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ENE-820 ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY AND MICRO BIOLOGY
Campus SCEE (IESE)
Programs PG
Session Fall Semester 2016
Course Title ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY AND MICRO BIOLOGY
Course Code ENE-820
Credit Hours 3(3+0)
Pre-Requisutes
Course Objectives Course Objectives:
  • To impart advanced knowledge of environmental chemistry and its application to address environmental issues.
  • To develop understanding of microbiology and use of micro-organisms
Course Outcomes:
At the end of this course students will:
  • Have basic understanding of fundamentals of chemistry for environmental engineers.
  • Have mapped out possible stable species of elements including heavy metals at different pH.
  • Have completed understanding of chemical removal methods for water, wastewater and air pollution.
  • Understand microbial kinetics concepts
  • Be able to differentiate different between different microbial species and their roles in wastewater treatment
Detail Content
  • Modul-1: Chemistry
    1. Physical and Chemical Properties of Water, Wastewater, Air and Soil.
    2. Acid- base Equilibrium
    3. Chemical Kinetics
    4. Oxidation-Reduction and Solubility Reactions.
    5. Mechanisms of Coagulation, Adsorption, Precipitation, Absorption and Disinfections.
    6. Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP’s).
    7. Nuclear Chemistry and Biochemistry.
    8. Hardness, Alkalinity, Buffer Solution
    9. pH-PC diagram
    10. Endothermic and Exothermic reactions, Redox reactions.
  • Module-II: Microbiology
    1. Fundamental Concept of Biology
    2. Stoichiometric Chemistry of micro-organisms
    3. Classification, Nomenclature, Morphology,
    4. Physiology and Growth Mechanisms of Microbes;
    5. Energetic and Interaction among biological population
    6. Influence of environmental factors on growth and distribution of microbes;
    7. Concept of Bio-technology as applied to the pollution control and waste degradation.
Text/Ref Books
  1. Chemistry for Environmental Engineers by C.D. Sawyar, McGraw Hill (latest edition)
  2. Environmental Chemistry  by S.E. Manahan (2000) Lews Publisher London
  3. Microbiology for Sanitary Engineering by R.E. Mc Kinmey McGraw Hill (latest edition)
  4. Wastewater Microbiology  by G. Britten (1994) Willy Inter-science New York
Time Schedule Fall Semester 2015
Faculty/Resource Person
  1. Ishtiaq A. Qazi

    2. PhD ((University of Aston in Birmingham)
    UK Discipline: Environmental Chemistr
  2. Dr. Imran Hashmi

    3. PhD (University of Karachi) Pakistan
    Discipline: Environmental Science