COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÖRKEM AKINCI

Offered to

Environmental Engineering

Course Objective

The students can define the municipal ( domestic, industrial, medical, hazardous, ..) and special ( mining, demolition, ..) soild wastes, they can list the necessary analysis to determine their properties, they can select or decide on the proper technologies or methods for the waste minimization, reuse, recycling, and /or physical or chemical/biochemical conversion of the waste, they can complete the necessary feasibility, can design the selected plant, can control its manufacturing, and they can operate these systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

The attendance of students, active participation, being able to debate and completing the course as having features such as the ability to evaluate what they have learned is expected. Tchobanoglous, G., Theisen, H., Vigil, S.A., Integrated Solid Waste Management, 1993, McGraw Hill International Editions.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The fundementals and the dynamics of the solid waste are instructed as well as the major utilization and disposal processes. The student are required to collect data, evaluate and discuss the outcomes to select proper method or method combinations for suitable waste management purposes. A project is completed by the groups of students by using the data and knowledge. The components of the selected process are designed, reported, and preseeted for further class discuss.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The midterms, the project and its presentation which is extensicely discussed in the class are the ways for realizing the teaching outcomes.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The attendance of students, active participation, being able to debate and completing the course as having features such as the ability to evaluate what they have learned is expected.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Görkem AKINCI, DEÜ Çevre Mühendisliği Bölümü, Buca, Izmir, 232 301 7132

Office Hours

Two hours before or after the lecture.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes