AIR POLLUTION EFFECTS, MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Senior standing and declared in Biomed, Biological Sys, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Geological, Industrial, Mechanical or Nuclear Egr, Mat Sci & Egr, Egr Physics, Egr Mechanics, grad/prof standing or member of Egr Guest Students Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the roles of engineers and scientists in managing air quality Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Classify the breadth of air pollution problems into the following scales: indoor residential air quality, indoor industrial air quality, urban air pollution, regional air pollution, and global climate change Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe the sources, transformations, fates, and impacts of key priority air pollutants at the scales noted above Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Derive and use mass balance and reactor model calculations to estimate concentrations, and to identify fates and sources of air pollution at the scales noted above Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Estimate transport and thermodynamic properties related to the formation, destruction, and removal of air pollutants Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Explain the key technologies and processes used to prevent air pollution formation, transform air pollutants and remove air pollutants Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Develop a basic design to mitigate an air pollution problem Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the roles of engineers and scientists in managing air quality Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Classify the breadth of air pollution problems into the following scales: indoor residential air quality, indoor industrial air quality, urban air pollution, regional air pollution, and global climate change Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe the sources, transformations, fates, and impacts of key priority air pollutants at the scales noted above Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Derive and use mass balance and reactor model calculations to estimate concentrations, and to identify fates and sources of air pollution at the scales noted above Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Estimate transport and thermodynamic properties related to the formation, destruction, and removal of air pollutants Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Explain the key technologies and processes used to prevent air pollution formation, transform air pollutants and remove air pollutants Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Develop a basic design to mitigate an air pollution problem Audience: Graduate