Environmental Masters or Graduate Certificate, OAEE, University of Maryland

Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering
Graduate Certificate in Engineering - Environmental Engineering

Master of Engineering Courses
Graduate Certificate Courses

industrial For more information contact:
Sheryl Ehrman, Associate Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
1208C Chemical & Nuclear Engineering Bldg
301-405-1917
email: sehrman@umd.edu

Al Santos, Academic Coordinator
Civil & Environmental Engineering
1173 Glenn L. Martin Hall
301-405-1977
Email: asantos@umd.edu

Dr. Sami Ainane , Director of Student Affairs
Mechanical Engineering
Room 2188 Glenn L. Martin Hall
301-405-5310
Email: ainane@umd.edu

Master of Engineering Courses

Courses are offered by the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department , the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department , and the Mechanical Engineering Department . Students select one of these academic departments as their major department for advising. Choose seven of the following core courses plus three technical electives.

Environmental Engineering Core

ENPM 620 Computer-Aided Engineering Analysis (3) Computer assisted approach to the solution of engineering problems. Review and extension of undergraduate material in applied mathematics including vector analysis and vector calculus, analytical and numerical solutions of ordinary differential equations, analytical and numerical solutions of linear, partial differential equations, and probability and statistics.

ENPM 621 Heat Pump and Refrigeration Systems Design Analysis (3) Prerequisite: ENME 232 and ENME 332. Thermal engineering of heat pump and refrigeration systems and thermal systems modeling. Thermodynamics and heat transfer. Cycle analysis, alternative refrigerants, graphical analysis using property charts. Analysis of applications including space conditioning, food preservation manufacturing, heat recovery and cogeneration.

ENPM 622 Modern Power Generation I - Stationary Power Applications (3) Prerequisite: ENME 232 and ENME 332. Thermal engineering of modern power generation systems. Cycle analysis of various modern power generation technologies including gas turbine, combined cycle, waste burning and cogeneration. Energy storage and energy transport.

ENPM 623 Control of Combustion Generated Air Pollution (3) Analysis of the sources and mechanisms of combustion generated air pollution. Air pollution due to internal combustion engines, power generation and industrial emissions. Techniques to minimize and control emission. Acid rain, ozone, plume analysis, scrubbing, filtering.

ENPM 624 Renewable Energy Applications (3) Prerequisite ENME 232 and ENME 332. Thermodynamics and heat transfer analysis of renewable energy sources for heating, power generation and transportation. Wind energy, solar thermal, photovoltaic, biomass, waste burning and OTEC. Broad overview of the growing use of renewable energy sources in the world economy with detailed analysis of specific applications.

ENPM 625 Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning of Buildings (3) Prerequisite ENME 232 and ENME 332. Thermodynamic, heat transfer and fluid flow analysis of building systems. Psychrometric analysis, cooling and heating load calculation, equipment sizing, diagnosis of system problems. Equipment analysis including VAV, hydronic, cooling towers, radiant heating, humidification, dehumidification.

ENPM 626 Thermal Destruction Technology (3) Prerequisite ENME 232 and ENME 332. Thermal destruction, incineration and combustion processes. Emphasis is on solid wastes and their composition, current and advanced destruction technologies, guidelines on design and operation, and environmental pollution.

ENPM 627 Risk Assessment for Environmental Compliance (3) Fundamentals of environmental protection. Risk identification, characterization, assessment and management in compliance programs related to environmental laws and regulations. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Toxic Substances Control Act and Clean Water Act. Technology basis of Clean Air Act and Superfund and options for compliance. Expert systems for environmental applications. Elements of life cycle analysis risk assessment. Risk reduction through multimedia emission evaluation and voluntary programs.

ENPM 633 Aquatic Chemistry Concepts (3) Prerequisite: permission of both department and instructor. Development of the theoretical basis for understanding the chemical behavior of aquatic systems, with an emphasis on problem solving. Principles of inorganic and physical chemistry applied to quantitative description of processes in natural waters: Thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of electrolyte solutions, carbon dioxide/carbonate systems; dissolution and precipitation, metal-ligand complexes, and oxidation/reduction.

ENPM 634 Indoor Air Quality Engineering (3) Fundamentals of building ventilation; ventilation and indoor environmental measurement; indoor contaminants and mass balance; ASHRAE standards; indoor environmental quality; building design; psychrometrics and HVAC system design.

ENPM 635 Design and Analysis of Thermal Systems (3) The focus of this course deals with the numerical evaluation of the inevitable trade-offs associated with any thermodynamic or heat transfer system. A distinction will be made between workable and optimal systems. For workable systems problems, several laborious manual solutions will be required to ensure that the physics of the system and solution techniques are well understood. A primary analytical tool that will be used for system simulation and evaluation will be an engineering equation solver (EES) program. Although no computer language will be required for simulations, prior experience with windows and spreadsheets will be helpful. Optimal system analysis will include one calculus method and one search method. Applications will include power and refrigeration systems, electronics cooling, distillation columns, dehumidifying coils, and co-generation systems. Student performance will be based largely on manual and computer based take-home problems, some of which will include system performance modeling.

ENPM 636 Unit Operations of Environmental Engineering (3) Prerequisite: ENCE 315 or permission of both department and instructor. Properties and quality criteria of drinking water as related to health are interpreted by a chemical and biological approach. Legal aspects of water use and handling are considered. Theory and application of aeration, sedimentation, filtration, centrifugation, desalinization, corrosion and corrosion control are among topics to be considered.

ENPM 637 Biological Principles of Environmental Engineering (3) An examination of biological principles directly affecting man and his environment, with particular emphasis on microbiological interactions in environmental engineering related to air, water and land systems; microbiology and biochemistry of aerobic and anaerobic treatment processes for aqueous wastes.

ENPM 651 Heat Transfer for Modern Applications (3) Most heat transfer texts used in introductory courses contain far more material than is possible to cover in one semester. The intention of this second course is to extend the student's understanding of the subject by utilizing the fundamental relationships that have been derived from first principles to obtain numerical solutions to some-what more complex (realistic) applications.

ENPM 653 Environmental Law for Engineers and Scientists (3) Introduction to the basics in environmental law including the language and methods of the law, and the Constitution as the basis of the American legal system. Exposure to how lawyers think and approach environmental engineering problems. Case studies used extensively.

ENPM 655 Contaminant Transport and Fate in the Environment (3) Prerequisites: Calculus, General Physics, General Chemistry, or permission of instructor. This class covers the physical and chemical behaviors of pollutants in surface water and subsurface environment. Emphasis will be on interactions between organic contaminants and natural geological matrixes and relevant issues including groundwater transport and subsurface remediation.

ENPM 680 Aquatic Chemical Kinetics (3) The objective of this course is to strengthen the understanding of reaction mechanisms and specific reaction rates in natural and engineered water system (fresh water, atmospheric water, porous water and ocean). The class will also introduce innovative researches developed in water technology.

ENPM 808B Chemical and Biological Detection (3) Introduction to hardware (instrumentation) and software (data analysis algorithm) aspects of chemical and biological detection. Physical measurements, chemical sensors, biosensors, optical sensor components, signal conditioning and analysis, chemometrics, image analysis, applications.

ENPM 808C Computational Methods in Environmental Engineering (3) Introduction to the use of microcomputers and the familiarization with computer tools that aid in the numerical solution of environmental engineering problems. Operating systems, networks, numerical methods, programming, spreadsheets, numerical and symbolic computation, software and hardware interface, data acquisition.

ENPM 808F Building Control Systems (3) This course will focus on providing guidance and expertise to engineers who are designing control equipment and systems for building heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems. It will also cover issues related to control system commissioning, fault detection and diagnoses, and optimization. The implementation of direct digital control systems and building networks will be addressed, along with issues related to indoor air quality and environmental performance.

ENPM 808R Waste Minimization in Project Management Design (3) Introduction to material use and flow concepts; recycling of nonmetallics; sustainability and industrial ecology; life cycle environmental assessments and models; municipal solid waste; case studies and plant visit.

ENCE 630 Environmental and Water Resources Systems I (3) Application of statistical and systems engineering techniques in the analysis of information necessary for the design or characterization of environmental or hydrologic processes; emphasis on the fundamental considerations that control the design of information collection programs, data interpretation, and the evolution of simulation models used to support the decision-making process.

ENCE 631 Hydrologic and Nonpoint Pollution Models (3) The physical processes controlling the spatial distribution of runoff and constituent transport during rainfall and snowmelt events. Emphasis on the processes and practical models of runoff simulation, stormwater management and environmental impact assessment.

ENCE 632 Free Surface Flow (3) Prerequisite: ENCE 330 or equivalent. Application of fundamentals of fluid mechanics to problems of free surface flow; computation of steady and transient water surface profiles; stratified flows in reservoirs and estuaries; diffusion; transition structures; sediment transport.

Technical Electives

The three electives may be taken from the environmental engineering core courses or from approved courses offered by the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department , the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department , and the Mechanical Engineering Department .

Graduate Certificate in Environmental Engineering Courses

Four of the following courses:

ENPM 630 Environmental and Water Resources Systems I (3) Application of statistical and systems engineering techniques in the analysis of information necessary for the design or characterization of environmental or hydrologic processes; emphasis on the fundamental considerations that control the design of information collection programs, data interpretation, and the evolution of simulation models used to support the decision-making process.

ENPM 631 Hydrologic and Nonpoint Pollution Models (3) The physical processes controlling the spatial distribution of runoff and constituent transport during rainfall and snowmelt events. Emphasis on the processes and practical models of runoff simulation, stormwater management and environmental impact assessment.

ENPM 632 Free Surface Flow (3) Prerequisite: ENCE 330 or equivalent. Application of fundamentals of fluid mechanics to problems of free surface flow; computation of steady and transient water surface profiles; stratified flows in reservoirs and estuaries; diffusion; transition structures; sediment transport.

ENPM 633 The Chemistry of Natural Waters (3) Prerequisite: ENCE 433 or permission of both department and instructor. Application of principles from chemical thermodynamics and kinetics to the study and interpretation of the chemical characteristics of natural water systems. Explanation of the chemical composition of natural waters from a consideration of metal ion solubility controls, ph, carbonate equilibria, absorption reactions, redox reactions, and the kinetics of oxygenation reactions which occur in natural water environments.

ENPM 655 Contaminant Transport and Fate in the Environment (3) Prerequisites: Calculus, General Physics, General Chemistry, ENPM633 or permission of instructor. This class covers the physical and chemical behaviors of pollutants in surface water and subsurface environment. Emphasis will be on interactions between organic contaminants and natural geological matrixes and relevant issues including groundwater transport and subsurface remediation.

ENPM 680 Behavior of Particles in Natural Waters (3) This course is designed to give students an understanding of the behavior of chemical wastes and their impacts in the aquatic environment. Emphasis is on the chemical and physical behavior of particulates in water and the chemical composition of natural waters.

ENPM 808A Environmental Law for Engineers and Scientists (3) Introduction to the basics in environmental law including the language and methods of the law, and the Constitution as the basis of the American legal system. Exposure to how lawyers think and approach environmental engineering problems. Case studies used extensively.

ENPM 808P Heat Transfer for Modern Applications (3) Most heat transfer texts used in introductory courses contain far more material than is possible to cover in one semester. The intention of this second course is to extend the student's understanding of the subject by utilizing the fundamental relationships that have been derived from first principles to obtain numerical solutions to somewhat more complex (realistic) applications.

ENCE 736 Theory of Aqueous and Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal (3) Prerequisites: ENCE 221 and fundamentals of microbiology; or permission of both department and instructor. Theory and basic principles of treating and handling waste products; hydraulics of sewers; biological oxidation; principles and design criteria of biological and physical treatment processes; disposal of waste sludges and solids.