ENE 489 Spring 2021

Happy Saturday, I hope you are doing well and enjoy this week's participation question which asks you to go outside and take in the sights, smells, and sounds of Spring.  We will continue control of air pollutants this next week and will finish looking at centrifugal separators on Monday.  We'll look at electrostatic precipitators and filtration this next week.  The homework on ambient air quality modeling is due on Monday March 29.  If you need the 48 h grace period, just let me know. Participation question 10 is due on the same day. I plan to post the description of Project 3 early this week.  It will be due on April 26th (the day the final exam is scheduled), with a grace period of 96 h (the end of finals week).  Project 3 is written as a hypothetical situation (though based on a proposed project) in Kalkaska County for increased fracking.  It involves both modelling and engineering control technology and even incorporates GHG emissions from e...

Happy First Day of Spring!!! We have now finished the first 2/3rd of ENE483 material. For the remainder of the semester, we will focus on control technologies. On Monday, we will start this unit with particulate removal and gravity settling.   On Wednesday, we will have a guest lecturer: Mike Apgar from Fishbeck, who will talk with us about vapor intrusion.  This lecture will link indoor air quality with vapor transport in the environment, air sampling, and soil remediation and I'm sure will be enlightening. Mike is a CEE alumnus and a senior environmental engineer at Fishbeck. He has 25 years of experience in in-situ remediation of groundwater, soil, and ambient air. As usual, I will record the lecture, but it would be great if all (at least most of you) could be in attendance. Project 2 is due March 22 at 11:59 pm. If you need the 72-h grace period, let me know by email and I will adjust the due date on LON-CAPA. Participation Question 9 is due on March 22, respectively...

Happy Sunny Saturday! I hope you are all doing well and are enjoying this beautiful weather.  It's invigorating and uplifting to see the various signs of Spring.  Here are a few photos from walks this past week. This week we finished the meteorology unit and began the unit of air pollutant modeling. We'll finish the problem we started on Friday on Monday and will do the second problem in that lecture set. On Wednesday we will begin the Gaussian Dispersion Modeling unit. I've posted the edited recorded lecture from Friday on YouTube; links to all lectures are on LON-CAPA. I even figured out how to add the polls to the recorded lectures (as they do not appear in the recording).  As mentioned in class, the homework on the Clean Air Act and Meteorology is due on March 15 at 11:59 pm.  If you need the 48-h grace period, just let me know. Project 2 is due March 22 at 11:59 pm. If you need the 72-h grace period, let me know. Participation Questions 8 and 9 are due on March ...

Happy Weekend! I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing break days.  On Monday, we will start a unit on meteorology and transport of air pollutants. I'll post the notes for Monday's lecture by Sunday evening.  The homework on the climate change is due on Monday, March 8. If you need the grace period (to March 10) just let me know by email. The participation question is open  and is due on Monday, March 8 also. The homework on the Clean Air Act is open and is due on Monday, March 15. I'll open the homework on meteorology on Monday and it is due the same day (March 15).  Project 2 is due on Monday, March 22.  You are all invited to the 6th general meeting of the Environmental Engineering Society. Details below.  Have a great weekend! All the best, Dr. Masten Environmental Engineering Society 6th General Meeting-- Tuesday March 9, 7-8pm ​ Join EES at the 6th meeting of the year to hear about   green infrastructure   and   storm wat...