Major Programme
[ESE2101] Environmental Engineering Principles & Practices
This module aims to excite first year engineering students about Environmental Engineering and the science and engineering principles that underlie Environmental Engineering applications. The module equips students with knowledge, critical thinking, computer-aid analysis, and practical experiences that are fundamental to Environmental Engineering. Basic environmental chemistry, microbiology, and hydraulics will be examined through a project-based learning. Thus, students will learn basic principles of chemical and biological processes and will be exposed to the concept of hydraulics. The lab-style teaching provides opportunities for hands-on experiences in 3D model design, digitalization, big-data analysis, and system analysis for environmental pollution control.
Singapore is committed to become the World’s greenest city but how can economic development and environmental sustainability combine to create a truly liveable place? Engineers have a significant role to play in developing technical solutions that must be practical and economically feasible. In this module, students practice environmental engineering outside the classroom by teaming up as consultancy firms to undertake real-life projects: for example, monitoring water quality in the Singapore Botanic Gardens or mapping air pollution by drone sensing.
[ESE2102] Principles & Practices in Environmental Monitoring
[ESE2000] Chemistry for An Environmentally Sustainable Future
This module aims to familiarize students with basic principles in environmental chemistry and to provide a foundation for chemical concepts required in later years for Environmental Engineering. Topics covered include Thermodynamics and reaction kinetics, Equilibrium relations; Chemistry of Solutions; Acids and bases; Solution Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Electrochemistry and redox reactions; Basic Biochemistry; Nuclear reactions. Concepts will be emphasized with respect to environmental sustainability, drawing on applications and examples in environmental science and engineering, ecosystems and environmental impact assessment.
The Anthropocene is a proposed new geological era based on the scientific evidence that human impacts on natural environmental processes now rival geological forces in influencing the trajectory of the planetary system. This module provides an insight into contaminant transport and new complex physical interactions between human activities and natural processes. Major topics include energy fundamentals and need for new energy resources, depletion and contamination of natural resources (including minerals, groundwater, air), transport processes in the multimedia environment (advection, diffusion, dispersion, interphase mass transfer, reaction kinetics), as well as introduction to man-made climate change and its ecological and societal implications.
[ESE2001] Environmental Challenges in the Anthropocene
[ESE3101] Resource Management and Circular Economy
This course introduces the advanced concept of solid and hazardous waste management and the cleanup processes used around the world. It covers collection, quantification, characterization, processing, treatment, disposal and resource recovery, along with the circular economy in relation to solid and hazardous waste. It will supply students with in-depth knowledge on the principles of design, construction, operation and maintenance of various treatment and disposal facilities along with engineering, institutional, legal and financial infrastructures.
[ESE3201] Air Quality in Challenging Environment
This module equips students with fundamental knowledge of dynamic atmospheric air quality in a changing world. The topics cover the effects of emission sources and pollutants, air quality assessment, atmospheric reactions of air pollutants, principles and implications of vertical mixing and transport of airborne pollutants, and air pollution control strategies and devices. The module aims to enable students to understand dynamic atmospheric processes and to identify air pollution issues associated with varied energy sources and economic development. Students will also learn to assess air quality, quantify air pollutant levels, devise control strategies and recommend engineering solutions to enhance air quality.
[ESE3301] Microbiology in Natural and Built Environment
The module provides students with a strong foundation in environmental microbiology and its application to natural and engineered systems. The course addresses basic microbiological concepts and state-of-the-art environmental biotechnology. Microbial characteristics and function in terrestrial, aquatic environment and air are introduced to better understand biological processes. Microbial biogeochemical cycling of elements is examined with respect to nitrogen, carbon and sulphur. Aspects of molecular microbiology in environmental engineering are introduced with regard to applied biotechnologies. Also, urban microbiology and global emerging issues are introduced with respect to domestic and indoor microbiology, microbial contribution to climate changes, and current environmental issues.
[ESE3401] Sustainable Urban Water Technology
This module introduces students to the unit operations and processes application for domestic water supply and wastewater treatment. Integration of physical, chemical and biological processes is the basis of current water and wastewater design practice. This module will enable students to understand the main treatment processes and engineering concerns of water and wastewater treatment systems. Students learn to identify the appropriate treatment system to address water and wastewater treatment needs and design basic processes of water and wastewater treatment systems.