SYLLABUS

Transport and Fate of Toxics in the Environment

CE 479/579   ESR 479/579

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Mon/Wed 4:00-5:50 PM
Engineering Bldg Room 310

Instructor: Dr. William Fish

Office: Engineering Bldg. 202E

Tel: 503-725-4278

E-mail: fishw@cecs.pdx.edu

Office Hours: Tu 12:30-1:30 PM, Wed 2:00-3:00 PM, or by appointment

Textbook None.  Reading materials will be posted on the website as pdf files.

Format: Lecture and discussion during the class periods. Students are expected to have completed the assigned reading before class and be prepared to discuss the material during class and answer questions from the instructor. Problem sets are posted on the course web site.

Problem Sets

30%

Midterm Exam 1

20%

Midterm Exam 2

20%

Class Preparedness

10%

Problem sets are weighed heavily in the final grade to encourage students to keep up with the weekly assignments. The 10% for class preparedness is based on a brief quiz at the start of each class and on whether a student has read and retained the assigned materials, and not on whether they answer every question Acorrectly.@ In other words, as long as you have made a good effort to read and understand the materials you should do well on the quiz.

Also, my classroom is a safe space for respect and open inquiry by all students. Therefore, in class you should not be afraid to express your confusions or to ask Adumb@ questions. The main goal is participation and learning. (But do try to prepare thoroughly for each class in advance).

Problem Sets:

By Monday of each week a problem set will be assigned from the textbook or from the instructor and posted on the class web site.   Each assignment is due in class on Wednesday of the following week. (I.e., you have 10 days to work on a problem set and time to ask questions in class.)

Late problem sets will not be accepted unless permission has been obtained from the instructor at least 24 hr in advance.

Students are required to prepare neat, clear answers and solutions to all problems, written by hand on engineering paper. The exception is if we use a model or spreadsheet to generate answers which may then be presented in computer-generated tables or graphics.

Supplemental Readings: Most readings will be from the textbook by Hemond/Fechner-Levy. For some classes, supplemental readings (indicated as TBA on the reading list) will be provided.

Lecture

1

Week

Mon
 

Wed

Topic

Introduction; Mass Balance and Units;

Physical transport of chemicals: Intro

Reading
 

1.1 - 1.3
 

1.4 - 1.5

LN0
LN1

2

Mon

Wed

No quiz

2

Advection-diffusion equation

 Physical transport in Rivers

Derivation of ADE
(Quiz on 2.2.1)

The ADE Part I

The ADE  Part II
LN04, LN04B

3

Mon

Wed

3

Application of ADE in Rivers

Physical transport in Lakes 

2.2.2

LN05, LN05B

LN06

4

Mon

Wed

Physical transport in Estuaries

LN07

Salinity Measurement

5

Mon
 

Wed

Columbia River Estuary
Guest Lecturer: Dr. David Jay

MIDTERM EXAM 1
Click above link for Review
Midterm 1 SOL'N SET

6

Mon

Wed

7

Basic environmental chemistry; Chemical kinetics

Chemical distribution among phases

LN09

LN11

7

Mon
 

Wed

8

Air-water exchange

LN12

8

Mon

Wed

10

BOD
Modeling Dissolved Oxygen

LN13

Lect notes: Part II

9

Mon

Wed

Abiotic chemical transformations

Bioconcentration & bioaccumulation

10

Mon

Wed

12

Role of Sediments as Source (Lect Notes)