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SS5500: REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:37


Course Overview

A highly interactive course, that uses extensively e-learning platforms to enable students to better understand the assessment of contaminated land. Students will learn how to interpret and apply current risk assessment regulations and predict as well as model contaminant pathways. Students will gain valuable experience in using the latest computer software and incorporate real data in order to quantify risk. Very importantly, students will be able to forecast remediation options for a variety of situations and consider the implications and processes involved.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Professor Graeme Paton
  • Dr Vasilis Louca

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • One of Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering (Studied) or Master of Engineering in Civil and Environmental Engineering (Studied) or MRes Environmental Science (Studied) or MRes Soil Science (Studied) or MSc Environmental Microbiology (Studied) or MSc Forestry (Taught) (Studied) or MSc Soil Science (Studied) or MSc Petroleum Geology (Studied) or MSc Environmental Science (Studied) or MSci Biological Sciences (Studied) or BSc Environmental Chemistry (Studied) or Master of Chemistry (Environmental Chemistry) (Studied)
  • One of Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied) or BI4015 Grant Proposal (Passed) or CM3038 Environmental Chemistry (Passed) or EG4013 Meng Individual Project (Passed)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Aims: To enable students to develop a theoretical grounding in this important topic and to link this to the application and policy issues accordingly. A component of the course will focus on training students in key skills suited to a remediation officer that operates as part of a large company or as a regulator. By the end of the course students should be able to: 1. demonstrate understanding of what constitutes contamination; the factors that make pollutants available; the suitability of techniques to address specific environmental issues; and how scientific questions link to social, political and regulatory parameters; 2. predict pollutant pathways; source key information for remediation; develop and implement sample strategies; and 3. relate academic findings to non-expert groups. Deal with kinetic models and predictive concepts; write in a scientific style using suitable language.

Associated Costs

None

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Continuous assessment based on developing Phase I, II and II environmental reports.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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