Engineering 390 - ADV TOPC: COASTAL CONTAMINANTS

Advanced Topics in Engineering is designed as a technical depth course for engineering majors. Course topics can adapt to new technologies and opportunities and build on the engineering fundamentals developed through 100 and 200 level coursework. Permission of the instructor required. Not open to first-years and sophomores.: Coastal Contaminants: Coastlines define the intersection of land, sea, and atmosphere. The coastal sea is a valuable resource, providing ecosystem services such as food, recreation, storm buffering and nutrient cycling. Many land-based sources of contamination that reach the ocean threaten these resources. In this course we will cover coastal flow processes: waves, tides, estuary circulation, and submarine groundwater discharge, as well as various types of contamination that are transported by these flows: excess nutrients, pathogens, plastics, and acidification. We will describe coastal contamination qualitatively as well as quantitatively, and introduce MATLAB to analyze data. Students will choose a project related to coastal water quality based on individual interest. Prerequisites: CHM 111 or CHM 118, EGR 110, PHY 210 or Permission of Instructor.

Topic: Coastal Contaminants. Instructor Permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores