CE 6301 - Hazardous Wastes Engineering

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CE 3702 or approval of instructor
Classification of hazardous wastes; resource conservation, Recovery Act regulations; characteristics and behavior of toxic organics; superfund; groundwater contamination, solutions. Hazardous waste site remedial action; case histories; sampling; landfill design. Stabilization and processing technologies, including incineration, carbon adsorption, emerging techniques.

To analyze the environmental, social, economical, and political information available for solid waste management site selection.
To evaluate decomposition processes of refuge in landfills.
To analyze the impact of reuse/recycle/reduction on landfill design and operation.
To design landfills based on fundamental principles of mass balance, hydrogeology, soil mechanics, and environmental engineering.
To provide experiences in realistic civil and environmental engineering design and construction practice.
To develop teamwork and communication skills required for multi-disciplinary civil and environmental engineering objectives.