ME Environmental Engineering

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
M.E. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
PROGRAM OUTCOMES (PO):

At the end of the programme, M.E. Environmental Engineering will be able to
PO 1 Display a sound knowledge of environmental engineering disciplines like water,
wastewater, air and groundwater pollution, environmental chemistry, microbiology,
solid waste management, industrial wastewater treatment and environmental
impact assessment with the ability to apply the knowledge to real life problems.
PO 2 Analysis and design as per the IS standard codes and provisions
PO 3 Understand the impact of engineering solutions on environment and the need for
sustainable development
PO 4 Use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for
Environmental engineering practice
PO 5 Adopt new technology by analyzing the pros and cons and recommend the optimum
one
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PROGRAM SPECIFIC OUTCOMES (PSO)
The Program Specific Objectives of the M.E. Environmental Engineering are to

produce engineers who:
PSO 1 Are able to develop or design safe, sustainable, economical and
environmentally sound solutions for civil engineering problems either
within the profession or through post-graduate research
PSO 2 Grow professionally in their careers through continued development of
technical, management, and oral and written communication skills by
assuming roles of responsibility and leadership in professional service
PSO 3 Demonstrate apt skill to communicate in effective manner in order to
create a healthy result oriented working environment in the organization
PSO 4 Understand the impact of environment and related issues on the
environmental engineering projects so as to ensure their sustainability
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BOS Member List
M.E.- Environmental Engineering
EXTERNAL MEMBERS
Sl.No Name & Designation Name of the Institute & Address
1. Dr.Indumathi Manivannan Nambi Department of Civil Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology ,Madras
Professor
Chennai-600 036, TamilNadu
Phone No : 044-22574289
Email ID : [email protected]
2. Mr.Gowrishankar Kowtha Stratus Environmental Inc.,
Sacramento, California, USA
Principal Engineer
3. Mr. Abdul Haseeb HR Levels Infrastructures Private Limited,
Structural Consultant No.28, Murthusha Street,
Srinivasa Colony, Pallavaram, Chennai-600 043
Mobile No : 9791929333
INTERNAL MEMBERS
1. Dr.R. Rathan Raj Department of Civil Engineering
Associate Professor & Head Vels University, Pallavaram, Chennai -600 117
Mobile No : 9443431154
Email ID: [email protected]
2. Dr.K.Rajagopal School of Life Sciences,
Vels University, Pallavaram,Chennai-600 117
Director
Mobile No:9962506241
3. Dr.T.Ilango Department of Civil Engineering
Vels University, Pallavaram, Chennai -600 117
Assistant Professor
Email ID: [email protected]
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M.E.
Environmental Engineering
Curriculum and Syllabus

(Based on Choice Based Credit System)
Effective from the Academic Year
2015-2016
Department of Civil Engineering

School of Engineering
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M.E – ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
CURRICULUM
TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDITS : 80

SEMESTER 1
Hours/Week
Category Code No. Course Credits
Lecture Tutorial Practical
Core 15MEE011 Statistics for Environmental 3 1 0 4
Engineers
Core 15MEE012 Environmental Chemistry 3 1 0 4
Core 15MEE013 Design of Biological Treatment 3 1 0 4

Systems
Core 15MEE014 Industrial Wastewater 3 0 1 4
Treatment
DSE 15MEE___ Discipline Specific Elective I 3 0 0 3
Core 15MEE015 Seminar 1 0 0 6 2
Total 15 3 7 21
SEMESTER 2
Hours/Week
Core 15MEE021 Design of Physio-Chemical 3 1 0 4
Treatment Systems
Core 15MEE022 Solid and Hazardous Waste 3 1 0 4

Management
Core 15MEE023 Environmental Impact and 3 1 0 4

Risk Assessment
DSE 15MEE___ Discipline Specific Elective II 3 0 0 3
GE 15MEE___ Generic Elective 1 3 0 0 3
Core 15MEE024 Environmental Chemistry and 0 0 6 3

microbiology Laboratory
Total 15 3 6 21
5
SEMESTER 3
Hours/Week
DSE 15MEE___ Discipline Specific Elective III 3 0 0 3
DSE 15MEE___ Discipline Specific Elective IV 3 0 0 3
GE 15MEE___ Generic Elective 2 3 0 0 3
Core 15MEE031 Project Work – Phase 1 0 0 18 9
15MEE032 Inplant Training 0 0 0 2
Total 9 0 18 20
SEMESTER 4
Hours/Week
Core 15MEE041 Project Work – Phase 2 0 0 30 18
Total 0 0 30 18
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List of Discipline Specific Elective Courses
15MEE101 Transport of Water and Wastewater
15MEE102 Environmental Microbiology
15MEE103 Process & Unit Operations for Water Treatment
15MEE104 Noise Pollution and Control.
15MEE105 Water Quality Modeling
15MEE106 Environmental Engineering Structure
15MEE107 Ground Water Contamination and Transport Modeling
15MEE108 Marine Pollution Monitoring
15MEE109 Landfill Engineering and Remediation Technology
15MEE110 Resource and Energy Recovery from Waste
15MEE111 Environmental Biotechnology
15MEE112 Cleaner Production and Environmental management
15MEE113 Environmental Geotechnology
15MEE114 Occupational Health and Safety in Industries
15MEE115 Environmental Sanitation
15MEE116 Advanced Sewage Treatment
15MEE117 Environmental System Analysis
15MEE118 Instrumental Monitoring of Environment
15MEE119 Ecological Engineering
15MEE120 Remote Sensing And Gis For Environmental Applications
15MEE121 Mass Transfer In Air-Water-Soil Interaction
15MEE122 Air Pollution Monitoring & Control
15MEE123 Environmental Policies and Legislation
15MEE124 Cleaner Production and Environmental Management
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List of Generic Elective Courses
15MEE151 Renewable Source of Energy
15MEE152 Quality and Safety Management
15MEE153 Global Warming And Climate Change
15MEE154 Total Quality Management
15MEE155 Disaster Management
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SYLLABUS
CORE COURSES
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15MEE011 STATISTICS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS 3 1 0 4
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
To train the students on the usage of estimation theory in solving the real world problem. To educate them
on formulation and testing of a hyptothesis and perform the regression analysis testing. To impart knowledge on the
multivariate analysis and randomized design techniques
UNIT I ESTIMATION THEORY 9

Estimators: Unbiasedness, Consistency, Efficiency and Sufficiency – Maximum Likelihood Estimation – Method of
moments.
UNIT II TESTING OF HYPOTHESIS 9

Tests based on Normal, t, X2 and F distributions for testing of means, variance and proportions – Analysis of r x c
tables – Goodness of fit.
UNIT III CORRELATION AND REGRESSION 9

Multiple and Partial Correlation – Method of Least Squares – Plane of Regression – Properties of Residuals –
Coefficient of multiple correlation – Coefficient of partial correlation – Multiple correlation with total and partial
correlations – Regression and Partial correlations in terms of lower order co-efficient – Time series analysis.
UNIT IV DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS 9

Analysis of variance – One-way and two-way classifications – Completely randomized design – Randomized block
design – Latin s=quare design.
UNIT V MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS 9

Random vectors and Matrices – Mean vectors and Covariance matrices – Multivariate Normal density and its
properties – Principal components: Population principal components – Principal components from standardized
variables.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Gupta.S.C., and Kapoor, V.K., “Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics”, Sultan Chand and Sons, Eleventh
Edition, 2014.
2. J.E. Freund, “Mathematical Statistical”, 8th Edition, Prentice Hall of India, 2012.
3. Jay L.Devore, “Probability and statistics for Engineering and the Sciences”, 5th Edition, Thomson and Duxbury,
Singapore, 2010.
4. Murray.R. SpiegelandLarry J.Stephens, “Schaum‟sou Tlines- Statistics”, Third Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2000
5. R.A.Johnson, “Miller & Freund‟s Probability and Statistics for Engineers”, Pearson Education, Asia, 8th Edition,
2013.
6. Richard A.Johnson and Dean W.Wichern, “Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis”, Pearson Education, Asia,
6th Edition, 2007
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15MEE012 ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY 3 1 0 4
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To educate the students on the basics of kinematics and water quality parameters.
 To impart knowledge on the pollutants and its effects on atmosphere and to understand the role of
chewmicals in maintaining good soil chemistry.
 To impart knowledge on the working principles of various instruments.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO-1: Students will gain competency in solving environmental issues of chemicals based Pollution
CO-2: Able to determine chemicals need calculations for treatment purpose ability to identify contaminating chemicals
CO-3: an insight into the chemical reactions in water, air and soil environment.
CO-4: the ability to apply chemistry principles in analysing pollution of water, air and soil environment.
CO-5: an understanding on the fate of chemicals on the environment and suggest relevant interventions.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION 9
Stoichiometry and mass balance-Chemical equilibria, acid base, solubility product(Ksp) ,heavy metal precipitation,
amphoteric hydroxides,CO2 solubility in water and species distribution – Chemical kinetics , First order- 12 Principles
of green chemistry
UNIT II AQUATIC CHEMISTRY 11
Water quality parameters- environmental significance and determination; Fate of chemicals in aquatic environment,
volatilization, partitioning, hydrolysis, photochemical transformation– Degradation of synthetic chemicals-Metals,
complex formation, oxidation and reduction , pE – pH diagrams, redox zones – sorption- Colloids, electrical
properties, double layer theory, environmental significance of colloids, coagulation .
UNIT III ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY 7
Atmospheric structure –-chemical and photochemical reactions – photochemical smog. Ozone layer depletion –
greenhouse gases and global warming, CO2 capture and sequestration – Acid rain- origin and composition of
particulates. Air quality parameters-effects and determination
UNIT IV SOIL CHEMISTRY 9
Nature and composition of soil-Clays- cation exchange capacity-acid base and ion-exchange reactions in soil –
Agricultural chemicals in soil-Reclamation of contaminated land; salt by leaching-Heavy metals by electrokinetic
remediation.
UNIT V ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS 9
Heavy metals-Chemical speciation –Speciation of Hg &As- Organic chemicals- Pesticides, Dioxins,PCBs,PAHs and
endocrine disruptors and their Toxicity- Nano materials, CNT, titania, composites, environmental applications –
Analytical Instrumentation – Working Principles of GC, HPLC, IC, AAS, FTIR & SEM.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Colin Baird „Environmental Chemistry‟, Freeman and company, New York, Fifth Edition,2012.
2. Manahan, S.E., Environmental Chemistry, Ninth Edition, CRC press,2005.
3. Ronbald A. Hites ,Elements of Environmental Chemistry, Wiley, 2009
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4. Sawyer,C.N., MacCarty, P.L. and Parkin, G.F., Chemistry for Environmental Engineering and Science, Tata
McGraw – Hill, Fifth edition, New Delhi 2003.
15MEE013 DESIGN OF BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS 3 1 0 4
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To educate the students on the importance of aerobic and aneerobic treatment of waste water.
 To impart knowledge on the design and working principles of different types of aerobic and anerobic
treatment of waste water and their construction and maintenance aspects
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO-1: Knowledge on the principles of various treatment systems
CO-2: Knowledge on process designs of various treatment systems for water and wastewater
CO-3: Understanding on competency in the process employed in design of treatment systems
CO-4: Understanding on the components comprising such systems, leading to the selection of specific process.
CO-5: Developed conceptual schematics required for biological treatment of wastewater and an ability to translate
pertinent criteria into system requirements.
Objectives of biological treatment – significance – Principles of aerobic and anaerobic treatment - kinetics of
biological growth – Factors affecting growth – attached and suspended growth - Determination of Kinetic coefficients
for organics removal – Biodegradability assessment –selection of process- reactors-batch-continuous type.
UNIT II AEROBIC TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER 10

Design of sewage treatment plant units –Activated Sludge process and variations, Sequencing Batch reactors,
Membrane Biological Reactors-Trickling Filters-Bio Tower-RBC-Moving Bed Reactors-fluidized bed reactors, aerated
lagoons, waste stabilization ponds – nutrient removal systems – natural treatment systems, constructed wet land –
Disinfection – disposal options – reclamation and reuse – Flow charts, layout, PID, hydraulic profile, recent trends.
UNIT III ANAEROBIC TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER 10

Attached and suspended growth, Design of units – UASB, up flow filters, Fluidized beds MBR, septic tank and
disposal – Nutrient removal systems – Flow chart, Layout and Hydraulic profile – Recent trends.
UNIT IV SLUDGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL 5

Design of sludge management facilities, sludge thickening, sludge digestion, biogas generation, sludge dewatering
(mechanical and gravity) Layout, PID, hydraulics profile – upgrading existing plants – ultimate residue disposal –
recent advances.
UNIT V CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE ASPECTS 10

Construction and Operational Maintenance problems – Trouble shooting – Planning, Organizing and Controlling of
plant operations – capacity building - Retrofitting Case studies – sewage treatment plants – sludge management
facilities.
TOTAL: 45 hours
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REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Arceivala, S.J., “Wastewater Treatment for Pollution Control”, Tata Mcgraw Hill, New Delhi, III Edition, 2006.
2. David Hendricks, “Fundamentals of Water Treatment Unit Process”, CRC Press, New York, 2010.
3. F.R. Spellman, “Hand Book of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant operations”, CRC Press, New York, III
Edition, 2013.
4. Manual on “Sewerage and Sewage Treatment” CPHEEO, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India,
New Delhi, 1999.
5. Metcalf & Eddy, INC, “Wastewater Engineering – Treatment and Reuse”, Fourth Edition, Tata Mc Graw-Hill
Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, 2003.
6. Qasim, S.R. “Wastewater Treatment Plant, Planning, Design & Operation”, Technomic Publications, New York, II
Edition, 1998.
15MEE014 INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT 3 1 0 4
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To educate the students on the major issues faced by the environment due to the industrial pollutnats and its
prevention techniques.
 To impart knowledge on the waste minimization techniques, industrial waste water treatment processes and
reusal of treated waste water through different case studies.
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO-1: Define the Principles of pollution prevention and mechanism of oxidation processes.
CO-2: Suggest the suitable technologies for the treatment of wastewater.
CO-3: Discuss about the wastewater characteristics
CO-4: Design the treatment systems
CO-5: Identify the best applicable technologies for wastewater treatment from the perspective of yield production.
Industrial scenario in India– Industrial activity and Environment - Uses of Water by industry – Sources and types of
industrial wastewater – Nature and Origin of Pollutants – Industrial wastewater and environmental impacts –
Regulatory requirements for treatment of industrial wastewater – Industrial waste survey – Industrial wastewater
monitoring and sampling –generation rates, characterization and variables –Toxicity of industrial effluents and
Bioassay tests – Major issues on water quality management – Overview of Industries and their wastewater
characteristics – Case studies
UNIT II INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION PREVENTION & WASTE MINIMISATION 8

Prevention vis a vis Control of Industrial Pollution – Benefits and Barriers – Waste management Hierarchy - Source
reduction techniques – Periodic Waste Minimisation Assessments – Evaluation of Pollution Prevention Options –
Cost benefit analysis – Pay-back period – Implementing & Promoting Pollution Prevention Programs in Industries.
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UNIT III INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT 10
Flow and Load Equalisation – Solids Separation – Removal of Fats, Oil & Grease- Neutralisation – Removal of
Inorganic Constituents – Precipitation, Heavy metal removal , Nitrogen & Phosphorous removal, Ion exchange,
Adsorption, Membrane Filtration, Eletrodialysis & Evaporation – Removal of Organic Constituents – Biological
treatment Processes, Chemical Oxidation Processes, Advanced Oxidation processes – Treatability Studies.
UNIT IV WASTEWATER REUSE AND RESIDUAL MANAGEMENT 9

Individual and Common Effluent Treatment Plants – Joint treatment of industrial and domestic wastewater - Zero
effluent discharge systems - Quality requirements for Wastewater reuse – Industrial reuse , Present status and issues
- Disposal on water and land – Residuals of industrial wastewater treatment – Quantification and characteristics of
Sludge – Thickening, digestion, conditioning, dewatering and disposal of sludge – Management of RO rejects.
UNIT V CASE STUDIES 10

Industrial manufacturing process description, wastewater characteristics, source reduction options and waste
treatment flow sheet for Textiles – Tanneries – Pulp and paper – metal finishing – Oil Refining – Pharmaceuticals –
Sugar and Distilleries
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Alexandria Virginia “Industrial wastewater management, treatment & disposal”, Water Environment
Federation,Manual of Practice No. FD 3, Third Edition, 2008.
2. Lawrance K.Wang, Yung . Tse Hung, Howard H.Lo and Constantine Yapijakis, “Handlook of advanced Industrial
and Hazardous waste Treatment”, Second Edition, 2004.
3. Metcalf & Eddy/ AECOM, “Water reuse Issues, Technologies and Applications”, The Mc Graw-Hill companies, I
Edition, 2007.
4. Nelson Leonard Nemerow, “Industrial waste Treatment”, Elsevier, 2007.
5. Paul L. Bishop, “Pollution Prevention: - Fundamentals and Practice”, Waveland Pr Inc, 2004
6. W.Wesley Eckenfelder, “ Industrial Water Pollution Control”, III Edition, Mc Graw Hill, 2000.
15MEE021 DESIGN OF PHYSIO – CHEMICAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS 3 1 0 4
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To impart knowledge on the selection criteria of a treatment system and its treatment principles.
 To train the students in the design of municipal and industrial water treatnment plants.
 To educate the students on the deisgn and working principles of various types of waste water treatment
systems
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO-1: Knowledge on the principles and process designs of various treatment systems for water and wastewater
CO-2: Knowledge on competency in the process employed in design of treatment systems
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CO-3: Developed conceptual schematics required for the treatment of water and wastewater
CO-4:Improving ability to translate pertinent forcing criteria into physical and chemical treatment system
CO-5: Ability to choose the best method leading to the selection of specific process.
Pollutants in water and wastewater – characteristics, Standards for performance - Significance of physico-chemical
treatment – Selection criteria-types of reactor- reactor selection-batchcontinuous type-kinetics
UNIT II TREATMENT PRINCIPLES 10

Physical treatment - Screening – Mixing, Equalization – Sedimentation – Filtration – Evaporation – Incineration – gas
transfer – mass transfer coefficient Adsorption – Isotherms – Membrane separation, Reverse Osmosis, nano
filtration, ultra filtration and hyper filtration electrodialysis, distillation – stripping and crystallization – Recent
Advances. Principles of Chemical treatment – Coagulation flocculation – Precipitation – flotation solidification and
stabilization – Disinfection, Ion exchange, Electrolytic methods, Solvent extraction – advanced oxidation /reduction –
Recent Trends
UNIT III DESIGN OF MUNICIPAL WATER TREATMENT PLANTS 10

Selection of Treatment – Design of municipal water treatment plant units – Aerators – chemical feeding – Flocculation
– clarifier – tube settling – filters – Rapid sand filters, slow sand filter, pressure filter, dual media Disinfection -
Displacement and gaseous type - Flow charts – Layouts – Hydraulic Profile, PID - construction and O&M aspects –
case studies, Residue management – Upgradation of existing plants – Recent Trends.
UNIT IV DESIGN OF INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT PLANTS 10

Design of Industrial Water Treatment Units- Selection of process – Design of softeners – Demineralisers –Reverse
osmosis plants –Flow charts – Layouts –Hydraulic Profile, PID - construction and O&M aspects – case studies,
Residue management – Upgradation of existing plants – Treatment of water for boilers and cooling towers - Recent
Trends.
UNIT V DESIGN OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS 10

Design of municipal wastewater treatment units-screens-detritors-grit chamber-settling tankssludge thickening-sludge
dewatering systems-sludge drying beds - Design of Industrial Wastewater Treatment Units-Equalization-
Neutralization-Chemical Feeding Devices-mixersfloatation units-oil skimmer Flow charts – Layouts –Hydraulic Profile,
PID, construction and O&M aspects – case studies, Retrofitting - Residue management – Upgradation of existing
plants – Recent Trends.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. David Hendricks, “Fundamentals of Water Treatment Unit Process”, CRC Press New York, 2010.
Edition, 2013
3. Lee, C.C. and Shun dar Lin, “Handbook of Environmental Engineering Calculations”, McGraw Hill, New York, II
Edition, 2007.
4. Metcalf and Eddy, “Wastewater Engineering, Treatment and Reuse”, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, IV
Edition,2003.
5. Qasim, S.R., Motley, E.M. and Zhu.G, “Water works Engineering – Planning, Design and Operation”, Prentice
Hall, New Delhi, 2002.
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15MEE022 SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 3 1 0 4
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To impart knowledge on the elements of managing solid wastes from Municipal and industrial sources
including the related engineering principles, design criteria, methods and equipments.
 To educate the students about the different types of waste disposal techniques.
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO-1: Understand the characteristics of different types of solid and hazardous wastes and the factors affecting
variation
CO-2: Define and explain important concepts in the field of solid waste management
CO-3: Suggest suitable technical solutions for treatment of municipal and industrial waste
CO-4: Understand the role legislation and policy drivers play in stakeholders' response to the waste and apply the
basic scientific principles for solving practical waste management challenges
CO-5: Design the different elements of waste management systems
UNIT I SOURCES, CLASSIFICATION AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK 9

Types and Sources of solid and hazardous wastes - Need for solid and hazardous waste management –- Salient
features of Indian legislations on management and handling of municipal solid wastes, hazardous wastes, biomedical
wastes, nuclear wastes - lead acid batteries, electronic wastes , plastics and fly ash – Elements of integrated waste
management and roles of stakeholders - Financing and Public Private Participation for waste management.
UNIT II WASTE CHARACTERIZATION AND SOURCE REDUCTION 8
Waste generation rates and variation - Composition, physical, chemical and biological properties of solid wastes –
Hazardous Characteristics – TCLP tests – waste sampling and characterization plan - Source reduction of wastes –
Waste exchange - Extended producer responsibility - Recycling and reuse
UNIT III STORAGE, COLLECTION AND TRANSPORT OF WASTES 9
Handling and segregation of wastes at source – storage and collection of municipal solid wastes – Analysis of
Collection systems - Need for transfer and transport – Transfer stations Optimizing waste allocation– compatibility,
storage, labeling and handling of hazardous wastes – hazardous waste manifests and transport
UNIT IV WASTE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES 10
Objectives of waste processing – material separation and processing technologies – biological and chemical
conversion technologies – methods and controls of Composting - thermal conversion technologies and energy
recovery – incineration – solidification and stabilization of hazardous wastes - treatment of biomedical wastes - Health
considerations in the context of operation of facilities, handling of materials and impact of outputs on the environment-
UNIT V WASTE DISPOSAL 9
Waste disposal options – Disposal in landfills - Landfill Classification, types and methods – site selection - design and
operation of sanitary landfills, secure landfills and landfill bioreactors – leachate and landfill gas management –
landfill closure and environmental monitoring – Rehabilitation of open dumps – landfill remediation - Incineration
TOTAL: 45 hours
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REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. CPHEEO, “Manual on Municipal Solid waste management, Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering
Organisation , Government of India, New Delhi, 2000.
2. George Tchobanoglous, Hilary Theisen and Samuel A, Vigil, “Integrated Solid Waste Management, Mc-Graw Hill
International edition, New York, 1993.
3. Michael D. LaGrega, Philip L Buckingham, Jeffrey C. E vans Hazardous waste Management, Mc-Graw Hill
International edition, New York, II Edition, 2010
4. Paul T Williams, Waste Treatment and Disposal, Wiley,II Edition, 2005
5. Vesilind P.A., Worrell W and Reinhart, Solid waste Engineering, Thomson Learning Inc., Singapore, II Edition,
2011.
15MEE023 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT & RISK ASSESSMENT 3 1 0 4
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To impart knowledge on the processes involved in EIA for identifying an impact and assessing it.
 To train the students for formulating a environmental management plan by identifying the various social
impact of the projects and preparing a environmental risk assessment and management plan.
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO-1: The student will be able to understand the necessity to study the impacts and risks that will be caused by
projects or industries and the methods to overcome these impacts.
CO-2: The student will also know about the legal requirements of Environmental and Risk Assessment for projects.
CO-3: To provide knowledge related to the broad field of environmental risk assessment,
CO-4: The student will know about the important processes that control contaminant transport
CO-5: Understanding of tools that can be used in predicting and managing human health risks.
Historical development of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). EIA in Project Cycle. Legal and Regulatory
aspects in India. – Types and limitations of EIA –.EIA process- screening – scoping - setting – analysis – mitigation.
Cross sectoral issues and terms of reference in EIA – Public Participation in EIA
UNIT II IMPACT INDENTIFICATION AND PREDICTION 10

Matrices – Networks – Checklists –Cost benefit analysis – Analysis of alternatives – Software packages for EIA –
Expert systems in EIA. Prediction tools for EIA – Mathematical modeling for impact prediction – Assessment of
impacts – air – water – soil – noise – biological –– Cumulative Impact Assessment
UNIT III SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND EIA DOCUMENTATION 8
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Social impact assessment - Relationship between social impacts and change in community and institutional
arrangements. Individual and family level impacts. Communities in transition Documentation of EIA findings –
planning – organization of information and visual display materials – Report preparation.
UNIT IV ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 7

Environmental Management Plan - preparation, implementation and review – Mitigation and Rehabilitation Plans –
Policy and guidelines for planning and monitoring programmes – Post project audit – Ethical and Quality aspects of
Environmental Impact Assessment- Case Studies
UNIT V ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT 12

Environmental risk assessment framework-Hazard identification -Dose Response Evaluation – Exposure Assessment
– Exposure Factors, Tools for Environmental Risk Assessment– HAZOP and FEMA methods – Event tree and fault
tree analysis – Multimedia and multipathway exposure modeling of contaminant- Risk Characterization Risk
communication - Emergency Preparedness Plans –Design of risk management programs – Case study using
RISKEVALV
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Canter, L.W., “Environmental Impact Assessment”, McGraw Hill, New York, II Edition,1996
2. Cutter, S.L., “Environmental Risk and Hazards”, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1999.
3. K. V. Raghavan and A A. Khan, “Methodologies in Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment”, Manual by CLRI,
1990.
4. Kolluru Rao, Bartell Steven, Pitblado R and Stricoff “Risk Assessment and Management Handbook”, McGraw Hill
Inc., New York,1996.
5. Lawrence, D.P., “Environmental Impact Assessment – Practical solutions to recurrent problems”, Wiley-
Interscience, New Jersey, I Edition, 2003
6. Sam Mannan, “Lees' Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, Hazard Identification, Assessment and Control”,
4th Edition, Butterworth Heineman, 2012.
7. World Bank –Source book on EIA, 1991.
15MEE024 ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY & MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY 0 0 6 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To train in the analysis of chemical parameters of water and waste water and the sampling and analysis
techniques of air pollutants.
 To train the students on the various factors affecting the biologival parameters of a microorganism and to
study the growth of microorganisms in polluted environment
COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO-1: Students will gain competency in solving environmental issues of chemicals based Pollution
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CO-2: Able to determine chemicals need calculations for treatment purpose ability to identify contaminating chemicals
CO-3: an insight into the chemical reactions in water, air and soil environment.
CO-4: the ability to apply chemistry principles in analysing pollution of water, air and soil environment.
CO-5: an understanding on the fate of chemicals on the environment and suggest relevant interventions.
(A) ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY LABORATORY

1. Sampling and Analysis of water (pH, alkalinity, hardness chloride, Sulphate, turbidity EC, TDS, nitrate,
fluoride)
2. Wastewater analysis (BOD, COD, Phosphate, TKN, Oil & Grease, Surfactant and heavy metals).
3. Sampling and analysis of air pollutants Ambient & Stack ( RSPM, SO2 and NOx )
TOTAL: 30hours
(B) MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
1. Preparation of culture media
2. Isolation, culturing and Identification of Microorganisms
3. Microorganisms from polluted habitats (soil, water and air)
4. Measurement of growth of microorganisms
5. Assay of enzymes involved in biotransformation.
6. Biodegradation of organic matter in waste water Analysis of air borne microorganisms
7. Staining of bacteria.
8. Effect of pH, temperature on microbial growth
9. Pollutant removal using microbes from industrial effluent.
10. Effect of pesticides on soil microorganisms.
11. Bacteriological analysis of wastewater (Coliforms, E.coli, Streptococcus) – MPN
12. Bacteriological analysis of wastewater (Coliforms, Streptococcus) - MF techniques
TOTAL: 30hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Colin Baird „Environmental Chemistry‟, Freeman and company, New York, Fifth Edition,2012.
2. Arceivala, S.J., “Wastewater Treatment for Pollution Control”, Tata Mcgraw Hill, New Delhi, III Edition, 2006.
Edition, 2013.
4. Manual on “Sewerage and Sewage Treatment” CPHEEO, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India,
New Delhi, 1999.
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SYLLABUS
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE

COURSES
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15MEE101 TRANSPORT OF WATER & WASTE WATER 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To impart knowledge on the various principles of fluid flow
 To educate them in the design related aspects of water transmission mains, water distribution system, sewer
networks and storm water drain, with emphasis on computer application.
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO – 1: To clearly understand the fluid properties and flow characteristics
CO – 2: To design and plan the water supply system, distribution system and sewer system
CO – 3: Ability to select the pipe material for water supply main, water distribution system and sewe systems
CO – 4: To design the water distribution pipe networks
CO – 5: Ability to understand the laying and maintenance of pipelines
CO – 6: To how to save and store storm water
CO – 7: To understand the application of computer software in water distribution and sewer design
UNIT I GENERAL HYDRAULICS AND FLOW MEASUREMENT 8

Fluid properties; fluid flow – continuity principle, energy principle and momentum principle; frictional head loss in free
and pressure flow, minor heads losses, Carrying Capacity–Flow measurement – Sewer materials.
UNIT II WATER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION 10

Need for Transport of water and wastewater-Planning of Water System –Selection of pipe materials, Water
transmission main design- gravity and pumping main; Selection of Pumps characteristics- economics; Specials,
Jointing, laying and maintenance, water hammer analysis; water distribution pipe networks Design, analysis and
optimization – appurtenances – corrosion prevention – minimization of water losses – leak detection Storage
reservoirs.
UNIT III WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND CONVEYANCE 10

Planning factors – Design of sanitary sewer; partial flow in sewers, economics of sewer design; Wastewater pumps
and pumping stations- sewer appurtenances; material, construction, inspection and maintenance of sewers; Design
of sewer outfalls-mixing conditions; conveyance of corrosive wastewaters.
UNIT IV STORM WATER DRAINAGE 7

Necessity- - combined and separate system; Estimation of storm water run-off Formulation of rainfall intensity
duration and frequency relationships- Rational methods – Rain water harvesting – Pollution & Remediation – Storm
water filtering
UNIT V CASE STUDIES AND SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS 10

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Use of computer software in water transmission, water distribution and sewer design – EPANET 2.0, LOOP version
4.0, SEWER, BRANCH, Canal ++ and GIS based softwares.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Bajwa, G.S, “Practical Handbook on Public Health Engineering”, Deep Publishers, Shimla, 2003
2. “Manual on water supply and Treatment”, CPHEEO, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, New
Delhi, 1999.
3. “Manual on Sewerage and Sewage Treatment”, CPHEEO, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India,
New Delhi, 1993.
15MEE102 ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To impart knowledge on the classification of microorganisms and to educate them on the importance of
microorganisms in nutrient cycle and the microorganism metabolisc processes.
 To impart knowledge on the control of microorganisms, biological treatment processes and toxicology
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO – 1: To understand the different groups of microorganisms in the environment
CO – 2: To understand the role of microorganisms in the nutrient cycles
CO – 3: To understand the microbial metabolism and the application of the same in water and wastewater
treatment methods
CO – 4: To gain understanding on the role of microorganisms in waste water and its impact on humans, animals and
plant health
CO – 5: To get an understanding on toxicants and toxicity and toxicity tests
CO – 6: Role of microorganisms in the disposal of sewage
CO – 7: To understand transmission and control of micro organisms
UNIT I CLASSIFICATION AND CHARACTERISTICS 5

Classification of microorganisms – prokaryotic, eukaryotic, cell structure, characteristics, Preservation of
microorganisms, DNA, RNA, replication, Recombinant DNA technology.
UNIT II MICROBES AND NUTRIENT CYCLES 10

Distribution of microorganisms – Distribution / diversity of Microorganisms – fresh and marine, terrestrial – microbes
in surface soil, Air – outdoor and Indoor, aerosols, biosafety in Laboratory – Extreme Environment – archaebacteria –
Significance in water supplies – problems and control. Transmissible diseases. Biogeochemical cycles - Hydrological
- Nitrogen, Carbon, Phosphorus, Sulphur, Cycle – Role of Micro Organism in nutrient cycle.
UNIT III METABOLISM OF MICROORGANISMS 10
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Nutrition and metabolism in microorganisms, growth phases, carbohydrate, protein, lipid metabolism – respiration,
aerobic and anaerobic-fermentation, glycolysis, Kreb‟s cycle, hexose monophosphate pathway, electron transport
system, oxidative phosphorylation, environmental factors, enzymes, Bioenergetics.
UNIT IV PATHOGENS IN WASTEWATER 10

Introduction to Water Borne pathogens and Parasites and their effects on Human, Animal and Plant health,
Transmission of pathogens – Bacterial, Viral, Protozoan,and Helminths, Indicator organisms of water – Coliforms -
total coliforms, E-coli, Streptococcus, Clostridium, Concentration and detection of virus. Control of microorganisms;
Microbiology of biological treatment processes – -oxidation, β-oxidation, nitrification and
denitrification, eutrophication. Nutrients Removal – BOD, Nitrogen, Phosphate. Microbiology of Sewage Sludge.
UNIT V TOXICOLOGY 10
Ecotoxicology – toxicants and toxicity, Factors influencing toxicity. Effects – acute, chronic, Test organisms – toxicity
testing, Bioconcentration – Bioaccumulation, biomagnification, bioassay, biomonitoring, bioleaching.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
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1. Frank C. Lu and Sam Kacew, “LU‟s Basic Toxicology”, Taylor & Francis, London 6 edition, 2012.
2. Hurst, C.J. (2002), “Manual of Environmental Microbiology”, ASM PRESS, Washington, D.C. III Edition, 2007,
ISBN 1-55581 - 199 - X.
3. Raina M. Maier, Ian L. Pepper, Charles P. Gerba, “Environmental Microbiology”, Academic Press, II Edition,
2008
4. S.C.Bhatia, “Hand Book of Environmental Microbiology, Part 1 and 2”, Atlantic Publisher Gabriel Bitton,
Wastewater Microbiology, 2nd Edition, 2005.
5. Stanley E. Manahan, “Environmental Science and Technology”, Lewis Publishers, II Edition, 2006.
6. SVS. Rana, “Essentials of Ecology and Environmental Science”, 5th Edition, Prentice Hall of India Private
Limited, 2013.
15MEE103 PROCESS & UNIT OPERATIONS FOR WATER TREATMENT 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To educate the students on the characteristics of water therby training them in design of preliminary,
secondary and advanced water treatment systems.
 To impart knowledge on the different techniques employed in the treatment processes and in the
maintenance operations
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO – 1: To understand the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water
CO – 2: To gain knowledge on WHO/BIS standards for drinking water
CO – 3: To improve the knowledge on the selection of unit operation and processes
CO – 4: To understand the physical, chemical and biological operations of water treatment processes
CO – 5: To design the water treatment systems
CO – 6: To understand the advanced treatment processes involved in water treatment systems
CO – 7: To gain knowledge on the operating parameters, monitoring and operation of treatment plants
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CO – 8: To understand the maintenance of water treatment plants
UNIT I CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER 9

Physical, Chemical, Biological and Radiological Characteristics, Parameters of Analysis: pH, Turbidity, Hardness,
Salinity, MPN index, WHO/BIS Standards for Potable Water.
UNIT II PRELIMINARY/PRIMARY TREATMENT PROCESSES 9

Screening: Bar/Coarse/Fine Screens, Critical velocities, limitations in head loss, Coagulants: Alum& Ferrous salts,
Flocculants: Polyelectrolytes, Mixing of Chemicals, Velocity Gradient, Types of Mixing, Processes and types of
Settling: Discrete, flocculent, hindered and zone settling, Clarifier, Clari - flocculator, DESIGN APPROACH: Surface
loading rates, Hydraulic retention time, Solids loading rates and Weir loading rates.
UNIT III SECONDARY TREATMENT PROCESSES 9

Media Filtration: Types of Processes, Specification of filtration media, Slow Sand Filters, Rapid Sand Filters, Pressure
Filters, and Multi grade/media Filters, DESIGN APPROACH; Rate of filtration, Head loss calculations, Distribution
and collection systems, Carbon Adsorption- Isotherms, Disinfection Processes: Chlorination, Break Point
Chlorination-Factors influencing the Chlorine treatment -UV radiation, Ozonation Iron and Manganese Removal
methods, Pressure Filters, Isotherms.
UNIT IV ADVANCED TREATMENT PROCESSES 9

Lime Soda Processes, Ion Exchange, Nano Filtration, Theory of Cross Filtration-Micron Filtration, Ultra Filtration,
Nano Filtration and Reverse Osmosis, Membrane based Plants.
UNIT V OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF TREATMENT PLANTS 9

Monitoring and Operating parameters-Instrumentation and Controls - PLC systems- O&M Schedules for
Clariflocculators, Filters, Disinfection Chambers and for all membranes based plants, Optimization of treatment Cost.
Domestic treatment plants – RO & UV Filtration – Pipe treatment
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. “Manual on Water Supply and Treatment”, Third Edition, Ministry of Urban Development, New Delhi, 1999
2. “Water Quality and Treatment: A Handbook on Drinking water ”, American Water Works Association, Americn
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Scociety of Civil Engineers, 6 Edition, 2011
3. Fair, G.M., Geyer, J.C., and Okun, D.A., " Water and Wastewater Engineering: Water Supply and Waste water
Removal ", Vol.1 and 2, John Wiley adn Sons Inc., New York, III Edition, 2010.
4. Howard, S.Peavy, Donald R.Rowe, George Tchobanoglous, "Environmental Engineering ", McGraw-Hill Book
Company, Singapore, 1986.
5. Metcalf and Eddy, "Wastewater Engineering: Treatment, disposal, reuse ", Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing
Company Ltd., New Delhi, IV Edition, 2003.
6. Syed R Qasim, “Wastewater Treatment Plants Planning Design and Operation, CRC Press, II edition,1985.
7. Wesley Eckenfelder, W., “Industrial water pollution control” Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd., New
Delhi, III Edition, 1999.
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15MEE104 NOISE POLLUTION & CONTROL 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To understand the different sources of noise and effects of noise pollution on the humans.
 To educate the students about the basic concepts and procedures for measurement of sound and to
develop an effective noise pollution control plan
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO – 1: To understand and identify the various sources of noise
CO – 2: To gain an insight on the human hearing mechanism and effects of noise
CO – 3: To get a clear knowledge on the basic concepts of sound wave propagation and sound intensity
CO – 4: To understand the procedures of sound measurement
CO – 5: To understand what are the control measures of sound transmission
CO – 6: To understand the need for education on noise pollution for public and workers
CO – 7: To gain knowledge on the noise pollution control legislation
UNIT I SOURCES OF NOISE 9

Industry, Road traffic, Rail traffic, Air traffic, Construction and Public Works, Indoor Sources, Public Gatherings.
UNIT II EFFECTS OF NOISE 9

Human hearing mechanism, Interference with Communication, Hearing Loss, Disturbance of sleep, Stress,
annoyance, Effects of performance,Miscellaneous effects, Exposure limits.
UNIT III BASIC CONCEPTS OF SOUND 9

Propagation of Sound Wave Sound Intensity and Sound Power, Sound level and decibel, equivalent and continuous
sound pressure level
UNIT IV SOUND MEASUREMENT 9

Sound level meters, Types, Components, Community Noise Measurement, Procedure.
UNIT V NOISE POLLUTION CONTROL 9

Community and Industrial Noise, Control Measures, Control at Source, Control of sound transmission, Reduction in
Length of exposure, Education of Public and Workers, Ear Protection, Noise Pollution Control Legislation.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Burs, W., " Noise and Man ", Lippincott, 1973.

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2. Environmental Health Criteria - 12, Noise, World Health Organisation Publication,Geneva, 1980.
3. Lawrence K Wang, Norman C Periera, Yung-Tse Hung, “Advanced Air and Noise Pollution Control”, Springer,
2005
4. Patrick, C.F., " Environmental Noise Pollution ", John Wiley and Sons, 1977.
5. S. P. Singal., “Noise Pollution and Control”, Narosa Publishing House, 2000
15MEE105 WATER QUALITY MODELLING 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To impart knowledge on the different mathematical models employed for modeling water quality.
 To educate the students on the various factors affecting the water quality and to develop mathematical
models for lakes, reservoirs and ground water.
 To train the students on the development of water diffusion models using software applications
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO – 1: To understand the basic concepts of mathematical modelling
CO – 2: To learn how modelling can be used a tool in assessing environmental quality and application of these
models in simulation
CO – 3: To understand in detail about the water quality modelling process and different models
CO – 4: To understand the lake, reservoir and estuaries modelling
CO – 5: To understand the hydraulics of groundwater and modelling and provide analytical solutions
CO – 6: To understand the diffusion of waste water discharge into marine environment
Introduction to mathematical modeling – Simulation-Optimization- examples - Computer Aided Design - introduction
to Numerical Methods - Systems of Simultaneous Equation - Finite difference approximations to differential equations
– Partial Differential Equations
UNIT II WATER QUALITY MODELS 9

Models of water quality in rivers – convective differential equation – Molecular diffusion and Fick’s law - River Models-
Analytical and Numerical Solutions – Dissolved Oxygen Sag - Lagrangian Models - Operational Model-Optimization
Model- Models of discharge.
UNIT III LAKE AND RESERVOIR MODELLING 9

Lake and Reservoir Modeling - Factors affecting Water Quality in Lakes – Lake Models -Models of Water quality in
Estuaries – Estuarine Hydraulics – Estuarine Models- Finite Difference Models – Surveys and Data requirements.
UNIT IV GROUND WATER 9

Ground water Quality Modeling-Governing equations of ground water hydraulics-Analytical solutions-Mass transport.
UNIT V WASTE WATER DIFFUSION MODELS 9
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Mathematical model of the discharge of wastewater into a marine environment-Initial dilution in the buoyant jet-
Diffusions of neutrally buoyant jet in an ocean current – Mathematical modeling using Qual 2D, Bioflume, Visual
Modflow and Hydrous
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Bean,J, “Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media”, Elsevier, NewYork,1972.
2. Biswas,A.K, “Systems Approach to Water Management”, McGraw Hill,Newyork,1976.
3. Deaton and Wine Brake, “Dynamic Modeling of Environmental Systems”, Wiley & Sons, 2002.
4. Hipel, K.W and A.I. McLeod. 1994, “Time Series Modelling of Water Resources and Environmental Systems”,
Elsevier Science.
5. J.L.Schnoor, “Environmental Modeling Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Water”, Air and Soil, John Wiley &
Sons Inc., New York, I Edition, 1996.
6. James , A., “An introduction to Water Quality Modeling”, John Wiley and sons,NewYork,1992.
7. Rinaldi,S., “Modeling and Control of River Water Quality”, McGraw Hill,Newyork,1979.
8. Steven C.Chapra, “Surface Water Quality Modelling”, Waveland Pr Inc, 2008.
9. Thomann, R.V. and J.A. Mueller. 1987, “Principles of Surface Water Quality Modelling and Control”, Harper and
Row.
15MEE106 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING STRUCTURE 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To educate students on the structural design of pipes and to impart knowledge on the hydrodynamic
onsiderations considered for the deisgn of a pipe.
 To train the students in the design of water tanks, roofing systems and special environmental structures.
 To train the students impart knowledge on the reasons for development of defects in structures and
remediation measures to avoid the damage to the structures
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO – 1: To design and analyses pipes with various materials
CO – 2: To understand the analysis and design of water tanks
CO – 3: To understand the design of roofing systems
CO – 4: To design the design of special purpose structures
CO – 5: To understand the repair and rehabilitation of structures
UNIT I DESIGN OF PIPES 9

Introduction – Structural design of a) Concrete b) Prestressed Concrete c) Steel and d) Cast iron piping mains,
sewerage tanks design - anchorage for pipes - massive outfalls - structural design and laying - hydrodynamic
considerations. Advances in the manufacture of pipes.
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UNIT II ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF WATER TANKS 9
IS Codes for the design of water retaining structures. Design of circular, rectangular, spherical and Intze type of tanks
using concrete. Design of prestressed concrete cylindrical tanks - Economic analysis - introduction to computer aided
design and packages.
UNIT III DESIGN OF ROOFING SYSTEMS 9

Design of concrete roofing systems a) Cylindrical b) Spherical and c) Conical shapes using membrane theory and
design of various types of folded plates for roofing with concrete.
UNIT IV DESIGN OF SPECIAL PURPOSE STRUCTURES 9

Underground reservoirs and swimming pools, Intake towers, Structural design including foundation of water retaining
structures such as settling tanks, clarifloculators, aeration tanks etc. - effect of earth pressure and uplift
considerations - selection of materials of construction.
UNIT V REPAIR AND REHABILITATION OF STRUCTURES 9

Diagonising the cause and damage, identification of different types of structural and non-structural cracks – repair
and rehabilitation methods for Masonry, Concrete and Steel Structures – Corrosion of structures in treatment plants.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Green, J.K. and Perkins, P.H., “Concrete liquid retaining structures”, Applied Science Publishers, 1981.
2. Hulse R., and Mosley, W.H., “Reinforced Concrete Design by Computer”, Macmillan Education Ltd., 1986.
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3. Krishna Raju , “Prestressed Concrete”, Tata McGrawhill Publishing Co. 2 Edition, 2012.
4. N.C.Sinha & S.K.Roy, “Reinforced Concrete”, S.Chand and Co. 1985.
5. Ramaswamy, G.S., “Design and Construction of Concrete shell roofs”, CBS Publishers, India, 1986.
15MEE107 GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION & TRANSPORT MODELLING 3 0 0 3

COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To educate the students on the contamination of ground water and equations of ground water flow.
 To train the students for developing flow net and various tests performed on aquifers.
 To impart knowledge on the various chemical properties and processes associated with contamination of
ground water and to train the students on solute transport modelling
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO – 1: To understand the groundwater hydraulics and geologic processes
CO – 2: To understand the flow net to solve the groundwater flow problems
CO – 3: To understand the development of groundwater resources and aquifers, measurement of various parameters
CO – 4: To gain insight on the basics of chemical equilibrium of dissolved species
CO – 5: To learn about the hydro chemical facies
CO – 6: To demonstrate an understanding on geochemical interpretation of 14C dates
CO – 7: Ability to understand the solute transport process and hydro chemical behaviour of contaminants
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Ground water and the hydrologic cycles – Ground water as a resource - Ground water contamination – Water quality
standards – Sources of contamination – Land disposal of solid wastes – Sewage disposal on Land. Ground water
and geologic processes. Physical properties and principles – Darcy’s Law – Hydraulic Head and Fluid Potential –
Piezometers and Nests. Hydraulic conductivity and permeability – Homogeneity and Anisotropy – Porosity and voids
Ratio– Unsaturated flow and the water table – Steady state flow and Transient flow – Compressibility and effective
stress – Transmissivity and storativity – Equations of Ground water Flow – Limitations of Darcian Approach – Hydro
dynamic dispersion.
UNIT II HYDROLOGIC CYCLE AND FLOW NETS 7

Flow nets – Graphical construction – Flow nets by numerical simulation. Steady state Regional Ground Water flow –
steady state hydrologic budgets – Fluctuations in ground water levels.
UNIT III RESOURCE EVALUATION 9

Development of Ground Water resources – Exploration for Aquifers – the response of Ideal aquifers to pumping –
Measurement of parameters – Laboratory tests – Piezometer test – Pumping tests – Estimation of saturated hydraulic
conductivity – Numerical simulation for aquifer yield prediction – Artificial recharge and induced infiltration – Land
subsidence – Sea water intrusion.
UNIT IV CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND PRINCIPLES 9

Constituents – Chemical equilibrium – Association and Dissociation of dissolved species – effects of concentration
gradients – Mineral dissolution and solubility – Oxidation and reduction Process – Ion exchange and Adsorption –
Environmental isotopes – Field Measurement of Index parameters. Chemical Evolution: Hydro Chemical sequences
and facies – graphical methods – Hydro chemical Facies – Ground water in carbonate terrain – Ground Water in
crystalline rocks – Ground Water in complex sedimentary systems – Geochemical interpretation of 14C Dates –
Process rates and molecular diffusion
UNIT V SOLUTE TRANSPORT & USGS – MOC MODEL 9

Transport process – non-reactive constituents in homogeneous media and Heterogeneous media – Transport in
Fracture media – Hydro chemical behavior of contaminants – Trace metals– Trace nonmetals – Nitrogen, organic
substances – Measurement of parameters – Velocity – Dispersivity – chemical partitioning. Modelling Principles –
MOC Modelling. Case studies
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Allen Freeze, R. and John A. Cherry, “Ground Water”, Prentice Hall, Inc., 1979.
2. Philip B. Bedient, “Ground water contamination: Transport and Remediation”, Prentice Hall, 1999
3. Randall J. Charbeneau, “Ground water Hydraulics and Pollutant transport”, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River,
1999.
4. Todd David Keith, “Ground water Hydrology”, John Wiley and Sons, New York, Second Edition 1980
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15MEE108 MARINE POLLUTION MONITORING 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To Impart knowledge on the principles of marine geology, conservation laws and wave dynamics.
 To train the students on the identification of role of different living resources of marine ecology and to
perform marine surveying.
 To educate the stuents on the hazardous nature of marine pollutants and the laws enforced for prevention of
marine pollution
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO-1: To make them understand the fundamentals of General features of oceans and principles of marine geology
CO-2: To create awareness among the students about tsunami, storm surge
CO-3: To understand about the Living resources in and around the oceans
CO-4: To understand in detail about the planning and preparation of marine Surveying and sea surveying this
includes the oceanographic instrumentation.
CO-5: To improve the knowledge on the emerging trends of marine pollution applications of remote sensing and GIS
in marine studies
CO-6: To understand the various sources that are contributing to marine pollution and their effect on marine
ecosystem
CO-7: To know about the control strategies of marine pollution associated with sustainable development
General features of ocean - Conservation laws - Wave characteristics and theories - Sediment transport - Tides -
Ocean Currents - Thermocline circulation - General circulation of ocean waters, Tsunamis, Storm surge - Principles
of Marine geology.
UNIT II LIVING RESOURCES 9
Living resources - coral reefs, mangroves, sea grass, seaweeds, fishery potential - nonliving resources - manganese
nodules, heavy minerals - Beaches, Estuaries, Lagoons - Shoreline changes
UNIT III MARINE SURVEYING 9
Sea surveying planning and preparation - Oceanographic instrumentation - Hydrographic Surveying - Underwater
surveying - Measurement of physical properties of ocean water - sea bed sampling.
UNIT IV SOURCES & PROPERTIES OF MARINE POLLUTION ` 12
Physiochemical properties of sea water - Sources of marine pollution and impacts on coastal ecosystems, Oil
pollution - oil spill detection, dispersion, impacts on adjacent area - Oil spill modeling, mitigation measures - Oil
exploration and their effects - Marine outfalls - Impacts of Ports and Harbour on marine water quality - dredging -
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Human intervention in estuarine ecosystem - sea water classification - Physical modeling in Coastal Engineering -
Ocean monitoring satellites - Applications of Remote sensing and GIS in marine studies.
UNIT V REGULATIONS 6
National and International treaties, protocols in marine pollution - Exclusive Economic Zone - Sustainable
development.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Kennish, M.J., “Pollution impacts on Marine Biotic Communities”, CRC press New York, 2008.
2. Newman, M.C., Roberts Jr. M.H., Male R.C. (Editors), “Coastal and Estuarine Risk Assessment”, Lewis
Publishers, Washington, D.C., 2002.
3. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, “Shore Protection Manual”, Washington D.C., 2002.
15MEE109 LANDFILL ENGINEERING & REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY 3 0 0 3

COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To educate the students on the land fills, its types, and components.
 To impart knowledge on the various types of landfill liners and cover sytems employed in the field.
 To educate the students on the leachate and landfill gas management practices.
 To train the stuents in determining the characterics of a contaminated site and to suggest the suitable
remediation technique for that site
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO-1: Have basic knowledge about waste generation, importance of landfills.
CO-2: Have an overview of the Indian and international landfill regulations
CO-3: Able to design, construction, operation and management of landfills
CO-4: understand the design and construction of landfills, processes in landfills, methods for management and
treatment of landfill gas and leachate
CO-5: Have an in-depth understanding of the key pollutants in leachate and gas, their potential environmental
impacts.
CO-6: The engineering design and performance of control systems used to manage and treat pollutant and waste
emissions from sites.
CO-7: Be able to apply a risk based assessment of contaminated sites and implement site remediation technology
UNIT I LANDFILL BASICS 8

Waste management Hierarchy- Need for landfills –Environmental Protection by Landfills- Landfill Classification –
Sanitary and Secure Landfills - Components and Configuaration – Legal framework for landfilling – Landfill Site
investigation- Regional Landfills- Environmental control using site design –- Landfill Design Tasks
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UNIT II LANDFILL LINERS AND COVER SYSTEMS 10
Landfill barrier system components – Design of Compacted clay liners: Factors affecting hydraulic conductivity ,
Water content-density criteria, Thickness, Desiccation - Geosynthetic Clay Liners and Geomembranes; types,
manufacturing, handling, seaming and testing - Asphalt Barriers and Capillary barrier - Composite Liner system
design- liner construction and quality control- Leakage through Liners- vapor transmission and chemical compatibility
- Installation of Geomembranes - Liner Leakage Mechanism – Diffusion - Controls on advection through liners -
Single phase flowadvection- diffusion- Landfill cover systems- Design of Cover Systems – Daily Cover – Intermediate
Cover – Final Cover - Flow through Landfill Covers- Design and Analysis of Slope Stability- Anchor Trenches- Access
ramps - Erosion control
UNIT III LEACHATE, CLOSURE AND LANDFILL GAS MANAGEMENT 9

Waste decomposition in landfills - Factors affecting leachate and landfill gas generation – Factors affecting Leachate
Quantity - Hydrologic Evaluation of Landfill Performance (HELP) model – Leachate Drainage Layer – Geotextile and
Geonet design – Leachate Collection and Removal systems-Temporal trends in leachate composition – Design of
Landfill gas collection and removal systems- Gas condensate issues & knockouts – Leachate treatment methods
(biological and physico-chemical)- Leachate re-circulation & bioreactor landfills- monitoring and control of leachate
and Landfill gas- Landfill Settlement Environmental Controls – Odour, Vector and Litter Control – Landfill Safety -Fire
Control – Ground and Surface water Monitoring – Methane Gas monitoring - Audits of landfill environmental
performance and management – Post Closure care and use of landfills – Landfill Economics- landfill construction and
operational cost estimation – establishing tipping fees.
UNIT IV CONTAMINATED SITE CHARACTERIZATION 8

Site characterization – Objectives – Logistical support – Constraints – Soil sampling protocol – Statistical sampling
requirements – variables to monitor – Data collection methods – Methods of Analysis – Sample handling,
preservation, transportation and storage – Sie investigation and Monitoring parameters – Data management –
Screening of alternatives – Quality assuarance / Quality control – Health and safety – Assessment monitoring –
Direct and Indirect methods – Performance / post closure monitoring – Bioremediation – Insitu remedial treatment
and containment monitoring
UNIT V CONTAMINATED SITE REMEDIATION 10

Contaminaed sites - Fate and behaviour of toxics and persistent substances in the environment – Engineering Issues
in Site Remediation - Site Characterization - Framework for risk assessment at landfill sites - Remediation Principles:
Source Control and Management of Migration Covers, Cutoff Walls, Solidification / Stabilization - Pump-and-Treat
Systems - Solvent Vapor Extraction, Air Sparging, Soil Flushing – Bioremediation - Natural Attenuation - Remedy
Selection and Risk Assessment – Geotechnical Aspects of In Situ Remediation Technology - Specific case studies in
contaminated site remediation – Rehabilitation of Open dumps- Landfill Mining
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. David E Daniel and Robert M. Koerner, “ Waste Containment Facilities –Guidance for construction Quality
Assurance and Construction Quality Control of Liner and Cover Systems”, American Socirty of Civil Engineers,
ASCE Press, Second Edition, 2007
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2. Donald L Wise and Debra J Trantolo “Remediation of Hazardous Waste Contaminated Soils”, Marcel Dekker
Inc., New York, 1994
3. George Tchobanoglous, Hilary Theisen and Samuel A, Vigil, “Integrated Solid Waste Management”, Mc-Graw
Hill International II Edition, New York, 1993.
4. Hari D Sharma and Krishna R. Reddy “Geoenvironmental Engineering: Site Remediation, Waste Containment,
and Emerging Waste Management Techonolgies”, John Wiely, New Jersy, 2004
5. Neal Bolton P.E, “The Handbook of Landfill Operations”, Blue Ridge Services Inc., Atascadro, CA , I
Edition,1995, ISBN 0-9646956-0-x
6. Oweis, I.S. and Khera, R.P, “Geotechnology of Waste Management”, PWS Publishing Co., Boston, MA, 2nd
Edition, 1998
7. Robert M. Koerner and Donald H Gray “Geotechnical aspects of Landfill Design and Construction”, Prentice Hall,
New Jersy, I Edition, 2002.
15MEE110 RESOURCE AND ENERGY RECOVERY FROM WASTE 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To impart knowledge on the different mechanical and biological processes employed in the recycling of
materials and recovery of energy.
 To educate the students on the working principles and design of digesters and energy recovering facilities.
 To impart knowledge on the recycling process of different materials using case studies.
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO-1: Understand the fundamental principles of existing and emerging technologies for the treatment of waste
CO-2: Have sound knowledge in Mechanical methods, processes available for separation of waste, Recovery of
materials and energy from waste;
CO-3: Have sound knowledge on knowledge in aerobic and anaerobic methods for processing
CO-4: Appreciate the increasing importance of waste and resource management in achieving environmental
sustainability.
CO-5: Be able to understand the basic concept behind Planning and construction of incineration plants
CO-6: Be able to analyze and describe the potential of solid waste as a secondary raw material, and the associated
problems and possibilities in a sustainable society.
CO-7: Have an in depth understanding the methods available for recycling paper, glass, metal and plastics
UNIT I MECHANICAL PROCESSING FOR MATERIAL RECYCLING 10

Resource recovery for a sustainable development- Material and energy flow management and analysis - Systems
and processes for reduction, reuse and recycling -Objectives of Waste Processing-Source Segregation and Hand
Sorting-Waste Storage and Conveyance – Shredding – Pulping - Size Separation by Screens- Density Separation by
Air Classification –magnetic and electromechanical separation processes- Design Criteria and Equipment selection
UNIT II BIOLOGICAL PROCESSING FOR RESOURCE RECOVERY 10

Mechanisms of Biological Processing – Aerobic Processing of Organic fraction – Composting methods and
processes- factors affecting- Design of Windrow Composting Systems- In Vessel Composting- Compost Quality
Control- Vermiculture: definition, scope and importance – common species for culture - Environmental requirements -
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culture methods- Applications of vermiculture- Potentials and constraints for composting in India-Largescale and
decentralized plants.
UNIT III BIO-CHEMICAL CONVERSION OF WASTE TO ENERGY 9

Principles and Design of Anaerobic Digesters – Process characterization and control - The biochemistry and
microbiology of anaerobic treatment - Toxic substances in anaerobic treatment - Methane generation by Anaerobic
Digestion- Anaerobic reactor technologies – Commercial anaerobic Technologies- Single stage and multistage
digesters- Digester design and performance- Gas collection systems-Methane Generation and Recovery in Landfills
– Biofuels from Biomass
UNIT IV THERMO-CHEMICAL CONVERSION OF WASTE TO ENERGY 8

Principles and Design of Energy Recovery Facilities -Types and principles of energy conversion processes -
Incinerator design - Mass Burn and RDF Systems- Composition and calorific value of fuels and waste, Determination
of the stoichiometric air consumption, Calculation of the flue gas composition - grate firing designs, boiler design,
removal of bottom ash, heat recovery- Emission Controls – flue gas cleaning, de-dusting, flue gas scrubbers, DeNOx
processes, dioxins and furans - Alternative thermal processes: co-incineration, pyrolysis, gasification, plasma arc –
Process characterization and control- waste heat recovery- Bottom ash: Quantity, quality, treatment, utilization,
disposal- Facility design- decentralized mobile plants- Planning and construction of incineration plants
UNIT V CASE STUDIES ON WASTE RECYCLING 8

Recycling technologies for paper, glass, metal, plastic – Used Lead Acid Battery Recycling –End of Life Vehicle
Recycling – Electronic Waste Recycling – Waste Oil Recycling – Solvent Recovery - Drivers and barriers for material
recycling: social, legal and economic factors – Environmental impacts of waste recycling - Design for the
environment: the life cycle approach
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Aarne Veslind and Alan E Rimer “ Unit operations in Resource Recovery Engineering “, Prentice Hall Inc.,
London, 1981.
2. Charles R Rhyner, “Waste Management and Resource Recovery”, Lewis Publishers, 1995.
3. Chiumenti, Chiumenti, Diaz, Savage, Eggerth, and Goldstein , “Modern Composting Technologies”, JG Press,
October, 2005.
4. Gary C. Young “Municipal Solid Waste to Energy Conversion Processes: Economic,Technical, and Renewable
Comparisons” , John Wiley & Sons, I Edition,2010
5. Manser A G R, Keeling A A “Practical handbook of processing and recycling of municipal waste” Pub CRC Lewis
London, 1996, ISBN 1-56670-164
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 3 0 0 3
15MEE111
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To educate the students on the basic principles of environmental biotechnology.
 To impart knowledge on the processes employed in the detoxification of environmental pollutants and on the
usage of microbes in the management of waste.
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 To educate the students about the DNA technology and on the laws and practices concerned with
environmental biotechnology
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO-1: Classify microbes according to energy source and carbon source and evaluate energy outcome of the energy
metabolism according to electron acceptor and electron donor usage
CO-2: Apply Monod’s kinetics and basic chemostat theory to determine microbial growth rates, biomass yield, and
substrate concentration and removal rate
CO-3: Carry out an experiment with nitrification in a continuous lab-scale bioreactor for ammonia removal
CO-4: Describe suitable methods for characterizing the activity, function, diversity, and composition of microbial
communities
CO-5: Define basic concepts in microbial ecology, such as carrying capacity, succession, r- and K-selection,
ecological niches
CO-6: Outline the principles of methods for quantification of organic carbon in wastewater and calculate the
theoretical oxygen demand (ThOD) for simple organic compounds.
CO-7: Explain the microbial processes and growth requirements undelaying the activated sludge process,
nitrification, denitrification, enhanced phosphorus removal, and anaerobic digestion
UNIT I PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS 3

Environmenal Biotechnology - Principles of environmental biotechnology - concepts of environmental biotechnology –
usefulness to mankind – scope of environmental biotechnology
UNIT II MICROBIAL SYSTEMS FOR DETOXIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS 12

Degradation of high concentrated toxic pollutants – non-halogenated – halogenatedpetroleum hydrocarbons –
metals. Mechanisms of detoxification – oxidation reactions, dehalogenation – biotransformation of metals. Microbial
cell/ enzyme technology – adapted microorganisms – biological removal of nutrients – microalgal biotechnology and
applications in agriculture – role of extracellular polymers
UNIT III MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT 12

Biotechnological remedies for environmental damages – decontamination of ground water systems – subsurface
environment – reclamation concepts – bioremediation. Production of proteins – biofertilizers. Biodegradation of solid
wastes – physical, chemical and microbiological factors of composting – health risk – pathogens – odour
management – technologies of commercial importance advances in biogas technology – case study.
UNIT IV RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY 9

DNA and RNA formation process – Importance of DNA in environmneta;biotechnology - Concept of rDNA technology
– plasmid – cloning of DNA – mutation – construction of microbial strains – applications of rDNA technology -
Limitations.
UNIT V REGULATORY AND ETHICAL ISSUES 9

Drawbacks of environmental pollutants on the society – Rules and laws concerned with cloning and mutation -
Environmental effects and ethics of microbial technology – safety of genetically engineered organisms
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TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Bruce E. Rittmann, Eric Seagren, Brian A.Wrenn and Albert J. Valocchi, Chittaranjan Ray, Lutgarde Raskin,
“Insitu Bioremediation”, Nayes Publication, U.S.A, 2nd Edition,1991.
2. Martin, A.M., “Biological Degradation of Wastes, Elsevier Appl. Science”, New York, 1991.
3. Old R.W., and Primrose, S.B., “Principles of Gene Manipulation”,Blackwell Science Publication, Cambridge, 3rd
Edition, 1985
4. Sayler, Gray S. Robert Fox and James W. Blackburn, “Environmental Biotechnology for Waste Treatment”,
Plenum Press, New York, 1991.
5. Wainwright, M, “An Introduction to Environmental Biotechnology”, 1999.
15MEE112 CLEANER PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To educate the students on the importance of sustainable development and environmental policies and
regulations for promoting sustainable development.
 To impart knowledge on the cleaner production principles, environmental feasibility analysis and preparation
of a implementation plan.
 To train the students on the procedure for carting out environmental audit as per IS standards with the help
of case studies
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO-1: Explain the Theory of cleaner production
CO-2: Justify the need for Cleaner Production
CO-3: Describe the methodology of Cleaner Production
CO-4: Explain total quality management concepts
CO-5: Describe CP options and Interpret the CP Programme indicators and features
CO-6: Explain to concept of green energy, water footprint and carbon footprint
CO-7: Explain the implementation of Cleaner Production in various industries with an emphasis on waste reduction
and cost reduction
Sustainable Development – Indicators of Sustainability – Sustainability Strategies Barriers to Sustainability –
Industrial activity and Environment – Industrialization and sustainable development – Industrial Ecology – clean
development mechanism, Cleaner Production (CP) in Achieving Sustainability – Prevention versus Control of
Industrial Pollution – Environmental Polices and Legislations – Regulations to Encourage Pollution Prevention and
Cleaner Production – Regulatory versus Market-Based Approaches.
UNIT II PRINCIPLES CLEANER PRODUCTION 9

Definition – Importance – Historical evolution – Benefits – Promotion – Barriers – Role of Industry, Government and
Institutions – Environmental Management Hierarchy – Source Reduction Techniques – Process and equipment
optimization, reuse, recovery, recycle, raw material substitution – Internet Information & Other CP Resources.
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UNIT III CLEANER PRODUCTION PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION 9
Overview of CP Assessment Steps and Skills, Preparing for the Site, Visit, Site, Visit, Information Gathering, and
Process Flow Diagram, Material Balance, CP Option Generation – Technical and Environmental Feasibility analysis –
Economic valuation of alternatives - Total Cost Analysis – CP Financing – Establishing a Program – Organizing a
Program – Preparing a Program Plan – Measuring Progress – Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production
Awareness Plan – Waste audit – Environmental Statement, carbon credit, carbon sequestration, carbon trading
UNIT IV LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 9

Elements of LCA – Life Cycle Costing – Eco Labelling – Design for the Environment – International Environmental
Standards – ISO 14001 – Environmental audit, Green building & green energy concepts and management – Water
foot print – Carbon foot print
Industrial applications of CP, LCA, EMS and Environmental Audits, green energy and green process management.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Paul L Bishop, “Pollution Prevention : Fundamentals and Practice”, McGraw Hill International., 2004
2. Prasad Modak, C.Visvanathan and Mandar Parasnis, “Cleaner Production Audit”, Environmental System
Reviews, No.38, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 1995
3. World Bank Group, “Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook – Towards Cleaner Production”, World Bank
and UNEP, Washington D.C., 1998.
15MEE113 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNOLOGY 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To impart knowledge on the changes in the physical and chemical properties of soil due to the entry of
pollutants.
 To educate students on the stabilization processes employed for safe disposal of wastes and on the
mechanism of transport of contaminants in the soil.
 To train the students in identifying the appropriate testing methods and suggesting a suitable remediaton
technique.
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO-1: Identify the sources contributing to soil pollution, factors governing the pollution and failures of foundation due
to pollution
CO-2: Understand the various stabilization techniques that are available for waste disposal
CO-3: Understand the importance of safe disposal of waste
CO-4: Describe how the pollutants are carried to the subsurface and groundwater pollution
CO-5: Analyse the bearing capacity of the compacted landfills using various techniques
CO-6: Describe the most commonly applied methods in testing the soil
CO-7: Indentify the usage of contaminated soil for various engineering purposes
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UNIT I SOIL- POLLUTANT INTERACTION 9
Introduction to geo environmental engineering – environmental cycle – sources, production and classification of
waste – causes of soil pollution – factors governing soil-pollutant interaction- Physico-chemical behavior and
modelling -failures of foundations due to pollutants
UNIT II CHARACTERIZATION, STABILIZATION AND DISPOSAL 9

Safe disposal of waste – site selection for land fills – characterization of land fill sites – waste characterization –
stability of land fills – current practice of waste disposal- passive contaminant system - Hazardous waste control and
storage system – mechanism of stabilization - solidification of wastes – micro and macro encapsulation – absorption,
adsorption, precipitation- detoxification –– organic and inorganic stabilization
UNIT III TRANSPORT OF CONTAMINANTS 9

Contaminant transport in sub surface – advection – diffusion – dispersion – governing equations – contaminant
transformation – sorption – biodegradation – ion exchange – precipitation – hydrological consideration in land fill
design – ground water pollution – bearing capacity of compacted fills – pollution of aquifers by mixing of liquid waste
– protecting aquifers
UNIT IV DETECTION AND TESTING METHODS 9

Methodology - review of current soil testing concepts – Proposed approach for characterization and identification of
contaminated ground soil for engineering purposes – Advantages and disadvantages – limitations
UNIT V REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED SOILS 9

Rational approach to evaluate and remediate contaminated sites – monitored natural attenuation – exsitu and insitu
remediation – solidification, bio – remediation, incineration, soil washing, electro kinetics, soil heating, verification, bio
venting – Ground water remediation – pump and treat, air sparging, reactive well- application of geo synthetics in
solid waste management – rigid or flexible liners
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. CPHEEO, “Manual on Municipal Solid waste management, Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering
Organisation , Government of India, New Delhi, 2000.
2. Daniel, D.E., “Geotechnical practice for waste disposal”, Chapman and Hall, London, 1993.
3. Fang, H.Y. “Introduction to environmental Geotechnology”, CRC press New York, 1997.
4. Lagrega, M.d., Bukingham, P.L., and Evans, J.C., “Hazardous Waste Management”, McGraw Hill, Inc.
Singapore, II Edition, 1994.
5. Michael D. LaGrega, Philip L Buckingham, Jeffrey C. Evans, “Environmental Resources Management,
Hazardous waste Management”, Mc-Graw Hill International edition, New York, 2001.
6. Paul T Williams, “Waste Treatment and Disposal”, Wiley, II Edition,2005
7. Vesilind P.A., Worrell W and Reinhart, “Solid waste Engineering”, Thomson Learning Inc., Singapore, II
Edition,2002.
8. Wentz, C.A., “Hazardous Waste Management”, McGraw Hill, Singapore, 1989.
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15MEE114 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY IN INDUSTRIES 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To educate the students on the importance of environmental monitoring in industries.
 To impart knowledge on the various techniques and measures taken to maintain safety in industries.
 To train the students on the document preparation for maintaining health and safety in industry and
imparting the necessary education to maintain the safety.
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO-1: Identify the sources contributing to soil pollution, factors governing the pollution and failures of foundation due
to pollution
CO-2: Understand the various stabilization techniques that are available for waste disposal
CO-3: Understand the importance of safe disposal of waste
CO-4: Describe how the pollutants are carried to the subsurface and groundwater pollution
CO-5: Analyse the bearing capacity of the compacted landfills using various techniques
CO-6: Describe the most commonly applied methods in testing the soil
CO-7:Indentify the usage of contaminated soil for various engineering purposes
Need for developing Environment, Health and Safety systems in work places. Status and relationship of Acts,
Regulations and Codes of Practice. Role of trade union safety representatives. International initiatives. Ergonomics
and work place.
UNIT II OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND HYGIENE 9

Definition of the term occupational health and hygiene. Categories of health hazards. Exposure pathways and human
responses to hazardous and toxic substances. Advantages and limitations of environmental monitoring and
occupational exposure limits. Hierarchy of control measures for occupational health risks. Role of personal protective
equipment and the selection criteria. Effects on humans, control methods and reduction strategies for noise, radiation
and excessive stress – Instrumentation measure for contamination.
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UNIT III WORKPLACE SAFETY AND SAFETY SYSTEMS 9
Features of the satisfactory design of work premises HVAC, ventilation. Safe installation and use of electrical
supplies. Fire safety and first aid provision. Significance of human factors in the establishment and effectiveness of
safe systems. Safe systems of work for manual handling operations. Control methods to eliminate or reduce the risks
arising from the use of work equipment. Requirements for the safe use of display screen equipment. Procedures and
precautionary measures necessary when handling hazardous substances. Contingency arrangements for events of
serious and imminent danger.
UNIT IV TECHNIQUES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 9

Elements of a health and safety policy and methods of its effective implementation and review. Functions and
techniques of risk assessment, inspections and audits. Investigation of accidents- Principles of quality management
systems in health and safety management. Relationship between quality manuals, safety policies and written risk
assessments. Records and other documentation required by an organisation for health and safety. Industry specific
EHS issues.
UNIT V EDUCATION AND TRAINING 9

Requirements for and benefits of the provision of information, instruction, training and supervision. Factors to be
considered in the development of effective training programmes. Principles and methods of effective training.
Feedback and evaluation mechanism.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Bill Taylor, “Effective Environmental, Health, and Safety Management Using the Team Approach” , Culinary and
Hospitality Industry Publications Services, 2005
2. Brian Gallant, “The Facility Manager's Guide to Environmental Health and Safety”, Government Inst Publ., 2007.
3. Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff and Madelyn L. Graffia, “Environmental and Health and Safety Management”, William
Andrew Inc. NY, I Edition, 1995
15MEE115 ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To educate students on the various types of communicable diseases and their control measures.
 To impart knowledge on the diseases spread through insects and rodents, their control methods and control
methods for diseases spread in an industry.
 To train the students in identifying the factors reasonable for spreading of diseases and suggest suitable
control measures.
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO-1: Identify hazards in the workplace that pose a danger or threat to their safety or health, or that of others.
CO-2: Interpret Federal, State and Local regulations governing workplace Safety
CO-3: Discuss the role of health and safety in the workplace pertaining to the responsibilities of workers, managers,
supervisors.
CO-4: Communicate OHS data and concepts to professionals and non-professionals in diverse contexts.
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CO-5: Apply and integrate OHS theory and practice in authentic Work Integrated Learning contexts.
CO-6: Investigate and evaluate risk management principles and frameworks in a workplace context to inform best
practice
UNIT I EPIDEMIOLOGY 9
Communicable diseases, Micro-organisms, Methods of communication, Diseases communicated by discharges of
intestines, nose and throat, other communicable diseases and their control.
UNIT II INSECTS AND RODENT CONTROL 9

Mosquitoes, life cycles, factors of diseases control methods – natural and chemical, Fly control methods and
prevention of fly breeding, Rodents and public health, plague control methods, engineering and bio-control methods,
disinfectants (Phenols, Lime, Chlorine, Ammonium compounds), Insecticides (DDT, BHC).
UNIT III INDUSTRIAL SANITATION 9

Schools, Public Buildings, Hospitals, Eating establishments, Swimming pools – Study of factors like Light, Heat,
Ventilation, Plumbing fixtures, Cleanliness and maintenance and comfort.
UNIT IV INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE 9

Hazardous chemicals - Occupational Hazards - Industrial poisons – Dust – Noise – Heat - Compressed air -
Vibrations and shocks- Industrial plant sanitation.
UNIT V RURAL SANITATION 9

Rural areas, Population habits and environmental conditions, problems of water supply and sanitation aspects, low
cost excreta disposal systems. Rural sanitation improvement schemes. Case studies on sanitation.
Total: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Victor Ehalers & Earnest W Steel, “Municipal and Rural sanitation”. McGraw Hill Company, III Edition, 2007
2. Bhatia H. S., “A Text Book Of Environmental Pollution and Control”, Galgotia Publication Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
15MEE116 ADVANCED SEWAGE TREATMENT 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To educate the students on identifying the various characteristics of waste water and on the various
treatment methods available for waste water treatment.
 To impart knowledge on the special methods available for the waste water treatment for removal of toxic and
inorganic components.
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO – 1: To be well versed in Basic Communicable diseases.
CO – 2: To Understand the methods of controlling the Communicable diseases.
CO – 3: To understand the factors of diseases control methods.
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CO – 4: To explain plague control methods.
CO – 5: To design the sanitation systems in Schools, Public Buildings, and Hospitals.
UNIT I WASTE WATER CHARACTERISTICS 9

Waste water- Sources - Physical, Chemical, Biological characteristics of waste water, sampling, flow measurement.
UNIT II PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF WASTE WATER 9

Screening, Grit removal, Flow equalization, Chemical precipitation, other solids removal operations. Disinfection with
Chlorine compound, Aeration, Control of odour, Control of volatile organic compounds.’
UNIT III AEROBIC TREATMENT OF WASTE WATER 9

Design and construction aspects and the relevant parameters of significance of the following units. Activated
Sludge Process, Trickling Filters, Aerated Lagoons, Rotating Biological Contactors, Stabilization pond. Bio-kinetic
principles of attach and suspended growth systems.
UNIT IV ANAEROBIC TREATMENT OF WASTE WATER 9

Sludge digestion theory and principles, septic tank design and effluent disposal. Disposal of digested sludge,
anaerobic ponds UASB filters.
UNIT V MISCELLANEOUS METHODS OF WASTE WATER TREATMENT 9
Removal of Nitrogen by biological nitrification / de-nitrification, Removal of phosphorus by Chemical and biological
methods. Conversion of ammonia by biological nitrification, Removal of toxic compounds, Removal of dissolved
inorganic substances.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Anish R Jantrania and Mark A Gross, “Advanced Onsite Wastewater Systems Engineering”, CRC Press, Taylor
& Francis Group, I Edition,2006
2. Metcalf and Eddy, “Waste Water Engineering – Treatment and Reuse”, McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2002
3. Mogens Henze, Poul Harremoes and Jes La Cour Jansen, “Wastewater Treatment”, Springer, 2010
15MEE117 ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM ANALYSIS 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To educate the students on the various models available for ecosystems.
 To impart knowledge on the models employed for dissolved oxygen content and groundwater quality.
 To train the students in solving the mathematical models developed using software applications
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO – 1: To be well versed in ecological modelling.
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CO – 2: To explain Structural analysis and stability of complex ecosystems.
CO –3: To understand the principle of continuous-flow reactor modelling.
CO – 4: To clearly explain search the algorithms for nonlinear dynamical models.
CO – 5: To understand the Rivers and streams water quality modelling.
CO – 6: To understand the Groundwater quality modelling.
CO – 7: To clearly explain the concept of Linear programming.
CO – 8: To understand the concept and Formulation of linear optimization models.
CO – 9: To be well versed with Activated sludge process.
CO – 10: To explain Operational control of wastewater treatment process.
UNIT I ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM 9

Basic concepts in ecology and ecological modeling, Population Dynamics: Birth and death processes. Single species
growth, Prey-predator models: Lotka-Volterra, Rosenzweig-MacArther, Kolmogorov models. Multi-species modeling -
Structural analysis and stability of complex ecosystems.
UNIT II CONTINUOUS-FLOW REACTOR MODELING 9

CSTR, Plug-Flow, Dispersion. A case study of a tubular reactor with axial dispersion, Parameter Calibration: Search
algorithms for nonlinear dynamical models, Variance of estimated parameters. Application to Monod and Haldane
kinetics.
UNIT III WATER QUALITY MODELING 9

Rivers and streams water quality modeling -dispersion and mixing- water quality modeling process-model sensitivity-
assessing model performance; Models for dissolved oxygen and pathogens- Pollutant and nutrient dynamics -
Dissolved Oxygen dynamics -Groundwater quality modeling.
UNIT IV MICROBIAL DYNAMICS AND ENERGETICS 9

Requirements for carbon and nutrient removal. Activated sludge: Process schemes: completely mixed, plug-flow,
SBR, nutrient removal. Anaerobic digestion: process dynamics, Operational control of wastewater treatment
processes.
UNIT V COMPUTER BASED SOLUTIONS 9

Formulation of linear optimization models. Linear programming. Sensitivity testing and duality. Solution techniques
and computer programming; Formulation of linear optimization models. Application of models- simulation, parameter
estimation and experimental design.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Chapra, S.C. Surface Water-Quality Modeling, Waveland Pr Inc, 1997.

2. Deaton, M.L and Winebrake, J.J., “Dynamic Modeling of Environmental Systems”, Springer- Verlag, 2000.
3. Orhon, D and Artan, N., “Modeling of Activated Sludge Systems”, Technomic Publ. Co., 1994.
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15MEE118 INSTRUMENTAL MONITORING OF ENVIRONMENT 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To educate the students on the various methos employed in environment monitoring.
 To develop a basic knowledge about the instrumental monitoring of environment and apply the same in the
field application.
 To educate the students on the various instruments used for analysis of air water and soil.
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO – 1: To be well versed in Instrumental Methods.
CO – 2: To explain various Errors in measuring signals.
CO –3: To understand the principles of flame photometry.
CO – 4: To clearly explain the Direct Current Plasma (DCP) spectrometry.
CO – 5: To understand the Gas Chromatography (GC).
CO – 6: To understand the Ion chromatography (IC).
CO – 7: To clearly explain the concept of Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA).
CO – 8: To understand the concept of Non - dispersive infra-red (NDIR) analyzer for CO.
Instrumental Methods, Selection of method, Precision and Accuracy, Errors in measuring signals, Noise/ signal ratio,
base line drift, Indicator tubes.
UNIT II INSTRUMENTAL METHODS 9

Electromagnetic radiation, matter radiation interactions; Colorimetry and spectrophotometry, fluorimetry,
nephelometry and turbidimetry, flame photometry Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS), Atomic Emission
Spectrometry (AES) - Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) and Direct Current Plasma (DCP) spectrometry. ICP - MS
(Mass spectrometry).
UNIT III CLASSICAL METHODS 9

Classical methods, Column, Paper and thin layer chromatography (TLC), Gas Chromatrography (GC), GC-MS, High
performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and Ion chromatrography (IC).
UNIT IV METHODS BASED ON RAYS 9

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Conductometry, potentiometry, coulometry, amperometry polarography, Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA), X-ray
Fluorescence (XRF) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD) methods.
UNIT V MISCELLANEOUS METHODS 9

Non - dispersive infra-red (NDIR) analyzer for CO, chemiluminescent analyzer for NOx, Fluorescent analyzer for
SO2, Auto analyzer for water quality using flow injection analysis; permeation devices.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Willard. H., Merritt, L., Dean, D.A. and Settle. F.A. “Instrumental methods of analysis”, Words Worth, New York,
th
7 Edition, 2004.
2. Ewing, “Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis”, McGraw-Hill, New York, 5th Edition, 2005.
15MEE119 ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To develop a basic knowledge about the ecological engineering and apply the same in the field application.
 To educate the students on the principles of ecology as applied to environmental engineering.
 To train the students to apply the concepts of ecological engineering with the help of case studies
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO – 1: To be well versed with Aim, scope and applications of ecology.
CO – 2: To explain the Energy flow and material cycling in ecosystems.
CO – 3: To understand the Principles, components and characteristics of Systems.
CO – 4: To clearly explain the Environmental systems as energy systems.
CO – 5: To understand the concept of ecosystem.
CO – 6: To understand the Interface coupling in ecological systems.
CO – 7: To clearly explain the concept of Integrated Ecological Engineering Systems.
CO – 8: To understand the concept of Ecological economics.
CO – 9: To be well versed with Applications of ecological engineering.
CO – 10: To understand Aqua cultural systems.
UNIT I ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT 9

Aim, scope and applications of ecology - Development and evolution of ecosystems - Principles and concepts
pertaining to communities in ecosystem - Energy flow and material cycling in ecosystems - productivity in ecosystems
- Rationale of ecological engineering and ecotechnology - Classification of ecotechnology
UNIT II PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 9

Principles, components and characteristics of Systems - Classification of systems - Structural and functional
interactions of environmental systems - Environmental systems as energy systems - Mechanisms of steady-state
maintenance in open and closed systems - Modelling and ecotechnology - Elements of modelling - Modelling
procedure - Classification of ecological models - Applications of models in ecotechnology - Ecological economics.
UNIT III CONCEPT OF ECOSYSTEM 9
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Self-organizing design and processes - Multiple seeded microcosms - Interface coupling in ecological systems -
Concept of energy - Determination of sustainable loading of ecosystems.
UNIT IV APPLICATION OF ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 9

Ecosanitation - Principles and operation of soil infiltration systems - Wetlands and ponds - Source separation systems
- Aquacultural systems - Detritus based treatment for solid wastes - Applications of ecological engineering for marine
systems.
UNIT V CASE STUDIES IN ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 9

Case studies of Integrated Ecological Engineering Systems and their commercial prospects.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Etnier, C. and Guterstam, B., “Ecological Engineering for Wastewater Treatment”, Lewis Publishers, New York.
Second Edition, 2007.
2. Kangas, P.C. and Kangas, P., “Ecological Engineering: Principles and Practice”, Lewis Publishers, New York. 1st
Edition, 2003.
3. Mitsch, J.W. and Jorgensen, S.E., “Ecological Engineering - An Introduction to Ecotechnology”, John Wiley &
Sons, New York. 2009.
4. White, I.D., Mottershed, D.N. and Harrison, S.J., “Environmental Systems - An Introductory Text”, Chapman Hall,
London. 2004.
15MEE120 REMOTE SENSING AND GIS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To impart the knowledge about basic elements of GIS and different types of remote sensing systems.
 To educate the students about the role of satellites in remote sensing and how to interperet the visual
image.
 To impart knowledge on the basic concepts of Geographical Information Systems
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO – 1: To be well versed in components of Remote Sensing.
CO – 2: To explain the Electromagnetic spectrum.
CO –3: To understand the Principles of remote sensing.
CO – 4: To clearly explain the Classification of Remote Sensing Systems.
CO – 5: To understand the Characteristics of Remote Sensing data.
CO – 6: To understand the Satellite data Products.
CO – 7: To clearly explain the concept of Photogrammetry.
CO – 8: To understand the concept of GIS.
CO – 9: To be well versed with Conservation of resources.
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CO – 10: To understand Sustainable land use.
UNIT I REMOTE SENSING ELEMENTS 8

Historical Perspective, Principles of remote sensing, components of Remote Sensing, Energy source and
electromagnetic radiation, Electromagnetic spectrum, Energy interaction, Spectral response pattern of earth surface
features, Energy recording technology
UNIT II REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY 9

Classification of Remote Sensing Systems, , Aerial photographs, Photographic systems – Across track and along
track scanning, Multispectral remote sensing, Thermal remote sensing, Microwave remote sensing – Active and
passive sensors, RADAR, LIDAR
UNIT III SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING 10

Satellites and their sensors, satellite orbits, Indian space programme - Research and development - ISRO satellites,
LANDSAT, ERS, SPOT, TERRA and NOOA satellite series, Characteristics of Remote Sensing data ,Satellite data
Products
UNIT IV IMAGE PROCESSING AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM 10

Photogrammetry – Visual image interpretation, Digital image processing – Image rectification, enhancement,
transformation, Classification, Data merging, GIS Concepts – Spatial and non spatial data, Vector and raster data
structures, Data analysis, Database management – RS – GIS Integration, Image processing software, GIS software

Monitoring and management of environment, Conservation of resources, Sustainable land use, Coastal zone
management – Limitations – Case studies
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. “Pmapler and Applications of Imaging RADAR”, Manual of Remote Sensing, Vol.2, ASPR, 2001.
2. Burrough, P.A. and McDonnell, R.A., “Principles of Geographic Information systems”, Oxford University Press,
New York,II Edition, 2001.
3. Golfried Konechy, “Geoinformation: Remote sensing, Photogrammetry and Geographical Information Systems”,
CRC press, 1st Edition, 2002.
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4. Lillesand, T.M. and Kiefer, R.W, “Remote sensing and image interpretation”, John Wiley and sons, New York, 6
Edition, 2008.
5. Lintz, J. and Simonet, “Remote sensing of Environment”, Addison Wesley Publishing Company, New Jersey,
1998.
15MEE121 MASS TRANSFER IN AIR-WATERSOIL INTERACTION 3 0 0 3
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COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To develop a basic knowledge about the mass transfer in air water soil interaction and apply the same in the
field application.
 To educate the students on the mechanism of material transfer between environmental components - air,
water and soil.
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO – 1: To be well versed in air - water equilibrium occurrences.

CO – 2: To explain partition coefficient for the air - water system.
CO –3: To understand the phenomena of molecular diffusion.
CO – 4: To clearly explain the fundamentals of heat transfer.
CO – 5: To understand the exchange of chemical across the air - water interface of lakes and Oceans.
CO – 6: To understand the Dissolution of chemicals on the bottom of flowing streams.
CO – 7: To clearly explain the concept of natural convection dissolution.
CO – 8: To understand the phenomena of gas exchange between the atmosphere and the surface of rivers.
CO – 9: To be well versed with mass transfer coefficients at the sediment – water interface.
CO – 10: To understand movement of chemicals through the benthic boundary layer.
Ideal solutions - air - water equilibrium occurrences - pure gases in contact with water-pure liquid in contact with air -
partition coefficient for the air - water system. Earthern solid - waste equilibrium occurrences - pure solid and liquid
chemicals in contact with water and earthern solids. Earthern solid - air equilibrium occurrences - water - liquid
chemical equilibrium occurrences - thermal equilibrium at environmental interfaces.
UNIT II HEAT & MASS TRANSFER 9

Diffusion and mass transfer - molecular diffusion - eddy diffusion - mass transfer theories - mass transfer coefficients
- binary mass transfer coefficients in two phases and two resistance theory of interphase mass transfer turbulence in
the environment - fundamentals of heat transfer - analogy theories of momentum, heat and mass transfer.
UNIT III CONCEPT OF LIQUID & GASES 9

Desertion of gases and liquids from aerated basins and rivers - completely mixed basin - plug flow basin - gas
exchange rates between the atmosphere and the surface of rivers - exchange of chemical across the air - water
interface of lakes and oceans.
UNIT IV DISSOLUTION OF CHEMICALS 9

Dissolution of chemicals on the bottom of flowing streams - geometric forms - stream bottom mass transfer
coefficients - natural convection dissolution - the upsurge of chemicals from the sediment - water interface of lakes - a
Fikian analysis - annual upsurge rate at sediment - water interface - mass transfer coefficients at the sediment - water
interface. Flux of chemicals between sediment and the overlying seawater - movement of chemicals through the
benthic boundary layer.
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UNIT V AIR & SOIL INTERFACE 9
Turbulence above the air - soil interface - the Richardson number - chemical flux rates through the lower layer of the
atmosphere - Thronthwaite - Holzman equation - evaporation of liquid chemicals spilled on land - chemical flux rates
through the upper layer of earthern material.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Cusssler, E.L, "Diffusion: Mass Transfer In Fluid Systems", Cambridge University press, 3 edition 2009.
2. Thibodeaux, L.J, "Environmental Chemo dynamics: Movement Of Chemicals In Air, Water and Soil", Wiley –
Inter science, New York, II Edition, 2006.
15MEE122 AIR POLLUTION MONITORING & CONTROL 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To impart knowledge on the effects of air pollutants on atmosphere and understand the different modelling
techniques employed for air pollution monitoring.
 To educate the students on the processes related to control of particle and gaseous contamimnants.
 To impart knowledge on the procedure adopted for maintaining indoor air quality management
COURSE OUTCOME:
CO – 1: To understand the structure and composition of atmosphere, sources, effects and classification of air
pollutants
CO – 2: To know about the consequences of global climate change and ozone holes
CO – 3: To understand the basics of air pollutants transport and dispersion, various sampling and modelling
techniques
CO – 4: To understand the methods to control particulate contaminants
CO – 5: To understand in detail about the control of gaseous contaminants
CO – 6: To improve and gain knowledge on sources, types and control of indoor air pollutants
CO – 7: To understand the sources, effects, measurements and standards of noise pollution
Structure and composition of Atmosphere – Sources and classification of air pollutants - Effects of air pollutants on
human health, vegetation & animals, Materials & Structures – Effects of air Pollutants on the atmosphere, Soil &
Water bodies – Long- term effects on the planet – Global Climate Change, Ozone Holes – Ambient Air Quality and
Emission Standards – Air Pollution Indices – Emission Inventories – Ambient and Stack Sampling and Analysis of
Particulate and Gaseous Pollutants.
UNIT II AIR POLLUTION MONITORING AND MODELLING 5

Effects of meteorology on Air Pollution - Fundamentals, Atmospheric stability, Inversion, Wind profiles and stack
plume patterns - Transport & Dispersion of Air Pollutants – Modeling Techniques – Instrumentation – Sampling
techniques – Stack monitoring – Air Pollution Climatology.
UNIT III CONTROL OF PARTICULATE CONTAMINANTS 11
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Factors affecting Selection of Control Equipment – Gas Particle Interaction, – Working principle, Design and
performance equations of Gravity Separators (cyclone) , Centrifugal separators Fabric filters, Particulate Scrubbers,
Electrostatic Precipitators – Operational Considerations – Process Control and Monitoring – Costing of APC
equipment – Case studies for stationary and mobile sources.
UNIT IV CONTROL OF GASEOUS CONTAMINANTS 11

Factors affecting Selection of Control Equipment – Working principle, Design and performance equations of
absorption, Adsorption, condensation, Incineration, Bio scrubbers, Bio filters – Process control and Monitoring -
Operational Considerations - Costing of APC Equipment – Case studies for stationary and mobile sources.
UNIT V INDOOR AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT 11

Sources types and control of indoor air pollutants, sick building syndrome types – Radon Pollution and its control –
Membrane process - UV photolysis – Internal Combustion Engines - Sources and Effects of Noise Pollution –
Measurement – Standards –Control and Preventive measures.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Anjaneyulu. Y, “Air Pollution & Control Technologies”, Allied Publishers (P) Ltd., India, 2002.
2. Arthur C.Stern, “Air Pollution (Vol.I – Vol.VIII)”, Academic Press, 2006.
3. Daniel Vallero “ Fundamentals of Air Pollution”, Fourth Edition,2008.
4. David H.F. Liu, Bela G. Liptak, “Air Pollution”, Lweis Publishers, 2000.
5. Lawrence K. Wang, Norman C. Parelra, Yung Tse Hung, “Air Pollution Control Engineering”, Tokyo, 2004.
6. Noel de Nevers, “Air Pollution Control Engg.”, Mc Graw Hill, New York, II Edition, 2010.
7. Wayne T.Davis, “Air Pollution Engineering Manual”, John Wiley & Sons,Inc.,2000.
15MEE123 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND LEGISLATION 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To impart knowledge on the various policies adopted for maintaining the environment clean and green.
 To educate the students on the acts passed by the government for the protection of Water, Air and
Environment.
 To impart knowledge on the landmark cases and judgements passed by the courts of India.
COURSE OUTCOME:
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 CO – 1: To attain knowledge on environmental policies ,legislations and environmental Act
 CO – 2: To understand the institutional faramework in Environmental protection (Water ,Air)
 and multilateral agreements and protocols.
 CO – 3: To understand the powers of regulatory agencies and the role of central and state governments
 CO – 4 : To understand the process of legal sampling and provisions for closure in pollution situation.
 CO – 5 : To be famillar with rules of environment impact assessment and coastal zone regulation.
 CO – 6 :To understand the roles of pollution control boards and their responsibilities in framing
 Rules.
 CO – 7: To gain knowledge in preparing writ, petition, public interest litigation through case studies
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Indian Constitution and Environmental Protection – National Environmental policies – Precautionary Principle and
Polluter Pays Principle – Concept of absolute liability – multilateral environmental agreements and Protocols –
Montreal Protocol, Kyoto agreement, Rio declaration – Environmental Protection Act, Water (P&CP) Act, Air (P&CP)
Act – Institutional framework (SPCB/CPCB/MoEF)
UNIT II WATER (P&CP) ACT, 1974 8

Power & functions of regulatory agencies - responsibilities of Occupier Provision relating to prevention and control
Scheme of Consent to establish, Consent to operate – Conditions of the consents – Outlet – Legal sampling
procedures, State Water Laboratory – Appellate Authority – Penalties for violation of consent conditions etc.
Provisions for closure/directions in apprehended pollution situation.
UNIT III AIR (P&CP) ACT, 1981 8

Power & functions of regulatory agencies - responsibilities of Occupier Provision relating to prevention and control
Scheme of Consent to establish, Consent to operate – Conditions of the consents – Outlet – Legal sampling
procedures, State Air Laboratory – Appellate Authority – Penalties for violation of consent conditions etc. Provisions
for closure/directions in apprehended pollution situation.
UNIT IV ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) ACT 1986 13

Genesis of the Act – delegation of powers – Role of Central Government - EIA Notification – Sitting of Industries –
Coastal Zone Regulation - Responsibilities of local bodies mitigation scheme etc., for Municipal Solid Waste
Management - Responsibilities of Pollution Control Boards under Hazardous Waste rules and that of occupier,
authorisation – Biomedical waste rules – responsibilities of generators and role of Pollution Control Boards – Solid
waste management rule – Hazardous waste management rule

Relevant Provisions of Indian Forest Act, Public Liability Insurance Act, CrPC, IPC -Public Interest Litigation - Writ
petitions - Supreme Court Judgments in Landmark cases.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
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1. CPCB “Pollution Control acts, Rules and Notifications Pollution Control Series – PCL/2/1992”, Central Pollution
Control Board, Delhi, 1997.
2. Greger I.Mcgregor “Environmental law and enforcement”, Lewis Publishers, London. 1994.
3. Shyam Divan and Armin Roseneranz “Environmental law and policy in India” Oxford University Press, New
Delhi, 2001.
15MEE124 CLEANER PRODUCTION 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To develop a basic knowledge about the cleaner production and apply the same in the field application.
 To educate the students on complete management principles related to Cleaner Production and Control of
Industrial Pollution.
 To impart knowledge on how to perform a environmental audit by studying different case studies
COURSE OUTCOME
CO – 1: To identify and utilize the appropriate sources of information in environmental protection
CO – 2: To gain knowledge to apply management tools of the Waste Management.
CO – 3: To understand the environmental aspect in solving a specific problem in environmental protection.
CO – 4: To assess and control industrial pollution through Management Principles
CO – 5: To prepare and evaluate lifecycle assessment
CO – 6: To gain knowledge on environmental audit in industrial and educational buildings through case studies.
CO – 7: To assess and control industrial pollution through Management Principles
UNIT I SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 9

Sustainable Development-Indicators of Sustainability-Sustainability Strategies-Barriers to Sustainability-Industrial
activity and EnvironmentIndustrialisation and sustainable development-Industrial Ecology-Cleaner Production (CP) in
Achieving Sustainability-Prevention versus Control of Industrial Pollution-Environmental Policies and Legislations-
Regulations to Encourage Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production-Rgulatory versus Market Based Approaches.
UNIT II POLLUTION PREVENTION 9
Definition-Importance-Historical evolution-Benefits-Promotion-BarriersRole of Industry, Government and Institutions -

Environmental Management Hierarchy-Source Reduction Techniques-Process and equipment optimisation, reuse,
recovery, recycle, raw material substitution-Internet Information and Other CP Resources.
UNIT III CONCEPT OF CLEANER PRODUCTION 12

Overview of CP Assessment Steps and skills, Preparing for the site visit, Information Gathering, and process flow
diagram, material balance, CP Option Generation Technical and Environmental feasibility analysisEconomic
valuation of alternatives-total cost analysis-CP FinancingEstablishing a program-Organizing a program-preparing a
program planMeasuring progress-pollution prevention and cleaner production Awareness plan -Waste audit-
Environmental Statement.
UNIT IV LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT 9
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Elements of LCA-Life Cycle Costing -Eco Labelling-Design for the Environment-International Environmental
Standards-ISO 14001- Enironmental audit.

Industrial application of CP,LCA,EMS and Environmental Audits, Procedures, Regulations, Case study for a
environmental audit, Industry and Educational building.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Paul L Bishop, "Pollution Prevention Fundamental and Practice", Waveland Pr Inc, 2004.
2. Prasad modak, C.Visvanathan and Mandar parasnis "Cleaner Production Audit", Issue 38 of Environmental
Systems Reviews, Environmental Systems Information Center, Asian Institute of Technology, 1995
3. World Bank Group, "Pollution Prevention and Abatement HandbookTowards Cleaner Production", World Bank
and UNEP, Washington D.C, 2005.
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GENERIC ELECTIVE COURSES
15MEE151 RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To study various energy sources, working of solar power
 To study detailed application of geothermal power plants, thermo electric generators.
COURSE OUTCOME
CO – 1: Ability to identify the natural resources which are renewable and estimate the solar radiation
CO – 2: Ability to apply solar energy principles in day to day life activities
CO – 3: Ablity to understand the applications of solar cells in photovoltaic systems and their performance in industrial
buildings
CO – 4: Ability to identify the working principle of wind energy, tidal energy and geothermal energy
CO – 5: Ability to understand the conversion of biomass into energy and its applications
CO – 6: Ability to understand the direct energy conversion by using thermo electric generator
Overview of various Energy Sources - Classification and Comparison. Nature and properties of solar radiation -
simple measurements and instruments. Estimation of incident solar energy from given data. Principles of Solar
energy collection - Types of Solar Collectors - Characteristics, Operating Principles, performance and suitable
applications.
UNIT II SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS 9
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Solar Thermal Applications: Water Heaters, Air Heaters, Gear pump, Refrigerator and Solar Ponds - schematics -
working principles - performance - their integration with buildings.
Solar Electric Power Applications: Solar cells - Photovoltaic systems - Components - simple and hybrid types -
schematics - working principles - performance - their integration with buildings.
UNIT III WIND, WAVE AND GEO – ENERGY 9

Energy from the wind: Types of wind mills - General theory and working aspects of standard Windmills and
applications -Energy from Tides and Waves: Working principles of various Tidal plants and Ocean Thermal Energy
Conversion (OTEC) plants - Power from geothermal energy: Types and principles of working of Geothermal Power
Plants.
UNIT IV BIOENERGY 9
Methods for Conversion of Biomass into Energy - Basics of Thermo & Bio Chemical Methods. Reactors and
Digesters - Types - operating principles and applications.
UNIT V DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION 9

Principle of working and basic aspects of thermo Electric Generators - Thermionic Generators - Fuel cells - Types,
working, performance and applications.
TOTAL 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Duffie J.A., and Beckman W. A., “Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes”, Wiley Interscience, 1991.
2. Goswami Y., KreithF.andKreider J. F., “Principles of Solar Engineering”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2001.
3. Green M.A., “Solar Cells - Operating Principles Technology and System Applications”, University of New South
Wales, 1998.
4. Manwell J. F., McGowan J.G. and Rogers A. L., “ Wind Energy Explained”, John Wiley & Sons, Second Edition
2002
5. Sathyajith Mathew, “Wind Energy Fundamentals”, Springer, 2006.
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6. Sukathme S.P., “Solar Energy Principles of Thermal Collection and Storage”, 3 Edition TMC New Delhi.
15MEE152 QUALITY AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To study the concepts of quality and assurance and control techniques in construction
 To understand the various safety concepts, requirements applied to construction projects
COURSE OUTCOME
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CO – 1: To understand the responsibilities and authority of Quality Management
CO – 2: To prepare quality documents and implementation procedure
CO – 3: To attain knowledge on quality planning, assurance and insurance procedures
CO – 4 : To conceptually solve failures in environmental safety using management tool
CO – 5 : To understand legal implications and elements of effective safety programme
CO – 6 :To assess job site safety programmes by conducting safety meetings and safety incentivesCO – 7: To
understand the role of designers in safety
CO – 8: Able to prepare proper documentation in safety for construction contracts.
UNIT I QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS 9

Introduction – Definition and objectives – Responsibilities and authority – Quality plan – Quality management
guidelines – Quality circles – Quality system standard – ISO 9000 family of standards – ISO 14000 – Preparing
Quality system documents – Quality related training – Implementing a Quality system.
UNIT II QUALITY PLANNING AND ASSURANCE 9

Techniques of Quality policy – Objectives and methods in Construction industry – Consumers satisfaction – Time of
completion – Statistical tolerance – Taguchi’s concept of Quality – Code and Standards – Documents – Inspection
procedures – Total QA/QC programme and cost implication – Techniques and needs of QA/QC
UNIT III QUALITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES 9

Different aspects of Quality – Factors influencing construction Quality – Critical, major failure aspects and failure
mode analysis.Selection of new materials – Bid preparation – Construction activity, environmental safety, social and
environmental factors – Natural causes and speed of construction – Life cycle costing – Value engineering and Value
analysis.
UNIT IV CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENTS AND DESIGNING OF SAFETY 9

Accidents and their Causes – Human factors in Construction safety – Costs of Construction Injuries – Legal
Implications – Problem Areas in Construction Safety – Elements of Effective Safety programme – Job site Safety
Assessment – Safety meetings – Safety Incentives - Safety Culture – Safe workers - Project Coordination and
safety procedures – Workers compensation.
UNIT V CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND OWNER’S OUTLOOK 9

Safety in Construction Contracts – Safety record keeping – Owner’s responsibility and safety – Owner’s responsibility
Clause, general clause paramount, seaworthiness – Deviation clause – Role of designers in ensuring safety – Safety
clause in design document.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Clarkson H. Oglesby., “Productivity Improvement in Construction”, McGraw-Hill, 2009.

2. James, J.O’ Brian, “Construction Inspection Handbook – Quality Assurance and Quality Control”, Third
Edition,Van Nostrand, New York, 2009.
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3. Jimmy W. Hinze.,” Construction Safety”, Prentice Hall Inc.,7 Edition 1997.
4. Juran Frank, J.M. and Gryna, F.M.,”Quality Planning and Analysis”, Tata McGraw Hill, 1993.
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15MEE153 E - COMMERCE 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To understand the nature of e-Commerce and recognize the business impact and potential of e-Commerce
 To identify the technologies required to make e-Commerce viable and discussed about the current drivers
and inhibitors facing the business world in adopting and using e-Commerce and make them aware of the
economic consequences of e-Commerce.
COURSE OUTCOME
CO – 1: To understand the difference between traditional commerce and E commerce.
CO – 2: To understand the business models and supply chain management.
CO–3: To understand the infrastructure and software packages needed for ecommerce.
CO – 4 : To understand the web based tools needed and able to do performance evaluation.
CO – 5 : To analyse data through link checking utility and cost analysis.
CO – 6 :To identify the threats and able to protect by encryption solutions.
CO – 7: To be familiar with electronic cash and electronic payment systems.
CO – 8: To attain knowledge on intelligent agents and their limitations.
CO – 9: To solve website design issues
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Traditional commerce and E commerce - Categories of Electronic commerce – Business models – Revenue
models – Business processes. Internet and WWW – role of WWW – value chains – strategic business – Revenue
Strategy issues - Industry value chains - supply chain management – role of E commerce.
UNIT II INFRASTRUCTURE FOR E COMMERCE 9

Packet switched networks – Routing packets. TCP/IP protocol script: IP Addressing – Domain names – E-mail
protocols. Internet utility programs – SGML, HTML and XML – web client and servers – Web client/server
architecture – intranet and extranets – Public and private networks – Virtual private network.
UNIT III WEB BASED TOOLS FOR E COMMERCE 9

Web server: Server computers – performance evaluation – Hardware architectures. web server software feature sets
– web server software and tools – Internet Utility programs – Data analysis software – Link checking utilities.
web protocol – search engines – intelligent agents –EC software – web hosting – cost analysis.
UNIT IV SECURITY 9
Computer security classification – copy right and Intellectual property – electronic commerce threats: Secrecy threats
– Integrity threats – Necessity threats Encryption solutions. Protecting client computers – electronic payment systems
– electronic cash – strategies for marketing – sales and promotion – cryptography – authentication.
UNIT V INTELLIGENT AGENTS 9
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Definition and capabilities – limitation of agents – History of software agents – Characteristics and properties of
agents – Telescript Agent Language – safe-Tcl – security – web based marketing – search engines and Directory
registration – online advertisements – Portables and info mechanics – website design issues.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Ravi Kalakota, Andrew B. Whinston “ frontiers of Electronic Commerce”, Pearson Education, 2008.
2. Gary P Schneider “Electronic commerce”, Thomson learning & James T Peny Cambridge USA, 2001.
3. Manlyn Greenstein and Miklos “Electronic commerce” McGraw-Hill, 2002.
4. Efraim Turvan J.Lee, David kug and chung, “Electronic commerce” Pearson Education Asia 2001.
5. Brenda Kienew E commerce Business Prentice Hall, 2001.
15MEE154 TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To understand the Total Quality Management concept and principles and the various tools available to
achieve Total Quality Management.
 To understand statistical approach for quality control and to create an awareness about the ISO and QS
certification process and its need for the industries.
COURSE OUTCOME
CO – 1: To understand the basic concepts of TQM and dimensions of service quality.
CO – 2: To develop leadership qualities through strategic quality planning and quality statements from consumers.
CO – 3: To work in team with coordination with continuous process improvement.
CO – 4 : To identify the tools required for manufacturing process and reasons for bench mark.
CO – 5 : To assess the quality circles through quality deployment function and improvement needs.
CO – 6 :To document the quality data with reference to codal provisions.
CO – 7: To gain knowledge of implementation in manufacturing and service sector through case studies
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Introduction - Need for quality - Evolution of quality - Definition of quality - Dimensions of manufacturing and service
quality - Basic concepts of TQM - Definition of TQM – TQM.Framework - Contributions of Deming, Juran and Crosby
– Barriers to TQM.
UNIT II TQM PRINCIPLES 9
Leadership – Strategic quality planning, Quality statements - Customer focus – Customer orientation, Customer
satisfaction, Customer complaints, Customer retention – Employee involvement – Motivation, Empowerment, Team
and Teamwork, Recognition and Reward, Performance appraisal - Continuous process improvement – PDSA cycle,
5s, Kaizen – Supplier, partnership – Partnering, Supplier selection, Supplier Rating.
UNIT III TQM TOOLS & TECHNIQUES I 9

The seven traditional tools of quality – New management tools – Six-sigma: Concepts,methodology, applications to
manufacturing, service sector including IT – Bench marking – Reason to bench mark, Bench marking process –
FMEA – Stages, Types.
UNIT IV TQM TOOLS & TECHNIQUES II 9

Quality circles – Quality Function Deployment (QFD) – Taguchi quality loss function – TPM –Concepts, improvement
needs – Cost of Quality – Performance measures.
UNIT V QUALITY SYSTEMS 9

Need for ISO 9000- ISO 9000-2000 Quality System – Elements, Documentation, Quality auditing- QS 9000 –
ISO 14000 – Concepts, Requirements and Benefits – Case studies of TQM,implementation in manufacturing and
service sectors including IT.
TOTAL: 45 hours
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Dale H.Besterfiled, et at., “Total Quality Management”, Pearson Education Asia, 3rd Edition, Indian Reprint
(2006).
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2. James R. Evans and William M. Lindsay, “The Management and Control of Quality”, 6 Edition, South-Western
(Thomson Learning), 2008.
3. Oakland, J.S., “TQM – Text with Cases”, Butterworth – Heinemann Ltd., Oxford, 3rd Edition,2012.
4. Suganthi,L and Anand Samuel, “Total Quality Management”, Prentice Hall (India) Pvt. Ltd.,2006.
5. Janakiraman, B and Gopal, R.K, “Total Quality Management – Text and Cases”, Prentice Hall (India) Pvt. Ltd.,
2006.
15MEE155 DISASTER MANAGEMENT 3 0 0 3
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
 To provide knowledge on various types of disasters and to gain knowledge on disaster mitigation
 To have knowledge of managing disasters.
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CO – 1: To integrate knowledge and to analyse, evaluate and manage various disaster events at local and global
levels.
CO – 2: To identify the role of community based organizations involved in disaster management and to evaluate the
environmental, social, cultural, economic, legal and organisational aspects influencing vulnerabilities and
capacities to face disasters.
CO – 3: To gain knowledge on disaster mitigation measures, disaster legislation and policy and to understand the
role of media in public awareness.
CO – 4 : To obtain, analyse, and communicate information on risks, relief needs and lessons learned from earlier
disasters in order to formulate strategies for mitigation in future scenarios with the ability to clearly present
and discuss their conclusions and the knowledge and arguments behind them.
CO – 5 : To attain knowledge on low cost housing ,cyclone shelter projects and effective utilization of resources.
CO – 6 :To understand the applications of Remote sensing & GIS in risk assessment and damage assessment and
able to prepare development planning and disaster management plan through case studies.
CO – 7: To prepare pre-disaster and post disaster planning for relief operations and to understand the role of
knowledge based expert systems in hazard scenario.
CO – 8: To identify the seismic vulnerability of urban areas and able to prepare and plan for an urban earthquake
disaster resisting structures.
UNIT I DISASTERS 9
Natural Disasters- Meaning and nature of natural disasters, their types and effects. Floods, drought, cyclone,
earthquakes, landslides, avalanches, volcanic eruptions, Heat and cold waves, Climatic change: global warming, Sea
level rise, ozone depletion. Man Made Disasters- Nuclear disasters, chemical disasters, biological disasters, building
fire, coal fire, forest fire, oil fire, air pollution, water pollution, deforestation, industrial waste water pollution, road
accidents, rail accidents, air accidents, sea accidents.
UNIT II ROLE OF AGENCIES IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT 9

Effect to migrate natural disaster at national and global levels. International strategy for disaster reduction. Concept of
disaster management, national disaster management framework; financial arrangements; role of NGOs, community –
based organizations and media. Central, state, district and local administration; Armed forces in disaster response;
Disaster response; Police and other organizations.
UNIT-III DISASTER MITIGATION 9

Needs and approach towards prevention - Principles and components of mitigation - Disaster legislation and policy -
Cost effective analysis - Utilisation of resources - Training - Education - Public awareness - Roles of media. Dams,
Bridges, Hospitals, Industrial structures, Disaster resistant structures - Low cost housing for disaster prone areas -
Cyclone shelter projects and their implications - Reconstruction after disasters.
UNIT-IV REMOTE SENSING AND GIS APPLICATIONS IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT 9

Remote Sensing Application - Risk assessment - Damage assessment - Land use planning and regulation for
sustainable development - Use of Internet - Communication Network -Warning system - Post disaster review - Case
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studies. Vulnerability analysis of infrastructure and settlements - Pre-disaster and post disaster planning for relief
operations - Potential of GIS application in development planning and Disaster management plan - Case studies.
UNIT-V DISASTER RESISTANT OF STRUCTURES 9

Seismic vulnerability of urban areas- Seismic response of R.C. frames buildings with soft first storey. Lateral strength
of masonry walls- Disaster resistant construction role of insurance sector-Response of buried steel pipelines carrying
water subjected to earthquake ground motion-Preparedness and planning for an urban earthquake disaster- Role of
knowledge based expert systems in hazard scenario.
TOTAL: 45 hours
TEXT BOOKS:
1. David Alexander, “Natural Disasters”, UCL Press, London, Research Press, New Delhi, 2006
2. Nick Carter. W. “Disaster Management - A Disaster Manager's Handbook”, Asian Development Bank,
Philippines. 1991
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Bell, F.G.,”Geological Hazards: Their assessment, avoidance and mitigation”, E& FN SPON
Routledge, London. 2003
2. Mitigating Natural Disasters, Phenomena, Effects and options, A Manual for policy makers and
planners, United Nations. New York, 1999
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SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

M.E. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

PROGRAM OUTCOMES (PO):

The Program Specific Objectives of the M.E. Environmental Engineering are to

Curriculum and Syllabus

Department of Civil Engineering

TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDITS : 80

Core 15MEE013 Design of Biological Treatment 3 1 0 4

Core 15MEE015 Seminar 1 0 0 6 2

Core 15MEE022 Solid and Hazardous Waste 3 1 0 4

Core 15MEE023 Environmental Impact and 3 1 0 4

DSE 15MEE___ Discipline Specific Elective II 3 0 0 3

GE 15MEE___ Generic Elective 1 3 0 0 3

Core 15MEE024 Environmental Chemistry and 0 0 6 3

DSE 15MEE___ Discipline Specific Elective IV 3 0 0 3

GE 15MEE___ Generic Elective 2 3 0 0 3

Core 15MEE031 Project Work – Phase 1 0 0 18 9

15MEE032 Inplant Training 0 0 0 2

Core 15MEE041 Project Work – Phase 2 0 0 30 18

15MEE101 Transport of Water and Wastewater

15MEE102 Environmental Microbiology

15MEE103 Process & Unit Operations for Water Treatment

15MEE104 Noise Pollution and Control.

15MEE105 Water Quality Modeling

15MEE106 Environmental Engineering Structure

15MEE107 Ground Water Contamination and Transport Modeling

15MEE108 Marine Pollution Monitoring

15MEE109 Landfill Engineering and Remediation Technology

15MEE110 Resource and Energy Recovery from Waste

15MEE111 Environmental Biotechnology

15MEE112 Cleaner Production and Environmental management

15MEE113 Environmental Geotechnology

15MEE114 Occupational Health and Safety in Industries

15MEE115 Environmental Sanitation

15MEE116 Advanced Sewage Treatment

15MEE117 Environmental System Analysis

15MEE118 Instrumental Monitoring of Environment

15MEE119 Ecological Engineering

15MEE120 Remote Sensing And Gis For Environmental Applications

15MEE121 Mass Transfer In Air-Water-Soil Interaction

15MEE122 Air Pollution Monitoring & Control

15MEE123 Environmental Policies and Legislation

15MEE124 Cleaner Production and Environmental Management

15MEE151 Renewable Source of Energy

15MEE152 Quality and Safety Management

15MEE153 Global Warming And Climate Change

15MEE154 Total Quality Management

15MEE155 Disaster Management

UNIT I ESTIMATION THEORY 9

UNIT II TESTING OF HYPOTHESIS 9

UNIT III CORRELATION AND REGRESSION 9

UNIT IV DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS 9

UNIT V MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS 9

UNIT II AEROBIC TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER 10

UNIT III ANAEROBIC TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER 10

UNIT IV SLUDGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL 5

UNIT V CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE ASPECTS 10

15MEE014 INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT 3 1 0 4