(4 units)

This course’s objective is to provide basic knowledge in environmental science and engineering. Acquisition of this basic knowledge will prepare them for advanced courses in environmental science and engineering. This course provides a systematic introduction to water and air quality and their engineering control, quantitative overview of the properties of environmental contaminants, and the transport and transformation processes that govern their concentrations in air and water. Topics include environmental chemical equilibriums and kinetics, elementary transport phenomena, biological processes, introduction to water quality engineering, air quality engineering, and solid waste treatment and management.

(4 units)

This course covers several topics in air pollution control including the nature and sources of air pollutants in the indoor and outdoor environments, air pollution models, regulations, technical methods and measures to remove/suppress the emissions of air pollutants. The physical, chemical, and physico-chemical characteristics of pollutants in the atmosphere are described. The principal industrial sources of atmospheric pollution and the technological conditions for the formation of solid and gaseous substances in emissions are defined. Technical principles, basic processes, and equipment employed to limit and eliminate particulates, volatile organic compounds, sulfur oxides, and nitrogen oxides are discussed in detail.

(4 units)

This course introduces the advanced concepts of toxic and hazardous waste management issues. Major issues are quantification and characterisation, toxicity, impact on human health, state-of-the-art reduction technologies and ultimate disposal. This course will expose students to the risks faced by urban environmental ecosystems and human beings exposed to toxic and hazardous wastes generated through various human activities and the selection of treatment and disposal facilities, their design, construction, operation and maintenance principles.

(4 units)

This course introduces students to the theories and processes commonly used in industrial wastewater control. Topics covered in this course include characteristics of industrial wastewater, control theories and methods, and treatment of specific industrial wastewaters. The course will enable students to understand the particular problems associated with industrial wastewater control. The students will also gain the knowledge that is required for the design of treatment processes to effectively solve environmental problems relating to industrial wastewater discharge.

(4 units)

This course covers the legal requirements, professional and scientific practices in chemical hazards management. It includes (1) the workplace safety and health, environmental protection. Fire safety, and public security legislations in Singapore as well as the Globally Harmonization System, (2) the hazardous chemical properties of toxicity, flammability, explosiveness, environmental biodegradability and bioaccumulation, (3) the chemical exposure standards, (4) the control of chemical risk through the hierarchy of control principles, (5) the mitigation of their impact through incident management with proper mitigating systems, emergency response planning. (6) procedure of response during terror attack.

(4 units)

This course covers historical perspective of environmental management and the basics of environmental management systems (EMS), including an introduction to environmental management, EMS models and key elements, environmental review, environmental policy, identifying and evaluating environmental aspects and impacts, legal requirements, objectives, targets and management programmes, implementation of EMS requirements, monitoring and measurement, EMS audits, management review and continual improvement. Practical sessions will be included covering identifying and evaluating environmental aspects and impacts.