Teaching

1. Designing Solutions for Environmental Problems (ENV E-320) 

Taught: Fall 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Course description:  The course will introduce students to the role that engineering fields have in developing and designing solutions to the many human-induced environmental problems and concerns affecting today’s modern society. By providing a background into how natural and engineered systems interact, and through the discussion of different environmental issues, the student will learn how engineering concepts can be used to design sustainable solutions to environmental problems.

2. Air Pollution Engineering (ENV E-556) 

Taught: Spring 2024; Fall 2024, Fall 2025

Course description:  In this course, you will use tools, including mathematics, statistics, physics, chemistry, fluid dynamics, and knowledge of regulatory constraints, to: i) assess the sources, properties, transport, dispersion and transformation of air pollutants; and ii) apply engineering principles to evaluate and design appropriate technology to achieve specific air pollution control objectives.

Hands-on Activity Sensing Air Pollution and Data Analysis

Your group will be offered three Atmotube Pro and three Arenet4 sensors to monitor air contaminants at the location(s) of your interest. You will collect data for a minimum of 10 days, 24 hours per day, and learn how to analyze and interpret the collected data in Excel. This project facilitates collaborative work, critical thinking, and practical skills in data collection and analysis, contributing to a better understanding of air quality and its impact on the environment and human health. The measurements include:

·         PM1.0, PM2.5, PM10 mass concentrations

·         Total volatile organic compounds (VOCs) concentration

·         Carbon Dioxide (CO2) concentration

·         temperature, relative humidity, and pressure

More teaching materials of the project are available upon request.