University of Maryland
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
ENCE 215 Engineering for Sustainability
“Engineers have a key role to play in planning,
designing, building, and ensuring a sustainable future.
In this class, a problem-based approach is used to
examine fundamentally-based analyses and approaches
for engineering as sustainable society, with a focus on
sustainable use of energy and materials, sustainable
infrastructure solutions, atmospheric sustainability and
sustainable water supply, and human population
growth and resource consumption and its implications
for sustainability.
Section 0101
Prerequisites:
Permission of Department
CHEM 135 Chemistry for Engineers
Fall 2010: T, Th 11:00 am -12:15 am
Text:
No Text Required. Any General Chemistry Test recommended.
Online Biology Book may be helpful
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html
Grading
7 Quizzes/projects @ 15 pts ea.
Lowest Quiz/Project grade will be dropped
2 Midterm Exams @ 100 pts ea.
Final Exam
Total
Instructor
Allen P. Davis, Ph.D., PE
1151 Martin Hall
301-405-1958
apdavis@umd.edu
Office Hours
Tu, Th
90 pts
200 pts
150 pts
440 pts
8:00-9:30, 13:00-14:30
Scheduled quizzes will last 10-15 minutes. A small project or assignment may be substituted for
1 or more quizzes. NO MAKEUP QUIZES WILL BE GIVEN. The lowest grade for all 7
quizzes/projects will be dropped from the total.
For quizzes and exams you must have a simple calculator; no computers, no cell phones, no
QWERTY calculators. It is YOUR responsibility to bring calculator and pencil to quizzes and
exams.
Unannounced quizzes may also be given during any class time. Quizzes will usually be very
short.
Current information regarding the class, announcements, handouts, web links, homework
assignments and solutions will be posted at the Clark School Blackboard class web site at:
bb.eng.umd.edu
Lectures
Course Topic
Lectures
Introduction & Background
1
Population & Growth
1
Ecological Sustainability
Microbiology & Epidemiology
1
Heat & Energy
2
Ecology & Nutrient Cycles
2
Land Development & Sprawl
1
Fossil Fuels & Biomass Fuels
2
2
Water Sustainability
Water Resources
1
Photovoltaics/Hydroelectric/Wind
1
Water Quality
2
Nuclear Energy & Waste-to-Energy
1
Acids & Solubility
2
Heat Transfer
2
Exam 1
~Oct. 7
Course Topic
Atmospheric Sustainability
Greenhouse Gases & Climate Change
Lighting/Efficiency/Sensors/Controls
Batteries & Fuel Cells
1
1
Exam 2
~Nov. 23
Materials Sustainability
Metal Corrosion
Life Cycle Analysis
2
1
Campus Sustainability
1
Final Exam: Monday, December 13, 8:00 am-10:00 am