CE 6500 - Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment

Physical processes controlling the fate and transport of pollutants in surface water soils. Processes studied include advection, diffusion, sorption, Henry’s law, and abiotic transformations. Govering mathematical equations will be derived and several modeling packages utilized.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to explain the concepts of mass balance, advection, diffusion, dispersion, and complete mixing.
Students will be able to describe the theory of unsaturated flow.
Students will be able to explain the concepts of precipitation and volatilization.
Students will be able to model contaminant movements in rivers and lakes.
Students will be able to explain the advection/dispersion/reaction equation.
Students will be able to use the finite difference approximation method to model and solve pollutant transport problems.
Students will be able to use the finite element method to model and solve pollutant transport problems.