
9. Grading Policy ........................................................................................ 7
Pass requirements ..................................................................................... 7
10. Attendance.......................................................................................... 7
11. Academic Integrity, Referencing and Plagiarism ................................ 7
Academic Integrity ..................................................................................... 7
Referencing................................................................................................ 8
Referencing Style....................................................................................... 8

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1. Course Information

Course Code EnEg4111

Course Name Basic Environmental Engineering
Year/Semester Year 4/ Semester I
Academic Year 2023/2024
Pre-requisite(s) Nil|
Co-requisite(s) Nil
Credit Hour / ECTS 3
Section A
Course schedule Lecture day: Monday: 8:30Am-11:20 AM

2. Instructor Information

Course Coordinator

Name Bimrew Bizualem (MSc)

E-mail bimrew.bizualem@aastu.edu.et
Telephone number +251924786815

Consultation hour Thursday: 10:30AM -12:20PM

Office Block/Room 101

Course Instructor/s

Name Bimrew Bizualem (MSc)

E-mail bimrew.bizualem@aastu.edu.et
Telephone number +251924786815
<Optional>
Consultation hour Thursday: 10:30AM -12:20PM
Office (Block/Room) Block 73/ RoomNo 101

3. Course Overview

The environmental engineer plans, designs, executes, operates and maintains the water,
wastewater and solid waste management plants. Clean, bacteriologically safe, potable
drinking water protects and enhances public health. Liquid and solid waste management is
a necessary step for healthy living.

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4. Course Objectives

The main objective of this course to manage Ecosystems, environmental pollutants and
ecosystem disturbances &, Basic concepts of environmental chemistry and Microbiology,
Pollutant transport in environmental systems with Environmental engineering technologies
and Environmental management tools.

5. Course Learning Outcomes

Up on successful completion of this course, students Program

should be able to: learning
outcomes
CLO 1 State basic environmental chemistry and PLO1
Microbiology principles to describe pollutant
nature in the environment
CLO 2 Identify potential environmental pollutants and PLO2
their transport mechanisms in the environment
CLO 3 Differentiate and design engineering pollution PLO5
control technologies
CLO 4 Implement environmental management tools to PLO7
combat environmental pollution

Graduate Attributes
PLO1 Engineering PLO7 Environment and
Knowledge sustainability
PLO2 Problem PLO8 Ethics
Analysis
PLO3 Design/develop PLO9 Individual and
ment of solutions teamwork
PLO4 Investigation PLO10 Communication
PLO5 Modern tool PLO11 Project management
usage and finance
PLO6 The engineer PLO12 Lifelong learning
and society

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Deliberate of the course

Topic Learning
C
and
Week Contents L
Chapter Teaching
O
Activity
1.Course content
Class
Week 1 Class Information 2.Teaching method Introducti
3. Assessment on
4. Reference
1.1 Industrialization, resource
Chapter 1 Lecture
consumption and waste generation
1
1.2 Historical perspective on legal
Home
1.Background framework for protection of
work
Week 2 environment
1.3 Concepts on environmental
chemistry and microbiology
1.4 Concepts in hydrology and
pollutant transport
2.1 Ecological systems
Chapter 2 2.2 Ecological disturbances and
Ecological pollution,
Week 3
systems and 2.3 Water pollution
pollution
2.4 Air pollution
Week 4 2.5 Solid and hazardous waste
3.1 water treatment engineering
Week 5 Chapter 3 technologies (industry water supply
based)
water and waste
3.1.1 water treatment unit operations
Week 6 water treatment
and process
technologies
Week 7 3.4 Waste water treatment technologies
3.5 wastewater treatment unit
Week 8
operations and process
Chapter 4: solid
waste and air
Week 9 4.1 Solid waste treatment technologies
pollution control
technologies
Week 10 4.2 Hazardous waste treatment
4.3 Industrial air emission control
Week 11
technologies
Chapter 5:
Week 12 Environmental 5.1 Clean production
management tools

Week 13 5.2 Environmental impact assessment

Presentati
Week 14 Assessment Group and Individual Assessment on and
Evaluation

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6. Course Schedule and Instructional Method

This course consists of 34 hours of class contact hours. You are expected to take an
additional 16 hours of non-class contact hours to complete assessments, readings and
exam preparation.

7. Assessment Tasks

No Assessment Method Weight Week Due CLO

Assessed
1 Quiz 5 2 1
2 Assignments 10 3 &10 2, 3,4
3 Test 1 10 4 2&3
4 Test 2 15 12-13 3%4
5 Final Exam 50% 1,2,3,4

Submission of Assessment Tasks

Late project reports/assignments will result in a grade reduction of 10% per 24 hours
late (or portion thereof).

Feedback on Assessments

Student assessment will be evaluated immediately and take measure on their quiz,
assignment and test

8. Learning Resources

Textbooks
1. R. C. Gaur, Basic Environmental Engineering New Age International (P)
Ltd., Publishers, 2008.
References

R. C. Gaur, Basic Environmental Engineering New Age International (P) Ltd.,

Publishers, 2008.
E. J. F. Harold F. Hemond, Chemical fate and transport in the environment.
Academic Press Limited, 1994.

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M. Eddy, Wastewater Engineering treatment and Reuse 4th ed. McGraw Hill
Companies Inc, 2003.
P. A. v. William A. Worrel, Solid Waste Engineering 2nd ed. Cengage Learning.,
2010.

Online Resources
Video, Telegram and E-learning

9. Grading Policy

Grading of courses will be according to the university’s rules and regulation.

Examinations are graded and the letter grading system with corresponding points
shown below.

Marks Grade Grade Points

[90,100] A+ 4.00
[85,90) A 4.00
[80,85) A- 3.75
[75,80) B+ 3.50
[70,75) B 3.00
[65,70) B- 2.75
[60,65) C+ 2.50
[50,60) C 2.00
[50 F 0.00

Pass requirements
To pass this course a student must:

• attempt all assessments.

• achieve a minimum of 40% in the final exam.

10. Attendance

As per university guideline, a minimum 80% during lecture and 100% during practical
work sessions except for some unprecedented mishaps. Filure to fulfil this
requirement result in barring.

11. Academic Integrity, Referencing and Plagiarism

Academic Integrity
AASTU values academic integrity. Therefore, all students must understand the
meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offenses
under the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures. Work submitted
must be your own, and others’ ideas should be appropriately acknowledged. If you
don’t follow these rules, plagiarism may be detected in your work using plagiarism
detection tool 'Turnitin'.

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Referencing
Referencing is a way of acknowledging the sources of information that you use to
research your assignments. You need to provide a reference whenever you draw on
someone else's words, ideas or research. Not referencing other people's work can
constitute plagiarism.

Referencing Style
The University advises students to use the ["IEEE Referencing Style"] for written work
and oral presentations.

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