ENCN281 or Subject to approval of the Director of Studies

ENCI481, ENCI482

Course Coordinator

Mark Milke

Lecturer

Susan Masten

About the instructor

Susan Masten is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University. Recent projects include: ozone ceramic membrane filtration, water quality in Arusha and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and behavior of lead in water distribution networks.  She is the faculty advisor for the MSU chapters of Engineers without Borders (EWB) and Environmental Engineering Society (student chapter of Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) and American Water Works Association (AWWA). She was inducted into the West Virginia University Academy of Civil Engineers (May 2014), and awarded the AWMA Lyman A. Ripperton Environmental Educator Award (2013) and the Chi Epsilon Great Lakes Region Excellence in Teaching Award (2013).

Assessment

You cannot make up a missed quiz, but your two lowest quiz scores will be dropped.
Grading requirements for the group project will be handed out separately.

Assignments and Mini-design Standards
Assignments and mini-designs are two of the main ways you will demonstrate that you have learned the material in this class. I put great emphasis on the entire process, including figuring out what a problem is asking, identifying needed information, solving the problem, and presenting your solution. There is partial credit; assignments will be graded on your problem solving approach (2/3 of points) and the correct answer (1/3 of points), while essay assignments will be graded on content (2/3 points) and language mechanics (1/3 points).

Assignments and mini-designs must be turned in at the beginning of class. Late assignments will not be accepted unless prior arrangements have been made.

Computation-based assignments: Presenting your work in a format that is organized and clear is a critical part of the learning process. Assignments should be LEGIBLE and your work should be NEAT. Illegible work will be counted as wrong, and up to 20% of the grade can be deducted from assignments that do not follow the required format.

Essay assignments. All essays must be word processed, using 12 point font and 1.5 line spacing. Each essay will have a specific grading rubric that includes points for technical content as well as for language mechanics. Essays will be submitted electronically.

Students prevented by extenuating circumstances from completing the course after the final date for withdrawing, may apply for special consideration for late discontinuation of the course. Applications must be submitted to the Examinations Office within five days of the end of the main examination period for the semester. Because a number of courses are usually affected when ill fortune strikes, students should see the third professional coordinator when difficulties arise. A penalty will be assessed for late labs and design projects. The penalty for this course has been set at 20 % per day of the total marks available for the item of assessment.

Note 3: You cannot pass this course unless you achieve a mark of at least 40% in both the term test and the final exam. A student who narrowly fails to achieve 40% in either the test or exam, but who performs very well in the other, may be eligible for a pass in the course at the discretion of the course coordinator.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Ministry of Health; Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality Management for New Zealand, March 2018 ; 3rd; 2017 (https://www.health.govt.nz/publication/guidelines-drinking-water-quality-management-new-zealand).

Recommended Reading

Crittenden, John C.1949- et al; Principles of water treatment ; Third edition, Student edition; John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012.

M Davis; Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Design ; McGraw Hill, 2017.

Indicative Fees

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.