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SYLLABUS 2014 |
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Transport and Fate of Toxics in the Environment |
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CE 479/579 ESR 479/579 |
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MW 12:00-13:50 |
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Instructor: Dr. William Fish |
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Office: Engineering Bldg. 202E |
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Tel: 503-725-4278 |
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E-mail: fishw@cecs.pdx.edu |
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Office Hours: MW 14:00-15:00 or by appointment |
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Textbook None Required. Reading materials will be posted on the website as pdf files. A recommended supplemental text is "Chemical Fate & Transport in the Environment" by Hemond & Fechner-Levy |
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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. |
Grading:
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Problem Sets |
30% |
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Midterm Exam 1 |
20% |
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Midterm Exam 2 |
20% |
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Final Exam |
20% |
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Class Preparedness |
10% |
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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 part of the reading exactly. 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 “dumb” questions. The main goal is participation and learning. (But do try to prepare thoroughly for each class in advance). |
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Problem Sets: |
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By Wednesday 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.) |
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Late problem sets will not be accepted unless permission has been obtained from the instructor at least 24 hr in advance. |
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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. |
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Schedule of Topics and Assigned Reading
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Lecture
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Quiz Preview |
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Mass balances, Box or Reservoir models |
Reading
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Supplemental Info
& Lecture Notes(LNx) |
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Deriving an advection-dispersion equation (ADE)
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1.4 - 1.5 |
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LN03 |
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3 |
T R |
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Physical transport in Rivers, more applications of the ADE Application of ADE in Rivers |
2.1
- 2.2.1 |
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4 |
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Transport in lakes
Intro to Estuaries TA Office Hr
12-1 Fridays SRTC B1-25 |
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No quiz |
MIDTERM EXAM 1 |
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6 |
T R |
6 |
Chemical Kinetics |
LN10
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7 |
T R |
No quiz |
Modeling Pollutants in
Aquatic Sediments |
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8 |
T
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Turbulent Mixing
and Mass Transfer: Click for Reading; Focus on pages up through 113. |
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9 |
M
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Memorial Day: NO CLASS |
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10 |
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Abiotic
chemical transformations
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2.7 - 2.7.2 (See prior
download) 2.6.4 (See prior download) |
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Finals Week |
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Th 6/12 1230-1420 |
NOTE FINAL EXAM DATE/TIME |
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* - "TBA" indicates "to be announced"; these supplemental readings will be provided to you in advance (or posted on the web site).
Note: When a two-digit subheading (e.g., 2.3) is given, it
means read that entire section.
If a three-digit subheading (e.g., 2.6.3) is assigned, read only that
subsection.