REQUEST FOR ACTION BY THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
CEE-230
Academic Year 2007-2008
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This form should be sent to the Chair of the Engineering Curriculum Committee (Alva Couch, Halligan 246, email:
Alva.Couch@tufts.edu), at least two weeks before a regularly scheduled meeting of the Committee. To expedite the
review process, please provide both a signed paper copy of the form and an electronic version of the document,
preferably via electronic mail to Alva.Couch@tufts.edu.
If credit is desired in either Natural Science or Mathematical Science distribution area in Liberal Arts, one must obtain
separate approval from the Academic Review Board(ARB). Please forward the course description to the chair of the
ARB, currently Stephen Bailey (Anthropology).
A copy should also be sent to the Collection Management Librarian of Tisch Library
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Name:
Andrew Ramsburg
Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Extension
Date
7-4286
08 Feb 2008
Please circle or underline appropriate line(s)
(1)
Offer a new course or program that will be considered by the faculty.
(2)
Change the number of a course.
(3)
Change the title of a course.
(4)
Change the wording of a course or program description.
(5)
Other. ___________________________________________________
This request has been approved by the faculty of:
__ Civil and Environmental Engineering Department __
______ Masoud Sanayei _______
Signature of Department Chair
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On this page or on attached pages, please describe changes, rationale, and resources required to
implement the proposed changes.
1.
New course or other requested changes. Please give department designation, course
number, course title, and new Bulletin description. Note that the description should be
about four printed lines and written in Bulletin language. For other requested changes,
please give old designation, course number, course title, and old course description;
follow this with a description of the requested changes. Attach additional pages if needed.
CEE 230 – Reactive Transport in Porous Media
The fundamental processes governing component transported in porous media. Volume
averaging, dispersion, reactive transport, non-linear and non-equilibrium sorption, anomalous
transport, mass transfer, multiphase flow and transport. Theoretical foundation on which to base
critical assessments of component transport in complex porous media. Spring (alternating years).
Prerequisites: CEE 213 or consent of instructor
Instructor: Ramsburg
2.
Please describe the rationale and impact of the proposed changes and/or for offering
the new course or courses. Indicate ways in which proposed changes affect existing or
proposed programs of study both within and outside your department. When appropriate,
indicate relationships between changes and practices at peer institutions, as well as
relevance to School of Engineering strategic plans.
CEE 230 provides graduate students in the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering and
Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering graduate programs within CEE an opportunity
for advanced coursework in an area of transport in porous media. Tufts University now has a
significant research cluster related to subsurface flow and transport in the form of the research
groups of Asst. Prof. Ramsburg, Prof. Linda Abriola, and Prof. Grant Garven. CEE 230 is a
critical component in the maintenance of this research cluster and absolutely necessary to the
growth of Asst. Prof. Ramsburg’s research program.
3.
Please describe the resources required to implement the proposed changes, including
plans for how these resources will be obtained. Include expected enrollments, class sizes,
expected numbers of sections, and frequency of offering for each class. Describe
modifications required in your department’s curriculum or instructor’s regular course
offerings to make the proposed changes possible. Identify whether required funding for
resources is pending and/or dependent upon external grants. Where possible, compare
resource requirements to existing requirements before the proposed changes.
CEE 230 will be offered every other year in the spring term. Enrollment is anticipated to be 10
students. The course will be taught by Asst. Prof. Ramsburg as his specialty graduate course. Asst.
Prof Ramsburg’s teaching plan accounts for this course to be offered as he transitions from 2 to 3
courses per year. No additional resources will be required.
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4.
If additional resources are required, please attach a statement from the Dean of
Engineering (or a designee) concerning the resources and how they will be provided.
No additional resources are requested.
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Please fill out the attached Library Impact Study form if: (a) you are requesting that a
new course be included in the curriculum or (b) you anticipate the need for substantial
new library resources as a result of changes in the description of your course.
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TUFTS UNIVERSITY ARTS AND SCIENCES LIBRARY
LIBRARY IMPACT STATEMENTFOR UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
Please furnish the information requested below and return this form to: Collection Management
Librarian, Arts and Sciences Library, Tisch. (The Arts and Sciences Librarian is an ex officio
member of the Committee on Curricula.)
1.
Department or Program: Civil & Environmental Engineering
2.
Title of course: CEE 230 – Reactive Transport in Porous Media
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Suggested department course number: CEE 230
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Course will first be offered: offered as 193 in F05, to be offered as 230 in S09
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Instructor(s): Professor. Asst. Professor Andrew Ramsburg
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Campus telephone number
7-4286
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Anticipated enrollment
10
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Open to undergraduates
no
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graduates
9.
yes
This course is primarily dependent on:
Text
Library resources
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10.
Brief description of topics to be covered
A rigorous exploration of the fundamental processes by which components are transported in
porous media. Learners will develop the foundation necessary for critical assessment of
component transport when designing/conducting experiments in complex porous media systems;
working with commercial models to predict component transport; and/or implementing
groundwater treatment technologies.
11.
Description of any additional library resources needed to support this course.
None.
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