CE 380 Environmental Science and Engineering
Fall 2010 Course Information
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing
Professor: Dr. S. Morgan, P.E.
EB 2057
650-5014
smorgan@siue.edu
Office Hours: M 2:00 – 3:30, W 10:30 – 11:30, and by appointment
I will make every attempt to maintain my office hours and notify you in advance if I will miss
them. I am very busy and may not be in my office all day everyday, so if you cannot make it to
my office hours, see me before or after class, or have your question answered through e-mail,
then making an appointment is your best option.
TA:
Isam Alysari
EB 0051
ialyase@siue.edu
Office Hours: M W 1:00 – 3:00
Website: http://www.ce.siue.edu/380/default.html
Find: notes, review problems, announcements, quiz and exam info, etc.
1. Teaching Philosophy: I want you upon leaving SIUE to be a solid engineer who reflects well on the profession
and the Department, takes pride in your work, and becomes a professional engineer. I attempt to design my
courses such that you learn to take environmental considerations into account in your professional work and
personal life and think for yourself—evaluating and assessing information, forming conclusions, and
reexamining those conclusions in light of new evidence. I want you to apply concepts and problem-solving skills
to situations beyond those explicitly covered in class. I want you to communicate intelligently and professionally.
In particular for this course and those of you interested in becoming environmental engineers, I want you to
learn the basics of the field and how to obtain additional information as you require it in your careers—in other
words, how to learn on your own. For those of you not interested in becoming environmental engineers, I want
you to learn the basics of the field to complete successfully the FE exam and acknowledge the environmental
effects of your work.
2. Performance: I attempt to keep my teaching philosophy in mind when determining what content to include and
exclude and in linking all parts of a course together (e.g., linking activities to the course objectives, which are
linked to my philosophy). I also attempt to highlight how individual parts of the course fit into my general
teaching philosophy and the course objectives. However, I may not always do so or be clear when I do. In
addition, in the seemingly inevitable semester crunch of preparing courses, activities, and assignments and
taking care of all the other business of academics and professional life, I sometimes temporarily abandon my
philosophy to make my life a little easier. I apologize up front for these times and pledge to minimize them.
3. Needs of students with disabilities: Notify me no later than the end of the first week of class concerning any
academic accommodations you need. You must have a documented disability and an ID card from Disability
Support Services.
4. Course Objectives: See the attached sheet.
5. Attendance: I do not take attendance. However, it is to your benefit to attend class to earn a passing grade. In
addition, you are responsible for obtaining materials and turning in assignments on time. Documented proof
may be required for missing a quiz or an exam. If at all possible, notify me beforehand. In-class assignments
may be given throughout the term and typically cannot be made up.
6. Quizzes and Final Exam: Quizzes and the final exam will be based on the textbook and material covered in
class. This material comes from a variety of sources and goes beyond the information covered in the text.
Quizzes and the final exam will typically consist of both quantitative and qualitative questions. Qualitative
questions may include short answer, true/false, multiple choice, and correcting errors. Quizzes and the final
exam may or may not be open book and notes; you will be notified beforehand. Other than material I explicitly
state that I will provide (e.g., atomic weights), you are responsible for having all information necessary (e.g.,
conversion factors). I strongly encourage you to take good notes and organize your materials beforehand.
Quizzes will occur approximately every two weeks. The final exam will be comprehensive. Your lowest quiz
score will be dropped.
7. Grading:
 Plagiarism: Plagiarism is a serious offense and will not be tolerated. Plagiarism will result in a zero for
the assignment and can result in an F for the course. Deliberate plagiarism is regarded as a serious act of
academic misconduct. Whether inadvertent or deliberate, plagiarism includes the following:
(a) word-for-word copying of sentences or whole paragraphs from or presenting of substantial
extracts from either paper-based or electronic sources the work or data of others that are
published or unpublished (such as books, internal reports, and lecture notes or tapes) without
clearly indicating their origin
(b) using very close paraphrasing of sentences or whole paragraphs without due
acknowledgement in the form of reference to the original work
(c) submitting another student’s work in whole or in part
(d) use of another person’s ideas, work or research data without acknowledgement
(e) copying computer files, algorithms or computer code without clearly indicating their origin
(f) submitting work that has been written by someone else on the student’s behalf
(g) submitting work that has been derived, in whole or in part, from another student’s work by a
process of mechanical transformation (e.g., changing variable names in computer programs).
Refer to professional publications and your text for proper referencing styles.
Within the profession of engineering, working in teams is the normal means of operating, and group projects
and assignments are partially designed to give you experience in this process. When undertaking a group
project, you are encouraged to work very closely with your team members and also to discuss issues with
other groups working on the project. However, each project submission (whether working in a group or as an
individual) must be the independent work of that group or individual. In the normal design process, there are
many decisions to be made that will be based on opinion and judgment. It is expected and encouraged that
you will discuss these decisions with each other. However, your final submission for a project must be the
outcome of your team’s decisions and judgments. Given the large number of opportunities within a project for
different decisions to be made, it is highly improbably for two design projects to be exactly the same, even
though the assigned problem is the same.
 Credit: Assignments that cannot be read or are not presented in a professional engineering style will not
receive credit.
 Due date: Due dates will be given in class. Late papers may be accepted but will be docked 10% per day,
including weekends and starting immediately following class. Students with excused absences will be given a
reasonable amount of time to catch up on their work with no penalty. No assignments will be accepted after
the assignment has been returned or the solution has been posted, whichever occurs first. In-class
assignments will be given throughout the term and typically cannot be made up.
 Group work: Unless stated otherwise, you are allowed to work in groups and can submit one assignment for
the group. For some assignments, you will be required to work in groups. A common grade will be given on
group assignments. On some assignments your grade may be partially determined by peer evaluations. See
also the information under “plagiarism.”
 Errors: If you feel an error has been made in grading an assignment or exam, you may submit the work for
regrading by the end of the class period following the return of the work. After this time, your grade will not be
changed. The work may be regraded in its entirety. If you bring a classmate’s paper as evidence of “unfair”
grading, both papers will be regraded. If you still feel a problem remains, you may make an appointment with
me to discuss it.
8. Extra Credit:
a) For each activity and meeting you attend that is sponsored by a professional engineering organization, you
can earn 1 extra credit homework point up to a total of 3 points. (Typically, homework assignments range
between 1 and 10 points with a total of less than 50 points.) As proof of your participation, submit a brief
written summary of the event and your participation and a business card of someone with whom you spoke.
This requirement remains even if I attend the event and see you there. The website assignment page
contains an example memo. School and student chapter activities do not count. The bulletin board outside
my office shows area meetings of which I am aware. The website also provides names of professional
organizations that you can check on the internet.
b) If you are the first to point out an error in the textbook, you will be given 0.2 extra credit homework point.
Please correct the following errors in your copy of your textbook if they have not yet been corrected.
Page Number
104
231
238
254
274
279
Description of Correction
Fig. 3.7 8 need extra zero after decimal point (e.g., 0.001  0.0001); should be same as Fig. 3.6
on p. 103
Ex. 8.3 Add (0.66 day) to the problem statement: “Calculate the …km (0.66 day) downstream.”
P8.10 citation of ref 8  remove
Ex. 9.7 D = 30/1 = 300 mL/Vs
Table 9.2 Asbestos 2, 3, 8 under BAT column
P 9.20 spacing of “Why…”
295
314
346
346
407
419
449
450
chlorine (fig. 10.11)
Ex. 10.13 CCH 4.0 in C (meq/L) column
Fig. 11.2 caption – remove “tertiary treatment”
Fig. 11.2 caption – remove entire last sentence “Depending on…”
11.29 should be 10.29
Eq. – 24.5 should be 24.45
40 mg/m3 in Table 12.4 CO 1 hr
P 12.12b 4 hr should be 2 hr
9. Course Grade: Make sure you seek assistance if you are having problems with the material. No extra
work will be given to individual students to improve grades. If you plan to withdraw late in the semester
(resulting in a grade of WP or WE), talk to me first, or you may receive a grade of WE (which is computed as
an F in the GPA). An incomplete will be given only in extreme conditions and only if we have discussed it before
finals week. I will provide you with your overall grade after each exam.
All graded work will be used as a baseline for assigning grades. By October 22 choose the weightings you
want to use based on the ranges given below or I will use the default ratings, also given below in parentheses.
Use whole numbers. Make sure the total adds to 100. You may weight the two exams differently but each quiz
is to be weighted the same.
Assignments
(including tour participation)
Quizzes (6 total)
Final exam
5 – 15% (10%)
30 – 60% (50%)
30 – 60% (40%)
If you earn a quiz average of at least 90% (with one dropped quiz), then you may weight the final 20%. Your
quiz weight will increase correspondingly to ensure the total is 100%. The deadline to make this decision will be
the last regular day of class before the final.
Unless the data warrants something different, at the end of the semester I will determine final grades using a
straight 90, 80, etc. scale after comparing the class average to 75. I am willing to give all A’s or all F’s, so your
grades are not a competition.
10. General Course Outline: Chapters correspond to the textbook—Introduction to Environmental Engineering by
Vesilind, Morgan, and Heine (Cengage Learning, 2009). Not all material covered will be in the textbook, and not
all material contained in the text will be part of the course; therefore, it’s a very good idea to take good notes.
The topics are chosen to cover the breadth of environmental applications.
1.
2.
3.
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5.
6.
Topic
Water, Part 1 drinking water treatment
Water, Part 2 wastewater treatment
Air quality
Solid waste
Hazardous and radioactive waste
Noise pollution
Primary Chapter(s)
10
11
12, 13
14
15
16
Supplemental Chapter(s)
3, 9
8.2, 9
5.4
11. Important Dates: See back.
12. Accreditation Assessment: Copies of your material may be collected during the semester for departmental
assessment purposes. This material is used to meet ABET accreditation requirements.